Chapter 10

After leaving the courthouse, Rainbow Dash took me to an empty field to help me learn to fly.

"Alright, before we get started I need to know what I'm dealing with. Show me how high you can get." Rainbow said

Moving my wings was…odd. I could feel it on my back like you feel your arms at your sides, but I couldn't feel myself moving them. It's like moving your eyeballs, you can feel that they're moving but you don't feel yourself moving them. In any case, I flapped my wings in succession with each other, and ascended as high as I could. I managed to get about three feet before my wings gave in and I flopped down to the ground.

"Hmm, that was pretty bad for a stallion of your size." Rainbow said

"Hey, I may have the body of a 25 year old stallion but I still have the mind of a 15 year old colt. Although, I will admit, the change has left me faster, stronger, and I have new thoughts and new feelings… in any case, what's the first step?" I asked

"Well, first off you're just flapping your wings to keep you in the air. You need to put more push behind them to get yourself up and then just use them to keep you from going down. Try that."

I did as Rainbow said; I flapped my wings this time but with more force. After two or three flaps I was now 6 feet in the air and I managed to stay there.

"Cool. How is it that I'm not falling to the ground if I'm flapping my wings less?"

"I'm not sure, something about pegasi having lighter bones than earth ponies. I don't know I never really paid attention to all that sciency stuff."

"Wouldn't surprise me" "All right, what's next?" I asked

"Well first see if you can get a bit higher."

So I kept flapping my wings and I went up and up until I was about 30 feet in the air. I had never been up that high before and it was very beautiful, you could see the field stretch across the land, all the ponies going about their daily business, and I was so high up I could touch the clouds. I saw Rainbow fly up next to me.

"Do you ever get tired of this view?" I asked

"Nope. It's one of the upsides of being a pegasus. Now for your next lesson, to actually fly you need to shift your weight in one direction, lean your body in that way, and keep on flapping. If all goes well you should be able to fly and stay aloft."

I followed her advice. I looked in one direction, leaned my body forward and felt myself moving. I outstretched my back hooves and started flying around in a superman like fashion. It was so amazing, I wasn't moving very fast but it has always been people's dreams to fly by themselves and I was living it. Unfortunately, I wasn't paying attention and didn't notice I was descending. I eventually crashed into the ground leaving a small trail of disturbed earth behind me. It hurt landing on the ground like that, but I got up none the worse for wear. As I got up I could see Rainbow Dash giggling to herself

"Smooth landing, Will" She said

"Hey, give me a break. It was my first flight so it isn't going to be perfect. Now let's get back up there and…Ow."

I tried to extend my wings to take flight again but I suddenly felt them vend in the wrong direction and it really hurt. Rainbow continued her giggling

"Man, you only crash once and already you have a sprained wing. Don't worry, you just bent your wing the wrong way, here let me help you."

Rainbow walked up next to me and started grabbing my wings with her hooves. At first, it was a little uncomfortable but then when she started straightening them out it felt really good.

"Oooh, that's nice. Is this what a dog feels like when they get their ear scratched? No wonder they like it so much."

Eventually she stopped, and my wings felt so good, they felt refreshed and they seemed to have a little more poof in them.

"Well that feels much better. Thank you so much Rainbow, now if you'll excuse me."

Without warning I took off into the air. At first I shot straight up and then started flying around freely. I was flying faster now; I couldn't really judge the speed. But, within a few seconds of me flying of Rainbow was in my face.

"Hmm, despite all her bragging she is rather fast. That's one of the things I like about her."

"Wow. Where are you going? I still have stuff to teach you."

"Like what? I already know how to fly."

"Yeah, but you need to prepare for emergencies."

"Really Rainbow? Wow, I didn't think you cared about safety."

"Hey, I may be tough enough to take a crash head on but some ponies just don't. So, I'm gonna teach you about crash safety, follow me."

We both descended onto the ground and we walked further into the field. After a while we made it to the edge, and I was staring down a cliff, which lead into a forest.

"All right, this cliff is about 100 feet of the ground." Rainbow stated

"So, what do you want me to do?" I asked

"Recover"

I didn't have time to question her as she pushed me off the cliff into the forest below. At first I was flailing about, falling extremely fast but I knew I had to calm down and save myself. So I extended my wings while falling and I used the current to carry me upward and glide up. Once I had lost momentum I flapped my wings to carry me back up to the top of cliff.

"Nice job ace, I honestly expected you to crash into the forest but I was pleasantly surprised when you didn't. Good job."

"You know, part of me wants to be so angry at you right now for pushing me off a cliff." I stared daggers at her, but then pulled her in a headlock and gave her a noogie "But the rest of me wants to thank you for it. That was educational, life-endangering, and exhilarating!"

"Hey, stop it come on." She struggled and eventually got free of me. "Well now that you can fly how about we head to my house. I'm tired and I could use a nap."

"Alright sleepy pony, let's see who makes it to your house first."

I rushed off in one direction taking flight and flying off in a hurry. I rushed off flying as fast as I could until Rainbow caught up with me.

"Um, you know I love a good race as much as the next pony but you're flying the wrong way."

I had a look of embarrassment on my face "Oh, right. You should probably show me where it is before I challenge you to a race. So, where to?"

Rainbow flew off and I followed behind. I managed to keep up with her and we shortly arrived at her cloud home. It was nice, although much a much bigger home than one pegasus needed.

"Welcome to casa de dash. Where the rooms are fluffy, the view is great…"

"…and the company is even better." I said

Rainbow chuckled "Yeah, and that works both ways. Well… let me show you to your room."

She led me through the house until we came to small room down the hall. She opened it up and it looked like a guest room.

"So, this is where you'll be staying. It's got everything you need, bed for sleeping, closet to keep your suit in, and there's a bathroom down the hall on your left. There's also a kitchen if you're hungry."

I wondered how a bathroom works if we're in the clouds, but I didn't think about it that much.

"Thanks Rainbow, it's really nice of you to have me here and I really appreciate it."

"No problem Will. I think I'm gonna like having you here. You're smart, cool, upstanding, and since you've grown up you're kind of cute."

She began to move closer, and gave me a small kind of hug. It was like the one she gave me before but it felt…different. I felt this warm sensation going through my body, and I felt my legs shake and my wings begin to move by themselves

"Oh my, they've never done." I said

"Well, I'm gonna go take my nap. See you in a bit Will."

"Yeah, actually a nap sounds good. I think I'll have one to."

I walked down to my bedroom, put my suit in the closet and lay down on the bed. Since it was made of cloud it was super comfortable, and I fell asleep quite quickly, thinking of my day, my new life, my new friends and especially Rainbow.

Okay, in all honesty this isn't my best chapter. Still, I hope you enjoyed it, please review and tell me what you think about my dash of romance 'wink' 'wink'. Next time… okay I don't know what I'll do next time; give me some time to think.