Back in the skies, Dash was busting clouds to release the stress of her returning brother. The flyer stared down a particularly rebellious storm cloud before taking off at it. "Get back here! Your not supposed to be here!" Rainbow Dash yelled, approaching it at full speed. But before she could even make contact, Midnight came soaring in twice as fast and smashed the cloud.
"WOO! Man that feels good!" The colt yelled, doing corkscrews and backflips while he smashed through a ton of clouds. "Oh come on man! Can you for me once not steal my spot?!" Rainbow Dash said in exasperation. "What? I'm helping! Am I not allowed to help my sister?" Midnight chuckled.
"Yes! This is my turf, my spotlight, and your NOT taking it away!" Dash exclaimed. "Okay okay, fine! I'll go help other people." Midnight grunted, blowing off Dash and heading to town. "Finally!" The mate laughed before returning to her cloud busting.
Midnight decided to play hero closer the ground. "This is gonna be easy! I don't need to bust clouds to be awesome." The colt boasted to himself. "Just gotta find a bad thing and fix it." And along came the stroke of luck. A loud crack was heard and all of Ponyville looked up to see the creaky old bell tower of the school crack and topple over, on a direct course to squish half a class.
"KIDS!" Dash screamed, flying as fast as she could but it looked like all was lost. That is, until the colt in the perfect spot sped over and snatched the little ponies out of the way before they could get crushed. "You saved them!" A pony yelled from the crowd that formed. "Huh? Oh yeah, I did!" Midnight laughed, setting down the class. "That was WICKED!" Scootaloo exclaimed, echoing the excited sentiment of her class. "Who are you?" Sweetie Belle asked. "Just doing my job little guys." Midnight said, trying to deflect the attention.
Rainbow Dash could only look on in awe as her brother swept the town off its hooves. "I...wasn't fast enough?" The athlete muttered, a hint of despair in her voice. But that was quickly dispelled by a head shake. "As if! Besides, that was only one heroic thing. Midnight can't take this from me." Dash laughed, re-inflating her own confidence.
But as Dash quickly found out, Ponyville had a surplus of two things: randomly dangerous obstacles and clumsy ponies to be in danger. And Midnight was saving them left and right. From the unicorn falling into the river to the two earth ponies getting buried under a rockslide, Rainbow Dashes brother was always there. The mare tried to hide her burning jealousy at being replaced as she watched her brother quickly outshine her as a hero.
Desperate for advice, Dash sought help from the only pony with brother experience she knew- Apple Jack. But to her surprise, the farm pony was gone from the ranch. "Big Mac! Where's AJ?" Rainbow Dash yelled. The soft spoken workhorse shrugged as he walked past. "Great. The ONE time I need Apple Jacks advice and she disappears!" The fiery mare protested as she heard a sudden burst of sound over her head.
Dash looked up to see her brother, only this time with a passenger. A lively orange pony was screaming like a filly as Rainbow Dash flew up. "Hey! Who are you with?!" She exclaimed. The pair came screeching to a stop and became visible. Midnight grinned as he pulled up. "Dash! Your finally coming around?" He asked. "What? No! Whose on your back?!" The flyer exclaimed. Finally the mystery passenger poked her head out, revealing Applejack looking happier than Dash had ever seen.
"Well howdy Rainbow! How come you never told me flying was this much fun?!" The country pony asked. "AJ...what're you doing with him?" Rainbow Dash asked, quickly fearing the worst. "Just out for a little fly. Nothing much, why?" Apple Jack questioned. "Never mind. Come with me!" The athlete demanded, dragging her friend away by the hoof. "I uh, guess I'll see you later?" Midnight said, audibly confused. "Yup! Later!" Apple Jack replied as she was finally lead away.
"What in Equestria are you doing?!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed as soon as they were out of ear shot." Apple Jack quickly summoned her most innocent face. "I was getting to know him! Is that a crime all of a sudden?" The rancher asked. "It is if your going beyond getting to know him!" Dash argued. "Oh come on Rainbow! Midnight isn't the outlaw you made him sound like. He's sweet." Apple Jack pleaded with her friend.
"I KNEW it! You like him!" Rainbow accused. AJ blushed at the mere thought. "Don't be ridiculous! All I'm saying is that if your weren't so convinced that he was bad, you'd see he really just wants to be your brother again!" Rainbow Dash was taken aback, confused by the emotions she was feeling. "But that's...whatever! He's a jerk and I want him gone!"
"You can't just get rid of him! While you were avoiding him all this time, us girls got to know him. And the town thinks he's a hero!" Apple Jack declared. Rainbow narrowed her eyes in confused anger. "What do you mean, us girls?" She asked. "Midnight made friends with all of us." Dash pressed her friend further. "How? What did he do that makes him so great?" The flyer questioned. "Well shucks, I can show you." Apple Jack said, nudging her friend along. "Trust me. When you see everything your brother did, you'll be convinced he's a good pony!" AJ declared as Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes. "Let's just see about that."