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// Stormagedon 
// Story: Secrets of Equestria: Stormagedon book 1 
// by Steve Stevenson 
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Fluttershy watched as the wind rolled over the plains, bringing the smell of early fall to her nose. She closed her eyes and took in a large breath, and sighed. She loved early fall, even though it meant winter was just around the corner. She liked to huddle up by the fire with her friends and animals, and listen to them all talk. She was about to go inside when her thoughts were interrupted by a sudden tug on her tail.
She turned around to find Angel impatiently tapping his foot on the ground.
"I'll feed you in a second Angel. I have to finish-" but Fluttershy never got to finish. She was watching the burning mass rocketing out of the sky.
'what is that?' she thought as it grew closer.
Angel tugged on her tail, but Fluttershy didn't move. the burning mass grew closer and closer, yet she didn't move. she was paralyzed with fear.  
Then suddenly the mass spread out its wings.
Fluttershy heard a sickening crack, and a hiss in pain. The mass crashed into the ground behind her, leaving a trail of destruction.
"That was a Pegasus!" she realized, and shook herself out her paralyzed state, and rushed to the ponies side. She gasped at the sight of him. He was a dracopony.
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"my head hurts."
"I know stormy. The pony in your blood has made you weak. He beat you pretty bad." My mom had told me after my first fight.
"You should see the other dragon." I said to her, smiling. She did not smile back.
She was tending my wounds, since my weak pony skin could easily be penetrated by dragon's teeth. I had gotten a nasty bit on the pony section of front leg, and I had gotten hit in the head with the club tail of the other dragon,
"Mother?" I asked her, and she tilted her head to show that she was listening.
"Why do we dragons have to fight each other? I mean, we worship fighting each other, we even have a day reserved for fighting! Why? Isn't there more to life?" I questioned. Mother put down the rag.
"Don't ask questions. You only have ten years! live! Thinking and questioning can come later." She sighed.
"So why don't you? You lived a little, and you had two sons-" I started, but I saw the smoke rise from my mother's nostrils. She put her face by mine.
"I. Only. Have. One. SON!" she roared, but i knew this was a lie. I had A twin. She would call out his name in her sleep.
"Sorry." I replied. She took a deep breath and looked back at me.
"Stormagedon, you are the only thing I have left. Questions... Will... get you killed. Especially you. And you are the last thing i have left! Just..." She took another deep breath, " Be more like a dragon, OK? Not as much as your father."
I sighed. keeping her happy would be the best thing to do. I would be best dragon there ever was.
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I woke up in a room full of bright lights and a beeping noise. My head was throbbing, and I couldn't feel my wings at all. I reached up to touch my head, but something was wrong. I lifted my arm and heard a clang of metal against metal.
"Great. I've been captured. Torturing will come soon no doubt." I thought to myself.Ii heard low voices from the other side of the wall, and looked at the shiny thing on the wall. my sight was blurry, but I could see exactly what kind of predicament I was in. All of my limbs, including my tail, was chained to a mettle table. My wings were wrapped in white, and jetted out into the air. they had put some of the white stuff around a part of my head. I was about to escape, when suddenly the wall opened up, and in walked three ponies, a stallion with glasses, a weird shiny circle on his head, and a white coat, and two mares with little hats.
"Go ahead, get on with what ever you were gonna do." I said, fearlessly, even though fear was nipping at my brain.
"What? Son, all we need is a name." The stallion said, taking a look at my wings.
"Why should I tell such an impudent species such as yourself?" I asked. He shook his head and suddenly a pen and paper floated in the air and jotted something down.
"Because I want to know whose 'glorious' presence I reside in." He replied. Of course at the time, I was flattered, and didn't notice that it was sarcasm.
"Stormagedon, ruler of the storm." I replied. The pen and paper jotted something down and then set itself down. The stallion walked towards the part of the wall he entered and turned back to me.
"Well, Mr. Stormagedon, you have a visitor." And the stallion opened the wall and in walked a cream colored mare with pink hair. Just at looking at her i could tell that she was weak, but something was different about her. I shook my head. She rushed to the side of the bed.
"Why is he in chains?" She asked, looking at them. The stallion looked at her.
"Trust me mam, he needs to be restrained." He answered her.
"Well um, could you release him now? He looks like he doesn't like it." She replied. The wheels in my head started spinning, and I started to think of my escape route.
the stallion gave her the key unlock the chains, and she set to work. Slowly, I felt the restraints loosening and slip off. I waited till the last one fell off and sprung into action.
The claws in my hoof shot out and I grabbed the mare by the neck and pushed her against the wall. The other two mares grabbed a sharp poky thing and ran at me, but I swept them off their feet with my tail. The stallion grabbed the poky thing and started at me, but I kicked him away. I turned my attention to the mare, and was immediately shocked. Instead of fear as I had expected, she was staring at me. Not just any stare, but the piercing kind that take years of practice to even start to develop. I stared back, as close to hers as i could, but she kept at it. she just kept staring, trying to defeat me, but I kept staring, making my stare more powerful. This lasted for three minutes, her piercing blue eyes piercing my red ones. And then it happened. she closed her eyes, then opened them, and i let her go. I grabbed my face and staggered back. Even though my eyes were closed, I could see her. She had burned her very face on my soul. I held back the tears, and bit my tongue, trying to find relief from the pain coming from my eyes, but I could find none.
"Oh my goodness! Are you ok? I... I only meant to make you let go." She exclaimed. I took a deep breath, and stood up. I slowly opened my eyes, and looked at her. I could finally have a good look at her. She wasn't to bad looking, for a pony that is, and her pink maine covered the left side of her face. Unlike before, she had a kind look in her eyes, and she seemed caring.
'She has earned my respect. I shall talk to this one.' I thought to myself.
"I'm fine." I replied, "But I require a temporary residence. This feeble room full of impudent ponies will no longer do."
"I'm afraid *pant* you can't leave until we get *poooffffttt* an X-ray." The stallion with the shiny circle on his head stated as he got to his feet.
"I no longer need your help, unpure one. I shall leave immediately." I responded, and walked to the wall.
"Oh, hey wait!" The little mare called out, "You're leaving?"
"Yes." I responded, "As soon as I figure out how the wall opens," I pushed against it, but nothing happened.
"Do you need help?" She asked, but I ignored her. I had already been humiliated by her once that day, I would not let her open the wall for me. I pushed again, and when that didn't work, I kicked it as hard as I could. I looked, and I had only left two neat hoof prints. I backed up, scratched the floor with my hoof, and charged at the wall at top speed. I slamed into it, and fell onto the floor in a heap.
"Here." The mare said, and walked up to the well. she put her hoof on a part of it, and it swung open.
"WHAT SORCERY IS THIS!?"I roared. This was the second time she humiliated me.
"It's called a door." She responded.
"And these doors, are they one every wall?" I asked, spinning around. She giggled a little.
"N-no. they're only on some."  
She walked through, and I followed close behind. We walked down the halls in silence, until her little voice pipped up.
"Uh... what is your name? I mean, if you want to tell me..." She asked.
"I guess since you have beaten me twice, you have a right to know. My name is Stormagedon, ruler of the storms." I replied, puffing out my chest to make myself look as noble as I could. "And what would yours be?"
"Fluttershy." she responded.
"Ok then, ms. Fluttershy, I shall ask you, were is a place away from your filthy species that i can reside in."
she stood, and pondered for a second.
"Well, there is one place I guess." She answered. We reached a glass wall, and it opened on it's own. I jumped back, and stared at it. She walked through, and motioned for me to follow. But as I was walking through, the wall started to close on me! In a moment of panic, I rushed through, and dived behind Fluttershy. She laughed quietly.
"What was that! Walls that open should stay open!" I snorted, getting back onto my hooves.
"It's an automatic door." She replied.
"How does one work?"
She stood there, and looked towards the sky, and I could tell by the look on her face that she had no idea.
"No matter. I am weary. Were is this place of residence?" I responded.
"This way." she answered. The sun was almost gone when we finally reached the house. It was a little cottage home that was highly over grown, and it almost looked as if it had been inhabited by animals. She took out a key and opened the door. It was absolutely horrid inside. Everything was neat and orderly, not a single gem or piece of gold to be seen. The only acceptable sleeping place was the chimney.
"I'll be upstairs if you need me." she said, turning towards the stairs.
"Wait, your staying? did I say you could stay in the place I temporarily reside?" I asked. she hid her face behind her hair and shied backwards.
"I... um... live here." she responded, shrinking away. i looked at her for a second and then turned away.
"Very well. You may stay." Iconcluded. she nodded, and hurried up the stairs. I looked at the chimbly and sighed.
"It's not a cave, but it will have to do." I thought, and climbed inside. It was a little hard to stay up, but once I got situated, lit the fire, it was perfect, and after the day I had, I fell right to sleep.