It was a perfectly normal day in Ponyville, Equestria.

And you really can't go wrong with these kind's of days. No storm was scheduled to happen today, so the sky was a beautiful blue, the sun shining valiantly in the sky. It was a Saturday, meaning that all thought of school was gone from all the little fillies mind's. The Pegasi were flying about, the couples were out for dinner dates, and the animals were going about their business.

In short, the day was as close to perfect as possible.

And who are we to find on this impossibly close to perfect day but everypony's favorite lavender unicorn? Nopony could even begin to describe her love for books, so of course she was reading a book under the shade of a tree, her dark mane and tail blowing in the cool but not chilly breeze, with the pink and dark purple streaks especially noticeable. Even in the shade her cutie-mark of stars seemed to shine.

Her name was Twilight Sparkle, and everypony in Ponyville knew her name.

Which, on it's own, is not saying much. Ponyville was a small town. A town where everyone could get around and get to know each other. There was hardly a pony who didn't know the next. But the name "Twilight Sparkle" was one in particular that stood out. After all, she was one of the six heroines that turned Nightmare Moon back into Princess Luna. It was thanks to her that the evil of the Spirit of Chaos and Disharmony, Discord, was stopped. She played a very major roll in the defeat of the Changelings and their queen, Queen Chrysalis. And it was thanks to her that the evil King Sombra had been defeated for good. Needless to say, she had made quite a name for herself.

Oh yeah. And she was the Element of Magic and possibly the most important Element of Harmony, so there's that. That was always important...really important.

But none of that was going on right now. There was no evil to fight, and Twilight was grateful for it. There were no possessed princesses, spirits of chaos, or evil rulers to deal with. It was just another normal day in Ponyville. A day where Twilight had more than enough time to read her book...

...Is what she kept telling herself until she heard a thunderclap.

Twilight couldn't stop a little scream as she jumped up and hid behind the tree that was giving her shade, wanting anything to hide her away from any apparent danger that might come from the lightning bolt.

It took a moment to realize that nothing was going to hurt her, and she came out from behind the tree. She thought she had a pretty good idea who caused that. "Rainbow Dash! That's not funny!" exclaimed Twilight, who was ready to give her friend Rainbow Dash, the Element of Loyalty, a good scolding. But, to Twilight's surprise, Rainbow Dash wasn't there...In fact, looking around, nopony was there. The park was completely abandoned.

To say the least, this struck Twilight as odd. Creepy, even. Almost scary. Where had everypony gone? could the thunderclap have scared them off? No, it couldn't have been that alone. One simple prank wouldn't send everypony running. So maybe it wasn't a simple prank. Maybe the thunderclap was something more.

Then Twilight caught the sent of smoke. Smoke? where did that come from? Her mind was immediately brought back to the thunderclap. She thought that where's thunder, there's usually lightning. She turned her head towards the source. It was coming from the center of the town.

Twilight's curiosity and suspicion became one to create panic. Had a lightning bolt hit the center of town? It had to have been strong if the smell of smoke reached all the way over here in the park. Twilight ran as fast as she could to the center of the town.

When she got there, Twilight saw that everypony was gathered the source of the smoke. So that's where everypony ran off to. Twilight looked around and spotted her a light blue Pegasus with a rainbow mane and tail flying above her. The Pegasus's cutie-mark of a cloud with a rainbow lightning bolt confirmed that she was Twilight's friend, Rainbow Dash, Element of Loyalty, head weather pony, and fastest flyer in all of Equestria.

Twilight called out "Rainbow Dash!" Rainbow Dash's attention was caught as she noticed Twilight. She flew down to greet her friend. "Hey, Twilight," said Rainbow Dash. "Did you see that lightning bolt? I just figured that was one of your magic practices gone wrong."

"It couldn't have been," said Twilight. "I was reading in the park the whole time. I thought it was caused by one of your clouds giving off a bolt."

"Heck, no!" replied Rainbow Dash immediately. "That was a red lightning bolt. No cloud could have possibly given that off!"

Twilight was surprised. A red lightning bolt? This was the first she had heard of that. Now Twilight had to know what was going on. She along with Rainbow Dash pushed her way to the front of the crowd. When she was there, she couldn't believe what she saw. The bolt certainly was powerful, because the crater it left was huge. But the center of impact was what really caught her eye. "What is THAT!?" Asked a surprised Rainbow Dash.

Twilight had no idea. At the center of the crater was a...something. It certainly wasn't a pony, but it was a creature. It was tall. It was covered with completely red fur, except for it's stomach, which had no fur. It wore red shoes with white straps. It had two legs and two arms, and it's hands had damaged white gloves. It had a somewhat big head with spikes on the back. It also had a sharp tail and spikes on it's back.

Twilight noticed that it looked wounded. As strange as the creature was, this worried Twilight. She wanted to help it. She got closer to the creature. "What are you doing, Twilight!?" she heard Rainbow Dash say. Twilight didn't listen. She reached the creature. It was definitely unconscious. Twilight knew she had to help it, and began to touch it.

The creature twitched and groaned. It was gaining consciousness. This caused Twilight to take a step back, but not run away.

And then, suddenly, It woke.

Author's Note

Well,here's the first chapter of my first fanfiction.
Criticism is welcome, but no downright insults.
Enjoy!