"Food's all taken care of," Spike said as he made a check mark on the list. "Next is weather."

"Please," Twilight groaned from her spot on her brother's back, "don't mention food. I think I'm going to be sick."

"I told you not to eat so much pie, Twiley," Shining responded glancing back at his sister as he walked.

"But it was sooooo gooood. It was like the best pie ever."

"Well maybe that will teach you to listen to me next time and not eat so much." Shining turned to look at Spike. "So what's the weather report say?"

"Hm." Spike looked up at the sky. "There's supposed to be a pegasus pony named Rainbow Dash clearing the clouds."

Shining Armor followed Spike's gaze and looked up at the sky. It was partially overcast with multiple clouds floating above Ponyville.

"So where is she?" he asked. "There are a lot of-"

A rainbow colored streak flew through the air, hitting Shining Armor. Twilight let out a squeal of surprise as she suddenly found herself levitating without any assistance a split-second before gravity reasserted itself and pulled her to the ground.

Approximately three feet from where he had been standing, Shining Armor now laid in a puddle of mud. On top of him laid a cyan pegasus with a rainbow colored mane and tail. Her wings shifted slightly as she moved to get up. Her violet eyes flicked down to see the unicorn she had hit. The mare let out a nervous chuckle.

"Uh... 'scuse me?" Flapping her wings, she lifted herself up in the air and looked around. "Let me help you." Flying off, she came back with a dark storm cloud.

Shining Armor let out a groan as he moved to push himself back up onto his hooves. Before he could fully figure out what was going on, the pegasus began to bounce up and down on the cloud, causing it to release the moisture within as rain. It did was the mud off him, but it soaked him all the way through. Luckily his mane was on the short side, so it would dry quickly.

His attention was drawn away from the pegasus by a familiar sound. From where Shining Armor had been standing, Twilight Sparkle now laid sprawled on the ground, moving to sit up. The filly let out a whimper as her purple eyes filled with tears that started to roll down her cheek.

Shining Armor's blue eyes narrowed into slits. His jaw tensed, lips pulling back to bare his teeth. An aura of purple energy burst around his horn. Turning to face the pegasus, he unleashed a blast of magical energy. Before she even had time to react, the shot slammed through the cloud, causing it to dissipate, and hit the pegasus, wrapping her up in a glowing bubble.

Recognizing the look, Spike made sure to be a safe distance from all the ponies for the moment.

"HEY!" the pegasus yelled. "What's the big idea?" She slammed her hooves against the shield holding her, glaring at the unicorn that now held her.

"'The big idea?!'" Shining Armor snarled back. "The big idea is this." Yanking the bubble shield, he dragged the captured pegasus over to where Twilight sat, sniffling and wiping at her face. "Hitting me is one thing, but my sister -- who is just a filly -- is another. Now," he plopped the pegasus mare on the ground in front of Twilight, "apologize!" He released her from the shield bubble, but his horn continued to glow so he was ready to put her back in one should she try to get away.

For her part, the pegasus mare look properly ashamed and embarrassed. Her ears drooped backwards as she sat there, head held low. She stared down at the ground, looking at her hooves as she shuffled them on the ground more than at the teary-eyed filly sitting in front of her.

"Hey, kid," she started.

"Twilight," Shining interrupted.

"Twilight," the pegasus repeated, "I'm... I'm sorry. I didn't mean to hit your brother or hurt anypony. It was an accident. I'll try to be more careful next time."

"Promise?" Twilight asked, looking up at the mare.

"Yeah. I promise."

"Okay." The filly gave a small smile. "Apology accepted."

"Great!" With a smile and a flap of her wings, the pegasus took to the air. "Glad that's over with."

"Wait!" Shining called out. The pegasus stopped, dropping from the air to the ground as she did not want to get trapped in a bubble again.

"Before you go," he continued, "can you tell us where to find Rainbow Dash?"

The pegasus smirked and puffed her chest out.

"You're looking at her," she said, pointing at herself. "Rainbow Dash, the best flyer in Ponyville. Well..." she glanced down at Twilight, "most of the time anyways."

"I'm Shining Armor," Shining explained. "That's my sister, Twilight Sparkle and over there is Spike. I'm here on behalf of Princess Celestia to oversee the set up for the celebration. According to my list, you're supposed to be in charge of clearing the sky."

"Is that all?" Rainbow Dash asked. "Pff. That's a snap. I'll have it done in a jiffy."

"Yeah, right," Twilight suddenly blurted out.

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"Look at all those clouds," Twilight said, motioning at the sky. "It'll probably take you the rest of the day to clear them all."

"The rest of the day?" Dash let out a snort. "Kid, please. I could clear them all in ten seconds flat."

Twilight's eyes narrowed.

"Oh yeah?"

"Yeah."

"Alright. How 'bout I time you?"

"You're on."

"Ready?" As soon as Twilight said it, Rainbow Dash crouched down low, wings spread wide.

"Ready!"

"GO!"

Before the word had finished leaving Twilight's mouth, Rainbow Dash was off like a shot. A rainbow contrail marked the path of the pegasus as she shot from cloud to cloud. Before one was finished dissipating from the impact, she was already flying off to the next to strike. Pretty quickly, the sky was completely clear. Just perfect blue without even the smallest cloud left to be seen.

"How was that?" Dash asked as she landed in front of the purple unicorn filly.

Twilight Sparkle, Spike, and Shining Armor all stood there, staring up at the sky with their mouths hanging open. At Rainbow Dash's question, they looked from the now clear sky to her. A second later, Twilight looked down at her hooves.

"I... I don't know," she admitted. "It all happened so fast that I forgot to keep track of the time." This got a chuckle from the pegasus.

"Don't worry about it." she said. "I told you I'd take care of it and I did. I'd never leave Ponyville hanging. You know, you're a pretty fun kid."

Rainbow Dash suddenly flew up and over to Shining Armor, tossing a foreleg around his neck.

"And your brother here," she gave the stallion a noogie, "not the lamest in the world. I can't wait to hang out some more." With that she was off like a shot.

"She's amazing," Spike exclaimed as he watched her go.

"Yeah," Twilight nodded, "But still not as amazing as Shiny."

For his part, Shining Armor said nothing. Instead, he brushed his mane back down with his hoof.