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// Strike of Lightning 
// Story: I Promise 
// by pokeking95 
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	“Lightning, you shouldn’t get yourself into trouble so much!  I mean, suspension?  Seriously?  No wonder Mom and Dad were so mad!”

“They had it coming!”

“Maybe, but did you really have to pick a fight with them?”

“They started it!”

“Not the point, Lightning.  They were only trying to get you mad, and you fell for it.  I mean, look at yourself!  All those cuts and bruises… and that black eye!”

“Then what am I supposed to do?  I can’t go through school every day and just let them make fun of me!”

“Yes, Dusty, but punching one of them in the face is not the answer, no matter how much she deserved it.”

“So then what would you do, huh Lyra?”

“Ignore them.  Just ignore them, and when they figure out you aren’t going to be their target anymore they’ll leave you alone.”

“...”

“Will you do that, sis?”

“…I guess I can try.”

“There you go.  If you don’t get into any more fights, everypony is better off.”