//------------------------------// // The New Member // Story: Something New // by VilkaTheWolf //------------------------------// When Lightning came home later that day he wore a large smile and the signature red CMC cape. Dash smiled when she saw the cape on him. "So...I take it you're part of the Cutie-Mark Crusaders now?" Lightning looked up his mother and raised his eyebrow and sarcastically stated "Nah, I'm just wearing this cape with the CMC logo on it because I feel like it!" "Don't be getting sarcastic with me, you do that again and I'll send you to your room!" she threatened him. "Okay!" He said with a completely different tone of voice. "Yes. I got into the Cutie-Mark Crusaders," he said answering Dash's earlier question without attitude, "but I don't like the other too though, they scare me, Scootaloo's really nice and stuff..." He said, getting quieter when talking about Scootaloo. "Oooooooo, you like her?" Dash said immaturely, being still younger than most mothers, she lacked 'experience' so sometimes she just treated her son like a friend, constantly annoying him. "I do not!" Lightning quickly replied. "Denial is the first stage." Dash said aggravating him further. "Is not." "Is too." "Is not." "Is too." "Is-" They childish argument was cut short by the doorbell ringing, "I'll get that!" Dash said, to get away from their argument. Dash opened the door to find the cross-eyed mailmare; Derpy Hooves. "Hey Rainbow Dash! I gots mail for you!" She proudly announced, grabbing a letter from her saddlebag and handing it to Rainbow, she then attempted to fly off but landed in Dash's rainbow-waterfall which made Dash wince a little when she heard the splash (rainbows are kinda spicy) and then Derpy screamed yelling "Spicy eyes! Oh sweet Celestia!" she then licked her hoof and smiled "mmmmm its yummy, bye Dash!" she said waving to her, Dash waved back, then closed the door and walked inside. "Hey Mum who was that!?" Lightning yelled from further in the house. Dash came into the lounge room where their previous argument had taken place, "It was just Derpy delivering my mail. And no shouting in the house Lightning." "Okay. So what's your mail say?" He asked. "Well just wait and lemme open it," Dash said, then getting the envelope Derpy had given her earlier and bit the corner of it and ripped the top off, she took out the letter inside and it read; Dear Rainbow Dash, You have been accepted into the WonderBolts, Greatest flyers in all of Equestria! First training session is tomorrow, at the colosseum bright and early. Be there... Yours sincerely, Spitfire (Captain of the WonderBolts) Dash's eyes widened, she got accepted? She never asked, how could she of gotten accepted? 'This smells fishy' she thought, her thinking was cut short by Lightning interrupting. "Who are the WonderBolts?" Lightning questioned after looking at the letter. Dash gasped and looked at her son, "How could you not know who the WonderBolts are!?" "Well I am only a couple weeks old..." Lightning stated bluntly. "Yeah I know that, but I do have posters of them all over my walls." "I don't look at your walls; hey Mum can I have posters on my walls?" "Maybe, depending on what they are." "Oh you know the usual; All Levels at Once, The Living Tombstone, Oh! Oh! Oh! And Glaze" "Who are they?" Dash asked sceptically. "Musicians duh! Why haven't you heard of them, Glaze looks like me except she doesn't." "Oh well maybe..." Dash didn't know who these musicians were and she was pretty sure that Lightning hasn't listened to any music, so...she just gave up. But she had some suspicions, and who really sent that letter remains a mystery. ***** The CMC were walking through Ponyville. After school had ended, they had all went to the CMC clubhouse and held the initiation ceremony for Green Lightning. When he flew off home donning his CMC cape the rest of the gang slowly dispersed, Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo walked back into town together after saying their goodbyes to Apple Bloom. "So," Sweetie Belle began to open conversation after a while, "Now that Lightning's in the Cutie Mark Crusaders, you'll be spending a lot of time together?" "What? NO! I mean maybe..." "Maybe we can be Cutie Crusader Match-Makers!" Sweetie Belle proclaimed. "We already did that with Miss Cherilee and Big Mac, and that didn't turn out so well." Scootaloo explained. "Oh yeah..." sighed Sweetie Belle. When they arrived at The Carousel Boutique, Sweetie Belle said goodbye to Scootaloo, and went inside. "RARITY!!!" she yelled hoping for any indication that her big sister was home. She got one. "WHAT!?" Rarity yelled back from further inside. "I'M BACK FROM CRUSADING." Rarity then walked out of dress making room with a few strands of her purple sticking up, when saw Sweetie Belle there her hair retained its natural beauty. "Oh really? And how was that? Any luck this time?" "No, same as ever." Sweetie Belle moped, "But we got a new member!" She said regaining her cheerfulness. "Oh really? Who is it?" "His name's Green Lightning." All colour left Rarity's face then, Green Lightning? But that was impossible he's still just a foal. Sweetie Belle saw her petrified sister and was about to ask if she was okay, when without warning she ran out the door. 'Rarity would never leave me alone here' she thought 'maybe she's seeing if I can look after it, I'll take good care of it Rarity! You can count on me! Or then again, she could have just gone mad.' Dash was just finished helping Lightning put up one of his new poster of Glaze on his cloud wall. She was a yellow Pegasus with a bright yellow and green mane, similar to Lightning’s and had a tail in the same style as Vinyl Scratch’s. “Hey Mum reckon I can get another one?” Lightning pleaded “Maybe.” Dash answered, “If you do well at school.” She added. “Okay! I will!” Lightning shouted enthusiastically. Lightning’s enthusiastic shouting was cut short by a knock at the door, Dash yelled “I’ll get it!” and went to get it. Dash opened the door to see a certain white unicorn. “Explain yourselves NOW!!!!” She demanded.