Summer Beauty had just returned from another day of being given a rain check by her father with her flight lessons, the new baby was taking up all his time!
 
Fragile wings this and wobbly walking that… it could go on all day and she was tired of it.
 
Why’d they keep that annoying thing anyways?!
 
No matter, she didn’t need them. Oh, she didn’t need anypony. Not when she had her best friend Crash Racket!
 
As she ran out into the field she knew exactly where he was.
 
“Hey Four Eyes! Wanna play tag?”
 
She called out to the grumpy colt under the big oak tree, reading another one of his egghead novels.
 
Crash looked up from his book, a disgruntled frown twisting his face but a twinkle of mischief in his eye.
 
“I’m reading, dingus! Something I bet you don’t even know how to do!”
 
Summer really wasn’t all that intelligent so it took her a few more milliseconds than she would would have liked to come up with a comeback.
 
“Uh…”
 
She mumbled, her wings twitching against her back as she felt so eager to fly.
 
Then she got an idea.
 
“I bet they don’t play sports at nerd college!”
 
Teasing her friend with a totally stinging burn, she grabbed the book from his hooves and took flight.
 
Making sure to not be more than a few inches off the ground. No higher than an earth pony could jump.
 
“Come get it!”
 
“Hey!”
 
Crash jumped up from his spot, galloping after Summer as she sped off.
 
“Give it back you butthead!”
 
He leapt up to grab her tail, fluttering his tiny wings to gain momentum. He almost had her caught, until she quickly flew just out of his reach at the last millisecond.
 
“No fair!”
 
The pair of them could go on like this for hours, or days, or weeks.
 
Summer was right, she’d never need anypony else. She and Crash would be friends to the end, even if they didn’t enjoy the same things. She knew life would be wonderful with her best friend by her side.