I say my goodbyes to the Mayor and leave her office. As I get to the streets I notice that there is no pony in sight. “Good.” I say to myself. “The ponies of this sector have been evacuated.”

I take off into the air and make my way to the Weather Ponies HQ. As I fly closer I start to see more and more ponies. I land outside the building in a crowd of pegasi and unicorns. In the distance the storm has reached the western outskirts of the city.

Lightningbolt opens the door to let me in. “Good, you’re back!” She says with a grin. “Since you made that speech on the radio we’ve had a whole bunch of ponies come here wanting to help.

“How many do we have?” I ask while looking over the crowd.

“From my estimates…” She says, seemingly trying to count. “….at least 400, I think. Most of them are pegasi. Plus, the Weather Ponies from Manehattan and Baltimare arrived a few minutes ago.

“That’s great news! I have a plan. Can you get me a microphone?” I ask her.

“I’m on it!”

After a few minutes Lightningbolt returns. “The mic is hooked up to the outdoor intercom.” She says, handing me the microphone.

I take a deep breath. “Here goes nothing” I think.

“Attention, ponies of Fillydelphia. I am Rain Twister. Thank you for coming at our time of need. I have a plan that will require each and every one of you.” The ponies in the crowd stop their conversations and turn to look at me. “Pegasi, I need you to fly around the storm opposite the way it is rotating, moving inwards as you go, and busting the outer layer of clouds. The counter rotations should alter the wind currents of the storm, causing it to lose much of its power and momentum. My team and I will fly over the storm and into the eye and do the same there and working our way outwards. Unicorns, I need of you to create a breeze to push against the storm and keep it from getting further into the city. Manehattan Weather crew, you’ll lead the pegasi on the outside of the storm. Baltimare Weather crew, you’ll be with me. Any questions?” I look over the crowd, everypony is standing or hovering silently. “Good! Let’s stop this storm! FOR FILLYDELPHIA! I shout.

“FOR FILLYDELPHIA! The crowd replies so loud that Celestia likely heard them all the way in Canterlot.

……………

Once we got the unicorns set up and their breeze blowing against the storm, I started the main bulk of the pegasi volunteers on the counter rotations. Then it was time for my team to get started. We flew up and over the storm until we found the eye. The inside of the eye was strangely calm compared to the boiling ocean of ink black storm clouds surrounding it, though there was still lightning arcing across it.

“Hey ‘Bolt?” I said.

“Yeah, what is it?” She replied, looking over to me.

“After this is over, wanna go back to the Horseshoe lounge for dinner? I asked

She looked at me with a smile. “I’d love to.”

“It’s a date, then!” I say with a grin.

She looks into my eyes and says, “If we make it through this, there’s something that I want to give you. Now let’s get this over with!”

With renewed confidence, I led my team into the storm.

Inside the storm was an absolute hellscape. The winds were strong enough to rip feathers from wings. We're having to dodge lightning left and right. Thankfully, Lightningbolt was there by my side the whole time. As a team, nothing could touch us. We flew circles around the inside of the storm, busting clouds as we went.

After two hours of busting clouds, slowly the wind started to die down and the dark abyss that was the storm started to lighten up.

“We’re almost there!” I shout to the rest of the team. “The Storm has started to break up!” I flew out of the eye and to the outside of the storm to find the leader of the Manehattan Weather crew.

“Hey!” I yelled to get his attention.

He looked to me and shouted back, “What is it? Do you need help in the eye?”

“No!” I replied. “It's time to the next stage of the plan.”

He led the pegasi following him to a hover around me.

“Alright pegasi!” I say, getting their attention. “It’s time to start busting our way through the storm. Lightning is still a hazard so be careful. Let’s get this finished so we can all go home.”

Over the next hour we were able to dispel the storm. Sadly there was some severe damage to the western outskirts and suburbs of the city. Homes and businesses destroyed from the incredible winds that the storm had created and a few fires burned where lightning had struck. Thankfully, the unicorns took care of the fires before they could spread. We had a few injuries, but thankfully nothing more serious than missing feathers, sprained wings, or magical burnout.

I gathered the weather teams and the volunteers back at our HQ where Mayor Ties was waiting for us along with a crowd of cheering ponies. Mayor Ties picks up the microphone with her magic and addresses the crowd.

“Ponies of Fillydelphia, I would like to thank everypony involved with saving our city from an unspeakable catastrophe. Thank you to the weather ponies from Manehattan and Baltimare for coming as quickly as you could to assist us, thank you to the volunteers who risked life and limb to save their city, and thank you to Rain Twister, one of our city’s own weather ponies, who brought them all together. Through his courage and leadership our city was saved.” She looks to me and motions with her hoof for me to come to her. “I present to you, Rain Twister, the key to the city.”

“Thank you Mayor Ties. I couldn’t have done it without the bravery of everyone involved." I say with gratitude.

The mayor continues. “Now, the leader of the Fillydelphian Weather ponies, Captain Breezy would like to say a few words.”

Breezy limps to the mayor and takes the mic. “Thank you Mayor Ties. Again I would like to thank everypony involved in ridding us of that storm. Due to my age and my injuries caused by that storm, I hereby announce my retirement. Because of his courage and leadership in these trying times there is nopony more sutible to replace me as captain than Rain Twister.” She turns to look me in the eyes. “You have done me and the city proud, kid.”

“I don’t know what to say!” I reply, shocked. “Are you sure?”

“Yes, I’m sure.” She says. “I’ve been thinking of retiring for a couple of years now.”

“In that case, thank you Breezy. I humbly accept the promotion.” I say, bowing.

Breezy looks back to the crowd. “Three cheers For Rain Twister, Captain of the Fillydelphian Weather Ponies!”

As the crowd is cheering, Lightningbolt comes up to me. “Now for me to keep my promise.” She says smiling at me.

“What are you talking ab…. “I started to say.

In front of everypony she leans in and kisses me. Electricity shoots down my spine, my wings pop out, and my hair stands on end. After the initial shock, I melted into her lips and returned the kiss. The cheering of the crowd got even louder in the background.

Author's Note

Thank you all for reading my story. Your feedback and support have been greatly appreciated! Now I can say that I have contributed to the fandom in some way. Epilogue will come soon.