January 22, 1988
It was a normal winter's day in Equestria. The flying metropolis of Cloudsdale generated multiple cold fronts which stored snow clouds in them and sent them across Equestria. One of the ponies producing this weather was a yellow stallion with a purple mane, named Lightning Fast. Lightning Fast has a wife, Summer Skies, who worked as a weather pony as well, along with her older brother Crested Cloud. Skies was in her eleventh month of pregnancy and so was unable to create or manipulate the weather systems, so she was replaced by her brother.
That same day, Lightning got home from work.
"Honey, I'm home!" he said in a loud voice as he came into their house.
A light blue pegasus mare with a yellow-white mane managed to walk to Lightning Fast, who nuzzled her.
"Hi honey, how was your day?" Summer Skies asked.
"It was nothing special, really. Just another average day at work..." Lightning replied.
"Are you hungry? I made your favorite; hay fries and lettuce-and-tomato salad." Summer Skies asked Lightning.
"Summer, you shouldn't have done that. You're pregnant. You deserve your rest." Lightning replied, nuzzling her.
"I know. But I still wanted to at least do something for you, Lighty." she smiled. 'Lighty' was and is Lightning Fast's nickname amongst his friends and his family.
"Thank you, Summer Skies. I appreciate your help. I really do." he told her. After eating the hay fries, Summer Skies begun to feel slight cramps in her abdominal region.
"Honey, I'm not feeling too well." she told Lightning, who was typing up a business report on his home computer.
"Is everything alright, dear?" Lightning asked his wife.
"I'm fine, I'm just feeling a little bit... stuffed." she replies.
"AAAHH!" she screamed as a sharp pain filled her abdomen. "THE FOAL'S COMING" she screamed. Lightning was quick to react. He grabbed his wife and flew her over to the Cloudsdale Hospital.
It was a fairly short labor which lasted almost 5 hours. By that time, the entire ward was quiet. The foal was born. Summer Skies looked down at her foal, smiling. She snuggled the foal and allowed it to sleep. Meanwhile, in the hospital's lobby, Lightning Fast was waiting patiently for the foal to arrive. His thinking was interrupted by the hospital announcer's voice.
"Attention, may Mr. Lightning Fast go to the Maternity Ward Room 150?" the hospital announcer boomed through the loudspeakers.
Lightning Fast did as he was asked to and hopped into an elevator which took him to floor 12, where the Maternity Ward was located. After locating Room 150, Lightning was overjoyed to see Summer Skies with their new foal.
"Congratulations, Mr. Fast. It's a colt!" the head doctor spoke up.
The colt was fast asleep and was unaware of what was going on. He had his mother's light blue fur and a dark blue mane. Summer Skies spoke up to her husband.
"So, what do you think?" she asked, smiling.
"He's absolutely perfect." Lightning said as he proudly looked down on his wife and his newborn son.
"He's beautiful." Summer Skies said as she nuzzled the little colt on the head. The new family's tender moment was interrupted by a nurse.
"One more thing. What do you want your colt to be called?" she asked.
"I'd like to name him Blue Skye." Summer said.
"I agree. That name really does suit him." Lightning Fast replied.
"It kind of has a nice ring to it." the nurse said and smiled and proceeded to write down his name and birth details on the notepad.
"Welcome to the world, Blue." Summer said, smiling down at her foal.
5 years later...
It was a nice fall day in Cloudsdale, and while very little ponies knew, winter was coming rapidly. In fact, the winter of 1993 was one of the worst winters in Cloudsdale's history, with temperatures plunging to a then-record breaking low of -70 degrees. Lightning Fast, being one of the most experienced flyers on the weather team, took Blue down to a meadow near Ponyville, a small town several miles from Cloudsdale to practice his flying skills.
"What are we going to do today, daddy?" Blue asked his dad as the autumn wind blew across the meadow, making his voice a bit muffled.
"Son, I thought I'd teach you how to fly today." Lightning shouted.
"Okay, daddy." Blue replied. Lightning then positioned Blue where he wanted him standing.
"Son, when I say "go", I want you to trot down this meadow, let's say, up to that tree." he said, pointing to a tree which stood about 50 feet away from them. "Then, I want you to flap your wings. Got it?"
"Yeah!" Blue was excited. He was finally learning how to fly.
"Alright son, go!" Lightning shouted to his young son. Blue did as his father asked of him. He begun to trot down the meadow and flapped his wings as he neared the tree. Blue begun to pull up slightly.
"Look, daddy. I'm flying!" he said proudly, before he dropped down.
"Aww..." the young colt groaned after landing on the grass.
"Well done, son! That was great work!" Lightning said to his son as he ran over to him.
"No it wasn't! I never flew high, daddy." Blue sadly remarked.
"Son, you did great. It doesn't matter how high you fly." Lightning praised him.
"You really think so, daddy?" Blue asked.
"I know so, son. I know so." Lightning said as he hugged him.
"Can I do some more practice?" Blue asked.
"Sure, little guy! I'm sure mom would like to know what we did today!" Lightning told his son.
"You remember how to fly, buddy?" he asked. Blue thought for a second.
"No, not really..." he said. Lightning came over and showed him how to do it.
"Alright, little guy. I want you to trot down this meadow and then flutter your wings. Okay?" Lightning asked him.
"Sure thing, dad!" Blue replied and prepared himself for takeoff again. This time, he got an inch or so higher than before.
"Dad! I flew higher! I flew higher!" Blue shouted with glee as he ran up to his father.
"That's great, Blue! You want to do some more practice?" he asked.
"No thanks. I'm tired." Blue said.
"Alright, son. We're going home." Lightning told his son and he flew them both up to Cloudsdale. After explaining to Summer Skies about what Blue done, Summer hugged Blue and told him that she's proud. Lightning Fast also hugged Blue. A few hours later, Blue was tucked into bed by the two proud parents.