//------------------------------// // Chapter 27 // Story: My Little Pony - Equestria Boy // by OliverSparkle //------------------------------// Dawn breaks over Equestria as Princess Celestia's magnificent sun rises over the town of Ponyville. Fluttershy slowly opened her eyes and letted out a gentle yawn. She then stretched a little bit before leaving her bedroom and going into her son's bedroom. Slowly opening the door, Fluttershy trotted over to her son and nuzzled him to wake him up. "Lightning, it’s time to wake up sweetheart," She said sweetly. Lightning's eyes slowly open and he looked into the beautiful caring eyes of his mother. "Good Morning Momma," Lightning said softly before wrapping his little forelegs around his mother’s neck. Fluttershy wrapped one foreleg around Lightning's body and gently kissed his forehead. "Good Morning, sweetheart. Would you like some breakfast before school?" She asked gently. "Yes please," Lightning replied politely. Fluttershy nodded her head and trotted downstairs. Lightning reached over to his nightstand and putted on the necklace Fluttershy gave him before following her downstairs. When Lightning arrived in the kitchen, Fluttershy had fresh eggs made for him while she just had toast, again. Once they had finished their breakfast, Fluttershy made Lightning’s lunch for school and gave him the lunch bag as they both flew out of the cottage and towards the school of Friendship. Ever since Lightning was able to fly now, he had been flying almost everywhere. He enjoyed the feeling more and more ever since he started flying. He would practice with the help of his mother after feeding the animals. They reached the school as Fluttershy opened the doors and they both walked in as Fluttershy closes the door behind them. Lightning then looked at Fluttershy as she gave him a nuzzle on the nose and then a kiss on the cheek. “I’ve got to go now sweetheart,” she said, “I’ll see you after school, okay?” Lightning nodded before saying, “Okay, Momma. I love you.” “I love you too, sweetie.” She then gave him one more kiss on the cheek before walking off to the staff room. Lightning started to make his way to the gym room, where he and his friends would meet. Many students waved at him as he walks by and waves at them back. He finally made it to the gym room as he then started to look for his friends, until he heard a voice of somecreature he knows. “Lightning!” He then saw his friends at a bench as they smiled at him while Silverstream waved her claw in the air wildly as she continued, “Over here!” Lightning smiled at them before running up to them as they formed a group hug together. Four hours have passed, and Lightning, along with his friends, are in Rainbow Dash's lessons now, which was outside in the sports area this time. Rainbow has planned a little race for her today’s lesson. Gallus and Lightning were at the starting tracks as Rainbow stood near them while the other students sat on the branches watching. “Alright you two,” she began, “I want a nice and friendly race. I don’t wanna see any fighting or cheating going on, and no flying during this, okay?” The two nodded before looking at each other. “I hope you win this race, Gallus.” Gallus just smirked at him before saying, “You? Losing over a griffon whose your friend? Ha! We’ll see about that.” They faced forward ready to start running as Rainbow Dash then said, “On your marks! Get set!” She then blew her whistle. Gallus and Lightning shot off like a bullet as they ran as fast as they can. They jumped over seven barrels, ran under two tree logs, ran through a tree log tunnel that Rainbow made sure it was safe to run through, lastly they jumped through eight stand holes as they made it pass the finishing line. The two fell to the ground panting and gasping for air. Once they had enough wind in them to speak, they looked at each other and Lightning began to speak. "You're...Really....Fast....Gallus," Lightning said between breaths. "Thanks...You...Too," Gallus replied while gasping for air. Once they were finally able to breath again, Gallus got to his feet first and went over to Lightning. He held out a claw to him to help him up. Lightning softly smiled and took his claw. Once he was up, the two, along with the other students, went over to Rainbow to see who won. "Well, who won, Professor Rainbow?" One of the students asked. Rainbow rubbed the back of her neck and said, "Actually it was a tie, you both crossed at the same time." Lightning and Gallus said nothing, instead they smiled at each other and shook hooves and claws. Neither of them noticed a flash of bright light appeared and then disappeared. Once the light was gone, every student, Gallus and Rainbow gasped in delight at Lightning, making him confuse as he looked at everyone. “What? Why are you all looking at me like that for?” “Lightning, look at your flank,” Sandbar said as he pointed at his flank. Lightning looked at Sandbar in confusion before looking at his flank like he said. He then gasped at what he saw on flank was his cutie mark. His cutie mark was a two crossing checkered flags. “I’ve got my cutie mark!” He shouted happily as he began to jump up and down in happiness. “I’ve finally got my cutie mark!” That was when Rainbow scooped Lightning into her hooves and hugged him. “I’m proud of you, kid. And I bet your mother will be proud of you too.” The two stayed like that as the students cheered for Lightning getting his cutie mark. Six hours have passed, and every student was in the assembly room as Twilight, Oliver, Spike and the girls stood on stage as Twilight told all the students how Star Swirl and the pillars returned to Equestria and defeated the Pony of Shadows. After she had finish, Sunset took over so Twilight can take a break from speaking. "Alright every student, it’s the end of the school year now, have a great Hearth’s Warming Eve holiday!" Sunset called as they all began to leave the room and the school itself. Lightning had a look of confusion on his face, what was the Hearth's Warming Eve Holiday? He'd have to ask his mother when they get home. When he reached to his mother, he hugged her as she hugged him back. “Momma,” Lightning said, “I’ve got something to tell you that’s happened to me today.” “How wonderful,” Fluttershy replied, “Let’s get home so you can tell me.” Lightning nodded as he then let go of the hug and flew onto Fluttershy's back as she walked out of the school. Once they got to the cottage, Fluttershy opened the door, went inside and closed the door behind her before bending down so Lightning can climb off her back. “Alright sweetheart, tell me what happened to you today.” Lightning turned around and pointed at his flank while saying with joy, "I got my cutie mark!" Fluttershy gasped and immediately picked her son up and spun around in the air while smiling happily. "Oh sweetie, Momma's so proud of you!" she softly cheered, "What's your special talent?" "It's speed and racing," Lightning answered, "Gallus and I had a race and we were both going really fast. We both tied and then my cutie mark appeared." Fluttershy continued to hold and hug her son and Lightning wrapped his hooves around his mother’s neck. The two stayed like this for a few minutes and Fluttershy finally put Lightning back on the ground. "Sweetheart, I can't begin to tell you how proud I am of you," Fluttershy said sweetly. "Thank you Momma," Lightning said softly. He then remembered what his Auntie Sunset had said about Hearth's Warming Eve and that's when he remembered the question he wanted to ask his mother. "Momma, What's Hearth's Warming Eve?" Fluttershy gasped and looked at her son before asking, "You don't know what Hearth's Warming Eve is, sweetheart?" Lightning shook his head and frowned, "Daddy never told me about it and we never celebrated it." Fluttershy gently rubbed her son’s shoulder and said, "It's alright, sweetheart. I'll tell you everything about it." Fluttershy then began to explain the founding of Equestria to her son and began telling him all about the Hearth's Warming Eve pageant that she and her friends perform once a year in Canterlot. She told him about the beautiful sight during the holidays, but the most important thing she told him was about the time you would spend with family. "So are you doing the Hearth's Warming Eve pageant again this year, Momma?" Lightning asked curiously. "Yes I am sweetheart," Fluttershy said softly. "Your Auntie Twilight's parents have also invited us and all of our friends over to their Hearth's Warming Eve party tomorrow night. Night Light and Twilight Velvet are really nice and Auntie Twilight has told them all about you. They are really excited to finally meet you, sweetie." Lightning smiled softly and said, "I would like to meet them, Momma." Fluttershy gently smiled at him and kissed him on the forehead. "That's my sweet boy," She said sweetly, "Now let's go make some dinner." Lightning nodded his head and followed his mother into the kitchen while thinking about the amazing time he would have tomorrow.