The Tale of Storm Flare and Lightning Chaser

"Ugh...where...where am I?" Storm said. He looked around him, doctors and some other ponies were standing around him. His head still hurt from the merciless beating he and Lightning revived. It had taken a big toll on both of them, and the care the doctors distributed showed it. "You're in the Ponyville hospital. You and you're friend took quite the beating saving us" A rainbow haired girl replied to storms question. She looked around the room. "Where did you're friend get off to..." She trailed off for a second. Storm turned to see the rainbow haired mare as she was still looking around the room. As he was looking her over, Storm's heart started to thump. Was it the fact that being locked in a facility for almost 16 years made almost anything attractive? Or was it...something more? What is this...? He thought. Rainbow dash noticed Storm staring at her. She blushed a little bit, trying to hide it.

        Why am i blushing? We just met! She thought. She pushed that thought away. "Uh...Equstria more specifically" Rainbow Dash added. Storm finally broke out of his speechless trance.

       "Nice, but wheres Lighting chaser?" Storm Flare asked. Rainbowdash looked puzzled, as she did not yet know there names. Just then, Storm heard a familiar voice.

       "Hey, look whose up" Lighting Chaser said as he walked into the door. He was wearing his usual grey pants, black and red shirt, blue hoodie and grey shoes. The doctor walked in behind him.

        "Ah,  good, you're finally awake! Do you feel any better?" The doctor said.

       "Yeah I guess... just a little headache. What happened to us?" Storm Flare said.

     "You guys saved us from Nightmare Moon, remember?" A purple pony replied.

         "Yeah! You guys were all like POW! and SWOOSH! and KAPOWW!!!! IT WAS AWESOME!!" An excited looking pink pony said. Rainbowdash cut in.

         "Well thank you....Um..."

          "It's Storm Flare" he said, offering a smile.

              "And I'm Lightning Chaser. Chaser of lightning and...stuff." Lightning said, trying to brighten the mood. Some ponies let out a giggle. Storm continued with,

   "We're both 16 and we're both Pegasus. We don't remember much about our past except that Lightnings parents are probably British...if you couldn't tell."

       "Whoa, so you guys don't know who you're parents are?" Rainbowdash said, intrigued.

    "Err...no not really. We both were captured as young children to become test subjects at a facility somewhere deep in the forest. We only recently escaped. We traveled for a while until we found where you guys were held up. So i guess we're kinda caught up now right? Ha ha.." Storm let out a small laugh, feeling somewhat better.

      "Whoa, cool..." Some ponies replied. Many where shocked, some looked impressed and some didn't seem to care.

           "Yeah...so now that you know about us, who are you guys?" Storm asked. The purple haired girl was the first to step forward.  "My name is Twilight Sparkle" she had purple hair with different color steaks and a nice, proper looking suit.

      "My name is Pinkie pie!" the poofy, pink haired girl said. She wore a simple short T-shirt with the word 'CUPCAKE!' printed across it.

        "My name is Rarity" the purple haired girl said. She wore a nice, white dress and had plain, purple hair with curls at the tips.

    "My name is Applejack" the blonde girl said. She wore boots, rodeo jeans, a tight brown button up plaid and most noticeably, a wide brimmed brown hat.

    "My name is Rainbowdash, fastest Pegasus in all of Equestria." she boasted. Storm Flare smiled at her comment. Lightning and Storm constantly had races, and though Lightning was pretty fast, Storm was even faster. They hadn't transferred the speed to Lightning, but he did get agility.

      "Well then, you wouldn't mind if you were challenged to a race then?" Storm Flare said, obviously offering a challenge to the rainbow color haired girl. Rainbowdash  smiled ear to ear, loving the idea a new challenger.

       "I accept your challenge, but later. You don't look in the best shape to fly at the moment" Rainbowdash said, giggling a little. Storm flare nodded in acceptance. " M-my name is...Fluttershy...",Said the girl with pink hair, barely audible. She wore a yellow sweater, blue jeans and long, straight pink hair. Lightning chaser looked up at this name. He was able to hear things at very low and high decibels, and wondered why she was talking so low. The name also sounded familiar...

     Didn't I read about her?...no, couldn't be...Lightning thought. Storm flare and Lightning had the ability to hear each others thoughts on occasion, and Storm happened to hear this one. Read about her? What do you mean Lightning? Storm flare thought back.

   Well, I was wrong about reading about her but  I was talking about... never mind. I'll tell you about it later, Lightning thought back. Storm Flare gave an observing nod to Lightning.

   Lightning finally looked up  at the shy girl,  and his heart leaped into his throat. She looked amazing, and for the first time, Lightning was stunned.

   What is this feeling? Lighting Chaser thought. Same as storm, he wondered if it was just being in the facility to long, but something inside of him pulled at his brain, telling him otherwise. When Lightnings stunning green eyes met Fluttershy,   she felt the same way. They soon both noticed that the room had gone quiet, and they also noticed they were both looking at each other. Fluttershy turned away, face bright red. Lightning tried to play it off cool like he always tried to be, but his embarrassment was obvious.

     "So uh... Storm Flare, you really gonna race? Haven't seen you use those wings in a while." Storm Flare coughed before replying.

   "Yeah, I guess so. It's good to stretch your wings every so often right?" Storm said. Lightning did stretch out his wings and flap them a few times before returning them to their normal position.

       "Well alright then. Rest up; I'm gonna get some fresh air. Come out when you're ready I guess." Lightning said, leaving the room. Some ponies muttered in agreement and also left, leaving Storm their best wishes. Rainbowdash was the last to leave. Before she left she simply said

          "Don't keep me waiting to long" and with a wink, she left. Storm decided he had nothing better to do then to go to sleep and try to get better. He rolled on his side, feeling somewhat pleased with how cool he had played it off before drifting into slumber.

Lightning walked out into the bright sunlight. While Storm was resting, he decided he should explore the town and get a feel for the place. He was assuming that Storm and him would be staying here, since they really had no other choice. He saw the nice buildings and met some other people. The town was relatively nice and he was enjoying it. But, just then, he heard a noise like someone shouting. He followed the noise, and saw the same pink haired girl from earlier. His heart stopped for a second when he saw her, but he realized she was being shouted at.

   Isn't her name Fluttershy? Lightning thought. He saw Fluttershy carrying a bunny, looking down at the ground. Yelling at her was another girl with short white hair, ripped brown jeans and a brown flight jacket. Fluttershy looked sad, and Lightning hated to see her like that. Even though the girl was bigger, and looked like she was from griffon descendent, he decided to intervene.

   "And next time, MOVE!" The girl shouted. She was about to push Fluttershy out of the way, when someone said something.

     "Hey! Leave her alone!" Lightning said, stepping forward in front  of Fluttershy.

         "Out of my way punk, this doesn't concern you." The girl said, trying to advance forward.

      "It may not, but you don't need to yell at her! Damn, you're mean! Now apologize to her!" Lightning said, growing angrier.

         "What did you say to me? NO ONE ORDERS GILDA AROUND!" Gilda shouted, charging at Lightning.

What most people didn't know about Lightning, was that if you made him angry enough, you would be in for a beating. Sure, he could punch anyone that kinda annoyed him, but if you really made him mad, he wouldn't hesitate to use his strength and lightning powers to make sure you didn't piss him off again. It didn't matter who you were, Lightning would hurt you. Problem is, Gilda did just that.

Gilda charged at Lightning, ready to strike him. Lightning didn't move, but charged a power of his own. As Gilda drew in closer, she could see something growing around his fist. Lightning had called upon a lightning charge, and was centering it to his fist. Right when she was about to hit him, Lightning looked up. His eyes had turned redder then his mane, and he looked fierce. It didn't stop Gilda though, and she threw he punch at him. Lightning put up his uncharged fist and caught her fist. Quickly, before she could escape, he used his lightning charged fist and hit her furiously in the stomach. It would have made her fly back extremely far, but Lightning caught her and threw her over his shoulder. He picked her up and pinned her to a wall. Her face was bloody form the fall she took, and she was hunched over. He made her look into his eyes.

"Don't ever...yell at her...again. do you hear me?" Gilda nodded, unable to talk.

  "Now apologize" he said, his eyes returning green, letting her go. Gilda was so shocked at how fast everything had happened, that she just complied. She apologized to Fluttershy, and left. The crowd applauded Lightning for his chivalry and left. It was just him and Fluttershy now. She talked first.

   "T-thank you so much Lightning Chaser..." She said quietly. She didn't like violence, but she really did appreciate what Lightning did.

   "Hey no problem. Tell me if something like that happens again, okay?" She replied by  hugging Lightning. He was shocked at first, but then hugged her back. It was amazing for the both of them, and Fluttershy was happy that an actual guy had shown an interest in her. When they pulled away, Lightning tried to make it less awkward.

    "Um...cool bunny, Fluttershy" Lightning said, bending over to pick up Fluttershy's bunny, handing it to her.

   "Oh...thank you. I have more at my house-if you'd like to come see them" Fluttershy said, blushing another shade of red.

  "Sounds cool, but if it's not a problem, I'd like to wait for Storm to come out first. Gotta make sure he's alright."

     "Oh...it's alright. Do you-you mind if i wait with you?" Fluttershy said, slightly louder then her normal voice.

    "Sure" Lightning said smiling, sitting next to her. They both sat there, happy for once.

Time passes...

Storm opened the door to his room, leading to the hospital. He gathered his clothes, put them on and left the hospital. He did feel sufficiently better, and was ready for his race. He walked out the door, and saw Lightning outside, siting on a bench with a pink haired girl resting her head on his shoulder. He wasn't surprised at how fast this had happened. He tried his best to embarrass him.

   "Well well, what do we have here?" Storm said sarcastically. The girl shot her head up, obviously embarrassed.

      "Well good to see you're doing better Storm. And by the way, this is Fluttershy." Lightning said.

   "...Hi" The girl said shyly.

       "Well, hate to break you to up, but I think we should head out so you can watch me dominate that race." Storm said. Lightning got up, then extended his hand for the girl to help her up. then, all three set out to find Rainbowdash, Lightning and Fluttershy happy, and Storm pumped for an actual challenge.

Eventually, they found Rainbowdash, waiting for Storm. She was leaning on a wooden post, leading to Applejack's farm.

     "Well, look who's up" Rainbowdash said sarcastically, punching Storm in the arm.

          "Ready to get destroyed er...I mean race?" Rainbowdash said, grinning. She noticed how Lightning and Fluttershy were holding hands

          "Well Fluttershy, finally find a decent man?" She said, giggling. Fluttershy blushed more. The two weren't an actual couple, (yet) but there was definitely something going on between them.

       "Err...um...I- well..." She looked at Lightning. Rainbowdash understood.

      "Don't tongue twist yourself sister, I get it" she said, winking. She looked at Storm.

   "Now, you ready to race?" she said.

         "The more important question is, are you ready to lose?" Storm said, readying his wings

      "Whatever you say. Anyways, we're going from Applejack's farm, to the town hall and back, Okay?" she said, also readying herself.Before they began though, Storm had a thought.

     If Lightning can get a girl, I might as well try... and this girl is drop dead gorgeous. How do i start? Girls like nicknames...right? Well...she does kinda look like a skittle. That's a good name, right? Storm decided it will do, and tried it out.

     "Well I'm ready. Ready to eat my dust Skittles?" Rainbowdash blushed at her new nick name. Her silent smile she tried to hide gave Storm a sense of victory. Flirting aside, they both  got set up  at the starting line at Applejack's farm. She was reluctant about letting the two start a race in her farm, but Lightning worked his charm and she eventually agreed. Lightning came up to the starting line.

    "Hey, Lightning, are you sure you don't want to get in on this race?" He looked at Fluttershy. She gave a smile. Lightning decided he'd rather stay here. Races weren't his favorite.

           "Nah mate, I'm good here." he said. Storm and Rainbowdash understood.

        "Well alright then. Just you and me Skittles."

            "Alright, well on your mark I guess."  Lighting said, sitting back down next to Fluttershy.

    "On your mark..." Storm flare said, spreading out  his wings.

       "Get set..." Rainbowdash said.

       "GO!" they both shouted, blasting out of the starting line.A trail of energy and rainbow trails followed them as they shot through the town like bullets. Rainbowdash was fast, but Storm was just as fast. It was a constant battle that they both couldn't win. Storm might have had the lead if he would've known where he was going. He was just following Rainbowdash's lead, hoping to not hit a wall or a bridge. Storm could tell they were nearing an end as Rainbowdash sped up, trying to win. Storm pushed with all his might, pushing back energy and clouds as wind blew past him. Finally, they passed the court house, signifying the races end. Just when they reached the finish line, they realized that they both had pretty much passed the finish line at the same time.Even though it was better called at a draw, it didn't stop them from arguing.

    "I so beat you by a centimeter!" Storm said, out of breath.

     "No you didn't I did!" Rainbowdash replied, also tired. They exchanged dialogue like this for about 2 minutes, until Storm just started laughing. Even though Rainbowdash was puzzled, she also started uncontrollably laughing.

    "That was a good race..." Storm flare said in between a laugh. He flashed Rainbowdash a smile when he did that she felt her legs go weak and her checks heat up.

      He really is something special....Rainbowdash thought.

Storm  looked into Dashes eyes.

Wow...her eyes are beautiful Storm thought. Rainbowdash was thinking the same thing about Storms ice blue eyes. They soon noticed that they were staring at each other they both looked away with red faces.

    "So..." Rainbowdash said breaking the silence.

   "My friends should be at Twilight's library you  wanna come with ?" Rainbowdash asked.

      "Hey wait...where's Lightning and Fluttershy?" Rainbowdash said, scanning the area. As if on que, Lightning and Fluttershy arrived over the hill, coming towards Storm and Dash.

    "There you two are! Rainbowdash is heading down to Twilight's library, you two wanna come?"

        "Sounds like a plan" Lightning said. The way Fluttershy clung to Lightning said she probably wasn't going to leave his side.

        "Alright, you two are in. What about you Storm?"

"Sure thing Skittles Ill go." Storm said, punching Rainbowdash in the arm.

      "Well alright then, follow me." Rainbowdash said, walking ahead with Fluttershy. Lightning was starting to walk forward, when Storm held him back and said

   "Hey, you want a tip man?" Storm said.

    "Uh...sure? I guess?" Lightning said, confused.

       "It doesn't look good to be in front of people with lipstick all over your face." Storm said, laughing a little and walking to catch up with Rainbowdash. Lightning's face turned into a new shade of red, as he wiped the lipstick of his face, running to catch up to Fluttershy.

    They all walked to the library. Rainbowdash and Storm Flare were laughing and  sharing there past experiences of  doing tricks and crashing afterwards while Lighting Chaser told Fluttershy about all the instruments he could play, while she told him about the forest and it's beauty. Eventually, they reached the library. Lightning chaser held open the door mockingly for Storm flare and said

  "Ladies first".

     "Haha very funny Lightning." Storm said, walking into the place, followed by Rainbowdash, then Fluttershy. They walked into a very professional looking library, filled with desks and books and all sorts of useful things. Lightning enjoyed books, and had never seen so much knowledge into one place.

   "Whoa..." Lightning said. Storm flare pulled Lighting away from the books and continued on to greet Rainbowdash's and Fluttershy's friends.

   "What took you guys so long?" Twilight said

      "I was having a race with Storm over there." Rainbowdash said, signalling over to Storm.

         And I was racing Skittles " Storm flare said, giving a Rainbowdash a light punch on the arm.The five mares giggled at there friends new nick name and Rainbowdash just blushed. They all talked for a while Storm flare and Lighting got to know the five mares better along with Rainbow dash and Fluttershy. It was nice to feel welcomed, but there had been a question Storm and Lightning had on their minds. They had been telepathically communicating about it for the past five minutes. Since Lightning was more inclined with the whole physic ability, and it annoyed Storm that he could not communicate as strongly as Lightning, Storm finally stood up and asked the question.

   "So...since we're new here and we don't have a place to stay, do you have any kind of place for us? We would sleep in the forest but the scientists may still be on the lookout for us."  He asked Twilight. She she thought for a moment. The two were really nice guys...but she didn't totally trust the to of them to stay in her library. She really didn't even know that much about them. But...it seemed that the two of them had become friends with two of the mares. That sounded like an alright plan. She finally spoke.

      "Well since you and Rainbow dash have become fast friends, no pun intended , you can stay with her. If, she's alright with it." Both Storm flare and Rainbowdash's heart stopped.

  I'm going to be staying  with Skittles ... Storm thought.

       Storm is gonna be staying with me? cool...Rainbow dash thought

      "And since we don't have any place for you and your stuff in my library, and since Fluttershy has taking a liking to you Lighting you can stay with Fluttershy. Her cottage is pretty roomy for the both of you, so you won't need to share a bed....even though that really doesn't seem like a problem." Twilight replied.

    "Taking a liking? how do you know?" Lighting said being defensive.

    "Dude, shes sitting on your lap." Storm said. The whole room looked at Lighting.

     "Oh yeah....right... " he said, defeated. After that, the little welcome party soon came to an end as the sun set in the distance. Dinner was finished, and every one decided to leave after helping Twilight. Storm, Rainbowdash and Fluttershy were heading down for the door, but Lightning stayed behind for a word with Twilight.

       "Hey, Twilight" Lightning said, turning around as he was about to descend the stairs to the exit.

        "Yes?" She responded, a little puzzled.

    "Thanks." Lightning said, giving a smile, then quickly leaving to catch up with the group. Twilight smiled to herself, understanding Lightning's thanks.

    "Yeah. They'll do just fine..." Twilight said, turning off the light in the library, heading upstairs for bed.