They just don’t get it. AJ and Princess Egghead kept yammering on about how it was impossible. Pinkie just wanted me to go pranking with her, instead. Fluttershy… Fluttershy was super sad. Begged me not to go. Seriously, I swear I wasn’t trying to make her cry! At the same time, it was sorta selfish of her. Pissed me off a little.

I give a few strong flaps. Partly it’s to keep moving forward, duh, but also it’s getting sorta chilly already. Gotta keep the blood pumping. Nothing but fire in these veins, heh.

Rarity. Seriously, of all my friends, Rarity was the only one who got me. How messed up is that? Everypony else was all, “No, Rainbow, don’t be awesome!” But then Rarity just gets this weird grin, kinda like she was pranking, but more serious somehow? Like she was looking at something in the room that wasn’t there? Dunno. But she asked if this was “one of those things in life that you simply have to… do.” And it was like, finally! Somepony here gets what I’m talking about! Twi seemed a little ticked off that Rarity was siding with me, but by that point it didn’t even matter.

Somepony believed in me. That’s all I need. Thousands are great, sure, but sometimes you only need one.

I’ve been flying for, jeez, I dunno, probably for most of the day? The sunset’s maybe in a half-hour or so, from the looks of it. And my Ponyville-to-Canterlot time is down to nine thirty seven, so that means I’ve already flown… far. Like, crazy far. But I still don’t feel like the horizon’s any closer. I guess Twi wasn’t kidding when she was talking all that science mumbo-jumbo.

No, seriously though, this is ticking me off. I slow down a bit and look back toward Ponyville. It’s gotta be—

What the heck?

I can’t even see Ponyville. Did I get lost? There’s Baltimare, there’s Canterlot waaay in the distance, so Ponyville should be…

What the heck?

I look back the way I’d been going. My eyes have gotta be playing tricks on me, but… the horizon isn’t any closer.

That wasn’t what I meant at all! I wanted to fly over the horizon! I didn’t wanna just fly until Ponyville moved away and the ocean moved closer. That’s stupid. I do that all the time. So what if the scenery changes below me? I’m still here. I want to be there.

I smash a few stupid clouds, feeling my chest getting so tight that it hurts to breath. What the heck is the point? I fly and I fly and I fly and I never get any closer. If you’re flying somewhere and you’re not getting any closer, that means you aren’t moving. Any pegasus filly could tell you that. So if I’m not even moving, I’ll never get there, and if I’ll never get there, that means there’s no point in even trying.

Fluttershy was right. I shouldn’t have left.

Pinkie was right. I shoulda just spent today having fun instead.

Twilight was right. This was never possible to begin with. I was full of it, thinking that somehow I could.

Rarity…

Rarity tricked me, didn’t she? I knew there was something weird going on with that grin of hers! She just sent me off on some wild goose chase, telling me that I could do it, when there was never any hope in the first place. She never honestly believed in me in the first place, did she? That big jerk! As soon as I get back to Ponyville, I’m really gonna let her have it.

Back to Ponyville? Is that it, then? Probably not gonna make it home until it’s super late, if I start back now.

I look over my shoulder.

Y’know what? No. I don’t care that all my flying so far has just been a waste of time. If I fly back to Ponyville now, I’ll never get to the other side. I don’t care how hopeless this is. There’s at least a chance that I’ll make it over that horizon.

I’m gonna do it.

I’ll show ‘em all what I’m made of.