The deep blue sky seemed to radiate the sunlight that fell on Thunder Clouds back as he lay in the clouds, his hooves under his chest, enjoying the beaming sunlight, the could itself was a storm-cloud, lightning crackled through it, sending slight twitches through Thunder's body. Living in this cloud seemed to make him immune to the small volts, in fact, the only way lightning could hurt or injure him was by striking him directly. Sure the colts yelled at him for the occasional buck on the cloud, sending the clouds booming voice down to the poor unsuspecting colts, but it was hilarious! Leaning up suddenly, Thunder Cloud hit the storm cloud, sending the booming voice, he looked over the cloud, seeing the colts cower, he couldn't help but laugh, light-blue tears detaching from his eyes.
"Pa ha ha ha!! Ya'll should see the look on your faces! Ha ha. . ." He started wiping them as a whole appeared under him, noticing the shift in the wind, he looked down, taking note that he was falling, flailing his hooves, he finally remember his wings, they quickly flared out, flapping vigerously to stop the falling pegusis, only stopping just above the ground, every colt stared at him, not only stared, some even GLARED. "Oh c'mon!! You know that was funny!!" Thunder Cloud said, glancing at the many eyes on him, they knew they couldn't catch him, only a few pegusai could. . . The wonderbolts! Valkyrie trotted up to him, shaking his head a painting floating beside him with a midnight-blue aura.
"Look what you did!!" Valkyrie said, showing him the painting, an almost-perfect drawing of a mare on the paper- minus the one long streak that went from muzzle to hoof, Thunder Cloud couldn't help but start snickering, trying to keep the burst of laughter in his gut
"Uff. . .. . heh. ." Thunder Clous said, his teeth showing, clentched shut, his chest lightly heaving up and down. "You know I cain't help mahself" Thunder Cloud said, finally busting out in laughter, the agitated unicorn found this not to the slightest bit amusing, using his horn to bring a pail of paint over the laughing pegusai, he dumped it, painting the normally-yellow pegusai pink, the unicorns grim expression finally turned itself into a subtle grin, the whole town started laughing as the pegusai looked at his new coat, blowing the excess, caked mane out of his face, only for it to slap against his muzzle, making a wet smacking sound.
"Now THAT. . is funny!" The unicorn choked out, holding his chest as he fell back on the ground, unintentionally rolling as he laughed. The pegusis was now the one unamused, flying up, a grin crossing his face.
We'll see who get's the last laugh. . He thought, moving his cloud home over the unicorn and kicking it, water fell quickly, the booming voice making THunder Cloud vibrate as he watched the pink paint wash off his coat and onto the unicorn, who looked up detestfully. Laughing, the pegusis flew away grinning and started looping in the air, watching all the other colts look at eachother, then laugh at the unicorn, who had turned away with a "Hmph"
Getting his saddle-bags packed, Thunder Cloud looked again, making sure he had everything, opening the bag he looked at his lightly-packed bag, staring at the bits he packed, and his small amount of food. "I just hope Me an' Val can stop this storm. . ." Thunder said, flying out to the unicorns home. this may not be a good idea, but better late than never. . . The pegusis sighed, knocking on the door
"Who is it and what is you're buisness here?" A voice from inside called, the unicorn himself sounding as if he were in a rush.
"It's Thunder!! What're ya doin'!" He called back, the door flew opened before him, the white unicorn stood tall, a saddlebag on his back as he trotted out.
"Ready to head to ponyville?" He said smirking, slowly trotting out, his bag full of books and paper(And pencils of course).
Thunder Cloud nodded, grinning as they both departedward the trail out of Coltsville, as they walked a burly pony stood in front of them, uttering with his deep voice. "Hey. . . You're going nowhere without me. . ." He said, the two smaller stallions looking up at him (Not looking up much. . . he's a bit bigger than Big Macintosh).
"Ohh, Hi there Beryllium!" Thunder said smiling wide at him. "We could use such a strong stallion" Thunder Cloud flew up and back down in a loop, trotting to a halt as he landed "Let's go!! Quickly!! C'mon move it! HUSSLE!" He said turning around, the other two stallions staring at him. "Oh. . . . whenever ya'll 're ready. . " He smiled sheepishly after that statment.
The two stallions lightly chuckled, shaking their heads as they trotted along, Thunder Cloud (of course) leading the way.
The light breeze seemed to carry Thunder Cloud's hair, flapping in the breeze as he flew, the best feeling he could ever imagine. The adrineline rushed through his viens, before he had a chance to even think of dashing off, a voice called out, familiar in many ways, the three stallions turned. . .
" Y'all 'rnt leavin' without me right!?" The voice of Whispy carried though the wind, his name now seeming to make sense. The three stallion waited for him to catch up, thier old earth pony friend trotting to them slowly, a grin on his face. "So where y'all headin' anyway!?" He asked, his eyes seeming to sparkle in the sunlight.
"Ponyville!!" Thunder Cloud exclaimed, zipping between the other two so he could greet Whispy first, giving him a brohoof. The ruggedness of the pony's hoof suprised Thunder, Whispy's hoof felt hard as a cement block. Lightly shaking it, he played it off by lighty punching Whispy in his broad shoulders.
"Yes indeed." Valkyrie said, tilting his head upward, a glint of light flashing off his glasses as he looked skyward. The four stallions finally started to set out, setting hoof on these rocks was not Valkyrie's style, he kept his hooves clean after all, looking over to the other pony's he sighed, long and exasggerated. They looked to him, all except Thunder Cloud, who seemed to be leagues ahead.
"Guys HURRY!!!! I see the ship!" Thunder cloud said "Imma go over there and wait!" He continued as he rushed over to the docks, the ship coming into view, though only to a pegasis's eyes. The three stallions quickly trotted after the pegusis, who had already flown to the docking site to make sure they all made it.
The Silver Lining Landed, the four friends, along with one more familiar unicorn, who stood hooded, waiting for the ship patiently, even though the stallions talked to him, he never replied. How rude!! Thunder Cloud thought, flying up the ramp, the captain greeting them as the trotted aboard.
"Avast ye ponyfolk!" The captain said" Me names cap'n Silver Moon! Welcome aboard th' Silver Linin'!" He exclaimed, allowing them to pass.
*Nightshade and his partner are giving the ship a military escort, before the stallions come aboard*
"Ugh I feel wierd. . .!" Nightshade exclaimed.
"Relax. . ." Earl Darkblaze replied, patting Nightshade's back
"But I don't like being seen in public, everypony will avoid me like the did all those years ago!" Nightshade said, his blood red eye shining in the darkness of the room, his navy-blue body almost blending in with the surrounding shadows.
"Well it's better than walking around the ship in a full-blown Shadowbolt uniform!" Screamed Earl, Slapping a hoof across his face.
"I know that. . . I'm just nervous. ." Nightshade replied softly, lightly shaking his spiked mane.
"Wait!" Earl exclaimed, digging through his dresser-drawer. "Here, have these. . ." Earl said, hoofing over some sunglasses
"These will cover up those red eyes of yours, making you look relativly normal. ." Earl smiled at his brilliant idea.
"I guess those will work. . ." Nightshade resonded, halfway not expecting them to work at all.
"Heh. . . They can be Nightshade's shades" Earl Darkblaze said jokingly, lightly chuckling.
"Oh shut up!" Nightshade said, exiting the cabin.
Things were going well, Nightshade was roaming about the ship on a patrol, not getting even the strangest glance from other ponies. I love these sunglasses! Nightshase thought. A few more crewmembers passed, Nightshade was starting to enjoy himself until he caught sight of a group of stallions entering the ship. He couldn't believe it. . It was his old colthood friends, all five of them were present. Whispy Winds, Beryllium, Valkyrie, Ailen, and his old best friend Thunder Cloud. Nightshade's jaw dropped as he recollected the memories of him and his friends, a tear slowly ran down his cheek. He quickly wiped it, He realized. . . The last time he was truely happy was when he was when they were all together. A part of Nightshade wanted to walk up and greet them, shaking away the feeling, he had to focus on the task at hoof. "I can't let them compromise my mission. . ." Nightshade said sadly. After that decision, he went back to his patrol, even though his mind was still racing.
Nightshade was just about to rap up his patrol until he turned a corner and locked eyes with no other than his old friends Whispy Winds. Nightshade quickly broken eye contact, but it was to late.
"'ey!" Whispy said, Nightshade started to trot away upon hearing Whispy's voice. "'Ey! Git back 'ere!" Whispy said, trotting after Nightshade. Nightshade quickly quickened his pace, hoping to lose Whispy, Whispy was persistant however, and he continued following the strangely familiar pegusis.
"Ey, cool yur jets! I think i know 'y!" Whispy called out.
"I don't know you!" Nightshade said, the slightest tone of annoyance trailing in his voice. The "Chase" finally ended in both of them arriving at a dead end.
"Now that i've caught 'y, I know I've seen 'y sumwhere!" Whispy tapped his hoof, thinking, Nightshade was at his breaking point, he angerly turned around, and was about to speak when the unthinkable happened. . . his sunglasses fell off his muzzle, exposing his glowing, red eyes. Whispy's face was blank for a few moments and then it lit up "Nightshade 'ts you!" Whispy exclaimed, a smile crossing his muzzle.
"Alright, alright. . . You got my Whispy. ." Nightshade said in a depressed tone, picking up the sunglasses quietly, his head hung.
"Dear sweet Celestia. . I have so many ques-" Nightshade cut Whispy off
"Yea, yea let's save question time for when we go back to the others. ." Nightshade said as the both trotted to find the group of diverse stallions.
"Look'ee 'ho I found!" Whispy said, excitement flowing through his voice.
" . . . . Who is it. ." They all said confused, looking at the stallion behinde Whispy.
"Whadda 'y mean who is . . .-" He turned around, seeing that Nightshade had put his sunglasses back on. "'Ey take those off!" Whispy said, taking the glases from his muzzle carefully, revealing his eyes. The stallions all stared blankly, all except Thunder Cloud.
"N-Nightshade. . . . Is that really you. . .?" Thunder Cloud said, staring in disbelief in the stallion before him.
"Yes. . . It is me. . " Nightshade responded. They all exploded with questions, most of which were "Where have you been?" Or "What have you been doing?". "Let's just say I've been busy. . ." Nightshade said, turning his back on them. Thunder Cloud was the first to act, jumping on the other pegusai
"NIGHTSHADEEE! I MISSED YA!" Thunder Cloud said, hugging the stallion
"Get. . . off. . me. ." Nightshade said, his tone sounding like a mixure of pain and annoyance. Thunder Cloud pulled his hooves off, putting them in the air defensively.
"Well Soooooorr-Ie" Thunder Cloud said, streching it out. and putting his hooves back on the dock hard. The captain trotted out of nowhere.
"Please watch where yer slammin' yer hooves!" He exclaimed. "Just had 'er polished!" Silver Monn said, pointing to the shining deck.