The Elements of Mayhem--Awakening

The pegasus stood slowly. He looked over himself. He had a turquoise coat, and a quick check of his tail revealed it to be red, yellow, and blue. He took particular note of his cutie mark; A pair of wings, one red, one blue, with a golden trail behind them. He turned back to the front, and immediately found himself facing a poster for some aerial team. The "Wonderbolts."

"All they're doing is flashing off an ability they share with a third of the Equestrian population," he said, putting a hoof on the top right corner of the poster, "Khe. Ooh, look at me! I'm a Wonderbolt! I can do the same thing the rest of the pegasi can do, only I do it after weeks of rehearsal!"

He tore half the poster off the wall and tossed it aside, turning and walking away. "Why should I care about other ponies? Joining a team would do nothing except hold me back."

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He took flight, flying straight up until he started to have difficulty breathing the thin air, and turned around. His wings propelled him downwards faster than gravity pulled him. His eyes snapped shut to prevent anything getting in them, and he waited until the last possible moment to make a sharp turn back upwards. He heard the explosion from his turn, and looked back. A red, yellow, and blue circle expanded where he'd made his turn. At that moment, the resulting shockwave hit him.

"Oh, shi--" He started before he hit the side of the mountain and everything went black.

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"Nice flyin', Tex," A mare said as the pegasus started to wake.

"Khe. . ." was his only verbal response as he stood, looking over. The first thing he saw was a blue mare wearing a black top hat, "Well, the explosion was pretty, but no amount of concussion can make a top hat look good without the suit."

The other mare, a dark grey unicorn shook her head, "I tried to tell her."

The red earth pony beside her rolled his eyes, "Still better than a pink cap."

"Beside the point, everypony." the first mare said, before turning back to the pegasus, "Got memories from before you woke?"

". . .No," the pegasus responded, "I just know my name is Turn Coat."

"And you were created to counter an Element of Harmony, right?" The other stallion asked.

"How did--"

"So were all three of us," The unicorn said, "We caught sight of the Sonic Rainboom, and initially assumed it was the Element of Loyalty showing off."

"Well, I knew it wasn't her," The mare in the top hat said.

"You did not," The red one retorted

". . .I'm out," Turn said, starting to walk away.

"Hey, wait a minute," the unicorn used her aura to gently grip Turn's shoulder, "I bet you don't yet have a place to stay, so why not stay with us for now?"

The pegasus rolled his eyes, "I don't really care. But if I'm going with you, I need to know your names."

"Oh, of course," the unicorn said, "I am Sneak Step. The mare is False Witness, and the stallion is Hot Rod."