After a few weeks with intense and crazy training exercises, The E.R.A.F operatives soon started adapting and start improving on their aircraft smarts on the simulation tests. The paranoia in the Pegasi initiates started slowly fading away and started becoming challenging than before. Everyday was a same and simple routine for the operatives. Wake up, eat a fine breakfast, head to the HQ, go in the flying simulators, temporary halo jumps, tour guides learning about the Aircrafts and weapons, Medical training, call sign training and quiz and tests. After that, they go home and rest then do the similar things they do. They had time to do their regular jobs in Ponyville and all the other cities.

Rainbow Dash improved as well. She started learning the evasive maneuvers in an aircraft in case of an emergency, multirole fighting and of course beginning to learn more about the E.R.A.F.

Fluttershy began improving on Medical training thanks to her brother Echo Hart. She took classes everyday, her nightmares started to stop, her quizzes and tests started improving and her fears now gone about the jet.

Same as the others did. Neon Nimbus was starting to notice how much they started to improve. She felt proud of them. Pilots-in-training now about to graduate from the E.R.A.F.

She walked to the hangar where their jets were stored and looked at nine of their aircraft. She took out her goggles that had a unicorn horn on it and started using a magic beam to draw an emblem for the nine Aircrafts. The Emblem was a vortex with stars around it, the sun and moon on top, and a Pegasus' head and wings in the center. It was the emblem she created for the Arion Squad which was for the nine pilots.

She walked around the Cloud Fields and saw the nine of them just sitting down, talking on their break. Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, HandyFlash, Thunderlane, Flitter, Cloudchaser, Derpy, Dumbell and Blossomforth all talked about their results on their training. They all told each other that they had successful results. They learned a lot today. Would you concur that the feeling of accomplishment is the best?

Neon Nimbus headed to them and stood there smiling at her favorite nine students. She was going tell them graduation is tomorrow. And they will be called up in front of a lot of citizens in Canterlot, including Princess Celestia and Luna.

Neon Nimbus looked at all of them. "So you are all ready to become pilots of the Air Force. You all grow up so fast. But I'm here to warn you all that Graduation is tomorrow not at Cloudsdale, but at Canterlot." She told them.

"Graduation already? It felt like time went fast. How uncanny." HandyFlash said rubbing his back neck.

"Isn't this exciting? Graduation in front of hundreds or thousands of ponies to show the first new pilots in Equestria!" Rainbow Dash jumped up really excited about how awesome it will be. She can see herself up there, also hopping the Wonderbolts will be there in the audience.

"Th-Th-Thousand?" Fluttershy squeaked nervously and put a cloud over her head.

"What? Fluttershy, you're not doing anything else but receiving what ever you get up on stage. Don't worry. This is a Royal Graduation. No way anything bad could happen." Rainbow Dash lifted up the cloud Fluttershy had and puts it back where she got it.

Fluttershy sighed in relief. "Oh Okay. I thought I had to do something like sing or dance." she giggles nervously.

"Ha. You reminded me when I was in Ballerina when I was a filly." Blossomforth commented at Fluttershy words. Good memories for her.

"Y'all should get some rest. You need it for tomorrow at the graduation and I wouldn't want you to fall asleep during it." Neon Nimbus laughed. She remembered something too. "Ah Yes. I forgot, you will receive your ranks, squad name and callsigns during the graduation. See you all at Canterlot!" Neon Nimbus waved and flew to her office, about to get ready for tomorrow.

"Anypony else think that time went fast? I mean we've been for a few weeks, but only seemed like it was 7 days." Thunderlane asked while still laying down looking up at the sky.

Cloudchaser raised her eyebrows up then down and rolled her eyes which means 'I don't know.' She looked at the airfield's tower. "I'm not time expert but probably because we've been focusing on this training rather than the time." She shrugged.

"Yeah. I remember when I worked on a big project that took me 14 hours to complete. Felt like 5 hours instead." HandyFlash said.

"Or you are an inventor. They really don't pay attention to the time don't they?" Rainbow Dash smirked.

"What? Well that project was very important for Canterlot." he told her, thinking about that memory.

"Nerd. Figures." She chuckled and corrected her mane.

HandyFlash rolled his eyes. "Look who reads all the Daring Do books." he laughed.

"Hey. Reading is for everypony." Rainbow Dash blushed in embarrassment. "Besides, you probably have a speech up there." she added.

"I don't really know yet. Anyway, don't you think we should all go home and sleep? Graduation is the most important event after all." HandyFlash asked the group.

"Sleeping already? Look at the sun. It's probably like 4:30 or something." Flitter pointed at the almost setting sun.

"Uh Flitter, we are on a cloud. If you're in high-altitude, the sun doesn't really change like your in the surface. In my watch, it's 7:30." HandyFlash told her, showing his watch to everyone.

"Oh. Well now." Flitter had nothing else to say. So she stayed quiet for a bit.

"Yeah. I'll be in the Cafeteria to eat Dinner. Anypony want to come with?" HandyFlash asked. They all nodded and went to the Cafeteria where they had dinner to make them full then tired.

3 hours later after a fine dinner in the cafeteria, the group went outside to get some fresh air after they ate. Mostly for HandyFlash and Thunderlane. They had a jalapeno eating contest which made them hot and sweaty. Rainbow Dash dared them to have that contest to see the look on their faces. Luckily, Derpy had bottles of milk because she loves drinking milk with muffins. She had six bottles of milk and one dozen of muffins to eat…for Dinner.

Princess Luna's Moon has yet again lit the night sky. Small clouds went pass her moon which made shades go across the Cloud Fields. It reminded all of them about when they were outside of Ponyville relaxing their heads before their first day of training.

Fluttershy chuckled to herself about that day. She didn't expect her air force friends to just be outside thinking about training. She didn't want to think about it more because she thinks it will remind her of her nightmares she had. One thing she was worried about is she thinks she's going to be the weakest one in the team. She didn't want to be the weakest one like when she was in flight school as a little filly. All she can do is keep believing herself that she can do it.

Thunderlane spread his wings, ready for flight to go down to Ponyville. "I'll see you all tomorrow at the Graduation. I should really get some sleep." he said.

"Same here. Wouldn't want to sleep late like Thunderlane does every day." Blossomforth giggled and playfully hoof punched his side lightly.

"Oh very funny. I will do yoga every night to make a well rest like you do." Thunderlane said to Blossomforth. "If you're doing it, don't overstretch like last time." he chuckled.

"Oh that mouth of yours. Always talking about the past." She rolled her eyes and flew away to Ponyville. Thunderlane did the same as well.

Dumbbell said goodbye and flew down as well. He was actually pretty excited for graduation. He didn't really struggle just like flight school because as a little colt, he was kind of a troublemaker like Rainbow Dash. A lot of rest was the right idea. The remaining ones were Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Flitter, Cloudchaser, HandyFlash and Derpy.

The rest of them flew down to their own homes in Ponyville. What made them all wonder is, while flying down like that, will flying a jet have the same feeling? The answer might take a while until they are available to fly one.

Cloudchaser and Flitter yawned and waved goodbye at the others and went to their houses. Cloudchaser removed her headband and Flitter removed her bow as they walked. The wind blew their sweet cloud scent through the air which made Rainbow Dash think about what her shampoo smelt like. HandyFlash remembered when he was little, that was his mom's favorite shampoo.

Rainbow Dash looked at HandyFlash. "Don't you think we should tell Twilight and the rest?" she asked, looking at Twilight's library.

"We don't have to. There were invitations that were sent to all of Ponyville. Unless you want to remind them just in case." HandyFlash suggested. The Rainbow pegasus nodded and dashed to Twilight's library in a split second. "Remember, get enough sleep." HandyFlash reminded her. She replied as a silent nod.

"Whew. Those muffins sure made me tired. I should get home and rest my eyes. I didn't even blink yet because of the dinner." Derpy smiled goofily and waved goodbye to them. "Just hope I don't eat too much at the graduation." she giggled.

"Yeah. Like Fluttershy told me when Pinkie Pie drank too much Apple Cider. Just like me." HandyFlash chuckled and waved back with Fluttershy. "Fluttershy, I need to sleep as well. Perhaps you should do the same thing." he suggested.

"I'm not really sleepy." She shyly responded back. The fears of her nightmares was a bit bothering her.

"C'mon Flutters. You really need some rest. A hard working pilot deserves a good rest. Right?" HandyFlash smiled them began leading her to her cottage.

She sighed lightly and still didn't show her gaze at him. " I-I…guess your right. Graduation is the most important event after all." she looked at him.

They soon arrived at Fluttershy's house and saw all her animals sleeping peacefully. Fluttershy saw her pet bunny rabbit on the window who fell asleep on top of a carrot and picked him up and tucked him in. She hoped while she was in the Air Force, she is able to take care of her animals. She couldn't just abandon them. Her mind was to mostly protect them from danger.

HandyFlash started walking to the front door and went out. "I'll see you tomorrow Fluttershy." He said and waves goodbye and flew to his cloud villa.

Fluttershy flew to her bed and laid down and looked at her ceiling. She was calm but couldn't sleep at this moment. She attempted to sing her lullaby to herself, but it didn't work. It usually works all the time for others including herself. She got up and went to her kitchen to make some tea. As soon as it was finished, she took a sip then drank the whole tea cup. She laid back down in her bed and waited for about 25 minutes. But nothing happened. She was still wide awake. She started to get annoyed with herself. What was bothering her? She's usually Goes fast asleep once in a while. She waited another 25 minutes, still awake and open like a flower blooming. She covered her face with her forelegs and sighed.

"Why can't I sleep? Is it excitement or paranoia for the graduation. Probably both. I'm excited to be a pilot and serve Equestria but I'm paranoid about what will happen next." She said to herself. Fluttershy got up and looked at the time. It was 11:07 PM. She spent 57 minutes trying to sleep when she went in her room. She didn't want to sleep or even stay in her room right now. She put on her scarf and bought out a bag of snacks with her then went outside to sit down on a hill, showing a full view of Ponyville and Canterlot in the distance.

She sighed as she kept staring at the view of her home town and the royal castle from the distance. Fluttershy payed mostly paid attention to the sky, imagining her squad and herself flying around in the high altitude winds of Equestrian Airspace. She chuckled at that thought because it reminded her of what the Wonderbolts would do.

"Wonder if the Wonderbolts would join the Air Force." She wondered to herself. Well, they did try to stop Spike when he was a full grown dragon on an outrage in his birthday. But they ultimately failed. "Probably."

"They probably won't. They're meant for entertainment flying, not meant to really fight." A male voice came from behind her.

Fluttershy turned around and saw her foalhood friend, HandyFlash standing there with a lab coat on. He smirked at his friend and walked then stood next to her. She looked down embarrassed about herself not being able to fall asleep.

"Can't sleep Flutters?" He asked and put his goggles up to his forehead.

"No…Not really. I-…I couldn't sleep really." She responded while facing the other way, staring at the sky. "Why you out here at this hour?"

HandyFlash chuckled. "Well, I was just looking for cotton in the forest. But when I finished, I just saw you up here on the hill." He explained. He then sat down next to her and stared at the sky like she was doing. "What's on your mind?" he asked.

Fluttershy sighed and looked around the hill. "Alot." Was all she said. She didn't want to say everything in one sentence.

"Care to say one of them? You don't have to say everything." HandyFlash asked. He was still looking up at the sky as clouds passed by above.

"I'm just thinking about what it would be like if we were flying by aircraft. I…bet it would be fun. Right?" She asked nervously, hopping it's not a very intense experience.

"Yeah. It's pretty fun. In about one or two flights, you'll get used to it." HandyFlash warmly smiled. He laid his head on his forelegs and rested for a bit. He went on a cloud and layer down on it. Fluttershy followed him and saw that he was using part of the cloud as a pillow.

"I'll just chill out here. You can sleep in your house if you want." he closed his eyes and started breathing calmly enjoying the breeze. Fluttershy smiled at his idea about sleeping on a cloud. Rainbow Dash always sleeps on clouds or a tree when she's lazy or had a long day of moving clouds. Much like what we do when we get back from school or work.

Fluttershy decided to lay down on the cloud also. She wanted to feel that relief again like last time when her nightmares kept beginning. She felt it again as she smiled and closed her eyes slowly to fall to a deep sleep. Her calm breathing make a small snore sound which made HandyFlash open his eyes and saw Fluttershy asleep. He smiled and took a long whisk of cloud and put it over Fluttershy who was still asleep. HandyFlash as well went asleep as the moon was still in the sky.

-(Canterlot; Graduation. 8:35AM.)-

Today was the day that all the pegasus ponies who were in the Equestrian Royal Air Force has been waiting for, Graduation. On this day, the pilots in training who passed will receive their ranks, squadrons and roles. (I don't know much about Air Force Graduations really. I tried researching) Lots of Equestrians and a few foreign welcomers were heading to Canterlot for the graduation of one of the very first Air Force created in Equestria.

Princess Celestia was kind enough to make Twilight and the rest of her friends sit in a reserved spot right next to her and some E.R.G members. Pinkie Pie brought balloons and confetti sticks along for the end of graduation. She loves bringing those along with her to make the ending more thrilling.

Princess Celestia looked at Twilight and smiled. "I'm so proud of your three friends who were brave enough to join the Air Force. I knew that Rainbow Dash would join it as well. Her bravery is strong and higher than the sky." she said.

"Yes. I know. I like to thank you for these reserved spots for my friends. I always wanted to see a graduation this close, especially for Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy and HandyFlash." Twilight bowed. Celestia bowed her head.

"Of course my faithful student. You deserved this after all what you've been working on." Celestia looked at the stage and saw they were setting up a few wires for the stereos and microphones for the announcers. She even saw Shining Armor, who is in charge of the E.R.G, with some of his troops standing there with Commander Cutter, who was in charge of the military.

Applejack looked around the crowd to look for Rainbow Dash or Fluttershy or HandyFlash. But she couldn't find the three of them. They weren't in the backstage when they arrived at Canterlot. She first thought they were late, but still didn't see them.

"Erm… Princess, you haven't seen Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy or HandyFlash have you?" Applejack asked while still scanning the crowd of ponies.

Celestia chuckled. "Applejack, the answer is right behind you." She said while looking behind her and saw Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy and HandyFlash.

"Hey. You all made it. I told you they would be early." Rainbow Dash petted HandyFlash head like he was a dog. He shook her hoof of his head and smirked.

"Riiight. Graduation doesn't start in 30 minutes." HandyFlash rolled his eyes and laughed.

"Oh. I thought we had 10 minutes or less." Fluttershy sighed in relief.

Twilight and the others went to the three of them and hugged or high hoofed them. "Congratulations you three. You all have to get a lot of wind power though." Twilight said. The three of them nervously grinned and looked at the opposite direction.

Rainbow Dash wanted to explain it. "Uh Twilight, we aren't actually going to use our wings in the Air Force." She told her. Twilight gave a confusing look on her face.

"Huh? Isn't the E.R.A.F meant for flying?" She asked. She didn't know what they were supposed to fly.

HandyFlash gave Rainbow Dash one of his blueprints for the Jet aircrafts and showed them what they mean. Twilight, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, and even Princess Celestia gasped in surprise. The three of them looked away nervously as the whole group was speechless.

"Yeah. These are jet aircrafts. They move extremely faster than our wing power. Up to One-Thousand Five Hundred Miles Per Hour or more." HandyFlash explained. Twilight scanned the blueprint in amazement as her group looked at it as well. The blue print was HandyFlash's aircraft, the CPB-86 Multirole Aircraft.

"Looks like you three will have the adrenaline rush of that thing. Just be careful when your controlling mechanical air." Celestia smiled at the three of them. They bowed. "Now you should go down to the backstage and get ready. I wish you all good luck."

"Oh! I can't wait to see you three go up there! It's going to be a blast!" Pinkie Pie said excitingly while holding a confetti cannon.

"Now Pinkie Pie, just remember to do that at the end of the graduation. Wouldn't want to ruin it." Rarity reminded her. Pinkie gave a nod.

"I know. It's still going to be a blast!"

Applejack high hoofed the three of them. "Y'all good luck out there. Can't wait to see yah three up on stage." She said.

"I'll take pictures while the graduation is going. Including you three." Twilight said while holding a camera by her magic.

"Uh Yeah. Thank you Twilight." Fluttershy smiled.

At the backstage area, there was a lot of pegasi chatting and eating breakfast since they had a breakfast table just in case. Derpy immediately went to the table and searched for muffins. She found out there were more than ten types of them, so she took one each. Rainbow Dash chuckled.

"Oh Derpy. Never get tired of those treats huh?" Rainbow Dash smirked. Derpy nodded.

"Yes. These were my very first food to be eaten when I was little." Derpy said while her mouth was full.

"Just be careful. The more you eat like that, the more your health gets messed up." Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes, still smirking. Derpy just kept slowly eating the muffins.

"I can't help myself. My own foalsitter didn't really cook the muffins this right when I was little." She smiled.

"Maybe you didn't salt her well enough. Hehehe." Thunderlane joked. Even Derpy giggled at the joke.

"Oh be nice Thunderlane. All of us can have favorite foods you know." Blossomforth said.

"I was just joking. Calm down. We're all friends here." Thunderlane grinned.

They're conversation was interrupted when they heard another conversation right at the edge of the room. Neon Nimbus and two other pilots were talking to a Blue coated stallion with a gray mane and tail. They walked closer to hear what they were talking about.

"Are you sure you want to do this Dimitri? Hoof picking your squad is kind of a wise choice." Neon Nimbus said with a confused look on her face.

"I know what I'm doing General and I think you know better than I do. We are even." Dimitri said without any emotion in his voice.

"Very well. Kira, Daniel and Kelly will be your squad mates. I wish you good luck." Neon Nimbus accepted.

"And I wish you good luck to General Neon Nimbus." Dimitri said and walked away like a cold soldier.

One of the pilots who was a stallion looked at Neon Nimbus in confusion. "What's with him?" he asked.

Neon Nimbus sighed. "He's strict about choosing his team. He wants to have the best ones." she replied.

The other pilot next to her who was a mare looked at her. "Sheesh. I wasn't like that when I was in Stallion grad when I joined the Prospects . Now, I'm a former member."

Neon Nimbus looked at the mare pilot. "Yeah. Well least your not like him, Major Bombshell. Just be careful around him." she said. Bombshell saluted.

"Yes General Neon." Bombshell walked to the breakfast table and started eating.

Neon Nimbus looked at the stallion pilot. "Lt. Colonel Cloud Dash?"

"Yes General?" he asked.

"Just help out some ponies if they need help." She ordered.

"Yes Ma'am." Cloud Dash walked away and just looked around. He saw Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, HandyFlash and the rest of the squad and went over to them.

"Oh hey. What was going on in that conversation?" HandyFlash asked, looking at Dimitri and his squad.

"Meh. Colonel Dimitri wanted to hand pick his squad. Not make random pilots assigned to him. He's really full of himself sometimes. By the way, I'm Lieutenant Colonel Cloud Dash, VTOL Pilot and Hover Chopper pilot." He introduced himself to them. They all introduced themselves as well.

"So, you from around Equestria?" Rainbow Dash asked. Cloud Dash shook his head.

"No. I'm from the Fillyppines Islands. I worked as a harvester there. I'm pretty fast since I sometimes have to chase some animals to take care." He said.

"Ah. A foreign one to join the E.R.A.F. Cool." Rainbow Dash smiled.

Cloud Dash pointed at Bombshell. "By the way, that was Bombshell. She's a former Spetslos operative but now she's in the E.R.A.F. She's also a close friend of mine." He introduced her.

"Close eh?" Rainbow Dash joked and giggled.

"Oh close it." Cloud Dash blushed and chuckled.

Minutes have passed while they were in the backstage getting ready. Neon Nimbus put on her E.R.A.F General Outfit and went on stage then stood next to Shining Armor and Cutter, they both saluted as soon she was between them.

"Hoof Rise!" Shining Armor yelled out which made E.R.G members raise their hoof.

"Cease Down!" Cutter yelled out which made them sit down. The other ponies took a seat after the E.R.G members did.

The place was quiet. Nopony waited in excitement to see the new Air Forces new pilots. Everyone was there. Families, friends, leaders, notable military personnel and more.

Neon Nimbus cleared her throat. "Welcome fellow Equestrians, Foreigners, Families, Friends and Notable Ones. We are here to congratulate the very first members of the Equestrian Royal Air Force. This is huge event for seeing the brave Pegasi who volunteered to be in the challenging force ever for Pegasus Ponies. My name is General Neon Nimbus, founder of the E.R.A.F. And I'll like to introduce to you all, a very special one who assisted the E.R.A.F. Handel Savior Flash, come on up." She spoke and stomped on the floor with her legs, showing that she's clapping. Everypony in the audience clapped and cheered as Handel went up on stage.

"Thank you so much everypony. Now you are all probably wondering, 'I want to join the E.R.A.F. How much wing power do I have to get to be in the air force?' Well, actually wing power is optional in the air force here." Handel told them. The audience silently chattered in confusion. "What the E.R.A.F will be using, is this." Handel pointed at the curtains as they moved and revealed a overhead screen, showing a jet engine aircraft. The audience looked in amazement. It didn't look like a blimp or anything.

"These are Jet engined Aircraft. They move faster than you think. Around One-Thousand Five Hundred Miles Per Hour or more. These jets can do a lot of moves. Thanks to unicorn magic, we are able to give some to the aircraft to make shields, waterproof modes, and more." Handel explained. The audience was still staring at the aircraft drawing in amazement. "That's pretty much all I have to say. General Neon Nimbus?"

"Of course. All right everypony, get ready to meet our pilots graduating today." She shouted as the audience cheered.

While she was calling on graduating pilots, In the backstage, they all waited and excitement for the call of their name to come up. Dimitri was called up as Colonel. It's strange how he got up to Colonel fast. Probably some special way to rank up. Or he aced his tests. Cloud Dash was called up as Lieutenant Colonel. Already that rank? This is getting weird. Most of the operatives are Airmare or Airman and all kinds of Sergeants. But some were at a higher rank.

HandyFlash went to Swift Night and asked her. "Swift Night, what's with the high ranked initiates? I thought we were supposed to be around Airman to Sergeants."

"Well, I heard about Neon making a special unit. I don't know much but all I know is she chose a few pilots to be in…Something." Swift Night didn't know most of what she heard.

"Hey guys, look. I'm in the E.R.A.F Task Force X." Said a whisper coming from below them. They looked down and saw Shining Dawn with a certificate. It says 'Member of the E.R.A.F Task Force X Elite unit.'

"Shining Dawn, what are you doing? You need to take a seat on the stage." HandyFlash whispered, trying not to make a loud tone.

"What? You we're curious about the High ranked pilots." She smirked.

"Well, how did you get in that Elite thing?" Swift Night asked.

"During Training. You need to be trusted by Neon Nimbus and have a high skill score over 500 for all. Simulations, Tests, Medical, Halo Jumps and all. I'm proud of myself." Shining Dawn almost yelled out, but thankfully didn't. "I'll see you guys out there." She said and went back to her seat without a problem.

Thunderlane called HandyFlash who was still by the stage. "Hey Flash. I think we're going to be called up. Get over here." He whispered as HandyFlash ran quietly by his friends.

Neon Nimbus cleared her throat yet again on stage. "I have yet again more pilots joining my Task Force. Some of the Extremity pilots are Colonel HandyFlash, Lieutenant Colonel Rainbow Dash, Major Fluttershy, Captain Thunderlane, Captain Blossomforth, Lieutenant Derpy, 2nd Lieutenant Dumbbell, 1st Lieutenant Flitter and 1st Lieutenant Cloudchaser. Come on up." She said. Everypony cheered and stomped the ground as clapping. Twilight and her friends cheered as loud as they can. The loudest was of course Pinkie Pie.

The nine of them went up and saw that the audience was more larger than they thought. While Rainbow Dash was up there, she almost fainted when she saw all the Wonderbolts members are close to the front. Spitfire gave like a military salute to Rainbow Dash. She did the same as well with an excited smile on her face. Fluttershy just stood there, waiting to sit down on stage.

Neon Nimbus went to them and gave a certificate to each of them as Shining Armor gave them their ranks and Cutter gave them their squadron emblem. They looked at their emblem and wondered what it was for. They then looked at their certificate and it said 'Member of the E.R.A.F Task Force X Elite unit.'. They were very surprised about this.

"Everypony! Meet Arion Squadron!" Neon Nimbus shouted as the audience cheered more loudly. In the distance, you can see and hear Twilight, Applejack, Rarity and Pinkie Pie cheering. Celestia smiled at them and nodded. The Arion Squad members saluted as the cheering was still roaring out loud.

The nine of them just went to there seats as they waited for the graduation to end. They saw that a few pilots had the Task Force X emblem as their second badge on their uniform.

As soon as all pilots got all called up, they were told that graduation is now over. As soon as Neon Nimbus said the final sentences, the audience cheered as Pinkie Pie launched the confetti cannon in the air on top of the pilots. Neon Nimbus laughed on how the pilots reacted. They jumped at first then laughed. Soon, they all flew around the audience, looking for their family and friends.

Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy and HandyFlash went to where Princess Celestia, Twilight and their friends were. They all hugged, high hoofed and congratulated them. HandyFlash's parents and his two little sisters came up there and congratulated them as well.

-(Canterlot, New Canterlot Airfield. 2 days later.)-

Two days after the graduation of the E.R.A.F, the personnel were called to Canterlot's new air force base in the briefing room. All operatives were invited for an unknown reason at this day. Neon Nimbus didn't tell them yet about what's happening.

Some pilots in the E.R.A.F was in the briefing room, including Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, HandyFlash and the whole Arion Squad. Some other teams were in there too. Cloud Dash's squadron, Dimitri's Squadron and a few others. They all just waited to see what happens.

Neon Nimbus went in front of the screen in the briefing room and saluted as the others did as well.

"Alright Pilots, Now I know your wondering why we are all here today at Canterlot's new air base. According to Princess Celestia, we received an alert note yesterday. She said a possible attack might happen in Equestria soon." Neon Nimbus said seriously. She didn't lie or anything. Just being serious. "Your training was all worth it. Because we might face aerial enemies. Why do you think we released the jet projects?" She said.

She clicked a button next to her which turned the next page of the screen. "I'm about to show you all what are we trying to stop from happening." She moved her shadow and showed a giant black canister on the screen. "This, is called the Sunspot Weapon. It was a canceled project for Equestria under Celestia's orders because it was able to disable or even destroy her power. We found out, thanks to E.S.A.S, that a small group is building this weapon again. This isn't as good as it sounds. This group is Equestria's most dangerous organization that was recently created. They are an army of 21 ponies and most of the aerial vehicles are UAVs which is Unponnied Aeriel Vehicles. They are smarter than you think."

"I'll take them all down." Dimitri commented.

"I highly doubt that Dimitri. Your aircraft can be in pieces if you were by yourself." Neon Nimbus rolled her eyes.

"Hmph." Was all Dimitri could make.

"We have information on them, but not a lot. The leader of this group was a professional warrior from the Griffon raid long ago. But since he copied a prototype of our Jets, he is experiencing how to use it and becoming more better. The leader is named Razor Whisk. His father was in the Spetslos forces while he remained as a flight college student. When he graduated, his father made him be a scientist. He participated in the sunspot weapon for 5 years, but that was 10 years ago. He was enraged when the sunspot weapon stopped because that was his only job to make him a notable one. Since he recently made his separatist group, he is using them to attack and destroy Princess Celestia's power."

HandyFlash raised his hoof. "Why was the sunspot weapon made?" he asked.

"It was made for Princess Luna to improve her power because she was the younger sister. But since she is now like her older sister, the sunspot weapon is not needed. That's when Razor Whisk made the separatists." Neon Nimbus answered.

Rainbow Dash raised her hoof. "What about the other 20 ponies?"

"They are Razor Whisk's squadron. They are way beyond deadly than they sound. They are known as Rogue Squadron. They're like mercenaries who serve Razor Whisk. The hoof lickers they are." Neon Nimbus put down her glasses and sat down. "That's all for today. Dismissed."

(Sorry I kinda rushed at the end. I was in the airport and I wanted to finish this before I fly.)

BTW, the OCs belong to:

(pegasister97) Cloud Dash: Foreign E.R.A.F member from the Fillyppines.

(TheSadisticRedWarrior) Swift Night: Stealth Aircraft Flyer.

(cast49) Shining Dawn

(TheSadisticRedWarrior) Cheary

(Anon: Echo Hart) Echo Hart

I (Lyra_Heartstrings14) Lancaster

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I Hawk: Squad Member for Lancaster.

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I Ace: Squad Member for Lancaster.

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I Spectrum: Squad Member for Lancaster.

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I_Darkstar: Squad Member for Lancaster.

(My Minor OC) Bombshell: Former Spetslos Operator.

(Kirlia481) Colonel Dimitri

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