The Elementals

So after finishing their lunch, and a very generous individual paying for said lunch, Flare spent the night at Jolt's house near Manehattan. The next morning, Flare and Jolt took the next train to Appleoosa in search for their other friend Rocky. When they arrived at Appleoosa, they immediately started the search.

" So you said that Rocky owns a bar here", Flare asked.

" Last time I checked yes, but you know Rocky, always jumping from place to place", Jolt said.

" Well let's hope he hasn't decided to leave just yet", Flare said. After looking around for a couple minutes, they were suddenly stopped by a stallion who was already shaking Flare's hoof.

" Well I'll be if it isn't Fire Flare himself, I speak for all of us when I say that it's such an honor to have you visit our little town of Appleoosa", said the stallion. The stallion then realized how awkward he must have been presenting himself and quickly let go of Flare's hoof . " Um...heh, excuse my manners, my name is Braeburn", Braeburn said. Flare let out a chuckle.

" Hi Breaburn, you already know me, and this is my friend Thunder Jolt", Flare said. Jolt made a wave gestor to say hello, Breaburn tipped his hat in return.

" Howdy. Now what brings you here to Appleoosa", Breaburn asked.

" We were actually looking for a friend of ours. Do you happen to know an Earth Pony by the name of Rocky", Flare asked.

" Oh Rocky, yeah I know him", Breaburn said.

" You do, well do you know where he his", Jolt asked.

" I sure do, he's in that bar over there", Breaburn said. Breaburn then pointed in the direction of where the bar was.

" Thank you so much Breaburn, your help is much appreciated", Flare said.

" Anytime", Breaburn said. And with that, Breaburn tipped his hat once more and headed off. Jolt then gave a chuckle.

" Since when did you start talking formal", Jolt asked.

" After the whole Ozore thing, I was invited to the Grand Galloping Gala. Since I didn't really know how socialize with the upper class, Rarity had teach me a few things if I wanted to quote on quote, fit in". Flare said. Jolt then showed an immediate rise in curiosity.

" Oh and who's Rarity, she your mare friend or somethings", Jolt said. Flare then started blushing, but it wasn't that noticeable because of the fact that he had red fur.

" WHAT, no no no, she's just a friend that happens to be a mare", Flare said. Jolt chuckled even more.

" And by friends, you mean fiends with benefits", Jolt said. Flare looked even more frustrated then before.

" NO, just friends", Flare said. Jolt then let out a burst of laughter.

" Yeah sure, ok let's go with that", Jolt said. Flare let out a sigh of frustration.

" Last time I checked, we were looking for Rocky, not talking about who I'm dating or not", Flare said. Jolt then pretended to act serious.

" Oh yeah that's right, sorry let's go look for him", Jolt said. And with that they headed off towards the bar. When they found it they immediately noticed that it retained the same old western theme to it. The two then looked up to see the sign that said, " On the Rocks, Bar and Billiards". The two then were about to head into the building, until they heard a lot of commotion going on inside, Flare and Jolt looked at each other with worry. When they walked inside, they saw two stallions who were obviously drunk having some sort of argument. That argument soon escalated into a fight, the two were slamming each other into the walls, they pinned each other to the ground, and they were punching each other in face and stomach. Flare and Jolt then noticed the same tan stallion, with the same cowboy hat and fishing vest, and with the same cutie mark of the ground breaking apart heading towards the two stallions fighting. Rocky then pushed the two away from each other, and without warning, Rocky's right hoof became engulfed with rocks. Once that happened, Rocky then dealt a powerful punch to the drunk stallion left of him, sending him flying back at the wall. Rock's left hoof was also engulfed by rocks, and he did the same amount of damage to the drunk stallion right of him. Rocky then picked up the two stallions and threw them out of the building.

" AND STAY OUT", Rocky yelled. Rocky then heard a familiar voice.

" Hey, what's a guy got to do to get a drink around here", Jolt said. Rocky turned around and saw Flare and Jolt sitting on the stools at the counter, and a huge grin spread across his face.

" Jolt, Flare, what's up guys", Rocky said. Rocky then walked over to them and gave Jolt the first hug, then gave Flare the second one. Rocky then noticed all the scars that were on Flare and let out a small gasp. " Damn, that Ozore guy really did a number on you", Rocky said. Flare then looked at all the scars as well.

" You're damn right he did, I'm surprised you didn't mention the scars Jolt", Flare said.

" Well I was, but I didn't want to sound rude. Unlike some pony", Jolt said giving Rocky a shap glare.

" What can I say, curiosity gets the best of me", Rocky said followed by a chuckle.

" Well you know what they say, it was curiosity that killed the cat", Jolt said. Rocky then gave a smirk.

" Well I'm not a cat now am I", Rocky said. The three shared a laugh until Rocky quickly trotted behind the counter. " Let me pour you guys a drink. Now this drink I invented myself, I call it the Tectonic Shift", Rocky said. Rock then pulled out a glass bottle filled with a liquid with a similar color to tequila. Rocky then poured the alcohol into three shot glasses and handed two of them to Flare and Jolt.

" Tectonic Shift huh, some big words for a simple drink", Flare said. Rocky began to chuckle.

" Oh Flare, once you've have a swig at this, you'll start to believe the phrase, don't judge a book by it's cover", Rocky said. Flare shrugged and was about to drink, until he was interrupted by Jolt.

" Before we start, I want to make a toast", Jolt said.

" Shoot", Rocky said. The three raised their glasses.

" To Flare, for showing courage and bravery in our darkest time in history. Oh and putting that son of a bitch Ozore back to the deepest pits of Tartarus", Jolt said.

" Amen to that brother", Rocky said. Rocky and Jolt then noticed Flare looking down at the ground with a smile on his face.

" Is that a tear I see", Jolt asked. Flare then shot back up and started wiping his eyes.

" No...it's just...I got something in my eye", Flare said followed by a sniff." Let's just drink now", Flare said. Rocky and Jolt nodded and the three drank the alcohol. Immediately after drinking it, Flare and Jolt started furiously coughing, now there was no denying that Flare was shedding tears at this point. Rocky just stood there and laughed.

" Damn Rocky, this stuff is powerful, and yet...delicious. And you said you made this, I'm surprised you didn't get a shot glass for a cutie mark", Jolt said. Rocky and Jolt shared a laugh. Then Flare remembered why he wanted to meet with Jolt and Rocky in the first place.

" Speaking of which, can you tell me how you guys got your cutie marks", Flare asked. Jolt and Rocky looked at Flare with a bit of confusion.

" Why do you want to know that", Rocky asked.

" Just humor me", Flare said. Rocky and Jolt looked at each other and shrugged.

" I guess I'll go first. When I was just a colt, I foolishly decided to stay outside during a thunder storm. I guess I was trying to prove my bravery or something, but anyway, only a minute of being out there, I get hit by a lightning bolt. But instead of it hurting me, I felt as though I was getting stronger, before I knew it, I was flying through the air at lightning fast speed. When I landed back on the ground, I looked at my flank, and saw my cutie mark", Jolt said. Up next was Rocky.

" I was a colt as well, my family and I were traveling through the mountains to visit more family. But out of no where, there was a rock slide, and before we knew it, we were all trapped under a pile of boulders. Miraculously, none of us were killed, my father and brother were doing their best to move the boulders, but to no avail. I finally decided to give it a try, and some how I managed to move all the boulders and saved my family. It was my brother who pointed out that I had a cutie mark, when I looked at my flank, I saw this exact cutie mark", Rocky said.

Flare was intrigued throughout both stories.

" Is this why you wanted to meet up with us Flare, so you can know of our cutie mark stories", Jolt asked.

" Not entirely", Flare said. Flare said opened his saddle bag he set on the floor, and pulled out a book. " See I was looking through this book not to long ago and I found this", Flare said. He flipped to the page where it told about the Elementals, and showed it to Rocky and Jolt. Rocky and Jolt read through the page and a look of surprise was on their face.

" So you think that we're some rare race of pony that can control an element", Rocky asked.

" I kind of know at this point with the evidence that supports it. I can do some pretty amazing things with fire, Jolt you can turn yourself into a lightning bolt at will, and Rocky you can cover your hooves with rocks out of no where. It's pretty much certain that were Elementals", Flare said.

" Huh, that's very interesting", Rocky said.

" Interesting...THIS IS BADASS", Jolt yelled with excitement.

" Do you think there are more like us", Rocky asked.

" I'm not sure, I mean it's like the book said, it's very rare, especially three at the same time", Flare said.

" Well Flare, I would like to look over this with you more, you definitely spiked my interests. But for now, I think it's time we get some shut eye, I have some spare bedrooms upstairs for you guys", Rocky said, followed by a yawn.

" Shut eye? But it's not even-", Jolt said before he looked out the window, it was pitch black outside. " What the... how is it night already, I guess time does fly by when you're having fun", Jolt said. And with that, the three went upstairs into their separate bedrooms and went to sleep.

Little did they know that they were being spied on by a camera drone.