//------------------------------// // Ch 2 The Party of a Lifetime // Story: losing hope,faith, and life // by orionstar //------------------------------// Ch 2 The Party of a Lifetime Lightning ran as fast as he could his eyes fixed on victory. There's no way he was going to lose. He jumped with a great burst of speed over the fence going into the town. His heart was racing fast,his legs getting tired, and he had a sharp pain in his chest. He look forward with great determination in his eyes and a smile on his face. Rushing and dashing with great speed be busted into the schoolyard. Sliding on his hooves he stopped in a cloud of smoke. "Victory is mine" Lighting said in a loud and bragging voice. Lightning looked behind him down the path he ran down. "Come on guys you could have at least tried to have keep up with me" he said jokingly. The two out of shape unicorn came down the path. They were both out of breath and leaning on one another for support. When Snips and snails finally got to the school yard they both collapsed. "You two look as if you’re about to die" Lightning said with a smile. "Why In Celestia were we doing racing again" snips said tiring to catch his breath. " Because Snails made a bet that he was faster than me because he was taller" Lightning said with pride in his voice. "Besides we were going to be late for class". "You didn't have to race with Snips" Snails said. " Actually Snips I was surprised you were even able keep up with Snails" Lightning said jokingly " Oh please, i'm way faster than Snails" Snips said confidently. " What faster!" snails said shocked. "I went back to run with you after I saw there was no way I could catch up to Lightning, how in the world does that make you faster than me" Snails said jokingly at snails. "Ok ok so i'm not the fastest guy in our group, but i'm still the leader" Snip said even more confidently with his chest out. The other two busted out laughing into tears. "What !" the other two said with a shock look on their face. "No Snips if anyones the leader in this group it's me" Lightning said while doing a strut. " What no way i'm older and taller than you of you I should be the leader" snails said. The augment continued to get bigger and bigger. Each was coming up the stupidest reason of why they should lead the group and what not. This made the three of them completely forgot about class and that they were already late for class. Scootaloo looked out the window at the three babbling colts with amazement. She turned to the two crusaders with a shocked look on face. She and the other cutie mark crusaders were seating in their desks listening to Ms. Cheerilee teach. "Don't those guys know class has already started?" Scootaloo said with a disbelief in her voice. "Knowing those guys they probably didn't even know we have class" Applebloom said jokingly "It seems that the new kid has became really good friends with Snips and Snails" Sweetie Belle said. " Ya they’re like the three stooges" Scootaloo said joking. The three of them laughed at the three colts in amusement. This got Ms. Cheerilee's attention. "Girls is their something you would like to share with the class" Ms. Cheerilee said kindly. "Actually we do have something to say" said Scootaloo. At that second the three of the of them jumped out of their seats and ran to the front of the class and Sweetie Belle took the lead. " My fellow ponies we the cutie mark crusaders are throwing a once in a lifetime party!" Sweetie Belle said in a squeaky loud voice. The class busted up with excitement at the news of the party and at the monument the door in the class room flew open. The so called three stooges came running in one after another. " Did somepony say party" the three colts said with excitement. " Yes we did it will be at the end of the week at Apple Bloom’s house" said Scootaloo. " So... everyone can come right" Lightning said with a big smile. "Yes" said Scootaloo. At that very moment the three colts realized the Ms. Cheerilee was giving them a evil look. "Hi boys, may I ask where you've been for the last fifteen minutes of class?" Ms. Cheerilee said with a unhappy look on her face. "Would you believe we were saving Equestria?" Lightning said jokingly. "You three can stay after class in detention. Now, please take your seats" Ms. Cheerilee said in a stern voice. So the three colts then took their seats in the class and after school was over they stayed an hour for detention. ..... It was almost dark the three colts walked side by side one another with excitement for the night ahead of them. The light of the street led the way for the three of them it gave them a sense of freedom. Yes, in their minds this was a night they would never forget. This night they would be known to all as the coolest ponies in Ponyville, if not all of Equestria. The three best friends had been planning what they were going to do at the party ever since they found out about it. They have been practicing their so-called killer dance moves everyday after school and even came up with some killer one liners for any cute mares they want to flirt with.One-liners like, 'baby, you must be a pegasus, because you've been flying through my mind all day' or, 'oh my god how did the winner of the Miss Equestria contest get all the way over here?' The three of them arrived at the gate of Sweet Apple Acres. Lighting looked up in amazement there were apple trees as far as the eye can see and in the middle of it all a house with a red barn, all under the beautiful night sky. When they arrived at the door to the house they read a sign saying go to the barn. So the three of them preceded to the barn door. The lights of the barn were dim and he couldn't hear any noise coming from the inside. Lightning knocked on the door wondering if there was a party at all. Scootaloo answered the door to the barn while she was drinking through a straw of a drink she had in her hand. "Hey guys what up here for the party" Scootaloo said. "You know it Scootaloo where there’s a party me and my boys are always sure to be there" Snips said confidently. "Right, well come on in then" Scootaloo said. The three friends entered the barn, which was covered with party decorations that they could barely make out. The few lights in the room were bright green, but the room was almost completely dark. There was a strobe light which had lasers of many different colors shooting out from all of it's sides and very loud music coming from a hug stereo. There was a table with food which they could barley, which Snip and Snails head to it almost immediately. Lightning laughed to himself those two would head for the food right away. Looking around the room Lightning saw many ponies talking with their friends. There weren't that many ponies out on the dance floor. He then spotted a pretty pink pony with a diamond Tiara on her head standing by herself. Lightning felt like he couldn't move. It's like a giant pit opened up in his stomach, which keep him from moving his legs and mouth. "Come on Lightning, it just a mare you've talked to plenty of mares before" he thought to himself. He imagined himself going right up to her with style and being a total chick magnet. All he would have to do is walk up with his chest out and say: "Haven’t I seen you before? Maybe in my dreams?" he would say with a devilish smile on his face and she would be all over him. Very slow and nervously he walked up to the pony with the Diamond Tiara. "Hey, um what's ,What's up" he said with a big smile. The pink pony looked at him with a disgusted look on her face. "Ew way are you talking to me you creep" she said then walked away to a group of other ponies. Lightning just stood there shocked with his mouth open for a couple of minutes at what just happened. He just shot himself in the foot. He looked over at his friends still eating at the table. Lightning wasn't hungry at all right now if there was anything he wanted to do right now it was to go to bed. He was tired and could feel a deep pain in his chest. He didn't even know why he was there at the moment. Snips and Snails are great friends, but if he just wanted to hang out with them they wouldn't have gone to a party. Maybe he just needs some fresh air he thought. Lightning headed for the barn door and went outside. The stars in the sky looked so beautiful and from outside the barn Lightning couldn't hear a thing. Everything was dead silent. He took a seat and laid on his back against a nearby tree so he could look up at the night sky. Taking a deep breath he let everything around him sink in. "Hey there" said a sweet voice. Lightning looked up beside him. There sat the cutest pony he had ever laid eyes on. Her cherry red hair tie with a bow shined in the moonlight along with her eyes. The look of her smile made his heart beat stop. "You're Apple Bloom right?" Lightning said shocked. "Yep and you're Lightning am I right?" Apple Bloom said sweetly . "Ya that's right" said Lightning. "What are you doing out here anyways" Apple Bloom said. "Looking up at the stars" Lightning said suddenly realizing that he looks like a complete loser. "Oh then can I join you" Apple Bloom said . she then moved closer to him and lade right up next to him. Lightning then felt a bolt of heat rush over his body right when he felt Apple Bloom’s shoulder touch him. The both of them laid there for about thirty minutes talking about things they liked, people they both new, and told funny stories to one another. Lightning loved when Apple Bloom laughed it sounded really cute. Apple Bloom looked at Lightning like she wanted to say something, but couldn't. Lightning wondered what it could possibly be. "Lightning" Apple Bloom said immediately cut off by Lightning. "Do you want to dance with me" Lightning blurted out. Apple Bloom looked shocked " sure I was just about to ask you the samething" she said with a smile. The two of them return into the barn. Immediately when the two of them entered they were greeted by their friends. "Lightning where have you been brother we been looking everywhere for you" said Snips. "Oh you know out" Lightning he said a little embarrassed that he left his friends. Lightning then walked over to Apple Bloom who was talking to her friends. " Lightning I would like you to meet Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo" Apple Bloom said. "Hi nice to meet you by the way where did you get all of this stuff for this party anyways?" Lightning said. "Oh we have a friend who really knows how to throw a party she got us everything" Scootaloo said. "Oh and your parents are ok with all of this?" Lightning said. "Oh no Apple Bloom’s family went out of town she was able to convince her sister that she was old enough to be home alone" Scootaloo said. "Hey Lightning and I were just going to go dancing would you guys like to join us?" Apple Bloom said. "Sure sounds fun" the other two said with excitement. The four of them then proceeded to the dance floor. "Hey wait for us" Snips and Snails said finally realizing what was going on. The music was loud and exciting. The three mares easily got into the music and started to dance. It took Lightning a couple of seconds, but he was able to do something resembling dancing which was pretty good sense he wasn't much of a dancer. Then at that very moment another song came on. It was a song he knew very well it was one of his favorites. The music seem to start flowing through him. As he started to move faster and faster his moves got more aggressive. He started to do things like moon walking, break dancing and things he never even knew he could do. Other ponies started to see how good he was and started to form a circle around him. He started to dance like John Travolta from Saturday Night fever. Ponies started yelling Lightning's name. " Lightning Lightning Lightning" the crowd chanted. He didn’t know why, but tonight he was on fire. Then at the very moment Scootaloo made her way out on the dance floor. The two of them made eye contact and she started to do a variety of moves that shocked him. He almost had no idea how to top it. He stood there for a couple of seconds stunned. He felt embarrassed because he was going to make a fool out of himself in front of everyone even Apple Bloom. That's when an idea hit him like a truck. He ran over to Apple Bloom quickly grabbing her by the hoof and leading her out on the dance floor. He proceeded to do a variety of moves which Apple Bloom started to pick up on and then started to follow. Lightning then took her by the hoof and spun her around a couple of times. The two of them move perfectly in sync. After a couple of spins and other moves Lightning thought it was time for the grand finale. He grabbed Apple Bloom and through her up spinning in the air and catching her. There she laid in his arms looking into his eyes. He moved his lips closer to hers and she to his. Boom!! the door to the barn flew open and two grown ponies enter the barn one a mare with an orange coat the other a red colt. "What in tarnations is going on here?" the mare said in an angry voice. Apple Bloom jumped out of Lightning's arms and looked at the two ponies in shock. "Applejack, Big Mac nice to see you. I thought you were going to be gone for the weekend visiting Apple Strudel with Granny Smith" Apple Bloom said nervously. "We ended up having to change our plans and come back. Anyways Applebloom I thought I told you not to throw a party when we were gone" Applejack said in a angry voice. Apple Bloom started to speak when she was cut of by Applejack. " I don't want to hear it you’re grounded young lady. As for everyone else you all can go home right now the party is over now goodbye" Applejack said in a demanding tone. Everyone then slowly started leaving the barn to go home. "Come on Lightning lets go" said Snips. So the three of them started to walk home with each other. "by the way how did you learn to dance like that" said Snips. "I don't really know it just came to me I guess" Lightning said. "I see you and Apple Bloom were getting pretty close" said Snails. "What you don't know what you’re talking about" Lightning said blushing. "Whatever you say Romeo" Snails said with a chuckling laugh. "Romeo" Lightning said out loud to himself. In an Instant Lightning turned and started running back the way they came. "Wait where are you going? " Snips yelled. " I'll tell you tomorrow morning just wait tell then" Lightning said while running away. Snips and Snails just stood there and stared at each other as their best friend ran away. Lightning ran as hard as he could. He need to get back to Sweet Apple Acres he just had to. When Lightning finally reached the farm he approached the house quietly he didn't want to get caught. He started to look through windows of the house until he found Apple Bloom's room. She looked like she was getting ready for bed. "Ok you've made it here Lightning now all you have to do is get her attention" he thought to himself. Lightning then noticed the barn was still open he wondered if the stereo was still in there. Lightning quickly went into the barn and saw the stereo. He took out the stereo and flipped through the music they had, but couldn't find anything that fit the mood he was looking for. He noticed a box labeled Big Mac he looked as he through it to find many old CD's of many artistes. He found one that he remembered his dad having. He called it grown colt music and was for only older colts to play for older mares. He read the first song on the album it said Sexual Healing. He didn’t know what that meant, but if it would impress Apple Bloom he didn't care. He took the stereo out and hooked it up outside of the house putting the stereo in front of him and started to play the music. As the music started to play he saw the light come on in the room and Apple Bloom answered the window. "What in the hell are you doing" Apple Bloom said in an embarrassed voice. At that very moment Lightning realized that he must look like a total creep at that very moment. Right now some colt she just met was standing outside her window playing some crazy song. "Um, I just wanted to see you again" Lightning said embarrassed. "She's not going to be doing anything for a while she's grounded" said a voice coming from inside the house. Applejacks sister then came to the window. "Turn that music off ponies are trying to sleep" Applejack said with a demanding voice. Lightning did as she said and turn off the music. "Applejack come on he's my new friend and we didn't even have a chance to say goodbye to each other thanks to you" Apple Bloom said. Applejack looked out the window at Lightning with a death stare. Lightning almost died where he stood. "Fine you've got five minutes" said Applejack. When she finally left the room. Apple Bloom popped her head out the window. "What did you want" Apple Bloom asked in a curious voice. " Um, I wanted to know if maybe you wanted to hang out sometime" Lightning said. " I can't I'm grounded for forever" she said sadly. " How long is forever?" Lightning asked. "About a week"Apple Bloom said. "Well what about then?" Lightning asked. "Sure what did you have in mind"Apple Bloom asked. "You know just some of my friends hanging out with your friends" Lightning said. "Oh...ok sounds good I'll tell Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle"Apple Bloom said. "Great so I'll see you then" Lightning said. The two of them said their goodbyes and Lightning went home. End of CH2 Ok i hope everyone is liking the story thus far I thought it was funny. Below is a pmv I just made, it's my first so it isn't anything impressive.