A Sudden Storm

A lonely hawk shrieked in the desert sky. It was a declaration of freedom and strength, of joy for the glorious privilege of flight. Rainbow Dash looked up at the bird with contempt.

“Lucky bastard...”

The sound of another buffalo knocking down accidentally an apple tree and the subsequent bickering among buffaloes and ponies brought her back to reality. She growled. SHe hated the desert, hated the heat, the lack of shadows to cover, the sand getting under her feathers; but mostly, she hated to work. Back in Ponyville her job at the Weather Patrol was really easy since the town was small and stick to a lax schedule, given her plenty of time to either practice or nap. But here she was under a strict schedule and in charge of an inexperienced squad too small for such a large area.

Her mane started to itch again. She also hated to wear clothes. She never bothered to wear anything unless Rarity got really annoying but here she needed to wear a hat to cover her head and a jacket because she needed pockets. One of her pockets was always fill. It has the rejection letter from the Wonderbolts. She didn't knew why she still kept that thing. To torture herself, reminding about the dreams she had an will never come true? Or a motivator, something to get really angry at and get the necessary energy to get the job done?

“Miss Dash!” Braeburn was calling for her again. “Care tah move them cloudy over ´ere?”

Rainbow growled again. “Coming.”

Braeburn was a nice guy overall. After all, it was only her and little Strongheart the only two ponies (well, one pony and one buffalo but Rainbow didn't make distinctions) that she knew and could talk with. Not that Rainbow wasn't eager to make friends, it was just she wanted this to finish as soon as quickly. Only two more weeks to go.

After being rejected again by the Wonderbolts and being told she could never apply again due to age limits, Rainbow was devastated. Applejack told her that her cousin was planning to expand the settlers town and needed help to create a weather patrol team. Rainbow only accepted to make A.J shut up.

Once she got there she got even more depressed. Obviously, earth ponies couldn't control the weather but the only pegasi that they managed were a bunch of rookies fresh out of Flying Camp that made Scootaloo look like Fluttershy...and that was a compliment. Rainbow almost fell flat when she lined up the recruits and found Derpy Doo in the line. She just couldn't get rid of that cross-eyed flying disaster, could she?

Since her team was so useless, Rainbow did almost all the work alone, not bothering to give any orders. She told the pegasi to stay down while she gathered the few storm clouds that could be find in the desert to water the orchard. One small cloud went loose and Rainbow chased it reluctant.

“Oh pony feathers!”

Just hiding behind a mountain it was a gargantuan black storm. Rainbow knew very well what that was, a rogue storm; sometimes when small clouds went loose they start to gather together to create a giant one that if left alone could destroy an entire town. All it needed was a small bolt of electricity. Carefully, Rainbow approached the missing cloud, trying to catch it before it set the fuse. She was gently pulling it with her hooves when she noticed the letter slipping off her pocket. She rushed down to catch it while the tiny cloud loosely floated until it hit the storm and shot a small lighting.

Due to that stupid mistake, a terrible downpour exploded.

With no time to warn the settlers, Rainbow tried to contain the storm. A Sonic Rainboom could dissipate it but the wind was blowing too strong for Rainbow to gain momentum. Hit by a lightning strike, Rainbow start to fell to the ground. Suddenly she was again in course. She looked at her right and found those happy mismatched golden eyes. Derpy Doo and another yellow mare were helping her stay in the air. Even the earth ponies and the buffalos were helping the pegasi stay in course with their lassos. Working together, the team managed to break the storm apart, even creating a small rainboom.

Rain started to fall over the apples field. Rainbow scratched her head, sore after the sudden crash and found laughter all over her. The buffalos and the ponies were dancing and celebrating under the downpour. Rainbow laughed as well. Maybe she wasn´t be where she  wanted to be but maybe she was where she needed to be.

The rejection letter was in a pool. The ink slowly dissolving, erasing the words.

“Dear Miss Rainbow Muriel Dash:

We are sor...