Author's Note: Hello everyone! We have some new faces joining us today! Firstly we have:
Lightning Thrash who is owned by LightningThrash
I'd also like to give a big shout out to LightningThrash for helping me out. Thanks bro! Other than that, thank you and as always; enjoy.
The door swung open and the splash of sunshine on my face never felt so welcoming. So did the faces of friends. Wait a second. How do I know they're the friends I've come to know over the past few days? Ah F- it, they look like their normal selves. There was Twilight, Pinkie Pie, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Fluttershy, Princess Celestia, and Luna with Royal guards, some dressed in golden armor while others were suited with a more dark blue, maybe purple armor.
"The Calvary has arrived." I said, chuckling softly. They all gave a soft smile, almost all of them had some scratches and cuts on them. I guess they were busy too.
"All of you go get some rest; it has been a long night." Celestia said as guards surrounded the entire building. Oh boy did sleeping sound good. Everyone dispersed to their homes, I visited Rarity's house to drop off my suit and get my other things. (My extra clothes, backpack, etc.). I decided to drop Prince off there to chill with Rarity, seems they had a bit of a history together. With fresh clothes on I decided to take a stroll
Walking through Ponyville, it seemed like the nightmare had spread throughout. Some homes lay in ruins and others still housing nothing but lit embers on top of ash on the ground. Those poor families…losing their home and their memories. I felt horrible for them, but they still had their loved ones…lucky them. I went and walked Lyra home; I would've felt bad for making her walk home alone. She said that I could stay and that Bon-Bon wouldn't mind but I respectively declined. I said my goodbyes and departed, homebound. I found my cozy little alley and decided to pop a squat up against the wall. I took in a long deep breath and decided to attempt to unscramble my thoughts.
Ok first things first buddy, what the hell just happened? "Well obviously a massacre."
Ok ok, we got that, but are we sure that we knew who those characters were that we faced?
Yea I have no idea about that bud. What I do know is that shiz got messed up quick and those characters were the real deal. I mean they fit their personality almost to the dot. Almost.
Yea, you're right about that…but what were they doing here? "Well obviously we have a rapist, in Ponyville, she's climbin' in yo windows, snatchin' you're stallions up. So y'all better hide your fillies, hide your ponies, and hide your colts cause they rapein' everybody out here."
….Did you really just do that? Really? Ponies died back there and you come up with that?
"Well sorry, I thought it was kind of funny…yeesh."
Sorry, just a lot swimming through my mind.
"Um, our mind bro, we're the same person dude."
Oh right, right, we are that. Well get on back in there I'm tired…
"Hmph, fine."
Well, that ends my argument with myself. Time to get some much need…shut eye. I quickly slipped into La-la land. Sweet embrace of sleep take me over! Sadly I was abruptly woke up by two hands shaking me awake.
"Gah what what? I was sleeping, dagnabit." I said, groggily as I rubbed my eyes to see before me. Dakota.
"Dude wake up! Hurry let's go!" He said, trying to pull me up.
"Wait, what the hell is going on here?! How did you get here?!" I asked, frantically taken aback.
"Nevermind that! We need to get out of h-" His words were stopped short, a slight gasp escaping his lungs and out his mouth. A crimson stain appeared on the middle of his shirt. He started to try forming words but all that came out were studders.
He fell forward on top of me and there was the knife, sticking straight out of his back. Oh God, what?! I started to shake him but then a pink hoof retrieved the knife from his back. I followed the hoof right on up to her face…Pinkamena. With her stood the whole crew. Pinkamena, Molestia, Little Rarity, Rainbow factory Rainbow dash, Fluttershy that…had a more ruffled hair, with two bloody looking knives, Applejack who didn't look quite normal either, and Twilight Sparkle who seemed a bit paranoid with the craziest smile you ever did see.
"Soon, all of Equestria will be ours, and then your world will be next" Molestia said as they all laughed in unison.
"What…what? No you can't! You're not real!" I said, shaking.
"Oh we very much are, and you'll soon find out how real we can get." The princess said, grinning darkly. Clouds swirled over head as they all laughed maniacally, lightning crackling overhead. I soon blinked and everyone was gone. Dakota, the princess, the others were gone. All that was left was the thundering sky overhead. Oh…just a dream. So real though…no, just a dream, I convinced myself. Though the cloudy skies overhead were very very real. I gave myself a quick pinch to make sure I was awake. I was.
I just happened to see the good Rainbow Dash stop and say to herself;
"Ponyville isn't expecting a storm today."
I stood up, rubbing the back of my neck and stumbled out with my backpack slung over my shoulder .
"Yo Rainbow, What's going on?" I asked, looking up at her.
"It was supposed to be sunny" She said, pondering about the whereabouts of the sunshine.
"Maybe we needed a little rain?" I suggested, shrugging.
"Yea, but not a thunderstorm." She replied.
Then out of nowhere streaks of clouds followed a trio of pegasi. The only thing that came out of Rainbow's mouth was the most reassuring phrase ever (sarcasm, at its finest).
"Oh no" Were the only words that came out of her mouth. Great.
Bolts of lightning began to strike throughout the town, causing the entire town to erupt into chaos. Everypony began screaming and shouting, running every which way, shutting their doors and windows tight. Heck even Rainbow Dash tried to get out of the lightning rain. I stood and admired the lit sky. Then there they came again, leaving a trail of lightning and dark clouds behind them until one caught a bolt right on their wing and they came spiraling down like a twister, crashing nearby. I Looked to Rainbow and she looked back.
"Handle the other two, I'll go check out the crash." I said and she nodded and zoomed off, leaving me to go deal with a something, or someone-er somepony. I arrived at the crash site, it was right in the middle of a huge field. A few trees here and there but except for them not much else. Well except a huge fricken crater in the ground. I creeped up to the still smoking hole and peered inside. It wasn't very deep but it still dug a pretty decent grave for its occupant. In the crater, there was a Pegasus, he was wearing a suit similar to that of a Wonderbolt but his was more dark, with a black head piece and a purple body piece. Oh dang son! I remember these guys! They're Shadowbolts! They appeared in like what? One episode? Never mind that, was this guy alright? I slipped down into the crater and grabbed a hold on his suit and dragged him up until I got a better grip, then I hauled him up and out of the crater. Before I set him down, he came back to life and had an immediate reaction of lifting his head straight up, connecting with my face. I dropped him onto his back and with that he let out a mighty scream. I myself was trying to regain my senses. The Pegasus soon got up and shook himself off as he prepared to take flight. He jumped up and attempted to flap his wings but the right one wouldn't budge at all, heck it looked like ti was bent the wrong way. He smacked face first into the ground, letting out a small grown.
I walked over to him and offered a help up.
"Hey, you alright?" I asked, reaching to help him up.
"Keep yer hands off me!" He yelled at me, with a very hefty country accent.
"Sorry bud, just trying to help." I replied.
"Ah don't need yer damned help" He exclaimed, turning to me. His emerald green eyes glaring at me.
"Dude, chill! What is your deal?" I asked, stepping forward. I soon stopped because he looked as if he was about to attack. Yeesh, what's with this guy?
"Don't come any closer, ya hear?" He said, prepping to run.
"Let me just help you!" I said walking closer. Well he wasn't having any of that. He dashed forward striking my gut with his head. I let out a small "oof" as I fell back. He reared back and head-butted me, our foreheads meeting, but his came out victorious. I lay back clutching my head but he was on me before I could react. He was on top of me punching me left and right with his hooves. Wait…is it considered a punch if it's with hooves? Whatever that's what I'm calling them, punches. Well speaking of such, he was wailing on me. Left, right, left, right over and over again.
I finally came to enough senses and caught his hooves and struck back with a head-butt. He stumbled back and I rose to my feat quickly. He rushed up again and struck me with his two hind legs, right under my chin. I stumbled back and spat out a glob of blood to the side and glared at the mysterious pain in the ass. (Excuse my language).
We both had ourselves a nice little glaring contest before we both rushed each other. He kept his head down, leaving me with a great idea. I vaulted over him and without hesitation I fell back, bringing my elbow down on his back. We both fell to the ground with a loud grunt. I instinctively reached out and gripped his misshaped wing and held it tight. He screamed in agony. I stood up, and watched him writher in pain.
"Now are you gonna be nice and cooperate!?" I asked, shouting over his screams. He just simply nodded. I let go of his wing and let him lie there as the questions began.
"Ok, now first of all. What's your name big guy?" I asked, wiping the blood from my mouth.
"Lightning Thrash." He mumbled.
"Well pleasure to meet you Lightning Thrash. Now, what the heck is going on here?" I asked.
"Well what do ya think? We're doin our normal thang." He said, almost shouting at me.
"Ok, just keep your voice down. I'm right here, you don't have to scream. So what is it that is your normal thang?" I asked.
"Smart one ain't ya?" He said. "Fine, I reckon I ain't goin anywhere anytime soon. I'm a Shadowbolt, feared all throughout Equestria! I'm here with a team of mine to terrorize this town." He said with pride.
"Well that's all fine and dandy but why?" I inquired.
"Cuz that's what we do. We rule the skies, terrorize towns and people!" He said standing up, dusting himself off. "Now excuse me, ah reckon ah should be going now." He said trying to take off again which ended with the same result. He slammed face first into the ground again and stayed there.
"Oh no, you're not going anywhere." I said, as I approached him making sure to catch him if he tried to run.
Well, it looks like I made a new friend…yay. I wonder what else was bound to happen on this once glorious day. I decided to chill and watch our new friend here until someone came along. Soon someone did thankfully, it was Rainbow.
"Whoa, what happened here?" She asked, setting down onto the ground. I scooted over and sat on Lightning so he couldn't get away.
"I made a new friend." I said, wiping more blood away.
"Looks like he gave you some trouble." She said, approaching cautiously.
"Not really." I lied.
"Ah! Get off me you fat son of a-"he tried to say before I smacked him upside his head.
"Hey! Watch your mouth! There is a lady present." I said. He stood up, throwing me off. I stumbled forward and now. I was done with this crap. I flipped around and ran after him, tackling him to the ground. Rainbow helped hold him down. I bet you he'd be a much tougher challenge if not for his broken wing and other things.
"Look here! You are going nowhere except for jail, or whatever place you guys have." I said, holding him down.
"We have a place in town we can hold him and question him." Rainbow said.
"Great." I replied "let's go." I stood up, grabbing Lightning by the back of his outfit and started dragging him towards town where Rainbow was hovering to. Well…I guess where one door closes, another one with even more problems opens.