Author's Note: This is the first chapter of my first fan fiction. I'd like for this not to be my last chapter too so please give your comments on how I can improve my story.

Chapter 1: Practice Makes Perfect

"Damn it! At this rate I'll never take first at in the upcoming race next week!" Spade said after failing his 'new trick'.

"I don't get what the big deal is about this race, Spade." His friend, Alto, said under his breath. Though it was useless to be quiet, Spade always had a sharp sense of hearing.

"Alto I don't think you understand. Do you even know who I am racing against!'

"A group of show-off ponies that think they're hot stuff just because they 'are the fastest flyers in all of Equestria'?

"No smart ass, The Wonderbolts!"

"Did it ever occur to you that some ponies get sick of hearing you ramble on about these 'Wonderbolt' jerks?" Alto never really cared much for the Wonderbolts. He was never really into sports.

"Oh what do you know? All you care about is the weather."

"Well at least the weather is beneficial to ponies. I'm sure most people can live without racing. What have you been trying to do all day anyway?"

"Well, when I was in Summer Flight Camp, everyone was talking about some big race that was going to happen that day. From what I heard, it all started with these two jerks picking on a girl in our class. Then, in what seemed a blink of an eye, my friend Rainbow Dash stood up for the girl-"

"What was the girl's name?" Alto asked, interrupting not only the story but also Spade's memory of that day.

"I never knew It. Almost nopony knew what her name was. All I remember about her was that she was shy and she was not too good at flying. In fact, I don't remember what happened to her after that day. I think she left Cloudsdale because she was so embarrassed by the fact she was a weak flyer, Poor girl."

"OK all I wanted was her name but I guess her life story was good too. So, as you were saying about that race."

"Oh, right. Now where was I? Ah yes! After that, those two guys, whose names are Hoops and Dumb-Bell by the way, challenged Rainbow Dash to a race. I attended the race later that day. It started in a blink of an eye. Rainbow Dash was last to start but boy did she catch up quick! By the middle of the race, Dumb-Bell was out all ready and Dash and Hoops were neck and neck! He tried to knock Rainbow Dash out of the race but once he got ahead, she sped up faster than lightning strikes and proved a myth to be true. She preformed the legendary Sonic Rainboom!"

"Rainbow Dash… Where have I heard that name from? Oh yes she won the Best Young Flyer Competition last year!"

"I thought you didn't like sports."

"Well it was all Cloudsdale was talking about that week! What you don't remember?"

In fact, he didn't remember.

"I think I might have been in Canterlot for the week to see the Wonderbolts race…"

"Spade I've got to go. If I'm late for work again, my boss says he's going start deducting my pay."

"OK, I've got to start practicing for that race next week anyway. See ya later, Alto"

Spade was very nervous about this race. This 'new move' of his wasn't just any Sonic Rainboom, it was his own variation of it! It was more of what he called an 'Atomic Rainboom'. What he had planned on doing was making a nose dive straight down to the ground so fast that it creates a mushroom cloud on the ground! His plan, if this succeeds of course, is that he will ride the wind up and that wind will boost him so far that his competitors will never be able to catch up to him! Of course, this was only a theory and so far he has failed every attempt, most of the time resulting in him flying into a tree before he hits the ground. Maybe it wasn't a good idea to practice above the Everfree Forest.

Please give me your responses. I will still make a second chapter regardless of these responses though it is always nice to see the positive even the negative comments. They both help!

Thanks,

KingofDiamonds38