Chapter 10

Epilogue:

Rainbows And

Earth Ponies

One month had passed since Winter Wrap Up, and Ponyville seemed to be going back to that simple calm that everypony loved about it. One thing had certainly changed for the better, though, it was that a special two of Ponyville's residents had fallen in love. They never showed it that much, but when you saw them in the town together anypony looking at them could tell. They didn't need mushy names for each other, they didn't need excitement and party games, they just needed each other.

The morning air was brisk but not overly so, the early morning twilight was sublime to watch especially from the room where the pair of Big Macintosh and Rainbow Dash had spent the night. He had been very happy to move mostly out of his old room as Granny Smith had suggested and into the master bedroom of the farm house just on the nights when Rainbow Dash could stay of course. It had seen very little use since his parents had been the ones to sleep in that bed.

Rainbow Dash was gently leaning up against him as the sun started to come over the horizon. They had not had a repeat performance of the almost terrifyingly real dream when they had first shared a bed. They each had their own little nuances when they slept, and he never once brought up she sometimes snored. His own nuance was something he wasn't very proud of, but she never seemed to mind. She looked up at him and said, "I'll likely be gone for a week after today. My acceptance to the Wonderbolt Academy is coming today."

Big Mac smiled back down at her and rubbed his muzzle over hers gently before opening his own mouth, "Ah love ya, Rainbow Dash. Ah never said Ah wouldn't let ya live out yer dreams. Ah want ya to knock'em dead up there cause Ah know ya can."

Rainbow Dash tossed her hooves around his neck and gave him another big kiss and looked into his eyes and broke it gently to say, "I wouldn't be able to with out you now. You're always in my heart, Mac."

"Pa, used to tell me a story that Earth Ponies created rainbows you know."He said with a wink and smile. Moving with her back to the bed to let her lay on top of his large barrel chest with one hoof around her back and rubbing along the crux of her wings gently as he had done on many occasions. "Said we made'em promise to always have two sides on earth as a reminder to'em who gave'em the Id-ear. Ah don't care how long you're away Dash, as long as you're still willing to be with me when you're tired of the skies."

"Ya big lug, trying to make me cry again?"The pair looked into each others eyes and held each other very closer and kissed very deeply again only to be broken by a loud shout from the kitchen.

"Soups on ya, Love birds. If ya don't hurry ya'll get none."surprisingly this morning it was Apple Bloom's voice not Applejack's

~~~~~~~Later~~~~~~~

The middle of day was now underway and waiting underneath Rainbow Dash's cloud mansion was a group of seven friends who were assembled to see if her Rainbow Dash would be accepted into the Wonderbolts Academy. Twilight Sparkle was laying under the umbrella to the far left. Rainbow Dash was standing to the right of Twilight near a table they had set out for a picnic. Rarity was standing to the right of Rainbow Dash wearing her most fashionable sunglasses with a glass of water on the table. Spike was to the right of Rarity and was gently fanning the fashionista and giving the other two a gentle breeze as well. Applejack was laying to the right of Spike an was rolling her eyes at his unyielding devotion to not miss a chance to see her. Fluttershy was the furthest to the right, and was also laying as politely as possible. Pinkie pie on the other hoof was bouncing about nervously and could hardly wait for the news.

She bounded past the group once and then came back past them saying, "Ooooooh, I wish the mail pony would just come already. I can't wait another minute to find out if Rainbow Dash got in or not."

Twilight blinked and said, "Pinkie Pie, you're more nervous than Rainbow Dash."

Rainbow Dash waved her hoof dismissively and said, "I'm not nervous at all. When I get into the Wonderbolt Academy..."

Pinkie Pie using her fore-hooves pushed up against Rainbow Dash and started to shake her saying, "If you get in! If you get in! Don't jinx it."

Rainbow Dash pushed Pinkie's hooves away gently and said, "I'm telling you it's in the bag."

Pinkie Pie came back even harder with, "Don't jinx it!"

Applejack took a bite out of her apple and said, " She is tha best flier in Ponyville."

Rainbow Dash, sped past Applejack and Fluttershy up to a nearby cloud. Then Rainbow spoke again, "In Ponyville..." with astounding speed and grace she transformed the cloud into a big slide leading back to the group. "I'm probably the best flier in all of Equestria." sliding down her self build slide back first she started to flap on her back past the girls and Spike continuing with, " I wouldn't be surprised if they just went ahead nad made me a Wonderbolt on the first day." Upon finishing her statement she collided with legs of the mail pony.

The red maned, light yellow pegasus mail pony said, "Got a letter here for Rainbow Dash."

Rainbow Dash tore it from the mail pony's hooves and ripped it open. She started to read it flapping in the air in front of her friends. Her eyes go over it slowly and then her eyes sink as she says, "I didn't get in."

All of her friends are absolutely shocked at this news and are about to go start to comfort her with their gentle comfort. She flips the letter and says, "Gotcha!" Her joke is met with mixed reaction but the feel that Rainbow is back for good. "Heh, you guys are so gullible, like I wasn't going to get in."

Pinkie Pie proceeds to tackle Rainbow Dash out of the air, spinning both of them all the way back into a upright position while Pinkie hugs Dash very tightly saying, " I'm soooo, happy for you."

Rainbow Dash responds weakly with, " Uhhh, Thanks." Smiling brightly Pinkie Pie only grips her friend tighter. Rainbow Dash manages to get these words out as well, " Pinkie Pie I kinda need to get going."

Pinkie Pie squeezes Rainbow even tighter once more and then says, " Ok, I'm done." Bounding away from her friend.

Rainbow flexes her wings some as the bone crushing hug put her a little out of sorts and then flies up, does a loop, then says. "Sooner I get there. Sooner I get to show'em my stuff."

Spike and Rarity hold up Rainbow Dash's bag, as she dashes through and gets it on her back. Rainbow Dash takes off and calls back "See you guy's in a week."

Everypony shouts out to Rainbow Dash,"Good Luck."

"Won't need it." Rainbow shouts back, as she starts to leave the group and Ponyville behind she looks down at Sweet Apple Acres thinking, 'I'll be back, my love.'

Pinkie Pie pulls out a ridiculously huge mega phone and shouts, " DON'T FORGET TO WRITE!" The sound near the epicenter shakes the ground and perturbs both pony and dragon alike. Putting the megaphone down Pinkie Pie turns to her friends to say, "Do you think she heard me?" Her friends who are now all in various states of shock, with Spike shivering under Rarity's fore-hooves, all just sort of gently nod.

(A/N)

And cue theme music followed by season three episode seven Wonderbolts Academy. With one other small marginal change just for this Equestia. Spike came to deliver the care package as well, and Thunderlane caught both Rarity and Spike. I do hope you'll forgive the marginal changes to that wonderful episode for this alternate Equestria. I also hope everypony enjoyed this revisit to the Equestria I made where Soarin and Pinkie Pie were together. Till next time everypony.