The Tale of Storm Flare and Lightning Chaser

It all happened so fast. Storm couldn't really recall everything between the clustered emotions- but he knew he was happy. He started remembering now...he had gotten into Dashes house and went  on the couch and- it all happened so fast. Did she invite him in bed? Yeah...that seemed right. Storm was in bed with her and she was letting him hold her. Did she notice? It didn't matter, to Storm, it was awesome and beat sleeping on the couch by a long shot. Her hair felt amazing. He felt weird though... like she wasn't aware of what was going on. But then again, why would she invite him in bed? And he was pretty sure he had seen her eyes open a few times, and a smile cross her face. Whatever the case was, Storm had never had a better rest in his whole life. He did eventually fall asleep, and slept for a long time. It was his first natural, non-experimental sleep, and it was nice for a change to not wake up being shot full of chemicals or having dangerous rays shot through his skeletal system. He woke up without Rainbowdash next to him, but smelled coffee. He put on his usual vintage blue T-shirt, black pants, green hoodie and his flat white vans, and headed out of Rainbowdash's bedroom. He found a smiling Rainbowdash making a pot of coffee.

     "Well, look whose up."  Rainbowdash said, offering a cup of coffee to Storm. Storm hated to admit it, but he didn't actually know what coffee was.

      "Er..." Storm said, looking at the coffee cup. He tried calling to Lightning mentally, hoping it would yield a solution. Thinking of Lightning did also offer up the question, how was his night? The girl-

"Fluttershy" Lightning corrected telepathically.

      "And my night was pretty damn awesome." Lightning replied again. Storm tried to get more of a response out of Lightning, but he wasn't answering. He was to busy reminiscing about his night...He would get back to Storm in a second. He remembered having a nice conversation with Fluttershy on the way to her house. He really opened up to her, and she did the same for him. They talked about almost everything, and the moon made Fluttershy look more beatuifal than before. He remembered he told her more about life in the facility, and he showed off some of his abilities. She was excited that a pretty good looking guy was actually talking to her-and even better, she thought he was interested in her. The last day the two spent together really helped bring up Fluttershy's self esteem, and she felt like he was changing her for the better. Finally, something amazing happened that Fluttershy honestly never saw coming. Lightning asked

      "Hey Fluttershy?"

         "Y-yes, Lightning?" Fluttershy responded, curiously.

   "Well...the last day, you have shown me true compassion and happiness. Honestly, I've never been more happy then when I'm with you, and I think I may love you, Fluttershy. I don't want this to pass by so...will you do me the honor of going out with me, and being my special somepony?". This took the breath out of Fluttershy, and she thought he was just kidding. He was a pretty funny guy...

     "Ar-are you s-serious?" She said, blushing a brighter shade of red then Lightning had seen before.

        "Of course" Lightning said, trying to hide his own shade of red. He was looking at the ground, hands in his blue hoodies pockets. Fluttershy was ecstatic, and she knew how she would respond.

     "Hey, Lightning?" Fluttershy said. Lightning looked up.

    "Ye-". He was about to finish, when she leaned in, put her arms around him and kissed him. Lightning had never been kissed, and loved that Fluttershy was his first. It was a passionate kiss, and lasted almost a minute. After that, they didn't exchange much words on the way home. They just walked home together, happy. They reached the inside, and both got into Fluttershy's bed. Since this was also Lightning's first real sleep, he couldn't remember if they did anything after that-but it didn't matter. He woke up, happy, while Fluttershy went to make him tea.

     "Lightning?" Storm was repeatedly calling to him mentally still. He was done enjoying his memories, so he responded.

   "Yeah?" Lightning said, hoping this was truly something important.

     "This is gonna sound stupid, but what exactly is coffee? I've been standing here for about 20 seconds just looking at Rainbowdash and back to the coffee, deciding if i want some." Storm was glad that the telepathic communication thing worked faster, and made your perception of time different.

      "Well, it's just caffeine some sugar and some coffee beans. If she made it, you better accept it, but it is an acquired taste." Storm took Lightning's words into consideration. He accepted the offer of coffee, and sat down with Rainbowdash.

     "So, how did you sleep, Storm?" Rainbowdash said, with a sly smile. Something told Storm she knew about how they held each-other.

   "Yup. She probably does" Lightning thought back.

        "Ah shut up. My night was probably better then yours" Storm thought back sarcastically. He also remembered he was talking to Rainbowdash.

    "Pretty good. You have a comfortable bed. but, it is rather big."

   "Well, I like taking up lot's of bed space." Rainbowdash said, still smiling.

"So, I didn't bother you then?" Storm said, feeling his cheeks start to flush red.

       "No not at all. If anything you're like a pillow" Rainbowdash said, giving storm a friendly punch on the arm. Storm felt his whole self go red.

     "Actually, I probably had the best night ever." Lightning finally responded back.

         "Oh how so? Did Fluttershy show you her bunny collection?" Storm replied, sarcastically.

    "Well no. We're kinda-together now." Lightning said.

     "Really? Nice. Tell me the details later."

                "Alright but I kinda have to go right now. Tea time...mate" Lightning said, stereotyping the 'mate' as much as he could. Storm did wonder how that happened for Lightning but, then again, everyone could kinda tell by how Fluttershy just looked at Lightning that she liked him. Storm came out of his mid, back to talking to Rainbowdash.

        "So...since it doesn't look like Lightning's gonna get in another fight, and the scientists don't know where we are, what should me and Lightning do today?" Storm said, finishing his coffee.

     "Well, you're gonna need some gems to make it through living here, so I suggest you and Lightning get a sort of temporary job-if you can get  Fluttershy away from Lightning that is." Rainbowdash said. So then where do we get a job storm asked

  "Well... you could always get a job on the weather team with me. After all, you are a Pegasus." Rainbowdash replied

"That sounds alright I guess...well I guess it's my only option. Where do I sign up?" Storm said. He really did have no other choice. The job sounded alright-and he did get to work with Rainbowdash.

"Well it's not really that simple. You have to talk to the manager about it, and if they like you, you should be good to go for a couple of days with the gems you earn." Rainbowdash replied. She did truly hope that Storm could work with her.

" Well, who is the manger of the weather team thingy?" Storm asked, hoping it wouldn't be some of the mean ponies he had heard about.

Rainbowdash gave a smile, and simply replied with, "Me." Rainbow dash left the room and came back with some papers and other important looking odds and ends.

     "Here, fill out these papers and you should be set." Rainbow said. Storm took the papers a started to fill them out. But, then he remembered something she said.

     "Wait...I thought the manager had to like you before you could sign up." Storm said. Rainbowdash just smiled, winked, and left the room. Storm felt happy and somewhat fulfilled. He smiled, continued filling out the papers and imagined the day ahead.

Lightning was enjoying his coffee and the company of Fluttershy, when their came a noise outside, which was odd, since not much people lived near Fluttershy. He was enjoying his conversation, and hated to cut it short. He put on his usual clothes, and went outside to see what was going on. At first, he didn't see anything, then he saw a pony, destroying some of Fluttershy's plants and animal coops. Now, Lightning wasn't sure if he had a good reason to do this or not, but he wanted Fluttershy's approval before he had to forcibly solve the problem. He slowly walked back inside.

     "Uh Fluttershy, there is someone outside vandalizing your stuff. Do you know them?" Lightning asked. Fluttershy looked out the window and gasped.

    "That's Big Macintosh." Fluttershy said, cowering somewhat.

   "Well, whats the big deal? I can get him out of here." Lightning responded.

       "No you don't understand-he's really strong and used to stalk me a lot. I just don''t want him to hurt me."

     "Hey- don't worry, I'll take care of this. He wont mess with you again." Lightning walked outside, and towards the red, angry looking pony. Trying not to just beat him to a pulp, he tried to be nice.

     "Hey mate, do you need something?" Lightning said, with hints of anger and sarcasm in his voice.

         "Go away city boy- this don't 'volve you. So scram, before I hurt you." Now, this was not the best time to anger Lightning Chaser since this time, it was on his girlfriends land. He tried the gentle approach, but it didn't work. It was time for Lightning to solve the problem his way.

               "Alright mate, I tried to be nice but now-" Big Macintosh landed a punch on Lightning. He staggered backwards, wiping the blood from his face. He looked at the crimson on his hand, then looked up at Big Macintosh. Big Macintosh watched, as Lightning's eyes turned from their usual green, to an eerie red, that was brighter then his mane.

      "You shouldn't have done that..."Lightning said. Big Macintosh wasn't scared though, as he was bigger then Lightning. Big Mac once again tried to punch Lightning, but upon activating his enhanced abilities, Lightning's time was slowed down, allowing him to catch Big Mac's fist. Big Mac was caught off guard, and his face was shocked. Lightning twisted his fist back ,while he still had it, until a shriek of pain came from Big Mac. Lightning let go, and let out a powerful roundhouse kick to the face. Big Mac staggered back, face bloody. He was slightly hunched over, but had not given in yet.

    "What? I thought you were gonna beat me...You know what? I'm a nice guy, come hit me. I'm all open..." Lightning said. Big Mac took this opportunity and lunged at Lightning. He was about to make contact with him, when Lightning allowed him to phase through him. Big Mac was confused, until the pain came back to him. Lightning was now behind him, and grabbed him, punching him directly on one of his vertebrae. Then, before he could stagger backwards, Lightning grabbed him, and threw him to the ground. He raised a fist to punch Big Mac, but he kicked Lightning in the stomach. He got up, and punched Lightning in the face. He tried to get a rock to try and further damage Lightning, but he had already electrically charged himself. Big Mac raised the rock to hit Lightning, but Lightning grabbed his arm, and hit it against his knee. He then grabbed Big Mac by the neck, picked him up and said

"I...can crush you. Leave...Fluttershy alone. Never...mess with us again. You're lucky....that you're still alive. Now get out of my sight" Lightning said, sending the giant electrical charge he had charged through Big Macs body while he was still holding him, then threw him to the ground. Lightning wiped the blood away from his face, and composed himself. Fluttershy came out.

      "T-thank you Lightning. I'm not sure what I would do without you..." Fluttershy said, giving Lightning a kiss. His eyes turned back to green, and he calmed down. Big Macintosh struggled back up, and left without another word.

      "Damn...I need to stop getting into fights." Lightning said, hugging Fluttershy, then heading back inside.

       "Should we go meet up With Storm and Rainbowdash? I think they're planning something today."

      "S-sure. I can some...Right?" Fluttershy asked, nervously. Even though they were going out, Lightning still made Fluttershy melt to a degree.

      "Of course." Lightning said with a smile. The two headed towards Rainbowdash's house, hand in hand.

Time passes....

Rainbowdash heard a knock on the door.

    "Hey Storm, is that your friend?" Rainbowdash asked.

  "Um...it probably is." Storm said quickly. "Oh-and if he is here, also be expecting Fluttershy." Storm added. He was still caught up in paperwork. Rainbowdash answered the door. Before her, stood Lightning, in his blue hoodie, black and red shirt, grey skinny jeans, and grey and black vans, along with Fluttershy, who wore her usual yellow sweater, blue jeans and brown moccasins, except that her sweater held something new: A black skull was right in the middle.

      "Haha, nice skull, Flutter!" Rainbowdash said.

         "Oh-thank you. Lightning Chaser helped me with it." Fluttershy replied, blushing a little.

     "So-did you get the whole-you know lightning chaser thing taken care of?" Rainbowdash said, trying to whisper to Fluttershy, but to no avail. Storm heard, and interjected his commentary.

      "Yes she did, my man here asked her out and now they're together, which means they van pretty much do what they did before, just with more kissing." Storm said, punching Lightning in the arm. Lightning and Fluttershy both blushed, and Rainbowdash said

    "Well, this time it does look like you found someone, hehe. Well, come on in." Rainbowdash said, moving aside to let the two in. Lightning greeted Storm with

      "Hey, whats good mate?" Like usual. They high fived, and he greeted Rainbowdash with a simple,

   "How's it going?", offering a fist bump to her. She accepted, and invited Lightning and Fluttershy to sit down on the couch. They exchanged some small talk, until Rainbowdash asked the question that she and Storm had been discussing earlier.

           "So, Lightning, it's good to see you have the whole living arrangement temporarily solved, but you're gonna need a job right?" Lightning actually hadn't thought about this, and mentioning it, Lightning saw she was right.

       "Oh...good point mate. I'm not totally sure what I can do..." Lightning said, thinking more.

     "Well, your friend here is working for the weather control team, and you are a Pegasus, so do you want to sign up?" Rainbowdash asked. The offer was nice, but Lightning knew that Storm had something going for that girl, so he wanted to leave them alone.

     "Er...the offer's nice, but I think Storm has this covered. I think I can find a job somewhere..." Lightning said, still thinking. What other job was there? What was he good at? Then, it hit him like a bullet: Music. Lightning was extremely skilled at the guitar and piano, so maybe this could yield an answer.

     "Hey...does Ponyville like music?" Lightning asked Rainbowdash.

       "Of course we do! In fact, we don't really have enough musicians. Why do you ask? You good at music?" Rainbowdash said. Fluttershy let out a giggle. The night before, Lightning had brought his guitar and played her some songs, and she saw that he was indeed extremely talented at guitar, and singing.

     "Is he good?....Yeah...he's good....but that's a little bit of an underestimation...Truth is...he's amazing." Fluttershy said. Storm smiled, as he also knew of Lightnings musical talent, and had no doubt he had stunned Fluttershy the night before with his musical talent.

         "Really? Well damn, if Fluttershy thinks it's good I'm sure the whole town will. Why don't you go talk to the mayor about performing tonight? She's at the city hall. I'll make sure to put a good word in for you." Rainbowdash said, happy Lightning may have found a job.

       "Well, it sounds sweet, but I'm not really sure where anything is except for Fluttershy's house. Can someone...guide me or something? I would have Fluttershy help me, but she has to get back and tend to the animals." Lightning said, seeing this hole in the plan. He really did need to find out where everything was in town. Rainbowdash thought for a moment, then thought of a solution.

    "Well, Storm here knows where the city hall is, so he can probably take you. I can meet you guys there if you want." Rainbowdash said, proud of her solution.

    "Uh- sure. Why not." Lightning said, starting to head out. He gave Fluttershy a hug and a kiss, then set out to the town with Storm.

      "Alright mate, let's go. Try not to get us lost please." Lightning said, heading out with storm. They walked for a while, seeing the sights and people. For the most part, Ponyville was full of relatively nice people, but it did have its few 'bad apples'. They were reaching the city hall, when they heard something- that similar to a shouting contest. Someone was definitely yelling, and Lightning had already known that this was never a good sign.

     "Ugh...not this again. I swear, if someones messing with Fluttershy again..." Lightning said, snapping, where a small spark arched in his hand. Storm got the point, but when they got up to the scene, it was something quite different- Rainbowdash seemed to be exchanging some choice dialogue with another Pegasus. He had a black jacket on with a white shirt underneath it, ripped blue pants and short, light blue/silver hair. They couldn't make out exactly what was being argued over, but it sounded like she was angry at him for not showing up for something important.

     "Well dammit, show up next time! I don't care if you're sick, we needed all the wing-power we could get! And you left us!" Rainbowdash yelled.

     "No! I do  what I want, and I didn't feel like going! Don't tell me what to do!" The Pegasus said, striking Rainbowdash across the face.

    "Thunderlane!" a violet pony with spiky hair gasped from the crowed.

  "Alright, that's enough Lightning, I'm gonna go handle this guy." Storm said, briskly walking towards him. He entered the mob, and stepped in between the two.

     "Whoa whoa whoa- Did you really just hit her? What kind of bastard hits girls?" Storm said, pushing Thunderlane a little.

   "Stay out of this little man-and get out of here, before i decide to hurt you" Thunderlane said, shoving Storm to the side.

"Alright-you asked for it" Storm said. Thunderlane reacted fast, and punched Storm in the face as hard as he could but Storm was unaffected by this.

"How are you still standing?" Thunderlane asked in shocked. Storm and Lightning often practiced fighting each-other, so their superhuman punches built up their pain tolerance.

      "You just made the worst mistake of your life!!" Storm yelled in anger. Thunderlane went for another punch, but Storm grabbed Thunderlane's fist and kicked him straight in the stomach and sent him flying in the air, but before he could go far Storm flew up, grabbed his leg, spun around with him then throw him into a wall. Thunderlane got up, face bloody. His arm looked like it had been broke, and he looked like he was in pain, but he was not going to resign that easy.

   "If that's all you got, then you can't beat me" Storm mocked.

  "Will you just shut up!" Thunderlane yelled in rage, coughing up blood. He lunged at Storm, but Storm vanished when he was about to make contact.  Thunderlane  looked around, puzzled to find Storm. Before he could react, Storm's elbow met with Thunderlane's face and he went flying. Storm contemplated letting him fall, but decided against it. Storm instead flashed under him and kick him further up in the air and flashed right underneath Thunderlane again,  delivered a series of kicks to Thunderlane's sides and finished him by kicking him in the stomach.

    "Lions barrage!" Storm yelled and sent Thunderlane into the ground. An audible crack was heard, and Storm was assured that he was rendered unconscious. Storm descend down back to the ground, and Rainbowdash ran up to Stormflare.

      "Thank you Storm!" she said and gave Storm a hug. She tried to hide the tears and red eyes she had. Storm could tell she didn't like being hit. At least that guy got what he deserved...

   "Anytime Dash" Storm replied, a bit surprised at her sudden hug. They soon noticed that they were hugging for a while and let go of each other, both somewhat embarrassed at this sudden for of public affection.

   "So, all fights aside, here is the town hall Lighting. The mayors inside, and already expecting your arrival, so go on in. You'll do fine." Rainbowdash said to Lightning.

    "Good luck dude" Stormflare said, slapping Lightning on the back.

  "Thanks guys. I-I guess I'll see you guys later." Lightning said, opening the door to the city hall, leaving Rainbowdash and Storm to themselves. Storm searches for a conversation topic, trying not to make it awkward.

      "So...when do I start my new job?" Storm asked Rainbowdash.

    "Well, the weather team is supposed to meet up today in the park at 1:00 pm to clear some clouds so you can start then if you want to" Rainbowdash replied

    "Cool, sounds good I guess." Stormflare said Storm look up at the clock on the town hall and noticed it was 12:00.

"Hey wait...we still have like an hour" storm thought to himself "Well...this could be my chance to make my move. Lets try this" Storm thought again,

  "Hey, Rainbowdash" Storm said aloud this time.

    "Yeah?" She replied.

  "Well, since we have an hour before we have to get to work, I was wondering...do you want to go hang out? Like...get something to eat?"

    " Sure" Rainbowdash  said with a smile. It had been awhile since she actually went out with a guy to do something.

Something Special...

The words flashed back into Rainbowdash's mind. How many times had this happened? She thought. She shook that out of her mind, though somewhere in the deep dark crevice of her mind, she knew what was going on.

And she started to accept it.

They walked for a while, unable to find a restaurant, and they ended up settling for some cupcakes at Pinkiepie's cupcake parlor. They ate some cupcakes, and took a nice walk through the town, waiting for Lightning to get done with his interview. As they walked, Rainbowdash found herself walking closer to Storm as they progressed. She tried not to, but it was almost impossible to stop. Soon, they found a nice place to sit and wait while Lightning finished his interview. They enjoyed the scenery, and overall, each other. It was the best hour Storm had ever had...

Meanwhile...

Lightning marveled at the marble and polished wood finished surface in the town hall. He had never really seen anything as nice as this...

Except maybe Fluttershy...

"Nah, come on mate. Gotta stay on task...there's time for that later" Lightning thought, composing himself.

"This town just keeps surprising me..." Lightning thought, as he drew nearer to the receptionists desk. He finally reached the tall, oak wood podium like desk that loomed over him. It made him a little uneasy.

    "Can I help you?" The receptionist asked Lightning.

      "Uh...I believe the mayor has a meeting with me? The names Lightning Chaser?" Lightning said, still feeling a little nervous.

    "Oh! So you're the one the towns been talking about! Pleasure to meet you" The receptionist said, extending a hoof for a hand shake.

     "Talking abou-...what? I haven't really done that much..." Lightning said puzzled. Was it the fights?. He thought.

         "Yeah! The whole town's talking about how you saved Fluttershy--twice! With amazing powers! And how you're so nice to her, and she finally has someone, and she's not so depressed and...." The receptionist went on, but Lightning wasn't really listening. He just shook his head on occasion. He understood, and just wanted to see the mayor.

    "Oh listen to me, just going on like a motormouth--the mayor's waiting for you down the hall." The receptionist said, offering Lightning a smile. He gave her a weak smile back, and went down the hall, until he came to a tall, oak wood door. He slowly opened it, and walked in.

    "Well hi there! You must be Lightning chaser! The names Mayor Mare, no pun intended. Please, have a seat." The mayor looked nice enough. She was a nice looking, tan pony, with voice like silk. She made Lightning somewhat comfortable.

    "Er...thanks mate." Lightning said, taking a seat.

       "So, I heard you're looking for a job in the music industry here in Ponyville?" Mayor Mare said, already knowing the response.

    "Yes, yes that is correct. And before you ask, I specialize in guitar and the piano. And I like doing rock." Lightning replied.

      "R-rock?" The mayor asked, puzzled.

           "You're kidding right?" Lightning replied, shocked that her, and possibly the whole town hadn't heard of rock.

   "It's something amazing Mayor, trust me. If you hire me, and let me play in town, you'll hear it and plenty of it." Lightning said, trying to convince her.

    "Hmm...well, I'll tell you what. I'll let you play, and I'll pay you what you need in gems, but, you need to work with Vinyl Scratch and Octavia for at least one song. Do that, and you'll have a deal". Lightning didn't like the idea of working with anyone else, but it was for only one song. And he got to name his price in gems, so the deal was worth it. He decided to accept it.

     "Alright Mayor, you drive a hard bargain, but I accept. I'll do a short concert tonight, and I guess I can throw together an ensemble ready in a week. That sound good?" Lightning said.

     "Wonderful. Now, if that's all, Lightning, I guess we're done here." The Mayor said, taking a stand out of her chair. She shook Lightning's hand, smiled, and left.

    "I guess she expects me to lead myself out? How odd..." Lightning said. He stood up to leave, when something caught his eye. It was a folder, and it looked like his picture was in it. Back at the lab, Lightning read peoples files all the time, so of course this one interested him. He wasn't sure if this was him or not, but he grabbed that one and the one underneath it, and quickly left and headed to Fluttershy's house to get ready for his big performance tonight.

       Storm and Rainbowdash spotted Lightning coming out of the town hall, and both ran over to him to see how things went. They both congratulated him with glee, and exchanged high fives and fist bumps.

    "Sweet man! You'll do great, I know it." Storm said, patting him on the back.

       "Awesome! I'll get Pinkiepie to help you set up the stage!" Rainbowdash said, also excited for him.

  "Thanks mates, but I need to get back to Fluttershy and get ready for the gig, ya know? But yeah, I'll meet Pinkiepie soon."

Storm and Rainbowdash nodded in agreement, and watched Lightning go home.

   "So, you excited to go see Lightning tonight?" Storm asked Rainbowdash. She got a little lost thinking about something else...

Something special...

     "Uh yeah. Haven't been to a good concert in a while. You think he will be good?" Rainbowdash replied, shaking the thought out of her head.

    "Of course. I've heard him play a lot. I'm not sure how he'll be in front of a big crowd, but he should be good." Storm said. Rainbowdash realized that she had run out of things to talk about on this subject. No, she was focused on something else. She knew what she was going to do...

Something special...

     "Uh, hey, Storm?" Rainbowdash said, plan set in motion.

         "Yeah?" Storm said. Rainbowdash leaned in, and kissed him. It surprised him as much it surprised her. She finally succumbed to him, even though she thought she never would. He was something special, and she was positive that she would probably never find another guy like him.

And, she was right, in a couple of ways.

Eventually, they both pulled away, and Storm had a stunned expression on his face.

"That's for saving me...and being awesome." Rainbowdash said, smiling shyly. Storm was indeed tongue tied, and couldn't find any words. The silence made Rainbowdash happy,knowing she had actually stunned him with a kiss. It turned out well for the both of them, as this was both of their first kiss. Storm found words, and formed a somewhat coherent sentence.

   "So...um..it's like 1 so shouldn't we..get to work?" Storm said, still shocked.

     "Hehe...sure Storm." They both walked down to the park, ready to get to work-

Together.

Time passes...

Lightning slipped into his stage uniform-which was basically what he was already wearing, except the blue hoodie was replaced with an olive drab army jacket. When Lightning returned to Fluttershy, and explained his new found musical career, his cutie mark (Or in this case, a tattoo on his neck)  finally made sense to her. It was a black Fender strat guitar, crossed over a cherry red Gibson, with a thundercloud above, shooting a lightning bolt down the middle of the two guitars.

   "Oh Lightning, I know you'll be great!" Fluttershy said, getting Lightning ready with words of encouragement.

       "Aw, thanks mate." Lightning said, offering her a smile. They kissed, and Fluttershy handed Lightning his Black Fender guitar.

    "I'll be waiting for you in the crowd. Don't be nervous! Pinkie made the stage look awesome!" Fluttershy said.

       "Well thanks for your help Fluttershy! I love you, and I'll see you later" Lightning said, giving her a hug, and heading out the door to her house. Lightning did love her with all his heart, but he needed to concentrate on his first concert. He walked through the dark town, trying to remember the directions Fluttershy had given him. Storm and Dash stopped by to say not to wait for them, and that they would meet him at the concert. Finally, after about 20 minutes of walking, he saw the stage Pinkiepie had set up. It was lit up with red and black lights, with a skull and a lightning bolt set up on the wall behind were Lightning would play. It was nice to see they had followed Lightning's instructions. No one had showed up yet, so it was a good time to get his drum bot set up. After another twenty minutes of wiring, sound checks ad getting the amps set up, he was ready to play his set list. Pinkie was responsible for also putting posters up, which Lightning was impressed with. He wasn't sure what she did, but there must have been at least 100 ponies in the crowd. He was nervous, but he saw Fluttershy's reassuring face in the crowd. He tried to procrastinate a little more, but the crowd started demanding the start of the concert. They seemed pretty excited, and Lightning didn't want to keep them waiting to long. Nervously, he walked up to the microphone.

     "Alright Ponyville....Are you ready to ROCK?!" Lightning shouted into the mic. The crowed screamed in response, though they were not totally sure what rock was. Lightning responded back

      "ALRIGHT THEN!! LET'S GET THIS THING STARTED!!!!" Lightning yelled in the mic. He started off with one of his favorite songs, Bat country. (Note, if you have not heard this song before, I suggest you listen to it to get a  feel for the sound.) The crowd had never heard such fast guitar riffs, or such a heavy metal sound. Lightning did a great job with the vocals and the chord structures in the song, but the crowds by far favorite, was when he nailed the guitar solo. Such a thing had never been heard before, and the crowd screamed in approval. Even Fluttershy's quite 'yay' became so loud that Lightning could hear it. Lightning was pleased with the crowds reaction when the song ended. This was the begging of a very successful concert, where Lightning showed the crowd rock. He even wrote a song for Fluttershy, and dedicated it to her. All was well...Until the last song. Lightning had literally played until dusk, but nights in Equstria didn't last very long, but as Lightning had started his last song, someone had said something. He didn't quite hear whoever it was, but the phrase repeated.

    "I said, are you Lightning chaser?" A gray pony with pink hair said. Her eyes were...an eerie green color.

       "The one and only." Lightning replied.

       "Then...your fate is immanent!" Yelled the pony, a green fire erupting around her. When it dispersed, some-ponies gasped and said

    "It's queen Chrysalis!" More shape shifting ponies came from all directions, surrounding the crowd. Lightning quickly contacted Storm, who wasn't at the concert.

    "Get here. Now" Lightning would have tried to take these guys on by himself, but there was just to many of the things.

   "Huh? Whats going on?" Storm lazily thought back. He had had a relaxing day so far.

     "Look, no time to explain, just get here." Lightning thought back, and with that, he unstrapped his guitar from himself, jumped off the stage and charged at the shape shifters, punching one in the face.

    "Bring it on freaks!" Lightning said, hitting another one who had charged him, then throwing him against two more shape shifters. Two more came at him, and he shot one with a small lightning bolt, stopping him in his tracks. He grabbed the other one, broke his wrist and threw him on the ground. Soon, Lightning was covered in blood and sweat. He was exhausted, and about ready to collapse, until he saw Storm and Twilight running towards him. Storm launched an energy ball to disperse the crowd, while Twilight ran in to explain something to him.

    "Lightning! If you're going to fight them, you need a weapon!" Twilight shouted.

         "*pant* Well no duh! Does it look like I have one?" Lightning replied, out of breath, kneeling on the ground.

    "No...not like that! An elemental one! All ponies have one! Look, you know how you can phase in and out of things?" Twilight explained hurriedly, seeing the shape shifters start to come back.

    "Yeah, what about it!" Lightning shouted back, the shape shifters giving off an army like roar, Queen Chrysalis making sure to stay far behind.

    "Well, phase your hand into your body! You'll feel the handle! It's the only weapon that can weaken the Queen of the changelings!" Twilight said. She ran away after explaining, leaving Storm and Lightning alone with these freaks.

    "LIGHTNING! Just do it! I'll hold them off while you get it!" Storm yelled, slicing some changelings with an elemental sword of his own. It looked Persian, except it was surrounded by pure, red energy, and looked extremely sharp. Lightning decided to give it a try. He phased his hand through his abdomen, and reached around inside. At first, he didn't feel anything, but as he searched around more, he felt something...like a guitar neck. He pulled and pulled until his sword came out. He thought it was going to be something lame...but then he got a good look at it. It was a black 1960's Gibson SG, surrounded by blue electricity. Its body was sharpened to a razor edge, and the guitar neck had no strings, but it was still the most badass thing Lightning had ever held. He tried it out and swung it at some incoming changelings, and it glided through them effortlessly, electrifying them at the same time to ash. It was awesome. Lightning and Storm fought off most of the changelings, combining superhuman strength and kickass weapons to obliterate the whole army. Eventually, most changelings retreated, leaving the queen alone to fend for herself. Lightning and Storm looked at each other, nodded, and went for her. But, what Lightning hadn't anticipated was a hostage. Queen Chrysalis held up Fluttershy as Lightning was about to strike her. Lightnings eyes immediately flared red.

     "YOU FUCKING PUT HER DOWN BEFORE I SLIT YOUR THROAT!" Lightning yelled, pointing his sword at her.

  "Now now, calm down dear Lightning. Calm down, and I will put her down." Queen said mockingly, knowing Lightning would comply. He put his sword down.

     "Good, good. We're making progress. Now, I'll let her go." She dropped Fluttershy, and she dropped to her knees.

   "Fluttershy! Are you alright?" Lightning yelled. She gave a small nod.

      "Hold on. You aren't leaving with her. I'm taking you with me." Queen said, pointing a weapon of her own at Fluttershy. Lightning's eyes glowed even redder.

  "S-Stormm...Ge-gett Fluttershy to a-a SaFe placE. I'll...take c-caRe of this BITCHH." Lightning said, rage physically growing around him. Storm nodded, quickly picked Fluttershy up, and ran, knowing this would be a hell of a fight.

   "N-Now...If you want me...Your gonna have to TaKe ME!" Lightning yelled, grabbing his guitar, lunging like a tiger at the queen. He landed a cut on her, and she fell back a little. A trickle of blood fell off her arm.

   "You don't know what you just started.." The queen said, giving a smile. He punched her in the face, then in the stomach. He kicked her in the jaw, but she quickly reacted, and grabbed his leg, throwing him to the ground. Lightning was winded, and the Queen threw his sword at him, barley missing his mane. He stood up, and charged his fist with electricity, hardened it, then punched her. He missed, she spun around, but Lightning reacted quickly, and punched her hard in the back. He heard a crack, and she knelt on the floor. Lightning usually stops here, but he was going for the kill. He curve stomped her back, wreaking her more, but she turned, grabbed Lightning's foot, and dragged him to the ground. She knelt over him, punching him in the face repeatably. He called down a lightning strike, and it did stun her, allowing him to get her off. He picked his sword back up, and hurled it at her. It embedded into her chest, but she pulled it out. It just dented her.

   "Dammit. This is going to be hard.." Lightning thought. She returned the sword with an equally hard toss, but lightning allowed it to phase through him. He teleported above her, then let gravity do the rest as he formed a fist. She didn't react quick enough, and he embedded her through the stage like a rivet. She shot back up, a little dizzy, and hit Lightning in his jaw. His rage blocked out pain, and he teleported behind her, kicking the back of her leg, making her fall to the dirty ground. Lightning kicked the back of her head, and he heard a crack. A small pool of blood said that the deed was done, but she got back up.

     "Grr...I'm not going easy on you anymore you bastard!" The queen yelled, lunging at Lightning.

"Dammit...what's going to stop her?...Wait...I think I read that any changeling can be stopped by stopping its heart...but my sword barley scratches her. But..I control lightning..." He thought. Then it came to him. He knew what he had to do. He had read about this before, and he let her phase through her, initiating his plan. He stood tall, and was prepared. Storm was watching, and realized what he was doing, but he was to far away to stop him.

    "LIGHTNING! DON'T!" Storm shouted. Lightning ignored him though, plan set and ready to go.