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// 6: My Little Birdie 
// Story: Bring the Thunder 
// by Ze Guest 
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 All of Twilight's friends came almost right after the storm. They must have noticed exactly where the lightning struck and came to see if the tree-library-house hadn't been completely burnt to the ground. Turns out, they demanded to know what caused the storm because there was no way it was natural. But the truth was, not even Twilight knew what the hell happened. "Look I don't know!" she complained to Rainbow Dash for the second time.

Apparently, the storm caught her off guard and sent her into a tree. You could tell where she was hit because there was a little dried blood in her hair. "Well some-pony must be on to us because that thing went away right when I got hit!" the fairly angry Rainbow Dash replied. 

They have only been here for less than a minuet and Twilight was losing her patience and played the last card she could before she slaughtered someone, "All I know was that it might have had something to do with Volt," 

Now, I was just cooped up in the corner trying to avoid the conversation, but now that I have been mentioned, Rainbow Dash had to show at least a little mercy. Right? "Alright then," she walked over to me, her expression still not to light. "What happened? If the storm had something to do with you, you might know a little more," Now we were face to face. 

So, to Rainbow Dash's request, I told the story. I didn't tell about anything leading up to it though in case one of them turned out to be a gossip whore. Of course, as I told them the tale they might have been wondering if I had been making some experiments of my own. (crack, meth, cocaine. Messed up stuff like that in which you probably do anyway because screw the world, right?) Twilight was part-time scientist after all. So I had to act as normal as possible. I haven't been here long and I didn't want the reputation of a crack head. 

I looked outside, it was dark out, darker then the storm, amazingly. "Where are yer casts, Volt?" I turned to Applejack who was the first-er-second to notice. Everyone else caught on.

"I don't know that ether. They just disappeared. They don't seem to be broken anymore, though."

Pinkie's eyes went from serine to complete joy. Wait- oh no. She bounded over to me in slow motion with the hugest, most innocent smile on her face. My unfortunate life flashed before my eyes as she flung her foreleg around me. I my lungs were instantly flattened and I squeaked. When Pinkie Pie let go of me, air rushed right into my lungs. The next second I fell to the ground, moaning.

Twilight was looking through a book of old legends to see if she could find answers. She didn't look lucky. "Nothing makes sense. There is no way this should have happened," 

And if things couldn't get worse, a bird flew though the window and started flying around. Rarity and Applejack ducked for cover, Twilight and Pinkie Pie ran to the kitchen, Fluttershy just stood there and watched the bird, I couldn't even find Rainbow Dash, and Spike being the only useful guy, chased it around with a broom. The bird landed on my shoulder and Spike ran up to me to hit the bird off but luckily, I stopped him. The bird started rubbing up against me like I was it's mother or something and I'll tell you this, I am not in the mood for children.

" Awwwwwww," Fluttershy said as she watched us. 

I just rolled my eyes and said, "It's okay everybody, it doesn't look like it wants to kill us," 

Pinkie Pie popped her head out of the kitchen."Everybody?" she asked. " I thought ponies said every-pony?"

" Yes," I said "but this one doesn't. Now come on out." 

And with that, everyone came out. It turns out that Rainbow Dash was the best hidden out of all of us, she was hiding at the top of one of the bookshelves. "Well, well, well. You are quite a good hider, Dashie, I wonder which side of the family you got that talent from." 

Rainbow Dash turned to me." Shut the hell up," And that got everyone to laugh. They all looked at the bird that was perched on me. 

"Wait, what's that on it's foot?" Rarity asked. I looked at the feet.

"It's a note," I said. Rarity untied the note with her magic and I read it. It was spooky.

-Volt
Be prepared. Astheno can help.
- a friend

I read it aloud to everyone. They said nothing when I finished. How did this guy know who I was? And I certainly know anybody as a friend who could send birds. To an exact location in which no one would check. And be prepared for what? The note fell out of my hoof. "What friend?" Rainbow Dash asked.

I didn't answer her. Twilight pulled out another book and flipped through it. "It's a Nightingale. The bird is a female Nightingale. Volt, you can't keep that! It's endangered, and  it's illeg-" Twilight stopped for some reason. What reason? Beats me. But she only got weirder from there." She looks cute, maybe Fluttershy could help you raise her."

Everybody seemed confused, especially Fluttershy. " Wait, I thought you were just saying I couldn't keep her." I said.

Twilight cocked her head to the side." What? Why would I say that?"

Pinkie Pie, all of the sudden became alarmist." Twilight! Are you alright?! Do you have Alzheimer's?!"

I stared at Pinkie Pie along with everyone else. Alzheimer's? I don't quite think Twilight is at that age yet.

I looked at it the bird. "Astheno..." I mused " you're  Astheno, huh?'" she chirped happily and flew over to the door. When she landed on the cabinet next to it, someone knocked.

Twilight answered the door, they were guards." May I help you two?" she asked them.

"Princess Twilight Sparkle, you and your friends are requested by  Princesses Celistia and Luna. The word seems dire," 

We looked at Astheno again, she was standing on the note right where it said " Be prepared."