Thunder, The Star Pony

Once upon a time, there was a little girl named Lola, who was playing hide and seek with her brother Charlie. They were playing out behind the barn when it struck! Lola stopped dead in her tracks. Her gaze shifted up toward the sky, as she waited in anticipation. The blue sky quickly grew dark and menacing, as if the gods had been angered. She heard a faint crash in the distance as she felt the winds change direction and the temperature drop. Lola got goose bumps, as she sprinted toward the shed, but it was too late. Rain drops dripped from the sky. They began slowly, but quickly turned into a piercing downpour as the weeping clouds cried harder. Just before she reached the shed, Lola felt her feet being pulled in, she was stuck. She fell face first into the tide of mud. BANG! She heard another clash. She looked up into the weeping sky, barely able to see. Weakened by fear, Lola gazed at a falling object. It looked like a star, but wait! As she watched the object grow closer, she saw something else. Finally, in the flash of lightening , she realized what she saw. Then, she felt a splash of mud in her face.

Before she could move closer, she felt two strong hands lifting her off the ground. She recognized the smell of whiskey and cigarettes, as she realized that her father was carrying her inside. Her mother cleaned her free of the mud, and put her to bed. While sleeping, she dreamt of the star. In the morning, she awoke to a ray of sunlight, beaming in her window. She heard the cockle doodle do of old Rudy Rooster from the barn. Lola tiptoed down the stairs, she had to confirm her suspicion.

As Lola walked through the wet grass toward the shed, her heart quickened. The object was still lying there in the drying mud.. She rushed to its side, and fell to her knees. It was, as she had suspected, a beautiful young pony. The gods had brought her a gift. She began to stroke the pony’s mane and ran her hand down her back. As she brushed the mane aside, she saw the star that she had seen in the night’s sky. She then felt a brush of the tail against her hand. Lola felt so excited, as a nay emerged from the pony’s lips.

Lola took her new pony out to the field to run through the daisies. The pony even let Lola ride along on her back. She decided to name her Thunder.

One night, Lola’s father took her to the city. Her father had a love for the North Star Roller Girls. Lola agreed to go to the bout, but only if Thunder could go too. Her father agreed. As Lola and Thunder feasted their eyes on the track, the pony grew wild. A track, A TRACK! Thunder had seen other ponies racing on a track, out near the farm. She had always wanted to try it, but was told she was too young to race.

As the first jam started, Thunder watched with excitement. She galloped out onto the track, she wanted to race too! Lola tried to hold her back, but it was too late. Thunder was on the track. The refs were confused by this. They saw Thunder’s star and began counting her points. As Thunder raced, she gained points with each lap. At the blow of the whistle, Thunder had scored 20 points. Finally, a little boy from the crowd yelled, “Pony!! It’s a pony!!” The whole crowd began chanting, “Pony, pony, pony!!” As Thunder heard the chants, she stopped and looked up at the crowd. For the first time, she realized that the crowd was cheering for her. As she felt a wave of embarrassment, her cheeks began to grow pink. The pink crept into her mane, her body and finally out through her tail. She was a pink pony!

When the refs realized their mistake, they tried to disqualify her. It didn’t matter, the crowd was so loud and excited as they chanted “Pony” that no one could hear them. Thunder was a star. Thunder became famous! Even though she was disqualified, every jammer strived to be her. They strived to have the crowd chant “pony” in their own jams.

Thunder returned to the farm with Lola. As she got older, she raced on the track, the horse racing track and became the “star” in the Midwest. The crowd loved her, but most of all who loved her was Lola. And even though Thunder lived with Lola, the Delta’s decided to adopt her as their mascot, for she was pink and fabulous and she won the crowds approval after her memorable debut at the North Star Roller Girl Bout on December 4th, 2010. Thunder’s presence was requested at every bout after, as the beautiful pink pony that became the Deltas honorary star. The crowd still yells pony, whenever they see someone scores 20 points, in commemoration of Thunders awesome jam.