Lightning Dash

* SILOD
* DOD; After "Five Years Later"
* Filly

***Lightning Dash*** is one of the protagonists in Daughter of Discord and recurring character in Son-in-Law of Discord, she is the childhood friend of Screwball, Dinky Doo, Cinnamon Stick, Apple Blossom and her brother Thunder Dash.

## Appearance

A female pale blue coated pegasi of average height with a pair of purple eyes, a yellow colored lightning cutie mark on her flank and a two toned mane and tail with a red streak.

## Personality

She's shown to be a brash, kind, tough and short tempered character who will defend her friends from either bullies or from potential threats, she tends to butt heads with her siblings often but she loves and is protective of them. Both her and Thunder had a strained relationship with Prism but it is improved during CMC: The Next Generation, to the point her parents noticed.

## History

Months after Screwball and Dinky, Lightning alongside her brother would be born and their parents would arrange play-dates for them, sometime later they would meet Cinnamon Stick and Cinnamon Roll: Applejack and Spike's adopted kids. Lightning, like her brother could fly before they could walk and when she came of age Lightning would attend school along with her friends. While at school she would become friends with Apple Blossom (her future sister-in-law) and would meet bully duo: Gold Digger and Silver Tray. Lightning would be one of the firsts of her class to earn her cutie mark by busting some difficult storm clouds.

## Residence

Lightning lives in her family home being The Cloudominium with her parents, her sister, family pet and prior to the Son-in-Law of Discord chapter: Family her brother Thunder.

## Skills/Abilities

* **Pegasus Physiology**: Lightning Dash is a pegasus and is able to use abilities her race is capable of.
* **Flight**: Naturally, Lightning is able to fly and like her parents and brother is talented and are able to fly at high speeds.
* **Cloud-Walking**: A commonly used ability that all winged creatures that allows them to walk, run, sit as well as lay down on the clouds.
* **Weather Manipulation**: Like all pegasi, Lightning is able to change the weather by making it rain, cloudy or snowy.

## Storyline

### Daughter of Discord

Lightning is brought up by Rainbow Dash at Fluttershy's baby shower and appears in the chapter/episode: Different and A Screwy Beginning. In the First Day of School chapter, Lightning attends her first day at school along with her brother and play-mates: Screwball and Dinky, while at school she would support Screwball pranking Gold Digger and Silver Tray and stand up to them when they start picking on Screwball and Dinky.

### Son-in-Law of Discord

In the second chapter set five years after Daughter of Discord, Lightning including her friends and family would attend Thunder and Apple Blossom's wedding as his best mare.

### CMC: The Next Generation

The morning of Prism returning to school for fourth grade, Lightning would be woken up by a whistle blew by Rainbow Dash and is told to drop and give twenty after talking back.

## Appearance

* A Screwy Beginning
* A Peculiar Playdate
* A Befuddling Birthday/5 Years Later
* The Mysterious Stallion(Episode)
* Fights(Episode)
* The Bitter Betrayal
* The Final Battle
* Son-In-Law of Discord
* CMC: The Next Generation
* Hearth's Warming Chaos
* Daughter of Discord Prequel: "A Different Kind Of Family" (Non-speaking cameo)