Danny and his newest friend Rainbow Dash were now soaring down the hall ways of the castle as break neck speeds to find themselves a balcony to use for takeoff, Rainbow Dash always had a thing for learning and teaching better in the air. Her speeds were certainly something to admire, Danny was holding on to her neck for dear life as she flew pass guards and began performing crazy spins and tricks in the air. Danny admired her tricks and her gift for flying, but was also a bit spooked by the Pegasus's rough personality, but how could he judge when he himself was once the same way.

It was then that after she had made it down to another hall way that she had found a balcony they could use, she quickly turned back and laughed at herself before noticing that Danny was a bit shaken up by her intense flying. She then got a bit worried as she slowly descended and landed gently and started to walk towards the balcony, while she did so, she then turned back to check up on him,

"Hey kid, you alright back there? I'm sorry if I was a bit too fast for you, I can't just help myself sometimes,” Rainbow Dash said as Danny gradually loosened his grip on Rainbow and sat up on her back. “I guess it's just not the same as how Princess Luna flies you around huh?"

"No... She flies a bit more gently for me, she doesn't get all hard and fly crazy like you do,” Danny pointed out while Rainbow just chuckled nervously.

"Yeah I imagine, so tell me kid, how did Princess Luna come by you?” Rainbow Dash asked while walking to the balcony.

"Mom found me in my bedroom a while back and she brought me here, she... Saved me from my dad,” Danny said while Rainbow looked to him realizing she may be walking into a personal issue.

"Oh... You... Had a bad father huh? Sorry about that, didn't know I was stepping onto something sensitive,” Rainbow Dash said while Danny just chuckled at her.

"Don't worry about it, it's not hard to talk about any more, I have a new family now,” Danny said while Rainbow couldn't help but smile.

"You know... I can see why Rarity thinks you're the most precious thing in the world, she talks about you from time to time,” Rainbow Dash said as they finally came to the balcony.

"Really?" How is Rarity? I wish I could have thanked her for the new shoes she made for me,” Danny said looking to his slipper shoes.

"She's doing alright, she's actually hoping to see you again when Nightmare night comes around,” Rainbow Dash said.

"Really?!" Oh I and mom are so going there that night!” Danny said excitedly while bouncing a bit on Rainbow's back.

"I bet, but for now, you might want to hang on tight,” Rainbow Dash suddenly warned.

Danny quickly saw Rainbow Dash's wings sprouting and quickly grabbed hold of her neck knowing of what was to come, Rainbow checked on Danny one more time before looking to the sky with a cocky smile. She began to flap her wings before suddenly leaping high into the air, Danny felt his hair instantly blasted back as he also felt the hair of Rainbow Dashes rainbow mane in his face, and all of that quickly began to stop as their leap to the sky began to slow down.

As they made it to the peak of Rainbow's powerful leap, Danny looked over his surroundings and saw nothing but a sea of clouds surrounding both of them, while he once again looked on in astonishment; Rainbow just smirked as the sky was all too familiar to her. It was then that they began to descend form the leap and were falling through the sea of clouds, the wind blew through both of their hair, and to Danny's surprise, he felt more calm about flying due to his time with Luna as his means of flying.

After a few minutes of free falling, Rainbow Dash decided to stop trying to show off and sprouted her wings out to slow her fall; she then began flapping and soon began flying through the sky loud and proud. Danny looked around himself as his eyes opened to check the scene and was once again given the beautiful sight and privilege of flying around the castle of Canterlot. Even though it was not Luna he was riding on, it still felt free and exciting, especially now that he was riding a smaller pony, it made him feel a bit more in control and a lot more free in a way.

Once they were soaring through the sky under the clouds, Rainbow Dash looked back to see the young child enjoying himself and decided to up the excitement by soaring a bit faster and going lower as they got a bit closer to the castle. With Danny holding on tight, Rainbow Dash began to do a few spins as they flew pass a few castle towers and came only an inch close to the structure of a castle wall. Danny had even decided to slowly put a finger towards the wall and could feel the smooth stone on his finger before they both went right back up towards the sky, and that's when Rainbow Dash decided to blow the boy's mind one more time with a little trick he did not know could be done.

She quickly took back up to the sky's allowing their hair to be blown into the wind, as Rainbow Dash entered a few clouds, she spun around a few more times and picked up a few clouds that followed behind her before forming into a small twister. She then checked on Danny and smirked before they quickly made their exit from the clouds. She then suddenly stopped for a moment just above the clouds and looked back to see Danny looking around in confusion before looking back to her for an answer.

"What's going on Rainbow Dash? What are you up to now?” Danny asked while Rainbow Dash just chuckled.

"Just watch kid, so the princess already took you on flights before, but did you know that alicorns and Pegasus can also stand as well as touch clouds, “Rainbow Dash said while Danny shook his head in disbelief.

"No...Way...! Can you really do that?!"Danny asked while his mind was being blown.

"Sure can, why don't you look down and see for yourself,” Rainbow Dash said as she gestured downward.

Danny did so and looked down only to stare in disbelief at what he was seeing, he and Rainbow Dash were now on an actual cloud and they were not falling, the chances of something like this had to be slim, but it was actually happening right before his eyes. Danny began chuckling in disbelief as Rainbow Dash started taking a small walk around the cloud letting Danny take in the fact that they were walking on a cloud, Danny even reached down and felt the cloud in his hand, and it felt as soft as a kitten to him.

"Wow...! This is incredible, this... This is unreal...!"Danny exclaimed in disbelief before picking up a piece of cloud and holding it in his hands before letting it disappear.

Seeing that he was now enjoying himself, Rainbow Dash then chose to lie down and put a hoof out so Danny could explore, but the idea that he could walk on a cloud sounded ridiculous and impossible, then again magic seemed impossible in his world. He was nervous, but he then decided to give it a try to see if it was possible, he inched his way off Rainbow's back and was about to step onto the cloud, he felt himself about to break a sweat as he then suddenly felt something remarkably soft under his foot.

Even Rainbow Dash seemed a bit surprise as Danny looked down to see that he had a solid footing in the cloud and was able to stand on the cloud, the shock that this was actually happening was overwhelming and unbelievable to the boy as he took one small step forward on the cloud.

"Rainbow Dash...? Are you seeing this?! This is...impossible, something like this was impossible for people back in my world, and I thought you said this could only be done by Alicorns and Pegasus,” Danny said as he walked on the clouds.

"Believe me kid, this is a whole new thing for me too, didn't think any pony else could do something like that, Luna was right, you are her special boy,” Rainbow Dash said while laughing as Danny began blushing.

"Yeah... Sometimes I still don't get why some pony like her would want something like me for a son, when my own real father never wanted me..."Danny said in a solemn tone as he walked over and sat next to Rainbow Dash.

"What...?! What do you mean by that? Why would a parent not want a child, it's like one of the greatest privileges you can get, why would any pony want to pass that on?” Rainbow Dash asked while Danny let out a sigh. “You alright kid?"

"My dad didn't care about anything, the way he said it, all he had ever cared about was cold beer, a woman to own and no problems, and then I came along..."Danny said while he looked up at the blue sky. “He said that he lost all that because of me... He said that he was so mad at me for being born because now he has another mouth to feed, all his dreams were gone when I came into the world..."

"What...?! What kind of father would say things like that, if you ask me that guy nothing but a monster, no parent should ever say things like that about their kids, a child is like a legacy and a gift,” Rainbow Dash said wrapping her wing around Danny. “He’s wrong, that guy had no idea how good he had it, now I understand why princess Luna took you away from him, he doesn't deserve you, you deserve so much better."

"Really...? But... I'm just a human boy, I can't do cool magic stuff, I can't really fly, all I can do is run around and try to make friends, if I'm so special... Then what is it, what is that thing that makes me special?” Danny asked as he turned to Rainbow Dash with a blank look.

"Well... Luna told me that your pretty athletic for a kid, I myself am a bit of an athlete myself, but that's not what we came to talk about, it's time to learn about loyalty, and I think you already passed the actual test, now you need to know how you passed,” Rainbow Dash explained as she got to her hooves while Danny looked on in confusion.

"What...?! But I didn't even do anything, all we did was go for a ride around the skies and around the castle,” Danny said as he started to think a bit on this mystery.

"Yeah... And when we were flying what were you doing before I started doing a few cool moves,” Rainbow Dash asked with a sly smile.

"I was...holding on and... Trusting you..."Danny said as the answer became clear to him. I trusted you and you were loyal because I knew you wouldn't let me fall or anything, and

I showed a bit of loyalty by trusting you to do those tricks!"

"That's it! Wow kid, you’re a pretty fast learner there too, loyalty is centered around trust in your friends, like all those royal guards down there, they are loyal to the princesses, so they are completely trust worthy when it comes to protection and keeping the peace for them,” Rainbow Dash explained before she suddenly felt her mind being blown.” Whoa...! That was...awesome, I actually taught some pony a lesson like a real teacher!"

"Really...? This was your first teaching experience?” Danny asked while Rainbow quickly pulled herself together.

"Yeah totally, I wasn't much for egg head things, but Twilight showed me ways to learn new things, and thanks to her she was able to help me pass a test to get into the wonder bolt reserves,” Rainbow Dash said as she let out a sigh of nostalgia.

"Cool... So... What do you want to do now?” Danny asked as he looked around and only saw clouds and sky.

"Well, now that we're done with today's lesson on friendship, maybe I should get you back to your mom before she worries about you,” Rainbow Dash said as she got up and stretched herself out.

"Sure, sounds good to me,” Danny said as he ran to Rainbow's back and climbed his way up.

"Alright then, hang on tight kid, because here we go!” Rainbow Dash announced as she leaped into the air.

Danny held on tight once more as they found themselves soaring into the air once more and feeling the wind through their hair again, Rainbow Dash then sprouted her wings up immediately and began flying down towards the clouds they were on. They quickly began passing through the clouds and felt their softness hitting them as they traveled through a tunnel made of the clouds.

They then made their exit from the tunnel of clouds and were now heading right back towards the castle; Rainbow Dash then began circling the castle looking for a place to land while Danny was enjoying himself once again. He raised his arms in the air and felt the air through his fingers as he felt a breeze blowing through his hair and made him feel like a bird spreading its wings and flying for the first time.

It was then that the fun was over as Rainbow Dash not only found a place to land, that place just so happened to be a place where a certain Alicorn was standing and waiting for them to return from their trip. Rainbow Dash began to dive for the spot as Danny tightened his grip before seeing Luna waiting for them on a balcony, Danny at that time had then lit up and began to wave at her as Rainbow Dash came to a landing on a balcony where Luna stood.

"Hello again Danny, and how was your little lesson with Rainbow Dash?” Luna asked as Danny slid down from Rainbow's back.

"It was so cool, I didn't even know I was learning about loyalty until we were sitting on clouds mom, I actually stood on a cloud too!” Danny exclaimed as he ran to Luna and hugged her with excitement.

"I see, so you showed him your way of learning things Rainbow Dash, quite a nice tactic,” Luna commented to Rainbow Dash.

"Ah it was nothing princess, all he needed to do is trust me, and the answers just came to him, he's really is special just like you said,” Rainbow Dash complimented to the princess much to her delight.

"Thank you my friend, you did a marvelous job with my son today,” Luna said as she then turned to Danny with some news.” And Danny...? You wouldn't mind if we waited until tomorrow to go to the park would you?"

"Uh...sure mom, is something wrong?” Danny asked as he looked at her with curiosity.

"Well... I messaged your friend Hershey Sprinkle that you would be visiting the park again and invited her to come, but she messaged me back and said that she can't make it today, but she can do tomorrow, she says she's just having some problems..."Luna explained as Danny looked down for a minute before nodding to Luna.

"Okay mom, I guess I can wait till tomorrow to visit her in the park,” Danny said with a small smile.

"That's nice, now you both can come along and we can enjoy the rest of the day shall we?” Luna offered with a warm smile.

"Sure mom, what are we going to do today, well today I would like to finish that nice little story I started with you before,” Luna suggested as Danny chuckled at her suggestion.

"Sure mom, we need to finish that Goldie Hooves story,” Danny said as he was levitated to Luna's back.

"Then off we go Danny, and Rainbow Dash, my sister and Twilight will be waiting for you in the library,” Luna said as she carried Danny off into the castle.

"No problem princess, I'd never leave my friends hanging,” Rainbow Dash said as she followed the mother and son into the castle to carry on with the day.

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