“All right, everypony! Saddle up! One line! Move move move!”

“Rainbow Dash, no need to be so harsh. Remember they are just fillies and colts,” Cheerilee said, trying to calm down her enthusiastic assistant.

“Sorry Cheerilee, but kids need discipline. It´s the only way they can enjoy this type of events. You don´t want to slack off all day like some other ponies...” Rainbow Dash said, nudging at Rarity who was powdering her nose.

“Excuse me, I´ll have you know that I´m as much a volunteer for this event as you.”

“Oh come on Rares, we all know you´re only here because your little sis guilt trip you...again.”

Rarity responded with a “Hmph!” noise and Cheerilee simply rolled her eyes. These two weren´t exactly the best assistants but considering she have over a dozen excited foals running around, she needed as much help as she could get.

“Alright, class. One line, please. We´re going to start with the sport event. I want you all to make groups.”

The foals immediately began to push and fight as they disarmed the line.

“Try to make your groups as balanced as possible. Follow the example of the Crusaders. They have one of each type of pony, increasing their chance to success,” Cheerilee said, waving at the three smiling fillies.

“I don´t know about that, Cheerilee. The main event here is an obstacle race and for that, you need strong wings to carry you around. It´s better if you get your team with the most pegasus, like these cute champs here, right boys?” Rainbow said, grabbing Featherweight and Rumble with each arm and making them blush.

“Please Rainbow, a race is not just about speed. You need strategy and dexterity and that is something that unicorns have to spare. Am I right, girls?” Rarity said and two unicorns fillies nodded.

Cheerilee rolled her eyes again, hoping her students won´t fall into this argument.

“Rainbow Dash is right, girls! If we want to win this race we need as many pegasus as we can get!” Scootaloo said.

“Ah don´t know about that, Scoots. Ah think our team will be better off balanced,” Apple Bloom replied.

“Come on, your heard her! It´s all about speed and there´s no pony faster than a pegasus!”

“Hey, unicorns can be pretty fast too!” Sweetie Belle replied but her friend dismissed her with a gesture. “You hear my sister, we can be pretty sceptical...”

“Ah think she mean dexterous,” Apple Bloom said but Sweetie was too busy arguing with Scootaloo.

“If you don´t want to be in the winning team you can leave!” Scootaloo yeled.

“Fine then, I´ll make another team filled with unicorns!” Sweetie yelled.

Apple Bloom watched as her two best friends turned over and went their separate ways, joining Rainbow and Rarity who were coaching teams made of one type of pony..

“Wait, girls! What about our team?”

“Hye blank flank, you´re joining our team!” Diamond Tiara shouted, coming along with Silver Spoon.

“And why would ah want to do that?”

“First, because you totally want to be with the popular ponies. And second, I got tired of those dumb pegasus and snobby unicorns making fun of us, earth ponies, so I´m making a team just of earth ponies to show them wrong!”

Apple Bloom wasn´t buying Diamond Tiara´s act but when she looked over her shoulder, she saw Twist approaching with a group of earth ponies.

“Ah´m not so sure about this...”

“Normally Apple Bloom, I´ll be with you,” Cheerilee said. “But I just can't stand those two. Let´s show them why earth ponies are best ponies!”

“YEAH!”

The race began and Rainbow´s team quickly took the lead, going in a straight line to the flag.

“Come on, fillies! Flap those wings if you want to win!”

Rarity´s team however took a different approach, going the shortest way to the goal. It was filled with more obstacles but Rarity was confident of her team.

“That´s right. Small jumps make the win. No need to hurry. Sweetie Belle, watch your step.”

Meanwhile, Cheerilee lead her team in a different route, trying to circle the most amount of obstacle. They soon found themselves trapped in a tall area with a mud pile in front of them.

“Ewww! I´m not goign in there!” Silver Spoon said.

“We got to do it! It´s the only way!” Apple Bloom retorted.

“Whatever. I´m not going to get my hooves dirty! You agree with me, right Diamond?” Silver Spoon said but to her surprise, her friend´s desire to win was stronger.

“Eww, come on! Move!”

Cheerilee smiled and helped her team made it throguh the mud pile. Unfortunately, they ran into another obstacle, a path covered in thorns.

“This is too dangerous. let´s circle around, kids,” Cheerilee said.

Pipsqueak however ignored her and took advantage of his small size to crawl underneath them. He reappeared a few seconds later, claiming he found a path. He lead the group through the narrow way and when they reached the other side, he got a pat in the head from Cheeerilee.

Now the last obstacle over was a huge gap, too large to jump. Apple Bloom noticed a log, long enough to reach the other side. The earth colts had their moment to shine, using their strength to lift it and pushed it for all to climb.

“I can see the goal!” a brown colt with a propeller hat exclaimed.

They all could see the goal too, along with the other two teams rushing to it.

“Come on, everypony! Gallop as hard as you can!” Cheerilee shouted and rushed.

The earth ponies turned into basically a stampede. Rainbow saw them coming and shouted her team to fly towards the goal, grabbing Scootaloo and placing her on her back. Rarity also saw the other teams rushing and ordered her team to go faster.

The three team moved faster and faster, not moving they eyes from the goal.

All the way over on Sweet Apple Acres, Applejack and her brother were calmly collecting apples.

“Say brother, did yah hear a loud noise just now?”

“Eeeenope.”

Back to the school grounds, all the foals were in a huge pile. Their eyes spinning around and some could swear there were stars circling their heads.

“Did we won?” Scootaloo asked.

“Ah don´t know...” Apple Bloom said.

“Can we just call it a tie?” Sweetie Belle said.

“Agree.”

As the colts and fillies helped each other got back on their feet, the shadows of a winged unicorn fell over them. Princess Twilight Sparkle descend, a proud smile on her face.

“Congratulations, my little ponies. I have been watching the whole event and I´m proud to see how you all worked as a team to reach a goal. You also discovered that each pony has its own advantages and disadvantages. No one is superior to another for having wings, a horn or lacking them. Each one is different but working together can be as good as pony with all three traits....What? why are you all looking at me like that? What?”