--Sayonara Cloudsdale--
Sixteen years ago, a little dark grey colt, with a spiky white mane, and deep navy eyes had been born into the world of Equestria. Along with him, came the natural instinct of flight that gave him his love and adoration of flying at high speeds. Standing tall and proud, was Lightning. He was at the average height, but a bit more muscled than the average stallion. He and Dash both, were a bit more bulked up than the rest, because of their constant years of training.
Lightning had just gotten home when he began bidding his parents goodbye. “Mom, Dad, thank you so much for everything. I hope you guys can visit sometime soon!”
They both hugged him and said, “Hey, we won't be going anywhere anytime soon! So don’t ever hesitate to come see us, ok?”
He nodded and began flying off in the direction of Dash’s house, whom he also expected was telling his parents goodbye. After a few minutes of flying through town, waving goodbye to a few neighbors and friends, he had finally reached Dash’s house on the edge of Cloudsdale. Lightning firmly believed that Dash had the only house not even touched by the storm years ago, and from what Dash had told him, he had no knowledge of a storm at all.
Lightning had begun coming into his landing when Dash came outside, waving goodbye to his parents. Looking forward, he ran over to Lightning, whom told him, “You ready?”
Dash nodded and said, “Want to stop somewhere before fully leaving?”
“Uhh, I have nowhere to go; I’m ready to leave.”
Dash nodded, while they both flew up into the sky, to the nearest cloud. With a quick glance around, they saw the direction they needed to go in, and immediately turned to it. If Lunar were here, they would already be on their way there, but he had training to attend to before becoming a team leader, so he had no extra time to spare.
The sun was just beginning to rising over the horizon, as Lightning and Dash spread their wings out, and began their flight to Ponyville, leaving Cloudsdale behind with all their colthood memories. The ground below flew by quickly, as they dashed by a few clouds and made slight descents to get a better look around. The area around Cloudsdale was fairly clear, and very lush terrain. The only spot that seemed a bit off from the surroundings was the clearing that the pegasi used every year to life the water from the ground to Cloudsdale.
Lightning had come close enough to the ground to maneuver around trees and large boulders, as Dash stayed higher up still enjoying the view. The feeling of leaving Cloudsdale: a rather saddening, yet accomplished feeling. Lightning and Dash both, had spent their entire childhoods practicing, and yearning to get to where they are today. Out on their own, careers ahead of them, and simply having fun, and hopefully making a few new friends. As Lightning rejoined Dash, a few small structures had appeared over the horizon, along with a small river flowing off to the east. Ponyville!