by Lightning Flash Sun Sep 02, 2012 1:31 pm
Lightning chuckled a little and replied, "Oh, I'm sure you're not that bad. Just ask whatever. I'll answer it." He turned his gaze back to look down at Spectrum, giving her a smile on his face as he waited for her answer. Her question, though, caught him a little bit off guard. It did represent the obvious thing which was speed. But there was more behind his mark. It had a meaning to him which reached farther beyond what the cutie mark showed.
Lightning paused for a moment to gather his thoughts before smiling a little, thinking back to the day when he got the cutie mark. "Ahh, well...it has one obvious meaning. It shows my love for speed. My ability to be able to go fast and still maintain control yet be unpredictable. I can soar through the skies, enemies taking shots at me but I can throw off their aim simply by adjusting my speed and making them miss, just a bit but that's all you need in a battle. Also, lightning strikes randomly. Out here, I learned how to be quiet and stealthy in the wastelands and in a way, I have become like a lightning bolt. Fast, sneaky, and..." The pegasus intentionally left out the last word which was 'dangerous' as he didn't want the mare to get the wrong idea about him.
He sighed a little as he was now reaching back into his memories of the Stable. Going back to the days that haunted him so much. "To tell you the truth, I discovered my talent for speed and controlled flight back in Stable 113. I remember it well. I had just returned home...I had bruises all around me. I couldn't take it anymore that day. I tried to fight with the bullies. Needless to say, I lost and my parents were angry..."
Lightning looked up toward the sky before his hoof went over his Pipbuck again, anxiously adjusting it. "It was then my parents taught me the most important lesson I know today. When it was right and when was it wrong to fight. They held a high moral code and I was one to follow it as well. But...somehow, their words made sense to me. They taught me that I can't fight back because I want to but I can fight back in self-defense. And that was the keyword for my parents. Self-defense. Up to today, I had never forgotten that lesson and despite the fact I carry weapons, I will never use them to exploit other ponies."
The pegasus then realized he began to ramble a bit and get a bit off-topic about his cutie mark. Laughing very slightly, he looked back at Spectrum, "I apologize, I believe I rambled a little there. Back to my story. After my parents taught me that, the next day, I encountered the bullies once more. And it was obvious they were ready for seconds. I stood my ground and when the first hoof started to fly again, I dodged it. I didn't even think about it. It just...happened. I didn't even know I could move that quickly. The next thing that happened, I took my opportunity to escape while I could. Using my wings, I took off, not flying high but flying fast, speeding down the hallway. The bullies chased me, of course, but they couldn't catch up. It was at that moment that I discovered a part of myself, who I am inside, but also, what my talent was. I didn't want to hurt others and once I realized that I didn't want to fight and that it was better to turn and avoid the battle if I could, that was when my cutie mark appeared."
Lightning sighed a little softly but he continued to hold his smile to the mare. "So, what do you think? Is my cutie mark story even half as interesting as your's?" He would glance up at the sunset which was slowly becoming more like evening. If they were going to do another flight, a flight for agility, they should do so soon.