A Lightning Storm: Rebooted

A Lighting Storm: RebootedWritten By: BlackMirage

Mirage:

“A FEW MORE LAPS?” Spitfire yelled over the sound of the large tornado,

“ALRIGHT!” I yelled back, smirking

The tornado was incredibly strong; Spitfire and I were in charge of keeping this kind of weather outside of Canterlot, the princess had said something like this could blow down the castle, or maybe she just wanted me out for a bit, either way I was with my best friend and doing one of the things I love most,

Flying.

I readied my wings and flew straight into the howling storm, dodging chunks of rocks, dirt, somepony’s bathtub, everything. The dark tornado half blinded me, I could barely see my own hoof in front of my face so every kind of movement had to be a necessity or I would end up crashing into something.

I eventually got through the storm meeting with Spitfire,

“Let’s just finish it off” I said, getting closer to her,

“Fine” she said, I knew she wanted to mess around more, but it was getting close to the city and I was exhausted,

We flew up to the top of the beast, it must have come from the Everfree Forest again, no weather pony could make something like this,

“Just do it like normal?” Spitfire asked,

“Might as well” I said, getting to my side,

We went in a twirling motion around it, going the opposite direction of which it was spinning, as we got to the bottom we went the same direction as it on our way up, pushing ourselves to the limit as we raised it back into the sky, easily going faster than I ever had before, we finally got it into the clouds, letting it dissipate on its own.

We both landed next to its path of destruction, which had left a large ravine in the ground

“The worst isn’t even over yet” Spitfire said, looking towards the sky,

She was right; debris that the storm had picked up started to fall from the sky. I would have gotten out of the way but we had made up a game, a very dangerous game, we would try to dodge the debris as it fell from the sky, letting it shower the land with whatever it had decided to pick up.

First came a large boulder, easily dodged, next came a rainstorm of chunks of dirt, no need to dodge, then came the good stuff, the big stuff.

First a washing machine, then a carriage, followed by a roof of a house, I was having a lot of fun until I heard Spitfire shout something; I quickly looked towards her, fearing the worst.

Nothing had even gotten close to her, why was she yelling?

*Clink!*

The feeling of sickness woke me up, I was looking at a dirt road, the ground moved quickly below me, my eyes noticed small rocks and pebbles rolling out from beneath my hooves, was I running? No, I can’t even feel my legs,

“Is she awake?” A voice asked,

“I dunno, she’s on MY back” A more masculine voice said,

Was I riding on somepony’s back? The voices sounded familiar but I couldn’t focus enough to know,

Spitfire came into my vision, she must have been one of the voices, but who was the other?

“She’s awake” Spitfire said,

“You alright kid?” the other asked,

The only pony who called me “kid” was Soarin so it must be him,

“I’m fine” I said in a raspy voice, “What happened?”

“You got hit upside the head pretty good” Soarin said, “Can you walk?”

“Damn Soarin give her a break, she could have been killed!” Spitfire snapped,

“You don’t give me any breaks when we’re training” Soarin said,

“That’s different, she’s new to the team and you don’t get hit in the head with a metal pipe” Spitfire said,

“Guys I’m fine” I said, forcing myself off of Soarin’s back, falling to the ground immediately, making me feel like a bomb exploded inside of my head,

“You sure?” Spitfire asked, bending down and looking at me, her big orange eyes filled with worry,

“Yes” I said, not wanting to show any weakness, I managed to stand up but felt like vomiting,

“See?” Soarin asked, “She’s fine” he said,

“Who saved me?” I asked, wanting to know,

“Well Soarin swooped in and grabbed you after holding me back” Spitfire said, faking a laugh,

“Thanks Soarin” I said, kissing him on the cheek,

“Heh, no problem Mia” he said, blushing and using my nickname I actually liked,

“Thanks Spitfire” I said, kissing her on the cheek as well,

“Hey, anytime” She said, fake punching me in the side, never blushing because she was used to our affection towards each other.

We all walked back to Canterlot, stopping outside of the headquarters,

“Let’s hit the showers Mia” Spitfire said,

“Finally” I said, craving to have a cold shower,

“I’ll be upstairs girls” Soarin said, walking inside,

“We’ll meet you up there” I said, speaking for the two of us,

Spitfire guided me into the team’s huge shower room; the marble flooring could almost perfectly reflect us, almost like a mirror.

There was no such thing as privacy in the showers, no walls keeping us away from each other, I hadn’t liked it at first but eventually I could take a shower in front of the whole team, which is usually what we had done after shows and demonstrations, everypony was okay with it, we didn’t have to share shower heads or anything we all had our own, being in alphabetical order was the only thing I wasn’t too fond of, being trapped between two stallions wasn’t the most comfortable place to be for me, especially because of the two having such vivid imaginations, I’ve caught them staring twice.

This time was different though, it was just me and Spitfire, I didn’t bother to go to my shower head, just went a few down from Spitfire’s.

“Are you still having trouble with those two?” Spitfire asked, massaging soap into her mane,

I knew she was talking about the two Stallions that were around me,

“A little” I said,

“They aren’t trying anything are they?” She asked, looking towards me,

“Nah, they ‘aint got the balls” I said, smiling to myself,

“Yeah, those two are really getting on my nerves lately” She said, giggling from what I had said, “Y’know you can always switch places with my neighbor, she craves that kind of attention”

I guessed that “neighbor” meant the mare who took a shower next to her,

“Really?” I asked as I turned the water on, sending a loud screech through the shower rooms,

“Yeah, It’d be cool to be able to talk to a good friend” she said,

‘Friend’ That word bounced through my mind, oh Celestia I hated having to use that word with her, I liked Spitfire a lot more than just a friend, but I couldn’t tell her, it would ruin our relationship, and may end up hurting me even more,

“Mia?” Spitfire asked, snapping me back to reality, “You alright?”

“What? Oh, yeah, yeah I’m fine” I said, stumbling over my words,

“It’s time to shut off the showers, let’s get upstairs” she said, wrapping a towel around her wet body and mane,

I hadn’t even washed my mane, but, whatever; I’d have time in the morning.