Rainbow Dash (G4)/Synopsis

The synopsis of Rainbow Dash from My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.
==History==
===Past===
Rainbow Dash was the first in her class to get her cutie mark along with the rest of her team. She tells the Cutie Mark Crusaders in The Cutie Mark Chronicles the story of how she got her cutie mark. Her story is set in summer flight camp, where she defends Fluttershy from a pair of bullies, who refer to the blue filly as "Rainbow Crash". Hoops, one of the bullies already has their cutie marks, where Dash and Fluttershy do not. 
Rainbow Dash challenges the two bullies to a flying Pegasus race, and in the ensuing contest, she discovers her passion for speed and for winning. Going through the race course, she performs her very first sonic rainboom, not only gaining her own cutie mark but also inadvertently setting in motion the events that would cause Fluttershy and her future Ponyville friends to gain their own cutie marks.
===My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic===
====Season 1====
=====Friendship is Magic=====
Rainbow Dash's first appearance was when Spike remarks that she's supposed to be the pegasus in charge of cloud clearing. Before Twilight Sparkle could comment on this, the blue pegasus herself dashes in, tackling her into a muddy puddle. Feeling bad for dirtying her, Rainbow Dash quickly soaked her with a rain cloud before drying her up, causing her mane to puff up.
Once done, Rainbow Dash proceeds to introduce herself and her motivations, prompting Twilight to taunt her about her speed. Not wanting to pass up a chance to show off, the blue pegasus quickly dashed around, finishing her cloud clearing job in below 10 seconds before finally dashing away. 
At the celebration, Rainbow Dash was present to witness the return of Nightmare Moon though her attempts to fly closer was stopped by Applejack pulling her down. 
Rainbow Dash along with the rest of the Mane Six arrived at Golden Oak library to learn about the method to defeat this new threat. It came in the form of magical items sealed away in a faraway place known as the "Elements of Harmony". With that, she joined the rest of the group in their journey to retrieve these items, unaware that Nightmare Moon had been listening in on their conversation.
Among the threats the group had to brave through, Rainbow Dash got her time to shine when she stopped Twilight from falling off a ravine. The Mane Six soon realized that the bridge normally present was broken, prompting the blue pegasus to fly across into the foggy edge. 
Upon reaching the other side, a group of elite flyers called the "Shadowbolts" appear and despite their convenient timing, non-existent reputation, cruel offer, and ominous aesthetics, Rainbow Dash almost falls for their invitation. Luckily she still chooses to stick to her friends and town, rejecting the Shadowbolts' offer and sending them away, revealing them to be illusions all along.
After surviving the many threats before them, the Mane Six eventually arrived at where the elements were contained, only to immediately be attacked by Nightmare Moon, resulting in the destruction of the elements. Luckily, Twilight soon realized the true nature of the elements and how each of her friends represents a piece of them, allowing for the recovery of the elements which were turned into necklaces.
This was followed by the rest of the Mane Six floating over the evil alicorn and blasting her with a rainbow colored beam, reverting her to her less evil form, Princess Luna. After hearing Princess Celestia's explanation on her relations to her sister, the rest of the group went back to celebrate Luna's return.
=====The Ticket Master=====
After listening to Applejack's reasoning for wanting to go to the gala, Rainbow Dash crashes into the scene, somehow overhearing everything and showing interest in Twilight's gala ticket. Her reasoning involved wanting to show off to the Wonderbolts and hopefully earning their respect in order to join them. She ends up arguing with the orange pony over who gets to have the ticket, prompting the purple unicorn to slip away. 
In an attempt to bribe Twilight, Rainbow Dash makes a hole in the rain cloud that was above her and Spike, keeping them safe from the rain. Unfortunately, the purple unicorn reminds her to not to do favors, prompting her to seal the hole and causing the rain to drench Twilight and Spike.
At the end of the day, Twilight eventually managed to get a few extra tickets, allowing for the rest of the Mane Six to be invited to the gala. This will be important later at the final episode of the season. 
=====Applebuck Season=====
Rainbow Dash was present during Applejack's appreciation ceremony, somehow not noticing how tired she seemed. Later down the line, she ended up asking the orange pony for help on a stunt despite everything that had been happening throughout the episode, resulting in her repeatedly hurting herself by falling flat on the ground. In her last attempt, she manages to hit the target, launching the blue pegasus into Golden Oak Library. 
She was there at the ending when Applejack finally breaks down and asks for help.
=====Griffon the Brush Off=====
During one of her flying routines, Rainbow Dash catches Pinkie Pie's attention and decides to ignore her, resulting in the blue pegasus flying into a mountain. Later her attempts at hiding from the pink pony were thwarted though she soon finds that Pinkie Pie only wanted to invite her to prank Spike. 
They later wait for Spike to come out before using a thunderbolt to startle him which also results in a hiccup. This wouldn't be so bad if it didn't trigger his teleporting fire which sends the scrolls he was holding to Princess Celestia. After checking up on him, they decide to continue their pranking spree, painting Applejack's apples, switch Twilight's ink with disappearing ink, and give sneezing powder to Rarity. They weren't particularly annoyed by this which prompted Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash to continue this behavior.
Finding Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash planned on pranking her though Pinkie Pie quickly stops her as the yellow pegasus may not be able to handle it. The two decide to just prank each other before ending the day though in the next one, she ends up inviting Gilda, her cruel griffon friend. After introducing the griffon to the pink pony, the blue pegasus explains that she had been planning to spend time with her friend and excuses herself from Pinkie Pie's pranking session.
Unfortunately, she remains unaware of how truly cruel Gilda really was throughout the episode until she was invited to one of Pinkie Pie's parties. Throughout the party, the griffon finds herself subjected to various pranks while trying to hide it from the rest of the crowd. 
The last straw involves a game of "Pin the Tail on the Pony" which in her paranoia, she ends up moving the other way and trips on some cake. Out of rage, she proceeds to yell at Pinkie Pie before inviting Rainbow Dash to leave, only for her to reveal that she was the one behind all of those pranks and the pink pony was just trying to cheer Gilda up. Disappointed in her friend, the blue pegasus sends her away before reconciling with Pinkie Pie.
=====Boast Busters=====
Among the Ponyville residents who are unsure of Trixie Lulamoon's boasting, Rainbow Dash in particular decides to question her. This is where the blue unicorn revealed that she managed to "fight" off Ursa Major and "win". During the challenge, the blue pegasus fittingly creates a rainbow with clouds though the blue unicorn is somehow able to manipulate and solidify it in order to trap and spin her around. 
Later down the line, Trixie's statement is revealed to be a lie and after failing to fight off the monster, she is humiliated and banished from Ponyville.
=====Dragonshy=====
Fluttershy rushed to town after seeing a cloud of smoke which she believed to be a fire. Unfortunately due to her soft voice and meek attitude, she failed to get anyone's attention, until Twilight intervenes. The Mane Six were later warned that the smoke is caused by a dragon which they need to deal with. After some preparation, the team went off to find the dragon which the yellow pegasus is particularly afraid of, paralyzing her temporarily and causing her to be extremely jumpy throughout the journey even with Pinkie Pie's encouraging songs.
Thankfully, the Mane Six eventually arrived at the cave the dragon was at though the yellow pegasus had to stay behind out of fear. With the dragon in sight, the ponies try and figure out a way to get it to leave. After all her friends failed their attempts, Rainbow Dash rushes in and commits violence. This understandably enrages the dragon and in its rampage, it broke Fluttershy's hiding spot.
Seeing her friends in danger, she manages to steel her will and approach the dragon. She was able to frighten the dragon with her tone, getting him to listen. With some stern talking and reasoning, she convinced the dragon to leave, earning her the praise of her friends. Despite this act of courage, she has not completely learned her lesson and ended up freezing up due to a leaf landing on her back.
=====Bridle Gossip=====
Rainbow Dash was seen hiding in Sugarcube corner along with the rest of the Mane Six minus Twilight and Spike who had just arrived. The two were briefed in on Zecora, a mysterious figure who occasionally arrives at Ponyville to run some errands though the rest of the townsfolk believes her to be an evil enchantress. Despite her imposing form, the purple unicorn figured out that she was a merely a zebra and that the rest of the town is racist.
While observing the zebra, Apple Bloom, Applejack's sister, leaves to follow her, forcing the rest of the Mane Six to follow her to her home. Upon retrieving the yellow filly, Zecora came back to her home, scaring the rest of the ponies as the zebra tries to warn them on the Poison Joke plants outside her house. Said plants had randomized biological manipulating properties and in Rainbow Dash's case, her wings are flipped upside down which prompted Spike to call her "Rainbow Crash".
While the Mane Six are figuring out what to do with these issues, Apple Bloom disappears again to confront Zecora and after some issues, the rest of the team arrives to find her stirring something in a pot while mentioning the yellow filly's name. After some confrontation, it is revealed that the zebra was not evil at all and that Apple Bloom is still alive and coming back. 
Along with the rest of the Mane Six, Rainbow Dash is cured of her affliction.
=====Swarm of the Century=====
After discovering a parasprite, Fluttershy decides to bring it to Ponyville to show to others, unaware that it had the ability to consume large amounts of matter and perform mitosis upon eating enough. While Twilight did not recognize it, Pinkie Pie did, prompting her to leave and get a few instruments. The purple unicorn later gives these horrifying insects to her friends. 
The next day, Rainbow Dash found herself swarmed by her parasprites, annoying her greatly with her friends also experiencing the capabilities of the parasprites. Shenanigans ensue, ending in the swarm flying to Ponyville and wrecking havoc.
Luckily this is all dealt with at the end of the episode.
=====Winter Wrap Up=====
Rainbow Dash was tasked with weather work alongside many other pegasi with Twilight offering to help. However she isn't an alicorn yet and as such, doesn't have wings. The blue pegasus appears later at the meeting, having issues with her job as with everyone else. This was thankfully solved by Twilight's organization skills, allowing for a smooth and successful Winter Wrap Up.
=====Fall Weather Friends=====
In a particularly competitive mood, Rainbow Dash and Applejack engage in multiple challenges with their friends helping to keep score. After multiple challenges and ties, the blue pegasus wins in thug-of-war though she uses her wings for this. The orange pony invites her to "Running of the Leaves" race and challenges Rainbow Dash to not use her wings which she accepts. 
They later move over to the starting line before noticing Twilight there as well and decides to make fun of her, a decision they will later regret. The two proceed to use a variety of cheap tricks to bamboozle each other until they finally drag each other down to the point that they both end up in last place and worse still, the purple unicorn wins 5th place. 
In the end they realize that they had taken their competitive streak too far and apologize to each other. 
=====Suited For Success=====
Rainbow Dash joins the rest of the Mane Six in their request for gala dresses from Rarity. As with everyone else, she was less than impressed by the white unicorn's efforts, pointing out issues when pressured. She also appears later in both fashion shows Rarity set up.
=====Sonic Rainboom=====
In preparation for the "Best Young Flyer" competition, Rainbow Dash trains Fluttershy to cheer for her though unfortunately, she is terrible at it. Worse still, the competition takes place at Cloudsdale, a city in the sky accessible by only pegasi. With this knowledge Rarity offers to test out Twilight's new spell which can give any pony a pair of wings.
The spell was successful and the three later go off to Cloudsdale where the pegasi there were particularly impressed by Rarity's wings and suggested that she join the "Best Young Flyer" competition. She agrees to this suggestion, much to Rainbow Dash's shock. The blue pegasus herself was growing unsure of her own capabilities after getting taunted by her old bullies. 
Out of nervousness, Rainbow Dash delays her turn until in the end, she has to perform alongside Rarity. The performance was below average up until the white unicorn's wings were burned off, sending her falling down. Witnessing her friend in danger, the blue pegasus quickly dashed in, managing to pull off the titular Sonic Rainboom in the process. 
With this display, Rainbow Dash wins the grand prize for the competition as well as the respect of the Wonderbolts and her old bullies. 
=====A Dog and Pony Show=====
Rainbow Dash along with the rest of the Mane Six are alerted to Rarity's kidnapping, participating in their efforts to rescue her though in the end, she took care of herself just fine.
=====The Cutie Mark Chronicles=====
While hanging out with her friends at Sugarcube Corner, Rainbow Dash is approached by the Cutie Mark Crusaders Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo. who were here to ask on how she got her cutie mark. This lead to her explaining her backstory which reveals how pivotal she was to her friends' cutie mark origins. 
=====Party of One=====
Rainbow Dash was amongst the Mane Six members invited by Pinkie Pie and her pet alligator, Gummy to yet another party which she goes to this time. Later she was invited to another party though she and Fluttershy reason that they're busy helping out a bear with his house. After the pink pony's failed attempt at stalking her friends, she manages to encounter the blue pegasus and quickly gives chase until they end up at Applejack's barn which was locked right before Pinkie Pie could enter. 
Rainbow Dash eventually finds Pinkie Pie in a state of madness, voicing a bunch of inanimate objects as if they're sapient beings that can party. With some struggles, she manages to pick the pink pony up before dropping her at Sweet Apple Acres where it is revealed that the Mane Six had been planning a surprise party for her all along. This thankfully snapped her out of her insanity. 
=====The Best Night Ever=====
Remember "Ticket Master"? Yes, this is where those tickets come into play. Rainbow Dash joins the rest of the Mane Six while waiting for someone. Fluttershy later arrives with a group of mouse in-hand which Twilight turns into, uh, horses, to pull a carriage, despite them all being horses. Anyway ignoring that strange occurrence, the ponies arrive to the castle safely, ready to enjoy the Grand Galloping Gala.
Rainbow Dash manages to encounter important Wonderbolts members with their coach Spitfire inviting her to hang out. For some reason despite personally asking her to come over, they are busy talking with other partygoers. In her desperation, she prepares a scheme involving endangering another partygoer and saving them though even this doesn't work. 
After some shenanigans, a statue ends up falling down and seeing a chance to prove herself, Rainbow Dash rushes in to save it, only for her to mess it all up and cause it to destroy a large portion of the room. This somehow got worse and Rainbow Dash alongside the rest of the Mane Six flee the scene, meeting up with Spike who had been waiting outside. Eventually Princess Celestia arrived to meet all of them, explaining that the gala is usually quite bad and she had hoped that the Mane Six would liven things up which failed.
====Season 2====
=====The Return of Harmony=====
Among the chaos Discord had brewed up, Rainbow Dash was run over by a cloud made of cotton candy raining down chocolate milk. Eventually the Mane Six were called in to meet up with Princess Celestia in order to brief them on the situation. The Lord of Chaos has awakened from his slumber and is planning to plunge Equestria into chaos and only the Mane Six can save it.
Discord was currently hanging out at a maze he had conjured, the Elements of Harmony hidden somewhere there and they need to traverse it without magic or flying. Unbeknownst to them, the Lord of Chaos had planned a clever trap to reverse the ponies' personalities in order to make it difficult for them to utilize their elements via social influencing and if it fails, hypnosis.
While looking for her element, Rainbow Dash encounters an illusion of it which serves as a bait for Discord. He later shows a vision of Cloudsdale collapsing as well as a choice, get her wings or stick to the rules. She of course chooses the former and with that, the Lord of Chaos had won.
Rainbow Dash remains missing during Twilight's attempts to cure her friends. They later attempt to catch her while she was napping on the cloud which she thought was Cloudsdale. Fluttershy was unfortunately unable to hold down her friend and decides to ask her for consent on this act, receiving refusal as she flew away. The ponies chase after the blue pegasus and after some shenanigans, they eventually manage to catch up to her. She was later subdued and restored to her previous self.
The Mane Six return to confront Discord who at this point was basking in his victory. Somehow seeing the ponies with their color and no longer in discordance was not enough to make him realize that his plan had failed and he still decided to let them get the first hit. This was a mistake and he was hit by the power of the Elements of Harmony, once again petrifying him.
=====Lesson Zero=====
Rainbow Dash and Applejack were found during Twilight's attempts at finding a friendship problem, the former seemingly destroying a barn. However as it turns out, the blue pegasus was merely helping with the demolition process which the orange pony requested. She is also there at the picnic along with the rest of the Mane Six to tell the purple unicorn that she'll be fine. Later at the ending, they arrive to speak in-defense for Twilight, having failed to realize the depth of their friend's paranoia. Luckily Princess Celestia understood and reminded them that the friendship problem letters do not need to be sent daily.
=====Luna Eclipsed=====
After Pinkie Pie shows up for candy, Rainbow Dash manages to scare her alongside Twilight and Spike with a thunderbolt, planning on using the event to prank others. Later when the purple unicorn is trying to change Princess Luna's mind after she cancels Nightmare Night due to a false accusation, the blue pegasus showed up and scared off everyone again, further disheartening her. 
However this also allowed Twilight to figure out the nature of Nightmare Night, that it was fun to get scared during this event. This allowed the purple unicorn to hatch a plan which later allowed Princess Luna redemption.
=====May the Best Pet Win=====
In her dreams, Rainbow Dash viewed an amalgamation of her friends' pets, the embodiment of her lack of pets which scared her into waking up. She later met up with her friends, finding out that they had arrived to take their pets to play together once a week. Her lack of pets strengthened her resolve to get one, much to Fluttershy's delight.
Fluttershy invited her friend to her home which housed some animals. After looking through her options, Rainbow Dash figured that she'd need some way to measure what pet she'd want. She decided to start up a competition which tested each animal's capabilities in speed, agility, guts, style, "coolness", "awesomeness", and "radicalness", the last few competitions showing the blue pegasus' desperation or inability to name adjectives. 
Once done, most of the points are equally distributed among the animals except for the tortoise who was beginning to get discouraged. Wanting a tiebreaker, Rainbow Dash makes one last competition involving a race at the Ghastly Gorge. As expected, the tortoise did not do too well due to its slowness and inability to fly. However it did come in handy when the blue pegasus was injured by a rock slide, prompting said tortoise to drag her to the finish line. 
In the end despite the hawk winning the competition, the tortoise won Rainbow Dash's respect and he ended up staying with her and getting a name... "Tank".
=====The Mysterious Mare Do Well=====
Rainbow Dash was present during her fanclub's meeting, egging them to praise her more. She had been engaging in acts of heroism while enjoying the fame it brings, despite her friends' criticisms. Eventually her glory becomes threatened when a mysterious superhero under the name of Mare do Well shows up and begins doing the blue pegasus' work. This also takes away her fame, earning her displeasure. 
During a Mare do Well celebration parade, Rainbow Dash figures out a plan to unmask the superheroine. She later approaches Mare do Well, causing her to flee with the blue pegasus giving chase. After a while, she eventually manages to catch the superheroine, revealing her to be Pinkie Pie. In an odd twist however, other ponies dressed as the Mare do Well show up and unmask themselves, revealing them to be her friends who in a collaborative effort, performed everything Mare do Well did in order to teach her humility.
=====Sweet and Elite=====
Rainbow Dash was present along with the rest of the Mane Six to surprise Rarity and check on her during her stay at Canterlot. They had planned to move Twilight's birthday party to the city so that the white unicorn can still attend, unaware of the lies she had said. Later during the party, the ponies realized that Rarity had been attending another party which prompted them to come over. 
Rainbow Dash in particular decided to play some croque, managing to swing her mallet at another pony's wig. Still in the end despite everything at stake, Rarity still appreciates her friends which allows to learn a lesson from this experience.
=====Secret of My Excess=====
Rainbow Dash was present along with the rest of the Mane Six during Spike's birthday party though what she gave was unknown. During Spike's attack, Rainbow Dash was there to witness the dragon's attack on Fluttershy and Rarity's kidnapping.
=====Hearth's Warming Eve=====
During the Hearth's Warming Eve play, Rainbow Dash plays the part of Commander Huricane, the pegasus tribe leader. 
=====The Last Roundup=====
On the day Applejack was supposed to come back, she instead sends a letter to her friends who were waiting and ready to throw her a surprise party, explaining that she won't be coming back though this does not deter them. Arriving at the town the orange pony was suppose to perform at, they eventually find her at a Cherry farm, claiming that she's fine and needed a change of scenery.
They were able to get hired by the farm owner, Cherry Jubilee, allowing them time to ask questions which irritated Applejack greatly, causing a disaster at the workplace. The next day Rainbow Dash alongside the rest of the Mane Six approach the orange pony during her cherry harvest work after she had been worn down by Pinkie Pie's sad song with a deceptively happy tune obnoxious cherry puns. They were able to convince Applejack to pinkie promise to tell the truth next breakfast.
However, the orange pony disappears that morning. The Mane Six discover her fleeing on a coach, forcing the other ponies to chase her down on a wagon with Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy pulling. After some shenanigans which resulted in Rarity and Pinkie Pie getting thrown off, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, and Twilight were able to apprehend Applejack. 
They discover what it had all been about, that Applejack had failed to win any prizes which forced her to get that job in order to send the money to compensate. Her friends quickly cheered her up as despite her failures, they would still rather have her still by their side. Which is ironic because they forgot about Pinkie Pie and Rarity who had been knocked off and are now trying to get back.
=====The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000=====
It was the beginning of cider season when the Apple Family would squeeze their own specialized cider which Rainbow Dash wanted to get this year. She also decided to drag Fluttershy out of her home in the morning, explaining how every year Pinkie Pie had always somehow ended up at the start of the line and in this case, it was because she camped out at the stand and invited a few other ponies. 
Unfortunately in the end, Fluttershy ended up getting the last mug of cider just before Rainbow Dash which enraged the ponies who did not receive the cider. This is when scammers Flim and Flam popped out to explain the details of the machine they had brought in, an automated cider squeezer as the name of the episode implies. 
After some competition between the Apple Family and the scammers, the former decided to employ the help of the Mane Six. Rainbow Dash in particular was tasked with powering the press alongside Big Mac. With their combined efforts, they were able to boost productions 5x more than previous which had the added bonus of scaring Flim and Flam into turning off their quality control functions.
In the end, the scammer twins lost their sway on the crowd due to poor quality cider, allowing the Apple Family to continue selling their cider which at this point, was enough for the entirety of Ponyville.
=====Read it and Weep=====
Rainbow Dash's flying practice was witnessed by Pinkie Pie and Rarity with Twilight joining later. This allowed them to witness the blue pegasus crashing and she was later taken to the hospital, her friends later coming to visit. While she will recover, she will need to be bedridden for a while. The purple unicorn in particular decided to give her a book, "Daring Do and the Quest for the Sapphire Stone" which Rainbow Dash quickly refused, claiming it to be "uncool".
Later after getting bored, Rainbow Dash finally decides to read the book, finding it so interesting that she ends up immersing herself in the story. That is until she is interrupted by Fluttershy and Twilight who have arrived with board games. In order to get them to leave, the blue pegasus purposely loses the game which works and they later leave. 
After yet another riveting reading session, Rainbow Dash finds herself once again interrupted, this time by Applejack, Pinkie Pie, and Rarity who are here to check on her. Fortunately, it's dinner time and after eating messily, the blue pegasus got to send her friends away. However after her last reading session, she was already healthy enough to be discharged which is a problem as the book is hospital property.
Not wanting to let anyone else know about her enjoyment of reading, Rainbow Dash attempts to get the book. After her attempt at faking an injury fails, she tries to steal the book at night. Unfortunately, she is soon chased down and ends up causing a ruckus which wakes up all her friends until she's caught in front of Twilight's home. The blue pegasus finally confesses that she enjoyed reading, something her friends accepted with the purple unicorn in particular giving away a copy of the book which she gladly took.
=====Dragon Quest=====
News of the Great Dragon Migration is spread, prompting the Mane Six to come over to observe though Rainbow Dash's attempt at convincing Fluttershy to join fails. Defeated, the blue pegasus joins her friends in the hole meant for safe observation. During the observation, Spike gives his friends some snacks though Rainbow Dash points out that he is a dragon, causing him insecurities.
The next day, Spike meets up with Rainbow Dash, Rarity, and Twilight for breakfast before explaining his plan to go to the dragon lands for a self-discovery journey. Concerned for his safety, the ponies later follow him to the dragon lands in a disguise, somehow slipping past some dragons who are insulting the baby dragon for being around ponies...
After a variety of challenges, Spike finally succeeds the last one and acquires a phoenix egg which he refuses to smash, earning mockery from the dragons. The ponies finally take off their disguise and manage to get the baby dragon out of the situation. In the end, Spike realizes that he was always loved.
=====Hurricane Fluttershy=====
On a seemingly regular day, Rainbow Dash suddenly gathered up all the pegasi in Ponyville and after counting them, she also retrieves Fluttershy. Once everyone is settled in, she begins the educational tape on the tradition for pegasi in specific regions to funnel water to Cloudsdale and that this time, it's Ponyville's turn. She had high hopes on being able to beat Fillydelphia's wind speed record, earning the cheers of the pegasi except the yellow pegasus who has disappeared.
Rainbow Dash decided to try and find her at her cottage though she seemed to be sick with rashes all over her. Fluttershy claims that she was infected with ponypox. The blue pegasus instantly sees through her ruse and proceeds to douse her in water, revealing her to be healthy all along. Later she falls over, saying that she broke her wing though upon getting startled, she managed to fly normally.
At this point did Fluttershy finally breaks down, explaining another part of her backstory in which she had issues with flying, leading to her getting bullied. Rainbow Dash was confused at first though after attempts at reasoning, she understands and leaves though the yellow pegasus did join in the end. The two got to witness the various equipment and methods Twilight and Spike had developed in order to assist with the endeavor. 
However in measuring Fluttershy wing power, they found her to be exceptionally slower than everyone else, failing to even get past decimal numbers. Despite Rainbow Dash's consolation, the yellow pegasus left in tears. She later regains her resolve and after some training, she meets up with the blue pegasus for another test, finding that she had improved 5 times above her previous score.
Despite this, it was still comparatively lower than the others and she ended leaving again, much to Rainbow Dash's dismay. A few days later during the event, many of the pegasi are sick or absent which made the formation of the tornado much more difficult. Fluttershy still arrives to give support though she had to witness as the pegasi, including the blue pegasus, fail to form the tornado. Despite the possibility of injury, Rainbow Dash decides to keep it up, leading the others to another formation.
They were falling short by just a couple points which Fluttershy could cover and with some encouragement, she joins the pegasi formation. With much effort she manages to surpass her previous score, allowing the pegasi to form the tornado safely and with that, the event was a success!
At the end of it all, Rainbow Dash was congratulated for her leadership though she knew that Fluttershy also played a big part in their success and directs the congratulations to her.
=====Ponyville Confidential=====
Rainbow Dash rushed into the spa, wanting to inform her friends about the existence of the Foal Free Press, leading to a conversation amongst themselves though the blue pegasus fails to notice a picture being taken of her. The next day they got to see the true horrors of public slander with Rainbow Dash in particular getting accused of being a softie for wincing during a manicure which lead to her mockery. 
After the CMC are confronted with the aftermath of their actions, they attempt to apologize for their wrongdoings. During their visit at Rainbow Dash's house, she ends up pushing a raincloud over them, forcing them to go somewhere else. After their apology stunt, they were able to absolve themselves of the hurt they've inflicted on many and their victims were able to forgive them later. 
=====MMMYstery on the Friendship Express=====
The transport of the giant well-decorated cake Pinkie Pie nicknamed the MMMM (Marzipan Mascarpone Meringue Madness), required the combined efforts of Big Mac for lifting the cake, Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy for balancing of the tray, and Twilight for a safeguarding spell. After some tense moments, the cake was safely secured onto the train for transport, as is the other desserts from the other contestants.
The next day, it is revealed that some of the desserts have been partially eaten despite Pinkie Pie's attempts to guard them. After her convoluted attempt at trying to figure out who committed the crime, Twilight steps in and shows several clues on the culprit or in this case, culprits. Rainbow Dash in particular was revealed to be the first culprit who had zoomed past the pink pony. She along with Fluttershy and Rarity apologize for what they've done.
Later on, Pinkie Pie manages to deal with the issue, allowing all the contestants to win the competition.
=====A Canterlot Wedding=====
Rainbow Dash was present along with the rest of the Mane Six when Twilight arrived to bring news about the invitation she had received from Princess Celestia, explaining the need for some help on a wedding. The blue pegasus in particular was tasked with performance duty, planning on making a sonic rainboom during the ceremony. This is also when the Mane Six learns of the existence of the purple unicorn's brother, Shining Armor who is the groom.
After taking a train, the Mane Six arrive at Canterlot, finding security in the place already increased. Twilight ends up meeting her brother and begins to grow suspicious of Princess Cadance while her friends continue with their tasks. At the end of the day, the friends gather together to listen to the purple unicorn's "paranoia" which unbeknownst to them, was completely justified.
Twilight's attempts to warn everyone went horribly wrong and was witnessed by everyone, resulting in her being kicked out. Little did they knew...
After Twilight finds the real Princess Cadence imprisoned in a cave underneath, the two manage to escape from their prison and expose the impostor for who she is, a changeling, still in front of everyone that is. However this discovery was much worse as the impostor wasn't merely a changeling but their leader, Queen Chrysalis. 
After explaining what she had done as well as her motives, Queen Chrysalis begins her assault, her changeling army already bypassing the castle guards. The whole crowd witnesses Princess Celestia's defeat in the hands of the queen, an feat that will become rather commonplace throughout the series. The sun alicorn begged for the Mane Six to retrieve the Elements of Harmony though they were soon stopped by the changeling army. 
In a desperate attempt, Twilight convinces Cadence to try and break the spell on Shining Armor which she manages to do. With the power of love, the two managed to cast a powerful spell that blasts every changeling out of the castle. In the end, the wedding goes off without a hitch and a joyful party ensues. 
====Season 3====
=====The Crystal Empire=====
Twilight meets up with the rest of her friends on the train, leading them to The Crystal Empire where they meet Shining Armor once again in the raging blizzard. The group was soon attacked by clouds of black smoke controlled by the evil tyrant, King Sombra. Thankfully they managed to arrive at the city, avoiding the clouds mostly unharmed.
After traversing the city, the group meet up with Princess Cadence again, now extremely exhausted from keeping up the barrier which protects the city. After some discussions, the Mane Six decided to look into the occurrence happening in the city and its denizens, the crystal ponies. The crystal ponies Rainbow Dash talked to seemed to lack parts of their memory, as are all the other denizens.
They had all faced similar results with all the ponies they talked to unable to give any valuable information. Visiting the library, Twilight was able to find a book on the history of the Crystal Empire, learning about a faire which served to restore the spirit of love and unity in the empire. After some discussions, the Mane Six are tasked with setting up said faire in hopes of restoring the memories of the crystal ponies.
After some nerve-wracking moments, the Mane Six agree to begin preparations for the faire with Twilight and Spike going off to find the Crystal Heart which is a pivotal part of the faire. Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy begin the show while Applejack stays to make sure nobody views the fake crystal heart.
While Twilight and Spike are struggling to reach the Crystal Heart, Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy were engaged in a jousting competition in order to distract the crystal ponies from the disasters going on outside. The yellow pegasus in particular lost this encounter due to panic and ended up getting launched, much to the delight of the audience.
Unfortunately, their efforts are for naught as despite their attempts, King Sombra manages to breech through the barrier, his powers affecting the city. At this point however, Twilight and Spike had managed to acquire the Crystal Heart and after some close encounters, the latter manages to get it to Princess Cadence. With its power and presence, she was able to restore the crystal ponies to their healthier form, allowing them to banish King Sombra once again and restore the city to its pristine form.
=====Too Many Pinkie Pies=====
Rainbow Dash and Applejack were visited by Pinkie Pie during the day before she finally passes out. The two later visit her once she woke up and invites her to activities with the blue pegasus inviting her to relax by the lake. Unfortunately, said activities take place at the same time which ends up motivating her to find the Mirror Pool. After cloning herself, she goes off to relax with Rainbow Dash though later it was interrupted when the clone comes back after being invited by Fluttershy to a picnic.
During the clone invasion of Ponyville, Rainbow Dash is one of the victims of harassment from those clones as Twilight tries to find a solution for this problem. The situation continues to escalate as the clones cause more chaos, forcing many of the denizens to hide until the purple unicorn arrives with a solution. After some teamwork, they manage to herd all the clones to one place in which they are subjected to the boring activity of watching paint dry which allows them to weed out any of the clones who quickly get bored.
In the end, only one Pinkie Pie was left, the real one. In the end despite the many activities she is invited to, she decided to just stay indoors and rest.
=====Magic Duel=====
During Twilight's telekinesis practice at Fluttershy's place, Rainbow Dash arrives to warn them of the return of Trixie. After a vicious duel, the blue unicorn manages to beat Twilight and banish her from Ponyville until the next duel. Until then, she will rule over the town with an iron fist. Among the decisions she did, the blue pegasus and a few other pegasi were forced to place a banner depicting Trixie. 
During break time, the Mane Six and Spike attempt to find anything useful in Twilight's library. Fluttershy in particular managed to find a book on the amulet Trixie was wearing, an artifact of great power known as the Alicorn Amulet. In order to bring the information to Twilight, the yellow pegasus was sent to get outside Ponyville and find her.
Fluttershy succeeds in her endeavors and later meets up with Twilight and Zecora, the former figuring out a way to beat Trixie and some time later, returns to Ponyville to challenge her. The purple unicorn managed to goad her opponent with an amulet of her own, allowing the duel to commence. After some amazing tricks and feats of magic, Trixie was left dumbfounded by the power of this new amulet, prompting her to snatch it and take off the Alicorn Amulet.
It was all a ruse however and said amulet was powerless all along, unable to even drag Rainbow Dash down after she managed to snag the Alicorn Amulet from Trixie's hooves. During the trick in which Twilight clones Rainbow Dash, it was revealed to have been Fluttershy in a disguise. With that issue finished, the Ponyville residents can now safely welcome Princess Celestia's arrival.
=====Sleepless in Ponyville=====
Rainbow Dash spent her time helping Scootaloo with her scooter stunts. They are later approached by Apple Bloom who invites them to a camping trip at Winsome Falls. The two later meet up with the rest of the campers which included Applejack, Rarity, and Sweetie Belle. They spent the night listening to the blue pegasus' scary stories which was scaring the orange filly in particular though she refuses to show it. 
Rainbow Dash along with the rest of the campers seemingly missed Scootaloo's nightmare induced paranoia and proceeds to go off on the journey normally. Later they arrive at a cave where the blue pegasus tells more scary stories which once again frightens Scootaloo. Later she ends up waking up earlier than Rainbow Dash and in a stunt, ends falling into a river. 
After getting saved, Scootaloo finally decides to confess that she had been scared all along which explains her behavior. Rainbow Dash admitted that she too was also scared of the stories she told and the two hugged it out. They eventually arrive to Winsome Falls where they share a bonding moment and spend the day together until nightfall when Scootaloo finally stops having nightmares, much to Princess Luna's delight.
=====Wonderbolts Academy=====
The Mane Six were gathered up while waiting for Rainbow Dash's acceptance letter to be delivered with Pinkie Pie in particular seemingly a lot more nervous than usual. Eventually, said letter does arrive which the blue pegasus checks, finding herself accepted. After saying goodbyes, she quickly rushed to the academy where she'll be staying for a week.
She is soon greeted by orientation which mostly involves Spitfire intimidating the new recruits. This is also where Rainbow Dash meets Lightning Dust and the two bond over their ambitions. Some time later, training begins and in this occasion, the instructor pulled out a device known as the Dizitron which is essentially a human centrifuge. After some failures from the cadets, Rainbow Dash and Lightning Dust managed to get great results in comparison to the other cadets.
Once everyone is in good shape, Spitfire announces that she's planning on pairing up the cadets with one being the lead. Lightning Dust ended up getting that role which disappointed Rainbow Dash greatly though she took it surprisingly well. The two later go through another training routine where they need to capture a number of flags in a ravine though the turquoise pegasus proceeds to ignore her partner's advise, leading to her injury despite Lightning Dust's success. 
Some time later, Spitfire explains the layout of an air obstacle course and that this one training session wasn't a race though of course, Lightning Dust doesn't take the hint. She along with Rainbow Dash eventually get their turn though they are slowed down by some slower flyers, prompting the turquoise pegasus to quickly fly ahead and mess up everyone else's flying. This did allow Lightning Dust to reach record time and despite the chaos she caused, she alongside her partner are rewarded. 
Rainbow Dash uses this time to confront Lightning Dust though she reasoned that she only cares about winning. Later the two are tasked with cloud clearing with the turquoise pegasus choosing to make a tornado to make the job go quicker. Unfortunately, they lose control of it, just as the rest of the Mane Six are coming over by balloon. The blue pegasus manages to save them with some quick thinking and help from the other cadets.
As they're recovering, Lightning Dust arrives to gloat over the situation and accomplishments, much to Rainbow Dash's anger. After a heated exchange, the blue pegasus realized that her partner's behavior has been encouraged by the Wonderbolts all along and she later confronts Spitfire, ending with her choosing to quit.
Later while leaving the place after packing her belongings, Rainbow Dash finds herself confronted by Spitfire who managed to come up with a response and realize the error in her ways. She realizes that recklessness should not be encouraged and decides to disqualify Lightning Dust, giving her lead pony badge over to the blue pegasus who was reasonably elated by this development. She later earns the respect of her fellow cadets and leads them off to their next training session.
=====Spike at Your Service=====
Among the attempts to try and break Spike's pledge to Applejack, Rainbow Dash suggested to give the baby dragon an impossible task which in this case, is to make a tower made of rocks which she will fly through. Somehow, Spike succeeded, forcing the blue pegasus to heed her promise and run through a tower of rocks, ending up in the rubble
=====Keep Calm and Flutter On=====
Spike and the Mane Six minus Applejack and Fluttershy are meeting up with Princess Celestia who is planning on releasing and reforming Discord. As expected, everyone there has issues with this idea though the sun alicorn has fate in this plan and knows that the draconequus may be useful as an ally rather than an enemy. Rainbow Dash later leaves to pick up the orange pony and yellow pegasus, the latter having an important part in this endeavor.
After some security measures, the Mane Six use their elements to reverse Discord's petrification, allowing him to break free... and taunt them. He does not seem to appreciate this gesture and intends on wrecking havoc once he figures out a way to free himself. Despite this, he was still brought to Fluttershy's cottage where he ends up crashing in and causing property damage.
Despite only a short amount of time passing, Fluttershy is confident in Discord's reformation and decides to invite the rest of the Mane Six to dinner with him. Despite their suspicions, the Mane Six arrive later that night to find the cottage well-decorated and no longer spinning while the draconequus was wearing a waiter's outfit. 
As expected however, chaos ensues and while the other ponies expressed their disdain for Discord, Fluttershy insists on not abandoning him which made him pause for a bit. Still, his plan had already gone underway which Angel reported on arrival. One of the beavers the draconequus had mutated managed to direct water to Sweet Apple Acres, causing a massive flood. 
Fluttershy still tries to convince Discord to fix this, resulting in him freezing all the water. Tired of all the abuse, she finally snaps which allows the draconequus to realize his mistake and proceeds to fix the damages he caused. In the end, Discord is visited by Princess Celestia who was quite impressed by the yellow pegasus' feat with the draconequus claiming that he'll likely use his powers for good most of the time... a statement which he will contradict repeatedly later down the line. 
=====Just for Sidekicks/Games Ponies Plays=====
After Spike decides to run a temporary critter-sitter service to get some gems, he meets up with Rainbow Dash and Rarity with both of them agreeing to leave their pets with him. Some time later, the Mane Six arrive to leave behind their pets with him at Twilight's home. Rainbow Dash in particular expresses affection for her pet though later covers it up. With that, she leaves along her friends.
The Mane Six arrive at the Crystal Empire, now pristine and free of evil crystals. They had arrived to deal with the inspector for the Equestria Games who is well-known for being extremely strict and that they need to be at their best in order to impress her so that the Crystal Empire can be the host for the games. Upon arriving, they are greeted by Princess Cadence who invites them to a spa.
Princess Cadence warns that the inspector, a pony named "Ms. Harshwhinny", will arrive at 15 minutes. A pony did come at the station which the Mane Six, minus Rarity who needs to style the pink alicorn's mane, assume to be said inspector. They manage to perform the cheer they had practiced perfectly which impressed the inspector. While Twilight is off to check on Rarity and Princess Cadence, her friends attempt to entertain the inspector, only to eventually realize that they had taken the wrong pony, one named Ms. Peachbottom.
They quickly rushed to the train station, finding Ms. Harshwhinny no longer there. Conveniently when they visited the spa, Rarity had already finished her job... and the inspector is also there. She began complaining about the lack of a welcome though she changed her mind upon hearing Ms. Peachbottom's experience. With that, the Crystal Empire is nominated for this year's Equestria Games!
=====Magical Mystery Cure=====
Among the chaos stirred by Twilight's cutie mark switching spell, Rainbow Dash ended up with Fluttershy's cutie mark and is overwhelmed by the many animals she has to take care of. Her cutie mark is currently on Rarity who is in charge of cloud clearing duties. Despite being unhappy, the ponies still continue to do these activities as it is their "destiny".
Eventually Twilight comes to an epiphany, she can try to remind her friends of what they meant to each other and in the process, remind them of themselves. After finding Fluttershy, the two arrive at her cottage, finding Rainbow Dash tied up by her animals. With some encouragement, the yellow pegasus attempts to interact with the animals to try and help out her friend, realizing that this was her purpose. Her cutie mark returns to normal from this encounter which encouraged Twilight to repeat this method. 
Rainbow Dash was later lead to town, finding it infested with storm clouds due to Rarity's incompetence with this task. After some attempts at busting clouds, she soon realizes that this is her purpose, allowing her to regain her previous cutie mark. Twilight proceeded to repeat this process until all of her friends are back to normal. Once finished, the purple unicorn realized that she can complete the spell that caused the cutie mark switching.
After reciting the spell, she ended up disappearing for a few seconds before coming back, now as an alicorn...
Celebration time
====My Little Pony: Equestria Girls====
With that celebration over, the Mane Six and Spike arrive at the Crystal Empire to attend a princess summit. During break time, they try to comfort Twilight who was beginning to get nervous of her new alicorn status. Later that night, an amber unicorn sneaks into her bedroom and steals her crown and despite all attempts to stop her, she manages to escape.
Later that day, Princess Celestia explained the identity of this unicorn, one going by the name of Sunset Shimmer as well as the nature of the realm she had went to. The rest of the Mane Six were not allowed to join Twilight and Spike to this realm and so they stayed behind, unaware of the horrors she will face... Well, most of them would be unaware.
While the Rainbow Dash in this article never appears in the movie, her human counterpart does play an important role, as do the rest of the Mane Six human counterparts. After a long journey filled with hardships, humiliation, found friendship, and tense moments, Twilight and Spike return to Equestria, already in possession of the crown. With that, her friends cheer her and the story continues. 
====Season 4====
=====Princess Twilight Sparkle=====
With all the free time that they have, the Mane Six cheer for Twilight as she learns how to fly with her new wings, Rainbow Dash being the one to help her out. Despite this she ends up crashing repeatedly until finally, she decides to just go indoors to view the stain glass window Princess Celestia had commissioned to commemorate Twilight's ascension.
While observing the glass pane, Twilight laments that her friends won't be there for the Summer Sun Celebration as they had been called in by the mayor to help out with Ponyville's own celebration. Applejack steps in to remind her that they'll always be united by the Elements of Harmony, said statement giving her comfort for the time being. With that, the rest of the Mane Six leave Twilight and Spike behind at Canterlot in order to board a train back to Ponyville.
Unbeknownst to them, a horrible predicament is occurring in Canterlot, followed by the Everfree Forest's invasion of Ponyville. Rainbow Dash in particular ends up facing the effects on the sky with clouds becoming dark and spiky but worst of all, are capable of attack which they do, driving the blue pegasus away. All her friends are also experiencing issues with this invasion with Twilight eventually coming over to make sure everything is alright.
After some explanations, the Mane Six receive their elements before summoning Discord to make sure that he wasn't responsible for this. The draconequus claims that he is innocent in this with only Fluttershy believing his statements. Just then, Zecora arrives from Everfree Forest after needing to evacuate though she had managed to save a few artifacts, one of which is a potion with dubious effects which Twilight drinks, allowing her to find out what is happening to the missing princesses.
After a harrowing look into the past brought upon by the potion she drank, Twilight eventually snapped out of it, having been mumbling throughout the whole vision. Unsure of what to do, Zecora suggested that she take another look into the past. Another harrowing vision later, she finds Princess Celestia and Luna explaining the details of the Tree of Harmony, the thing keeping the Everfree Forest at bay. With that in-mind, the purple alicorn leads her friends into the forest to check.
However, the forest always has a surprise ready for them and in this case, it comes in the form of a giant crocodile with rock-like skin. Twilight's friends managed to save her before deciding that at this point, they can't risk losing another princess and so they agree to send her back despite her protests. Now missing one of their members, they still continue their journey, eventually finding the fabled Tree of Harmony, currently constricted by the black vines that were everywhere though they fail to dispatch of them.
During this conundrum, they notice Twilight nearby in which they proceed to take her back in, having gotten lost without her presence. The purple alicorn figured out during her visions that the Tree of Harmony requires the elements and with some convincing, the Mane Six agrees to give their elements away despite the risks, their friendship being the thing that keeps them together.
This decision proved to be the right one as the vines retracted from the magic, followed by Celestia and Luna returning. A small chest with 6 locks appeared in the middle, its use currently unknown. The group returned to find Discord still there. As he ponders on the possible actions he can commit now that the elements are gone, Fluttershy quickly snaps him out of it. 
After hearing about how this problem all began, that being Discord planting plunderseeds at the Tree of Harmony, he reasons that he had thought the Mane Six an important lesson and thankfully, gets away with it. They all later arrive at the Summer Sun celebration where Twilight finally gets to use her wings properly, earning the cheers of the crowd.
=====Castle Mane-ia=====
Rainbow Dash and Applejack find themselves in yet another challenge with this time involving the ability to stand still while being swarmed by bees. The two tapped out at the same time, leading to yet another tie. The orange pony decided to do the next challenge at the old castle where she explains the terrifying rumors surrounding it which her friend is skeptical of. 
While traversing the hallways, the two ponies noticed a moving tarp which frightened them into fleeing, unaware of its true nature. Fleeing into a staircase, they pass by a number of suspiciously shaped torch holders. One of said torch holders was able to reach at Rainbow Dash, scaring her and Applejack into fleeing once again. 
As the screams of the ponies who had entered the place continue to echo, Twilight eventually snaps out of her studying to check out what's happening. There she finds her friends minus Pinkie Pie all huddled up together in fear. Checking the pony who had playing the organ which triggers the traps, she finds it to be the pink pony herself.
In the end, Twilight suggests that the ponies make a collective journal in order to compile their friendship lessons before leading them out of the castle. Unbeknownst to them, a dark figure with yellow eyes observes them from the shadows. This will be important later
=====Daring Don't=====
While speaking some animals, Fluttershy was approached by Rainbow Dash who was seemingly excited for something in 4 more months. She then proceeds to explain to the yellow pegasus about the next release of a Daring Do book, the thing she was excited for. During her excited rambling, the blue pegasus flies into a tree and gets knocked out, worrying her friend greatly.
Later that day, Rainbow Dash arrived at the library to find her friends enjoying a random holiday party which gives Twilight the opportunity to explain about the current conditions of the Daring Do publishing status, another 2 month delay. After some discussion, the blue pegasus decides that she wants to try and find the author and help her.
The Mane Six later find themselves in a desolate part of the woods where they encounter a lone cottage, supposedly where this author, A. K. Yearling lives in. While observing said cottage, they are startled by the author herself who was questioning the state of her home which is a mess. After some searching and discussions, Pinkie Pie points out the intruders in the cottage, prompting A. K. Yearling to throw away her disguise, revealing herself to be Daring Do. 
As the adventurer tries to deal with the intruders who are currently being lead by her rival, Dr. Caballeron, the Mane Six tries to process what is happening though in the end, Daring Do ends up getting beaten up though she refuses help. Rainbow Dash and Twilight conclude that the evil doctor is planning on using a ring in the adventurer's cottage to perform a dark ritual.
They continue to follow Daring Do despite her repeated refusal until they find Dr. Caballeron again, prompting the adventurer to get a disguise and try to buy the ring. Unfortunately during the deal, they are attacked by Ahuizotl and his minions, prompting the evil doctor to flee. Unfortunately, Daring Do ends up losing the ring when Rainbow Dash interferes, resulting in her getting sent away though her friends quickly convinced her not to do so.
That was enough for Rainbow Dash to regain her resolve and she quickly rushed into the fortress, finding Daring Do in a trap. She managed to rescue the adventurer in the nick of time. The two later sneak into the altar while the rest of the Mane Six provide a distraction. The two got to work with removing the rings which were too heavy for one pony to lift though 2 is enough. 
Once done, the place began to collapse and the two quickly fled to safety, leaving Ahuizotl in the rubble. In the end, Rainbow Dash manages to get Daring Do's respect and later a pre-order of the book.
=====Power Ponies=====
While the Mane Six are revisiting the old castle, Spike's comic book triggers a spell which sucks them all into the superhero comic. As a bonus, they also get casted as the superheroes of this story with Rainbow Dash being casted as Zapp, a parody of generic superheroes with electricity powers. After their failed encounter with the supervillain, Mane-iac, Spike explains to his friends about how their powers work.
They later approach the lair of the supervillain where an ambush resulted in them getting apprehended, except Spike who was left behind. Dragged inside the lair, they got to see the supervillain's evil plan which fittingly is hair-themed. After an evil monologue, Spike successfully takes down the minions, allowing the Mane Six to break free.
Mane-iac's attempt at trying to operate her weapon forced her to swat away a firefly, finally triggering Fluttershy's rage which allows her to grow in size. The beam ends up bouncing off her before getting smashed, all while the supervillain falls victim to her own weapon. In the end, the group managed to finish the story and exit the world. 
=====Bats!=====
Rainbow Dash arrives alongside the rest of the Mane Six due to Applejack's fruit bat problem. This was an even bigger issue due to her currently trying to raise a giant apple for a competition. Despite Fluttershy's attempts to convince everyone of the bats' harmlessness, they still go along with the orange pony's attempts at getting rid of them. 
After a meeting, Twilight formulates a plan to deal with the bats though they need Fluttershy's help. The fruit bats were gathered up to a single tree where the yellow pegasus stares them to submission, allowing the purple alicorn to safely cast her spell. Said spell removed the fruit-eating desires from the bats, making for a successful attempt at stopping their destruction. However while leaving, Fluttershy starts to suspiciously stare at an apple.
On the next day, the apples are still rotten, prompting Applejack to call her friends back. Finding a bat, they find Twilight's spell to still be functional. With no other option, they decide to perform a stake-out, gathering back at the orchard at night. Somehow they fail to notice Fluttershy's odd craving for the nearby apples until they split up.
Eventually Applejack finds what is possibly the culprit hiding in the darkness before calling in the rest of her friends. Shining a light on the figure, they find it to be no one other than Fluttershy who has morbed become a vampire batpony. As the group attempts to interact with their transformed friend, Twilight realized what had happened, her spell had redirected the fruit-eating desires from the bats to the yellow pegasus.
A few attempts were made to apprehend the transformed Fluttershy, all of which failed until Pinkie Pie points out about her stare, giving her friends an idea. Using Applejack's giant apple, they lure the vampire batpony into a mirror, causing her to use the stare on herself and get knocked out. This allowed Twilight to reverse her spell on Fluttershy, turning her back to normal.
In the end, Applejack agrees to Fluttershy's idea and sections off a specific part of the orchard for the fruit bats. As the Mane Six celebrate their friend's return, they are unaware that she still had some traits of this incident.
=====Rarity Takes Manehattan=====
At the train station, the Mane Six and Spike are ready to join Rarity at her business trip to Manehattan with her offering a few tickets to watch a play for her friends as gratitude for accompanying her. On their way, the white unicorn helps out many of the city denizens though eventually, it starts to rain. Luckily, her generosity pays off as a cab driver decides to repay the favor by giving the group a lift though unfortunately, Rarity ends up leaving behind her dresses.
As she despairs, her generosity pays off again when the hotel bellhop decides to repay the favor by bringing her suitcases containing the dresses to her. With that, she was able to arrive just in time for the fashion show where she ends up meeting an old acquaintance, Suri Polomare. She asks for help from the white unicorn who agrees to do so, even giving a piece of fabric for her.
This backfires when the rival ends up stealing Rarity's design, causing her great despair. The Mane Six and Spike greet her back at the hotel where she confesses about her mistake. Needing a way to be a step ahead of her rival, she decides to use the hotel room as inspiration before asking for help from her friends. This ended up taking a very long time, exhausting them from all the work though they did manage to pull it off, without getting even a thank you from the stressed Rarity.
After Rarity realized her mistake at the fashion show, she quickly tried to find her friends who had already left the hotel. Her panic was misjudged as they simply overslept and were just getting ready to watch the play though they also brought news of the white unicorn's loss. She wasn't particularly messed up by this and instead offers to accompany her friends with watching the play.
They had a great time at the play but as they were about to leave, they're approached by Suri Polomare's assistant, Coco Pommel. She ended up giving the trophy meant for Rarity, explaining that her boss had lied about winning to get the white unicorn to leave. As gratitude, she hires the assistant for another job before going home with a few gifts.
Amongst the gives she got was a glowing rainbow colored spool of thread... This will be important later.
=====Rainbow Falls=====
For some reason despite many other pegasi existing in Ponyville, Rainbow Dash chooses Fluttershy and Bulk Biceps to represent the town for the Equestria Games tryouts. As expected, the two were absolutely terrible at simply flying though they are enthusiastic about this event. The Mane Six help out the candidates in their travels to where the Equestria Games tryouts are going to occur, that being the titular Rainbow Falls. 
On arrival, Rainbow Dash finds herself disqualified from aerial relay due to her already applying for the sprint event. Still, she had fate in her team and later takes them to the tryout grounds where they get to witness the Wonderbolts do their relay, performing much more competently than the two Ponyville athletes. 
In an attempt to cheer them up, Rainbow Dash decided to take them to watch one of said Wonderbolts named Soarin in his solo practice flight, only to witness a horrid accident that sends him into the medical ward. Later Spitfire approaches the blue pegasus and explains that there is now an spot for the team. She was intrigued by this at first and later tries practicing with the Wonderbolts which prompted Twilight to confront her on this.
Some time later, Spitfire notifies her that Soarin is likely unable to recover in time which means that she can stay in the team permanently. Unfortunately, it also means abandoning her team. Faced with a tough choice, she decided to feign injury in order to not have to make that choice. In the medical ward, she is visited by Fluttershy and Bulk Biceps who have found a replacement flier and are grateful for her help in training them, wanting to give their medal to the blue pegasus if they somehow manage to win.
Once she was left alone, she decided to talk to Soarin who was also there, finding out that he had been set up to fail in order to open a spot for Rainbow Dash to join. This was enough to make her realize that her friends are the most important of them all. She quickly got up and rushed back to her team, choosing to stick to her team to the very end. 
During their turn in the tryouts, they manage to still pull it off and in the end, qualify for the Friendship games. The team are awarded medals for qualifying while Rainbow Dash herself receives a Wonderbolt pin from Spitfire which later in the episode, starts glowing with a rainbow tint... This will be important later.
=====Three's a Crowd=====
The rest of the Mane Six bid their farewells to Fluttershy at the train station, unaware that Discord had recently gotten "sick" which allowed him to go around and mess with everyone the yellow pegasus had left behind.
=====Pinkie Pride=====
With Rainbow Dash's birthday in a few more days, Pinkie Pie prepares her absolute best for her dear friend. During her preparations, she meets up with a travelling party planner under the name of Cheese Sandwich. The blue pegasus convinces him to join in on the party preparations which he agrees to, his abilities managing to draw everyone's attention away from the pink pony, much to her dismay. 
Pinkie Pie was disheartened at first though upon looking at her dear friends however filled her with her determination and she quickly rushed back to confront Cheese Sandwich. She later meets up with the gamboge pony as he's about to finish before challenging him to a "Goof-Off" to determine who the better party pony is.
After an extensive musical number featuring their reality-bending shenanigans, a giant pinata ends up falling on Rainbow Dash who is understandably unamused by this. Seeing her friend's pain, Pinkie Pie gains a revelation and she quickly forfeits the Goof-Off. With her loss, the pink pony packs up to leave Ponyville. 
The rest of the Mane Six arrive to comfort her as despite how great Cheese Sandwich is at his job, the pink pony is a permanent resident that's here to stay. After listening the the gamboge pony's backstory, Pinkie Pie finally regains her confidence and agrees to continue her party planning endeavors.
In the end, their efforts were well-placed and they managed to throw a successful party for Rainbow Dash. With the job done, Cheese Sandwich rides back into the sunset though not before giving Pinkie Pie one of his rubber chickens named "Boneless" which starts to glow with a rainbow colored tint... This will be important later.
=====Filli Vanilli=====
The rest of the Mane Six arrive just in time to listen to Fluttershy sing to her animals, earning her panic. Rarity ends up inviting her to be a member of the "Pony Tones" who are currently here for a fundraiser for a nearby pet center. Despite being a huge fan of the group, Fluttershy couldn't bring herself to join, suffering from severe stage fright. Still, they take her to see the setup for the show where they get to see Big Mac arrive with a loss of voice due to a turkey call competition.
Wanting to help, Fluttershy decides to use a concoction from Zecora, allowing her to regain the masculine voice she got during her poison joke affliction. She later assists the Pony Tones in their performances to fill in for Big Mac until the last one when his voice has recovered. Unfortunately during the performance, the yellow pegasus knocks over the curtains, exposing her performance to the crowd. Despite the positive reaction, her stage fright gets the best of her and scares her out of the place. 
While recovering in her cottage, she was surprised by Pinkie Pie who proceeds to poke her with various statements which scares her out once again. Despite the compliments she gets, she still vows to never perform in public again. However, Rarity points out that she was the one who suggested on going to all those performances and she genuinely enjoyed performing. In the end, Fluttershy agrees to join the Pony Tones though in the condition that she doesn't go on larger crowds.
=====It Ain't Easy Being Breezy=====
The rest of the Mane Six arrive to listen to Fluttershy's explanation on what to do to ensure a safe arrival of the breezies. Besides a good breeze which Rainbow Dash will be providing, they also need to be cheered on... quietly. Said breezies eventually arrive to town with the blue pegasus and a few other pegasi providing the aforementioned breeze. After an incident, the yellow pegasus decided to take care of some injured breezies for a while.
Unfortunately, she ends up getting attached to them though after an engagement with their leader, Fluttershy realizes she had a mistake and quickly sends the breezies away. Due to a lack of numbers, the breeze isn't gentle enough to carry these breezies, forcing Twilight to turn herself and her friends into breezies in order to lead the other breezies back home.
This plan was a success and they all manage to arrive back at their home to meet with their friends and family. After being turned back to ponies, Fluttershy noticed the flower Seabreeze gave to her for gratitude, finding it glowing with a rainbow colored tint... This will be important later.
=====Maud Pie=====
The Mane Six arrive at Pinkie Pie's place to find piles of rock candy littered all around in order to celebrate the arrival of her dear sister, Maud Pie. After some testing on the many sweets the pink pony has made, she finally explains their purpose, to make rock candy necklaces. Eventually the train arrives, prompting them to quickly rush there and greet the dull pony.
A lakeside picnic was set up with Maud eventually showing up, alongside her "colorful" personality. After a "riveting" game of camouflage, the rest of the Mane Six take a break while Fluttershy takes the pets back to their homes. Later once she's back, they discuss the possibility that the dull pony's behavior may be due to shyness. Rainbow Dash ends up inviting Maud to a game of boulder tossing by a lake which she wins despite not even trying. 
Pinkie Pie finally finishes the rock candy necklaces, only to be told by her friends that they aren't very fond of her sister, causing her great sadness. In one last attempt, she ends up making an elaborate obstacle course in hopes that it can help them all bond though she ends up almost crushed by one of said obstacles. Luckily Maud managed to step in and save her from the danger, earning the respect of the ponies.
Eventually they were able to reconcile with Maud and wade goodbye for her, until she comes back eventually.
=====Testing Testing 1, 2, 3=====
While reading a book, Twilight finds herself annoyed by Rainbow Dash flying about. She eventually confronts her and reminds her about her upcoming test. After some convincing, the purple alicorn teleports the two to the library where she plans on tutoring her friend. Unfortunately, her teaching methods were inefficient on Rainbow Dash, causing her to fail the quizzing session.
This was the point when Rainbow Dash got worried with her test, prompting Twilight to ask her friends for help on this issue. They too failed at teaching the blue pegasus who had finally lost all hope and decided to fly away. The purple alicorn later checks up on her which is when she figures out Rainbow Dash's learning method, multi-tasking. 
Later Twilight invites Rainbow Dash for a flying session where they converse for a bit. On their way back, the purple alicorn questions her friend about what she learnt which is when she realized that she had successfully memorized everything she needs. As it turns out during the flying session, the ponies below had been showing the required information which she subconsciously memorized during her flight. In the end, Rainbow Dash succeeds in her exam. 
=====Trade Ya!=====
The Mane Six arrive at Rainbow Falls in order to participate in the Traders Exchange event, a day in which bartering is legalized. Rainbow Dash in particular is planning to acquiring s first edition copy of a Daring Do book with Fluttershy tagging alongside her. The two eventually find said book by a stand though the operator only wants to trade said book for a 2-headed dog known as an orthos which is currently available for trading. 
Approaching the orthos seller, he agrees to trade it for a lamp, approaching a lamp seller, he agrees to trade one for an antique chicken statue, approaching the chicken statue seller, he agrees to trade one for a crystal chalice though upon managing to retrieve one of those chalices, it ends up shattering somehow. 
They end up having to glue the fragments back together before bringing it to the chicken statue seller who ends up shattering it anyway for a mosaic. Rainbow Dash stays at the stand to keep other traders away. However, the lamp seller is currently waiting in-line for an oat burger, forcing the two pegasi to help out the burger seller in order to speed up the line. 
After finally getting the orthos, they quickly rush to reach the book seller, Fluttershy using her bear call to scare away a group of ponies in their way though she ends dropping said whistle. However upon reaching the book seller, she has became frightened of the beast. The yellow pegasus quickly shows the harmlessness of it, prompting her to agree for the trade at the cost of taking Fluttershy to train said orthos. Rainbow Dash ends up accepting the deal, only to realize that she had made a mistake.
She quickly pleads to Twilight for help before giving a speech on the importance of her dear friend. It was a success and Rainbow Dash manages to get Fluttershy back though she never got to keep the book she wanted. Hearing this, the purple alicorn gave away her copy of the Daring Do book which the blue pegasus happily accepts.
=====Inspiration Manifestation=====
Among the chaos Rarity stirs while under the effects of Inspiration Manifestation, Rainbow Dash ends up getting put in a cumbersome dress during her day job. 
=====Equestria Games=====
Rainbow Dash participates in the Equestria Games and as such, arrives by train alongside the other athletes which gives her the opportunity to motivate her fellow athletes. She also appears during the introduction of Ponyville's pegasi athletes. Later when the cloud gets frozen, she joins the rest of the pegasi in an attempt to stop it from colliding with the crowd before Spike steps in and melts it all with his fire.
=====Twilight's Kingdom=====
After hearing about Tirek's return, the Mane Six gather up in order to greet Discord after he had been elected to try and stop the evil centaur. His comments prompted Twilight to go back to the old castle in order to see what to do about the chest on the Tree of Harmony while he himself goes off to try and find Tirek. Unfortunately, he was quite good at manipulation and even though the draconequus' friendship with Fluttershy is on the line, he still chooses to ally himself with the evil centaur. 
Eventually Twilight figures out how to open the chest, using the gifts each of her friends got which had an ominous rainbow glow to them. Remember "Rainbow Falls"? Yes, this is where the badge comes into play. Among the other artefacts the ponies bring, they all form into keys which perfectly fit the locks on the chest in the Tree of Harmony.
Unfortunately, they are missing Twilight's key and she ends up getting called in for a meeting at Canterlot to learn of the horrid truth, Discord has betrayed them and Tirek is rampaging across Equestria, forcing the princesses to give away their magic to the purple alicorn for safekeeping.
After receiving the magic of the princesses, Twilight goes back to Ponyville while attempting to keep her magic a secret, all while Canterlot is under siege by Tirek and Discord who find the princesses drained of magic. However, they eventually figure out this ruse and quickly arrive to Ponyville, the draconequus putting the Mane Six except Twilight into a cage. 
Once Tirek is done absorbing their magic, he moves on to Discord, betraying him as well in the process. After a tough duel with Twilight, the evil centaur was forced to use her friends as a bargaining chip for the magic which the purple alicorn agrees to. Discord ends up giving her the medallion he got as a sign of friendship with said medallion now glowing with a rainbow tint... This is the last key.
The Mane Six managed to avoid Tirek's attacks long enough to reach the Tree of Harmony and unlock the chest, releasing a rainbow colored blast which grants them great power, strong enough to obliterate the evil centaur and send him back to his previous prison. With that issue finished, they continued to repair the damage that has been done before finally, a giant crystal castle rises from the ground to replace Twilight's destroyed library.
As the powers wear off, Twilight is told by the princesses that said castle belongs to her while she herself learns the role of the Princess of Friendship, to spread the magic of friendship across Equestria. Despite this, she still credits her friends for playing an important role for her and they find 7 thrones inside said castle. A celebration was held for the ponies and a new and exciting era begins...
====Season 5====
=====The Cutie Map=====
Checking on the functions of this new castle, the Mane Six find that the desk in the middle of the main room is showing a map. It also has the capability of calling in certain members of the Mane Six via their cutie map and for this occasion, they are called in to a desolate town known as "Our Town". With Spike left behind to guard the place, the ponies venture off to this new adventure.
Arriving at the village, they find the denizens to be slightly discolored and always smiling which Pinkie Pie quickly notices, their houses arranged into a pair of parallel rows. Most disturbingly, their cutie marks are all the same, a black "=" mark. After meeting some of the disturbing villagers, they are lead to meet the cult/village leader herself, Starlight Glimmer. 
After some explanations of the values she believes in, the Mane Six were rather disturbed with Rainbow Dash in particular being discomforted by the staring. The group later requested some time to consider their decision in joining Starlight's cult. During their discussions which turns to arguing, they are approached by the cultists who are intrigued by the cutie marks and friendship of the ponies, prompting them to invite the Mane Six to a secret meeting.
They were soon informed of where the cutie marks are stolen using a magic staff and stored in a vault. Visiting said vault, Twilight believes that they had been called to the place in order to return the cutie marks to the cultists. Unfortunately, Starlight gets to them first and proceeds to take away their cutie marks and replacing them with the black "=" marks before dropping them off at a re-education house.
While stuck in said re-education house, the ponies to contend with both propaganda and having to deal with a lack of their former talents. Rainbow Dash in particular has been unsuccessfully attempting to break through the door. The Mane Six decide to send Fluttershy out in order to try and learn more about the situation. This proved to be a worthwhile endeavor as she learns something pivotal...
Starlight Glimmer had a cutie mark all along.
The next day when Starlight goes off to check on the rest of the Mane Six with Party Favor, the pony that got put in the re-education house, exiting while claiming remorse. Fluttershy quickly douses the heliotrope unicorn in water, revealing her true cutie mark. 
The cultists soon realized that their leader is a hypocrite all along and quickly turn on her. While they're rushing to retrieve their cutie marks, the Mane Six approached Starlight's house to find that she had ran off with their cutie marks. With the help of the villagers and their special talents, the Mane Six finally catch up with Starlight and succeed in regaining their cutie marks.
Twilight in particular engages in a spell fight against an enraged Starlight until she was forced to flee. In the end, the now no longer cultists celebrate their freedom from the cult. The Mane Six's cutie marks gave one last glow which they realize to be a sign that their mission is finished. 
=====Castle Sweet Castle=====
the Mane Six arrive at Twilight's new castle, finding her a disheveled mess. They decide to listen to her reasoning as well as everyone else's experience with Twilight's behavior. As it turns out, she had been uncomfortable in her castle, prompting her friends to offer a makeover to the house while she gets a relaxing day in the spa. With her agreement, the ponies come back later with some decorative items in order to make the castle more lively. 
Their combines efforts ended up creating a mess with Rainbow Dash in particular putting Wonderbolt Memorabilia and Daring Do posters to make the place more awesome. Realizing their mistakes, Spike was quickly sent to stall Twilight while they try to figure out what the best course of action is. For now, they have managed to fix the mistakes they've added though it ends up putting them back in square one.
Eventually, Applejack figures out what to do before coming to the ruins of Twilight's library. Once she returned, they showed the biggest feature they worked on, a chandelier depicting many important memories of the purple alicorn's life. Twilight was moved by this and was extremely grateful of her friends' efforts. Of course, some of the rooms did get a few modifications from the ponies, much to everyone's amusement.
=====Tanks for the Memories=====
Noticing that Tank was having trouble staying awake near winter, Rainbow Dash decided to consult with her friends, being told repeatedly that he was gonna start hybernating which the blue pegasus stubbornly denied. She later attempted to disrupt the coming of winter to no avail, forcing her to try and sabotage the weather factory itself. 
Rainbow Dash and Tank later infiltrate the factory though their sabotage attempts are interrupted when the latter began growing drowsy and started bumping into various objects which damaged the factory systems, causing a massive snowstorm which brought winter to Ponyville anyway. Rainbow Dash later returns home, crying loudly alongside Tank while her friends try to comfort her. 
Eventually after a lot of crying, Rainbow Dash accepts this reality and allows her pet to go hibernate for the winter. Before leaving though, she decides to tell him bedtime story.
=====Make New Friends but Keep Discord=====
During Discord's panic to find someone to bring him along to the gala, he meets up with Rainbow Dash who was bringing Scootaloo for the gala. The two later arrive to the gala where they end up suffering alongside everyone else due to the Smooze's shenanigans until it is neutralized. 
=====The Lost Treasure of Griffinstone=====
Rainbow Dash and Twilight were present at the castle of Friendship when Pinkie Pie arrived, the former also being called by the Cutie Map. The purple alicorn recognizes the place they're being sent to, the city of Griffons known as Griffonstone which the blue pegasus recognizes to be where Gilda is currently living in. 
Regardless, they still go anyway, finding the city in a worse state than what Twilight thought it would be. They meet up with Gilda and another elderly griffon named Grandpa Gruff who when paid, explains about the downfall of griffon civilization when a prized artefact was stolen by a monster which later falls into a canyon with said artefact. Seeing as to how this is the reason of Griffonstone's fall, Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie believed that this is their mission with the former planning an exploration of the aforementioned canyon.
After spending a lot of money, Rainbow Dash managed to get enough equipment to begin exploring the canyon, only to later get injured and trapped, hanging by a rope. Gilda and Pinkie Pie later find her with the latter quickly jumping in to help. The griffon was barely able to catch her though in the process, she finds the artefact that everyone was looking for. However as the two ponies are at the brink of falling, she decides to pull them up instead of saving the artefact. 
Later they exit the canyon and the two ponies decide to try and introduce friendship to the city to improve the conditions. They encourage Gilda to help out another griffon she had met before which worked out well, marking the end of Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie's mission. 
=====Slice of Life=====
The Mane Six end up having to fight off the Bugbear while the rest of the show's background characters try and ensure Cranky and Matilda's wedding goes well. In the end, their efforts were all successful and the episode ends with Twilight hugging her friends and being grateful of staying in Ponyville.
=====Party Pooped=====
During the Yak's arrival, Rainbow Dash was tasked with providing some snow for them though just as last time, they end up getting enraged and proceeded to commit mass destruction, again... She along with the rest of the Mane Six explain their troubles to Pinkie Pie who has been tasked with a party for the yaks, causing her great anxiety. 
As chaos ensues, Pinkie Pie boards a train to Yakyakistan though it ends up being blocked off by a group of sheep. She later hitches a ride on a delivery cart which ends up in the Crystal Empire where she meets up with Princess Cadence who directs her to Yakyakistan. Unfortunately, just as she reached the entrance, a sled somehow drags her all the way back to Ponyville, rendering her whole journey useless. 
Her friends later find her at her cave under Sugarcube Corner where she was in a state of distress. From their encouragement, Pinkie Pie figures an idea for a party for the yaks. She manages to find them stuck in the train station due to a group sheep and proceeds to invite them to the party which is merely a regular party in the town. After a heartfelt speech, she managed to calm the yaks down and even make them cancel their declaration of war, a success for the pink pony.
=====Do Princesses Dream of Magic Sheep?=====
In Princess Luna's dream, the Mane Six manage to take Nightmare Moon down and free her, causing her to realize that she just had a good dream. Later in the waking world, the Mane Six are discussing their horrid dreams which had caused them a loss of sleep. They quickly contacted Princess Luna who later arrives and explains the problem, the Tantabus has escaped and is now invading their dreams with plans to grow strong enough to invade the waking world itself.
To catch it, the Mane Six proceed to gather up that night for a sleepover as Princess Luna gets ready to hunt the Tantabus in their dreams. Once they have fallen asleep, the moon alicorn uses her magic to enter said dreams, finding the many nightmares the Mane Six are experiencing with Rainbow Dash in particular enjoying a horrifying dream of a changeling invasion though it is soon replaced with a sickeningly cute flower field. After her failure, the Mane Six console Princess Luna though she soon realizes that the Tantabus has escaped again, this time to the dreams of Ponyville's residents.
Twilight suggests to combine the dreams of the ponies into one singular dream, allowing for everyone to gather up and attempt to keep the Tantabus down. Despite this, the creature continues to grow larger, causing Princess Luna to blurt out its origins, that she had created it in order to punish herself for her actions as Nightmare Moon. The ponies quickly rush to console her as well as ask her to forgive herself which once she does so, successfully dispels the Tantabus. 
=====Rarity Investigates!=====
Rainbow Dash met up with Rarity in order to remind her that she had been hired as a backup flyer for the Wonderbolts' performance and the two are invited for dinner at the castle. Later that night, the two meet up with a retired Wonderbolts flyer under the name of Wind Rider. They were particularly impressed with achievements until Spitfire showed up to praise the blue pegasus for her great records, prompting the retired flyer to leave.
The next day, Spitfire was called to visit her sick mother, opening a spot for Rainbow Dash to fill. It is later revealed that said mother was never sick and no message had ever been sent, leaving the blame on the blue pegasus. Rarity offers to help prove her friend's innocence and the two later go to the instructor's room to check for clues.
They also do not forget to interview those involved and eventually, Rarity managed to compile a list of clues and explanations which all pointed to Wind Rider being guilty. In the end, he ended up confessing and as a result, he was discharged from the Wonderbolts and Rainbow Dash was proven to be innocent
=====The One Where Pinkie Pie Knows=====
After discovering the secret of Shining Armor and Princess Cadence's baby, Pinkie Pie needs to keep said information a secret. While this seems harmless, she soon realizes how difficult it is and ends up having to avoid her friends and even Ponyville residents just to keep it a secret. Eventually she arrives at Twilight's Castle, only to be told that Shining Armor and Princess Cadence had their arrival delayed.
Luckily before Pinkie Pie can go insane, the two arrive after dealing with their delays and proceed to send the Mane Six on a scavenger hunt. Eventually they discover several items relating to the secret the couple were planning to explain, their baby. In the end, Pinkie Pie managed to get through it all without revealing the secret to anyone else.
=====Scare Master=====
After taking cover in the castle and talking to Spike, Fluttershy decided to meet up with her friends and finally agrees to join them in the Nightmare Night celebrations, much to their delight. The yellow pegasus was soon brought in to the Carousel Boutique in order to get a costume, settling for a black dress in the end. Later the group engage in some Nightmare Night games in Sugarcube Corner though Fluttershy fails to enjoy any of it.
Twilight suggests that Fluttershy try and do the scaring herself, a suggestion she agrees to. An hour later, her friends arrive to her cottage, only to be disappointed by the lackluster scares. The yellow pegasus is disappointed by this and ends up giving up though Angel manages to help her regain her resolve.
The rest of the Mane Six later visit the Apple family's haunted maze where after some regular scares, they find themselves in a tree tunnel. While exploring the place, a scaled monster began chasing them down until they are cornered by a cliff. To make things worse, Flutterbat appears from the horizon and descends upon the screaming pony... Only to stop and reveal herself to be Fluttershy all along. She also explains that her animal friends had been assisting her in making the additional props truly terrifying.
While her friends cheer her for successfully scaring them, Fluttershy still does not enjoy the act of scaring her friends and decides to go back to her cottage and resume her usual routine. They understand her plight and continue with their night while leaving the yellow pegasus to her own devices, much to her delight.
=====What About Discord?=====
After 3 days of book sorting, Twilight and Spike exit the castle to find Rainbow Dash seemingly getting along with Discord, making some inside jokes and excluding the purple alicorn. She attempted to look deeper into this, finding the same thing happening to the rest of her friends, leaving her confused and uncomfortable.
She later invites her friends and Discord in order to hear out what they've been doing though unfortunately, they were incapable of giving a clear answer. After multiple failed attempts and Discord's suspicious advise, Twilight somehow concludes that he has casted a spell on her friends and later, she gathers them up to drink a dispelling potion which ends up having no effect.
In the end, Twilight learns that it's OK to be jealous as long as she admits it and as it turns out, Discord had merely left the purple alicorn behind, thinking she was busy with some problems. Once that's all settled, the friends gather up for a group hug.
=====The Cutie Re-Mark=====
During one of Starlight's attempts at meddling with time, she manages to stop Fluttershy from getting bullied, prompting Rainbow Dash to not perform her first Sonic Rainboom. The disaster caused by this one results in Queen Chrysalis ruling Equestria and the remaining denizens end up creating resistance which managed to catch Twilight and Spike on their way back.
After some explanations, the two were able to escape just in time as Queen Chrysalis managed to arrive at their base. Twilight and Spike continue their battle against Starlight repeatedly, similarly ending in disaster repeatedly as well. Eventually the two manage to snag the heliotrope unicorn alongside them, showing them another desolate disastrous future as a result of her actions.
Eventually after seeing Starlight's backstory, Twilight manages to reach out to her with a heartfelt speech, finally convincing her to stop her attempts. With that issue finished, they all return back to the present, finding it not disastrous this time. The Mane Six soon arrive to confront the heliotrope unicorn though Twilight manages to convince them not to do so. 
In the end, they agree to teach Starlight about friendship... and let her go without any consequences despite everything she has done.
====Season 6====
=====The Crystalling=====
After talking to Twilight, Starlight decides to join in with the rest of the Mane Six who were planning their visit to the Crystal Empire to see Shining Armor and Princess Cadence's new baby as well as the Crystalling ceremony which has the ability to strengthen the Crystal Heart. Some conversations later, the purple alicorn receives the invitation, allowing them all to go to the celebration.
Upon arriving, they meet up with Shining Armor who had become sleep deprived though he still leads them in while Starlight and Spike split from the group to meet up with Sunburst. Arriving at the palace, they eventually got to see the new baby named Flurry Heart, an alicorn. This is the first occurrence of a natural alicorn birth and for that reason, Princess Celestia and Luna have arrived to observe this phenomenon.
The decision to continue the Crystalling was approved and soon, the rest of the Mane Six try to help out with the preparations while Twilight and Pinkie Pie look after the baby. Despite their help, Shining Armor still gets a nervous breakdown due to stress and lack of sleep. Somehow he still manages to finish up the preparations though it still goes horribly wrong due to Flurry Heart's wailing, somehow shattering the Crystal Heart...
With the Crystal Heart shattered, the harsh snowstorm that was usually kept out could now close in on the city. Rainbow Dash, Applejack, and Fluttershy in particular were tasked to try and get the ponies outside to take cover from the snow, with not much success. It was only with Shining Armor's intervention do the ponies agree to move away.
Eventually after some struggles, Starlight and Sunburst figure out a way to restore the Crystal Heart using the help of the ponies. In the end, everything ended just fine.
=====Newbie Dash=====
During another practice session with Scootaloo, Rainbow Dash was contacted by Spitfire regarding her full time job acceptance on the Wonderbolts which is of course good news, for now... After notifying her friends of the situation and getting into uniform, she flies off to the academy where she ends up getting into an accident, somehow earning her the nickname "Rainbow Crash".
She ends up getting mocked all day, causing her to slip up and make numerous mistakes which in turn, forces to her to clean up the barracks all night. The next day after some advice from her friends, she decided to try and draw attention to herself, only to find herself alienated further and worse still, her nickname has become official and printed on her jacket.
In a last ditch attempt, Rainbow Dash asked Scootaloo to try and use a storm cloud to make a scene which she will later solve. As expected, this is ends in further disaster and mockery which was beginning to discourage the blue pegasus. However, her teammates would rather have her stay, testifying that she was pretty good as a flyer, giving her enough resolve to stay even if she has cleaning duty again that night.
=====A Hearth's Warming Tail=====
During yet another Hearth's Warming Eve, Ponyville denizens are decorating the town with Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy in particular overseeing the delivery of snow clouds. As Starlight wasn't interested in the holiday, Twilight decides to explain a new story, a parody of "A Christmas Carol". In the end, she accepts the moral of the story and joins in on the celebrations.
=====The Saddle Row Review=====
The Mane Six arrive at the Carousel Boutique to meet up with Rarity who was reading a newspaper, much to the horror of her friends. A flashback occurs, showing the ponies arriving at Saddle Row, a famous street which the white unicorn manage to set a shop at. As expected, the place is a dusty mess and new problems continue to occur with Rarity still insisting to get the shop open at the date she had planned.
Rainbow Dash in particular was tasked with interviewing potential employees, with limited success, the same thing all her friends are experiencing. Twilight was forced to lock Rarity out to keep her from seeing the chaos going on. In the end however, they realized that the white unicorn wanted them to do things their way as she knows them well.
With this in mind, the rest of the Mane Six went back to work with Rainbow Dash in particular managing to convince the employees to do their job. Back at the present, the reviews were particularly great and while she questions why her friends didn't tell her about the problems with them simply not wishing to burden her. 
=====Flutter Brutter=====
Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy were hanging out with the latter's parents who had gotten retirement and were planning on bringing their other child, Zephyr Breeze to stay after his failure in yet another business, a common occurrence in the family. This was followed by said turquoise pegasus busting through the door with his belongings, much to Fluttershy's horror. 
After kicking Zephyr out of his parents' house, he somehow ends up in his sister's cottage. Fluttershy is of course unamused and attempts to get him a job which included a job at Wonderbolts Headquarters with the consequence of getting zapped by lightning should he fail. As expected, he comes back with electrocution injuries and decides to just leave as he is not up to the task of doing tasks, much to his sister's... delight.
While Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy are cleaning up, they are informed of an emergency by a bird, prompting them to go to the forest, finding Zephyr failing various basic tasks. The two took pity of him and the yellow pegasus learns that her brother had been giving up because of a fear failure and he could've done well had he tried all along. With some encouragement, they manage to get the turquoise pegasus to finally succeed in styling a mane, much to Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy's delight. However for the former, this will be important later
=====Stranger Than Fan Fiction=====
Due to Twilight being busy with princess duties, Rainbow Dash promises to get an autograph from Daring Do for her. Later she arrives at the convention, meeting up with a fellow Daring Do fan under the name of Quibble Pants. After enjoying the convention, the two decide to sit down and converse about how the books are going with the brown pony thinking that the older books were growing worse despite the blue pegasus having lived through some of those adventures. 
The two end up splitting up over these disagreements with Rainbow Dash later meeting up with Daring Do who is dealing with a scheme from Dr. Caballeron. Quibble Pants somehow joined them and later gets caught along with the blue pegasus. For some reason despite this event, the brown pony believes this to be a staged event and that the henchponies are merely actors.
Some time later, the two managed to escape and after almost falling into a river, Quibble Pants starts to take the situation more seriously. Dr. Caballeron later finds them and also discovers the temple he had been looking for. The group enter the temple with Quibble Pants falling for multiple traps which is when he finally realizes that all of this is real. 
Daring Do later swoops in to save them and the three find themselves in a chamber with multiple doors. Due to his knowledge on the series, Quibble Pants manages to find the right door, allowing for them to get the treasure. With that done, the three escape the temple with Daring Do giving her gratitude to her companions before flying off. In the end, Rainbow Dash and Quibble Pants managed to find middle ground and continue to remain friends.
=====The Cart Before the Ponies=====
After registering for the Applewood Derby, the Cutie Mark Crusaders get to work at building a cart for the race with Scootaloo planning for a more creative design. Unfortunately, their siblings are overbearing with their help on the designs, a trend that continues the next day when they begin construction. It gets even worse when they disapprove any addition the fillies add onto their carts.
The day of the derby finally arrives and somehow, the older ponies are able to drive the carts despite it being an event for the foals. The Cutie Mark Crusaders were reasonably frustrated by this though nobody notices until a huge pile-up happened with the cause partially being a detached wheel from Rainbow Dash's cart. 
This incident was the tipping point for the Cutie Mark Crusaders who proceeded to vent their frustrations on their sisters, much to their surprise. Realizing their mistake, the ponies apologize and in the end, they later rebuild the carts as the Cutie Mark Crusaders intended and allow them to race themselves. 
=====28 Pranks Later=====
The Mane Six decided to discuss Rainbow Dash's pranking spree with Pinkie Pie being the only one who doesn't think that she had gone too far. She remains blissfully unaware of the blue pegasus' pranking spree until the denizens of Ponyville arrives at Sugarcube Corner to complain about it. The pink pony uncomfortably meets up with her friend, finding her planning a mass prank involving dyed cookies. 
Despite Pinkie Pie's attempts at convincing her to drop it, Rainbow Dash still continues with the preparations. Some time later, she visited the pink pony, finding her sick and somehow craving for cookies. Creeped up by this, the blue pegasus quickly leaves to continue with her prank, using Applejack, Rarity, and the Cutie Mark Crusaders to help distribute the cookies.
After distributing the dyed cookies, Rainbow Dash rushed to see the results, only to find the town oddly quiet. She became afraid when she found the whole town acting like zombies with dyed mouths, this affliction seemingly affecting almost the whole town. The blue pegasus flees to warn her remaining friends and they soon take cover at a barn. 
Unfortunately, they later get infected and begin to swarm Rainbow Dash as she admits that this occurrence isn't funny. This is when it was finally revealed that this was a prank all along set up by Pinkie Pie and Ponyville's denizens to scare the blue pegasus straight. It was a success... with the side effect of her thinking up a way to one-up them. 
=====Buckball Season=====
During accuracy practice, Applejack was visited by Rainbow Dash who was wondering what the former was doing. She explains to the blue pegasus about a buckball challenge from her cousin, Braeburn. Rainbow Dash unfortunately is unaware about the existence of this sport, prompting Applejack to bring her to some buckball practice, getting to see Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie who are part of the team. 
Applejack proceeds to explain the rules of buckball as well as their requirement for some extra team members to counter their Appleloosa opponents. During training, they manage to find the yellow pegasus quite good at blocking shots as well as find an extra member for the team, a unicorn colt named Snails.
Once the team was ready, Rainbow Dash and Applejack decide to train the team with the former putting Fluttershy through an elaborate obstacle course which causes her to begin messing up her game. She and Pinkie Pie's poor performances prompted them to be sent home for rest.
Some time later, the whole team had gathered on a train to Appleloosa in order to compete with Rainbow Dash and Applejack explaining the celebrations Ponyville may get should they win, causing Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie to grow more nervous until they finally confess their anxieties before running off. After realizing their mistake, Rainbow Dash and Applejack decide to apologize to their friends, offering to take their place instead.
After a small practice match, Applejack and Rainbow Dash managed to show to the team how much better they are when no longer under pressure and apologize once again for their previous actions. With Snails' advice, they manage to just play for fun and end up winning against their opponents. This will be important later...
=====Every Little Thing She Does=====
After Starlight was tasked to deal with some friendship problems, she decides to them all at once and invite all members of the Mane Six except Twilight who was leaving with Spike to a school event. Rainbow Dash's problem in particular is wanting some company to chill and relax. Later they all arrive at the castle where the heliotrope unicorn assigns them to do their tasks in certain places. 
Unfortunately, it wasn't that easy with Rainbow Dash needing specific conditions to enjoy herself optimally and her friends having other requirements. Starlight ended up getting stressed out and in desperation, she decided to mind-control her friends with magic. The blue pegasus was put in the foyer when in her mind-controlled state, she ends up bringing in a storm cloud when smoke begins to fill castle, her friends also making similar mistakes in their state of mind.
Twilight and Spike soon return and manage to clean up the mess before confronting Starlight and learning the truth about her problems. After learning about the heliotrope unicorn's issues, the two decide to send her to apologize to the rest of the Mane Six which they accept. Through the rest of the day, Starlight helps them out in their tasks and once it's all finished, they all decide to chill and relax on the castle roof per Rainbow Dash's request.
=====Top Bolt=====
With her spring training finished, Rainbow Dash is allowed a leave where she meets up with Twilight at the castle, only for the Cutie Map to send them both to Wonderbolt Academy despite the blue pegasus previously being there. Returning to the academy, the two meet up with Spitfire who was training a new batch of cadets. They decided to try and check out the classroom section to observe the cadets which is where they notice an intriguing pair by the name of Sky Stinger and Vapor Trail.
Rainbow Dash and Twilight later observe the duo in their team flying practice, finding Vapor Trail boosting an unaware Sky Stinger at the cost of her performance. The two ponies soon realized that this is the friendship problem and they later confront the light green pegasus at the locker where they learn about her partner's backstory and the origin of their friendship.
Wanting to keep their friendship alive, Vapor Trail decides to ask for personal training with the same for Sky Stinger. Rainbow Dash ends up training the light green pegasus, earning great results though the same cannot be said for her partner. Seeing him fail repeatedly, Vapor Trail finally confessed what she had been doing, much to Sky Stinger's anger which caused the two to split. 
In an attempt to fix this problem, Rainbow Dash and Twilight formulate a plan with the former meeting up with Vapor Trail and praising her flying skills, allowing her to gain the resolve to stay at the academy. She was then lead to Sky Stinger and after some encouragement, the two reconcile and train each other until the day of the entry test which they passed.
With that, Rainbow Dash and Twilight's mission is complete and they return to the castle... only for the former to be called back to the academy for a "Wonderbolt Emergency", much to her dismay.
=====To Where and Back Again=====
After suffering from anxiety from the upcoming Sunset festival, Starlight was soon comforted by the Mane Six with Twilight in particular asking Trixie to help her out. Despite this, the visit still goes wrong, forcing the two to go back to Ponyville where they find everyone acting strangely. They soon discover that Ponyville's denizens have been kidnapped and replaced with changelings, much to their horror.
After the ordeal Starlight, Trixie, Discord, and Thorax went through in the hive, they manage to eventually get to Queen Chrysalis. The heliotrope unicorn in particular managed to convince the good changeling to share his love, allowing him to become reformed and teach the others how to do so, allowing them to destroy the queen's throne.
This also frees the imprisoned denizens who are thankful of their new freedom.
====Season 7====
=====Celestial Advice=====
Rainbow Dash was present during the celebration party and helped out with it.
=====All Bottled Up=====
The Mane Six leave for Manehattan for vacation, leaving Starlight and Trixie in charge of running the castle. One of the activities they engaged in was an escape room which they try to break out at record time. They were just 2 seconds off... Some time later they return back to the castle, inviting Starlight and Trixie for a spa break, prompting the former to quickly erase the memories of everyone in the place in order to cover up the problems they just went through.
=====Fluttershy Leans In=====
The rest of the Mane Six listen in on Fluttershy's ambition to build an animal sanctuary. They agree and attempt to support her
=====Parental Glidance=====
While meeting up with Rainbow Dash's parents, Bow Hothoof and Windy Whistles, Scootaloo ends up reminding them that their daughter is now a Wonderbolt, much to their excitement. The three later find Rainbow Dash training at the academy, the parents cheering for her loudly, much to her embarrassment. This continued to get worse as they meet up with her at the end of her training, smothering her with affection and even talking to the other Wonderbolts.
Much to Scootaloo's confusion, Rainbow Dash was unamused by this. The three later watch the next Wonderbolts show with the orange filly explaining the blue pegasus' journey to becoming the Wonderbolt she is now. The parents continue to cheer loudly from the crowd and even go as far as to follow their daughter everywhere... even to the locker room.
Due this harassment, Rainbow Dash rightfully snaps and vents her frustrations at them before sending them away. Scootaloo was still confused by this, prompting the blue pegasus to explain part of her backstory involving their unconditional support for her throughout her youth which impressed the orange filly as she did not have any support at all. 
Realizing her mistake, Rainbow Dash quickly caught up with her parents to apologize for her actions and thank them for all they've done for her. Later they arrive at Scootaloo's presentation to cheer for her, much to her delight. 
=====Not Asking for Trouble=====
The Mane Six were the first to be notified by Pinkie Pie of her new role as an ambassador for the yaks as well as her invitation to their Yickslurbertfest celebration. Unfortunately, disaster struck and due to their culture, the yaks refuse to consensually request for help and proceed to kick her out for offering it. She later returns to the castle where she figures out the loophole, they just have to help the yaks without their consent. 
Soon they got to work, clearing away the horrid disaster and fixing up the village while the yaks sleep. They wake up to find the village in pristine condition though Prince Rutherford later notices the ponies leaving. He thanks them for respecting their tradition and regains his respect for Pinkie Pie, finally giving her the role of an honorary yak.
=====Fame and Misfortune=====
Checking on the friendship journal, the Mane Six realizes that it is in poor condition, prompting Starlight to make good quality copies which she plans on selling to the public. As expected, this backfires with fillies chasing down Rainbow Dash for her autographs and exploits on flying and similar things occurring to the other members of the Mane Six.
This continues to get worse as ponies began to gather outside the castle, having arguments about the tales happening in the journal, seemingly forgetting that in-universe, these are actual real life figures. The Mane Six's attempts to calm down the crowd are ignored. In the end, they learn that at least a few ponies learned something from this endeavor and they plan on simply waiting out the fad.
=====Campfire Tales=====
The Cutie Mark Crusaders and their sisters find themselves in another camping trip... which is quickly ruined by a swarm of bugs, forcing them to take refuge in a cave. Needing to wait them out, the three ponies decided to tell some campfire tales with Rainbow Dash telling the story of Flash Magnus with the moral being to remain brave in any condition. 
They eventually come across a stream that leads to Winsome Falls and while they are unable to go camping, they did found great enjoyment from the tales they listened to.
=====Daring Done=====
Pinkie Pie meets up with Rainbow Dash, having bought some newspapers. Among the many reported stories, the blue pegasus notices the one reporting A. K. Yearling's retirement, Daring Do's author persona. The two visit the adventurer in her own home, where she explains her property damage allegations during a previous adventure, causing her insecurity. Rainbow Dash still encourages her and decides to bring her along to investigate these allegations. 
They later arrive to the village of Somnambula where Rainbow Dash asks around, the villagers confirming the allegations with a wrecked statue present to see. Similar allegations are heard from an inn manager with the addition of her not paying bills and selling stolen jewelry. The group noticed a single cloaked pony being responsible for spreading these allegations and decide to look into it the next day.
After waking up, the group gather up to confront the cloaked pony. During the argument, one of the villagers explained the importance of the statue as the village itself is named after her, a figure under the name of Somnambula. With that explanation out of the way, the cloaked pony continues to slander Daring Do, causing her to leave in shame. Rainbow Dash grew sick of him and pulled off his cloak, revealing him to be Dr. Caballeron all along. 
With that revealed, Dr. Caballeron quickly got his henchponies to capture Rainbow Dash before leaving her in the pyramid to sink in slime. Daring Do and Pinkie Pie soon found her and remembering some details from Somnambula's story, they leap in and manage to pull the blue pegasus out. Later they manage to intercept Dr. Caballeron, revealing that he was the one responsible for the stolen jewelry. 
In the end, the evil doctor and his minions are chased out while the group are celebrated by the villagers. Daring Do in particular decided to pay the village for damages as well as her bills, her name now fully cleared. 
=====It Isn't the Mane Thing About You=====
After failing to regrow her mane with magic, Rarity decides to ask for some help from her other friends with Fluttershy in particular getting a wig out of clouds. None of the options work out, causing despair for the white unicorn. Her friends thankfully come over to cheer her up, inspiring her to make the most out of this situation and create a new and fabulous hairstyle out of the remains of her mane.
After getting the situation resolved, Rarity managed to get her old mane back though she later realized that she was also on the cover of the magazine she had cancelled her photoshoot schedule with. Her friends had convinced the photographer to take pictures of her new style, allowing her to get what she had been planning for all along.
=====Secrets and Pies=====
After finishing yet another training session, Rainbow Dash finds herself greeted with a pie from Pinkie Pie. The blue pegasus happily takes it indoors... and throws it into the trash can out of sight, much to her friend's horror. This motivates her to set up a convoluted plan involving an unhealthy amount of pies which begins with her greeting Rainbow Dash when she wakes up... with pies.
Somehow Rainbow Dash continued to avoid her friend's line of sight and dispose of every pie in secret until Pinkie Pie finally breaks down and storms off in anger. The blue pegasus later meets up with Applejack and Twilight to explain her side of the story and the guilt she has for her actions. In an attempt to apologize, Rainbow Dash visits the pink pony at her home while she sulks, bringing along a giant disgusting pie which she'll eat.
Pinkie Pie quickly stops her, realizing that in the end, Rainbow Dash simply wants her to be happy and had avoided telling her about her aversion to pies for her sake. In the end, the two reconcile and promise to be better with communication in the future. 
=====Shadow Play=====
After an extensive investigation, the rest of the Mane Six are called in to free the Pillars of Equestria which they can do with some artifacts relating to its members. Rainbow Dash in particular is sent to retrieve Flash Magnus' shield at the dragon lands with some help from Spike. She along with her friends later arrive and use the artifacts to activate a spell, releasing the pillars from their prison... as well as the one they had imprisoned, The Pony of Shadows.
Upon escaping, the Pony of Shadows quickly destroys the place before being blasted with magic and forced to retreat. The pillars decide to ally themselves with the Mane Six in order to try and figure out how to deal with the issue. Unfortunately, the current plan by Star-Swirl involves sacrificing the Elements of Harmony which Twilight is beginning to consider. 
With some effort and deduction, the Cutie Map points to a location where the Pony of Shadows is currently in. Star-Swirl continues to be adamant in his plans despite input from others, prompting Starlight to ask for context on the situation. After listening to the backstory of the Pony of Shadows, the heliotrope unicorn became interested in whether or not a peaceful solution is possible though the bearded unicorn continued to be adamant on his views.
Later the group extract the Elements of Harmony before arriving at the location the Pony of Shadows was at. Upon arriving, they are soon dragged into the Well of Shade where they face off against the dark entity. The spell was soon cast, opening a portal to limbo in order to banish their opponent. Twilight soon noticed the Pony of Shadows' true form sticking out, that being a pony named Stygian, and quickly flies in to try and learn more. 
After learning about the situation from his point of view, the rest of the ponies soon realized how wrong they were and focused their attempts to instead banish the darkness he was tied to. Their efforts were successful in freeing Stygian with the added benefit of the Elements of Harmony remaining intact due to not being used for banishment. 
====My Little Pony: The Movie====
While Twilight and Spike were dealing with the princesses, their friends were helping out with the preparations for the Friendship Festival with Rainbow Dash in particular clearing up the weather. The purple alicorn later meets up with her friends to explain the problems she just went through with the princesses. Her friends quickly encouraged her with a song though moments after they finish, they are attacked by an army belonging to a so-called Storm King. 
Leading the charge was a unicorn with a broken horn named Tempest Shadow and her hedgehog minion Grubber, the former managing to defeat all the princesses with a petrifying smoke bomb, save Twilight who managed to flee with the help of her friends. They all later fell into a river and swept out of Equestria where they try to find the so-called queen of the hippo.
They start out at a shady place known as Klugetown where the denizens attempt to enslave the ponies though they were saved from this predicament by an abyssinian named Capper. He later brings them to his house with plans to sell them to his boss though upon receiving some help from Rarity, he realizes his mistake. Twilight also learns that they are looking for hippogriffs, half-pony half-bird creatures living at a mountain. 
Later Capper's boss and Tempest's army arrive at the town though they end up at odds with each other, allowing the Mane Six to escape onto the airship. Unfortunately, said airships are manned by a crew anthropomorphic parrots working for the Storm King. They were almost thrown overboard though lunch time strikes and the ponies are invited to eat with the parrots. 
During lunch, the ponies got to listen to the parrots' backstory, finding that they used to be Sky Pirates until the Storm King attacked and forced them to work for him. Through song, Rainbow Dash managed to convince them to disregard their tyrannical boss and return to being Sky Pirates. In celebration, the blue pegasus performs a sonic rainboom, which alerted Tempest to their location. 
The Mane Six hid from their pursuers and managed to flee on a makeshift air balloon. Arriving at the mountain however, they find the hippogriff kingdom in ruin. Going back down, they notice a creature in a pond and attempt to pursue it, almost drowning in the process though they were soon rescued by the creature, a seapony by the name of Princess Skystar. 
They were soon lead to the leader of the civilization, Queen Novo. After some discussions and explanations, the Mane Six were turned into seaponies using a magic pearl which the queen refuses to relinquish. Later down the line, Pinkie Pie decides to start a party with the seaponies though it was cut short when Twilight is caught attempting to steal the magic pearl, getting her and her friends banished from the kingdom.
Upon arriving back at shore, Twilight's friends confront her for her actions and after a heated exchange, they end up abandoning her. They did feel remorse afterward though Spike soon arrives to warn them that the purple alicorn had been caught by Tempest. As they try to figure out what to do, Capper arrives alongside the parrot pirates and their leader, Captain Celaeno. Princess Skystar also joins in, now a hippogriff.
Capper later arrives at Canterlot posing as a pastry chef with a big cake for congratulations, as well as the ponies. However, it was all a ruse and soon the rest of the crew broke free and attacked the Storm King's army, much to his dismay. He attempts to strike them with a storm though they manage to reach the castle using Pinkie Pie's party cannon. After a reunion with Twilight, they quickly rush to grab the warlord's staff, only for him and the purple alicorn to be sucked into the storm.
Before they could grief, Twilight descends with the staff safely... and so did Storm King. Before he could throw a petrifying bomb, Tempest stops him, causing them both to be petrified and fall off. The purple alicorn quickly saves the unicorn amputee, the warlord falling off and shattering as he has nobody else to save him. With that issue done, the Mane Six use the staff to reverse the petrification on everyone.
In the end, the ponies celebrate the Friendship Festival they've been planning while also celebrating their victory. Tempest and the new additions are also welcomed to the party which ends with Princess Celestia raising the sun.
====Season 8====
=====School Daze=====
With the cleanup finished and Tempest sent to another mission, the Mane Six decide to incorporate the locations they've travelled to into the map for bigger reach. In an attempt to spread the idea of friendship far and wide, Twilight decides to open a friendship school. After some consultations with Princess Celestia and the Equestria Education Association (EEA), she manages to open said school with her friends as employees.
Soon students were brought in with some of them not being ponies. At first the education seemed fun though sticking to the EEA guidelines ruins everything. A particular group of non-pony students called the Young Six decide to ditch class. Despite this, the school continues their Friends and Family Day celebration with the EEA member Chancellor Neighsay. Unfortunately, this celebration was ruined by the Young Six coming back with the Ocellus currently in a monstrous form.
To make things worse, Chancellor Neighsay is a bigot and is displeased with the existence of non-ponies in an Equestria School, prompting him to shut down the school and cause the ire of the other kingdoms from this action.
Twilight's friends decide to visit her after the horrendous event, finding her extremely distraught from the event. Starlight later visits and encourages her to fight back against this problem which is enough to restore the purple alicorn's resolve. She later meets up with her friends and plans on re-opening the school, this time with her rules as the Princess of Friendship.
They later visit the other kingdoms to ask for their students back though unfortunately, they are now gone which results in a threat of war. During their search, they find the pony member of the Young Six, Sandbar buying a large quantity of items, prompting the Mane Six to follow him. They find the Young Six attacked by nearby wildlife which they dispatch, earning the respect of the students who later agree to go back to school as long as EEA standards aren't used.
After the kingdom leaders calm down from the return of the students, the School of Friendship is reopened, leading to Chancellor Neighsay coming over and seeing what had happened. Despite arguments from everyone else, the EEA member still believes that this school shouldn't exist though he is no longer allowed to shut it down. In the end, the school functions exactly as it should, to teach the lessons of friendship to anyone willing to attend it.
=====Fake It 'Til You Make It=====
After being alienated by Fluttershy's rude personas, the raccoon employees bring in the rest of the Mane Six minus Rarity to confront the yellow pegasus. Unfortunately, she still continues her act, even going as far as to kick out her friends who later bring in Rarity to deal with the situation. She handles the situation much better and manages to snap Fluttershy out of it. 
=====Grannies Gone Wild=====
After overhearing some descriptions of an awesome rollercoaster, Rainbow Dash decided she wanted to try ride though unfortunately, it is scheduled to close permanently soon and the blue pegasus is busy with her classes. She tried to ask Applejack to cover for her which the orange pony agrees to under one condition, that the blue pegasus looks after a group of elderly ponies, much to her dismay.
Once the elderly have boarded the air balloon, Applejack gives Rainbow Dash a series of instructions which increases the burden she's dealing with. Eventually, the group arrives at the hotel which is near the rollercoaster, prompting her to send the elderly to their hotel rooms while she tries to get a ticket. However upon checking up on them, she finds them gone at the arcade.
Due to a rule about not letting the elderly overexert themselves, Rainbow Dash quickly drags them out, much to their annoyance. Later they go to a buffet though due to another rule, the elderly can only eat soft food. With that session done, they go to a dance room where they meet up with a pair of magicians who offer a chance at performing on stage.
This is of course a dangerous activity for elderly ponies, prompting Rainbow Dash to quickly interrupt the show. That was the final straw for the elderly as they chew the blue pegasus out for ruining any fun they're having. Realizing her mistake, Rainbow Dash apologizes and with that settled, the group managed to get a spot at the rollercoaster. In the end, the blue pegasus was invited to the elderly group for any future fun activities and disregarding Applejack's rules.
=====Horse Play=====
The rest of the Mane Six were busy preparing a play when Twilight arrived to tell them about the news of Princess Celestia joining in on the play. Later the sun alicorn does arrive though soon everyone finds her to be terrible at this though the purple alicorn refuses to let her know. The conditions continue to get worse until finally, an incident involving an unhealthy amount of fireworks finally sends Twilight over the edge, causing her to rant in front of everyone about everything that has gone wrong, including about Princess Celestia, which she overhears.
Later after a conversation with her, the two come up with a plan to save the play. Rainbow Dash in particular was tasked with making new stage backdrops. Princess Celestia simply helps off-stage and with props, bringing up the sun itself for a show. In the end, it all goes well.
=====Non-Compete Clause=====
With Fluttershy winning "Most Popular Teacher" again, Rainbow Dash and Applejack decided to try and impress their students in hopes of getting that award. Conveniently, Twilight is organizing a teamwork field trip, prompting the two ponies to volunteer in hopes of earning an award. Knowing their past, the purple alicorn requests that the two try to get along without turning this into a competition...
So of course they naturally ignore that and make this event a competition. It all began with a disagreement on the order of events just as Twilight left the two. Applejack first chooses the shed-building activity though her slow and safe methods leads to disagreements with Rainbow Dash which is followed by a more intense argument between them, much to their students' discomfort. 
Rainbow Dash later chooses the river canoe activity and while the students are cooperating nicely, their teachers are arguing to the point that they end up crashing the canoe. After the group have recovered, Twilight arrives to check up on them. Finding the horrid state the class is in, the purple alicorn chastises her friends for ignoring her advice before taking over the field trip.
Rainbow Dash and Applejack pretend to apologize before asking Twilight for a second chance which she begrudgingly agrees though this time, she's the one choosing the activity which in this case, is a nature walk. The two ponies lead their class while arguing about directions which ends up causing them to get lost. Gallus decided to try and fly up and observe the location, finding that the school is just past a ravine.
Needing a way to get past, Rainbow Dash and Applejack attempt to create a bridge with the former using tree branches for it. As expected, it ends up failing with the broken bridge trapping the two ponies near the ravine's river where hostile fish are jumping about. The two decide to apologize to each other as their students save them from the situation. 
In the end, the group arrive at the castle where Twilight decided to review their progress. Oddly enough, the students commend their teachers for teaching what not to do in certain situations before voting for both of them for the "Most Popular Teacher" award. As they leave, the purple alicorn confronts her friends for still being too competitive and while they agree, they still continue to argue, much to Twilight's dismay.
=====Marks for Efforts=====
The Cutie Mark Crusaders watch the fun classes unfold in the School of Friendship in which they come to the realization that their regular classes are boring. With that, the fillies attempt a variety of ways to get themselves applied including disguising themselves as a student which Rainbow Dash catches. 
=====The Mean 6=====
The Mane Six and Starlight receive a photography session from a disguised Queen Chrysalis who was also plucking strands of their hair for later use. Once done, they leave the "photographer" to go on a camping trip, unaware of the evil plot planned against them. The queen had created evil clones based on the Mane Six which she later unleashes on the originals.
After noticing Fluttershy's disappearance, the Mane Six agree to split up and find them with Rainbow Dash and Applejack encountering evil Rarity who tries to hoard all of the latter's equipment before running away. Further discourse continues to spread as the Mane Six interact with their evil counterparts until eventually, they come across each other again and just decide to laugh off this incident.
As they try to fix up the camp, they are left unaware of Queen Chrysalis' failed plot, ending in the Mean Six getting turned back into logs.
=====The Hearth's Warming Club=====
With Hearth's Warming a few days away, the students and teachers of the School of Friendship are excited for the break and time to spend with their families. While most of them have left, an intruder managed to slip in and vandalize the whole room with purple slime before fleeing, leaving Rainbow Dash, Twilight, and Spike to figure out what to do. 
Noticing that the Young Six had exited late, Twilight realized that it's likely one of them as most of the exits have been locked off. In order to figure out the culprit, she forced them to clean up the mess and threaten to make them all stay at school throughout winter break if the culprit isn't found. Throughout that time, the students would be individually be called in to be interrogated. 
After a series of arguments between the Young Six, Gallus ended up confessing to the crime due to him having no family to spend the holiday with. Twilight planned on punishing him, only for his friends to stand up to him which in itself a friendship lesson. In the end, they decided to spend the holidays together... after the place is cleaned up. 
=====The End in Friend=====
In order to teach a class on compromise between friends, Starlight decided to invite Rainbow Dash and Rarity for an example as the class decided to follow the two around in their day together. However, they are unable to decide on what activity they want with the blue pegasus wanting to play some buckball. The two decided to just go and do both... this can only go well.
During the buckball session, Rarity ends up not paying attention to the game while during the shopping session, Rainbow Dash ends up getting bored by her friend's long choosing while she herself is stuck in a glittery dress. In their last session, they go to a cave for some gem-hunting and while they're having fun, the blue pegasus was more focused on searching for some hidden treasure.
Somehow, Rainbow Dash managed to shatter a bunch of gems, by pushing them off a cart. This is the final straw and the two get into a huge argument where they somehow forget about 8 seasons they've spent together before deciding to break off their friendship, much to the shock of everyone watching. The two get called in to Starlight's office where she tries to mend their friendship, only to suffer from more arguing from the two of them. 
Conveniently, they're called in to Twilight's office where she claims to have lost an amulet with disastrous powers. Due to being decently versed in skills to find this object, Rainbow Dash and Rarity decided to work together which is where they find a trail of glitter leading out of the school. After a series of harrowing events, the two make amends as they finally enter the place where the glitter is seemingly leading them...
... only to find that it's just a trick all along
=====Yakity-Sax=====
After reaping chaos all over Ponyville with her horrible "yovidaphone", Pinkie Pie finds herself confronted by her friends about this, prompting her to discard the instrument, much to her displeasure. Some time later, they find her in a joyless state and all attempts to cheer her up fail with Rainbow Dash in particular baking cupcakes with her... Rainbow Dash, flat hair Pinkie Pie, cupcakes. 
Thankfully, nothing bad ensues from this interaction though after a so-called "Pinkie Pie Appreciation Day", they find that she had moved away to Yakyakistan to listen to some actually good yovidaphone players. Travelling to the region, they find Pinkie Pie drowning her sorrows in a bar with a yak musician playing the yovidaphone competently.
She agreed to go home though her mood was still sour as she now knows what she could have been doing with the instrument. Her friends soon realized that she simply enjoys playing the instrument, even if she's bad at it and decides to encourage her. This action works, causing her color and cheerful personality to return.
Little did they knew what they have unleashed upon the world...
=====The Washouts=====
While observing her fanclub's meeting as she always does, Rainbow Dash discovers Scootaloo's new obsession with another flying team under the name of "The Washouts". This enraged the blue pegasus who confronted her sister about this before reporting this occurrence to her friends. They simply suggest that she watch the show to see what it was about. 
Later Rainbow Dash and Scootaloo arrive at the stadium to watch the Washouts, finding them to be exceptionally competent in showmanship and stunts which impressed the whole crowd. Once it was over, the blue pegasus and her sister met up with the performers where they explain that they are Wonderbolt rejects but more horrifyingly, their leader is none other than Lightning Dust herself...
Lightning Dust proceeded to reveal that her team has an open spot and is willing to hire Scootaloo... a minor. Rainbow Dash quickly stepped in and dragged her sister away as she believed the Washouts to be a bad influence. Later, the two arrive at Wonderbolt academy to watch the performance which is a lot more neat and safe which is boring according to Scootaloo. Worse still, the two later meet up with Spitfire who quickly explained the dangers of the Washouts. 
Back at the clubhouse, Rainbow Dash and Scootaloo got into an argument, ending in the latter leaving for the stadium. While looking around, the blue pegasus bumps into Twilight in which she advises her friend that you cannot control one's actions and should simply try and be a good role model. Arriving at the stadium, Rainbow Dash discovers to her horror that Scootaloo has been hired as a Washout...
After realizing that she can no longer convince Scootaloo, Rainbow Dash painfully let's her go with her new team. Later after a series of questionable choices, the orange filly ends up on a scooter propelled by a giant untested rocket which ends up in an accident. Thankfully, the blue pegasus managed to save her from it though Lightning Dust ends up getting dragged by the scooter. In the end, the two sisters make amends and Rainbow Dash later makes a Scootaloo fanclub which the orange which filly observes.
=====Father Knows Beast=====
The Mane Six decide to nurse Sludge back to full health which will be detrimental later down the line.
=====School Raze=====
Due to Twilight being busy with her work, Cozy Glow got Rainbow Dash to cover for chaperoning duties at Cloudsdale. The students are somehow able to walk on the clouds through the use of Starlight's magic... until it fails and they all start plummeting. The winged creatures quickly saved them before reporting to the purple alicorn that magic is disappearing. 
After everyone has been informed of this phenomenon, Cozy Glow proceeds to remind everyone of Tirek who is currently still imprisoned. The Mane Six are later called in to Canterlot for a meeting, leaving Starlight to run the school.
In order to investigate the occurrence, the Mane Six and Spike travel to Tartarus, braving the many threats in the way without their magic. Upon arriving, they find the seal on the prison still intact yet they still go in anyway, meeting up with many depowered monsters. The Mane Six find Tirek still in his cage though he is willing to explain his accomplice, that being Cozy Glow.
Realizing the ruse, the Mane Six try to find a way to get out of the prison through the use of the imprisoned monsters. Rainbow Dash and Rarity in particular were tasked with tiring the Cerberus until it is incapacitated in order to acquire its magic. 
In the end, they manage to escape and later confront Cozy Glow after her plans were foiled by the Young Six.
====Season 9====
=====The Beginning of the End=====
The Mane Six and Spike rush to Canterlot, only to find that they aren't summoned for an emergency but for an announcement. Princess Celestia and Luna are planning on retiring as well as transferring their powers to Twilight in just a few days, seemingly unaware of how anxious Twilight can be. Her friends try their best to calm her down which works. Little did they know of the horrid scheme behind the scenes involving King Sombra, Queen Chrysalis, Tirek, and Cozy Glow who had gathered up and are preparing something though the former chooses to split and attack himself.
Later he managed to successfully take over Crystal Empire though the Mane Six later arrive and use the Elements of Harmony against him. With King Sombra dispatched, they return the elements, only to be attacked by him, the Tree of Harmony getting destroyed in the process. With that, the dark unicorn claims early victory and runs off to attack the Crystal Empire again.
Before going however, he decides to trap the Mane Six in a cage. Despite this horrid situation, Twilight remained determined and proceeds to dig a hole out of the cage, her friends joining in. Arriving at Ponyville, they find most of their friends and family under King Sombra's mind control while the Everfree Forest is invading. Luckily Star-Swirl arrives to help with the Everfree Forest problem, allowing the Mane Six to go to Canterlot, only to be overwhelmed and forced to retreat.
Meeting up with Discord, they manage to convince him to reluctantly help them with this problem. They later come back to Canterlot with the draconequus quickly fighting off King Sombra though he is later "defeated". Luckily, he got to tell the Mane Six that they have the power of the elements in them all along which was enough for them to activate its magic on their own, once again ending the dark unicorn and all the problems he has caused.
In the end, Twilight is allowed more time to prepare, revealing Discord's "defeat" to be a ruse all along. They are all unaware of the schemes behind the scenes with the remaining villains agreeing to actually work together.
=====Sparkle's Seven=====
The rest of the Mane Six were briefed by Twilight on their plans to test Shining Armor's security and allow her to win the temporary title of "Sibling Supreme". She gives each of them specific roles with Rainbow Dash's being to get past some fans. However, Rarity points out that her plan may be too obvious and decides to brainstorm wacky and unexpected ideas with her friends with the blue pegasus being tasked with finding information and then breaking into secret tunnels of the castle.
Later Rainbow Dash and Rarity arrive at a bar to try and get some information, only to find it closed. Luckily, a nearby stallion gives them directions to a tunnel in the castle which is only guarded by one guard. Remember "Flutter Brutter"? Yes, this is where Zephyr Breeze's existence comes into play because apparently after everything he went through, he somehow decided on another career.
Luckily, he still has his crush on Rainbow Dash which prompted Rarity to dress her up and send her to distract the turquoise pegasus, much to her dismay. She eventually gets away from this situation and joins the white unicorn in their exploration of the underground tunnels and while they're unable to find a way into the castle, they did find Fluttershy and Spike who have gotten trapped. 
Regrouping with the rest of the Mane Six after this failed operation, they finally decide to go with Twilight's original plan with some encouragement from Spike. Rainbow Dash later zooms past some fans before dropping Fluttershy off to calm down the guard geese. The group later manages to find the crown though unfortunately, Shining Armor had arrived there first, predicting their ruse.
However as it turns out, Spike had conspired with Princess Luna all along and explains how he was responsible for most of the events in episode. He manages to acquire the crown and in the end, is allowed the title of "Sibling Supreme".
=====Common Ground=====
Remember Buckball Season? Yeah, this is where that buckball victory comes into play. After said victory, the sport became widely recognized, resulting in a giant stadium and museum being built in Appleloosa. Ponyville's buckball team also gained notoriety and are about to participate in another tournament. While they're preparing, Rainbow Dash meets up with her old friend Quibble Pants who is trying to impress his stepdaughter with buckball.
After some failed attempts at helping, Rainbow Dash finally decides to just use her connections and bring Quibble Pants' family to meet Ponyville's team. Later they are also invited to an exhibition match with the team which ends horribly wrong. In the end however, all ends well and the brown pony earns his new family's favor while the team wins their match.
=====She's All Yak=====
After being asked out by Sandbar for the Amity Ball, Yona requires help on pony customs which Rarity offers before she ends up calling her friends for help. Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy in particular agree to teach her some dances ponies usually do. The team's efforts seemed successful at first, the yak later arriving at the event all proper and pony-like... This later goes horribly wrong though it is resolved later.
=====The Last Crusade=====
While brainstorming methods to keep Scootaloo from getting taken away by her parents, the Cutie Mark Crusaders were visited by Rainbow Dash. They quickly informed her of the situation, prompting her to encourage them to find a solution. She later joins in alongside the rest of Ponyville's denizens in the Cutie Mark Crusaders' celebration.
=====Between Dark and Dawn=====
Encountering a giant tree-eating turtle in Sweet Apple Acres, the Mane Six attempt to deal with the creature, only for Princess Celestia and Luna to arrive and successfully deal with a threat for once... Took them 9 seasons to do so. With retirement on their way, they can finally go off and actually do things which includes helping others directly.
Luckily Pinkie Pie manages to convince them to go on a holiday with Twilight agreeing to take over the princess duties which includes a celebration for the swans called the "Royal Swanifying" as well as raising the sun and moon. The latter task is usually performed by a group of professionals though the purple alicorn refuses their help, much to her friends' dismay. 
They soon realize how difficult the planning is with Twilight finally relenting. The professionals had been appointed their role as even the princesses are unable to perform some tasks all on their own, which includes this ceremony. In the end, they agree to help and successfully complete the ceremony with the purple alicorn learning how to run a kingdom... and then shortly after, she messes up the most important task of a princess.
=====The Last Laugh=====
The rest of the Mane Six were invited to hear out Pinkie Pie's invitation to Cheese Sandwich's Amusement Factory due to her feeling left out by her friends' achievements. After helping him regain his laughter, the pink pony returns to her friends, realizing that she already had what she wanted all along. 
=====2, 4, 6, Greaaat=====
With a buckball field and team being added to the School of Friendship, Rainbow Dash was reasonably excited by this... until she is assigned to be the cheer team coach. She begrudgingly meets up with the team and observes doing poorly though instead of helping, she decided to abandon them and ask Snips to cover up for her. Later while she was watching the buckball team, Smolder and then Snails arrives to confront her.
Reflecting on her actions, Rainbow Dash decided to get her team some cheering supplies... and proceeds to abandon them again. Reasonably, the cheer team proceeded to confront her about this which finally got the blue pegasus to actually focus on this gig. This time, she actually directs the team properly and with her help, they manage to do a proper cheer performance. In the end at the day of the performance, they managed to do an excellent performance which their coach is exceptionally proud of. 
=====The Summer Sun Setback=====
Queen Chrysalis, Cozy Glow, and Tirek are finally getting the hang of working together and decide to try and find instructions on a magic bell they got... in Canterlot, at a restricted section in the library, during Summer Sun Celebration... They have a plan for that and the Mane Six along with Discord are still preparing the celebration. It is however the last Summer Sun Celebration and the pressure is up to make it special.
Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash meet up with some pegasi to deal with weather changes, the coordinator agreeing to do so. Cozy Glow later arrives to ruin all that, causing dangerous weather conditions all over alongside other disasters caused by the other villains. Due to this destruction, the Mane Six desperately attempt to cover up this mess and keep Twilight from stressing out. 
Eventually Twilight does figure out these issues though she is able to remain calm and with the help of Princess Celestia and Luna, they fix the issues with the celebration. It is also revealed that this is the last Summer Sun Celebration because they're planning on renaming it as the Festival of Two Sisters... It's been 9 seasons since Luna came back.
=====Daring Doubt=====
Fluttershy arrives at Rainbow Dash's place, having read most of Daring Do's books up to a particular title which the blue pegasus has yet to receive. Checking it thoroughly, the two discover it to be written by another author who is telling the story in Dr. Caballeron's point of view and even portrays the adventurer in a negative light. While the yellow pegasus is more understanding, Rainbow Dash is furious of this slander. 
They later arrive to a library, finding Daring Do in her disguise being berated by her readers for her depiction in Dr. Caballeron's book. Worse still, they find the evil doctor in a similar author disguise doing a book signing nearby. Upon being confronted, he proceeds to explain the reasoning for his actions though only Fluttershy is convinced.
While Fluttershy goes on her own adventures with Dr. Caballeron, Rainbow Dash meets up with Daring Do who explains what the evil doctor is planning, prompting the two to track the gang down. During their chase, they had a brief encounter with Ahuizotl though they quickly escape and manage to gain entry into the temple. 
They eventually find the gang with Fluttershy and while she tries to defend them, Dr. Caballeron under the effects of the stolen talisman reveals that he originally did try to trick the yellow pegasus though chose not to do so upon receiving her kindness. 
Their interaction was cut short by an attack of gargoyles which the group manages to fend off, only for Ahuizotl himself to show up and begin chasing them down. Using the talisman, she discovers that the guardian had been trying to guard artifacts as that is his occupation, something that is ruined by Daring Do and Dr. Caballeron. In the end, the three make an agreement to no longer antagonize each other and later the adventurer and the evil doctor decide to work together on books... only for the guardian to arrive and also take up the business.
=====The Ending of the End/The Last Problem=====
The Mane Six arrive at Canterlot for Twilight's celebration to assume Princess Celestia and Luna's roles, unaware of the chaos Queen Chrysalis, Cozy Glow, and Tirek have brewed up as well as their new powers. Rainbow Dash in particular receives no help on weather clearing. Upon gathering up, they soon realized that this phenomenon is happening all over the city. 
Discord later arrives with bad news, that he was the one responsible for the release of the villains and has been posing as Grogar all along as well as the fact that the villains have drained him of his powers. Twilight quickly rallies everyone she can think of in an attempt to fight off the invaders. Cozy Glow in particular arrives to attack them, managing to dispatch Princess Celestia and Luna before struggling against the Mane Six. The other villains later arrive to help her out, managing to force them to send Twilight away in an attempt to find a way to deal with them.
The villains later gather up everyone they've managed to capture at a makeshift base before arguing on what to do next. Discord apologizes for his actions before provoking Tirek into attacking his cage with a blast of magic which he reflects into Starlight's cage. She then proceeds to free the prisoners including the captured Mane Six who manages to escape the prison.
Upon escaping, they find the pony races in an even more severe state of disharmony before eventually finding Twilight at the Crystal Empire in a state of panic. Her friends comfort her in this daunting moment, allowing her to regain enough resolve to come up with a plan to defeat the villains. They later arrive at an open plain, the Bewitching Bell in sight.
While Applejack, Fluttershy, Rarity, and Spike go off to retrieve the bell, the rest of them provide a distraction. Rainbow Dash in particular fought off Cozy Glow, her speed allowing her to dodge any attacks the pink filly fires at her while confusing her in the process. Unfortunately, the villains later realize this ruse and an all-out battle ensues.
After a long-winded battle, they are unfortunately defeated and soon the villains prepare one final attack to finish them off. Upon doing so however, a forcefield appears and shields them from the blast which none of the ponies were responsible for. Looking up at the hills above, they got to see who was responsible for this...
An army of creatures has arrived in their steed, the Young Six managing to convince them to cease their animosity and unite against this common threat. The Mane Six are taken to safety as the villains are assaulted from all sides until Twilight suddenly rises to confront them. With a heartfelt speech on the magic of friendship, she alongside her friends, the Young Six, and the Pillars of Equestria rise to the sky and blast the villains with a magic ray which strips them of their magic.
Discord quickly snatches the bell and recovers everyone's magic before deciding alongside the princesses to imprison the villains in stone. The Mane Six decide to recover from that journey with a trip to the donut shop while Canterlot is repaired, optimistic of the future that is to come.
Due to her rule, Twilight is moved over to Canterlot and forced to leave everything behind... including her friends. They were of very supportive at first and were quite busy with Rainbow Dash in particular overseeing a Wonderbolts performance. The purple alicorn eventually breaks down from all the pressure, her friends finally revealing that they all felt the same way. She was glad of this development though the coronation event went horribly wrong with the Wonderbolts getting hit by fireworks. 
Back at the present, Twilight's student Luster Dawn believes that this disaster is what drove her and her friends apart though that is not the case. The rest of the Mane Six soon arrive, having grown up or dealing with new jobs though they still gather up once a moon to keep in touch. As it turns out, the friends were not at all worried about the disaster and Starlight even gives the purple alicorn a book of memories in order to commemorate her times with her friends who were later hired to establish a Council of Friendship.
After a musical montage showing the future, Luster Dawn is sent to Ponyville as the Mane Six watch on, satisfied of this new era...
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