Every pony at The Dish seemed to be enjoying themselves. There was dancing, a lot of laughter, a lot of chatty ponies, fun party games, and a rock'in dance floor. Princess Twilight and her friends knew that this night was going to be the best night ever! The Wonderbolts, on the other hoof, considered the party quite boring, except for the performances that were hosted. They can be seen with bored faces while nopony seems to recognize them without their uniforms on.

The team can be seen a couple feet away from Princess Twilight and her friends. They're just chatting about how boring the party is.

"This party is so boring", Spitfire complained. "I can't seem to find anything to do around here. Every social event we go to always involves sophisticated ponies pulling us away to talk about boring topics."

"I know that feeling Spitfire", Soarin said, agreeing with the captain. "The question is, will we ever get a time to ourselves?"

Spitfire nods and heads back to the table to finish her food.

"Come on Soar, I'm sure you'll be able to find something to do", Surprise said, reassuring the stallion. She was sitting just across from him.

Soarin looked at his friend glumly. "Maybe Surprise. Don't you have somepony to talk to?"

Surprise's ears perk. "Oh yeah, I do. I was going to talk to cousin Pinkie Pie and High Winds".

"High Winds and Pinkie Pie are your cousins? You never told me about them".

"Well, how am I gonna explain this to you. Cloud Quartz, Pinkie Pie's mother, was born as an earth pony. Turns out her father was an earth pony and her mother was a pegasus. Since her middle older sister, which is my mother, who was a pegasus, makes us cousins because my mother is a Cloud Quartz's s older sister. Sorry about that, I was just rambling. High Winds was born to Cloud Quartz's eldest sister, also a pegasus. Her mother had a very curly, dark navy blue mane. While her father, an earth pony had neutral blue mane. She has her mother's curly hair, and her mother and father's mane colors, that's why you can see streaks in High Wind's mane. Now, do you ya kinda get what I'm saying Soarin?"

"Kinda. That's just a lot to keep in mind".

"I know silly. I'll see you later, I've gotta catch up on a lot of things with my two cousins." Surprise waves to Soarin. Soarin waves back until the mare was out of sight.

Soarin groans to himself. "I'm just gonna go eat, then I'll think of something to do." The pale blue stallion walks back to the table to where Twilight and her friends were sitting. After a minute of walking, he goes to find his seat. Once he sat down, the stallion finishes the remaining pieces of food on his plate. The alicorn notices Soarin's glum face and claps her hooves to get the stallion's attention. Soarin hears the sound of two hooves clapping, which immediately perks his ears.

"Princess Twilight!?! What is it?", the wonderbolt asked the alicorn.

"Sorry I had to scare you like that Soarin, but do you know why I had to get your attention?" Twilight asked him.

Soarin shrugs. "No".

"Well, since your finished with your food. Why don't you go and talk to my friend Rainbow Dash? She's already done eating, and she's only one on the dance floor right now."

Soarin blushes. "Um."

"Is there something you're not telling me Soarin?"

Soarin gulps nervously. "Um.....oh alright.......thing is, I have a huge crush on your friend."

Princess Twilight starts giggling, making the stallion blush even more. "Go to her you chicken". But, Soarin wouldn't budge. The purple alicorn snorts, gets up from her seat and pushes Soarin off the seat. Soarin was puzzled by the mare's actions, just when he was about to protest, Twilight pushes him from the dining area all the way to dancefloor.

"Twilight, what was that for?" he says, once they arrive at the dancefloor.

"You wouldn't get off your flank, so I had to give you a little push instead. Now go to her or else I'll tell my friend that you have a huge crush on her. "

"Fine you win Twilight, I'll go talk to her".

"Good". Twilight smiles, and walks back to the dining area where the rest of her other friends were still seated.

At the dancefloor, Soarin gulps and adjusts his tie. As he walks further, the intro of Soldier by Crystal Jade starts playing. Ponies begin to slow dance as the other ponies did the same. Soarin walks a little further until he notices a rainbow-maned mare dancing by herself. He recognizes the mare immediately, it was Rainbow Dash. She was wearing a starry night themed dress with a strapped top. At the dress's collar, there was a sewn in purple diamond. Her mane was curled, locking in her framed face making her look like a totally different mare. Her mane shimmered as the sparkling lights shined on her rainbow mane. Soarin saw how stunning she looked, not being able to process what to say. After a couple of seconds, he took a breath.

"Rainbow, you look really nice", Soarin said to her.

"Thanks Soarin", Rainbow Dash said, blushing.

'She looks so cute when she's blushing. Look at me, I'm already starting to fall for her', Soarin thought to himself.

The stallion snapped out of his thoughts, and offered his hoof to Rainbow. Rainbow Dash was shocked by the Wonderbolt's jester at first, but she went with it. Soarin was unlike any stallion she had ever met. He was kind, funny, caring, cute, and smart; Rainbow liked everything about him, aside from his looks.

Soarin offered his hoof. "Rainbow, care to dance?"

Rainbow put her hoof in his. "Of course".

Soarin leads Rainbow to the center of the dancefloor, he gazes into her eyes. Rainbow notices Soarin gazing into her magenta eyes and shyly turns away. As their hooves slowly waltz to the intro of the song, Soarin puts his hoof on Rainbow's chin and tilts her face to meet his gaze. "Rainbow, is there something wrong?" he asks.

Rainbow Dash spoke with a slight hesitation."No, nothing's wrong Soarin. It's just that...I don't know how to slow dance".

Soarin spins her around, then smiles at her. "Let me show you".

Rainbow smiles back at the stallion in front of her. Without realizing, she finds herself dancing in sync with the stallion as she was able to overcome her nervousness. Soarin smiles proudly. "See? You're a fast learner um.....Dashie?"

Rainbow was puzzled by the nickname Soarin gave her. "Dashie? My friend Pinkie calls me that." The pale blue stallion giggles. "Well then, can I call you that? It's cute".

Hearing Soarin say that made her blush even more. "Of course, I like it when you call me that".

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Soarin just smiled, and started to sing along to the song that was playing. "I'm laying here in the darkness, the middle of nowhere..there's no one in sight."

Rainbow sang along with him. "Caught in the madness, don't wanna be like this. I'm losing my mind."

Soarin continued singing along. "Wanna see inside your head. What's going on in there? Tell me where you are so I can stop and take a breath. Cause nothing's making sense, I don't want this to end. Come and get me out of this mess. I want you stay, stay. Stay with me a little longer. Why don't you stay, stay? Don't you wanna be my soldier?"

Rainbow, who had a better singing voice than Soarin's, also continued singing. "Now would you fight for me? D-d-die for me? Would wanna be with forever. Why don't you stay, stay. Don't you wanna be my soldier?"

Both RD and Soarin just laughed, and stopped singing along to the song. Still, the song continued as they both continued dancing. Rainbow was enjoying her moment. RD was enjoying the moment so much that she unknowingly laid her head onto Soarin's neck. Soarin's face reddened at the action at first, but he decided to pull her closer to him since he really liked the mare. Rainbow Dash meant the world to him, surely, she would know by now. But, the pale blue stallion didn't even tell the rainbow-maned mare how he felt about her. Soarin knew he couldn't hold in his feelings for her any longer.

The song finally comes to an end, both Soarin and Dash bow thanking each other for the dance. Together, the two left the dancefloor and decided to head a place more private. They both walk passed the large dining table they were sitting at. After a few steps, they arrive at the restaurant's doors. Soarin opens the door with his hoof to let Rainbow Dash go first. Rainbow Dash went out first and Soarin followed her, closing the door behind him. Together, the two walked from the restaurant to the ship's balcony, which was just outside the restaurant itself.

At The Dolphin's Balcony

"It's a beautiful night out here", Soarin said, gazing at the moon. The moon was so beautiful that it drew Soarin's eyes to keep staring. After about a second, he turns to Rainbow Dash, who was still staring at the moon. The light of the moon shined onto Rainbow Dash's multicolored mane, making her look more radiant than ever. 'She looks so stunning'.

Rainbow Dash turns her head from her gaze at the moon, and looks at Soarin. Soarin was still in thought by the time RD looked at him. 'I have an idea. To really get Soar to snap out of his thoughts. I'll kiss him, that should get him to snap out of his thoughts', Rainbow Dash thought, as she giggled silently. She walked closer and closer, until she was right by his face. Still, Soarin was staring into space, not noticing that Rainbow was coming closer. Rainbow leaned in, with a sneaky grin on her face, quickly kissed his cheek and backed away from the stallion. Soarin immediately snapped out of his thoughts.

His eyes widened. 'Did she just kiss me?'

Rainbow Dash waves a hoof in front of his face. "Earth to Soarin? Hello?"

Soarin shakes himself back to reality. "Oh Dashie, sorry about that."

"It's fine."

'I think it's time I tell her how I feel about her'. Soarin takes a deep breath, even though his face was still red. "Rainbow, I know I'm not very good at confessing my feelings. But, the thing is, I really like you. I've been having a huge crush on you since the Best Young Fliers Competition, it all started on that day, the day you saved my life while I was falling. The time when your friend Rarity knocked me out one time.." He hesitates for one second. "During the competition, I really wanted to thank you properly, but I was too nervous. I was paying so much attention to your brashy, confident personality that I forgot to thank you properly. But, here I am now, really thanking you for saving my life and my pie during the time of the Grand Galloping Gala. A few days after the Young Flyers Competition, I couldn't stop thinking about you. Spitfire noticed me being lovesick a few days later, not being able to focus on practicing our routine for the Gala. She told me to confess how I felt about you. But, I was too shy. But, now I have the courage to tell you how I really feel. So, do you feel the same way?" Soarin blushes a more brighter shade of red as he said his last sentence.

Rainbow Dash's eyes glowed in awe, she couldn't process any words to say at first. Soarin, the stallion every fanmare was crushing on and wanting to go on a date with, was confessing his feelings for her right before her eyes. Rainbow Dash still had very strong feelings for the stallion, but she was too shy to tell him how she felt about him. She remembered her friends constantly teasing her during the Gala about her having feelings for a wonderbolt. At first, she thought that these feelings were pointless to have, but she had to realize the hard way that love can be an awesome feeling. As Rainbow Dash processed her final thoughts, she decided to tell the stallion how she felt about him.

"Soarin, I don't know what to say. Truth to be told, I do have the same feelings for you. I also had a huge crush you during the Equestrian Games. Though I didn't realize you had a crush on me during the Best Young Flyers Competition, I was unaware of that during that time. Why didn't you tell me how you felt before?" Rainbow Dash asked, as she put a hoof on his cheek.

"You feel the same way?"

Rainbow nods. "Yes, I do".

Soarin smiles, and walks closer to her. There muzzles were almost close to one another. Rainbow Dash knew what the stallion was going to do. 'He's going to kiss me', Rainbow Dash thought to herself. She did the same, walking closer to the pale blue stallion. Their muzzles touched once they were so close to one another. Both blushing at first, Soarin smiles, closes his eyes and gently puts his lips on Rainbow's. Rainbow Dash's eyes widen at first, but realizing how much Soarin meant to her, she closed her eyes and kissed him back. Soarin's tongue licked Rainbow's outside lip, begging for entrance. Rainbow Dash gladly accepted and opened her lips wide to let Soarin's tongue battle hers. They continued to kiss passionately for a few more seconds, until they both decide that they needed to breathe.

Soarin and Dash pulled away, both blushing after the kissed they both just shared. Rainbow was slightly dazed at her first kiss with the stallion. "So, are we an item now?" she asked.

Soarin puts a wing around her, and kisses her forehead, and pulls her closer to him. "Well, what does it look like Dashie? Now, I have a question for you. Do you wanna be my marefriend?"

Rainbow nods. "I would love to be your marefriend Soarin. But, will they know once we get back to the restaurant?"

Soarin nods as well. "They will know, once we tell them".

"Let's get back to the restaurant. It's already 8:50PM".

"You're right, let's head back."

Together, the new couple walked from the balcony back to The Dish.

The mane 6 and the wonderbolts are sitting at the table, waiting for Soarin and Dash to get back. The party was beginning to come to an end. because the restaurant closed its doors at 9:30PM every night. They were beginning to wonder where the two were.

"I know this has been the best night ever, but where is Dash and Soarin Pinkie?" High Winds asked her cousin.

"Oh, I don't know Windy. They never told me or the rest of us", Pinkie said, shrugging her shoulders.

"Well, they better be back because we gotta leave this place in 30 minutes ", Spitfire in a serious tone, as she made eye contact with High Winds.

"I'm sure they'll show", Fluttershy reassured, as she joined in Pinkie Pie and High Wind's conversation.

The door opened a second later, Rainbow Dash and Soarin walked in with Soarin's wing wrapping around the mare. "Guys we're back, sorry we didn't tell you where we went. We're just outside the restaurant chatting privately".

High Wind's and Pinkie Pie's mouths gawked in surprise. "Are you two a couple now?" Pinkie and High Winds said in unison. The new couple both blush. "We are".

"Congrats sugarcube", Applejack smiled.

"Congrats, you two make such a lovely couple", Rarity said.

"Congrats Dashie, I knew you could do it", the purple alicorn told her friend.

Rainbow thanks her friends. "Thanks guys".

Fleefoot, however, still had her muzzle caught in her favorite book. She was in the middle of reading a tragic part of the story when she felt somepony's hoof giving her a small pinch. "Ow, who did that?!" Fleetfoot shouted.

"Hahahaha, you should see the look on your face", Lightning Streak laughed. Unknowingly, Lightning Streak was the one who got up from his seat to actually pinch the turquoise mare.

Fleetfoot pouted. "Lightning Streak!"

"Sorry Fleetfoot, I just had to do it." The rest of the ponies sitting at the table just laugh.

Pinkie yawns. "Guys, I'm getting tired. This has been the best night I've ever had though".

High Winds yawns. "I agree with you cousin Pinkie, we should go and get some shut eye."

"Agreed", the rest of them said. Together, the 6 friends and the wonderbolts leave the restaurant with tired faces. They hoped that tomorrow would be a better day.

Soarin yawned. "Good night Dashie, I'll see you in the morning".

Rainbow yawned as well. "Good night Soar". The two shared a quick kiss before heading with their friends back to their cabins.

As they headed for bed, a unknown note appears unexpectedly from the breeze that blew it. What is it? Who is it from?

Author's Notes:

Finally, the moment you've all been waiting for; a SoarinDash moment. I decided to feature a SoarinDash moment in the 5th Chapter - The Best Night Ever! Readers who love the SoarinDash shipping, this is your big surprise. Prior, I decided not to add the romance tag bar because I felt like the genre itself wouldn't go with the story. But I was wrong, this story definitely needed some romance. Trying to picture a romance moment and writing the actions of the characters wasn't easy for me, all I had to do was really get inspired. I listened to songs about romance. Cheeky huh?

As an author for A Mysterious Explosion - A Wonderbolt Fanfiction, I was inspired to write this story while I was thinking about history class . Since the mane 6 and the wonderbolts are both my favorite characters from the show, I wanted to write a story that would feature both of them.

Hope you enjoy this chapter fellow readers! I'm sorry if it takes me while to publish chapters, I run out of ideas too easily! I run out of the ideas so quickly that I only have the opportunity to update chapters once a week.

Oh I almost forgot about Flash Sentry, he will appear in the later chapters. He will be seen alongside Princess Celestia and Captain Prince Shining Armor. I'm sorry, but Cadence won't be featured in this story. Let's say she decided to stay in the Crystal Empire to watch over Flurry Heart. If you are going to ask if Flurry Heart will be featured in this story, I'm sorry no. But, she will be mentioned.

Oh no! Who this note from? Stay tuned for the next chapter!