When Rainbow Dash touches down, the ground is already shaking. Everypony in Rainbow Falls is roaring with approval, their hooves outstretched towards her, the sky, and the timer that’s egging them all on from the center of the pitch. She’s just flown one of the fastest steepleflight splits in history and, with fractions of a second to spare, put the team from the town of Ponyville on her back and qualified for the Equestria Games.
But even as the shouts and cheers wash over her, even as Spitfire and the other Wonderbolts walk up to congratulate her, Rainbow’s thoughts are on something else. She’s the reason Ponyville was able to qualify, but she wouldn't have even had the opportunity to try without her flightmates. From across the pitch, Bulk Biceps strides solemnly forward, parting the crowd with ease as Fluttershy follows close behind him. As Spitfire smiles and starts to talk, Rainbow Dash raises a hoof right in her face, sidesteps past her, and meets Bulk halfway.
“You,” he growls, raising his foreleg to point at her nose. A moment later, the leg drops, and he smirks. “You’re still dangerous,” he admits. Caught up in the emotion of the moment, he can’t bring himself to say it, so Fluttershy puts a hoof on his shoulder and says it for him.
“You can be our wingpony anytime,” she says. Rainbow takes one last glance back at the Wonderbolts, then turns back to Fluttershy and shakes her head. Earlier today, she wouldn’t have thought twice about leaving her team behind for a chance to join the fastest ponies in Equestria. Now, though, she couldn’t imagine flying with anypony else.
“Horseapples,” she says with a grin. “You guys can be mine.”
I’m Aquaman, this is the “Rainbow Falls” episode followup, and if you aren’t listening to Kenny Loggins right now then I have nothing else to say to you. Let’s take off.
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