Hello Folks! And welcome to my first ever Cars fic! I hope I do this archive justice. I got this idea from my little brother, Matt. Whose been on a "All I want to watch is Cars" mood so for the past week its been a nonstop marathon of Cars 1 then Cars 2 and back to Cars 1. He would not even come to the kitchen to eat lunch. So while watching Cars 1 for what must have been the hundredth time, I got the idea of "How would it be different is Lightning was actually from Radiator Springs?" And well, this is the result.

Enough of m babbling, lets get this show on the road!

I would like to dedicate this story to my tots awesome twin sister, Emma, you rock sis! Love you!

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Disclaimer: I do not own Cars, that's property of its rightful owners over at Disney Studios. I am not writing this story for money, nor would I want to.

Now that that pesky thing is out of the way, let us get on with the rest of this story!

It was a beautiful day in Radiator Springs, Arizona. The noonday sun was shining proudly upon its residents.

Red was currently watering the flowers while Lizzy was staring longingly at the statue of Stanly.

Guido and Luigi were currently painting the outside of their shop a beautiful sea green colour.

Most of the town was currently at Flo's V-8 cafe, getting some lunch.

"Has anyone seen Lightning or Mater today?" Sheriff asked as he looked at the empty pump that would be occupied by said two.

"Haven't seen those two kids since breakfast, hun." Flo said, "They got their morning oil and drove off, something about Mater wanting to show Lightning something he found."

"As long as they don't get into any trouble." Sheriff grumbled.

"Really, Sheriff? This is Lightning and Mater we are talking about. Those two spell trouble." Sarge said gruffly.

"Well then, maybe you could sort those two out then." Doc said, as he rolled up to a pump.

"You know it would do no use, Doc." Sarge said, "Besides' there just kids, let them have their fun."

Doc was about to respond when a roar of car stopped them and a blur of red and white past by them, and screeched to a halt at the entrance to the cafe.

Lightning stood there, a coat of shiny red paint on him with a yellow lightning bolt on both sides and white trimmings. He smiled widely as he wheeled to look at a slower moving brown tow truck coming towards him.

"Hey, Mater! How'd I do?" Lightning asked his best mate when he stopped next to him.

"You just gone and done beat your fastest record!" Mater responded, high wheeling his best mate.

"Yes!" Lightning cheered, "Move like a Cadillac and sting like a Beamer!" he shouted as he and Mater rolled up to the pump to get some gas.

"Good afternoon, folks." Lightning greeted everyone as Mater took the first turn at the old open pump.

"Afternoon, Lightning." Everyone responded except for Doc.

"What's wrong, Doc?" Lightning asked the old car, who narrowed his eyes at him.

"I just don't see what is so important to you about racing, you are gonna get yourself hurt one of these days, kid." he said, giving a sigh as he looked Lightning in the eyes.

"It's what I'm good at, Doc. And if I make it big, I could put this place back on the map." Lightning replied, ignoring the last part of Doc's speech as Mater drove backwards out of the pump so Lightning could get his fill.

Doc huffed, "I know that's important to you kid and we all appreciate what you are trying to do for us, but we don't want to see you get hurt." Doc continued on from his speech. He'd been giving Lightning the same speech ever since Sheriff and Mater brought him into his shop. And when Lightning told him that he wanted to be a racecar, that was when Doc started with his daily lectures to the kid about the hazards of racing.

Lightning rolled his dark blue eyes, "For the thousandth time Doc, I'm not gonna get hurt. " he said.

"Suit yourself." Doc said huffily, rolling out of the pump and driving to his office. Lightning watched him go as he took a second to glance at his garage before rolling into the shop. Lightning always wondered what was in there. But he knew better than to go snooping through Doc's stuff.

"He's just looking out for you, kid." Sheriff said, "When I found you out there, he took you in right away." Sherriff said, reminding Lightning of all those years ago when he had broken down in Radiator Springs.

He was living in a small town in southern Indiana. He had just been rejected from the Indiana 500 due to his lack of credentials and a sponsor. He knew he could make it, he just needed someone to sponsor him.

So he left home, saying goodbye to his parents and siblings and left. He drove and drove until his tires burst out somewhere along Route 66. He had enough gas in him to pull himself closer to the lights in the distance before he finally collapsed by a welcome sign.

Sheriff had found him and woke him up and had called Mater to come and tow him into town. The two had talked a lot while Sheriff had sped ahead to tell Doc that he was coming in. By the time the two reached Doc's, they were already best friends.

Lightning had decided to stay, he thought it best to stay and gain his strength and, with his best friends help, work on his lap speed.

"Come on, McQueen!" Mater said, playfully bumping him. "I found a really cool place that looks like a racetrack, you wanna go and practice there?"

"You betcha!" Lightning said and the two drove out of the cafe. "Bye, guys!" Lightning called over his left side as the two friends made their way to the racetrack.

So there we go! I hope you all enjoyed that! We have Doc's little secret of being the Hudson Hornet and I hope your all looking forward to win Lightning finds out who Doc really is! Also, Miss Sally makes her debut appearance! So you know next chapter is gonna be good!

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