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Post by dragoonofdeath on May 16, 2011 17:00:15 GMT -5
Wildfire smirked at the course laid out before her. She had been called back to Cloudsdale for a refresher course run and was clearly not impressed with the course. She looked off to see Spitfire in the distance, flying in her Wonderbolts uniform towards the stadium.
"Spitfire, get over here will ya? I wanna get this done and get back by sunset."
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Post by Red Charge on May 16, 2011 20:52:35 GMT -5
~~~Spitfire~~~
"Oh don't worry about it," The mare laughed, "Soarin's had a bite of bad pie the other day, I got nowhere to be!" She landed softly on the clouds next to Wildfire, "Right, so let's start you off with a time trial. Go take a loop round the stadium, I'll time ya."
The mare went to a nearby screen with a digital stopwatch, her hoof hovering over the button to make it go. "Go when ready, and don't muck it up!"
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Post by dragoonofdeath on May 16, 2011 21:06:00 GMT -5
"Easily done."
Wildfire stretched her wings out and took off, leaving a streak of orange behind her. She hugged the walls of the stadium as she went around it in its entirety, skidding to a stop on the finish line.
"So, Soaren ate some bad pie eh? You'd think he'd stop and check if food is any good before diving into it."
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Post by Red Charge on May 16, 2011 21:22:48 GMT -5
~~~Spitfire~~~
"Uh, 52 seconds? That's... that's not fast enough,
the par is 30..." Spitfire chuckled, "That's not the best you can do is it? Come on, you're on the Heavy Storm Unit, is that what we have protecting us? 52 seconds around a stadium?"
At that, Spit fire took off into the air, pressing a button with one hoof and streaking across the stadium, a fiery trail behind her, engulfing the stadium in a ring of fire before landing on the button again at 22.6 "And I wasn't even trying that time."
"Come on, you're gonna keep trying until you get 30, get on up there again, lazy filly."
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Post by dragoonofdeath on May 16, 2011 21:36:44 GMT -5
"I am on the heavy storm unit, and I CAN do better then that."
Wildfire shook her mane around and bolted off without another word, zooming around the stadium as fast as her wings would carry her, her signature orange streak following close behind.
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Post by Red Charge on May 17, 2011 7:51:10 GMT -5
~~~Spitfire~~~
"Nope, still not cutting it, 36.4 come on, are you kidding me? Since when doesn't speed matter?" Spitfire yelled, "That's it, I'm lowering the par to 28, if you can't do that, I'm not passing you!" The mare called out.
"Get your bearings and get ready, this is your last chance to get it right. Oh brother, and we're not even at the obstacle course yet!" Spitfire reset the timer and stood patiently next to it, as Wildfire was going back to the starting line.
"Make this one count!" The yellow Pegasus demanded, "I know you can do it!"
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Post by dragoonofdeath on May 17, 2011 19:27:48 GMT -5
'28 seconds? Is this filly insane?' Wildfire thought to herself as she wiped the sweat from her brow and landed on the starting line. 'Alright, this is gonna be hard but I HAVE to do it this time.'
She flapped her wings back and took off, pushing herself to her physical limits around the stadium. She flew past the finish marker and threw herself back, flapping her wings heavily to slow herself down. She landed and looked back towards Spitfire. 'come oooooon...'
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Post by Red Charge on May 17, 2011 21:53:05 GMT -5
~~~Spitfire~~~
"27.6 Now that's acceptable." Spitfire said with a grin, "Very, very good. Obstacle course." She indicated at the complex run through Wildfire had to do next. Complete with barrel rolls, loop de loops, slaloms, cloud dodging, ascension and descent, storm clouds and even a misty area filled with obstacles to be navigated blindly.
"Right, you know the drill, complete all obstacles without failing, you fail one obstacle, run into one cloud etc... you have to start over. Go on ahead."
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Post by dragoonofdeath on May 17, 2011 22:23:07 GMT -5
Wildfire fell back on her haunches, mouth agape. 'ah Horseapples, forgot about the rest of the test...'
She lifted herself back up and took off, dodging the first couple of obstacles, slamming through a cloud. "Ponyfeathers..."
She hovered back to the start and took off again, making it to the storms section of the test. She smirked at the storm clouds as she flew under them, the cool rain calming her down, and cooling her off. She dodged an errant lightning bolt and zips into the blind portion of the test, slowing down to an acceptable speed to watch for incoming- SLAM-
Wildfire pried her face off of the wall, slamming an angry hoof into it. She flew up out of the mist and hovered back to the starting line and ran the course again, dodging the obstacles, lightning, barrel rolling and loop de looping back to the blind portion. She shook herself dry as she flew through the mist, dodging the various traps laid out inside and stopping an inch away from a wall with a small crack on it. "Not this time punk." She hovered around the wall and out of the mist, landing on the cloud marking the end of the obstacle course.
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Post by Red Charge on May 18, 2011 21:35:17 GMT -5
~~~Spitfire~~~
"Not bad, well, we're ready to move on to storm training. Come on." The yellow Pegasus said, streaking up high above the stadium, where there was a a shielded cloud, inside of which was a simple button, made to release storm clouds. After pressing it, the nearby weather factory immediately spat out several storm clouds, all of which were spewing rain and thunder on the stadium.
"Hope you're ready to get wet!" Spitfire called above the racket.
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Post by dragoonofdeath on May 18, 2011 23:07:17 GMT -5
Wildfire stood there in the rain for a moment, the thunder and lightning calling her into the clouds. She lifted off much calmer then she had during the other parts of the test and flew through the clouds, the thunder, lightning and rain all singing to her tune as she flew through them, slowly dispersing the storm clouds that were safe to initially pass through. She looked at a small group of clouds producing much more lightning than the others and cocked a smile as she zoomed towards them, dodging the errant lightning strikes and methodically disabling and destroying the clouds. she looked at the sun sitting high in the west, telling her it was getting close to sundown. She zipped through the remaining rain clouds, bucking and flying through several of them, making a large hole in the clouds remaining clouds as they fell apart. As the final storm clouds dispersed she landed on the cloud flooring of the stadium, her coat glistening from the rain and a giant smile on her face. She began to shake herself off and sat down on the cloud, waiting to hear if she had passed or not.
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Post by Red Charge on May 18, 2011 23:16:21 GMT -5
~~~Spitfire~~~
"Alright, I've seen enough, work on your speed though." Spitfire said, yawning, "Refresher test completed, don't worry, you don't have to redo the entire advanced course. You passed." She said, "And now... paperwork." The mare's ears drooped, her least favorite part of being an instructor.
Gliding back down to the stadium, she shook Wildfire's hoof, "Hope to see you on the expert course some day." She said, before disappearing into the building, a weary look on her face.
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Post by dragoonofdeath on May 18, 2011 23:32:24 GMT -5
Wildfire smiled and let out a sigh of relief as she lifted herself up into the air. "Finally done...now to go home and nap. She flew over and out of the stadium towards Ponyville, the remnants of the rain water glistening on her coat. As she flew she thought of her slight mishaps on the course and made a mental note to do some practice sessions over the lake later. As much as she hated to admit it, she needed it.
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