For a few moments, everything was quiet and still in Ponyville's blue skies…until a flash of brilliant colours whooshed out of nowhere, echoing into the distance. When silence fell again, the source of the flash perched glumly on a singular white cloud. The little turquoise Pegasus, Rainbow Dash, swished her multi-coloured tail underneath her. She let out a careless yawn and propped her head on the cloud, shutting her tired eyes.

A flapping of Pegasus wings rose up from below. The little creamy pony Fluttershy edged up to Rainbow Dash, and prodded her shoulder.

"Um…Dash?"

"Huh?"

The blue pony gave a little grunt and glimpsed Fluttershy's twinkling eyes staring at her.

"Yeah Fluttershy?" she mumbled.

"Well, um…" Fluttershy's voice was its usual shy tone, "Rarity is desperate to try out her new dress…and she wants you to be the model for the day."

"Argh…" Rainbow Dash moaned, drooping her head down, "Not again…I'm gonna be bored to tears…"

"Is that a no?"

Rainbow Dash sighed. She couldn't just say no to her friends. "I'll be down in a minute."

"Oh…okay."

As Fluttershy flew off, it took a while for Rainbow Dash just to stand up. Her hooves ached and her eyes stung from sleeping. Her dozy wings flapped and carried her off the cloud. Unfortunately, her vision was still blurry from her sleep, and she was not paying full attention to where she was going. It was then she felt a sharp bump on her forehead.

"Ouch!"

She rubbed her face with her hoof and then she heard another 'Ouch!' coming from next to her. She looked up, her sight now clearing up. Another Pegasus was in front of her. She hadn't seen this one before. He had a scarlet red body, with a flaming thunder cloud Cutie Mark, and bright orange and yellow mane and tail, glowing like fire.

He looked at the rainbow maned pony in front of him. His eyes were awkward.

"Um…sorry."

And he sped off.

Rainbow Dash glared after him in annoyance. "Maybe you should watch where you're going next time!" she called after him, not knowing whether he would hear or not, neither caring.

She rolled her eyes, and fluttered down to the Earth below her.

"Need to fly! Have to get back in the sky!"

"Hold still for one second, Rainbow!" Rarity said, holding the frustrated Pegasus to the ground.

Rainbow Dash was wearing Rarity's latest breakthrough: a lilac coloured frock that trailed to the ground. Dash was clearly not happy about it.

"Any thoughts, Twilight?" Rarity asked.

Twilight Sparkle looked at Rainbow Dash in the frock. Rarity's tone of voice was slightly impatient, but she didn't look as impatient and annoyed as Rainbow Dash did.

"Rarity, you have nothing to worry about." Twilight said, "This is perfect. A work of art."

"You think so?"

"Sure. It'll be an amazing entry. And Rainbow Dash has been a great model for the day. You should let her go now."

Twilight winked at Rainbow Dash.

"Certainly." Rarity said with a smile.

As the frock was unclipped from her, Rainbow sped out of the front door. She sighed once outside.

"Feel better now?" asked Twilight, coming from behind her.

"Phew…much! Thanks, Twilight. I could have been there for hours!"

"Say, now that I think about it, I'm kinda still deciding on what to write for Princess Celestia this week and…"

Twilight kept on talking but Rainbow Dash was not really paying attention, for she had seen a dark shape move across the clouds up in the sky. It looked mysterious and sneaky…and why would another Pegasus be up there?

"…if you would like to, you can have a rest at my house and give me some ideas."

Her mind suddenly switched back to Twilight Sparkle. "Erm… I think I'll give it a miss this time, Twilight. You know…wing exercise needed!"

She fluttered her little blue wings to show them.

"Okay, understood!" Twilight said cheerily, "See you later, Dash."

When Twilight trotted away, Rainbow turned her attention back to the sky. Her eager sense of curiosity led her up into the clouds again. The desperation of wanting to fly fast suddenly went away. Maybe that was just an excuse to get away from Rarity, but she was only inquisitive now.

She scanned every cloud for signs of movement. Soon boredom took over her again, and she slumped onto a nearby cloud, her wings folding away, but her eyes still alert…

"Is somepony lonely out here?"

Rainbow Dash let out a squeaky yelp and fell off her cloud, before her little wings held her upright. She immediately recognized the Pegasus looking at her.

"You!"

The red male Pegasus with a mane and tail colored with fire gave Rainbow Dash a cheeky smirk.

"Oh we've met before then?"

"Just what is your problem?" Rainbow Dash snapped, shooting up to him so her eyes were staring sharply into his.

"First you come crashing into me, and then you intend to terrify the wit out of me!"

"Well, the WIT certainly hasn't gone."

Despite Rainbow Dash's fury, the colt still kept calm and had a casual grin on his face. Rainbow wasn't used to being outsmarted like this.

"I don't have time for your lame comebacks!" she propped herself on the white fluff underneath her, her hooves folded, "Don't you have some other place to be?"

The colt looked amused at Rainbow Dash's irritated eyes. "Actually, right here is where I have to be. I AM a weather pony, you know."

"Oh, are you now?" Rainbow Dash said sarcastically, "Well, I'M the top weather pony in Ponyville so don't get any rough ideas!"

Her frown then changed to a proud smile. "You should also know that you are talking to the Best Flyer in Equestria." she fluttered a little off the cloud, her eyes closed with smugness.

"Hmmm, then I am most honored to be so, my lovely one."

Another tinge of anger stung in Dash's stomach, but she tried not to show it.

"So what can you do with those blue wings of yours?" he asked, showing off his cardinal wings.

"Oh. An AWFUL lot." she said in her smug tone, "Including a sonic rainboom."

"That I gotta see!"

For the first time the colt was honestly intrigued.

"Well, obviously I would show you my talent but…" she let out a brief yawn, "these little beauties get tired."

She flapped her wings lazily.

"You couldn't face up to me then." the colt said, still grinning, "I'm active every day and every hour! Let me entertain you with my style!"

Before Dash could protest at him, he had already bolted high into the sky and began a series of backflips and loops through a row of ten clouds. He weaved through every one of them with little effort and he looked like a ball of fire as he sped gracefully around the sun.

Rainbow Dash forgot how to blink. She just stared with round eyes. She didn't know whether to be annoyed or fascinated…

After a while he spiralled down in front of her, showing off his burning cloud Cutie Mark. It was clear what his Cutie Mark meant now.

"Clearly you're too tired to show me your own stuff…"

His voice was so offhand and annoying that Rainbow couldn't take it anymore.

"You think you can get the better of me THAT easy?" she said with fiery eyes, "No one outsmarts Equestria's Best Flier!"

And Rainbow Dash was set to prove that. As she felt the colt's eyes follow her into the sky, she thought of every move she could remember. She twisted in and out of every treetop nearby, she darted straight through a row of fluffy little clouds and performed an incredibly fast loop the loop just above the wide eyed Pegasus. As she landed, she left a little trail of rainbow behind her.

"Admit it, mister." Rainbow said happily to the colt, sitting in front of him, "You HAVE met the BEST Flier in Equestria."

"I can't deny you were pretty impressive…but I still don't see a sonic rainboom."

"They're a hard job, ya know. I can't manage them EVERY time."

"All the same…impressive flying." the colt said, smiling at her with admiration, "Love to know your name, missy."

She rolled her eyes, her multi-coloured tail curled around her legs. She looked away from him and said, "It's Rainbow Dash. If you must know…"

"You're a fascinating pony, Rainbow Dash. My name's Firestorm. Hope to catch you around again sometime."

"Um, I-"

Firestorm whizzed off in the blink of an eye. And Rainbow Dash sat on her cloud in thought, suddenly feeling lonely again.

For the rest of the day, Rainbow Dash kept her encounter with Firestorm out of her mind. She wasn't going to let some arrogant colt distract her from everything else. So she decided that she would visit Twilight, just for a little while. It was regrettably boring having to help the unicorn with her tidying up, but it was better than nothing.

Rainbow Dash said nothing about Firestorm to Twilight. In fact, she hardly said anything at all. Twilight was the pony doing all the talking.

"Rarity's being ever so sweet and everything but all her chatter about dress designs does my head in. I can't seem to think straight or concentrate on my studies. Not to mention I'm panicky about my letter to Princess Celestia. I'm having trouble thinking of lessons I've learned."

"Well, I wouldn't know, Twilight." Rainbow said, "I've been too caught up in my flying to learn any friendship lessons."

"Let's not worry, we'll figure something out. We always do."

Twilight lifted up one last book with the magic of her horn and it settled itself onto the top shelf. "Phew. That's all of the books away." she said with a relieved smile.

She turned to Rainbow Dash.

"I appreciate you keeping me company, Rainbow. What made you decide to come here anyway? I thought you were busy in the sky?"

"Uh, well…" Rainbow hesitated for a second, "I was. But it turns out the weather doesn't need much help today. And I'm happy to help a friend if it gives me something to do."

"That's nice of you. And thanks. I suppose it gives me something to do too."

Before the two could continue their conversation, the front door suddenly burst open. A pink pony stood in the doorway, a big beam on her face.

"Twilight, Twilight!" Pinkie Pie said excitedly, bouncing up to Twilight.

Pinkie's little hooves were jiggling with overexcitement and the unicorn stared at her with stunned eyes.

"Calm down, Pinkie." she said sternly, "What is it? And couldn't you have knocked before barging in?"

"I couldn't knock!" Pinkie Pie squeaked, "I was way too excited! You and Rainbow Dash have to come round to mine later because there are like so many new ponies in Ponyville! I just have to throw them a welcoming party cause they all seem so nice and they could be our friends and I love making friends and-"

"All right." Twilight said, stopping Pinkie Pie in her words, "I think we get the idea. You want us to come to your welcoming party where there will be new fillies and colts. Right?"

"Right!" Pinkie Pie squealed, "You're going to come, aren't you? Please come, Twilight! You've got to come too, Dashie! It'll be totally fun! It's at my place at 5 o'clock!"

"Well, we do love a good party I guess." Rainbow Dash said with a grin.

"Great! You'll be there! I know you guys will! Cause you're my best friends! Can't wait! See you there!"

As quickly as she had come in, Pinkie Pie was out of the door again. Twilight blinked and was silent for several moments. Rainbow just smiled and rolled her eyes.

"Well, a welcoming party. That should be interesting." Rainbow said with a smirk.

"Trust Pinkie Pie to let us know about a party in THAT way." Twilight said, still drowned in Pinkie Pie's mass of words.

"She's just being Pinkie Pie." Rainbow Dash said with a chuckle, walking up to Twilight's side, "And anyway, a party like this will help take your mind off things. You don't have to worry about the letter. You can just have a nice time with your friends."

"Yeah, I guess you're right." Twilight agreed, a smile back on her face, "And it'll give us all a chance to make new friends! That's definitely something I could write about."

With no other chores to take care of, Rainbow and Twilight left the house to wander around Ponyville. Along the way, they talked about the upcoming party. Would it be fun? Who would they meet? And WOULD they make some new friends?

It was obvious that Pinkie Pie had told all their other friends too, since Twilight and Rainbow stumbled upon their cowgirl friend Applejack who burst into conversation at once.

"Howdy, partners!" she said to them cheerfully, "Heard about Pinkie's new welcomin' party?"

"Sure have." said Twilight, "You know how Pinkie gets news around quickly." she added, rolling her eyes.

"I think it's a mighty nice idea!" said Applejack merrily, "Before y'all know it, we'll have made some more friends!"

At that precise moment, an off white colored pony trotted up to Applejack's side.

"Oh uh, this is Diamond Groomer." Applejack said, pointing to the stallion.

Diamond Groomer gave a shy grin at Twilight and Rainbow who each returned a kind smile.

"Ah promised 'im I'd show 'him round for the day." Applejack explained, "I'll catch the rest of ya later. Hope you meet some nice folk!"

Applejack cantered off with Diamond Groomer by her side.

"Wow." said Twilight, "There does seem to be a lot of new faces in town."

"And they're getting around pretty quickly." Rainbow added.

"I'm sure we'll find some pony friends of our own if we look around. Besides, I need to go into the store to look for new writing equipment."

So Rainbow Dash followed Twilight into the small corner shop. The Pegasus never roamed around the shops much, but she thought she might find the odd thing that would interest her in here.

When inside the shop, the two ponies split up and looked at different shelves. Rainbow went straight to the posters section, searching for Wonderbolts pictures.

Twilight browsed the shelves that held all the essentials for writing. She examined quills, parchment, ink and much more. Her eyes latched onto a block of papers, which were perfect for writing new letters on. She used her horn to pick the papers up, but underestimated the weight. The pile was, in fact, very heavy. Just as she lost her grip, the head of another pony lifted the papers up before they reached the ground.

"That could have been a nasty shocker."

It was a stallion that Twilight had never seen before. She noticed his Pegasus wings and his burning cloud Cutie Mark.

"Thank you, sir." Twilight said in relief, "That really would have been embarrassing."

Her voice was rather shaky around this stranger.

"Oh please, don't call me sir." the stallion said, "My name's Firestorm."

"Twilight Sparkle." the unicorn said in return, "You're new around here?"

"Yes, along with many other newcomers, I believe?"

"Oh, I've been seeing an AWFUL lot of new ponies here. And it's so nice to meet new citizens of Ponyville."

"Hey, how are you doing Twilight?"

Rainbow Dash's voice came to Twilight's ears. The cyan Pegasus was trotting out from behind a nearby shelf and it was then she noticed Firestorm. Her eyes grew wide in surprise.

"Rainbow Dash, wasn't it?" Firestorm said in his usual calm voice.

"You? Again?" Rainbow exclaimed.

"You two know each other?" Twilight said, switching her gaze between Firestorm and Rainbow Dash.

"We've only just met." Rainbow muttered, "And it WASN'T intentional."

She had a look of annoyance on her face. Twilight, on the other hoof, looked pleased.

"Well, I'm sure we'd both love you to join us at our friend's welcoming party later on today." she said to Firestorm, "Pinkie Pie is inviting every new pony in town to her house at 5 o'clock." she lowered her voice, "Pinkie Pie has to be friends with everypony there is to know."

"I understand that." Firestorm said with a chuckle, "I'd be happy to tag along if that's all right with you."

"Of course it is! Right, Rainbow Dash?"

"Ugh…yeah. Sure it is." Rainbow said, glaring at Firestorm.

He smirked at the lack of enthusiasm in her voice.

"Pinkie Pie lives at Sugarcube Corner right?" he said, "I know." he added with a grin, "That pony's talked about a lot around here. I'll be seeing you at five o'clock then. Lovely to meet you, Twilight Sparkle." Twilight replied with a shy smile. The Pegasus colt stepped up to Rainbow Dash's side before saying, "See you around, Rainbow Dash."

And he exited the shop with a flap of his wings.

"Wow, Rainbow!" Twilight gasped, trotting up to Rainbow's side, "He seems so nice! And charming! I'm looking forward to having the others meet him!"

"Yeah, sure…whatever…"

Rainbow was staring out of the door and into the sky where Firestorm had flown off to. Her face was still rather annoyed.

"What is it?" Twilight questioned, "Don't you like him or something? And you've already met him! When? And why didn't you say?"

"It was only this morning, Twilight." Rainbow said, rolling her eyes, "And I didn't think it mattered."

"Of course it matters if you're making new friends!" Twilight said happily.

To this, the Pegasus scoffed.

"Phff, FRIENDS?" Rainbow exclaimed, "When did I say he was my frie-"

"We'd better go home and prepare ourselves now." Twilight said, ignoring Rainbow and heading to the door, "Pinkie's party is in an hour."

Rainbow hung her head sulkily and followed Twilight out of the shop. As they walked together, Rainbow Dash had thoughts spinning around in her head. How would Firestorm act at the party? Would he talk to her even more? Would he talk to her friends? Would he embarrass her in front of her friends?

He'd better NOT show me up in front of my friends, she thought, he thinks he's so much better than me.

"Don't worry." Twilight said to her, snapping her out of her thoughts.

Twilight lay a hoof on Rainbow's shoulder. "I'm sure everything will be great at the party. I'll see you there, Rainbow!"

As Twilight trotted off towards her house, Rainbow heaved a small sigh and fluttered up into the clouds. Hopefully Twilight was right.

The skies were just beginning to get dark and the windows of Sugarcube Corner were lit up. Inside the house, ponies, balloons and laughter filled the room. Pinkie Pie was bouncing around saying 'hi!' to every new pony she saw. She would also set off a party popper every now and then. Twilight was standing with Applejack at the side of the room, giggling at the annoyed ponies that had just been sprinkled with confetti.

"Heehee, oopsie!" Pinkie Pie squeaked, hopping away like a kangaroo.

Twilight and Applejack were so used to the antics of their cheery friend that they simply exchanged smiles and chuckled. An irritated stallion brushed the confetti off his head.

The atmosphere was still cheery when Rainbow Dash arrived. The door had been left open so she could wander inside, and before she had a chance to look around, she was met with a tight hug from Pinkie Pie.

"Dashie, you made it!" the pink pony squealed, her arms squeezing the baffled Pegasus.

"Err yeah…hi, Pinkie." Rainbow said awkwardly, running low on breath.

She sucked in a breath when Pinkie Pie finally let go of her and bounced away. Looking around her, she spotted her five friends dotted in the large crowd of ponies. Fluttershy was sitting silently in a corner, her eyes nervously swivelling around the room. Pinkie Pie was leading a conga line down the room, each pony behind her grinning. Rarity was wearing a fabulous party gown of course. She was speaking to a few colts, but took care to keep her dress away from any risk of damage.

At this point, Rainbow Dash had forgotten about Firestorm. She just happily trotted over to Twilight and Applejack ready to spend some time with her friends. This was going to be great.

"So, Rainbow." Applejack said to her, whipping her hoof around her and giving her a friendly squeeze, "Been socialisin' at all? Or are you just too nervous for that?"

"Nervous?" Rainbow said, ducking out from underneath Applejack's arm, "I am NOT nervous. I'm never nervous!"

"Well, I'm so glad that Pinkie Pie has decided to throw this celebration." Twilight said with a calm smile, "It'll make all the newcomers feel so welcome here, as I know THEY will be nervous."

"Are you guys excited?"

The three of them weren't surprised when they heard Pinkie's giddy voice toddle up to them.

"I'm so excited, I've never been so excited! Well, maybe I HAVE been before but this is still so exciting because we're going to be really popular when we make all these new friends and maybe they'll all come to more of my parties and I'll know everypony around here! Hi!"

She waved her hoof frantically in front of a colt that was walking past the four of them. The colt looked surprised at first, but then smiled politely at Pinkie Pie, said "Hello miss" in a clearly Trottingham accent. Pinkie grinned a huge grin and darted off.

Twilight flashed a smile at the dark pony.

"We are so happy to have you here." she said courteously.

The dark-redish purple stallion replied with a smile and trotted off to eat something from the long table of treats. Rarity was staying well back from all the crumb covered plates and ponies with food in their mouths.

Rainbow Dash felt rather sorry for Fluttershy, who was staying out of all the action in her corner; her pretty teal eyes were full of apprehension as she looked around at the large crowd surrounding her.

But then, a sudden tinge of shock jumped in Rainbow Dash's stomach as she recognized the pony that walked up to her.

It was Firestorm, and he gave her a comforting smile. "Hello."

"Um…hell…o…"

Fluttershy's voice was merely a mumble as she spoke. She wasn't looking Firestorm in the eyes.

"I'm Firestorm. Do you wanna come out and have a chat with everypony?"

When Fluttershy hesitated, Firestorm chuckled.

"It's all right!" he snickered, "I won't bite."

The nerves were fading from Fluttershy's eyes. Twilight, Rainbow and Applejack were watching the scene as the shy Pegasus got to her feet slowly. She smiled at the colt next to her.

"Thanks…F-Firestorm…" she murmured, "I'm Fluttershy…"

"Nice to meet you, Fluttershy."

He then turned his attention to Twilight, Applejack and Rainbow Dash. Twilight and Applejack were grinning happily at him while Rainbow just frowned at him.

"Oh hello, Twilight Sparkle." Firestorm said, smiling at Twilight.

"Hi again." Twilight said, her voice sounding slightly timid, "Glad to see you could make it, Firestorm."

"I take it these are your friends?" he asked, looking around at the ponies surrounding Twilight, now including a giddy faced Pinkie Pie.

"Yes," said Twilight enthusiastically, "well. You've just met my friend Fluttershy."

Fluttershy cowered a little from the mention of her name. "Hi guys…" she murmured, "Sorry I've been so…reserved. I get so nervous in big crowds."

"Ahh, don't worry 'bout it, sugarcube." Applejack said to her, and then looked up at Firestorm.

"How ya doin'? I'm Applejack."

"Hi, Applejack."

"And I'm Pinkie Pie!"

The colt smirked at the excitement in her voice. "I've heard a lot about you, Pinkie Pie."

"You have?" Pinkie gasped.

She did a little bounce in the air, her hooves waggling up and down.

As her friends continued to talk to Firestorm, Rainbow Dash stood sulking in the background. She didn't like the way her friends were giving him so much attention and leaving her out. It felt strange…SHE was normally the Pegasus that everypony talked about, not some colt that had only just arrived in Ponyville.

Trying not to let the jealousy get to her, she turned away from the scene and wandered over to the food table.

There were a few Pegasi that she recognized from Cloudsdale so Rainbow didn't feel too lonely. While chewing on several sandwiches and having an odd chat with a cross eyed Pegasus called Derpy, her eyes would often glance over to her friends.

One minute, Pinkie Pie was tying a blindfold around Firestorm's face so he could pin the tail on the mule. The next minute, he was in deep conversation with Twilight Sparkle and Applejack. He was always very pleasant with Fluttershy, and Rainbow noticed that the normally nervous Pegasus had a comfortable, happy look in her eyes.

"Rainbow Dash, darling. Are you all right?"

Rarity stepped up to Rainbow, still in her glistening party outfit.

"Hey, Rarity. Yeah, I'm fine. Met any new ponies yet?"

"Well, I HAVE been socializing with several newcomers that share my fashion interests." she said in her classy manner, "But I tend to stay out of all the ruffian party games. Anyway never mind me. What about you, Rainbow Dash? Don't you want to spend some time with the others?"

Rainbow's smile changed to an awkward expression. Her eyes swept over to her friends again, where Twilight was laughing with Firestorm and Pinkie Pie was tying blindfolds around strangers so they could also pin the tail on the mule.

"Errr…" Rainbow said, sliding a hoof across the floor awkwardly, "I was. And I've had a great time and all. But I'm done with making new friends for today. In fact…"

She looked out of the window at the darkening skies.

"It's getting pretty late. I should probably head off now. Weather duty calls."

"All right then, Rainbow Dash." Rarity said to her politely, "I'll let the others know where you are. But now I think I should say hello to that colt over there. Twilight has been talking to him an awful lot."

Rainbow Dash heaved an irritated sigh as Rarity headed over to where Firestorm was. What was it that her friends liked so much about him? She wasn't going to worry about them any longer.

She headed out of the door into the dim evening. As she looked up at the sky, she was rather shocked to see that it was covered with clouds. She decided she would go up there and tidy it all up before going home. It would help her take her mind off things.

"Nice to see you again."

She jumped at the voice from behind her. She turned her head around to see Firestorm standing there, smiling in a friendly but mischievous way.

"Ugh…"

She rolled her eyes and looked away, irritably.

"You have some very nice friends, Rainbow Dash." Firestorm said to her.

"Yeah, I do…" Rainbow said, glaring at him, "And they're MY friends."

"Oh…!" Firestorm chuckled.

He had a look of realization and slight embarrassment in his sky colored eyes.

"I don't want you to think I'm intruding or anything." he said with a smile, "It was your friends who invited me to the party, not me."

"Yeah well…you were lucky that time. And we have good views on friendship since we're the Elements of Harmony."

Firestorm's eyes looked stunned for a second. "Wait a minute…did you say the Elements of Harmony?"

"Sure did." Rainbow said, turning her body around to face him, "Me, Twilight, Rarity, Pinkie Pie, Applejack and Fluttershy all represent the Elements of Harmony. That's how we saved Equestria from Nightmare Moon and Discord."

"Wow…the Elements of Harmony…" Firestorm said, staring at the ground with an astounded face, "That's pretty impressive. And what element do you represent?"

"The Element of Loyalty." said Rainbow Dash, a proud smile on her face, "I'd never abandon my friends for anything."

"Well, that's a good trait to have. I'm sure your friends adore you for that."

Rainbow paused, not quite knowing what to say to that.

"Uh…yeah, I suppose…they do?" she said, her forelegs fidgeting awkwardly.

"I definitely like you for it."

For some odd reason, Rainbow felt an unusual sharp tingle in her stomach. She bit her lip, as a small smile spread across her face.

"Are you up for showing me more of your acrobatics tomorrow?" Firestorm asked her, "I'd love to see what else you can do."

"Um…yeah okay…"

"So I'll see you tomorrow then?"

"See ya tomorrow, Firestorm."

Before she could fly off, Firestorm said, "Hey, you don't have to call me Firestorm. It's a bit of a mouthful. You can call me Storm if you want to."

Rainbow shot him a friendly grin. "Okay, Storm. You can call me Rainbow."

He returned her smile. "All right then. See you tomorrow, Rainbow."

And with her smug grin, Rainbow Dash fired into the evening sky.

The scarlet Pegasus colt trotted up to a nearby pond. He concentrated on the water as it rippled in the evening breeze, he looked into his warped reflection on the waters surface and simply said. "I think I can win her."