"Come on, evil me!" Rainbow Dash hollered to her clone as she unfolded her wings. "We're going back to my place while I figure out what's the best way to teach you how awesome loyalty can be."

The evil Rainbow Dash groaned, refusing to obey. "Don't even bother! You're just trying to help me because of that friend of yours. If you were smart, you'd just leave me and get out of here! I'll find a way to manage on my own. I don't need others slowing me down!"

Rainbow growled. She was in no mood to deal with such impatience and laziness from her doppleganger. "Well Twilight thinks you can be made to learn to count on others. And in this case, I'm willing to trust her. So you're coming with me, and that's that! If we have to do this the hard way, we'll do this the hard way! Like it or not, we're going back to my house!"

The clone of the rainbow maned pegasus sighed deeply, putting her hooves to her forehead. "Ugh, you're so lame trying to look out for me! Why do you hang out with those slowpokes all the time?!"

The brash speedster remarked with narrowed eyes. "For your information, those 'slowpokes' are my friends. One of them I've known since I was a filly. Another one of them happens to be an athlete capable of competing with me. Another is a good pranking partner. And still another is somepony I can talk about Daring Do with, not to mention somepony I helped with flying lessons."

"And what about that one other friend?" The evil Rainbow questioned. "What was her name? I didn't bother to remember."

"That friend you mentioned is the one who cleared my name when I was accused of a crime," Rainbow pointed out. "I may not care much for her sense of fashion, but I know she's a friend who'll always be there for me. We have our differences, and we respect them. Friendship isn't always about being the fastest or the strongest. It's no good being the best if there's nopony there to celebrate with you."

The clone of Rainbow just humphed and folded her hooves. "Whatever, that's just a bunch of sappy friendship talk. I don't care for it. I'm fine on my own! Always have been and always will be!"

Rainbow Dash felt ready to pull every hair out of her mane. She could not believe her copy was being this thickheaded. "How do I get through to my double me and make her see how awesome loyalty can be?!" She thought to herself. "There's got to be a way!" Then, suddenly, it hit her! She knew what to do. Approaching her evil clone, she said to her. "You think you're better than me, don't you?"

"And what if I do?" The evil Rainbow said in reply. "What's it to you?"

The brash speedster smirked as she boasted. "Well I know for a fact that you're not! You're nothing like me at all!"

"Hah, that's a lie if I ever heard one!" The clone of Rainbow Dash roared in reply! "I could totally beat you at anything!"

"Oh yeah, double me?" Rainbow's smirk grew bigger. "Well how's this for a way to prove it? I challenge you to a race back to my place! If I win, you have to do whatever I say: No ifs, ands, or buts! And if you win, you're free to go."

The doppleganger of the brash speedster chuckled as she stood up. "You'd seriously just leave me alone if I beat you? You'd go back on your word to that egghead friend of yours?"

Rainbow brushed off the remark. "I said I'd give reforming you a chance. I never said I'd succeed. If I lose, I lose, and that's all there is to it. But I know for a fact I can beat you! So, are you in?! Or are you too chicken?!"

At that the evil Rainbow roared in defiance! "I'm no chicken! I'm gonna beat you in ten seconds flat!"

Rainbow Dash just replied. "Enough talk. Put your money where your mouth is!" She unfolded her wings. "Ready! Set! Go!" And the two rainbow maned pegasi flew off into the sky!

It didn't take long for the race to reach its conclusion. Rainbow Dash reached her home with the greatest of ease. But she was most surprised to discover that her copy hadn't come anywhere close to catching her at any point during the race. She frowned and shook her head. "I gotta say, you're kinda disappointing me, Not Me."

"Whatever," The clone of Rainbow replied in an indifferent tone. "It's not like you care."

"Hey, I would've thought for sure you'd want a chance to be free. But it's like you didn't even care what happens to you," Rainbow Dash pointed out. "Were you even trying back there? I know you didn't know where I lived. But come on, you had to be able to fly faster than that! Even Scootaloo could've beat you, and she can't fly yet!"

The evil Rainbow Dash just kicked at some dust as she stood there on the cloud. "Fine, I lost! So do whatever you want with me, I don't care! If I'm that slow, you'll just dump me as soon as I start holding you back!"

Rainbow sighed and shook her head from side to side. "You don't get it, do you, Not Me? It's not always about being the best of the best. You don't have to be the weak link, and abandoning somepony just because they are is not what loyalty's about. I didn't get to where I was by turning my back on somepony just because they were slow. That's not how I roll."

The clone of Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes. "Are you ever gonna stop with these cheesy, sappy friendship speeches?"

"Well, if you come inside with me and agree to start listening to what I have to teach, maybe I will, Vibgyor." Rainbow pointed out.

The clone of the brash speedster blinked in surprise. "'Vibgyor'? Is that what you're gonna call me from now on? Is that seriously the best you can do?"

Rainbow shrugged her hooves. "Hey, I was thinking of calling you Rainbow Crash. But if you're at all like me, you'd probably hate that name even more than I did. Plus, you have all the colors of the rainbow, but backwards. Does that make sense?"

"About as much sense as anything else you're saying," Vibgyor shrugged in reply. "But fine, I guess I'll stay with you. It beats hanging around with those other losers! They never cared about me, so why should I care about them?"

Rainbow Dash sighed and groaned as she led Vibgyor inside. "This is going to be a lot harder than I thought." She thought to herself. But she was determined to try.