*Turn on webcam*

Me: Hey everypony! What's up! It's your host, Sunblast X, ready for the next episode of the story. *press the audience cheers button*

Me: *let go of button* yes, yes, a new episode.

Me: And like episode 3, this episode will be Shadow Storm episode. So brace yourselves.

Me: In our last episode's intro we introduced the super cocky, yet lovable Rainbow Dash. That 2 of the mane 7 down, 5 more to go!

Me: *Cell phone rings* Hello?

Voice: Dude, hold out your phone.

Me: Uhh… ok *I held out my phone and a friend of mine comes out it like data*

Me: Dude, what's up! *I said with a smile*

Random guy: What's up! *we pound fists*

Me: Everypony, please welcome my good friend, 4428gamer! *Audience applauds*

Me: It's good to have you here, Gamer.

Gamer: it's good to be here, man. *we share a laugh*

Me: So tell me, seen any of my intros lately?

Gamer: Actually yes, I've seen all of them. And it's good to be in the intro of episode 5.

Me: Glad you like it. So what do you think of Shadow Storm so far?

Gamer: He's a pretty cool character. He kind of reminds me of Daring Do, except he's a guy and he's more violent.

Me: Yeah, he is *I said with a smile*

Gamer: Speaking of characters, didn't you say a certain someone's character would be debuting in today's episode? *He asked me with a raised eyebrow and a cocky smile*

Me: Oh yeah! For those of you who have read Gamer's story "A Brony Life", his character Electric Blitz will be making his first appearance in this episode. And for those of you who haven't read it, give it a try, it's a pretty awesome story.

Gamer: May I?

Me: Be my guest. *Gamer presses the audience cheers button*

Gamer: So cool. So any way, Sunblast, when Blitz makes his debut I only ask that you keep two things…

Me: Ok, what are they?

Gamer: That he be part of the Ponyville construction crew, AND that he keep his "special feature", if you know what I mean.

Me: Yeah, I know what you mean. But yeah, I'll keep those two things.

Gamer: Thank you. But before I go, I want to give you something. *hands me a device with a button on it*

Me: What is it?

Gamer: Wait until the next episode's intro; it'll make your intros a lot easier.

Me Uh, ok.

Gamer: Now hold out your phone again. *I hold out my phone and he presses it*

Gamer: See ya everypony. *He said as he turned into data again and went back into my phone, going back to wherever it is he was* *I stare at my phone in pure awe*

Me: Man… he is so cool…

Me: But anyway, time to start the next episode. Let's get started with…

Episode 5: Electric Blitz


-The diner (Nighttime), Shadow Storm's P.O.V-

My friends and I were eating at the diner. We were all eating together because Applejack, Rarity, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, and Pinkie Pie owed Twilight and I for all the trouble that they caused all day. Plus the two of us barely got to eat anything, so they really owed us.

"So guys, any ideas of what the Gala will be like?" I asked them.

"I'm sure it's beautiful, with tons of plants and animals" Fluttershy said.

"I agree, there will be the most sophisticated be there, including the Princess herself, and…" Rarity said and gave a daydream sigh. "Prince Blueblood" she said in love-struck sort of way. I rolled my eyes.

"I think it'll be awesome! The Wonderbolts will be there showing of their stuff, and I'll be there showing 'em my stuff, proving just how awesome I am" Rainbow dash said. Wow, she certainly is confident in herself.

"I just want to talk to the Princes" Twilight said.

"Those are all pretty nice goals" I said.

"What about you, Shadow Storm? What do you want to go to the Gala for?" Twilight asked me.

"Well like I said, I'm not going to the Gala for the Gala" I told them. "But to be honest, I'm only going to see the Princess" I said.

"But which Princess?" Applejack asked me.

"That my apple bucking friend is a secret" I told her with a smile.

"I can't wait to design our outfits for the Gala. They'll be absolutely gorgeous" Rarity said. "I'll have to make a dress for the six of us, and tuxes for Spike and Shad—"

"Please don't put me in a tux" I interrupted her.

"Alright, so what kind of outfit would you like to wear? You can't exactly show up at the Gala without looking your best" she said.

"I'll let you know when you start making the outfits" I said.

"Can we stop talking about the Gala for now?" Twilight asked us.

"Sure" we all said in unison.

"So Twilight, any plans for tonight?" I asked her.

"Well I did plan on doing some late night writing, but all my quills keep breaking" she said.

"Why not just get a stronger quill? Or use a pen?" I asked.

"Because quills are bird feathers and they tend to break after awhile, and every time I use a pen I always end up getting ink all over my face. She said. "The only way I could get a stronger quill is if the quill was made of metal, and last I checked they don't make those" she said with an annoyed expression.

"Made out of metal huh? Hmm…" I rubbed my chin with my hoof and raised an eyebrow, looking down with a thinking look.

-The next day-

I was walking to Fluttershy's cottage. Maybe she has some birds that would help me. I made it to her cottage and knocked on her door.

"Yes? Oh, hello Shadow Storm" she greeted me with a smile.

"Hey Flutters" I called her by her nickname. "So I was wondering if you had any birds" I asked.

"I have tons, why? Looking for a pet?" she asked me with a smile.

"Not today. I just need a feather, a big one" I said.

"Oh, well then, come on in" She said as she let me in. As I followed her, I looked around and saw she had a lot of animals. Seriously, what's with this girl and animals? "I have tons birds. Anything specific you need?" she asked me.

"Well like I said, all I need is a feather" I said as we were now in her backyard.

"Why not use one of yours?" she asked me.

"I'm not tearing out one of my feathers" I said. She giggled and flew up to some birds.

"So what size would you like? Large, small, or medium?" She asked me.

"Uh, large I guess. But not too big" I told her. She thought for a moment and flew up to an eagle.

"How about an eagle?" She asked me.

"An eagle could work" I said. I then flew up to her.

"Mr. Eagle, would you be so kind as to give Shadow Storm one of your feathers?" She asked the eagle in sweet, kind voice. The eagle searched through his left wing and pulled out a huge feather.

"Thanks" I thanked him. "And thank you, Fluttershy" I said.

"Your welcome" She told me.

"Well I'll be seeing you. There's something I have to take care of" I said.

"Bye" she said, waving as I flew off.

-During flight-

I was in flight and I had the eagle's feather in mouth. As I was flying I remembered why I got the feather. It was for Twilight.

"Hey Shadow Storm!" I heard a voice from behind me. I looked behind me and saw that it was Rainbow Dash.

"Rainbow Dash?" I raised an eyebrow, floating in mid-air.

"Hey Shadow, what's up" she said with a smile. I spat out the feather and put it in my saddlebag.

"Nothing much, just helping out a friend" I told her. "By the way, sorry about punching you in the face… twice" I said.

"It's ok, I kind of deserved it" she said. "So what's with the feather?" she asked me. I looked at my saddlebag and nervously smiled.

"Uhh, nothing" I said nervously.

"Come on, you can tell me" she said. I sighed and told her what the feather was for. "Twilight? The feather's for Twilight?" I she and burst into laughter.

"Ha-ha, yeah, it's real funny that I'm doing this for my childhood friend" I said with sarcasm.

"Sorry, it's just that… Twilight? You must really care about her" She said.

"She and I are friends, what do you expect?" I said.

"Yeah, well good luck. I gotta get going, so I'll catch up with you later. See ya, Shadow Storm" she said as she flew off in the opposite direction. I rolled my eyes and continued to Twilight's house.

-Twilight's house-

I landed in front of Twilight's house and knocked on the door three times. She opened the door with a smile.

"Good morning Shadow Storm, what brings you here?" Twilight asked me.

"Twilight, I need a book" I told her. She gasped with joy and her eyes sparkled. I gave her a confused look.

"Please, come in quick" she said as she grabbed my hoof and pulled me inside. "What kind of book do you need?" she asked me happily.

"I need a book on legends" I told her

"Planning on going on one of your adventures?" she asked me.

"You could say that" I said with a smile.

"Well I have tons of books on legends. Legendary places, animals, artifacts, you name it" she said.

"I could use the book on legendary places" I said. She levitated the book off the shelf with her magic and handed me the book. "Thanks, Twilight" I said.

"No problem" she said. "So what place are you searching for anyway?" she asked me.

"Oh you know… a place" I said, trying to keep the place I was looking for a secret. She chuckled.

"You and your adventures" she said with a smile.

"Yeah… well see you Twilight. I'll be sure to bring it back" I said as I walked out

"See you, Shadow Storm" she said. I then proceeded to the middle of town.

-The middle of Ponyville-

As I was walking I was reading the book Twilight had let me borrow. "Let's see, No. no. no. A-ha! Here it is. The place that I'm looking for is located in… Canterlot?!" I said with surprise. Oh great, one of my least favorite places in all of Equestria. It's not the place that I have a problem with; it's the rich, snooty, snobby, stuck up ponies that live there. Granted not all Canterlot ponies are like that, because Twilight was born in Canterlot and she's not like that, she's my friend… but still. As I was walking, I bumped into somepony. "Ow" I rubbed the side of my head.

"Sorry about that" The pony said.

"It's cool, I should've been watching where I was going" I said. I looked around and noticed that my book was gone.

"Looking for this?" He said, holding up my book.

"Oh yeah, thanks" I said, taking back my book. "By the way, I'm Shadow Storm" I held out my hoof.

"Electric Blitz, but you can just call me Blitz" he said, shaking my hoof. He had a black coat, a blonde mane and tail, orange colored eyes, and his cutie mark was a gear with gold lightning emanating from it. He was also a Pegasus like me.

"It's nice to meet you, Blitz" I said.

"Hey Shadow Storm, aren't you the guy who helped stop Nightmare Moon awhile back?" he asked me.

"Well I didn't do much, but yeah, I am" I said.

"That's cool" he said. "So I couldn't help but look at the page of your book. You plan on going somewhere?" he asked.

"Actually yes" I said. "I plan on going to a mountain somewhere in Canterlot" I told him.

"What for?" he asked.

"Well this mountain isn't just a mountain, it's also a volcano" I told him. He gave me a curious look. "And this volcano isn't any ordinary volcano. Instead of being full of lava, it's full of something else. Liquid hot metal" I told him. "It says that if you put something into it, the item will turn into solid metal" I told him. He gasped in surprise. "Well see ya, I gotta get going" I said and began walking.

"Wait!" I yelled, making me stop in place. I looked over my shoulder and at him. "Uh, do you think I could come with you?" he asked me.

"Huh? You want to come with me on my adventure?" I gave him a confused look.

"Yeah, there's something that I want to get turned to metal" he said with a determined smile on his face.

"Uh, sure. The more the merrier. Plus I could use some company on this adventure" I said.

"Great! But can it wait until tomorrow? I've got to work today" he told me.

"Sure, I can wait. But what's your job?" I asked with a raised eyebrow.

"I work as one of the members of the Ponyville construction crew" he said. His eyes widened. "Oh crap! I'm gonna be late! See ya tomorrow, Shadow Storm" he said as he flew off. I chuckled.

"Something tells me that I'm going to have a fun adventure with him" I said, looking up into the sky.

-The next day-

The next day I was ready to go on my adventure with Blitz, there was just one problem… he was late. I was waiting in the middle of town for about five minutes until he showed up.

"Dude, I've been waiting forever!" I said in an annoyed tone.

"Sorry, I had to clear things up with my boss" he told me.

"And?" I raised an eyebrow.

"He's cool with it" he said with a confident look.

"That's good" I said. I then formed a confused look when I saw his tail. "Blitz, why does your tail look like that?" I asked, noticing it was in the shape of a lightning bolt.

"Just something I always wanted to do" he said.

"Uhh… ok. Come on, I got two train tickets to Canterlot. We'd better hurry" I told him.

"We'll get to the train faster if we fly" he suggested.

"Good idea" I said. We then took flight to the train that we need to get to Canterlot.

-The train-

We landed from flight caught the train. We ran to the ticket pony.

"Tickets please" he said, holding out his hoof. I handed him our tickets. "You two are in luck. You caught the train just in time" he said. We sighed in relief, wiping the sweat from our foreheads. We boarded the train and headed for Canterlot.

"Hey Shadow Storm, I know we're heading to this volcano or whatever, but do you think we could get some lunch when we get to Canterlot? The train's food sucks" Blitz said.

"Well it is noon. I guess we could get some lunch" I said.

-Moments later-

"Damn Canterlot food is expensive" Blitz said.

"Yet another reason I hate coming here" I said. Seriously, all we had was a slice of pie and it cost like 30 bits. I could get a cheaper apple pie from Applejack if I asked her to… not that I would.

"Well there's no point in us bitchin' over how much Canterlot blows. We've got and adventure to get on with, right?" Blitz asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Right" I said.

"So where's the volcano?" he asked me. I thought for a moment.

"Let's see… Canterlot is east of Ponyville. And the volcano is in the outskirts of Canterlot, which is also east from here. So I guess we keep heading east" I said. We nodded and headed east, galloping.

-The outskirts-

Blitz and I were walking in the outskirts of Canterlot. Unlike most outskirts, instead of being a desert or something, it was a forest… a really big forest.

"We're not even close to the volcano are we?" Blitz asked me.

"Nope, we're far from it" I told him. "Let's just hope we don't get attacked by wild animals or something" I said. We kept walking and walking.

"So, have any friends?" Blitz asked me.

"Yeah, six of them, and they're all girls" I said with a smile.

"You lucky dog. But wait a minute, are the six ponies you're talking about the same ones that defeated Nightmare Moon?" he asked me.

"Yep" I said plainly.

"So… you're friends with the one called Rainbow Dash?" he asked.

"We have our differences, but yeah, I guess you could say we're friends. Why? You a fan of hers?" I asked with a raised eyebrow. I saw that he was blushing. "Oh dude! Please don't tell me you have a crush on Rainbow Dash" I said, give him a weird out look.

"What? No! I just want to get to know her is all" he said.

"That's good. For a second there I thought you liked Rainbow Dash" I said with relief.

"Not like that" he said. I then heard him mumble something I couldn't quite make out.

"What was that, dude?" I raised an eyebrow.

"Nothing" he quickly said. I rolled my eyes while smiling. "What about you? Do you have a crush on anyone?" he asked.

"No, I don't. This flies solo in the love interest department" I said. "Although I do care about my friends a lot. Including you… even though we just met yesterday" I said, not trying to be weird or anything.

"Thanks, I—"

"Look we're almost to the volcano" I cut him off, noticing we we're almost halfway to the volcano. Wow, we must've been talking for a long time because a few minutes ago I said we weren't even close. Time really flies when you're talking to friend.

"That's good. So do you want to fly or keep walking?" Blitz asked.

"Walk, we can fly once we get to the base of the volcano" I said. He nodded in agreement. We walked and decided to ask him something. "So Blitz, what does you're cutie mark mean?" I asked him.

"My cutie mark? Oh! My cutie mark means I'm good at building stuff and I can fix things quickly" he said. "What does your cutie mark mean?" he asked me in return. I looked at my flank and at my cutie mark. My cutie mark was a black storm cloud with three bolts of blue lightning coming out of it, the middle one being the biggest.

"Uhh, you probably wouldn't believe me if I told you" I said. "My friend Twilight doesn't even believe me" I added.

"Oh come on, you can tell me" he said.

"Alright, but you promise not to tell anyone" I said and he nodded. I took his word for it and whispered in his right ear what my cutie mark meant.

"Whoa… really?" he asked me, obviously in shock. I nodded. "Wow that is so cool. I wish I could do that" he said

"Yeah, it's cool alright" I said.

"Hey look! We're at the base of the volcano" Blitz pointed out.

"Huh, guess we are" I said. I guess we've been talking so long that we made it quicker than we expected. "Alright, time to fly" he said. I nodded. "See you at the top" he took off and headed for the top. I chuckled

"If I didn't know any better, I'd say sounded like Rainbow Dash for a moment" I said and flew up towards the top.

-Top of the volcano-

I flew fast and finally made it to the top. When I got there, Blitz was laying on his back with his hooves behind his head.

"What took you so long? I was starting to get bored up here" he said in a cocky tone and a confident smile. I chuckled and rolled my eyes.

"Come on, time to turn the things we came here for into metal" I told him as he got up and walked to the edge of the volcano. Our eyes widened in awe. The liquid metal was all silver and it was glowing.

"I think you should go first, Shadow Storm. It's you're adventure after all" Blitz said. I nodded and got out the eagle feather from my saddlebag. "A feather?" he questioned with a raised eyebrow. I nodded and floated in the air above the liquid metal. I then dipped the feather in the liquid and when I pulled it out it was now a solid metal feather, even the tip was metal.

"Yes! Twilight's new quill" I said with a victorious smile, holding the feather in the air, it shining in the sunlight. I put the quill away and then looked at Blitz. "Alright dude, it's you're turn" I told him. He nodded and floated above the liquid as well. The thing that he put into the metal was… his tail? He pulled out his tail, which was now a solid metal lightning bolt. I gave him a confused look as to why he did that. "Uh, dude… why did you turn your tail into solid metal?" I asked him.

"I figured it could help me at work with the construction crew. So if we ever need to cut something, this razor sharp tail will do the trick" he said. "Plus I always wanted a metal tail" he added.

"And the lightning bolt shape?" I asked.

"I just thought it'd look cool" he said.

"Fair enough" I said. "Well, time to get going" I said. We leapt from the top and flew to the bottom.

-At the bottom-

"Well this was a fun adventure" I said.

"Yeah, I'm thinking about getting this bad boy spray painted gold" Blitz said.

"Yeah, that'll be fun… huh" I said.

"What?" He asked

"Well, usually I go on one of my adventures a giant monster or something comes out to prevent me from completing my adventure" I told him. All of a sudden there was and vibration in the ground. As seconds passed the vibrations got bigger until… a hydra came forth out of the ground. "And there it is" I said with slight sarcasm.

"A hydra huh? Ok, I'm ready to take this thing on" I heard Blitz say with confidence. Seriously? I mean, seriously?

"Blitz, what can you do to stop a hyd—GAH!" I was hit in my body with the hydra's tail, slamming me into a tree. "Ok, that hurt" I said. I stood up and flew fast towards one of the hydra's heads, hitting it under the chin with a flying uppercut. One of its other heads roared and was about to eat me, but it got its head sliced off. "Huh?" I was confused.

"How's that for stopping a hydra?" Blitz asked as he was now also in the air with me.

"Blitz, how did you—"

"I flew hella fast, rolled into a ball, and while in ball form I used my metal tail to cut through its neck" he said. Wow, that tail really is razor sharp. "So did that help our case?" he asked.

"Actually, no. you see when you cut off one hydra head…" I started. The hydra then grew two more heads were the old one used to be. "Two more grow back in its place" I finished. The hydra attempted to bite us, but we were fast enough to dodge it. Unfortunately it slammed one of its heads into me, slamming me into the ground. It then used its tail to sweep off the ground and into another tree. Being slammed into the ground and into a tree twice had caused some of my ribs to be cracked, and for me to spit up some blood. "Damn it" I said in irritation. I then heard the hydra roar in pain. I saw that its tail was cut off. "Thanks Blitz" I said. He then landed next to me.

"How the hell do we stop a hydra?!" he asked. Even I didn't know how to stop this thing. Suddenly, we both saw a golden beam of light hit the hydra in the chest.

"What the?" we said in unison. We saw a flash of light descend in front of us.

"Hello boys" The light said. When it dissipated we saw it was none other than…

"Princess Celestia!" we said with smiles on our faces. Normally Twilight's the one to be happy to see the Princess, but since she saved our asses I wasn't complaining. She then fired a beam of magic that teleported the hydra away.

"You two ok?" she asked us.

"Yeah, we're fine" Blitz said. The Princess walked up to me.

"Shadow Storm, you're injured" she said. Well of course I'm injured; I got my body slammed into stuff.

"Eh, nothing I can't handle" I said, slowly getting up. I then felt a sharp pain and held my side, wincing a little. "See?" I said, faking not being hurt.

"Please, allow me" she as she put her horn on my forehead. Her horn glowed and my wounds were healed.

"Thanks" I said and she gave me a warm smile. "Say Princess, do you think you could teleport us back to Ponyville?" I asked her. She nodded and glowed in a flash of light.

-Ponyville-

When the light faded Blitz and I were back in Ponyville.

"We're back" I said.

"Yep" Blitz added. "So, I guess I'll see you later. I'm gonna go get my new tail spray painted" he said.

"See ya Blitz" I saw him walk away. "Now, to give Twilight her quill" I said and flew to Twilight's house.

-Twilight's house-

"Wow, thanks for the new quill Shadow Storm" Twilight thanked me. She and the other girls were there with us as well.

"Well I remembered you said you need a quill that wouldn't break, so I thought, why not get you a metal one?" I said to her.

"So that's what you wanted the eagle's feather for" Fluttershy said. I nodded.

"So you really took on a hydra?" Rarity asked me.

"Yep"

"And you had help from this Blitz feller?" Applejack asked.

"Yeah, couldn't have done it without him" I said.

"And he wants to get to know all of us? Especially me?" Rainbow asked. I just stared at her. There was a moment of silence until I spoke up.

"Uhh… yeah…" I said awkwardly.

"So you got hurt, but ended up getting both saved and healed by the Princess" Twilight asked me.

"Yeah, if it wasn't for her our asses would've been toast" I said.

"Are you ok? You aren't still hurt are you?" she asked me with concern, placing a hoof on my cheek. I smiled.

"I'm fine Twilight, really" I said, taking her hoof off my cheek.

"Well I'm just happy you're alright" she said, nuzzling my face.

"Tsk! It was nothing I couldn't handle" I said. There was another moment of silence before we all burst into laughter.

"Wait a minute!" Pinkie cut in.

"Yes Pinkie Pie?" I asked with a smile.

"Was kind of food did you eat?" she asked.

"Canterlot food is bull" I said.

"You ate a bull? Cannibal" she said, accusing me of cannibalism for some reason. "Don't worry Mr. Bull, I'll get you out" she shout at my stomach.

"Pinkie, I didn't eat a bull. I'm saying the food in Canterlot was expensive and all we had was a slice of pie. It cost like 30 bits" I said.

"Well that sucks" Twilight said.

"Uh, yeah… it did" I said with a raised eyebrow. I still wasn't used to Twilight cussing. I guess some of me rubbed off on her. Whatever, I'll get used to it eventually.

"Well that just Ain't right. Come on, Shadow, I'll bake you an apple pie. No charge" Applejack said.

"Wow, thanks Applejack" I said as the seven of us walked out and headed to Applejack farm for her to bake me a pie. Ironic, I thought about Applejack baking me an apple pie, and now I'm getting one… ironic isn't it? Whatever the case, I'm getting some pie.


Me: And there you have it, episode 5. I hope you all enjoyed it because the next episode will be a Shadow Storm episode as well.

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