Rainbow Dash Quickie One-Shot

>"C'mon you slowpoke! You gotta move faster than that if you wanna keep up!"
>You want to keep up.
>You follow her through a dizzying series of banks, rolls, and dives.
>You can move better than ever before, but you've got none of her effortless grace.
>You become transfixed as you watch her flitting around ahead of you.
>Time seems to slow as you watch her change speed and direction with the barest flick of a wingtip.
>You'd watched her on the ground and from the ground, but this.....
>When she's up in the sky like this she's unreachable, undefinable.
>And still every fiber of your being cries out to reach toward her.
*WHANG* *CLATTER*
>You had almost caught up, but she took a quick turn.
>You spun to follow, but your reactions aren't like hers
>You hit a spur of rock and now your wings are broken.
>You see her accelerate up and out toward the sun.
>The shape of her against the sky more blinding than Celestia's orb.
>Then you fall. The ground rushes up to meet you.
>But even if this is the last time, it's thanks to her that you could feel the wind and taste the clouds
>You close your eyes in utter bliss
>And feel yourself slow, caught against a soft, velvety embrace.
>"Tank, you knucklehead, you gotta pay more attention when you fly."
>You just croak and look up at her.
>You already caught her the one time it counted.