A Lightning Storm

As I trotted away from the train and into Ponyville, straining from the weight of my bags the first thing I did was fly straight to my house, as I observed it from the outside the clouds that made the house were black, I could sense electricity surging from the inside,

"Just my type" I said aloud,

When I put my hooves on the cloud the electricity pumped through my veins, causing me to moan in satisfaction, the electricity felt good, I hadn't felt this way since I had accidentally stepped on Canterlots main power source and drained all the electricity from it causing a city-wide blackout, I laughed at the memory and went inside. Inside of the house was much more enthralling, the black clouds felt like they had more electricity in them and the decor was a lot of things that made me think of home, a bunch of electrical generators were in the walls recharging the clouds that I stepped on little by little. I noticed that they made a quiet humming noise the other decorations were pictures of me, Canterlot and Celestia. My hooves were now tingling which meant I was probably full of electricity and couldn't take in much more but my body decided to take in more, sending purple colored electrical discharges throughout the house I finally forced my body to stop trying to take in electricity and headed to my bedroom. It was quiet different from the other rooms in the house, the clouds were white instead of black and instead of generators everywhere there were dressers, a closet, a bed and a nightstand with a picture of Me, Celestia and Luna Huddled together, all smiling towards the camera.

Luna... Celestia's little sister, I had always had more fun with her than Celestia I always thought her to be a big sister other than an aunt to me, we played pranks on ponies to get a good laugh, we argued about random things, we would even pull pranks on Celestia when we got the chance, only to get scolded by her, she always was on her "Royal Princessy Duties" as Luna would call them, even though she, herself was a princess. I had once begged her to go to Ponyville on a Nightmare Night, even though Celestia would have never let me go I thought Luna could change her mind, I wished I had been able to go but I wasn't.

I finally decided it was time to go so I dropped off my things and decided to take a quick fly over the Everfree forest, I got down low enough to reach out and feel the lush, green leaves on the trees. Next I curved quickly up quickly and inhaled the warm, crisp air which quickly got colder due to me not paying attention to my altitude, I found myself above the clouds. The feeling of being alone soothed me,

"I could stay up here all day if I wanted" I thought, in a calm state of mind

My instincts quickly chimed in making me think I was being observed by somepony.

I looked around and saw a cloud shaking ever so slightly,

"Hello?" I called out, "Is anypony there?"

"Nope!" a voice called out from behind the cloud

I raised one eyebrow and flew behind the cloud,

"Hey there!" the cyan mare said,

"Were you following me?" I asked

"Of course not!" she said,

"Your a bad liar" I said,

"I'm not lying!" she said with a smile,

I studied the mare from head to hoof, taking notice at the rainbow mane and the big rose eyes

"Are you Rainbow Dash?" I asked, stupidly

She hopped up, "The One and Only!" she said, "Why? you heard of me?"

"Of course, your the Captain of the weather team!" I replied

"And the fastest flyer in all of Equestria!" she said, bullishly

"Oh really?" I asked,

She looked at me, as if I had just challenged her

"You think you can keep up?" she asked,

"I think I could manage" I said, "I have trained with the Wonderbolts a few times"

"WHAT?!" she said, her pupils shrinking "ohmygoshohmygoshohmygosh!"

While she was bouncing in place I couldn't help but ask, "Whats the big deal?"

She grabbed me by the sides of my face, "Whats the big deal?" she asked, "The big deal is that YOU trained with THE Wonderbolts"

I removed her hooves from my face, "So?"

She looked at me with a confused look, "Do you even know who the Wonderbolts are?" she asked,

"Yeah, they preform aerial acrobatics and demonstrations they are also THE fastest fliers in Equestria" I said, "I don't see why, I can keep up just fine"

I thought back on that day, Spitfire had invited me to come watch one of their practice sessions, but quickly escalated into me training with them, my first thought when flying beside them was the dark clouds that trailed behind them, filled with electricity, but quickly realized they could not manipulate the electricity as I could, and also realized that they only left a CLOUD where I left a trail of pure, purple electricity.

"Who are you?" Rainbow Dash asked, snapping me back to reality

I extended my hoof towards hers, "The names Mirage" I said

"Rainbow Dash" she said in reply, as she went to shake my hoof

When our hooves touched she jumped back, "Ouch!" she said, rubbing her hoof, "Why'd you do that?" she asked, surprised

"Oh, my bad" I said "are you okay?"

"How'd you do that?" she asked,

I had forgotten to tell her that I represented the element of electricity,

"Oh, uh... I have... like... a power...." I stuttered

She looked at me confused, "What do you mean?"

"It's a long story..." I said, trying to avoid the subject

"I have time" she said, crouching down onto the cloud she had been standing on,

I knew I couldn't get away without telling her so I shrugged and went into detail "every one hundred years 6 ponies are born with the power to use one of the worlds 6 elements to their own disposal, three Pegasi two Earth ponies and an Alicorn, No unicorns because that would just fall under their category of "Magic", the Alicorn is usually born with it, where we have to find out in our lives, I was gifted with, The Element Of Electricity, The other five are, Fire, Water, Air, Earth, Spirit and the rarest, Space/Time" I explained

"Oh and I'm a Unicorn" she mocked,

I frowned, "You don't believe me?"

"How could I?" she said,

"If you weren't going to believe me, why'd you ask in the first place?" I asked,

"Duh, because you shocked me!" she said,

"How could I have done that?" I asked, smiling

"Static Electricity" she said,

She was smart, but wrong, So I poked her on the side

"Ouch!" she yelped,

"How about that?" I asked,

"Coincidence" she said,

I poked her again,

Rainbow Dash:

"Ouch!" I shrieked for the second time,

"That?" Mirage asked,

I rubbed my side, "I still don't believe you" I said,

He frowned and flew up into the sky about 50 hooves up, he looked like he was standing on his hind legs, he exhaled deeply and raised his hooves

"This should be interesting" I thought as I lounged on the cloud I was on

The clouds above got dark, the birds soft melody silenced and I watched in amazement.

He closed his eyes and dropped his hooves, everything stopped, Purple colored lightning surged from the clouds around him, striking him all over his body, I saw his muscles tense, he curled into a ball and tucked his wings in when he came out of the ball his eyes were glowing a bright purple. As fast as it all happened it stopped, the lightning dissipated, the clouds returned to their normal color and he dropped to the onto the cloud below, lifelessly.

I rushed over to him, "Are you okay?" I asked, seeing electricity flicker from his body, also noticing a quiet hum get a little louder,

"I'm Fine, but you might want to back away" he said, in a quiet voice, the now loud hum making his words almost inaudible

I didn't argue, witnessing what happened just now, I didn't know what he was capable of so I flew back and watched from behind a cloud.

His body began to spasm, his head jerked back and forth, his hooves shaking uncontrollably, his mane sticking straight up and his tail in a swaying motion, the humming now a deafening squeal this went on for a few seconds until his body came to a complete stop in perfect unison with the sound stopping.

I stuck my head up from the cloud, "Why did I need to back away from tha-" my voice was cut off by a shock wave leaving his body, it blew my mane back and threw me a few more hooves backwards onto my back.

After a few moments I sat up to find him stumbling while trying to walk over towards me, his mane and tail steaming while electricity visibly surged throughout his body,

"What the hay was all that about?" I asked,

"That... Young lady" he stopped and put one of his hooves on his head and cringed, like he had a headache, "Was the element of electricity!" he said, smiling triumphantly while wobbling back and forth, like a vase that was about to fall off of a table.

"Are you okay?" I asked

His big, purple eyes widened, "I think I might... need to go to the hospital" he said as he fell over, his eyes closing when he connected with the ground.