[Bored chemist]

Jumping ahead a little, dragons are/were african monitor lizards.

Are you really unable to distinguish between
"Stories of dragons were inspired by misrepresentation of  lizards"  and
"Dragons are lizards"?

Lightning is primarily a proton thing, not an electron thing

We start off with the same number of each; they don't get destroyed.
Protons are roughly 1800 times more massive than electrons and the move correspondingly slower.

So protons can't sensibly dominate lightning.

Pity. It would make lightning even more interesting. 

Fairy stories may make things more interesting, but they don't help science. So this site isn't the right place for them.