Storm hurriedly woke up and prepared herself. She was ready to perform, she decided that is would be best for Storm to not wear her wonderbolt uniform so the others wouldn't accuse her of already being in the wonderbolts. Storm Chaser found a tight flying suit that had a simple, yet elegant, design. It would allow her to fly just as effective if she didn't wear clothes. Storm gathered a pair of goggles and her wonderbolts badge and stuff the lot into a small suitcase. A knock sounded from her door. She quickly flew over and opened with with a smile.

"Rainbow Dash! Fluttershy! Come on in, we don't need to leave for a little while longer." Storm informed. Rainbow nodded and paraded in to Storm's house with her own suitcase that held her wonderbolt uniform. Fluttershy tiptoed in without a suitcase, she wouldn't need that. Pinkie, Rarity, and Applejack had to stay in Ponyville with duties that needed to get done, but Twilight was already at Canterlot and would sit with Luna and Celestia in the royal booth. Soon the trio started for Cloudsdale, flying relatively slow for Fluttershy. It took them awhile to get there, including the break Fluttershy needed, but they were there in time for both Rainbow Dash and Storm Chaser to get into their outfits and Fluttershy sat in the stands. The Soarin and Spitfire quickly found Rainbow Dash.

"Rainbow Dash! Glad you could make it. Same to you, Storm Chaser." Spitfire greeted happily. Storm gave a warm smile as she fastened her goggles on her head.

"We would have been here sooner, but Fluttershy took a long time to fly here." Rainbow said while she set her goggles over her eyes.

"Ready to go?" Spitfire asked after a moment. Rainbow Dash snapped her wings open and got ready to fly.

"You bet!" Rainbow said happily. Spitfire put her goggles on and prepared to take off as well.

"Good luck out there, Storm." Spitfire said. "And remember that we aren't giving you bonus points because we know you." She added.

"Right, I understand." Storm said. Soarin nodded at Storm and took off with Spitfire and Rainbow Dash. Some music played as the three wonderbolts flew off and caused a roar of cheers. It wasn't long before they got to the judges seat. Meanwhile, Storm looked at her number sitting on a bench next to her. Number 18, she was the last performer. In a moment, Storm fastened the numbers to her flank and returned to the waiting area where the others were waiting.

"Contestant number one. You're up!" A mare called. A small pink pegasus stepped up and flew out. Her music selection was a smooth classical music song. Storm watched from the back room. The pink mare danced elegantly, but still proved herself to have high precision flying abilities. After her performance, she returned. Storm quickly got her some water. The pink mare landed and went for the water, but Storm hovered slightly above the ground and passed the water to her.

"Thanks...uhh..." The pink mare said and sipped on the water.

"Storm Chaser." Storm introduced.

"Cloud Dancer." She said. She looked at the wonderbolt badge. "Isn't that a wonderbolt badge?"

"Yeah. One of my friends is a wonderbolt and she gave me this from the academy." Storm lied. Cloud Dancer smiled.

"That's cool." Cloud Dancer said. The next contestant was called. "I am trying to get some bits to open my own dance studio in Ponyville."

"Ponyville? That's where I live." Storm Chaser said happily.

"Oh really? I haven't seen you around." Cloud Dancer said.

"Did you recently move in?" Storm asked.

"Actually, yes. About three months ago." Cloud informed.

"That explains it." Storm sighed.

"What explains what?" Cloud asked. Storm looked around to see if other ponies were watching, luckily nopony was.

"I was in the wonderbolt academy when I took a fall. I completely ruined both of my wings. I couldn't use either of my wings. However, over time I was able to use my wings again. Since the fall five months ago, I have been sheltered in a hospital or my home." Storm explained quickly. Cloud nodded.

"I won't tell anypony." Cloud reassured. Storm nodded.

"Thanks." Storm said with a smile. The two mares simply sat and talked until it was Storm's turn. Storm slid her goggles over her eyes and a good luck from Cloud Dancer. Storm went off to start her performance. As she came out, a cheer came out, but she stopped dead in her tracks. Not only was Fluttershy setting up clouds, but Flitter Song was placing the last cloud. Flitter quickly waved and left. Storm regained her composure and took off as fast as she could to fly through the clouds. Once she finished with the precision flying. Next she carefully, but quickly, gathered the clouds and created enough energy in it to create a storm cloud. She then used her wing power to push the cloud away at high speeds. Storm Chaser caught up to it before it got to the end of the arena. She kicked the cloud hard. The cloud broke and a large burst of lighting and thunder filled the area. Storm Chasrer quickly shut her eyes right as she knew that all the eyes were on her, immediately after the kick. Spitfire and Soarin began to jump out of their seat, but Rainbow stopped them, so they watched in worry. The same happened for Celestia and Luna, but Twilight wouldn't let them go save Storm. Other pegasi tried to go, but some others stopped them, as they copied Rainbow. Storm Chaser quickly snapped her wings open again and flew straight up. She gained speed. First a curve of wind was formed infront of her.

"Come on wings, you can do it." She thought to herself. She pumped her wings even faster. A corus of cheers followed her. The wind curve turned into a point. Storm could feel the resist, but she wouldn't let that happen. Suddenly, she could hear a loud crack and the crowd erupted into cheers and hooves stamping. She dragged the rainbow over the stadium and again perpendicular to the first. She slowed down and returned to the back room.

"Storm! That was amazing!" Cloud Dancer yelled.

"Thanks." Storm panted and drank some water. A few minutes passed before the winners were announced. The pegasi flew out in order of their number, with Cloud Dancer first and Storm Chaser last.

"Spitfire," the announcer said. Spitfire turned to the announcer. "Has your team made a decision?" He asked. Spitfire nodded and quickly took a microphone and flew out to infront of the pegasi.

"Young fliers." Spitfire said. "We have made a simple choice. We have chosen to reward the winners in the elegance category, speed, percison flight, and entertainment." Spitfire announced. "A pony can win a maximum of two categories. First off, the entertainment category." Spitfire announced. "With a choice of two of three, Party Favor wins!" Spitfire said as a green stallion came forward and hovered next to Spitfire. "In the elegance category, with a choice of two of three, Cloud Dancer wins!" Spitfire said. Cloud Dancer excitedly flew to Spitfire. "Finally, in the speed and precision flight category." Spitfire drew out the announcement. "With a choice with three out of three, a unanimous vote, the one, Storm Chaser!" Spitfire announced. Storm smiled wide and showed off why she one and took a long way to Spitfire and continued to smile wide.

In the end, Storm Chaser started at the top, fell to below the bottom, and rose back to the top. The few months that she was forced to go through, improved her as a pony. Storm helped Cloud Danc open her dance studio. Not only were classes offered for pegasi, but also unicorns and earth ponies. Luckily, Storm and Flitter got over their differences in opinions and were back to their old state. Storm's story truly was a fairy tale.