Chapter 15
Sonic Supernova Rainbow Cannon

Even though it seemed like yesterday, it has now been nearly an entire year, and Solana was about to turn 1 year old. Flareon and Twilight decided to bring their friends to the park to discuss on where the birthday party should take place tomorrow. After agreeing to Applejack's suggestion that the party should take place at Apple Acres, Twilight suddenly thought of a neat idea.

"How about during the birthday party, we have Flareon and Rainbow Dash preform their signature moves? The Supernova Cannon and the Sonic Rainboom?" Twilight asked as she was holding Solana in her lap. Everyone quickly agreed to the idea, however, it wouldn't be that easy. "Ok...so how about Flareon goes first and Rainbow Dash goes second?" Unfortunately, Twilight didn't know what she had just started.

"Me...second?" a baffled Rainbow Dash replied, No way! I'm going first! Flareon can go after me!"

"Sorry Rainbow Dash, but Twilight said I'm going first," Flareon said, "Besides...my Supernova Cannon is a starter move, yours is a more of a finisher."

"Need I remind you who won the Best Young Flyer competition? My Sonic Rainboom is a proven winner! Also...it's a lot cooler than your Supernova Cannon!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed. Flareon burst out laughing.

"Please...your Sonic Rainboom is just a boom followed by a rainbow, boring! My Supernova Cannon is sun that explodes and show an area with snowflake stars! Your Sonic Rainboom can't even compare to that!" he yelled. Soon after, Flareon and Rainbow Dash started to argue back and forth as to who should go first. It didn't take long before their yelling match forced Twilight and the other to leave. A couple of minutes later, Flareon decided their was only one way to solve this dilemma.

"Ok...how about this?" Flareon asked, "Why don't we let the residents of Ponyville decide? Whoever gets the most votes for their signature move wins!"

"You're on!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed as she shared a brohoof with Flareon in agreement to his suggestion. Soon after, they flew into the air and headed for the town square. Who is going to win in the battle of the signature moves? Flareon's Supernova Cannon or Rainbow Dash's Sonic Rainboom? This was defiantly a battle for the ages! Later on, in the town square, Flareon and Rainbow Dash managed to get 100 ponies and told them what they were doing. Soon after, Flareon preformed his Supernova Cannon and Rainbow Dash preformed her Sonic Rainboom. Both moves got high appraise from the crowd. Flareon and Rainbow Dash then flew in front of the crowd and decided to start counting votes. Unfortunately, fifty ponies raised their hooves for the Supernova Cannon and fifty ponies raised their hooves for the Sonic Rainboom. By unbelievable odds, it was a 50/50 split. Flareon and Rainboom decided to preform their moves again and have a recount, but it was the same result, a 50/50 split. They tried one more time, but the result didn't budge an inch, it was another 50/50 split. Soon after, Rainbow Dash decided this wasn't working.

"How about this time we settle this in a race around Equestria?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"Oh no!" Flareon exclaimed, "We aren't doing that again. Especially after what happened last time."

"I told you I was sorry remember? Besides...what are we going to do then?" Rainbow Dash replied. Suddenly, Flareon got an idea, and after getting Rainboom Dash to agree to it, they quickly flew over to Apple Acres. Later on, at a picnic table, Applejack was staring at them confused. It turns out Flareon and Rainbow Dash had agreed to a pie eating contest. Whoever won would preform their signature move first during Solana's birthday party.

"Are you sure you two want to do this?" she asked. As Flareon and Rainbow Dash nodded their heads, Applejack turned to Big Macintosh and Apple Bloom. "You heard 'em...bring out the pies!" A couple of minutes later, Big Macintosh brought out a wagon with a boatload of apple pies on it. After Apple Bloom and Big Macintosh put the pies on the table, Applejack raised up her right hoof. "Ready...set...go!" Applejack yelled as she swing her hoof down signaling the start of the competition. As quickly as they could, Flareon and Rainbow Dash began to furiously gulf down every pie they could get their hooves on. Ten minutes later, they had managed to eat all the pies. Flareon leaned back in his chair and let out a loud burp.

"Ok...so how many pies did we eat Applejack?" Flareon asked as she rubbed his full belly.

"Let's see...Flareon, you ate 20 pies, and Rainbow Dash ate 20 pies. It's a tie!" Applejack exclaimed. Immediately, Flareon and Rainbow Dash's jaws dropped. Even though the odds were nearly impossible, there was no way around it, it was another tie.

Flareon turned to a dumbfounded Rainbow Dash and asked, "Got any more suggestions?" Suddenly, she began to smile.

"There's only one way to finish this once and for all," Rainbow Dash replied, "An arm wrestling competition!" Almost immediately, they flew over to a nearby stump and sat down opposite of each other. Rainbow Dash slammed her right hoof down on the stump and smiled. "Whoever wins does their signature move first during the birthday party!" Flareon then put his right hoof down and grabbed onto her hoof and smiled too.

"Bring it on!" Flareon exclaimed. A few seconds later, the arm wresting battle began. Unfortunately for Rainbow Dash, Flareon beat her.

"Sorry Rainbow Dash," Flareon said as he smiled, "Looks like I win!" However, Rainbow Dash wasn't able to give up.

"Best two out of three!" Rainbow Dash yelled as she put her hoof down on the stump again. Soon after, Flareon decided to a rematch, but this time, Rainbow Dash won, but since it was a 1/1 tie, they did it again. Later on, they had about seven more rematches, but in the end, they ended up in a 5/5 tie. Flareon and Rainbow Dash were starting to lose their composure as they desperately tried other ways to settle their dispute. They tried going to the amusement park and decided whoever could ride the Screaming Eagle the longest won, but neither of them could ride it more than five times, which forced them into a tie. Flareon and Rainbow Dash then headed for the bowling alley and whoever got the highest score won, but it three straight games, they all resulted in the same, exact score. Flareon and Rainbow Dash quickly flew to Sugar Cube Corner and decided whoever could survive Pinkie Pie's horrible singing the longest would win, but it didn't take long before they realized that was a very bad idea as neither of them could last more than three minutes. In the end, no matter what they did, everything ended in a tie. Later on, at Golden Oak Library, Applejack was seen coming inside. Twilight was reading a book on the floor as Spike was playing with Solana.

"Are those two still at it?" Applejack asked.

Twilight let out an exhausting sigh and replied, "Yep." They turned their heads to see Flareon and Rainbow Dash sitting on the couch across from one another. They were constantly bickering to each other like two, very prideful, stubborn kids. Twilight shook her head in disappointment.

"If only there was a way for them to preform their signature moves at the same time," Applejack suggested. Suddenly, a light bulb appeared above Flareon's head after hearing what Applejack just said.

"Wait a moment...that's it!" Flareon said as he got off the coach and hustled over to a nearby table. He quickly got a piece of paper and a quill. He then signaled for Rainbow Dash, Twilight, and Applejack to come over. "Ok...if we do this...and that...then this should...work!" Flareon exclaimed as he finished drawing up a plan. He then turned to a baffled Rainbow Dash. "I know this may sound crazy, just go with me ok, but I think it may be possible we could preform the Supernova Cannon and the Sonic Rainboom at the same time. In theory, this would create a new combined signature move." After Rainbow Dash looked closer at Flareon's drawing, she began to smile.

"I've got to hand it to you Flareon," Rainbow Dash said as she patted him on the back, "Your plan is simply perfect! I'm in! Let's combine our techniques to create one super, cool, awesome signature move!" As they shared a brohoof in agreement to Flareon's plan, Twilight and Applejack let out a sigh of relief.

"Thank goodness you two finally resolved your dispute," Twilight replied as they looked over to Solana, "Now all that's left is to prepare for the birthday party tomorrow. Let's see...Pinkie Pie is setting up the party, Mr. and Mrs. Cake are making the cake and ice cream, Rarity is designing the arrangements, Fluttershy is sending the invites to everyone, and Flareon and Rainbow Dash are going to preform their new technique. This is going to be the best birthday party ever!" As everyone raised up their hooves and cheered, Solana began to smile happily. There was no doubt that the first birthday party for the future princess was going to go off without a hitch. The next day, at Apple Acres, the birthday party was in full swing as everything was going perfectly. Pinkie Pie, Rarity, and the Apple family had done an amazing job setting everything up. Fluttershy successfully sent out all the invites and everyone that got one was able to come, including Vinyl Scratch as a guest DJ, Shining Amor, Cadance, Twilight's parents, and even Princess Celestia and Princess Luna. Solana was completely overjoyed and ecstatic to see so many ponies going over to greet her. A couple of hours later, after everyone finished signing the Happy Birthday Song for Solana, Twilight helped her blow out the candle on her cake, and immediately cheering followed afterwards. Twilight smiled as she signaled to Flareon and Rainbow Dash, who were now standing atop a hill overlooking Apple Acres.

"You ready to do this Rainbow Dash?" Flareon asked, "Remember...we have to break the sound barrier together or it won't work."

"Of course I'm ready!" she exclaimed, "Just try to keep up ok?" Right away, Flareon and Rainbow Dash flew high into the sky. After they had reached their target point, they looked down at Apple Acres. It was now or never. Soon after, Flareon and Rainbow Dash quickly flew downwards at high-speed. Once they were about to break through the sounder barrier, Flareon cloaked himself in fire. Just as planned, they successfully managed to break the sound barrier together, but instead of a sun, or a rainbow appearing behind them, a small rainbow star appeared, and a second later, it exploded and showered Apple Acres with small rainbow snowflake stars. Everyone began to cheer loudly as the stars slowly fell down near them. Solana was laughing and giggling happily as a rainbow star fell on her muzzle. Soon after, Flareon and Rainbow Dash landed on the ground and were quickly surrounded by everyone. Twilight and their friends then walked over to them and commented on how much they loved their new technique.

"It was simply beautiful and amazing," Rarity said.

"That...was...awesome!" Pinkie Pie exclaimed.

"That was truly a sight to behold!" Applejack yelled.

"Good work you two," Twilight replied as she smiled, "Solana absolutely loved it! By the way...what are you going to call your new, combined signature move?"

"How about Sonic Supernova Rainbow Cannon?" Flareon suggested, "I know it's a little but of a mouth full, but it is a combination technique, so we might as well combine the names into one big name." Rainbow Dash began to smile.

"I couldn't have said it any better myself," Rainbow Dash replied, "That is one super awesome name Flareon. I love it!" A few seconds later, they decided to head back to the party area and continue celebrating Solana's 1st birthday. Flareon and Twilight knew it wouldn't be long before Solana would take Princess Celestia's spot as the Princess of Equestria. They wanted to spend as much time possible with their daughter before that happened.