After a long night of unpacking, the day eventually came to an end, rewarding you with a peaceful rest in Rainbow's bed. Her bed was much more comfortable than the one in the Golden Oak Library, partly due to her comforting presence, but mostly because it was made from clouds.

As you drifted off into sleep, you were expecting to wake up in your old apartment alongside Princess Luna, but to your surprise, you awoke in the very same bed you had fallen asleep in.

Perhaps you hadn't trained your power enough? After all, you had only used it once.

Perhaps you could use your first full day with Rainbow Dash to train your magic a bit more. Of course, you couldn't tell her about it since she seemed to have trouble believing you, but at the very least you could have fun hanging out with her.

"Rainbow, do you have anything to do today?" you asked, sitting down at the kitchen table. Below you, Tank was hungrily munching on some lettuce, something which you hadn't tried tasting yet.

Rainbow looked as if she was thinking for a moment, before responding, "Nah. I was thinking of something, though."

"Let's hear it." you said, taking a bite out of your carrot. Carrots were pretty much all you had been eating since you arrived in Equestria. They were literally your source of life.

"No offence, but I think you cheated when we raced." she accused, before taking a bite from her own carrot. Well, she technically wasn't wrong.
Unintentional use of magic you didn't know you had probably wasn't in the guidelines.

"I mean, you kinda almost pulled of a Sonic Rainboom and got shot all the way to the Everfree Forest, remember?" you retorted, giving her a witty smirk.

"Yeah, ok, anyway..." she replied, seemingly not wishing to continue that conversation, "I want a rematch."

That surprised you a little, but you weren't complaining. This could be an opportunity to train your magic aswell as a chance to hang out with Rainbow.
You didn't want to use magic during the race itself, though. This time around, you wanted it to be as fair as possible.

"Ok. We'll go to Sugarcube Corner in about 15 minutes, and we'll settle this." you said, feeling pretty determined that you would be able to win without your magic. After all, if you were to train your magic after the race, you had to be as determined as possible.

"Actually, I kinda wanted this race to be a little more... private." she explained, almost looking a little nervous. She usually wasn't one to hide her awesomeness.

Figuring that she didn't want her defeat to be seen once again, you chose not to question it, and simply asked where she wanted the race to happen.

"Um... Ghastly Gorge." she said, causing you to pause.

You had never been to Ghastly Gorge, but from what you heard about it, and saw from it in the show, it was not a place to mess around in.

"Ghastly Gorge? Remember what happened last time you raced through there?" you asked. Hopefully, she wouldn't be freaked out by your knowledge of past knowledge of past events. She did already know about your past, after all.

"Yeah, yeah, I got stuck under a boulder, big deal!" she exclaimed, taking a bite out of her carrot. She was brushing off a near-death experience as if it was an everyday occurrence, which it wasn't.

"You nearly died, that's the big deal." you replied.

Rainbow Dash let out a sigh, as if realising that it was a bad idea but still not wanting to give up hope, "What are the chances of it happening again? Besides, I'll have you there with me, right?"

She did make some pretty good points. If anything like that was to happen, then you would be there to save her. If a small tortoise could do it, then so could you.

"Alright, fine. A race through Ghastly Gorge." you sighed, much to Rainbow's excitement.

"Yes! You're gonna get destroyed!" she exclaimed, enthusiastically flying out of her chair, "C'mon, let's go now!

"But I haven't finished my carrot!" you replied as she quickly flew towards the front door. You could have sworn something like this had just happened.

You let out a sigh as you got no response; Rainbow was already well on her way towards the Ghastly Gorge. Seeing that there was once again no time to lose, you tossed what was left of your carrot to Tank, before flying out of the door to catch up.

After about five minutes, you had caught up to Rainbow despite her brief headstart. After another five minutes, the two of you had reached the Gorge.

It looked even more intimidating in person than it did in the show. It was a like a huge crack spreading and weaving across the planet, leaving only a thin crevasse in its wake.

"Ok, how about we start the race right there?" Rainbow suggested pointing towards a flat piece of terrain near to what looked like an entry to the large ravine.
The ground at the base off the Gorge slowly raised up, forming almost what looked like a road straight down into it.

"And where will it end?" you asked.

Rainbow hovered up a little higher, in order to get a better view into the horizon, "The other side, I guess."

She gave a shrug before lowering back down. From what you could guess, she couldn't see the end of the ravine despite how high in the air you both were.

"Well, let's go!" you exclaimed, flying towards the lowered piece of ground near to the 'entrance'. Rainbow Dash followed you, landing next to you.

"I hope you know I've gotten a lot faster since we last raced." she said, flapping her wings as if warming them up.

"Good! Twice the pride, double the fall." you replied, referencing something you could vaguely recall from your past life. Rainbow gave you a determined smirk, before beginning to countdown from three.

...

You could feel your heart racing, but why?

This wasn't anything new. You had raced Rainbow before and won, but something was making you feel nervous.

Something was wrong, and you could feel it. Maybe it was the setting? Yeah, that had to be it. Everypony would surely be nervous the first time they saw the Ghastly Gorge, especially considering the creatures that live within it.

"Go!" Rainbow called, shooting off into the ravine, leaving her signature Rainbow trail behind her.

"Hey!" you shouted, the deafening sound of your own heartbeat once again going silent.

Instantly, you took off after her, leaving behind an opaque yellow trail that you never even noticed you had. You had to admit, it looked pretty damn cool.

Before long, you and Rainbow reached a thin section of the gorge, with sets of strange looking caves dotted along the sides of the ravine. As she flew through, multiple large, red, snake-like creatures emerged from then, attempting to bite her and presumably kill her.

This was definelty not safe.

"Look out for the Quarry Eels!" Rainbow called as she cleared the obstacle, continuing to fly onward without a care in the world.

Nearing one of the nests, a single Eel shot out, snapping at you furiously. You let out a startle scream as you slowed down your flight a little in order to avoid irritating more of them.

Precious time was being wasted, but it was always said that the slow and the steady win the race. This may not be true, as Rainbow Dash was most likely miles ahead of you by now, but at least being slow and steady is keeping you from certain death.

After all the Quarray Eel nests had been cleared, you began to fly at full force once again, hoping to make up for the time you had lost trying not become the lunch of a terrifying beast.

Thankfully, it wasn't long until you came across Rainbow struggling on a certain obstacle.

"Having fun?" you asked. Rainbow was flapping her wings incredibly fast as she fought to get through the wind tunnel. You didn't recall her having difficulty with any of the obstacles last time, but maybe the wind in the tunnel had picked up a little.

"Huh?" Rainbow said, suddenly noticing you had caught up, "Oh, yeah! I'm just not trying!"

You let out a faint laugh, but then she started flapping her wings even harder. Seemingly fuelled by sudden competition, she began to fight through the wind and made it to the other side.

Turning around to give a final remark, she gave you a grin, "See you at the finish line!"

And with that, she was off again. Oh, she was most certainly going to see you at the finish line. But you were most certainly going to be the first one there.

Fuelled by the exact same energy, you entered the wind tunnel and began to fly through it like it was nothing. The wind was strong, a lot stronger than you expected, but thanks to your determination it was nothing you couldn't overcome.

You hadn't lost as much time on this obstacle compared to the last, but Rainbow was still ahead. That meant you had some catching up to do, yet again.

For a while, it was simply an expanse of open air. Nothing but space and the walls of the ravine at your sides, and it honestly felt nice.
It felt like it had been a while since you had been flying with no obstacles in your way.

But before long, the third and final obstacle revealed itself.

Before you lay a layer of thorns and brambles, all precariously placed in order to prevent a quick passing through. If you wanted to get through, you were either to be incredibly slow, incredibly skilled, or be willing to take the pain and accept a few cuts here and there.

On the other side, Rainbow Dash was there, leaning against the side of the ravine as if taking a break.

"About time you showed up!" she exclaimed.

"Have you been waiting for me?" you asked, a little confused as to why she would stop and wait, especially considering she was taking this race pretty seriously.

"Yeah. I figured it was gonna take you a while to get through that," she said, pointing at the mass of brambles, "So I thought I could take a break."

"Well, I'll have you know I'm gonna get through this in a matter of seconds!" you exclaimed, flying head first into the spiky trap that lay before you.
Probably not your greatest idea.

On the bright side, it seemed like you had almost broke through to the other side. On the other hand, several small cuts were scattered across your body, each of which stung a surprising amount.

"Ow..." you said, suddenly realising that you were stuck.

"Bahahaha!" Rainbow laughed, slamming a hoof into the side of the ravine, "You know instead of flying straight through, you could try to dodge the thorns!"

To be fair, you probably need a very high I.Q. to figure that out, but you still decided to take the challenge head on.

Realising that you may need help, Rainbow stopped leaning against the wall, preparing to come down to get you, "Need some help?"

"Nah, I got it." you said, despite very clearly needing her help. Using all your effort, you attempted to break free from the thorny vines grip, but to no avail.
Every attempt at escape you made was another painful jab into you.

"Yeah, that's what it looks like." she replied, crossing her hoofs.

You opened your mouth to give a response, but a sound much more powerful than your voice cut you off. A loud rumble erupted from the earth, echoing throughout the Gorge.

Both you and Rainbow glanced around worriedly. What was happening?

The ground began to shake violently, causing Rainbow to hold herself up against the side of the ravine, despite being in midair. Each time the ground shook, many thorny vines stabbed into your sides.
The thorns were not big enough to leave visible wounds, but they hurt nonetheless.

After a brief moment of chaos, the ground settled and silence washed over the Ghastly Gorge.

"What was that?" Rainbow asked, seemingly panicked. Briefly stunned by the shaking earth, you looked up to her, but it wasn't her that caught your attention.

Teetering on the edge of the Gorge was a huge boulder, postioned directly above Rainbow Dash. And surely enough, as soon as your eyes lay upon it, it rolled the small distance needed to send it falling into the ravine.

"Rainbow! Look out!" you called.

Instantly reacting to your warning, she looked up above her, prepared to take flight. But as soon as she saw the huge rock flying towards her, you knew it was too late.

Or, you thought it was too late. The logical side of you was telling you it was over, that she was as good as dead, but another part of you, something deep within you, was telling you to not give up hope.

Telling you to stay determined.

Telling you to save her.

And that was exactly what you were going to do.

Mustering every bit of strength you had, you ripped apart the thorny brambles that held you in place. It didn't even feel as if you were using magic, until you looked at your hoofs.

Your body and wings were glowing yellow, the brightest yellow you had ever seen.

Looking towards the falling boulder, it almost seemed like it had frozen. Rainbow was also unmoving, simply staring up at the rock in terror as she knew what was about to happen.
Was it really that your magic had frozen time?

Despite your shock, you didn't know how long your magic would hold, so you had to act fast.

Flying quickly up to the frozen boulder, you attempted to push it to the side. You weren't sure what you were expecting, but it didn't budge. You may have temporarily frozen time somehow, but you didn't have super strength.

Realising that the boulder's fall was inevitable, the only other thing you could do was move Rainbow.

Hurriedly, you flew down and pushed Rainbow Dash to the side, safely moving her out of the way of the falling boulder. Coincidentall, as soon as she was out of harms way, time resumed as normal.

A startled yell echoed through the Gorge as Rainbow looked into the open air above her, not yet processing that the boulder was no longer above her. This was followed by the sound of the boulder imoacting the floor, sending dust flying outwards.

Rainbow looked at you with a shocked expression, but she also seemed confused.

"Wha... How did... Did you just... Teleport?" Rainbow asked. That wasn't what you would call it, but to others it probably did look like teleporting. Although to you it did look like time had frozen, you once again had no idea how you did it.

"I think?" you answered, seeming a little confused yourself.

Rainbow gave you a confused look, before flying closer to you, "You weren't lying, huh?"

You nodded your head, assuming she was talking about your magic. You had attempted to tell her about it once, but she didn't believe you. It was funny that she believe interdimensional travel straight away, but refused to believe that a Pegasus could use magic until she had seen proof.

"Ok, forget the race! This is way more awesome!" she exclaimed, "Let's go home, you've gotta tell me all about it!"

Honestly, you were glad that the race was over. If things kept going the way they were going, you probably would have lost by a landslide.

"I don't really know that much about it myself." you said. Whilst you had a vague idea of how to control it, you still couldn't pinpoint the exact cause.

"C'mon! I wanna at least know what you know!" she whined.

"Ok, but I don't know that much." you explained, but it didn't seem to affect her, "Let's go."

Both you and an incredibly bouncy Rainbow Dash set off towards the Cloudomonium. It had been a while since you had seen her so excited over something. You couldn't really blame her though, it wasn't everyday somepony met a Pegasus from another world that also happened to know magic.

While you still didn't know much about your magic, telling Rainbow Dash seemed like a good idea. Heck, perhaps she could even help you figure out how to control it better.

But even if you can't control it, at least you had the potential to accidentally trigger it.

There's always a place to start, right?

Author's Notes:

This chapter was the most fun chapter to write so far. It's by far the most action packed chapter behind the Golem fight chapters, but I didn't have as much fun writing them as I don't think I'm very good at fight sequences.

While Storm progressed his power a lot in this chapter, I don't think he'll ever freeze time again. I simply used this as a way to show what his magic could do if he is determined enough (such as when somepony he loves is in danger). Who knows though, I might use it again later if I see an opening