(Rainbow Dash)
I was taking a nice nap up on a cloud, enjoying the weather. I had finished all my cloud clearing for the day and was resting up for my flight practice. It was a sunny day, and a few select clouds dotted the sky. Ponyville had been very quiet lately, and it was a nice change from the usual random events. Suddenly my nap was interrupted by a familiar voice.
"Heeeey! Rainbow Dash! Mr. And Mrs. Cake are having a bake sale, so keep the sky clear of rainclouds, kay?!" I groaned and rolled over to see Pinkie Pie bouncing around at ground level.
"Gotcha Pinkie!" I yelled before rolling back over and closing my eyes. Bad Idea. Her voice popped up behind my ear, startling me and causing me to fall off my resting spot. I only barely managed to pull myself out of the fall before hitting the ground. Next to Pinkie Pie on a pogo stick.
"What Pinkie Pie?" I asked, knowing there was no point in being mad at her.
"I said my Pinkie sense is tingling! Ear flop, hoof stomp, twitchy tail, hoof stomp, bouncy bounce, and google eyes!" She said performing the various bizarre motions.
"Which means?" I asked nervously.
"A new pony is coming today!" She said excitedly before bouncing off to who knows where.
I flipped my mane out of my face and flew back up to my cloud.
'New pony, huh? I sure hope they don't cramp my style.' I decided that I would save my practice for the new pony, so they could see the best flier in Equestria work her magic.
Suddenly, a shift in wind pressure alerted me of a large band of storm clouds on the horizon.
"Not on my watch!" I said before bolting towards the unruly clouds, leaving a rainbow in my wake. I felt something large barely miss my face, and a thunderclap immediately followed, causing me to veer off course. By the time I had regained balance, the storm clouds had vanished into thin air.
"Huh" I said confused.
"Weather is weird today."
I headed home, deciding that I was to disoriented to practice today. I quickly made my way to my cloudhome, walking in.
It had a rainbow fountain, and was so cool. I grabbed the copy of Daring Doo Twilight had lent me and read for a while.
Eventually I heard Mayor Mares voice from down below, and curious as to what she was doing here, listened in.
"Yes, there's an open airspace for a cloudhome, but it is lacking the, well, clouds! You wouldn't have anywhere to stay even if you buy one." I heard her say in her regular loud voice.
I heard a distinct mumble before the familiar sound of a bag of bits being handed off. Based on the sound, I knew it was alot.
"Alright, but don't hesitate to ask for a place to stay if you change your mind!" The Mayor said before I heard her hooves trotting off into the distance. I went over to the window, wondering what the newcomer looked like. Instead, I was greeted by a large storm cloud at the far end of Ponyville being shaped at a breakneck pace into what looked like a ridged dome. But what really shocked me about it was that every so often, a blue bolt of lightning would crest across the surface. It took up about four house spaces, so my suspicion about the amount of bits seemed to be correct.
The end product was a jagged sphere with a large doorway in the middle, all atop a large storm cloud foundation. The sheer speed at which the cloud home had been made astounded me. It hat taken me a total of two hours to make my house, and this new pegasus had made one four times the size of mine in under an hour, without any clouds.
I saw him land, a dark grey spec with a light grey mane. If I didn't know any better, I'd say he looked like he had been under Discords influence. He went inside, and I decided to meet my new neighbor at Pinkies inevitable party for him. I went back to my book, wondering how Daring Doo would get out of her current predicament. Eventually however, I fell asleep.
Stormcloud
As I sat on my balcony in the late night, I noticed a house, nearly an exact opposite of mine, across the way. It was like a small palace, taking roots from the pegasus architecture of old. It was very small compared to my house however. My furniture had arrived this afternoon, so I was done unpacking. Really I had nothing left to do, but I had gotten a job in the weather team thanks to the mayor. It was easy to do, just clear all the clouds at about seven in the morning. I had warned her about the method I used for sky clearing, and she reassured me that it wouldn't be a problem. When I asked why, she said I would see when I met the other person I was supposed to work with on the job. I sighed and set my alarm for six in the morning before laying down and falling asleep.
Rainbow Dash
I woke up to a shockwave of noise. I fell out of my bed, hitting my head on the floor. After a few swear words, I looked up at the time. It was seven o'clock, but I really didn't feel like clearing the sky today. I sighed before looking out my window to see an odd sight. The sky was clear! What, clouds have suddenly started clearing themselves? Unless Pinkie Pie was involved, this was not normal. Suddenly I saw a grey shape glide over to the new ponies house. Now, I'm not complaining that he did my job, but there are reasons that certain ponies do certain things. It would make me look bad if I wasn't the one clearing the clouds every morning. I decided to confront him about it, just to make sure he knew that there was no way he'd be able to outshine me. I flew over to his home and knocked on the door. I waited for quite some time before he opened it up.
"Yes?" He asked in a quiet, yet somehow easily audible voice.
"Um, Hi." I said awkwardly staring at the figure in front of me.
"Is that all Miss-?" He asked, realizing he didn't know me. He was in for a shock, one of the mane six showing up at his door. Most ponies freaked out at first, but eventually realized that we were just like everypony else.
"It's Rainbow Dash." I said, waiting for his shocked expression. Only it never came.
"Huh. So what does the element of loyalty want with me?" He asked boredly. I was surprised he wasn't freaking out. I just stood there for a few seconds before I realized I had come to tell him that I had the morning shift.
"Did you clear the clouds this morning?" I asked, trying to be polite.
"Yes. Why?" He said sounding almost irritated. That made me mad. I didn't have to put up with his ego!
"It's my job to clear the clouds each morning, so quit it!" I said returning the same tone back to him.
"Oh, so you were the one supposed to help me clear the clouds half an hour ago?" He said with a smirk. I knew he was correct that I was supposed to clear the sky at seven, but he didn't have to steal my job!
"I'm Stormcloud, your new co-worker. Mayor Mare hired me to clear any clouds in the sky at seven, and that's what I'm going to do. If you want to get up at the crack of dawn and make my job easier, please, be my guest." He said before he closed the door in my face. I stomped my hoof, deciding I should get some flying practice in.
This new colt really got on my nerves. I took a large leap into the air, extending my wings to their full span. It was necessary to stretch before I was awesome. I angled my wings and took a wide bank looking at the many thatched roofs below me. This was why I loved flying. I felt free. Up here, nothing could hold me down. I went high into the clouds, gaining speed as I went. No one ever tells you, but if you go high enough, the sky gets gradually darker in the late day. Just looking up at the dark sky, thinking about stuff. I saw a dark shape moving, even higher than I was at a rather fast pace. Birds never flew this high up, so I new right then and there that something was up. I made a beeline fir the strange figure, and in response, I took a dive. I saw that it was a darkly colored pegasus, and I smirked, knowing I would be able to catch them. I stopped on a cloud, and used it to push off with all my strength. I went as fast as I could, which just happens to make a sonic rain boom. I saw the figure slowly get closer. Then out of no where, it took a needle nose dive at a 45 degree angle. We had learned about this in flight school. The Dead Man's Dive, a method of suicide which is designed to make you go faster than anypony had without it, even I had yet to reach its speed. No one had survived this method, as most ponies were liquified on contact. I stopped as ponies in both land and air watched in horror. About two hundred feet above the ground, the pegasus unfolded his wings, probably trying to stop his decent before it was too late. I expected his wings to be torn off, but instead a large band of thick black clouds slowed him enough to veer back to a straight path, still going at an incredible speed. Then he started doing something I knew all too well. He was using a technique of flying that was designed for quick bursts of speed, and as he left the clouds, a large bolt of electricity shot from him to them. Thats when I heard the noise that had irritated me all week. The thunderclap. And with that, the figure was shot into the distance, a shockwave following him. He had broken the sound barrier. I watched in awe as the ponies below cheered.
I just made my way back to my own house in shock. My sonic rain-boom had been the only thing to break the sound barrier, at least I had thought so.
'Am I really the best?' I thought sadly. I scolded myself for doubting myself. Of course I was the best! Even so, I wanted to meet this Stallion. I sat down on my bed, reading through my flight manuals to see about how fast he would have been going. Eventually I gave up, deciding I'd ask Twilight for some help.
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(Twilight)
As I sat doing the calculations for Rainbow's alleged daredevil, I didn't believe how high the numbers were going for each factor that was added. The trick had obviously been thought out to an incredible extent. When I finished my math, I was shocked with the result.
"Rainbow, wake up." I said, as she had fallen asleep reading the latest Daring Doo novel.
"Huh? Wah?" Suddenly she sprung up, sending pillows flying in all directions.
"Did you figure out if he beat my sonic rain-boom?" She asked urgently, her face close to mine.
"You reach a higher speed than him." I said with reserve.
"Yes! I'm still the best flier in all Equestria!" She said in the air, raising her front hooves up in victory.
"But..." I said carefully, hoping she wouldn't freak out.
"But what?" She said worriedly.
"Overall, he will travel much faster than you." I said sheepishly. Her mouth was hanging open. I decided to explain why this was.
"At the moment of your sonic rain-boom, your speed is unmatched. But after a few seconds you slow down, due to forces out of your control. He on the other hand, uses an extremely complicated maneuver to gain enough speed to allow him to force a sonic-boom, which he rides like a wave of sorts. His method allows him to fly with a very low air resistance while still maintaining a high velocity." I saw Rainbow Dash looking dazed, and went downstairs to grab a graph of their flight speeds at different intervals. When I got back however, she was gone.
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Hello my readers! In case you guys are wondering, this story directly relates with my other story- "Lunas Savior"
Both Stormcloud and Tearheart are my OC's. If you wish to use them, ask me first. All other characters belong to their respective owners. If you would like your OC put in the story, I will gladly speak with you to get a better feel for them and put them where I believe they fit best. Please review! Your humble writer- ALunarModule.