As I ran and played through the field, I looked toward my parents and they replied back with a smile. It had been a nice day; warm, sunny and a little breeze would come in every now and then. But the out of nowhere as if princess Celestia had commanded it, a storm had started. I looked back and forth from the storm to my parents, and seeing worry and concern in their eyes made me wonder, what's going on? Then out of nowhere a rock flew through the sky and hit me in the side of my head, the last thing I saw before I hit the ground was my parents running to my aid and dark figures in the sky.

"Lightning Cloud!"... "Lightning Cloud!" I awoke to my mother's voice and seen that she had been cradling my head, she then set me down and told me in a stern but very concerned voice "run and don't turn back" then she ran towards my father who I saw fighting griffons. I was frozen to my spot, I couldn't believe what I was seeing, all I could think is why, why are they all of a sudden attacking us weren't they supposed to be friends? The next thing I knew my parents skidded across the ground to my feet, my mom unconscious, my dad still kicking. Then my dad stood up and turned around and put his satchel and his sword on my back and said "you need to survive you will serve a great purpose one day". I couldn't help it, my eyes started tearing up and tears started to roll down my face, I started to fade away wondering what was happening to me. My Father spoke as if it was the last time I’d ever see him, “I’m sending you to Princess Celestia, she will give you a good home and a good life in a little town called Ponyville". The last image I saw was a griffon about to slash my face.

I woke up and discovered I was drenched in sweat; my mane was a mess from tossing and turning. I remembered what had happened to my parents when I was a colt. I thought to myself "I haven't thought of that in a long time".

I looked at my dad’s sword and satchel and I remembered all the training I had went through with my dad with swords. I remembered the first time I had hurt myself. My dad had dummies that could attack and everything; there were at least 4 of them. The first three had been moderately easy, but I and the fourth one had attacked at the same time, I defeated it but got cut in my left front leg and fell to the ground. My dad got up from where he was sitting and started walking to me at a fast paste because I was hurt, but I got up on my own before he was half way to me. He walked up to me and said " I'm proud of you son", "why" I replied "I fell". A smile appeared from him and said "yeah but a true pony never gives up”.

It was good to at least have good memories about my parents but there wasn't enough time to have to spend with them, I looked outside and guessed it was about noon so I guess I over slept.

I got out of bed and decided the first best thing to do was look in the mirror. My black and yellow mane was a mess I couldn't even recognize myself. So I did what any other pony would do and brushed my mane. After that I decided that it was time I took a walk because I wanted to enjoy some scenery, it would probably help me get over my dream but I knew it wouldn't.

So I grabbed my father's satchel and walked outside, but when I got out side there was a crowd outside my house so I decided to see what was up. I walked through the crowd about half way and saw a chariot waiting, and I knew the two sitting in this chariot. "Ah, Lightning Cloud I thought you would be out by this time" said the black colored pony. "Maybe a little earlier would have been better" replied the white colored pony. With a smile on my face I replied “Shadow Moon, Mourning Star, It's good to see you both again, so are you visiting or bringing news"? "Actually we are here to get you, and take you to Canterlot", answered Star. "We can talk about it on the way there but not right now" said Shadow.

My facial expression went from a smile to discomfort in a heartbeat because I knew when Shadow Moon said something serious, it was serious, so I hurried onto the chariot and we were off. No one talked for a few minutes so I guessed I would have to be the one to pop the question, "so are you going to tell me what's going on"? "Yeah of course" replied Moon, "apparently there was a fight between a few pony citizens and a few Griffons and both parties got hurt badly, when Princess Celestia sent a peace maker to their leader they said something about rather going to war then ever making peace". "So basically the griffons are declaring war on us"? "Not exactly" replied Star, "they haven't sent attacks so we can't be sure and that's why Celestia is holding a meeting ". I looked at the floor and thought for a while, "So this is what you guys are picking me up for"?

Shadow looked at was now closer Canterlot, and said "yes, now prepare yourself for getting off we have to hurry, were a little late". I picked up my father's satchel and got ready to get of the chariot, I hope that if they started without us, they won't mind if we were running just a little late

Author's Note

The first chapter was honestly the worse of writing all of the chapters i'm working on I knew a few chapters away what was gonna be good but i just couldn't think of a good way to start this off so meh.