Hello. I've been working on this story for a while now, and just to let you guys know this will not be an OC/R.D. story, it will have a few couple but these two will only be friends. Set after "Magical Mystery Cure" with spoilers for "Wonderbolts Academy" Anyways onto the story.

Chapter 1. The Letters

Emerald's P.O.V

In the small farm town outside of Manehattan I sat in the back of the garden, in front of me is mom's grave and tombstone. It's taken me a while to come out here since I got the news, but I have to tell her, I have to let her know. Tears fell from my snout as I studied the tombstone I must of seen a thousand times, It was a large piece of obsidian with words carved in and painted over with white paint. While some of the words needed a touch up of paint it was still easy to read.

Here Lays Topaz Gale, may Luna guide her soul to peace.

It's been five years since the accident took her from our family, my little sister, Cherry Blossom, was too young to remember while our father, Lemon Meringue, can't forget. I take a deep breath as I finally find the words to speak. "Hi mom, it's been a while since I last talked to you. I'm sorry about that but helping dad and Cherry with the crop and being the mail stallion doesn't give me a lot of time. I did however finally get a letter from the Wonderbolts, I'm sorry mom but-" I stopped as my voice cracked, clearing my throat and composing myself I continued. "I didn't get in." I hung my head in shame as I looked down at some of the flowers mom planted, as far as we were concerned this was still her garden and she would of loved that we placed her here. "But don't worry," I quickly added, "I won't stop trying, sooner or later, I'll get in." The feeling of failure ate at my insides as I looked solemnly at the marker, I know she wouldn't be mad, I know it for a fact, I just wish I could of done it is all.

"EMIEE!" I turned my head to see my little sister, a cream colored filly with a short light brown mane. Her flank displayed her cuite mark which where two cherries connected by one steam, her tail tied with a pink ribbon near the end. There was a look of joy in her pink eyes as she jumped over the gate to the garden.

"Emiee! Emiee! You'll never guess what!" She said as she jumped on me, wrapping her fore hooves around my neck.

"What's up squirt?" I asked raising an eyebrow.

It was now I could see her saddle bags attached to her, she reached into one of the bags and pulled out a blue envelope. "Tis cam n' da mil." She said putting it down in front of me. Great, I thought, another rejection letter. As I picked it up I saw it was already opened I pulled out the piece of paper as I began. "Really, Cherry?! You...read...my..." I trailed of as I reexamined the letter, something didn't look right. It wasn't the same letter.

To mister Emerald Gale:
Because of resent events we have had an opening to join the ranks of the Wonderbolt Academy. While we hope to see you at Clouds Dale's Arena
in two weeks we will understand if you chose not to. We apologize for any inconvenience the last letter caused you and hope to see you for the
admittance ceremony at noon on Tuesday.
Signed:
Spitfire, Captain of The Wonderbolts.

I stood with my jaw dropped looking over the letter again, I then looked from the letter to my mom's tombstone.

"Emiee?" My little sister said, trying to gauge my reaction. I shot into the air like a bullet, howling at the top of my lungs

"YYYYYEEEEEEAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!" I then created a small tornado and propelled myself to the corn fields to find my father. I soon ran across him tilling the fields almost braking his back, my father is a grey earth pony with the image of a piece of pie or cake with a yellow inside on his flank, his mane a mix of white with brown highlights tied in a ponytail with a red bandana. I swooped down and took the reins of the plow from him and helped finished the field.

"Well, you seem to be in a good mood." He said as I put the giant beast of a tool away, my smile reflecting in his daffodil yellow eyes.

"Yeah, I got a letter today, and it turns out, I'm invited to join the Wonderbolts after all!" I said turing to him with a huge smile.

"Really?! That's great! Your mother really is looking down on you, that, or Celestia has a sweet spot for you." He said nudging me. I blushed as we walked back to the house, it's not much, to some I guess it'd look condemned or something, well money for repair supplies has been non-existent even with my job as a mail pony. Cherry ran up to us and nuzzled us both.

"This calls for a celebration, I say we go to town and have a nice dinner." My father said with a smile.

"I second that!" Cherry added, I rolled my eyes at my two family members.

"We don't have the bits." I said, hoping to bring them back to reality. It was then they looked at me with mischievous smiles.

"We've been saving up since you went to that week tryout."

"We wanted to celebrate when you got the good news, now get ready my little ponies." Father said as we all walked inside. I flew up to my room and sat to my desk to see where exactly Clouds Dale would be in two weeks at noon on Tuesday, from the weather patterns it seemed it should be over a small town called Ponyville... Why do I know that name?

"Isn't that where Princess Twilight Sparkle and her friends, the Elements of Harmony live?" My baby sister said peering over my shoulder.

"Will you stop that!" I asked glaring at her lack of privacy. She stuck her tongue out and ran outside my room, while she was right about that, there was another reason.

"Derpy!" I said at the realization. I met the kind mail mare a year ago at our mail companies convention in Manehattan. We became friends and stayed in contact with each other, I began to write a letter to her to let her know I was gonna be by and see if she wanted to hang out.

As I finished the letter I took a quick glance in the mirror, I have a messy mop of dark brown mane, with sapphire blue eyes, my fur the same color as my name sake, I turn my head to look at my cutie mark, a storm cloud with a green tornado I shook my head to the right to fix my mane as I took the letter in my mouth. I left with my family, to town where I delivered my own letter to Derpy. I'm close now, close to profiling my dream, so close... Oh my GOSH!

Dash's P.O.V

Today was like any other normal day in Ponyville, boring.I finished making sure the weather for this week was how it's suppose to go, sunny with an overcast on Thursday. Right now I'm laying on a cloud trying to take a nap, but I can't. I keep thinking about The Wonderbolts while blowing at my technicolor mane, it's been two months now since the week long trial at the academy, I heard they were having a week long trial for each major city of Equstria to find promising pegasi to see who would get the honor to join the academy for full time so you can become one of them, a Wonderbolt! I really hope there just finishing up and will send me a letter any day now... But, what if they don't?! What if I wasn't good enough? I quickly slapped my cyan checks for thinking like that.

Me? Rainbow Dash, not good enough for the Wonderbolts? That's crazy, I'm not only the fastest flyer in all of Equestria, I'm also the only pony known to be able to perform the sonic Rainboom, of course they'll send me a letter. I jump off my cloud and head home, maybe reading some Daring Doo will help calm my nerves, if I knew eggheads had books like that, I would have started reading a long time ago! As I near my cloud home I notice a grey blob by my mailbox, I zoom behind the mail mare and shouted.

"BOO!"

She jumps soaring high in the air then lands back in front of the mail box, she turned to me with her wall eyes and has a smile on her face.

"Hey Rainbow Dash! You got me good just now." She said fixing her backwards hat. I've been friends with Derpy almost as long as Fluttershy and while Derpy is a little slow, she dose try her best. She fixed her long blonde mane then her mailbag so her cutie mark of bubbles was now visible, I still remember why her eyes are how they are now, it was a couple of years before Twilight came to Ponyville, we were dealing with a hail cloud, I didn't notice a big piece of hail coming at me but she did, maybe if I was faster I would have seen it and moved, but I didn't, and the filly who pushed me out of the way took a hit to the head so hard, it literally screwed up her head.

"Thanks Derpy, how are things going with you and the girls?" I said smiling.

"Things are great! My little Dinky is learning how to make some really tastie muffin's and Sparkler is a real help teaching her how to use her magic." I hugged Derpy happy, even with the hit she's been able to live a normal life, She quickly wormed out of the hug as she reached in her satchel. "Oh that's right! Dash I have a friend near Manehattan who's gonna come over soon, it seems like he got a letter from The Wonderbolts inviting him to come join the academy. And you know what's better? You," She paused pulling out a blue envelope, my heart stopped as I saw the symbol holding it shut. "Got a letter from them too." I quickly took hold of the letter and ripped it open and read.

To miss Rainbow Dash:
We have sent you this letter as a thanks for showing interest in joining the Wonderbolts Academy. Not many have the necessary skill or criteria to become
a member of our ranks, as such we comb out the ones who can't from the ones who can. We are pleased to inform you that your actions during your area's trial week were exceptional and so, we send to you this invitation to join our ranks in two weeks on Tuesday, we hope to see you in the Clouds Dale Arena at noon.
Singed:
Spitfire, Captain of The Wonderblots.

I shook with a smile as I jumped into the air, this was the best day EVER! I landed next to Derpy and gave her a hug

"Derpy, I did it, I ACTUALLY DID IT!" I floated in the air with her in my arms as I swung us around for a bit as she replied.

"I knew you would Dashie." I let her go and she turned around. "I gotta go deliver the rest of these letters, but make sure to come over later and we'll celebrate." She said as she waved goodbye, I agreed I rocketed down to tell the others. I still can't believe it, I'm so close to my dream now. Oh my GOSH!...

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