Struck By Lightning

Disclaimer: I have only recently became a fan of My Little Pony, aka, a Brony. None of these characters belong to me, except for Lightning Rider. Thanks! Enjoy!

Chapter 1- Rainbow Dash

The weirdest, but AWESOMEST thing happened today!

I was practicing flying around my cloud house one Saturday morning, working on my sonic rainbooms. I was about to achieve rainboom speed, and I heard a loud boom.

I expected it was from my rainboom, but sadly, I hadn't achieved full velocity for a rainboom. I scanned the area around my cloud house, when I saw a ring of lightning flying towards me.

I dashed out of the way of the blast, and searched for its source. I finally saw it, or should I say, him. A silver pegasus stallion with a blond mane was flying around at high speeds, a lightning trail behind him.

"Hey, dude! What are you doing at my house?" I shouted.

He stopped, turned, and looked at me, then began to slowly fly over to me. As he came closer, I saw he had glimmering cyan eyes, the exact same color of Fluttershy's eyes. His cutie mark was almost exactly like mine, with a lightning bolt coming out of a cloud, except his was golden, not rainbow.

"Oh, I apologize if I am intruding on your property. I just moved in next door, or, next cloud, rather," the stallion said. I was still in awe at his skill that rivaled my own.

"Oh, well, what's up, neighbor?" I said. "I'm Rainbow Dash, the awesomest, fastest, butt-kickinest, coolest pegasus in all of Equestria!"

"Haha, a little confident, are we?" He asked with a laugh.

"Eh, it's all true," I said with a grin.

"Well, my name's Lightning Rider. I think we went to flying school together as colts and fillies? Your best friend was the filly named Fluttershy?" Lightning Rider asked.

"Oh, yeah, I think I vaguely remember you. And, yeah, Fluttershy was practically family, and still is, really. Can I call you Lightning?" I asked, with a smile, remembering flight school.

"Sure, can I call you Rainbow, or Dash maybe?" Lightning considered.

"Either's fine," I said.

"Okay," he replied. There was a short silence, and then he said, "You know, I always thought Fluttershy was kind of cute..."

"As in... attractive?" I asked, surprised that such an awesome pegasus would find a pegasus who could barely take off as a filly to be attractive.

"Yeah. But I also thought you were the awesomest filly in school. So, I may or may not have had a crush on you back then," Lightning stated.

"Really?" I asked. He nodded. "I mean, you're right about me being awesome. Just moving in next to me made your life 20% cooler!" I exclaimed. He laughed. "By the way, do you or do you not still like me?"

He rubbed the back of his neck with his front hoof as he searched for an answer. "Well... I don't really know. I might. I'd have to think about it. I almost thought that I would never see you again, so I should just give up on it, but I guess I was right on not giving up," he said.

"Okay, well, take your time. You know where to find me," I said. "And if I'm not here if you look for me, I'll be napping in a tree or on a cloud. I nap in the afternoons."

"Okay, oh, here comes some of my friends!" He said, looking off to a side.

To my surprise, when I looked, I saw THE WONDERBOLTS! "You... are friends... with... THE WONDERBOLTS?!" I exclaimed.

"Yeah, Spitfire and I have been friends for a long while, and Soarin too," Lightning explained.

"Hey, Lightning. Hey Rainbow Dash," Spitfire said as the three of the Wonderbolts flew to us.

"Hey, Spit," Lightning said, using a nickname for Spitfire.

"Sup, Wonderbolts!" I said.

"What are you three doing here?" Lightning asked.

"Oh, we heard you were in the neighborhood now, so we stopped by," Soarin said.

"And we have an offer for you!" Spitfire exclaimed.

"What is it?" Lightning and I said at the same time.

"We want you to join the Wonderbolts!" Spitfire and Soarin said to Lightning.

"That's awesome! But..." Lightning began.

"But?" I asked. "Isn't there only one answer to a question like that?"

"Let me finish. That sounds awesome. But unless Rainbow gets to be considered as well, I don't want to be on the team," Lightning Rider said to the Wonderbolts.

Spitfire considered the idea, while I stared at Lightning in awe. I grabbed his front leg and pulled him over to me. "You seriously are risking your chance for the Wonderbolts to let me get in too?" I asked. "And I thought I was the element of loyalty!"

"Absolutely, I know it is your dream, so might as well let you achieve it!" Lightning said.

"Thank you so much! You are 20% cooler than any other pegasus I've met! Except maybe Fluttershy and the Wonderbolts. And me of course!" I exclaimed. I looked him in the eye, and then out of no where, he kissed me on the cheek.

I felt the blood rush to my cheeks, and I tried to hide the blush, but it was impossible.

"Great news, Lightning," Spitfire said. "We'll consider both of you now. Have a good day!"

"You have a great day, Wonderbolts!" I called. My blush still hadn't went away, and I hadn't looked Lightning in the eye.

"Dash? I'm sorry. I was too forward. I need to go, anyways. Bye," Lightning said, and he started to fly away.

"Wait, Rider! Don't leave!" I called.

"I'm sorry, I really do have to go! I need to be on time for my part-time job!" Lightning called.

"At least let me fly you there!" I suggested.

Lightning nodded. "Only if you can keep up!" He shouted.

He took off flying, and I accepted his challenge. I caught up to him, and we both were at the same speed.

I felt us reaching boom speed, and finally, BOOM! My rainboom, and his lightningboom triggered at the same time, and when they mixed in the air, it sizzled.

Finally we made it to Ponyville's pool. "I work part-time as the lifeguard here on weekends, tuesdays, and thursdays," Lightning said. "I'll see you later after work."

"Bye, think about it! See ya! Stay awesome!" I called to him, and waved goodbye.

As he went to his job, I saw Rarity basking in the sunlight at the pool. She saw me above her, and I waved to her. She waved back, then went back to tanning.

As I flew home, I couldn't stop thinking about his kiss. I almost felt as though I was Struck by Lightning.

Author's Notes:

Hey guys! What did you think? Feel free to leave reviews and ideas! I'm all ears! Chapter Two is longer and is already on it's way, so you don't have to wait long! I hope you enjoy!