Little Uncertainties
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Chapter 4
Rainbow Dash had dragged Derpy along to speak with all of her friends at Twilight's library with the exception of Spike who had been sent to the market to buy some more quills prior to the cyan Pegasus' arrival. The rainbow-maned filly explained how she was going to show the whole town what she could do. The reaction from her friends was not exactly what she had hoped for
Flashback
"Ah don't know, Sugar Cube," Applejack drawled uneasily, "Why do ya feel tha ya gots ta prove anythin' ta any pony anyhow? Ya know tha ya are a great flyer. Just leave it alone."
"What? Why?" Rainbow Dash demanded as Derpy nodded her head, "If I can prove to everypony that I can hold my own then maybe they will stop spreading all of these rumors about me. I'm sick of all the whispering behind my back. It's getting ridiculous!"
"I think it's a great idea!" Pinkie Pie cheered making the cyan Pegasus smile happily, "I love to watch Dashie fly and if other ponies are reminded of how good she is then they will stop spreading silly rumors."
"I agree, Darling," Rarity drawled as she primped in a mirror that she was magically hovering in front of herself, "I think showing your skills is a great idea. Isn't that what I had to do to show Hoity Toity that I truly was a fashionista?"
"Exactly!" Rainbow Dash crowed triumphantly.
"I'm not so sure that this is a good idea," Fluttershy gently said then she looked down when the rainbow-maned mare turned and glared at her.
"Fluttershy and Applejack are right," Twilight agreed as she ignored Rainbow Dash's pout, "I think that you will be concentrating so hard on impressing everypony that you will just get yourself hurt and land in the hospital again."
"What?" the cyan Pegasus gasped, "That was just an accident. Is that how little you think of my flying skills?"
"No. That's not what I'm saying," the lavender Unicorn defended, "I just want you to be safe. You don't need to prove anything to anypony."
"Well, obviously I do," Rainbow Dash sniped angrily, "I can't believe that you wouldn't have more faith in me. How long am I going to have to put up with ponies whispering behind my back, Twilight? Do you know how that makes me feel?"
"Well, I…" Twilight began.
"I don't want to hear it!" Rainbow Dash snapped, "I would defend any of you until the end, but have any of you even stood up for me besides Derpy, Pinkie Pie, or Rarity?"
Twilight, Fluttershy, and Applejack exchanged uneasy glances and looked down. The three ponies had really hoped that the gossip would simply die down on its own.
"Rainbow Dash, don't be too hard on them," Rarity urged, "Sometimes stepping into a situation only makes things worse. Remember that we are all trying to figure out how to help in the best way possible."
"That is why I need all of you tomorrow," Rainbow Dash said as she beckoned her friends closer.
End of Flashback
The next day Rainbow Dash put her plan into action. The cyan Pegasus finished her weather duties and then began practicing her flying moves right above town. She swirled through the air creating an intricate pattern with her rainbow contrail. Then the rainbow-maned filly began to spiral in great corkscrews down towards Ponyville, only to veer up at the last second. Unicorns, Earth ponies, and Pegasi alike were drawn by her loud whoops of happiness and watched from down below. The sight of Rainbow Dash's flying skills was breathtaking.
"Ha! Let them say that I can't fly now," Rainbow Dash gleefully thought as she burst into one barrel roll after another.
The young mare continued showing off as many tricks as she could muster and saw that her friends were placing themselves throughout the gathered crowd.
"Now it's all up to my friends," Rainbow Dash thought as she reined in her concentration to start on her more daring tricks.
Meanwhile, Rarity, Pinkie Pie, Derpy, Twilight, Fluttershy, Applejack, and Spike were following through with the plan.
"Wow!" Pinkie Pie exclaimed in an overly loud voice, "Dashie sure can fly."
"Isn't that the truth," Twilight agreed in the same loud volume, "Her gravitational defiance shows a great skill and dexterity that rivals a lot of Pegasi's skills."
"Excuse me? What?" Derpy asked in a bewildered voice.
"Twilight is just talking 'egghead,'" Spike called over as the lavender Unicorn glared at the baby dragon, "She said that Rainbow Dash is a really skilled pony when it comes to flying and that she defies the laws of gravity."
"Oh, I know that, Darling," Rarity drawled as she and the rest of her friends noticed the crowd starting to listen in on their conversation, "I mean, come on. Rainbow Dash has done the legendary sonic rainboom twice. She is one of Equestria's national treasures."
"National treasures?" Medley scoffed as she cantered over, "Isn't that a bit much? Everypony knows that Rainbow Dash must have cheated to have accomplished such a thing."
"Pen feathers!" Applejack snapped as she stomped a hoof at the young, Pegasus pony's words, "Don't tell me tha ya have been listening ta those stupid rumors like a lot of other feather-brains. Now Ah knows tha you were at tha same camp when our Rainbow first did her sonic rainboom as a foal, Medley. Ya told me yourself over a year ago."
Medley opened her mouth and then quickly shut it as she looked down sheepishly. A lot of other ponies also began looking a bit uncomfortable before having their attention drawn back up to Rainbow Dash as she performed a particularly stunning, aerial trick.
"Yay!" Fluttershy cheered before hiding behind her mane when eyes turned towards her, "Rainbow Dash is one of my best friends and the best flier I've ever met. She could have left me in the dust back when we were foals, but she always stuck with me."
"Same here," Derpy said, "Rainbow Dash has always been there for a lot of ponies and all of you know it."
"She's awesome!" Scootaloo shouted from somewhere in the crowd, "I want to be just like Rainbow Dash when I grow up!"
The six ponies and one baby dragon smiled at one another when they noticed that Rainbow Dash's plan was working as voices began to overlap one over another telling of the different things that Rainbow Dash had accomplished in her time in town. The Ponyville ponies were getting a crash course in eating their own words.
Rainbow Dash finished her practice and took off. Her friends excused themselves to meet back up with her at Sugarcube corner as planned. Nopony noticed as a figure slunk through the shadows to follow the six ponies and one baby dragon.
"Did it work?" the rainbow-maned filly demanded as soon as her friends arrived.
"It certainly did," Twilight answered with a smile as Spike gave the young mare a thumb up, "I know that we swayed a lot of ponies today. Soon all of those silly rumors will be forgotten."
"Yes!" Rainbow Dash crowed as she got a hoof slap from Derpy and Pinkie Pie, "Wait until they get a load of me tomorrow."
"Tomorrow?" Applejack echoed, "Wha about tomorrow?"
"I'm going to show them the new tricks that Soarin' and Spitfire have been teaching me," Rainbow Dash bragged, "Nopony will be able to say that I don't have the stuff to be a Wonderbolt when they see me."
"Alright, Dashie!" Pinkie Pie encouraged.
"What? Why?" Twilight asked anxiously, "Rainbow Dash you have already proved yourself to everypony. The ponies of Ponyville will start talking and rebuffing the rumors which will spread across Equestria. You don't need to do anything else."
"Yes I do," the rainbow-maned pony contested as Rarity and Fluttershy listened in with unsure looks on their faces, "I've shown my flying skills, but I still want ponies to see that my skills come from hard work and not cheating. I'd even like to see if I can pull off another sonic rainboom without Spitfire or Soarin' being around. That would really put a stop to the rumors."
"A sonic rainboom really would be awesome to see," Spike encouraged before shrinking back from the combined glares of Applejack and Rarity.
"I think it would be great," Derpy giggled out as her eyes spun before settling properly, "I'll try to get Setting Sun, Jet flight, Cherry Blossom, and Coffee Cake to come visit with me tomorrow. That way they can see your skills firsthand."
As the ponies continued to argue back and forth about the validity of Rainbow Dash's plan, another figure outside the window was beginning to form a plan of his own.
"You go right ahead and do your little 'show' tomorrow," the stranger gleefully thought to himself, "I will make sure you put on a great demonstration. Then we will see how much those rumors really die down. You're going down, Loyalty!"
The next day, Rainbow Dash bid her life mates goodbye and left to finish her weather duties. It felt good to have Chocolate Blueberry volunteer to work with her again.
"Finally, things are going to settle back to normal," Rainbow Dash thought to herself as she and her partner worked together to get the proper amount of rainclouds over Sweet Apple Acres to water the orchards, "After today those rumors will be gone for good."
The cyan Pegasus cheerfully waved to Chocolate Blueberry before heading back towards Ponyville. Once she arrived Rainbow Dash landed to do some warm up stretches. The rainbow-maned filly smiled when she saw her friends trotting up to join her.
"Hello," Rainbow Dash chirped as she stretched her wings.
"Are you sure about all of this?" Twilight questioned with a worried look on her face, "I still think that you don't have anything to prove to anypony."
"Its fine, Twilight," Rainbow Dash grinned out as she cantered up beside her friend, "I've got this."
"Ah still don't know about all of this showboating, but if it will give ya peace of mind then ya gots ma support," Applejack stated before winking cheekily, "Ya go get them, Rainbow."
"Just be careful," Fluttershy timidly ordered as Rarity, Pinkie Pie, and Spike nodded their heads to the shy Pegasus' words.
Rainbow Dash smiled and nuzzled her friends before taking off into the sky. The cyan Pegasus noticed Derpy having lunch with her four friends at an outside café.
"Perfect," Rainbow Dash chortled to herself, "Now just you ponies watch.
First Rainbow Dash began to barrel roll before pivoting into giant corkscrew loops. Then the mare scissor winged into a hammerhead stall. The Ponyville ponies were already beginning to gather and Derpy had pointed out Rainbow Dash to her friends. Setting Sun and Jet Flight were both avidly watching with open mouths.
The rainbow-maned mare next began a solo thatch weave that ended in a tumble that Rainbow Dash pulled out of at the last moment. She then began a scissor-wing-fly-by that ended with cheers from the gathered ponies. Rainbow Dash grinned to herself as she launched into some of the special moves that her life mates had taught her.
"See?" Derpy urged as she pointed a hoof at the performing mare, "I told you that Rainbow Dash is awesome. Dumb-Bell, Hoops, and Score are just jealous."
"She is pretty cool," Coffee Cake admitted as she and Cherry Blossom gasped at a particular, nervy nosedive.
"That mare actually does have what it takes to be a Wonderbolt," Setting Sun admitted as Jet Flight shook his head in agreement.
"We will see about that," a figure thought to himself before pointing at Rainbow Dash.
Nopony noticed a small jet of light hit the cyan Pegasus. What the ponies did notice was that Rainbow Dash was suddenly flying off kilter.
"What?" Rainbow Dash thought to herself as her wings took on a life of their own, "What's going on?"
The rainbow-maned filly suddenly found herself pulled in a direction she didn't want to go. Rainbow Dash was forced through a tree top and came out the other side having to spit out leaves. Then the mare was spun in violent circles that made the cyan Pegasus feel like she had to throw up. The cheers of the crowd were beginning to change into laughter and jeers.
"Why is Rainbow Dash flying like that?" Rarity exclaimed as she watched her friend in horror.
"I don't know," Twilight fretted, "Her flying doesn't seem natural to me."
"Ah thought so too," Applejack agreed as she watched the cyan Pegasus anxiously, "It's almost like her wings are flying by themselves."
Rainbow Dash gagged as she found herself stopping her spinning to suddenly shoot straight up into the sky so high that Ponyville looked like a tiny speck. Without so much as a warning, the rainbow-maned mare's wings snapped shut and she felt herself toppling head over hooves to the ground below. No matter how hard she tried to unfurl her wings to stop her fall, her wings wouldn't respond.
"Oh, no!" Rainbow Dash thought as she saw the ground getting closer, "Why is this happening?"
To be continued…