Sonic Rainboom

Golden Oak Library: Night's POV

Night, Applejack, Rarity, and Pinkie Pie were helping Twilight get the library cleaned up after another one of Twilight's long studies. "Last one. Thanks so much for helping me clean up all these books. It was a crazy week of studying," Twilight tells them. Night then hears a scream of panic getting louder and looks out the window just in time to see Rainbow Dash fly through the window and slam into the ground. When Night opened his eyes, he noticed he was under some books and he pulled himself out to see all the books had fallen to the ground.

"Rainbow Dash, you rock. Woohoo," Fluttershy says softly before noticing the mess. "Did my cheering do that?"

"Hehe. Sorry about that everypony," Rainbow apologized before turning to Fluttershy. "That was a truly feeble performance," Rainbow tells her.

"Actually, it wasn't all bad. I particularly liked it when you made the clouds spin," Fluttershy said.

"I'm not talking about my performance, I'm talking about yours. That feeble cheering," Rainbow tells her.

"What are you two arguing about?" Twilight asked them.

"We were arguing? I'm sorry," Fluttershy says quickly.

"I wish you guys could come to Cloudsdale to see me compete in the Best Young Flyer Competition," Rainbow told the group.

"Well, I can, but the everypony else may have some problems," Night points out.

"Hang on, what's the Best Young Flyer Competition?" Twilight asked.

"It's where all the greatest Pegasus flyers get together and show off their different flying styles!" Pinkie explained. "Some are fast!" she continued as she ran around the library, sending books flying in her wake. "Some are graceful. Woah!" Pinkie then fell into a bunch of books.

"Well we can figure out what you're not," Night joked to himself. Twilight must have heard him, since she gave him a light hit.

"Golly. I'd love to see you strut yer stuff in that competition," Applejack said.

"Yeah. I wish you guys could be there. Fluttershy's a great support, but her cheering isn't exactly inspirational," Rainbow says. Fluttershy looks at the ground guiltily.

"Ooh! I'd love to see you make a sonic rainboom! It's like, the most coolest thing ever! Even though I've never actually seen it, but I mean, come on! It's a sonic rainboom! How not cool could it possibly not be?!" Pinkie suddenly says.

"What's a sonic rainboom?" Twilight asked.

"You really need to get out more," Pinkie told her and Night snickered. "The sonic rainboom is legendary! When a Pegasus like Rainbow Dash gets going sooo fast... Boom! A sonic boom and a rainbow can happen all at once!" Pinkie explained, giving a mock visual.

"And Rainbow Dash here is the only pony to ever pull it off" Applejack points out.

"It was a long time ago… I was just a filly" Rainbow explained.

"Wait, hold on a second. You flew faster than the speed of sound… when you were a filly?! How are you not dead?!" Night asked surprised.

"I mean, yeah. And don't humans have a way of doing that?" Rainbow asked.

"That's different, human aircraft have to have powerful engines to do that, and even then it normally lasts a few minutes," Night explained.

"Well, you're going to do it again, right?" Pinkie asked.

"Are… you kidding? I'm the greatest flyer to ever come out of Cloudsdale! I could do sonic rainbooms in my sleep," Rainbow boasted, but Night could sense the uncertainty in her voice. "And the grand prize is an entire day with the Wonderbolts. A whole day of flying with my lifelong heroes... It'll be a dream come true!" Rainbow continues.

"Yay," Fluttershy cheered softly and Rainbow glared at her.

"I'm gonna go rest up. Don't wanna over prepare myself, y'know," Rainbow says before turning to Fluttershy. "You on the other hoof, better keep practicing. I need a cheering section to match my spectacular performance," she told her before flying out the window she crashed through.

"She's practiced that move hundreds of times and never came close to doing it. I don't know if I can cheer loud enough to help her," Fluttershy explained before following Rainbow.

"Well, I guess we'd better get this cleaned up. Again," Twilight says. Before she can get started, Rarity nudges her.

"Go on," she told Twilight.

"Go on what?" Twilight asked.

"Find a spell that will get us wingless ponies into Cloudsdale. Didn't you see how nervous she was?" Rarity asked.

"Nervous?" Applejack asked confused. "Have you spit yer bit or somethin'? She was tootin' her own horn louder than the brass section of a marching band!" Applejack tells Rarity.

"Please, I've seen enough fashion shows to recognize stage fright when I see it. We've got to be there for her. Now go on!" Rarity said as she shoved Twilight into Night, causing the two to fall into a pile of books. Night looks up to see Twilight right on top of him and Night felt extremely uncomfortable.

"Um… Twilight… think you can get off me?" Night asked her and noticed Twilight turn red and she immediately gets off him.

"Sorry I…" Twilight started but clearly felt just as uncomfortable about it as Night.

"Nice work," Applejack said sarcastically to Rarity, who glared at her.

"Anyway… how am I supposed to find a flight spell in all of this?" Twilight asked.

"A flight spell? Give me a sec," Pinkie says before grabbing a book and throwing it toward Twilight. "Page twenty-seven."

"How?" Night asked, extremely confused.

"It landed on me when Rainbow Dash knocked me into the bookcase," Pinkie explained.

"Here it is. A spell that will allow ponies to fly for three days," Twilight said. She and Night get a good look at the spell, though Night felt a little uncomfortable being this close to Twilight. "This looks pretty tough. I'm not sure I can do it," Twilight tells them.

"You must try," Rarity insists.

"Well then, who's going to volunteer?" Twilight asked. The wingless look at each other before Rarity steps up.

"I'll do it. For Rainbow Dash, I will go first," she says.

"Alright. I'll try this first, okay Night?" Twilight asked. Night nodded in approval. "Here it goes," Twilight says and starts to use the spell. Night was getting worried though, since this spell seemed to be taking a lot out of her. When she finishes, there's a flash of light and Night sees Rarity with these pretty looking butterfly wings.

"Did it work?" Rarity asked and Pinkie and Applejack nodded. Night, meanwhile, was helping Twilight up.

"You okay?" Night asked.

"Yeah. Just tired," Twilight answered. Night then looked back at Rarity's, who was admiring her new wings, then looked back at the group.

"Don't expect me to give you all those," Night said. He then noticed Twilight looking at him. "N-Not that they wouldn't look nice and all. Just take a little… let's see if we can find a simpler spell," Night says quickly, feeling a blush on his face.

Cloudsdale: Rainbow Dash's POV

Rainbow and Fluttershy were in sight of Cloudsdale and Rainbow turned to her friend. "You've got to be more assertive. Don't be afraid to speak your mind," she advised as they landed. She then sees three faces she hoped to never see again. Hoops, Dumb-Bell, and Score

"Well, well, well. What do we have here?" Dumb-Bell asked his friends.

"It's our old friend, Rainbow Crash!" Hoops answered.

"Get kicked out of any flight schools lately?" Dumb-Bell asked Rainbow and the three stallions laughed.

"I didn't get kicked out," Rainbow countered, trying to keep her cool.

"Face it, Rainbow Crash. Flight school had too many rules, and not enough naptimes for you," Dumb-Bell said.

"Oh, ask her about the sonic rainboom," Hoops says to Dumb-Bell.

"That's nothing but an old mare's tale. You don't have the skills to try something like that," Dumb-Bell claims.

"Now wait just a minute!" Fluttershy calls out and everypony looks at her. "Oh, I'm sorry. I'm trying to be more assertive. Anyhow... She is going to do a sonic rainboom!" Fluttershy claims.

"No, she's not. Because their's no such thing," Dumb-Bell counters and Rainbow was wondering if he experienced head trauma when she slammed into him when she did the sonic rainboom.

"Then show up at the Cloudeseum and see for yourself! ...If you're free," Fluttershy says and the three laugh at her.

"Yeah. We'll be free," Hoops taunts. After a good chuckle, the group starts to fly away.

"See you then Rainbow Crash," Dumb-Bell says as he flys away.

"Did you see that? I was so assertive!" Fluttershy says. Rainbow didn't say anything and lowered her head to the ground.

"Those guys are right. I'll never be able to do it," Rainbow moped.

"Not with that attitude you won't," somepony said and she looked up to see Night.

"Night! You came!" Rainbow said, a small amount of confidence returned at the sight of her friend.

"Not just me," Night said and Rainbow noticed Rarity was flying with a beautiful pair of butterfly wings.

"Rarity!?" Rainbow says confused. That's when a balloon comes from beneath the clouds that contained the rest of the clouds. "You all came?!" Rainbow asked them.

"Sure did," Pinkie said then hopped out of the balloon, causing Rainbow to panic.

"WAIT!" she shouted, but was surprised when Pinkie hit the clouds and stood on them without falling through before the rest of her friends followed suit. "How did you do that? I thought that was something only pegasi and alicorns could do?" Rainbow asked.

"Pretty cool huh?" Pinkie asked as she did a cartwheel around Rainbow and Fluttershy.

"Well we originally found a spell would allow us to fly temporarily, but it was too difficult to do more than once. So we found a spell that allowed the rest of us to walk on clouds," Twilight explained while including Night.

"I'm surprised two of you don't have new wings since Night's got magic," Rainbow pointed out.

"Well, I doubt Night would be able to look at Twilight with wings like that," Applejack replied referring to Rarity's wings.

"Applejack!" Night shouted with what Rainbow assumed was a blush on his face and Twilight shifted uncomfortably.

"Anywho, we came up here to cheer you to victory," Applejack continued.

"To be honest, I was starting to get just the teeniest, tiniest bit nervous," Rainbow admits. "But I feel a lot better now that you guys are here. Hey, we've got some time before the competition. Why don't Fluttershy and I show you around Cloudsdale?" Rainbow offers and the group agrees. "Here it is. The greatest city in the sky," Rainbow tells them, standing by a great vantage point. She then sees Rarity admiring her new wings in a nearby mirror. "Uhh… some of the greatest Pegasi in history came from Cloudsdale." Rainbow then took them to the Weather Factory and put on some white clothes. "This is where they make the snowflakes. Each one is hoofmade. As you can see, it's a delicate operation," Rainbow tells them in a soft voice. Rarity then flies up to some of the completed ones to get a closer look.

"Ooh, the snowflakes look better from up here," she says and her wings produce a current that sends the snowflakes everywhere.

"We'd better get out of here before Rarity ruins winter and causes a drought," Rainbow tells them then takes the group to another part of the factory. "And here's where they make the rainbows."

"So your mane was made here?" Night asked jokingly, which gave everypony a laugh.

"No, but I wouldn't have been surprised," Rainbow commented. Pinkie then dipped her hoof into one of the rainbow pools and licked the rainbow substance off. Her face then turned into the colors of the rainbow and she let out a strained gasp.

"Spicyyyyyy!" she says, still strained.

"Yeah, rainbows aren't known for their flavor," Rainbow explained. She then noticed Dumb-Bell, Hoops, and Score admiring Rarity's wings.

"Whoa! Oh, where'd you get those amazing wings? I want a pair!" Dumb-Bell says.

"Hmm, yeah, I guess I could see that," Rarity remarks.

"Oh, hey look, it's Rainbow Crash again!" Dumb-Bell says, noticing the group.

"Rarity! What are you doing talking to these guys?" Rainbow asks with concern.

"Oh, they were just admiring my wings, Rainbow Dash" Rarity answers.

"Yeah, you should forget the sonic rainboom and just get yourself some wings like these!" Dumb-Bell told Rainbow, which caused him and his friends to laugh. Before they could fly away, however, all three were hit by lightning. "Who did that!?" Dumb-Bell asked then turned to Rainbow. "It was you. Wasn't it Rainbow Crash?"

"No, it wasn't. It was me," Night admits.

"And just who do you think you are. Rainbow Crash's coltfriend?" Dumb-Bell asked, but Night wasn't the slightest bit embarrassed.

"No. But she is my friend, and I don't appreciate others bullying my friends. As for who I am, I'm Night Storm, but I'd advise you'd call me 'your highness' if you want to get out of this unharmed," Night explained. The three then dawned looks of realization and flew away as fast as they could. While Rainbow appreciated Night for standing up for her, it didn't help her confidence.

"Uhh... C'mon, everypony. Why don't we go see how clouds are made?" Fluttershy says before walking beside Rainbow Dash. "Don't listen to them. You're gonna win that competition for sure!" she said confidently.

"Are you kidding? I can't do the sonic rainboom, and just look at these boring, plain old feathered wings. I'm doomed!" Rainbow admitted. When the group entered the cloud producing section Rarity was immediately swarmed by workers who were admiring her wings.

"What, these old things? Go ahead, everypony. Photos are encouraged," Rarity says and she received glares from Night, Twilight, Applejack, and, surprisingly, Fluttershy.

"Rarity, we're supposed to be helping Rainbow Dash relax, remember? Put your wings away and stop showing off!" Twilight orders.

"Oh, pfft. How can you ask me to put away perfection?" Rarity asked as she flew up to a point where the sun filtered in and the light caught her wings. As the ponies admired it Rainbow crouched to the ground.

"Rainbow Dash, are you okay? You don't look so good," Twilight pointed out.

"Of course! Why wouldn't I be okay? Everyone's so in love with Rarity's wings that they won't even notice when I totally blow it in the Best Young Flyer's Competition," Rainbow said.

"Hey! There's an idea! YOU should enter the competition!" a pony called Rainbowshine said.

"Yeah! I could watch you fly all day long!" an elderly pony named Foggy Fleece agreed.

"You sure you don't want me to get rid of them?" Night whispered to Twilight just loud enough for Rainbow to hear him. Twilight glared at him in response and Night backed off.

"There really isn't anypony who uses their wings quite like me. Perhaps I should compete," Rarity realized.

"WHAT!?" Rainbow asked loudly, but none of the workers paid any attention to her and continued to admire Rarity.

"What am I gonna DO?! I'll never win the competition now…" Rainbow realized and got looks of sympathy from her friends.

The Best Young Flyer's Competition: Night's POV

Night and his friends were standing outside the stadium waiting to be let in. "Do you think Rainbow Dash can pull this off?" Fluttershy asked the group.

"It would be a lot easier if Rarity didn't have to go all 'I have to perform because I want to,'" Night pointed out.

"Night!" Twilight scowled.

"What? We all know it's true," Night countered. Nopony answered him, but he could tell that he was right.

"Hey, isn't that a royal carriage?" Pinkie asked pointing into the sky at a golden carriage being pulled by four gold plated guards. Night then recognizes Celestia on it and notices that it was heading in the direction of the stadium.

"What's my sister doing here?" Night asked confused.

"Well, why don't you go ask her?" Twilight asked.

"Might as well. I'll see you in a bit," Night says as he takes off and follows the carriage to its destination. "Celestia!" Night shouts and Celestia turns to him.

"Night. Good to see you," Celestia responds. "I take it you're here to support Rainbow Dash?" she asked.

"Well, we all were, but while figuring out how to get everypony up here without falling through the clouds, Twilight performed a spell on Rarity to give her temporarily flight. Now all of a sudden she decides to enter the competition so this is all going so well," Night explained.

"Hmm. Wonder how this will turn out," Celestia says when they hear an announcement.

"Fillies and gentlecolts! Please rise and join me in welcoming our beloved Princess Celestia!" he says and Celestia, Night and two guards land on a platform overlooking the performance area.

"Sure, only Celestia, let's just forget that her younger brother cause that's the way it is," Night grumbled as the ponies applauded Celestia.

"Give them time. Luna's having the same issue, so you're not alone in that regard," Celestia says as the announcer continues.

"Please welcome our celebrity judges for the Best Young Flyer Competition: the Wonderbolts!" he says and six pegasi in blue uniforms do a small performance before sitting down in the stands. "And now, let's find out who will take the prize as this year's best young flyer!" As the performances drew on Night was getting more worried. Neither Rainbow nor Rarity had gone yet and he heard that there will be only one more performance. "And now, for our final competitor of the day, contestant number fifteen! Uhh... And apparently contestant number four…" the announcer says as Rainbow sneaks out looking terrified as Rarity pops out behind her with a ton of makeup on and in an overly styled dress in Night's opinion.

"When did she make that?" Night questioned. Nopony had brought any luggage so where Rarity made that was beyond him. Music then starts playing, which it was very calm, which also seemed to unsettle Rainbow even more. Rarity then starts dancing on the air. Rainbow, meanwhile, starts a long 'S' maneuver around a bunch of cloud pillars but she misjudged her timing and slammed into the bottom of the stadium. She quickly recovered then flew up to three clouds that had been placed and started to spin them around. It was going well untill one of the clouds spun too fast and headed straight to where Night and Celestia were standing. Night reacted quickly by sending a wind gust that sliced through the cloud like a knife. It hit the sides of the platform, narrowly missing the guards. Rarity then seemed to go for her finale and she flies up to the sun to catch its rays with her wings with Rainbow not far behind her to prepare for her sonic rainboom. When Rarity gets to the sun she opens her wings and they send a beautiful light show down on the stadium. It didn't last long as her wings burned up by being that close to the sun, causing her to plummet back to the ground. Three Wonderbolts then launch off their platform and try to catch her but with Rarity screaming in terror and flailing her hooves like crazy, she unintentionally knocked out all three. Rainbow took notice that Rarity was in trouble as well. Rainbow suddenly dived down in an attempt to catch Rarity. Night was about to fly after them when Celestia stopped him.

"Night look," she said and Night then noticed a Mach cone starting to form.

"Is she…" Night started but didn't get to finish as a sonic boom rang across the sky and a rainbow seemed to be being made by Rainbow Dash. "It's a sonic freaking rainboom!" Night shouted. Rainbow then caught Rarity and the three knocked out Wonderbolts and made a rainbow in the sky before bringing her extra weight to other ponies who either held up Rarity or took the Wonderbolts to the medical area. The crowd then cheered louder than Night heard for any other competitor and Rainbow look stunned before taking in the cheers and looked like her confident self again.

Rainbow Dash's POV

The group gathered around the balloon while Rarity was inside it. "I want to apologize to all of you for getting so carried away with my... beautiful wings. I guess I just lost my head. And I'm especially sorry that I was so thoughtless as to jump into the contest at the last minute after you had worked so hard to win it," Rarity apologized to everypony. "Can you ever ever forgive me?" Rarity asked.

"Aw, it's okay. Everything turned out all right, right? I just wish I could have met the Wonderbolts when they were awake," Rainbow says then gets tapped on the shoulder and sees the Wonderbolts standing behind her. "Ohmygoshohmygoshohmygoshohmygoshohmygosh!"

"So you're the little pony who saved our lives. We really wanted to meet you, and say thanks," Spitfire told Rainbow and she let off another stream of Ohmygosh's.

"Princess, Night," Twilight said. The ponies bowed to Princess Celestia. Night, however, seemed to take advantage of the situation.

"So you're all bowing to me now?" Night questioned mischievously.

"Don't you even get any more ideas like that Night Storm!" Twilight shouted at him. Night just laughed.

"Worth it," Night commented.

"Anyway. I'm happy to see you and your friends here Twilight," Princess Celestia said.

"Princess Celestia, I am sorry I ruined the competition. Rainbow Dash here really is the best flyer in Equestria," Rarity told her.

"I know she is, my dear. That's why, for her incredible act of bravery and her spectacular sonic rainboom, I'm presenting the grand prize for Best Young Flyer to this year's winner, Miss Rainbow Dash!" Celestia announced and the ponies once again cheered.

"Ohmygoshohmygoshohmygoshohmygoshohmygoshohmygoshohmygoshohmygoshohmygoshohmygoshohmygosh!" Rainbow said. "This really is the best day ever!" Rainbow shouted out.

"Hey Rainbow Crash—-" Dumb-Bell started before Hoops hit him and whispered something in his ear. "Sorry. Rainbow Dash. Uhh, we just wanted to congratulate you on winning the competition," Dumb-Bell admitted.

"That sonic rainboom was awesome!" Hoops shouted.

"Heh, thanks, guys," Rainbow told them.

"Uhh, we're really sorry we gave you such a hard time before," Dumb-Bell apologized.

"Aww, that's okay. Don't worry about it," Rainbow told them.

"Hey. Do you want to hang out with us? Maybe you could show us how you did that incredible trick!" Dumb-Bell wondered.

"Sorry boys," Rainbow told them and flew up to the Wonderbolts. "But I've got plans."

Before this chapter finishes, I do have an announcement to make. I will not be posting any chapters for any of my stories until Monday since I've been getting really tired recently and I just need some time off and recuperate. Still, I do hope you enjoyed.