Weather Hunters

[At home…]

"Are you ready?" asked Ace.

"Ready for what?" asked Teddy.

"Yeah, what's this all about?" asked Lancer.

"We're going weather hunting," said Ace.

"What's that?" asked Teddy.

"It's when we go out looking for the meanest weather," said Ace.

"M-m-meanest weather?" stuttered Lancer.

"Yeah, it's dangerous but I think the three of us can handle it. We can ride bikes to follow the storm but first we'll need to see what the weather is like today. *he goes on the computer and searches* says strong thunderstorms today. It's a good start but we need storms that make funnels so that we can follow them.

"We'll get hurt," said Lancer.

"Aw don't be such a baby, Lancer," said Teddy.

"Yeah, Lancer, it'll be fine," said Ace.

"Are you sure?" asked Lancer.

"Positive, my bike has been equipped with the technology necessary," said Ace. It also has two side cars that have roofs on them to keep you two dry and out of danger.

"How long do we wait?" asked Teddy.

"When the storm gets bad enough, we go," said Ace. [Later that day…] Awesome, we've got a big storm coming, let's head out! *the trio get on Ace's bike and they head out* We have to take north Ponyville Rd to catch this storm. I can see it in the distance. *Lightning flashes and thunder crackles* We need to be close enough to see the funnel but not be in the funnel itself.

"Do you see the funnel yet?" asked Teddy.

"Not yet," said Ace. The storm is rotating though, meaning we could get a funnel very soon. * sirens wind-up* There's a city nearby so their warning system has just been activated.

"Why? There's no tornado," said Lancer.

"There will be," said Ace. Cities need to warn their ponies early so they have time to get into a shelter as funnels can do lots of damage and injure ponies like us.

"Then what are we doing here?" asked Lancer.

"Following this storm," said Ace. I know it's a dangerous job but if we can help scientist ponies out, we'll make the warnings more effective. There's a funnel dropping down now. It's pretty thin.

"I can't see it," said Lancer.

"Me neither," said Teddy.

"It's wrapped in rain now," said Ace. Now it's even more dangerous because we can't see it. That also means no one else can see it unless they come at the storm in a different way. We should get back now, this is too dangerous for us since this is just our first time.

"I agree," said Lancer.

"Let's get out of here," said Teddy. *Ace pedals home*

"Ah well, we'll have to wait for a less dangerous storm but still one that makes a funnel," said Ace. I hope someone out there gets the necessary info so we can get better warnings out.

"I hope that city is going to be okay," said Lancer.

"That too, Lancer," said Ace. Maybe we can watch it on the Mother Nature Channel. *he turns on the TV*

"This is live from Pony Town as this city was just hit by a funnel minutes ago," said Dan. We don't know the strength of this funnel yet but we do know that many homes are damaged or destroyed. We fear that we may have lost some of the folks in that city but we'll have to wait until more reports come in.

"We were lucky," said Lancer. We could've been in that storm.

"I know that if we got caught in that storm and didn't make it back, I think a lot of people here would've been very upset," said Ace.

"Glad we got out when we did," said Teddy. Well, I'm going home, see ya.

"Me too, later, Ace," said Lancer. *They exit Ace's house*

"This year is just getting started," thought Ace. We got only a small taste of what this time of year brings. We may not have gotten into the storm but we've learned a valuable lesson: Never go after a storm that is more dangerous than you can handle. Someday we'll return and succeed in our quest to be Weather Hunters.