Thunder boomed through the early morning sky as rain poured in buckets down to the town of Ponyville. Doors and shutters were closed as Ponies slept in, oblivious to the storm raging outside. On a hill, just out of the town, a lavender Unicorn with a dark purple and magenta coloured mane and a small purple dragon with green spines tried to withstand the high winds, operating a strange machine. plastic poles with cupped edges spun around, powered by the gale. Paper with red lines wavered up and down in a random pattern trailed out the side, to immediately be grabbed in a magenta aura of magic.
"This storm is the worst we've seen in almost a century!" The Unicorn said. Beside her, the dragon pulled at her mane.
"Twilight! Come back inside! it's dangerous out here!"
"No, Spike, I need to record this, it's important!" Twilight denied. Spike let out a frustrated huff. The lightning started to get more ferocious, forks of electricity starting to become visible through the thick clouds. The results from the machine were getting wilder and wilder.
"The electrical pulses are growing! This storm is getting worse!" Twilight exclaimed. The flashes were getting more consistent, the gaps in between shortening. She could sense some magical forces within it, puzzling and intriguing her.
Just then, four burst of lightning erupted from the sky at the same point. They originated from four completely different points, but they attracted together and didn't disappear as usual.
"Something's happening, Spike! Get back to the library!" Spike nodded and scurried off down the hill and towards their home. The lightning then started to build up a ball of energy where they crossed. Twilight stepped back a few paces before a massive bolt of lightning struck the earth in front of her, creating a small explosion of electricity which short-circuited her machine. She let out a squeal and ducked behind a nearby bush. The bright beam of energy that had attacked the ground faded, revealing a Pegasus.
Her pelt was a dark blue colour , adorned with wings that were lined with lighter blue streaks on the tips of their feathers. Her mane was also a light shade of blue, it was spiked upwards at the front, but flowing messily at the back. Her eyes were amber, revealing the spark of adrenaline and the ferocity of lightning itself.
The Pegasus shook her head and stumbled a bit, before looking around at her surroundings, scanning the hillside and undergrowth. Twilight, who was still hiding in the cover of a bush, gasped in confusion.
"I know your there." sounded the Pegasus's deep, raspy voice. Twilight gingerly stepped out of the bush, revealing herself to the newcomer.
"Who are you?" Twilight asked, excited, puzzled and a tiny bit suspicious.
"Eh, the name's Thunder Slash." The mare replied, shrugging off the question.
"Where did you come from?" Twilight pressed. Thunder Slash sighed.
"Listen, I need to speak To Blazing Streak. Is she here? Its urgent."
She knows Blazing?
"Yes, she lives here, but it's very early, why don't you come to my library and stay the night?" Twilight offered, caution growing. Thunder Slash shook her head.
"No, I need to talk to her Now." It was Twilight's turn to sigh.
"She lives on Sweet Apple Acres with her wife, Applejack." The Pegasus in front of her stopped for a second.
"Wife? Huh, didn't know she was a fillyfooler. So where is Sweet Apple Acres?" Twilight signaled for her to follow.
Thunder Slash fell in beside her, revealing details that Twilight couldn't see before. She had some scars on her right cheek.
What has this pony been doing?
Then she noticed her cutie mark. It was three forks of lightning erupting from a cloud.
"Are you sure you want to be outside in this storm?" Twilight reasoned, ignoring the strange symbol. Although it had been dying down since Thunder Slash arrived, it was still a storm, which weren't very nice to be in. The mare just chuckled and kept going.
I'm missing something here..
"So what did you want to say to her?" Twilight attempted to coax some answers out of Thunder Slash, who ignored her question.
The cloudy sky started to grow lighter, clouds drifted apart, revealing the morning sun and stopping the onslaught of rain. Pegasi flew in from ell directions and started to demolish the clouds. Birds perched on trees in the distance, singing their melodies. They crossed onto the path to Sweet Apple Acres, where they could hear the cockerel waking every pony there up. Reaching the top of the hill, Twilight could make out Applejack starting on a row of trees, while a red Pegasus with a flame orange mane took off behind her and started doing laps at breakneck speeds around the orchard. Twilight could see her rocketing round like a fireball.
"That's her." She said
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Blazing Streak and Applejack lay together in bed, arms, legs and tails intertwined in a warm mess. Their muzzles lay just centimeters apart, Blazing Streak could feel Applejack's apple scented, warm breath on her nose. A storm raged outside, preventing either of them from doing anything. Blazing opened one eye, startled at the sound of a particularly loud clash of thunder. Her wife, Applejack, also opened her eyes.
"Mornin', firefly." She whispered, closing the small distance between their muzzles and pressing her lips against Blazing Streak's. She smiled as she returned the kiss, once again feeling the spark flow through her.
"Morning, AJ. This storm has been going on for ages now." She replied as they separated. Applejack just grinned as she stared into Blazing Streak's eyes.
"Ah reckon Ah want it ta last a while longer, Ah'm a might comfortable here." She giggled softly. Blazing Streak smirked in agreement.
She buried her face in the crook of her wife's neck and tried to go back to sleep. No matter the comfort, or how hard she tried, something was preventing her from drifting off. She felt something, deep inside, but couldn't figure out what it was. She felt love, although that was a given, it was something else. It felt like something was wrong, but she couldn't quite put her hoof on it.
"Ya'll okay, Firefly?" Applejack whispered, apparently still awake.
"Yeah, I'm alright." She didn't want to ruin the moment for Applejack.
"Aw come on, sugar cube, Ah've been married ta ya fer three n' a half years now, Ah can tell when something's up" She pressed.
"No, AJ, it's nothing to worry about, I'm okay, seriously." She insisted. Thankfully, Applejack didn't ask anymore questions. The odd feeling inside her began to ebb away. She also noticed the storm outside slowly clearing.
Was it something to do with the storm?
It would make sense, the feeling began at the most ferocious part of the electrical chaos, and faded with it.
But why?
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"I'll only be a sec, AJ. Gotta stretch my wings, it feels like I haven't flown in a month." She stretched her wings and launched herself into the sky. The storm clouds had disappeared, releasing a beautiful looking day. She started doing laps a few hundred hooves above the farm. The usual cone of flame appeared, indicating that she was flying at a high speed.
After one or two laps, she spotted something out the corner of her eye. She recognized Twilight, but there was some pony else beside her. Puzzled, she landed near to where Applejack was working.
"Twilight's here, and she's brought someone." She told her. Applejack halted her bucking and trotted over.
"Who'd she bring?" She asked her.
"Didn't recognize her." She replied.
"Hey, girls!" Twilight's voice grabbed their attention.
"Twilight? Who was that with you?" The mare in question appeared beside her.
"This is Thunder Slash." She told them how she found her and that she was looking for Blazing Streak. By the end of the story, Blazing Streak had a skeptical look on her face.
"You mean this Pegasus just appeared in the middle of a storm and wanted to see me for a reason she didn't give you? I'm sorry, but if you wanted to talk to me, Thunder Slash, then I'm not keeping secrets from my friends. They have a right to know as well, what did you want?" She asked, suspicion raising. There was something about Thunder Slash that she didn't like.
"No, I need to speak to you. In private." The mare growled. "None of them need to know about this."
"Like I said, Slash, they're my friends, and I will not keep secrets from them. Tell Us." Blazing Streak retorted. Thunder Slash looked as if she was about to object more, but then she relaxed.
"Fine, have it your way. I've heard about what happened with you four years ago, with Night Whisper. Well..." She looked as if she was trying to find the right words. "Well, there's been a new Prophecy, I'm afraid that was only the beginning."
"What?!" Blazing Streak, Twilight and Applejack exclaimed in shock and confusion.
"I don't completely know what is going to happen, but I do know it has something to do with us, Blazing. I was told that Fire and Lightning must join to meet the coming dark." She warned them.
"What do you mean 'fire and lightning'?" Blazing Streak asked. In reply, Thunder Slash raised a hoof, a moment later electricity sparked from within it. Applejack and Twilight stepped back in unease. Blazing Streak, however, didn't. Instead she raised her own hoof, conjuring a flame.
"Fire and lightning.." Blazing Streak muttered to herself.
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The dim light of Luna's moon shone through the window of Blazing Streak and Applejack's room. Inside, they lay together on their double bed.
"What a day!" Blazing Streak exclaimed.
"Ah know. Hey, do ya'll know if 'Slash has anywhere ta stay? Ah mean, as far as Ah know, she can't go back ta Helvada." They had learned that Thunder Slash had come from the same world as Blazing Streak originally had.
"I couldn't help but notice Twilight was... eager for her to stay in the library." She managed to smirk, despite the warning Thunder Slash gave her rattling around in her mind.
"So ya'll are sayin'..." Applejack paused for a brief moment before bursting into laughter, closely followed by Blazing Streak.
After a few seconds of not being able to breath, they both calmed down. Blazing Streak's face became serious.
"I'm not sure I trust Thunder Slash. I mean, she just appears in a storm out of nowhere and then goes and tells me that the whole world is in danger, again. She didn't even tell us how she got the information, for all I know it could be a tr-"
"Sugar cube, yer ranting." Applejack interrupted her.
"Uh, heh, sorry."
"Ah can't say Ah can trust her completely either, but we gotta give her a chance. If she is tellin' the truth, then we'll have ta trust her." Applejack reasoned. Blazing Streak was uncertain, but gave a nod, showing she understood.
"Hey, let's not worry 'bout that now, Firefly. C'mere." Applejack rolled over and pulled her into a warm hug, which she gladly returned. She smiled and kissed her wife on the lips.
"Night, AJ. Sweet dreams." said Blazing Streak.
"Night, Firefly, you too."
They both drifted off in each others' warmth.