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// The Boy With No Memory 
// Story: Canterlot High's Newest Student 
// by Darth Severus 
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Barbara's family had planned a trip to the beach. She had just bought a new swimsuit, and was hoping to try it out. They set up a towel, umbrella, and some beach chairs in an empty spot on the beach. Barbara took out her tanning mirror and sunglasses and worked on a nice even tan. While her brother was doing the same old thing, reading, and her sister was swimming with her boyfriend Bolero, she heard somebody screaming. She asked, "Mom, do you hear that?"

Moon Shine looked at her daughter and then listened closely, and she too heard the screaming. She took out her binoculars and looked at the water, "Oh my gosh, there's somebody drowning!"

Barbara got up and ran towards the water, jumping in and swimming towards the drowning person. As he started to sink, she went under and tried her hardest to drag him back to shore. She finally got him onto shore and he was out cold. She started panicking and asked, "What do I do!?"

Her family ran over to her and saw the boy who didn't appear to be breathing. Dusk Shine said, "Push down on his chest and give him mouth-to-mouth!"

Barbara blushed at the thought of mouth to mouth, but she didn't have a choice. She pushed down on his chest, and water started to spew out of his mouth. She then pressed her lips against his and blew air into his lungs. When she heard the boy coughing, she got up off of him and let him wake up.

The boy rubbed his head and said, "W-What happened?"

Dusk Shine told him he almost drowned and that Barbara had saved him. He then asked, "What's your name?"

The boy opened his mouth, but then closed it and scratched his head and said, "It's the weirdest thing... I... I can't remember! I don't know who I am!"

Barbara put a hand on his shoulder to calm him down, "Calm down, you went through a lot almost drowning. Let's get you into a warm towel, you look like you're freezing."

The boy shook his head, "No, I'm always like this, that much I can remember. Even if it's a 100 degrees out, I'm always cold and shivering."

The boy's statement came as a shock to Barbara and her family, a person who was always cold no matter how hot it was? That didn't sound normal, but they didn't question it. They brought him back to their house and offered him something to eat.

The boy said, "Thank you for being so kind to me. I don't want to impose though, so I guess I should be going..." He got up to leave when Barbara stopped him.

Barbara was trying to form words, rubbing her arm while blushing. Finally she got the words out, "We can't just let you go out into the world without any memory, why don't you stay here? We've got a fold-out couch you could stay on."

The boy smiled lightly and said, "If it's not too much of a bother."

Moon Shine said, "It's no bother at all, I could never turn away somebody who needs help. But do you think we should come up with a name for you?"

The boy thought for a while before saying, "Wait, let me check my pockets..." he felt around his jean pockets and found a wallet. It didn't have any cash in it, but it did have a Canterlot High School ID card and he said, "Apparently I'm a freshman at Canterlot High School, and my name is Lightning Rider."

They smiled and Barbara said, "That's a start, at least we know your name, and you're going to be in freshman class with me."

Rider smiled at Barbara and said, "That's great, I think I'll enjoy that."