WINGS OVER EQUESTRIA
CHAPTER 2
my flight instructor spoke in a sarcastic tone that instantly got to me
"my names not rookie, its rainbow dash" I told him "and you are"
"the name's barracks" he said "captain Barracks, so you think you're ready to fly then, rookie" he said again sarcastically.
Letting my smart mouth get the best of me, I told him,
"sir, I'm the fastest flyer in equestria, the only pony to ever pull off a sonic rainboom, and a member of the wonder bolts, I was born ready."
My sarcasm must have triggered something because the next thing I knew, the captain was yelling at me about how flying jets was almost nothing like flying with my wings.
" HEY LISTEN ROOKIE, USING THOSE WINGS OF YOURS IS NOTHING LIKE FLYING THESE JETS, THESE THINGS ARE ABLE TO BREAK THE SOUND BARRIER FASTER THAN YOU EVER DREAMED OF DOING, THESE MACHINES ARE ALSO NOT AS MANUVERABLE AS YOU ARE, THEY CANT JUST TURN WHERE YOU WANT, ON COMMAND, RIGHT THERE AND THEN" he shouted at me with what sounded like anger, and a hint of remorse.
His sudden outburst caused me to have an outburst of my own
" HOW WOULD YOU KNOW HOW A PEGASUS FLIES, LOOK AT YOUR FLIGHT SUIT, ITS AN EARTH PONY FLIGHT SUIT, PEGASUS FLIGHT SUITS HAVE SLOTS FOR THE WINGS YOURS DOESN'T" I shouted back now steaming with frustration.
Captain Barracks gave out a sorrowful sigh.
" You think I know nothing about a Pegasus' abilities, and how it differs from flying these machines, but I do, probably more than you will ever know" he said now looking at me with guilt in his eyes "look at this" he told me
He then undid his flight suit and showed me his sides, what I saw next left me speechless, I saw scars on his body, right where a pegasus' wings would be, I knew what happened to him, and right then I shut up, and listened to his instructions, saying nothing throughout the flying training
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