Film sits on the wooden ground of the blimp as it flies towards Cloudsdale. Film messes with his new metal wings that Acid had just given him. Film flexes his wings mussels and the metal wings move with his normal ones. His feathers were at sharp angles and missing the big feathers to catch the wind. The metal wings in case his normal ones, with fabric on the back of his wings to catch the wind.
"Thank you Acid," Film thinks as a smile creeps on his face. The wind pushing causes Film to shiver. Film tucks his legs up against his body and wraps his wings around his body like a blanket. "It's good for warmth to,"
The blimp eventually stops in front of the school. The kids start to unload from the blimp right when the door opens. Film stands up and grabs his bag before making his way off the blimp.
"Thank you!" Film says, waving at the driver as he passes the caption room. With a smile on her face, the mare tips her hat at him. Film gets off the blimp and walks towards the school. Film walks into the school with a smile and a skip. His body feeling light as the clouds he walks on. He makes his way into the cafeteria which was loud with chatter. A few heads turned to see Film. Most ignore him, but a few start whispering to each other.
"Look at the retard who can't fly," One of the colts says to his friends.
"Why is he here, he can't even fly," a mare replies back as Film walks by. His ears fop to the side of his head as his head lowers to the ground. He tries to ignore the comments from the others as he looks around. He then sees a rainbow mare waving him down.
Her rainbow hair is a mess with her blue fur being just as unkempt. Her cutie mark is a cloud with a rainbow thunderbolt. She had gotten her cutie mark pretty early during a race with a bully of hers. Film walks over quickly over to her with a small smile.
"Hi Rainbow," He says sitting down next to Dash. "Hello Fluttershy," He says quieter and more gently as he turns to the yellow mare with a pink mane. Her mane covers half of her face. She smiles softly before replying.
"Hi Film," She looks away and covers her face with her arm as her face turns red. Film is ignorant of the blush as he turns back to Dash.
"How has it going?" Film asks Dash while holding up his hoof.
"It was kicking!" Dash says, hoof pumping Film. The two lower their hoofs as Dash keeps talking in excitement. "You should see the new trick I have!" Dash gets an idea.``We should meet up after school at the park! I can show you my new tricks!"
"That would be great, and I can even give you pointers!" Film says, then he thinks for a second. "Wait, I'm gonna have to tell my parents, and they might say no." Film asks, slightly worried.
"Just tell them you have after-school stuff," Dash says, hitting his back a little harder than Film would like. "Like, don't you have theater?"
"That's during school," FIlm replies.
"Just tell them you have to practice or.." Dash rubs her chin while thinking.
"I could say we need to clean up the auditorium, it was a mess after the play about a week ago." Film says. "The janitors never clean up the dang thing," Film whispers to himself.
"See, you can do it," Dash says as the bell rings.
"Ok, see you at our normal lunch spot?" Film asks, standing up.
"Wouldn't miss it," Dash replies as Film walks away from the pair. The two mares walk the opposite way to their classes.
(Time Skip)
Film walks into the Cloudsdale Feather Flyers Dinner. It was busy as usual, with pegasus getting coffee and food for the road. Lunch hour had hit, meaning he would have to wait for a bit before getting his order.
He walks up to the counter and jumps onto one of the swivel chairs. A stallion with messy and greasy brown hair and yellow fur walks over to him with a notepad. "The normal Film?" He asks with a slight smile. Film nods as the stallion writes something down before going to the other patrons.
Film grabs a number and jumps back down before walking over to one of the booths. He sits down and places the number on the side of the table as the doorbell rings. He looks up to see Dash and Fluttershy walking in.
The two walk up to the counter and hover up to the chairs. The same stallion from earlier walks up to the two. "What this time?" He asks with a slight nervousness to his voice.
"One tea with milk, and a muffin," Dash says confidently. The stallion rolls his eyes at the tea with milk. He scribbles it down as Fluttershy tries to speak up.
"Umm.. could I have. Um.. chocolate milk and.. Um.." Fluttershy slowly starts shrinking into her chair.
"She also wants a muffin, but make it chocolate," Dash says, finishing her thought.
"Thanks," Fluttershy whispers to Dash as the stallion walks away scribbling the order down.
"No problem Flutters," Dash says, grabbing a number before the two fly over to where Film sits. The two land before sitting on the other side of Film.
"Hey, Film! How are you doing?!" Dash asks, extending out a hoof. Film sighs and unenthusiastically bumps hoofs. Dash's right eyebrow goes up in confusion and concern.
"Film, is it the bullies again?" Dash says, leaning over the table towards Film. "If so I'm gonna.." Film places a hoof in Dash's mouth to stop her from talking.
"Not this time Dash, but thanks," Film says with a small smile before pulling his hoof out of her mouth. She slumps back down to her seat as Film tries to wipe the saliva off his hoof into the booth.
"T-then what i-is it?" Fluttershy asks, stuttering while looking at him concerningly. Film sighs to himself before speaking.
"I'm worried about my brother," Film says, crossing his arms, placing them on the table and placing his head on them. The two mares in front of him look at each other in slight confusion. They look back at him and edge him on to explain.
"You know the flack I get for not being able to fly?" The two nod. "He can't do magic, and he's in a school for gifted unicorns."
"Oh!.." Fluttershy and Dash speak at the same time. The waitress walks up to their table and delivers their food and drinks. Film sits up and thanks the waitress before blowing on his hot coco. The waitress walks away as the three sit in silence.
Flim taking a sip of his drink as Dash take a sip of tea. She smiles and licks her lips, getting the tea that go stuck on her fur. Film starts to star at his drink intently.
Dash shifts uncomfortably in the silence as Fluttershy enjoys her muffin. "So.. um.." Dash says, trying to think of a topic to pass the time before school starts again. The two looking at her as she thinks. "Those metal things, what are they?" She says, pointing at the metal wings on Film's body.
He spreads his right-wing and looks at it. "This, it's something my brother built for me to fly with. It really only allows me to hover and glide." Dash's eyes slowly widen as Film explains. Fluttershy's eyes scane over the poorly built metal wing.
"Your brother is brilliant!" Dash yells as Fluttershy steps off her seat and walks over to Film with a light blush.
"C-can I.. um.. Look at them closer?" She asks. Film looks away with a blush as he moves over to let her on the booth.
"S-sure Fluttershy," Film says as he and Dash make eye contact. Dash was covering her mouth with her hoof while she suppressed a laugh. Fluttershy gently grabs his wing as she looks at the metal that perfectly outlines his wing. The soft fabric on the back of his wing helps with getting lift off the ground. She gently brushes her hoof across the fabric, getting a little yelp of surprise from Film. That causes Fluttershy to quickly pull her hoof away as she continues to look at it.
"The welding is terrible," Fluttershy states bluntly. This catches Film and Dash off guard. Dash stops laughing and looks at Fluttershy in surprise. Film does the same as Fluttershy looks up at the two. "W-what? It's true. This part is going to fall o-off. I would recommend not fling too high or fast,"
The two look at her in surprise as she timidly walks back over to her seat next to Dash. The two sit there looking at Fluttershy as she looks between the two of them. "How?.." Film asks, looking at her with so many questions.
"I-i had we-elding in 3rd grade," Fluttershy explains.
"Ookay.." Dash says, still confused at her friend's knowledge. She looks up at the clock to see lunchtime was almost up."It looks like it's time to go back to school, see you later at the park." Dash says, jumping down from the booth, followed by Fluttershy and Film.
The three walk out of the dinner, each one saying thank you to the stallion at the bar before walking out and back towards the school.
(Time Skip)
Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash are flying through the air. Dash doing loops, spirals, and dives. Fluttershy was working on basic hovering with Film who was trying out his new wings. Film jumps in the air and flaps his wings, he falls back to the ground without any sign of lift.
"Dang it!" Film yells, punching the ground with his first before standing up. Fluttershy lands next to him.
"R-remember to keep your wings p-pointed at an upward an-angel and keep flapping them a-as fast a-as you can," Fluttershy explains. Film looks at her with determination and nods. Fluttershy returns to the air as Film gets ready to try again.
He spreads his wings, the warm evening wind gently blowing against his feathers. He closes his eyes as his pegasus senses kick in. He flinches in surprise, his eyes snapping open. For just a second he could feel Fluttershy and Dash's wings changing the wind. He could sense the subtle changes of the winds movment. Fluttershy notices Film's magic aura grows slightly for the first time.
Film closes his eyes again, trying to get that feeling again. He spreads his wings out as he feels the wind graze them. He feels the changing of the wind from Fluttershy and Dash, who was now watching him. She had sensed a great increase in his wing magic. Fluttershy and Dash watch in anticipation. Film taks a deep breath in before jumping up into the air.
His wings flap down, propelling him into the air. He pulls them up quickly, feeling out the best time to push down. He lets out his breath slowly as he flaps again, getting a little bit more height. Fluttershy and Dash look on in excitement as he hovers next to Fluttershy. He slowly opens his eyes to meet face to face with Fluttershy.
His smile widens very slowly as he realises he was finnaly flying. "I-I can fly!" Film yells in excitement. Film now with a giant, goofy grin on his face. He does a little loop back words. "Dash look! I can fly!" Film says, flying over to Dash as she dives down to him.
"That's awesome!" Dash says, the two hoof bumping as Fluttershy flies over to the two. "Now just make sure not to.." It was too late, Film had looked down as his face turned into fear. His wings lock up, closing against his body. He screams as he falls through the air.
Dash and Fluttershy dive down and grab Film before gently placing him on the ground. Film is visibly shaking as he wraps his arms around his legs. The two mares land next to him. The two walk up to him and sit next to him. They both spread their wings to cover his back trying to comfort him.
"As I was saying, don't look down. Most new ponies have a fear of heights." Dash explains. Film looks into Dash's eyes, her kind expression comforting him.
"It's ok, it will just take time," Fluttershy says, placing a hoof on his shoulder. He looks over at her, and the two smile kindly at each other.
"Thank you, both of you." Film says, looking between the two mares. "I couldn't ask for better friends,"
"Now that's cleared up," Dash says, jumping up into the air and spreading her wings. "I need to keep practicing my tricks so I can get into the Wonderbolts!" Film and Fluttershy stand up as Dash flies into the air.
"What are the Wonderbolts?" Film asks. Rainbow's face lights up in excitement as she flies back down.
"There are only the best fliers in Equestria!" Dash says, landing on the ground. "They do crazy death diving stunts! How have you not heard of them!?" Dash asks, getting a little too close to Film's face for comfort.
"Really?" Film asks, placing a hoof on Dash's chest and lightly pushing her away..
"Yes! Their tricks border on death-defying!" Dash says, doing loops in the air for emphasis. She then starts singing the Wonderbolt motto. Fluttershy and Film watch her talk for minutes on end about their tricks, the ponies on the team, and where they are going next.
Film leans over to Fluttershy and whispers, "Does she do this a lot?" Fluttershy nods her head as the two sit there and watch her talk and fly.
(Time Skip)
Acid is reading on his bead, his hair still spicked back from the explosion from that morning. Film walks into the room with a big smile on his face. Acid looks over as Film, who places his bag by his bed. "What's making you so happy?" Acid asks, closing his book as Film pulls out a Wonderbolts magazine. On the cover was the youngest Wonderbolt Spitfire posing in her newbie flight suit.
"I just learned about the Wonderbolts!" Film says, walking over to Acid with the magazine in hoof. He notices Acid's spiked hair as he places the magazine on the bed. "Nice hair?.." Film asks cautiously.
Acid snorts before replying, "I blew up the lab, causing my hair to spike back like this… does it really look good on me?" Acid asks, standing up and walking over to their mirror. Film follows him as Acid looks at his hair. It was a mess, but all of it was spiked back.
Film gasps as he realizes something. He runs over and grabs the magazine before shouting. "YOU LOOK LIKE SPITFIRE!" He runs over to Acid and shows him the front page. The two look between the mirror and the magazine.
"I do look like her," Acid replies with a small smile creeping on his face.
"Maybe I should spike mine back to, then we could match." Film is exciting.
"It would also look better than your current hair," Acid shoots back.
"What's wrong with my hair?" Film asks, combing his hoof through his messy hair.
"Nothing," Acid says, going back to his bed as Film walks to his bed across from Acid. "Now tell me more about the Wonderbolts. They sound great."