Enough Love: Rainbow Dash's Parents

[QueenMidas 3]

 

I haven't watched any of the third season as of yet, so I have no idea if Rainbow Dash's parents have been mentioned. This is just a short story of who I think they were, how they met, etc. It's my first story on here as well as my first fan-fiction of any kind. (MLP seems to have inspired me to make an exception to my usual "no fanfic" writing attitude).

 

The two above pictures are ones that I made and they are on my DA. They're just some visual aids for the story ^^ Enjoy.

 

(Sorry if it sucks. I've never written a story in a forum before so I don't really know how it works and stuff ^^;; )

 

~Part One~

 

 

*Sonic Sound*

 

Little miss. One of the shyest mares, though once she becomes your friend there's no shutting the gal up. Plus, she doesn't take kindly to ponies being rude.

 

Despite being one of the faster flyers in Cloudsdale, she prefers having her feet planted. Why? You see, her passion isn't flying and she doesn't aspire to be in any if the flying teams. No, she'd much rather be singing away, her voice carrying through Cloudsdale like the city's very own theme song.

 

Nopony minds hearing her voice and, as a matter of fact, the pegasi love listening to her sing while they work or play. Her name is very well suited from her, since her voice can carry through the whole city clearly.

 

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Padding along the cloud streets of Cloudsdale, Sonic Sound looked around. All sorts of ponies were already gathering. Pegasi, unicorns, even some earth ponies were arriving to the cloud city. Tomorrow would be the annual flying competition where the best flyer would be named.

 

Sonic had to duck every now and then, since other pegasi were constantly flying above her, practicing loops and other tricks.

 

"Are you entering this year Sonic?" somepony asked. She turned to see a friend flying to her, much slower than the practicing ponies. "If you say no, I'm going to be mad," the white mare said.

 

"Lily," Sonic said affectionately, stopping. "No, I won't be participating this year. You know I don't really have an interest in these sort of events."

 

"Well you should be! I know how fast you can fly and it's time everypony else knew too," Lily replied, landing and stomping her hoof, making small pieces of cloud float into the air.

 

Sonic laughed lightly, about to reply when suddenly she was knocked down, hard enough to break a hole into the cloud they'd been standing on. Reacting quickly, Sonic's wings spread and she managed to straighten herself out. Somewhat angrilly, she turned to face her assailant.

 

A blue stallion, flapping his wings and shaking his head furiously.

 

"Ow, jeez! I really need to work on that move," he muttered to himself. Ignoring Sonic, he looked up at the hole, where another unfamiliar stallion and Lily stood, looking down. "Oops," he said, snickering a little.

 

"You really need to work on watching where you're flying!" she shouted at him, kicking a small puff of cloud at him.

 

As if barely noticing her, he turned with a rather smug look on his face. "Well! Maybe you shouldn't be STANDING where other ponies are practicing!" he retorted.

 

"You shouldn't practice where ponies are standing!" Sonic shouted back.

 

The other pegasus looked at her, a smirk appearing on his face. "I'm sorry," he said in a sharp, yet quiet, voice. "I might've seen you if you weren't so small, bean-sprout," he said. His eyes narrowed challengingly, as if knowing he would tick her off by saying that.

 

Tick her off he did. Sonic flapped her wings furiously and snorted angrilly. "Bean-sprout? Small?" she repeated, nostrils flaring. Taking on her own smirk, she huffed. "I may be small, but if you were a better flyer, you wouldn't have hit anything."

 

"Better flyer?" now it was the stallion's turn to look infuriated.

 

"Yup. Even if I hadn't been there, you would've crashed anyway," Sonic replied, looking at him slyly. "Good flyers don't hit ANYTHING."

 

He snorted, "Bean-sprout, I'm the best flyer all of Equestria has ever seen!"

 

Sonic flew up and through the hole, followed closely by him. Landing beside Lily again, she rolled her eyes. "Right," she replied sarcastically.

 

"I'm a better flyer than you, I bet!" he said, narrowing his eyes.

 

She huffed a little, getting even more agitated. "As if! I could beat you with my eyes closed!" she replied.

 

"Why don't you two let the judges decide tomorrow?" the other stallion said, presumably the friend of the rude, blue one.

 

Lily spoke up, half-smiling, "Oh, but Sonic here isn't--"

 

Sonic interrupted. "I am now Lily," she said, glaring at the rude stallion. "You're in for a surprise tomorrow! All of Equestria will know that the best flyer is me!"

 

 

 

(I know it's not much and the singing part of Sonic didn't really come into play, but later on it will. I hope you like it so far, hopefully it'll get better ^^)

 

 

 

 

 

*Part Two*

 

 

~Swift Spark~

 

Born in Ponyville, this pegasus has lived most of his life with his feet on the ground but his head in the clouds. Literally. From a young age, he's done daily training routines to prepare himself for the annual Cloudsdale flying competition.

 

Eight years straight he has competed, though he's only won first place two times and the rest he comes in second or third.

 

This year, however, he planned on taking the first prize and impressing one of the judges. The judge happened to be the captain of a flight team called the Thunder-Strikes, a team that Swift had been wanting to get into since he was a young colt. Rather than impressing them at try-outs, he decided he'd take the cake at the competition.

 

He wanted to make sure that all of Equestria knew the name of Swift Spark.

 

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"Can you believe the nerve of some ponies?" Swift grumbled as they flew away from the two mares. Sure, he'd accidentally flown into her, but that was no reason to be so rude. Imagine, telling him he wasn't a good flyer!

 

His friend, a dark brown stallion named Obscure, laughed gently. "You punched a hole through a cloud with her, what did you expect her to say?" he teased.

 

"It was an accident, she didn't have to be so rude," Swift countered, pouting a little. "Anyway, after tomorrow, she'll be one of the many ponies to witness my true greatness."

 

Obscure shook his head and bumped hime aside. "Alright Sparky," he said, looking thoughtful. "Just don't underestimate that philly, she did look pretty ticked and I'm sure she wasn't just bluffing. Besides, she wouldn't enter the competition if she thought she'd lose."

 

"Everypony knows there's a chance of losing when they enter a contest," Swift Spark replied, flicking an ear,

"And don't call me Sparky!"

 

The rest of the day was spent in an empty space of the clear blue sky, not too far from Cloudsdale (it seemed that Swift Spark had learned not to fly in a place full of ponies).

Swift Spark weaved in and out, up and around clouds, going through the same routine over and over again. He practiced until his wings locked from exhaustion and he floated down onto a soft cloud. Obscure Cloud landed beside him, more steadily since he hadn't practiced as hard. Laying down, the two friends stared up at the darkening sky as the stars began to appear.

 

"You shouldn't have exhausted yourself like that," Obscure said, sighing a little.

"Don't worry, I'll be nice and well-rested by tomorrow," he replied, closing his eyes and starting to doze off within seconds.

 

Obscure cleared his throat after a moment, "Swift, there's something I have to tell you."

 

"Yes?"

 

"After this, I'm not going back to Ponyville."

 

Swift Spark, despite his tiredness, shot straight up and looked at his friend from foalhood. "What? What do you mean? Like, vacation or..." he asked, looking confused.

 

"No... I'm not ever going back. I'm heading to Canterlot..." Obscure replied, not looking directly at the blue stallion.

 

For a moment, Swift relaxed, but quickly tensed back up. "But why? I mean... If I win tomorrow, I'll probably head off to Canterlot myself, but... What if I lose? I won't be able to visit you often."

Obscure sighed and sat up. "I... Remember when I went to visit my aunt and uncle?" he asked, his voice quiet.

 

"Yes," Swift replied, nodding curiously.

 

"Well... I met a philly... And... I really like her. After the competition... I'm going to go back and stay with her... I'm planning on asking her to marry me."

 

Swift's whole world suddenly seemed to be crashing down. Not only was his best friend leaving him, but he was leaving him for a mare. Not only that, but his friend hadn't told him about this mare. He'd had plenty of time to tell him, it had been three or so months since Obscure had returned from Canterlot, but he broke it to him now? Now of all evenings? The one before the most important flying competition of Swift Spark's life?

That didn't hurt as much as the fact that... They were best friends who had always shared everything. But the most important decision of his life and Obscure had hid it from him?

 

"I understand if you're angry," Obscure said gently. "I just... Didn't know how to tell you before."

Swift sighed and let his head fall. His tired wings flapped and he lifted away from his so-called-best-friend. "I'm going to sleep," was all he said.

 

That was all he could do. He was tired, but sad too. More sad than tired now. He wanted to yell at his friend and tell him exactly what he thought about all of this, but he just couldn't muster the strength to do so.

He remembered when they were young colts, running (flying) around playing. They promised to be best-friends forever, no matter what. That was going to be a lot harder than Swift had imagined. He had known that Obscure, and himself, would one day get married and live new lives but... He hadn't imagined it happening this way.

 

Though... Swift felt a twinge of jealousy deep down. His friend had finally found his somepony special and was growing up, leaving him behind.

 

 

 

(Oh no, what's going on~? Sorry for the random commentary down here. Anyway, I know right now it seems so very irrelevant to what you may be thinking, but please bare with me. I'll be bringing it all together later, I promise.)

Edited November 28, 2012 by QueenMidas