When the morning came, Rainbow Dash didn't question seeing Yakury out and about. Perched atop a small, individual segment of cloud, he was passively overlooking the town below. After the sun rose and the ponies of Ponyville awoke and began roaming the streets, it took about an hour for him to grow bored of people-watching-- or uh... pony-watching.

He lifts his head up and scans the sky around him. Rainbow Dash and another winged pony (whom is irrelevant) are gathering clouds together, compacting them and moving them in a way that Yakury does not understand the objective of. He's able to take flight again, but when he reaches the other ponies he is forced by his lack of stamina to land on one of the clumps of cloud they were moving.

Rainbow Dash is pleasantly surprised to see he's capable of flying after all. "How are you holding up?" She asks.

"Fine, I guess," he replies idly. "Hey, what are you doing with these clouds?"

"Weather factory has a rainy day planned, so we're making some rain clouds by hoof. It's not really practical, but we don't have much else to be doing until further notice on the schedule."

He doesn't understand most of what she just said, but what he does understand intrigues him. He thoughtfully looks down at the cloud below and manipulates a few pieces of the cottony mass like snow in his hooves. Dash is saying something to him or the other pony, he can't tell because he isn't listening. He's much too focused on this new experience. Taking a piece as big as his head into his hooves, he tries to squish it like he's trying to make a snowball. His blue eyes grow wide as he watches the color of the small cloud darken the more he compresses it. Once it is crushed down to the size of an apple, looking like a mini storm cloud, he lets it go, allowing it to drift into the open air. He looks on happily until it makes a soft rumbling noise and lets out a bolt of lightning that quickly strikes the ground.

A scream rings out through the street. It's the high-pitched scream of a little girl being struck by lightning. Startled, his fight-or-flight instincts kick in and he unconsciously jumps backward, falling off his cloud-land and tumbling to the dirt below. He attempts to tuck and roll, but ends up tucking and rolling directly into a tree. His horn imbeds itself into the thick bark, a situation that feels very familiar to him, and the rest of his body smacks against it before flopping onto the ground. He scrambles to his hooves, awkwardly trying to twist his head around to loosen his horn, which is now basically just a nail on his head waiting to get hammered into wood and set things on fire. After quite a bit of struggling, he pulls it free and stumbles backwards woozily. It seems Rainbow Dash and the other pony are long gone.

The scream had originated from a pink little girl (pony, obviously) who is now glaring with clenched teeth at Yakury. She is wearing a lightly singed dress which had probably been quite gaudy before being struck by lightning. It pains him to see that, beneath the charring, the dress is an even brighter pink than the little girl. Aside from the lightning-strike victim, there are 4 other little girls. A yellow one, orange one, and white one are trying to hold back giggles from the sidelines while a gray one attempts to console the poor girl.

This scene confuses Yakury. He's no stranger to being electrocuted and he swears a lightning strike would cause more damage than a burnt dress. Before he has a chance to think too hard about it, the pink kid shouts "Do you know who I am? I'm rich!" A strangely blunt statement, indeed. One can almost hear the gears turning in his head as he tries to assess the situation.

While he's doing that, the five foals talk it out, which also gives Yakury a chance to pick up their names. Apple Bloom, Scootaloo, and Sweetie Belle, the three that had been laughing, apologize and give their condolences for the pink girl, Diamond Tiara's, dress. Diamond Tiara refuses the apology, saying that they couldn't even imagine how much it had cost and implies that Yakury should pay her for the damages. The three other fillies (and the gray one) explain that he most likely didn't mean to cause any damage, but this does little to calm her tantrum. After a bit more complaining, Diamond Tiara stomps off in a huff with the gray girl following behind her.

Yakury furrows his brow and tilts his head in bemusement as he watches her walk off. Quickly, he looks back at the remaining three kids (who are also looking at him). A couple seconds of awkward staring pass before he meanders toward them, stopping a comfortable few feet away. He glances around uneasily for a moment, then settles his gaze on the kids.

He clears his throat and speaks. "Uh... Is she gonna put a hit out on me? Should I be worried? I don't wanna have to deal with busted kneecaps on top of all the other shit going on."

Author's Note

I'm not well-versed in MLP canon. I'm trying to keep all the ponies as in-character as possible, but uh. Yeah. B)