Soarin turned his head to face his son, a look of barely contained disapproval on his tired features. He held the gaze for a few seconds before finally relenting.
"Okay, fine. Just this once though, Daddy needs some quiet time."

Intent on finishing his newspaper one morning, Soarin finds himself quickly losing his temper as his son continually finds reasons to interrupt his reading.

What starts as a simple wager before Hearts and Hooves day turns into something much greater than Rainbow Dash ever expected. But everypony has a past, and that past can come back to haunt you at the worst times.

This story is dedicated to anyone who had their heart broken...and found the strength to move on anyway.

Since Rainbow Dash and Lightning Dust have left the Wonderbolts Academy, followed by all the other recruits, Spitfire hasn't had a chance to interact with her fellow Wonderbolts; no soul barely knows she even exists anymore. Spitfire doesn't really mind because she's not even aware of how blind she is to the fact that she has no close friends whatsoever. Reason? Unknown.

But an evil spirit still draws breath, intent on taking back what's his by building a vast army of soldiers.
Beginning with a single mare.

Soarin is a very manly stallion. They don't let just anypony become Co-Captain of The Wonderbolts.

But that doesn't mean he doesn't have fears. One of those is making his captain, Spitfire, angry. So it's only natural he'd panic when he rips his flight suit during training.

Taking the advice of a friend Soarin goes to Carousel Boutique to have his flight suit repaired. And when he does so he meets the Boutique's owner, Rarity.

Soon after his visit the Wonderbolt Co-Captain finds that his thoughts keep drifting back to the beautiful seamstress. And that can mean only one thing, he's in love.

But how's he suppose to prove his affections to Rarity? And more importantly, is he the "prince charming" Rarity's been looking for?

Rainbow Flare daughter of two great Wonderbolts, living in luxuries at a cloud manor. But she thinks she doesn't deserve all this. Lucky for her, her mum is there to help her in all ways.
Rainbow Dash, Applejack and Rarity have planned a camp for their precious daughters, but they are up to a big surprise.

Sometimes, you just need a little quiet. Soarin needed to think. He had already decided what he was going to do, heck, he had known it since the day he met her. It was so peaceful in the sky. No disturbances. Just endless, cool silence. He knew what he had to do.

Because he loved her.

Because he was never going to let her go.

Because if the sky was burning and the light was fading and the world was falling down, she would be the only thing on his mind.

And god be damned if he was about to let her go.

Every Wonderbolt gets to cook in the kitchen and it's on a rota, both lunch and dessert. To Rainbow Dash's horror, it's her turn to make the dessert. To make matters worse, she must bake a sweet apple pie. Luckily, she isn't alone to do the task.

Soarin vector by MoongazePonies

After an off-hand comment is made by their daughter, Soarin and Applejack tell her the story of how they met, started dating, and got married.

Gilda and Scootaloo are suspicious of their friend Rainbow Dash acting differently during her and Soarin's wedding preparations. They soon discover something every creature else did not know: Lightning Dust had finally returned and is impersonating Rainbow the whole time as revenge for the reckless pegasus' fate the last time they saw each other in 'The Washouts'.

The incomplete fan fiction that motivated this story's creation was written by Skullkittenz the Reaper on fan fiction. I made a few twitches such as getting Gilda involved and making Lightning the antagonist instead of Spitfire, since making good characters look bad is something I will never do. Plus, Spitfire may have shown some bad values before in 'Rainbow Falls' where she reveals her selfishness when she dumped Soarin for a better flyer, and was willing to take away someone else's need for her own desires, alongside Fleetfoot, dishonesty when she deceived Soarin and Rainbow into believing her lies so she could get what she wanted, and immorality when she did what was obviously wrong, but she is not immoral to the point of being evil as a villain.

Second dates are the make and break factor in any relationships, it's like the rules of feminism.