The Legend of Lightning Ace 2 : Rise of Storms

by LightningAce7

Prologue

The Legend of Lightning Ace 2

Rise of Darkness

By LightningAce7

Prologue

It had been three years since Lightning Ace, a blue pegasus with a dark brown mane and tail got his cutiemark, four since he moved to Ponyville, and over a decade since leaving his place of birth, Cloudsdale. When his journey began, he was little more than a little colt, foolhardy and hot blooded. He often found himself in fights with any, if not all the bullies. He would often return home with his dark brown mane and tail roughed up and his blue coat matted and scoffed. It was all to protect his friend, Derpy Hooves, a grey pegasus with a blonde mane and tail and bubbles for a cutiemark. She was often picked on for her strange eye condition, and was a favorite target for Lightning's rival, Cloud Breaker.

Cloud Breaker was a brutish pegasus that ruled the school with an iron hoof, beating up anypony smaller than himself and anyone that erked him in any way. Lightning was often all that stood between him and Derpy, and he hated his guts for it. One fateful day Cloud went too far, and foalnapped Derpy to draw Lightning out.

The next day Lightning's father returned home from his latest expedition to check on his family. After his father, Thunder Ace invited Lightning and his friend Derpy and his new friend Rainbow Dash to come along. Lightning then told him of his getting into flight camp, which he was proud of. Once all that was out of the way the group then set out on their journey. Along the way they faced many dangers on their way to the ruins. They even managed to fend off an alpha timber wolf. They eventually made it into Ghastly Gorge where the ruin itself awaited them.

Upon entering they were shocked to learn of the Thunderstorm Tribe of pegasi. They were an ancient civilization that was around during the times before the rule of the princesses Celestia and Luna. They eventually then learned of what happened to them. They were wiped out by the pegasus empire Pegasopholos led by the Commander Hurricane. While they were contimplating all this, Lightning triggered an ancient passageway that led to what was referred to as the "Warrior's Proving Grounds". After avoiding several death traps the group made it to what they thought to be a resting chamber. They were wrong. Some mechanisms activated that resulted in the foals getting separated from Lightning's father. Then the Alpha Timber Wolf returned and entered the fight as Thunder got overwhelmed by the undead and the wolf itself. The foals escaped, with Lightning's father presumably gone.

After they made their way out of the Everfree they had a moment of silence before returning home. From there Lightning and Rainbow Dash went to Flight Camp, where after another encounter with Cloud Breaker Lightning met Flash Firestorm, a navy blue pegasus with a flame colored mane and tail. His wings also featured flame coloring at the tips. After a few more events Lightning winded up with a broken wing stranded on the ground with Flash.

It was then that they met Applejack, who helped Flash carry Lightning to Manehattan, where she lived. After a month of living with her they then witnessed what appeared to be a Sonic Rainboom from over the horizon. It had given Applejack a sense of urgency to return to her hometown, Ponyville, to see her family again. They then traveled over the Foal Mountains, where Flash displayed an interesting power after they were attacked by a mysterious assassin. They found an unusual iron buckle from her sword's sheath's strap, and took it with them on a detour to Canterlot, where they met a devout student named Twilight Sparkle. After being redirected to the librarian of the Ponyville Library, the group boarded a train with a special book and an escort guard. The book was a copy of "Mare in the Moon". It was on the train that the guard told Lightning and friends that the buckle belonged to a secret society called the "Sons of Pegasopholos". Shortly after the train was attacked by members of the cult, wielding steel and cutting down anypony in their way. When they reached Lightning's car it was revealed that Cloud Breaker was with them, and had come along to kill Lightning and his friends out of sheer hatred.

After Lightning and his friends successfully repel the attack and with the help of the guard get almost everypony out of harms way, they detach the rear of the train where more of the fiends are coming from. The guard gets separated from the group and they make it to Ponyville. As they got off the train Applejack could no longer contain her joy, and gave Lightning a huge hug for helping her get there. She then dragged him off to show him around as Rainbow Dash and Flash are left to find themselves a home. They then found and eventually managed to repair a derelect cloud house on the edge of town.

Meanwhile elsewhere love was starting to spark between Lightning and Applejack, leading to many awkward and embarrassing moments. Such as the school play, in which the final scene had them kissing on stage. Several years passed after that, and as affections between them grew, he eventually noticed his blank flank once more. One dark morning, he decided that it was time to get his mark. He searched for a while until an unusually energenic storm was spotted over Sweet Apple Acres. He entered the storm and soon found himself struck several times by the strange, magical lightning. It did not kill him however, and instead left him with puzzling markings. He now had a mark, though his mane and tail now also sported similar lightning bolt marks.

Three years later he still has no answers to how he got his mark. And so he decided to go on an expidition of his own. He returned to the ruins in Ghastly Gorge to hopefully solve the mystery of his father's death, and maybe learn of other mysteries. All the while the Summer Sun Celebration draws closer.

Comments

[Some Random Girl]

Not bad at all.