The New Alicorn: Rainbow Dash!
Chapter 9: A Meeting with Space
Previous Chapter Next ChapterI asked Twilight, "Are you absolutely sure about this?"
Twilight nodded grimly, flapping her wings, "Yes. Rarity, I'm going to be in my lab. Canterlot has the best doctors in all of Equestria. We are going to travel there in ten minutes. Rainbow, take a day off. You deserve it. I'm going to inform the other girls about this trip." I nodded and wrote a letter saying that Moondancer needed to clear my schedule for three days and cover for me, but not make really important decisions. I also entrusted her to chose the ponies that would run the hospital. Now, all I had to do was teleport this scroll to her. It was too bad about the fact that I didn't have a magical dragon or know where she was.
Spike walked in to the room, "Hey Rainbow. D'ya need something?"
I nodded, "Yes. Send this letter to Moondancer, Spike. I kind of need to take days off to go to Canterlot. Are you going with us?"
Spike sighed and blew the letter in his green flame, "No, Ember wants to talk about a few things. As the official ambassador to the dragons, I have a duty."
"Ember is cool. Anyways, I've got to go and pack a saddlebag." I teleported into my cloud room and wobbled a little bit before falling onto the bed. Luckily, I did not throw up. Maybe there was actually a chance that I was getting better at magic. I levitated around twenty bits out and poured it into my saddlebag before deciding to grab one hundred in total. One hundred minus twenty is... Shoot, I was never really good at math. Uh... Let's just say that it equals one hundred. Yeah, totally. I levitated another hundred bits into my bag, making it actually one hundred twenty. I glanced at the calendar and saw that the next Daring Do book wouldn't be out for another three months. I sighed before packing the last five Daring Do books into my saddlebag. After that, I took some food and water from my personal fridge. I set the saddlebag down, knowing that there was still time.
Once I set the saddlebag on my bed, I felt the weird thing in my stomach again. I disappeared from view and into space. I looked around to see... Absolutely nothing around.
I called out, "Hello?"
An alicorn flew down, "Hello. My name is Space. I am the ultimate power, the one that grant alicorns horns, wings, or both. I have some content to share with you. First off, do you know the other princesses' official titles?"
I nodded, "Sure. Everypony knows that. Celestia's is Princess Celestia of Equestria, Alicorn of the Sun. Princess Luna of the second ruler of Equestria, Alicorn of the Night. Princess Cadence of the Crystal Empire, Alicorn of Love. Princess Twilight of the Element of Magic, Alicorn of Friendship."
She nodded, "Yes, you are correct. You have not yet reached your destiny yet. Celestia and Luna have built the castle and planned for many wars, making their rules official. Cadence has helped rescue the Crystal Empire, making her rule official. You already know Twilight's but you... You don't have you. All you know is that you suddenly had a horn. Princess Rainbow of the Skies, was something that you chose, instead of what destiny chose for you. Yes, you are the Alicorn of the Skies, a title that you are allowed to grant yourself but as for you your purpose is, you still need to figure it out."
I looked at my hooves, "Who am I?"
Space replied, "Normally, I wouldn't tell you, Rainbow. Unfortunately, I should've called you sooner. I believe that you will figure it out soon. Even if you don't, I will send you a dream so we may speak once again. If you do though, expect a dream either way. Now, Twilight Sparkle is looking for you. I wish you good luck." Before I could say anything, she waved a hoof and I instantly closed my eyes in preparation for another teleportation spell. I wasn't wrong when I felt dizzy once more, as if I had crashed a million times, and I landed back in my room. I sighed as I levitated the saddlebag onto my back. I wondered if I should take a quill and some parchment, but decided that Twilight probably already put enough parchment into her saddlebag. I flew out the window in a cool style and landed in front of Twilight's castle, with the other girls already waiting.
Twilight said, a little cross, "Rainbow! You are five seconds late. Five seconds! We were going to be really late! Huddle together girls, we are going to teleport as somepony was late." Geez Twilight, it was five seconds! I rolled my eyes as I touched her hoof. In a few seconds, she teleported us into Canterlot's entrance. The guards immediately bowed to Twilight and I as they escorted us to the castle. I went to my room before deciding to go to where I found Cloud Chaser. I had thought he looked familiar in Ponyville as one of the ponies that was a weatherpony. Maybe he was there for a visit or something.
Twilight ordered, "As we saved ten minutes by teleporting here, let's meet in the throne room in ten. Do not be late." She directed her eyes at me, as if thinking that being late was the absolute worst thing in the world. I flew out of the window and into the village where I had found Cloud Chaser. Pegasi immediately flew over and bowed to me.
I said, "Hi everypony. I am wondering if any of you would like to be trained as one of my secret warriors. I am warning you though, you could die and payment might not suffice. It is absolutely okay if you do not join." Their wings ruffled a little.
I continued, "Those who would not like to join, please go home. The ones that want to try out, as I will not want a Pegasus who can not fly, will stay." At that, most of the Pegasi flew off, with only six remaining.
I nodded and smiled, "What are your names?"
The male of the far left started, "Dragon Tail, but most call me Dragon."
The next one continued, "Red Leaf, but most call me Leaf, or Red."
"Dust Feather."
"Turtle Dry, but I assure you about the fact that I am not as slow as a turtle."
"Glider. Just Glider."
"Tin Clouds."
I nodded, "Good. Now, follow me to the castle. I will be flying at a moderate pace so try to keep up." I lifted off the ground and they followed. I flew towards the palace at a moderate pace and surprisingly, they were in a V formation behind me, instead of being clustered together like foals. I landed in front of the gates and the guards bowed, letting me in. I quickly trotted to my hall.
I said, "Females go to this room and males go to this room. There should be three beds there and a refrigerator of free food. Thank you for coming. I will train all of you as soon as I am free. Do not sneak out." The ponies nodded and headed off to their rooms. I looked at the clock and saw that there was two seconds. I knew that I wasn't going to fly there in time so I gathered my energy and teleported onto my throne.
Twilight smiled a little, "Wow Rainbow, you made it right on time. You could come down from the throne now and join us for tea." I nodded, a little tired and flew there as quick as a could.
Rarity was lying down, facing downwards, "Princess Celestia, why did you call us here? Surely it is not to talk about the latest fashions?"
Celestia, who was sitting next to her, replied, "Actually, it is about Fancy Pants. He may be good at potions, but he did forget to cover up his tracks on who did the magic. As we speak, he is being asked questions under a truth serum. So far, we know that he is in a rebellion against me and that they are planning a war, starting in a month. Rarity, you are not going to have a foal. The potion only imaged one, as he wanted you to be physically incapable of doing much." Her horn glowed yellow and it blasted at Rarity. She yelped, a little unladylike, and sighed in relief afterwards.
I asked, "Why?"
Twilight sighed as her hoof reached her forehead and hit it, "Rainbow, have you ever read about what happened in the years of 1688 to 1729?" It really sounded familiar but I drew a blank. Hey! It's not my fault that the history teachers were as old and boring as Cranky Doodle Donkey.
Applejack nodded, "Ah sure do. Mah family was in it."
Rarity said, "I do remember such an event, darling."
Fluttershy whispered in her usual tone, "Ye-yes."
Pinkie bounced around, "Ooh! Do you mean the first rebellion against the princesses? Wanna hear a rap about it?"
Before Pinkie could start on her randomness, Twilight interrupted, "No, we are on a tight schedule and since you have already summarized the main idea to Rainbow, she should be able to guess how it relates to now."
I had no idea what she was talking about, but I nodded either way, "I'm not stupid, egghead."
Twilight challenged me, "Then what is it about?" Shoot. I drew a blank so I decided to repeat what Pinkie said,
"The first rebellion against royalty?"
"Close enough."
I said, "I got a strange dream yesterday." Quickly, I summarize the dream to them and they were left in shock.
Celestia said, "W-Well I guess that you are the Alicorn of the Skies, not the Princess of it. I never thought that there would be much of a difference. I suppose that your role is important for the current events then."
I shrugged, looking like I didn't care, "I guess."
Luna nodded, "Your role is going to be very important." At least she got over the 'thy' and 'thou' part by now. It's been a while.
Celestia sighed, "I'll talk to Fancy Pants. He is definitely part of this rebellion. For now, I must take my leave and plan a meeting with the Royal Guards. Twilight, your friends can rest in their rooms if needed. Rainbow, I'm sure that you have some duties to do. Luna, you need your rest for the night."
Luna said, "Your concern is touching, Celestia, but I have some business to do for the time being." She trotted out, her head high in the air.
I said, "Yeah. I've got to fly." I bolt out of the room and the Royal Guards ducked (not that they needed to) to get out of my way. I went to where my Dark Wings were resting and told them to meet me in the clouds. Unfortunately, I didn't have a training place ready for them. When they arrived, I examined each of them.
I began, "All right, Dark Wings. I know that you have all heard of the Wonderbolts and how they protect the princess and are show ponies. I should know. I was one of them myself. Unfortunately, due to having a horn, I am no longer one. So I am going to kind of recreate their idea, but naming them Dark Wings. I will train you and I will lead you. For now, I want all of you to fly three hundred laps around these clouds." I flew and compacted clouds together to sort of make a circle. They began flying. None of them were as fast as me, the Awesome Rainbow Dash, but they were good enough. Not all of them made it to three hundred though. Glider made it to two hundred and fifty one before basically collapsing on the ground. Tin Clouds made it to two hundred and sixty. The others made it to three hundred but were out of breath.
I sighed, "Not a bad start everypony. Now give me one hundred and fifty wing ups. Follow my lead." I began to doing wingups with them.
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I'm doing a time skip after this chapter.