"Gyah..." muttered Rainbow Storm, feeling very dizzy and rather jittery. "What happened?"
"You're awake!" said an unfamiliar voice, causing Storm to open her eyes.
She was lying on a soft bed in a dimly-lit room, which had the smell of a hospital room. She looked up to see a small purple dragon holding a clipboard standing in front of her, and her mouth dropped open.
"Are you a dragon?" she asked.
"Yep." said the dragon, writing something on the clipboard. "Funny, most ponies would freak out if they saw a dragon."
"We live in a city filled with villains that have insane super powers. A dragon is nothing."
"Fair enough."
Storm carefully sat up, and put a hoof to her forehead. She had a splitting headache, and was aching all over. It then occurred to her that she had no clue where she was, and she moved her hoof down.
"Uh... Where am I?" asked Storm. "And what happened?"
"You were struck by lightning." said the dragon calmly. "And you're in the medical facility of the Power Ponies's headquarters."
"Power Ponies?!?" cried Storm. "Oh my gosh, I remember! Where's Lightning Dust?!?"
"Relax, she's fine." he pointed over at a bed on the other side of Storm. "She's still unconscious, which is odd considering that you took most of the electricity from the shock."
"Wait, I've gotten struck by lightning before. And I've never had to get medical attention before!"
"Well... Uh..." the dragon seemed a bit nervous. "The thing is... You weren't exactly just hit by lightning." Storm raised an eyebrow. "You got hit by lightning, a beam of Sn- Matterhorn's magic, the magic from Ja- Mare-velous's rope, and some of Mane-iac's magical mane. All of that added up to a pretty nasty shock."
The only response that Storm had was, "Oh."
"Yeah..." the dragon smiled. "But you're perfectly fine. You friend is okay, but we're still waiting on her to wake up so we can do a final check-up. Speaking of, I should probably tell Sn- Matterhorn and Mare-velous that you're awake. I'll be back in just a second."
Storm nodded as the dragon walked out of room. She looked over at Lightning, who was still lying unconscious.
"You're okay, right, Lightning?" asked Storm nervously out loud. "Come on... I got most of the zap, right?" she couldn't help but smile. "I thought you were the toughest pegasus around!" her smiled faded away. "Are you okay?"
The door swung open, and dragon came back in with two ponies following. Storm looked over at them, and realized that they looked very familiar. She then pictured them with their outfits on, and a suddenly realization came to her.
"You're the Power Ponies?" she asked.
"Yup." said Mare-velous. "Ah reckon it is a bit odd for ya see us without our outfits, huh?'
"Reeeeally odd."
"We're so sorry!" cried Matterhorn suddenly. "We didn't mean to hurt you! We always try to make sure that the civilians are out of the way and don't get hurt, but I blasted a beam right at you! We're so, so sorry!"
"Bet'cha saved my flank, anyways." said Storm with a small smirk. "It's probably my fault for not just flying off like you said I should. But I didn't want to leave my friend behind."
"Aw, that makes sense, sugarcube." said Mare-velous. "Like how me an' Matterhorn wouldn't ever ditch each other if we need help."
"Personas..." muttered the dragon.
"Did ya say something?"
"Nothing."
"Anyways," said Matterhorn a bit nervously. "We just need to do some tests to make sure that you're all injury-free and everything!"
"Hold up." said Storm. "I'm just wondering: why didn't you bring me and Lightning to a regular hospital? Why'd you bring us to your base?"
"They did." said the dragon. "But all the tech kept acting up and they couldn't do anything. We think it's because of your necklace."
"My necklace?" Storm looked down to see that she was still wearing her lightning bolt necklace, which was perfectly intact. "Couldn't you just take it off."
"Ah can't even take it off with Allie." said Mare-velous, to which Storm raised an eyebrow in confusion. "Mah lasso."
"What do you mean you can't take it off?"
"Every time somepony tries to take your necklace off, they get an electric shock." said Matterhorn. "We're tried to take it off with unicorn magic, but that still yielded the same result. And like Mare-velous said, she can't even get it off with Allie."
Storm looked down at her necklace, again, and then grabbed it in her hoof and pulled it off over her head.
"Then how come-" started, before several lightning bolts flew out of her necklace, causing everyone to duck in surprise. "What the heck?!?"
"Maybe you should put it back on..." said the dragon nervously.
Another bolt came out, and Storm quickly put it back on. Her necklace glowed softly, and then faded back to normal.
"What just happened?" asked Storm nervously.
"Curious..." said Matterhorn, looking closely at Storm's necklace without touching it. "Where did you get this necklace?"
"It was a gift from my friend, Fluttershy."
"Did she get it from some place special?"
"Nope. She just saw it in a mall and brought it for me 'cause she thought I'd like it."
"Hm... Maybe- no..." she started to pace around the room. "Unless- no, no..." her eyes widened. "But..."
"Mind tellin' us what yer thinkin'?" asked Mare-velous.
"Well... If my hunch is correct... Then Miss Storm here got super powers from the combined magics and the lightning bolt that struck her."
The response was three looks of complete shock, the greatest one from Storm.
"Someone else with powers?" asked Mare-velous in shock. "Ya can't be serious!"
"Mare-velous, she isn't a rouge one!" said Matterhorn.
"Uh, what are they talking about?" whispered Storm to the dragon.
"I don't know if I'm allowed to tell you..." he replied.
"Oh... Okay..."
"Dash..." whispered a voice from behind her.
Storm quickly whipped around, and saw that Lightning had opened her eyes. She quickly ran over to her friend, and smiled.
"Lightning!" she said happily. "You're awake!"
"Dash..." whispered Lightning. "I saw something..."
"What do you mean?" Storm's smile faded. "Lightning, are you okay?"
"Like a vision or something... It had the moon and the sun and the Two Sisters from the old legend..."
"You mean the corrupted sister and the Elements of Harmony?"
"It's going to be the thousandth year soon..." Lightning closed her eyes. "Dash, they're coming back..."
Lightning slipped back into unconsciousness, and Storm continued to stare at her nervously. The dragon walked up to her, and gently tapped Storm's shoulder.
"What did she say?" he asked.
"She said that she had a vision." said Storm softly, not noticing that Mare-velous and Matterhorn had stopped talking. "And that the Two Sisters of legend were going to return soon."
"WHAT?!?" cried Matterhorn. "Oh no, no, no! I've got to go check something!"
She sprinted out of the room, with Mare-velous and the dragon following her. Storm started to follow them, but briefly glanced back at Lightning.
Lightning... she thought. I hope that you're okay... But why didn't you call me Storm?