Shuttle Fire

By Ian

• October 5, 2012




Age: 17

Gender: Male

Species: Unicorn

Appearance: Shuttle would come off weak and defenseless as he is small, even for a unicorn. His untouched dark grey hair has a streak of a red in his bangs; his snow white coat matches his innocent spirit.

Cutie Mark: This Unicorn specializes in fire. So it makes sense, that his cutie mark is, indeed, a flame. It's just a flame, but it goes much dee- Wrong section for this part :3

Personality: Shuttle has an incredible memory, even able to remember certain events the day he was born. He's seen enough horrors in his life, that the constant plaguing of the memories haunt him almost constantly. He's normally the one colt you see in the corner of the room, but like a flame, he can change quickly and become the one in the middle of the room, setting everything/everypony on fire in anger. He has a short temper and it's only matched by his quickness to set fire to everything using his magic.

Backstory: A newly wed unicorn couple was riding on a train to Ponyville, the mare nine months pregnant. They moved shortly after the fall of the Marelin Wall, wanting a new life in the free world. They met a young dark gray stallion named Steel. They explained their story to him; they were escaping the memories of the destruction from World War II, as they both lived in Denmare, where the horrors were not spared. Steel shared his story one of enslavement, suffering and hurt. <br /><br />Around the Fillydelphia station, the mare realized her stomach was not hurting for the food she ate, but because the young pony inside her began to grow cramped. Obviously, she began to go into labour. Because almost everypony got off at the last station, the only ones left in the car were Steel, the Conductor, the Couple, and an odd pony with a red mane who seemed distant to the world. Steel took charge, told the husband to comfort the wife, and the conductor to find alot of towels. After six grueling hours of labor, a baby unicorn was born. The colt's name would be Shuttle Fire, and his small white horn poked out the grey mane proudly.<br /><br />Suddenly with no reason at all, the odd pony with the red mane stood up, and on his white flank, a gold Hammer and Sickle shone proudly. He screamed, and threw his bag across the car. As the wall seemed to collide with the bag, Steel grabbed the newborn and protected him with his broad wingspan. White, heat, and pain. It rang out, and Steel came to, holding the newborn protectively, safe and sound, now somehow 30 yards from the tracks. He stood shakily, and turned around to face the tracks. Fire and pieces of train littered the area. The rest of the train began to create a more bustercluck and Steel turned and flew further from the scene, instinctively carrying the child to safety. To make the horror worse, the shrieks and screams of a loaded passenger train melted in with a second explosion as the oncoming engine exploded in a ball of fire into the wreckage. Wiping a tear from his eye, he turned, and walked shakily to the nearest alarm switch, and flipped it, alerting all the stations of the horror. He followed the tracks, still holding the newborn colt on his back, in a jury-rigged saddle made from scraps of material. He made his way to the nearest station, which happened to be his destination.<br /><br />Shuttle would not prove to be an easy task for Steel, and made Steel consider his future in life. He begged the Apple family to be a farm hand for a bit, as long as they could watch Shuttle as he worked. They allowed him near total control of a near failing grape vineyard that the family started when they decided to experiment with other fruits. Shuttle found comfort being babysat by Granny Smith, listening to her stories. Over the course of two more years, Steel worked hard, and Shuttle didn’t row as much as a colt his age should have. Around this time, Shuttle was starting to learn how to speak. Granny started noticing that whenever Shuttle was around her oven when she was baking, the pies and such would bake much faster than normal. <br /><br />Soon Steel knew that if he wanted to move on to a higher level of farming, he'd need land, and lot of it. He traded his parent's wedding bands for twenty acres of Sweet Apple Acres, where he started to grow grapes, the Apple's decided that the vineyards were not their thing anyways, and Steel didn't want to become a rival of his friends. Steel needed a second crop and researched at the local library for another productive, profitable crop to grow, and thus, Peachy-Keen Farms was born.<br /><br />Around Shuttle's seventh birthday, he began to play with his natural magical ability of creating and controlling fire. At first, the aging Steel would only let him light candles, but it soon moved on to lighting the fireplace and stove. So on a winter day a week before harvest, Steel needed to talk to the cakes about their order of peaches, and left Shuttle alone on the farm. Shuttle wandered off into the orchard. There, he found a quiet spot next to a stream where he could play with his abilities. <br /><br /><br />But things got out of hand fast. Unable to throttle the amount of raw magic in his spells, he set the orchard ablaze. One of the Apple family members went running to tell Steel the terrible, terrible news. One of the town's unicorns has managed to protect some of the farm, the cottage, and Sweet Apple Acres, but the parts that have been burned are irreplaceable. Knowing he can't fill the Cake's order, he placed the sack of bits on the counter, and they insisted he keep it anyways. He ignored them, and flew as fast as he could to his burning farm to make sure Shuttle was alright. When he landed behind his cottage and looked at the burning trees, Shuttle was sitting in the dirt between Steel and the blaze. His back to Steel, his horn glowed red and the fires went down to a few campfire sized burn pits and Shuttle collapsed on the ground. He picked Shuttle up, and carried him inside where he would be safe. Steel sighed and began sharpening the plow, knowing he'd need to plow again as soon as the ground wasn't hot with ash.<br /><br />It was a new year, Shuttle went off to Canterlot to learn to control his ability, and Steel was left alone, plowing the field and planting the seeds to regrow the destroyed trees.<br /><br />On the train ride to Canterlot, Shuttle was forced to ride in the caboose incase something were to happen. After arriving at the station, he was escorted to the school.