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I made this on my lunch....
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Mare racing league:
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> Today was the day!
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> The Mare Racing League was coming to Ponyville
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> I put my ticket in months ago and every time I pass the barrels near city hall I get butterflies in my stomach
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> And after two months of waiting it's finally here!
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> I pushed my way through the crowd to the front of the stage
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> Atop the stage sat all twenty four members of the famous Pegasus Racing League and their filly companion racer.
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> Each member was from a different part of Equestria and every year they toured Equestria competing in races
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> Spitfire and her filly companion Sunbeam Surprise represented Cloudsdale
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> Kerfuffle and Barely Bale represented Hope Hollow
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> Bat Bich and Lil B represented Battopia
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> They are the back of the stage while horns sang and streamers fell from the sky because today was a very special day
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> It wasn't just a race day
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> They were all here to judge for one reason
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> To introduce Ponyville into the Equestria racing league.
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> Everypony who wanted to be part of the racing league put their name in one of the barrels
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> Pink slip for fillies and blue for mares
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> Spitfire, the league captain was to pick a name from each barrel and sort ponies into pairs
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> I was so excited I could barely contain myself!
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> Rainbow Dash and I are going to get paired for sure and we'll crush the competition!
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> The crowd of Pegasi hushed to a murmur as the horns died and Spitfire took to the centre of the stage between the barrels.
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> She sunk her hoof into the barrel on her left and pulled out a pink ticket then did the same to the one on her right and pulled out a blue ticket
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> "Okay ponies! The first pairing is Rumble and Cloudkicker."
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> The crowd cheered
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> I watched Rumble sprint towards Cloudkicker and the two hugged
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> They're going to be a hard team to beat, but when Dash and I get paired, no pony will stand a chance!
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> The crowd hushed and Spitfire continued calling names
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> After about fifteen minutes most ponies were paired off, except for me, Rainbow and a strange green filly I had never seen before.
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> They had a black mane and a question mark cutie mark.
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> How strange.
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> Spitfire pulled a blue ticket from the barrel and read it aloud
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> "Rainbow Dash will be paired with…."
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> Oh my gosh! I couldn't take the suspense any longer!
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> She reached deep into the barrel and pulled out a pink ticket.
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> "Anon Filly!"
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> It took me a second to comprehend what just happened
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> But when I did, my heart sank
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> Anon Filly!?
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> Who the heck is Anon Filly
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> I turned to Dash, she shot me an apologetic look
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> It wasn't supposed to go this way!
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> Dash approached the filly looking just as confused at her as I did
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> If Dash is with her. Who's my partner?
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> "Last tickets!" Spitfire shouted like a bootcamp instructor
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> She reached deep into the barrels and grabbed the final tickets
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> "Scootaloo and Derpy Hooves!"
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> Derpy Hooves!?
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> No!
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> Anypony but her!
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> I ran into the stage and fell to my knees
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"Please Spitfire! I can't be paired with her! She can barely fly!"
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> She shot me an annoyed expression
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> "Scootaloo, the rules are simple, if you're a Pegasus, you can enter. That's the only requirement. You get who you get."
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> She returned to the company of her fellow league members and they all exited the stage
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> So…If I'm partnered with Derpy, where was she?
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> As if on cue I saw across the hill Trotting towards me
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> Great…
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> She twisted her head around
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> "Ummm…Hello? Is anypony around?"
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> For the love of Celestia
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> "Am I in the wrong place?"
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> She squinted
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> "Over here Derpy." I sighed
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> She smiled and trotted towards me
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> "Scootaloo! How are you doing!?" She cheered
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> "We're partners, how do you think I feel?"
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> She smiled and hugged me tight
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> "We're partners?! Oh my gosh, how exciting!"
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> I pushed her away
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"Why were you so late?"
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> "Oh! I'm always picked last for this sort of thing so I figured I had time." She chuckled
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> What the heck was that supposed to mean?
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> This was a draw, not high school buckball.
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"Okay, whatever, it's fine. But you better not be late for practice." I warned
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> "Oh, of course Scootaloo. This is going to be my top priority."
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"Good. Now we have to start practicing, how good are you at flying?"
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> "Well, I'm not the greatest on account of my eyes."
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> "Yeah, you're practically blind."
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> "I can still see! I just gotta squint."
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> She narrowed her eyes
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> "There you are!" She giggled
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"Derpy, why did you join the race if you can't see?"
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> "I thought it would be fun! And I've always wanted a filly to talk with, ponies in town always say I'm great with ponies your age but I've never had a filly of my own."
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> "But Derpy. You can't see!"
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> "Well you can't fly. Why did you join?"
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> There may not have been a hint of malice in her voice but I was still offended
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"I've been practicing!"
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> "Oh, well that's good." She smiled
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> I looked over at Rainbow who was with Anon Filly
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> "Come on! We gotta practice if we wanna win this thing!"
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> Anon Filly looked annoyed
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> "I don't wanna, I'm only here because Twilight told me to get outta the treehouse. How about you do all the flying, stunts and physical stuff and I'll watch."
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> Rainbow looked like she was about to snap
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> "You have wings little filly. you should try using them once a while."
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"I'm a grown ass man Rainbow."
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> "You're a what? I don't even know what that means!"
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> "Of course you don't." Anon sighed
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> Rainbow grabbed Anon by the wing and pulled him down the trail towards the gorge
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> "You're gonna learn to fly and we're gonna win this thing. You're not going to embarrass me in front of Spitfire."
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> I looked over at Derpy who was squinting at the two
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> "Who's Anon?"
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"I don't know Derpy, but if they learn to fly before me and beat us I'm gonna be so angry."
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