Hi! Hyena king here! This is my forth story. This is the episode "The cutie mark chronicles" In which we learn how Thunder and Lightning got their cutie marks. A little warning, this will probably be my shortest story to date, so don't expect much. So, without further ado, here's chapter 1!
"For the last time, their are no owls!"
"You don't know that!"
Oh, for goodness sake Lightning, you honestly-"
Thunder continued to rant, irritation dripping from his voice. They were currently in a forest after having helped Filthy Rich clear away his lawn of all leaves. As they were heading back, Lightning had been spooked by what he thought was a "hoo", the sound of the only creature he feared. An Owl. Thunder had spent the next couple of minutes trying to convince him otherwise, hence the rant.
"Well, did you hear the owl?" Lightning asked with a skeptical look. "That was a branch snapping!" Thunder practically shouted. "By an Owl!" Lightning said, looking in different directions for the feathered menace.
"There are no owls!"
"Did you see any owls?"
"No!"
"Did you smell any owls?"
"I don't know what owls smell like!"
"And hope you never do." Lightning looked up at the sky. "Is it getting dark? We better head inside."
Thunder let out a sigh. "Lightning, you know, from a guy that's supposed to be brave, this is rather pathetic. Rainbow would never date you if she figured this out, would she?" This comment was supposed to inspire Lightning to action. Instead, Lightning stared at him for a second. then. "You know what else that noise could be? A snake."
It was Thunder's turn to look scared. "You are such a jerk Lightning, why would you bring up snakes!?"
"Hey, all I know is I don't like owls, you don't like snakes, so I'd watch-" Whatever else Lightning was going to say was lost as Scootaloo, Sweetie Bell, and Apple Bloom came crashing through the brush on a scooter. Before they could keep going on their destructive path, the brothers grabbed the scooter, pulling it to a stop.
"Hey girls, where's the fire?" Thunder asked with a laugh. Scootaloo looked up at him with seriousness. "Do you know where Rainbow Dash is?"
"Yeah," Lightning said, "She's actually-"
"Hey, how'd you guys get your cutie marks?" Sweetie Bell asked before he could finish. Scootaloo gave a groan. The only reason that Sweetie Bell had asked was that she had a crush on the boys and, in Scootaloo's eye's, they didn't have time for another, cutie mark story. By contrast, Apple Bloom looked hopeful, perhaps thinking that they would get something useful out of this.
As for the brothers, they exchanged questioning looks at each other. "Wow," Thunder said finally, "Nopony's ever asked us that before."
"It's also a bit of a long story." Lightning added. "Well, we don't want to waste your time so-" Scootaloo began to say, but before she could finish, the pegasi grabbed the cutie mark cursaders and sat them on a log. Then they sat down in front of them.
"Pay close attention, fillies, cause we're not going to repeat this." Thunder said. The girls looked eager to hear this, with the exception of Scootaloo, who just pouted where she sat.
"It all began when we were colts," Lightning began.
There you have it. A little note, The reason for the argument at the beginning of this chapter was to show that these guys do have weaknesses. Hoped this was a good start. R&R please!