//------------------------------// // Chapter 1 // Story: Equestria Girls: Rage and Fear // by Time Agent pony //------------------------------// Canterlot High school, cafeteria Flash Sentry, had just gotten himself some lunch and was heading to a table to sit with the members of his band Flash Drive. But, before he could make it to the table he was blocked by Roger Brokeridge a.k.a. Hardball and Melati Kusma a.k.a. Komodo. "Well look what we have here," Hardball smirked, "it's little Flashy." "Look, I don't want any trouble, guys," Flash said, trying to talk his way out of what was going to happen. "Well, trouble found you," Komodo replied, sharing Hardball's smirk. "As opposed to us," Hardball said, "you've never had superpowers and you never will, you're just a weak loser, a nobody." "That's not nice," Flash protested. "Oh, what?" Komodo responded, "you gonna cry to your mama?" The two began pushing Flash around for a few minutes until, "Hey!" a voice called, "whats going on here?" Hardball and Komodo turned to see Sunset Shimmer, her white lantern ring glowing furiously. "Arrr..nothing," Hardball said, quickly, "we were just helping our friend Flash, here." "Right," Komodo nodded, "thats what we were doing." "I suggest you two finish your lunch," Sunset replied, "class is about to start and I don't think Principle Celestia and Vice Principle Luna won't like to hear you two were late, again." "Saved by someone with real powers, again," Hardball muttered, "don't count on it, next time." With that, the two hurried away. "You ok, Flash?" Sunset asked, as she helped Flash to his feet. "Yeah," Flash replied, "thanks." "You sure?" Sunset probed, "you can talk to me if somethings..." "I'm fine," Flash insisted, as he headed for class along with the members of his band. As Flash headed for the classroom, everywhere he looked there were people who had fantastic powers. People like Sooraya Qadir a.k.a. Dust, a mutant girl with the ability transform into a sandstorm and Miguel Jose Barragan a.k.a. Bunker, a young meta with the ability to create purple energy constructs must commonly armour, walls and shields. The more Flash saw of people with powers he could only dream of, the more he felt more envious and jealous of them. All throughout the day, Flash couldn't help feeling fed up and frustrated about how useless he felt, being only human. Elsewhere in CHS. Midnight Sparkle headed for class as she tried to not to be late, as she had finished her lunch late. As she passed by one of the hallways, she noticed something happening near one of the lockers. Two students stood menacingly over another student, who looked scared. As Midnight approached, she recognised the two of them it was Manchester Black and Danielle Blunt a.k.a. Aftershock, their victim was Robert Herman a.k.a. Glob, a mutant made of living wax. "Hey," Midnight said, once she was close enough to be heard, "leave him alone." "This is none of you business," Manchester scoffed, "why don't you get to class." "Yeah," Aftershock added, "you don't want to get in trouble with the principle, do you?" Midnight didn't move. "I said leave him alone," she repeated, standing her ground, suddenly Midnight felt her powers rising. "Well," Manchester smiled, his eyes glowing with physic energy, "looks like someone whats to play hero." Midnight could feel the magic inside her building and building, she didn't know how long she could contain it. "Looks that way," Aftershock agreed, electrical energy crackling around her as she and Manchester stepped away from Glob, "then we'll just have to be the villains, then won't we." As the two turned on Midnight, she finally couldn't keep her power suppressed. "Please," she said, "stay back." "Aw," Manchester smirked, "where'd all the hero spirit go?" "Yeah," Aftershock smiled, "what happened? You get cold feet?" As the two got closer, Midnight was finding it harder and harder to keep a lid on her magic. "NO!" She cried, as equestrian magic began to slowly surge around her, "GET AWAY!" "Or what?" Manchester responded. Aftershock was about to say something, but suddenly Midnight unleashed a huge blast magical energy, which hit Manchester and Aftershock, blasting them away from Glob. Whoa," Glob said, "that was awesome." Midnight didn't reply, she just looked down at her hands, "I didn't mean to do that," she whispered, as her hands began to shake, "I'm a monster." With tears in her eyes, Midnight ran off before Glob could thank her for standing for him. Later in the day, Flash headed for his locker to change for PE. On his way, he passed by more teenagers with extraordinary abilities like: Amka Aliyak a.k.a. Snowguard and LeTonya Charles a.k.a. Cyborgirl, one with the ability to transform into any animal and the other being given cybernetic implants. The two them joined Flash for PE, where, in baseball practice, Snowguard turned into a cheetah to run pasted all the bases on the field to score a home run and Cyborgirl threw a pitch so hard it made a hole in the bat. At the end of it all, Flash felt more down as he and rest of the Wondercolts team headed for the changing rooms at the end of the lessons. At the same time, Midnight headed for her final lesson of the day, maths class. As she headed for the classroom, she passed by another classroom which had other students who had better understanding/control of their powers and abilities, and were now teaching others how to do the same thing. These being: M'gann M'orzz a.k.a. Miss Martian, Martian Manhunters niece and Franklin Richards, the son of Mr. Fantastic and Invisible Woman. Midnight watched as Miss Martian shapeshifted into Principle Celestia and Franklin showcasing his reality altering powers by creating a flower out of absolutely nothing. Seeing people with more control of their powers, Midnight had the thought that maybe these students could help her control her powers, but she realised that she was late for maths and she hurried away. "They couldn't help me," Midnight thought to herself, "I'm a lost cause." All throughout the day, Flash kept experiencing more and more strife and suffering and Midnight struggled to control and suppress her powers, but it would sometime burst out and someone would always end up being hurt. At the end of the day, both Flash and Midnight were at their lowest point. "If only I had powers, like everyone else," Flash murmured, in his thoughts. "If only I could control my powers," Midnight uttered, in her thoughts. Meanwhile, somewhere in deep space. Scanning for Rage Scanning for Fear Two Lantern rings flew through the void as they scanned for someone who could be their new bearers, as their previous bearers had died. The suddenly, Rage located Fear located The rings had found what they were looking for, they change course, and began heading in the direction of earth.