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Chapter 2: Blue Lightning and Apples

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Location: Unknown -?

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The Alphas;
-Alpha
-Delta
-Foxtrot
-Juliet
-November (injured)
-Papa
-Sierra
-Whiskey
-X-Ray
-Zulu

On a peaceful evening, black clouds appeared rather suddenly, blue lightning crashing and disturbing the previous peace. Violent winds gushed and whooshed through the trees and towns, wrecking havoc with strong torrents of winds.

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-Ponyville-

Bright light suddenly crackled across the calm evening sky above Ponyville. The ponies that lived in the small town were startled by the sudden anomaly. Knowing that the pegasus controlled the weather, the ponies; the unicorns and earth ponies complained to the winged horses.

However, the pegasus were also very confused by the sudden change in the weather. Their powers were somehow useless against it in some way.

Like lightning, the bright blue lights danced across the used-to-be-calm sky. Shattering the peace with the almighty power of thunder, the thunderous sounds echoed, rattling the mountains, the homes of Ponyville and ultimately Equestria.

"Twilight..." Spike said, addressing his friend's name to get her attention.

Spike was a small baby dragon with purple scales and green spines.

The blue thunder crashed again, louder this time.

"The pegasus aren't doing this, right?" the baby dragon asked his friend Twilight Sparkle as she joined him to the window.

"Yeah, they aren't." Twilight Sparkle the unicorn said, walking up next to Spike.

Twilight was a purple unicorn along with a dark purple mane and a cutie mark that represented magic.

"This weather is so... weird." Twilight said as Owlowiscious, her pet owl landed on her back.

"Who." Owlowiscious hooted, as if he was agreeing with Twilight.

In the 'Golden Oaks Library' in Ponyville, Twilight, Spike, and Owlowiscious lived together.

The thunder then rumbled high and deep in the clouds above. The three stared up into the black clouds, an odd weather appearing in the early evening.

"And there isn't rain falling." Twilight commented, putting her face close to the window. "I've never seen anything like this before!"

"Well..." Spike said, pressing his face against the glass window of the library. "I hope it isn't something bad."

"I hope too, Spike." Twilight said, agreeing with the dragon. "I hope so too..."

"Who." Owlowiscious hooted, sounding again as if he was agreeing with Twilight and Spike.

The sky then lit up a dark shade of blue and rumbled, the lightning striking again.

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"Oh... Wow..." a soft voice said as the thunder was softly rumbling in the clouds. "That's really loud..."

Fluttershy was a yellow pegasus with pink hair with a very timid personality.

The shy pegasus peeked outside the window to see what was the main cause of the scary noise. As she peeked out the window, a loud noise from the clouds above crashed loudly, terrifying the pegasus.

Diving for cover on top of a couch under a blanket, Fluttersky shook in fear as lightning crashed.

Angel, Fluttershy's pet bunny hopped over to where Fluttershy was and tried to comfort here. But no avail.

Fluttershy was shaking so hard that Angel flew back back onto the ground.

"Please pass by, please pass by..." Fluttershy said, shaking violently under the blankets.

Angel facehooved himself and shook his head. He couldn't believe that the thunder would send his owner like this.

The lightning crashed again, sending Fluttershy to squeal in fear and shake even more than before.

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"Yay! Thunder!" a happy pink pony screamed happily.

An overenthusiastic pink pony bounced in joy of the amazing sound of thunder. Party pony Pinkie Pie squealed in joy as the thunder clapped loudly.

"We need a party!" Pinkie Pie said, jumping towards the door.

Somehow opening it while jumping, the wind violently blew in, knocking Pinkie Pie deep in the house. Slamming onto the ground, the walls and ceiling, Pinkie Pie giggled and laughed as she was having fun.

Not getting hurt even with the wind pushing and squishing her to the floor, Pinkie Pie was unscratched by the powerful wind.

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Outside in the trees, a pegasus by the name of Rainbow Dash was closing her eyes to rest.

Not to sleep, but to just relax her eyes.

Resting in the trees around Ponyville, Rainbow Dash relaxed with a pillow, a cozy blanket and a handy pair of ear plugs. Oblivious of the thunder and wind, Rainbow Dash continued to close her eyes as the wind rocked the tree back and forth slowly at first.

Thinking that it was a couple of fillies or her friends, Rainbow Dash spoke up.

"Hey, quit it." Rainbow Dash said, one of her hooves out with her eyes still closed. "I know you're there, so stop it."

The wind suddenly stopped, earning a smile on Rainbow Dash's face.

"Now, how about that?" Rainbow Dash said, bringing her blanket up to her face. "That wasn't so ha-"

*WHOOSH*

A violent gust of wind shook the tree so hard that Rainbow Dash rocketed out of the tree into a ginormous mud puddle. Now in mud head to toe, Rainbow Dash muttered under her breath as the mud dripped from her head.

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The awesome sound of thunder continued to roll deep in the thick clouds, a particular lady pony not very fond of it.

"This... horrendous weather!" a purple maned unicorn said with a lady tone. "I can't even concentrate with these awful noises! Horrible! Just horrible!"

Rarity the unicorn paced back and forth in her comfortable abode to work on a small mini fashion project that she had set a goal to. But with the noises, Rarity couldn't even concentrate.

"But I do hope that Sweetie Belle is alright!" Rarity said, walking up to the window and staring out to the clouds.

Sweetie Belle, Rarity's younger sister was at Applejack's place for a sleepover.

"I just can't imagine THIS weather on a farm!"

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The apple trees in Sweet Apple Acres shook violently as the winds against the fruit bearing trees. Apples blew off as if they were nothing. Digging into the ground and flying up in the air, the apples flew around the whole farm.

Applajack, a member of the Apple family looked worryingly out the window. Sh wasn't worried about the apples, but her younger sister Apple Bloom along with two of her friends were out in the orchard in their club house.

Applejack was an earth pony with emerald green eyes, a light blonde mane and a strong pair of legs. A farmer in the family-run farm and orchard, Applejack was a proud earth pony.

Continuing to stare out the window, Applejack couldn't open the doors as she was going to mess up the rooms of the house with the violent winds outside again.

Unable to step outside to see if Apple Bloom and her friends were fine, all Applejack could do was wait.

"I hope that Apple Bloom and her friends are alright..." Applejack said with a southern accent.

"Yep." Big Macintosh said in agreement.

Big Macintosh was the older brother of Applejack and Apple Bloom. A red stallion with few words, Big Macintosh was a hard worker on the farm. He too was a bit worried about the horrible weather.

"Eh, they'll be fine!" Granny Smith, the grandmother of Applejack, Apple Bloom, and Big Macintosh said across the room. "I just know it, young-ins!"

Green just like a Granny Smith apple, Granny Smith was the oldest in the family and a bit up in the head.

"Er- We're glad that you do, Granny Smith!" Applejack said, a little disbelief in her voice.

"Yep." Big Macintosh said.

It was so bad outside it squished the spirit of Applejack.

"Oh... Please let them be alright!" Applejack said as the winds rustled the trees.

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Deep in Sweet Apple Acres, the Cutie Mark Crusaders; Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo huddled together in the corner of the dark club house. Shaking in fear and worry, the trio was afraid because of the loud sound and the wind.

The Crusaders hugged one another to hopefully calm each other down.

"This is such scary weather!" Apple Bloom said with a southern accent just like Applejack.

Apple Bloom, younger sister of Applejack had a light grayish olive coat with a bright red mane along with golden/red eyes. A red bow that matched her mane sat cutely on top of her head.

"I-it is!" Sweetie Belle said, the younger sister of Rarity the unicorn.

Sweetie Belle had a light gray coat, a deep mulberry mane, and beautiful harlequin eyes.

Scootaloo, another member of the Cutie Mark Crusaders and friends of Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle, nodded in agreement, shivering.

Scootaloo was a pegasus with an orange coat, light purplish mane, and grayish-purple eyes.

The house creaked as the winds creaked the club house and rattling the items inside. The shelves and supplies for the Cutie Mark Crusaders fell over, littered all over the place.

But suddenly, a brilliantly bright blue light shot out from the sky as a pillar. The Cutie Mark Crusaders took notice of the beautiful light, the violent weather also suddenly stopping. The black clouds were somehow gone as the giant blue pillar of light glowed brighter, shining all over Ponyville and Equestria.

"Wow!" Scootaloo said, a smile on her face as the dazzling display of the light glowed.

All three of the ponies squeezed together, looking out the window.

"It's pretty!" Sweetie Belle said, a smile on her face also.

The blue light danced around in a form of the auroras, a dark beautiful sapphire color in a straight pillar. The pillar then 'exploded', lights going in such a way of Rainbow Dash's sonic rainboom.

"Whoa, that was intense!" Apple Bloom said, looking towards her friends and Cutie Mark Crusader members.

"Should we go check it out?" Scootaloo asked. "This may be a sign for our cutie marks!"

"Er... I don't know about that Scootaloo." Apple Bloom replied. "Applejack should've been really worried about the weather just now. And she'll be angry when she finds out we were exploring outside."

"Well, the weather is nice and the sky is clear." Sweetie Belle said, looking up at the sky.

The early evening was now finally settling in, the clear sky finally showing a few stars.

"And it's for our CUTIE MARKS, Apple Bloom!" Scootaloo said. "This can be another chance!"

After giving a few seconds of the thought, Apple Bloom nodded with a smile.

"Let's go!"

Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo smiled also and dashed out of the club house in the early evening. The cool air brushed softly across the sky, the horrible weather before now long gone.

Running towards the place where they saw the light, Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo were excited and happy if the light was a sign. Just a little bit nervous of what might be at the light, the trio just couldn't wait.

However, while running, the Cutie Mark Crusaders saw a figure dash in the shadows. Skidding to a stop, they all heard a rustle of the leaves.

"Di-did you see that?" Sweetie Belle asked, all of them now close to each other.

"Ye-ye-yeah!..." Scootaloo replied, looking around the trees in Sweet Apple Acres.

Scared, afraid of what the figure was, the Cutie Mark Crusaders waited for what the mysterious noise was.

Now silence filled the air, a breath of relief was heard from the fillies, glad that the figure haven't approached or even seen them.

"Whew!" Apple Bloom said, breathing in relief that was clos-"

*SNAP*

A sound of branches breaking were heard in the apple trees. Dashing to the nearest apple tree for cover, the Cutie Mark Crusaders trembled and stuck to the trunk of the tree.

Scootaloo peeked around the tree trunk to see if anything was coming for them. Fortunately, nothing was coming for them.

"The coast is clear!" Scootaloo whispered to Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle.

Sweetie Belle nodded while Apple Bloom was on the other side of the tree trunk, watching something.

"Huh? What is it, Apple Bloom?" Sweetie Belle asked, seeing that Apple Bloom look around the trunk.

"Someone's stealing the apples!" Apple Bloom whispered back, pointing her hoof in the direction of the figure in the shadows.

Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle looked around the tree trunk to see what Apple Bloom was looking at.

Faraway at a far apple tree, the Cutie Mark Crusaders could see a figure picking the apples from the ground and tree. Looking at each apple if it was good enough, the thief would throw the bad ones back to the ground.

Apple Bloom with a disapproving look didn't like that fact that someone was using the weather as cover to steal her family's apples.

"Maybe our cutie marks is about bringing thieves to justice!" Apple Bloom said, watching the figure's every move.

Suddenly, the figure stiffened and looked around. It seemed like as if it knew it was being watched. The figure then bolted, low and fast towards the thicket of trees.

"Great, the thief is also stealing a basket, too!" Apple Bloom said, seeing the apple basket in the hands of the thief. "Great, just great!"

"Should we follow the thief then?" Scootaloo asked.

Looking down, she realized that Apple Bloom wasn't underneath her.

"I'm already ahead of ya!" Apple Bloom said, galloping towards the apple thief.

Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo joined Apple Bloom in the little mission they all were about to embark on.

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The town square was littered with debris and junk, the citizens of Ponyville fairly unhappy about the weather that had they had just experienced.

Fuming and trying to fix and repair the small things that were done by the weather, the ponies wondered what was the cause of the weather.

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Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo now found themselves on the edge of the Everfree Forest. The trees were high, moss covering the thick bark of the trees. The wind howled out of forest, warning the Crusaders not to come.

Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo had a scared look on their face as with previous experiences with the Everfree Forest and listening to terrifying stories about them. But Apple Bloom wasn't scared because she wanted to bring the apple thief to justice.

"Are you coming?" Apple Bloom asked, looking towards her friends Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo.

"Ye-yeah." Sweetie Belle said. "This can be our chance to get our cutie marks!"

Scootaloo nodded in agreement.

The trio then made their way into the Everfree Forest. The forest was dark and damp, the muddy ground squishing beneath the hooves of the Cutie Mark Crusaders.

"Apple Bloom, the thief came through here, right?" Scootaloo asked, looking at the tall dark trees that were around them.

"Yeah." Apple Bloom replied, her eyes and mind focused to at least find the apple thief. "I want to-"

An odd noise interrupted Apple Bloom, a sound of chatter of many ponies.

"Shh, you hear that?" Sweetie Belle asked very quietly.

Scootaloo and Apple Bloom nooded, the sounds getting very close with each step. A hoof after hoof, the Cutie Mark Crusaders were at the point that they were at some kind of campsite. They all heard fire crackling and the sound of voices.

"Hey, where did you find these apples, Foxtrot?" a deep male voice asked, food in the male's mouth.

"They're eating the apples!" Apple Bloom whispered, so quiet enough that Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo couldn't hear her voice.

"I found an orchard that was FULL of apples." a female voice replied, a crunch of an apple following right after. "There's also a town nearby... We should get there by the morning."

"Yeah, but fucking APPLES?" another male voice asked. "I prefer meat. MANLY meat."

"Ow!" the male's voice said, a slap being heard. "What was that for?"

"You know what that was for!" the one named Foxtrot said. "You have the disgusting imagination in existence."

"Yeah, yeah..." the male voice said. "Anyway, who's going hunting?"

"X-Ray." the deep male voice replied.

"Him?" the male voice exclaimed. "Out of all people, you sent him?!"

"Yep." the deep voice replied, taking a bite out of another apple.

A fire was cackling as Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo heard it.

"We should go back." Scootaloo whispered softly, loud enough for Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle to hear.

The two fillies nodded before something what one of the thieves had said surprised them.

"Hey, you hear that?" the male voice said, getting up fro his seat.

"What?" the deep male voice asked, a mouth full of apple.

"Nope, never mind. False alarm." the male voice said, sitting back down. "And now X-Ray? Really Papa? X-Ray can't catch anything because..."

"Now's our chance!" Apple Bloom said, starting to creep away from the camp site.

Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo started to sprint but crashed into something big. Something very tall.

Hitting their heads against something hard, Apple Bloom looked up to see a thing standing on two feet with something rectangular on it's back. All the face was an 'X', and was fully dressed in back. The fillies had never seen anything like it.

But then realizing that it was coming for them, the three fillies started to scream and run the opposite direction. Right into the campsite of the thieves.

With a grunt, the Cutie Mark Crusaders tripped to where the fire was.

"Well shit, X-Ray!" the male with a tough body said.

Wearing body armor along with a helmet, the fillies were horrified and amazed to see such odd creatures.

"You actually got a few things!"

"Whiskey, I told you so." a deep voice said.

"Yeah, whatever, Papa." the one with the name Whiskey said. "I'm going to skin them." he said, getting a knife out.

To Be Continued...

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A/N: Yep.

Cliffhanger! xD

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