Chapter 1: The Show
Rainbow Dash flew into the breakfast cafe of the Wonder Bolts bunker. She grabbed a fork and Spitfire helped her carry her plate. She ate her pancakes nervously. "You nervous, Newbie?" Spitfire asked. "No." Rainbow stammered. She took off her goggles and took a drink. Spitfire slurped hers as well. "You know, there is a show today?" She told Rainbow. "Yes." Rainbow Dash still tried to hide her nervousness. She picked at her pancakes, trying to eat as much as possible. Rainbow simply, couldn't fly in front of her friends. Yes, they boosted her confidence a bit, but you could also say that they made her nervous. Just being around them makes Rainbow think that she has to do her absolute best. "I am ready now." Rainbow pushed her plate away. She took one last sip of her drink before pouring it into the sink. Spitfire looked at her, concerned. "What's bothering you?" She asked. "I just haven't seen Pinkie Pie in a long time." Rainbow confessed. "We kind of have a thing." Spitfire's eyes darkened with sadness. "Oh." She said, as if Rainbow's confession bothered her. "What's wrong with you, Spitfire?" Rainbow Dash was now the one concerned. "It's nothing." Spitfire blushed. She lead Rainbow Dash and the other Wonder Bolts to the flying lane. Spitfire got out her stopwatch. Fleet Foot was the first to fly. The stopwatch clicked when she stopped.
After every pony had practiced, They were lead to the festival to perform. Rainbow looked all around for her friends. Going in circles, Rainbow Dash was starting to become desperate. Suddenly, a beautiful pink mare arose from the crowd. "Pinkie!" Rainbow squealed in delight. She suddenly, remembered that Pinkie doesn't know about her crush. Pinkie hugged Rainbow tightly. "I can get you some cotton candy." Pinkie said, in her squeaky, but beautiful voice. Rainbow was enchanted every time she said a single word. The party pony trotted away to the cotton candy stand. Rainbow's hooves carried her to follow Pinkie, somehow. Before Rainbow could get to Pinkie however, the pink pony came back with two large cotton candies. "Thanks, Pinkie!" Rainbow hugged her again. She blushed and slowly let Pinkie Pie go. The trumpets went off and the Wonder Bolts got ready for a spectacular show. Rainbow Dash left her cotton candy with Pinkie Pie, as she flew off. They did daring tricks and flips. They other ponies stared in awe at the Pegasus ponies above them. Rainbow looked around for Pinkie. The pink pony didn't seem to be watching. All of the glee of flying escaped from Rainbow and she plummeted to the ground, setting off the ending fireworks. The colorful fireworks blew up in the air. The ponies cheered, but the Wonder Bolts wore worried and annoyed looks.
Rainbow realized that she had never hit the ground at all. There, she rested in the hooves of Pinkie Pie. Rainbow thought that her heart would stop, as she looked at Pinkie Pie's face. Her wings stretched out and sprawled in Pinkie's hooves. Rainbow closed her eyes and took in the beauty of Pinkie's hooves. When her eyes were opened, she was at the Ponyville hospital. Nurse Redheart was rolling her gurney into an operating room. Her wings had broken, but she got to see Pinkie's face up close. That was all that mattered to her.