Firestorm's Running of the Leaves-
It was autumn in ponyville, and it was time for the famous running of the leaves, this time, Firestorm was competing as well, he stood on the starting line, next to Rainbow dash, who had been training for a few months for this.
"This must mean a lot to you dashie"
"Depends, I do a lot more flying than running, so I have to keep my hoofs in shape" she said as she trotted in place, above them, was spike and Applejack, who were commentating for the masses. Firestorm ran his hoof across the ground, kicking up dirt as he did.
"You ever done the running of the leaves firestorm?"
"Never, I always had other business to attend to"
"You ever run before?"
"Dashie please, I could run faster than Zephyr"
"That's a big claim storm, claiming your faster than the first wonderbolt, and fastest Pegasus that ever lived, besides me"
"And that, my dear, is also a big claim" he said, the cyan Pegasus chuckled. A young earth pony then came in front of the racers, and raised a flag.
"Ready everypony?" she said, the racers cheered. Suddenly, there was a whoosh of wind, and a large cyclone appeared at the track start, the flag pony backed away, as a pony in a black wonderbolt uniform appeared, and the cyclone dispersed.
"Great, this always happens when I'm around..." Firestorm groaned, then he went up to the wonderbolt, and realized who it was.
"Storm, Have I returned at a bad time?"
"Not at all Zephyr" he said as he shook his hoof, everypony looked at him surprised.
"What's with the black wonderbolt uniform?"
"This is the original uniform, Corporal Dash"
"Since when were you a Corporal?!" Firestorm asked befuddled
"My training doesn't go unnoticed"
"Are you going to be competing Zephyr?" The Flags pony asked.
"Any chance to beat firestorm in another race" he said arrogantly as he spread his wings, which were part technological.
"Nice wings Zeph"
"Eldritch tech, Designed for speed" he flapped them twice, and charged them with lightning. Firestorm then sparked his greaves, and they set fire and all the others backed off, this was now a race between an Alicorn, and the fastest Pegasus who ever lived.
"On your marks"
"Ready to lose Zeph?"
"Nope, I'm ready to win!"
"Get set..." She raised the flag, and the two ponies poised ready.
"GO GO GO!" she swiped the flag and the two ponies shot off. Rainbow then flexed her wings, and stood ready to fly.
"Where are you going rainbow?"
"To catch up with them, can't be that hard..." She said, as she shot off in a burst of wind, in an attempt to catch up with the two fastest ponies she knew.
The ever free forest, sweet apple acres, and the frontier, were all connected, and this was the newest course for the running of the leaves. Zephyr was in the lead, he wasn't going to be let up, Firestorm was slowly creeping up, but had no means of going faster without using unicorn magic, but there was nothing about using Pegasus magic...
The air was quite dense, and could feel a lot of static in the atmosphere, Firestorm allowed the electricity to converge on him, he could feel himself moving slightly faster, as more energy charged his body, he felt it run straight through him, right through to his wing tips, he let it fully energise his body, and then he released it, pushing him forwards at a much faster speed, allowing him to slowly rush past Zephyr, he tried to run faster but was struggling and fell behind the Alicorn. Firestorm remained in front, but took time to take in the scenery, the forest was magnificent in autumn, this was what the running of the leaves was all about, but this race? Was about proving himself to an old friend. As he rushed through Sweet Apple Acres and into the Frontier, then, disaster struck, Upon reaching a sharp turn on the course, he slipped, and crashed into a tree, fracturing his left hoof. He yelled out in pain as he gently clutched it, Rainbow was flying overhead, and saw him on the ground at the foot of the tree and slammed down next to him and looked at his forehoof.
"What are you doing here rainbow?"
"I've learned from traveling at the speed you have been going, accidents happen, and this is a very good fracture"
"How bad is it?"
"Well you aren't going to finish this race"
"Unless I use a special technique..." He grinned.
"The High-Speed Trot?"
"You know it" he said as he flew up above the ground, hovering just above the earth, with his right hoof still on the ground.
"You've still got a hoof on the ground, I guess it counts" Rainbow said, as she looked over her shoulder and saw a huge dust cloud, and Zephyr slid into a stop at the floating Firestorm and rainbow rubbing it gently.
"Aww, did his royal highness twist his ankle?" he laughed, Firestorm shot him a look.
"Pegasus magic went a bit haywire"
"So what? This race ends?" Zephyr said annoyed.
"No Zeph, This race ends when we've both crossed the finish line, like a race should"
"Your not gonna slow me down are you?"
"Trust me, your pride and reputation will not be scarred by my injury. Back when I planned your original drills, I mastered a cool speed running/flying technique, time to see if I've still got it" And began flying, and pushing off the ground, Zephyr began running next to him, and they began bolting towards to the finishing line.
Firestorm gently landed just after the finishing line, and Zephyr skidded over the line, as badass as rainbow, she landed next to firestorm.
"I guess firestorm wins" Zephyr said.
"Actually, no, Zeph, you stopped to see if I was okay, and that, is in deserving of the rosette" He said as he handed Zephyr the rosette.
"Well this has been wonderful, but I need to be off" He said, as he turned away from firestorm.
"Back off to Elysium?"
"Dude, the moment I got offered to live there instead of equestria, I couldn't refuse. Catch you later Storm!" He said as he disappeared in a whoosh of wind and spark of lightning.
"Come on storm, I'm sure nurse redheart will patch up your hoof" Rainbow said as she brought firestorm up into a hover, and guided him to the local hospital. Then the flags pony returned to the starting position, and everypony returned to the starting line.
"Let's begin everypony!"
"On your marks.."
"Get set..."
"GO!"