Retro's Backstory

Name: Retro City
Nicknames: Retro, Speedy, Snickerdoodle
Gender: Female
Occupation: Wonderbolt
Special Somepony: Spitfire
Sexuality: Lesbian
Cutie Mark: A gust of wind

Family:

Mother: Cloud Jumper ((to be designed (pegasus)

Father: Meteor Shower ((to be designed (bat pony)

Siblings:
Sky Rocket (Rocket engineer, bat pony)
Irida Ray (Wonderbolt, pegasus)



How Cutie Mark was obtained:
During her flying school she was racing with other candidates, when she noticed another pony had hurt themselves and had fallen behind. instead of zooming over the finish line and winning, she flew back and picked them up. She carried the pony over the finish line and came last, but gained her cutie mark as she crossed the finish line.

Cutie mark meaning:
As much as it's for speed and flight talent, her cutie mark represents teamwork, companionship and thinking about others, the required needs to be a wonderbolt.


General upbringing and life:
Retro always had a taste for the skies, ever since she was just a foal, she dreamed of soaring through the skies and putting on shows, testing her limits. Like all the other pegasi she went to flying school and fairly enjoyed it, she wasn't a perfect student by no means, but also not a terrible one either. She would often doze off in classes and get an eartug from the teachers, but she tried her best and did fairly well in exams other than theory tests.

Her parents were laid back and encouraging, Her father was a night weather bat pony while her mother was a wonderbolt, she always strove to be like her mother which made her father feel left out at times, but what else could he say? she was the best mare in his life and he was proud his daughter took after the love of his life.

The only issues Retro seemed to spark was issues with anxiety, she realised she didn't function well around large crowds and large amounts of clashing noise. This worried Retro as she thought it would get in the way of her dream, especially after going to see a specialist about it, and found out it was called Sensory Overload, a type of anxiety disorder And to make her life feel worse, she developed Tourette’s Syndrome, gaining vocal tics. This made it harder to gain friends as she wasn’t as approachable as before, other ponies worried about saying the wrong things. Her parents tried their best to reassure their daughter but she was sick to the stomach at the thought of her dream slipping right between her hooves.

The solution to this issue came with the gift of music. when she would be going to tryouts or to a busy place in Cloudsdale, she would pop her earphones in which would in turn, block out the clashing sounds, which would significantly aid her anxiety and allowed her to still go out and do what she needed to do, to achieve her dream.

She never goes out without headphones and music, as they are vital, and will use them during her wonderbolt shows, they are completely wireless so they don't get in the way of her flight.



Relevance with Spitfire (backstory?):
Retro went to the academy with Spitfire as her classmate, before Spitfire had gained her ranks to become a wonderbolt and then the leader of the academy and HQ. They both sat next to eachother and quickly hit it off as friends, as every otherpony seemed to have their own friendship groups and stuck close within their own circles, spitfire was the popular girl however, all the boys swooned for her, to which she rolled her eyes and giggled at the endless attempts to gain her acceptance.

Retro had suffered from anxiety and sensory overload from a young age, she struggled to talk to others and spitfire didn't mind doing it for her when she needed it, Retro had to wear her headphones often during shows and generally found the social interaction exhausting, but she needed to work with it to achieve her life long dream.

Back then, she struggled to gain a strong group of friends as other ponies would be embarrassed by the strange sounds she was unable to control. Other ponies that were also struggling with their insecurities began to poke at her and make fun of her in the halls, this saddened her greatly but she did her best to keep moving forward and trying to ignore them. One night she asked Spitfire to cut her mane short for her, she was very excited to do so as she finally had the courage to cut it off as she always wanted, before she had always used her hair to hide her face as she was embarrassed by herself. The academy thought different about this change though,and she began to get bullied for her hairstyle by the same group of ponies. Eventually her emotions got to her and she ran back to her dorm, flopping into her bed and burying her face into her pillow. Spitfire had noticed her distressed and running to her dorm and followed her, Retro tried her best to get her to leave but Spitfire Digressed. She sat next to her and Retro sobbed into her arms for the rest of the night.

The next day as Retro sluggishly stumbled to her locker and opened it the academy ponies began to poke at her again. She tried her best to ignore it and get on with her day, but as soon as she closed her locker door, silence filled the halls. The ponies were in awe, staring at Spitfire as she stood there with her own mane cut short and her sparkling golden badge, The first of her academy year to get the team leader status. She quickly strutted towards the other ponies, She smiled smugly saying "Best leave my Marefriend alone eh? Before i go tell the Captain what you've been up to" wiggling her eyebrows. The ponies quickly scattered away as Retro blushed uncontrollably.

As they both graduated, they were in a strong relationship for over a year and worked well together in shows. Over the years Retro and Spitfire worker hard to climb the ranks to becoming drill sergeants. During a show however Retro and Spitfire clipped eachothers wings in the sky, and while Spitfire was able to regain her balance, Retro crashed down into the hard tarmac. 

Retro was hospitalised for a good few months, she had broken her wing and her back hooves, she was worried she wouldn’t be able to fly again but that was her anxiety getting to her. Spitfire tried to stay with Retro but Retro digressed and told Spitfire to carry on training, as when she was well, they would blow the socks off of the higher ranking officers and finally gain their dream ranks. Over the course of those months of Retro recuperating, they both planned a special flight show full of daring and dazzling stunts. When Retro had fully recovered, they both decided to go all in and fly the show together. They both pulled it off spectacularly and were promoted after a few more written and physical exams they worked hard for and were ecstatic as they received their stripes, they both fell into each other's arms crying of happiness. 

In the present timeline, Retro and Spitfire train new recruits and are in charge of the wonderbolts team. They are both incredibly hard on their students but are proud of them, and themselves for getting as far as they have, and try to put the same ideals and will for success into their recruit’s heads.