CHAPTER 1

Lightning Flicker

"C'mon team! You can do it!" I shouted over the noise of thunder. Sky Bird and Thunder Wing both looked exhausted. Silver Rain and Storm Heart were messing around. I stopped for a moment, letting my group catch up. "Guys, it's training! You need to stay near me at least!" Silver Rain snorted. "Just because you are the captain doesn't mean we don't get our say in things!" I rolled my eyes. "I always let you guys do things. Training day is when we train, not mess around." A silence fell over everyone, and I could hear Sky Bird taking deep breaths. "Sky Bird, you ok?" I asked without looking at her. I heard her sigh. "I-I'm fine…" She said. I really liked Sky Bird. She tried so hard to do her best, and when she didn't succeed she got back up and tried harder. "Ok, we're done training for the day. You guys can all go." Everyone sighed, and then they were all gone, except for Thunder Wing. "Hey bro, aren't you going to go home? I'll be home soon to make you something for dinner I guess." Thunder Wing shook his head. "I'm ok, sis. I just am a little mad about how Silver Rain was acting." I sighed, and tapped my wing on his head. "You're just going to have to ignore him." I said. "He is desperate to become the leader so he is trying to act like one." Thunder wing blurted out, "You can't let him be the next leader!" I smiled. "I was never going to. I already have the next leader in mind." Thunder Wing smiled. "Who?" He said. "Sky Bird, my most trusted." I answered. Thunder Wing nodded. "Sky bird really likes you." He said. "She told me she wants to be just like you, and she wants to impress you." I smiled. "I'm glad." I said. Thunder Wing started to tilt. "Ah!" He said, laughing a little bit. "We better start heading home!" I said, smiling. "Race you!" I darted off into the distance, hearing Thunder Wing behind me. "No Fair!" He yelled. I kept flying forward, and something darted past me. I looked around confused. I could still hear Thunder Wings shouts behind me. I squinted my eyes and saw something green and small. It seemed to be getting bigger. 'What is that?' I thought. 'Is that the mail-pony or something? Is he la-?' My thoughts were interrupted when something slammed into my side. "Gah!" I coughed, and lost my focus. I started falling, and screaming. There was a Pegasus flying towards me, and he slammed his hoof on my head. Everything went blurry, and then I saw a blotch of gray fly down and under me, stopping my falling. "Thunder…Wing?" I moaned, and then blacked out.