Rainbowshine

You walk through Ponyville in the late afternoon, the sun peeking bright through a hole in the clouds on a warm summer day. As you walk along, you see a light blue pegasus with a fluffy, pink mane and tail floating down to the ground from the clouds. You recognize her as Rainbowshine, a resident of Ponyville and worker at the weather factory in Cloudsdale.

You lay comfortably, nestled under the blankets of your bed. Though as your eyes drift open, the only thing you see is a soft shade of pastel pink filling your entire view. You shift under the covers slightly, suddenly becoming keenly aware of the weight draped on top of your body as you do, though it's far from unpleasant. The warmth radiating against you, the impossibly soft fur... It's only then, as you pull your face out of her sweet, pillowy mane, that your still sleep addled mind realizes it's your sweet Rainbowshine that lays atop you, her head resting below your chin as her mane obscures your vision with that soft shade of pink. Her chest rises and falls slowly as her sleeping form rests contentedly in your arms, seemingly not awakened just yet. Her forelegs are wrapped around you, and a sweet smile curls at her lips. She adjusts slightly in her sleep, softly mumbling something in her dream adorably.

Rainbowshine sits quietly at her writing desk, silently staring down at the forms sitting on the table before her. Paperwork was just about her least favorite thing to do, much less paperwork that decides how many bits she has to give up to Celestia. She rests her head on her hoof, eyes idly scanning the many check boxes and open ended questions on the documents, waiting for written answers. How was she supposed to know how many bits she made in a year? And why does it matter how many ponies live in her household? Her tuned out mind is more focused on the ticking of the clock on the wall than it was on the draining questions before her. With a frustrated sigh, Rainbowshine drops her quill and faceplants on the desk, desperate for anything to distract herself from this boring chore.

The chilling winds howl past, a blizzard of chilling snow swirling just outside. The weather schedule called for heavy snow today, and the weather ponies most certainly delivered as the freezing air carries with it all manner of loose debris, twigs and leaves bouncing harmlessly, but audibly against the walls of your cozy little cottage. Luckily, you sit warm and cozy in a blanket with a soothing mug of tea and a crackling fireplace, with nowhere to be but here. You stare out the window, watching the thick blizzard blow through, the blinding fall of snow preventing you from even seeing the houses just across the street from yours. The frozen water twirls and spins violently under the force of the stormy conditions outside, the motion almost seeming to play tricks on you as a dark spot moves slowly through the fog.

Though as you watch, you begin to see the out of place splotch in the fog of snow is no mere trick of the eye. As you focus in, you can only faintly make it out through the blinding snow, struggling against the freezing winds... It's a pony? Out in these conditions?

At your realization, you quickly set your tea aside, flipping the blanket off of you as you rush to the door, throwing it open. Immediately you're met with the bone chilling cold and uneven winds pulling in every which direction, loudly tearing through Ponyville's streets. You call out to the figure struggling in the haze of the swirling snowstorm, and she turns to face you. Realizing getting home in a storm like this is hopeless, she turns and makes her way to you, movement unsteadied by the heavy winds. As she draws closer, you can more clearly make out her features, seeing it's none other than Rainbowshine, her fur and mane tousled and covered in snow. You grip the handle to your door tightly, and lean forward as far as you can, reaching out to her. As her hoof finds you, you quickly pull her inside, shutting the door and leaning back against it. Rainbowshine collapses on the carpeted floor, panting and shivering heavily. You look her over quickly, making sure she isn't frostbitten. She's lucky to still be in good shape after exposing herself to a storm like that. After taking a moment to compose herself, Rainbowshine looks up to you, finally sitting up, though wrapping her hooves around herself and shivering still, her wings fluttering. "T-thank you... I thought I'd be able to make it home okay from the weather factory, but... I guess we kinda overdid it." She says, taking one last glance back out your front window, before shaking herself off, getting loose any snow left clinging to her coat. "This is supposed to be the biggest snowfall Ponyville's had in years... And that was before we went a little above and beyond with how much snow those clouds are packing. It might be a couple hours, I hope that's okay." She finishes with a sheepish grin, her spirit seemingly none the worse for wear, even after being out in the blistering cold.

Rainbowshine stares on, wide-eyed and mouth agape at the terrible scene unfolding before her. Her fellow pegasus coworkers zip around above her frantically as a fierce wind rips through the air, stirring dust and debris in a dangerous twisting spiral of destruction.

Thanks to a careless mistake, the tornado is loose, and it's all her fault.

Emergency teams scramble in an attempt to contain the swirling beast, or at least mitigate the damage. But despite their best efforts, the tornado steadily makes its way towards the nearby town of Ponyville, poised to destroy the humble houses of the village.

Finally pulling herself from her stunned silence, Rainbowshine's gaze darts around rapidly, fruitlessly looking for any way to stop the twister in its tracks. "No... No , no! We need to stop it! A-and get Ponyville evacuated!" Her panicked words only add to the cacophony of disorder as the fragile job of handling a tornado has quickly turned to its worst possible outcome.

A higher up declares that the Wonderbolts are on their way to aid however they can, but the knowledge does little to ease Rainbowshine's guilt and mounting fears about the very real threat spinning menacingly in front of her, slowly moving away from the weather factory and towards the essentially defenseless Ponyville...