This sequel takes place two years later from the end of Sister Fires (Crossfire being about twelve in that). yes, Rainbow Dash is a Wonderbolt in this.

I do not own any of the characters except for Crossfire, Obsidian, and all of the made up Wonderbolt names! All of the other characters belong to Hasbro!

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"Hello, my name is Crossfire," I introduce. I'm not sure why I'm introducing myself, I know all the ponies judging my performance (Spitfire, Rainbow Dash, Sky Spirit, and Rapid Fire). "I want to be in the Wonderbolts to bring joy to everypony with my flying, especially all the little fillies." Yes, today was the day I was auditioning for the Wonderbolts.

Rainbow smiles at me, recognizing what she said to me at the Grand Gala two years ago. "You may start."

I soar into the air, doing barrel rolls as I increase in altitude. When I get high up, I do a spinning flip as fast as I can, which makes a circle of wind. I keep doing flips to trap the wind in the sphere. When I finish that, I set the sphere sailing towards my judges with a simple kick. The sphere bursts in front of the judges, sending a gentle breeze dancing past them. The judges converse with one another as I continue my audition.

I continue by diving down towards the ground at break-neck speed. Before I hit the ground/clouds hard, I bend my legs and pull up sharply, still hitting the ground with so much force that puffs of cloud shoot up and shower everypony with tiny cloud spores.

The judges look around at the cotton-like shower and converse with each other again. Spitfire writes something on her clipboard. "You can leave now, Crossfire," She says with a smile. "But stay in Cloudsdale, we'll be announcing the winner later today."

I trot out with my chin raised. I was sure to get in to the Wonderbolts. I knew all of them and I was for sure the best audition there.

"And the winner is..." Spitfire announces to the crowd of pegasi gathered.

**This is it.** I think. **I'm finally going to be a Wonderbolt.**

"Obsidian!"

"What?" I whisper-yell to myself. Even some of the Wonderbolts looked shocked at Spitfire's decision.

A navy blue stallion with a dark green mane flies up to the front next to Spitfire and the rest of the Wonderbolts with a big grin on his face. "Congratulations, Obsidian," Spitfire says. "We'll get your uniform to you as soon as possible." She turns to the crowd again. "Don't lose hope, everypony! There's another audition tomorrow!"

Spitfire's POV:

After everyone left, the Wonderbolts and I had to clean up. Rainbow walks up to me. "What was that about?"

"What was what about?" I ask.

"Why didn't you choose Crossfire as the winner?" She asks me. "She was obviously the best. Plus, she's the only pegasus to pull off the Fire Shower, other than you. AND she made it up, now it's a legendary trick."

"I didn't pick Crossfire because I don't want anypony to think that I chose her because she's my sister," I explain. "She's going to audition tomorrow, and then I'll pick her."

"Don't you think you should've told her that first?" Rainbow asks. "She bolted out of here crying her eyes out."

My eyes widen. "Yeah, I probably should've..." I instantly feel guilty. "I'll tell her when I get home."

"You'd better hurry," Rainbow says. "You might've crushed her dreams."

My eyes widen even more. "Oh no! I didn't want to crush her dreams, I was just trying to protect her! Rainbow, can you cover for me? I have to go find her!" without waiting for an answer, I zoom off.

Crossfire's POV:

I lay on my bed and scream into my cloud pillow. Tears are streaming down my face and soaking into the pillow. Why didn't Spitfire pick me? I did something incredibly original! I made it all up myself!

I hear he door opening and closing. "Crossfire?" It was Spitfire.

"Go away!" I cry.

"I want to talk to you," She calls. "And apologize." I freeze. Apologize? Spitfire enters my room and sits on the edge of my bed. "I'm sorry."

"No, I guess I'm sorry that I didn't meet your criteria. I truly thought I was good enough to be a... Wonderbolt." I pause to sniff back more tears. "Guess I got my hopes up for nothing."

"No, you didn't!" She says. "I didn't tell you my plan, and I'm so sorry."

"Plan?" I ask quietly.

"Yes, plan," Spitfire admits. "My plan was to let someone else into the Wonderbolts, then let you in so ponies wouldn't think that I just let you in because your my sister. You were by far the best flier there, though. I especially liked the cloud shower."

I sniff and laugh. "Thanks. I get it now."

Spitfire holds out her arms. "Sister hug?"

I laugh and hug her. "So... Was my performance okay?"

"Yeah. Just do exactly that, and I'll let you in."

"Hello, I'm Crossfire," I introduce. "... Again." I laugh nervously. "I'll start my routine now." I fly up into the air while doing barrel then start doing the wind sphere. I keep doing whatever it was that I did last time, just as Spitfire told me to.

I finish my routine, staring up at my finished work of the cloud shower. I take a bow as the judges talk amongst themselves, just like last time. They all turn back around. "You may leave now," Spitfire says with a wink.

"And the winner is... Crossfire!" Spitfire announces as everyone cheers for me unenthusiastically. I smile and fly up to the front. "We'll get you your uniform as soon as possible."

"Thanks, sis," I whisper.

"Welcome," She whispers back.

"Yeah, that fits pretty well," Spitfire say while walking around me in a circle, inspecting the new Wonderbolt uniform I was wearing. "What do you think?"

"It's surprisingly comfortable," I answer. "Kinda feels like I'm not wearing anything."

"That's what it's supposed to feel like," She tells me. "It's supposed to cut down on wind resistance so you can fly faster and easier."

"Hm," I say. "Now I want to test it out."

"You can," Spitfire tells me. "We have to go give Obsidian his. Obsidian as in the other winner."

"Yeah, yeah. I know."

"I just have to go change into my uniform so he can recognize me," Spitfire says, trotting into her room to change.

I study myself in the mirror. I'll admit, I look pretty good in my uniform. I pretty much look exactly like Spitfire now. I flare out my wings to see how I look like that. I smile at my reflection. It finally happened, my lifelong dream to become a Wonderbolt. Now I have a uniform to prove it.

Spitfire walks out wearing her uniform and carrying one on her back. "Ready?"

"Yes," I say, walking out the door.

"Oh, you're gonna need these." Spitfire tosses me a pair of brand new flight goggles.

"My very own flight goggles..." I say quietly.

"Yep. All yours. Now let's get moving." Spitfire stands outside the door, now holding the uniform in her hooves.

I slip the tight elastic band over my orange mane and set the lenses over my eyes. Spitfire flies off with me following.

When we reach our destination, Spitfire knocks on the door of the small cloud house. A navy blue-coated, green-maned stallion opens the door. I'll admit it, he's pretty cute. "Obsidian?" Spitfire asks.

"That's me," The stallion says. "Am I seeing double?"

Spitfire and I laugh. "No, this is the other winner, Crossfire. We're sisters."

"Ah, I see," He says with a smile. Okay, he's really cute.

"We just came to drop off your uniform," Spitfire says. She holds out the uniform to him. "Your first practice will be tomorrow," Spitfire tells him.

Obsidian grabs it. "Thanks. I guess I'll see you two tomorrow."

I tried to say "Yeah", but all that came out was a small squeak. I blush a deep shade of red and try to hide my face. Obsidian smiles at me.

Spitfire smirks at me. "Yes, you will. We should get going." She flies away.

"Bye," I manage to say quietly before flying after Spitfire.