Chapter 1: The Wonderbolt

It has been about four months since that fateful day that Soarin had lost count.  He is now just got done with his routine and is heading towards the locker room when he runs into his friend Wave Chill, another wonderbolt that was chosen at the tryouts.

"Hey Soarin how are you?" says Wave Chill with a smile

"Fine Wave, just thinking."

"Let me guess, it is about a mare is it."

Soarin then looks at him with a surprise look and then says "What makes you think that?"

"Hey there stallion, I saw you that one day in the locker room sitting on a bench looking down at some photo and I could only assume that it is a picture of a mare, now who is she?" Wave says with a curious look

"Fine it is a mare but why do you care who it is?" says Soarin

"Ok fine you don't have to tell me who it is just that if you really like her why don't you tell her how you feel."

After Wave Chill says that he then walks off and Soarin is left there with a sad look thinking "Tell her how I feel, well Chill that is harder then you think."

Four Months ago

After that huge surprise by the Shadowbolt captain, Soarin went off to find Rainbow Dash.  It took him some time to find her, but after some time he found her in the locker room.  And what surprised him is that he thought he heard crying from her and he said "Hey now, Dash crying this is news to me."

Dash then turned around and Soarin thought he saw tears in her eyes but she wiped them all away and she said "Very funny Soar" she then looks away and says "congrats on making it into the Wonderbolts."

"Hey Dash, I know both of us wanted to be in the Wonderbolts but that dose not mean we can still see each other."

"Thanks Soarin."

Soarin then stood there still trying to think on what to say next until he finally said "Hey Dash there something I wanted to tell you, and well its that I-"

Before he could finish a voice is heard from outside and Soarin regonizes it as the Shadowbolt captain

"Alright Dash, time for me to introduce you to the team."

Then Dash gets up and said "Well Soarin, I hope to see you again."

"Yeah me to." Soarin said with a hint of dissapointment in his voice

What happens next then is what made Soarin long for her even more, Dash came up to him and hugged him and says "I know this is a bit sappy even for me, but I do hope to see you again."

Before Soarin could have said anything Dash lets go and heads on out leaving with Soarin a big grin on his face.

Back to the present

After thinking back to that day, Soarin decides that he should find her and tell her how he feels about her.  The only problem is trying to find her until he remembers the one friend they both have since school: Fluttershy.

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After some time, Soarin was able to get to Ponyville finally and at the same time he thinks "Good thing I have a week of vacation time saved up and a perfect excuse to come here."

After he lands, he then goes up to the first pony he sees, which is an earth pony and says "Excuse me, but can you tell me where a pegasi name Fluttershy lives?"

The big red stallion then turns around and Soarin thinks "Wow, this stallion is huge." and the stallion says "Eeyup, she lives near the Everfree forest."

"Thank you."

Afterwards Soarin heads on out towards the Everfree forest and after a while he comes upon a cottage that is surrounded by small animals.  "Well she does like animals." Soarin thinks.  When he walks up to the door, he knocks and after a while he hears what seems to be hooves behind the door and when it opens he sees through the crack a tuff of pink mane and he then says "Hey Fluttershy, its me Soarin from school."

The door opens and Fluttershy says "Soarin, it is so good to see you sorry about my behavior come in."

After Soarin comes in he sees that the small cottage that Fluttershy lives in seems to be a bit homey for a pegasus.  After he looks around Fluttershy says "You can sit down if you want to, can I get you anything?"

"Just some lemonade please." says Soarin after he sits down

When Fluttershy goes into the kitchen, Soarin looks around from the couch he is sitting in and sees something familiar on a table.  When he gets closer he sees that it is a picture of him in the middle, Fluttershy on his left and Rainbow Dash on his right all of them with one of there wings wraped around each other.  When he sees who is in it, a flood of memories comes rushing in and he thinks back on that day.

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Five months ago

"Hey Fluttershy, what is that." said a young Rainbow Dash

Fluttershy then turns around and looks up and said "It is just some camera that I have."

Soarin then comes up and sees the camera and said "Hey, how about we all get a picture of us all since this is our last year that we are going to be together."

"Great idea Soarin, come on Fluttershy." said an excited Dash

So all three of them help set up the camera and then they all stood together and after a few seconds a flash came from the camera and then Fluttershy said "Well, it will take about a week for these to be ready."

"Cool," said Dash "hey Soar, race you."

"It is on Dash."

Present

Soarin then stops thinking and sees Fluttershy come in and says "Hey Fluttershy, can I ask you something?"

"Of course Soarin, that is what friends are for." says Fluttershy after she sets down the drinks and sits on a chair

"Well, I'm just wondering if you heard from Dash?"

"Well, I got a letter from her about a week ago."

"Do you know what she said?" says Soarin with eager in his voice

"Well, from what she said she is doing alright but something tells me that part of her is missing."

"How can you tell?"

"Well, at first she could be missing you Soarin."

Soarin the has a surprised look and says "She misses me."

"Soarin, if I may say something, do you love Rainbow Dash?"

Soarin then blushes and realizes that he is speechless and says "Well, I do like her and maybe I do have a crush on her."

"Well Soarin, I may know how you can see her again."

Soarin then gets even a more suprised look and says "How Fluttershy?"

"Well, let me tell you."

Soarin then listens to Fluttershys plan and thinks "Fluttershy is more assertive then the last time I saw her but if she can get me to see Dash again then I'm willing to trust her." Next Chapter: Chapter 2: The Shadowbolt Estimated time remaining: 37 Minutes