Initial Dash: Drifting is Magicby Dalek Saxon
Chapters
Act 0: Prologue
The party at the top of Mount Kiryu was kicking into full swing. All the party goers were there for what they were told was going to be the ‘Race to End All Races!’ All around the top of the mountain, cars of all shapes, verities, makes, and years were parked on the only two lane road at top of this small mountain. In the middle of the road were hordes of people jamming to music and killing time in anticipation for the race to begin.
The racers they were expecting to watch however were not there at the moment. One hasn’t even shown up on the mountain yet and the other was in a parking lot at the far end of the mountain top sitting alone. The white suit wearing multicolored haired girl named Celestia wasn’t interested in participating in the party as she was now reaching the ripe age of thirty-nine and wouldn’t feel comfortable with the very young teenagers ranging from sixteen to twenty-one.
Celestia sighed as she sat on the guardrail separating the parking lot from the two lane road as she looked at her old white NSX with a custom spoiler parked before her with the right door wide open. This car was now over twenty years old but it was still known as the fastest car on the mountain and even the fastest car in the entire region with no one seeming to even coming close to breaking its record time and speeds with newer more advanced cars. It was even speculated to be the fastest car in Equestria. The fastest car wasn’t a lightweight European Supercar or a high powered American Muscle car but an twenty year old Asian import that still had old pop up headlights.
“Yo guys…this is corner three…uhhh…I didn’t actually see anything but I heard a loud car zoom by…it’s probably Moon coming up…so everyone might want to get out of the way.” A voice on the car’s radio said. The volume set loud enough so Celestia could hear it from where she was in front of the car.
The multicolored haired girl chuckled and shook her head before looking to her right at the large group of people. The message clearly hadn’t been received or wasn’t spreading fast enough as people were still clogging up the road. Suddenly a faint sound of an engine was heard from where Celestia was sitting and the sound was quickly rising by the second. The middle-aged girl turned her head to the right at the source of the rising sound and saw nothing. Suddenly the sound of the loud engine’s roar flew past her, leaving a gust of wind that made Celestia’s suit flail and her shoulder length hair to kick up.
She quickly turned her head to the lit end of the road and saw a pitch black car suddenly appear from under the street lamps. The tires of the car screeched as it braked to avoid hitting the large crowd of people. It just barely stopped in time before hitting some poor teen who was at the edge of the crowd. The partying quickly died as people rushed away out of the street to clear the way for the black Nissan Skyline R34.
Once the path and road were completely clear, the R34’s engine quickly roared again as the tires squealed against the pavement and smoke kicked up from underneath the tires. The car started to take off and swerve slightly before quickly doing a one-eighty degree turn followed by another one as it started to do random quick turns and tricks barely missing all the parked cars and people still on the road. As the engine roared and the smoke under the tires picked up, the crowd erupted in cheers at the black Nissan burning rubber before them, skillfully managing her car and avoiding all the other parked cars on the road.
Celestia shook her head again before the black car with its headlights off made one last turn and got off the road. It was now in the parking lot where Celestia and her car were in. It turned towards her direction and quickly sped up to her and then eventually past her. The magenta eyed girl watched the car pass her and saw it eventually race to the very edge of the parking lot before it did another spin complete with the engine roaring and smoke picking back up. It didn’t continue to do so like last time and the car’s engine quickly died down as it headed back to Celestia. It then turned and parked on the left side of the old girl’s white NSX.
The car’s engine immediately shut off before a door opened. Out from the car came a dark blue haired woman that look slightly smaller and noticeably younger than Celestia. Her stern face and cyan eyes quickly glanced at the older girl as her lips curved into a gentle smile. She quickly shut the door and walked around the front of her car, her baggy black looking clothes and jeans looking completely opposite of Celestia’s formal looking white suit.
“You know one of these days you’re going to hit someone and I’m not bailing you out of prison.” Celestia pointed out teasingly with a smile as she watched her much younger sister walk up to her.
“Hey they got out of the way…” The paler girl defended with a slight chuckle as she reached the older girl sitting on the guardrail. “Plus when you hear a car coming at an event like this…you should probably get out of the way…I mean it’s not like my car is on silent or anything.” She then said a bit jokingly as she turned around and sat next to her older sister.
“Yeah but you can’t run from something you see can’t Luna. I mean I know you’re trying to go with this whole ‘Princess of the Night’ image or whatever but don’t you think when you’re not racing that you should turn on your headlights?” The multicolored haired girl suggested still in a joking manner as she smiled and got off the guardrail rail.
“And ruin the one thing that will make me famous?” Luna asked, faking offense as she blinked and raised a hand to her chest, watching her sister wide eyed as the older girl walked over to the open door of her car. “Doth hath to be joking…The Princess of the Night hath no need of normal mortal vision…Nightmare Moon need only feel the road and her car to ensure her dominance in any race.” She then said in a fake royal accent, trying to simulate old English as raised her head proudly and gestured her hands in a sweeping manner.
“Until she goes plummeting off the side of the mountain…” Celestia added with a laugh as she reached into her car and pulled out a small cooler. “You know it’s illegal to drive with your headlights off right?” She then teasingly asked as she turned around and started to walk back with the cooler in her hands.
“Yes and it’s also illegal to go over the speed limit and race against other cars down dangerous mountain passes.” She countered nonchalantly as she shook her head and chuckled slightly.
“Point taken…” The middle-aged woman simply replied, nodding her head as she put the cooler down and opened it up, revealing a whole bunch of soda cans in ice.
“I honestly wasn’t trying to bust your chops or anything…what you do is very special…and unique considering that your vision during the night is scary good…like you have night vision. Being able to see that clearly in the dark is not something anyone can do. Plus if you’re good at it and then refine it! I encourage you to sharpen that skill to make you the kind of racer you want to be.” She then said sincerely as she grabbed two and raised one up for her sister to take. She looked at it suspiciously and then looked at the person holding it with a raised eyebrow.
“Don’t worry…I drove smoothly and slowly all the way up here…I mean I have to…I’m driving down Dead Tire’s End tonight…so I can’t afford to lose any grip whatsoever until the start of the race.” Celestia then said after a few seconds, knowing what was going through her sister’s mind. Luna nodded and smiled as she took the can out from her sister’s hand and held it up to her face as she opened it up. Immediately afterwards she was sprayed by the contents soaking her face, hands, her relatively long hair, and the top of her clothes.
“Ah you freaking liar!” She shouted at the top of her lungs as she shook her soaked hands to get some of the liquid off, shaking them towards the still hysterically laughing Celestia to try and get her wet as well.
“No…I drove…I drove safely like I said…” She responded in between laughs as she raised her can and opened it without any problems whatsoever. “I just shook that can up after I got here.” She then explained still chuckling as her angry younger sister chucked the mostly empty can at her which Celestia easily dodged.
“You know for a middle-aged business woman in a formal white suit…I wouldn’t expect for you to be pulling the same crap from back when I was like five!” She then declared in an irritated tone as she reached into the cooler and pulled out another can. This time when she opened it she made sure to point it away from her just in case she picked up another booby trapped one.
“Ah Luna…the day I don’t get you with that old gag is the day I start to feel old.” Celestia responded happily as she sat back down on the guardrail, taking a quick sip of her soda.
“You’re not that old…thirty-nine isn’t that bad...” The younger girl commented encouragingly as she sat down on the guardrail next to her older sister.
“Luna…if I were in that large group of people over there…I would probably look like a lot of people’s mother…hell I came here after I got off work and I’m tired as hell despite it barely being midnight…I’m more concerned about going home to bed and waking up at a decent time for work tomorrow than anything else...” The suit wearing woman replied with a chuckle and a smile before taking another quick sip of her drink.
“And yet you’re still the fastest racer around! The Racing Goddess Equestria! And you’re still rolling around in a twenty year old car! Hell that alone probably makes you the best racer in the world and not just Equestria!” Luna almost shouted as she pointed at the white NSX right in front of them.
“The world?” Celestia repeated a bit surprised as she looked curiously at her younger sister before shaking her head at her, “No…there’s always someone better…I have just yet to meet them yet…and when I do and I’ll lose…then I’ll start to look more like a women going through a mid-life crisis then the Racing Goddess of Equestria.” She then said a bit reluctantly and sadly as she looked down slightly and started to move her thumb around the outside of her can.
“Sister, there’s no one that will ever beat you…I mean you taught me everything about racing since I was little…I even learned my own tricks and technique…yet I still can’t come near you in a much superior car…what makes you think someone else can beat you?” The dark clothes wearing girl pointed out as she looked at her almost in disbelief that she was saying such things about herself.
“Oh Luna…you’re still young at twenty two…and I said earlier you’re still finding your way…you still have a lot to learn about racing and even life…” The older sibling responded with a chuckle as she looked over at the other girl and smiled at her.
“Yo guys…Twilight’s coming up…she’s not barreling through with her headlights off like Moon was so you should have enough time to get out of the way before she gets here.” The man over the radio warned in a calm voice.
“Everybody loses in life eventually…and when it’s your turn to lose you’re going to lose no matter what you do…and sooner or later…it will be my time too…” She explained as closed her eyes slowly. “And…I’ll actually be happy…because then I can retire with the satisfaction that a newer generation of more skill racers than me will take my place…” Celestia went on in a warm understanding tone as she opened her eyes and looked up at the star filled sky with a look that Luna didn’t like seeing on the older girl’s face.
“Sister…” She called softly starting to feel a little depressed over what she was saying, which made the older girl look back at her with a smile back on her face.
“Oh don’t worry, I don’t plan on losing anytime soon and when the time comes I’m not going to go easy or pull any punches…I’m going to make sure I give it my all to make sure that whoever beats me…truly is better than me…” She then said much happier and livelier than before as she reached over and put her hand on her younger sister’s damp sticky shoulder still wet from the earlier soda can incident. “I don’t see that happening today…and that’s why…I really want to go home to go to bed…” She then finished as she removed her hand and took another sip from her soda.
“Who’s your opponent tonight?” Luna asked curiously as the faint sound of an engine was heard approaching from down the mountain.
“Random person number ten thousand and thirty six…the same kind of person that thinks they can conquer the world after a few lucky wins or flukes…I don’t even know her name…all I know is that she called me and said that tonight’s match was on a week ago before I could even reply…” Celestia answered rather annoyed and unenthused as the engine sound got louder and louder.
“I’m pretty sure this is all of her doing as well…” She then said in a loud tone as she turned and pointed to the crowed of people as a purple third generation Subaru WRX STI sedan slowly drove by and up to the large crowd of people, stopping immediately upon reaching the massive group of people. “Going around hyping something up and bragging about something online that hasn’t happened yet…I swear it’s a monthly thing…it’s never any different…” She then finished in a frustrated tone as people began to move out of the way for the car to pass through.
“Yeah I had like six hundred messages over the past week about this event…it was crazy…and honestly if I were you I wouldn’t have shown up.” The younger girl responded as the four door sedan had enough room to maneuver into the same parking lot as Luna and Celestia.
“I kind of have to…my pride as a racer and what not…” Celestia responded as the car started to approach where the two where conversing.
“Well that’s very admirable of you and…” Luna began to respond before stopping and going wide eyed at the purple WRX turning to park in the same parking space her black R34. “Oh hell no!” She shouted as she immediately jumped off the guardrail, tossed aside her drink, and rushed up in front of the purple car before it hit her Nissan.
“No! No! No! What the hell do you think you’re doing!?” The furious girl screamed as she raised both her hands and aggressively slammed the hood of the purple car with them. “You almost hit my car!” She then yelled as she gestured her head behind her towards her Nissan as the purple car’s driver side window was being rolled down.
“I’m sorry I was distracted and wasn’t paying attention!” A purple haired girl frantically replied as she stuck her head out the window and fearfully looked at the girl she thought was going to dent her head.
“I’ll be saying that when I run your ass down for denting my ride!” Luna responded angrily as she pointed the frightened girl with her right hand. “Now park your ass as far away from my wheels as possible!” She then threatened as she moved her right hand and pointed to a spot on the other side of the parking lot.
“Alright alright! I’m sorry I’m sorry!” The terrified teenager replied as she moved her head back into the car and then started to back away from the menacing looking older girl.
Luna groaned as the car started to back up and then started to walk back to where Celestia was. “Damn…you see that?” She asked the older sibling as she pointed her thumb behind her at the car that was heading towards the space she directed her to. “Girl almost drove into my trunk!” She then shouted as she took her spot next to Celestia.
“Don’t you think you were being a little harsh on Twilight? I mean your car is pitch black to the point where I can barely see it and I’m sitting like ten feet away from it!” The formal looking woman replied as she tried desperately to see Luna’s R34 but could only make out the outline to it.
“Heh…and if you can barely see it while it’s parked…imagine the feeling of a rival driving against me…imagine them as they hear my loud engine but can’t see me no matter how hard they look.” The younger girl then boasted, taking that as a compliment instead of what it intended to be.
“Until you stop and your brake lights make you clearly visible.” Celestia teased as she saw Twilight parking into the space and now getting out of her car, wearing what looked like a fancy high school uniform.
“That’s why I don’t strike until the end…I instill as much fear as possible…to the point where they’ll be having nightmares for weeks…then I overtake them by complete surprise scarring them for life… that is how Nightmare Moon drives!” She responded more sure of herself than ever as the thin somewhat pale girl ran rather slowly from her car all the way over to where the two where conversing.
“I’m so sorry Luna! I swear I didn’t see your car there!” The purple haired girl frantically apologized as she reached them. She now seemed exhausted from that brief sprint as she was panting heavily and she had to raise a hand to brush her purple hair out of her eyes, revealing two strands of two different shades of purple in her hair.
Luna looked at her angrily and intimidated Twilight as she gulped and started to back away in fear, “Oh don’t worry about it Twilight…you can dent that thing up as much as possible…she’s getting a new car next week.” Celestia happily declared as she raised her half empty can of soda, wanting to break the tension before it reached ridiculous stereotypical teen levels.
“Really? You are?” Twilight asked in shock as her she blinked in surprise and looked at Luna with her purple colored eyes which made the older girl go from anger to pride in that single instance.
“Yep…I’m upgrading to the Nissan GT-R…think of it like a college graduation present to myself!” She confirmed with a smile as she leaned back and folded her arms.
“You mean the ‘They forgot to give put in my full name and I’m really a Skyline R35?’” The magenta eyed woman teasingly asked with a smirk.
“Yeah the ‘I’m totally not a Skyline but I’m really so totally a Skyline!’” Luna jokingly confirmed with a chuckle.
“Wow…that’s like…your sixth car in like two years!” The younger girl declared as she recalled all the cars she saw Luna driving around before the one she currently had, which made the slightly older girl nod as if taking it as a compliment.
“Yeah how many street corners did you have to work to pay for all this little sister?” Celestia teasingly asked with a smirk as she arched her eyebrow slightly at her younger sibling.
“Not as much as you did sister to get your car because unlike you I don’t work for cheap!” Luna responded as she unfolded her arms and tapped her older sister's arm the back of her hand, turning the insult around back at the older woman.
“Oh if only you were that fast when racing against me…then maybe you could actually keep up with me!” Celestia replied chuckling as she shook her head and then raised her soda can to take another drink.
“Hey like you said…I’m still finding me way…and finding my way involves finding the perfect car made for me…I can’t get lucky like you and find my match on like the third try.” Luna said back as she raised both her hands and innocently shrugged in a playful manner.
“Yeah I’m surprised you found a car to fit you so well…have you ever thought about trying out other cars or at least upgrading to a newer NSX?” Twilight suggested as she started to walk past Luna and Celestia.
“No because the newer model doesn’t have flip up headlights…and I like flip up headlights…they’re so cool!” The NSX owner denied happily as she raised her right foot and pointed to the car in front of her, cutting off Twilight from passing her for a brief moment.
“Really? That’s the reason you stick with this car?” Twilight asked in disbelief as she curiously looked at Celestia who was returning her foot back down to the ground.
“No she’s lying…there’s a deeper reason than that…” Luna replied instead in a more serious manner as Twilight walked past Celestia and sat next to her on the guardrail.
“Yeah there’s no way I’m abandoning this car…over three hundred thousand miles and countless wins…Lulu and I have been through a lot.” Celestia added now sounding serious herself as she got off the guardrail, bent over, and picked up a soda can from the cooler. She then sat back down on the guardrail and handed the drink to Twilight, who was looking more confused than ever.
“Lulu?” She simply repeated in bemusement as she opened up the can of soda.
“Ugh! I still cringe when you call it that!” Luna shouted in annoyance as she winced in fake pain.
“Awww that’s because it’s named after you my dear little sister!” Celestia teased in a cutesy tone as she leaned over towards her younger sister. “I’d call you that if you let me!” She then went on as she wrapped her arms around her little sister and brought her into a very embarrassing hug.
“Get off of me!” Luna demanded as she tried to push her sister off of her.
“You named it after you sister?” The youngest girl of the trio asked with a laugh as she watched the two older girls in front of her.
“Yeah…I got this car literally a few days before she was born…and when she was, I named it after her.” Celestia quickly explained as her younger sister continued to try and pry her off. “My Little Lulu!” She then shouted as she rubbed her head against her sister’s arm which only made Twilight laugh even more.
“K-Knock it off Tia! You said you wouldn’t do this crap anymore…especially in public!” The poor younger sister almost shouted as she looked around to make sure that e everyone else was still at the massive party down the street.
Twilight continued to laugh in amusement as she shook her head and then raised her soda up to take a quick drink as she looked at the car named after her sister, then suddenly realizing something as her eyes widened slightly. “Wow so that car is as old as Luna?” She then asked as she looked at the two girls again.
“First car she’s even been in…and there are a few stains in the passenger seat to prove that!” The older sister jokingly confirmed as she smirked and looked up at her younger sister.
“H-Hey that was your fault not mine!” The younger girl shouted as she finally pushed her older sibling off her, now blushing slightly in embarrassment.
“Oh don’t be ashamed…you were such a little thing at the time…you couldn’t take that kind of speed at that age…and think of it this way…maybe it’s because of that moment that you’re even here in the first place…that this car gave you the love of speed that you have today.” Celestia then said warmly as she moved back to her original position and looked at her younger sister.
“Yeah…I know…I guess I should say thanks for that shouldn’t I?” The dark haired girl agreed with a sigh as she looked back with a small smile.
“Yeah…you should…and you should probably do it by cleaning my car…and try removing those stains again.” The elder sister suggested teasingly as she pointed to her car and specifically the passenger seat. Immediately afterwards Luna’s face started to turn red again as she reached over and smacked her sister across the arm which only made Celestia laugh and Twilight as well.
“Oh you two…” Twilight said after laughing before taking another drink. After doing so she looked around briefly and finally noticed that there wasn’t anyone around Celestia aside from her and Luna. Normally if someone is going to be racing in a highly anticipated event they would be crowded by fans and spectators, but instead it felt like they were being completely ignored.
“Actually…now that I think about it…I’m surprised it’s just you and Luna here…normally when people are here to see a race they swarm the drivers participating in the race…” The high school student pointed out as she looked back at the large crowd of people that seemed to be partying wildly without one of the people they all came to see race.
“I told them some generic excuse like I was mentally preparing myself for the race tonight and didn’t want to be bothered…” Celestia explained in a thankful tone before she took a quick sip of her drink.
“What about the other racer…is she here?” The Tri-colored haired girl then asked curiously as looked at the crowd to see anyone that would stick out and be the other racer.
“Nope…” Celestia dully responded with a shake of her head before taking another quick sip. “And from experience I know she’s waiting for the last possible second to make a grand dramatic entrance and show off…it’s happened so many times it’s practically routine for me now…hell I don’t even know her name or what she looks like…” She then said apathetically before making an annoyed groan.
“Her name’s Rainbow Dash…” Twilight informed, as she remembered the name of the other racer from all the messages and posts on the internet she read.
“Whatever…sounds like the typical name for a smug little girl who thinks she can do anything if she boasts about it enough…” The Racing Goddess of Equestria responded uncaringly as she moved free hand up dismissingly. “All I needed to know about her was that she challenged me to the hardest course known and that she’s running late on purpose to be extra dramatic…just like every other smug challenger I’ve faced.” She then said as she waved her free hand around.
“But she’s actually good…really good…I mean I heard she beat Trixie…and I mean totally beat her to the point where it was sad instead of funny.” The youngest girl warned seriously as she informed her of the last time she raced somebody.
“Wow she beat her that bad?” Luna replied in surprise as she moved her head back and widened her eyes slightly in shock.
“Yeah…I heard she’s still shaken up over the whole thing…hasn’t got back in her car since the defeat…it was pretty bad…” Twilight confirmed with a nod before she told her about some rumors she heard.
“Yeah and Luna beat her pretty badly too…during a bright day and I can beat Luna on the darkest night of the year when she does her no headlight technique…so why I should be intimidated by someone with a loud mouth and a meaningless accomplishment?” The middle-aged woman declared as she pointed at her younger sister, who looked back unsure of how to respond to that.
“I don’t know…Dash might be a loud arrogant person…but she most likely has to skills to back them up…” The young high school student insisted, concerned about her mentor’s upcoming race.
“Holy crap…guys this is corner three…uhhh a blue car just zipped by at a freaking unbelievable speed…I swear I’ve never see a car move that fast before on that turn…seriously guys it was insane…I couldn’t even tell what kind of car it was or anything…I think it might be the challenger!” The guy on the radio frantically shouted in disbelief. Almost immediately the crowd started to get anxious and turn to face the direction the car was coming from.
Celestia looked at her watch after hearing the statement to check the time. “Yeah…about five minutes until the race has to start…seems about the usual time they show up.” She said in a dull tone as the sound of a loud engine began to be heard.
“Alright I guess we’re going to see where my opponent lands on a scale of one to ten in stupidity.” She then declared as she got off the guardrail and turned around to face the road just in time for a blue car to go zipping by her with the engine blazing. She turned her head and watched as the car stopped in front of the large crowd of people.
‘Oh a Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X GSR…with a custom spoiler and what sounds like a tuned engine to give it at least four hundred and fifty horsepower.’ Celestia thought upon witnessing the car drive by her, immediately judging her opponent’s car and capabilities and still seeming unimpressed. ‘Huh…I was honestly expecting like a Ferrari or something…not like it would matter…I’d still win without any problems.’ She then thought in a disappointment as the crowd of people started to get the way and clear the road.
“Hey Twilight…you want to take this race for me? I mean she’s using your car’s nemesis after all!” Celestia teased as she briefly looked at the younger girl who merely stared at her in bewilderment. “Just kidding…” She then said with a chuckle as she looked back at the blue EVO.
The Lancer was blue but it had rainbow themed stripes going across the hood and towards the trunk. On the back fenders was a picture of a cloud with a rainbow colored lightning bolt coming out of it. As soon as the road was clear the car’s tires started to squeal as took off. It began to perform some turns and spins more drastic and extreme then Luna. The ear piercing sound coming from her tires and engine combined with the extreme amount of smoke made the crowd erupt into loud cheers and whistles. It was quickly followed by a roar of applause that was easily overshadowed by the car’s loud engine as it continued to do tricks in the center of the road.
‘Yeah…that’s right…burn those tires up…waste all that grip…make things even easier for me.’ She commented in her mind as she struggled to retain a sigh of disgust as the car finally stopped in the center of the road. ‘Well at least she didn’t do a burnout…or worse…so on a scale of one to ten that’s definitely a solid eight.’ She then judged as the window rolled down and a tan athletic looking girl with rainbow hair popped out from the window. She looked around with sunglasses on and then raised her gloved fist into the air, causing another round of cheers and excitement from the crowd.
‘Nope scratch that…the sunglasses and the fist pumping instantly turn it up to eleven.’ Celestia immediately retracted in her mind as she reached into her pocket and pulled out her car keys.
“Here Luna…take my keys and drive my car up when I give you the signal…Twilight and I are going to go up to hopefully have a polite conversation with the challenger.” She instructed seriously as she tossed the keys over to Luna, who easily caught them with one hand.
“Yeah Alright…” She agreed nonchalantly as she went over to the white car and closed the open door.
“Let’s go Twilight.” Celestia then said as she put her hand on the guardrail and leapt over it.
“R-Right!” The student replied with a stutter as she did the same and started to follow her mentor to the challenger. “So what happens now?” She asked curiously as she followed side by side with Celestia towards the blue EVO.
“Now we meet her…she acts tough and stupid for a while…then she gets impatient and demand we start. We line up our cars, wait for the guy to say go, and then I humiliate her.” She explained jokingly before she took a sip of her now mostly empty soda can.
“Trust me it’s like the standard…and after you graduate from high school in a few weeks you’ll see so much of this that it will start to become tedious…then imagine dealing with the same stuff for twenty more years…then you’ll know how I feel.” She then said bitterly as she sighed and shook her head.
“I-I don’t even think I’ll last one year…” Twilight nervously said as she looked down slightly.
“Believe me you’ve got raw talent…I wouldn’t have taken you under my wing if you didn’t.” Celestia encouraged as she reached over and patted Twilight on the shoulder with her free hand which made her look at the older girl and smile. “Now watch and learn.” She then said happily as they were closing in on the blue Mitsubishi.
“Hey…I assume you’re the challenger?” Celestia called loudly which caught the girl’s attention as she sat in the open window of her car. She quickly turned her head around and looked at the person who called her and looked at her through her sunglasses.
She then smiled and took off her sunglasses to reveal her cerise colored eyes. “Yeah that’s right…the one and only Rainbow Danger Professionalism Dash…the fastest racer in all Equestria!” She replied in a rough scratchy voice and in arrogant tone as she moved her legs out from her car and fully got out revealing her blue jacket, jeans, and a white T-Shirt. On her shirt was the same picture of a cloud with a rainbow colored lightning bolt coming out that was on the back fenders of her car.
‘Geez…the stupid sunglasses are one thing but this isn’t Pro racing or the Dukes of whatever…there’s a thing called a door…use it!’ Celestia mentally grounded as she looked over the blue car, eying it over before realizing something about it that slightly shocked her.
“Well that’s surprising…” She said out loud in a genuinely interested tone which instantly made Dash’s smirk turn into a very wide grin.
“What my awesome performance or just how awesome I look?” She boasted arrogantly as she folded her arms and leaned against her car.
“No…your license plate…” Celestia replied as she pointed at the front end of her car which made Rainbow’s smile instantly disappear from her face. “I was expecting something like ‘Dash2Win’ or ‘MadDash’ or whatever…” She went on before looking at again and attempting to read off of it.
“But instead it’s ‘Fi1y F01r’” She struggled to say as she had difficulty saying compressed or mashed words. Then she shook her head and looked at the owner with a confused look on her face. “What’s a Filly Fooler?” She then finished as raised up both her hands in what seemed like defeat after failing to understand the meaning behind the two words. She felt a tug on the sleeve of her suit and looked over to see Twilight leaning up towards her.
“Ummm…it’s a slang term for ‘Lesbian.’” She explained in a whisper to the much older girl which only confused Celestia that much more.
“What? That’s dumb…how do you even make a connection between those two words? I mean seriously!” She shouted in response as she looked back at the Rainbow haired challenger before realizing what kind of girl she was and shaking her head, “Kids these days…the next thing you know they’re going to call gay men Colt Cuddlers or something…” She finished with a slight sigh as she continued to shake her head in disappointment.
“Anyways grandma…” Rainbow started, wanting to get back on track and to the point of why she came, “I’m looking for ‘Racing Goddess of Equestria’…I’m here to trounce her on the hardest course around…” She informed once again in her arrogant tone which started to make the crowd whisper and even make a few make ooo-ing noises.
“Yeah...that’s me…” Celestia informed as she tilted her head slightly and raised both her arms. The announcement left Dash speechless for a while before she finally burst out into laughter.
“Seriously? It’s you…I mean…I heard you were kind of old but…damn. You know racing isn’t an old person’s sport right? I think knitting is more up your alley…or Bingo perhaps…” The thin athletic looking girl insulted as she held her gut and continued to look at the girl as she continued to laugh.
“Yeah but it’s also not a kid’s sport…you barely look old enough have a license. I think being behind a desk at school is more up your alley…that or behind the counter of some lousy minimum wage job perhaps.” Celestia teasingly said back with a smirk which made the younger girl stare at her begrudgingly.
“Alright grandma…let’s put that little theory to test…” Dash confidently responded regaining her confidence and grin. “I hope you remember to turn your blinker off after making the first turn…” She then quipped as he pointed at the older girl in front of her.
“Whatever…let’s get this over with.” The multi-colored haired woman said back not amused as she simply nodded her head back at her. “Since you’re the challenger do you want to take the inside or the outside for the starting position?” She then asked wanting to know what position she wanted to take.
‘Knowing what kind of person she is…she’s going to be stupid and take the outside…only assuring my victory.’ Celestia mused internally as she watched girl smile brightly again.
“I’ll take~” She began in a playful tone as she put her hand to her chin; then, stopping to give more dramatic effect. “The outside…” Rainbow then finally answered smugly which made the entire crowd start to making noises again that only led to Rainbow looking at the crowd and nodding.
“Whatever…you want to lose that badly its fine by me…the faster I win the faster I can go to bed tonight.” The middle-aged woman replied still not amused as she turned and raised her free hand up. She looked at her car and waved her hand towards her, gesturing her little sister to start it up and bring it towards her. The white car’s engine instantly came alive and started to back out of its parked position.
“Oh trust me…you’ll be getting plenty of rest because when I beat you, you’ll never want to show your face around here again!” The young challenger brashly declared as she pointed at the much older and experienced woman.
“Uh huh…and you’ll prove that you’re the fastest racer in the universe and nobody can possibly defeat you yadda yadda yadda…heard all that before…” Celestia dully replied as she turned around to look at the bold girl. “Just get into the starting position.” She then instructed as she pointed her finger over to where she needed to be.
“If you insist.” Rainbow smugly replied with a smirk before turning around and hopping into her car through the open window. Immediately her engine started and her blue EXO X started to drive off heading towards the started position.
Celestia sighed and shook her head as she turned to look at the young girl next to her, “Well that was…informative…” She hesitantly commented with a forced smile on her face which made Celestia warmly chuckle slightly.
“It was actually pretty short…most face to face conversations like that go on for like tens of minutes…it’s ridiculous.” Celestia replied with a smile as she looked down at her mostly empty can of soda. “That’s good because that means this is going to be over fast and then I can go home.” She then declared in a relieved tone before she took one final drink of her soda. She then tossed the empty can in a nearby waste basket as her white car rolled up next to her. The window rolled down to reveal Luna behind the wheel looking up at her curiously.
“So what’s going on?” She asked rather seriously as she looked up at her older sister.
“She’s taken the outside position.” Celestia informed as she turned to face her sister in the car.
“What? Really? Is she trying to lose or what?” Luna replied in disbelief as she moved her head back in shock and blinked a few times.
“I really don’t care…that only means my victory is assured and I go home to bed at a decent time….just the park the car where it needs to be and I’ll be there shortly.” The older girl said back as she pointed to where the blue car was as it was starting to be lead into position by a guy in front of her car on the part of the road where the pavement turned into dirt.
“Alright…” The younger sister simply agreed with a quick nod before driving off.
The NSX drove down the street to the small fork in the road and turned left down the short two lane road towards the blue EVO. The Mitsubishi was in the right lane on what was considered the outside position, so the white NSX wheeled itself into the left lane and approached where the blue car was stationed.
The guy standing in front of the blue EVO looked up and noticed the white car coming and side stepped to the center of the road. He had his left hand up towards the Mitsubishi signaling it to stay put. As the NSX approached it slowed down where upon the guy raised his right hand gestured for her to creep forward, waving his right hand towards him.
“Twilight I’m going to need you to pay extra close attention to this race.” Celestia called as she started to walk over to where her car was. Following the flocks of people rushing towards the cars and to the wall overlooking the course they were going to race on.
“My opponent is using a four wheel drive car like yours…it’s very close to your car in fact…so watch her closely...how she moves compared to you…what she does wrong…what she does right…you’re going to learn a lot from this race.” She instructed seriously as people where rushing past them.
“Y-Yeah of course…” Twilight merely said with a quick nod as she continued to follow the older woman.
The NSX slowly inched forward as the guy continued to wave his hand towards him. Once the NSX was side by side next to the EVO X to the point where their bumpers where perfectly aligned the guy turned his hand around and stopped waving gesturing her to stop. The white car immediately stopped and the guy looked at both cars closely. He looked back and forth between the two with both his hands raised. After checking a few times, he closed both his hands, smiled, and gave two thumbs up to each driver where upon both cars shut off.
Celestia and Twilight separated as soon as they turned and headed down the road towards the cars. Twilight headed into the crowd to find a good place to watch the race from while Celestia walked towards her white NSX to actually do the race. As soon as she reached the back of her car the driver’s side door opened and Luna got out of her car with the keys in her hand.
“Here.” She simply said as she tossed the keys over towards their rightful owner. Celestia merely raised her right hand up and easily caught them.
“Thanks.” She then said gratefully as she passed her sister and headed to her car.
“Alright…we’re almost ready to begin…we’re still waiting for each person to get into position at their respective corner and give us the ok to start.” The guy in front of both cars announced as Celestia reached her car and started to get in.
“Are you freaking kidding me? Who the hell cares? Let’s just start this thing and get this over with! Damn!” The impatient rainbow haired girl shouted as she stuck her head out from the rolled down window of her blue EVO X. The guy didn’t respond and merely just shook her head at the young teenager.
Celestia sighed as she got into her car, sat down in the black leather bucket seat, and shut the door. Immediately, she buckled up and made sure she was fastened and secured for the downhill race. She then took a deep breath and moved her head around to get into proper mindset. Once that was accomplished, she slipped the keys into the ignition and kept it there as she tried to relax herself for the start of her race. Unfortunately a tap at her window broke of her this short lived comfort as she looked out to see her younger sister right outside gesturing her to roll down the window with her hand.
Celestia sighed as she rolled down the window to talk to her sister. “Sorry I don’t pick up hitchhikers…especially when they’re scary and unfriendly looking.” Celestia teasingly greeted with a grin as her sister bent over and placed her hands on the car door.
“That’s ok, I don’t hitch rides with grouchy old women in twenty year old cars anyways…that’s just weird.” Luna joked back with a smile as she poked her head into the car. “In all seriousness though…are you going to run this race?” The dark haired girl then inquired in a stern tone.
“Oh I’m going to use the long thin pedal to go faster…the pedal next to it to brake when needed…the third pedal and stick like thing right here to switch gears…this large round thing to steer…with that I’m going to avoid hitting stuff, stay on road, and…well…generally everything you should do when drive normally basically.” The older sister teasingly replied in a very serious tone as she moved her foot over the pedals, her right hand to the stick shift, and her left hand to the steering wheel as if demonstrating it to her younger sister.
“Right…” The younger girl replied dully as she nodded her head in understanding; then biting her lip to avoid saying anything crude. “Ok let me rephrase this…what is your strategy to win tonight’s race?” She then asked, this time being more specific to avoid a sarcastic answer. Celestia immediately gave a couple of laughs in response, finding what she said legitimately funny.
“That is my strategy basically…I’ll just drive like I normally do…if she can at least keep up with that I’ll be impressed…” The driver explained still chuckling slightly as she shook her head.
“Seriously? That’s it…you don’t have some specific strategy or anything just in case?” Luna persisted as she arched an eyebrow at her older sibling.
“Why, do you think I’m going to lose?” The magenta eyed woman asked back curiously as she looked at the dark haired girl. “Please…I promise you she won’t even get a pass me much less beat me.” She then reassured with a stifled chuckle and a shake of her head.
“No…I just want to get inside your head and learn as much as I can whenever I can…” She truthfully answered in a sincere tone which made Celestia smile and close her eyes for a few seconds.
“Luna…I’ve taught you everything I know…everything else has to be gained from experience…you can’t expect me to do everything for you right?” The middle-aged woman pointed out softly as she opened her eyes and looked at Luna with a gentle expression.
“Yeah, you’re right…” The younger sister agreed with a smile and nod as the guy in front of the two cars got a car on his cell phone, to which he answered and put on speaker phone.
“Hey, we’re set up at the end of the course…all the corners have checked in and there’s no traffic coming whatsoever…you can start whenever you want to.” The man on the other end of the phone said in a rough sounding voice.
“Alright…we’ll be starting soon then…be sure to tell everybody to be ready to clock those section times.” The guy replied before putting his fist up into the air, signaling both the drivers and the spectators that the race was going to start soon.
“Thank you…it's about freaking time…let’s just do this already!” Dash shouted impatiently as she sat fully in her car and rolled up her window.
“Alright…don’t humiliate her that much…you’re the Racing Goddess of Equestria…not the Racing Demon of Equestria…show some mercy ok?” Luna said softly as she tapped her older sister and moved away from her car.
“That’s still a dumb nickname…whoever thought that up has a lack of imagination!” Celestia honestly shouted back as her sister started to clear away from the road.
“You should’ve picked your own nickname like me! Better luck next time!” The young girl shouted back teasingly as she got off road and started to walk back up towards the fork in the road. Celestia chuckled slightly and shook her head as she rolled her window back up.
“Alright…we’re starting…” The guy announced as he took a deep breath.
“Wait!” I frantic high pitched voice shouted as everyone looked to see a tall slender pink haired girl jump out from the crowd. “Wait! Wait! Wait!” She hysterically shouted with a smile as she sprinted up to the guy in front of the two cars.
“I’m doing the countdown! Please let me do the countdown! I need to do the countdown!” She pleaded as she grabbed the guy by the collar and pressed her face up against his to the point where her nose was touching his.
“Uhhh…o-ok…” The guy replied uncomfortably as he blinked a few times which made the pink haired girl’s face light up like a Hearth’s Warming tree.
“Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!” She quickly shouted out as she got behind the guy and pushed him away causing him to stumble a bit before he slowly walked off the road with a confused expression on his face.
“Who is that girl?” Twilight asked herself out loud as she looked on from the crowd of people, wondering who this mysterious hyper girl was and where she came from.
The energetic girl took a deep breath and faced the two cars before raising her left hand and pointing it at the blue EVO X. “Lady and…” She declared before stopping and raising her left hand to point it at the white NSX. “Other lady!” She then shouted with a grin as started to frantically look between both cars.
“Start your engines!” She then shouted at the top of her lungs as she jumped and threw both of her hands down. Instantly both cars came to life and their engines started to roar with ear piercing intensity.
“Oh yeah! I’m so super excited right now!” The girl enthusiastically squealed as she balled both her fists and held them up to her face. The Mitsubishi’s engine continued to rev and garner attention as its high roars overshadowed the low roars of the NSX’s engine.
“Oh man…that freaking Lancer’s engine sounds insane!” A male commenter said upon hearing the EVO’s engine continue to gain intensity.
“I know, I can’t even hear the NSX! It’s being completely drowned out…is it even on?” Another guy agreed excitedly as both cars started to shake ever so slightly from the engine’s power.
“Over four hundred and fifty horses man isn't something to scuff lightly at man…I don’t know if the Racing Goddess has a chance!” A female voice shouted as it was clear which car had the more powerful engine.
“You kidding me? All that noise is thanks to the muffler! It just makes it sound loud to make idiots like you impressed! Besides I’ve seen her beat cars twice as fast as her car…that Rainbow chick doesn’t have a chance!” Another guy chimed in in a dismissive tone.
“Oh wow…this is…going to be amazing.” Twilight commented as she watched the two cars. Then she was cut off as a Luna passed her, continuing to head back to the fork in the road.
“Luna…where are you going?” The younger girl as she turned her head to look at the older girl. “Aren’t you going to watch the race?” She then asked as Luna stopped and turned around to face her with an unenthusiastic look.
“What race?” She simply replied in a dull tone, “There is no race…the moment she gave Tia the inside is the moment she lost any chance of even passing her…” She then went on as she pointed to the white car down the street, getting a very skeptical look from the younger girl.
“Trust me…this is what’s going to happen.” She then said seriously as she raised both her hands and put them side by side to each other, simulating the two cars next to each other. “They’re to take off from the starting line…hit the dirt road and then after thirty or forty feet they’re going to come to first turn which is a sharp left…since my sister’s in left lane she’s going to have the inside line and pull ahead into the lead…and then it’s over…race decided.” She explained as he moved both her hands before moving them both sharply to the left, which put her left hand in front of her right hand.
“Is it really going to be that easy?” Twilight asked in disbelief as she blinked at the dark haired girl.
“Yeah…now if you excuse me…I’m going to be sitting comfortably in my car listening to the radio and how badly my sister is dominating the race.” Lune replied before turning around and heading back to her car. Twilight watched her for a few seconds before returning her attention to the cars revving their engines.
The pink hair girl shook with excitement with her smile as wide as it could possibly go. “Five!” She then shouted as she raised one of her hands with the corresponding number of fingers held up.
‘Oh yeah…let’s do this…I’m ready…my car is screaming to get started to tear this course up’ Dash thought to herself as she licked her lips and pressed hard on the accelerator over and over revving up the engine and getting the crowd that much more excited.
“Four!” She then shouted as she held up both hands each holding up two fingers.
‘Oh come on…do you really have to drag this out…just say go already so I can win and go home…I’m tired as hell and have to work tomorrow.’ Celestia complained internally as she gently applied pressure to her accelerator to get the car in its RPM sweet spot.
“Three!” The hyper girl yelled as she held up three fingers.
‘Once I beat this old fossil and dethrone her…Spitfire will have to let me join her Racing Team…she just has to…who else could be better qualified to join the Wonderbolts than the newly crowned Racing Goddess of Equestria?” Rainbow excitedly thought as she moved her right hand over to the stick shift and impatiently tapped it.
“Two!” The pink haired girl shouted as she raised both her hands and held up both her index fingers.
‘Freaking long! You’re not even doing it right…it’s actually been like twenty seconds…you’re dragging this out too much!’ Celestia continued to mentally gripe as she reached over and turned her headlights on which caused them to pop up on the hood and light up the area ahead of her.
“One!” She then shouted holding both her arms up together, trying to make herself a giant number one. The entire crowd held their breath and leaned forward in anticipation, all undivided attention to the two cars at the starting line.
“Go!” The girl screamed at the top of her lungs as she swung both her arms down and bent down to touch the ground. Immediately the white NSX jumped off the line while the blue EVO X spun its wheels to get some grip before taking off itself.
Both cars shook a bit as the terrain suddenly changed from pavement to dirt but kept going straight. It didn’t take long for the sharp ninety degree turn to creep up and the Acura reached it first. It braked and turned sharply as the Mitsubishi turned shortly after as well, following right behind the white car. The crowd cheered at the event and everyone instantly began rushing to the edge of the small cliff to watch the spectacle below. The pink haired girl in the center of the road giggled hysterically and then cartwheeled off the road in glee.
“Man did you see the way that NSX took off? I’ve never seen a car take off like that before! It’s like she perfectly popped the clutch and told the Lancer to eat her dust!” One male commentator declared excitedly as everyone was rushing to the small wall overlooking the pass.
“Yeah but remember the EVO wasn’t far behind after its poor start! Did you see how fast it accelerated?” Another guy added as Twilight swiftly moved in-between them to get as close to the wall as possible.
‘You were right Luna…Celestia took the lead at the first turn...it also didn’t hurt that Rainbow’s start was…well…terrible.’ The young girl praised internally as she continued to squeeze and slip past people. ‘But that’s definitely not a stock engine and set up given the amount of acceleration it had after its poor take off…’ She then thought as she managed to get right up to the wall in the front to look down at the race.
“Will Celestia even be able to hold the lead against that car?” She said in a whisper to herself as she looked around and eventually spotted the two cars on the dirt road. The NSX leading as it made a sharp right turn with the EVO X following close behind with a small gap separating the two cars.
Celestia turned the wheel to straighten her car out exiting the turn and then moved the car into second gear. Her left foot managed the clutch while her right foot was sideways managing both the brake and accelerator to keep the car stable on the windy unpredictable dirt road. She looked in her rear view mirror to spot the blue EVO X’s headlights exiting the turn right behind her car.
‘Well I’m surprised…’ She began to muse as she looked back forward and came up fast to sharp hairpin turn. ‘You’re actually keeping up with me…’ She went on as she braked and turned her steering wheel into the turn, downshifting back to first gear as her car moved through the turn.
‘And knowing that I’m convinced that poor start was done on purpose…are you really that confident in your abilities that you’re willing to give me a head start?’ She scolded in her mind as exited the turn, gently pressing on the accelerator to gain speed without losing control of her car out of the turn. ‘That overconfidence is going to quickly come back to hurt you later in the second section…’ She then mentally thought as pressed down on the clutch and moved the car into second gear.
‘Damn she’s actually pretty decent.’ Rainbow complimented reluctantly in her thoughts as she released the clutch and feathered the accelerator to keep up with the white car ahead of her. ‘Then again I did give her a head start…so maybe I shouldn’t be that impressed with the gap she’s maintaining…’ She then reassured herself with a smirk as she saw the car ahead her brake for the next sharp ninety degree turn.
‘Then again I should be more or less impressed she didn’t wipe out after like the first two turns…’ Dash then mused as she braked as well and turned the steering wheel to follow the white car ahead of her. ‘That old girl can really hold her pace…especially in a crap car like that…’ She then smugly commented as she downshifted into first gear and followed the white car through the sharp turn.
‘That’s ok though…I’ll just follow her throughout the first section.’ She reassured herself as they exited the turn and began to pick up speed again, Rainbow needing to upshift to second gear after a few seconds. ‘Once we get into the second high speed section I’ll put that old fossil car of hers to shame…’ The rainbow haired girl confidently thought as she saw the NSX’s brake lights light up as it turned left into another sharp hairpin turn.
“Gah…if I don’t go insane before then…” She vocally complained as she braked and turned, needing to downshift yet again.
Both cars turned at a slow pace through the violently sharp turn, kicking dirt up behind them as they past some spectators on the outside of the turn. One of them held a stop watch and clicked as they passed. He looked at the time as the other spectators cheered and nodded at the time that was shown before he held up the small hand held radio in his other hand to his mouth.
Luna had finally reached her car after some walking and opened the driver’s side door. She sat comfortably in her black R34 that blended into the darkness and closed the door. She didn’t even bother putting her seatbelt on, turning the car on, or even putting the keys into the ignition. Instead she just turned on the radio and set it to the frequency that all racers listened to during race events like this.
“Alright guys they just past the second hairpin…Celestia’s NSX is ahead but the EVO X is not far behind…but the pace they’re at isn’t really impressive…they definitely won’t be setting any records tonight.” She heard the guy announce over the radio as she turned up the volume enough to clearly hear what was going on.
“Ha…figures…” Luna said loudly with a slight chuckle. “My sister isn’t even taking this seriously…she’s just driving leisurely…and even with that she’s still outpacing the car behind her…it’s kind of scary now that I think about it…” She then murmured to herself as she leaned back in her seat and folded her arms.
“I’m disappointed…” A girl next to Twilight said as she saw the cars turn another corner at a slow pace. The high school student looked over and saw the pink haired girl who started the race next to her looking out with a unenthused expression on her face.
“It’s you…” Twilight muttered softly as her eyes widened slightly in realization that the crazy she saw start the race was somehow next her.
“The white car looks bored and uninterested…and the blue car just looks frustrated…they’re both not having any fun whatsoever…it’s really sad actually…” She explained out loud, not directed at anyone in particular.
‘What the…what is she talking about…and who is this girl?’ She asked herself internally as she looked at the girl with a raised eyebrow. She shook her head and shrugged that thought off as it wasn’t important and instead turned her head down to watch the race below her.
“Damn it…”Rainbow swore out loud as she stopped and downshifted back into first to make the upcoming sharp ninety degree turn. ‘This is pissing me off! I can’t even get full ways into second gear before I have to stop and slow down the overly sharp corner!’ She complained mentally as she turned left as sharp as she could as she followed the white Acura. She turned so sharply she went off the dirt road and hit the uneven grassy terrain causing her car to shake violently for a bit before she got back on the dirt road.
‘Getting irritated are we?’ Celestia commented in her mind as she noticed the car behind her go off road for a bit and saw the blue car’s headlights shake uncontrollably. ‘I don’t blame you…the first part of this course is infuriating because of how many turns there are and how hard it is to find a comfortable grove…’ She sympathized as she looked forward and accelerated her car, shifting into second gear.
‘Ok Rainbow…calm down…it’s not like you didn’t anticipate this!’ She scolded herself as she bit her lip and followed the white car ahead of her, shifting into second gear as soon as the RPMs hit the redline. ‘You just got to keep the pressure on her…be aggressive and get under her skin!’ She reminded herself as she saw the car ahead of her brake. She braked a little later then she should have and was right on the NSX’s bumper.
Celestia downshifted and turned to the right before looking in the rear view mirror and seeing the car directly right behind her. ‘Being aggressive and trying to put me on the defensive right? Not a bad idea…but it’s not going to work…’ She thought as she looked forward and began to accelerate out of the sharp hairpin.
‘I’ll stay on her six and remind her of what kind of car I’m driving…that should spook her until we get to the second section…then she’ll relax thinking she has the advantage…but that’s when I’ll get her.’ Dash confidently mused with a smile on her face as she shifted her car into second gear following the NSX out of the turn.
‘You have the right idea being persistent this early…I mean you’re driving an all-wheel drive car…those kind of cars perform better on these dirt roads…and normally I’d just let you pass me to spare my tires of the stress of trying to block you and then take you on the next section.’ Celestia detailed in her mind as she braked for the next tight corner and down shifted the car back into first gear. ‘However I know you can’t do a thing to pass me no matter how much you threaten me.’ She then thought as she turned the steering wheel hard left.
‘There’s something about my car that you don’t know about…and it’s going to shock you to your core…’ Rainbow boasted internally as she turned her EVO X and followed the white car through the turn. ‘It’s been tuned for the high speed section coming up.’ She then thought as both cars exited the curve, beginning to accelerate.
‘I may not have been blessed with god like vision like my sister…but I’m not blind…I saw what your plan was the first moment I got a good look at it…’ She scolded internally as she braked and turned hard right to the sharp ninety degree turn that immediately followed the last sharp curve. ‘You’re car is outfitted with high performance tires…I should know because I have almost the same exact brand on my car.’ Celestia mentally explained as she turned the car through the sharp curve at a low speeding, remembering the surprise she had from looking at the car.
‘Not only that, but your car has been lowered to the ground…it’s as low as my NSX, if not lower!’ She went on as looked up into her rear view mirror to see the Mitsubishi behind her and the small space separating her front bumper and the dirt ground, ‘I can even tell that by looking in my rear view mirror! It’s that obvious!’ She scolded with an audible groan as she stepped on the clutch and moved the car into second gear.
‘I’m also assuming the suspension and calibration has been adjusted to compensate for the height reduction and the power increase on wide high speed curves…making your car a monster of a street car even without your stupid muffler making it sound obnoxiously loud…’ She theorized as she looked back at the road and saw the next sharp hairpin curve coming up.
‘The moment this baby touches pavement I’m going to completely humiliate you and your outdated car…’ The rainbow haired girl happily commented in her mind as she saw the white NSX in front of her brake. This made Rainbow brake as well and shift the car into first gear.
‘Seriously…I should have just raced her at the start if I knew it was going to be this easy…then I would’ve dethroned this old has been and immediately made my way to the top…man I feel kind of embarrassed for saving this girl for last…’ She then thought as she turned sharply to the left imagining how simply this would’ve been for had she just challenged this old has been first.
‘I don’t think I’ve ever seen a girl so confident her car’s set up…that or she’s seriously underestimating my car’s capabilities…knowing her type of character its most likely both…’ Celestia thought as she pressed down on the accelerator as she exited the corner. ‘However…after tuning your car perfectly for pavement you’ve crippled the one advantage your car had over mine.’ She reprimanded internally as she shifted the car into second gear and continued to accelerate with the blue Lancer still right behind her.
‘Even with your all-wheel drive car, if you don’t have the proper tires on you won’t be getting that much traction on this kind of road…better than me but not to the point to where it’s a major threat.’ The formal looking woman thought as she looked at her dash and saw her RPMs approaching the red line, letting off the accelerator slightly not bothering to shift up since the next turn wasn’t that far away. ‘However even with sufficient tires you still couldn’t pass me…” She continued to think as she looked back in her rear view mirror and back at the small gap between the car and the ground.
‘With your car so low, you can’t push it too much with fearing of hitting a pot hole or some big rock that would damage the undercarriage of your car, your tires, or the worst case scenario hitting a large bump at the right angle or speed that will cause you to spin out or worse flip your car…’ She thought as she imagined her car hitting something and losing control. ‘Because of that your car is restrained by the terrain…just like my car is.’ She then mused as she looked forward at the upcoming turn and pressed down the brake pedal to stop.
‘However, if I truly wanted to I could push my car without any fear and leave you in the dust…I know the course perfectly to know the best lines…I know where to perfectly brake, accelerate, shift, and most importantly balance my car to make it seem like I’m driving on regular paved road…’ She reminded herself as she downshifted back into first and then turned the car sharply to the right for the ninety degree turn.
‘But if I did that I would wear out my tires faster than I like…and in this course tire management is the ultimate key to winning in the end…they don’t call it ‘Dead Tire’s End’ for nothing…’ She then thought as went through the turn, gently feathering the accelerator to preserve her tires as best she could when coming out of the turn.
“So until then enjoy looking at my rear end for the next couple of turns…because once I hit the public two lane road you won’t ever be seeing it again…” She said out loud to herself as she accelerated and shifted the car back into second, knowing that the second section was coming up soon.
“I can barely see them now…” Twilight muttered to herself as she squinted her eyes to try and see the two cars continuing to swerve and turn through the tight mountain pass. After a while she smiled and closed her eyes, raising her hand to her school uniform.
“Luckily though…” She then said as she unbuttoned the first two buttons and reached down her shirt, “I’m always prepared!” She happily finished as she pulled out a small pair of binoculars.
“Oh it looks like they’re coming up to the high speed section!” Twilight heard the girl next to her comment as she was adjusting the sittings on her binoculars. She was curious to though how she could see the cars from this distance when she herself couldn’t really see them anymore. She looked up and about dropped her small pair of binoculars.
‘W-What the hell?’ Twilight shouted in her mind as she saw the pink haired girl looking through a long hand held telescope; through, the wrong end no less. ‘Wh-Why is she looking through the wrong end? Where did she even have that long thing to begin with? Where could she possibly hide it?’ She questioned in her mind as she stared at the happy girl with her right eye twitching.
“I hope things pick up soon after that…because both those cars look very unhappy…” The girl then said a bit sadly with a frown as she followed the cars through her telescope. Twilight shook her head and decided to focus back on the race. She raised her binoculars up to her eyes and quickly saw the two cars entering a very sharp corner. Both cars were now two turns away from the spot where the dirt road enters out onto the paved public road.
At the spot where paved road and dirt road meet were a large mass of people gathered on both sides of the dirt road and even the upper part of the paved road. The cars had to turn left and go downhill so they weren’t going to interfere with race if they were on the upper part which is why there were a lot of cars parked on the shoulders of the road. The people gathered there were idly chatting and checking their phones until the faint sound of two car engines started to be heard in the distance behind all the trees.
“I hear them coming!” One guy declared excitedly as he turned around to face the direction of the noise. Soon everyone was facing the same direction and moved as close to the dirt road as possible without interfering with the race.
Soon after the corner light up from the headlights of the lead car and then soon the light began to turn towards the direction of the crowd gathered at the end of the dirt road. Then finally the source of the light revealed itself as the white Acura peered from the corner followed by another pair of headlights belonging to the blue Mitsubishi. The crowd cheered as both cars quickly raced up to them and then passed them onto the hard paved road.
The cars shook slightly from the sudden shift and terrain and turned left heading down the mountain with the NSX still in the lead with the EVO X right on its bumper. Both cars left behind tire tracks from the dirt on the tires but they quickly faded. The crowd erupted into cheers and applause as the cars passed them. A guy holding in the crowd with a stop watch in his hand clicked it as they passed. He then held up the radio in his other hand to his mouth as he looked at the stop watch.
“Alright they just entered the second section…the NSX is still leading but the Lancer is right on its six…there times are still lackluster though…” The guy said over the radio which made Luna start to laugh and shake her head with a wide smile on her face.
“Of course not…she’s not even trying...if she was the EVO X wouldn’t be anywhere near her...” Luna commented out loud before taking a deep breath and calming down and leaning forward.
“Now I wonder how big the difference will be by the time they reach the next checkpoint…” She then questioned herself as folded her arms on top of the steering wheel and put her head on top. “Knowing my sister she’s going to have at least a four or five second difference…” The dark haired girl then guessed as she shut her eyes and awaited the next check in.
‘Hell yeah! It’s about time we reached the high speed section! I almost forgot my car had more than two gears!’ Rainbow mentally cheered with a grin as she for the first time since the race started shifted her car into third gear. ‘Alright Old Timer…let’s rock…this is where the real race starts!’ She then mused as she gripped her steering wheel tightly and pressed down on the accelerator more. She followed the white car through the wide left turn, getting close to the guardrail that separated the road from edge of the cliff that led down the mountainside.
Celestia yawned as she exited the wide turn, moving close to the right of the road and next to the rocky wall that was the mountain. ‘Alright…this is where the real humiliation starts.’ She then thought unenthusiastically as she shifted her car into fourth gear. She then turned the steering wheel left to the next left corner and didn’t bother braking as her car moved to hug the inside close to the guardrail.
Rainbow stepped on the brake lightly before turning to follow the Acura ahead of her, “What the hell?” She almost shouted out loud as she saw the car ahead of seem to increase the distance between them, “I…I got to be seeing things…she…she’s pulling away from me! That’s impossible!” She tried to reassure herself as her breathing started to become more frantic, stepping on the accelerator more than she probably should as both cars came out of the turn.
‘It’s time for a history lesson…’ Celestia began in a serious manner moved her eyes and looked into the mirror to see the blue car wobble slightly behind her. ‘When this car was made it was a true sports car…even considered a super car by many…’ She went on as she looked forward and saw the next left turn quickly coming up. She let off the accelerator lightly and turned her wheel to the right, hugging the guardrail throughout the turn.
Rainbow saw the upcoming wide turn and lightly pressed on the brake before turning to the left following the now escaping from her bumper NSX. ‘Damn it I guess I’m not seeing things! She is pulling away from me!’ She reluctantly confirmed in her mind as she noticed the white car was a now a good car length away from her.
‘With its mid-engine layout and light-weight all aluminum design…it was designed for circuit courses and sections like the one we’re in now…’ The middle-aged woman continued as the exited the turn and then immediately came up on a right turn. ‘And at the time it could outperform every other car on the street even putting Ferraris and Porsches to shame…’ She went on uninterrupted by the surprise turn as she sharply turned the wheel to the right and pressed on the accelerator, getting her car as close to the rocky wall as possible as the blue Lancer struggled to keep up behind her.
“H-How…How the hell is she pulling away from me!?” The much younger girl questioned out loud as braked and entered the right turn, seeing the white car ahead of her continue to gain distance between them. “Is there something wrong with my car?” She then asked frantically as she looked at her dash to see if there were any emergency lights on and if everything was still operating smoothly. There was nothing wrong with her car, everything was running perfectly.
‘I wish I could see the look on your face right now…it’s probably the same look as the CEO of Ferrari when he was told that a less powerful foreign car was driving circles around his more powerful and overpriced piece of junk…’ The long haired girl the mused almost cruelly as she stepped on the clutch, switching the car into fifth gear, and accelerating out of the corning as fast as she could.
“Damn it even I make no errors in my braking and turning she pulls away!” The short haired girl swore as she stepped the accelerator aggressively to try and desperately catch up the car outpacing her. “I’ve got the faster car! It’s supposed to be better in every way! How can she be pulling ahead in an outdated piece of junk like that?” She questioned in disbelief as she watched the white Acura ahead of her seem to glide away from her and then turn left into the next wide high speed corner.
‘Even after twenty years, this car is still a competitive fighting machine that can easily take on the likes of your overpowered Lancer and even my little sister’s R34…’ The NSX owner continued to lecture in her mind as she held the steering wheel firmly to keep the car cornering perfectly throughout the turn as she gently left off the accelerator slightly to not understeer the car.
“This has to be some kind of screwed up nightmare!” Rainbow continued to shout as she aggressively turned the steering wheel to the left and didn’t brake for the left turn. The blue car started to move away from the guard rail and slide to the mountain side forcing her to brake to avoid hitting it. “I cannot be outperformed by her underpowered car!” She yelled as she could barely see the white NSX’s rear bumper as her EVO X returned closer to the inside line near the guardrail.
‘True by today’s standards the engine is a little unpowered and its top speed is nothing to write home about…but this isn’t a drag race or sprint to the finish race…top speed and overall power don’t matter…’ Celestia then conceded as straightened the car out of the wide turn. ‘It’s all about braking, handling, and most importantly balance...with the proper skill and technique to use it…which…I’m sorry, I have over you in spades…’She then reminded herself as she braked lightly, shifted back into fourth gear, and turned sharply to the right going onto the shoulder and almost grazing the rock wall.
“I’m supposed to be the fastest racer in Equestria! How can someone like me I be losing this badly?” Dash angrily berated herself as she gripped the steering wheel furiously and braked as she turned right not even seeing the white car ahead of her anymore.
‘And so the next time you see an NSX…you’ll know what it can be capable of, especially in the hands of a skilled driver like me.’ The white suit wearing girl thought almost harshly as she exited the turn at high speeds after doing so, looking up at her rear view mirror and not even able to see the rival car’s headlights anymore. “Lesson over…” Celestia spoke out loud as she looked back at the road with an unamused expression on her face.
The white car exited the corner at a high speed and straightened out before stopping a little and turning right again for the next corner. Once it vanished around the turn, the headlights of the chasing car came around the corner. Its engine flared as it accelerated out of the turn and then stopped harder than the car ahead of it before turning around the corner desperately trying to chase the car out of its sight.
The next checkpoint was a very sharp right turn that was immediately followed by two left turns and then another sharp right turn. At the first right turn there was a turn off to the left that lead to a small parking lot that was also a look out spot for tourists to look out at the city below and the landscape. Tonight, however, it was packed with high performance cars and spectators eagerly awaiting the racing cars to pass.
As the faint sound of an engine began to be heard, the crowd of people in the parking lot began to swarm to the guardrail to see which car it was that would be passing and leading the race. One guy pushed his way to the front of the crowd, and held up a stop watch as the engine sound quickly became louder and fiercer.
Suddenly the light of headlights began to peak around the corner and then instantly a white NSX flew around the corner at fast pace hugging the inside close to the rocky wall. As the car cleared the turn the crowd cheered and the guy pressed the first button on the stop watch. The Acura then accelerated out of the turn, stopped briefly, then glided through the two left turns before accelerating again and turning into the right corner.
“Man did you see that? That car was like literally flying through those turns!” One guy commented in shock upon witnessing the cars incredible pace through the corners.
“She barely used any braking as well…that’s some incredible skills right there!” Another person added seemingly also impressed by the sight he just saw.
“Where’s the Lancer though?” One girl then asked curiously.
Immediately, as if on cue, another much louder engine was heard. As the crowd turned back to the first turn another pair of headlights where quickly seen followed by the blue car coming around the turn. It wasn’t as close to the wall or as fast as the white car ahead of it and as it passed, the guy pressed the second button on the stop watch. It then quickly increased it’s speed out of the turn before stopping and turning as hard as it could around the two left turns before accelerating wildly to desperately try and catch up to the car ahead of it as it turned right.
“Man that Lancer got left in the dust!” One of the guys commented in a joking tone.
“Yeah but that car isn’t slow…the way it moved through those turns was not only aggressive but fast…I can’t even do those kind of moves!” One of other guys defended in a serious tone as he shook his head.
“Yeah that car is fast but…man…there’s just no way she can keep up with that NSX…it’s just too damn fast!” The girl agreed as she shook her head. The guy with the stop watch looked at the times before he raised his other hand to his mouth which held a small handheld radio.
“Alright the NSX is still leading…and it’s not setting any records at the moment but the gap between her and the Lan Evo has significantly increased…” He informed seriously as Luna began to chuckle and nod her head.
“Of course it has…now tell us how badly she’s beating the other car!” The dark haired girl shouted back at the Radio almost as if he could hear her.
“The time between the two is about seven to eight seconds…at this rate there’s no way the challenger will even come close to her much less beat her.” He then said telling the listeners about the time difference between the two cars which made Luna start to laugh hysterically.
“Damn, seven or eight seconds?” Luna repeated in between laughs as she hit the steering wheel with her left hand. “I told you to go easy on her! At least give her the illusion that she might catch up to you sister! Don’t blow her doors off that soon! It’s just depressing, not to mention boring to watch!” She then said as she calmed down and leaned back in her seat.
“Ah man…I knew that girl couldn’t come close to match Celestia’s skills…” One of the spectators where Twilight was watching from said in disappointment.
“Yeah this isn’t a race anymore but a one sided embarrassment…” Another person agreed in a low tone as Twilight turned around to see people behind her start to turn and leave…not interested in seeing the rest of the race.
“Oh this isn’t fun whatsoever…” Twilight heard the girl next to her whine in a low tone as she looked over to see her slumping down on her knees. “I was hoping for some really joy and excitement but instead we have this…” She then said disappointingly as she leaned forward on the small wall hanging her arms and her telescope down over the other side.
“Ummm…excuse me…but…who are you?” Twilight asked the girl curiously finally asking her about her identity.
“The saddest sad person around that’s who…” She weakly replied which made Twilight raise her eyebrow at her. She was obviously lying but not out of spite or privacy but rather out of sheer indifference at the moment.
“I see…” The standing girl simply replied, thinking it would be pointless to ask her for her real name. “Did…Did you come here on your own or are you with somebody?” She then asked thinking that she was driven up here by someone and that she could possibly ask them who she was. After all, this girl didn’t look like a racer and if she was she certainly wouldn’t have that impressive of a car.
“Nope, I drove here by myself…” She continued to quietly reply as she raised one of her hands up and pointed behind her. “My car is the big bright pink one over there somewhere…it’s parked between a yellow car and a green car…” She vaguely described, not even bother around to turn around to clearly point at it. Twilight looked at the vague direction she pointed out and moved her head around to look past the crowd of people leaving the area. Eventually she did catch a glimpse of the car that fit the simple description and was where the girl was pointing. When she did her eyes went wide and she loudly gasped almost stepping back and falling over in shock.
“A-A Lexus LFA!” She practically shouted in disbelief upon seeing the bright pink car with party balloons on the rear fender horribly parked between a green RX-8 and a yellow S13. “H-How….w-what?” She muttered almost unintelligibly as she stared at the pink car. Then she quickly looked at the girl next to her who was now resting her chin on the small wall.
“W-Who are you!?” She demanded seriously wanting to know who she was and how she came to have that rare and expensive of a car. The pink haired girl didn’t say anything and blankly stared in front of her for a few seconds.
As Twilight opened her mouth to ask her again, she stopped when she saw the girl’s eyes widen in surprise. “Ohhhhhhh!” She excitedly cheered as jumped back up to her feet and looked through her telescope again. “I think something’s going to happen!” She predicted gleefully with a bright smile as she started to watch the race again. Twilight wanted to say something but instead shook her head and looked back through the binoculars and at the race to see what she was talking about.
“Damn it…at this rate I’m going to lose…badly!” Rainbow admitted bitterly as she gripped the steering wheel tightly and gritted her teeth. ‘If that happens, I’m going to be the laughing stock of Equestria instead of the Fastest Racer in Equestria…’ She thought as she braked and turned right through a wide turn, hugging the rocky wall.
‘I was told that my car could beat that NSX no problem…was she lying? Is her car in fact upgraded to the point where I can’t come near it?’ She asked herself as she accelerated out of the turn and straightened her steering wheel. ‘Or did she purposely sabotage my car instead of upgrade it? I didn’t like that funky looking wing she put on the back of my car!’ She theorized as she looked into her rear view mirror and looked at the custom black spoiler on her trunk.
‘No…she wouldn’t do that to me…’ She shrugged off as she looked back at the road. “So let’s calm down and think about this seriously and logistic…logic…umm…very seriously.’ She then said in her mind as she took a deep breath.
‘When we entered the high speed section we were both going at the same pace…it was when we entered the first corner that she started to get away from me.’ She began as she remembered when exactly the white car began gaining distance from her. ‘After we exited the corner she didn’t start getting away from me again until the next turn…so on the straights I can accelerate fast enough to match her pace…so I do have the faster car.’ She concluded as she saw a sharp left turn coming up. She braked and turned as hard as she could, shifting down to forth gear.
‘But I couldn’t match her pace in the corners…her cornering was much better than mine and because of that she easily could pull away from me.’ She mentally went on as she exited the corner, pressing down on the accelerator. ‘But when I tried to go in at the same pace and line as her...my car couldn’t match it…I almost hit the wall…’ She continued as she remembered how she almost hit a wall trying to match the NSX’s steering in a wide turn.
‘Damn it…while I have more speed and power in my engine, her car can take these corners much better than I can…it’s no wonder she left me in the dust!’ She admitted as she bit her lip and shifted back up into fifth gear. “So if I’m going to catch her, I’ll have to try something a little different!” The rainbow haired girl said out loud as she approached another wide left turn.
She braked and shifted down into forth gear before turning sharply to the left, more so than she had to, over steering her car as she moved the bottom of her right foot over to the accelerator and moved her left foot to kick the clutch. She then suddenly turned her steering wheel quickly to the right and ended up sliding the back of her car out as she went through the turn. The rear end of her car stuck out as she started to go through the turn.
“Oh wow! Her car’s drifting!” The pink haired girl declared at the top of her lungs in excitement as she saw the car slide at an angle through the turn, leaving behind a white trail of smoke from her tires.
“I-Incredible…a perfectly executed four wheel drift…and in an all-wheel drive car no less!” Twilight commented in shock as she saw the car exit the turn at much faster pace than usual. She watched it take the next sharp right turn in another drift, going in with much more speed than before and exiting with more speed.
“Oh this is so exciting…it looks like her car is finally having fun!” The girl next to Twilight declared happily as Twilight kept focusing through her binoculars to look at the car drifting through the next corner.
“Amazing…she’s going at a much faster pace than before…and she’s making it look like it’s the easiest thing in the world to do with that kind of car…what incredible technique…” The high school girl praised sincerely before lowering the binoculars from her eyes and turning around to look back at her purple Imprezza. ‘C-Can my car possibly do the same thing…can it even come close to attempting that?’ She asked herself internally as she stared at her car on the far end of the parking lot on the other side of the road.
“Oh wow she practically went sideways during that drift!” The pink girl next to her cheered excitedly which made Twilight turn around and raise her binoculars up to focus back on the blue Mitsubishi. The Lancer drifted out of the tight, right turn and sped to the next left turn which it preceded to drift through.
‘If she keeps that pace up….she…she’ll…’ Twilight began to contemplate in shock as she continued watching the car.
Celestia barreled through the sharp corner and pressed down on the accelerator as she exited the turn and entered the straight away. She didn’t even stop for the next wide left turn, and continued; barely letting of off the accelerator as she sharply turned through the corner and hugged the guardrail. She then saw something reflect in her rear view mirror and looked up at it. In the mirror was a pair of headlights that she thought she’d never see again.
“Oh…catching up are we?” She said out loud in slight surprise as she raised one of her eyebrows up. “I guess I did go through those last two turns a little too slowly…that should be fixed after this next sharp turn.” She then reassured herself as she looked forward at the tight right turn. She braked and downshifted into forth gear before turning sharply almost touching the rocky mountain side as she went through the turn.
When she exited the turn, she accelerated again and shift back into fifth gear. Celestia then looked back up into her mirror and to her shock, confusion, and almost elation; the pair of headlights were now closer to her. “What the-? I went through that turn perfectly! How did she match my speeds much less pass them to close the gap?” She said in surprised tone before looking forward again and turning left through the wide turn.
As she went through the left turn, almost grazing the metal guardrail, she looked back up at the rear view mirror and saw the blue EVO X not only getting closer to her, but also taking the turn at an angle with her rear end out, leaving behind a small trail of smoke from underneath her tires. Her jaw dropped and eyes went wide as the turn emptied onto a straight. The blue Lancer behind her straightened out as well and continued to come closer to her white NSX.
“Are you kidding me? She’s drifting?” She yelled as she looked forward to watch the road, seeing a sharp left turn coming up. She bit her lip, braked, downshifted, and turned as hard as she could, entering the turn at an incredible speed. The side of her car was literally inches away from the guardrail and as she exited the turn she looked back and once again saw the blue Mitsubishi behind her drifting through the corner and continuing to catch up to her.
‘I don’t know if I should be impressed or disgusted…’ She mused as she once again looked back at the road. ‘I’m impressed she managed to catch up at me but disgusted she resorted to that tactic…drifting through a corner does yield her more speed but doing it on this course is literally suicide…your supposed to conserve your tires as best you can…not burn them out drifting like a moron!’ She mentally detailed as she saw a wide left turn coming up.
Celestia didn’t bother braking and took the turn as fast as she could, getting even closer to the guardrail than before, literally almost millimeters away. Once again she looked back in her rear view mirror and saw the blue car behind her drifting closer and closer to her rear end. She bit her lip lightly and focused back on the road before shaking her head in disappointment.
‘She must really be desperate to catch up to me…but in her desperation she’s going to lose it all…’ She reassured herself as she pressed further down on the accelerator more. ‘Because I’ve still won…but for different reasons…all I have to do is stay ahead of you and let you waste all the grip in your tires…after that you won’t even make it past the forth section…’ She then concluded in her mind as she imagined her not being able to turn when she really needs it later in the course.
“Hell yeah I’ve finally caught back up to you!” Rainbow cheered out loud as she continued to chase the white NSX downhill as it turned sharp left for the next turn. Rainbow pressed down on the brake and moved the bottom of her foot to the accelerator as she kicked the clutch again and turned the steering wheel to initiate another drift. She moved her car at the angle she wanted and drifted through the sharp corner, holding the steering wheel to stay on her line and working the pedals to keep the car under control. When she exited, her front end was practically touching the NSX’s back bumper.
The rainbow haired girl chuckled to herself. ‘This car feels perfect. Too bad the cowgirl that set this thing up and tuned it can’t drive worth a shit…she’s so bad she can’t even get her license…but in any case…thanks AJ…this is one hell of a car!’ She mused to herself as she pressed down on the accelerator to gain more speed.
The next checkpoint was quiet with barely anybody there. It was a small dirt path to the side that didn’t allow that much room. It also wasn’t the best viewing spot compared to others, so this was mostly the place people went to when all the other spots were filled. Soon enough the small group of people heard the faint roar of two engines. They all turned to the direction where the cars would be coming from and soon saw headlights appear.
Suddenly the NSX shot around the tight corner at almost full blast with the blue EVO X drifting at a steep angle right on its bumper all throughout the turn and into the straight away. The crowd didn’t erupt into cheers like the previous crowds, they were completely stunned instead. The last thing they heard was that the NSX was blowing the doors off the blue Mitsubishi. Now suddenly the EVO X was practically in the NSX’s tailpipe. The sight was so shocking the guy almost forgot to clock the times as they passed. As soon as they did pass he slowly raised his shaking hand that held the handheld radio up to his mouth as his eyes were still glued on the two cars racing up to another corner.
“I…I don’t believe what I’m seeing…the…the NSX is still in the lead but the Lancer is eating its bumper off! Seriously it’s right on its tail!” He frantically tried to explain over the radio.
Luna’s eyes practically popped out of her skull as she immediately looked at the radio in disbelief. “W-What?” She simply uttered in a whisper as she held her breath, waiting to see if that was just a mistake or if she was just hearing things.
“The EVO X was like right behind her…drifting the whole way…it was crazy! I’ve never seen anything like it!” The guy informed sounding shaken up by the sight he witnessed before him.
“Drifting?” The dark haired girl repeated as she raised her eyebrow slightly. “She’s drifting? Is she crazy or something?” She asked the radio as she shook her head slowly before looking at her steering wheel.
‘That girl is wasting all of the grip in her tires by drifting to desperately catch up to my sister…that alone is a crazy move…knowing that it worked is an accomplishment…but through that she’s going to lose anyways because she won’t have anything left at the end of the course...’ She then thought as she began to calm down by taking a deep breath. ‘Just hold on Tia…or let her pass you…either way you’ll still win if you remain the calm skilled driver I know you are…’ she then reassured herself as she folded her arms and awaited the next check in.
Celestia turned the steering wheel hard left and took the next corner in her normal style. As she turned, she looked up in the mirror and saw the blue Lancer drifting right behind her. ‘At this rate she’s going to pass me no matter how perfectly I execute these turns…’ She admitted to herself as she exited the turn, pressing down on the accelerator as the blue car behind her straightened out, seeming mere inches away from her bumper.
‘I’ve got two options now…’ She began to calculate as she looked back to see the blue car moving left and right, threatening to pass her on the next turn. ‘I could let her pass me and then pressure her to keep drifting so she shreds her tires more and then get her on the final section of the race or even the third section most likely…’ She thought imagining how bald the Mitsubishi’s tires would be if she kept this up.
“But…” She then said out loud as she gripped the steering wheel tightly. ‘I can’t remember the last time I let somebody pass me almost midway through a race…or being passed period…and I promised Luna I wouldn’t let her pass me…and I never break my promises…ever…’ She explained in her mind, remembering the promise she made to her little sister before the start of the race.
“So…” She once again said out loud as she looked at the road, ignoring the Lancer and looking at the next sharp right turn. ‘That leaves only one option for me…’ Celestia concluded as she turned her right foot sideways and moved her left foot over to the clutch.
“Alright this is it!” Rainbow cheered happily as she moved the steering wheel back and forth to move the car from the left and right, pressuring the woman in front of her and hopefully intimidating her. “Just one or two more corners and I’ll take the lead…” She happily boasted as she saw the next turn quickly coming up.
She pulled out to the left of the NSX ahead of her to pass from the outside since she knew it was going to hug the inside. When she applied the brake, downshifted, and started to turn the wheel; she was shocked to see the white Acura in front of her start to move strangely. As her blue car’s rear end began to slide out, the NSX’s front end started to move in while its rear end slid out causing some white smoke to appear from the squealing back tires.
“What the hell!?” Dash shouted almost at the top of her lungs as she saw the car ahead of her attack the corner in the same manner as her car. “You’re countering my drift with a drift?” She asked in disbelief as she held the steering wheel and kept the car sliding at that angle while the car ahead her did the same and kept its lead as both cars went through the turn.
“Great Gummie! A double drift!” The pink haired girl squealed in delight as she began to jump up and down in a bouncing manner.
“A-Amazing…” Twilight merely muttered in amazement as she watched both cars exit the corner through her binoculars.
As they exited the turn, Rainbow straightened her Lancer out at the same time as the NSX and came directly right behind it, not gaining or losing any distance from it. Rainbow’s mouth was hanging open in shock as she continued to follow the white car ahead of her. Then her mouth slowly closed and in its place a small smile began to form followed by a chuckle.
“I get it now…countering my strategy with the same strategy…I shouldn’t be surprised now that I think about it…but…the way you did it was….very impressive…” She began in a soft tone as she accelerated, stepped on the clutch, and shifted the car into fifth gear once more. “Awesome! Let’s do this then! A drift on drift battle!” The rainbow haired girl practically screamed passionately with a smirk on her face as she gripped the steering wheel in excitement, pressing down on the accelerator as hard as she could to chase the white car ahead of her.
The NSX’s pace was increased due to the greater speed it received from the high speed turn, and went into the next left corner with much more speed than usual. Its tires squealed as it swerved to get its rear end out. The EVO X did the same as it followed the NSX, though not as easily as the NSX thanks to the Lancer’s all-wheel drive layout. Both cars went in at the same angle and speed, managing to get within feet of each other as they went through the turn. When they exited, the Acura came out first and straightened itself out with the Lancer following and once again getting right behind it.
A sharp left turn immediately followed and both cars once again went in at the same angle and speed, barely using their brakes. When they exited the corner there was an immediate sharp left and both cars swerved to immediately change their angle. They didn’t even straighten themselves out or use their brakes. They just changed the angle of their drifts and went into the next corner once again getting within feet of each other as they drifted through the sharp left turn.
“Oh wow! Parallel drifting! And not only that, but they’re chaining their drifts! Oh it’s so exciting! And on top of all that, both cars are looking like they’re having an amazing time! It’s so wonderful I can barely contain myself!” The pink haired girl cheered excitedly as she looked like she was going to burst.
“In…In…Incredible…” Twilight whispered in a stutter as her hands shook, making it difficult to look through the binoculars and keep track of the cars drifting through the mountain pass. ‘I…I know Celestia told me to pay attention to the rival car…but…but I can’t…I…I can’t take my eyes off of her car…the…the way it’s moving…I haven’t seen it do that since…’ She thought in admiration as she focused on the white NSX hanging onto the lead as it exited another corner and straightened itself out of a drift.
“There’s no way I’ll ever match her level of skill…I won’t even come close...” She said softly to herself as she started to feel ashamed of herself and her lack of driving skills.
“Oh goodie! They’re getting ready to enter the third section! I’m so excited!” The girl next to Twilight exclaimed which made the high school girl shake her head and focus back on the race.
Rainbow fought against, her growing more resistant by the second steering wheel as she drifted through the corner behind the white NSX. ‘Damn…she’s still holding up really well…’ She praised internally as she looked at the Acura ahead of her and how it started to exit the corner, looking specifically at the front tires and how little they moved.
‘The way she moves her car…she’s using as little steering as possible to keep as much speed as she can…it’s the only way she can stay ahead of me and my car…and the way she flawlessly does it…’ She mentally congratulated as she exited the corner, straightening her car out as she exited corner. ‘I was wrong about her…she’s a top notch racer…the fastest and toughest I’ve ever gone up against…and how she uses that twenty year old car…it scares me to think what she could do with a more modern and powerful car…’ She imagined as she thought of how threatening she could be in a car like her own Lancer.
“Celestia…” Rainbow muttered as she stepped down on the accelerator and followed the white car ahead of her. “Win or lose…I feel as though I have to make an apology to you after this is over…you have skills that far surpass anything I could’ve possibly imagined…” She said rather shamefully, remembering how she acted at the start of the race as she saw the NSX ahead of her brake and turn for the next corner.
“She’s really good…” Celestia commented out loud as she looked to her left, out the window to see the blue Lancer drifting alongside her car. ‘Drifting is no easy feat…and being able to drift that exceptionally well is practically a miracle in itself…but she’s doing it in an all-wheel drive car…’ She reminded herself as she looked back forward and kept hold of the starting to resist steering wheel.
‘My front tires are starting to more lose pressure than I would’ve hoped…not to mention my grip is fading…if there’s one thing about racing tires that’s a universal truth is that they don’t last long…if I keep this up the understeer is going to start becoming an issue soon and turning the steering wheel is going to feel like turning a big rusty valve…’ She cautioned herself as she instantly knew how her car was reacting under the current conditions.
‘She must be having the same problem…more so than me since she abused her tires before the race even started…so the understeer must already be an issue…especially since she’s using an all-wheel drive car…those cars have a natural tendency to understeer and are difficult to drift…that’s why a lot of drifters convert their all-wheel drive cars to rear-wheel drive cars…’ She then mused knowing the difference between her car and the EVO X as she exited the corner.
As she straightened the car out, she once again looked in her rear view mirror to see the blue Mitsubishi right on her bumper. ‘Yet so far it doesn’t seem to be affecting her yet…that’s amazing skill and technique…to think such skill resides in someone so young… and with such arrogance…it kind of irritates me…’ She went on as she looked at the road again, stepping slightly harder on the accelerator. ‘However…there’s something about her that feels…nostalgic …that raw talent…it’s so familiar…it’s nothing like Twilight…she has yet to discover her raw talent and find her wings…but this girl has…and is using them quite effectively, if very recklessly…’ She thought as she struggled to remember who it was she reminded her of.
“Rainbow…Dash…” She said out loud in a quiet whisper upon recalling the name of the girl she was racing, “I’ll be sure to remember your name…” She then said as a smile started to appear on her face.
The next checkpoint was much more crowded and alive than the previous one. It was especially active after receiving the news that the EVO X had caught up to Celestia’s NSX, and that it was aggressively drifting through all the high speed corners. They were all gathered near the turn off where the public road had a turn off that led into a much narrower two lane side road. Most of them where still on the public road with cars parked down from the turn off to not get in the way of the race. Soon the faint sound of two engines began to be heard in the distance from up the hill along with the sounds of tires screeching against the pavement.
“Here they come!” One person shouted excitedly as they all started to gather as close as they could to the turn off, watching uphill at the corner eagerly awaiting for the cars to appear.
The roar of the engines and the screeching of the tires got louder and louder as time passed. Soon the headlights of the lead car could be seen poking out of the corner until they disappeared again. The people got confused as the sounds only got louder, but everyone gasped when all of a sudden a white car appeared out from the corner with the front end pointed inward with the headlights lighting up the rocky mountain side. Almost immediately after it appeared, the blue Mitsubishi appeared directly right next to the white Acura drifting alongside it in almost perfect synchronization.
“Holy crap it’s a Drift versus Drift!” One guy shouted in shock as the NSX straightened itself out with the EVO X doing the same and getting right behind it. The crowd watched in awe as both cars flew by them and into the turn off, whooshing past them and leaving behind a strong gust of wind.
The girl holding the stopwatch and handheld radio was so stunned by the sight she forgot to time them, and merely stared at the cars driving by with her mouth hanging open. Slowly, she raised her shaking hand that held the handheld radio in it and put it next to her open mouth.
“Both cars…have…have just entered the third section. They…They both came out of the corner…they were both drifting! They came out of a corner and…and flew by! It was incredible…I don’t think I’ve ever seen cars move that fast! I tell you I got chills!” She tried to comment, informing everyone about what she saw as best as she could.
Luna was now speechless. She even stopped breathing as she stared at the radio blankly, as if what the announcer said sucked all the life out of her and left her as a soulless husk. “Sister…” She finally whispered as she kept staring at the radio. “What are you doing?” She then asked it seriously as if asking her sister directly.
‘You know as well as I do that you shouldn’t be drifting…it’s not that your car can’t drift properly…in fact it can be a wonderful drift car when tuned properly…but the way you set it up yesterday…definitely wasn’t for drifting…’ She mused as she turned her head to the left and looked out the window, remembering her sister toiling hours yesterday to set her Acura up for tonight’s race.
‘You can’t keep this up for long…your tires will wear out and make the race that much harder for you…why couldn’t you just let her pass you and then pressure her to continue to wear out her tires?’ She asked herself mentally as she desperately tried to think of why her sister would do such a thing. Then she gasped slightly and went wide eyed for a moment when she remembered something from earlier. ‘Is it because of what you promised me earlier? Do you have that much pride that you’re forcing your car to stay ahead of her?’ The younger sister thought as she knew that when her older sister makes a promise she always keeps it.
‘Tia…you have more pride and respect than everyone in Equestria combined…nobody would’ve faulted you for letting her pass you and then passing her later…’ She thought as she moved her head forward and leaned against the glass window. “I just hope you’re ready for the upcoming difficulties later based on your decision…though I’m sure you already are…” She went on as she closed her eyes, awaiting the next call in from the next check point.
“Oh they’re entering the third mid-speed section! I’m so excited on I’m cloud nine and feel as though I’m being dangled above a large chasm!” The pink haired girl shouted as loud as she can, as she leaned in as far as she could over the drop that lead to the road below.
“That’s because you are! Now stop leaning over or else I swear I’m going to let you fall next time!” Twilight yelled in annoyance as she held the back of the girl’s shirt and pulled her back to safety. The energetic girl took no notice of this or anything for that matter, and continued to watch the race with glee through her telescope. Twilight sighed and looked back through her binoculars at the two cars. The cars were no longer in the open area and were now entering a forest so the trees were obscuring their vision.
‘I can barely see them now…all those trees are getting in the way…and the road is much narrower and treacherous than before…this is going to get rough on them…especially on what little grip they have left on their tires…’ The high school girl commented as she bit her lip and continued to try and watch the two cars starting to drift through another corner.
Rainbow fought with her steering wheel as she tried to control the car through the drift. She tried to stay as close to the car as possible until she felt her car start to slide beyond her control. “Damn it!” She swore out loud as she bit her lip and continued to fight the steering wheel, still skidding slightly out of her line but remaining close to the NSX ahead of her.
Celestia looked to her left and noticed the blue car start to slide in a small jerking motion out of her line. ‘I see someone’s foolish decisions are finally starting to catch up with her.’ She thought in slight amusement before she felt her car jerk once slightly and slide a few centimeters out of her perfect drift line.
Celestia bit her lip and struggled to control her steering wheel as she exited the corner, straightening her car out. ‘Mine are as well…my tires are already starting to give and my steering wheel is starting to cramp my arms up…if I would’ve known this would be a drift battle, I would’ve fine-tuned the suspension settings and readjusted the tires to make them last longer and make the steering feel like butter…’ She mentally scolded herself as pressed down on the accelerator, pressed down clutch, and shifted up into fifth gear.
‘Instead my tires are going balder than I would have wanted and my steering wheel might as well be made of cement…’ She continued as she looked in her rear view mirror to see the blue Lancer still on her tail. ‘It doesn’t matter though…all I have to do is adjust my line and alter my entry speed a little bit and I’m fine…it will slow me down somewhat but the next section will force us both to do just that anyways so the situation is in my favor and I can let up a bit to save my tires somewhat…’ She thought as she looked forward to see a very tight narrow left hairpin turn coming up. She moved the car to right towards the outside and stepped on the brakes very hard, downshifting to forth gear.
“What the…she’s going to the outside?” Rainbow commented out loud in shock as she saw the white NSX veer to the outside and brake much sooner than needed. “Perfect…I don’t care why she did that…but this is my chance!” She cheered as she pressed on the accelerator and sped up alongside the NSX before breaking for the upcoming turn.
Celestia looked to her left and saw the blue EVO X right outside her window and merely shook her head as she downshifted into third gear. ‘I knew you were going to do that…anyone who’s never been on this course would and it’s going to cost you dearly...’ She thought rather smugly as she turned her steering wheel hard to the left then right to initiate the drift, pressing her heel against the accelerator and toes against the brake to balance the car as she let off the clutch.
“I got the inside! I’m going to take the lead!” Rainbow shouted excitedly as she drifted just to the inside of the NSX, starting to inch her front end ahead of it thanks to the advantage of the inside line. “I got this! I’m going to-” She began to say before being cut off by her car suddenly violently shaking.
“Told you…” Celestia mocked in a whisper as she saw the Mitsubishi shake upon touching the rough worn out road and slow down. Celestia chuckled a bit as she pressed her heel down on the accelerator slightly, and then moved passed the blue car as she came out of the turn. The blue Lancer struggled as she it moved behind the NSX and started to regain speed.
“Wha…What the hell was that?” Dash asked in shock as she was once again staring at the back end of the Acura, as it had gained a little bit of lead thanks to Rainbow’s poor turn in the hairpin.
“Well you didn’t pass me but at least you can say you got alongside me…that alone should make you feel good about yourself…” The magenta eyed woman said out loud as she looked in her mirror at the car behind her. ‘I wonder what you’re going to do for the next corner coming up.’ She asked mentally as she looked back forward at the next sharp right hairpin turn. She then once again moved her car to the outside and braked earlier than she needed to.
Rainbow saw this and once again went to the inside. She began to accelerate until she felt her car start to shake slightly. “Damn it! What the hell?” She swore bitterly as she braked and turned to get behind the white car.
‘That’s right…there’s nothing you can do but stay behind me…’ Celestia practically mocked in her mind with a grin on her face as she turned her steering wheel to initiate another drift through the corner with the EVO X following right behind. ‘This was once the main road up the mountain…but once they built that newer two lane road, this one was abandoned…the only ones who use it now are us racers…and after years of wear and tear, it’s now a mess...bumps and potholes all over the place…dirt and grass in the cracks to throw off your rhythm and even huge tree branches that fell off at some point in the middle of the road…’ She explained to herself as she remembered when this road was in its prime and how amazing it was to find the best lines.
‘Sure it looks unassuming but get in close and you’ll see its teeth…all those perfect lines you think you can find are just an illusion…’ She went on as she straightened her car out of the turn with the Lancer now even further behind her. ‘Here the worst lines are the perfect lines…and keeping your speed and control consistent through these turns are hell on your tires, making this the worst part on your tires compared to the dirt road in the first section and high speed corners of the second…’ She concluded as she saw the next sharp right hairpin coming up.
‘And I know where all those lines are…and only those lines are useable…anywhere else will slow you down or damage your car…basically you have to walk along a thin line…and I wonder if you can do that?’ She challenged the girl behind her mentally as she braked, downshifted to second gear, and turned her steering wheel violently.
‘Damn it! I feel like I’m being forced to play follow the leader! And I’m not the leader!’ The cerise eyed girl complained internally as she held onto the steering wheel, and followed the white car ahead of her in a drift. She felt her car jerk more and slide out of the line which only increased the distance between her and the car ahead of her.
‘And on top of all that, my car is moving really weirdly…damn it at this rate I’ll lose her again!’ She thought as she straightened her car out of the drift and saw that there was now a sizable gap between her and the NSX ahead of her. ‘Ok…calm down…don’t think about the car ahead of you…don’t think about the path she’s taking…just focus on the road and let it tell you what line you should take!’ She then thought as she took a deep breath and loosened the grip on her steering wheel. She narrowed her eyes and blankly stared at the car ahead of her as she felt the vibrations in her steering wheel trying to visualize in her mind how rough the road was and where it was going to rougher.
She widened her eyes and moved her steering wheel to the right. “There!” She shouted as she looked past the NSX and at the upcoming sharp left turn.
Celestia looked in her rear view mirror and saw the Lancer move out of it. She then turned her head left and looked into her side mirror to see it moving to the inside. ‘Did we not learn our lesson yet or are we desperately trying to find some way to get past me on a terrible line?’ She asked mentally to herself as she shook her head. She looked back forward and stepped on the brakes, downshifted to second gear, and turned her steering wheel.
The blue Lancer did the same as its rear end came out and started to shake from the increasingly rough road. “Come on!” Rainbow shouted as her whole car started to shake violently as she held the steering wheel. The White NSX began to make its turn as the EVO X started to jerk from its lack of tire grip and started to slide towards the outside. With one final small jump it got off the rough inside and out to the smoother outside much close to the rear end of the NSX, closer than when it entered.
“What the? D-Did that really just happen?” Celestia almost shouted in shock as she continued to make her turn, seeing the Lancer drifting to her left much closer to now than before. ‘No way…that was clearly a fluke…just luck and nothing more!’ She reassured herself in her mind as looked forward and focused on exiting the corner.
Both cars exited the sharp corner and straightened out as they accelerated. Rainbow took a deep breath and focused on feeling the steering wheel as they came up to another sharp right hairpin turn much narrower and smaller than the last couple of turns. “There!” She shouted again as she moved the car to the inside as the white NSX moved to the outside again. Both cars slid their rear ends out at the same time and went into the turn. The blue Mitsubishi shook violently again, and like before slid to the outside much closer to the white Acura and following right behind it in its drifting line.
“How…How is she doing that?” The magenta eyed woman asked in disbelief as the car behind her was now close to its rear bumper again. The woman pressed down on the accelerator a bit more as the next sharp left was coming up. The Acura went to the outside and the EVO X went to the inside. The end result was the same but this time Celestia watched the car very intently as it came right up to her and behind her bumper, mere inches away from her.
“I get it now…” She said in understanding as she looked in her rear view mirror and saw the blue car behind her. ‘She’s moving in on the inside, and then using the lack of grip in her tires to her advantage to understeer and skid to the outside back into the right line...essentially making a shortcut…and I can’t copy her maneuver because my tires aren’t as worn as hers yet…essentially giving her a small advantage…’ She mentally elaborated as she looked back forward with a small smile on her lips.
‘I can still pull ahead if I really push myself…I wasn’t before when I thought she would be sticking behind me…but now I have to in order to stay ahead.’ She continued as she saw the next sharp left turn coming up. She went into the turn with much more speed than before and braked lightly with her toe on the accelerator and heel on the brake. Then she reached her hand down to grab the emergency brake to pull it as she stepped on the clutch to lock the back tires up, making it sharply turn more compared to normal braking and getting her into the correct line faster.
The white Acura started to rapidly accelerate through the tight turn as the EVO X shook violently across the rough terrain of the inside. It slid out right behind the NSX, but wasn’t as close to it as before, as there was a little bit more distance between the two cars as they continued to go through the turn.
“What?” Rainbow said out loud after noticing the gap between them widen as both cars came out of the turn. ‘How did she gain some distance on me? What kind of trick is she pulling now?’ She asked herself as she pressed down on the accelerator and gained some speed, upshifting to third gear.
She followed the white car ahead of her into the next sharp right turn. She braked, downshifted back into second, and cut to the inside as much as possible and started to slide on the road as her car once again shook uncontrollably. When she got back into the better line she found that she didn’t gain any ground, or lose any ground between them.
‘Damn her! She’s managing to stay ahead of me! She was just toying with me earlier wasn’t she?’ She mentally griped as she bit her lip, and held the steering wheel to hold the drift while exiting the turn. “I will not lose to you! No matter what I will freaking pass you!” She shouted out loud in determination as she pressed down on the accelerator and gained more speed, shifting up into third gear again.
Both cars barreled into the next sharp right turn at an incredible pace. The NSX used its emergency brake again to lock it’s tires and spun the car into the angle it needed to drift through the tight turn while the Lancer didn’t bother braking and went as far into the inside as she could. The car shook more violently than usual as it slid to the outside again. It overshot the line the NSX was on from its extremely fast entry speed, and almost hit the guardrail separating the road from the trees. It barely avoided the guardrail with the rear end coming within inches of the small metal wall. It accelerated widely away from it and out of the turn, getting right back on the bumper of the NSX as it straightened itself out coming out of the turn.
“Oh wow they’re really going at it at full force now!” The pink haired girl commented as she moved around desperately to see the cars racing through the tree line. “But I can’t see them anymore!” She grumbled frustratingly as she collapsed her telescope.
Twilight sighed as she put her binoculars back under her high school uniform. ‘They’re going to enter the forth section soon…and that means our spectating is over thanks to the density of all the tress.’ She thought upset as she turned around with a frown on her face.
‘That means I’m going to have to return to my car and listen on the radio for when the checkpoints call in.’ She mused as she began to walk back to her car. ‘But it was really starting to get intense…I…I really think this girl has what it takes to beat Celestia…but…I don’t want her to…please Celestia…don’t lose…’ She continued to think as she looked down at the ground.
“Pinkie Pie!” The girl behind Twilight shouted at the top of her lungs, causing the purple haired girl to stop and turn around to look at the energetic pink haired girl.
“What?” She simply asked in befuddlement as she looked at the happy girl with a bewildered expression on her face.
“That’s my name!” She simply explained as she pointed to herself with her free hand and winked at her. “You asked for it didn’t you?” She asked as she titled her head a bit at the girl in front of her.
“Like ten minutes ago…why didn’t you-”
“I like you…you’re fun!” Pinkie Pie declared happily, cutting Twilight off as she literally jumped and bounced pass her. She then turned around to face the even more confused girl with a bright smile on her face. “I can tell we’ll be seeing a lot of each other soon...meeting up at parties like this…watching a lot of fun racing! Oh it’s so exciting I don’t think I can wait for the next time!” She predicted in a high pitch squeal that almost hurt Twilight’s ears.
“Bye!” She then finished as she turned around and started to bounce all the way back to her pink Lexus LFA
‘Yeah right…you’re one weird girl…I don’t think I want to see you again…and I certainly hope we don’t see a lot of each other like you think we are…’ Twilight mentally scoffed with a shake of her head before starting to walk back to her car again.
Celestia let go of the emergency brake, and gripped the steering wheel with both hands as she exited the turn, the EVO X getting right back on her bumper. She bit her lip and looked in her rear view mirror at the car behind her. ‘I can’t believe she can keep doing that…it’s got to be wrecking her suspension and tearing apart her already worn tires…she could lose control at any moment or seriously damaging her car from how hard she’s forcing it to keep up with me…it’s incredibly risky…it transcends desperate and moves right into stupid!’ She mentally scolded as she watched the car swerve back in forth in her mirror, looking like it was going to try and make a move at least give off that impression.
‘And her aggression is through the roof…she’s clearly angry from not being able to pass me, and normally that would make you drive worse…but for her…she’s pulling moves off that are close to professional, rivaling my technique even.’ She thought, noticing the behaviors of the car behind her as she looked back at the road and at the upcoming sharp right.
She braked with her toe, and pressed on the accelerator lightly with her heel. She then she reached down and pulled the emergency brake as her left foot stepped on the clutch. The car swerved violently into a drift, and moved through the turn skidding and sliding, struggling to stay on the line. Celestia had to pull the emergency brake a few times to keep the car under control, and to keep it from hitting the guardrail. She heard the overly loud engine behind her move from her left to her right before returning to directly behind her, letting her know that her opponent took the same maneuver as before, and not losing any ground in the process.
‘I’m reaching my limit more and more…my arms are killing me from struggling with the steering wheel…especially when I have to hold it one handed while my other hand uses the emergency…my feet are starting to hurt as well…these business shoes definitely weren't made for delicate pedal control in the middle of race…it’s starting to take a toll on me…and I’m sweating like crazy from pushing myself and my car this hard…’ She thought as she started to exit the turn at a high speed. After she straightened her car out, she quickly raised her hand to wipe the sweat from her forehead as she took a deep breath.
‘I can’t remember the last time I was this rough on my suspension and tires…I can’t even remember when I had to use the emergency brake to help with my cornering…it must’ve been years…and to be honest it’s exhausting…I can tell when I get home tonight I’m passing out the moment I touch the bed…’ She continued in her mind as she struggled to recall a situation in her recent past that was similar to this. She couldn’t think about it long as she saw another sharp right turn coming up.
She moved her head and looked into the rear view mirror for a brief second, not to look at the opponent’s car, but at herself and more accurately her smiling face. ‘Though…despite all this…why am I smiling? Why am I enjoying myself in this race? Is it because I haven’t had this tough of a race in a long time or is it…something more…’ She questioned herself as she looked back at the road and once again moved her car into another drift, using the emergency brake a lot more throughout the drift due to her wear on her tires increasing.
‘Throughout this race I felt a sense of eerie familiarity with her…like I’m glimpsing into the past at someone I once knew…’ She mused as she let go of the emergency brake, and exited the turn pressing down on the accelerator. She looked up at the mirror briefly again to see the blue Mitsubishi right on her six once again swerving back and forth aggressively. The way the car was moving struck an epiphany in her mind, causing her eyes to slightly widened in realization. ‘Now I remember…’ She thought with the smile on her face growing.
‘She reminds me of myself…arrogant…stupid…but having an insane amount of innate skill that will one day mold into something legendary…’ She realized as she looked back in the mirror for a brief second to look at the car behind her, desperately looking like it was trying to find an opening.
“Rainbow Dash…” She said out loud as she looked back at the road and at the small wide left turn coming up. ‘You may one day win against me…but not today…today you’re too inexperienced and you don’t have the right vehicle…your all-wheel drive car doesn’t fit your technique well enough and it can’t bring out your true potential…and likewise you can’t bring out your car’s true potential…you two just aren’t made for each other…and that’s why you’re going to lose…’ She thought gently as she slowly struggled to move her steering wheel slightly to make the turn. The blue Lancer behind her followed directly behind her as there was no point to cut to the inside on such a wide turn. A wide right turn followed, and both cars once again went in single file through it. When they came out, the road was starting to narrow drastically to the point where it was a one lane road.
‘It’s over now anyways…we’re heading into the forth section…even though it’s a dirt road, which might give your car a slight advantage, it’s so narrow that you’re going to be forced to follow me throughout it. Then once we hit the fifth section, it’s going to be back in my area of asphalt and high speed corners…’ She thought happily, confident of her victory as she looked to both sides of her car to see the guardrails gone and being replaced by bushes and trees. She looked and saw a small wooden bridge coming up. ‘After we cross that bridge, my victory is certain…’ She concluded with a grin as she looked back at the car moving around erratically and frantically.
‘Damn it! I won’t lose! I can’t lose! No matter what I will not lose! If even the slightest hint of an opening presents itself, I’m taking it no questions asked!’ Rainbow shouted at the top of her lungs as she hit her steering wheel in frustration. “Just one small split second opening…that’s all I need!” She practically pleaded as she gritted her teeth and tightly gripped the steering wheel, moving it back and forth to see if there was any room to pass on this now narrow road. Instead, however, finding only small spaces that not even a motorcycle could get through without hitting a bush or a tree.
The blue Mitsubishi got right behind the NSX as they reached the bridge. Both cars shook lightly as they got on the wooden bridge. The old bridge creaked and shuttered as both cars zipped across it. When the white Acura reached the end, it hit the small bump and bounced slightly, its tires very briefly leaving the ground. When it touched back down on the now dirt surfaced road, it swerved out of control a bit from the sudden shift in terrain.
“Agh damn it! Seriously this needs to happen now?” Celestia cursed in frustration as she fought with the wheel, her car sliding to the right very closely to the trees and bushes.
The rainbow haired girl behind her watched the car move to the right, noticing that there was now a sizable opening to the left that seemed just big enough for her to make her move. “Now!” She shouted as she stomped her foot down on the accelerator as hard as she could, taking advantage of the small opening she had been given.
Celestia had finally regained control of her car despite it still shaking slightly from the dirt road, and immediately looked in the rear view mirror. Her eyes went wide as she couldn’t see the EVO X behind her, but could hear the loud roar of its engine louder than ever before. She slowly looked to her left, gasping in shock as she saw the blue car’s front end start to pass her window literally a few inches away. “No way! You’ve got to be kidding me!” She screamed in disbelief as she gripped the steering wheel tightly to remain perfectly still as possible to not hit the car next to her.
“That’s right! I’m tired of seeing your ugly rear end! It’s time for me to take my rightful place in the front!” Rainbow shouted in glee as she saw herself coming closer and closer to the lead she so desperately wanted. Her car stared to get pelted by bushes and small tree branches as she brushed up against the edge of the road.
“What are you doing!? This isn’t a two lane road! There isn’t enough room for you!” The magenta eyed woman continued to scream as she looked to her right, seeing nothing but bushes and branches scrapping against the outside of her car. She could barely see her side mirror that seemed to pop in and out of her sight depending on how far into the bushes she was.
“Come on! Just a little further!” Rainbow declared as she leaned forward, seeing her bumper line up with the car ahead of hers before she failed to move any further, making it anyone’s race where either f them could still pull ahead.
“She’s out of her freaking mind! You just immediately went from stupid to insane! Does she want to win that badly that she’ll risk her own life? I think even daredevils would find this reckless!” Celestia continued to yell in complete shock as she looked back forward to see a slightly left turn coming up. She gritted her teeth as she carefully turned the steering wheel that felt heavier than ever, hoping that wouldn’t mess up, and hit the trees to her right or the car to her left.
Rainbow meticulously turned her wheel to the right in tandem with the car next to her, and both cars entered the wide turn side by side. They both didn’t move an inch closer or further way from each other as they went through the turn. The turn eventually led to another long straight with both cars not gaining, nor losing a centimeter on each other.
‘We’re so close I could roll down my window reach out and easily touch her car!’ Celestia angrily thought as she looked to her left to see the blue car next to her, but not able to see through the window thanks to how dark it was outside. She groaned and looked to her left back at the trees and bushes whizzing past her car. ‘And I’m close to the trees; I wouldn’t be surprised if lost my side mirror! It has to be the same for her as well!’ She continued to complain as she looked back forward, and watched the dirt road ahead of her.
‘Damn it! We’re still in a dead heat!’ Rainbow mused in disbelief as she looked to her right to see the white NSX’s front bumper lined up with hers. ‘I just have to keep going! If I just keep up my pace, I’ll take the lead sooner or later!’ She reassured herself with a grin as she looked back ahead of her car to watch the road.
The checkpoint just before the forth section was the second least crowded section of all the checkpoints. The road was too narrow to park any cars, and so the only way you could reach there was by parking in the parking lot a little ways off, and then walking down a hiking trail to it. The trek would be worth it because this would be the last time anyone could see the cars until start of the fifth section. The fourth section was all windy roads on the cliff that couldn’t be viewed from any direction, and so this would be the last place you would see the cars for a while, and possibly the last time you would see them period should something tragic happen.
The people gathered at the checkpoint on both sides of the road at the very edge. They were standing just outside the trees and foliage so their view of the race could not be blocked by obnoxious plants. Eventually, the sound of two loud engines began to be heard which caught everyone’s attention and excitement as they looked down the road in anticipation to see the cars coming.
“Hey here they come!” A guy shouted happily as the white light from headlights began to be seen coming up the road causing everyone to cheer excitedly.
“Man who’s in the lead? Is it the EVO or the NSX? I can’t tell!” Someone else commented, trying to make out the two headlights only to realize the two pairs of white light where directly right next to each other.
“What the-? They’re…they’re side by side!” A girl declared upon seeing both cars alongside each other.
“What? That’s insane!” The guy holding the handheld radio shouted as both cars approached closer and closer at high speeds. Leaves kicked up from the sides of the cars as it was now obvious they were both rubbing against the foliage on the edges of the road, which is where the spectators were standing.
“Holy crap! Everyone get out of the road!” He then shouted in terror as he jumped as far as he could into the trees as he could. People screamed as they ran into the forest to get out of the way of the two incoming cars. Everyone managed to get out of the way as both cars sped past with their engines roaring and leaving behind a trail of dirt and leaves.
“Man they’re both crazy! One wrong move in any direction and they’re both toast!” The guy holding the handled radio shouted as the crowd started to return to the road, looking in the direction of the speeding off cars still locked in a dead heat side by side. He wasted no time and quickly raised the radio up to announce the latest news on the race.
“This…This is the checkpoint at the start of the forth section…I…they…both cars just passed by…side by side on this narrow one lane road!” He struggled to say as he still had difficulty describing what he just witnessed happen right in front of him.
Lune stared at the radio in her car more shocked than probably ever before in her entire life. It was as if she just witnessed a brutal murder before her eyes, all she could was sit and look at the radio completely speechless. She didn’t move, blink, or even breathe, and just lifelessly looked at the radio. After what felt like an eternity of staring, she slowly looked at her steering wheel and raised both her shaking hands to grip it.
She looked ahead and started to move the steering wheel. In front of her eyes, and in front of her car, she imagined the EVO X and NSX ahead of her. They racing next to each other and she turned her steering wheel to follow the two cars as they both turned slightly right in a wide right turn. Luna then moved her feet to the pedals of her car, and imagined working them as she kept up with both cars in front of her as they continued to race side by side down the dirt road.
The foliage on both sides began to quickly vanish and be replaced by a rock face on the right side and nothing on the left side. Eventually the left side began to shrink and in its place was the edge of the cliff that led the bottom of the mountain. The first sharp right came up and both cars stopped to make their turn. Luna’s eyes went wide as she let go of the steering wheel and shook uncontrollably in fear no long able to imagine the cars ahead of them.
“If they keep going like this to the first corner….they’ll…” Luna struggled to say as her cyan eyes quivered in complete terror. She closed her eyes and moved her head onto the steering wheel. “I just hope you have the inside dear sister…otherwise…” She whispered in desperation, knowing that if she had the inside she would be alright…the outside however…
“This is ridiculous! We’ve been neck and neck for so long I’m surprised we haven’t collided yet! We could both die from this you idiot!’ Celestia thought in disbelief as she gripped her steering wheel as hard as she could and carefully moved her car out of the turn with the EVO X still right beside her. She looked to her right and saw the amount of plant life start to seriously decrease. She sighed in relief and looked back forward with a smile on her face knowing that meant.
‘Thankfully it’s not going to last much longer…we’re in the fourth section now and I’ll be in the lead after the next sharp turn coming up…I have the inside…she has no choice but to slow down or else she’ll go right off the side of the mountain!’ She mused in relief as she looked to her left to look at the Lancer next to her to see when it will slow down.
“Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X…” Rainbow Dash said out loud in a low tone, focusing on the road in front of her and nothing else. “From what I’m guessing…that X in your name isn’t a letter but a Ramen Numberal or whatever…so basically I’m driving car number ten…that must mean there were nine cars before this…and each one of them had to be awesome in some regards to warrant a successor…you don’t keep making the same kind of car if the previous ones were garbage…” The cerise eyed girl then said as her voice’s tone steadily rose from a soft whisper into a determined one. She pressed down on the pedal more trying to get as much possible, risking everything to get ahead of the car next her in the upcoming turn.
“What the hell? How crazy are you? I have the inside, you have to slow down!” Celestia shouted in disbelief as the blue Mitsubishi next to her started to pick up more speed and slowly inch itself ahead of her car.
“So prove to me that you are just another awesome car in an awesome line of cars…prove to me that you’re worthy of that X at the end of your name…” She continued, her voice growing louder and louder by the second as the sharp turn approached closer and closer. “Prove to me that you can win and beat that outdated relic of a car!” She then shouted at the top of her lungs as she moved her right foot from the accelerator to the brake.
“This isn’t going to end well!” The middle-aged woman shouted in frustration as she looked forward at the turn and moved her right foot to the brake.
Both cars entered the turn at the same pace with the EVO X slightly ahead of the NSX. Both cars braked at the same time with the tail lights lighting up in the exact same moment. Both drivers lifted their left foots, pressed down on the clutch, and moved their right hands over to the gearshift to downshift from third gear to second. They both then turned the steering wheel with all there might, causing both cars to start to turn on the dirt road.
Both cars shook as they struggled to turn on the rough terrain; they began to slide to the outside with the EVO X coming dangerously close to the edge of the cliff that was unguarded by any type of wall or guardrail. The Lancer stopped slightly at just the right time as it started to pull ahead of the white car next to it as the NSX struggled to stay in its line.
‘Come on! Come on! Just a little more!’ Rainbow shouted in glee with a smile as she could feel herself finally getting ahead of her rival and into the lead.
“Damn it! My car is slipping! I can’t hold it!” Celestia yelled as she continued to fight with her steering wheel, feeling her continue to jerk and slide to the outside closer and closer to the EVO X’s side. “I’m going to-!” She began to scream before stopping abruptly and closing her eyes, not wanting to see what was going to come next.
“Just a few more feet! Just a few more-!” The ecstatic girl cheered before being cut off by the sound of a thumping noise coming from the side of her car. Her eyes went wide as she felt the back end of her car slide out from under her and move to the outside towards the edge of the cliff.
Her breathing immediately stopped as her car continued to spin; she stared forward at the rock face in front of her car and eventually saw the white NSX pass by her safely without a scratch. That was the last thing she saw before the back end of her car sunk and her view immediately shifted upwards at the starry sky. “…No…” She whispered to herself as she forced her eyes shut and gripped her steering wheel not wanting to see what was going to come next.
Celestia immediately stopped the car close to the edge and unbuckled herself. She flew open the door and literally jumped out the car as the sounds of metal being twisted and glass being shattered rang out across the mountain side. She rushed as close to the edge of the cliff as possible and looked down to try and spot the blue Lancer that she accidentally hit and pushed off the side of the mountain.
She desperately turned her head and searched for the car, but couldn’t find a single trace of it despite still hear sounds of the car tumbling down the side of the rocky cliff. She couldn’t find the headlights or anything despite her best efforts and then soon enough the sound stopped, either from finally hitting the bottom or being out of her range. She stood there still frantically searching with her breathing erratic in a vain attempt to try and spot the car.
It must have been ten or so minutes before she closed her eyes and took a deep breath. She briefly opened her teary magenta eyes to look at the black abyss below her before turning around and starting to walk back to her white NSX. She sat back down in her seat and closed the door. Celestia wiped the tears from her eyes and took another deep breath. The middle-aged woman then buckled up and drove off slowly away from the spot where the racer known as Rainbow Dash made her last turn.
~2 Months Later~
“Yes dad I’m unpacked and settled in…” The pink haired teen happily said over her cell phone as she straightened some knickknacks on her shelf.
“Yeah I’m ready for school to start in a few weeks…” The girl sweetly said in a soothing voice as she turned and walked to the table at other end of the apartment that had a small cage with a rabbit in it.
“No dad I’ll be fine…Rarity’s next door and I just know we’ll be fine…” She reassured with a slight chuckle as she reached under the table and got out a small carrot. The small white rabbit immediately took notice of that and happily went to the edge of the cage trying to poke his nose and paws through the small openings in the cage.
“Oh please stop worrying about my dad…if you could…I mean...it will just be like High School…I’ll blend in…not cause a fuss and generally be overlooked…” The girl continued her conversation with a smile as she gave the small carrot to the rabbit who happily took it and started to devour it.
“Yes I’m sure…I’ll be ok…” She went on, trying to convince her overprotective father of her safety as she turned around and started to head to the window.
“No dad…you’ve done enough…you’ve already paid for my classes, my apartment, and practically every other expense…I couldn’t ask anything more from you…” She refused with a shake of her head as she went to her window and pulled aside the curtains to look out into the night filled parking lot.
“Though I do have a…slight itsy bitsy little concern…” She admitted very reluctantly and softly as she looked in the parking lot to find her car as she switched the phone from her right hand to left hand. “Well it’s about the car you gave me…” She said as he put the phone to her left ear and finally found her white car in the parking lot.
“Yes I’m really grateful for it but…”The girl said hesitantly as she reached into her pants pocket and pulled out her keys. “It’s…not really going to suit my needs…I mean a college student like myself should have like a sedan or a van or something…not a…whatever that car is…” She explained as she looked at the fancy key on the key chain and then back at the white car sitting in the parking lot.
“Ok an NSX…” The cyan eyed girl corrected with a nod of her head. “But still….a sports car…isn’t really going to help me dad…” She went onto explain with a shrug of her shoulders as she looked at the car and how the light from a nearby street lamp reflected off of the visible fixed headlights.
“Yeah I know it’s a present that you’ve wanted to give me for a long time but…I’m…not that kind of girl…a small four door or a hybrid would’ve worked…” She struggled to say, hoping that he would see her point of view and what kind of car would fit her in this situation.
She sighed as she heard the voice on the other end of the phone disagree. “Yeah I guess you’re right…as long as it can drive and get me to place to place it really doesn’t matter what it is…” She gave up as she shook her head, not wanting to argue any more and more or less just wanting to go to bed now.
“Yeah alright…I’ll talk to you tomorrow…bye dad.” She finished as she hung up her smart phone and gave one last sigh.
“I really don’t know what I’m going to do with that thing…” She began in a low whisper as she looked at the white Acura in the parking lot one last time. “Oh whatever…it’s not like matters…a car’s a car after all and it’s not going to be life changing…” She then shrugged it off with a sigh as she closed the curtains. She turned off the lights and then headed to her small bedroom to head to bed. She shouldn’t worry about what kind of car she has. She was more worried about the changes college life would have on her, living on her own would have at her, and whatever changes she had yet to experience.
A certain kind of car is nowhere near as life changing as that right?
“I get to do what?”
“I get to talk about one of the cars used in the story? Oh yippee! I can’t tell you how excited I am!”
“So which one am I talking about?”
“Ohhhhh Dashie’s car! The Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X!”
“I like the letter X! X is my fifteenth favorite letter out of all the forty-seven letters in the alphabet!”
“Wait? There’s only twenty six? Hah…maybe in your alphabet Twilight, but not mine!”
“What? It’s not even an X to begin with? It’s actually supposed to mean the number ten? Then why don’t just call it the Lancer Evolution Ten? They do? Then why did they put an X instead of a ten? Oh whatever…”
“So since it’s the Evolution Ten then…that must mean it’s the tenth car in a long line of super awesome cars doesn’t it?”
“What? It’s technically the eleventh? Wait the original pioneer car of the Lancer was actually a sixth generation Galant VR-4 released back in 1988? And when the first Evolution was released in 1992, they just took the engine and drivetrain of the VR-4 and put it into the new Lancer chassis with barely any changes?”
“Ok so it really should be called the Evolution XX or X plus one right? Wait no? Because of the name change, it’s still the tenth generation car despite all the cars using a four-wheel drive system, a turbocharged engine, and essentially having the four door sedan layout? I’m so confused…”
“Right…back on topic…ahem…the model that Dashie uses is the GSR model which is only available in five-speed manual here in Equestria and has an engine output of less than three hundred horsepower…”
“Oh but that wasn’t good enough for Dashie…she popped the hood, grabbed her car expert friend Applejack, and made her crank that engine up to about four hundred and fifty horsepower…making it a speed demon on the mountain roads!”
“To compensate for the power Applejack had to change the suspension in the car and even give it a new spoiler to better perform in the corners…though despite the changes it still can’t corner as well as other cars and due to its four-wheel drive layout out, which makes it incredibly hard to drift…”
“It’s still not impossible to drift the car if it’s set up right and if you have the skill…which of course Dashie has. Anyways, to complete the changes Applejack put on the best pair of racing tires money could buy for the race against Celestia…and oh did all those modifications and changes cost a lot of money…Dashie spent her entire life savings and even the money her parents set aside for her for college into that car…just so she could be the fastest…”
“Wow she spent all her money on that car? Geez I hope she takes really good care of it then…wait what…huh?”
“…Oh dear…”
Act 1
Act 1: The Mysterious Girl in Sunglasses!
“Fluttershy!” A loud feminine voice called with a frantic knock on the bedroom door, waking the peacefully resting girl in the bed from her slumber. “Fluttershy!” The voice called once again much louder than before with persistent nonstop knocking on the door.
“Ra…Rarity?” The gentle girl in the bed called back in a muffled whisper as she started to stir slightly under the covers.
“Fluttershy wake up!” The girl outside her bedroom shouted as she continued knocking on the wooden door to wake her friend up.
“Alright…alright…” Fluttershy said back in a much louder tone, so her friend could hear her and stop the continuous knocking. The girl rolled over onto her back and slowly sat up with her long pink hair looking frazzled and messy. She raised her hand up from under the covers and rubbed the sleep from her cyan eyes. Then she moved some of her pink hair away from her face so she could look at her bedroom door.
“Is…Is something wrong Rarity?” She sleepily asked in a low tone as she struggled to keep looking at the door, wanting nothing more than to go back to sleep.
“Yes…I’m so sorry Fluttershy…but…can you drive me to college?” Rarity responded in a very reluctant tone whist giving off a sigh.
Fluttershy moved her hand to the side of her face and rubbed it as her exhausted mind slowly absorbed what her friend had said. “"But, I don't have…have classes or work today..." The pink haired girl tiredly pointed out while giving a small yawn.
“Yes, I know and once again I’m sorry…this is very rude of me to do this to you, but can you please drive me to my class?” She apologetically said from the other side of the door, understanding the position she was forcing her friend into.
“I thought your boyfriend was supposed to take you today…” Fluttershy asked as she started to wake up more and remembered that today was Blueblood’s turn to take Rarity to school.
“He bailed on me…again…so I have no way to get to school without you!” Rarity frustratingly said in a low tone as Fluttershy could almost hear the girl outside clenching her fists in anger. This wasn’t the first time this happened and like so many times before all she wanted to do was go back to bed.
“My keys are on the table, you can just take my car and give it back later…” The kind girl suggested, offering her car as she moved her hand away from her face and gestured it in a vague direction as if the table and her friend were directly in front of her.
“I can’t drive stick! You know that Fluttershy!” The loud girl frantically reminded her, much to Fluttershy’s dismay. “Please! You know I wouldn’t do this to you if there was another way!” She then pleaded sincerely in a soft tone.
“Alright…hold on.” Fluttershy replied as she started to move to get out of bed and get dressed.
“Thank you Fluttershy! You’re the best friend I could ever ask for! I swear when my fashion line makes millions, I’ll be sure to get both you and me chauffeurs, so we never have to drive again!” The girl happily thanked in a grateful tone followed by the sounds of footsteps walking away from the bedroom door.
Rarity held out a small carrot for the small rabbit in the cage to eat. However, the bunny just sat there looking at Rarity unamused, refusing to take the carrot. The purple haired girl bit her lip in annoyance as she continued to dangle the carrot in front of the small bunny, who continued to sit there motionless. She was about to open her mouth and vent her frustration at the small white creature until she heard the sound of the bedroom door unlocking and opening.
She quickly put the carrot down and turned around to greet her friend, but was horrified by the appearance of girl standing the doorway. The tall girl stood there wearing a white sleeveless shirt, a green skirt with butterflies on it, and green boots that went up to her knees. The messy looking girl yawned as she started to walk over to the small table in the middle of the room, dragging her fee as she went.
“Alright…let’s go…” Fluttershy sleepily said in encouragement as she reached down and picked up her car keys.
“No.” Rarity simply stated in a dull tone as she started to walk over to her friend.
“What?” The quieter girl replied with a dazed look on her face as she turned to face the azure eyed girl right in front of her as she grabbed her hand.
“Absolutely not! I refuse to go out in public with you looking like that!” She almost shouted in righteous fury as she started to pull the slightly taller girl back to her bedroom.
“Does it really matter what I look like Rarity? I mean I just got out of bed so shouldn’t you cut me a little slack?” Fluttershy tried to say in her defense as let herself be dragged into her room.
“Looking like you just got out of bed is one thing, but looking like you just stepped out of a terrible children’s movie is just unacceptable!” The fashionable girl pointed out in a snarky tone as she turned around and made the pink haired girl sit down on her bed.
“I mean look at me!” She practically commanded in a proud tone as she backed away from the bed. “The pinnacle of casual beauty!” She then stated with a quick twirl, showing off her fancy looking white long sleeved lace shirt and long purple skirt that matched her casual white and purple shoes. She looked at her friend with a brief smile on her face before turning around and heading to the closet.
“Now let’s find something decent for you to wear.” She said to herself as she started to shuffle through her friend’s wardrobe.
“Is this really important Rarity? I thought you were in a hurry to get to school or something?” Fluttershy tried to protest, trying to remind her that she should probably be more concerned about getting to school than what she was wearing at the moment.
“A proper lady should always take a few minutes to make sure she looks presentable no matter what the circumstance…and I only need a minute to make you look at least adequate.” Rarity refused in a sassy tone as she moved her head and moved her hand through her long elegant hair to illustrate a point to her. Fluttershy sighed and closed her eyes, giving up and letting her friend continue what she was doing since she knew that once Rarity was focused on something involving appearances there was no way to stop her.
“Well…it’s not a fashion show winning look, but it’s at least a decent casual look that people would expect someone like you to wear.” Rarity commented unsatisfied as she backed away and eyed her slightly taller friend. She was now wearing a yellow long sleeved sweater, casual fit jeans, and a pair of normal white shoes.
“So with that out of the way let’s get going! We have to hurry if I want to be there on time!” The purple haired girl declared as she turned around and left her friend’s bedroom.
“Alright…” Fluttershy reluctantly agreed with a sigh, still feeling very tired as she left her room after Rarity, keys in hand and smartphone in pocket.
When Fluttershy left and shut the bedroom door behind her she saw Rarity collecting her things that ranged from her purse to her book bag to some folded up dresses she made for college. The pink haired girl walked past her and opened the front door as her friend finished gathering her belongings. She held the door open for her as Rarity’s hands were now filled with things and left her apartment as soon as the paler girl was through the doorway.
She locked her house and turned around to see her friend happily smiling and waiting for her. Fluttershy forced a smile back at her, walked past her, and then down the stairs with Rarity right behind her. When they reached the front door to the apartment, Fluttershy once again had to open the door for her friend who nodded at her as she walked through the opening. The timid girl followed soon afterward and shut the door behind her exiting the building and getting out into the not very bright world outside.
The sun was just barely coming up and as such the visibility in the parking lot was low even with the overhead lamps still on. However, she quickly found her white car in the parking lot from where she parked it last night and stared at the machine with the Acura symbol on the front hood. She scowled at it for few seconds and then took a deep sigh, wishing she had any car aside from the NSX her father gave her.
“Come on Fluttershy!” Rarity shouted as she went out into the parking lot towards the white car with fixed headlights.
“R-Right…” Fluttershy responded simply with a shake of her head, getting focused back on the task at hand.
She quickened her pace and jogged after her friend who was now reaching the passenger side door. She put her key into the door, unlocked it, and then opened it up for her friend to get in. Rarity quickly started to put her stuff into the floor board except her clothes and then sat down into the seat with her dresses in her lap. Fluttershy reached the other side of the car and unlocked it as Rarity shut the door on her side of the car. The timid girl quickly opened the door to her car and sat in the seat, putting the keys into the ignition.
“Honestly, I’m still not satisfied with your look…remind me to take you out shopping to get some real clothes because what you have in your closet is just unacceptable for a girl with your kind of looks…” Rarity commented in an unsatisfied tone as she looked at Fluttershy as she shut the door and started to buckle up, reminding Rarity to do the same.
“Well…usually when we do go out shopping you buy tons of clothes…for yourself…and I usually don’t get anything because the stores you take me to are either too expensive for me or the clothes just don't suite me…” The quiet girl reminded her softly as she turned the car on, making the engine come to life.
“Say no more Fluttershy…as thanks for this, I’m going to make you my first hand made dress that will dazzle everyone who sees you!” The paler girl said happily as she raised her hand up towards her friend as Fluttershy pressed her foot down on the clutch and reached over to disengage the parking brake.
“I’d rather you not…it…it’s just not me if you know what I mean…” She replied with a nervous smile as she moved the parking brake lever to free the car and then move her hand to move the shifter into first gear.
“Well I just can’t let kind act go unrewarded can I? I have to show you some generosity right?” Rarity playfully asked with a teasing smile as Fluttershy gently let off the clutch whilst pressing down on the accelerator to get the car to move.
“Honestly you wouldn’t have to if you just knew how to drive stick…” Fluttershy responded honestly with a smile as she turned the steering wheel with her left hand and kept her right hand on the stick shift, moving the car to the parking lot exit.
“I’m going to be a dress designer dear…not a grease monkey…I’m going to college to learn how to make beautiful dresses…not learn how to properly drive a car.” The fashionista reminded her in a dry tone as Fluttershy stopped at the exit before turning right and getting onto the main road. Thankfully, there wasn’t any traffic because of how early it was.
The driver gently pressed on the accelerator and gained speed as she drove down the road. Eventually, she pressed down on the clutch and upshifted to second gear in a swift simple motion. “It’s really not that hard to learn…I mean isn’t your boyfriend a car junkie…couldn’t he have taught you?” She tried to reassure her friend as she moved her right hand up to the steering wheel.
“Ugh! Don’t remind me! It’s because of him that I’m even in this mess in the first place!” Rarity said in disgust as she folded her arms and looked out the window at the buildings they were passing, not really looking at them.
“Didn’t he sleep over with you last night? I mean I saw his car outside when I came in yesterday.” Fluttershy questioned as she looked over at her friend for a few seconds before looking back at the road.
“He was…until he tried to…well...umm…wanted me to clean his jewelry…” She began to explain in slight discomfort as bit her lip and shifted slightly in her seat. Fluttershy blushed lightly and nodded as she kept her focus on the road, understanding what she meant. “I told him I wasn’t ready for even that yet, then we had a small argument, and then he left…” She finished much more confident and loud as she threw both her hands up in the air.
“Honestly you don’t force yourself on a lady when she isn’t ready…and he could have at least made up for it by keeping his word and taking me to class today but no…he couldn’t even do that!” The azure eyed girl almost shouted as she turned and faced her friend with an enraged look on her face.
“I-I’m sorry…” Fluttershy apologized, feeling genuinely sympathetic for her and her personal life while also feeling a little afraid because her friend was very intimidating when she got like this. She didn’t look at her and concentrated on driving, knowing that if she looked at her friend, her expression would probably scare her.
“Don’t be…rest assured we’re going to have a very long discussion about this later…he is on death row as far as I’m concerned...” The girl next to Fluttershy then said in an low tone as she looked back forward and clenched her fists. Fluttershy gulped in apprehension as she saw a stoplight coming up. She pressed down on the brake, shifted the car back into first gear, and stopped at the red light.
“On the positive side, at least I’m having a nice drive with my best friend…I like your car better than his anyways…” Rarity said happily as she moved around in her seat comfortably and smiled as the light changed to green.
“I wish I could say the same…” Fluttershy dully replied as she pressed down on the accelerator gently.
“Oh don’t be like that…so some ruffians don’t like your car for whatever reason…that doesn’t mean you’re a horrible person with a despicable car…” The azure eyed girl tried to comfort in response as Fluttershy shifted the car back into second gear.
“It’s not just ‘some’ Rarity…every person I meet automatically hates me for having this car…” She reminded her as she thought back over the past month since she came to this city and remembered every single horrible encounter.
“That doesn’t make any sense…you’re a very attractive young woman with a fancy fast sports car…guys should be lining up for miles trying to court you…” Rarity said with a huff as she folded her arms and pouted, trying to make sense of the situation in her head.
“I don’t know anymore…I thought the bullying would stop after we graduated from high school and left Everfree City…but apparently I just can’t catch a break…and it’s all because of this stupid car of all things…” The gentle girl said softly as she lowered her head a bit, remembering all the times throughout her life she had to put up with stuff like this. The only time she wasn’t bullied was back in grade school in Cloudsdale, but that was because of very special circumstances that would never be repeated again.
“Oh calm down Butterfly…don’t blame yourself or your car because of the stupid jerks in this city…trust me…things will get better soon…” Rarity comfortingly said, calling Fluttershy by her nickname as she reached over and put her hand on her shoulder.
“I hope so Rarity…I really do…” The shy driver simply agreed with a sigh as she focused on getting her friend to class.
“Alright…we’re here…” Fluttershy announced after stopping the car in front of the main building on campus. “I hope you’re not going to be late.” She said in a worried tone as she looked over to see Rarity collecting her things.
“No we’re right on time!” Rarity reassured happily as she unbuckled herself and opened the door to the car. “Thanks Butterfly. I don’t know what I’d do without you!” She gratefully thanked with a smile as she got out of the car.
“It’s no problem Rarity…I’d do this for all my friends…if…I had more than one friend that is…” She replied with a tinge of sadness in her tone as Rarity bent over and looked at her friend in the car.
“Oh please…your time will come my little Butterfly…in any case though…” She responded in a dismissive tone before stopping and reaching into her purse to pull out a fifty bit coin. “Here…my way to show my thanks and also pay for the gas that you needlessly wasted…” She offered as she moved her hand into the car and to pink haired friend.
“No that’s ok Rarity you don’t have to-” Fluttershy tried to refuse but upon looking at the dashboard noticing her gas almost on empty she had to reconsider that offer. “On second thought, I think I’ll accept your offer given that I’m currently broke…” She then said rather reluctantly as she reached out her hand towards Rarity. Rarity smiled and giggled a bit as she put the coin in her hand.
“Thank you…” The timid girl thanked gratefully as she put the coin in her cup holder.
“I’ll keep in touch…be expecting a text from me later just in case something happens or if anything happens…” The purple haired girl advised as she gestured her hand towards the building behind her.
“Alright I will…enjoy your classes Rarity…” Fluttershy replied sweetly with a smile, prompting the girl by her car to give a grin in response.
“Darling…I put the teacher to shame. If anything, there isn’t a class if I’m not there...” She boastfully replied in a confident tone before shutting the door to the white NSX.
“Bye…” The cyan eyed girl said as she waved to her friend outside the car. Rarity waved back before turning around and heading towards the front doors. Fluttershy giggled and shook her head before looking forward and starting to move her car again.
Fluttershy turned the steering wheel and moved the car into Sugar Cube Corner’s Gas Station. She moved her car through the mostly empty lot and stopped her car next to one of the gas pumps. She put the car into neutral, engaged the parking brake, and then turned off the car. She sighed before unbuckling herself and opening the door to her car. The nervous girl remembered to take the fifty bit coin out of her cup holder and then got out of her car, shutting the door after she exited the vehicle.
As she looked around the gas station, she saw that like always it was pretty empty. It was a small gas station that was out of the way and was locally owned by a small friendly family. Fluttershy smiled to herself from this fact. This was the reason why Fluttershy would always come here to fill up her car; no bullies or tense atmosphere just a small little place that gives her enough time to gas up her car.
However, she did eventually spot one car that she never saw before. A fancy looking pink sports car parked to the side of the gas station. She looked at as it was a car she’d never seen before both in looks and in design. She couldn’t make out what kind of car it was and if she didn’t spot the Lexus symbol on the back of the car she wouldn’t even figure that out. What was even stranger than the color was three painted balloons on the back fender. A pink car is strange enough, but having one yellow colored balloon and two blue colored balloons was just too much.
“Oh goodie! A customer!” A high pitched excited voice called, catching Fluttershy’s attention as she looked from the car to the gas station’s front doors. Leaving the gas station and bouncing up towards the shy girl was another girl with a darker shade of pink hair, cerulean eyes, and an overly happy expression on her face.
“Hey! How ya doing!? What can I get for you? Regular gas, High Octane, Diesel, ethanol, or how about all of them at once in your car?” The slender girl in a gas station uniform offered as she took the nozzle off the handle and pointed it to the car, getting only a nervous stare in response from the slightly taller girl.
“U-Ummm…s-sorrry…b-but…w-who are you?” Fluttershy eventually asked in a low stutter, avoiding eye contact with the girl she never saw before.
“Hmm? Oh sorry! I’m Pinkie Pie!” She gleefully introduced herself as she put the nozzle back on the handle. “I just moved here from a rock farm because driving four hours to and from here was just too much boring drive time for someone like me! So thankfully these kind people offered me a place to stay in exchange for working for them!” The happy girl explained as she took the gas station cap off of her crazy hair and gave a quick bow. Fluttershy looked back at the girl more confused than ever.
‘Well that explains the car I’ve never seen before…’ She thought to herself as she looked over back at the pink Lexus parked outside the gas station. ‘But how can someone who used to live on a rock farm have a car like that?’ She noted internally as she knew a car like that could not be cheap and affordable.
“Pinkie, leave her alone…she always pumps her own gas no matter what…” A loud male voice called from the gas station, making both the girls turn their gazes over to a very skinny and tall man wearing a gas station uniform to match Pinkie’s. Fluttershy sighed in relief upon recognizing that was the kind owner of the gas station Mr. Cake, who was one of the few people in this town who didn’t bully her.
“Aww really?” She asked sadly asked in disbelief as a frown quickly formed across her lips.
“Yeah…she’s just that kind of person…” The gas station owner confirmed with a nod and a tip of his cap.
“Oh alright Mr. Cake…” Pinkie responded happily before turning around to face Fluttershy once again. “If you need anything just ask!” She offered as she put her cap back on and smiled once again at the girl in front of her. Fluttershy looked at her for a few seconds before taking a deep breath and smiling back, now feeling much more comfortable with her since she’s living with the Cakes, and surely the Cakes wouldn’t let some mean bully live with them.
“No that’s ok…I’m just getting fifty bits worth of gas and that’s it…” She replied in a slightly louder but still very quiet tone as she held up the fifty bit coin in her hand.
“Okie Dokie Lokie…” The energetic girl said as she reached and took the fifty bit coin out of her hand before turning and beginning to bounce back to the gas station. Before she got too far away, the hyper active girl stopped and quickly turned around, pointing at Fluttershy’s car. “Better make sure it’s High Octane though…your car hates it when you put regular old gas in it!” She advised with a grin before turning back around and bouncing away again.
“Ummm…Alright…” Fluttershy simply said in astonishment as she raised an eyebrow and watched girl bounce inside the gas station. She then turned and looked at her white NSX.
‘How did she know I sometimes forget to put High Octane in my car…surely she didn’t know that by looking at her car could she?’ She questioned in her mind before giggling and shaking her head. ‘No…of course not…that’s just silly…she’s just making sure I put the right kind of gas in my car…she probably does that to everyone around here.’ She reassured herself as she turned and picked up the nozzle from the pump.
‘Still…I’m just glad she didn’t automatically hate me because of what kind of car I’m driving…’ She said internally as she opened up the latch and then took off the small gas cap. ‘Did I just possibly make a…new friend?’ She asked herself almost excitedly as she inserted the nozzle into the hole.
‘No, I most likely didn’t. I don’t think there’s anyone in this city aside from Rarity who’d want to be friends with someone like me…’ She reminded herself, bringing herself back to the reality that she’ll never have that many friends. She sighed to herself as she turned around and selected the High Octane option on the pump to start fueling her car up.
As she stared at the rising numbers on the pump, she heard a car pull into the gas station. She turned her head to look at the car only to be in complete shock at the car she saw. The car that pulled in was a dark brown Mazda RX-8 with a Dumb-bell painted on the back fender. With that, she instantly knew who was behind the wheel and could do nothing but widen her eyes in terror as the car drove up and parked on the other side of the pump that Fluttershy was using. As she heard the car’s engine kick off she bit her lip in desperation as she looked at the numbers on the pump only to find that the fueling wasn’t even half over yet.
As she heard the car doors open on the other side of the pump she stopped breathing and remained motionless, hoping that if she stopped moving she would somehow turn invisible. “See! See! I told you there was a gas station around here!” A low male voice happily declared as one of the doors shut, a voice that Fluttershy recognized and unfortunately knew that it wasn’t the owner of the car but rather one of his friends.
“Yeah great job…that means you get to pay for the gas.” Another slightly deeper voice responded that Fluttershy instantly knew as the owner of the car and one of her tormentors at college, Dumb-bell.
“Ah yeah!” The other voice happily agreed as the other car door was shut and footsteps were heard. “Wait…” The voice then said in a much lower tone after fully comprehending what his friend said.
With each footstep Fluttershy heard, she could also hear the pounding of her heart as she desperately looked up at the pump numbers again only to find that it was barely two-thirds done. The footsteps continued on the other side of the pump until she heard them come to a complete stop followed by a gasp. Fluttershy squeezed her eyes shut in a vain hope that maybe he saw something that wasn’t her car or maybe he was taking a deep breath.
“Is that what I think it is?” The low voice asked almost in disbelief followed by quick footsteps going around the pump.
“No…” Fluttershy whispered to herself as she heard the footsteps abruptly stop.
“Well well…look at what we got here Hoops.” The voice smugly called to his friend, prompting another set of footsteps to be heard. “If it isn’t our friend Clutzershy!” The voice then said as Fluttershy slowly opened one of her eyes and looked up to see a shaggy haired burly guy standing next to the pump, looking at Fluttershy with blue eyes as a smirk was clearly plastered on his wide face. Soon afterward a taller, bigger guy with even longer hair came out and looked down at Fluttershy with his eyes covered by his hair and smiled as well.
“Yeah, yeah! Clutzershy!” He happily pointed out as he raised his hand and pointed at the frail looking girl.
“Still rolling around in a white NSX I see…I’m surprised you haven’t been run out of the city yet…” Dumbbell said smoothly as he started to walk up to the poor girl with Hoops following close behind.
“Yeah by like…angry drivers and stuff…” The bigger male added with a forced chuckle as he kept pointing at Fluttershy.
“I…I’m sorry…I…I don’t want any…any…” Fluttershy feebly tried to say as she stood there holding on to the nozzle, having half a mind just to drop the thing on the road and get into her car.
“You know…only one person in this city…no all of Equestria has the right to be driving that kind of car…” He began as he stepped over the black hose and stood right in front of the girl who was backed against her car that was the reason for all her grief at the moment. “And it sure has hell isn’t a wimpy little waste of life like you…” He then said in a lower more threatening tone as I reached up and pushed his hand against Fluttershy, making her close her eyes and whimper in fear.
“Yeah…like you…” Hoops added as he bent over and poked her arm still pointing directly at her. Dumb-bell looked up away from Fluttershy and at his dim-witted friend and merely gave him a disgusted look. Hoops looked at him briefly with a goofy smile before looking at his pointing finger and slowly lowering it. The blonde haired guy shook his head looked at Fluttershy to continue his torment of the weak girl.
“Hey!” A high energetic voice called shifting everyone’s gaze over to the pink haired girl looking very serious and menacing. “Do you guys want me to fill your car up?” The girl then asked happily and with a smile as she held up the nozzle from the pump.
“Huh…yeah sure whatever…” Dumb-bell agreed with a confused expression on his face before shaking his head and looking back at Fluttershy.
“Ok I’m going to fill your car up with diesel!” The cheerful girl declared before bouncing out of sight.
“Ok…” The dimwitted guy simply responded as he kept looking at Fluttershy intensely. “Wait…what!?” He then shouted upon realizing what the girl was going to do to his car, letting go of Fluttershy and rushing over to the other side of the pump with Hoops in tow.
“No no no! The car needs high octane not diesel!” He yelled frantically from the other side as Fluttershy took a deep breath in relief and looked up at the pump to see that it was thankfully done fueling her car up.
“What? It takes ethanol?” Pinkie replied coyly as Fluttershy quickly put the nozzle back on the pump.
“What? No! High octane you moron!” Dumb-bell corrected in anger as Fluttershy put the cap back on her tank and then shut the latch. “Don’t put the nozzle through my window! I don’t want gasoline in my interior!” The angry RX-8 owner continued bellowing as Fluttershy quickly ran around to the other side of the car.
“Sorry…I just started here so I’m kind of clums-OPPS!” Pinkie tried to apologize before something sounded like it fell on the ground hard.
“Ahh my foot!” Dumb-bell immediately screamed, in pain rather than anger as his friend started laughing in glee. “Quit laughing you idiot!” He commanded in fury as Fluttershy flung open her car door and got into the seat of her car. She wasted no time; she slammed the door shut, buckled up, and started her car up. In no time flat, she was screeching her tires as she moved away from the pump and towards the highway. She didn’t even bother stopping; she just rushed out to get away from that place as quickly as she could.
Fluttershy lay in bed; the same place she’s been for the past couple of hours after that incident at the gas station. She cried silently to herself as she rubbed her face against her now drenched pillow. She rolled over and heard a small clanging sound in her pocket. The upset girl sat up and carefully reached into her pocket, pulling out her car keys. She stared at them for a few seconds as more tears welled up in her eyes. She clenched them in her hand and raised it above her head.
“Stupid car!” She shouted as loud as she could as she threw the keys against her door, making them bounce against the hard surface and fall on the floor with a few clanging sounds. She breathed heavily as she stared at the keys that belonged to a car that has caused her so much trouble. She forced her eyes shut and lowered her head as she finally had enough.
“I swear tomorrow I’m just going to call my dad and….umm…” She began, reciting her plan out loud before stopping and thinking about how to word the next phrase in her strategy. “Ask him very nicely if he’ll take the car back…” She said a bit softer as she couldn’t imagine yelling or rudely asking him to take back the gift he had gave her. Although, she knew too well her father would refuse and insist she keep the car, which led her into another idea.
“And if he doesn’t, I’ll just never use it again…I’ll take the bus or something. I’ll even walk if I have to…” She said out loud coming up with what sounded like her a full proof plan to never get inside that NSX again.
“I never want to get inside that car again!” She once again shouted as she laid back on her bed, convincing herself that she would never have get inside that vehicle ever again. She took a deep breath in relief until she felt her phone vibrate in her pocket.
She sat back up and reached into her other pocket to pull out her phone. She read the sender’s name to be Rarity’s. She wiped the tears away from her eyes as she opened the message. ‘Pick me up! NOW!’ It read, making Fluttershy’s eyes go wide in knowing what that meant. No sooner had she sworn to herself that she would never drive her car again; she was needed to drive her car again.
“But…I…” She said out loud in weak defiance, as if addressing the text message she knew that wouldn’t answer. She closed her eyes again and seriously began to think of what to respond to her. She couldn’t really think of a reason why she couldn’t go pick her up and what if it was seriously important. She couldn’t be mean and say no to her only friend that has helped her out so much.
She sighed, opened her eyes, and finally responded to the text. ‘On my way.’ She put before clicking the send button. She then took a deep breath and looked up at the keys she tossed aside a few moments earlier. She bitterly bit her lip before getting up, walking over to them, and picking them up reluctantly to go get her friend.
As the sun started to set behind the many mountains surrounding Canterlot, Fluttershy finally arrived on campus grounds. She slowed down to a crawl and leaned forward, looking around at all the college students arriving and leaving in a hope to spot her friend Rarity. Some of the students were giving Fluttershy a glare that made her tremble in her car. She bit her lip as she continued her search as she drove slowly and hoped she wouldn’t get picked on again. Eventually, she spotted her only friend rushing up to her car looking not too happy to say the least.
Fluttershy barely stopped the car in time before her friend opened the door and flung herself into the seat, dropping all her things into the floor board. She slammed the door shut and then began to weep openly while laying her head against the dashboard. She raised one of her hands in a clenched fist and smacked it against the hard surface in frustration.
“R-Rarity…what’s wrong?” Fluttershy asked in concern as she reached out and put a hand on her friend’s shoulder, although knowing deep down what exactly the problem was.
“It…It’s Blueblood…he’s…he’s…” Rarity began in between her sobs of pain and anguish though not finishing her response.
Fluttershy sighed as she knew what it was she was trying to convey to her. “Rarity…I…I’m sorry…” She apologized sincerely and truthfully as she felt bad for fashionesta.
“He’s a total bastard!” The purple haired girl then shouted at the top of her lungs as she looked up and glared at Fluttershy with an enraged expression on her face.
“R-Rarity! L-Language!” Fluttershy responded as her eyes widened upon hearing Rarity shout an obscenity.
“I’m sorry for the crude outburst, but it’s true!” The girl then immediately apologized as she looked back at the dashboard and at her fist as it shook violently in anger. “He decided to ditch classes today so I couldn’t talk to him and when I finally text him to give him a piece of my mind. All I got in response was a text saying ‘we’re through!’” She explained as she breathed heavily, recalling the events of her day.
“I-I’m sorry about-“
“He has some nerve dumping a fine catch like me and not only that but having the audacity to do it over text and not face to face!” Rarity continued to yell, once again cutting off her friend from saying anything back to her.
“I...I understand Rarity, but maybe you should try calming down now…you’re starting to scare me!” Fluttershy desperately asked as she recoiled and backed up against her car door in fear of what her angry friend might do.
“Fluttershy take me to the Gaira Mountain Pass! I know that’s where he’s going to be tonight and I’m going to vent my anger at him to his face!” The heart broken girl demanded as she pointed in front of her, starting to grind her teeth in fury and terrifying Fluttershy to no end.
“Y-Yes ma’am!” The frightened girl agreed without a second thought as she looked forward, grabbed the steering wheel, and pressed down on the accelerator to get the car moving to its new destination.
The last light of the sun’s rays finally faded from the sky and in its place a starry night with a half-moon shedding little light on the city below. All the street lights turned on at once along with building signs nearby lighting up, turning what could’ve been a dark street into a bright haze of colors. Fluttershy made sure to turn her headlights on as did all the other cars if they didn’t have them on already. The timid driver looked around at the other vehicles and took note that a majority of them were sporty or fancy looking cars. A lot of them had emblems on the back fenders just like Dumb-bells car which started to give Fluttershy a very unsettling feeling. She gulped as she let off the accelerator a bit and looked at her friend in the passenger seat.
“So…uhhh…where are we going again?” Fluttershy nervously asked as she shook lightly, fearful of the answer her azure eyed friend was going to give.
Rarity looked at her timid friend confused and blinked a few times before slowly opening her mouth. “I apologize Fluttershy, was I too deep in a froth of rage that you couldn’t understand me?” She asked concerned as she titled her head a bit, worried that she might have been a bit too scary for her friend’s liking.
“W-Well…you said Gaira pass and I just wanted to know where exactly where going and not just that vague destination.” The driver clarified as she looked back at the road in front of her, noticing more and more exotic vehicles pass her like she was nothing and all heading in the same direction she was going.
“Oh right…silly me…I guess the destination I gave was a bit too unclear wasn’t it?” Rarity retorted with a slight chuckle as she shook her head. After which, she took a deep breath and looked forward, ready to give her friend the exact details on where they were heading. “We’re going to Soiree or whatever that Blueblood is attending tonight…I’m sure he’s going to be there because it’s where all the Racers gather to mingle and talk about complicated car things before they race and-”
“What!?” Fluttershy shouted at the top of her lungs as she stepped down on the brakes and turned the car to the side of the street, prompting a car behind her to honk their horn at the abruptly stopping car. “S-Sorry…” The timid girl weakly apologized as she watched the yellowish white Nissan 370z with a backwards double quaver on the back fender pass her. Of course the driver couldn’t hear her and the white car’s engine merely roared as it sped down the lit up street. It was also being closely followed by a grey colored Mercedes R172 with a violet treble clef on the back fender.
“W-What’s wrong…did I say something wrong?” The fashionista frantically asked changing Fluttershy’s look to her concerned looking friend. She felt a little bad for abruptly stopping like that and scaring her friend but she had to or else she would drive right into a hornet’s nest.
“Ummm…N-No…” She responded shaking her head ever so slightly before looking forward at the road or more accurately the side of the road next to the sidewalk and buildings. “I….it’s just…I…I can’t go to something like that.” The apprehensive girl then explained softly as she closed her eyes, imagining all the horrible things that might happen to her if she just drove right in the middle of that gathering of racers.
“It will be ok…I won’t let anyone hurt my little Butterfly and I’m sure everyone will be too focused on their own agenda to notice you…” Rarity replied in a soothing tone, hoping to calm down her terrified friend.
“I…I can’t risk it Rarity…I was bullied at a gas station today…and I was only there for like five minutes…I can’t risk going in to a huge thing like that driving this car…I…I probably won’t even make it out alive…” The pink haired girl stated in a shaky voice as she gripped her steering wheel tightly. She felt her body tremble in terror and her eyes start to water. She was about to start crying until she felt a pair of arms wrap around her bringing her into a gentle hug. She opened her eyes and looked at her friend who was comforting her with a smile on her face.
“I understand…” The thin girl simply said in a whisper as she let go of Fluttershy and reached for her door. “You’ve done enough…I can just get out here…we’re close enough for me to walk and I promise I’ll find my own way home…” She then said in a confident tone as she opened the door.
“I…I couldn’t do that to you Rarity…I can’t leave you there by yourself!” Fluttershy refused as she reached over and shut the door before Rarity could get out. The purple haired girl looked at her friend in surprise and saw her giving a very concerned expression on her face.
“I’d feel horrible if something happened to you because some mean street racers decided to hurt you just for the fun of it!” She continued imaging all the horrible things those people would do to Rarity in her mind. Like shoving her into the trunk of some car and driving around at high speeds breaking her bones or being run over by their cars until she dies a horrible death. Or worst of all, calling her mean things that could hurt her feelings. It was all too much for her for Fluttershy to handle.
“I…I’m going with you just in case you need me or if something goes wrong…I…I know I won’t be much help, but I still want to try regardless.” She insisted as she looked back forward and gripped her wheel, determined to be there for her friend even though she wasn’t that much help at all.
“A-Alright…if you insist…you’re a good friend Fluttershy…a much better one than what I’m being right now…” Rarity replied in a reluctant tone, starting to feel bad for putting her friend through all this.
“It-It’s alright Rarity…I know if the roles were reversed you would be doing the same thing for me…” The timid girl shrugged off with a smile as she looked at her friend.
“In a heartbeat…” The fashionista agreed with a heartfelt look on her face as she nodded at her.
“Alright…let’s go…” The driver said as she looked back behind her to see if any cars were coming, when she saw that there wasn’t she moved her car back onto the road. “I’ll park a few blocks away from there and we’ll hopefully walk in and not gather that much attention.” She then said as she watched the road, coming up with a simple plan that would hopefully be the deciding factor on whether or not they get treated badly tonight.
“Normally I’m against long distance walking, but I guess I can take a brisk walk down a few blocks…” Rarity reluctantly agreed with a low sigh, not looking forward to the small trek she would have to endure. Exercising was definitely not a part of her lifestyle.
Fluttershy reached over to her parking brake handle and pulled on it to put the car in park. After that, she sighed and looked up at her friend. “Alright you ready?” She asked quietly as she reached for the keys in the ignition to turn the car off.
“Oh yes…I know exactly what we’re going to talk about…” Rarity responded in a low tone as she unbuckled herself and reached over to open the door.
“Ummm…if you don’t mind…c-could you please not do anything violent…or anything that attracts attention…we’re going to try and stay unnoticed to avoid trouble…” The quiet girl silently pleaded as she turned off the car and then unbuckled herself as well.
“Yes yes Fluttershy I know…don’t worry…I’ll be a prim and proper lady…” The upset woman replied in a dismissive tone as she opened the door to the car. “Until we meet Blueblood that is…then all bets are off…” She then reminded her as she got out of the car and shut the door.
Fluttershy sighed to herself before reaching for her door. “That’s what I’m afraid of…” She said to herself before opening the door and getting out of the car. After she got out of the car, she pressed a button on the car door to lock both doors to the car. As soon as she heard the locking sounds, she shut the door to her car and put the keys in her pocket.
The reluctant girl then looked around the small alley where she parked her car and took a deep breath in relief that there was nobody else in the small quiet alley, nor where there any cars. So nobody should associate her with her car and when she enters the meet up, she should just be an average girl that shouldn’t warrant any bullying…hopefully. She turned around to see Rarity already walking out of the alleyway and onto the sidewalk by the street.
The shy girl quickly rushed up to catch up with her friend. As they both turned the corner and stared walking down the street, Fluttershy looked out onto the now fully crowded street filled with all sorts of cars varying in size, shape, color, and make. They all appeared to have one thing in common; they all seemed to have a symbol of some kind on the back fender. Fluttershy wondered behind the meaning to all these symbols but shook her head clear of these thoughts as they were not important, nor would they ever be important to someone like her.
She looked ahead as she continued walking alongside Rarity. She looked up at the small mountain on the right side and then another small mountain to the left. Between them were two roads that led through the mountain. Both roads were one way, one led to the other side of the pass and the other was if you were coming back. Fluttershy knew this because she went through the pass a lot in order to get to her part-time job at the animal rescues station and sanctuary, so she knew the pass very thoroughly and all the turns and bends.
As they both got closer to the pass Fluttershy finally noticed all the cars turning off right before the pass into a vacant lot at the foot out one of the mountains. The lot they were entering was vast and wide; it was supposed to be for a large hotel, but it was canceled when most tourists wanted to visit for the downtown area and not the mountains. Now, to her surprise, it was filled with huge masses of cars all gathered up for a meet up. There must’ve been dozens of cars all gathered on that lot, possibly even a hundred.
And more cars were just entering through the entrance adding to the number. Fluttershy gulped as she feared this would be harder than she thought if they were all highly aggressive bullies ready to beat up anyone for no reason at a moment’s notice. She took a deep breath as both her and Rarity crossed the street and onto the sidewalk next to the lot and the metal fence separating the two. She briefly looked over at Rarity who seemed more determined than ever as she started to walk faster towards the entrance where all the cars were entering.
The timid girl quickened her pace as well to keep up with her friend. As they got closer to the entrance, Fluttershy noticed a short girl sitting down and leaning against the fence. Her blue jacket was filthy along with her messy shirt, faded jeans, worn out running shoes, and her hair was mostly black except for a small yellow stripe that seemed to be faded by dirt. As they passed her, Fluttershy couldn’t help but continue to look at her and her face; her eyes were covered by sunglasses and her features seemed really young. She wanted to guess that the girl was around fifteen or fourteen giving how small and short she looked, but for some reason, she had the sinking suspicion that she was around her age. There was something very odd about her. Fluttershy couldn’t help but look at her even though she was well passed her. It was only after the girl raised her head and turned it did Fluttershy face forward, afraid of the girl being upset at her for staring at her for so long.
She wanted to think about why the girl caught her attention, but she shook her head and cast aside those thoughts. It wasn’t important nor would it really matter anyways. Instead, she looked back at the entrance where all the cars were still entering and thankfully, there didn’t seem to be anyone there to mandate anything. Anyone could enter if they wanted either by car or foot. She sighed in relief as they both turned and entered the huge lot full of cars.
The area was lit up by some lights brought by some of the drivers and by car’s headlights. To Fluttershy’s surprise, it was nowhere near as loud as she expected it to be. Very few car engines were on and the few that were weren’t revving their engines like crazy. Most of the drivers parked their cars in an orderly fashion and turned them off. When they got out of their cars, they would usually happily talk to other drivers next to them or walk down to the end of a lot where a huge crowd was forming in front of a stage.
On the stage was a large white screen with the word ‘Standby’ on it along with two cars next to it. One car was the Nissan that passed Fluttershy earlier and the other one was a black fourth generation Pontiac GTO; both cars were facing the crowd. To the left of the stage was the pink Lexus that Fluttershy recognized from the gas station as it was parked with its nose facing away from the stage with its doors open. On the right side was the grey R171 that followed the Nissan earlier, parked in the same manner as the Lexus with its doors open as well.
On the stage in the direct center in front of the screen was a large music set up with turntables and other equipment. Behind the set up was a happy looking girl wearing pink tinted glasses with two toned blue hair. She was sitting in a chair with her feet up, bobbing her head to some music she was listening to on her headphones. She briefly looked down below the turntable and took her headphones off before nodding and standing up, picking up a nearby microphone.
“Sorry about this everyone…Neon Lights is being slow as usual…” She said over the microphone in both an apologetic and joking tone which garnered some laughs from the crowd.
“It won’t be long before we kick this thing up to eleven I promise!” The DJ then guaranteed with a smile as she put down the microphone and rushed over to her car. The girl started to pull out some wires and there were also wires already leading out of the other black car hooking up to the center station. Fluttershy looked over to the pink Lexus and saw Pinkie Pie bring out some wires as well. She then noticed another girl with nice brushed black hair and in a sophisticated uniform of some kind getting onto the stage with wires in her hand leading to the grey R171.
Fluttershy titled her head slightly before looking back at her friend who had quickened her pace when she wasn’t looking and was about to get lost in the crowd in front of her. The pink haired girl ran up to catch up to her as Rarity looked around with a fierce expression on her face, looking for her prey. When Fluttershy eventually caught up to her, she was out of breath and stopped for a few seconds to take a breather. As she breathed in the air around her, she caught a whiff of something cooking.
She looked to her left and to her surprise; she saw a barbeque stand selling home cooked food. What was even more surprising was the person serving food was an athletic looking blonde girl wearing a cowgirl outfit, complete with the Stetson. Behind her was a very tall muscular guy with orange hair cooking food, an old woman looking over some fruit, and a smaller girl with red hair delivering things to the tall orange haired guy. Fluttershy looked at the stand in shock that something like that was here and managed to catch the attention of the girl standing behind the stand.
“Howdy, want a free burger?” The green eyed girl asked with a thick accent as she raised her and pointed to one of the burgers on the table.
Fluttershy recoiled in fear and wanted to run away, but she knew that would be rude to do especially since the nice girl offered her some free food. “N-No, that’s ok...I-I don’t eat meat…” The shy girl responded, looking away afraid of getting a nasty comment back.
Instead, to her further shock, the kind girl with freckles just chuckled in response which made Fluttershy look back at the girl who was now warmly smiling at her. “That’s alright…If Ah’m bein’ honest here…Ah’m don like meat either.” The cowgirl responded happily as she reached over and grabbed a small plastic bowl full of fruits and vegetables.
“Take one of our famous apple salads then…” She then offered as she held out the bowl for Fluttershy to take.
The tall girl looked at the bowl and then at the shorter girl with her pupils shrunk to small dots. “N-No I couldn’t…I...I just…” She struggled to say as she very frantically shook her head at the girl.
“No, Ah insist…now go on…take it please…” She kindly urged as she held the bowl out even more which caused Fluttershy to gasp in response. She looked at the bowl full of food with a plastic fork in it and wanted to deny her again. However, her growly stomach had other plans.
She weakly reached up and slowly took the bowl from the tan girl’s hands. “T-Thank you…” She feebly thanked before turning around and rushing away.
After she fled the kind people giving away free food, she looked down at her small bowl of food and took a quick bite. Her eyes popped open immediately upon the succulent food touching her tastes buds. She could hardly believe how good the food is, not to mention that this didn’t cost her a single bit. She looked back at the vendors and then looked around the place and took note of…how friendly everyone seemed to look and act. The casual display on the stage, the smiling people around her talking about things she didn’t understand in a pleasant way, and the general laid back atmosphere. It was the completely opposite of what she imagined.
“Hey can somebody here give me a lift through the pass?” She heard someone ask in a scratchy voice. She looked to her right and saw the same girl from the entrance asking two girls in front of a light aquamarine 2000 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 with its hood up.
“No…I’m sorry…my car’s been acting up and we’re going to be busy fixing…” The taller gamboge eyed girl with pale cyan hair with white highlights said in response with a shake of her head.
“Oh…ok…thanks anyways…” The short dirty girl said in response before turning and slowly walking away.
“So like I was saying…” The slender girl said as she turned around and looked into the engine. “I think the intake is messed up…my turbo isn’t getting any power!” She pointed out as she bent over and pointed her hand at an engine part. The slightly shorter girl next to her with cobalt blue hair with fuchsia stripes going through her hair bent over and looked into the engine. She reached into the back pocket of her pants and pulled out a small light, shining its rays onto the assortment of metal.
“No no…iz definitely ze intercooler…look here…” The sweet sounding girl pointed out in a thick accent as she reached her hand into the engine cabin and most likely pointed at the problem. “Thiz iz why your turbine iz not getting sufficient power.” She confidently said as the girl next to her looked closer at where the slender girl’s finger was pointing.
“Yeah you’re right…” She agreed with a sigh as she stood up straight. “Thanks Bon Bon…” She then thanked gratefully as she looked at the girl next to her with a smile on her face.
“I-Il avait aucun problème.” The shorter girl said with a stutter in a foreign language. “M-mon amour.” She then squeaked out as she looked away, a tint of red appearing on her face.
“Yeahhhh I have no idea what you just said…” The taller girl replied as she reached up and rubbed the back of her head. “But that’s ok…let’s get started on getting my ride fixed ok?” She then said in a determined tone, which made the other girl look back at her and nod in agreement.
Fluttershy continued to watch the pair as they started to go around the back of the car towards the trunk. She then finished her salad and walked over to a nearby trash can. After she threw it away she looked around again until a light shined on her. She looked in the direction and saw a car directly in front of her. She eeped in fear as the grey car with one pop up headlight up stopped in front of her. Almost immediately afterwards, a blonde haired girl stuck her head out and looked at Fluttershy.
“Hey, could you please get out of the way?” The yellow eyed girl kindly asked as she raised her hand gestured her to move.
“O-Oh…Y-Yes…sorry!” Fluttershy weakly responded as she got out of the car’s way, giving her a clear path.
“Thank you!” The pale looking girl gratefully said as she moved her head back into the car and drove past Fluttershy.
“No…problem…” The timid girl muttered to herself as she watched grey Mazda RX-7 FC3S pass her, her eyes as wide as saucers. She was more or less expecting the driver to snap at her and call her names for getting in her way but instead, she politely asked for her to move and even thanked her when she did.
The grey car with bubbles painted on the back fender continued past her for a couple of feet before stopping in the center of the road. Its reverse lights then turned on as the car started to back up and turn. It backed up and moved next to a DeLorean DMC-12 with a bizarre blue paintjob and an hourglass painted on the back fender. The tall slim brown haired guy in a brown suit leaning against the car watched the grey car back up next to his and park next to it. The engine kicked off and the one head light turned off but didn’t retract back into the car and still remained popped up while the other remained tucked into the front end. The car door opened and out came the blonde haired girl wearing a postal uniform.
“You really should get those flip up headlights fixed…it’s dangerous driving around with one headlight…not to mention it makes your FC look kind of cross-eyed…” The blue eyed guy suggested in a friendly tone, pointing to the one headlight sticking up as the blonde girl shut the door to her car.
“Oh you’re always so funny Doctor…” The FC driver sarcastically replied as she rolled her eyes. “And I’ll be sure to get right on that as soon as you stop pestering me about your mail being three days early…” The mail girl then teasingly said as she walked around her car and to the side where the suit wearing guy was. When she got there she leaned against her car and looked at guy, who was looking back at her. Eventually they both broke out into laughter before giving each other a gentle hug.
“Good to see you again Doctor…” She said with a smile on her face as she patted the guy on the back.
“You too Derpy...” He replied back with a snicker.
Fluttershy was amazed at the friendly display in front of her. This certainly wasn’t what she had in mind when she thought about this place. The timid girl continued to look around and everywhere she glanced; all she saw was smiling people happily helping each other or casually talking. Nobody looked mean or unpleasant, just normal, regular, everyday people.
“Oh Fluttershy there you are!” A familiar voice called, catching Fluttershy’s attention as she turned to see her best friend running up to her.
“Oh! R-Rarity!” The pink haired girl replied with a stutter upon seeing the girl stop in front of her.
“I couldn’t find him anywhere…he probably isn’t here yet.” Rarity explained with a groan as she looked at her taller friend, noticing that she wasn’t paying attention to her and instead looking around and then at the same small girl from earlier talking to a few other people.
“Hey can someone drive me through the pass?” She asked nicely as she raised her right hand up.
“No, sorry…you’re going to have to keep asking around…” One person responded in a regretful tone as they shook their head.
“Alright…thanks anyways…” The dirty looking girl thanked gratefully before turning around and walking off.
“Fluttershy?” She heard her friend called as a hand appeared in front of the shy girl’s face.
“Oh…s-sorry Rarity…” Fluttershy apologized as she looked back at her friend, then lowering her head a bit in shame that she got swept up in the casual atmosphere of the place and ignored her best friend right in front of her.
“Something wrong?” The purple haired girl asked in concern as she cocked her head a bit.
“N-No…I…I was just thinking…” She started as she looked back up at her friend and shook her head. “All these people…they’re…they’re much nicer than I thought…” She then explained as she looked around at all the smiling people with their colorful cars.
“What did you think they were all big, burly, muscly drunks with tattoos constantly beating each other up or smashing each other’s cars?” The fashionistia teasingly asked with a smirk on her face as she arched one of her eyebrows.
“Y-Yes…” Fluttershy weakly answered with a slight nod before biting her lip, remembering all those imaginations about the scary racers in her head and how they’re nothing like the real life ones in front of her.
“Oh Fluttershy…I hate to break it to you…but the amount of ignorant, insufferable fools in this world are thankfully at a low percentage…and to have a high number here would be ludicrous…yeah there maybe one or two undesirables here, but for the most part these are just everyday people who share a similar passion…” Rarity detailed in a lengthy explanation as she smiled sweetly and put her arm around her friend.
“Y-Yeah…I…I guess so…I feel bad for thinking otherwise now…” She shy girl practically whispered as she looked down again, her hear covering her face and the regretful look on her face.
“Oh its fine…it’s just my typical little butterfly being afraid as usual…” The shorter girl playfully responded as she moved her hand to the top of Fluttershy’s head and rubbed it slightly. “Now that that’s out of the way, I’m going to continue my search…you can wait by the entrance if you want since you don’t have to be concerned for my safety anymore…” She then said as she took a step away from Fluttershy, who looked back up at her with a calm expression on her face.
“Y-Yeah…there’s no reason for me to be here anymore…I’ll just wait for you close to the entrance…” The driver agreed with a small nod.
“Alright…I promise this won’t take too long…and if I don’t find him in thirty minutes, I’ll return to you…that sound favorable to you?” Rarity asked as she turned around and started to walk off, knowing Fluttershy would of course agree to those terms.
“Y-Yeah….Good luck Rarity…” The nervous girl responded with another nod before watching the girl in front of her continue to walk away.
“Darling…you should really know that I don’t need luck to get what I want…” The paler girl teasingly responded as she briefly turned around and gave a quick wink to her friend.
“Alright…bye Rarity…” Fluttershy said with a smile on her face as raised her right hand and waved to her friend. The purple haired girl waved back before turning around and disappearing amongst the cars and people.
Fluttershy sighed to herself before turning around and heading back to the entrance. As she got closer, she noticed a significant decrease in the amount of cars coming in. No longer was it one after another with cars lined up for at least a couple of blocks but one every now and again. Before she reached the entrance, she stopped in her tracks upon seeing a car at the entrance. Coming through the entrance was the same dark brown RX-8 from earlier complete with the dumbbell painted on the back fender. It was closely followed by a grey Honda Civic EJ8 Coupe with footballs painted on the back fender; another car Fluttershy unfortunately knew. She also knew that if they saw her she probably wouldn’t make it out of this place alive.
The shy, pink haired girl quickly turned and moved out of sight of the two cars pulling in. She ran between two cars and ducked slightly behind a white Acura RSX Type S. She peaked over and saw the two cars slowly move closer to her; the pleaded internally that they would pass her, but to her horror, they both stopped and parked close to the entrance towards the much darker outskirts of the lot compared to the very lit inside where the party was. Fluttershy bit her lip in agony as heard both of the car engines wind down and turn off. Soon afterwards, the doors to the cars opened and to her dismay, three bullies she didn’t want to see appeared out of the cars.
She ducked completely out of sight and sat down on the ground wanting to cry that life had placed her in a miserable situation. Now she couldn’t leave until they left or at least gave her a clear opening. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath, hoping that they would join the rest of the crowd near the stage and give her a chance to leave. She slowly peaked back over the white car to unfortunately see three guys talking with grins on their faces. The frightened girl crossed her fingers in hope that they would start walking.
Suddenly, a load booming sound was heard that almost made Fluttershy yelp in fear. Thankfully, she managed to contain it and she quickly turned to face the source of the noise. To her surprise, she saw the stage starting to light up along with the cars on the stage and next stage lighting up as well. The large screen changed from ‘Standby” to ‘U Ready?’ as the blue haired girl appeared in the center of the stage with the microphone in her hand, closely followed by the taller black haired girl wearing a uniform complete with a pink bowtie.
“Alright, alright we’re all set and ready to go!” The cheerful girl shouted as she pumped her fist into the air, prompting applause and cheers from the crowd. “I’m your DJ and host for the night PON-3!” The girl announced as she gave a quick bow, eliciting more cheers from the crowd.
“Although, you probably all know me better as Vinyl Scratch, the host of Canterlot’s radio station exclusively for racers!” She went on, giving her real name that she used on radio just in case people only knew her stage name. “Remember…if you want to know about all the latest updates, races, and happenings in Equestria’s Racing Capital…or just want to listen to some awesome music while you’re drifting through the mountains, just tune into 1010.2010 AD, or visit our site on the interwebs!” She finished, advertising for her station as she pointed to the screen now had the information of the station and the website name.
“Alright, now that the boring promotional crap is out the way…it’s time to get down to why we’re all here...” Vinyl said a bit more excited as she moved over to the taller girl next to her and putting her arm around her. “Octavia, would you mind telling us where we’re at today?” She playfully asked with a smirk before moving the microphone over to the unamused looking girl next to her.
“Gaira Valley Pass.” She dully answered in a monotonous voice before Vinyl moved the microphone back to her lips.
“Also known as?” The DJ then asked still in an anxious tone before moving the microphone back over to the over-dressed girl.
“Beginner’s Pass.” She continued to unexcitedly reply in a bored tone before Vinyl once again moved the microphone back to her mouth.
“And why is it called that?” The shorter, blue haired girl asked a bit more playfully before placing the microphone back over to the taller girl’s mouth.
“Because the roads leading to and from are all one way, removing the risk of oncoming traffic; the roads themselves are also very wide throughout the entire course, making for some easy passes. Finally, the corners are very forgiving and the straights are easy to plow through, which makes this place ample for new comers and beginners.” Octavia explained in lengthy detail, her monotone voice not changing throughout her explanation as she stared blankly ahead.
“Great! Couldn’t have put it better myself Tavi!” The shorter girl then exploded in glee as she took her arm off the girl and reached into her pocket, pulling out a strange looking cookie. “Here have a wub cookie!” She happily declared as she held the small food up to Octavia who looked at it a bit surprised for a few seconds. Eventually, a small smile slowly formed on her face as she took the small strange looking cookie.
The DJ nodded back to her before jumping away and towards the crowd. “And tonight we have a whole list of awesome races in store for us!” She happily shouted as the spot lights on the stage started to move around the crowd of people and cars. “For our first race, we have the challenger Bulk Biceps!” She began as one of the spotlights shined on a big, pale muscular guy standing in front of a second generation Dodge Charger SRT-8.
“Yeahhhhh!” The muscular guy screamed as he flexed his muscles to show off his strength.
“Settle down Snowflake…you don’t want to burst a blood vessel again…” Vinyl teased as she shook her head. “And the racer he’s facing off against is the ever clumsy and lovable Derpy!” She then revealed the second racer as the second spotlight moved near Fluttershy, over to the grey FC, and to the blonde girl who was about to eat a muffin. Upon the light shining on her, she jumped a bit and fumbled the muffin in her hands leading her to drop it. The Doctor next to her though, managed to catch it and give it back to her with a smile on his face. The shorter girl smiled back and nervously took the muffin before looking away.
“Aww isn’t that cute?” Vinyl commented with a snicker as she raised a hand to her mouth. “Anyways their race isn’t set to start for another hour, so if you want to get some practice runs in, now is your best chance…” She then informed as she walked over to the music station and sat down at the seat.
“And of course you’re going to want some awesome tunes until it starts right?” She asked in a rhetorical way as she smiled at the audience and put her free hand on one of the records garnering a huge cheer from the crowd. “You know what I need to hear!” She shouted into the mic before holding it towards the crowd of fans.
“Yo Vinyl Scratch! Spin that shit!” They all screamed at once in terrible unison.
“Hells yeah!” The DJ yelled as she put the mic down and started the music up, moving both her hands to the two records in front of her.
A loud dubstep beat immediately started to play. The lights on the stage started to change colors and even the head lights and interior lights on all four cars changed color and blinked in synch with the music. On the screen behind her, amateur video footage of random cars racing was being shown with corresponding cheer coming from the audience.
Fluttershy watched in amazement at the display in front of her and was even sucked into the footage of cars driving for a minute before she shook her head and concentrated on the task at hand. She peaked back over to the two cars and to her dismay the group of bullies was still there at the dark outskirts of the parking lot, watching the show and bobbing their heads to the music. Fluttershy sighed in frustration before she closed her eyes and ducked back behind the white RSX, just wishing that they would move.
“Hey dudes…can I get a lift through the pass please?” Fluttershy heard a familiar voice ask from the opposite direction. She peaked over the car and to the right to see the same dirty, small girl asking for the same question to a small group of people in front of their cars.
“Nah sorry…we just got here and we’re not just going to hop into our cars and leave when the show just started.” The lead guy explained with a slight shake of his head, thankfully Fluttershy was close enough to hear their conversation clearly over the loud dubstep music.
‘Really? She’s still here asking around for someone to take her through the pass? With all these people here with cars, you would think someone would agree eventually.’ Fluttershy mused internally as she saw the short girl sigh in disappointment before turning to face away from the group.
“Oh…alright…enjoy the show, I’ll just keep asking around…” She replied in slight disappointment as she lifted her right hand up and started to walk away from them towards the talking group of bullies still in front of their cars.
‘Oh dear…please don’t ask them…’ The timid girl warned in her mind as she saw the girl lower her hand and walk straight up in front of them, making them stop their conversation and look at her in sheer annoyance.
“Hey…can any of you give me a lift through the pass?” The girl asked in her scratchy voice as she titled her head slightly. Dumbbell blinked a few times with a befuddled look on his face before looking at the other two guys who looked equally confused.
“Why can’t you just drive up there yourself?” He then asked as he turned his gaze back down to short girl who seemed to be looking at their chests and not their faces.
“Uhhh because I don’t have a car obviously…” The dirty looking girl replied bluntly as she raised both her arms up slightly. The look on Dumbbell’s face immediately shifted from bemusement to boiling rage as he looked down at the petite girl and clenched his fists.
‘Oh dear…’ Fluttershy squeaked in her mind as she stood up and wanted to run up to get the girl away from them. Though, what could she possibly do but make the situation worse?
“Are you kidding me? You came to a big event for racers without a god damn car and then just expect us to be your own personal free taxi service?” Dumbbell shouted in a furious rage as he grabbed the small girl’s jacket and lifted her up to his face.
“Look, I’m sorry. It’s not a big deal; I’ll just ask someone-”
“Shut the hell up you little runt!” The big, burly guy shouted at the top of his lungs, cutting the small girl off as he turned around and tossed her to the ground; the sunglasses on her face falling off and bouncing on the very dark ground blending in with the surface. “Who the hell do you think you are going around and requesting things from real racers when you’re too broke ass poor to get your own car?” He continued yelling as he slowly walked over to the girl lying on the ground as she reached around the ground for her sunglasses which were somewhere in front of her but Fluttershy couldn’t tell because it was too dark and due to the frantic situation she knew the girl in, the girl must really be having a hard time focusing to find her sunglasses.
“Yeah real racers have their own cars and don’t give each other free rides you little….ummm…runt!” Hoops added with a laugh as he smiled raised his right hand up.
Fluttershy bit her lip and clenched her hands into fists for what felt like the first time in her life. Never before had she felt this angry at anyone or anything for any reason. “You’re such a terrible hypocrite! You’re giving rides to your best friend all the time, so why is giving a small lift to this poor girl such a horrible thing?” The pink haired girl said softly to herself as she wanted nothing more but to rush out there to help the girl. But what could she do? Make a fool out of herself and accomplish nothing? Get beat up herself? Make her presence known to everyone around to risk more bullying? Fluttershy quickly looked around and noticed that there wasn’t anyone around as they were all too wrapped up at the performance by the stage to notice what was going on here. She gritted her teeth and controlled herself from making the situation worse by running up there.
“Look I said I was sorry!” The dirty girl frantically replied as she crawled on the ground a bit, continuing to reach around for her sunglasses. “You don’t have to get violent! Is it really that bad that I-”
“People like you make me sick! You shouldn’t have even shown your face here! Now you’re going to pay the consequences!” The infuriated Dumbbell bellowed as he stood right next to the girl lying on the ground. He then raised his large foot and stomped down as hard as he could on her left leg.
“Ah~! God damn it!” The poor girl screamed in pain as the guy above her grinded his foot against her leg.
“Maybe that will teach you not to bother real racers with your stupid requests…” He threatened in a low tone before removing his foot off of her leg and walking back to the other two guys who were applauding his actions. “Come on boys…I don’t even want to be around this little pipsqueak anymore…” The tall, light grey hair guy then commanded as he walked past his car and his friends towards the party past Fluttershy.
“Yeah! Yeah! It reeks of…of…pipsqueak…ness!” Hoops agreed with a laugh as both he and Score followed their friend. Fluttershy ducked out of sight and started move behind the RSX and the car next to it closer to the fallen girl. She couldn’t hear the footsteps of the guys due to the music and peaked over the car she was hiding behind. Thankfully, they safely passed her and were far enough away to make Fluttershy stand up and rush over to the girl on the ground grunting in pain.
“Oh my goodness!” Fluttershy shouted as she reached the wounded girl, bending down next to her as the girl finally found her sunglasses on the ground.
“Who’s there?” The girl shouted frantically as she put her sunglasses back on and turned over to face upwards towards Fluttershy, grunting in pain as she moved. “Are you going to treat me like crap too?” She then bitterly asked with a scowl on her face as she lifted her right hand up and pointed her finger, pointing nowhere near Fluttershy and up at the sky.
“Of course not!” The pink haired girl immediately replied with a shake of her head as she reached out and grabbed the girl’s hand. “Are you ok?” She then asked in a softer, sweater tone as she looked down at the filthy looking girl. As soon as she asked that, she saw all the tense features of her face relax along with her sighing in what sounded like relief.
“Aside from my left leg getting hurt, my pride being shattered, and the fact that those guys kind of have a point about me being a leech…yeah…I’m fantastic…thanks for asking…” The small girl lying on the ground sarcastically replied as she lay her head back on the ground and stared directly at the starry sky above her.
“Oh no they didn’t…they’re wrong in every sense of the word…not to mention that they’re hypocrites! The guy that did this to you always gives a lift for his friend who doesn’t have a car…” Fluttershy replied shaking her head frantically as she looked down at the girl and gripped her hand tightly around the smaller girl’s hand. “And besides that, nobody deserves this kind of treatment…” She then said as she reached out with her other hand and gently put it on her shoulder, causing the dirty girl to gasp in shock and turn her head to look at the pink haired girl with her mouth slightly gapping open in slight surprise.
Fluttershy slowly smiled at the girl before removing her hand off her shoulder. “Come on…I’ll give you a lift…if…if you know…you want me to…” She offered gently and nervously as she started to get up from where she was, still holding onto the girl’s hand.
“R-Really?” The small girl asked in a stutter and disbelief before her mouth gapped open more in complete shock instead of slight surprise.
“Of course…I’d be happy to if...you want me to of course…” Fluttershy responded in glee as she stood up in front of the girl and started to pull her up off the ground.
“You…are…so…awesome!” The filthy girl on the ground said in a loud tone as she moved to get up off the floor with the help of the standing girl in front of her. “Thank you for this! I promise I’ll pay you back for this later…and don’t worry. I always keep my promis-AHHH…” She went on before screaming in pain upon putting weight on her left leg. She proceeded to slowly fall back on the ground again before Fluttershy quickly went to her left side and put her arm around her, halting her fall. She bent her knees and put the smaller girl’s arm around her neck to keep her from putting any weight on her left leg.
“I’ll help you to my car…” The much taller girl then said with a smile although in slight discomfort since the small girl’s head height, even when fully standing, barely reached Fluttershy’s shoulders forcing her to bend over slightly, so the small girl wouldn’t strain her arm around the much taller girl’s neck.
“No I’m fine! I can walk fine on my owwwwwwnnnnnn.” The dirty looking girl tried to resist as she put her left foot down, only to be met with a surge of agony causing her to moan in pain on her last word.
“It’s actually a pretty long walk…and I couldn’t bear hearing you moan in misery all the way there...” Fluttershy informed in a concerned tone which made the short girl quickly turn her head to face her. She stared at Fluttershy through her sunglasses as she bit her lip slightly, thinking what she said over.
She then sighed deeply before smirking back at the timid girl helping her. “Heh…alright…I guess I don’t have much choice do I?” The girl teasingly said back with a nod before turning her head and facing forward.
“Thank you…” Fluttershy gratefully thanked with a smile and a nod before looking forward herself. “Alright…let’s go…” She then said as she started to walk slowly; the girl next to her following her lead and limping next to her, leaning against her so she doesn’t put any weight on her left leg. They continued to walk at a slow pace like that all the way to the entrance before slowly turning and then walking down the street together towards Fluttershy’s car.
Rarity had been standing towards the edge of the lot, overlooking everyone in the party, and also keeping an eye on the entrance in order to spot her target. She tapped her foot impatiently as she shook her head before folding her arms and groaning slightly. “Perhaps he’s not going to show his face here…or perhaps he decided to stay at home…” She said out loud to herself with a sigh before looking down at the ground. “Maybe I should just give up my search and call it a day...” She then said as she looked back up at the partying racers near the stage, still unable to find the person she was looking for.
“I guess I’ll just have to find and brutalize him another day…” The purple haired girl decided with a nod as she unfolded her arms. “Alright…where’s Fluttershy?” She asked as she turned towards the entrance and stared walking towards it, now searching for her dear best friend instead of her not so dear ex-boyfriend.
As she headed to the entrance, a black car entered the lot. Rarity’s eyes widened as she saw the car slowly pull in with its headlights dimmed. “That’s…That’s the car!” She said softly to herself as she recognized the car to be the same black Nissan Skyline GT-R R34 that her boyfriend was driving yesterday and for the past few days.
The pitch black Skyline slowly crawled its way towards the unassuming crowd before it abruptly stopped in the middle of the road. Its dimmed headlights then flickered in between its low lights and its high beams rapidly as it faced the crowd and the stage. The DJ on the stage took notice of the new flickering lights and looked up at the source to spot the black car trying to signal her. As soon as she saw it, a smile appeared on her face as she abruptly cut off the music. This caused the cheering crowd to go silent and look at the silent stage in confusion as the girl raised the microphone to her lips.
“Oh man! Is that what I think it is?” Vinyl asked out loud to the crowd in excitement as she pointed at the car in the center of the lot, causing everyone in the party to shift their attention to the car along with spotlights to illuminate the black Skyline as its engine roared loudly. “Yeah it is! It’s a black GT-R!” She confirmed in a scream of joy as she instantly recognized the car. Everyone else recognized it as well, though no one seemed nearly as enthused as the DJ was as they started to move away from the car.
“Has the Princess of the Night decided to grace our little gathering tonight with her amazing presence?” She then asked in glee as the Skyline continued to rev its engine, causing the crowd to quickly back away more. Then suddenly, the car’s engine kicked off and the lights went dead. Everyone held their breath as the door to the black car slowly opened. Out of the car came a tall blonde Adonis with light blue eyes. As soon as he got out of the car, he flipped his relatively long hair, smiled at the crowd, and showed off his sparkling white teeth.
“Oh wait, nevermind…it’s not…” Vinyl declared dully with an unenthusiastic look on her face before turning the music back on. A lot of people in the crowd gave sighs in relief before turning around and resuming the party. Blueblood’s temper immediately flared as he gave a disgusted look and slammed the door to his car. He was about ready to go up to the stage to remind those peasants who he was until he saw three familiar faces rushing up to him.
“Blueblood!” They all called in unison and with excited expressions on their faces. Instantly, Blueblood’s expression lightened up as he smiled and fixed the red bowtie on his fancy, formal, white suit.
“Dumb-bell, Hoops, Score! My fellow racing compatriots and loyal followers…how are you three doing this fine evening?” The confident looking male said in a high class voice as he leaned against the black car next to him. The three burly looking guys all ran up and surrounded him with excited expressions on their faces.
“Oh just great Mr. Blueblood sir! Being awesome and practicing hard like you said to even think of competing against you!” The smallest of the three with black hair said as he nodded over and over again.
“Well…who knows Score…maybe one day…after all the practicing you do…you might be able to catch a glimpse of my bumper and my fantastic driving skills…” He replied smugly as he raised one of his hands and patted the top of his head. “Maybe…” He then added with a wink and a smile as he put his hand back down.
“I’m surprised to see you rolling around in a black R34…where’s your normal car?” Dumb-bell asked curiously as he looked over the angular black import that was rare to see in Equestria.
“It’s still in the shop receiving some personal modifications…it was supposed to be completed yesterday, but apparently the dullards at the filthy shop haven’t finished my perfect car yet…” The gorgeous man explained as he closed his eyes and put a hand to his head trying to look dramatic. “It’s a shame too…I so wanted to make my amazing debut here with that car and start to make my name widely known throughout all of Canterlot…” He went on as he opened his eyes and turned to face the crowd as with one his eyes slightly twitching in frustration upon remembering the reaction he garnered upon leaving his vehicle.
“Oh well…I guess I can wait another week to take my rightful place as Canterlot’s number one racer…but today I couldn’t just miss out on something like this so I decided to take one of my aunt’s old Skylines out for a spin.” He then shrugged off with a slight chuckle as he folded his arms and shook his head. Immediately, upon hearing that it was his aunt’s cars, all three of the guys’ eyes went wide eyed as they all looked at each other.
“Dude you know how obsessive that girl is with her GT-Rs…if she finds out you’re here in one of them, she is going to be P to the IST!” Dumb-bell pointed out frantically as he looked at Blueblood with a concerned look on his face.
“Don’t worry Dumbbell…I have her permission to use her car tonight…I mean after all it’s only for one night so she’s not going to miss it for a couple of hours…” Blueblood dismissed with a smirk as he turned and patted the top of the black car.
“Aww, so I won’t see my gracious Princess of the Night?” Score said in disappointment as he looked down at the ground. Then, a smile slowly formed on his lips as he looked up at the sky with a lustful look in his eyes. “I won’t see her unblemished beautiful face, her magnificent blue hair, and perfectly sculpted body with her tight looking-”
“Score my friend...” The uncomfortable looking hunk said loudly, cutting off his friend as he raised his hand and put it on shorter guy’s shoulder. “Shut up!” He then almost shouted as he patted his shoulder and returned his hand back, which made Score give him a disappointed look as he furrowed his brow.
“Your annoying obsession with my aunt is one of the last things I want to hear.” He went on with a sigh as he raised his hand to his face and shook his head.
“Blueblood!” A loud feminine voice called which made Blueblood look up to see a furious looking girl with purple hair storming up to him.
“Speaking of things I don’t want to hear…” He dryly said to himself before forcing a smile and moving away from the group of guys to greet the angry looking girl approaching him.
“Miss Rarity!” He delightfully called as he extended his arms out and tilted his head a bit. “How lovely it is to see you here!” He then lied as he clapped his hands and put them next to his chest as the girl stomped right in front of him and glared at him furiously.
“I wasn’t expecting you to see you here!” He pointed out with a chuckle as he returned his hands to his sides. “Then again I was sort of hoping deep down that I wouldn’t ever see again to be honest.” He then muttered to himself as Rarity reached into her pocket and pulled out her smartphone.
“Do you mind telling me what this is all about?” The angry fashionista asked as she held out the phone to his face, forcing him to read the message that he had sent to her earlier that day.
“I’m pretty sure you can figure out what the contents of that text mean…you can read after all right?” He dryly responded as he raised his right hand and lowered her hand so he wasn’t getting a face full of a smartphone screen.
“So that’s it…just like that…you’re breaking up with me…no serious talk, explanation, or even a face to face break up…just a random simple text!” Rarity shouted back at him as she put the phone back into her pocket and shook her head at the much taller guy.
“It was the easiest way and honestly Miss Rarity…that was the kindest way for me to break up with you!” He explained with a grin and slight snicker which almost made the shorter girl lose what’s left of her temper and smack him in his smug looking face. Instead, she took a deep breath and smiled at him.
“May you at least indulge me with the wonderfully sound reasoning behind this break up so that I may, more thoroughly, know how profoundly my seething contempt for you should extend?” She politely asked in an eloquent way as she folded her arms and titled her head, expecting a proper explanation as to why he broke up with her.
“Very well if I must…I shall convey my copious distain for you and the motives behind my pronouncement in that memorandum…” He replied in an equally sophisticated manner as he nodded and once again fixed his tie.
“Man…I’m so confused right now…” Dumb-bell said to his companion as he scratched his head in bemusement.
“Yeah me too…” Hoops said as well with a nod. “He called his message a ‘memorandum’ when he should’ve called it short message service text or maybe a telecommunication message…” He pointed out in a serious manner.
“Yeah….” The dimwitted guy agreed as he nodded a few times. “Wait what?” He then said even more confused than ever as he looked as his taller friend in complete shock.
“Geez why did you park your car so far away?” The shorter girl complained after what felt like hours of walking to her. Fluttershy turned her head away and looked at the ground as she bit her lip trying to think of how to respond to that.
“U-Uhh…th-there wasn’t any parking space left at the gathering…” The soft-spoken girl answered in a quiet voice as she looked back to the girl she was still helping to her car.
“Really?” The limping girl replied in obvious disbelief as she turned her head to face the taller girl she had her arm around.
“Y-Yeah…” The pink haired girl simply said in response as she looked forward to focus on where they were going, noticing that they didn’t have that much far to go until they reached the alley her car was parked in.
“So you’re not leading me to a dark secluded way to like rape me or anything?” The much shorter girl teasingly asked with a smirk on her face.
“W-What? N-N-N-No! Of course not!” The now frantic girl stammered to get out as she looked at the dirty girl with a look of shock and embarrassment on her face.
“Well I’ll be honest with ya…it’s been so long since I’ve had any kind of action that I’d be perfectly fine with whatever horrible thing you’re planning on doing to me.” The short girl remarked with a chuckle as she was clearly enjoying Fluttershy’s reaction.
“I…wh-…uh…I…you!” The now stunned girl tried to respond as her entire face started to glow red from humiliation; she had no idea how to respond to something like that. This girl was strange and unusual but at the same time…familiar and kind to the point where Fluttershy never felt uncomfortable or terrified.
“Relax I’m just joking…you don’t sound like the kind of girl to do that sort of thing.” The girl then explained while chuckling to herself as she patted the girl’s shoulder that she was holding onto for support.
“U-Uh…Th-Thanks?” Fluttershy weakly thanked in confusion, wondering if that meant that while she sounded innocent, she looked like someone who would do those kinds of horrible things.
“You’re car better not be too far away…otherwise I think I would’ve just walked through the entire mountain pass…”The pint-sized girl then complained with a groan as they kept walking slowly towards the car.
“We’re almost there…it’s just around the corner…” The cyan eyed girl reassured as she pointed to the corner in question with her free hand. Then, reality suddenly hit her upon getting closer to the car that she knew nobody in this city liked.
‘Oh no...she’s going to see my car and then…and then she’s going to hate me!’ She began to panic internally as they moved ever closer to the small alleyway. ‘Oh how could I forget about the dumb car I came here with…I really should’ve stopped and thought this over!’ She continued as she felt herself start to sweat in terror.
‘Well…w-who knows…maybe she’ll be so grateful she’ll overlook the fact that my car is perhaps the most hated car in Canterlot!’ The now terrified thought reassuringly, thinking that since she’s helping the small girl, she should ignore the fact that she’s driving the worst car imaginable. ‘Oh who am I kidding? I wouldn’t be surprised if she called me some names and then ran as fast as she could even with her bad leg!’ She then broke down as she started breath heavily, knowing that certain doom lurked around the corner they were now turning.
“W-Well…t-there it is!” She said out loud in terrified whisper as she pointed to her white NSX neatly parked in the dark alley. She immediately shut her eyes and expected all sorts of crude comments, insults, and swears to come flooding out of the girl’s mouth.
“Awesome, let’s go get going then.” The small girl she was supporting said happily with a smile, sounding very thankful that they reached their destination so they would stop walking.
“W-What? Yo-You don’t care what kind of car it is?” Fluttershy asked in disbelief as her eyes popped open, and she looked at the smaller girl in completely astonished.
“As long as it has an engine, four tires, something for my butt to sit on, and a place to kick my feet up on…then I don’t care what it is…” The dirty sunglasses wearing girl replied with shrug causing Fluttershy’s eyes to widen to their max and her mouth to slowly gape open.
“T-Thank you…” She muttered in a completely hallow voice, still recovering from the shock of the whole ordeal to sound like her normal self.
The girl turned her head to face the taller girl and tiled her head a bit at what she said. She opened her mouth as if wanting to say something but instead closed it and faced forward again. The pink haired girl finally came back to her senses and faced forward herself and began helping the girl to the passenger side door. As they got closer and closer to the door, a smile on Fluttershy’s face began to appear ever so slowly until it stretched as far as it could go to both sides of her face.
“Hold on let me unlock the car!” She declared in an overly happy tone which caught the small girl by surprise as she turned her head to face the girl again as she reached into her pocket and scrambled around for her keys.
“Why didn’t you just unlock it as we were walking towards it?” She curiously asked as she knew most people would just automatically use their small remotes to unlock the car as they were approaching it.
“Oh sorry…my car clicker thingy broke a long time ago…so I have to unlock the car by hand.” Fluttershy answered her as she pulled out her keys, briefly holding it in front of her face to show that the small remote that came with it was no longer on the key chain.
“Gotcha…” The girl replied with a nod in understanding as Fluttershy put the keys into the door and unlocked it. “Next time call it a car remote instead of a ‘clicker thingy’…that’s just weird…” She then informed her in a joking manner as Fluttershy removed the keys from the door and put them back in her pocket.
“I’ll try to remember that…” She happily replied as she reached back to the door with her free hand and opened it. “Here let me help you in…” The kind girl then offered as she removed the girl’s arm around her neck and supported her with both of her own hands, fully standing up and feeling relieved after doing so since she walked for a good ten minutes bent over awkwardly.
“I’m not helpless you know…I’m pretty sure I can get into a car despite my little problem…” The small girl complained in a low growl as she let herself be directed into the bucket seat into the car.
“Oh I’m sorry…but if I helped you walk all the way here I’m sure not going to let you get into the car by yourself…” Fluttershy replied a bit softly as she sat her down in the seat and started to move her hurt leg into the car.
“Alright, fine! But I can at least buckle up myself…” The short frustrated girl declared as she reached out and felt for the seatbelt buckle. “Oh and…thanks for the help I guess…” She then reluctantly thanked after finding the seat belt and bringing it around her body.
“No problem…” The pink haired girl happily said back as she backed away and shut the door upon seeing the girl safely and comfortably in the seat.
The Pink haired girl then walked around her white NSX to the driver’s door and got her keys back out to unlock the door. She quickly opened the door and got inside the after unlocking the door. After she sat in the seat and shut the door, she put the keys into the ignition and then reached behind her to grab the seatbelt. As soon as she heard the clicking sound notifying her she was now buckled, she heard another clicking sound and looked up to see her passenger just now getting buckled as well. She titled her head a bit in concern that it took her that long to buckle up, but merely shook her head and put her hand on the keys to start the car.
“Alright are you ready to go...uhhh…” Fluttershy began to ask before stopping and realizing that she didn’t know the small girl’s name yet. “I’m sorry…what’s your name?” She then asked a bit guiltily since she should’ve asked that as soon as they met. She also extended her right hand away from the ignition to politely shake the young girl’s hand.
“Dash…” The girl responded simply as she tightened her seatbelt so she would firmly stay in place during the drive. “Just call me Dash…” The dark haired girl with a small strand of yellow in it then reiterated as she faced the driver with a smirk on her face, seemingly ignoring the hand that Fluttershy was offering.
“Ok…Dash…” The NSX driver replied in an uncertain tone as she moved her hand back to the ignition. She was a little confused by her response, not because she outright disregarded her kind gesture, but because her name reminded her of someone in her past. She shook her head clean of that thought as it was just a coincidence that her name was Dash. There must’ve been lots of girls with the same name as her; nothing to seriously think over.
“And what’s your name?” Dash then asked curiously as Fluttershy started to turn the key to start her car.
“Ummmm…it’s…uhhh…F-F…Fluttershy…” The shy girl softly answered in a whisper as her car’s engine directly behind them roared to life, overpowering her weak voice.
“I’m sorry I didn’t get that…which is surprising since my hearing is amazing nowadays…” The shorter girl replied as she leaned closer to the driver to better hear her.
Fluttershy recoiled in fear and moved closer to the door, accidently pressing on the accelerator a bit with her foot. “I…I… name is…utter….hy…” She tried to say again even softer than before and being once again overshadowed by the engine behind them revving up.
“Uhhh one more time…this time just say it normally for crying out loud!” Dash said once more, this time clearly frustrated as she leaned in closer to Fluttershy as far as her seatbelt would let her. Fluttershy closed her eyes, recoiled in terror, and sunk in her seat as far as she could. Her long pink hair moved in front of her face as she muttered strange noises that couldn’t even be interpreted as a human language.
Dash made a groaning noise as she sat back in her seat. “Nevermind…forget it…let’s just go!” She almost shouted in frustration as she folded her arms and kicked her feet up on the dashboard.
Fluttershy remained motionless for a few seconds before nodding back at the short girl. She sat back up in her seat and took a deep breath. She turned the headlights on, disengaged the parking brake, and put the car into first gear. She quickly released the clutch while pressing on the accelerator and got the white NSX moving from its spot in the dark alleyway.
“Woah woah woah…what did you just do?” The passenger said in what sounded like an insulted tone.
“Uhhh get the car in gear so we can move?” Fluttershy meekly responded, thankfully in a tone that Dash could hear as she moved the car towards the end of the alley.
“But you didn’t rev the engine or making an amazing start!” The short girl declared as she pointed behind her towards the now gently sounding engine as Fluttershy slowly stopped the car at the very end of the alley.
“O-Oh…I-I’m sorry…did I have to?” Fluttershy questioned curiously and somewhat guiltily as she turned on the turn signal and looked over at the girl next to her to see her shaking her head at her.
“Of course you have to! What’s the point of racing around in an awesome car if you don’t get the engine going? It’s to get you pumped for the hot racing action you’re going to be doing and to get an amazing jump start!” The girl practically shouted in disbelief as her face turned to one of shock, making it seem like Fluttershy’s question was one of the last things in her life she expected to hear.
“But…we’re not racing or anything…we’re just going to drive through a pass…” The driver pointed out as she recoiled a bit in her seat again.
“I know but…you know.....” Dash started as she pointed at her with one of her fingers, oddly enough pointing nowhere near her. “Ahhh forget it!” She then shouted in defeat as used both her hands and pulled on her hair to try and vent her frustration. As she pulled on her hair, some of the dirt fell out of her hair and onto the seat, revealing what looked like a small patch of green in her hair. Initially, it made Fluttershy a little unhappy since her car was now getting dirty. She sighed to her as it wasn’t really a big concern nor did she truly care.
She had a more pressing issue to get done, getting this girl through the pass and then back to pick up Rarity. Fluttershy pressed her foot down on the accelerator and pulled the car out of the alley and onto the road. She quickly accelerated the car and shifted into second gear and quickly started to reach the gathering. She gulped in fear, but reminded herself that everyone was most likely focusing on the stage and wouldn’t notice her horrible car passing by.
As she passed by, her assumption was correct as there where very few people at the entrance and they were huddled around a black car not paying attention to the road she was on. She sighed in relief as she passed them and then entered the pass which let through the two mountains. She looked to the passenger next to her briefly and noticed that she was leaning her head against the window facing forward which seemed rather odd to her.
She quickly shook her head and focused on the now narrowing road in front of her that was signaling the start of the pass. ‘Ok calm down, you’ve made it through the rough parts and now it should be smooth sailing…you’re just driving through a pass that you go through almost every other day on your way to work…so just pretend like it’s a casual drive…yeah just a casual drive…nothing earth shattering or eventful just a normal day for me…’ She reassured herself mentally as she saw the first small turn coming up and moved her steering wheel accordingly.
“You’re dumping me because I won’t have sex with you?” Rarity said out loud in total shock as she looked at the taller man with mixture of disgust and murderous rage. She was so angry she barely noticed that a white car had just passed her and had entered the pass.
“I didn’t say that…” Blueblood nonchalantly corrected as he smiled, folded his arms, and leaned against the black Skyline behind him. “I just said that I can’t be with a girl that won’t even be bothered to let me pass first base is all…and even getting to there is too much trouble than it’s worth.” He explained again as he shook his head disapprovingly at the girl in front of him who was getting angrier by the second.
“I told you I wanted to take things slow and ease into it! We’ve only been dating for over a month! That’s not enough time for me ease into the idea of doing mature things!” She screamed at the top of her lungs as she clenched her fists and did her best to retrain herself from decking the smug guy in front of her. The three other guys started to back up slowly in fear that if they interfered or said anything they would feel the purple haired woman’s wrath instead of Blueblood.
“It’s way too slow! Why should I wait for a girl who can be quite insufferable, especially when it comes to pleasing me? So tell me, why should I wait when pretty soon I can have any girl I want whose equally, if not more, attractive than you?” The blonde haired Adonis pointed out as he shrugged his shoulders.
“Excuse me?” Rarity simply said in a deadpan voice as she narrowed her eyes at the soon-to-be hospitalized man.
“I’m going to be famous…I’m going to be the best racer in all of Canterlot…if not all of Equestria! And if you aren’t willing to do what I want; then, I can easily find at least twenty thousand other girls just as attractive, if not more attractive than you, that will!” The light blue eyed man further elaborated as he moved one his hands and patted the top of the black R34 he was leaning against.
“You’ve got to be kidding me! You’re going to try and be a famous street racer? That’s not even a real profession or pathway to real stardom…not to mention impossibly hard to actually do and even harder to maintain!” The purple haired girl exploded as she walked right up to him and grabbed the collar of his formal suit, ready to send this guy into through the window of the black car he seemed to be fondling.
“It’s going to happen, and it’s going to be soon…” The man calmly responded as he gently removed her hands from his suit, pushed her away, and then fixed it so it didn’t look ruffled. “As a matter a fact…Dumbbell…Score…let’s get going…let’s get some practice drives in to further enhance and prove my superiority!” He then said as he pointed to the two other drivers and then to Beginner’s pass.
“You got it Blueblood!” Dumbbell immediately responded with a nervous smile as both he and the other two turned around and left heading to their cars. He smiled as he watched them leave and then turned to face the girl in front of him who was grinding her teeth and had her hands up as if ready to choke him.
Blueblood honestly felt a little intimidated and coughed nervously as he opened the door to the black Nissan he arrived in. “Do go away now Miss Rarity…I’m afraid we’re done here…” He dryly said to her as he quickly got into the car and shut the door, immediately locking the doors just in case.
“You are the most unbelievable man I have now officially ever had the displeasure of knowing!” Rarity shouted at the top of her lungs as she wanted to smash the window and punch his face, but punching glass would damage her hand as opposed to punching an idiot. “Not to mention brain dead! You’re not even a good driver!” She then declared as she pointed at the driver in the black car. After doing so, the window immediately rolled down to expose his offended looking face.
“You dare say that I, one of the elites of the Canterlot Regals, is a poor driver?” He asked back with a look of shock on his face not expecting someone to claim that about him.
“You’re driving is horrible Blueblood! The way you accelerate, shift, brake, everything! It’s a complete travesty! You’re a poor driver, and there’s no way you’re ever going to achieve that fake ideal world you created in your head!” Rarity explained with a smirk on her face, happy to know she was now pissing him off, “Even Fluttershy handles her car better and she’s not even-”
“Shut the hell up you bitch!” Blueblood shouted at the top of his lungs, cutting her off as he pointed of her with a look of rage on his face. “You think you can just stand there and mock my incredible driving technique when you yourself can’t drive a stick? Or use any kind of stick for that matter?” He insulted with a smile returning to his face, now feeling confident once again in his abilities.
“You’re just upset and regretting the fact that you let the soon to be Legend of Canterlot slip right through your fingers!” He finished as he returned the hand back inside the car and then moved his other hand to the keys that were in the ignition.
“You’ll be a legend all right…a legend for how incredible you failed to prove you had anything aside from basic driving skills!” The fashionista insulted as she folded her arms and shook her head at him. “You’re most likely going to lose the first freaking race you ever try to run!” She then theorized as she saw the headlights of two cars driving over that belonged to Dumbbell and Score.
“Oh yeah right…and how can you prove that? Are you going to race me? With what car? Are you going to make your little, useless friend try to race me? With the car she has, she wouldn’t even make it to the starting line before being booed out of this city!” Blueblood debunked with a grin as he started the car; the engine immediately coming to life and roaring loudly. “Face it! You’ve got nothing! And you’re going to have even less now!” He went on as he disengaged the parking brake and put the car into reverse.
“I’ll be sure to drive past some of the gutters you’re going to be living in soon and splash some water in your face when I become bigger than anyone has ever been before!” Blueblood then finished in one final smug prediction before rolling up the window, reflecting Rarity’s furious look back at her.
“Ugh! I can’t believe I had a crush on you and wanted to date you!” He yelled as loud as she could as the black R34 backed up out of the entrance and onto the main street, being closely followed by the two other cars. “I hope you crash and burn so hard that not even your bloated ego can cushion the impact!” She continued to scream, hoping that Blueblood would somehow hear her from within his car as it roared with ferocity and entered the pass. She continued to look at the spot where the car vanished as the two other cars followed suit and clenched her fists in rage.
Eventually, after a few minutes of angrily glaring at the spot where she last saw the car leave, she took a deep breath and finally started to calm down. “Ok…time for me to get out of here before my blood pressure gets any higher…” She said to herself as softly as her still flaring temper would allow. She looked around the entrance to try and find her pink haired friend.
“Ok…where’s Fluttershy? She said she would be around the entrance but…did she run off or something?” The casually dressed girl asked herself as she failed to spot her friend that drove her here. “Oh, where did that girl go? I hope she’s ok…” She then said with a concerned look on her face, worried that something might have happened to her and that’s why she wasn’t seeing her near the entrance.
Fluttershy gently let off the accelerator as she turned the steering wheel to the right to make the wide turn through the corner. She couldn’t go too fast or too close to the inside as she knew that the dirt from the sides of the road commonly cluttered the inside at times and made for a rough ride. As she exited the turn, she didn’t immediately press back down on the long pedal, knowing that there was a small dip directly after the corner that would catch you off guard and possibly send you out of the control if you were going too fast.
As soon as she felt the car glide smoothly up and down like a rollercoaster, she knew she cleared it without any issues and once again pressed back down on the accelerator to keep her slow modest speed up. She was on a very lengthy, straight road that would last for a while before leading into a wide S turn. She briefly looked over at the girl in the passenger seat to see her having not moved a muscle since she started their trip. She didn’t want to take this entire small trip in complete silence and decided to try and strike up a conversation with her.
“So umm…Dash. Why exactly do you need a lift through the mountain pass?” She asked quietly as she kept looking at the girl and watched her slowly turn her head to face her with a confused look on her face. “If…you don’t mind telling that is…you don’t have to if you…you know…don’t want to…” She then fearfully suggested as she looked back forward to focus on the road, seeing the start of the S curve she knew was coming up.
“Nah it’s cool I can tell you…” Dash replied with a smile before taking a deep breath and turning her head to face forward as Fluttershy turned the steering wheel to go through the start of the S curve. “I’m looking…for the rest of my soul that I lost a long time ago…” She began to say very dramatically as she held up one of her hands and slowly turned it as if emphasizing something. Fluttershy briefly looked at her and her over-dramatic pose and started to silently giggle to herself as she faced forward again and kept going through the turn, letting off the accelerator slightly again to keep the drive smooth.
“A piece of myself that was abruptly taken away, and now I have to find it to get it back to restore myself to what I once was and-hey!” She went on before stopping upon hearing Fluttershy’s giggles get louder throughout her speech. “I hear you giggling over there!” The dirty girl then shouted a bit insulted as she faced the girl with a scowl on her face.
“O-Oh I’m…I’m sorry…it’s just…it’s just…” Fluttershy tried to apologize as she had a hard time controlling her laughter; it was almost making it affect her driving. “What you said was sounding so umm…not…great…that I…I couldn’t help but giggle…” She then said still lightly giggling as she straightened the car out and then began to turn to go through the next corner to complete the S curve.
“You’re just freaking jealous because you know that what I’m saying is awesome and that there’s no way you could ever be as cool sounding as me!” Dash replied with a smirk on her face as she folded her arms and nodded to herself as Fluttershy continued to giggle. “Stop laughing!” She then almost shouted in irritation that the driver was still snickering at her.
“Sorry…sorry…I’ll stop now…” Fluttershy apologized again before taking a deep breath to stop her persistent giggling. She was finding it increasingly difficult to hold her laughter in and decided to talk about something else in a vain hope to get her mind off of it. “Ok…so…so why are you looking for…whatever it is your looking for late at night…I mean wouldn’t it make more sense to look for something when it’s daylight?” She inquired curiously as she exited the curve and straightened the car out, pressing gently back down on the accelerator to keep the ride as smooth as possible.
“Oh is it that late at night…it’s not like I can really tell anymore…” Dash replied in uncaring tone as she shrugged her shoulders and turned her head to face forward. Fluttershy blinked a few times in confusion as she turned her head to look at the girl next to her.
‘How can she not know it’s late at night? Is she used to it being dark or is like nine o’clock normal for her?’ She asked in her mind as she titled her head a bit at the dirty girl. She opened her mouth to further question the girl but stopped as she saw something reflect in her rearview mirror. She looked in it and saw a pair of headlights come around the corner behind her. After it finally straightened out, it then started to wildly accelerate closer to her.
“Oh-Oh dear…a car is coming up really fast!” Fluttershy commented in slight panic as she saw it get closer and closer. She looked forward and saw the next turn coming up and quickly turned the steering wheel to go through the turn.
“It’s probably some racer running the course…most likely practicing…” Dash explained in a calm manner as she waved her hand dismissively. The girl didn’t even to bother to look into the rearview mirror to try and see the car. As they went through the turn the car disappeared from rearview mirror and was replaced by trees. “You should totally dust his ass!” She then encouraged in an excited tone as Fluttershy exited the small turn and entered another short straight.
“Wh-What! No! I-I can’t…I mean I couldn’t…I…I…” She nervously tried to respond as she looked back into the mirror and saw the headlights of the car behind her starting to appear around the corner.
“Of course you can! Your car sounds like it can dish out a lot a pain, and I can feel that you know this course pretty well seeing how smoothly…albeit slowly…you’ve been taking it!” The short passenger tried to urge her on as the car finally peered around the corner, shaking slightly as it tried to straighten itself out.
“No! I can’t…I…I don’t want to get in the way and frustrate them…especially since I’m in this car…” Fluttershy continued to deny as she started to breathe heavier and heavier, looking around and thankfully seeing a turn off head that led behind a couple of trees.
“Are you messing with me or something? Just smash down on the accelerator, and you won’t have to worry about frustrating them when you’ve essentially blown their doors off!” Dash now said in a louder tone as Fluttershy looked back into the mirror to see the car behind her finally straighten itself out and speed up to her, getting closer and closer to her white NSX. “I mean that’s the whole point of racing and being a racer! Outrunning fools and winning awesome bat-”
“No!” Fluttershy practically shouted at the top of her lungs as she suddenly turned the steering wheel and violently jerked the car off the road.
She slammed on the brake and brought the car to a screeching halt behind a few trees, hiding her car from the driver on the road. The smaller passenger had to grab hold of the door and put her feet down off the dashboard and onto the floorboard. She struggled to keep herself and place and grunted a bit in pain as her injured left leg reminded how badly she was hurt. After the car came to a complete halt she relaxed and started to fight back the surging pain that was in her leg.
Fluttershy immediately engaged the parking brake, turned off the headlights and shut off the car; silencing the engine completely to not make any kind of noise. She held her breath as she looked out through the gaps between the trees to barely see a black, angular looking car pass her and rush up to the corner ahead of her with its loud engine roaring the entire way. Its red brake lights lit up as it braked and then violently turned very closely to the inside, shaking as it started to go over some of the dirt that poured out onto the road. As it went through the turn it lost some traction due to the dirt on the road, and the rear of the car slid out almost making it go into a spin. It braked again and slowed down to try and regain its traction. When it finally did and the car came back under control it once again sped up through the turn. As it disappeared from sight, Fluttershy saw another glimmer in her rearview mirror and looked up to spot two more cars coming out of the corner.
The two cars struggled to come out of the turn, getting very close to each other and actually tapping each other slightly, almost sending the car in front spinning out of control. Once they both finally regained control, they slowly accelerated and passed where Fluttershy was hiding, their engines sounding nowhere near as loud as the black car way out ahead of them. They seemed like they were going at a slower speed than what Fluttershy was going earlier. Fluttershy took notice that it was the two bullies’ cars that just passed her and also noticed how they both braked and turned even worse than the car ahead of them. They both tapped each other again, the RX-8 in front almost spinning out again as the Civic behind it flew to the inside and scrapped against the metal guardrail, leaving behind a trail of sparks. They both struggled to regain control as they went through turn. After they slowly disappeared from sight, Fluttershy took a deep breath in relief that they she wasn’t spotted. It would have been especially bad if she was seen by the two trailing cars.
“What the hell! You just let us get passed!” Dash immediately started complaining as the sounds of the cars’ engines faded away. “Why did you do that? You shouldn’t ever let anyone pass you! Especially when you’re in a freaking sports car with the engine located in the middle of the car!” She continued to almost shout as she pointed behind at the car’s engine. Fluttershy didn’t look back and instead stared at her hands gripping the steering wheel, now starting to breath heavily like earlier.
“It would’ve been easy for you to put those punks down! This car could’ve made those front engine cars cry oily tears with what it can do on this kind of course! But no you just let them go!” The passenger went on incisively as she shook her head disappointingly. Fluttershy shut her eyes and felt tears start to well up as this is exactly what she wanted to avoid; she didn’t want to be yelled at by another person for anything, and for some reason hearing her yell at her was making her feel much worse than if were Rarity. “Seriously what kind of racer are you to just-”
“I’m not a racer!” Fluttershy corrected almost shouting and cutting off Dash from continuing as she gripped the steering wheel as hard as she could.
“You…wait…what?’ The now baffled girl next to her struggled to say as tried to comprehend what the taller girl had blurted out.
“I…I don’t race cars…I don’t even go anywhere near the speed limit in fear of passing other people…” The pink haired girl explained as she slowly shook her head, telling her how she never passes other cars but let’s herself be passed instead.
“But…why the hell were you at a racer’s meet up then?” The sunglasses wearing girl pointed out as this was what was hurting her brain. If someone wasn’t a street racer and didn’t even like going above the speed limit; then, why was she at a place that was meant for people who do that exact thing?
“I…I was there for a friend…that’s the only reason…if I wasn’t I’d be at home safely in my bed most likely…I don’t like racing…” Fluttershy answered softly as she leaned forward and rested her head against the steering wheel.
“S-Seriously? I mean…really?” Dash said still in disbelief as she still felt unconvinced. “You’re driving a freaking fancy sports car with an engine that sounds like it can trounce most other common cars on the road, and you’re telling me you don’t like to drive fast?” She also pointed out as she raised her hand and smacked the back behind the seat as if using the car’s engine as proof to her statement.
“I hate this car…I…It’s caused me nothing of problems and…and I don’t even want to drive anymore because of it…I just….I just can’t take it anymore…I hate this stupid car so much…” Fluttershy explained now in a hurt tone as she felt the tears start to fall from her eyes. Dash wanted to say something, but the muffled cries of the driver silenced any other vocal criticism she had.
She faced forward and sat silently as Fluttershy continued to quietly cry into her steering wheel. The shorter girl felt guilty now that she had yelled at her and chewed her out over something like this. Especially since the kind girl was the only willing to give her a lift through the pass. She turned her head back over to the girl and slowly reached her hand out until it finally made contact with her shoulder. Fluttershy gasped slightly and froze in place upon feeling the contact on her shoulder.
“I’m…I’m sorry…I…I didn’t know…and I understand what it feels like to do something you hate…” The passenger apologized in a sincere and understanding tone as she slowly rubbed her shoulder in a comforting way which instantly made Fluttershy feel ten times better and actually made her stop crying.
“Look…I-If driving is really that big a problem for you…” The dirty looking girl began as she removed her hand from the NSX owner’s shoulder. “I-I’ll drive for you…” She then offered in what sounded like a nervous and unsure tone.
“W-What?” Fluttershy immediately replied in shock as she leaned back up in her seat and stared at the girl in shock as the other girl turned her head away.
“I know! It sounds complete stupid and crazy but…for some reason I can’t just sit here and let you cry over this…so…” She admitted in a slightly more frantic tone as she faced outside of the window. “C-Can I please drive?” She once again offered much quieter than before as she kept staring outside the window instead of at the girl she was asking.
Fluttershy stared at the girl in complete shock as she didn’t know what to make of the girl’s offer. She honestly wouldn’t mind if Rarity asked to drive her car or something she knew but a complete stranger? Every part of her wanted to kindly deny her request, but when she opened her mouth, she couldn’t say no to her offer. She struggled to understand why she couldn’t refuse her, reminding herself that not only was this girl someone she just met half an hour ago but an injured one as well.
“But…But what about your leg?” Fluttershy pointed out as she looked at the poor girl’s leg, worried that her using it to drive might hurt her or worse get possibly even more injured from the drive.
“Seriously…out of everything to be worried about you worry about my leg?” Dash replied with a slight chuckle as she turned her head back around and faced Fluttershy with a smile on her face. “It hurts yeah…but it’s not like pressing down on a clutch is going to be that much of a strain on it so it should be fine…” She reassured as she reached down and gently patted her left leg, feeling some pain but not showing it to prove a point and not worry the girl next to her.
“I don’t know…” The cyan eyed driver responded still unsure as she looked back at her steering wheel honestly considering letting her drive despite the logical part of her mind saying otherwise.
“I know…it really sounds crazy knowing what kind of problem I have but…please…let me drive…” Dash persisted in a gentle voice as she once again reached out slowly and touched her shoulder, making Fluttershy turn to face her again. “Trust me…we’ll be fine…” She then said in a confident tone and with a smirk on her face. Fluttershy held her breath and stared at the shorter girl with her eyes quivering slightly and her lips trembling.
Whatever small shred of resistance and reason her rational mind was giving had now vanished as she slowly opened her mouth to give her answer. “A-Alright…” She agreed in a quiet whisper and with an ever so subtle nod.
“S-Seriously?” The passenger responded with a slight stutter, now bemused and shocked than ever as she recoiled all the way against her door and had her mouth dangling open.
“Y-Yes…I…I trust you…” Fluttershy said once more a bit louder and more confident as a smile slowly formed on her face.
“W-Wow! You’re really going to let me do this? You’re going to let a complete stranger drive your freaking sports car?” Dash replied, still completely surprised by the fact that this girl she met today was letting her drive her undoubtedly expensive sports car.
“Y-Yes…” The NSX owner once again reiterated this time with a giggle as nodded her head again.
“You’re much cooler than I thought you were! At least twenty percent cooler!” The now excited little girl shouted as she fumbled her hands around her seatbelt and almost broke it to get it undone. “Trust me this is going to be amazing! It’s going to be an experience you’ll never forget!” She confidently yelled with a smile on her face as her hands frantically ran across the door until it reached the handle. She pulled on it and flung open door, causing her to fall out onto the ground.
“If you say so…” Fluttershy replied with a slightly giggle as she undid her seatbelt and watched the girl outside quickly get back on her feet as if the fall never happened.
The Pink haired girl opened her door and got out of the driver’s seat. She looked over the other side of the car and saw the shorter girl start to limp slightly around the car, tracing a hand along the hood as she went around the front of the car. She looked back to the driver’s seat and realized that since she was much taller than Dash it would be awkward for her to drive in the seat that wasn’t set for her height. She leaned back into the car and moved the seat closer to the pedals so the girl’s short legs wouldn’t strain themselves to reach the pedals. She also readjusted the steering wheel accordingly to make it as easy to use for the short girl as possible.
After she was done, she leaned back out of the car and barely saw the short girl’s head peaking over the door with an excited grin on her face. “Alright, I’ve adjusted the seat and the steering wheel so you can be completely comfortable while driving.” Fluttershy informed with a slight giggle on her face as she got out of the way, amused by the look on the shorter girl’s face.
“Thanks, but as long as there’s three pedals, a stick shift, and a steering wheel for me to use it doesn’t matter how comfortable I am!” Dash enthusiastically replied as she quickly went around the open door and began to get into the seat. Fluttershy moved towards her and put her hands around her to help her in like last time only for them to be removed by the girl she was trying to help. “You don’t have to help me into the car…I can get in by myself.” The shorter girl said to the taller girl in an annoyed tone as she turned her head and faced Fluttershy’s general direction, seeming to look at the trees behind her though.
“Oh…sorry…” The shy girl apologized a bit guiltily as she moved away from the short girl and started to walk around to the other side of the car.
As she walked around to the open passenger side door, she noticed Dash had some trouble get into the car do to her leg. She managed to do it on her own and shut the door as Fluttershy went around the passenger door. The owner of the car leaned in and got into the passenger’s seat which was a surreal experience to her since normally she’d be in the driver’s seat. She quickly got over it and shut the door, then buckling herself afterwards.
She looked over and noticed the short girl have some problems buckling up like last time but eventually managing to do it. She smiled to herself and cracked her fingers before moving her hand around behind the steering wheel until it found the keys. After which she immediately turned the keys and started the car, bringing the engine to life again. The short girl moved her feet to the pedals and started to aggressively mash down on the accelerator, making the engine roar with intensity. Fluttershy never heard the engine to her car get this loud and honestly never thought it could; which, she now learned was good thing because it was too loud and almost to the point where Fluttershy wanted to cover her ears as Dash continued to rev the engine up.
"Oh yeah…that's right…this cars sounds lethal!" The girl shouted in excitement as one hand moved to grab the stick shift and the other fumbled around behind the steering wheel, turning the headlights on in the process. "Oh and six speed manual! I haven't driven one of these yet…this is going to be interesting!" The girl commented happily as she moved the stick shift around as she still revved the engine to ridiculously degrees. Reality started to hit Fluttershy as she realized she let a racer into the driver's seat of her car, meaning she was most likely going to go at speeds Fluttershy had never been at before.
“Please tell me you’re not going to go too fast…” The scared girl asked almost in a pleading tone as she looked at the shorter girl with a worried expression on her face.
“Oh, it will be nothing you can’t handle…don’t worry…” The driver dismissed in a confident tone as she moved the shifter into first gear. “After all, you’re going to be helping me right?’ She then asked the taller girl next to her as she moved her hand away from the shifter and began to feel around for the parking brake.
“Helping you? How am I going to help you?” The cyan eyed girl curiously asked as she watched the shorter girl’s hand continue to fumble around until it eventually found the lever she needed to pull to disengage the parking brake.
“Well, what’s in front of me? What do I need to do to get back onto the road?” She more thoroughly asked as she pulled the lever up then back down to take the car out of park.
“Just…go straight…there’s nothing in your way, and you’ll be on the road heading towards the left turn…” Fluttershy answered more confused than ever as she looked ahead and saw the clear path to the road and to the first turn.
“Awesome…thanks…” The dirty looking girl thanked with a smirk as she moved her hand back to the shifter and revved the car some more.
“Ok but what did you want to know th-AHH!” The passenger began to say before being cut off by the sudden movement of the car launching forward; the tires squealing as it quickly drove out from behind the trees and onto the road.
“Alright first turn…what does it look like?” Dash questioned as she quickly shifted the car into second gear and accelerated the car more. Fluttershy shook her head to regain composure from the earlier shock and looked forward at the road and at the incoming left turn.
“It’s a normal wide left turn…a hundred and seventy degree angle turn at most…and I wouldn’t go too close to the inside…it gets pretty rough there thanks to dirt getting on the road.” She described out loud, also warning her about the inside that she knew was always kind of rough.
“Awesome…thanks…just tell me when…” The driver said back with a nod as she continued to accelerate faster towards the turn.
“Tell you when for what?” The befuddled girl next to her asked as she looked over at the driver looking straight ahead.
“Tell me when to turn of course!” She answered in an almost annoyed tone as she acted like this should be normal or common for Fluttershy.
“H-Huh?” Fluttershy simply muttered as she titled her head a bit. Before she could say anything else, she looked forward and saw a metal guardrail quickly approaching their front end. “Turn now turn now turn now!” She frantically shouted in terror as she recoiled back in her seat in terror. Dash smirk as she quickly moved the steering wheel left and turned the car just before it hit the metal wall, making the tires squeal against the pavement. The movement was so sudden and abrupt it made Fluttershy slide in her seat, forcing her to move her legs to stiffen against the floorboard and her hands to grab to door to keep her in place. Fluttershy looked out of the car and noticed that they were so close to the guardrail that it they were almost scrapping against it.
“You’re too close to the outside! Turn towards the inside more!” She instructed in horror as she pointed to the left towards the inside. Dash nodded and turned the steering wheel more, bringing them closer to the inside. Fluttershy felt a little bit safer now that the outside wall was away from her car but didn’t have much time to relish in that safety. She realized the turn was now straightening out, but Dash was still holding the steering wheel at an angle bringing towards the metal guard rail on the inside.
“You’re coming out of the turn now! Straighten yourself out!” Fluttershy again shouted in terror as her car got close and closer to the wall. Dash nodded again and turned the steering wheel back to its natural state and brought the car out of the turn. Once again, Fluttershy had a brief moment to take a breather as her car was again safe from hitting anything for the moment.
“Well that certainly wasn’t my best turn…but considering it was the first turn I’ve made in like three months, and the first turn I’ve made with a co-driver…I’d be surprised if it did go pretty well…”The driver stated a bit arrogantly with a grin as she car continued to accelerate, forcing her to reach over and shift the car into third gear. “Anyways…next turn…what is it?” She then asked with a smile, bringing Fluttershy out from her temporary relief.
“W-What is wrong with you? Is this some kind of joke to you or something?” Fluttershy practically screamed at the driver as she turned to the driver, starting to immediately regret letting the small girl drive her car.
“Joke…what the hell are you talking about?” Dash replied, now sounding confused like Fluttershy earlier as she turned her head to face Fluttershy, keeping the car straight as she held the steering wheel firmly in place.
“Why do you need me to describe the turns to you?” She questioned the shorter girl as she arched an eyebrow at her.
“Well duh…isn’t it obvious?” Dash asked back in sarcastic sounding voice. “I’m blind…” She then informed her in an unconcerned tone as she moved her right hand from the wheel and pointed to her sunglasses.
“Y-You’re…You’re…” Fluttershy struggled to say as her eyes widened to their max, and her irises shrunk to small little dots.
“Yeah…I’m blind genius…I thought you figured it out beforehand…” The blind replied in an unconcerned tone as she moved turned her head back to face forward, even though it didn’t matter. “Anyways, can you tell me the next turn please?” She then asked politely as she gripped the wheel tightly in anticipation for the next corner.
Fluttershy shut down, of all the types of people to be driving her car she would have never expected a blind person to be behind the wheel. “W-What?” She muttered to herself as she continued to stare at the girl who most likely would crash into something and kill them both.
If she lived through this, she would make a mental note to never give hitchhikers a lift ever again.
“Hey I’m Pinkie Pie and I’m going to be your guide to the cars used in today’s act! So let’s not waste any time and get right into the…umm….”
“Uhhh…Twilight what car am I talking about now?”
“Oh goodie, the Acura NSX! Particularly the one Fluttershy uses! I’m so excited!”
“The Acura NSX…which means New Sports car eXperimental…wait…that’s not right…experimental starts with an E…so shouldn’t it be NSE? New Sports car Experimental? Wait…that also doesn’t even make any sense now that I think about it! How about we call it the New Experimental Sports car…or NES?”
“Oh that reminds me! I had an NES growing up! It was fun! Except for that one game where you died after like two hits and had to beat it twice in order to really beat the game…man that was a pain in my-!”
“Wait…what did you say Twilight?”
“Oh right...heh…sorry…getting back on topic now!”
“The version Fluttershy has is the second generation ‘Refresh’ model which differs from the original model by having a slightly better engine, giving it almost three hundred horsepower! To complement the boost in power, the car‘s transmission was changed from a five speed to a six speed. Not only that, but the car is slightly lighter and its suspension has been tweaked to accommodate the changes. Most noticeable of all is that the body has a new fresh look with different sized tires, a slightly new rear bumper look, and fixed headlights to replace the old pop up ones.”
“Even with the changes and upgrades the spirit and essence of the NSX remained intact keeping true to its awesome legacy that it started back when it first came out!”
“The NSX that Fluttershy has is from 2005…the last year the NSX was in production and sold in Equestria…”
“Unlike most other racers…Fluttershy didn’t purchase her car…I mean how could she? She was probably like eight or nine when the last car was sold right?”
“Huh I’m giving away too much too early? I’m sorry Twi…ahem…anyways…”
“Instead, it was a gift from her father after she graduated high school and went to Canterlot for college. Now isn’t that a strange gift to give you daughter?”
“Of course Fluttershy isn’t a racer…so why would she need a sports car anyways? Why couldn’t my father give me an awesome car when I got out of high school?”
“Huh? What? Oh right…the topic…”
“Hmmm…I don’t think there’s much more to discuss is there?”
“Oh wait I know one last tidbit to give!”
“The Acura NSX is the author’s favorite car of all time!”
“Wait…why are you looking at me like that Twilight?”
“What do you mean I shouldn’t have told them that?”
“Oh…that’s why…oh well…I’m sure it won’t be THAT bad right?”
“…Right?”
Birth of a Legend 1: Beginnings
Birth of a Legend 1: Beginnings!/Beginnings of something completely awful and stupid!
The stars in the night sky and the crescent moon dimly shined down upon the quiet mountain town of Canterlot. The cozy little city seemed all but dead as the only lights illuminating were coming from the small main street overhanging lights or from an occasional light coming from a building. The rest of the city was dark from the inhabitants quietly sleeping.
On one of Canterlot’s many surrounding mountains, however, was a small light moving very fast and flickered as it moved past through all the trees on the mountain. On one of the winding mountain roads was the distinct sound of an engine roaring as loud as it could. From one the more angular turns came the light as it quickly grew bigger and bigger before finally coming around the corner. The source was from car as it came barreling through the corner at speeds almost three times the recommended for a corner that tight.
It quickly raced down the straight after exiting the turn and flew past all the trees and bushes, causing them all to shake and rustle. Immediately after that, another pair of flashing red and blue lights turned on, followed by the sound of an engine and a siren. A police car then suddenly appeared from a secluded spot in the tree line and turned onto the road to chase after the speeding white car.
The driver of the speeding vehicle looked into the rear view and smiled at the sight of the car slowly approaching her. “Oh…that looks like the new Ford Crown Vic,” The young female voice commented as she recognized the make of the car chasing her. “Thank god the local law enforcement is finally upgrading to more modern cars…if I saw another Chevy Caprice in my rear view I was going to scream!” She happily added as the car continued to gain ground on her.
“1-Adam-12 here, we got a code 510 in progress. We’re currently in pursuit over,” The police officer informed over his radio as the car ahead of him suddenly began to pick up more speed.
“Alright Crown Vic, let’s see what you’re made of!” The female driver encouraged as she looked forward and pressed down more on the gas pedal.
“Suspect’s vehicle is a grey Nissan 240SX with no visible license plate or tags,” The officer detailed as he looked over the old white Nissan. “It’s the same suspect vehicle that’s been routinely speeding for over three years now, requesting immediate backup over!” He quickly concluded as the car ahead of him came to a sharp right turn.
The white car’s brake lights went off at the last possible moment before the rear end slid out to the left. The car seamlessly drifted across both the lanes, leaving a white trail of smoke behind it. The Crown Vic braked and slowed down before entering the turn in pursuit of the car, loosing some ground as the Nissan pulled away from it. An immediate left turn followed right as the previous turn ended and the white car’s back end quickly moved and went to the right as the car entered the left turn.
The tire’s squealed and the engine roared as the car continuously drifted through the wide left turn. The police vehicle in pursuit continued to lose some ground as it tried to keep upwith the car throughout the turn. When the turn finally ended the white Nissan skidded all the way to the outside, almost hitting the wall before straightening itself out to finish it’s drift and accelerating down the road.
“Be advised, suspect is driving very recklessly over.” The officer informed as his car exited the turn and picked up speed down the straight, starting to gain on the white car again.
“Wow, doing decent so far,” the Nissan driver commented out loud in a slightly impressed tone as she noticed the flashing police lights still in her rear view mirror. “Ok then, now let’s see if you keeping up with me was based on your skill or based on your car’s performance!” She almost screamed in excitement as she moved her right hand to the stick shift to upshift the car into third gear.
A burst of fire exited the exhaust of the white Nissan as both cars raced down the straight. They quickly came up to a wide right turn and the lead car didn’t bother to brake before it flew into the turn. The cop car slowed down as the car infront it spun it’s rear end out to quickly drift as close it could to the inside. The white 240SX quickly put some distance between them as it soon exited the corner, still sliding at an angle leaving behind a trail of smoke.
Another left turn immediately followed it after a small stretch and the white Nissan slid down the road keeping it’s drift up before entering the next turn. The police car had just now exited the turn, barely keeping the sight of white car’s bumper. It went into the tight left turn as fast as it could as the sight of the drifting 240SX grew farther away. Soon all the officer could see was just a trail of smoke before the turn immediately went into a hard hairpin right.
The officer didn’t even see any trace of the white car and instead the smoke of the drifting car. The police car turned as hard as it could, almost grazing the inner wall as it struggled to catch back up to the drifting car. The hairpin quickly came to an end and was followed by a small straight where the officer barely caught a glimpse of the Nissan’s brake lights before they vanished behind another trail of white smoke.
The cop pressed as hard as he could on the accelerator to try and catch back up to the speeding car. When he came to the hard left, he braked and turned the steering wheel as hard as he could as the white smoke of the Nissan began to dissipate and disappear from sight. Soon, as he went through the turn, it all but vanished entirely. When He exited the turn there was another small straight, but unlike the others this one had two possible turn offs. What made matters worse was that there was no sign of the speeding vehicle whatsoever; no brake lights, no smoke trail, and certainly no sign of the vehicle in question.
“Ah, I lost visual on the suspect!” The officer frustratingly informed over his radio as he went down the road as fast as he could. “Last known heading was southbound on Mount Gojira’s 54, can anyone get over here to get visual back on suspect or at least start doing a sweep over?” He requested as he turned on the right turn off.
As soon as the cop went completely through the turn off and out of sight, a pair of headlights appeared from the opposite turn off, followed by the sound of a low rumble. The white Nissan pulled out of the small turn off and stopped near the turn off that the officer took.
“I guess, there really wasn’t any skill behind that wheel,” The young girl commented dryly in a disappointed tone as she looked down the right turn off. “Oh well,” She finished with a sigh before looking back forward and slowly driving the car away, free of her pursuer.
The white Nissan 240SX pulled into the huge garage, which seemed more like a full scale parking lot thanks to its sheer size, and parked in the very corner next to the door. The car quickly turned off and the pop up headlights receded back into the hood. The driver’s side door opened up and out stepped a very tall girl.
The young girl laughed to herself as she shut the door to her car and jogged over to the door to leave the garage. When she entered the very large rich looking mansion she continued jogging all throughout the mostly dark and quiet home. She went straight into the large shiny kitchen and turned on the lights. She went over to the row of fridges and started opening them up one by one.
“No…no…no…hell no…no…” She muttered to herself as she checked each fridge. “Ah ha!” she happily squealed in delight as she opened up the last fridge, finding it filled to the brim with snack cakes, ice cream, and other various assortments of sweets.
The young girl reached her hand up behind her head and moved her long multi-colored hair behind her back before bending over and reaching into the fridge. She grabbed as many tasty treats as she could, without any rhyme, reason, or priority. When she stood back up her arms cradled a large pile of snacks and her mouth held a Twinkie package. She shut the fridge door with her food before slowly turning and carefully walking out of the kitchen.
She meticiously made her way into the main hall where the grand staircase was without dropping a single item. Before she could ascend the staircase, however, she heard rhythmic tapping sound. She looked up and saw a much older, pregnant woman at the top of large staircase with her arms folded and her foot tapping on the ground.
“Why, hello there Celestia…” The red headed woman greeted dryly with an unamused look on her gentle face.
“Uhhhh…” Celestia blankly uttered as her jaw dropped, the Twinkie in her mouth falling onto the pile of treats in her arms and then onto the ground. “This isn’t what it looks like mom,” she weakly defended in an unconvincing tone as she shook her head slightly.
“Oh, so what I’m seeing isn’t the sight of my daughter once again returning late from racing dangerously on the mountain roads whilst narrowly getting arrested…yet again?” The pregnant mother asked suspiciously as she slowly began to descend the stairs, her arms still folded across her wide belly.
”Oh thank god, I thought you were talking about all the deserts I just pilfered from the kitchen,” the much younger daughter replied in relief as she smiled and took a deep breath. “Which…again…really didn’t happen…I got these from the gas station obviously…” She quickly added in a much more serious tone.
“But yeah, that other thing you said…that did actually happened,” She finished with a smirk before turning and walking away, heading for the very large main room.
“Damn it Celestia! How many times does this make it that you’ve narrowly…H-HEY!” Her mother began in a scolding tone before stopping at the sight of her daughter leaving into the other room, paying her no heed. “Get back here!” She commanded in frustration as she found it difficult to descend all those steps in a moderate pace thanks to her extra weight.
Celestia ignored her and walked in the overly large room and sat on one of the luxurious couches. In front of her was a rather large table with a fruit bowl in the center. She wasted no time in dumping the assortment of unhealthy food onto it before grabbing on a Ho ho and leaning back in the couch. She sighed in content as she freed the tasty snack from its wrapping and rubbed her head as she heard her mother walk into the room.
“Why are you doing this to me? You do realize all this added stress and tension isn’t good for my health or the baby’s right?” Her mother immediately scolded as Celestia closed her eyes and shook her head, once again ignoring her. She leaned forward to take a bite of her chocolate treat before her mouth touched something hard and cold.
She opened them to find herself taking a bite out of one of the apples from the fruit bowl that was held in her mother’s hand. “Ew! What the hell’s your problem mom?” She spat out in anger as she moved away from the unhappy parent, the ho ho falling onto the ground from when she screamed in shock.
“My problem is that I have a very rebellious teenage daughter who partakes in Illegal Street racing practically every night!” The older green eyed woman shouted back as she slowly moved to the other side of the table and sat down on the opposite couch.
“Mom, I don’t street race every night.” Celestia replied as she wiped her mouth to get some apple bits off her face. “In fact, most nights I just drive and go as fast as I can.” She informed honestly after taking a deep breath to try and calm herself down.
“Which is still illegal!” The pregnant woman pointed out as loud as she could as her daughter leaned over to pick up a Ding Dong from the pile of snacks. “How many times were you chased, and let’s make it easy for you and say for just tonight?” She seriously questioned as Celestia unwrapped her newly acquired treat.
“I don’t know…five…six times maybe?” The multi-colored haired girl vaguely answered as she tried to think it over, leaving herself open as her mother quickly reached out and took the Ding Dong from her hand and replaced it with an orange.
“Six times?!” The now furious mother shouted as Celestia tossed the orange aside, making it bounce off the ground and enter the main hallway. “You were in trouble with the cops six times tonight?” She practically interrogated like one of the cops chasing her earlier that night as the vigilante driver reached over and picked up a Sno ball.
“They didn’t catch me, they can never catch me…not on those mountain roads,” The speeding criminal informed with a slight smirk as she unwrapped her next snack, only to have it quickly swiped from her and replaced by a banana.
“You shouldn’t be doing it period! It’s illegal!” Her eight month pregnant mom retorted as she threw the treat on the floor, making it splatter its high calorie goodness all over the expensive hardwood surface.
“Not for long,” Celestia grumbled bitterly as she leaned back against the couch, giving up on trying to indulge herself on yummy commodities. “Next week the ownership of that mountain will fully belong to me, and after that the law can’t say how fast I can or cannot be driving on those roads,” She informed her mother as she looked at her serious, hoping to settle the discussion right then and there.
“Why…Why Tia…why are you doing this? Can’t you see this is reckless and irresponsible?” Her mother weakly asked, sounding like she was starting to break down. “Not to mention a waste of your talents!” She pointed out as she shook her head at her.
“Look, we both know you’re an incredibly talented girl…I’d even go as far to say one of the smartest girls in the country…” The pregnant woman started as Celestia just stared at her with an unchanging look on her face. “I even admit you’re much smarter than I ever could be…” She quickly added as she pointed to herself.
“I mean…you’re seventeen years old and since I’ve been…well…indisposed because of my pregnancy…you took over our company turned it around in a matter of days,” She reminded her as she rubbed her pregnant belly. “And what do you do with all that vast wealth and income…you waste it on a mountain,” She continued, starting to get back in that scolding tone.
“Just to satisfy your petty rebellious need…” She finished with a disproving look on her face.
“I didn’t know doing what you enjoyed was an act of petty rebellion.” Celestia calmly responded with a sincere look on her face, making her mother slightly gasp. “Everybody has their hobbies and their passion…some people make models, other people sing, and some people painting,” She began, listing off other hobbies as she leaned forward to give a more confident posture.
“Mine just happens to behind the wheel of a car, to push it as fast as it can go and shave off as many milliseconds as I can from my last run.” She dreamily went on, looking up as she could just see herself right now trying to beat out her best time. “I don’t go out there to spite anybody or to prove anything…I just go out there because I love it.” She finished as she gestured her hand behind her, at the mountain roads that their mansion was next to.
“I know you can understand that notion better than anyone can’t you?” She seriously asked her mother as she looked at her with a determined look in her magenta eyes.
“I do…” Her mother whispered in response as she looked down and slowly nodded her head. “But…just…why…why…didn’t you just go buy a race track or join a closed circuit racing club?” She quickly asked almost sounding desperate as she looked back up at her daughter, gasping when she heard her daughter immediately chuckle in response.
“Because that’s controlled structured racing,” She explained with a shake of her head. “Where either you have to drive cars that are some premade and perform like all the other cars on the track or you’re racing on the same course that never changes no matter what,” She went on as she held up one index finger and then held up the other.
“The streets are where I can freely express myself. To drive my own car that I personalized myself and take it on roads that are not the same roads they were the previous day…on unregulated unpredictable courses that I can freely change in my head without any restriction…” She happily continued as she raised both her hands and opened both her palms as if to represent the freedom she was talking about. “The only limit is the thought that there is a limit…” She added as she pointed to her head.
“And I know I can’t do that legally on the street right now, which is why I bought my own mountain so that I can,” Celestia admitted with a sigh as she pointed outside at the roads that were most likely being patrolled by police. “And to stop these constant useless scolding sessions,” She finished a bit bitterly as she pointed across the table at her mother, who was just sitting there staring at her wide eyed.
“You really are too much like your father,” She whispered in complete horror as she ever so slightly shook her head at her teenage daughter.
“Mom, I know you’re worried,” Celestia responded with a sigh as she lowered her head. “Not about me getting arrested, or about me doing this ‘irrational thing’ but rather…” She continued before stopping as she didn’t want to finish her sentence.
“I’m worried that while you’re out on that unforgiving mountain, that you’ll mess up a turn and then I’ll have to attend another funeral that I never wanted to attend,” Her mother explained, finishing the train of thought Celestia didn’t want to finish herself.
“Please…don’t do this…” The parent almost tearfully pleaded as she shook her head again. “Think of your future little sister…” She reminded her as she but her hands on her bloated belly again.
Celestia said nothing at first and just sat there with her head lowered. “I’m sure dad was thinking about you and me before his last drive, as I think about you and the baby before I head out on all of my drives as well,” She eventually said softly with a slow nod of her head. “He understood and accepted the risks though,” The magenta eyed girl rebutted in a louder tone.
“He knew that turning the key to the ignition was an understanding,” She went on, looking back up with a more determined look on her face as she held up her right hand to make a key turning gesture. “An understanding that you might not turn that key back,” She added with a shake of her head and her hand gesturing back to visualize it.
Celestia’s mother gasped audibly as tears began welling up in her eyes. “But he did it, because he was doing what he loved and he died doing what he loved…and if it happens…I’ll be the same.” Her daughter finished now more serious than ever as she stood up from where she was sitting.
“No…NO!” The older woman shouted back as she slowly got up from her spot as well, tears now flowing down her face. “I won’t let that happen to you!” She screamed almost hysterically at her daughter as she shook her head over and over again, tears flinging from her eyes.
“What are you going to do? Ground your soon to be eighteen year old daughter?” Celestia replied with a few chuckles as she shook her head. “Or better yet report her to the cops so she goes to jail?” She further pressed as her mother reached into her back pocket and pulled out a folded pink piece of paper.
“No, I’m going to sell the S13,” Her mother revealed as she unfolded the pink slip and held out in front of her.
“Y-You can’t!” Celestia shouted back in disbelief as she reached out to take the pink slip, only to have her mother move it out of her reach. “That’s my car!” The now frightened young girl exclaimed as her mother wiped the tears from her eyes.
“It’s in my name so that makes it my car. And you better believe I’m going to get rid of it if it means protecting you!” The pregnant woman corrected as she pointed to her name on the pink slip of paper.
“F-Fine! I’ll just go out and buy another car!” Celestia responded with a slight stutter as she folded her arms and looked away, trying to appear unaffected by the sudden turn of events.
“No you won’t…because I know you’re like your father,” The red haired woman replied as she began to walk away from her distraught daughter. “You attached yourself on that car like it’s your second heart,” She pointed out as she raised her right index finger up.
“You’d never dare driving anything else other than that car,” She finished as she waved her index finger back in forth whilst still slowly walking away.
“Ok then, I’ll go out and buy another S13 exactly like it,” Celestia retorted a bit passionately as she stomped her foot on the ground a bit overdramatically, garnering a slight laugh from her mother.
“It still wouldn’t be ‘your car’ that you spend nights cleaning by hand and spent all that quality time with,” The pregnant woman revealed as she lowered her hand and shook her head. “In your mind, doing that would be betraying that fake bond of loyalty you have with that vehicle,” She added as she reached the large doorway and stopped to look back at her upset daughter with a sly smile on her face.
“Please…don’t…I’m…I’m begging you…” The pleading young girl asked desperately with a faint breath as her eyes were as wide as dish plates.
“I already have a buyer lined up…” Her mother revealed, causing Celestia’s breath to stop in disbelief. “It will be gone by tomorrow morning,” She informed as she turned back around to look away from her now tearing up daughter.
“I know you’ll never thank me for this, but I’ll just say it anyways,” She cautiously began to say as Celestia began to openly cry as if she lost another family member. “You’re welcome,” She simply said before walking out of the room and leaving her daughter alone.
Celestia shook her head slowly as more tears formed her eyes. She bit her lip to prevent herself from vocally letting out any screams of pain. She slowly clenched her fists and began to breath heavily before opening her mouth to let out an angry swear to curse her mother for doing this to her.
“That bitch!” Celestia shouted as loud as she could as she kicked the side of her bed.
“Wow, so the S13 is really gone?” A slightly older, shorter girl with grey asked curiously asked as she looked at Celestia with her one green eye open and the other bruised.
“Yeah it is, if it wasn’t I’d be out there right now driving it around obviously,” The taller girl confirmed with a long sigh as she laid down on the bed. “Damn pregnancy must be screwing with her mind or something, because she’d never do this if her mind was sound...” She mused out loud as she put her hands behind her head and looked at her dear friend unhappily.
“I don’t know, mothers can do weird and crazy things to protect their kids out of the blue, it doesn’t surprise me that this happened,” The skinny frail looking girl replied with a shrug of her shoulders.
“Please Inkwell, nothing surprises you…you’re too damn paranoid…that’s why I can never throw you any damn surprise birthday party successfully,” Celestia joked a bit dryly as she shook her head and rolled her eyes.
“True,” Inkwell simply said with a nod and a chuckle. “And you know if I were you I would’ve bought that car from her as soon as possible to prevent something like this from happening!” She went onto say as she held up a finger as if scolding her like her mother did before.
“I honestly didn’t think it was necessary or that this would ever happen,” The magenta eyed girl responded as she rolled on her side, still keeping her hands behind her head.
“Well, now it came back to bite you in the ass Tia,” The grey haired girl said with a smirk as she walked over and poked her friend in the butt.
“No kidding,” The now more aggravated girl simply said with a groan as she rolled back over to look at her friend with an unamused look on her face. Inkwell laughed and back up slightly as Celestia groaned and sat up on her bed. “Ugh, maybe can find the dude she sold the car to and buy it off him…I’m sure with enough money he’d be able to let it go,” She suggested a bit hopeful as she got off her bed.
“Do you know who she sold it to or where it went?” Inkwell asked as she titled her head a bit.
Celestia stood motionless for a few seconds before sighing and sitting back down. “…No…” She weakly replied with a shake of her head.
“Good luck trying to find it then, you would have better luck just finding an exact replica of it,” The one eyed girl challenged as she turned around and began to walk over to her large bag that she brought with her that was sitting on a nearby chair.
“I don’t want an exact replica of my car!” Celestia shouted back furiously as she looked over and watched her friend walk over to her bag. “I want my car!” She insisted as the older girl unzipped her bag and reached into it.
“Well I’m sorry but that’s not going to happen,” Inkwell refuted as she grabbed something out of her bag and pulled it out. “Which is why I brought over these,” She finished as she threw it at Celestia, smacking her in the face and gently falling on her lap in front of her.
Celestia looked down to see a small magazine with a picture of a car on the cover. The words ‘New’, ‘Used’, and ‘Great Value’ were plastered all over the cover along all assortments of price values. “No…absolutely not!” The multi-colored haired girl simply said in a dull tone as she looked back up at her friend.
“Tia, when it comes down to it would you rather be driving a car or not driving at all?” Inkwell asked as she walked over to her friend holding a magazine of her own. Celestia’s eyes widened a bit as she realized those really were the only choices she had.
“Look, no car can last forever and certainly no racer can stay in the same car forever,” The one eyed pony reminded her in a gentle tone as she sat down on the bed next to her. “Even your father tooled around in a few different cars right?” She pointed out with a smile on her face as she put a hand on her friend’s shoulder.
“Yeah but…” Celestia weakly tried to protest as she looked at her friend as if desperately trying as hard as she could not to let go of something.
“And as your mother said, it wasn’t really YOUR car, just your starting car that you didn’t even pick out yourself,” Inkwell reminded her casually changing her tone from gentle to encouraging. “All you know is that car, who knows the next car you get might be an even better fit for you or maybe even the car after it! You won’t know which one is ‘the one’ for you until you get it Tia!” She went on firmly with a cheerful smile on her face.
“So it’s time for you to buy your first REAL car,” She said more firmly as she tapped the magazine in Celestia’s lap.
“I don’t know…” The unsure younger girl said softly as she looked down at the cover of the magazine in her lap.
“At least give it a shot, it’s not like you have anything to lose right?” Inkwell persisted with a shrug of her shoulders before opening up the magazine that she held in other hand.
“…fine…” Celestia finally weakly agreed as she slowly took the magazine in her lap and opened it up to begin her car browsing.
The two spend what felt like hours flipping through magazines that Inkwell brought over. Both sat in silence as Inkwell just sat and waited for Celestia to have her ‘AH HA!’ moment that one would get when you see something you want just on first glance. After Celestia’s third or fourth Magazine however, she grew slightly impatient and decided to at least probe her friend to see if anything was going through her mind.
“So…See anything that jumps out at you yet Tia?” Inkwell curiously asked as she casually flipped through a page in her magazine.
“There’s a coupon for a free soft drink at the gas station,” Celestia replied sincerely as she turned the newspaper around to point at the ad.
“Focus Tia!” Inkwell shouted in annoyance as she grabbed the magazine out from Celestia’s hands and tossed it onto her lap. She quickly flipped through her own magazine and turned it around to show Celestia. “Here how about this nice new Ford Mustang GT?” She suggested slightly excited as she pointed at the picture of the new two door coupe.
“Look it has a nice V8 with over two hundred horses of raw Equestrian Power!” She added as she tapped to the left of the picture where the specs where listed.
“Ehhhhh, no. I know I might seem like a pony girl…but I just don’t think it would work out you know…” Celestia hesitantly denied as she leaned back and rubbed the back of her head.
“Ok then,” Inkwell replied undeterred as she quickly flipped through the magazine to another page. “How about this new Camaro Z28! It also has a V8 that actually has even more power than the Mustang!” The one eyed girl declared as she pointed at the picture, more excited than when she introduced the first car.
“I…hmmm…no thank you Inkwell…” The taller girl denied as she raised her hand up and shook her head.
“You’re right Tia; we can do better than that!” Inkwell agreed with a few nods as she flipped through the magazine some more, stopping and going wide eyed after coming across something. “Oh yeah…here we go!” She said softly in amazement as she stood up from the bed like she couldn’t bare sitting down anymore.
“It’s new and pricey but hell you can afford anything out there, look at this!” She practically demanded in a shout as she turned the magazine around. “The new Dodge Viper RT/10!” She exclaimed as she all but shoved the magazine into Celestia’s face.
“It has a freaking V10 engine with up to four hundred brake horsepower!” She screamed as she started to literally rub the magazine in her face. “Now. That’s. What. I’m. Talking. About!” She shouted as she proceeded to gently smack her in the face with each word uttered.
“Geez, no Inkwell! I don’t care about horsepower!” Celestia finally snapped as she ripped the magazine out from her friend’s hands and tossed it aside.
“Oh, come on!” The exasperated girl replied as she threw up her hands. “Ok fine, if horsepower of no concern then let’s just focus on getting you an Equestrian made car!” She reluctantly conceded as she reached down to pick up another magazine.
“I don’t care about that either…” Celestia clarified with a shake of her head as Inkwell started to flip through the magazine for her next suggestion.
“Oh, Tia…it at least HAS to be Equestrian made! Not only is it just better overall than imports, but it would create a perfect image of you…and Equestrian racer, on an Equestrian Mountain, racing along in an Equestrian made speed demon!” The obsessed girl retorted with a chuckle and a shake of her head, utterly confusing me.
“Uhhh, last time I checked you drove an import too Inkwell,” She reminded her as she raised her hand up. “Hypocrite much?” She quickly added with an amused look on her face.
“I had to…because getting an Equestrian made car is exactly what they would be expecting me to do!” She exclaimed a bit nervously as she turned around and looked out the window, followed by looking under the bed.
“Who the hell are ‘They’?” Celestia asked completely bewildered as Inkwell got back up on her feet.
“You’re not trapped like me though! You’re free to do the right thing and get an Equestrian made car…and you’ll be all the better for it!” She quickly went onto encourage as she pointed at her younger friend.
“I was already driving around in an import and you didn’t seem to care then!” The former import driver reminded her as she raised an eyebrow at her.
“Well that’s because it was your mothers and had no choice!” Inkwell retorted as she put her hands on Celestia’s shoulders. “Now that you have though, you need to do things right. Especially since this is going to be your first car you will ever own!” She persisted with a firm nod of her head.
“I don’t care about any of that crap Inkwell!” The upset girl shoulder as she flung Inkwell’s hands of her shoulders.
“I just…don’t care…” She softly said in a whisper as she looked down at the magazine in her lap. “I just want MY car…the car I started driving in and feel the most comfortable with,” She continued with a shake of her head as she slowly grabbed the magazine and picked it up.
“Just looking through all these stylized ads and fancy pictures with all these different car companies, car models, and model variations just makes me angrier by the second!” She explained in a louder tone as she casually flipped through the collection of ads.
“I mean just look at this!” She suddenly screamed as she turned the magazine around to Inkwell. “Turbo charged, dual turbo charged, twin-screw supercharged, centrifugal supercharged! Ugh! There’s too many variations on just this one freaking model!” She listed as she pointed to four same car models that have different aspirations.
“Don’t act like you don’t know the differences between all those aspiration types Tia.” Inkwell replied with a smirk as Celestia flipped it back around.
“I do know the differences and could even tell you the finite technical details differentiating each of their performance attributes.” The multi-colored haired girl responded with a sigh as she looked back at all the cars. “But I couldn’t tell you how they different they felt and most importantly would be right for me!” She quickly said almost sounding furious as she clenched the magazine in her hands.
“Ugh!” She groaned very loudly as he laid back on her back, holding the magazine above her. “It would be much better seeing these cars in person rather than in a magazine! You can’t test drive a picture after all” The young girl screamed in frustration as flipped through the magazine without a care.
“Screw it!” She eventually screamed at the top of her lungs as she shot up from her bed and threw the magazine against the wall. “Let’s just hit the dealerships up and see if that changes my mind!” She angrily declared as she ran a hand through her multi-colored hair in frustration
“That’s a great idea Tia!” Inkwell agreed in excitement as she reached into her pocket and pulled out her keys. “Let’s go, we’ll take my car!” She suggested before turning around and walking away, with Celestia slowly following behind her.
“Oh, I’m just sure you’ll be driving away tonight with some amazing vehicle that you’ll be remembered forever for,” The excited one eyed girl happily predicted as she reached the door and flung it open.
“I’m pretty sure that’s going to happen Inkwell…” The much less energetic girl refuted with a dull sigh as her friend in front of her left her room.
“And I just know it’s going to be some great Equestrian made masterpiece!” Inkwell further predicted in a yell as Celestia reached the door.
“I’m also sure as HELL that’s not happening Inkwell!” Celestia shouted back as she left the room herself, shutting the door behind her and off to try and get a new car. Hopefully a car that would help her get over her slump or at least give her something to drive on the road. There was no way that it would ever replace her old Nissan 240SX S13 however.
It was just simply impossible!
~ Twilight’s Preview Time: ACT 2 ~
“A twin centrifugal Supercharger and a twin screw supercharger…I wonder what the difference is…”
“I must research this as soon as I…w-what the?”
“What’s going on?”
“Wh-What Pinkie? I have to do what?”
“W-Why! I shouldn’t be the one doing this and…”
“Well I know I got to do something since I’m here now but…uhhh…what do I do?”
“Read the upcoming events for the next act?”
“Uhhh ok…so…uhhh…”
“Dash and Fluttershy are…doing stuff…racing in the NSX…they…do more things and uhhh…”
“Blueblood gets angry and…uhhh…”
“Oh Luna makes an appearance…I didn’t see that coming honestly…and…Uhhh…”
“I’m really not good at this Pinkie? Can I just go?”
“What? There’s a preview section already lined up? Well why am I doing this then? Just go ahead and show the-!”
The black Skyline came out of the corner at a fast clip; its rear end sliding out a bit before it straightened itself out. Blueblood sat in the driver’s seat and pressed down hard on the accelerator, making the engine roar, and the car rapidly pick up speed. He pressed down on the clutch with his left foot while simultaneously putting a hand to the stick shift and upshifting to third gear. After he released the clutch and pressed back down on the accelerator, he looked up into the rearview mirror to see the road behind his car completely empty with not a car in sight.
‘If I can pull ahead this easy in a borrowed car…then when my real car gets completed I’ll be unstoppable…not even my aunts with both their skills combined could beat me…’ He thought to himself confidently as he looked back ahead at the long stretch of road. ‘A terrible driver with no skills…ha! I have to wait up for my friends to catch up to me! If this was a real race! It would be over already…’ He happily reassured in his mind as he left off the accelerator a bit, not wanting to discourage his only friends by dusting them too badly.
He took a deep breath and continued going down the straight road at a moderate pace until he saw a reflection in his rearview mirror. He looked back up to it and saw a pair of headlights come quickly out of the corner behind him. ‘Well, they’re finally catching up…’ He mused with a smile on his face as he watched the pair of headlights come closer to him faster than what his friends were ever capable of.
‘Wait…that’s not one of the guys…’ He then realized internally as he noticed the general shape of the car, and the headlights was nothing like that of his friends. ‘Who the hell is that?’ He further questioned curiously in his mind as the car got closer and closer to his.
‘Ah, who cares…it doesn’t matter who it is, I’ll blow them away in the next two turns!’ Blueblood confidently shrugged off in his mind as he looked back forward at the road and pressed back down on the accelerator, heading towards the upcoming turn.
Both cars entered the turn; the car behind braked as he black Skyline ahead still pushed forward, gaining speed as it flew into the corner. Blueblood waited until the last possible second before pressing down hard on the brake, downshifting to second gear before turning the steering wheel to the right. The black GT-R’s tires screeched against the pavement as a burst of fire exited the exhaust before it suddenly turned towards the inside of the curve while the white car behind glided on smooth pavement rapidly catching up to the car ahead..
The GT-R shook violently as it ran over a lot of uneven dirt, giving Blueblood a great deal of difficulty keeping it stable throughout the turn. As he exited the turn, he put his foot down on the accelerator more while the car behind smoothly came out and continued to close in on it, getting within two car lengths of the R34. The left turn came up soon after, and Blueblood once again flew into it, braking at the last second before turning hard into the dirt. As he did, he felt the back end swing out a bit and lose traction, forcing him to let off the accelerator to try and get the car back under control.
Once he had his car stable again, he pressed back down on it and flew out of the turn into the straight, upshifting back into third gear as the car behind came out immediately afterwards. Blueblood licked his lips and smiled before snickering to himself. He slowly looked back into the mirror, expecting to see nothing but to his surprise he saw the car’s headlights almost directly right behind him.
‘What the hell?’ The blonde haired man shouted internally as his eyes widened at the site of the mysterious car getting closer and closer to his back bumper, now barely a car length away. ‘I shouldn’t be able to see the faint glimmer of their headlights! How the hell is this fool right on my bumper?’ He questioned in his mind angrily as he gritted his teeth and looked back at the road, pressing down on the accelerator as hard as he could, making the engine blare loudly as it started to put a little distance between the two cars.
The black Skyline bolted ahead, slowly continuing to pull ahead of the car behind it until reached a wide left turn. The brake lights of the GT-R lit up as it flew into the turn; another burst of fire exited the exhaust as the car started to slide slightly at an angle. The white car behind it flew into the turn as well catching back up with it as they both went through the turn. They both straightened out with the GT-R starting to pull ahead again until another right turn abruptly came up.
Both cars went into at the same angle with the GT-R braking hard again, allowing for the car behind to catch back up to the point where it almost the R34’s back bumper. As they exited the turn, a left turn immediately followed it. The Skyline hugged towards the inside, hitting a patch of dirt as the car behind it moved toward the outside. It accelerated and got closer and closer until the front of the car was alongside the black Skyline’s rear fender.
‘Gah! Damn it! Why can’t I shake this asshole off?’ Blueblood bitterly complained in his mind as he looked into his shaking side mirror to see the car to his side and immediately recognized the shape and color of the car. ‘N-No way…that…that looks like a…like a…NSX...’ He struggled to admit in his mind as he looked at the car getting closer to his side mirror.
‘Damn it! Of all the times for my Aunt to reappear on the racing scene, she chooses now?’ He groaned mentally as he looked forward and pressed down on the accelerator, gaining speed as both cars left the turn. ‘Did she purposely come down here herself to humiliate me?’ He theorized as his car pulled fully away from the white NSX as more spouts of fire exited his exhaust along with a hissing sound.
“Damn it Celestia! You really are a massive bitch!” He shouted in anger as he turned the steering wheel and moved his black GT-R in front of the NSX to block it.
Blueblood groaned as he shifted the car into third gear and pressed down on the accelerator as hard as he could, trying to pull as far ahead of the Acura as he could. The next right turn came up and Blueblood didn’t brake at all, instead just flinging the car into the turn as far to the inside as he could. He smiled as he went through the turn smoothly at first, thinking he would gain some more distance on the car behind him. All of a sudden, a huge amount of dirt appeared the inside, and Blueblood had no time to react and hit it. The black Nissan jumped slightly off the ground and almost hit the guardrail as the white NSX behind it went to the outside again.
It easily pulled alongside the GT-R as the blonde driver struggled to regain control of the car. Immediately afterwards, the white car flew passed him and got out in front of his R34. Blueblood gasped in horror as he watched the car pass him, not because he got passed but because of the look of the NSX passing him. The headlights were fixed instead of pop up, and the rear end had a stock spoiler instead of the fancy custom one that Celestia had on hers.
‘Wait a second…that doesn’t look like Celestia’s NSX…th-that’s…’ He frantically said in his mind as he now recognized the true owner of his car and knew it wasn’t his aunt.
“Fluttershy…”
“Dude, what happened?” Score asked with in concern his voice the second they reached him, only to be answered by a grumble and an angry glare.
“Did you see that white NSX?” Hoops questioned curiously as he tilted his head a bit, getting another grumble and slow nod as an answer.
“Dude, it was Fluttershy!” Dumbbell pointed out with a shout which prompted Blueblood to grab the collar to his shirt and pull him up closer to his face.
“I know!” He shouted as loud as he could before tossing the burly guy away, almost making him trip and fall over.
“I’ve never been so humiliated in my life…” He bitterly snarled as he gritted his teeth and narrowed his light blue eyes.
“Fluttershy…I swear to god…I will get you and make you regret making me suffer this indignity!” He promised to himself as the three guys behind him all looked at each other with nervous looks on their faces. “You’ll rue the day you ever crossed Blueblood of the Canterlot Regals!” He finished loudly with determination as he clenched both his hands into fists.
“You were absolutely amazing Fluttershy…” She complimented in a cheery tone as she raised her arm and nudged her sad friend’s arm. “I still can’t believe you had it in you…you were simply divine darling!” She continued in a much louder and excited tone as she raised her other hand and moved it in the air to add visual flair to what she was saying.
“Please…do…don’t say that…” Fluttershy weakly protested with a subtle shake of her head as she continued looking down at the ground.
“Is that what you’re so upset about?” Her shorter friend asked curiously as she looked at the pink haired girl with a raised eyebrow. “Oh, Butterfly…come on…you have to admit that what you did was quite impressive…” She insisted with a smile as she nudged her friend’s arm again.
“I… didn’t really do anything…” Fluttershy denied with another shake of her head. “Well…technically I did it’s just…” She went on in a whisper before leaning forward and burying her face in her knees.
Slowly, the faint sound of an engine began to be heard.
“There she is…the nocturnal woman who commands every race she gets into!”
The engine’s roar continued to grow at a phenomenal pace as the sounds of tires squealing could now be distinctly heard.
“The girl who dares drive in pitch black darkness without any assistance from her headlights!”“
Immediately afterwards, a black car appeared at the end of the street under the lights with its headlights off. It rapidly approached the entrance and turned into at an unbelievable speed, a trail of smoke appearing behind it as the rear end slid out.
“Even being shrouded she flows through the toughest of turns with grace and elegance.”
It drifted into the entrance and then it straightened out as it entered the mostly vacant lot. Its brake lights came on as it started to finally slow down before violently turning, once again leaving behind a trail of smoke as it began to drift around the lot, everybody left backing away giving the car room as it continued to turn and spin before turning towards Blueblood as he got out of the R34.
“The one who has a passion for rare imported GT-Rs…and through her passion makes legends out of each and every one of them!”
It sped towards him before violently stopping in the center of the lot, facing the now terrified man as the headlights suddenly turned on, casting its light upon him and the car.
“Her skill unmatched and her technique far more advanced than the foolish peons she shares the roads with!
The engine suddenly cut off, but the headlights remained on, illuminating the sweating blonde haired man.
“Our beautiful and divine Princess of the Night!”
The driver’s side door slowly opened, followed by a slender foot appearing and touching the ground next to the car.
“Luna! The one and only Nightmare Moon!”
A tall, slender, blue haired woman wearing a black business suit appeared out of the car. She quickly turned and looked at Blueblood with a less than an enthused look on her face.
“You know who she is?” Luna asked dryly, getting a quick nod from Blueblood.
“Find her then…challenge her…and beat her in a race so bad she’ll regret ever setting foot in that car!” She instructed in a low menacing tone as she pulled his face closer to hers and scowled at him. “That’s the only way to redeem yourself and not drag down all our names in the mud!” She finished as she got back in her car, shut the door, and started the engine. The car’s tires squealed against the pavement, kicking up white smoke before it slowly turned around and zoomed out of the lot.
The blonde haired man breathed heavily as he regained his balance and quickly straightened out his clothes. “Don’t worry…I’ll get my revenge…there’s no way I’ll let a humiliating defeat at the hands of a commoner stand!” He eventually replied to the dark-blue haired woman in a determined tone. “I swear I’ll get her!’ He then shouted angrily as he raised his hand up and clenched it into a fist.
“…”
“…wh-what are they still doing here?”
“Why is this still going on?”
“I-I have to do what now?”
“Oh…right…giving the next ACT title…good idea Pinkie…”
“N-Next time on Initial Dash: A Tainted Blueblood!”
“…Th-They’re still here…”
“What-What do I do now?”
“Give a final line of excitement and what?”
“That doesn’t make any se-”
SEE YOU NEXT RACE!
Act 2
A Tainted Blueblood! NSX Refresh vs. GT-R R34!
“Wh-What do you mean you’re blind?” Fluttershy asked in hysteria as she stared in disbelief at the short, filthy looking girl in her driver’s seat as the car they were in continued to pick up speed.
“Exactly what you think it means! It involves me not seeing a god damn thing with my eyes…duhhhh!” Dash dryly replied as if this wasn’t a problem as she let off the accelerator a bit to keep the car from going over the rev limit. “Might want to tell me the next corner by the way…” She then suggested in a calm and somewhat playful tone as she raised her right hand off the steering wheel and pointed in front of her. Fluttershy blinked rapidly as her mind struggled to take in the whole situation. She slowly looked forward and saw the next turn quickly approaching them.
“It’s a wide hundred and thirty five degree left turn with no dirt on the inside!” The terrified pink haired girl explained in a shout as she recoiled in her seat and grabbed onto the door, holding onto it for dear life. “Turn now now now!” She then screamed in horror as she nudged her head to the left as if that would direct the blind girl next to her as the car entered the turn.
“Got it!” The cocky short girl replied with a smirk as she moved the steering wheel to the left and turned to car, not increasing or decreasing her speed as they went through the turn close to the inside wall. Fluttershy held her breath and hoped with all her might that she wouldn’t wreck her car and seriously injure them both. She looked around and was amazed to see that the girl driving seemed to angle the car perfectly to throughout the turn. Staying on a line and not deviating from it whatsoever.
“You’re coming out of the turn now! Straighten out!” The passenger then declared as she looked ahead and saw the exit to the turn. The sunglasses wearing girl nodded with the smirk still on her face as she turned the wheel back to its original position and exited the turn still on what felt like a perfect line.
“Ok, next turn please…” Dash then cheekily asked in anticipation as she resisted the urge to upshift and gain more speed to see how fast she could possibly go.
“No, stop the car now!” Fluttershy denied in a stern tone as she looked over at the driver with a serious look on her face.
“What? Are you kidding me? It’s been too long since I’ve been behind the wheel of car! There’s no way I’m stopping!” The driver resisted with almost a laugh as she shook her head and kept her foot on the accelerator instead of stopping like Fluttershy asked.
“Are you crazy? You can’t drive without your sight! You could wreck and kill us both!” The white NSX owner pointed out in disbelief, concerned for their safety. Dash didn’t immediately reply and tapped her finger on the steering wheel seemingly annoyed by the girl’s claim.
“Uhhh next corner please…” She seriously asked in a low tone as she completely disregarded what the taller girl had said. Fluttershy quickly looked forward and again saw the next turn rapidly approaching. She had no choice but to describe it to her since there was apparently no hope of her stopping.
“It’s a wide one hundred and twenty degree right turn that’s got tons of dirt towards the inside!” Fluttershy described, not sounding as frantic or feeling as terrified as before as they got closer and closer to the curve. “Turn now!” She then seriously instructed as she pointed at the turn.
Dash made no response whatsoever and simply moved the steering wheel to the right instinctually and turned the car into the curve. Fluttershy once again looked around and noticed how they seemed to be on a perfect line, getting as close to the dirt covered inside as possible without touching it. She was still scared for her life, however a part of her couldn’t help but be impressed, and for some reason comfortable with how the girl next to her was driving.
“Ok, straighten out now!” She then instructed as she saw the exit to the corner coming up. Dash once again without any kind of response gently turned the steering wheel back to its original position and straightened the white car out as it came out of the turn and onto a very long stretch of road.
“See…we’re still alive aren’t we?” The driver then confidently said with a grin as she turned her head to face Fluttershy, or at least the general direction of her.
“Thankfully! But who knows when you’ll turn too much or too less and crash into-”
“Oversteer and understeer…” The dirty haired girl corrected in a serious tone as she turned her head back to face forward even though it didn’t really matter given her lack of sight.
“Huh?” Fluttershy simply stated in confusion as she arched an eyebrow and tilted her head at the girl.
“It’s driving terms…” She began continuing her serious tone as she raised her right off the steering wheel and held it straight above the dashboard.
“Oversteer is when you turn too much or hard and spin out or hit a wall…” She then started to explain as she moved her hand closer towards herself before abruptly stopping and making a ‘boom’ sound effect as if her hand was the car and it suddenly hit something.
“Understeer is when you don’t turn enough and hit the outside wall, trees, or nothing if it’s cliff.” She continued as she returned her hand back to the center of the dashboard before moving it closer to Fluttershy complete with a ‘whoosh’ sound effect as it feel off an imaginary cliff.
“So next time when you’re talking about turning, say understeer and oversteer instead of turning too much or too less…” She then suggested as she returned her hand to the steering wheel.
“Whatever! The point is its way too dangerous for you to be driving without you seeing the road! So please stop!” Fluttershy shrugged off before once again insisting on her stopping the car.
“Oh I can see the road just fine…” Dash arrogantly corrected as a smirk reappeared on her face.
“W-What?” Fluttershy stuttered in disbelief as her eyes started to widen.
“What’s the next corner?” The driver asked in response as she nudged her head forward towards the road in front of them. Fluttershy quickly looked forward and saw the next turn that was still a little ways away from them.
“A somewhat sharp a hundred degree turn with lots of dirt on the inside…” She rather calmly explained now feeling the extreme pressure as before since the turn wasn’t really directly in front of them like the last few turns.
“There, I can now see it perfectly in my mind…and as long as I have that there’s no turn around that can best me!” Dash confidently responded with an ever growing smile as she raised her right hand from the steering wheel and tapped the side of her head with her index finger. “Oh and I have to know when to turn of course…” She then said as if almost forgetting that important detail as she moved her finger and vaguely pointed it in Fluttershy’s direction. The passenger quickly looked back forward and now saw the turn almost directly in front of them.
“Turn now!” She shouted upon realizing they had already entered the turn. Dash quickly moved the steering wheel like before and once again turned the car perfectly through the turn although a bit close to the outside guardrail due to the delayed instructions from the passenger.
“You’re too close to the outside…turn towards the inside some more.” Fluttershy calmly pointed out as the fear inside her quickly subsided more and more. The driver nodded in response and turned the wheel more to move the car closer to the inside. “And straighten out now!’ The pink haired girl then instructed as they came to the exit of the turn, making Dash straighten the wheel out and comfortable bring the car out of the turn like before.
“See…as long as you are on your game, there is no way I’ll come close to touching anything…” The drive confidently reassured as she raised her hand, snapped her fingers, and pointed at Fluttershy as if using her as proof in her argument.
“This is still crazy! I…I can’t let you drive like this…so…so please…just…” The frantic girl tried to persuade as she reached out and grabbed the hand that was pointing to her. Dash gasped slightly in surprise, not expecting her hand to be grabbed. Then she sighed and lowered her head a bit.
“Alright…if that’s what you want…” She then reluctantly replied in a soft tone as she let off the accelerator and began to slow down.
“Thank you…” Fluttershy gratefully thanked with a sigh of relief as she finally convinced the crazy, blind girl to stop the car.
“But…remember what I said earlier?” Dash then began still in her soft voice, catching Fluttershy’s attention back on upset looking girl. “I said for you to trust me…” The short girl reminded her as her hand still in Fluttershy’s hand began to relax and unfold.
“Yeah…but…” Fluttershy began, trying to think of a nice way to phrase her statement. She didn’t want to upset her by pointing out that it was before she found out she was blind and therefore not liable to ever drive a car.
“And even if you didn’t know I couldn’t see, you still let a complete stranger you never met before get behind the wheel of your car…something inside of you compelled you to have faith in me…and now I’m asking that part of you again to keep trusting me and believe that we’ll be fine…” Dash explained calmly as she turned her head to face Fluttershy’s general direction and moved her hand around to grab on to Fluttershy’s, making the pink haired girl gasp and widen her eyes.
“So please...relax…we’ll be fine…” She then finished as a smile formed on her lips while still gripping Fluttershy’s hand. Fluttershy’s cyan eyes and lips quivered at the sight before her and was touched by that display but still…she couldn’t let a blind girl drive her car. They could both get seriously injured if they crash, she had to say-
“Ok…” The timid girl said in a whisper; that one word finding a way to escape her lips beyond her control as she gripped the shorter girl’s hand as well. She blinked a few times and reached up with her free hand to touch her lips in disbelief. ‘Did…Did I really just say that?’ She mused to herself in shock as she felt Dash let go of her hand and return it to the steering wheel.
“Thanks…” The driver simply thanked in gratitude as she faced her head forward and pressed down on the accelerator, getting the car back up to speed. “I can’t tell you how much I appreciate this.” She continued back in her normal confident tone as her smile now turned into a smug smirk.
“And how much I would appreciate to know what the next turn is.” She then finished in a more serious tone which snapped Fluttershy out of her thoughts and focus back on the road before her and the upcoming turn.
“A wide right hundred and twenty degree turn…nothing on the inside, but it’s inclined towards the inside a bit.” Fluttershy detailed as she returned her hands back to their original positions to keep herself steady in the car as it went faster and faster, getting closer to the turn.
“Turn now!” She then shouted as the car entered the turn. Dash nodded and quickly turned the steering wheel, moving the car through the turn and getting it very close to the guardrail. “And now straighten out.” The passenger then instructed as the exit came up. The driver obliged and straightened the steering wheel out and moved the white NSX out of the turn and onto the straight.
“Ok now that we got the basics down let’s try going faster…” Dash confidently said as she reached her hand down to the stick shift. “A lot faster…” She added with a nod as she pressed down on the clutch with her left foot and then moved the stick shift into third gear.
“Hella fast to be precise…” She finished in an arrogant tone as she let off the clutch and pressed down on the accelerator, making the engine roar and the car going at speeds Fluttershy never dared to venture even on the highways.
“S-Slow down! It’s bad enough that I’m letting you drive, but if you’re going this fast then we’re certain to wreck!” Fluttershy warned frantically as she felt herself be pushed against the seat as the car rapidly accelerated.
“No we won’t…like I said we’ll be fine as long as you tell me the turns!’ Dash shrugged off as she raised her right hand off the steering wheel and waved it at her dismissively.
“Yeah, but by the time I tell you to turn you’ll be going too fast to react and we’ll hit the wall…or worse!” The frightened, pink haired girl pointed out as she started to breath heavily; the next turn was already fast approaching, but she knew it wouldn’t matter if they were going too fast for the driver to react.
“Count it down for me…” Dash replied seriously as she lowered her hand down to the stick shift and upshifted into four gear, now going way too fast for Fluttershy’s liking.
“What are you talking about?” Fluttershy frantically asked in confusion as looked at the dirty haired driver.
“Countdown from three…this will let me know how far we’re away from the turn and how I should react…” The sunglasses wearing girl further explained as she pointed her hand in front of her.
“You…You want me to what?” The cyan eyed passenger asked in disbelief. “I…I…I can’t do that…it…it’s just impossible!” She then stammered as she forced her eyes shut. She knew she couldn’t accurately judge the distance between them, the turn, the time allotted before they reach each turn. It was just too much for her!
“You can do it…I know you can…” The short girl in the driver’s seat calmly stated, making Fluttershy open her eyes back up and look at her surprised. “Look, you’re putting your trust in me to drive…and I’m also putting my trust in you to be my eyes.” She then explained gently as she gripped the steering wheel tightly, knowing full well the risks involved doing this and going ahead anyways.
“I know you can do this…I trust you just as much as you trust me…” She then finished with a comforting smile on her face. Even though she was facing the road, it still reassured Fluttershy enough to take a deep breath and nod her head.
“Alright Dash…I-I’ll try…” The pink haired girl weakly replied as she slowly turned her head back to the road and at the upcoming turn that was fast approaching the front of their car.
“It’s a wide one hundred and fifty degree left turn with lots of dirt completely covering the first lane.” She began, thoroughly describing the turn ahead of them as it continued to get closer and closer.
“Alright…sounds like some light braking with a downshift back into third gear…easy…” Dash replied with a nod as she moved her hand back down to the stick shift.
Fluttershy eyed the turn and the distance between it and the front of the NSX, judging the time it would take in her head before the car entered the turn. “You’ll be entering it in three…two…one…” She then counted down when felt the car was close enough to start the count down, hoping deep down with all her might that she was right with her mental estimate. When she said one, Dash moved her foot over to the brake and slowed the car down before pressing down on the clutch and moving the car back into third gear.
Fluttershy noticed that and felt the car slow down and waited a very short moment to accommodate for their drop in speed, so she didn’t tell her to turn too soon or else they’d be heading towards the inner guard rail. “Turn!” She then shouted when she felt that the moment was right.
Dash turned the wheel as soon as she heard the girl next to her scream that word and moved the car through the turn in the outer lane. Fluttershy bit her lip and stiffened her arms and legs to keep herself as stable as possible as the car quickly went through the turn. The timid girl couldn’t help but be a little amazed at how perfectly the car was going through the turn and was a slightly proud of herself that she helped accomplish this. She was actually doing it; she was helping the girl next to her and for the first time since she got in the passenger’s seat, her lips began to slightly curve into a smile.
“Ok, you’re coming out of the turn now…” The cyan eyed girl informed the driver as she saw the exit to the turn coming up. The dirty girl quickly straightened the steering wheel and easily brought the car out of the turn and onto the straight, gently opening up the accelerator as she did.
“See? I told ya you could do it!” Dash congratulated happily as the car gained speed; the engine roaring behind them as its RPMs went up. “That wasn’t so hard was it?” She then cheekily asked with a smirk as she moved her hand down to the stick shift.
“Actually, it was…if you made one little mistake…or if I made one little mistake…we’d both be wrapped around a tree trunk right now!” Fluttershy pointed out nervously as she was still thinking that this was going to end up horribly, though deep down now starting to worry about something else.
“Yeah, but we didn’t...so calm down…” The driver shrugged off in a dismissive tone as she let off the accelerator, pressed the clutch with her left foot, and moved the stick shift to fourth gear with her hand. “Don’t sweat it…as long as you do your part we’ll get through this perfectly fine…” She then said confidently as she let off the clutch and pressed down accelerator again, gaining more speed.
“I don’t know if I should be more concerned about getting in a wreck or letting you down…” Fluttershy softly whispered as she looked down slightly, admitting a fear that was quickly growing inside her.
“What was that?” The girl wearing sunglasses asked cheekily, not really concerned about what she said and assuming it was something positive.
“It’s nothing…” The pink haired girl replied, shrugging off her earlier statement with a shake of her head. ‘I don’t know…but the thought of letting this girl down is more upsetting than anything else…’ She mentally thought as she continued looking down at the floorboard, now feeling more confused about her feelings than the thought of crashing in a horrific fireball.
‘Why though…why am I feeling like this to a complete stranger…’ She asked herself as she closed her eyes, struggling to come to terms with these thoughts. ‘I’m acting and feeling as though we’re friends despite the fact that all I really did was offer to drive her someplace…is that all it takes for me to completely trust somebody and feel like this? Maybe I’m more of a weak pushover than I thought…’ She mused as she started to feel a bit depressed for acting like this, feeling as though she would help somebody rob their apartment if they sounded somewhat pleasant.
“Yo, you there?” The girl next to her asked a bit rudely as Fluttershy felt a tap on her arm which broke her line of thinking.
“Oh…right…sorry…” The timid girl apologized as she shook her head to get her focused on the task at hand. “Ok, the next turn…” She then began seriously as she moved her gaze back to the road to look and at the next upcoming curve to detail it for the girl next to her.
About third into the pass was a small turnoff that led to a parking lot next to a hiking trail. There was also a large platform next to the two lane road that observers could go up to if they wanted to see the trees and nature. Though that was during the day, at night it was the perfect place for spectators and officials to go to watch races. Though at the moment it was still a little early and because of that only one car was parked in the empty parking lot with one man pacing in front of the car.
“Caramel…what the hell’s taking you so long?” A tall, athletic, black man with white hair asked angrily, looking at the open passenger side door to his completely black Plymouth Hemi Cuda.
“I just now found the radio…” The guy inside the car responded as a hand stuck out from the car, holding up a small handheld radio. “I haven’t found the stopwatch yet...though…” He then said as he got out of the car.
“I’ll find it before the races start though…” The average sized, thin, white guy with brown hair said as he raised his hand and shut the door to the large car. “You seriously need to clean your car out though man…it’s disgusting…” He then suggested as he turned to face the taller black man with his light blue eyes.
“Tsk…you sound like my little brother Rumble…look it’s my car, and I’ll treat it however I feel like…” The owner of the car gruffly dismissed with a wave of his hand as the slightly shorter guy began to walk up to the white haired guy.
“And that’s probably why you keep coming to me to fix it…” Caramel teased as he walked past the rear of the car and past the picture of a thundercloud with a lightning bolt shooting out of it that was on the back fender of the car.
The taller guy narrowed his displeased yellow eyes at the shorter male, but before he could make some kind of comeback the faint sound of an engine started to ring out from the distance. As it got louder, the faint sound of two more engines began to be heard. “Yo Thunderlane…we got some cars coming…” Caramel pointed out as he walked past the taller guy, patting him on the shoulder.
The white haired man nodded in understanding and turned to follow him to the edge of the small parking lot. They both quickly rushed up the stairs to the over-watch platform overlooking the two lane road. As they both reached the railing at the edge of the platform, the lights of a car appeared down the two lane road. The lights got brighter and moved before the sight of a car came around the corner and quickly sped towards their overlook. When it got close enough it drove under a few of the street lamps to reveal its black coloring.
“An R34…” Thunderlane commented, recognizing the shape and look of the black Skyline as it quickly passed the turnoff point that led to the parking lot and then passed them. The engine screamed as it whizzed past them before stopping hard and turning a hard left through the turn, shaking and almost skidding out of control while doing so.
Both the guys winced in pain at the sight of the car moving terribly through the turn and out of their sights. “Dude was that Nightmare Moon?” The black man asked almost sounding like he wanted to throw up as he turned to face the shorter man.
“No way…the Princess of the Night hasn’t used that car since she got her new GT-R.” Caramel denied quickly with a quick shake of his head. “Besides she’d never drive like that…must’ve been somebody else.” He then pointed out as he folded his arms and looked at the taller black man.
“Twilight?” Thunderlane simply said as he cocked his head a bit, naming a likely candidate to be driving the black Nissan.
“Please, not even she would drive that badly…even if she’s a novice she’s a skilled novice…” Caramel denied with a chuckle as he once again shook his head. “My guess…Blueblood…” He then theorized before both the guys turned their heads to look down the road again as the sounds of the two other cars got louder.
After a minute, lights began to appear at the end of the road, and soon two cars slowly appeared from out of the corner. The two guys raised their eyebrow as the grey civic and brown RX-8 slowly drove under the lights and almost hit each other. Caramel put his hand to his face as the two cars went past the turn off point and then slowly passed them entering the turn. The RX-8 in back turned violently and almost hit the inside wall and the civic in front turned almost too late and hit the outside wall. Both the guys on the platform shook their heads in disgust as the sliding and unstable cars disappeared around the wide left turn.
“An RX-8 and EJ8…” The white haired guy said with a groan, naming the cars that sluggishly passed them.
“Hoops and Score…Blueblood’s goons…” The brown haired guy next to him added, naming off the people who owned those cars. “Told ya it was him…” He then said with a smile as he looked at the black man again, using those two as evidence to his earlier theory.
Thunderlane opened his mouth to say something back but stopped when the sound of another engine came into hearing distance. “Sounds like another car is coming.” He pointed out before both guys looked back down the road as the engine quickly got louder and louder.
“Geez, whoever it is sounds like they’re really hauling ass…” Caramel commented as the loud roar of the engine continued to escalate. The lights from the car quickly appeared shortly afterwards followed by the sight of the car quickly turning the corner and speeding down the road. It took mere seconds for the car to get under the lights of streetlamps, causing both the guys’ eyes to go wide in shock when it did.
“That’s a…” Thunderlane softly uttered as he saw the white car quickly speed up past the turnoff point at an incredible pace.
“No way…” Carmarel simply whispered in disbelief before the white car zoomed past them with the engine screaming. A gust of wind hit both the guys; causing Caramel to stumble a bit, as the white car quickly entered the corner and disappeared from sight almost in one perfect motion.
“H-Holy shit dude!” The light blue eyed guy screamed as he recovered from the sudden burst of air hitting him as the blaring engine and tires squealing could still be clearly heard.
“A white NSX…was that…was that?” The taller black man asked in complete amazement, not even able to completely finish his question.
“No way! Did you get a good look at it?” The brown haired guy denied as he frantically shook his head. “That’s not even the right year or anything!” He then practically shouted at the taller guy as he knew the car looked nothing like the NSX they’re all familiar with.
“Yeah, but the way it moved…it couldn’t be anyone else but her right?” Thunderlane pointed out as he pointed at the corner the Acura quick sped through.
“I-I don’t know man!” The shorter guy replied as he raised both his hands to his hair and rubbed it in frustration and confusion. Thunderlane looked at the turn the car flew into and then back at his shorter friend before taking a deep breath.
“Get Vinyl on the line…tell her what’s up and see what she has to say!” The yellow eyed man commanded sternly as he pointed at the shorter guy, causing him to blink and nod frantically.
“R-Right!” Caramel then eventually agreed in a stutter before he reached into his pocket and pulled out the radio.
Rarity paced back in forth at the entrance to the racer’s meet up. She looked around desperately for her passive friend but once again found no sign of her. She got out her smartphone and saw that she had no messages or missed calls. She bit her lip as she called her friend’s number yet again and put the phone up to her hear.
‘Fluttershy…where are you…’ The purple haired girl thought desperately as she listened to the ringtone, desperately hoping that this time she would pick up.
“O-Oh H-Hi…Y-You’ve reached-” Flutterhsy’s voice gently spoke out as the voicemail started only to be stopped by Rarity disconnecting the call.
‘Oh Fluttershy…I hope you’re ok…’ The fashionista sadly thought as she put her phone in her pocket. ‘Maybe…Maybe she’s at the car…y-yeah that’s it…her phone’s just dead and she’s waiting at the car…of course!’ She then optimistically thought with a smile before quickly turning around and starting to leave the racer gathering.
“Hey, where are you going?” A loud hyper voice called out which made Rarity stop and turn around to see a dark pink haired girl in a casual light pink shirt and dark blue jeans looking at her with a curious look on her face. “The party’s nowhere near over!” The happy girl said with a smile as she pointed to the group of happy partygoers behind her. Rarity didn’t know what to say to the girl and just stared at the light blue eyed girl in bemusement.
“Is something wrong?” The slightly shorter girl asked curiously as she titled her head, which made Rarity shake her head and smile back at her.
“Oh…no, it’s nothing to trouble yourself over dearie…I just can’t seem to find my friend is all…” Rarity calmly and politely answered as she waved her right hand dismissively at the girl.
“Oh...what do they look like…maybe I can help you find them?” The happy girl then offered with a smile as she began to look around, already beginning the search even though she had no idea who she was looking for.
“No, it’s ok…I have a pretty good idea of where they might be…” Rarity politely denied as she turned back around and began to leave. “Thanks anyways…” She then graciously thanked before leaving the gathering. The purple haired girl turned the corner and then started to briskly walk down the street away from the pink haired girl.
“Anytime…” The ecstatic girl replied as she waved her hand at the departing girl, before stopping and freezing in place upon realizing something “Wait!” She frantically shouted as she ran up to the exit, stopping as soon as she reached the exit upon noticing that the girl was already well out of her hearing range. She couldn’t hear her unless she ran up to her, the loud music blaring behind her didn’t help matters either.
“Darn it…I didn’t get her name...” The party girl sadly remarked as she regretted not knowing the girls name. “And I was hoping that we would become great fr-” She then tried to say before she felt her chest vibrate and shake. She blinked in confusion as she looked at her shaking chest before reaching down her shirt and pulling out a small handheld radio.
She laughed to herself upon pulling it out and quickly clicked a few buttons and put it to her ear. “Hello?” She kindly greeted still chuckling lightly with a bright grin on her face.
“Oh Vinyl…yeah sorry she asked me to get her the radio and…well I kind of forgot to give it to her…” She explained to the person on the other end as she eventually stopped laughing. “Silly me!” She then added as she raised her hand, balled it up into a fist, and playfully hit the side of her head with it.
“Yeah, I’ll give to her…” The pink haired girl happily replied with a nod as she turned around. “What’s wrong…you sound terrified…” She then curiously asked as she noticed the person sounding a bit frantic. She listened to the answer, and her face went blank and light blue eyes went as wide as they could possibly go.
“No way!” She shouted at the top of her lungs; the smile returning to her lips with much more intensity than before.
“Ohhhhh I’m getting so super excited now!” The happy girl then screamed in joy as she started to bounce to the crowd to deliver the radio to the DJ on stage.
The grey EJ8 Civic slowly came out of the turn skidding against the outside wall, leaving behind a trail of sparks. The brown Mazda very slowly followed it, struggling to get out of the dirt before getting on the straight. The shaggy haired driver smashed his right foot on the accelerator as hard as he could upon exiting the turn, causing the tires to kick up a bunch of dirt behind it and then squeal violently when it touched pavement again, sending it out of control
Dumbbell violently turned the steering wheel back and forth, causing the car to fishtail as he slowly regained control of his car while the one ahead of it finally broke away from the outer wall. “Dude was that awesome or what?” The burly male asked his companions in excitement as he fumbled his left foot to the clutch and struggled to get the car into third gear, almost causing the engine to stall.
“Yeah! I can tell you’re getting better!” Hoops agreed with a goofy grin on his face as he nodded repeatedly to the driver.
“Maybe in a month or so I can actually keep up with Blueblood!” The Mazda owner then arrogantly theorized with a grin on his face as he once again smashed down on the accelerator and almost rear ended the grey Civic in front of him.
“Yeah and then soon you might be able to beat him!” The bigger man in the passenger’s seat added still nodding repeatedly with the same smile on his face.
“Please, the only two people in this city that can beat him are our glorious Princesses…we won’t ever come close…” Dumbbell responded with a sigh as the grey EJ8 in front him finally picked up speed and pulled away from him, giving him enough room to speed up himself.
“Yeah…you’re right…” The brown haired guy agreed softly still nodding as if his head was programmed to do that. He eventually did stop, however, when a faint glare suddenly appeared in the rearview mirror which made him look up to see a pair of headlights suddenly appear out of the corner behind them. “Dude, we got a car behind us…” He declared loudly as he raised his hand off the door and pointed to the mirror.
“What?” Dumbbell immediately responded frantically in disbelief as he looked up as well to see if it was true. “What the hell…you’re right!” He then said upon seeing the car’s headlights in his rearview mirror.
Fluttershy watched the driver next to her swiftly and elegantly straighten the steering wheel before gently opening up the accelerator. She found herself doing this more with each passing second, mesmerized by how well she could handle this car despite being blind and amazed by her fluid motions. Not only that, but a great feeling of pride and satisfaction was continuing to grow inside her as she knew this wouldn’t be possible with her eyes and was glad to help this stranger out and make her happy. She shook her head and looked ahead to focus on the road and gasped slightly when she saw two pairs of taillights ahead of them.
“Uhhh… Dash…” She called gently, knowing most likely what cars they were and more importantly who was driving them. “Y-You need to slow down…” She commanded in a pleading tone as she reached over and tapped the shorter girl next to her on the shoulder.
“Why?” The petite girl simply asked in concern as she let off the accelerator and slowed down as asked. “Is there something bad on the road up ahead?” She then asked curiously as she turned her head to face the general direction of the passenger next to her.
“Oh…y-yes there are two cars ahead of us…” She answered honestly as she looked over at the dirty haired driver with a scared look on her face.
Dash didn’t immediately reply and just kept the car stable as she continued to face Fluttershy’s general direction. “…And?” She then simply said in a dull unconcerned tone, not understanding the need to slow down.
“And…it would be bad if we got too close to them…” Fluttershy explained in a softer tone as she looked back at the two cars ahead of them keeping their distance from their car. “And…those were to bullies that hurt you…and…almost hurt me as well…” She then added as she bit her lip and sunk into her seat as if trying to disappear into her car seat.
“Oh…” Dash merely uttered in understanding as she nodded and faced forward. Fluttershy sighed in relief as she felt the girl understood the gravity of the situation. “Good…” The driver then added in a confident shout as she smirked and pressed down harder on the accelerator, causing the engine to roar and the car to pick up speed.
“Dude, that car’s gaining on us!” Hoops pointed out as he watched headlights of the car behind them close in on them.
“Great!” Dumbbell shouted back in glee as he looked forward at the car in front of him. “It’s about time we get some real racing action!” He then said as he reached over and flickered the high beams on and off to get the attention of the car in front of him.
Score saw the lights in his rearview flicker strangely; he looked up slowly to see the brown RX-8 behind him slowly move to the right to reveal another set of headlights slowly closing in. He smiled and licked his lips before looking back forward. “Alright…it’s time for some fun…this is for you my sexy goddess Luna!” He shouted in glee as she pressed down on accelerator as hard as he could, causing the Civic to suddenly lurch forward and pick up speed with the RX-8 quickly following close behind.
“P-P-Please slow down Dash! I don’t want them to see us!” Fluttershy frantically begged as she reached over and tugged at the sleeve of the shorter girl’s dirty jacket.
“To hell with that! I’m going to dust them so badly they’ll be spitting out specs of dirt for weeks!” The girl wearing sunglasses declared, sounding more excited than angry as she reached her hand down to the stick shift to move the car into fourth gear.
“N-N-No! D-Don’t! They know who I am and know I own this car! If…If you do that they’ll hurt me later I just know it!” The frightened pink haired girl explained nervously as the car continued to accelerate getting closer and closer to the cars in front of them.
“Hey, you said it yourself that you weren’t a racer…and if they are racers they’re not going to believe someone like you put the beat down to them pretty badly on the track…” Dash responded in a much calmer tone as she lifted her hand off the stick shift and pointed her finger up as if to help illustrate her point. “They would, however, believe that some crazy girl took your car on a joyride and happened to pass them while she was driving your car…” She then said arrogantly as she moved her and pointed to herself.
“It’s the truth anyways, and if they have any problems with it they can take it up with me…” She finished enthusiastically as she moved her hand back to the steering wheel. Fluttershy blinked a few times in surprise as she replayed what she said in her mind a few times and took it as though she would have her back if they tried anything to her. If she was there for her when the bullies came up to her then…then she would be alright with doing this. However, one thing still bothered her.
“But…I don’t think you can pass them in your state…I mean I have to describe the turns for you, and there’s no way I can do that and keep track of the cars ahead of us…” The timid girl pointed out as she continued to look at the driver with concern in her cyan eyes. If she could barely give her the details of each turn, there was no way she could do that while also detailing the cars, their movements, and how far or close they were from them. It was just way too much for one person to handle by themselves.
“Don’t worry about that…just give me the next turn please…” Dash responded with a confident smirk on her face. Fluttershy looked at the girl a few more seconds before nodding slowly and looking back forward.
She could now barely hear the sounds of the car head of them; though, the raging sound of the engine directly behind her though made it difficult though. She noticed the brown car in front of them was now a few car lengths away from them. Fluttershy could clearly see the Mazda symbol on the back of the RX-8 being reflected from the light shining from the NSX’s headlights. She gulped as she looked past the two cars and at the upcoming turn.
“Geez, that car is really going fast!” Hoops commented a bit frantically as he saw the car’s headlights get closer and closer by the second.
“Ha…like that matters…” Dumbbell shrugged off confidently as he saw the Civic in front of them violently turn to the left, entering the wide turn. “Let’s see how they like THIS!” He then shouted as loud as he could as he moved his right foot from the accelerator and smashed down on the brake before fumbling the clutch and shifter to get the car into second gear.
“Three…two….one…” Fluttershy counted down in a loud tone, watching the brown Mazda ahead of them swerve violently and hit the inside wall, skidding against it while Dash quickly and smoothly braked and downshifted the car into third gear. “Turn!” She then shouted and instantly the driver turned the steering wheel and moved the white NSX so close to the inside wall that Fluttershy was fearful that she would scrap it and leave behind sparks like the RX-8 in front of them.
However, once again to her amazement, the car didn’t and smoothly glided alongside it as the car ahead of them slowly moved off the wall and swerved slightly. Fluttershy looked at the driver calmly and nonchalantly control the car and gasped as she looked forward to see the front end of the car quickly close in on the rear of the RX-8 in front of them. She frantically turned to shout for her to stop, but was cut off by the sound of the NSX’s engine dwindle down, and the feel of the car suddenly slow down. She looked down at the floorboard, and she noticed Dash’s dirt covered sneaker let off the accelerator.
She looked ahead to see their front end almost touching the back end of the brown Mazda ahead of them. Her eyes widened in shock at how perfectly she managed to do that and wondered how she could do that even though she couldn’t see anything. Ahead of the brown RX-8, the grey Civic swerved and jerked uncontrollably as it exited the turn. She then remembered that she still had to do her job and focused on the turn’s exit that the Mazda ahead of them was now moving through.
“You’re coming out of the turn…straighten out.” Fluttershy calmly instructed, and immediately Dash moved the steering wheel back to its original position and kept its pace right behind the RX-8. Fluttershy looked back curiously at the driver and opened her mouth to ask her how and when she knew to slow down to avoid the car in front of them.
“That car’s engine sounds weird…it’s not a typical car…I bet it’s a rotisserie engine or whatever…” The short girl commented as she recognized the sound of the peculiar engine sound in front of them. Fluttershy’s eyes widened and she leaned away from the girl with a look of shock on her face.
‘She…She can hear the sound of the engine in front of us…over ours…and…knows the exact distance between us based on that…’ She mused in disbelief as she couldn’t wrap her head around somebody being able to that. ‘What kind of girl is she?’ She frantically asked herself internally as she continued to stare at the filthy girl in front of her.
“God this guy sucks…I could pass him right now…but I want to do it on the next turn…” Dash remarked in a disappointed tone with a heavy sigh. “Wouldn’t you agree?” She then asked in a slightly teasing tone as she turned her head to grin at the girl next to her.
“R-Right…” Fluttershy weakly agreed with a nod before she looked ahead at the next upcoming turn.
“Damn dude! That car is right on our bumper!” Hoops shouted hysterically as he stared at the rearview mirror and at the white car behind them that looked like it was about to bump them.
“No way!” Dumbbell yelled in disbelief as he looked up at the rearview mirror to see the car directly behind them. “Shit!” He then swore in anger as he looked forward and aggressively pressed his foot down on the accelerator to desperately try and gain some speed.
“Dude…Dude that car!” The passenger frantically said as his eyes widened to their max, finally recognizing the shape and model of the car behind them. “It…It looks like…” He struggled to say out loud as he couldn’t believe what his eyes were seeing in the rearview mirror.
“Shut up Hoops!” The driver screamed in frustration as he saw the grey EJ8 ahead of him turn violently and swerve uncontrollably before entering the wide right turn and almost hitting the inside wall. “Alright asshole! Let’s see how you like this!” He then shouted as he sharply turned the steering wheel and moved the Mazda into the turn, following the grey Honda ahead of him.
“Turn!” Fluttershy declared loudly, making the driver next to her turn the steering wheel and follow the brown car ahead of them.
The Acura’s front end kept its distance from the RX-8 in front of it as it followed it through the turn. “So lame…” Dash remarked in a low groan before she moved the steering wheel to the left and brought the car to the outside lane. Fluttershy gasped as she felt the NSX’s engine roar and rapidly pick up speed, quickly getting alongside of the RX-8 as it continued to go through the turn in the outside lane.
“What the hell?” Dumbbell shouted at the top of his lungs as he looked to his left and saw the white car suddenly appear alongside his car. Hoops’ jaw dropped as they both watched the car pass theirs, moving in front of them and then move back into the inside lane following close behind the grey EJ8. Dumbbell raised his hand off the steering wheel and hit the dashboard in fury as he watched both cars in front him exit the turn and straighten out.
“Pff…this is just too boring…it’s not even worth it…” Dash disappointedly remarked in a dull tone after she was done straightening out the steering wheel. “I’ll just dust this guy now…he’s not even worth waiting for the next turn…” She then said now sounding a bit upset as before she moved the car into fourth gear and pressed back down the long thin pedal. The white car rapidly gained speed and distance on the grey car in front of them. Fluttershy said nothing and merely watched in awe as Dash calmly moved the car into the next lane to pass the car in front of them.
Score saw the white car behind him try to pass him on the outside lane and quickly swerved his car in front of theirs to cut them off. “Try anything you want dickweed…as my future bride is my witness I will never let you pass-” He began to arrogantly challenge with a smirk before seeing the headlights reflecting in his mirrors suddenly move followed by the loud roar of a car blaze past his right. “…me…” He softly finished as he saw the white car pull ahead of him and then continue to press forward, leaving him behind.
Score watched the white car as it sped off, putting more distance between them. When it reached the next wide right, it moved slightly to the left to avoid all the dirt on the inside lane before darting as close to it as it could and quickly speeding out of sight around the turn. Score’s eyes widened before pressed as hard as he could on the accelerator to get as much speed as he could before he reached the turn. He tried to copy the car’s movements, but found himself in the dirt. The car shook violently as he almost hit the wall while going through the turn. When he exited the turn his eyes widened in shock as he couldn’t see any trace of the car that passed him moments ago.
“A-Awesome…” Score commented in awe as he couldn’t help but be amazed at the car’s speed and how fast it sped out of his sight.
“Damn…that car blew past us like we were still in park...” Dumbbell remarked in shock as he exited the turn and noticed the same thing.
“Dude…Dude that was…an NSX!” Hoops frantically pointed out in a high pitched voice as he leaned forward and pointed in the distance as if trying to point to the car that was now nowhere near them.
“...Yeah…Yeah it was…” The burly driver agreed softly with a nod, still trying to recover from the shock of what just happened. “If I would’ve known who it was that just passed us I would’ve just pulled over…no way we can take on someone like her…especially not in this car!” He then said in defeat as he continued to follow the grey EJ8 in front of him.
“Dude…that wasn’t even the right NSX!” The bigger man declared as he looked at the driver, who in turn looked back in confusion. “I…I think that was Fluttershy’s!” He then theorized as he was sure the car, that just passed them, belonged to the shiest and weakest girl in the city.
“N-No way…there’s no way that girl could pull that off! Not in a million years!” The amber-grey haired male denied in a loud tone as his eyes went wide.
“Dude I think it was!” The brown haired companion insisted with a nod. “And if she keeps going at that pace, she might catch up to Blueblood!” He then predicted as he could see Fluttershy catching up to Blueblood in no time at the pace she was going.
“Well…if that is Fluttershy…and if she does somehow manage to catch up to him…” Dumbbell slowly responded in a low tone as he looked back forward at the road. “She’ll definitely be put in her place…” He then added as a smile slowly appeared across his lips.
Gaira Valley Pass. It contained easy and fair roads that went in-between two mountains. On the right was the much more famed Mount Kiryu that was home to some of the most difficult courses in all of Canterlot. On the left was Mount Ghidrah, an equally sized mountain with a fair amount of courses, but also had another function when it wasn’t being raced on. A lot of the viewing overlooks were facing the city and was also perfect for looking down in the pass which Mount Kiryu lacked.
On the amplest and most used over-watch spot was one parked car with a lean and skinny freckled girl with cerise hair with emerald green stripes. The blue eyed girl wearing dark grey track and field clothes leaned against her pinkish grey Toyota MR2 Sypder convertible as she held a small handheld radio up to hear ear nodding with a bright smile on her face.
“Why yes Vinyl…of course I’ll look for it…oh yes…oh yeah I will…no thank you!” The soft-voiced girl happily replied continuing to nod to the other person over the radio before delicately turning it off. “Bitch…” She then darkly said in a rough tone as she turned around and tossed the radio into the passenger seat of her car.
“Do this Blossomforth, oh we need you do this Blossomforth, oh Blossomforth we would love it if you could do this! Aghh!” The long straight haired girl complained in a mocking voice before groaning as she walked around her car to the passenger side, passing by the two flowers painted on the back fender of her car. “Why did I agree to this…why couldn’t I just stay home in bed…why do I do these things in the first place?” She grumbled in a depressed tone as she opened her glove box and started to sort through it, looking for something.
As she reached inside and started to move things, she tried to pull something out which caused everything in the glove box to spill out onto the floorboard. “God damn it…” Blossomforth swore bitterly to herself as she bent over and started to shift through all the items on the floorboard.
“There it is…” She said in a whisper as she eventually found the small black pair of binoculars. After she picked it up, she gasped upon finding a small picture that was underneath it. The picture was of her with a much taller girl with two shades of yellow in her hair hugging her tightly, much to the short girl’s embarrassment as she was clearly blushing in the picture. Blossomforth put the binocular strap around her neck and reached down to pick it up.
She held it up and gently rubbed it with her right hand it as she held her breath and stared at the small picture. A few tears began to form in her blue eyes as she gritted her teeth; she then violently started to tear it to shreds, her breathing heavy as she ripped it up She threw the small shreds into the air for the light breeze to catch and take away from her. She then turned around and ran up to the edge of the overlook that had a perfect view of the entire pass.
“Alright where the hell is this mysterious white NSX at?” She angrily hissed as she raised the binoculars to her eyes and began searching the pass for the car Vinyl told her to try and find. As she started to look, a few tears trickled down the sides of her cheeks.
She quickly scanned over the area until she saw two pairs of lights belonging to two cars. She zoomed in to see a brown Mazda RX-8 following a grey Honda Civic EJ8. She sighed as she zoomed out and scanned again until she saw another set of headlights. When she zoomed in, she could barely make out what looked like to be a Nissan Skyline GT-R R34. She sighed in defeat and zoomed out again, not following the car and keeping it focused on spot.
“This is so pointless…why am I doing this…” Blossomforth complained to herself as she struggled to decide whether to keep doing this or just sit in her car and say she did. Before she could decide, she saw a quick blur pass by the spot she was looking. “What the…” She said out loud as she zoomed out slightly and followed the road until she spotted a white car; the one she was told to find.
“Holy…Holy Crap…the…there it is…” She said in a faint whisper as she kept track of the white Acura NSX quickly moving down the straight. “It…I…I can’t believe it…” She then said in disbelief as she shook her head again. She then slowly smiled before dropping her binoculars, letting them dangle down from the strap, and rushing back to her car.
She reached down and grabbed the small handheld radio from the passenger seat and began to fiddle with it. “I can’t wait to tell…” She began in excitement before stopping and freezing in place. She stared at the small radio in her hand; not breathing before her enthusiastic expression quickly died and was replaced with a depressed and cold one. She slowly fiddled with the radio again before slowly, and reluctantly, putting it to her ear to talk to the one person she never wanted to talk to again.
In the second half of Gaira Pass lies the only building on the pass, an old out of business gas station with an easily accessible stairway that led to the roof. Even though it was out of business it proved to be a great vantage point to oversee the only tricky turn in the entire course. It was also the only turn off point that could take you to the parallel one-way road that led the opposite direction back towards Canterlot.
Parked in front of the abandoned run-down gas station was a pale Persian blue Mitsubishi VR-4 Twin Turbo with a fancy spoiler on the rear. There was also a picture of a cloud partially covering a sun painted on the back fender. Inside the parked car sat a tall athletic looking girl with two-toned yellow hair. She stared blankly at the steering wheel, not moving whatsoever. Anyone who passed by would mistake her for being dead.
Suddenly, the girl heard a vibration noise, and she slowly averted her cerise eyes down to the small handheld radio sitting in her passenger seat and shaking notifying her of an incoming call. The poorly dressed girl weakly reached out with her right hand and picked up the small device. She slowly moved it up to her face and answered the call, setting the volume on max so she could clearly hear the person on the other side without her needing to hold it up to her face.
“Yeah…” She lifelessly said in a soft, almost inaudible voice, as she returned to blankly staring at the steering wheel.
“C-Cloud Kicker…” A soft delicate voice on the other end said. The athletic girl instantly recognized it, and her eyes shot wide open.
“Bl-Blossomforth? I-Is that you?’ The girl now desperately asked in a heartfelt tone as she gripped the small device with both her hands. When no reply came the now breathing heavily girl put the radio up to her lips as her hands started shaking. “I…I didn’t know you were asked to do anything today…l-listen…we have to talk…I need to tell you-”
“You got a car coming.” The voice on the other end coldly said, cutting her off.
“W-What?” Cloud Kicker simply uttered in confusion as she shook her head at the small device as if the person could see her at the moment.
“You got a car coming…you’ll know it when you see it…Vinyl wants you to get a few pictures or a video of it when it passes by…” The unemotional voice explained as Cloud Kicker continued to shake her head at it, not believing or accepting what it was saying. “It will be there soon, that is all…goodbye Cloud Kicker…” It finished with a slight tint of sadness now evident in her voice.
“No wait Blossomforth! Please don’t hang up I-!” The now tearing up girl desperately screamed at the radio before being cut off by the line going dead. She sat there in her car completely motionless like before, except now tears were slowly running down the sides of her cheeks. “I…I’m sorry…I’m so sorry…” She apologized softly as she closed her eyes and held the read to her head.
“Please…Please…” She pleaded as her voice started to dwindle as she gripped the small radio even tighter. “Blossomforth…” She called out in a whisper as tears freely flowed down from her eyes and on the radio; some drops even getting in between her legs and onto the leather seat she was sitting in.
After a few minutes of crying openly in the car, she slowly reached over and opened the door to her car. She gradually inched her way out of the vehicle with the radio still in hand and walked around the door, not even bothering to close it. She slowly made her way to the gas station’s staircase and trudged up them, almost tripping and falling down a few times. When she finally made it to the roof, she went over to the edge to the overlook position and got her phone that she needed to tape everything out from her pocket. She plopped down without a care and set the phone on her left while also setting the radio down on her right. She sat there and stared at the radio not taking her eyes off it for a second as tears continued to flow down the side of her face.
“B-Blossomforth…” Cloud Kicker called out in a muffled voice filled with regret, more concerned about the girl possibly contacting her again than whatever it was she was supposed to record.
The black Skyline came out of the corner at a fast clip; its rear end sliding out a bit before it straightened itself out. Blueblood sat in the driver’s seat and pressed down hard on the accelerator, making the engine roar, and the car rapidly pick up speed. He pressed down on the clutch with his left foot while simultaneously putting a hand to the stick shift and upshifting to third gear. After he released the clutch and pressed back down on the accelerator, he looked up into the rearview mirror to see the road behind his car completely empty with not a car in sight.
‘If I can pull ahead this easy in a borrowed car…then when my real car gets completed I’ll be unstoppable…not even my aunts with both their skills combined could beat me…’ He thought to himself confidently as he looked back ahead at the long stretch of road. ‘A terrible driver with no skills…ha! I have to wait up for my friends to catch up to me! If this was a real race! It would be over already…’ He happily reassured in his mind as he left off the accelerator a bit, not wanting to discourage his only friends by dusting them too badly.
He took a deep breath and continued going down the straight road at a moderate pace until he saw a reflection in his rearview mirror. He looked back up to it and saw a pair of headlights come quickly out of the corner behind him. ‘Well, they’re finally catching up…’ He mused with a smile on his face as he watched the pair of headlights come closer to him faster than what his friends were ever capable of.
“O-Oh dear…we’re coming up on another car…” Fluttershy pointed out as she looked ahead and saw a pair of red taillights coming from the back of a car ahead of them.
“Whatever…” Dash dryly responded as she upshifted the car into fourth gear. “I’ll just blow past this guy like the other two…” She then said in an unenthusiastic tone as she pressed back down on the accelerator gently, picking up more speed.
‘Wait…that’s not one of the guys…’ He then realized internally as he noticed the general shape of the car, and the headlights was nothing like that of his friends. ‘Who the hell is that?’ He further questioned curiously in his mind as the car got closer and closer to his.
‘Ah, who cares…it doesn’t matter who it is, I’ll blow them away in the next two turns!’ Blueblood confidently shrugged off in his mind as he looked back forward at the road and pressed back down on the accelerator, heading towards the upcoming turn.
“Alright, the next turn is a wide one hundred and forty five degree right turn with dirt completely covering the inside lane.” The timid pink haired girl described as she looked at the turn the black car ahead of them was fast approaching. “It’s also followed quickly by a wide left one hundred and thirty-five degree angle that’s also covered in dirt…” She then informed as she remembered about a turn that almost immediately followed the upcoming one.
“Got it…” Dash simply replied with a nod as she moved her hand down to the shifter in preparation.
Both cars entered the turn; the car behind braked as he black Skyline ahead still pushed forward, gaining speed as it flew into the corner. Blueblood waited until the last possible second before pressing down hard on the brake, downshifting to second gear before turning the steering wheel to the right. The black GT-R’s tires screeched against the pavement as a burst of fire exited the exhaust before it suddenly turned towards the inside of the curve while the white car behind glided on smooth pavement rapidly catching up to the car ahead..
The GT-R shook violently as it ran over a lot of uneven dirt, giving Blueblood a great deal of difficulty keeping it stable throughout the turn. As he exited the turn, he put his foot down on the accelerator more while the car behind smoothly came out and continued to close in on it, getting within two car lengths of the R34. The left turn came up soon after, and Blueblood once again flew into it, braking at the last second before turning hard into the dirt. As he did, he felt the back end swing out a bit and lose traction, forcing him to let off the accelerator to try and get the car back under control. The NSX behind it once again smoothly and elegantly went through the turn continuing, to close the gap on the horribly shaking and jerking Skyline.
Once he had his car stable again, he pressed back down on it and flew out of the turn into the straight, upshifting back into third gear as the car behind came out immediately afterwards. Blueblood licked his lips and smiled before snickering to himself. He slowly looked back into the mirror, expecting to see nothing but to his surprise he saw the car’s headlights almost directly right behind him.
‘What the hell?’ The blonde haired man shouted internally as his eyes widened at the site of the mysterious car getting closer and closer to his back bumper, now barely a car length away. ‘I shouldn’t be able to see the faint glimmer of their headlights! How the hell is this fool right on my bumper?’ He questioned in his mind angrily as he gritted his teeth and looked back at the road, pressing down on the accelerator as hard as he could, making the engine blare loudly as it started to put a little distance between the two cars.
“Oh…that’s surprising…” Dash remarked as she recoiled a bit, causing the girl next to her to look at her confused. “I haven’t passed him yet…in fact, he’s actually pulling away from…” She then pointed out as her once unemotional tone began to rise and return to normal.
“This could be a lot of fun…” The dirty haired girl enthusiastically said with a smirk on her face as she reached down to the stick shift and moved the gear back into fourth gear.
“U-Umm…p-please don’t do anything too rash…I...I’m nervous enough as it is…” Fluttershy struggled to caution, getting worried that she might do something wrong and upset the girl next to her instead of something like her wrecking or crashing like she should be.
“Don’t worry…we’re fine…” The driver shrugged off in a confident tone as she raised her hand back to the steering wheel. “You’re doing great…so give me the next turn please…” She then said as nudged her head forward to get the girl next to her to focus again. Fluttershy gasped and held her breath as her cyan eyes widened at the short girl next to her.
‘I’m…doing…great?’ She repeated in her mind in disbelief, letting those words sing in before a smile quickly formed on her face. ‘I’m doing great! She thinks I’m doing great! I’m actually being useful!’ She cheered in her mind as she felt like reaching over and hugging the girl next to her. She wanted to endlessly thank the dirty looking girl for being nice to her and thinking this instead of bulling her or making fun of her.
“Uhh you there?” The dirty haired girl asked a bit in concern which snapped Fluttershy out of her thoughts.
“Oh yes!” Fluttershy happily squealed in delight with a nod before looking forward. “Ok, the next turn!” She then shouted in glee as she looked ahead to describe the next to turn to the girl next to her.
The black Skyline bolted ahead, slowly continuing to pull ahead of the car behind it until reached a wide left turn. The brake lights of the GT-R lit up as it flew into the turn; another burst of fire exited the exhaust as the car started to slide slightly at an angle. The white car behind it flew into the turn as well catching back up with it as they both went through the turn. They both straightened out with the GT-R starting to pull ahead again until another right turn abruptly came up.
Both cars went into at the same angle with the GT-R braking hard again, allowing for the car behind to catch back up to the point where it almost the R34’s back bumper. As they exited the turn, a left turn immediately followed it. The Skyline hugged towards the inside, hitting a patch of dirt as the car behind it moved toward the outside. It accelerated and got closer and closer until the front of the car was alongside the black Skyline’s rear fender.
“Oh yeah! This is what I live for! I’m getting really pumped!” Dash shouted in excitement as she kept the car steady alongside the Nissan.
‘Gah! Damn it! Why can’t I shake this asshole off?’ Blueblood bitterly complained in his mind as he looked into his shaking side mirror to see the car to his side and immediately recognized the shape and color of the car. ‘N-No way…that…that looks like a…like a…NSX...’ He struggled to admit in his mind as he looked at the car getting closer to his side mirror.
‘Damn it! Of all the times for my Aunt to reappear on the racing scene, she chooses now?’ He groaned mentally as he looked forward and pressed down on the accelerator, gaining speed as both cars left the turn. ‘Did she purposely come down here herself to humiliate me?’ He theorized as his car pulled fully away from the white NSX as more spouts of fire exited his exhaust along with a hissing sound.
“Oh, his car is a hisser…that explains the rapid acceleration…oh man just gets better by the second!” The dirty haired driver exclaimed upon hearing the car make a soft hiss noise as she shifted the car into fourth gear and started to gain on the GT-R again. Fluttershy looked over at the girl confused, wondering what she was talking about. She wanted to ask her what she was talking about but shook her head and focused back on the road ahead of them.
“Damn it Celestia! You really are a massive bitch!” He shouted in anger as he turned the steering wheel and moved his black GT-R in front of the NSX to block it.
Fluttershy gasped upon seeing the car get in front of them. “Oh yeah…it’s on now…” The girl next to her shouted as she let off the accelerator slightly, so she wouldn’t rear end the car in front of him.
“What’s the next turn? I’m so going to get this guy!” Dash practically demanded as she leaned forward and gripped the steering wheel as hard as she could.
“It’s a wide one hundred and fifty degree turn that doesn’t have dirt on the inside at first but has a huge mass of it in the middle though.” Fluttershy informed as she looked forward and recognized the turn that gave her some surprises the first few times she drove on the road. Dash merely smiled and nodded as maintained her short distance from the black car ahead of them.
Blueblood groaned as he shifted the car into third gear and pressed down on the accelerator as hard as he could, trying to pull as far ahead of the Acura as he could. The next right turn came up and Blueblood didn’t brake at all, instead just flinging the car into the turn as far to the inside as he could. He smiled as he went through the turn smoothly at first, thinking he would gain some more distance on the car behind him. All of a sudden, a huge amount of dirt appeared the inside, and Blueblood had no time to react and hit it. The black Nissan jumped slightly off the ground and almost hit the guardrail as the white NSX behind it went to the outside again.
It easily pulled alongside the GT-R as the blonde driver struggled to regain control of the car. Immediately afterwards, the white car flew passed him and got out in front of his R34. Blueblood gasped in horror as he watched the car pass him, not because he got passed but because of the look of the NSX passing him. The headlights were fixed instead of pop up, and the rear end had a stock spoiler instead of the fancy custom one that Celestia had on hers.
‘Wait a second…that doesn’t look like Celestia’s NSX…th-that’s…’ He frantically said in his mind as he now recognized the true owner of his car and knew it wasn’t his aunt. “Fluttershy…” He muttered out loud in disbelief as he watched the white Acura ahead of him straighten out and accelerate away from his black car.
“And that’s how it’s done!” Dash exclaimed in satisfaction as her lips curved into the biggest smile she could muster. “Wasn’t that awesome?” She then asked as she turned her head and faced the general direction of the girl next to her.
Fluttershy turned her head and looked at the dirty haired girl, noticing that she was more or less facing the dashboard than herself and weakly smiled back. “I-I’m just glad that’s the last car on the road…so we don’t have to go through this experience again…” The timid girl said softly, feeling relieved that the ordeal was mostly over. The rest of the drive was going to be just describing basic turns; no longer would she have to worrying about other cars.
“Yeah…” Dash said back low tone as she nodded back and faced forward again. “You’re right…” She agreed in what sounded like a disappointed voice as she bit her lip and gripped the steering wheel tightly.
‘I…I can’t believe I was just passed…by a girl who’s afraid of her own shadow…in a car like my Aunt’s…I…’ Blueblood thought frantically as his hands trembled on the steering wheel, making the car shake slightly. He then gritted his teeth and clenched the steering wheel as hard as he could. ‘I can’t accept it…I won’t accept!’ He then declared internally as he pressed down on the accelerator as hard as he could to catch up to the white Acura ahead of him.
“I’m going to get you!” He shouted angrily as he watched the NSX ahead of him turn left slightly to the next lane and suddenly slow down. “What the…” He said in a softer tone, shocked as he watched the white car fall back to alongside him.
“D-Dash what are you doing?” Fluttershy frantically yelled looking at the short girl in bewilderment as they fell behind the black GT-R.
“One more time!” Dash declared happily and arrogantly as she turned the wheel slightly and got right behind the GT-R. “We’re going to dust this guy one more time…it was so much fun that I just have to do it again!” She then said with a smirk as she pressed her dirty shoe down on the accelerator and picked her speed back up.
“W-What? Y-You can’t be serious!” The taller girl replied in disbelief as her eyes widened in shock.
“Hell yeah I am! I’m going to pass this guy again! I mean it was just so awesome that I have to do it again!” Dash responded happily as she slightly bounced in her seat in excitement. “And then again and again and again until we run out of road!” She went on getting more excited by the second as she pressed down harder on the accelerator. Fluttershy just stared at her in shock, her mouth twitching as she shook her head at the girl.
"N-No…that…doing it once is bad enough but…doing it over and over again…that's…that's…" Fluttershy replied in almost a disgusted tone. What Dash suggested sounded more like bullying than anything, and if there's something Fluttershy hated more than anything it was bullying. "Just mean…" She finished in a soft tone as she looked at the dashboard and stared at it with a disappointed look on her face.
Dash loosened up on the steering wheel and let up on the accelerator as she instantly knew that something was wrong. Her mouth opened slightly before she bit her lip, she then sighed after a few seconds upon realizing what she did to upset the girl and how to fix it. “Alright just one more time then…I promise…ok?” She gently responded with a smile on her face. Fluttershy slowly looked up and saw the honest look on her face and smiled back.
“Ok…” The pink haired girl simply replied with a nod before looking back forward. Dash smirked and faced forward as well while pressing back down on the accelerator to continue to pick up speed and close in on the Nissan in front of them.
“Damn bitch…you…you did that on purpose…” Blueblood said out loud in low growl as he stared into the rearview mirror and the white Acura behind him. “You really think you can pass me twice? Humiliate me further?” He asked the mirror as if talking to the driver herself.
“Well let’s see if you can!” He challenged furiously as he looked back forward, shifting the car into fourth gear. “Let’s do this!” He finally shouted at the top of his lungs as he pressed down the long thin pedal, making the engine roar and hiss briefly before the black car darted forward with the white NSX following close behind.
Cloud Kicker hadn’t budged or even blinked since she sat down; even after minutes of staring at the small radio, she desperately hoped that it would vibrate again. She wanted her to call again even if she didn’t say anything she just wanted her to call. She wanted to pour her heart out to the other girl, tell her she was sorry and more. She wanted to at least have that to try and repair their relationship.
“Blossomforth…” Cloud Kicker softly called with a sigh as the faint sound of two car engines began to be heard. She blinked for the first time in a while and slowly looked up at the tree line down the road and soon enough saw two pairs of headlights appearing and disappearing between the trees. “I bet one of those cars is the one I’m supposed to tape…” The athletic girl deducted in a disappointed voice as she reached over and grabbed her phone before standing back up.
“They should be here in a couple of minutes at the rate they’re going…” The cerise eyed girl dryly predicated as she turned the smartphone sideways and selected the video camera. “Let’s get this over with…” She then said unenthusiastically as she held the phone up towards the end of the dimly lit street that was barely illuminated by a couple of street lights.
Much further down the road and after a couple of turns, the black GT-R exited the wide left with the white NSX following close behind right on its bumper. After they straightened out the black Nissan’s engine roared and hissed, causing a few spouts of fire to exit the exhaust as it slowly pulled away from the white Acura behind it. As both cars went down the road the right tree line started to disappear as the pass was now getting closer to the mountains and the rocky surfaces.
The black Skyline flew into the wide right before braking as hard as it could and violently turning as close as it could to the inside, being met with tons of dirt that caused the car to shake and slow down. The white NSX behind it braked smoothly as it went to the outside and quickly caught up to the black car ahead of it, getting alongside it again as both cars went through the wide turn.
‘Damn it…’ Blueblood swore internally as he fought with the steering wheel to keep the car as steady as possible while he drove through the dirt covered inside. ‘I can edge ahead on the straights but she completely makes a fool of me on the turns!’ He mused as he bit his lip and looked over to his left to see the front end of the white Acura start to glide past his window.
“You’re coming out of the turn now so straighten out.” Fluttershy instructed as she looked ahead at the road and saw the upcoming exit. Dash nodded and straightened the wheel out, pulling the car out of the turn at the same time the black car next to theirs did. Fluttershy looked to her right and saw that they were still pressing ahead slowly and were almost going to be side by side.
Fluttershy’s eyes widened slightly upon realizing that and reached over to the shorter girl in the driver’s seat. “S-Slow down please!” The timid girl frantically begged as she tapped the dirty haired girl’s shoulder.
“Why? What is it now?” The girl in sunglasses asked confused as she reached down and moved the stick shift over to fourth gear before pressing down on the accelerator again, gaining more speed.
“We’re almost going to be right next to him, and if that happens he might look over and see me in the car! I can’t say I wasn’t in the car if that happens…if that happens…” She explained frantically as she looked at the car next to them and into the driver’s window, being able to see Blueblood’s arms and hands on the wheel as they continued to get closer “Please slow down!” She frantically screamed as she ducked down to hide herself if at all possible before being shaken in her seat slightly as the car began to slow down.
“What the…” Blueblood exclaimed in shock as he looked over to see the white car falling back behind him.
“Alright, alright, I get it…calm down!” Dash said back loudly as she let off the accelerator and let the black car gain some distance on them.
“Thank you…” Fluttershy thanked gratefully with a sigh of relief as Dash moved the steering wheel slightly and got right behind the GT-R ahead of them.
‘She did that on purpose! She was going to pass me again but slowed down for no reason!’ Blueblood thought as his eyes widened at the sight of the white car not directly behind him. ‘She’s toying with me…she’s mocking me and making me look like a horrible driver!’ He then mused angrily as he gritted his teeth and gripped the steering wheel tightly.
“Damn you Fluttershy! I’ll teach you not to screw with me!” He lividly shouted as he looked forward, shifted the car into fourth gear, and pressed as hard as he could on the accelerator. The engine roared and turbo hissed as more spouts of fire exited the exhaust before the black Skyline put some distance between it and the NSX behind it.
“The next turn is a wide one hundred and thirty five degree left turn with lots of dirt on the inside again.” Fluttershy detailed seriously as she looked ahead and saw the upcoming turn. Dash nodded back with a smile, moving her hand down to the shifter as the GT-R ahead of them flew into the turn..
“Three…two…one…” The passenger counted down as they got closer to the turn. The Skyline in front stopped at the last second, turning violently towards the inside into the dirt. The dirty haired girl smoothly braked and pressed down on clutch before quickly moving the shifter into third gear. “Turn!” Fluttershy then shouted at the same time the short driver moved her hand back to the wheel and elegantly turned the steering wheel, moving the car in the outer lane. The GT-R shook violently on the inside as the white NSX closed in towards it.
‘God damn it! I don’t get it…I’m in a R34! It’s an all-wheel drive turbocharged car!’ Blueblood yelled in his mind as he looked in his side mirror to see the white Acura right on his back fender again. ‘Why the hell is a little dirt screwing me over so badly?’ He questioned furiously as both cars exited the turn and entered a short straight. There were no longer any trees on the right side, but instead rocks and boulders of a cliff face that led up to the side of Mount Kiryu.
The blonde haired driver pressed as hard as he could on the accelerator. The engine roared as the black Nissan pulled away from the NSX’s front bumper until the next right turn quickly came up. The attractive male soared into the turn before braking hard and turning the steering wheel as much as he could to get the car as close to the inside as he could, and once again met with a large section of dirt.
“Son of bitch! This is really pissing me off!” He shouted angrily as he once again struggled to keep control of the car as he wrestled with the steering wheel. He looked to his left side mirror and saw the NSX getting much closer like before. He gritted his teeth furiously and smashed down on the accelerator in fury. “Agh!” He then yelled as the black GT-R’s rear end lost traction and almost spun him out. Blueblood, by a sheer miracle, managed to keep the car from spinning out. The burst of power and speed did pull the Skyline ahead of the NSX slightly as they both came to the exit of the turn and came out onto a road with an old gas station towards the end of it..
Cloud Kicker heard both the cars engines and saw the headlights coming around the corner. “They’re here…” She dryly said as she watched the two cars’ headlights come out of the corner. She pressed her finger against her touchscreen phone to start recording as both cars entered the straight. The Black Skyline R34 came under the dim street lights first with the white NSX following close behind.
‘Oh wow…an Acura NSX…no wonder they wanted me to record this…’ The girl on top of the gas station thought to herself in surprise upon recognizing the car on the straight, not saying out loud to not taint the video with her voice. ‘Is that who I think is?’ She pondered as she moved the phone to keep both cars on camera at the same time as the closed in towards her.
“Ok, the next turn is another wide one hundred and thirty degree turn like the last one with dirt once again on the inside.” Fluttershy detailed seriously as she looked ahead and saw the upcoming turn that was next to the old gas station, noticing a purple car parked out in front of it. She looked at it curiously because there should be no reason for a car to be there if the gas station is out of business, and she could swear she could see somebody on the roof.
“Got it…” Dash responded with a nod as she moved the steering wheel to the left and moved the car into the outer lane.
‘Oh no…I don’t think so…’ Blueblood mentally denied as he looked into the mirror and saw the white NSX behind him move to the next lane. He quickly turned to wheel to the left and promptly cut it off even though he was starting to pull away from the white car.
“Oh really? So that’s how we’re going to play huh?” The dirty haired girl said out loud in amusement upon hearing the car ahead of her swerve directly in front of her.
‘If I can’t use the inside in fear of being slowed down by dirt, I’ll just block your ass on the outside until the end of the course!’ The blonde haired driver thought confidently with a smile as he looked ahead back at the road at the quickly upcoming turn next to the gas station.
“Heh…alright…I’m getting really fired up…” The short driver urged on in response as she smirked and moved her fingers on the steering wheel in excitement.
Fluttershy noticed this and gently reached out to grab her shoulder, “Dash…listen to me because it’s important…” The timid girl then seriously said as she knew a very important detail about the upcoming turn.
“Yeah?” The girl in sunglasses simply replied as she moved her head to somewhat face the girl next to her.
“The next turn after this one is very different than all the other turns on this pass…for one thing it’s at the top of a small hill which means you won’t know you’re in it until you’re already well into it. When you’re in it, it’s a fairly sharp left turn at about ninety five degrees…and unlike all the other turns it really banks towards the inside, and thanks to the rock face from the mountain next to us actually as a lot of dirt on the outside!” Fluttershy intricately explained, knowing full well the exact details of that turn and how much difficulty she had going through the first couple of times she went through that turn.
“Oh man…I’m loving the sound of this!” Dash exclaimed happily as she smoothly pressed down on the clutch and shifted the car into fourth gear. “Let’s do this!” She then shouted excitedly as she faced forward again and pressed down on the accelerator as hard as she could. The car’s engine roared as the car quickly gained speed and quickly approached the turn following the GT-R ahead of it.
Cloud Kicker watched and recorded the two cars as they quickly raced up to the gas station. The Skyline in front dove into the turn and braked at the last possible moment, almost slamming into the outer guardrail before turning violently. It skidded and left a trail of smoke behind as it struggled to keep its line through the turn. The white NSX behind it lightly braked early and gently turned, getting as close to the dirt as possible and gaining slowly on the pitch black Nissan in front. It got right on the Skyline’s bumper as they left the turn and barreled up the hill towards the next turn.
‘Wow…that NSX is something else…’ Cloud Kicker commented in amazement internally as she kept recording the cars with her phone. ‘But…that…that’s not Celestia’s NSX…’She realized in her mind as she zoomed in on her phone to keep up with the two cars as they up the road getting close to the turn which was visible from atop the gas station.
“We’re coming up on that turned I warned you about…” The pink haired passenger said as she looked ahead and saw the upcoming turn which was hidden slightly from this angle thanks to the hill.
“Alright…” Dash declared with grin as she turned the steering wheel slight to the right getting into the next lane.
‘I knew you would do that…’ Blueblood mused upon seeing the car in the mirror turn to the outer lane. She smirked and turned the steering wheel to do the same and block the car behind him. ‘You’re not getting passed me you bitch…’ He cockily declared in his mind as he looked ahead to see the cliff face quickly coming up, meaning he had to turn soon.
“Three…two…one…” The cyan eyed passenger counted down as Dash pressed on the brakes and downshifted to third gear. “Tu-Aaghhh!” Fluttershy then tried to say before being cut off by the car suddenly turning tightly towards the inside. The force of the sudden turn pressed the girl against the door as they went into the turn.
“What the hell?” Blueblood shouted in shock as he noticed the light reflecting in his rearview mirror suddenly shift to his left side mirror. He briefly looked at it to see the white NSX cutting towards the inside before looking up and seeing the cliff face practically appearing right in front of him. “Ah Shit!” He swore at the top of his lung as he smashed the brake pedal with both his feet and turned the steering wheel as hard as he could.
The black Nissan suddenly hit a large collection of dirt and lost complete control as the rear end slid out and started to send the car into a spin. “Damn it no!” He screamed out loud as his front end faced the inside, getting a good view of the white Acura as it smoothly passed on the inside without any trouble and pass him. “No!” He then shouted again as he closed his eyes and gripped the wheel as hard as he could as the car continued to violently spin.
Cloud Kicker gasped upon seeing the white NSX cut to the inside suddenly, leaving a white trail of smoke behind the tires and getting within a few inches of the inside guardrail as the GT-R next to it spun out of control and start to do some three sixties. She continued to record the white Acura as it moved flawlessly through the turn, leaving the Skyline behind until it finally disappeared behind the tree line. She moved the phone back to the GT-R as it continued to spin before slowly stopping mere inches from the rocky wall with its front end facing the inside. She zoomed in as much as she could on the black car shrouded by cloud of dirt kicked up from when it spun out. All of the sudden, the horn started to go off repeatedly which made Cloud Kicker blink a few times in surprise.
“Damn! Damn! Damn! Damn! Damn!” Blueblood shouted furiously as he hit the center of the steering wheel as hard as he could over and over, causing the car’s horn to blare. He then finished by hitting as hard as he could and held it down making the horn blare continuously as he looked up, breathing heavily, to see the white Acura NSX quickly race down the road away from him and continue through the turn.
“You’re coming out of the turn now …” Fluttershy instructed shaking and trying to recover from the shock and feel of the sudden sharp turn. Dash gently moved the steering wheel back to its original position and pressed down on the accelerator taking the car out of the turn. Fluttershy took a deep breath in relief before she looked in the mirror and gasped.
“O-Oh dear! The black car spun out!” The timid girl said in concern upon seeing the black GT-R in the rearview mirror not moving and near the cliff.
“Did he wreck?” Dash merely asked in an uncaring tone as she kept her foot on the accelerating, continuing to gain speed.
“N-No…” Fluttershy denied as she could make out that the car seemed undamaged. “But he could be hurt…maybe we should slow down and see if he’s ok…” She then suggested as she turned to look at the shorter girl next to her.
“I’m sure he’s fine…” The dirty haired girl shrugged off in a dismissive tone. “Besides his two buddies will eventually catch up to him and help him out…” She then pointed out as she reminded Fluttershy of the two cars they passed earlier.
“Do you want to be there when they do get there?” Dash asked as she turned her head to face Fluttershy’s general direction, making her gasp and go eyed as she thought of the horrible things they would do to her if they saw her there.
“No!” She immediately denied loudly with a frantic shake of her head, not wanting to experience that in a million years.
“Then let’s press ahead!” The driver responded with a smirk as she faced forward and shifted the car back into fourth gear.
“Right!” Fluttershy simply uttered as she looked forward while the car picked up more speed.
“You...You…Bitch…Fluttershy…” He said in between breaths before the NSX disappeared from his sights.
“Oh wow that was so awesome!” Cloud Kicker shouted happily after she stopped recording the two cars with her phone. She quickly bent down and picked up the radio, starting to fiddle with it. “I can’t wait to tell…” She began to say enthusiastically before she stop and froze.
“Oh…right…” The cerise eyed athlete uttered in a whisper upon remembering her current situation with the girl she almost tried contacting. “I…I’ll just talk to Vinyl…I’m sure that’s what I’m supposed to do anyways…” She concluded in a depressed tone as she fiddled with the radio again. After which, she slowly raised it to her ear and looked down at the ground, taking a deep breath to not sound upset when she talked to Vinyl Scratch.
Vinyl Scratch sat at the music table bobbing her head to the loud music playing as the crowd cheered and screamed. She reached down and put her hand on the record that was being used and moved it, scratching it and making some effects that made the crowd cheer more. She smiled and stuck her tongue out as suddenly, the small handheld radio on the table began to vibrate.
She noticed it and immediately picked it up. “Be right back Tavi…I gotta take this…” Vinyl said to the girl sitting next to before she stood up and rushed off the stage, getting behind it to try and muffle the sounds of the loud music. She clicked the radio and pressed it to her ear as she raised her free hand to cover her other ear to try and focus as much on the radio as possible.
“Yeah?” She said loudly, so that the person could hear her over the music. “No freaking way!” She screamed with a bright smile on her face as took off the tinted glasses to reveal her widened, moderate cerise eyes.
“That’s totally awesome! Send the vid to my phone ASAP!” She demanded happily before turning around and starting to rush back to the front, stopping briefly and raising the radio up to her mouth. “Oh and thank you!” She thanked quickly before turning the small radio off and rushing back onto the stage where she took her phone out of her pocket and ran back to the table.
“You look happy…did Sapphire Shores drop the charges or something?” Octavia teasingly said in a dull voice as she looked at her friend and noticed how elated she was.
“Funny…” Scratch simply replied a bit dully as she put her phone on the record table and reached down under it to grab a wire. “No…we possibly got the highlight of the night Tavi!” She then said as she looked at the dark haired girl with a smirk on her face and a cord in her hand. Octavia looked at her confused and raised an eyebrow at her as Vinyl took the cord and hooked it up to her phone.
Meanwhile, at the entrance a very shell-shocked and distraught Rarity slowly and weakly reentered the gather. She looked down at the ground as she held her phone in hand by her side. It was dead after sending countless messages and calls to her friend, which she still couldn’t get ahold of or find. She slowly raised her head and looked around in another desperate attempt to find her friend.
‘Fluttershy…Fluttershy…wh…where are you? Please….please be ok…’ The purple haired girl quietly thought as she continued to look around, not finding her dear pink haired friend but instead seeing another pink haired girl bounce up to her.
“Hey, you’re back!” The energetic girl happily declared upon noticing the purple haired girl from before return. The azure eyed girl said nothing in response which began to make to feel the bubbly girl feel worried. “H-Hey…are…are you alright?” She softly asked in concern as she got in front of the girl and looked directly in her face. The pale girl again didn’t reply, and Pinkie’s eyes widened upon realizing what it is that could be upsetting her.
“Oh my gosh! You didn’t find your friend did you?” She frantically shouted as she raised both her hands and covered both her mouth and nose. Once again, the girl didn’t say anything and instead weakly shook her head. “Come on come on! Let’s go and find her! I’m sure we’ll find her lickidy split!” The pink haired girl then shouted as she reached down and grabbed the girl’s hand, ready to drag her around the entire lot until she found her friend and made the girl happy. Pinkie just couldn’t stand seeing anyone upset or angry, especially at a party. One hundred percent happy, complete with smiles and laughter. That’s the only thing Pinkie would accept.
Pinkie started to pull her before stopping as soon as she heard the loud music abruptly be muted. Both girls looked up at the stage as did the rest of the confused audience as the screen went completely black. The frantic DJ stood up soon afterwards with a wide grin on her face and a mic in her hand. “Sorry for the abrupt cut off but…but you guys just have to see this!” She happily said in a shaky voice as she moved her shaking hand down and touched her phone.
The black screen switched to a video of two cars shrouded in darkness quickly coming up a road. The first car to appear under the street lights was a black Skyline GT-R R34, and the second was a white Acura NSX Refresh. As soon as the second car appeared on the screen, everyone gasped in shock and went dead silent. “F-Fluttershy?” Rarity uttered in complete disarray as her eyes widened upon seeing the white car on the screen.
“That’s your friend?” Pinkie asked in shock as she continued looking at the screen as the two cars entered the turn. The crowd collectively gasped at the sight of the white Acura closing in on the GT-R before heading up the hill towards the sharp turn. “Holy moly she’s amazing! That white car looks so happy!” She then shouted as a smile quickly appeared across her lips and her eyes started to quiver in excitement.
When the cars went through the turn, the crowd started to get riled up by the sight of the two cars entering the corner. As the NSX cut towards the inside, the crowd started to clap and cheer. When the R34 spun out violently next to the NSX while it sped off on a perfect line, the entire crowd roared with cheers and applause. It continued even as the NSX quickly disappeared behind the tree line and vanished from sight.
“Oh my gosh, that was so super exciting! I haven’t seen a car that happy and excited in like…months!” Pinkie declared happily as she started to bounce in place, while the camera shifted back the GT-R as the car honked its horn. Rarity narrowed her eyes and could barely make out a furious looking Blueblood hitting the steering wheel in anger. Her face lit up with a smile as she started to slightly bounce up and down herself.
“Oh, this simply is just the best possible thing!” She softly squealed in delight after witnessing her ex-boyfriend just get served on the track by her best friend. “That’s right Fluttershy! You go girl! You show that asshole just how shitty he is behind the wheel and…” She then shouted eagerly as she raised her hand and shook it at the screen before stopping and turning to look at the giggling pink haired girl next to her.
“O-Oh dear…how uncouth of me…” She said softly as a light blush appeared on her face, feeling embarrassed over how rude and abrasive she must’ve seemed. “I do apologize…” The polite girl apologized sincerely feeling bad for saying such things in front of her.
“It’s ok…I’m just happy you’re better and that you found your friend…” Pinkie replied dismissively with a wave of her hand and a wide smile on her face.
“Yes…thank you for your help anyways…” The slightly taller thanked graciously with a nod before turning and looking towards the road that led out of Gaira Pass. “But I’ll be fine now…I’m sure I’ll see my friend soon…” The fashionista then said knowingly with a smile as she continued looking at the road, now expecting to see a pair of headlights appear in a little bit.
“No problem…I got to go now…I got to make a call!” The somewhat shorter girl happily responded before turning and starting to bounce away. She bounced away from the purple haired girl before quickly gasping and stopping in place. The pink haired girl shot around and rushed back up to the girl near the entrance of the lot, getting the girl’s attention as she looked back a little confused.
“Oh…I’m Pinkie Pie by the way…” The energetic girl introduced with a grin, a squee sound clearly being heard as she did.
The better dressed girl didn’t know what to make of the girl front of her as she raised an eyebrow at her. She slowly smiled back as she started to raise her hand up. “Rarity…” The paler girl replied, giving the girl her name as well as she held her hand out to Pinkie to take and shake. The blue eyed girl looked down at the hand a bit confused at first before her face lit up again as took her hand with both of her own hands.
“It’s super nice to meet you Rarity…I can tell we’re going to be great friends forever and ever!” The cheerful girl screamed as she violently shook the girl’s hand up and down, much to the discomfort of the more sophisticated girl.
“That sounds…fabulous darling…it…it’s a pleasure to meet you too…” The purple haired girl struggled to say as her hand was continuously raised up and down.
Suddenly, the partier stopped shaking her hand and let go before turning around and starting to bounce off again. “I’ll talk to you later kay? Bye!” She frantically screamed back to the girl as she continued to bounce away, much to the complete befuddlement of the girl being left behind.
“F-Farewell…” She softly uttered as her hand was still being held out, not sure what to make of the situation she was just in, or the girl she just met.
Pinkie Pie bounced happily with a grin as she moved to a secluded area of the lot behind a few cars. She stopped and started to check her front pockets, not finding anything. She quickly reached behind to her back pockets and once again yielded the same results. She scowled slightly and tapped her foot impatiently for a few seconds before she smiled again and snapped her fingers as a thought suddenly occurred to her. She reached to her shirt collar with one hand and pulled on it as the other one reached down. She felt around for a few seconds before finally pulling out her smart phone.
“I really got to start using my pockets…” Pinkie said to herself with a giggle as she turned the phone on and quickly made a call. She started to bounce happily again as she put the phone to her ear and started to listen to the ringing as it began calling.
“Hey Twilight!” Pinkie excitedly greeted with a shout as soon as the caller answered. “Why it’s me! Pinkie Pie of course!” She introduced as she stopped bouncing and did a quick twirl, which she did even if the caller couldn’t see her.
“What do you mean how did I get your number? I always have your number silly!” The pink haired girl said with a giggle as she shook her head. “Yeah, I know, and you got to stop changing it…it’s like you don’t want to talk to me or something…” She replied back to the caller in a somewhat disappointed tone before she had to pull the phone away from the ear as the phone erupted in loud screams and yells.
“Whoa, language Twi, language!” Pinkie said in a half-scolding half-teasing tone as she put the phone back to her ear “You sound really grumpy…but wait until I tell you about this!” She enthusiastically began to shout as she started bouncing in place again.
“I’m at Beginner’s Pass and a video just played showing a recent overtake involving a white NSX in the pass!” She told the girl on the other line happily as she looked back on the screen to see the video repeating itself. “Oh yes, a white NSX! It was amazing! It looked so happy and excited as it flew through the turns! It just made me want to scream out and start burning rubber myself!” She went on as she closed her eyes and started to slowly spin as she continued bouncing place, feeling like she was going to explode from giddiness.
“Shame about the GT-R though….it…well…it wasn’t happy to say the least…” She then remarked a bit guiltily as she stopped moving and lowered her head down a bit. She then opened her eyes and looked forward in slight confusion for a few seconds before tilting her head a bit. “A black Nissan Skyline GT-R…the three four I think…” She said calmly, not exactly knowing why the color and model of the black car mattered.
“Yeah I’m sure…” She reaffirmed with a quick nod before hearing a clicking sound over the phone. “Twilight…Twilight you there?” She asked loudly as she pressed the phone against her, only getting a beeping noise in response.
“Where the heck did that silly girl go?” She asked to herself as moved the phone in front of her face and looked at it perplexed, cocking her head even more.
The crickets chirped happily as a gentle breeze brushed through the large six way intersection. The quiet serenity was quickly eviscerated by the faint sound of an engine that quickly grew into a thunderous roar. Soon a pair of headlights appeared from the road leading out of Gaira Pass followed quickly by a white NSX quickly coming out of it, heading towards the intersection. The car’s tires squealed against the pavement as the brake lights came on, bringing the car to a screeching halt as it went into the intersection. It stopped on the road leading to the Animal Sanctuary and right next to the forest that led towards Mount Ghidrah.
Fluttershy breathed heavily as the car finally came to a halt. She cautiously looked around to make sure the car came to a complete stopped. She noticed the road they were on led to where she worked; the one they just blazed past lead to Mount Kiryu, the one on the opposite side led to Mount Ghidrah, the one to its left lead back into Gaira Pass back to Canterlot, and the one directly across from that led out to the next city over. When she confirmed that the car wasn’t moving, she made a huge sigh of relief before looking over at the overjoyed girl in the driver’s seat putting the car into neutral, and raising the emergency brake handle to keep the car locked in place.
“God, that was just what I needed!” Dash exclaimed in a satisfied tone as she raised both her hands, balled them into fists, and punched the air like a boxer ready for another round. “Wasn’t that fun? Didn’t it give you a rush? How pumped are you right now?” She then asked as she turned to face the girl next to her with an eager look on her face.
“I…I’m just happy it’s all over and that we’re safe…” Fluttershy nervously answered with a slight nod as she looked back at the zealous girl. “And it’s something I know I never want to attempt again…” She went on a bit softer as she leaned back in her seat and took a deep breath, thankful that the whole ordeal was now ever and that it would never happen again.
“Oh come on? You’re seriously telling me you’re not even a little bit excited…not one ounce of adrenaline pumping through your veins?” The dirty haired girl persisted as she reached her hand out to Fluttershy and poked her arm almost playfully.
“No.” The pink haired girl merely responded as she closed her eyes and gave one quick shake of her head.
“Gah…fine whatever…” The now annoyed girl groaned as she threw up her hands in defeat and faced forward again. “I am though! Man I haven’t felt like this in months!” She then said very happily with a smirk as she tightly gripped the steering wheel and started to move it slightly.
“It’s just so freaking awesome! I…and…” She continued passionately before stopping and loosening her grip on the steering wheel. “Thank you…” She then softly thanked gratefully as Fluttershy’s cyan eyes popped open in shock and turned to look at the shorter girl as she lowered her head down a bit.
“Just…thanks…you…you made my life worth living again…even if it was just for like twenty minutes…it’s still...I…” She explained in a quivering voice as she slowly moved her hands over the steering wheel almost longingly. “Thank you…” She quietly whispered, almost to the point where Fluttershy couldn’t hear it over the idle hum of the engine behind them. The genuine display of gratitude and emotion made Fluttershy gasp and lean her head back as she stared at the short girl in the driver’s seat.
Her cyan eyes quivered as she slowly bit her lip, not used to having other people aside from Rarity thank and appreciate her. “Y…Your welcome Dash…it…it was my pleasure…” She softly replied as she started to feel nervous. She was wondering something now and was scared to ask this question, yet decided to risk it anyways after what they went through. “W-We are friends after all…right?” She then fearfully asked as she closed her eyes, expecting to hear a response that would upset her.
“Yeah…I can’t see why not?” Dash responded nonchalantly with a shrug, causing Fluttershy to squeal and lunge forward as far as she could go and wrap her arms around the shorter girl. “Ah, what the hell?!” She shouted in shock and annoyance upon feeling a pair of arms go around her and pull her into a tight hug.
“Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you!” The elated girl endlessly thanked over and over again in a squeal of delight, much to the confusion and slight discomfort of the girl she was hugging.
“Ah geez…you’re welcome and everything I guess…but…can we not get all mushy here?” Dash responded as she eventually pushed the much taller girl off of her.
“Oh I’m sorry…it’s just…I…” Fluttershy nervously apologized as she took a deep breath to calm herself down, not wanting to overdo it and scare her new friend away. “I don’t exactly have a lot of friends…” She then admitted honestly as the only friend she really had was Rarity.
“Well, I don’t exactly have a long line of friends either…so…I guess we have that in common…” Dash responded as she moved her hands back to the steering wheel. Fluttershy gasped and smiled brightly as she felt like she was going to pass out from the joy she was feeling. “Now that there we’re friends…I got to ask to ask you something…” The short girl went on as she changed the subject. Fluttershy nodded in understanding as she probably wanted to know her name since she couldn’t hear her earlier. Now though, Fluttershy was much more confident and happy and would gladly give her name proudly to her new friend.
“Oh, why yes, I’m sorry. My name is-”
“What car is this?” Dash asked curiously, cutting Fluttershy from giving her name as she looked in Fluttershy’s general direction. The pink hair girl froze as it felt like and went wide eyed at that question.
“W-W-W-What car is this?” She repeated with numerous stutters as she started to breathe heavily as it started to feel her chest tighten and her heartbeat speed up.
‘Oh dear…t-that’s right…she can’t see what car we’re in! She doesn’t know that she’s driving probably the worst car ever made!’ She frantically thought as her vision started to blur slightly from how badly she was freaking out.
“Yeah, it’s a pretty damn good actually…great acceleration, great handling, and it’s a very smooth ride…” She complimented with a smile as she gently moved the steering wheel to the left then right as if to illustrate her point. “I can tell its id-engine car...but it’s not a hisser like the car we passed…so maybe it’s an MR2 or a non-hissing Lotus of some kind?” She guessed as she pressed down on the accelerator and made the engine behind them roar. Fluttershy blinked a couple of times as her mouth hung open slightly in complete shock from what the girl was saying.
‘She…she likes the car…and actually thinks it’s good? Would she still think that if I told her what it was?’ She started to think desperately as she continued to look at the girl as she stopped pressing down on the accelerator. ‘Oh, what if she does…maybe I should just lie and tell her it’s one of those…it’s not like she can see it and figure it out what it is…’ She then thought as she knew she could most likely easily lie to her, and she’d most likely believe it.
“Well?” Dash spoke up after a minute of silence as Fluttershy snapped out of her train of thought and looked at the girl whose eyes were hidden behind a pair of sunglasses. She opened her mouth to lie about the car but stopped and bit her lip.
‘No…I can’t do that…I can’t lie to my new friend right out of the start…that’s not the way a friendship should start out…’ She reasoned with herself with a shake of her head as she stopped biting her lip to give her answer.
“It…It….It’s…an…an…” She began nervously as she started shaking, stopping and pausing for a few seconds in fear that most likely this would turn out badly for her. “Acura NSX…” She finally uttered out in a whisper as she squeezed her eyes shut and held her breath, desperately praying that this would end well.
“An…An…N…S…X…” Dash repeated very slowly in a soft tone, muttering a syllable a second as Fluttershy gulped and nodded back to her even though she couldn’t see her doing that. “Out! Out! Get me out of this car!” She then heard the girl frantically scream as she opened her eyes and saw the now hysterical girl fumble with her seat belt to get it undone.
“W-Wait!” Fluttershy frantically pleaded as she unbuckled herself while Dash quickly opened the door to the car.
“Ahhh!” The frantic little girl shouted as she felt out of the car and onto the pavement next to a lot of trees that was the start of the forest.
“D-Dash!” The regretful NSX owner called out as she got out of the car and shut the door as Dash quickly shot back up onto her feet. “Is it really that bad…I…I mean you were just complimenting it earlier!” She went on in an upset tone, trying to desperately to reason with the girl as she started to go around the front end towards the short girl.
“No no no! I was just being nice to you, I can drive almost anything so it doesn’t matter how good the car is! The truth is though I really hate that car!” The dirty haired girl shouted almost angrily as she quickly limped away as fast as she could into the forest, still suffering from when she got hurt earlier. Fluttershy got around the car, reached the trees, and stopped when she said that and saw how desperate she was to get away from her. She gasped and stood there as she felt herself start to quickly tear up.
“Bu…But…I…I’m sorry…” She apologized as she started to choke up from sadness as the girl continued to limp away deeper into the tree line. “I…I didn’t want it anyways…it…it’s something my dad gave me…please…I…” She pleaded as looked down at the ground before stopping as tears began to gently slide down the sides of her cheeks; the first friend she made in years, and she instantly lost it over a vehicle.
“Look, I have nothing against you it’s just…” She heard Dash remark in a low tone as she slowly looked up to see her standing with her back facing her. “Me and that car just have a bad history together!” She went on as Fluttershy saw her hands ball up into fists. She wanted to say something back, but her tears and closed throat had other plans.
“So I don’t want to be anywhere near that damn car!” She then finished before limping back off and disappearing from Fluttershy’s side, vanishing into the dark forest.
“W….Wai…” Fluttershy shrugged to say as she raised her hand up towards the general direction of the girl that disappeared from her sight. “I…I…I’m…s-sorry…” She managed to utter, apologizing one last time as more tears continued to flow down the sides of her face. She wanted to try and chase after her, try and find her, and try and persuade her to try and stay friends with her. However, with that attitude and abrupt exit, she knew that if she chased after her, only bad things would happen. She arrived at her destination, she wanted to come here for a reason, and that reason never involved Fluttershy in the first place, especially now.
Fluttershy slowly turned around and staggered back towards her white car, stopping when she reached the front end. She looked down at the still idling car and started to huff angrily. “Stupid car!” She shouted as she moved her foot back and kicked the tire with all her might, only managing to hurt her foot in the process, but Fluttershy didn’t care. “I wish this dumb thing never existed!” She bellowed at the four wheeled vehicle as she thought about possibly walking all the way home and just leaving the source of all her problems here to rot.
It was getting pretty late however, and by the time Fluttershy got home she would have to go to school which would only further exhaust and frustrate her. She groaned with soaked cheeks as she reluctantly turned and went around the open door, getting into the car she despised so much. She readjusted the seat back so where she could be comfortable and then shut the door.
She took a deep breath as she sat inside what was essentially a torture chamber for her now and hit the steering wheel violently, causing the car’s horn to honk. She groaned and shook her head before looking at the time on her radio. It was all blurry from the tears in her eyes which caused for her to raise her arms and wipe her eyes and cheeks dry. After she could clearly see again, she looked at the clock only to remember that was horribly wrong from her not setting it right as it said 5:24 P.M.
She knew for a fact that it definitely wasn’t that time and decided to reach into her pocket to get her phone for the accurate time. When she got it out, she found that it somehow had been turned off on accident after being shoved inside her pocket. She turned it on and after a minute of the phone starting up she was greeted by screen showing all the messages and calls she had missed while the phone was off, all from the same person.
“Oh my gosh! Rarity!” Fluttershy shouted frantically as she quickly tried calling her best friend, only to be met by the voicemail. “Oh dear…her phone’s probably dead and…and she’s still must be waiting on me…she must be worried sick about me!” She then said as she quickly tossed her phone into the cup holder. She realized she had to get there fast, and the only way to do it was to drive the car that she couldn’t seem to escape.
She looked at the steering wheel again in disgust as she felt that life itself was hell bent on her staying in this accursed car. She gritted her teeth and shook her head before gripping the steering wheel with one hand. The other hand moved to the emergency brake handle as her feet moved to the clutch and accelerator. She quickly took off the emergency brake and shifted the car into first gear while simultaneously pressing down on the clutch with her right foot and releasing the clutch with her left.
The car started to quickly move as the engine rumbled a bit louder. She moved her other hand back to the steering wheel and quickly turned the car completely around. “I hope Rarity’s not too upset at me…I couldn’t live with myself if I lost her as a friend…” She said out loud as she moved the car into the other road heading into Gaira Pass that led back into Canterlot.
Blueblood sat in the driver’s seat of the black R34. He had not moved nor took his eyes off the spot where the white car had left him behind. He angrily breathed in disgust as headlights shined in on his car. He looked to his left at the beginning of the curve to see a brown grey Civic and brown RX-8 pull up and stop in front of his car. The two doors of the RX-8 opened, and the driver’s door of the Civic opened as Blueblood’s followers quickly got out of the vehicles. He groaned angrily as he unbuckled his seatbelt, opened the door, and swiftly got out of the car.
“Blueblood!” They all frantically shouted in unison as they started to run up the blonde haired man standing next to his idling car.
“Dude, what happened?” Score asked with in concern his voice the second they reached him, only to be answered by a grumble and an angry glare.
“Did you see that white NSX?” Hoops questioned curiously as he tilted his head a bit, getting another grumble and slow nod as an answer.
“Dude, it was Fluttershy!” Dumbbell pointed out with a shout which prompted Blueblood to grab the collar to his shirt and pull him up closer to his face.
“I know!” He shouted as loud as he could before tossing the burly guy away, almost making him trip and fall over.
“So…what happened?” Score nervously asked as he backed up slightly in fear of being grappled himself.
“I don’t want to talk about it…” Blueblood groaned furiously as he looked away and at the turn white Acura disappeared through.
“You…you got…” Hoops began in shock, realizing what that meant combined with the fact that they found his car spun out on the edge of the road.
“I said I don’t want to talk about it!” He screamed lividly as he pushed Hoops down to the ground, making the other two back up slightly in fear. “Listen to me…not a word of this gets out to anyone understand?” He warned intimidatingly as he narrowed his eyes at the group of guys and pointed his finger at them, causing them all to nod at once, including Hoops who was crawling backwards to get away from the tall blonde man.
“Nobody must know what happened here…” The humiliated driver finished as Hoops stumbled slightly on the ground, prompting him to look behind him to see a gas station behind him.
“Uhhh Blueblood…” He fearfully called as he raised one of his hands and pointed at the abandoned gas station and, more accurately the person, standing on top of it watching everything from atop the roof.
“Oh shit…” Blueblood swore softly as his eyes widened at the sight of the person on top of the gas station. “Hey! You!” He called in a shout as he started to break out into a sprint towards the establishment, with the rest of the guys slowly following behind.
Cloud Kicker blinked in surprise as she saw the group of males running towards her and raised an eyebrow curiously at them. She wondered why they were running towards her instead of driving to her as it would be much faster and easier than running. “Hey…Hey I’m talking to you…on top…on top of the gas station!” Blueblood yelled in between pants as he ran down the road getting closer the gas station.
“It’s about time you got out of that car…I was getting ready to call an ambulance or something in case you were hurt.” Cloud Kicker shouted back with a smile as the first guy made it in front of the gas station and bent over breathing heavily, taking a moment to try and catch his breath.
“Nevermind…that! Did…Did you see…what happened?” He exhaustedly huffed in between breaths as he looked up at the girl on top of the building as the other three guys finally caught up to him, breathing heavily than him.
“Uhh yeah…and I recorded it too…” She honestly answered as she held up the phone she used to record the whole thing.
“God damn it!” The R34 driver shouted furiously as he kicked the ground. “Please…Please tell me you didn’t send it to anybody…” He then demanded as he finally caught his breath.
“Yeah…I sent to Vinyl…” Cloud Kicker once again answered honestly with a quick nod.
“Son of a bitch!” Blueblood swore again, kicking the ground once more with much more force.
“What are you going to do Blueblood?” Dumbbell asked curiously in a worried tone as Blueblood started pace back and forth slightly, trying to think of someway to fix this.
“Maybe she hasn’t done anything with yet…maybe there’s still time!” He then theorized in a hopeful tone as he snapped her fingers. “You tell her not to send the video or show it to anyone until I get there!” He shouted in a demanding tone at the girl a top of the gas station as he pointed his finger at her.
“Ok….sure…” The athletic female weakly replied with a shrug; for the first time lying as she intended to do no such thing.
“Let’s go! We got some damage control to do!” Blueblood commanded to his followers before they all started to run back to their cars up the road. Cloud Kicker watched them all curiously again and saw them all get into their cars and quickly speed off down the road to reach the end of the pass.
The girl shook her head in disgust and raised her eyebrow again. “Why didn’t those idiots take the turnoff? It would be much faster that way!” She vocally asked to no one as she looked behind her at the other turnoff point in the Gas Station’s parking lot that went to the other road that led back to Canterlot. “Dumbasses…” She insulted in a low tone as she rolled her eyes.
Vinyl bobbed her head and pumped her fist into the air as the crowd cheered some more in tune with the music as the video of the white NSX overtaking the black Skyline looped on the screen for those who missed it or arrived late. The crowd cheered more when Pinkie cartwheeled onto the stage with a backpack on. When she got to the center behind Vinyl and Octavia, she stopped and took off the backpack; she reached inside and started to pull out a T-Shirt gun.
She smiled brightly and loaded it before dancing to the left side of the stage and firing out a rolled up shirt to the crowd. She loaded it again and fired another shot and continued dancing while doing so before starting to dance over to the right where she fired another volley of T-Shirts into the very happy and cheering crowd all screaming and raising their hands to try and get a T-shirt.
“You having fun there mate?” Octavia dryly asked sitting in her seat as she observed the dancing pink haired girl with an eyebrow raised.
“Oh, loads and loads of fun!” Pinkie happily answered gleefully as she danced over to the black haired, curvy girl. “Here, want to have a go?” She offered excitedly as she held out the gun towards the sophisticatedly dressed girl. The taller girl said nothing and proceeded to raise her hand and push the object away slowly with an uninterested look in her mulberry eyes.
“Tavi dancing around on stage with a T-Shirt gun and actually having a good time instead of being a stick in the mud?” The much shorter girl next to her asked sarcastically with a grin as she looked over at the black haired girl with her tinted glasses on. “Now that shit I’d pay to see! Hell, I’d go as far as trade my car for that sight!” She then commented teasingly as she reached over and nudged the girl playfully.
“I’m sorry to disappoint you Vinyl, but I’d never partake in such impudent activities…the fact that I’m here is a miracle in and of itself.” Octavia responded in a monotonous voice as she reached her hands up and straightened the bowtie around her neck. “I’m afraid that I have standards, class, morals, pride, and most importantly…di-di-ha-hahaha!” She continued on before stopping and bursting out into laughter as she felt the thinner girl’s arms reach under her shirt and start tickling her sides with her fingers.
“What were you going to say at the end? Dignity?” Vinyl teasing asked with a smirk as she stood up from her seat, rested her head on the taller girl’s shoulders, and continued her relentless tickling. “Oh Tavi…you should know that you lost your dignity a long time ago the day you started rolling around with me Miss Octavia Melody.” She reminded her softly as she increased her tickling and made the girl laugh harder as if to prove a point to her.
“Vin-Vinyl-ahaha-I’m so going to-ahaha-to hurt you!” The victimized girl struggled to shout out in between laughs as she continued to sit there and let her abuser torture her with tickling.
“Not really resisting much…I think you liked getting tickled in public!” The attacker pointed out with a few giggles of her own as she moved her head closer to Octavia’s ear. “So where are those standards again Miss Principle Cellist of the Royal Musical Hall?” She whispered as she moved hands through her shirt and to her stomach where the girl started to laugh harder. Pinkie herself was laughing at the scene before abruptly stopping and turning to look at the road coming out of Gaira Pass, squinting her eyes to try and see better.
“P-haha-Piss off!” Octavia merely shouted weakly as she almost fell out of her seat. Vinyl was enjoying her torment of the girl until her glasses were lifted off her eyes which made her stop her never ending barrage of tickles.
“I need me borrow these!” Pinkie said seriously as she put the glasses on and looked at the turn again.
“What the hell…those aren’t binoculars you know!” The blue haired girl pointed out in a shout before she felt herself getting pushed off the taller girl and landing in her seat. “Damn Tavi! I was just trying to get you to lighten up!” She shouted at the taller girl as the girl merely ‘hmpfed’ in response and she straightened out her clothes, a light shade of red barely visible on her cheeks.
“Oh my gosh!” Pinkie shouted at the top of her lungs as she tossed the glasses back to Vinyl, which she barely caught, and then picked up the microphone. “Look it’s the super amazingly happy NSX from the video everyone!” She declared happily over the mic as she pointed at the road where a faint pair of headlights could be seen coming out of it. Everyone immediately turned and looked to spot the white Acura just now coming into distance.
“How the hell did you see that?!” The curious, pale girl asked in astonishment at the slightly taller girl as she put her tinted glasses back on. Pinkie didn’t response and instead tossed the microphone at her, which she barely caught again, and jumped off the stage into the crowd. “Hey, quit throwing my stuff at me! It’s not cheap you know!” Vinyl shouted at the girl as she disappeared into the crowd. She groaned to herself as she shook her head and threw her arms up in defeat.
“Guess we should head over there…you’re most likely going to need to talk to her and do a little interview or whatever.” Octavia monotonously pointed out as she slowly got up of her seat and looked at the smaller girl still sitting in her seat.
“Yeah, you’re right…let’s go!” The DJ agreed in a shout as she shot up out of her chair, jumped up onto the table with the microphone in her hand, and put her hoodie over her head. “Hold down the fort for us Neon!” She shouted the guy standing at the edge of the stage before she jumped off energetically like the girl before and went into the crowd that was starting to move towards the entrance. Octavia groaned and shook her head as she stood up and slowly walked to the edge of the stage to get off it properly.
Fluttershy brought the car to a complete stop and looked out to try and find Rarity, only to gasp in shock and horror at the sight of everybody in the racer’s gathering coming up to her NSX. “O-Oh dear!” She said out loud in fear as they quick came out of the entrance and started to walk up to her car, all with smiles and fists pounding the air.
‘Oh no…they…they’re going to hurt me…because I’m in this car…or worse…they know what I did and want revenge on me!’ She frantically thought as the people started to circle around her car, some screaming and whistling.
“I…I didn’t do anything! P-Please don’t hurt me or push my car over in anger!” She shouted out loud in her car as she looked around at the scary looking people. “Or at least let me get out and then you can push it over!” The frightened pink haired girl restated making another offer as she heard her passenger side door open, causing her to scream and look over at someone quite possibly getting in her car to drag her out and beat her up.
“Fluttershy!” A well-dressed purple haired girl called out in delight as she sat down in the passenger seat.
“Oh Rarity thank goodness it’s you!” Fluttershy replied in relief as she took a deep breath, delighted to see her best friend.
“Fluttershy, you were absolutely amazing! The way you passed that chump was truly a sight to behold!” Rarity congratulated as she leaned over and hugged her taller friend with a grin on her face. Unfortunately it was not making the poor driver feel any better, but instead worse as it confirmed her earlier thought of people knowing what she did. After all, if Rarity knew then surely everyone else did, and most likely they were furious and out for her blood.
“P-Please don’t say that Rarity! It’ll just make things worse!” Fluttershy nervously pleaded even more terrified as she looked around at her car continuing to get surrounded. “Let’s get out of here!” She then frantically screamed as she pressed down on the accelerator and got the car to move; the people in front quickly got out of the way as the white car moved forward. It broke free of the crowd and quickly sped down the road.
“Awww, why’d she leave so soon?” Pinkie depressingly said as she walked out with balloons and streamers, watching the white car speed down the road.
“Wow, they got out of here before anyone had a chance to talk to the driver…that’s unusual…most of the time they want to brag about their accomplishments and gloat…” Octavia commented as she and her compatriot exited the racer’s gathering. “I’m actually a bit impressed…whoever they are…definitely has my respect…” She then complimented as she folded her arms and nodded her head in respect to whoever the driver was.
“Yeah, but we don’t know who they are, or why they’re driving an NSX! The most important interview we ever did since like…ever…and they just drive off!” Vinyl complained as she threw up her hands with a sigh, shaking her head in frustration. “I’d try and chase that car down if my car wasn’t on the stage hooked up to like ten million things!” She went on as she turned around and pointed to her white 370z on the stage with a whole bunch of wires coming out of doors.
“Well, what are you going to do now?” The taller, more attractive woman asked dully as she looked at her shorter, near flat chested friend. The blue haired DJ bit her lip and twirled the microphone in her fingers before smiling and nodding to herself.
“Well…since we’re down here already, and we have nobody to interview…” She began excitedly as she pointed the microphone at her busty friend before putting it to her mouth. “Let’s get this show started!” She announced over the mic, immediately getting everyone in the crowd riled up and cheering loudly. The loudest, though, without a doubt was a pink haired girl who sounded like she was going to burst her vocal cords from how loud she was screaming.
“Alright, first I need any trackers, timers, and tapers still hear to go into the pass and get into position…and for anyone who wants to watch the race live and in person to enter the pass now, so we don’t have any mishaps or delays!” Vinyl explained in excitement as she got into the center of the road and pointed at the pass; immediately people began rushing back into the lot towards their cars.
“Second, I need the first two racers to get their vehicles ready and be at the starting line in ten!” She went on as she pointed to the painted lines on the road just right before the entrance of Gaira Pass. “And third…I need everyone else to get as pumped as possibly!” She finished as she pointed in the air and shook her hips which got the crowd to cheer and whistle. Octavia winced and shook her head at the display as her friend walked back over to her.
“Here, you can handle the rest…” She commanded in a cocky tone as she tossed the microphone at her.
“Where are you going?” She curiously asked as she caught the microphone and watched the shorter blue haired girl pass her.
“To take a piss...” She bluntly responded as she turned around and walked backwards, giving her tall friend a smirk. “Why…you want to come with me? That’s kind of weird Tavi. I’m not really into that stuff…but you know what they say…’Friends who piss together fis-!’”
“Get out of here!” Octavia shouted angrily as she waved her hand at the sick short girl who merely laughed and turned back around as she continued to walk away. “Annoying little brat…” She mumbled to herself as she shook her head and walked to the center of the road to direct any traffic and give instructions if needed.
Octavia stood out in the center of the road and gestured her hand towards the pass as cars came out of the lot. Occasionally, she raised her hand towards the cars signaling them to stop to prevent the roads from getting too congested; waiting a few minutes before waving her hand back to the road, signaling them to continue. Eventually, a good chunk of the lot had left to go find their spots on the pass to watch the upcoming races.
After the anointed time, the two cars scheduled to race first appeared at the entrance. The first was the grey Mazda RX-7 FC3S with one popup headlight sticking up, followed by the white Dodge Charger SRT-8. Octavia moved towards the entrance of Gaira Pass as she signaled the FC to take the left lane. The grey car’s engine sputtered as it slowly came out and went into its assigned lane as Octavia signaled the white car to take the lane next to it.
The white car’s engine roared as it came out and went into its assigned lane as well, coming alongside the grey FC as they slowly followed the tall girl as she backed up towards the entrance. She eventually stopped and watched closely as both cars approached her and towards the painted line. She raised her hand up to the Charger as it arrived first, making the car stop in place. Eventually, she did the same for the grey FC as well, making it stop next to white muscle car. She checked to make sure that both cars were aligned and gave a thumbs up to both cars when she confirmed that they were, making both cars shut their engines off.
She sighed to herself when it was finally done as she felt a pair of arms wrap around her neck and a heavy body jump on her back. She didn’t react or scream as she knew this feeling all too well. “So, is everything ready?” Vinyl asked giddily into Octavia’s ear as she hung onto the taller girl.
“Yeah…” She simply responded with a slight nod. “And you know I hate it when you do this right?” She then added a bit annoyed as she turned her head to see the pale girl’s face resting on her left shoulder.
“And you never stop me or try to get me off…I think you really like it when I press myself against you like this!” Vinyl pointed out in a teasing tone, making Octavia’s mulberry eyes go wide before looking away in embarrassment. “Hey, it’s no big deal…if you wanted to be my personal humanized pony and carry me everywhere all you needed to do was ask!” She mockingly added with a grin as she tightened her arms around the girl and wiggled a bit as if getting comfortable.
Octavia’s eyes shifted around as she started to blush lightly before she looked down at her watch. “It-It took you fifteen minutes to use the bathroom?” She responded with a stutter, changing the subject as she tried to sound angry instead of embarrassed.
“Hey, the nearest bathroom is like down the street and behind some stuff…” The light girl replied dryly as she pointed to a vague direction. Octavia looked at the back at the girl’s face and raised an eyebrow at her.
“You lied didn’t you?” She dryly asked as she narrowed her eyes at the shorter girl, only getting a smirk and a nod in response. “You just didn’t want to do all this did you?” She then asked as her eye twitched slightly in anger, again getting a playful nod in response. Octavia’s eyes twitched more before she raised her hands and forcibly removed the gloved ones wrapped around her neck, forcing the girl on her back down to the ground landing with a loud thud.
“I hope you piss your pants next time you actually have to use the bathroom!” The furious, black haired girl shouted as she turned around and threw the mic at the girl on the floor before storming off. Vinyl laughed to herself as she shook her head and got off the ground, knowing that this was a common occurrence between the two and later they’d be chilling in their apartment like always.
“Alright! Five minutes! Make your final preps now you two!” The DJ declared into the microphone as she pointed at the two cars.
“Yeah!” The bulky, white man in the Charger shouted in determination as a tall, slim man in a brown suit walked over to the FC and poked his head through the rolled down window. Vinyl chuckled at the sight and shook her head as the sound of another engine began to be heard from the opposite road. The blue haired girl turned to her right to see a black R34 slowly emerge from the pass and stop next on the road.
“Hey! Vinyl!” The blonde haired guy in the car shouted as he quickly rolled down the window and stuck his head out. “You got a video right? You didn’t happen to show this video to anybody right? It’s still on your phone or something right?” He then quickly asked a series of questions almost desperately as he smiled nervously at the blue haired girl.
“Uhhh…yeah I did actually…” Vinyl simply replied unconcerned as she pointed to the screen behind her of the looped video still playing.
“Shit!” He swore out loud angrily as he hit the side of the car with his hand. “Thanks a lot you bitch!” He then shouted at the girl as he drove away and rolled up the window, being followed by two other cars.
“You’re…welcome?” The glasses wearing girl replied with a shrug not really feeling offended by that insult at all.
The black Skyline, and the two cars following behind it, passed the two other cars parked on the other road and slowly pulled into the now fairly vacant lot. They drove into a very deserted corner of the lot and parked in a row. All the cars’ engines shut off and slowly the people inside all emerged from their cars. Blueblood breathed heavily as he looked around at everybody who was still around and noticed how they were all looking at him most likely laughing at him after seeing the humiliating display of him getting passed.
“Oh, damn man…” Dumbbell said as he looked at the screen and saw the video being played.
“I know…” Blueblood belted out in anger as he continued to look around seeing more and more people snickering and pointing at him.
“Now everyone’s going to-”
“I know!” He shouted furiously as he turned and pushed Hoops over onto the ground again, making everyone once again back away from him and give him space.
“So…what are you going to do now Blueblood?” Score asked nervously as he ducked slightly and hid behind Dumbbell as Hoops slowly got back to his feet.
“Well…we’re going to wait here and see if the white NSX shows up…I mean it’s bound to anyways…” The blonde haired leader answered angrily in denervation as he pointed his finger at the trio, making them all flinch in fear of being hit.
“What if she already left?” Hoops pointed out as he finally stood back up. “Maybe we can ask someone-”
“No!” Blueblood screamed as he kicked Hoops back down the ground, making the other two guys gasp and back as far away as they could from the big, burly man. “They’re all laughing at me right now…mocking me…internally judging me…the last thing I need to do is to face any of those assholes!” He said in a low growl as he narrowed his eyes and looked around back at all the people laughing and shaking their heads at him.
“Well, we’ll just wait here and see if she shows up…if she does we will deal with herm and if she doesn’t…I’ll find her tomorrow…” He commanded as he folded his arms and leaned against the black GT-R. The other guys all nodded as they backed away and went to hide in their cars.
“Ohhh poor thing…shhhh shhh…it’s ok…you can stop crying now…it’s alright.” A soft female voice said soothingly, which caught Blueblood by surprise as he looked over and saw a pink haired girl kneeling in front of the black Skyline and lovingly rubbed the hood with one hand and wiped the headlight with a tissue with the other hand.
“What the hell?” He shouted in shock and confusion as he turned to fully face the strange girl as she continued to wipe away the condensation off the headlight.
“Poor thing! Look what you did to this car! It won’t stop crying!” She scolded the driver angrily as she looked at him with a scowl on her face before looking back at the front of the car. “There there...it’s ok…he won’t drive you poorly ever again I promise…” She then gently said as she wiped the other headlight with the tissue.
“What the hell are you talking about?!” The driver of the car angrily shouted as he stomped over to the pink haired girl. “Stop touching the car, and get out of here!” He commanded as he reached down and grabbed the top of the girl’s shirt with his hand and pushed her away, making her stumble and almost fall over.
“Meanie pants! You don’t deserve to be near this car!” The girl shouted back before flipping him off with her middle finger.
“Get the hell out of here!” He bellowed as he raised his fist threatening to punch the girl. Pinkie huffed and shook her head at the guy before turning around and slowly bouncing away. “Geez, all I’ve been dealing with today is crazy girls…a crazy ex-girlfriend, her crazy friend in a car, and now this…” He muttered to himself in a low tone as he slowly walked around back to the side of the car and leaned against it again.
“What’s next?” He asked himself sarcastically as he looked up at the starry sky and shook his head in disbelief.
The white Acura quickly turned into the parking lot. Its engine humming as the car quickly rolled its way into a free parking space. The car’s engine quickly went dead, as did the headlights, before the driver’s door flew open. Fluttershy slammed the door shut and began to hurriedly walk to the entrance to the apartment building as the passenger’s door the car door opened.
“Fluttershy!” Rarity called out as she got out of the car and shut the door, getting no response from the pink haired girl as she continued to walk briskly away. “Fluttershy wait!” The purple haired girl frantically shouted as she ran up and got in front of her friend, stopping her from continue.
“You didn’t say a word to me all the way home!” She said seriously to Fluttershy as she looked down and hid behind her long hair. “What’s wrong?” Rarity then asked softly in concern as she reached out and put an arm on the taller girl’s shoulder.
“I…I…I’m sorry…I…” Fluttershy weakly apologized as she shook her head slightly. “I-I don’t want to talk about it…” She then said as she moved past Rarity and opened the door to the apartment, only for it to be forcibly closed by Rarity’s hand.
“Oh no…we’re not doing this ‘I’m not going to talk about it’ game where you tell me nothing, and I then I hear you crying from all the way down the hall in my room!” The purple haired girl said very sternly as she got directly in front of the depressed girl to block her way into the apartment building. “You should know I’m not just going to idly stand by while you’re like this Fluttershy.” She reminded her in a kinder voice as Fluttershy slowly looked up with tears in her cyan eyes.
“So, we’re going to stay out here all night if we have to…” She somewhat threatened as she put her hand back on her timid friend’s shoulder. “So I suggest you just come out with it and tell me what’s wrong.” She then advised with a quick nod as Fluttershy looked back down and hid behind her hair again. The tall girl turned around and slowly sat down on the step leading up to the door.
“Was it about how those people were all approaching your car?” Rarity suggested kindly as she reached in her back pocket and pulled out a large handkerchief, placing it down next to her friend before sitting on it. “You know they weren’t going to hurt you or anything…they were just wanting to see you and talk to you about what you did to my jerk of a boyfriend…and for good reason too.” She then said to her happily, trying to quell her fears if that was the reason she was upset.
“You were absolutely amazing Fluttershy…” She complimented in a cheery tone as she raised her arm and nudged her sad friend’s arm. “I still can’t believe you had it in you…you were simply divine darling!” She continued in a much louder and excited tone as she raised her other hand and moved it in the air to add visual flair to what she was saying.
“Please…do…don’t say that…” Fluttershy weakly protested with a subtle shake of her head as she continued looking down at the ground.
“Is that what you’re so upset about?” Her shorter friend asked curiously as she looked at the pink haired girl with a raised eyebrow. “Oh, Butterfly…come on…you have to admit that what you did was quite impressive…” She insisted with a smile as she nudged her friend’s arm again.
“I… didn’t really do anything…” Fluttershy denied with another shake of her head. “Well…technically I did it’s just…” She went on in a whisper before leaning forward and burying her face in her knees.
“Ah, that’s my typical modest Butterfly…never wanting to admit that what she did was a spectacular display…” Rarity replied with a giggle as she patted her friend on the back reassuringly.
“It wasn’t spectacular…it was actually terrifying…I was never so scared in my life…” The soft-spoken girl revealed; her voiced being muffled by her face still being buried in her knees as her arms quickly wrapped around them.
“Then why did you do it in the first place?” The fashionista curiously asked with a raised eyebrow as she titled her eyes at the melancholy girl.
“I…I don’t know…I really don’t…I…I just wanted to be helpful and useful to someone for once instead of pathetic and useless…” The pink haired girl answered in a whisper as she tightened her grip around her legs.
“Fluttershy…” Rarity softly called in a gentle voice as she reached over and brought her friend into a tight hug, making the pink haired girl gasp and raised her head slightly away from her knees. “You are anything but useless…” She encouraged truthfully as Fluttershy leaned back up, making Rarity break the hug to let the girl sit up.
“And for what you did…thank you…you are the best friend I could ever ask for…more so in fact…” She then thanked gratefully with a smile and a quick nod. Fluttershy’s eyes widened slightly before she leapt forward and brought her friend into a hug, returning the one she gave a few seconds earlier.
“Feeling better now Butterfly?” She teasingly asked as she smiled and returned the hug, feeling the taller girl rest her chin on her shoulder.
“Yes…thank you Rarity…” Fluttershy answered softly and honestly with a nod.
“Good…now let’s get off this dirty ground and go inside…you’ll feel better after a nice hot shower and a manicure trust me…” The purple haired girl happily suggested as she broke from the hug and shot up off the ground, reaching a hand out for her friend to take.
“Alright…” The still sitting girl agreed with a giggle as she took her friend’s hand and got on her feet. They both smiled and laughed softly before turning around and entering the apartment building.
Blueblood paced back and forth impatiently right beside the black R34 as the other guys all sat next to the brown RX-8 playing rock, paper, scissors. “Yeah, paper beats scissors! I win!” Hoops declared happily as he held his flat hand up much to dismay of the two other guys. Blueblood grunted and shook his head at the stupidity of the three while Dumbbell took out his phone and checked the time.
“You know it’s been like an hour dude…” He pointed out as he turned his phone around and held it towards the still pacing blonde. “I don’t think she’s coming…” The shaggy haired man then said as he slowly stood up from his spot along with the other two.
“Yeah…I guess we should-” He began to agree before stopping as they all heard the faint sound of an engine. The people in the silent lot all began to look around confused as they were sure the next race was coming from the opposite end of Gaira Pass, and it wasn’t even ready yet which is why there was this down period.
“You hear that? It sounds like it’s coming from the city.” Hoops pointed out as the engine sound slowly got louder.
“Whoever they are, they seriously have guts burning rubber at that speed in the city.” Dumbbell added as they knew that it was rare for a racer to be speeding through the city as they were always supposed to be on the secluded and empty mountain road.
“I know that sound! I could recognize it anyways!” Score excitedly shouted as smile instantly appeared on his lips. “It’s my darling bride to be! The Princess of the Night!” He declared excitedly as he began to run towards the entrance to greet her.
“N-No way! Are you sure?” Blueblood shouted at the now running man as his eyes shot open as wide as they could go.
“Oh, of course! That’s a 3.8 liter VR engine! It’s only in the newer GT-R, and there’s only one person in the city who owns that car!” The black haired guy screamed back happily as he continued running, not even looking back as the engine’s roar continued to grow by the second.
“Wow, she’s really cranking that engine if it’s this loud already!” Dumbbell commented as he whistled, not noticing the blonde haired guy next start to shake in terror.
“Oh crap, I got to get out of here!” Blueblood yelled in fear as he turned around and scrambled to the black R34. “I didn’t let her know I was borrowing her car!” He then cried in a squeal of terror as he jumped into the driver’s seat and put the key into the ignition.
“What! I thought you said she let you take it!” Dumbbell replied as he rushed up next to the car as the car’s engine tried to start but failed.
“I lied! Of course she wouldn’t! I kind of took it in the hopes that she wouldn’t notice since she has like eight of these things and…” He truthfully admitted as he continued to turn the key in the ignition numerous times and every time, failing to start the vehicle. “And why the hell is this piece of shit not starting!” He then screamed furiously as he continued turning the key, hitting the steering wheel with his other hand in a desperate attempt to try and get the car to start.
The engine’s roar continued to grow at a phenomenal pace as the sounds of tires squealing could now be distinctly heard. Everybody left at the gathering, all turned their attention to the entrance, seeing Score reach there and look out onto the street with a bright grin on his face. The sounds of the engine and tires grew to an ear piercing pitch. Immediately afterwards, a black car appeared at the end of the street under the lights with its headlights off. It rapidly approached the entrance and turned into at an unbelievable speed, a trail of smoke appearing behind it as the rear end slid out.
It drifted into the lot, almost hitting Score as he tried to go up to the car to greet the driver. Then it straightened out as it entered the mostly vacant lot. Its brake lights came on as it started to finally slow down before violently turning, once again leaving behind a trail of smoke as it began to drift around the lot, everybody left backing away giving the car room as it continued to turn and spin before turning towards Blueblood as he got out of the R34. It sped towards him before violently stopping in the center of the lot, facing the now terrified man as the headlights suddenly turned on, casting its light upon him and the car.
“There she is…the nocturnal woman who commands every race she gets into! The girl who dares drive in pitch black darkness without any assistance from her headlights!” Score began to introduce in awe as the car’s engine shut off. “Even being shrouded she flows through the toughest of turns with grace and elegance. The one who has a passion for rare imported GT-Rs…and through her passion makes legends out of each and every one of them!” He went on in a respectful tone while walking towards the black car.
“Her skill unmatched and her technique far more advanced than the foolish peons she shares the roads with! Our beautiful and divine Princess of the Night!” He declared as his voice turned into a shout as the driver’s door slowly opened.
“Luna! The one and only Nightmare Moon!” He finally finished as he got on his hands and knees while the driver started to get out of the car. A woman wearing a dark blue suit stepped out of the car. The tall, very busty, beautiful girl with long, flowing dark blue haired turned her head and looked directly at Blueblood with her moderate cyan eyes.
“Oh my dear and heavenly ruler of the night! I welcome you to this humble gathering!” He proudly greeted as he bowed his head while Luna shut her door and began to walk towards Blueblood. “Oh! Can I get you something to drink my divine goddess, something to eat perhaps? Or maybe you would like to punch me in the face to relieve some tension?” He offered frantically as he jumped up and rushed towards the gracefully walking woman. Luna said nothing to him or didn’t even acknowledge him as she kept walking towards the terrified man standing next to the black Skyline.
“You know…just step on me my Princess! If I am unworthy for you to talk to then let me be your floor upon which your delicate feet can step on!” He then quickly offered in a desperate tone as he ran out in front of her and laid down on the ground in her walking path. Once again the tall, curvy girl said nothing or reacted in any way as she stepped over him and continued her trek towards Blueblood.
“Why won’t you acknowledge me?!” Score sadly shouted as he continued to lay on the ground watching his dream girl walk away from him, making Hoops and Dumbbell shake their heads in disgust.
The tall, business woman continued to walk up to Blueblood as he backed up against the black car that got him in so much trouble. When she finally reached him, she stopped a foot away from him and stared into his eyes before smiling pleasantly. “That’s a really nice car you have there…” She complimented in a sweet tone as pointed at the black Skyline.
“Th-Thanks…” Blueblood nervously thanked with forced smile and a quick nod.
“As you might know…I am really fond of GT-Rs…they’re my favorite cars…” Luna told him as she moved her hand over the angular hood. “I own them all actually…and as far as I was aware…I was the only one who owned them in this city.” She happily informed him as she lovingly stroked the hood with her hand.
“So I’m quite curious…as to where this one came from Blueblood?” She then finally asked innocently as she looked at him and titled her head a bit.
“J-J-Japan?” He squeamishly answered before the girl in front of him kneed him violently in the groin. He screamed in pain as he bent done, only to feel one of Luna’s feet sweep him off his own sending him down towards the ground. The formal looking girl bent down and grabbed his arm, twisting it violently and bringing him into a lock as she pressed her right foot against his back.
“Ah! Ah! Assault! Assault! This is assault!” Blueblood cried out in pain as his face was pressed against the ground.
“Oh no, I’m just delivering some justice to someone who performed grand theft auto!” Luna responded in a dark cold voice as she pressed her foot deep into his back, making him holler in pain. “What the hell were you expecting when you steal one of my cars?” She angrily asked as she lowered her head down towards his to better hear his muffled screams and cries of pain.
“I wasn’t…I wasn’t stealing it! I …I was borrowing it because my car is still in the shop!” The blonde man with dirt on his face frantically responded before screaming out in pain as he felt Luna twist his arm more.
“Then you hitch a ride with one of your ‘friends’, or take a cab, or you freaking walk!” She suggested furiously as she grabbed his head with her free hand, pulling it up closer to hers. “You don’t ever…EVER think about getting in of one my cars much less take it for a joyride!” She shouted into his ear as loud as she could before shoving his face into the ground.
“I’m sorry! I’m sorry!” He frantically cried as he kicked his legs and moved desperately to try and get free. He had no luck and only found more pain as the passenger side door of Luna’s Nissan GT-R V-Spec opened.
“Luna!” A younger, shorter, skinnier, less attractive girl called out as she got out of the car, catching everyone’s attentions. “I think he’s learned his lesson you don’t have to be so hard on him.” The moderate-sapphire haired girl with a two different shades of purple stripes going through it said softly as she shut the door and looked at the older girl with her moderate violet eyes. Luna said nothing and didn’t move at all as she just stared at the shorter girl angrily before taking a breath and loosening her grip slightly.
“Hi Twilight! Good to see you again!” A pink haired girl happily shouted as she jumped up and down in the crowd. The college girl briefly looked at the excited girl and cringed slightly in discomfort before looking back at Luna.
“W-What I really want to know about is the race he lost.” She said with a slight stutter, ignoring the outburst of the pink haired girl and instead keeping her focus on the taller girl in front of them. Luna’s eyes went wide like saucers as her mouth dangled open for a brief second before she gritted her teeth and looked back down at the future corpse.
“You lost a race in my car!?” She angrily shouted as loud as she could, so loud that Blueblood’s hair moved from the force of her voice. She twisted his arm tighter and forced him back on his feet. “Trunk! Trunk! Twilight! Open the trunk!” She frantically commanded as she started to force the ruffed up man to her GT-R.
“What?! No No! Please don’t…Please I-I’m begging you!” The tall guy desperately pleaded, tears forming in his blue eyes as he was continuing to be led to the newer GT-R.
“You’re lucky I’m not tying you to my bumper and dragging you home!” The angry Skyline owner threatened in a shout as she twisted his arm more and caused him to cry out in pain, making tears slide down the sides of his face.
“Luna! Y-You really need to calm down!” Twilight frantically said to the livid girl as she started to walk over to the girl to make her stop.
“Calm down?!” The dark blue haired girl repeated back furiously as she looked at the shorter girl, making her stop in her tracks. “My car was stolen by an idiot who wouldn’t know the difference between asphalt and his ass crack. He loses a race in it which damages all our reputations and tarnishes the legacy of our family which my sister has been building a name for since before he was born!” She reminded Twilight as her grip on the guy’s arm and hair tightened, making him cry in pain.
“Forgive me if I seem a little distraught!” She then sarcastically remarked before focusing her attention back on her captive. “Come on! You’re going to have a pleasant ride in my trunk…and you know what…I’ve been just dying to test out the new suspension I put in my car, so I think I’m going to take the long and bumpy way home!” She dryly threatened him as she began to once again lead him to her pitch black car.
“An NSX, I lost to an NSX!” Blueblood frantically screamed as he started to openly cry in fear of being forced inside a trunk and living through that hell.
“You dare lie to my face! Especially when considering how deep in shit you already are?” The aggressive and attractive woman yelled back in disbelief as she shoved him back on the floor, pressing her foot against the back of his head. “You know damn well my sister hasn’t even looked at her car in over three months and you dare try and tell me that she suddenly got in it tonight and just randomly came here to teach you a lesson instead of telling me that you stole my car?” She reminded him as she dug her foot into the back of his skull and forced his head into the ground, making him holler in agony.
“You know what!? I changed my mind! Twilight, get the rope from the back of my car! I really am going to drag you home from my back bumper!” The moderate blue eyed girl then instructed to the college girl in front of her as she pointed to her car.
“Luna!” Twilight shouted in horror, her eyes going completely wide as she couldn’t believe that she was going to resort to this. She knew her older sister and mentor would not approve of this; so there’s no way Twilight would ever let this happen in front of her!
“I’ll teach you to lie to my face and use my sister to try and save your sorry ass!” She threatened furiously as she breathed heavily and looked down at the future ragdoll dangling behind her car.
“It’s true! It’s totally true!” The pink haired girl happily shouted as she bounced out of the crowd and towards the woman in formal attire.
“Who are you?” The Princess of the Night asked in a demanding voice as she looked up and narrowed her eyes at the approaching girl.
“She’s…Pinkie Pie…the one who told us about the car being here…” The college girl answered reluctantly and nervously as she looked away and rubbed the back of her head.
“I suppose I should thank you for telling me about this asshole’s doing…” Luna began in a low growl as the girl continued to bounce towards her. “But…I’m confused as to why you’re lying to try and protect him now…” She then said as she raised her eyebrow at the pink haired girl.
“No, it’s totally true! Here, I have proof!” Pinkie shouted happily as she bounced right up to Nightmare Moon, reaching down her shirt and taking out a phone that was previously hooked up to the stage. “Watch and see!” She then energetically requested with a smile as she held out the phone that had a paused video on the screen. The dark blue haired girl looked at her and the phone suspiciously before reaching her hand out and taking the phone. She moved the phone in front of her face and clicked the video, watching it and soon going wide eyed at it.
“I…Impossible…” She uttered in complete shock in disbelief as she continued to watch the video.
Fluttershy held a carrot out for her bunny, Angel, to eat. She smiled and giggled at the sight of the white rabbit grabbing it and eagerly eating the large carrot before hearing a knock on her front door. She looked at it curiously before slowly walking over to it. She slowly cracked the door open to see who it was, not wanting to open it fully since she was in her Butterfly themed pajamas and gasped when she saw it was her best friend.
“R-Rarity?” She called out in surprise as she opened the door fully to her purple haired friend who was in a lavish set of white and purple laced pajamas.
“Hello Fluttershy…” Rarity greeted cheerfully with a smile as she eyed her best friend and giggled. “I see you’re living up to your nickname again.” She teased as she walked into Fluttershy’s apartment, hiding something behind her back with both hands.
“Wh-What do you want…is…is it something important?” The pink haired girl nervously asked as she shut the door after her friend entered.
“Oh, it’s something vitally and crucially important my little Butterfly!” The azure eyed girl said very seriously with a stern look on her face before quickly revealing what was behind her back, shoving it up in front of the taller girl’s face.
“I-Ice cream?” The timid girl said in a stutter as she read the label of the large tub of ice cream.
“No! Not just any kind of ice cream!” Rarity refused with a shake of her head as she quickly turned the tub around. “Break up ice cream!” She happily declared as she pointed to the hand written label on the other side that read ‘Break up Ice Cream, use only in case of break ups’ like it was a fire extinguisher or emergency axe found on walls of public buildings.
“Really?” Fluttershy replied with a few giggles and a smile upon reading the handmade label.
“Why of course! I was just dumped, and as you know a lady must always have an emergency tub of break up ice cream for such occasions!” She explained in a somewhat serious tone as she pointed to the tub. “And since I know you’re not feeling well either…I came here to share my tasty treat with you.” She then said as she tilted her head slightly and pointed at the taller girl.
“I don’t know Rarity…it is your break up ice cream after all…” Fluttershy responded softly as raised both her hands and shook her head softly.
“Oh, come on Butterfly…you can’t expect me to eat it all only to feel horrible tomorrow upon realizing I gained like five pounds!” Rarity pouted with a faux look of sadness on her face.
“Well…” The cyan eyed girl unsurely said as she rubbed the back of her head.
“It’s your favorite kind~!” The paler girl playfully pointed out as she pointed to the side of the tub to reveal that it was ‘Double Fudge Brownie Delight.’
“I’ll get the spoons!” The pink haired girl immediately replied as she darted past the girl and into the kitchen part of the apartment.
Rarity giggled in amusement as she went over to sit on the couch, watching her friend open a drawer and pull out two spoons. Fluttershy quickly rushed back her friend, jumping on the couch next to her happily as the purple haired girl set the large tub between them. The pink haired girl licked her lips as she handed Rarity a spoon and watched intently as she slowly removed the lid off the tub. Both girls immediately dug in, sticking their spoons into the large tub, taking out large of scoops of the chocolate delight, and then quickly shoving it in their mouths.
“Oh, that’s so good!” Fluttershy commented in joy, reveling in the chocolate taste that was now overflowing her taste buds.
“It really is quite divine isn’t it?” Rarity quickly agreed with a nod as she dipped her spoon into the tub get for another scoop. “The perfect way to close out a relationship!” She then happily said before putting the spoon filled with ice cream in her mouth.
“You sound really happy for someone who was dumped.” The girl next to her remarked playfully as she reached her spoon into the tub for another scoop.
“Of course Butterfly! I have ice cream!” The azure eyed girl teasingly said back as she waved her free hand at the taller girl, causing them both to giggle and laugh.
“You…you know what I mean Rarity…” Fluttershy began as her giggles died down. “You don’t seem heartbroken at all!” She then pointed out before eating another large spoonful of ice cream.
“I guess I never really loved him now that I think about it…and when he broke up with me I was more angry than heartbroken…” The dumped girl admitted truthfully with a shrug. “Oh, but the way you dealt with him on the road took care of that problem and more so!” She then happily declared as she smiled and pointed her spoon at the girl next to her.
“But I didn’t…” Fluttershy began softly before looking away, thinking deeply about something before shaking her head and looking back at the girl. “Do…Do you think people will remember that…like how they were coming up to me earlier…I…I don’t want this to turn into a huge problem…” She fearfully asked the girl next to her as she gently prodded the tub of ice cream with her spoon.
“Oh please Butterfly…those people see hundreds of races a week…” Rarity immediately responded, waving her hand dismissively at her. “I’m sure it’ll be forgotten about tomorrow when a more exciting and appealing race catches their eye.” She explained dully before dipping her spoon back into the tub of ice cream. Fluttershy took a sigh of relief and nodded in agreement before taking another spoonful herself.
“Oh, but one person will remember it…” The fashionista went on now sounding happy before quickly taking a bite of the fudge brownie flavored ice cream. “And it’s going to hurt him for the rest of his days, and that’s what counts!” She then gleefully squealed as she slightly danced in her seat almost in victory.
“You’re really sounding happy…” Fluttershy commented with a smile and a shake of her head. “You didn’t really need this ice cream did you?” She then playfully asked as she raised her eyebrow at the girl next to her and took another bite of the ice cream.
“Oh, but I did! It is break up ice cream after all!” Rarity insisted in a playful tone as she leaned back and put a hand to her chest to appear dramatic.
“You know…I’m starting to think you’re just using this whole thing as an excuse to eat ice cream…” The cyan eyed girl replied as she shook her head and dipped her spoon back into the tub.
“Oh, it’s not an excuse Fluttershy…it’s ice cream with a specific purpose…” The purple haired girl went on trying to defend herself. “I didn’t say I had to be upset or sad over the matter…I just needed to be dumped or broken up with.” She then revealed as she pointed her spoon at Fluttershy and winked at her, making Fluttershy giggle and shake her head again.
“Now if I was actually deeply in love with him…” The azure eyed girl pondered as she looked up at the ceiling, theorizing in her head how this would transpire if she did have deep feelings for Blueblood. “I’d probably have like three of these tubs scattered on this couch…” She then said with a smile as she looked down and waved her spoon around as to show the space that would be taken up by the three large tubs of ice cream as opposed to the one.
“Well, let’s hope when you do find love it won’t turn out that way…” Fluttershy replied softly as she took another bite of ice cream.
“Yes, that won’t be for a while though…” The thinner girl responded with a shake of her head. “I’m not going to go out and look for love like last time…I’ll just wind up with someone like Blueblood again…” She revealed as she dug her spoon back into the tub of ice cream, narrowing her eyes slightly at the tub.
“Instead, I want someone to swoop in and dazzle me!” She went on as she took the spoon out and looked at the ice cream inside of it with a smile. “I want a kind hearted person to come to me and treat me like a lady…taking me out and showing me the town…eating at many wonderful restaurants and having a lot of fun…” She explained in a dazed sort of tone as she moved the spoon around in the air.
“I want them to respect me and what I have to say. I also want them only to tell me that they love me when they really mean it a very private and secluded…Hey!” She continued before stopping as she heard light giggles coming from her friend.
“I’m sorry…I’m sorry…” Fluttershy softly apologized in-between giggles as she covered her mouth with one hand and waved her other hand at the girl next to her.
Rarity pouted and folded her arms for a few seconds before smiling and giggling herself. “I guess that did sound a bit cheesy and ripped from a trashy romance novel didn’t it?” She eventually said with a nod as she thought back on what she said and understood why her friend started giggling.
“Yes…” The taller girl agreed with a nod as dipped her spoon back into the tub.
“Well…what about you?” Rarity asked suddenly, catching the other girl off guard as she looked up curiously at her friend.
“What about me?” Fluttershy asked back in bemusement as she blinked a few times at her.
“I mean what kind of romance are you looking for?” The purple haired girl more accurately inquired with a slight giggle at her friend’s denseness.
Fluttershy leaned back in surprise as a light tint of red appeared on her face, not expecting that question and certainly not prepared for it as she never thought of romance in her life. It never occurred to her especially since she only had two friends in her entire life, one of them being her current friend Rarity and the other being a childhood friend that she never saw again after elementary school. She almost made a third friend, but that went up in smoke before it even began. So, if she has a terrible batting average with friends then love is certainly out of the question; to her that wasn’t really a problem though as she just wanted a friend to spend time over anything else.
“I…I don’t really want romance to be honest…I really just want a couple of friends…people who like me and treat me like a person instead of bullies me…” Fluttershy eventually answered softly as she looked down at her hands and twirled her spoon in her fingers. “I’m tired of being alone and defenseless when you’re not around…” She went on as she felt herself start to choke up from the sadness of being mostly alone in her life and instead bullied to no end.
“Oh Butterfly…I’m so sorry…I’m sure you’ll make a few friends soon…” Rarity comfortingly said as she reached over with her free hand and gently put it against her shoulder.
“I…I actually almost did make one today…” Fluttershy admitted softly as she decided to bring up the strange girl she met for the first time to Rarity.
“Really?” The purple haired girl simply said back in surprise, her eyes widening a bit.
“Y-Yeah…a-at the gathering…she was nice…if a little loud and rude…confident…pretty amazing actually…” The girl in Butterfly themed pajamas began to explain as her spirits started to lift and a smile formed on her face, not going unnoticed by Rarity as her eyebrow slowly lifted at the sight of this. “She actually complimented my car at first and said I was her friend…” She then said almost exhilarated as he lifted her head and grinned happily.
“But…then…” The timid girl lowly said as she lowered her head back down; the smile completely wiped from her face in an instant. “She…figured out what my car was and…left immediately, wanting to be as far away from me as possible…” She softly revealed as she felt herself tear up upon admitting that.
“Oh Butterfly…” Rarity softly called as she leaned over and brought her friend into a gentle hug.
“It…It’s always like this…all because of a dumb car…I was this close to making a new friend until my stupid car ruined it again…” The now quietly crying girl struggled to say as tears started to slide down the sides of her face.
“Fluttershy…” The shorter girl called in a whisper as she stroked the taller girl’s hair. “It will be ok…I’m sure…I’m sure they are your friend…” She then said as she slowly broke away from the girl and turned the girl’s head to face her.
“W-What?” The crying girl muttered in disbelief as her glistening eyes widened slightly at the azure girl in front of her.
“If she was like you said she was…then I’m sure she was just shocked and a bit put off by the car…but if she really said that…then a silly vehicle isn’t going to come between that…” The more lavish dressed girl happily said with a smile as she raised her hand and wiped the tears off of Fluttershy’s cheeks.
“You…You really think so?” The now hopeful girl asked as a smile slowly formed across her lips.
“I know so Butterfly! Trust me!” Rarity shouted supportively with a nod. “I’m sure you two will be the best of friend soon!” She predicted with a giggle as she tilted her head slightly at her friend.
Fluttershy’s face lit up in glee as she smiled brightly and nodded back, now feeling much better and actually excited at the prospect of Dash being her friend. She was so excited and happy that she couldn’t contain herself and opened her mouth. “Yay!” She cheered as loudly as she could, which amounted to nothing more than a quiet whisper.
Luna’s mouth continued to hang open, even viewing the video numerous times. “I…I can’t…fathom that…that there’s another NSX out there with the same color as my sister’s…” She said softly in disbelief as she as she lowered the phone down and got off of the guy that stole her car.
“Yeah, her name’s Fluttershy, and she’s likes to put regular gas in her car instead of high octane!” Pinkie happily said to the taller girl as she took the cell phone out of her hand.
“Fluttershy?” Luna repeated in a whisper as she watched the girl slowly bounce away towards Twilight.
“Yeah, she’s the bitch that humiliated me…I broke up with my girlfriend today, and she sent her after me to embarrass me!” Blueblood hissed angrily as he slowly got up off the ground. “I so would’ve beat her actually…but I think something’s wrong with your R34 Luna…I mean it’s an all-wheel drive car that performs like shit on dirt!” He then shouted as he wiped the dirt from his face and looked at his distantly related aunt.
“That’s because it’s not an all-wheel drive vehicle, you moron!” The dark-blue haired girl darkly pointed as she turned back narrowed her moderate-cyan eyes at the blonde man.
“Huh?” The light blue eyed man simply replied as he cocked his head a bit and arched an eyebrow slightly at her.
“That is my rear-wheel drive R34 that I use for easy drifting and show…it’s not for racing, especially on dirt!” Luna explained angrily as she pointed to the black Skyline behind him. “Of course, you should’ve known that as soon as your started driving in it, but apparently as long as it goes forward that’s good enough for you!” She then insulted him as lowered her arm and shook her head in disgust.
“Hey, it’s not like I normally drive that car or anything!” Blueblood replied as he raised both his hands, trying to save what little dignity he had left. Meanwhile, Pinkie Pie gave Twilight the phone she took from Luna, so she could watch the video.
“You shouldn’t have been driving it at all!” Luna screamed furiously at him as she walked up to him, making the man flinch in fear and back up. “Now shut up and count your blessings that you aren’t in the trunk of my car right now!” She threatened darkly as Twilight began watching the video on the phone.
“Hey, I think that’s the car the girl at my college drives…” The college girl pointed out upon seeing the video and the white NSX . “Yeah, a 2005 Acura NSX Refresh….it’s definitely hers…” She confirmed confidently with a nod before looking up to see Luna quickly walking over to her.
“You knew about this car before tonight?” Luna asked the shorter girl in shock and frustration as she walked right up to her.
“Well yeah, I’ve seen it around campus a few times…” Twilight began calmly, not even flinching or reacting at all at the threatening girl’s advance and tone. “I don’t really know the driver personally though…” She then said as she looked back down at the phone to finish watching the video.
“If you saw a car that only my sister drives, wouldn’t you have at least made an effort to speak to her?” The Princess of the Night angrily suggested as the video on the phone finished playing. “Didn’t Celestia tell you to be active and make friends?” She then reminded her darkly as Twilight handed the phone back to Pinkie Pie, who smiled and bounced away.
“Says the girl who everyone fears and almost shoved her cousin in the trunk of her car.” Twilight dryly replied as she looked at the taller girl with a raised eyebrow, catching Luna off guard as she blinked a few times in surprise and recoiled ever so slightly.
“Look, it didn’t bother me. I just thought she was a huge fan of Celestia and drove that car to pay to show her respect or something…” The moderate-sapphire haired girl explained with a sigh as she folded her arms and took a step back away from the taller girl.
“Twilight…that’s the ultimate form of disrespect when it comes to racers!” Luna lividly disagreed, getting her composure back as narrowed her moderate-cyan eyes at the college girl. “I mean how would you feel if the car you drove around for so long and are recognized for…was also being used by other racers?” She then asked as she pointed at her, trying to put the girl in her and every other famous racer’s situation.
“I’ve seen a few Impreza’s driving around like mine…it doesn’t bother me…” Twilight honestly answered with a shrug, making Luna groan shake her head in revulsion.
“She just doesn’t get it does she?” Blueblood asked as he too was shaking his head, making the tall girl focus her attention back at him.
“Do you want to see the inside of my trunk?” Nightmare Moon yelled at the man as she pointed at her car, making Blueblood shake his head frantically. “Then shut the hell up!” She then demanded as she pointed at the guy who was nodding his head in agreement.
“I don’t get why this is a problem…” Twilight spoke up as she held up a finger; wanting to get Luna’s attention so she wouldn’t do any other rash or mean things to the tall man.
“It’s a huge problem!” The curvier girl shouted back as she looked back at the skinny girl, making Blueblood sigh in relief behind her. “It’s the most embarrassing thing to quite possibly ever happen to us!” She then declared as she stomped her foot on the ground angrily.
“Tomorrow, when that video goes up everybody in Canterlot…no Equestria…is going to see that imposter NSX tearing my GT-R a new one without any background information or knowledge as to what’s going on!” She began to explain as she pointed behind her at her black Skyline with her left hand as her right hand reached into her pocket and pulled out her smartphone.
“Rumors and speculations will flood the forums and discussion boards about what’s going on which in turn damages our credibility and our reputation…the second you screw up and get shown up…is the second your career goes tumbling down the hill into oblivion!” She went on as she raised her phone up and then pointed at it.
“Ever see someone get blasted all over the net?” She asked rhetorically as she put her phone back in her pocket. “It’s not a pretty sight!” She quickly answered for her with a shake of her head.
“So how are we going to fix this?” The moderate-violet eyed girl asked as she tilted her head, now fully understanding the situation.
“Well, since he’s the asshole who lost he has to make up for it.” Luna answered with a groan as she backed up slightly away from Twilight. “In his car! Not in my car!” She quickly added in a shout as she turned around and walked towards the frightened man, grabbing him by his shirt collar.
“Find her then…challenge her…and beat her in a race so bad she’ll regret ever setting foot in that car!” She instructed in a low menacing tone as she pulled his face closer to hers and scowled at him. “That’s the only way to redeem yourself and not drag down all our names in the mud!” She finished as she tossed him away from her, making him stumble and almost fall down.
The blonde haired man breathed heavily as he regained his balance and quickly straightened out his clothes. “Don’t worry…I’ll get my revenge…there’s no way I’ll let a humiliating defeat at the hands of a commoner stand!” He eventually replied to the dark-blue haired woman in a determined tone. “I swear I’ll get her!’ He then shouted angrily as he raised his hand up and clenched it into a fist.
“Oh, you will...because if you screw up again…” Luna began with a slow nod before stopping and smiling slightly. “Well…I’ll just say that after I’m through with you you’ll be wishing I shoved you in the trunk of my car!” She then threatened in dark manor as she walked right up front of the now sweating man.
“Understand?” She simply asked as she pointed to him, making Blueblood gulp nervously and quickly nod back. “Good…” The Princess of the Night replied as she lowered her hand, reached into his pocket and pulled out the keys to her car before turning around and walking back toward Twilight.
“You’re driving my R34 home…” The Skyline owner commanded as she held out the keys for the shorter girl to take. Twilight nodded and took the keys, starting to walk towards it before the angry owner grabbed her arm and pulled her close to her. “If I see one scratch, dent, or ding on it...” She lowly threated in an intimating voice as Twilight looked up to see her narrowing her eyes at her.
“Don’t worry…I’ll be careful Luna…” The college girl replied back calmly, not even fazed by that remark as the tall girl let go of her.
Luna turned and watched the girl walk up to the black R34 and get inside of it. Twilight put the keys in the ignition as the pink haired girl bounced up in front of the black car. The moderate-sapphire haired girl turned the keys to try and start the engine but failed, so she tried again and got the same results. Twilight gulped in fear as she looked out to see Luna, now looking more furious than ever, turn to face an equally terrified Blueblood.
“I-It started when I was using it…she must’ve broken it or something…” The frantic blonde haired man said in his defense as Luna slowly started to advance towards him.
Twilight bit her lip before looking at the steering wheel and trying to start the car again, yielding the same results. “Come on…” Twilight whispered in fear as she wanted the car to start, so Luna wouldn’t harm the guy who most likely caused this problem in the first place.
“Shhh it’s ok…it’s not that big meanie pants Blueblood…it’s Twilight…” Twilight heard the pink haired girl outside the car say in a gentle tone as she looked out to see the girl gently rubbing the hood of the car. “Yeah Twilight…that’s right…oh yes she’ll take great care of you…I know it…so you don’t have to be afraid…” She happily said to the car with a smile as Twilight raised an eyebrow at her. The driver then shook her head before looking back at the steering wheel and turning the keys, immediately starting the car with the engine firing on all cylinders.
“What the…” Twilight muttered in disbelief as she gently pressed down the accelerator and revved the engine up to a loud roar.
“Ohhhh, this car really likes you Twilight!” Pinkie commented happily as Twilight looked up to her smiling back at her.
The college girl opened her mouth to say something, but closed it and shook her head as what she was going to say was the most illogical thing she could ever possibly think of. Instead, she looked out to see Luna looking back a bit calmer as she pointed at the girl who was still in front of the car. Twilight nodded back before moving head out of the door so the pink haired girl could clearly hear her.
“Uhhh could you please move Pinkie…I don’t want to run you over…” Twilight politely asked with a nervous smile, wanting to girl to move away, so Luna wouldn’t yell at her more than anything else.
“Okie Dokie Lokie!” Pinkie agreed happily as she bounced away, making Twilight sigh in relief as she moved her head back into the black car.
“Alright we’re leaving…” Luna commanded in a stern tone as Twilight looked over to see her walking back to her car; she nodded slightly even though she couldn’t see it and shut the door to the car.
“Hey, what about me?” Blueblood asked frantically as he followed behind the girl as she reached her GT-R.
“You’re walking home…” Luna dryly answered as she put her hand on the door, not even looking at the guy next to her.
“You can’t be serious!” The blue eyed guy frantically shouted back in disbelief as his mouth hung open.
“Would you rather take the alternative?” The Princess of the Night asked back as she pointed to the back of her car.
“No…” He softly answered with a shake of his head as the still pissed off girl opened the door to her car.
“Oh, and just to be safe…” She began as she put a foot on the inside of her car and stood up so her top part of her body went over the roof. “I, your Princess of the Night, Nightmare Moon, hath something to decree!” She then shouted to the crowd in her normal tone of speaking voice when addressing other people.
“Henceforth that no one shalt drive this asshole home tonight! If you do I will find out, and I will come after you! Then you and him shalt share the same fate and double the fun in my trunk!” She commanded angrily as she raised her hand a pointed it to the guy next to her car who was walking away trying to hide his face.
“Understood?” She merely asked the crowd as pointed at them, making everyone nod in agreement. “Great!” She happily responded before turning towards the other black GT-R and snapping her fingers at it.
She then moved her hand and pointed to the entrance before the Skyline’s engine roared. It slowly started to move and turn, heading towards the entrance. Luna watched it intensely as it passed Blueblood and drove up to the entrance. It briefly stopped before turning and heading down the road at a casual speed. Luna sighed as she got in her car and shut the door, turning the engine on shortly afterwards. The engine screamed as the tires squealed against the road as the car slowly started to move, kicking up a lot of smoke.
The curvy black GT-R slowly turned and headed towards Blueblood, picking up more speed as the tires burnt against the pavement. The blonde man backed up in horror as the car drove directly towards him; he tripped and stumbled over as the car continued to close in on him. He closed his eyes as the car violently turned, swinging the back end out and missing him by barely a few inches as the smoke from the tires completely covered up Blueblood. The black GT-R then rapidly picked up speed as it headed towards the entrance. It barreled onto the road, not even braking, as it turned and headed down the road. The loud engine thundered as the car flew down the road in pursuit of the older GT-R that left earlier.
Blueblood coughed and waved his hand in the smoke covered air as it slowly disappeared. “Blueblood!” He heard his three friends call as he saw them running up to him.
“Here, let me help you!” Dumbbell offered as he lowered his hand for Blueblood to take.
“Get away from me!” The furious blonde screamed as he swatted his hand away and got up on his own.
“I was just trying to help!” The shaggy haired man replied as he backed up slightly and shook his head while Blueblood looked around at the crowd to see people snickering and laughing.
“Unless you can reverse time and save me from this humiliation then no!” He shouted back as he turned around, not able to face the crowd again. “Being beaten up, almost shoved into a trunk, and forced to walk home...a driver of my caliber deserves better!” He said softly in anguish as he faced the road where he saw the GT-Rs drive off on.
“I can drive you home!” Score happily offered with a grin as he put a hand on Blueblood’s shoulder.
“Aren’t you worried about Nightmare Moon shoving you in her trunk?” Hoops asked slightly in concern as he arched an eyebrow at his friend.
“It’s ok; she can put me anywhere she wants! I’ll gladly be shoved in her trunk!” The black haired guy cheerfully replied as he turned and gave a thumbs up to his two compatriots.
“Dude…you have issues!” Dumbbell shouted in response as his eyes widened and took a few steps back from his strange friend.
“Yes, and that issue is love!” Score insisted passionately as Blueblood’s eye began to twitch in annoyance.
“No, there’s love and then there’s just fu-”
“Would you three shut the hell up?!” The blonde haired man angrily shouted, making the trio go silent and recoil in fear. “You’re just adding to my embarrassment!” He went on as he looked back to see the three guys backing away from him.
“Honestly…” He then softly said as he looked back at the road. “I’ve never been so humiliated in my life…” He bitterly snarled as he gritted his teeth and narrowed his light blue eyes.
“Fluttershy…I swear to god…I will get you and make you regret making me suffer this indignity!” He promised to himself as the three guys behind him all looked at each other with nervous looks on their faces. “You’ll rue the day you ever crossed Blueblood of the Canterlot Regals!” He finished loudly with determination as he clenched both his hands into fists.
“Goodnight Rarity…” Fluttershy sweetly said to her friend as she walked out the door into the hall.
“Goodnight Fluttershy…I’ll see you in the morning!” The tired, purple haired girl happily replied as she began to walk down the hall to her room next door. Fluttershy smiled and quietly shut the door before turning around and heading to the small cage that contained her little white bunny.
“Goodnight Angel…” She softly said to the already sleeping rabbit who was lying on his back with bits of carrot all over his slightly pudgy tummy. Fluttershy giggled at the sight of her lightly snoring bunny before walking over to her room.
The pink haired girl yawned as she shut the door behind her and locked it. She slowly walked over to her bed and plopped down on it, slowly moving under the covers and putting her head down on the soft pillow. She wiggled slightly to get as comfortable as possible before reaching her hand out and turning off the small light on her nightstand. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath as the thoughts and memories of what happened today started to flood her mind.
‘I almost can’t believe all the things that happened to me today…’ She mused internally as she realized that the day she had was anything but typical, especially for her. ‘Meeting a blind girl, getting into a race with her driving, and almost having her as my friend…it’s all unbelievable…’ She reminded herself in order as she could still very easily visualize the short girl in her mind.
‘I just…I just wish the last one was true above all else…’ She sulked slightly in her mind as the one thing she wanted the most slipped from her grasp. ‘Maybe Rarity is right…maybe we will meet again…and maybe we will be the best of friends…’ She then positively thought as a small smile slowly curved on her lips.
‘Yeah…after all she really just dislikes my car…if I get rid of that or trade it I’ll have a new friend!’ Fluttershy happily thought as she knew what the source of all her pain and misery was and what she had to do to fix it all. ‘An amazing girl like her…able to drive at incredible speeds without the use of her sight and able stand up for herself despite being over a foot shorter than me…someone like her being friends with me?’ She then giddily thought as the thought of her being her friend sent warm feelings all throughout her body.
‘As Rarity would say…’ She began in her mind as she giggled slightly. “It would just be the…best…possible…thing…” She softly uttered as sleep began to overtake her, ending the day completely unaware of the events that were to transpire the falling day.
Along with the trails that would follow it.
“Hey! Here we are with another incredible rendition of Me Car Time!”
“Today, we’re going to talk about the main rival car for this act. The Nissan Skyline GT…wait what?”
“We’re talking about the RX-8? …why?”
“Yeah, but it’s a background car that like appears for like…I don’t know…two scenes?”
“Yeah, I guess you’re right…if we did do all the main cars we’d be done by act ten…okie dokie lokie then…”
“Today we’re going to blah blah blah Mazda RX-8!”
“It’s the successor to the very popular and more powerful Mazda RX-7…duh…I mean eight does come after seven in most circumstances…even I know that!”
“And I also know that seven ate nine! Hehehe!”
“Oh…right…topic…sorry Twilight…”
“The Mazda RX-8 is a strange car as it uses a weird engine known as the Wanking Rotating Engine!”
“What? Oh, I mean…the Wankel Rotary Engine…which is different from a normal engine since all the parts in the…thing…rotates I think…unlike other normal engines which uses piston….thingys…I’m so confused!”
“Anyways…the car was released in 2001 and went up until 2011, getting all sorts of neat and super changes and variations!”
“The one that Dumbbell drives is the second generation one which looks different and performs slightly better than the first generation due to its lower weight, lowered gearing, and better suspension!”
“He mostly uses it for daily purposes and to tote around his friend, Hoops, as he doesn’t have a car…”
“Occasionally he does take it out for some thrills…though…honestly…he…well…isn’t good at it at all…and his car cries more often than not due to this and him scraping against the walls and ruining the paint!”
“Though, it’s not a problem for him…as he and his friends own a small body shop! So he and them always buff out the dents and dings on their cars…though when they break down…that’s another sad story…”
“Honestly, he’s a big meanie and doesn’t deserve that poor mistreated car! You should totally go beat him up Twilight!”
“Yes you! I can’t do it! I was made to party the fun way not the mean way!”
“You won’t do it either? Well…is there like a place we can send a note to for like mistreated and abused cars? I mean they have them for children, old people, and even animals, so why not cars?”
“Quit shaking your head at me Twi! You know it’s a super idea!”
“Oh right, the topic…”
“Uhhh…the car Dumbbell has is a five speed manual that has like less than two hundred horsepower…”
“Uhhh…I got nothing…”
“Alright, we’ll end it here…I can’t wait to do one of the main rival cars later on! I mean next week I get to talk about the Corvette C6 ZR1! The Blue Devil! I’m already excited!”
“Wait…I have to talk about what car next week?”
“Awwwww!”
Rival Origins 1: Blueblood
Rival Origins 1: Blueblood!/Stupid Origins 1: The Butchering of Characters!
The night air was cold, the stars were all twinkling in the sky, and my eyes were barely open as I sat in the back of my dad’s car. I was so tired; my dad suddenly awoke me late at night and made me get in the car. This was something that he never did before and honestly I was more than a little grumpy for being awoken in my sleep. It was Friday night and I had a whole list of plans and things I wanted to do over the weekend, so I went to bed a little earlier than usual to be well rested in the morning. Obviously that didn’t go very well as I’m on a sudden car trip with my dad in the middle of the night.
“Dad…” I called in a haze as I felt my head lean against the window of the car door. “What are we doing out so late?” I asked tiredly in the back of the car as I weakly looked outside to see small groups of people all heading in the same direction as we were.
“You’ll see.” My father warmly replied as I slowly looked at the rearview mirror in the front of the car to catch a glimpse of him smiling. “Your Aunt Celestia is going to forever change this city…” He went onto vaguely say, immediately evoking a groan in response out of me.
My Aunt Celestia? That already infuriated me. I hated my aunt; I hated her with a passion. She’s a part of the more wealthy part of the family, the head of it in fact. She’s easily the richest person in the entire city of Canterlot and quite possibly Equestria period. She’s so insanely rich that I’m sure if she got cold at night she would burn suitcases full of thousand bit bills. That’s not what makes me hate her however; after all it’s nice to have a member of your family that’s very financially successful as the money does trickle down to the other parts. Namely me as I was always carrying around bits that I could blow on whatever I wanted whenever I wanted.
No, I hated her because of one simple fact. She’s the dumbest person to ever grace the face of this planet. She’s stupidly rich, and of course rich people blow money on stupid things. What do they normally spend it on? Perhaps they could buy big luxurious mansions? Exotic sports cars as far as the eye can see maybe? Or how about a private island if they’re really loaded? My aunt is so rich that she could buy all those things at once ten times over and not make a dent in her wealth. But what did she buy instead? A mountain, she bought a freaking mountain! After all, that’s what all the normal rich people buy right? They buy a mountain, along with all the roads on them of course! Heck, I didn’t even know it was even possible to buy a mountain until I was told at a very young age that our aunt owned her own mountain.
It wasn’t even a large mountain, and it certainly wasn’t the tallest mountain surrounding the city, but she bought it because she’s an idiot. Now what, pray tell, does she do with the mountain? Close it off completely for her private personal get away? Build some hotels or resorts for tourists? Or how about making it a toll road for people going to and from the city? No, she did none of those in fact. She did absolutely nothing to change it or the roads or anything about the mountain period. The only thing she did was after around a certain time at night, when all the side roads are empty; she goes out and just drives around like a maniac. It’s her mountain after all; she can do whatever she pleases apparently and not get in trouble with the law. Now, I can understand wanting to drive fast sometimes, but on a mountain road with all those bends and turns? She clearly lost every part of her freaking mind!
Now around the time of my Aunt Luna’s birth, she bought herself a new car. Ok, that sounds something a rich person would do. Is it a Porsche, Lamborghini, or a Ferrari perhaps? You know one of those really expensive cars meant to go fast that loaded people typically buy? No, of all the dumb cars in the world she buys, she went and bought a NSX. A car I don’t think anyone knows or cares about because it’s so lame. Now, to top this mindless stupidity off, what was the final straw to seal herself as the ‘dumbest person in the world?’ Shortly afterwards, she invited as many people as she could to her mountain and drove with them as some sort of a legal street racing sort of deal. Doesn’t charge them money, doesn’t expect anything in return, and says it’s all in the name ‘good fun.’ She really is the dumbest person to ever live, such a disgrace as well to her wealth as well. If only I had all that money, the things I would do with it.
And now here I was on my way, in middle of the night, to watch this crazy person quite possibly kill herself on the mountain road. Truth be told, I never watched her drive, but then again I never wanted to. Such a dumb concept, if she wanted to do this so badly why didn’t she just join a driving club or something? She could buy all the private tracks and organizations in the world if she wanted to! No, she wanted that dumb mountain because of the ‘unrestricted freedom’ or whatever that she usually went on about. Did I mention she was stupider than the common slug?
I groaned to myself as I noticed the car start to slow down as we continued to drive along the dimly lit streets. I was too much in a daze and a stupor to notice what was really going outside. I did notice that there were a few cars and people outside the window to the point where I thought that some sort of traffic jam or accident had occurred on the road. Why such a thing like this was happening in the dead of night was a mystery to me. I did not give it much thought as we slowly turned off the road and entered some kind of parking lot. I was too tired and frustrated to really do anything besides yawn and yearn for my comfy bed.
As we parked in a large parking lot of the bottom of the mountain, I noticed a lot of cars parked where we were, more than there should be since it’s the middle of the night. I shook my head and yawned before I opened the back door to our car. When I stumbled out of our sedan, grumbling to myself in annoyance, I looked around and immediately woke up at the sight of all the people moving through the parking lot, and the even larger group of people all huddled at the exit of the mountain. I felt numb as the sheer amount of people here was mind blowing; it had to be the most massive assortment of people gathered together in one place I have ever saw in my life!
“I’m sorry son. I wish we could’ve got a better space up in the mountain, but from what I can tell it’s already filled with people and cars.” I heard my dad apologize as he closed the door to our car. I merely looked up at him with my mouth hanging open as he took me by my hand and led me through the crowds of people towards the street.
What did he say just say? I was already lost in a sea of endless bodies and there was more? I felt myself be lifted off the ground and placed on my dad’s shoulders. As my dad weaved through the crowd to get close to the road, I looked around and gasped once more at the sheer amount of people just here at the bottom of the mountain. There were more people than I originally thought, at least over a thousand! That’s about one-fifth of the population of Canterlot, and there’s MORE people here than just that?
When we got as close to the road as we could I looked up and saw both sides of the street filled with people all the way up as far as I could see up the mountain. Some people were standing on top of large RVs they drove themselves, others on the ground were jumping up and down to get a better view, and some were even in the trees. I don’t know how long I spent looking around at all the people in the area. It felt like I wasted an hour of just gawking at the sheer mass of the crowd.
“Yo, the race started.” I eventually heard somebody nearby me say, most likely to another person. Wait, a race? A race is going on? So it’s not just my crazy aunt driving?
“I heard Spitfire took the lead off the starting line.” His buddy next to him replied as I looked over to see two tall guys next to us, both wearing T-shirts with a blue race car on it with lots of decals and sponsors on it. Wait, did they say Spitfire? Thee Spitfire? She’s here? What on earth is a racing celebrity like her doing here? I know it’s the offseason, but shouldn’t she be posing for magazines, spending time in her mansion, doing lots of drugs, or whatever celebrities like her usually do on their free time?
“Of course! Spitfire’s the undefeated six time national champ on the professional circuit! There’s no way she could lose to some street raised poser in an NSX!” The other much fatter guy declared happily as he turned. As he did I could clearly see the picture of the red and yellow haired race driver on the back of his blue shirt.
“Ya-heah Wonderbolt pride bro!” The other man cheered as they both raised their fists and pounded them.
I blinked a few times at them and started to look around to see all the people whispering and conversing among amongst each other. All these people had come out just for this? Spitfire I can sort of understand as she’s a celebrity, but for my aunt? Please, she’s a crazy girl in her late twenties who dyes her hair pink and drives down the side of the mountain for fun! What could be so great about seeing a tried and true professional humiliate her in a race?
“Hey! I just got word from my pal whose like near the halfway point! Spitfire’s in the lead!” Somebody in the crowd shouted at the top of his lungs, getting cheers and applause from a lot of the spectators. “H-Holy crap! He also said that Celestia is pressing her hard! Like practically on top of her!” He then screamed which immediately caused the crowd to stop their applause and start to whisper silently amongst themselves. Pressing? On top of her? What does that even mean?
“Spitfire is being pressured?” A spectator near us asked himself in disbelief. What does this mean? Pressured? On top of her? Pressing? Is she racing her or giving her one of those ‘adult massages’ my mom and dad say they give each other at night sometimes?
“Impossible! He must’ve heard that wrong or maybe…maybe she’s just taking it easy on her for now!” Another one theorized sounding almost desperate. Why is everyone getting so worked up over this?
“Come on Celestia! Show that uptight brat what we common street racers can really do!” A somewhat familiar voice shouted from across the street. I glanced over and noticed a somewhat old girl with black hair and a swollen eye. Wait, that’s Ms. Inkwell! One of the teachers at my school! What the heck is she doing here? Don’t tell me she’s one of my aunt’s dumb driving friends!
“You can do it big sis!” Another familiar, much younger voice screamed cheerfully. I looked over next to Inkwell to see my two year older Aunt Luna jumping up and down happily, her short light blue hair bouncing off and on her shoulders as she did.
I then noticed that most of the people near Luna and Inkwell were people I knew. Storeowners, small time workers, and even children were present. Some of them I recognized as my fellow classmates from school. They were all here? Why? And why do they look more excited than ever? Why did a lot of the other people look confused, upset, or concerned? What’s on the line to warrant all this? And why are there a lot of cops next to their cars at the end of the mountain road? I have no idea what’s going on!
A phone rang from someone behind me, followed by the flipping sound of a handheld cellphone. “Yeah? You see them pass? What happened?” The girl asked to whomever it was that was on the other line. A few seconds later I heard a gasp, followed by the sound of something hitting the ground and breaking. “No way…” She whispered in complete disbelief. No way…what?
“Here comes a car!” A guy in a tree at the far end of the road next to the turn shouted. He was so far away I could barely hear him, but what I could clearly hear though was the sound of an engine getting louder and louder. I looked around and I noticed the crowd get antsier and antsier, whispering and shifting in anticipation.
“It’s the…It’s the-!” The guy in the tree frantically yelled in complete shock as the headlights of the car started to shine down the street as the engine sound grew louder by the second along with the sound of screeching tires. The headlights turned suddenly as the tire screeches increased as the sight of a white car came sliding around the corner. Its rear end was free and its front bumper looked like it was it touching the guardrail, though there were no sounds of scraping or sparks flying off of it. That…That’s my aunt’s car…I recognize its distinct shape and weird flip up headlights anywhere! She…she actually beat the future hall of famer Spitfire?
“The NSX?” A few spectators in the audience said in poor unison as most of the others gasped in horror. The people on the other side of the street cheered as the white car came out of the turn. It careened down the road still sliding at an angle as lot of the members of the audience began to back away.
“She’s not recovering from the drift!” Somebody frantically shouted as more and more people began to flee from the oncoming car speeding down the road almost sideways. The engine roared as the tires screeched some more, so much so it began to leave behind a long trail of white smoke.
My father didn’t move and instead chuckled at the sight, as if a car about to wreck was somehow pleasing to him. I felt nervous that it would wreck as I didn’t really want anything bad to happen to her, even if I didn’t really like her I didn’t want anything bad to happen to her. As the car got closer and closer its front end suddenly turned violently to the right, making it start to spin in a circle. I really began to feel scared as I just knew she had lost control and was now going to crash, quite possibly hurting a lot of people and undoubtedly killing herself in the process.
“It’s spinning out of control! She’s going to wreck!” Another person blatantly pointed out as the car spun around at least two more times down the road, all of its tires screeching against the pavement leaving behind four trails of smoke behind each tire..
Everybody was now running except for my father and all the people on the other side of the street. Not even Luna was running or even scared for that matter as she smiled and watched car as it suddenly stabilized with one violent jerk. It was now sliding backwards at a much slower pace as it went to the side of the road next to the group of locals. It slowly screeched to a halt as it stopped right next to them. The engine quickly turned off and the lights retreated back into the front end as people previously running stopped and looked back in complete shock at the now perfectly parked car.
I myself was in complete surprise as my jaw dropped the sheer amount of crazy I just saw before her. “That girl’s out of her mind.” I commented in a whisper as the driver’s side door opened and out from the seat came the bright pink haired woman in her normal white business suit. She smiled and looked at her friends with a nod before looking around at everyone, and then finally the cops, who were also completely shocked at what they just saw.
“Oh…I’m so sorry about this!” Celestia frantically apologized as she walked up with a hand covering her mouth. “Did I cross the line back onto the public road?” She quickly asked as she looked down at the road trying to see if she left her private road and got back on the public one. The cop in front of her, with his jaw hanging open, slowly shook his head no as my father and a lot of the audience began to get closer to the winner of the race.
“Well I should still get a ticket for this!” My aunt insisted with a firm nod. Wait, she actually wants a ticket? “I mean what I did was pretty reckless right?” She went on to ask as she put her hands on her hip and continued smiling as the cop shook his head again. Oh yeah, you really are the dumbest girl in the world.
“Well, how about all these spectators then? I’m sure it’s public loitering or something? Or how about the sounds of the engines being excessive noise pollution? Or maybe-”
“M-Ma’am…” The male cop called in a stutter as he raised his hand, cutting off Celestia from continuing. “It…it’s fine…it’s just…it’s fine…” The officer struggled to say as he shook his head slowly again, still reeling in shock of what just happened in front of him as the sound of another engine slowly began to be heard.
Celestia smiled sweetly at the police officer as the engine sound quickly grew louder and louder. “There’s the Esprit!” The guy in the tree declared frantically as all eyes went back to the turn to see another set of headlights appear.
The headlights didn’t suddenly disappear like the car before it and there were much tamer tire screeches as a bright blue car came around the corner. The strange blue car with lots of decals and sponsors on it furiously went through the corner until coming down the straight. The car looked somewhat familiar to the white one ahead of it. It had two doors, some moving headlights, a wing on the back, but it was much boxier looking and the headlights where much bigger. The blue car with a strange lightning bolt with wings picture on the hood came to a screeching halt next to the white car head of it as Celestia watched it with a smile.
The car’s engine kicked off as the headlights moved back down into the hood. The door driver’s side door flew open as tall slender feminine figure in a matching blue racing suit and helmet came out. The decal covered girl took off her gloves before quickly removing her helmet. She girl shook her fiery red hair upon removing the helmet and threw both it and the gloves back into the car before angrily looking at my Aunt with her furious orange eyes. It…It’s Spitfire….it took her this long to get to the finish after Celestia did? It was least like two minutes! That’s unbelievable!
“You…You!” Spitfire uttered twice softly as she slowly raised her hand to point at the girl standing behind her white car. The entire crowd went dead silent and moved closer to the cars to better hear the two as Celestia slowly began to walk around her car.
“Hey Spitfire…did you have fun?” She asked the girl across from her as she slowly walked around her car, her hand tracing against the back and then the wing as she slowly came around the other side.
“Is that all you have to say? ‘Did you have fun?!’ Are you taunting me?” The girl angrily shouted as she rushed around the front end of her car to get face to face with the girl who beat her.
“I wasn’t joking and by judging response I can safely say that it was a no…” My aunt lowly said almost in disappointment and with a sigh as she reached her passenger side door and leaned against it with her hands in her front pockets.
“What the hell are you Celestia?” The Wonderbolt angrily asked as she went up to the slightly taller girl’s face. “No one has ever passed me, much less beat me! In the six years I’ve been on the professional circuit no one’s even come close to doing what you just did!” The girl declared as she gritted her teeth and narrowed her eyes at now chuckling girl.
“Don’t you dare laugh at me!” Spitfire furiously spat out as she pointed at the winner of the race.
The crowd began to grow restless and loud, mumbling and talking amongst themselves to the point where I couldn’t hear the two racers as the conversed. All I really noticed was Celestia holding up her hand, raising her fingers one right after the other as her other hand pointed at her, her car, and then the road behind them. Spitfire’s reactions went from angry, to shocked, to even more furious by the end of it all as people close by the conversation where gasping and snickering at some points.
“You…You bitch!” I heard Spitfire scream at the top of her lung as she ran back around to the driver’s side door. “I won’t forget this! I’ll have my revenge! Just you wait Celestia! We’ll race again! I swear it!” She continued shouting as she opened the door to her car and got inside, closing the door with a loud slam.
“I’ll be looking for to it Spitfire, you can race me anytime you want!” I heard Celestia yell back so Spitfire could hear her from within the car as it ignited to life. The engine roared loudly as the headlights came back up before the tires began squealing against the pavement.
“Spitfire wait! I wouldn’t-!” Celestia began shouting as the car launched forward, people getting out of the way as it flew past them and the cop cars. One of them immediately turned on its sirens and chased the blue car as it turned the corner, the cop car following in hot pursuit. “Do that…” She softly finished as the sound of tires screeching to a stop was heard followed by the sirens turning off. The locals I knew standing behind Celestia’s NSX began to laugh loudly as everyone else just looked on in shock, as if what they were seeing was just some horrible stage play that wasn’t actually real.
“That’s right! Go back to Cloudsdale you Wonderfail!” Inkwell shouted as she and the rest of the locals began to surround Celestia and her white car. “And don’t you ever underestimate us ‘lowly street punks’ ever again!” She added with a smirk as she put an arm around Celestia while her little sister raised her arm up.
“Let’s hear it for my big sis, for tonight she’s our hero and our Princess!” Luna squealed in delight as she held Celestia’s arm up as if she was the champion to a boxing match.
“Uh, no please it’s really-” The driver tried to modestly decline before being cut off by the cheers and shouts of the people around her as the rubbed her head and patted her on the back, Luna hugging her big sister’s waist.
I rolled my eyes at the sight, all of Celestia’s loser friends cheering her on, big deal that’s typical for me as the entire school will cheer me on. As I shook my head and rolled my eyes I noticed some people in the crowd around us began to slowly clap and cheer. Then more people began to cheer, then more, and more until the entire crowd of over a thousand began to scream and chant her name. The noise was so loud it sounded like army was attacking the walls of a fortress.
My eyes bulged as I watched everyone around us rush up to the girl next to her car, trying to take her picture, screaming out her name, and reaching out to try and touch the woman. Even my own loyal trio of followers were trying to get as close as they could to her. I slowly looked around and everywhere I looked people were rushing to get as close as they could for as far as I could see, even up the road towards the mountain. People were running down sides of the mountain or driving down to all get a look at the racer.
Now two firsts happened to me today, the first was earlier when I saw all these people, and now my second first was seeing them all clamoring for a single person. All these people who were possibly here for Spitfire and were against Celestia were suddenly on her side as if she was a major celebrity, an idol they could all walk up and talk to. Not even in my wildest dreams could I ever see on person get this much attention and adoration.
“Son…this day will go down as the day that Canterlot became a capital to a generation of aspiring racers all aiming to achieve what your Aunt has achieved today…” My father warmly said as we both watched the people pick her up off the ground and raise her above their heads. “And she herself has become an icon and idol to possibly millions of normal drivers all just wanting to be the best they can be.” He finished with a nod as they started to toss the actually sort of terrified looking girl up into the air. It seems like she doesn’t want this sort of attention, but I’ll gladly take it in her place!
“I’m going to be just like her dad…” I softly replied to the older man still holding me up to get a good view of everything. “I’m going to be so good get that things such as this will seem insignificant in comparison!” I declared excited as I could already see the legions of people all throwing themselves at me!
“The name Blueblood will ring out across the world one day! Just you wait and see!” I shouted in determination as I could already hear in my mind the millions of people all over the word chanting my name! Yes one day it will all about me! Blueblood the Greatest Racer in Equestria!
The bright red Ferrari F50 sparkled and gleamed as it remained parked directly in the center of the lobby. The pinnacle of mid 90s Ferrari engineering was perfectly clean from bumper to bumper and had its engine compartment open to display the powerful and impressive 4.7 Liter V12 engine. Both doors were open to reveal the untarnished and pristine interior to further enhance its magnificence. It remained there as an object of admiration for all who entered the dealership building.
In the empty white lobby, only footsteps could be heard leading up to the expensive super car. A person walked up next to the right side mirror of the car, dressed in a mixed up suit with a white glove on one hand and a yellow one on the other. The red eyed, white haired man with a goatee smiled with his misshapen teeth at the newly readjusted mirror.
“Ah…It’s perfect…” He lowly declared as he moved his yellow gloved hand up his slender body to his small white patch of fascial hair to stroke it slightly. He quickly turned around and began to quickly walk away from the red car. After he moved to the wall, he turned around with a smirk on his face before raising his hand and snapping his gloved fingers.
Immediately, out of nowhere, a large anvil fell from the ceiling and crushed the multi-million dollar car flat. The car alarm went off as chunks of metal, glass, and fluid flew around the room, narrowly missing the person who caused its destruction. The man clapped his hands giddily and laughed almost manically as he jumped up and down like a little kid.
“Ahh that was absolutely wonderful!” He announced to no one in particular as he hopped up on top of the destroyed car next to the anvil. “Nothing warms my heart more than seeing an overpriced Italian piece of garbage crushed by a cartoonish looking anvil…” He then proudly declared as a tear formed in his right eye.
“Mama was right…it really is the simple things that bring out the most joy in people!” He sadly reminisced as he got out a handkerchief from his pocket and wiped his eyes and then blew his nose very loudly. He then sighed in content and tossed the handkerchief aside before reaching into the pile of metal and getting out a smart phone. He quickly tapped the screen a few times to make a call and raised the phone to his ear. “Berry Punch…would you be a dear and send in the Ferrari 355 next…oh and a few more anvils if you would…thanks…” He frantically instructed with a smile on his face before removing the device from his ear.
“Would you please stop calling me already you crazy bas-” The female voice began to say over the phone before it was turned off and tossed on top of the anvil. The man chuckled to himself before jumping off the red pile of scrap metal as the door to the lobby opened.
In walked a very tall, very attractive, blonde haired male with a furious look on his face. After he slammed the door shut, he saw the destroyed Ferrari in the center of the lobby and raised an eyebrow in confusion. “What the hell happened here?” He asked in a gruff tone as he still held that angry expression on his face.
“Oh you know…the tragic tale of exotic sports car meeting its doom via anvil…it’s a horrible trend that’s been happening a lot around here for some strange reason…” The man on top of the destroyed car gleefully explained as he jumped wreckage. “Just ignore that though Blueballs I mean Blueblood….” He then smugly teased, garnering an unsubtle eye twitch and groan.
“So what can I do to help you this fine….whatever today is…” He then offered as he walked up next to the shorter male and put his yellow gloved hand around his shoulder.
“You know why I’m here Discord…” Blueblood answered darkly as he narrowed his eyes at the much thinner man next to him.
“Ah yes…of course…” The slim guy with the white goatee responded with nod and a grin. “Follow me…” He instructed as he removed his hand and walked ahead of the younger man.
The two exited the lobby and into the showroom where lots of other cars of different makes, years, and models were all lined up and displayed. They weaved through the cars and to the back corner where a locked elevator was. Beside the doors were two key holes and as soon as Discord reached it he took of his shoes and reached into them to pull out the respective key to the lock. He put the keys into the lock as he slipped back into his shows and looked to his right at a mirror in the wall. He nodded to his reflection before turning them both at the same time towards the right.
“Self –Destruct Sequence Activated. “ A female monotone voice announced over the intercom as the entire room began to flash red and a large blaring siren began to sound. “T-Minus ten seconds to complete obliteration….” The voice went on as a counter appeared on a large TV screen towards the front of the room.
“Oh right…I turned it the wrong way…opps…” Discord declared almost in a disinterested tone as Blueblood behind him began to freak out and scream.
“Ten…Nine…Eight…Seven…Six…” The voice began to count down as the numbers on the screen began to change to the corresponding number. “…Cinco…Quattro…Tres...Dos…Uno…” The voice went on; now counting in Spanish, as Discord lazily turned both keys all the way to the left
“Self-Destruct Sequence Aborted…” The voice announced as the room stopped flashing, the siren stopped, and the TV screen shut off. Blueblood immediately sighed in relief and put a hand to his heart to make sure it was still beating. “Super-Secret Elevator to the Super-Secret Basement full of Super-Secret Stuff activated…” The voice then declared as the small light above the elevator began to flash.
“Chocolate-Milk Sprinkler System also activated.” The female voice also added much to Blueblood’s confusion.
“Yay!” Discord cheered gleefully as he clapped his hands and then looked up at the sprinklers on the ceiling.
“Error. Chocolate-Milk reserves at zero. Chocolate-Milk Sprinkler System activation canceled.” The voice then informed as a loud buzzing noise rang out.
“Awww…” The now depressed man groaned as he lowered his hands and hunched over slightly to face the ground.
“Dude…why do you have the self-destruct crap apart of the elevator unlock thing?” Blueblood asked exasperatedly as he walked up next to the taller bent over man. “Why do you even have a self-destruct sequence in the first place?” He then pointed out in an even louder tone as it dawned on him that a car dealership had a self-destruct sequence seemingly pulled out of a cheesy sci-fi film.
“Oh please, you should now that every major corporation or business has a self-destruct procedure in case shit goes hits the fan…everyone knows this…” Discord answered with a laugh as he straightened himself out and put his white gloved hand around Blueblood’s shoulder.
“I’m pretty sure they don’t…” The blonde male responded as the elevator dinged and the doors slowly opened. The doors opened to reveal another set of smaller elevator doors. Those doors slowly opened to reveal an even smaller set of doors. Then they slowly opened vertically to reveal a tiny, almost dwarf sized, door. It flung open to reveal the elevator, but was so small Blueblood doubted he could even fit through it the doorway. “You’ve got to be kidding me…” He lowly commented upon seeing the small square entrance that looked less than half his size.
“After you Blueba…Blood…” Discord playfully instructed as he gestured his white gloved hand towards the small entry. The younger man groaned very loudly before bending over and crouching.
He moved forward and struggled to get in through the small doorway. He twisted and contorted his body as best he could to fit, but couldn’t get through and ended up getting stuck. He began to shift and frantically struggle before feeling Discord’s foot on his back and kicking him the rest of the way in.
His face met the wall of the elevator and grumbled in pain as he turned to see Discord easily enter the very small and cramped elevator thanks to his skinnier frame. Blueblood had to move as much as he could to one end of the elevator to let Discord in and even with that both their bodies were pressed together in the small confines of the elevator.
“What the hell kind of…rghh…elevator is this? A small kitchen service elevator?” Blueblood questioned as he irked in pain as his face was pressed against the cold metal of the elevator.
“No it’s a special elevator on sale that was like over half off! I couldn’t pass it up!” The other guy almost excitedly explained as he pressed the only button with his elbow.
“Maybe you should’ve because I feel like I’m about to pass out!” The blonde haired man screamed as the elevator started to slowly descend.
“Oh don’t complain Blueballs…it’s going to be a short trip I promise…” Discord responded with a snicker which made the guy pressed up against him to growl angrily.
“Don’t you dare freaking call me tha-AHHHHHHHH!!!!” Blueblood began to retort before shouting as he felt the floor below him disappear. He screamed as he fell like a rock in a black abyss. After a few seconds he hit the ground with a thud. He groaned in pain as he rubbed his back from the hit and looked up to see the light from the elevator and Discord floating down whilst only holding a small umbrella.
“What the hell was that Discord?” The furious, light blue eyed man shouted as he shot up from where he was, watching Discord as he gently landed on the ground. “You could’ve killed me!” He went on to point out as Discord folded the small umbrella up and put it in his business coat.
“If only I were so lucky…” Discord softly commented to himself as he straightened out his tie.
“What the hell is that supposed to mean?” The shorter, better looking man hissed angrily as he stomped on the ground. “Why the hell does the elevator open from the bottom? What the hell is the point of it if it only lasts like two seconds? Why is the elevator even necessary if it’s this close to the floor? Why couldn’t you just make some stairs or some-” He then franticly asked as he pointed at the elevator above them, stopping when Discord clapped his hands and cut him off.
“Mr. Blueballs…” Discord began in a serious tone as a light from above then suddenly turned on and made a small circle of light around them.
“BlueBLOOD!” Blueblood corrected as he raised both his fists to punch the taller, skinnier man.
“Whatever…” The uncaring dealership owner dismissed softly with a wave of his hands. “Behold!” He then said back in his serious and grand tone as he turned around; another beam of light from the ceiling making another circle of light in front of theirs.
“The greatest technological achievement I ever devised!” He went on proudly as another light appeared before them leading away from them. “An undertaking that if done by anyone else would’ve been impossible!” Discord continued as Blueblood’s eyes started to get wider by the second thanks to the grand entrance the dealership owner seemed to be giving.
“A one of a kind masterpiece that is…!” He went on before deliberately stopping as one final light shined above the object. “My Ultimate Chocolate Milk Cooler!” He then finally shouted as Blueblood looked at the rather large cooler with a large jug full of brownish liquid that seemed to be sectioned off.
“Huh?” The shorter male dryly uttered as his eyes were still wide from shock, and not the shock he was expecting either.
“Just look at it!” Discord exclaimed gleefully as he skipped over to the large cooler like a school kid. “Over thirty exquisite kinds and brands of chocolate milk from around the globe in one device and, at the press of a button, can serve you multiple kinds of chocolate milk with or without ice in a personalized cup!” He detailed as he circled the large cooler, whilst pointing to certain parts of the machine.
“Truly, this is the height of human…no…MY genius!” He boasted happily as he grabbed a personalized cup that said ‘Chaotic 1’ on the side and poured himself a glass, quickly taking a huge gulp afterwards. “Oohhhhhhh that’s goooooood!” He declared satisfied as he lowered the cup from his lips, showing his now brown goatee that was soaked from the milk.
Blueblood’s right eye twitched as his jaw shook; the fumes within building rapidly to the point where you could almost hear the whistling a tea pot would make when it’s boiling. “You made me go all through that to see your stupid milk jug?!” He screamed at the top of his lungs as he began to stomp towards the skinny man with one of his fists raised.
“Clearly, somebody’s not going to get a cup of chocolate milk!” The white haired man commented with a chuckle as he shook his head.
“I don’t want any damn chocolate milk!” The furious younger male hollered as he swung his fist towards the taller man.
“Poor naïve child…” Discord dryly commented under his breath as he easily moved out of the way from Blueblood’s punch. Blueblood’s fist missed Discord’s body and caused him to lose his balance and fall flat on his face on the floor. “Well, what in Equestria did you come here for then?” He then asked as he refilled his glass as Blueblood scrambled on the ground to get back up.
“For my freaking car of course! I sure as hell didn’t come here for some milk!” He replied still furious as he raised his fist once more to hit the seemingly disinterested dealership owner.
“Ohhhhh that thing?” Discord responded in realization as he shook his glass full of chocolate milk, swirling the liquid around slightly. “It’s right over there…” He then informed as he raised his other hand and snapped his fingers.
A light on the other end of the room turned on which caught Blueblood’s attention as he looked over at the new source of light and what it revealed. “That’s…That’s…” He stuttered in shock as he saw the reason why he came sparkling proudly underneath the light.
“Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 C6…” Discord said loudly with a smirk, practically introducing the shiny blue sleek car as its owner began to slowly walk towards it. “Or, if you’re going by its nickname, then it’s the Blue Devil…” He finished with a sigh before taking a quick gulp of his refreshed chocolate milk.
Blueblood slowly lingered right next to the blue supercar and looked at in silence for a few seconds. He was busy admiring all the curves and straight lines of the car that he hadn’t seen in what felt like forever. He slowly extended his hand out and gently touched the cold hood of his car. “My…Car….” He whispered to himself as he began to rub the hood slightly; a smile creeping on his face as memories of him and his vehicle began to resurface.
“Say cheese!” An older woman declared as she held a camera up and snapped a picture of an adolescent looking Blueblood. Who recoiled at the very bright flash and made an annoyed look at the photographer.
“Geez mom, do you need to take pictures every thirty seconds?” Blueblood replied exasperated as he looked down at his slice of chocolate cake on the table.
“Of course I do…” His blonde mother happily replied with a twinkle in her green eyes as she checked over the picture on her digital camera. “Your birthday only comes once a year after all…” She then pointed out with a smile as Blueblood took a bite from his small slice.
“You say that every year. I get the feeling you already have like thirty albums full of photos for just my birthdays alone…” The disgruntled son retorted as he pointed his fork at his taller and slimmer looking mother.
“No….of course not…” His mom denied with a chuckle as she raised the camera again and took another shot. “I’m almost double that…” She then revealed in a witty tone as she looked at the camera screen again.
“I don’t know whether to roll my eyes at that remark or be concerned that it actually might be true…” The birthday boy said with a groan as he rubbed his eyes thanks to the camera flash.
“Would you be surprised if it was?” The older woman asked back teasingly as she titled her head slightly.
“Honestly no…because I have a weird family. From an overbearing mother, to an adopted foreign cousin, to a crazy aunt who owns like every mountain ever…” Blueblood honestly answered with a long sigh as he nodded his head slowly, remembering the details of his wacky family.
“Oh speaking of your aunt…she got you a gift…” His mother informed in an excited tone as she held the camera back up to her eye.
“Oh boy what two bit card did she send me this year?” The adolescent unenergetically asked as he rolled his eyes, almost getting blinded again by the flash of the camera going off. “Ah….damn it! Stop that! It’s not even dark enough to warrant using the flash!” He angrily pointed out with a curse as he rubbed both his eyes.
“It’s right outside, so maybe you should go see for yourself…” Blueblood’s mom vaguely instructed with a smirk as she looked at the camera screen again to review the photo she just took.
Blueblood raised an eyebrow slightly at his mother’s response and slowly got up from the table. He passed his mom who was still messing with the camera and headed for the front door. When he opened the door to the front yard, he immediately spotted a strange unfamiliar car parked in the driveway. Upon looking at it, he immediately recognized it to be the car of his dreams and the one he had wanted for over three years.
“That’s…That’s a…” He began to utter softly in disbelief before being cut off by the flash of his mother’s camera. “Ah! Would you freaking stop that already?” He then shouted at the top of his lungs as he turned away and began to rub his eyes again.
“It’s your new car!” His mother happily announced as she quickly took another picture, this time of the car itself. “I told my sister that you recently got your license and how you always wanted to be like her and ‘rage on that mountain’ or whatever it is they do…” She explained quickly in a single breath before looking down at the digital screen of the camera.
“And she was so happy to help…so happy that she got you the car you’ve always wanted…” She then finished as she walked over next to the car and patted it on the black roof.
“It’s the fastest Corvette ever made and quite possibly the fastest street legal car made in Equestria…” Blueblood said proudly, more to himself than his mother, as he casually walked over to his new car. “And undoubtedly the fastest car in Canterlot…” He went on as he walked next it and glided his hand across the hood of the supercar.
“This will certainly help me in my rise to-AHHH!” He then tried to continue before being cut off from the blinding flash of his mother’s camera going off again. “Why hasn’t that damn thing died yet?” He furiously shouted as he pointed at what he thought was his mother. He was still recovering from the blinding flash and could only see spots for a few moments.
“Oh and she said she wants you to see her as soon as possible so she can teach you not to ‘be a dud’ or whatever…” The proud mother informed, ignoring her son’s complaints as she looked over the camera again.
“I’m pretty sure I don’t need her help…if I can press down on the pedals and turn the steering wheel then I know enough to start racing…” The new Corvette owner grumbled back as his vision finally returned to normal and he could reliably see things again.
“Ah…I knew she should’ve been here today…but she was busy with work…” His mother complained softly to herself as she ran a hand through her blonde hair for a few seconds, thinking things over. “Fine…you can do whatever you want without her help but just promise me you won’t do anything too dangerous until after high school…I mean I almost have you raised and everything you know?” She then counter-suggested as she looked back at him with a raised finger, holding the camera in her other hand.
“I promise…” Blueblood agreed with a smile and a nod before looking back at the car. “And trust me…it won’t be long before I achieve my dream of being just like my aunt…if not better…” He arrogantly stated with a smirk as he opened the door and quickly sat inside. He looked around the cabin of the car, admiring the expensive look and the new car smell that seemed to come with all new cars. He looked around for a key, but noticed that there wasn’t any and instead button that said ‘Start engine.’
“And it begins here…” He confidently stated as he pressed the button and started the car’s monstrous sounding engine.
He chuckled to himself almost in victory as if he already one and moved his hand down to the stick shift to move it to reverse. When he did, he didn’t bother pressing the clutch and the car’s transmission made a horrible grinding noise. He covered his ears with both hands because of how loud and awful it sounded and looked to the stick shift. He found that it didn’t have the letters ‘P’ ‘R’ ‘N’ and ‘D’ written next to the stick shift like his mother’s car. Instead there was the letter ‘R’ with a whole bunch of numbers listed right on the stick shift knob instead of in a line next to the stick shift itself.
“…on second thought…this might take a while…” He admitted softly to himself as he further examined the strange and different looking stick shift. He looked down at the floorboard and noticed a third pedal that he never saw before and put a finger to his chin in bemusement as to what it could be for. However, before he could think about it any further he was once again blinded by the flash of his mother’s camera.
“God damn it mom, stop that!” He screamed out at the top of his lungs as hit the steering wheel with his fist.
Blueblood sighed to himself in content as he slowly walked to the rear of the car, trailing his hand across the hood and roof. He briefly looked inside through the driver’s window before passing it and standing near the back fender. He looked down at the compass looking symbol on the back fender of his car. It was the symbol he had felt best suited him; it was also a symbol for most of his recent misery. He bit his lip slightly as he remembered the first day he even found about having a symbol on the back of the car.
Blueblood stepped on the brakes as hard as he could, making the car’s tires screech against the pavement as he forced the car to a slow down. He turned the steering wheel as fast as he could as the blue car entered the turn. He braked again and pressed down on the clutch before shifting down to first gear. The car shook and swerved as he tried to maintain the steering wheel with just one hand. He almost hit the inside wall before moving his other hand back to the steering wheel to stabilize the car at the last second.
He sighed in relief as he held the steering wheel and kept the car from shaking anymore as it came out of the turn. He stepped on the throttle as hard as possible to make the loud LS9 engine roar furiously. He smiled victoriously as he reveled in the sound of the car’s motor and the feel of the car quickly as it accelerated out of the turn. When he came fully out of the turn, the car picked up speed on the straight road. As soon as he was halfway down the road, he saw his three friends and their respective cars at the end of the road all cheering for him.
His bright smile turned into a smug and arrogant one as he stepped on the brake. He decelerated the car and downshifted to first gear, bringing his car alongside theirs’ on the side of the road. When he stopped he put the car into neutral and pulled on the emergency brake to put it in park. However, he didn’t turn the car off though as he wanted to impress his friends with its loud rumble and revel in the sound himself. When he unbuckled himself and opened the door, his three friends immediately rushed to the door applauding in cheering.
“Man Blueblood that’s your best time yet!” Score cheered happily as he held up a stop watch that showed his respective time.
“Yeah, you’ve already trounced our times, but this is going way beyond the….beyond…ness.” Hoops tried to congratulate nervously as Blueblood slowly exited the blue car.
“Of course, after a year or so of practicing I’ve finally mastered using the manual transmission I’d expect nothing less…” He boasted in with a smug grin still on his face as he swiftly shut the door to his car. “And now that I’m out of High School, I can now fully focus on my professional driving career and work my way to the top…” He went on to remark superciliously as he patted the roof to his supercar, which made his three friends applaud.
“Sweet, so have you registered your car yet?” Dumbbell asked excitedly which made Blueblood blink in confusion and then look at him with all traces of his pride gone.
“Registered?” He softly repeated as he titled his head a bit. “For what?” He asked as he arched his eyebrow softly and took his hand off of his pride and joy.
“You haven’t joined the E.U.P. yet?” Score asked in complete shock as he recoiled a bit as if he took a severe blow to the chest.
“Oh yeah…” Hoops replied with a nod, understating what he was saying which made Blueblood a little disgusted to know that the most dimwitted of the bunch knew something that he didn’t. “It’s this new thing Celestia started up…” He went on to say as Dumbbell reached into his pocket and pulled out his smartphone.
“It’s like a really awesome nationwide racer service for everyone to know what’s going on in terms of upcoming events, weather, and what certain people are up to…” Dumbbell began to explain as he swiped his finger across the screen and tapped one of his apps.
“It’s easy to do and best of all when you sign up you can make your own emblem like this one…” Score added as he turned around and pointed to his grey Honda Civic EJ8 Coupe. Specifically, he pointed to the freshly painted footballs on the back fender.
“Huh…I thought putting little symbols on your back fender was just a stupid trend some people were trying force into existence…” Blueblood remarked dryly as he looked at the Mazda RX-8 belonging to Dumbbell to notice that he took had an emblem on his car as well.
“No, it’s actually really cool! It’s called a Qualification Trade-mark or Q.T. Mark…” The RX-8 owner explained as he got up alongside him and held up his smartphone towards his car. “And here’s the best part…” He excitedly exclaimed as he snapped a picture of the Q.T. mark on the back fender. Almost instantly, the app on the phone recognized the picture and brought up Dumbbell’s picture along, a picture of his car, the car’s specs, his statistics, and other details.
“Huh, wow. I’m surprised my aunt organized something like this by herself. She always seemed to behind the times in practically everything…” The blonde haired Corvette driver commented in in slight shock as he continued looking over everything. He never thought in a million years that his technologically inept aunt could do something like this, considering he knew that she didn’t even have a smartphone and always rode around in a twenty year old piece of junk.
He looked over the incredibly long and detailed list of items on Dumbbell’s profile before noticing something that caught his eye. “Teams? You can form teams as well?” He asked in surprise as he took a great interest in knowing that team forming was now a thing. He quickly began to formulate plans on forming his own team that would conquer all of Equestria with him as the team leader and as the best driver around.
“Oh yeah! Team forming is totally a thing as well!” Score confirmed with bright smile and a nod.
“Yeah yeah…me and Score and Dumbbell and…well that’s it…uhhh we’re officially the Cloudsdale Tuner Gang…” Hoops declared enthusiastically as he put an arm around both his compatriots. “You know…seeing as how we’re all from Cloudsdale and everything…” He went on with a smile as his two friends rolled their eyes and shook their heads.
“I see…” Blueblood replied with an eye twitch before shaking his head as well. “Tell me what the top team is so far…” He asked curiously as he wondered if any teams had already made their mark on the community yet.
“Oh that’s easy…” Dumbbell replied with a laugh as he broke away from Hoops. “Right now the best team in all of Canterlot…and all of Equestria period now that I think about it…is your Aunt’s team the Regals…which consists just of her and-”
“My future bride to be! The cutest and hottest girl in like this universe and every universe period! My little Lula dumpling!” Score immediately shouted at the top of his lungs as he shot away from Hoops grip, got on his knees, and looked up at the sky with a hopeful look in his eyes.
“And…her little sister Luna…” Dumbbell finished as they all looked at the Luna fanboy and shook their heads at him.
“Hmmm…” Blueblood began as he looked down slightly and put a finger to his chin. He thought over everything heard and quickly came to a conclusion. “Excellent…my path is clear then…I’ll join my aunt’s team and begin my climb to fame there!” He declared smoothly with a smile as he snapped his fingers and applauded himself internally for his brilliant idea. After all, why bother going through the hard work of starting and forming your own team when someone related to you already has the best and most famed team in the nation?
“You really think you can join that easily? I mean it doesn’t seem like she’s going to be taking in new members…especially given her fame and the crap tons of requests she must already get…” Score responded in a doubtful tone as he titled his head slightly.
“Of course it will be easy… she just won’t accept strangers and losers…I’m her favorite nephew…I’m the one she bought this car for… …” Blueblood responded happily and confidently as he turned around to face his blue car still idling next to him. “Knowing that…why would she turn me down?” He rhetorically asked as he smirked at his car, already anticipating nothing but bright things in his future.
“No?” Blueblood shouted in disbelief, repeating what Celestia had said to him in response to his question. “What do you mean no!?” He demanded as he stood in his aunt’s driveway, facing the much taller and skinnier woman as she stood next to her famous all white NSX.
“Why…Why can’t you let me on your team?” Blueblood repeated after a few seconds of staring at his aunt’s back as the wind began to pick up and blow against her white jacket. “Aunt Celestia!” He screamed at her as she kept facing away at the sunset that permeated a glow off her multi-colored hair and her white Acura.
“Because you’re still not ready…” The elder woman simply replied in a soft tone as she continued looking away.
“What do you mean? I’ve been asking the same thing for about a year now and you won’t give me a straight answer as to why I’m not ready!” He shouted furiously at her as he stomped on the ground like an impatient toddler.
“If you want to know why…then let me teach you…come to some of my sessions and I’ll show you what you’re lacking…” Celestia softly explained as she gradually turned around to face him as the sun continued to set behind her. “And in time…you shall be ready…” She encouraged positively as Blueblood couldn’t make out her face thanks to the bright sunset behind her. Either way, that answer only served to fuel his frustration.
“I can already drive pretty damn well! I have the fastest car in all of Equestria, not to mention my great looks and charisma!” He yelled at her as he took a step forward towards the older woman. “What the hell else do I need?” He went on to ask almost sarcastically as taller woman shook her head and turned around, opening the door to her white car.
“Celestia!” Blueblood called as the leader of the Regals got into her car and shut the door, not even remotely giving him any kind of response. “Damn you! Why the hell won’t you let me join your team!” He screamed as loud as he could as the white NSX’s engine fired up and roared.
Blueblood clenched his fists as he watched the car’s tires spin and take off, leaving him behind with only a trail of white smoke to be in his presence. “God damn it!” Blueblood swore angrily as he watched the white Acura as long as possible before it disappeared into the sunset.
He stood there bitterly for a few more minutes before slowly turning around and heading back towards Celestia’s mansion and his parked ZR1 right in front of it. As he reached his blue Chevrolet and put his hand on the driver’s door, a loud mocking chuckle caught his ear. He sighed and lowered his head as he immediately recognized the rather fiendish sounding laughter coming from his left.
“Not you again…” He lowly groaned as he looked up to see a female figure in a black jacket descending the small flight of stairs leading down from the front door of the mansion.
“I believe I should be the one saying that to you…” The feminine voice said as she reached the bottom and turned to face him. The jacket’s black hood was covering her head and casting a shadow over most of her face, leaving only her smirking mouth to be visible to Blueblood. “Tell me…do you like getting rejected like every week by Celestia? Or are you really that retarded and think that she might throw you a bone after weeks of begging like a spoiled brat?” The shorter girl asked teasingly as she titled her head slightly.
“Honestly, either one of them is really pathetic, but I just want to know which one is the one warrant my laughter…” The slim girl with a modestly size bust went on to comment with a slight chuckle.
“Shut up…it’s not like you can talk since you’re not a Regal either…” Blueblood shouted back bitterly as the hooded girl casually walked up right next to him.
“Exactly…I’ve been studying under her for a couple of years now and haven’t even gotten close to being accepted onto her team…” She pointed out almost smugly as she stopped and turned her head to face him, unnerving Blueblood slightly as he still couldn’t see her face even when she was right next to him. “So what chances do you think some hopeless loser has in comparison to me?” She went on to playfully asked as she raised her finger and held it mere millimeters away from his nose.
Blueblood scowled and practically hissed violently at her declaration before smiling and folding his arms. “Less than zero percent most likely…” He admitted calmly with a nod, catching the hooded figure off guard slightly as she lowered her finger and took a step back. “Thankfully…I’m not a hopeless loser though…I’m Blueblood the Blue Devil Driver…soon to be the best racer in all of Equestria…” He went onto declare confidently as he looked at the shorter girl with a burning determination in his eyes. The seemingly scrawny girl stood there for a few seconds before a snicker escaped her lips, followed by a few more, and then finally her whole being erupted in laughter.
“H-Holy…Holy crap man!” She struggled to shout in between her bouts of laughter as she held her gut momentarily. “You…You know…I have…I have the Jaws of Life in the trunk of my car…but…but I don’t even think that’s enough to help get your head of your ass!” She went on to insult as she raised a hand to cover her face as she continued to laugh. Blueblood stood there with one of his eyes twitching as he clenched his fists in anger.
“Were…Were you born this way, or was it…was it some horrible tragic accident that…that made you this incompetent asshole with no skill?” She questioned as her laughter began to finally die down.
“I do have skill!” The blonde haired man shouted back as the girl took a deep breath to regain her composure.
“You have no race experience, no reputation whatsoever, and I’m pretty damn sure the car you’re tooling around in is not tuned whatsoever and is the same as the day you got it…” The hooded girl pointed out back in her normal tone as she slowly turned away from Blueblood. “So where the hell do you get off in saying you have skill?” She went on to inquire as she began to walk off while putting her hands in her pockets.
“I just haven’t made my debut yet and haven’t been able to prove myself…Celestia just doesn’t understand that.” Blueblood explained begrudgingly as he watched the hooded girl walk up towards an amber colored SRT Viper GTS with wavy crimson lines going across its side. “But she will eventually, and when she does I’ll be the fast upcoming star of the Regals…” He bitterly finished as he noticed the hooded girl stop in her tracks and quickly turn around to face him again.
“Ok then, let’s see you prove yourself.” The girl challenged confidently with a smirk on her face as she took her right hand out of her pocket. In it was her car’s keyless fob; her thumb clicked a button on the small remote. Behind her, the amber Viper’s headlights blinked a few times and a loud beeping noise were heard, signaling the security system had turned off. “Let’s go…you and me…a quick downhill battle…my Viper GTS against your Corvette ZR1…not only will it be a duel between the longtime rivals the Vette and the Viper…but it’s also a duel between Celestia’s prized pupil in one car and her own flesh in blood in the other…” The hooded girl declared as if advertising the match to an excited fan.
“It would be a hell of an event wouldn’t you think and ample time to prove yourself…” The hooded girl went on in a tempting tone of voice, trying to persuade him to accept. “So what do you say…our cars are both cranking out about six hundred and forty HP and are classified as top tier supercars, so winning against me would definitely be a great start to your envisioned ‘outstanding career’ wouldn’t you say?” She asked as she titled her head and pointed at the taller man. Blueblood stood there and looked at her before looking at the car that he knew was almost on equal footing with his. In his mind, he knew his car was better and that he would still win, but considering who he was facing he thought that he might actually have a chance of losing against her.
“N-No…” He nervously answered with a shake of his head, feeling slightly embarrassed for backing down from a challenge and just knowing that he was going to be called a coward for doing so. “I’m not going to race against you. Your car isn’t even registered for starters!” He explained as he pointed to her car’s back fender and more accurately the lack of a Q.T. Mark.
“Freaking seriously? Are you for real right now?” The slim girl shouted back in disbelief as her arms went limp in disappointment. “Like I even care about that crap! After all, real racers don’t need some online register social media bullcrap in order make the pavement their bitch; they just go out there and do it!” She retorted in an annoyed tone as she weakly raised one of her arms and waved her hand around slightly.
“I’m not racing an off-the-records race against the likes of you…” Blueblood reaffirmed as he folded his arms and narrowed his eyes at her slightly.
“Fine. If that’s how it’s going to be.” She replied with a shrug as she put her car keyless fob back in her pocket and slowly walked back up to him. “You know, it’s hard to believe that Celestia and her little sister, the top racers in the nation, are related to a weak willed little chump like you.” She insulted with a smirk across the visible part of her face.
“You want to say that again…I don’t think I heard you clearly…” The blonde haired man darkly threatened as his fists shook from rage.
The hooded girl’s smile widened to the point where her white teeth were visible and she got on the tips of her toes to put her mouth next to his right ear. “I said that you’re a loser that doesn’t even deserve the right to pump gas into a sports car much less be behind the wheel of one…” She whispered teasingly to him.
Blueblood’s eyes widened as he gritted his teeth and grabbed the collar of the girl’s black jacket. He raised her off the ground and moved her over to the side of the mansion, pressing her against the wall. The sudden force and movement of the action caused the girl’s hood to drop down, exposing her shoulder length yellow and red colored hair, her light blue eyes, and her smirking face. The sight of that arrogant grin still on her face infuriated him even more to the point where he took one his hands off her collar and raised it as if ready to strike her.
“Oh violence now is it?” The two toned haired girl jested with a raised eyebrow as Blueblood held his fist in the air and kept her against the wall. “Fine…go ahead then…I can’t wait to hear Celestia’s when she’s find out you beat up her prized pupil.” The girl teased in an unintimidated tone as she raised up her right hand and tapped his nose playfully with her index finger.
Blueblood gasped at that remark and realized that she was right. Celestia would never even consider letting him join her team if she found out he beat up her personal student. He slowly and begrudgingly set her down on the ground and lowered his fist. He bit his lip to stop himself from saying anything else and turned to head back to his car. He wanted to avoid further confronting the infuriating girl in fear that he might not be able to stop himself next time if she opened her big mouth again.
“You know, even if you broke both my legs and arms, I’d still be a better driver than you…” He heard the girl behind him say to him as he reached his car. He opened the door and briefly looked back to see her still against the wall and looking at him with a victorious look on her face. “You have no skill whatsoever and its people like you that should just stick to driving automatic front wheel drive pieces of shit. You should leave real cars like your ‘Vette to real racers like me.” She went on as she put her hands behind her head and raised her hood back up to once again shroud a majority of her face in shadows.
Blueblood bit his lip some more to the point where he started to bleed and quickly got in the car to avoid hearing the instigating girl. “You’ll never be anything more than a pathetic poser…” He heard her say in an impertinent tone before he closed the door with a loud slam. He immediately pressed the start button, causing the engine to spur to life, and quickly drove off without even putting his seatbelt on. He briefly looked in the rearview mirror to see the girl with her right hand up slowly waving her fingers at him. He groaned to himself as the words of what she said still ringing in his head that would undoubtedly haunt him for a long time to come.
Blueblood reached out to touch the compass shaped Q.T. Mark on the side of his car and rubbed it slightly for a few seconds. Afterwards, he sighed and walked towards the driver’s side door. He slowly reached to the handle and gently grasped it. He took a deep breath before slowly opening it and looking at the interior which didn’t seem have changed but was still an emotional moment for him. He was getting ready to get back in his car after what felt like an eternity. It was actually rare for him to get into his car in this mindset as most of the time he was either angry or distraught. None were more prevalent than the time he thought his chances at joining the Regals were an indefinite no.
Blueblood closed the door to his car as he looked up at Celestia’s mansion for what felt like the thousandth time in the past month. He swore the more he saw it the more it looked like a big castle. He sighed to himself before he put his hands in his pockets and began to stroll towards the massive front stairwell.
He was confident now that Celestia would accept him onto her team given the incident thanks to a surprise event happened over a week ago. He smiled to himself in joy as that incident concerned a certain personal student that Blueblood knew he would never see again. And now that there was nobody Celestia was privately teaching to be the next person to join the Regals, it meant now was a good a chance as any. He just knew she had to accept him this time.
There almost a spring in his step over from how happy he was. When he reached the stairs, he almost felt like an excited kid coming home from school. He looked up the flight of stairs at the mammoth sized double door entrance put a foot on the first step to begin his ascent. However, a strange sight to the right of the stairwell caught his attention. There were two unfamiliar cars parked very close to each other that he knew were not locals. He took his foot of the first step and slowly walked over to the first car which baffled him to no end.
It was a completely white Ford of some kind, but none that Blueblood recognized. He knew from the sleek design and large wide body that it had to be some modern car and clearly somewhat tuned one at that with the presence of a large spoiler on the back. On the back fender was a Q.T. Mark of a shield with a purple star in the center. What shocked and confused him the most about the car was the police headlights on the roof of the car and the obvious police markings on the sides of the car.
“R.G.C…” He read out loud as looked at the side of the car. “Royal Guard Captain?” He went onto read as he looked at the smaller weirds written under the larger abbreviated letters. It was police position he never heard before in his life. As he looked over the car some more he finally noticed that the car wasn’t even an Equestrian registered car. The license plate showed that the car came from the Crystal Empire from up north.
“Geez, did my aunt break an international law, or did that crazy old student of hers flee to the Crystal Empire?” He mused out loud to himself as it certainly wasn’t an everyday sight to see a foreign police car parked outside of someone’s mansion. “What Need for Power game did this car drive out from…after all what kind of cop drives around an obvious racer tuned super car?” He questioned sarcastically as he looked at the other car parked next to it.
When he looked at the car in question, his eyes bulged and he put a hand to his mouth from almost throwing up. He immediately recognized the car as a Ferrari 458 which should have caught his interest instead of repulsion. The most obvious problem with the car wasn’t that it was colored the famous, typical Ferrari red; instead it was painted bright pink. To make matters worse, all across the sides and front bumper of the car were multi-colored hearts scattered about that lead to a very large crystal heart on the back fender.
“Oh my god…what the hell did this person do to this poor Ferrari?” He almost screamed out in horror as he kept looking at the sickeningly colored Ferrari. He shuddered at the thought of some guy dishonoring the car by painting it bright pink. He swore to himself that he would never do the same kind of disrespect to his own car. “Disgusting…” He commented dryly before turning around, unable to look at the revolting car anymore.
Blueblood walked back to the flight of stairs and immediately ascended them as fast as he could to the front door. He immediately knocked on the door after reaching the top and hoped to whatever god was real that somebody would answer the door before he had a chance to look over to his right to see that disgrace again. To his relief, the large right door opened soon and behind it stood Celestia’s younger sister and as of right now the only other member to the Canterlot Regals.
“Ah, Luna!” He greeted cheerfully with a smile as he looked at the irritated looking blue haired woman. “Good to see you! May I come in?” He politely asked as he immediately stepped foot inside the large mansion, earning a disgruntled look from his slightly older Aunt.
“It seems you already let yourself in…” She grumbled almost bitterly in response as she shut the door behind Blueblood after he entered the building.
“Where’s Aunt Celestia?” The self-invited guest asked kindly as he started to look around to see if his aunt was nearby.
“She’s in the main hall.” Luna answered unenthusiastically as she turned around and leaned against the right door. “Though, she’s kind of busy at the moment.” She informed as she folded her arms and eyed Blueblood suspiciously.
“That’s not a problem…” The taller blonde replied with a wave of his hand as he turned and headed down the left hallway. “This won’t take but a moment of her time…” He went onto say as he started to walk down the large hallway filled with random pictures of cars both old and new.
“Nope…I really can’t see it taking that long either…” The blue haired college girl agreed in a dull tone with a slight shake of her head as she watched her nephew walk down the hallway, not moving from her spot.
“I love your positive attitude Luna…I look forward to seeing that every day when we become teammates…” Blueblood declared confidently as he kept walking down the hall, not noticing that his aunt wasn’t behind him or following him. Luna sighed and rolled her eyes at that comment before reaching into her pocket and pulling out her smartphone.
Blueblood proudly marched down the hall towards the main hall and quickly caught the sounds of people already in it. “Y-You really mean it?” A distinctly young voice asked in disbelief as Blueblood reached the end of the hall.
He peaked around the corner to see his aunt at the top of a fancy looking set of grand stairs. At the bottom was a purple haired girl, clearly still in high school since she was wearing a high school uniform. Her moderate violet eyes practically sparkling as she was looking up at the formal looking woman in a white suit. To her right was a taller, slimmer girl with a long flowing hair of violet, gold and primrose that curved at the end. To her left was an equally tall, masculine, and powerful looking man that had looks that put Blueblood himself to shame.
“Of course,” His aunt replied gently with a nod, “We’ll get your first car tomorrow, Twilight…” She added as she started to descend the stairs.
Blueblood’s jaw dropped at that response, but not as much as Twilight’s jaw is looked like it could’ve fallen off her face. “Oh thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you!” The high school girl thanked incisively as she started hopping around in glee.
“That…That bitch! You’ve got to be kidding me!” Blueblood whispered in disgust before turning around and starting to storm off angrily. ‘How dare she make her a Regal instead of me? Some random girl over her own blood!’ He furiously mused as he stomped down the hallway back to the front door.
Luna still stood at the front door and heard the stomping sound; she looked up from her phone to see Blueblood returning down the hall. “Well…that didn’t take long!” She exclaimed as she reached out and opened the front door again. “Thanks for stopping by!” She fake thanked with a forced smile as Blueblood past her and out the door.
He stopped and turned around after leaving, huffing, puffing and brimming with anger. “You’ll regret not letting me a part of the Regals! I swear it! You have no idea what you’re lett-” He began to shout angrily before Luna slammed the door in his face.
“I’m sure we’ll manage…” Luna dryly commented as she rolled her eyes.
Blueblood sighed in contempt before slowly getting into the car and into the still uncomfortable bucket seat. She slowly looked around every inch of the interior as if looking around it for the first time. However, from his memory it was still exactly same from the last time he saw it. He looked out his passenger side window and was reminded of when his real problems began. The day that he met two certain girls that lead this inevitable humiliation.
Blueblood turned the steering wheel to his car and wheeled the car onto the campus of his college. He groaned as it had been over two months since he found out that his aunt betrayed him to make some random girl join the Regals. In that time he had decided to form his own team, but for some strange reason he couldn’t find any people to join him or fulfill the minimum requirements of three people to form a team.
He decided to give his college campus as there were fresh meat checking out this college before they graduate from wherever and move to Canterlot. And he knew that most of that fresh meat had to be new racers eager to come here and make a name for themselves, so of course there had be a few that would join him to form a team. He looked around the campus and outside his passenger side window.
When he did, he slammed on the brakes and stared out his window in disbelief. Outside on the campus grounds near a tree was one of the most attractive girls he had ever seen. A gorgeous gentle looking pink haired girl with a sweet face, lean body, and best of all in Blueblood’s mind: huge assets both upper and lower. She had to be fresh meat since he never saw her around and best of all must’ve been single since she was all alone on the campus. Just leaning over looking down at something with one her hands held out.
Blueblood was not going to let this opportunity just walk away. If he couldn’t get his first teammate he might as well get another first for him. He quickly wheeled the car over to the side of the road and turned the engine off, putting the car into neutral and engaging the emergency brake. He flung open the door and practically jumped out of the car. He rushed around the car and almost sprinted at the girl before stopping himself. He stood there for a few seconds and took a few breaths before calming himself.
When felt relaxed and sure enough he started to casually walk over to the girl. The girl didn’t notice him as she was too busy petting a squirrel for some reason. “Hello there..” Blueblood seductively greeted, making the girl squeal loudly and jump up off the ground to face him with a scared expression on her face.
“I haven’t seen you around here…what’s your name?” He asked politely as held his hand out to her.
“Oh…I…Umm..uhhh…hmmm…” The girl frantically whimpered as she backed away from him and against the tree.
“Fluttershy!” Another voice called, a much more feminine and eloquent voice. Blueblood looked over to see a very fancy looking girl with curly purple hair walk over. “Fluttershy where…oh…” She called out once more before stopping as she noticed Blueblood, eyeing him up with her azure eyes and smiling very contently at him.
“Why…hello there…” She politely greeted as she reached her hand up swashed her long hair about. Blueblood caught the hint and was more than happy to take that hint, even if she was less attractive than the girl he previously met.
“Why…hello there yourself.” He greeted back in a nice tone as he turned to face her.
“I see you met Fluttershy already,” The fashionable looking girl said as she walked up, looking at the shy girl who was starting to slowly move around the tree as if trying to escape.
“Yes, but…I’m more interested in you at the moment,” Blueblood responded with a nod as he held his hand out.
“Oh why…I’m Rarity…” The slender girl introduced herself as she held her out for Blueblood to take.
“An elegant name…it suits you...I’m Blueblood…” The attractive man introduced himself kindly as he moved her hand up to his lips and softly kissed it. “And It’s a pleasure to meet you…” he finished as he looked at her with a raised eyebrow, causing her to blush and fan herself lightly with her free hand.
“L-Likewise…” Rarity simply said back as she removed her hand from Blueblood’s.
“I’m assuming you’re new to this area since I’ve never seen you before.” Blueblood said with a smile as he knew he must’ve had her now, even if she wasn’t his original target it was still better than nothing in his mind.
“Why yes, Fluttershy and I just came to this city to visit this college.” Rarity confirmed with a nod as she looked over at the girl who looked like she really didn’t mention her name. “And we were just about to go to lunch actually…” She continued as she walked over to her and grasped her hand, making her squeak nervously.
“Please…allow me to treat you to give you a good impression of your first visit to Canterlot,” Blueblood offered politely as he extended his hand out to the purple haired girl.
“Oh believe me my first impression is more than a little positive,” The azure eyed girl replied in a flirtatious tone, before looking back at her friend. “Oh but I just can’t leave Fluttershy alone…” She pointed out as seemed to sink into the ground as it looked like she wanted nothing more than to get away from the strange guy she never met.
“Oh-Oh…I-It’s…It’s ok Rarity…I…I’ll just be at our hotel room…d-don’t worry about me…” The meek girl reassuringly said as she looked over at her friend with a faint smile on her face.
“You sure Butterfly?” The shorter girl asked in concern as the pink haired girl began to walk away seemingly on the brink of running away.
“O-Oh yes! I-I’ve already eaten anyways...I’ll just meet you back at the hotel when you’re…uh…uhhh…d-done I guess…” She struggled to say as she nodded back to her friend.
“V-Very well Butterfly…I’ll see you later then…” Rarity agreed as she watched her friend walk off to the parking lot.
She turned to face Blueblood and quickly perked up as Blueblood held his arm out. Rarity smiled and wrapped her arm around his before he began to lead her to his car. Thankfully it wasn’t far away and Rarity immediately knew that the car on the side of the road was his. Her eyes lit up upon seeing the expensive lavish looking blue Chevy.
“Oh what a divine car you have there!” She complimented as she let herself be led to the side of the car.
“It’s a Corvette C6 ZR1…the fastest Corvette put to public roads yet…” Blueblood proudly gloated as he opened the passenger side door and helped his soon to be new girlfriend into the bucket seat.
“Oh, that must mean you’re a part of the local racing scene aren’t you?” Rarity asked, completely enthralled as she quickly buckled up.
“Why-Why of course I am! One of the best in fact…” The inexperienced driver lied with a twitch of his eye before shutting the door to his car. He hadn’t been in a single race but wasn’t about to let her know that.
He slowly went around to the other side and opened up the driver’s side door to see her completely mesmerized girl leaning over to watch him get in the car. “Oh my! How simply marvelous! That must mean you’re a part of the Regals if you’re that good right?” She quickly asked as Blueblood buckled himself up.
“Y-Yeah I am in fact! And not only that…but...I’m also Celestia’s cousin…” He half lied in a nervous tone as he turned the car on, hoping the sound of the engine would drown out any sign of weakness in his voice.
“The owner of our school and the greatest racer ever?” The passenger asked in complete disbelief as Blueblood revved up the engine, making it roar loudly.
“The very same!” He proudly confirmed with a confident smile on his face as he reached over and moved the stick shift into first gear.
“Oh, I have to be the luckiest girl in the world to meet someone like you on my first visit!” Rarity dreamily said to herself as she leaned back in her seat whilst Blueblood pressed on the accelerator to make the car start moving.
“Someone who’s also taking you out to lunch…” He reminded her as he turned the steering wheel to turn the car around.
Rarity smiled warmly at him before looking past him and leaning forward. “Oh there goes Fluttershy, hold on…” She replied as she leaned as far as the seatbelt would allow her. “Bye Fluttershy!” She shouted as she waved as hard as she could.
Blueblood chuckled slightly by her gesture, even if he knew she couldn’t hear her from within the car it was still cute. He looked over at the car that Rarity was waving at and stopped the car like earlier, his eyes going wider than before. “A-An NSX!?” He shouted at the top of his lungs as he instantly recognized the car Fluttershy was in.
He just sat there and stared at it, it was the same color as Celestia’s. It was a different model and didn’t have the same modifications as hers but still, the mere sight of it was just so jarring for him. “Is something the matter darling?” He heard Rarity ask next to him.
“N-No…nothing…” He replied as he looked over and smiled over at her, doing his best to shrug off the matter. ‘What car her friend drives doesn’t matter…it shouldn’t…I actually got worse problems now…I have to get into the Regals…I just have to!’ He mused internally as he looked forward and began to drive once again. He knew that if he didn’t join the Regals soon, his soon to be girlfriend would inevitably dump him for lying. So joining the Regals was now more than a matter of being on a recognized famous team, it was now a matter of scoring with a girl and that to him was more important than anything else!
Blueblood sighed as he looked forward and then at his steering wheel. He grasped it slowly before looking in the rearview mirror. He noticed a sticker in his rear window that was backwards thanks to him looking at it through the rear view mirror. But he knew what it said the second he saw it. It said ‘Regals’ which was the sticker he got after he finally joined the Regals after one fateful night.
Blueblood parked in front of Celestia’s mansion on a dark starry night. He got out and quickly ascended the stairs. He knocked on the door as loud as he could, determined now more than ever to get on the team no matter what. He didn’t care that if he was going to seem desperate, he didn’t care that Celestia betrayed him multiple times, and he didn’t care what he had to do to get on the team. He had a girlfriend now that would dump him in a few months when she moved to Canterlot for college after finding out that he wasn’t on the Regals. He couldn’t let that happen, so he was determined to do whatever it took to win over Celestia.
The door slowly opened and on the other side was the high school girl Celestia picked over him that he saw earlier. “O-Oh Blueblood…” She greeted softly as she recognized the tall man in front of her.
“I’m sorry but this isn’t the best of-AHH!” She tried to continue before being pushed out of the way by the taller and stronger Blueblood.
“Get out of the way Twilight Sparkle…” She darkly commanded as he entered the house and stormed into the mansion. “Where’s Celestia?”
“S-She’s in the main living room, but you really shouldn’t see her!” Twilight responded and warned at the same time as she shut the door behind Blueblood.
Blueblood ignored Twilight’s voice and internally programmed his mind to flat out ignore her voice for the rest of the voice. He stomped as loud as he could through the hall as a nagging voice pestered him along the way. When he entered the living room in question he saw his Aunt
Luna sitting on a nearby soft chair next to a couch that was facing away from him. There was a familiar sight of Celestia’s long flowing multi-colored hair draped over the side letting him know that she was on the couch.
“Sister…it’s not your fault…really…” The blue haired girl said in a comforting tone, a tone Blueblood didn’t think Luna couldn’t even attempt to have. “Accidents happen…and who knows...when they find her she might be alive…” She reassured as Blueblood continued to stomp up closer to them.
“And no matter what you won’t get in trouble thanks to…” She continued before she looked up to notice the furious looking blonde, adopting an equally angry look on her face in response. “What the hell are you doing here?” She darkly asked the intruder as she slowly got up from her spot.
“Celestia!” Blueblood called, ignoring Luna completely as he didn’t even bother to look at her. “I demand you let me on your team!” He demanded firmly as he walked up to the back of the couch, looking down to see his aunt lying on her back with her head looking off to the side at nothing in particular. Her expressionless face didn’t even bother registering the angry man as she continued to stare blankly at nothing, not even blinking.
“You disgusting waste of flesh…you dare storm in here and ask that of her at a time like this?” Luna furiously asked as she clenched her fists ready to punch the ignorant man. “That’s so low that even the scum of the earth take pride knowing that they look down on you you filthy sack of-”
“Luna…” Celestia gently called, making Luna stop her insult and gasp, immediately looking down at her older sister in concern. “Please stop…” She softly pleaded as she continued looking off at nothing, not even changing her gaze as a few tears appeared in her eyes.
“Sister…” Luna called as she bent down and grasped one of her limp hands.
“Celestia!” The uncaring man shouted, still ignoring the situation unfolding in front of him. “You will let me on the Regals! I won’t accept no for an answer and I’m not leaving until you do!” He demanded once more as he stomped on the floor.
Luna looked up at Blueblood with the furious expression returning to her face like it never left. She started breathing heavily and opened her mouth to snap at him once again. “Do what you want…” Celestia almost monotonously replied before Luna could say anything, surprising everyone in the room.
“Wh-What? R-Really?” Blueblood asked in disbelief as his jaw hung open and his eyes widened farther than he ever thought possible.
“Sister you can’t be-”
“I don’t care…just do what you want and leave this old middle-aged girl alone…I don’t have the right to do anything…not to say no…not to drive a car…and certainly not own one anymore…” The broken woman replied, cutting off Luna as she slowly rolled over away from younger sister to face the back of the couch. “Please…just…go…” She seemed to beg as her voice started to crack as if she was starting to cry.
“Sister!” Luna called frantically as she reached over and put an arm around her suffering older sister.
Blueblood stood exactly where he was still with that shocked look on his face, still unable to register what exactly had just happened. Eventually though, reality finally to sink in and with it a big grin stretched across his face. “Excellent Celestia! This is the best decision you have ever made! You won’t regret it!” He gleefully responded as he held up a fist and pumped it into the air in a celebratory fashion.
Luna darkly looked up at Blueblood before looking behind him at the other girl in the room. “Get him out of here Twilight! Or else there will be two accidents tonight and this one can confirm to be a brutal murder!” She lividly commanded Twilight with a wave of her other hand.
Blueblood felt someone grab his lowered arm and precede to try and lead him out of the room. The person was obviously too weak to do so and Blueblood pushed aside the unknown irritation before turning to leave himself. He had sorted out his business in his mind and had no reason to stay. He proudly walked out of the room as that fluttering mystery nuisance followed him like a pestering bug that wouldn’t go away.
‘I…I did it…I’m…I’m a part of the Regals now…’ He mused victoriously in his mind as he left the mansion, the door slamming behind him. He didn’t care though, he proudly strut to his car feeling as though his biggest ordeal was now over. ‘Now my rise to stardom can really begin!’ He cheered internally as he quickly got in his car, ready to begin his conquest of the street racing scene.
Blueblood looked to his right to his passenger side mirror and then to his left at his driver’s side. He looked at his unilluminated dashboard and then proceeded to gently reach out to touch it, looking at the speedometer and the rev meter. He smiled as he knew his car was once again the fastest in Canterlot, as it should’ve been before his aunt wrongfully stole that right. He stopped touching the dash and gritted his teeth as he remembered the horrible life ruining memory.
Blueblood entered his cheap one bedroom apartment and sighed contently. He flipped on the barely functional light before walking across the creaking floor over to his stained sofa. He plopped down on it and reached over to grab his used dirt cheap laptop. He took a deep breath before opening it up, a bright smile on his face.
“Everything’s right with the world…” He muttered softly to himself as he waited for the ancient laptop to power on. “I got the fastest car in Canterlot, I’m a part of the most recognizable team in Equestria, if not the world, and I’ve got a hot girlfriend already clamoring at my feet.” He proudly out loud like checking off a list as his laptop finally turned on.
“The only thing that would make it better would be if that other hotter girl was the same way, but oh well…in time perhaps…after all I have to start out somewhere…” He said almost complete sure that would happen as he logged into his device.
“Speaking of which…it’s time to start my rise to fame…” Blueblood confidently started as he hooked up to his neighbor’s Wi-Fi and connected to the internet. “Who’s going to be my first tally in my victory column…” He asked no one in particular as he logged into the E.U.P. to begin his search for a suitable target.
When he accessed his account he noticed he had a notification. Since he rarely got any he decided to check it. “Hmmmm?” He hummed to himself as he read over the details to the notification. “Luna’s got a new GT-R…” He eventually said after reading the details of the notification.
“Seriously…doesn’t she already have like…five of those damn cars…why does she need another one?” He asked a bit annoyed as he further read the details, looking at the pictures, briefly grazing over the many comments posted by her many adorning fans that would soon be Blueblood’s fans. His stopped his scrolling when he looked over the specs of the car and gasped. “Seven hundred horsepower…wait…no!” He read out loud in horror as his eyes went wide.
“That bitch!” He shouted bitterly as he raised his fist and smacked the shoddy laptop, making it flicker from the impact. “She got a faster car than me! And on the eve of my debut no less!” He theorized as he knew his car had six hundred and fifty, a bit lower than Luna’s but enough to make his car the second fastest car in Canterlot.
“She just did that to freaking spite me!” He further added as he clicked on a new tab and began to search for auto shops nearby. “I’ll show you! I’ll upgrade my car to be like ten times faster than yours! I’ll never let you have the faster car! Never!” He declared furiously as he began to look up cheap shops that would upgrade his car to back at the top of the fastest car’s list, where it rightfully belonged in his mind.
He gripped the steering wheel hard as he could possibly place that moment as the start of all his misfortunes. He looked up and around the outside of his car, looking at the most empty black garage for the crazy and unusual person that agreed to upgrade his car for him. He couldn’t find him anywhere as he seemed to disappear into thin air. Blueblood didn’t seem to mind his absence, he actually would’ve preferred it if he never saw the person again. He honestly would have really preferred it if he never met the man period as the memory of their first meeting came to mind.
“So this is the place huh?” Blueblood asked himself as he pulled up on the emergency brake, parking the car. He looked out the window at the large dealership and up at the huge sign that read ‘Pandemonium Car Emporium! Where our prices are chaotically low!’ He shut off his Corvette and slowly got out of his vehicle. He looked around the dealership lot to see not a single customer around and instead a wide variety of cars for sale.
He slowly made his way inside and into the show floor where more cars of all shapes and sizes greeted him. What he still didn’t see was the sight of a single person, not a customer, salesman, mechanic, or even the owner for that matter. He slowly wormed his way through the calls, getting closer to the center. He quickly noticed a very peculiar sight, it was a stone Lamborghini on top of a large round pedestal.
When he got closer he noticed that it wasn’t made out of stone completely. The texture was rough and uneven, very bumpy at times, and most importantly was the sight of rubber from the tires peeking out from below all the material. It was if somebody poured concrete all over the poor exotic car. He didn’t know how bad to feel over the sight because he couldn’t make out what the exact model of the Lamborghini was thanks to all the concrete distorting everything. He raised his eyebrows at the strange sight before turning and looking around some more.
“Uh, hello?” He called loudly as he walked away from the pedestal and towards a rather nice looking Ferrari 360 Modena. “Oh nice…a Ferrari…” He admired with a smile before large crash came from right in front of him.
The force of the crash send him falling over on the ground as bits of metal and glass landed next to him. He looked up to see that the Ferrari he had just been standing next to was all but flattened underneath a very large anvil. The once expensive vehicle turned into instant scrap metal thanks to this.
“Wh-What the hell?” Blueblood shouted as he shot back up to his feet, keeping eye contact with the destroyed car as he started to back up slowly. He turned around to see a skinny old man with a white goatee standing right in front of him.
He was preparing to leave just in case more anvils came crashing down before backing up into something…something warm and distinctly human. He turned around to see tall, skinny looking man with a goatee standing before him. The mixed up looking person looked past him at the sight of the destroyed vehicle before chuckling softly to himself. He took out a handkerchief and briefly wiped his eyes before placing it back.
He put the handkerchief back in his pocket and quickly pulled out a smart phone. “Berry Punch, bring me the Ferrari California next please…” He politely asked over the phone, blatantly ignoring Blueblood.
“What the…who the hell is this…and how did you get my num-?” The female voice on the other end asked before Discord hung up and put his phone away.
“Mmm? Oh hello there!” He finally greeted as he looked down to notice the frightened looking man. “Sorry about that, I was just doing some house cleaning!” He informed Blueblood with a wide smile across his face, showing off his misshapen teeth.
“H-House cleaning?” Blueblood repeated in disbelief as he stared at the taller man.
“Yes, and I’m starting by ridding my shop of all the useless vermin…” The red eye man replied with a nod before raising both his hands up. “It’s actually the best part about house cleaning…” He added as he rubbed his two gloved hands together in glee.
“Anyways, I’m the salesman and fine tuner of chaos…Discord…” He introduced as he took a polite bow. “What can I do for you Mr….” He went onto ask as he looked back up and purposely paused his visitor to finish the sentence.
“Blueblood…” The guest quickly answered as he extended his hand for Discord to take and shake.
Discord looked at it briefly with an eyebrow raised before looking outside at Blueblood’s ZR1. “And I’m assuming that Blue Devil is yours correct?” He asked in response as looked back at the undoubtable owner of the vehicle.
“Of course, I deserve nothing less wouldn’t you agree?” Blueblood smugly replied as he raised his hand up to whish his hair slightly in arrogance.
“Not really, I just wish you came here to buy one of these crap Ferrari’s off of me…” The dealership owner replied, ignoring his display as he passed Blueblood to walk up to the crushed Ferrari. “You haven’t come here to buy one right?” He quickly asked as he kicked the pile or wreckage with his foot.
“No! I came here for you to upgrade my car!” Blueblood shouted back at him, prompting the weird salesman to turn back around and look at him completely confused.
“I can do that?’ He inquired back as he titled his head.
“It says so on your ads! Hell it even says out front on the billboard!” The furious blonde haired man screamed ta him as he pointed behind Discord. The salesman looked around at a nearby billboard that said ‘I can also upgrade cars!’ written in big bold letters underneath the name of his shop.
“Oh right…I forgot about that damn thing…I wonder how long it’s been up…” He pondered to himself out loud as he raised his yellow gloved hand and proceeded to rub the back of his head with.
“And it also mentions that you’ll do it for dirt cheap!” He added as further pointed at the billboard, at the words that said ‘And I’ll do it for dirt cheap!’ right under the previous sentence.
“That’s a really an oddly convenient sign isn’t it?” He commented with a slight laugh before turning around with a bright cheerful smile on his face. “Oh well…so what kind of upgrade are you looking for?” He happily inquired as he raised up both his hands and walked up to the now excited Blueblood.
“A horsepower upgrade! At least like one hundred!” The Corvette owner immediately detailed as he pointed out to his car. Discord smiled and wasted no time as he quickly reached into his salesman coat and pulled out a rather large calculator that looked like it was thirty years old and required paper.
“Ok let’s see if my math is right then…horse power upgrade…necessary parts…manual labor…divide by zero, carry the fish, don’t forget to add the sixty nine, andddddd….” He mumbled to himself as he pressed some buttons on the old machine, prompting it to make some loud clicking noises as the paper extended. “This is the total you’re looking at!” He finished as he ripped off the strand of paper and handed it to the suspicious younger man.
Blueblood hesitantly took the strand of paper and looked at it for a grand total of two seconds before his eyes bulged out. “Are you kidding me? I don’t have that kind of money!” He shouted back at the shop owner as he tossed the paper to the ground.
“Well, I’m sorry, but I just can’t help you then now can I…” Discord responded as he tossed the large calculator aside, making it crash through the window with a loud smash. “Now back to you buying these awful Ferraris off my hand...” He more enthusiastically went on as he gestured Blueblood to one of the cars behind him.
“If I can’t afford a performance upgrade, what makes you think I can afford one of those?” The poor car owner pointed out as he stomped his foot on the ground, only getting a shrug from Discord in response. “Look do you know who I am?” He quickly asked in an offended tone as he put a hand on his chest.
“Uhhhh…no…I mean I kind of sort of do since I know your name after I asked it like three minutes ago…” He uncaringly replied as he slowly walked past Blueblood completely uninterested.
“Exactly! I’m Blueblood! Of the Canterlot Regals!” The racer shouted as loudly and as proudly as he could. Discord immediately stopped in his place and remained motionless at what the young man had shouted. “Doesn’t that mean anything?” The Regal member quickly as he folded his arms as if demanding respect.
Discord slowly turned around in a slightly discomforting manner before looking at Blueblood with almost a vile look in his eyes. “…the Regals you say…so…you’re a part of Celestia’s team?” He asked in a much lower and dryer ton as his once friendly and wide smile changed into a more subtle smirk.
“Not only that! But I’m her cousin!” Blueblood informed him proudly as he smiled and raised his head up.
“Well…why didn’t you say so…” Discord responded in that soft tone as he slowly began approaching him with lingering steps. “That automatically applies you for the special premium assistance plan my dear boy…” He informed him with a low chuckle as he raised his right hand up and snapped his fingers, prompting a banner to appear behind him with the words ‘Special Deal!’ written on them.
“Well…it’s about time I got some recognition…what does this plan detail?” The oblivious man asked back in an entitled tone as Discord continued his slow advance.
“I’ll make your car the fastest car in Equestria…I’ll give a thousand horsepower, torque like you wouldn’t believe, a suspension set up that would make your aunt cry bloody tears, and best of all make your car unbeatable for as long as you live…” The somber owner eloquently put with a much wider, though nowhere near as friendly smile, his jagged tongue jutting out to briefly lick his distorted teeth. “And I’ll do it…for free…” He finished as he reached the undeterred man and put a hand on his shoulder, grasping it firmly.
“Now that’s what I’m talking about!” Blueblood shouted back as he reached into his pocket and pulled out his keyless fob. “When can I expect this hyper car to be done?” He excitedly asked as he put it in Discord’s free hand.
“Oh…it will take some time…I’m going to take my sweet time. After all, you can’t rush…” He softly answered as he briefly paused to move his other hand off of Blueblood’s shoulder and up to the side of his face. “Perfection, now can you my friend...” He finished as he playfully patted the side of Blueblood’s face a few times, his red eyes seeming to burn with a fiery intensity.
“Fine,” The light blue eyed guy reluctantly said as he reached into his pocket and pulled out a small card. “Here’s my racer card, it has my number on it so call me when it’s ready…” He instructed the shop owner as he placed the card in Discord’s other hand like he was handing him a business card.
Blueblood turned around and headed to the exit as Discord looked at the card briefly before crumpling it up and tossing it aside. “Thank you for your contribution…I’m so honored to be servicing my old friend Celestia by helping you out…” The ominous middle-aged man thanked lowly as he slowly raised his hand to slowly wave goodbye to the young guy.
Blueblood naturally walked up to his car, but found that it had locked and he had no way of entering it. “Crap, that’s right…I don’t have a car now! What I am supposed to drive now?” He shouted in realization as it finally dawned on him that he would be carless for a while.
He folded his arms and began to think things over in his head. He couldn’t go without a car because he was a racer and a racer without a car was like a painter without a paint brush. “I guess I can use one of Luna’s GT-Rs…she has like…a lot of those damn cars and wouldn’t notice if one was gone every now and again…” He concluded in his mind as he sighed and turned to begin his long slog all the way home.
“Besides…she got me into this predicament…it’s the least she can do to repay me for prolonging my rise to stardom.” He mumbled bitterly to himself as he knew the upgrade process wouldn’t take THAT long…right?
Blueblood grinded his teeth slightly as what happened was almost two months ago. All that time he was forced to drive his aunt’s car and all that time he waited patiently for his car to be completed. It went on up until two days ago where things began to go sour for him real fast. He could almost say without a shadow of a doubt that the last night he spent with his former girlfriend was the night all his miseries started and then spiraled out of control.
“No Blueblood…” Rarity softly denied as the taller man kissed at her neck and moved his hands under her silk night gown, up the side of her thigh. “I said no!” She more firmly commanded as she pushed him away, causing him to stumble and fall back onto the couch.
“You can’t be serious…” Blueblood grumped disappointedly as he folded his arms in protest.
“Darling, you should know that I’m nothing BUT serious…” The younger girl reminded him in a stern voice. “And when I say no, I mean no!” She declared as she held a finger up as if scolding him like a child.
“But, the way you’re dressed…” He began as he looked over his girlfriend’s attire.
The silk transparent purple night gown loosely covered her body down to her hips practically left nothing to the imagination. If it wasn’t for the small tight looking undergarments she had underneath her thin night gown one might mistake her for being completely naked. It was incredibly appealing and led Blueblood to believe that she had other things in mind other than sleep if she was wearing that.
“Just because I’m absolutely ravishing and irresistible doesn’t mean I’m ready to do anything to pleasure you tonight…” Rarity explained with a sigh as she turned around and headed for her bedroom.
“You never do anything for me period!” He pointed out a bit angrily as he shot up off the couch and quickly followed her.
“I’ve told you this numerous times Blueblood…I will reach that phase of our relationship when I’m ready…” The fashionista reminded him as she entered her bedroom or as she called it her ‘inspiration room.’ “And right now, I’m most certainly not…” She finished as she walked over to one of her unfinished dresses on a mannequin with Blueblood following behind her.
“I want it to be special, something magical, and something I can cherish forever…” She started to elaborate in a slightly dreamy tone as she leaned against the mannequin with a happy smile on her face. “And most importantly, it has to be earned…not just given out like it was a useless commodity…” She quickly added in an aggravated tone as she rolled her eyes and waved her hand slightly.
“And so far…you haven’t earned anything…there has been no magic, no charm, and especially no romance…” She finished, sounding even more annoyed as she turned around and pointed at Blueblood.
“How can there be if you barely let me kiss you…” The attractive man asked trying to make a gentle tone as his girlfriend turned around to grab a thread and needle. “Let me show you the true extent of my passion for you…” He offered in a seductive tone as he walked up behind her and put his arms around her waist, starting to roam them around on his own accord.
“No…” Rarity firmly denied as she pushed him off and away from her. “Please leave…” She seriously commanded as she pointed at the door behind him, giving him a fierce look in her azure eyes.
“W-What?” Blueblood asked with a slight stutter, not believing what she had just said to him.
“I don’t have time for this tonight…I have to get these dresses done by tonight for my class tomorrow, and if you won’t behave yourself I’m afraid you’re going to have to leave then…” The purple haired girl explained to him without the faintest hint of remorse in her voice as she continued working on her dress like it was more important than him.
“Fine…” Blueblood huffed angrily before turning around and leaving her room, heading to her apartment door.
“We’ll talk more in the morning Blueblood…” Rarity’s voice said from her room as Blueblood opened the door to leave.
“Yeah…sure…” He uncaringly said back before leaving, almost slamming the door behind him.
“Well…that’s it…” He said to himself as he started to descend the stairs as fast as he could. “I’m through with her…” The blonde decided as he felt that waiting a couple of months was too long for him, after all why would he care about some girl who refused to put out when soon he would have girls lining up just begging for him?
He smiled at that thought as he left the apartment building, jogging up to his ‘procured’ Skyline GT-R R34 that he was ‘borrowing’ from his Aunt. He opened the door and got in the seat, slamming the door as hard as he could. He wasn’t going to bother stopping by the next morning to pick her up. No, he was done, she could find her own way to school and hopefully that would give her the message that he was done with her.
He buckled up before starting the R34’s engine up. The engine howled as he revved it up. He put the car into first gear and then started to make his final leave of the apartment complex. As he reached the exit to the parking lot, he briefly looked into his rear view mirror to spot that white NSX that belonged to Rarity’s friend. He sighed in relief as he knew the best part about breaking up with her was that he wouldn’t see that stupid car ever again.
Blueblood scowled angrily as it wouldn’t be a full day before he WOULD see that car again and in the worst way possible. That brought him to what happened yesterday, to what would seal his fate and his embarrassment. The event that would be forever burned into his memory for as long as he lived and that wouldn’t live down until he avenged it himself. The whole ordeal that forced him to get his car now even though he didn’t get a call yet saying it was ready. The event that won’t stop playing in his mind over and over again, making more pissed off by the second.
Blueblood groaned as he shifted the car into third gear and pressed down on the accelerator as hard as he could, trying to pull as far ahead of the Acura as he could. The next right turn came up and Blueblood didn’t brake at all, instead just flinging the car into the turn as far to the inside as he could. He smiled as he went through the turn smoothly at first, thinking he would gain some more distance on the car behind him. All of a sudden, a huge amount of dirt appeared the inside, and Blueblood had no time to react and hit it. The black Nissan jumped slightly off the ground and almost hit the guardrail as the white NSX behind it went to the outside again.
It easily pulled alongside the GT-R as the blonde driver struggled to regain control of the car. Immediately afterwards, the white car flew passed him and got out in front of his R34. Blueblood gasped in horror as he watched the car pass him, not because he got passed but because of the look of the NSX passing him. The headlights were fixed instead of pop up, and the rear end had a stock spoiler instead of the fancy custom one that Celestia had on hers.
‘Wait a second…that doesn’t look like Celestia’s NSX…th-that’s…’ He frantically said in his mind as he now recognized the true owner of his car and knew it wasn’t his aunt. “Fluttershy…” He muttered out loud in disbelief as he watched the white Acura ahead of him straighten out and accelerate away from his black car.
“You know who she is?” Luna asked dryly, getting a quick nod from Blueblood.
“Find her then…challenge her…and beat her in a race so bad she’ll regret ever setting foot in that car!” She instructed in a low menacing tone as she pulled his face closer to hers and scowled at him. “That’s the only way to redeem yourself and not drag down all our names in the mud!” She finished as she got back in her car, shut the door, and started the engine. The car’s tires squealed against the pavement, kicking up white smoke before it slowly turned around and zoomed out of the lot.
The blonde haired man breathed heavily as he regained his balance and quickly straightened out his clothes. “Don’t worry…I’ll get my revenge…there’s no way I’ll let a humiliating defeat at the hands of a commoner stand!” He eventually replied to the dark-blue haired woman in a determined tone. “I swear I’ll get her!’ He then shouted angrily as he raised his hand up and clenched it into a fist.
“Are you done now?” A loud annoyed voice from beside Blueblood asked.
“Ah! What the hell?” Blueblood screamed in shock as he looked to his right to see Discord sitting in the passenger seat next to him looking a little less than an amused.
“Seriously, the amount of flashbacks you’ve been having is starting to make me think that you’ve had some horrible blunt head trauma recently!” The disgruntled man asked with narrowed eyes as he reached his right gloved hand up and tapped Blueblood’s head.
“How did you…” The confused racer began to ask before stopping and shrugging off the question. He probably snuck in when he was in the middle of one of his flashbacks “Ah forget it!” He shouted as he raised his hand up and swatted Discord’s fist away.
“Is the car ready for me to take…as in…right now?” He quickly asked as he wanted to leave as soon as possible, it was almost time for school and he a certain girl he needed revenge on.
“Oh…yeah…I guess it is?” Discord vaguely responded with a shrug of his shoulders as stroked his small goatee.
“Really?” The Corvette owner shouted in disbelief as he leaned over and grabbed the car dealer’s color. “Why didn’t you call me to let me know it was ready?” He furiously asked as he shook the smirking mechanic, thinking it was most likely done yesterday or maybe earlier and that he could’ve saved some humiliation by having his car yesterday instead of Luna’s GT-R
“Well because obviously I just got it done today and you already showed up before I could make the call…” Discord explained with a chuckle as he grabbed Blueblood’s hands. “…duh!” He finished as he tossed his assailant’s hands off of him and fixed his slightly ruffled outfit.
“Agh, whatever!” The getting angrier by the second blonde shouted in exasperation as he threw up his hands. “Look I need my car back now! I got a race quickly coming up and I need it to trounce them into dust for what they did to me yesterday!” He quickly explained as he pointed at Discord, almost in a threatening manner.
“Ohhhhh…well…if that’s the case then…” The unchanged Discord began as he reached into one of his pockets. He took a few seconds to feel around his pockets, then he reached into another one, and then into one of his back pockets. He scratched the side of his face, looking up for a second before snapping his fingers, smiling, and reaching over behind Blueblood’s ear. “Here you go…” He finally finished as he somehow pulled out the smart key out.
“At last…” Blueblood whispered in delight as he swiped the smart key out from Discord’s hand. “It’s about time…” He added as he placed the smart key in his pocket and then reached over to press the start engine button.
The car took a few seconds to start up, a few seconds longer than it normally would Blueblood noticed. When it did it didn’t sound as loud as before and sputtered a few times. He pressed down on the accelerator and revved the engine. Again it sounded softer and even stranger the car shook more than usual when he did. There also wasn’t any hint of a whistling sound, normally when he pressed on the accelerator and let off there would be the faint sound of a hiss or whistle. Now there was nothing which made Blueblood cock his head a bit.
“My car sounds and feels really weird...” He commented as he looked over to see Discord opening the door to the car.
“You were expecting it to sound exactly the same after I upgraded it?” Discord responded after a quick laugh as he turned to get out of the car. “You fool…come on…you should know that it’s going to sound and perform completely differently from what you’re used to…” He went on as he got out of the Corvette.
“Or are you just that ignorant to not notice anything?” He quickly asked the driver back as he turned around and gave the owner a smug smile and a teasing look in his red eyes.
“N-No…of course not…I was just taken back by it is all!” The blonde haired man shouted back in a stutter, not wanting to seem like a complete amateur as he revved the engine more. “It sounds great! I feel like I out race the speed of time itself with this car!” He complimented with a smile as he gave a thumbs up to the dealership owner.
“Ahhh…I’m glad you think so…” Discord happily responded as he tapped the roof of the Corvette with his left hand. “Enjoy you’re new…upgraded cars…” He encouraged before laughing and shutting the car door.
Blueblood eyed him curiously as Discord took a few steps away from his blue car. The taller, skinnier man turned and snapped his fingers, causing another light to turn on at the opposite end of the room. Blueblood looked forward to see a large garage door opening under the newly lit light and through the opening door was a road that led to the outside. Blueblood caught the hint as he pressed down on the clutch with his left foot and moved the shifter in his right hand to first gear, hearing a very loud scrapping noise as he did.
He looked down at the shifter, which never made a sound that loud before, but shrugged it off as another ‘upgrade.’ He looked back at Discord and saw that he was slowly walking away. He thought about just quickly leaving to never see the man again, but something was nagging in the back of his mind. He moved his right hand over to the winder buttons and lowered his passenger side window down.
“Hey Discord…one more question…” He shouted, making Discord stop and slowly turn around with a fake innocent look on his face. “I know you’re weird and all…but I have to know…why is there a Lamborghini covered in stone in the show floor of your dealership?” Blueblood asked curiously as he remembered the stone Lamborghini he passed by when he first arrived and again when he came back.
Discord’s face quickly changed from faux innocence to dark malevolence as he began to walk back up to the car. “If you wanted to destroy it or break it…then you’ve already did enough to it…so why is it just sitting there?” He rephrased as he titled his head a bit in confusion at the sight of the slowly approaching man.
Discord breathed heavily as he slowly walked up to the passenger side door. He slowly looked at the Blueblood with his narrowed and raised his fists as if to punch the oblivious man. “…good luck in your race today…” He encouraged in a very light tone as he his face changed back to pleasant and his hand entered the car out for Blueblood to take.
“Uhh…ok…” The blonde haired man responded as he reached his hand out to take and shake. When he did Discord pulled him closer right up to his face to see him scowling again. Discord huffed as he moved over next to his ear.
“And if you see your dear Aunt Celestia again…tell her that Discord says that the bananas are always ready to be picked once more…” He whispered aggressively into his ear before letting go and pulling away, once again showing that overly positive look on his face.
“Uhh…sure…I guess…” Blueblood responded shaking a bit in fear as he immediately regretted asking that question. “I’ll…I’ll just be going then…” He added as he quickly rolled up the window to his car.
Discord took a few steps back as the Corvette’s engine revved up for a few seconds before finally starting to move. He raised his hand and waved as the ZR1 slowly made its way to the exit. The tall dealership owner started to chuckle lowly as he watched the car leave his shop and out to whatever race he mentioned earlier.
“What a complete waste of space…” Discord lowly commented as he quickly snapped his fingers, causing the garage door to slowly close once more. “And speaking of wastes of space…” He added as he raised his other hand to snap his other fingers.
Another light turned on at the far end of the room and revealed another car. This one was a red sleek Enzo Ferrari, a very rare and expensive vehicle. The proud and sleek car was parked beautifully at the end of the garage, its massive 6.0 liter Tipo F140 V12 engine able to crank out over six hundred and fifty horses or raw power, easily capable of sending the car at speeds that would cause people of lesser stomachs to lose their lunches. It’s one of the prides and joys of Ferrari and of the automotive world period.
Discord hummed happily as he casually strutted back over to his chocolate milk dispenser. He got himself another glass of chocolate milk in his personalized glass before turning around to look at the emasculate vehicle. He took a few sips before warmly sighing to himself. After a few seconds he whistled loudly. All of a sudden a large anvil appeared out of nowhere and fell to the ground above the Enzo.
It landed with a crash and somehow managed to miss the Enzo by at least barely a few centimeters. It made a big crater where it landed and the force of the landing caused the Enzo next to it to shake slightly before stabilizing. Discord’s eyes bulged out, resembling baseballs, as he stared at the anvil half sunk into the ground and more importantly the still intact car, seeming to sparkle as if to mock him.
His hand holding the glass of chocolate milk shook before he tossed it to the ground. The glass broke and the chocolate milk splattered all over the hard floor as Discord turned to forcefully push over the cholate milk dispenser with a loud scream. The dispenser fell over and broke into multiple pieces, which sent chocolate milk of all kinds spilling all over the floor. After it fell it revealed a small hole from where it was stationed and Discord quickly reached into the small hole.
He pulled out a long military grade RPG and yelled as he quickly aimed at it at the poor defenseless vehicle. He pulled the trigger and the warhead at the end fired forward at an incredible speed. It struck the Enzo and exploded in a massive blast. The ball of flames that was once a perfect vehicle launched into the air before landing to the left a molten pile of garbage.
Discord laughed as hard as he could as he tossed aside the now used RPG, pieces of metal from the blast still scattering everywhere. He danced about happily as he continued laughing, even going as far to tear off his overcoat and swing it in the air amidst his ceaseless joy. Tears began freely falling down the sides of his face as continued to dance in place. Eventually his laughter and dancing died down before he stopped and looked back at the still burning pile of scrap metal.
“Oh, that was just too perfect…” He said after his bouts of joy finally stopped, putting his coat back on. He took out his handkerchief and began to wipe his tear filled eyes. “Wait a second…” He suddenly said as his eyes bulged again, his actions stopping in place.
“I just blew up a million dollar Enzo Ferrari…one of only four hundred in the entire world!” He realized as he looked back at the burning heap. “What have I done! No!” He screamed out loud as he got to his needs and gripped the sides of his hair.
“I was supposed to destroy the 360 Modena!” He remembered as he started to cry tears of pain instead of joy. He quickly reached into his pocket and pulled out his smart phone. “Berry Punch you’re fired!” He screamed as loud as he could, firing the girl for not following his earlier instructions.
“Quit calling me you mother fu-!” The girl on the other end shouted back before Discord hung up the phone and tossed it aside.
Discord continued to cry in remorse as he stared at the former car turned flaming wreck. “Now what will I blow up next week?” He asked no one in particular before planting his face into the chocolate milk soaked floor, crying over messing up his order of blowing up useless Ferraris. After all he had to rid the world of Ferraris the WRONG way instead of the right way. It was what he was meant to do! But now he failed and had to reorganize his schedule…and reorganizing his schedule was the only chaotic thing he did NOT like doing.
Blueblood pressed down hard on the accelerator, causing the engine to roar with the occasional sputter. He smiled as his car picked up speed down the road and quickly shifted the car into third gear, hearing that loud scrapping noise even over the engine.
‘My car is perfect!’ Blueblood shouted as he pressed down on the accelerator again, quickly approaching a wide left turn. ‘Now nothing and no one can possibly beat me!’ He theorized arrogantly as braked hard, pressed on the clutch, and moved the stick shift into second gear.
‘Just you wait Flutterbitch…because you’re going to be my first victim…’ He darkly said in his mind as he turned the steering wheel as hard as he could, almost hitting the outside wall as he entered the wide turn. ‘I’m going to trash you and humiliate you so badly that you’ll regret ever setting foot in this city!’ He finished as he exited the turn and picked up speed down the straight.
“I swear it!” He screamed as loud as he could as he shifted the car back into third gear and pressed down hard on the accelerator again. The car’s engine sputtered and roared once again the vehicle picked up speed down the road.
Off to race and defeat its first opponent; Fluttershy and her NSX.
~Twilight’s Preview Time: ACT 3~
“See, this is why you should always upgrade and modify your car yourself and not let anyone-”
“W-What are they doing back?”
“W-Wait what? I have to do this…AGAIN?”
“Says who?”
“Oh, Celestia herself!?”
“Well then of course I’ll do it! Hand me the preview notes!”
“Ok so uhhh…Fluttershy’s being sad…because…stuff…Blueblood challenges her to a race…a pink slaps race in fact…geez that’s a little extreme right?”
“More stuff uhhh…happens I guess….I make an appearance again…oh my car makes its debut…that’s nice…oh and Spike makes his debut too!”
“Then uhhh..more stuff…and…other stuff…stuff….uhhhh…”
“D-Do we just have a preview like last time?”
“Wait we do? Augh! Why am I wasting my time then? Just show the freaking-”
“Tavi there’s only one thing on everybody’s mind…”
Fluttershy got out of her car and shut the door, when she turned around she was immediately surrounded by a group of people.
“And that’s the owner of this mysterious new NSX…”
“You’re the one who dusted that R34 on Beginner’s pass aren’t you?” One of the people amongst the group asked in a very serious tone.
“Rumors are already floating around that it’s Celestia making a comeback, some say it’s a girl from the local college named Fluttershy, and others say this is one big hoax set up by the Regals…”
“I-I’m sorry! I didn’t really do anything…I…I just…please don’t hurt me!” The timid girl pleaded as held her hands up above her face to block any oncoming punches.
“One thing’s for certain though…”
“Girl…” The guy began as he reached out and put a hand on her shoulder, causing her to whimper in fear. “That was one sick ass drift! I mean seriously! You blew past that black R34 like it a crappy Pinto!” He cheered ecstatically as the rest of the crowd began to cheer.
“Everyone can’t wait to see what this car does next!”
“You bitch!” Blueblood shouted as he gripped the frightened girl’s shoulders. “You enjoying yourself? Basking in your newfound victory or rather my newfound humiliation?” he asked furiously as pressed the girl against the wall.
Fluttershy couldn’t vocally give any response and just meekly gave out a few whimpers as her response.
“We’ll see how long your confidence lasts!” The furious racer boasted with a smirk as he let go of the girl.
“I challenge you to a one on one downhill race! Tonight on Mount Mosura!”
Blueblood smugly stood next to his car and smiled confidently as he looked down the dark shrouded road. Cars kept coming and going of all sizes and makes, though there was clearly only one particular car he was waiting for this night. It was also a car everyone was in fact waiting tonight.
“Winner takes the other’s car! It’s a pink slips race!”
Everyone on the mountain side anxiously awaited the arrival of this mysterious unknown white NSX that they had seen on the web. They wanted to see if the rumors were true and that it really existed, if it really did beat Luna’s R34, and most importantly if it would show to race against the overpowered Corvette ZR1 driven by an official Regal.
“It’s ok Fluttershy, you’ll easily put that ruffian in his place like last time!” Rarity confidently encouraged as she raised her fist up.
“No I won’t! Because I didn’t do it in the first place!” Fluttershy revealed as she shook her head at the fashionista.
“W-What?” The purple haired girl simply said in disbelief as her eyes widened and her jaw slacked.
“There was this girl I met…she drove the car…she beat him…not me…”
Dash walked through the dark forest, ear buds in her ears as she bobbed her head in tune with the music.
“We have to find her, only she has the skill to pull this through!”
She suddenly hit a tree face first. “Ow….” She mumbled in pain as she clearly had no idea that was coming, making it hurt her pride a little.
One of wider turns near the top of the mountain a blonde haired, rather muscular looking girl peered down the road and then at the top. She leaned forward a bit to look over everything before leaning back and laughing to herself slightly.
“One of them fancy Regal members racin’ gainst a mysterious NSX.” The freckled girl said in a thick southern accent as she folded her arms. “Sounds like a race worth watchin’ doncha think?” She asked curiously as she looked to her right at the tall very masculine man with orange hair.
“Specially if that NSX gives them stuck up Regals the what for!” She added with a smirk as she narrowed her green eyes slightly.
“Eeyup” He simply said with a quick nod.
A pair of headlights appeared from around the corner, closely followed by another pair.
“Here they come!” Thunderlane shouted as he got up from where he was sitting. “Twilight Sparkle and Princess Luna!” He announced as a purple WRX Sti GV appeared from around the corner with a black Nissan GT-R V-Spec following close behind it.
The purple Subaru accelerated down the straight with the GT-R effortlessly following behind it. They both quickly approached the turn the crowd was watching. The WRX’s car jerked as its rear end slight out, starting out in a drift as it came down the final portion of the straight. The GT-R behind it accelerated more and bumped the back of the car, causing it start to lose control.
“Wh-What the hell is her problem!” Caramel shouted in horror as the tires of the WRX squealed and the engine roared. The car struggled not to spin out before it entered the turn, barely making it without hitting the inside or spinning out of control. The GT-R still followed close behind as the purple four door sedan struggled to regain control. When it finally seemed to stabilize the GT-R behind it bumped the back of it again.
“Damn she’s so hardcore she has no problem trying to wreck one of her own!” Thunderlane commented as the purple car once again began to lose control.
“I-I need you to drive my car again…” Fluttershy asked nervously as Dash walked away from her.
“There’s no way in hell I’m ever getting back in that car…so you can just forget it!” The short girl angrily said back as she continued to walk away.
“P-Please…I really…I really need your help!” The pink haired girl begged as tears began to form her eyes.
The dirty looking girl stopped at that sound and slowly turned around to face the tearful girl. “No!” She shouted firmly, denying her request.
Twilight looked at the Corvette to her right and then to the NSX to her left. She took a deep breath and slowly lifted her arm up.
“Three!” She began, starting the count down as Fluttershy in the driver’s seat to her car looked over at the Corvette next to her.
“You think you’ve seen speed before?”
“Two!” She continued as Fluttershy noticed the blonde raise his middle finger up at Fluttershy.
“You haven’t seen anything until I’ve driven…”
“One!” Twilight counted as she swung her arm back. Fluttershy gulped and looked forward as she waited the next inevitable line.
“You will witness the era of a new kind of speed…”
“Go!” She finally shouted, the sound of both car’s engines roaring loudly.
“You will witness the start of the Blueblood era…”
“Ok-Ok…well…that’s it right?”
“Time to end this again?”
“Oh yeah…the act title…”
“Why couldn’t they just give it at the start of the preview or the end?”
“Ughh…anyways…next time on Initial Dash: The Start of the Downhill Duo!”
“…and I have to give a last what again?”
“That’s so stupid…that doesn’t sound like something Celestia would…”
“Wait a second…Celestia wasn’t the one who wanted me to do this didn’t she?”
“YOU LYING BIT-!”
SEE YOU NEXT RACE!