I woke up the next morning to hear Rarity humming away and she seemed to be feeling refreshed. I on the other roof wasn't quite totally awake yet, probably because of what we did last night. Eventually I was wide awake as soon as she looked at me.

"Morning my darling." She said sweetly.

"Morning my love." I replied before getting out of the bed. "Last night was..."

"Fabulous, truly fabulous."

She walked over and we shared a romantic kiss. "I wonder if we'll have a quiet day today, but then again, something else will probably come up." I said, holding her by the upper waist above her foal bump.

"Knowing Equestria, it'll come up sooner than we think." Rarity replied. "But we'll be ready to take it on, no matter what it is."

Just then, our front door flung open and in came Rainbow Dash who seemed really excited.

"Hey you two, how's it going?" she asked.

"Very well, Rainbow." Rarity replied. "And what has got you excited?"

"I just heard from my amazing boyfriend that Celestia's Royal Garden will be having a grand opening tomorrow and the Wonderbolts will be kicking things off with an aerial display."

"That sounds good, but I guess there's more?" I asked.

"Yeah, I've been asked to fly with them!"

"Wow, that's exciting!"

"Well, kind of exciting. Technically, I'm not flying. I'm just the lucky reserve who was called in to be the backup flyer in case a Wonderbolt can't perform."

"Oh, don't be so modest." Rarity assured. "Out of all the reserves, you should be the one chosen."

"It is pretty sweet. And I do get to stay in the castle, hang out with the Wonderbolts and eat awesome food at the dinner tonight. Speaking of the dinner, are you two able to come?"

Rarity and I looked with smiles and Rarity moved forward. "Heavens, yes! A chance to dress up, be charming and show off my newest femme mystique couture? I wouldn't miss it for all of Equestria."

"Great! See ya two tonight!"

And then Rainbow whooshed out of the house, gently closing the door behind her.

"It's terrific to see Rainbow finally getting the Wonderbolt recognition she deserves." I said.

"Quite true, darling." Rarity replied. "Oh, that reminds me, I must get this box with my latest designs to my Canterlot boutique so Coco can work her talent on them."

"Can I help?"

"Of course, dear. I want you to deliver this box for me cause as you know, my bump is getting a little bigger and I'm finding myself a little slower."

"I'll do it right away, love. I'll be back soon or possibly later if Coco needs help."

"Oh you are such a gentlecolt. I'll take it easy until you get back, I want you and I to dress up smart later tonight."

"Okay, I'll make sure to return as soon as I can." I then kissed her as Rarity brought over a sealed box.

With that I used my magic to grab the box and I flew off and away to Canterlot. When I arrived outside the boutique, I took the box in and found the shop to be doing terrific. I spotted Coco going over a few notes by the cashier.

"Morning Coco, I'm here delivering this box in behalf of my fiancé." I greeted.

"Oh morning Bond, thanks for getting this in. You are so sweet." She complimented. "Just place the box in the sewing room I'll take care of it later."

I nodded, bringing the box to where she wanted it. When I got back out, Coco was with a pony and a small box.

"Oh my, oh, there's been a mistake..." she said. "I ordered thread uncut stones, and these are hoof-polished."

"I'm sorry, but I've got a full load of deliveries today." he replied. "I'm not sure I have time to re-do your order."

"Of course you don't, but if there was any way you could squeeze in one more little delivery, I would be really grateful."

"Well, I'll see what I can do."

The delivery pony then left, I was kinda curious what they meant. "I see Rarity has taught you a few things." I commented.

"Oh it was nothing." Coco giggled. "Nopony minds a compliment."

"Yeah, that it true. Well I better get back home, me and Rarity have gotta prepare for an evening dinner with Rainbow later."

"That sounds nice, have a good time."

"We will."

I waved at Coco and then left for home to find a smarty dressed suit on a stand.

Sometime later, it was the early evening and Rarity and I arrived at the Canterlot Royal Garden with Rainbow and Soarin. From what I know, only the other member of the Wonderbolts, the mane six, myself and Scootaloo know about Rainbow and Soarin's relationship. The rest of Equestria doesn't know and they prefer to keep it that way until they are absolutely ready to declare it.

We were standing by a very long table, and it was beginning to be a terrific event so far.

"Let's grab some grub!" Rainbow said, grabbing a slice of apple pie along with Soarin who was craving for it.

"Mm, is that Juniper Phoenix I smell?" Rarity asked.

"No, it's broccoli!"

"Yeah, Juniper Phoenix is one of my favourite stallion colognes" the new stallion said.

"I've never heard of that before." I replied. "If you don't mind me asking, what's your name?"

"What, don't you know who this is?!" Rainbow asked.

"A gentlepony with fabulous taste in colognes and scarves?" Rarity thought.

"That's not a problem, Rainbow." the stallion said. "I am Wind Rider, the one where many ponies say I am living legend because I hold the Wonderbolts record in the Mustang Marathon!"

"That's quite a feat, good to meet you." I replied.

"You too." we shook hooves. "I have heard about your achievements with the heroines, I am more honoured to meet you, Prince Bond Racer."

"Still, it's gotta be amazing that you hold such an heroic record."

"Ah, that was a long time ago. Honestly, I can't believe I still hold the record."

Spitfire and Fleetfoot then turn up. "Wind Rider, I see you met Rainbow Dash! She's one of our most promising reserves. She just might beat your record!"

"Really now?" he asked confidently.

"Oh, I'm nowhere near as good as you." Rainbow said. "I mean, I'm fast, but I don't have the endurance to go long distances."

"Ah, don't be modest." Spitfire said. "A little practice and you'll be beating records in no time."

"Hehe. Well, it's nice to meet you all."

"Not as nice as it is to meet you, sir." Rainbow replied before Wind Rider walked off to meet with a few others. "I can't believe I just met Wind Rider!"

Soarin kept her cool by holding her hoof. "Yeah, I hear that he's coming out of retirement to take the spot of honour in the centre of our aerial flower formation tomorrow."

"Really? That's incredible! Guess I'll just watch Wind Rider being awesome from the sidelines..." she sighed. "Practice tomorrow is gonna be so boring."

"Well I wanna keep you company, but I have to keep up my second-in-command role." Soarin said sadly. "But if I wasn't apart of this, I would have all the time in the world for you."

Rainbow blushed..."Soarin, be quiet...I don't wanna be blushing right now."

"Oooh, shall we leave you two alone?" Rarity teased.

"She's joking of course." I chuckled. "But if you want, we can watch you practice and help you."

"You could!" Rainbow replied. "They always let friends and family come watch practices!"

That was all we needed to know, we then caught a table for four with me and Rarity on one side and Rainbow and Soarin on the other side. Shortly, the food was arriving and we were enjoying the meals a lot, I was beginning to get full, I couldn't eat anymore.

"That dinner was absolutely divine. Thanks for inviting us!" Rarity said.

"No probs." Rainbow replied. "By the way, I am sleeping in that tower over there."

"Ooh, staying in the east tower? Those rooms have the best view of Canterlot!"

"How lucky are we?" Soarin asked. "Oh well, we better get some shut-eye before practice."

"Yeah we better get going too." I replied. "See you both tomorrow."

"Cool, we'll see you then."

Rainbow and Soarin left, holding hooves whilst Rarity and me left the gardens and took the train ride back home. We were both feeling pretty tired, so we got out of our clothes and headed straight for the bed, snuggling away before dreaming.

The next day and we heard the front door being banged on, I woke up first and gently moved out of the bed so Rarity wouldn't disturbed.

I looked at the clock to see it was already afternoon, I opened the door slowly and saw an unfamiliar mare. "Are you Prince Bond Racer?"

"The one and only." I replied. "Who are you?"

"Oh I am Stormy Flare, I am the mother of Spitfire, I'm sure you've heard of my daughter."

"The leader of the Wonderbolts, yes. Well it's nice to meet you but why do you ask?"

"There appeared to be a huge misunderstanding. Earlier this morning, I had wrote a letter to my daughter saying that I was sick and that I needed her help. And because of that, Soarin who is second in command of the Wonderbolts had to find a reserve which was Rainbow Dash."

"I see, mind if you come in and discuss this by the sofa?"

"That would be quite nice of you, thank you."

I lead Stormy in and she sat on the sofa and I sat on the opposite sofa. "Okay, so what happened next?"

"Well when my daughter came around to see me in top form, she was stunned, she was told that I was sick but it turned out that I did not write a letter at all, so somepony must've somehow got hold of my address so that the suspect could take her place for what could've been a selfish purpose."

"So in other words, Spitfire was led on a wild goose chase because of a fake note?"

"Correct, Wind Rider is asking around for anypony who has an alibi for last night. So do you have one?"

"Of course, me and my fiancé Rarity who's still sleeping were at the event last night. We left a few seconds later after Soarin and Rainbow left to go to one of the towers to the east." Suddenly, it hit me...no! Rainbow wouldn't stoop that low, would she?

"I see, so you both know Rainbow Dash well?"

"Yes, we've known her for years and we know that she would do anything to be one of the Wonderbolts. Now that you mention it, I wouldn't be surprised if she was the one who sent that fake note."

"Well actually, Rainbow has already been questioned by Wind Rider and Rainbow claims that she didn't send the fake note, but the evidence is pointing at her for now and unless she can prove that somepony else did it, she will be banned from the Wonderbolts forever!"

"Woah! So how long does she have?"

"She has until the start of the show by sunset to prove her innocence. Now I must be going and I thank you for your cooperation, Prince Bond, I bid you a good day."

"You're very welcome, have a good day too."

Stormy then left the house and no sooner she left, Rarity came downstairs in her morning gown. "Who was it at the door darling?"

I then brought her by my side and explained everything that Stormy told me, she seemed a little sad.

"Well you may be right that Rainbow isn't exactly the smartest when it comes to chasing dreams, but for some reason, I believe she is innocent."

"And because of this happening, I wouldn't be surprised if this created a bond of mistrust between her and Soarin."

"That's also true, we need to go and help her fast...and I know just how to do it."

"You got an idea?"

"I'll use one of my latest dresses and go undercover to help clear Rainbow's name."

"What can I do?"

"Well, this may be tough, but I want you to keep Soarin on the straight and narrow, in case he thinks of something rash. I don't want this issue to be responsible for those two breaking up. I simply cannot allow it!"

"I can agree...alright, I'll see what I can do with Soarin."

"Thank you darling." she then kissed me. "You go on ahead to the event taking place and I'll go and help out Rainbow."

I nodded and then left the home and flew to where the Mustang Marathon was taking place. I saw a few of the Wonderbolts practising and there was Soarin and Wind Rider, I flew down towards by them and greeted my presence.

"Oh hello Prince Bond Racer." Wind said. "Come to see the Wonderbolts in training?"

"Not quite, I'm hear to speak to Soarin." I replied.

"Eh, me?" Soarin asked who seemed surprised.

"Yeah, seriously."

"Go with him, Soarin." Wind Rider said. "I'll watch over these members."

"Alright, thanks."

Soarin and I left the ground and shortly, our conversation went to the main issue.

"So I have to ask and this may be delicate, but do you believe that this issue will cause a strain and your relationship with Rainbow?"

"Yeah, it's gonna really hurt and we may well break up after this event." Soarin replied. "I don't want to end the relationship, but I have a responsibility to put my commitment as a Wonderbolt in front of my personal feelings."

"I can understand that, but do you believe that deep down, Rainbow is innocent?"

"I want to believe that she is innocent, but so far, all the evidence makes her the culprit."

"Well Rarity is trying to help Rainbow as we speak, if you're okay with that."

"Oh I don't mind if she gets help from her friends, I know that she can rely on you all when she needs you. Just like I should be there for her, but I can't."

"Well if it makes it feel a little better, I do have a question that's off-topic."

"Go on, I don't mind."

"How did you become a vice-captain of the Wonderbolts?"

"Oh that's a good story to tell. You see a long time ago, Wind Rider was the former leader of the Wonderbolts and Spitfire was second in command of the team. When he stood down four years ago, Spitfire was promoted to team leader and because of my impressive performances, I was promoted to vice-captain and I have been her right hand stallion ever since."

"Well that's quite the story, I am very impressed. Four years ago...that was when I just moved to Ponyville."

"Quite a coincidence for you, right?" Soarin then sighed. "But still, I don't think my girlfriend would ever wanna see me again."

Just then, Spitfire suddenly turned up.

"There you are, you are not gonna believe this!" she exclaimed.

"Spitfire, you're back!" Soarin replied. "What's happened now?"

"Follow me and you too, Prince Bond."

We then noticed it was beginning to rain as Spitfire took us to the Wonderbolts Academy. There was Stormy Flare, Rarity, Rainbow, Wind Rider and the other Wonderbolts.

"I'm here!" Soarin said, "What's going on?"

"I have found the culprit!" Rarity boasted. "Somepony sent Spitfire away and framed Rainbow Dash for it. And that pony was none other than...Wind Rider!"

"What?!" Soarin exclaimed. "How could he have been the one that did it?"

"Let me explain. I never believed Rainbow would send Spitfire away. When we found the rainbow hairs in Spitfire's room, I could tell they didn't fall out, they were cut! Nopony loses hair in a chunk, and look at the ends, it's a straight line! They were clearly cut with shears, which means somepony planted it! Then when we were examining Spitfire's room, I smelled something on the envelope. Juniper Phoenix, Wind Rider's cologne of choice! Then, in the castle hallway, I noticed some of the damas curtains fell out of their velvet rope-holder, indicating that somepony had been hiding behind them! Perhaps after they dropped off the fake letter?"

I was surprised at what I was hearing, but I believed in it, so Rarity continued.

"It is precisely why I questioned the castle guards! They were at their post at the entrance to the hallway all night, except for a small window of time when somepony brought them cake, a cake that was ordered by a girl pony with a raspy voice! Whoever ordered the cake got a chocolate stain on her ivory scarf, and I couldn't help but notice that Wind Rider's scarf is tied in a tight Windsor knot, instead of its usual loose-slip knot! And why is that? Is it to hide the chocolate stain?!"

Rainbow began to smile, looking at Soarin and he looked back, smiling too. He knew then that was Rainbow was indeed innocent.

"Just admit it! You're as guilty of framing Rainbow Dash as you are of ruining that ivory scarf!"

Wind Rider couldn't seem to take anymore of it and got a little mad. "Fffine, you caught me! I did it!"

The other wonderbolts gasped.

"But why, Wind Rider?!" Rainbow asked. "Was it because I took the last broccoli at the dinner and you really, really wanted it?"

"No. It was because he was afraid that you would break his long-distance Wonderbolt record!" Rarity replied. "I heard him when Spitfire said you were close to breaking his record. He said, and I quote, 'Heheh'. That's the polite yet disingenuous laugh you make when you want to seem happy but really you're not."

"I thought if I could get Rainbow Dash kicked out of the Wonderbolts forever, my record could be preserved." Wind said.

"Really? That is so not cool, and I thought you were the coolest Wonderbolt ever. Until now." Rainbow replied.

"I did what I had to do to protect my record! Sometimes you gotta play dirty to be the best!"

"That's not what being a Wonderbolt is all about."

"She's right! Wonderbolts look after each other." Soarin added.

"Wind Rider, I have never been ashamed of you than I am right now!" Spitfire scolded. "This is not the Wind Rider I know when you asked me to take over as leader when you retired!"

"But-but-but!"

"Forget it, old timer. As far as the Wonderbolt academy is concerned, you are not welcome here anymore!"

"It seems that the Wonderbolts are now completely different." Wind sighed. "Very well, I will take my leave."

With that, he didn't say another word and instead left the building in a huff. I trotted to Rarity and spun her around in an embrace.

"My love, you were amazing!!!" I exclaimed happily.

"Oh my darling!" she replied.

Soarin looked at Rainbow. "Come here, my girl!"

"With pleasure!" Rainbow replied and they wrapped each other in a caring hug.

The other Wonderbolts slightly gasped.

Spitfire nudged Soarin. "Uh love birds, not in front of the others."

"Oops, sorry leader." he replied sheepishly.

"Alright Wonderbolts, I am back!" Spitfire announced. "Let's get this Mustang Marathon on track!"

We all cheered at the great turn of events.

"So, would you like to fly with us?" Spitfire offered Rainbow.

Rainbow could hardly contain her excitement. "Would I?! Woohoo! Yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah, uh, uh-huh, yeah, aww yeah.."

The event was then underway as soon as the storm clouds moved over. It was an exciting event and Rainbow finally got her biggest moment in the sun. Rarity and I were incredibly happy that we saved Rainbow and Soarin's relationship too. It was an amazing day, but soon after the event was over, we were on our way to leave for home.

By the train station, we were waiting to get on board. Rainbow and Soarin were there to see us off.

"So where are you two gonna be?" I asked.

"Oh we're gonna have a night-time with just me and Rainbow." Soarin replied which made Rainbow blush. "I also wanna thank you both so much for saving our relationship. We feel stronger than ever before, we just couldn't be happier right now."

"Stop it, Soarin, sheesh!" Rainbow giggled slightly. "But anyways, thank you Rarity for help clearing my name, you and Bond were awesome."

"It was no trouble at all, Rainbow. Anything we could do to help." Rarity replied. "Ah our train is here, you two have all the fun in the world."

"Thanks, goodbye." Soarin replied.

Rarity and I boarded the train for home and when we got back, me and Rarity cheered and laughed. We caught out a culprit and saved a relationship in one day, what an accomplishment for the two of us. We were also a little tired, so we had an early evening of snuggling up together in bed before falling asleep.

Although I wasn't sure, but I felt a little movement inside Rarity's bump. One more highlight to add at this moment in time. Next Chapter: Made In Manehattan Estimated time remaining: 2 Hours, 31 Minutes