Night Flare

By Courageous Thunder Dash

• March 28, 2013




Age: 17

Gender: Male

Species: Alicorn

Appearance: Night Flare has a light maroon coat in his normal form, and looks like a regular Alicorn. He also has a black stripe pattern going down his legs. He also wears a mysterious necklace. His tail is a bit long for his size. In his “Flame State,” his coat becomes a darker maroon and the stripes on his legs become red. In addition, his wings change into that of a bats. The orb on his necklace glows a shade of red.

Cutie Mark: A black flaming bat, which represents his ability to combine the element of fire with magic. He is also able to transform into what is known as his “Flame Stage”. In this form, he can wield fire.

Personality: Night Flare is a stealthy and ambitious Alicorn, who loves to sneak around. He sometimes takes it a little too far and steals from stores at nightfall. With his advanced spells with an edge of dark magic, he can be a tad brutish when annoyed. He also sometimes misinterprets sarcastic jokes aimed at him as insults, which causes him to transform into his “Flame-Stage. He is also very curious, which also leads him into getting into trouble.

Backstory: Orphaned at a young age, Night Flare was never taken into an orphanage. Instead, he was left to survive in the Everfree Forest. Nopony up to this day still doesn’t know why he was left there. In addition, there hasn’t been any word of his parents. Due to this, he started practicing magic at a very young age. Outside of training, he would be constantly exploring the Everfree Forest. One day as he was exploring the Everfree Forest, he stumbled upon an old shrine. This shrine was known to radiate mysterious magic. In the center of the Shrine was a tablet that contained a necklace within it. Nopony knew about the necklace and what power it held inside. Somehow, it was destined for Night Flare to be the holder of that necklace. As he drew closer, the necklace began to glow a faint maroon-red. He then came closer and the necklace glowed even brighter. Finally he came into grabbing range. He slowly extended his hoof to pick it up. When he picked it up, the unexpected happened. The necklace bound itself around Night Flares neck as if it had a life of its own. The glowing stopped. It took several seconds for him to recover from the incident. Little did he know that this necklace contributed to his talent, which would soon be revealed. He soon found his way to Ponyville. However, he wasn’t welcomed well. May ponies were scared of him because of his appearance. It wasn’t until one day a little unicorn was being bullied by two older unicorns. This was the day that changed his life. He had been sad and depressed because everypony was afraid of him. Now, it was time, to stand up for this little defenseless unicorn. Night Flare felt his anger increasing inside of him. Somehow, the necklace was feeding off his emotion of anger and turning that anger into power he could use. He then saw one of the bullies fire a beam at the defenseless little unicorn. Imidiately, he felt a surge of power as his anger grew. He finally couldn’t take it anymore as the second bully fired another beam. He unleashed a mighty fireball and it hit one of the bullies hard. He had never done something like this before. He then threatened he would fire another if they didn’t stop torturing the little unicorn. His anger continued to increase as the bullies ignored him, despite being hit. Night Flare was pushed to the limits. The necklace around his neck was glowing brightly. Night Flare let out a scream of anger as his body glowed a shade of red. He then was revealed with bat wings and flaming ears. He then threatened the bullies who were now nervous. But in this form, he couldn’t control his anger. He fired several fireballs at the bullies continuously. He was so out of control that somepony was about to call Princess Celestia. But then, he saw, in the bullies eyes’, a spec of forgiveness. The anger was about to overwhelm him. But suddenly, he reverted back to his normal form. Once back in his normal form, he noticed that his cutie mark appeared.