Once a Time Lord, Now a Pony

The cheering crowd's roars turned to screams as the lightning struck in a instant and ponies began to scatter every which way with the Guards just barely keeping control over them. Rain poured down as Twilight pushed through the crowd towards the stage Rainbow running after her.

"Twi, are you nuts? In this weather, what's the chance you won't get struck too?" She shouted in concern for her friend but the lavender unicorn and Element of Magic looked back at her with a serious expression on her face.

"It doesn't matter. Not right now!"

Rainbow's jaw dropped in shock.

"D-doesn't matter?" She sputtered. "But the lightning-"

"I DON'T CARE ABOUT THE DAMN LIGHTNING!" Twilight shouted back, and Rainbow reeled backwards in shock. Twilight never cursed, not in her memory anyway. For her to do that, the situation must be bad. "Right now, our only concern is Lightning Dust. I may not like her, but she needs help!" She continued.

Pinkie popped up from behind Rainbow, making her jump.

"She's right right right! Dusty needs help!" She said excitedly, as if she'd had too much sugar. Rainbow grumbled to herself.

"Alright fine, but if I die you're getting haunted for this I swear..." She muttered.

When all three Elements got up there, they gasped in shock with Rainbow looking like she might be sick while Pinkie actually was. Laying in front of them was Lightning Dust, hair scorched and her body badly burned. Twilight felt her body, it was still breathing which was something at least so she was still alive but for how much longer no pony present knew. Twilight turned to Pinkie, who's hair had deflated from it's normal poofy style. Twilight's status as her position in the Elements and Celestia's personal student was on full display now, in all it's glory.

"Pinkie, call Canterlot General. Tell them they've got a patient incoming."

Pinkie saluted, said "On it!" before dashing off in a pink blur...

The rapidly fading Lightning Dust was quickly brought to the hospital, bandages wrapped around her wounds making her resemble a mummy. She'd been put on a stretcher and was currently being rushed to the ICU doctor and nurse ponies making observations about her conditions along the way.

"Pulse is dropping! Time's running out here, she's fading." One Doctor Horse said to his fellow caregiver, Nurse Redheart as they pushed the stretcher through the ICU doors.

"Quickly, get the equipment set up. We're not losing her." Redheart ordered to the doctors. Outside, in a waiting room sat Pinkie, Twilight and Rainbow.

"You think she'll be okay?" Pinkie whispered sadly, her voice quite unlike it's normal tone. Rainbow put a foreleg around her.

"She'll be fine. Lightning's a tough pegasi, I can tell. I say she could be Wonderbolt stock, if not for her attitude. She's worse then me, and that's saying something!" Rainbow said, in reassurance to her friend. It then Spike ran in with a frightened look on his face and when he saw Twilight he hugged her.

"Twilight! Thank Celestia you're oaky, when I heard somepony got struck by lightning I came looking for you!" He said, tears in his eyes. Twilight wiped them away.

"It's okay Spike, I'm here." She said, hugging him before her gaze turned to the ICU doors. "Her though, I'm not so sure about." She murmured.

"Who's her? What happened?" Spike asked in confusion.

"Well..." Twilight began.

Amazingly, with all the doctor's efforts and perhaps a miracle from Celestia Lightning Dust managed to pull through. Currently, she was sitting in her bed still covered in bandages gazing out at the Canterlot skyline, Luna's moon shining through. Lightning Dust growled as she remembered what the doctors told her. She'd forever have these burns, and with her wings so damaged be lucky to fly again. Oh sure, she could play guitar as good as ever but she'd never be able to show her face in public ever again not looking like... this.

Not that it mattered anyway, her band didn't want her because of her "Ego" as they put it. Letting out a scream of pure frustriation she grabbed a clock and was prepared to throw it when she noticed it was being charged with energy and going haywire the numbers switching at random every few seconds. Then she noticed a energy building up inside her and somehow released it in a lightning bolt shattering the window glass.

"Huh, cool." She said.

She dropped the clock to the floor in excitement.

"Look out world, Lightning Dust is back baby! Time to show the world my power!" She exclaimed before turning herself into a lightning bolt and flying right out the hole in the window...

Meanwhile, Twilight had gone to a concert at the Canterlot Opera House where none other then her favorite artist Octavia Melody was playing with her group. Currently they were going through Ludwig Von Hooftoven's "Fur Elise" and playing it brilliantly. As the song ended and the crowd clapped in approval she turned to Celestia beside her.

"It... It just doesn't feel right. Not while Lightning Dust is recovering I'm out here enjoying myself." She said softly.

"You did the right thing bringing her here to Canterlot, my faithful student. Besides, I hear Dust is expected to make a full recovery. She should be out..."

Suddenly in a flash of light and a loud explosion Lightning appeared on stage as ponies scattered in fear.

"Hello world, meet the new me!" She laughed.

"...Soon." Celestia finished in shock. This was definitely new, that was for sure.

"Time to go to work." Twilight muttered. "And I was having such a nice night."