Shadows and Rainbows

Shadows and Rainbows

By StarDAy

Prologue: After the academy

Lighting Dust is out of the academy now after she was being reckless, got kicked out of her own home all because she failed. She had no hope, no purpose, no home, she was roaming of into the streets of Cloudsville one night with her bags on her back and her head looking at . the floor like she was a failure. She left Cloudsville because she couldn't take it anymore on her dream being crushed.

She opened up her wings ad soared up into the air. She flew through the cold wind blowing on her face, the clouds were not that thick more like mist. Lighting Dust continued to fly through the air down south seeing ground beneath her, she could see a lake beneath her, she was so thirsty and didn't have enough water so she dashed to the ground to get a sip. She crashed into the ground with her heavy bags on her back, Lighting hurt her right wing so she couldn't fly for the rest of the night.

Lightning Dust started to walk around the area for a while, she couldn't see anything because it was like pitch black. Lighting encountered the Everfree up ahead of her along with a dirty muddy footpath. She walked along the footpath leaving the lake she stopped to on ground. When Lighting entered the forest it became more blacker and blacker by the second.

She kept walking for minutes which felt like hours, Dust smelt something rotten close up to her golden striped mane which were Timberwolves. She couldn't fly so she had to run, while she was running, her bags slowed her down so he chucked the bag hard onto the ground. Lighting Dust kept running and running going deeper and deeper into the Everfree not knowing where she was going.

Lighting stopped noticing she was lost, and speaking of lost the Timberwolves lost her too. She breathed heavily worried and scarred into the most dangerous forest shes ever been in. She started to walk among the Everfree with the trees in a straight line, no animals in the forest she could see only dark long green leaves. Lighting continued to walk for hours not knowing what time of the day it was until she saw light.

She ran to the light which was becoming closer and closer and closer. She stopped towards the light where she found there maybe could be civilization. Twigs were in her mane and wet grass on her hooves from her hike towards the light. She saw three pegasus flying in the sky near the light, she was a little bit scared but not to scared. Two landed behind her and one infront of her.

"What brings you to the everfree? You should run while you have the chance," The Shadowbolt in front of her replied.

Lighting Dust gulped "Um, I was passing through the neighbourhood?"

The Shadowbolt behind her on the left chuckled, "Guessing you used to be a 'Wonderbolt?' You should join us if you have no where to go,"

Lighting Dust gasped. "How did you know that? And why is that?" She questioned.

"Because, we know what you're facing, they took over what we were supposed to be. We understand you, you're just like us, saying were to reckless to get what we want. FAME!" The Shadowbolt on the right behind her spoke.

"So whats it going to be then huh?"

Lighting Dust thought about it for a second. She wanted to get revenge on them, her heart was cold filled with anger and hatred. "I'll do it. I got kicked out of the academy by Rainbow Dash and kicked out of my own home. Time to get what I deserve," Lighting Dust agreed with the Shadowbolts.

"Excellent, you probably wanna stay with us though, there's a whole lot of other pegasus just like us,"