Blackbird

by PikachutheFreak

The SR-71 was decommissioned and retired from service in 1999. It's impact, completely unforgettable and looks, sleek and stealthy. But when an speedy unknown object is seen, the Blackbird is called upon to handle this unpredictable and new threat. She isn't ready to handle combat, but she and her pilot get more than they bargained for, far more than they will ever realize

1. Prologue

Prologue:

I sat in my room, staring at the single poster on my ceiling. The legendary SR-71 in her absolute glory, sixty tons of sleek, high speed, stealth aircraft designed to out speed any missile or aircraft of her day. Mach 3.3 was something that no fixed-wing aircraft had ever achieved. I was interrupted in my thought by a thunderclap that shattered my window. I got up with a start, listening to the resounding echo. I peered out of the new opening that my window had uncovered, looking into the sky. I saw an amazing shockwave, brilliantly multi-colored. I found my mouth agape and closed it immediately out of embarrassment. However, as I looked more carefully, I could see a figure speeding off into the distance, a rainbow trail lighting up its flight path.

I gazed at it, wanting to see it in closer detail. I would have to wait until tomorrow, when I could get ahold of the SR-71 my Grandfather had in his hangar just six miles from here. It wouldn't be easy to just steal it, I would have to get it fueled and flight ready. I began packing my bag and preparing a pre-flight checklist.

X-X-X

I grinned, letting the wind whip across my silly smile. This reconnaissance mission Twilight had given me was so awesome! She had told me not to go above 60,000 feet, I apparently, would freeze and pass out. It was a simple first mission, just get good pictures of the Southeastern United States. The Sonic Rainboom I had created reached the ground and had started setting off countless alarms and breaking thousands of windows. I just smirked, watching the lights twinkle on as my shockwave reached the ground.

"Rainbow Dash," I heard a nerdy voice in my earpiece, "It's time to head back to base, don't want the humans to realize where and what we are too quickly,"

"What's the big deal?" I responded, annoyed at her motherly tone, "It's not like they can catch me Twilight..."

"That's what I'm worried about," she warned, "I can feel a human, he wants to catch you, and I think he can, given the right tools..."

"He doesn't have those does he Twilight?" I laughed at the thought that a human could catch me so easily, "Right? Twilight..." I felt my heart sink, waiting for her answer.

"He already does..."

A/N: Quick little intro before I begin writing fully. Hope to update fairly often and irregularly as possible! R&R!