"They're right..." Rainbow said, tears rolling down her cheeks. "I'm just Rainbow Dash, a boastful jerk."

"At school, all I ever heard were insults and mocking laughter."

"Even...even my only friend, Gilda, betrayed me."

Rainbow Dash lay on a dark cloud for a whole hour, alone. She thought about her fillyhood, and about her days as a Junior Speedster.

"I knew, that the whole time, they just waited for a chance to tell me -"

"What a JERK I am!"

Almost at once, the pegasus heard a voice in her head. "Rainbow," it said. "Rainbow."

Rainbow Dash looked around alarmed, to see who kept repeating her name. "Who - who's there?" she asked.

"Rainbow, you know who I am," the voice said, in an icy, yet soothing voice.

"Who are you?" Rainbow Dash asked, miserably.

"That does not matter now, Rainbow Dash," the voice said.

"Why are you here?" Rainbow asked, calming down a bit.

"Why, to console you, my dear," the voice said again, chuckling softly. "To tell you the truth."

Rainbow Dash did not say anything. She knew it was no point trying to fight the voice out, for it was only a voice in her head, and nothing else.

"Twilight Sparkle," the voice said.

Rainbow Dash shivered a little. That voice knew Twilight? Who was it? Who was saying these things? It was definately not Discord, because the voice sounded female. And there was no way it was Nightmare Moon. It would have to remain a mystery, Rainbow told herself,...for now.

"Pinkie Pie," whispered the voice again.

"Fluttershy. Rarity. AppleJack. They were all your friends once, am I right?"

Rainbow Dash managed to stammer, "Y-yes."

"Well WRONG!" the voice shouted. A roll of thunder crashed as the voice said that. Lightning flashed across the sky, adding to the suspense and dangerous reputation of the mysterious voice.

"Gilda was right. Gilda didn't betray you - she was warning you. She told you those ponies were lame and stupid. She told you they were dweebs! And did you listen? No, you did not. And now you have a chance. Stay with them, or do what is better for both of you. Your call," the voice trailed away and soon, it was out of Rainbow's head.

The pegasus seemed to be deep in thought, pondering on what she had just heard. At last, she made her decision.

"I have to apologize! I have to say I'm sorry! I was wrong - all along," she told herself. "I have to apologize -"

She smirked, and added, "To GILDA..."

With that, she flew off, further and further into the distance.