Butterfly in the Sky, I Can Go Twice As High

[elementofloyalty]

Characters: Rainbow Dash, Ed Elric, and Twilight Sparkle
Location: Twilight's room to start
Rating: PG (Ed is kinda foul-mouthed)
Open/Closed/Finished: Closed
Summary: Rainbow and Ed have a deal. Ed, if you will forgive the term, is ponying up his part first.



Knock knock knock. There's a Rainbow at Twilight's door.

"Twilight! Hey Twilight! I need your magical expertise!"

The pegasus pony practically radiated delight. She'd been looking forward to this for some time, now, and finally having the chance to put it into motion meant she was just plain thrilled.

Comments

[elementofloyalty]

Heck no they're not! Rainbow pulled up a good thirty feet above the ground, which here was mostly plains, then set a course for the west.

"Ever wondered what a town looks like from above?"

[rewritethis]

His face fell as he caught on, before she'd finished voicing the suggestion. "Hey, you said we'd stay up where nobody could see. What happened to that?"

Yeah, at least from this height he knew falling wasn't going to be nearly as big a deal, but it wasn't much compensation...

[elementofloyalty]

"We can fly up again when we get closer! This is just so you can see it all the way I do for a bit!"

She reversed course abruptly to loop around him, laughing. "You're so used to seeing things up close, when's the last time YOU just sat back and saw everything? It oughtta be a good perspective for you!"

[rewritethis]

"Sat back and..." He looked a little aggrieved, if only on principle - that wasn't the first time someone had ever suggested something like it to him. "Never heard of a roof?" Although, no, he hadn't been hanging around many of those lately either.

[elementofloyalty]

"Yeah, but this is better. Taste that freedom!"

She pulled up again, all but bristling with suppressed energy. Racing, speed, performance -- they were all in her blood! Slowing down like this wasn't foreign, but she really wanted to show off what a pair of wings like hers could do.

[rewritethis]

Distracted by the scenery just below, it took him a moment to notice she was stopping, and a few more to come to a still slightly ungainly halt himself.

"Something I'm supposed to be looking at?"

[elementofloyalty]

"Me, because I'm so amazing in the air, of course," she said, grinning slyly. "Come on, we'll head higher again. I wanna get there before the sun sets!"