“Woah shrimp, I think you´re gonna get your face printed on that table!” Rainbow Dash said to a depressed Scootaloo, who was mourning her sorrows with some extra sweet milkshakes at Sugarcube Corner.

“Oh, hi Rainbow Dash…”

“Hey, come on! Cheer up! Wanna tell your big sister what´s bothering you?”

“Well, today was my turn at Family Appreciation Day and my dad was the absolute worst. He´s a great dad at home but his work is so...ugh! So boring!”

“Your dad works at the Mayor´s office, right?” Rainbow Dash said, struggling to remember him.

“Yeah, he does paperwork and it´s so boring! Granny Smith has a ton of old stories. Sweetie Belle´s dad trained all the famous players that came out from Ponyville. Even Diamond Tiara´s dad has better stories than my dad! At least he does a lot more than just sitting in a desk all day!”

“Hey there, don´t be so rough with your old man. Here´s one lesson I learned when I was around your age, there´s no such thing as a small adventure. I bet your dad has quite a few juicy gossip about what happens in the Town Hall.”

“No, he doesn´t. Wish you could have gone to school today instead of my dad. You have a ton of cool stories to tell…”

“I do, actually. I could have told a few about my dad,” Rainbow Dash said.

“I never heard any story about your dad!” Scootaloo said, recovering her enthusiasm. “What is he? A daredevil flier like you, I bet!”

“Nah, he´s just a simple delivery pony.”

“But, I bet he has traveled all over Equestria, facing giant monsters and wild tornadoes and raging dragons, all in the quest to deliver a crucial package to save Equestria!”

“I don´t know what you think delivery ponies do but my dad has barely flew further than Canterlot. Actually, the feathers he ever made it was to Las Pegasus once and that´s quite a story…” Rainbow Dash began and Scootaloo adjusted her seat, so she could look her heroine at the face the whole story.

“Well, my dad was called to deliver a manuscript to some big publisher there. He always mentions how the author was this mess of a mare who kept begging him to fly as quick as he could otherwise, she´ll be tardy. Don´t know what's up with that. Anyways, my dad had a motto, the safest route is the shortest route, so he was flying in a straight line with a steady speed…”

“That isn't how I imagined your dad, at all,” Scootaloo said, looking disappointed.

“I guess I take it more after my mom. The point is, he was following the safest route when he heard a noise down the road. He looked down and saw a broken carriage and a family of ponies. The mare was about to go into labour and the dad had an injured leg. My dad remember there was a rock farm nearby so he worked with the young colt of the couple to create a cart and draw them there. In the way, they were attacked by a pack of timberwolves. My dad remembered that those creatures were terrified of loud noises so he flew high up, gathered a bunch of clouds and shot a powerful lightning, making them all run away!”

Rainbow of course added all the noises to draw Scootaloo into the story.

“Finally, my dad brought the mare to the rock farm and a healthy baby mare was born.”

“That...is..awesome! Your dad is awesome, Rainbow Dash!”

“Just like me! You see? All dads have cool stories to share, why don´t you try asking your old man if he has a few?” Rainbow said, ruffling the filly mare and smiling as she ran off.

Rainbow walked to the next table where Applejack was taking a meal. “That was quite a story, Rainbow. Although ah seem to recall the young colt was the one who told the pegasus about the timberwolves being scared of loud noises.”

“Don´t mind the small details, AJ. It´s a good story,” Rainbow said, taking a sip of milkshake.