Making It Big! // Uma Musume: Pretty Derby Fanfiction

First Impression

Hello again!! I don't really have a schedule for this fanfic so I'll just make random updates. I hope the first chapter was good and it got you hooked on the story. Now let's see what happens to Sunny Blaze in her try out race!

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Hana set her stopwatch and began, “Okay, ready!” All girls got in positions. Get ready. Show em what you got. This is where you start your dream. Sunny thought to herself. “Set!” The gates clicked, ready to let the girls out. Just breathe.

“Go!!”

All the horse girls took off as the gates opened. The line started forming a pattern with El Condor Pasa and Grass Wonder in the very lead. Behind them was Flower Flash in third and Taiki Shuttle, a Team Rigil racer, in fourth. A new racer named Admire Moon with curly shoulder length white hair and black eyes kept on pace with Flash.

Sunny Blaze was staying close to the back, only passing one new horse girl in the beginning and staying at the same pace.

Hmm, Flash looked back to check on Sunny, She doesn't seem as fast as I thought. Maybe she’s saving her energy. She took off, trying to stay ahead of Shuttle.

“This girl doesn't seem to be that good. Admire Moon looks like the better one. We should accept her.” Air Groove commented as she watched on the sidelines. Narita Brian, another Team Rigil girl, shrugged, “Sunny Blaze isn't too bad.”

“She's with you a lot in classes, right?” Narita hummed an unbiased response. “She's pretty strong. I’m sure she's just as promising. She’s in a bad position, is all.”

Air Groove huffed, “Well, she better show it, then.”

Meanwhile, a certain lazy trainer was examining the training race. He had heard of the new student coming to the academy and decided to see what he could use or what he had to go against. She didn't seem like much of a threat. Fast, maybe, but she didn't stand out that much.

The horse girls at Team Spica had no idea what he was leaving for, but he left them busy with running laps around the school. Right now, it didn't seem like it was worth it to leave his team during training for an average horse girl. He could see she did have potential, but she either didn't know it or she didn't know how to use it.

“Come on, I know you’ve gotta have something. Especially if your trying to join Rigil.” He watched her stay toward the back of the group, a bad place to try and get ahead. The newest racer of Team Rigil, Flower Flash, was proving to be a promising rival to some of his pupils.

He leaned forward on a rail and mused, “Maybe she’d be good against Gold Ship? Nah, maybe Mejiro. She could possibly be good with Special Week. But why doesn't that new girl move?”

Sunny Blaze stayed intact to her place, even managing to fall behind two other girls. The last turn was coming up and individual horse girls started running faster, making their move. Sunny stayed along the girls in the back, still not making her move.

Hana raised an eyebrow and shook her head, “This one wants to beat Special Week, huh? That's gonna be a challenge for her.” Symboli Rudolf studied Sunny’s pace and location then looked to her trainer, “Give her a minute, she seems to be using the grouping strategy.”

“Staying close to a group so she won't fall behind. She doesn't seem so good with making progress, though. Normally, she would be accelerating now.” Rudolf brushed her bangs back and said, “Just give her some time.”

El Condor Pasa passed Grass Wonder as she made her move. Grass started staying behind letting Flower Flash make her move and speed up to El Condor. Sorry, El-chan! Not today. She chuckled to herself.