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