(A WEEK LATER, WITH RAINBOW DASH)
She zoomed at high speeds through the sky, making aerial stunts.
[Owl hoots] "Who?" Rainbow asked as she saw a owl at her side. "Oh, it's you owlowiscious. Come on, try and keep up!" Rainbow said, dashing ahead. Owlowiscious dashed to her then flied pass her, surprising. Rainbow then begin accelerating, she begin laughing, enjoying the race, when she heard a bark. "Huh?" She looked ahead to see Owlowiscious with Winona's head (Applejack's pet) [Gasps] "Winona? I mean, Winona's head?!" It beginned to fly in circles around Rainbow. "Um, is this weird or is it just me?" She asked.
Then the Winona's head turned into Angel's head, and the Owlowiscious body turned to Gummy's body, still with his wings.
"Angel?! Gummy?! Okay, this is officially beyond weird now and moved right on down to freaky town." Rainbow said, then it came to her front and it came from his mouth, Opalescence (Rarity's cat) scarying the hell out of Rainbow.
(END OF HER DREAM)
"Ahh!" Rainbow waked up from her nap to see Opalescence hissing to Winona and the others pets, under the twig they were. Rainbow then saw the girls coming, Tails and Sonic came right behind them.
They beginned playing with their pets, "Sincerest apologies, Rainbow, if our pets were bothering you. Say you're sorry, Opal." Rarity said. [Opal hisses] "She's sorry." Rarity said.
"What are you all doing out here?" Rainbow asked.
"Why, we always round up our critters for a regular old pony pet play date in this park." Applejack said.
"Uh, you do?" Rainbow asked.
"Same time every week. I thought you knew. You didn't know? She didn't know?" Fluttershy asked the girls.
"Well, we had initially planned on inviting Rainbow, of course, except-", "We were totally gonna invite you, Rainbow, then Twilight remembered that you don't even have a pet. And Rarity remembered that you really like taking naps in the afternoon. So Applejack figured you wouldn't be missing out on anything, anyway. And Fluttershy and I nodded our heads in agreement." Pinkie Pie said.
"Oh, please don't be mad at us." Fluttershy asked.
"Oh, I'm not mad. You all are right. Not much point of a pony pet play date for me if I'm a pony without a pet, right?" Rainbow said.
"Exactly. So, if'n you'll excuse us." The girls beginned playing with their respectives pets.
Rainbow went back to her twig, and tried to nap again, but she couldn't with all the noise they where mading.
"Hey, now wait a minute. Just because I don't have a pet now doesn't mean I never want a pet." Rainbow said, giving up on the nap.
[gasps] "Oh, really?! You really want a pet?! Really?! 'cause I've got so many wonderful choices at my house." Fluttershy said as she grsbbed Rainbow and pulled her to her hut. "Oh, and I know you'll just love them, and they'll love you! Oh! And you'll be best friends forever and ever!" Flutthershy said.
(AT FLUTTERSHY'S HUT)
"Well, first before we began, I will set a few rules for the pet I want. He needs to be something that's awesome and cool." Rainbow said.
"Awesome, cool- got it." Fluttershy said.
"It needs to be real fast, like a bullet, to keep up with me. And I want it to be able to fly too." Rainbow said.
"How about a Seewt hummingbird? Or a giant monarch butterfly?" Fluttershy showed to her.
"Better, but cooler." Rainbow said.
"I see. How about a owl? Or a wasp? Or a toucan? There are falcons and eagles and even a mysterious bat." Flutthershy showed them.
"Hmm, now that's too many, which one should I choose?" Rainbow thought about for five seconds then, "I know! I will put them to a test. To see who is the best pet for me!" Rainbow said.
(LATER, AT THE PARK)
An eagle, a falcon, a owl, a toucan, butterfly, bat, duck, wasp and a pink flamingo lined up to Rainbow Dash.
The girls, Sonic and Tails where watching them.
"So, you all think you've got what it takes to be my pet, do you? Well, we'll just see about that. If any of you don't think you can handle it. Bow out now before you humiliate yourself in front of your peers. This competition isn't for the weak. You'd better be prepared to step up your game!" Rainbow said. "There's only room on team Dash for one of you, and my future pet needs to be able to take it to the extreme." She dashed above then, "Any questions?" Rainbow asked.
"I got one. Does she understand what a pet really needs?" Applejack asked Twilight.
"Yeah, like care and attention, love and affection." Twilight said.
Fluttershy came with a tortoise, "Now, you just pay attention and try your best and-", "Seriously, Fluttershy, the turtle?! What did you bring that thing here for?" Rainbow asked.
"Technically, he's a tortoise. And he's always dreamed of being somepony's pet. He just wants a chance to compete. He won't get in the way. You won't even know he's here." Fluttershy said.
Rainbow looked at it. "No!" She said.
"Oh, just let him try." Fluttershy asked.
[sighs] "But there's no way he can possibly keep up! Look at him." Rainbow said.
"It won't hurt to let him try.", "But-", "Just let him try." [grunts] "Fine! But don't say I didn't warn you! This isn't a game, you know!" Rainbow said to it. "All right, now, these games will determine which one of you has the most important qualities I'm looking for in a pet. Speed! Agility! Guts! Style! Coolness! Awesomeness! And Radicalness!" Rainbow said.
"Aren't those all the same thing?" Twilight asked.
"You would think that, Twilight, and that's why you would never qualify to be my pet." Rainbow said.
(FIRST TEST: SPEED)
"On your marks... Get set..."[whistle blows].
The animals dashed through the track. All mnis the tortoise, who couldn't even pass his first foot pass the start line, before the anials finished it. The falcon winned. "That's just sad." Rainbow said to the tortoise.
(NEXT TEST: AGILITY)
They tried to make some stunts, some did, others didn't, the tortoise couldn't even jump, "Want to know the opposite of agility? That." Rainbow said. The humming bird winned this test.
(NEXT TEST: GUTS)
Rainbow put a cage with Opalescence inside, and put her toy on front of it. "Okay, which of you has the guts to try and get Opal's favorite toy away from her?" Rainbow said, as she opened the cage, Opal came from inside, growing and showing her claws.
They were too scaried to try, just the butterfly went, she used her hipnotic wings to confuse Opal, grabbed the toy and delivered to Rainbow.
"Ha! Now that takes guts!" Rainbow said.
(NEXT TEST: STYLE)
She taked photos with all the pets, the bad one was with the tortoise.
(NEXT TEST: COOLNESS)
Rainbow listened to their sounds, the tortoise made a gagging sound, "Eww!" Rainbow said, then the falcon made his shrieks, "Now that's a cool sound!" Rainbow said.
(AFTER SOME MORE TESTS)
[sighs] "Listen, turtle-", "Tortoise." Fluttershy corrected her. "Whatever! You've had your fun, but I think you and I both know who made the cut... You didn't." Rainbow said.
"You're all outstanding competitors. But there can only be one of you who's number one." She said, looking to the Falcon, Owl, Eagle and Bat. "So the final tie-breaking contest is going to be... A race against... ME! Through Ghastly Gorge!" Rainbow then went to the start line with them, the tortoise was there too. "Actually, Ghastly Gorge isn't scary. It's fun.[chuckles nervously] I've flown through it a million times myself, so, uh, obviously, I'll be at the front of the pack. [Play wagner's 'Ride of the valkyries'] But whichever of you make it across the finish line with me will have proven you can keep up with me and will have earned the honor and glory of getting to be my pet. .Go!" Rainbow dashed ahead, the pets followed her, the tortoise obviously was left behind.
"Try to keep up!" Rainbow said as she as far ahead, she went through a tunnel with a strong wing, she pass it without a trouble, the pets where struggling to pass it, the bat was pushed back by the wind. Rainbow then came to a huge spiked bush, she went through it, evanding every single spike with her agility, the falcon and eagle got stucked on some of the branches, the owl was having difficult to find a path through it, the bat arrived and used his sonar to past without trouble. The tortoise was beyond far way from them. Rainbow waited them, "Oh, I forgot to tell you, watch out for the quarry eels! They don't like it when you get too close to their nests! Like this!" Rainbow demostrate by Flying past it fast, it came out of the hole trying to bite her. They pass it without been ate, but by little. Rainbow looked at them, not looking to were she was flying. [You can stop the music now]"Easy-peasy, one-two-threesy. Right, guys?!" Rainbow crashed on the wall, craking it. She dodge a rock that was falling above her. "Avalanche!" Rainbow shouted as she evaded the rocks, the pets flied past her, "Hey, wai-" A rock hitted her on the head, making she fall on the ground, unconciously. The rocks all fell on her, buring her.
(AT THE FINISHING LINE)
The falcon arrived, then the eagle, then the bat and finally the owl. The girls and guys notice Rainbow didn't appeared, nor did the tortoise.
"Hm, something's not right here." Twilight said as she levitated a binoculous to see the track, but Fluttershy grabbed and looked on it, "Where's Rainbow Dash?" She asked as Applejack grabbed it, "Great galloping galoshes! There's benn an avalanche in there!" She said.
"WHAT?!" Sonic grabbed it and looked, he saw the pile of rocks on the track.[Gasps] "RAINBOW!" Sonic dashed to there so fast he almost break the sound barrier, and making his friends lose balance.
"Whoa!" Tails said.
(AT THE AVALANCHE)
Sonic arrived and saw no Rainbow in anywhere, he then beginned digging through the rocks, until he saw the tortoise digging a rock and pulling a rainbow colored hair from it. "You found her!" Sonic then smashed the rocks the tortoise digged, and found Rainbow unconsiously, with bruises on her body.
"Please, be okay." Sonic grabbed her, then looked to the tortoise, "Come here, I won't have found her without you, so I won't left you behind." Sonic grab the tortoise, them dashed back to the others.
(BACK WITH THE OTHERS)
"I hope she's okay." Fluttershy said.
"Look! Sonic's coming back!" Twilight said as they saw Sonic flying to them.
"Twilight, fast, teleport to the library, I will dashed to there, Rainbow's hurt!" Sonic didn't even let Twilight a chance of answer as he dashed to the library.
"Okay, guys. Come here, I will teleported us there." Twilight said, teleporting everypony to the library.
(AT THE LIBRARY)
They appeared inside the library just in time to see Sonic slamming the doors open, carring Rainbow and the tortoise to his room, they went after him.
Sonic put Rainbow on his bed as Twilight and Fluttershy came inside. "Ok, we need some bandages, Sonic." As Twilight asked that, Sonic already have it on his hoofs, "Whoa, that was fast." She said, grabbing it from him and beginned applying on Rainbow, Fluttershy helped. "Uh, Sonic? You sure you don't want to wait outside?" Fluttershy asked.
"Fine." He leaved the room, with the tortoise on his back.
(OUTSIDE HIS ROOM)
"How is she?" Applejack asked him.
"I don't have idea, just hopes she will be okay." Sonic said, sitting on the floor.
"Why you still carring the tortoise? Tails asked.
"He was the one who found her." Sonic said, rubbing the tortoise's head. "And if Rainbow don't adopt him I will,and I think I will call him Tank." He said, the tortoise smiled slowly.
"Huh, he seemed to have liked his name." Applejack said.
Twilight and Fluttershy exited the room, Sonic get up imediately, "How's she?" He asked.
"She's okay, just resting now." Twilight said, she then saw Tank, "You bring him here?" She asked.
Sonic nodded, "If Rainbow doesn't adopt him, I will." He said.
"Well, it's him or the falcon who winned the race." Twilight said.
"She will probably choose the falcon, he's everything she wanted in a pet." Rarity said.
"I'll still wait for her to choose." Sonic said.
"Well, I have to go now, the farm work's calling me." Applejack then leaved.
"I have to treat my animals,see you later." Fluttershy said, leaving too.
"I have to finish some orders, until later." Rarity leaved.
"I will leave too, see ya!" Pinkie said, leaving.
"I will keep company for Rainbow, in case she wake up." Sonic entered his room.
"Should we leave too?" Tails asked, Twilight nodded, leading he and Spike to the kitchen.
(ON SONIC'S ROOM)
[sighs] "Just be okay, please." Sonic said, putting Tank on the bed, beside her as he went to a chair on the side.
"Ugh... everything... hurts." Rainbow said, waking up slowly.
"Hey, easy, you just came out of an avalanche, so just don't move too much." Sonic said.
"Oh,who winned the race?" She asked.
"You really are just worried about who winned that stupid race?" He asked.
"Uh... Yeah?" She said.
He frouned, "Really? You could have broken a hoof or one wing and you's worried about who winned that freaking race?! For Goodness sake!" Sonic said, getting upset.
"Hey, calm down. I don't have anything broken so you don't have to worry." Rainbow said.
He just looked to the side. [sighs] She sighed, then saw Tank on the bed. "What is he doing here?" She asked.
"He found you when you was burried by that rocks. I won't have found you if it wasn't for him. And I named him Tank." Sonic said.
"Really? Did he crossed the Finish line?" Rainbow asked.
Sonic rolled his eyes but didn't turned to her. "Yes, I carried him and you through it when I was trying to warn the others about what happened to you." He said.
"Well, then I think I have choosed the pet I want." She said. Sonic looked at her, "So, you chosing him?" He asked pointing to Tank.
"Yes, he was the only one of the animals who stopped to help me." She said.
"Congratulations Tank. You winned." Sonic said grining.
"And thanks for helping me too, Sonic." Rainbow kissed his cheek.
"Uh, your welcome." He said, blushing.
"Well, [yawns] I think I will take a little nap now." She said, sleepy.
"Right, come Tank. I think I have something to you." Sonic said as he bring Tank to Tails.
(WITH TAILS)
He was at the kitchen with Twilight, eating lunch with her and Spike, when Sonic came with Tank on his back.
"Hey, guys. Rainbow choosed Tank." He said, pointing to him.
"Really?" Twilight asked, not believing.
"Yes. And Tails, could you come with me?" Sonic lead Tails to the basement.
"So, why you called me here?" Tails asked.
"Can you make something to make Tank able to fly? So he can keep up with Rainbow Dash." Sonic said.
"Yeah. I think I can do it, put him on that table, while I grab my tools." Tails said.
"Thanks, you're the best, buddy." Sonic said, leaving Tails and Tank on the basement as he went to grab lunch for him too.
(A WEEK LATER)
The girls went to the park with their pets to their pony pet play date.
"Come on, Tank! We're gonna be late for our very first Pony Pet Play date!" Rainbow called him as she went to the others, Tank came flying with a helicopter like thing, and pilot goggles on his eyes, created by Tails. He went after her.
