Scratched Out

Chapter 1
Work, work, work.

The alarm clock sitting on her bedside table only woke Kiana up enough for her to slam her hoof on the Snooze button.

"Just five more minutes....."

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"FUCK!! I'M LATE!!!"

Kiana scrambled out of bed, not even bothering to turn her mane or tail into the organized chaos that she usually wears, as she pulled her work goggles around her neck and bolted out the door. She had ended up sleeping for an extra hour, her alarm clock screaming at her like some kind of angry bird. Her job at the weather center was very demanding: she had to create the weather for Ponyville and then send the clouds out for the other weather ponies to put into place. Demanding and sometimes tedious, but very necessary.

The winter air was especially cold this morning and knocked Kiana out of her semi-conscious stupor. If she remembered correctly, there was snow scheduled for the entire day. If she didn't hurry, the snow would be late and she'd end up without a job.

She quickly locked her door with her magic, her horn and lock glowing a bright red. Pulling her goggles over her equally bright red eyes, she took to the air, the crisp morning air numbing the grey alicorn's nose and ears as she made haste to the weather center.

Kiana landed on her hooves in mid-run, wishing she had gotten up when her alarm clock suggested.

Thank Celestia this was her first time being late, or else she would be in a world of trouble.

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The morning passed quickly as Kiana pushed herself a bit while making clouds filled with snow. She was smiling wide, her goggles still over her eyes, a long white coat around her shoulders, and a bright yellow hardhat on her head. All she has to do is make two more clouds then she could go have fun in the snow with the rest of Ponyville! Kiana started bouncing in place a bit, ready to go play in the snow with her best friend, Derpy Hooves.

The two ponies had known each other since they were fillies, always helping each other when they needed it. One time, Derpy helped Kiana get over a break up when she was just starting to date. It didn't take long for Kiana to figure out she liked mares more than colts, because Derpy would always catch her staring at some cute filly's flank. She would always blush when she was caught but didn't care. Her philosophy was that everypony had their own opinions and shouldn't be judged because of them, so it didn't bother her what any other ponies thought when she was caught staring.

She kept going from one relationship to another, each one ending in a horrible fight and somepony getting thrown out, Derpy always there to help her back onto her hooves.

A sharp, loud knock on the door brought Kiana out of her reminiscing as a dark brown pegasus opened the door.

"Kiana! Hurry up and finish that order, the snow is supposed to start in 10 minutes!"

"I gotcha, I gotcha, just finishing up this one then one more, don't worry boss, I wont be late!"

Kiana smiled wide at her boss, who just snorted and turned out, closing the door behind him, as soon as he left, she stuck her tongue out in his general direction. She finished up this cloud then stepped on a red button on the floor, a pair of large doors in the wall opening up so she could push the cloud outside where a weather pegasus would take it away and put it where it needed to go. Just one more.

She looked back to the center of the room, stepping on the button again to close the doors. She adjusted her stance and began concentrating on the air in the center of the room, her horn glowing the same bright red as it has been for the past few hours. The air in the little grey room started to swirl around a bit as the moisture in the air was being gathered to a single spot. The moisture was all there in a couple of minutes, condensing into a little ball then slowly spreading out, getting fluffier and fluffier by the second. It didn't take long for a cloud the same size as the last to form. Kiana smiled again, bouncing as she pushed the cloud over to the wall, stepping on the button again to open the doors. Before pushing this cloud out, she grabbed a little silver whistle that was hanging from a nail on the wall, draping the cord around her neck and holding the little silver piece in her mouth.

Outside, all the weather pegasi of Ponyville were gathered on top of the now giant cloud filled to burst with snow. Kiana pushed the final cloud into place herself, smiling as the little fluffy cloud merged with the larger one. She flapped her wings a few times and blew the whistle, every pegasus coming to attention and spreading out along the giant cloud, not a single pony was on the ground; they were all inside, waiting for the snow to start.

Kiana took a deep breath then blew hard into the whistle.

Tweeeet, tweet!

Every pegasus that was on the cloud jumped and landed with a resounding thud as snow just plummeted from the clouds, covering the town with a layer of snow. After the initial jump, each pegasus started to stomp their hooves, making the snow start to fall slowly. Kiana blew her whistle one more time when she thought the speed the snow was leaving the clouds was enough, smiling brightly. Each pegasus stood at attention, waiting to be let go by their superior.

"Dismissed!"

Every pony above the cloud line, Kiana excluded, flew down below the clouds and initiated the snowball war.

Author's note: So!~ This is my first MLP relating fanfic, hope it doesn't disappoint.... Please, only constructive criticism, and don't be afraid to send me a message suggesting ideas if you have any! Sorry this chapter was short, but I'm not all that great with first chapters, once I get into the swing of things, the chapters should get longer! Thanks for reading, hope you guys like it!