Becoming a Wonderbolt: Prolog
9-10 years prior to academy acceptance
"Ouch, daddy, stop, it hurts," a 6 year old LightningRod said, as her father bucked her in the chest. He had been like this cense his wife had died 5 months ago, letting his anger, frustration, and grief out in the painful blows that his daughter received. Day after day, the beatings got worse, the more memories the young filly received, and the more entries were added to the filly's journal.
As the years passed, the filly grew into a shy, kind, and intelligent, though also fairly un-trusting young mare. Also as time passed, the beatings grew harsher, and all the more frequent. After about 9 or 10 years of abuse, the mare couldn't take it anymore. LightningRod, now 16, took the few things she had, including a family picture taken when she was just a filly, when her mother was still alive, a letter of acceptance, and her journal, and left.
She went to the Wonderbolt academy, the training school for the most advanced aerial acrobatics team in Equestria, the Wonderbolts. And it is here, that our story really begins.
