Rain begins to fall in Ponyville, A lone stallion walks the now desolate streets drowned in sorrow and despair.
"My daughter is dead..." The stallion falls to his haunches and weeps softly to the empty clouds above.
"I'm sorry Nimble... Daddy is so-so sorry...Pl-please forgive him Nimble...please..." The grief stricken stallion looks to the smoke billowing from Cloudsdale, a dark and suffocating reminder of what has just happened. The factory was gone, that much was clear, but what was lost to him was more than that. He lost not only his mind and sanity, but also his beloved daughter and wife. That cursed factory took everything away from him. Now he sits, sorrow filled and alone. The stallion utters a sad and angry scream as he falls to the wet earth below, tears falling from his eyes like the rain from the clouds. The sorrow flowed through him for the longest time until he calmed down enough to go into his saddlebag and pull out the only thing he had left of his beloved daughter, a single yellow rose. The stallion smiled a weak and pathetic smile, and let the breeze take the rose away.
"Fly away Nimble, Daddy will find you again, I love you..." The stallion then stood up and continued down the cold and empty streets of Ponyville. The stallion's eyes were a deep crimson color and his mane was tattered and bloody. A sick reminder of what he went through to protect the ponies he loved, and a sick reminder of the ones he failed to save. Stormdrift's eyes fill with tears of sorrow and loss. He stands up and stares with hatred at the now burning factory, his very being shaking with anger. He turned to walk away and stopped.
"It's all my fault... All of this is my fault..." The stallion said through clenched jaws. He slammed his hoof into the ground in pure rage, seething hatred through clenched teeth.
"I swear when i find who created that foul place... I'll kill him!!" The stallion said with venom in his voice. He sighed and calmed down a bit. The stallion looked around his surroundings and groaned.
"First things first, where in the buck am I?" The stallion said. He looked to the east and saw a town. He cocked his head and gave a sigh. A town means ponies, and ponies mean directions and an understanding of where the heck he is. The stallion limped toward the town. With every step he winced. The pain in his body rivaled the pain he felt in his heart. He lost too much in such a short time. It would be nice to see some friendly faces for once. The stallion stopped for a moment to catch his breath. He smiled a weak smile and sighed.
"So far so good... Who am I kidding... The shit I've done to ponies... Who in their right mind would help me..." The stallion said with a tear in his eye. Even if his hope felt shattered he still needed help. The stallion walked on into the town hiding his face with his hat. He noticed that this town was a lot different then his hometown of Cloudsdale. This town was a lot more cheery and bright. All around him, ponies were all happy and care free. The buildings were brightly painted and ponies went about there day without a worry in a world. He saw foals playing in the gardens and parks surrounding the town. One filly in particular stood out to him though. A bright blue filly with big green eyes was playing with another filly. The stallion felt tears tickle his eyes. The little filly reminded him of his daughter Nimble Breeze. The stallion continued on without a word. He happened upon a small market place where ponies were buying and selling food and items for pony use. The stallion sighed and pressed on into the market. He placed a cloak around his body and walked on. He went up to a vendor and placed his hoof on the counter. The vendor jumped a foot and glared.
"Can i help you sir?" The vendor said in an aggravated tone. The stallion simply looked at the vendor and pulled down his hood. The vendor gasped.
"Yes you can ma'am, I'm new to this place, where exactly am I?" The stallion said with his best smile. The vendor just threw a tomato at him and ran off. The stallion sighed.
"So much for being friendly..." He groaned.and walked on. On that walk ponies were giving the stallion weird looks. They ushered their children away from him and they gave him dirty looks. The stallion began to get a funny feeling in his gut. Did they know what he did? why were they looking at him that way? His questions would soon be answered. Three stallions walked up to him and shoved him to the ground. The stallion fell with a thud and growled.
"What a lovely way to say hi..." The stallion said with anger.
"Shut the fuck up you piece of fucking shit!" A grey stallion said with anger.
"I know what you did there Storm... My son is dead cause of you..." The grey stallion said with anger in his voice. Stormdrift knew who this was.
"G-grey Skies? Is that really you...?" Storm asked with worry. Grey Skies was his best friend when he was a colt. He was the only one who ever really got him.
"You took everything away from me!" Grey Skies yelled with tears and anger filling his voice. Storm sighed and stood up, now surrounded by three other stallions, he walked towards Grey Skies with empathy in his eyes.
"S-Skie... I'm sorry, I--" A hoof slammed into Storms face, knocking him to the ground. Storm looked up at his former friend and frowned. Storm felt blood run from his mouth. Wiping the blood away he struggled to stand only to be knocked back down by a hoof. Storm yelped in pain and growled as he hit the ground. Grey Skies looked down and snarled.
"Now you'll feel the pain my son felt when you killed him..." Grey said with a growl. He then nodded towards his goons and they all grabbed Storm and smiled evily as Grey Skies began beating the crap out of Storm. Every hit felt like a thousand pounds on his face. Blood splashed the ground, Storm's blood. Stormdrift yelled in pain as Grey Skies hit him again and again. Then he stopped. Grey Skies pulled out a blade and glared at Stormdrift. Storm was filled with pain and fear.
"G-Grey...please..." Storm pleaded. Grey Skies just put the blade to Storms throat and glared.
"Now lets see what happens when i do this..." Grey said. Storm closed his eyes and awaited the end, But it never came.
Stormdrift opened his eyes and saw a blur of purple fur and heard a chorus of snapping bones. The last thing Storm remembered before everything went black was somepony grabbing him and running towards wherever the darkness was leading him.
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Stormdrift wakes up a few hours later to a loud crashing sound. He looked around to see he was in a library lined wall to wall with books. Storm was confused.
"Wh-where am I..." He asked himself. He tried to sit up only to fall back onto the bed with a groan. He sighed and looked around once again. The room he was in was really clean and neat. Not a single thing was out of place. He looked to the doorway and saw a purple unicorn smiling at him from the doorway. Storm tensed and sat up ignoring the pain.
"who are you, and where in the hell am I?" Stormdrift asked with a growl. The unicorn smiled and giggled.
"My name is Twilight Sparkle, you were being attacked by some ponies and I stopped them from hurting you and I brought you here. I have to say... You're one lucky pony..." Twilight said with a smile. Storm glared at her but immediately calmed down and took a breath. Another crash makes Storm jump a foot. Twilight groans in annoyance.
"SPIKE!!! QUIET DOWN!!" She yelled. Twilight looked to Storm and smiled.
"Sorry about that... By the way you never told me your name..." Twilight said. Storm gave a look that made her frown.
"S-sorry I didn.t mean to--" He raised a hoof and smiled.
"No-no sorry I just...I'm not myself right now... My name is Stormdrift, It's nice to meet you..." Storm said with a smile. Twilight sat on the bed next to him and Storm blushed slightly.
"Why were those ponies attacking you Storm..." Twilight asked with a frown on her face. Storm sighed and looked at her with sorrow in his eyes.
"U-uh... I would rather not say...You would probably kick me out on the spot if I told you what happened..." Storm said with a tear in his eye. Twilight gave him a smile and grabbed his hoof. Stormdrift blushed and looked at Twilight with wide eyes.
"Storm... I promise you I will not kick you out...No matter how bad your past may be... I brought you in and I plan on keeping you here till everything calms down..." Twilight placed her hoof on his shoulder and smiled. Storm smiled back and gave a sigh.
"Okay Twilight... I'll tell you, but be warned...It is not for the faint of heart..."
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5 HOURS EARLIER...
"Storm! Get your ass over there and kill that worthless fuck!" A loud voice is heard ringing from every side of the walls. Stormdrift, a Pegasus who is being forced to do this runs to the helpless pony hooked to the wall with chains.
"Pl-please sir don't do this!" The Pony said, her eyes filled with tears. Stormdrift frowned and sighed. He knew if he didn't kill her they would kill his family.
"I am sorry ma'am... but I must do this or they kill my family..." Storm said as he pulled out a knife. The pony on the machine began to cry, only to be silenced by a blade to the throat. Storm ripped the mares thrat out and began to drain her of her color. Storm always got sick when he did this.
"Good work Storm... Now your little shit can stay alive...for now." The voice boomed with a sickening laugh. Storm uttered a loud growl and glared up at the room where the voice came from.
"I am doing what you want me to... If you lay a hoof on my daughter... I will personally come up there and kick you fucking ass!!" I yelled. I then heard a sickening slap followed by a cry.
"Daddy!!" Storm's daughter Nimble Breeze started to cry. Storm got angry. The voice in the room laughed an evil, wicked laugh. Storm's body began to tremble with anger.
"One day Atmosphere... You'll get yours..." Storm said with a shaky voice. Atmosphere just laughed. Storm growled and cleaned up the mess he made of the mare. Five years he has worked here... Five long and painful years of bloodshed and pain, all for the safety of his daughter, Nimble Breeze. It didn't matter to Atmosphere the age of the pony that was put in the machine, he only cared about what color they were. That made Stormdrift sick.
"Storm... hey Storm..." A familiar voice rang through the area. Storm looked over and saw a grey mare looking at him with worried eyes. Storm glared at her and pulled her to the side and slammed her into the wall, fire in his eyes. The mare whimpered.
"What in the fuck are you doing here Raincry? If they see you they will kill you!!" Storm said with sorrow now filling his eyes. He remembered what he did and let her go. the mare glared at him.
"Love you too sweetie..." Raincry said with sadness. Storm sighed and hugged her tightly, kissing her on the lips.
"I am sorry my love but they will make me kill you if they see you..." Storm said with fear. Raincry looked at him and frowned.
"Would you really kill me my love?" Raincry said with a tear in her eye. Storm kissed her and stroked her mane gently.
"Never..." Storm said as he smiles. He then heard an alarm sound. Oh god...they knew she was here.
"Storm? whats that noise?" Raincry asked. Her question was answered when an arrow sliced through her side. She yelled in pain and fell to the ground. Storm knelt down by her side, tears falling from his eyes.
"MY LOVE!! NO!! GOD DAMN IT WHY HER!? I WON'T KILL MY WIFE!!" Storm yelled, laying on his love protecting her. A growl escaped his throat, only to be met with a hoof across his face. Atmosphere smiled a wicked evil, smile and then threw Storm's daughter to the ground. She landed with a whimper. Storm glared at Atmosphere.
"I am not killing my wife..." He runs to Nimble Breeze, holding the little filly in his arms. Blood falls from his mouth as he growls.
"And your not killing my daughter..." Storm gave Atmosphere a look that could turn a cockatrice to stone. It didn't faze Atmosphere at all. He grabbed Storm's wife and smiled a wicked smile.
"Well, then I guess I'll have to kill your wife... We had a deal Storm.. You work for me and your family lives... If you don't they die... say goodbye to your loving wife!" With that Atmosphere pulled out a blade and stabbed Storms wife in the chest, ripping her heart out and throwing her in the machine. Storm screamed as his wife was crushed in the machine, as Atmosphere laughed. Storm held Nimble for dear life, only to have her taken from him by force. Atmosphere smiled.
"Please! Don't hurt her! She didn't do anything wrong! She just a filly!!" Storm was held down as Atmosphere hooked his daughter up to the machine. A long blade came down, aiming for Nimble's belly. Atmosphere looked at Storm and smiled.
"A deal is a deal..." With that he pressed a button and the blade shot through Nimble's belly, draining her of her color. Before she died she looked to Storm and gave a weak, sad smile.
"I love you daddy...I'll tell mommy you love her--" With that Nimble died. Storm's sorrow released itself and he fell to the floor and cried. Atmosphere grabbed Storm by the face and smiled.
"Now it's your turn..." He said. He threw Stormdrift against a wall and laughed. Storm struggled to stand.
"I am going to kill you all!!" Storm screamed. Atmosphere grabbed Storm again and hooked him to the machine. This angered Storm. A low growl was heard coming from his throat. A needle shot Storm in the neck and began to slowly drain Storm's color. Atmosphere smiled.
"Now you will join your pathetic family Storm..." That did it. Storm broke free and impaled the ponies that held him down. Storm glared at Atmosphere and grabbed the needle that was draining him and walked towards Atmosphere.
"You killed my family... Tried to kill me... and now your in the same place as me... Oh the irony Atmosphere..." Storm said as he continued to advance on Atmosphere. Atmosphere had fear in his eyes for the first time in all the times Storm has seen him.
"Would you really kill me Storm..." Atmosphere said with a smile. Storm smiled and threw the needle point blank at Atmosphere's throat, killing him. Storm looked down at Atmospheres body and growled.
"Now I make a rainbow out of you..." He said as he threw Atmosphere's body in the machine and pressed the self destruct button. Storm tipped his hat to the workers and smiled.
"Have fun..." With that Storm left the factory and a minute later it blew up. Storm went flying into the clouds and then down onto the cold hard ground below. Storm looked up and sighed. The factory was gone...
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Twilight's face clouded over and a tear fell from her eye.
"Oh my Celestia Storm I- I am so sorry to hear that..." She said. Storm began to tear up, and Twilight held Storm so he could cry in her hooves. Twilight stroked Storm's mane as he cried.
"He killed everyone in my family...I have nopony left... I have no friends...Everypony wants to kill me... I-I--" Twilight put a hoof over Storms mouth and smiled. Storm blushed a bit.
"I'm here for you Stormdrift... Nopony will hurt you ever again..." Twilight said. A knock on her door startled him. She smiled and hugged him tightly before she answered it. The next thing Storm knew he was being hugged to death by a pink mare.
"Twilight! so this is your new friend!! hes soooo cool!!" The pink mare said as she continued to squeeze the life out of him. Storm smiled sheepishly as he tried to breath. A cyan Pegasus grabbed the pink mare and groaned.
"Pinkie...hes already gotten the crap beat out of him...lets not hug him to death as well..." The cyan mare said with a smile. She looked at Storm and smiled.
"Sorry about that...My name is Rainbow Dash... That is Pinkie Pie... Nice to meet you." Rainbow Dash said with a smile. He smiled back.
"H-hi... My name is Stormdrift" Storm said with a bit of shyness. Three other ponies walked in and smiled.
"Oh here comes the rest of them... Storm I would like to introduce you to Applejack, Rarity and Fluttershy." The three ponies walked over to Stormdrift. The one pony to catch his eye was Fluttershy. Storm blushed deep red at the sight of her. Applejack picked it up right away.
"Y'all are blushing mighty red there sugarcube... " She said with a smile on her face. Storm blushed deeper.
"A-am not..." Storm said with a smile. Fluttershy walked over and smiled.
"U-um...M-my name-i-is Fl-Flutter-shy--I-its nice-to-to meet you..." Fluttershy said with a shy smile. Storm instantly fell in love with her. She was too adorable.
"He-hey Fluttershy--M-My name-i-is Sto-Stormdrift..." He extended his hoof and smiled as Fluttershy shook his hoof. His face went red again. Twilight smiled a warm smile.
"Well Storm if I didn't know any better I'd say you like Fluttershy..." She said with a mischievous grin. Storm blushed and gave Twilight his best serious look.
"I-I do not like her like that..." Storm said. Fluttershy kissed Storm on the cheek and Stormdrift blushed a deep crimson red.
"O-okay maybe a little..." Storm said smiling. Rarity was the next pony he met.
"Darling we simply must do something about your mane!!" Rarity said. With that Stormdrift placed his hat on his head and stuck his tongue out.
"No one touches my mane...sorry..." Rarity simply took the hat off and began combing Storms mane. Storm grumbled but let her do what she was doing. Twilight laughed as did the rest of them. Suddenly Storm began to laugh as well. He has never laughed like this in a long time. Storm looked around as Rarity continued to brush his mane. He didn't care anymore. He had friends for the first time in a long time.
"So Storm if Y'all need some work, you're more then welcome to work at the farm." Applejack said as she placed her hat on Storm's head, much to the dislike of Rarity.
"Oh for the love of Celestia Applejack have you no respect for fashion!! His mane was going to be gorgeous!" Rarity said with a tear in her eye. Storm smiled and tipped the hat to Applejack.
"I'll take that offer AJ thanks, and Rarity...you did a wonderful job on my mane...the hat just brings out my eyes a bit more don't you think?" Storm batted his eyes and everypony including Rarity began to laugh.
"Oh Storm you're such a riot!! OHH I think I know what this calls for...A PARTY!!" Pinkie Pie said as she ran out of the library. Storm frowned.
"..... crap...I have to be social..." Storm said. Twilight hugged him tightly.
"We'll be there for you Storm... Come on lets go..." Storm nodded and him and his new friends walked out of the library and towards a new hope. A hope that one day, everything will be just fine.
Author's Note
Story # 3 done!! I'm starting another one very soon so be ready for more!!