A Rainbows legacy
Chapter 3: Rapidfire
When Scootaloo returned to her friends in the crowd, she was mobbed with questions about her experience on stage.
"What's it like to talk to the Wonderbolts?" asked Sweetie belle.
"Where ya' nervous?" apple Bloom then asked before Scootaloo even had a chance to reply to the first question.
"What's it like to be so close to Spitfire? " One requested. "Do you think that you can do it again?" the other interrogated.
Scootaloo didn't bother to answer their questions, simply because she was still trying to wrap her head around what all was going on.
The question that broke the blank stare on her face was one that didn't come from her Friends.
"How does it feel to be Rainbow Dash's so called sister?" asked the odd voice that rang through Scootaloo's head.
She quickly shook her head and turned in the direction of the soft, yet firm and refined voice. The voice came from a gray Pegasus that stood almost double her height.
The sun couldn't get too far around the Pegasus that was standing above Scootaloo with a stern, formal stance.
The stunned little pony stood only two feet from the light grey pony. "Ugh…OH!" she snapped back to reality.
The light gray Pegasus had a long black main and tail that were both brilliantly highlighted with snake like streaks down them.
Her eyes seamed to glisten and light up, even in the dark shade of turned away from the sun. They were almost the exact same color and texture of her highlights on her tail and main, a beautiful light blue with a light grey compliment. They seemed almost sad yet still very intimidating, at the least.
"Awesome as ever…but," confused and wondering what to do, she simply shouted out the common answer for the moment.
"Who are you?" scootaloo asked reluctantly. She and her friends had all taken a step back, away from the grey pony out of fear, and to get a better look.
"Hmm…Believe it or not, Scootaloo, you will come to know me better than your two friends over there," gesturing to Sweetiebell and Applebloom.
"Glad you enjoyed it scoots," unfolding her rather large grey wings and with a hard thrust down, she took off and hovered over Scootaloo and her Friends.
"Ugh…Wait! You didn't answer MY question!" she barked as the grey Pegasus lifted higher and glanced up to the clouds.
"In due time my new friend. In due time," the grey Pegasus said as she sped off into the grey clouds.
A moment of silence fell over the three as the crowd continued to talk around them. "Who was that?" applebloom asked, being the one to break the silence of the three star struck ponies.
"I have no idea, but she sure was pretty!" sweetie belle exclaimed loudly.
"Pretty awesome," added applebloom.
"Pretty fast…" Scootaloo's voice trailed off lightly. She was still in shock at how somepony that was just in front of her, was now miles away.
"I thought only Rainbow Dash and the Wonderbolts was that fast…" Applebloom thought aloud.
"You dummy! Rainbow IS a Wonderbolt now!" sweetibelle screeched.
"Oh that's right. Ma' bad."
"OK let's do this!" Rainbow decreed.
"Ha, I like her already." Fleet foot thought aloud.
"Well Rapidfire, what do you say? " RD asked. "Want to race?" she continued with a taunting tone.
"NO."
"What? Why not?" she snapped.
"Because I'm not stupid. I have flown through there too many times as it is."
"Well then you should be good at it, right?" dash asked optimistically.
"You don't get it do you? Let me make this very clear… ponies have died in those fields. The last two races that involved outsiders looking for fun…" he paused in his thoughts. "We… ended up trying to save five ponies." His face turned from a look of anger to one of sadness.
"We…only saved two of them."
"Rapidfire. Calm d-"Spitfire was cut off…
"Do you remember what happened to Red? " Rapid fire quickly shouted staring into Spitfires eyes from only a few feet away.
"I… Don't want to bring that up," spitfire's voice trailed off lightly, and took on a sad and regretful tone. Her face turned to one of shame and depression.
"Yes I know the risks, but this is only a race." Spit fire replied. "This is different…"
"HOW? How is this any different?"
"This is only a bucking race! Calm down!"
"Okay… Okay. Whatever you say… Captain." He jeered patronizingly.
"Oh, just go lift more weights… you're looking small in the legs," she replied brushing of the comment.
"Come on Soarin, let's get this race started," her voice lowered to a mumble, as Rapidfire headed over to the weight machines
The four pegasi, Rainbow Dash, Soarin, Spitfire and Fleetfoot, all walked to the balcony followed by three other wonderbolts to get a look at the fields of light.
As the four walked past Rapidfire, he shook his head in disappointment. "This is just a friendly race. Don't worry." Rapid fire said dryly.
"That's what you said last time, and now look, Red isn't here anymore." Rapid fire was definitely trying to start something now.
"Oh don't even go there!" The rage and annoyance in Soarins' voice was completely out of character for the kind and soft spirited Pegasus.
"Oh, and what are you going to do about it?" dropping the weights from his hooves. He was a bit shocked that soarin could have mustered up the courage to say something.
Soarin had stopped walking and now was looking directly into the eyes of an impressed yet pissed-off Rapidfire.
"What I am going to do is stick my hoof in and say enough is enough."
"Well what say you and I solve any problems that I may cause right here and right now?" Rapid fire took a few steps forward. His skin tight suit showing his muscles flexing and preparing to either take a hit or land one of his own.
"Sorry brony, but I have a race to win, maybe next time, "as he turned and walked away from his powerful foe and friend.