He was in a dark forest within an equally dark temple structure. There upon a pedistal stood a strange statue that had five strange stone orbs adorning it. For some reason he couldn't help but approach the statue. But before he could reach it, there was an evil presence in the room. Before him was an amorphous black-as-night form that had an erie similarity to it. Before he could do anything, six lights of various colors entered the temple. The darkness then said some undissernable things and vanished with the orbs. He was then in the forest again, though he was in control of his body now. Before him now was a vaguely famililar pony among three other pegasi that were wearing darkened, twisted versions of what the Wonder Bolts wore. He couldn't hear what they were saying but he found out soon enough when all four of them attacked. He tried his best to fend them off but he was eventually overwhelmed. As they reared for the final blow, he began to scream. Everything became a blur as their hooves came down on him.
Lightning shot up in his bed with a cold sweat as his eyes frantically searched the room. Making sure that the nightmare wasn't real. After what felt like hours Lightning's nerves finally calmed down. He slid out of his bunk and made his way to the bathroom. Most everyponyelse was still asleep, so he took extra care not to wake anypony. He entered the bathroom and approached the sink. After preening himself he left the bathroom to return to his bunk. By now more foals have woken up and were conversing about various things. Derpy was also now up, and was cutely munching on a muffin.
"Where did you get that muffin?" Lightning asked Derpy.
"I found it!"Derpy squeed. "It's even my favourite flavor!" She continued to munch on the muffin.
Lightning facehoofed. He then looked out the window. It was a typical summer morning, as the sun rose above the horizon. Lightning gazed upon the track that encircled the whole of Flight Camp. Suddenly, a camp rep entered the dorm. "Everypony should head to the main structure for breakfast." She said. "If you'll all follow me." She motioned to the foals to line up behind her. Once they lined up she led them out the door and then to the cafeteria. All but one foal took to the air, the shy light yellow foal with the pink mane and tail. Lightning noticed her.
"Fluttershy! Are you coming?" Lightning asked.
She hoofed at the cloud. Lightning looked back at Derpy. "Go with the others. I'm gonna see if I can help fluttershy." Derpy nodded and flew off with the others. Lightning then turned back to Fluttershy. He trotted over to her and sat on his haunches. He decided to try the diplomatic approach to get through her shyness. Even though he heard her name on the first day, he reintroduced himself anyway. "Hi, I'm Lightning Ace, It's nice to meet you." He said.
She slightly shy'd away. Though Lightning wouldn't be defeated easily. "Sooo...where do you come from? Are you from around here as well?" He asked.
She only answered with a nod. 'Yes!' Lightning thought, 'I'm in!' "I mean you no trouble if that helps." Lightning said. As he looked at her he couldn't help but feel like he already met her.
She brushed her mane out of her face and looked into Lightning's eyes. Lightning suddenly felt unable to move, but he didn't feel alarmed. It was like she was peering into his very soul, discerning his very essence. This continued for a few minutes until she suddenly stopped and broke eye contact. "My name is Fluttershy. It's nice to meet you Lightning!" She suddenly opened up. Her expression changed to a sad and forgiving on. "It's OK Lightning...I know the feeling of loss hurts but you'll be fine." She said.
Her words hit right at home in his mind, tears now forming in his eyes. 'How does she know?' He thought, unable to speak. His thoughts were broken by Fluttershy hugging him, his sorrow somehow lessened by her kindness. 'Kindness' the word echoed in his mind. He allowed himself to cry for reasons unknown. "Thank you Fluttershy." Lightning said. "I needed that. But we really should get to breakfast." Fluttershy nodded and the two of them flew to the cafeteria.
to be continued...