MLP:WOF The Fire Element Alicorn (Chapter 1)

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My Little Pony: Will Of Fire

The Fire Element Alicorn

 

Chapter 1

The Chosen One

 

In Equestria ten thousand years ago, there existed an era called the Dark Ages, a time when the sun never rose and it was night the entire day. There was no happiness, no joy, no hope, only total darkness. Alexei, a dragon that commanded the shadows, terrorized Equestria along with his army of shadow dragons and attempted to annihilate every last pony that stood in his way to completely takeover Equestria. When Alexei's domination of Equestria was almost complete, six alicorn ponies, each possessing an elemental power, rose up to challenge Alexei and his army. Nova, the element of fire; Bolt, the element of lightning; Aqua, the element of water; Gale, the element of wind; Onyx, the element of earth; and Crystal, the element of ice. Thanks to Nova's supreme leadership skills and charisma, more and more ponies everyday banded together to fight back against Alexei. The war against Alexei lasted for 20 long years. With the help of Princess Estellise, Nova and the Elemental Warriors learned a 6-sided seal formation and were able to seal Alexei into the form of a stone statue finally ending the war. The sun that was long forgotten finally appeared granting Equestria the warm, holy sunlight. Legend says Alexei will one day return and attempt to conquer Equestria, but the chosen one, an alicorn pony with an elemental power who was once a human, will one day appear and fight against the newly revived Alexei, defeating him once and for all. After closing the book, Celestia puts it back on a bookshelf. She then walks over to the window and looks into the night sky and says, "I wonder when that time will come." Celestia smiles, walks back to her bed, and goes to sleep.

 

The next day, in Golden Oak Library, Twilight awakens from her sleep. "I have a felling that this is going be another great day," she said. Twilight opens up the window curtains letting the warm sunlight into the house. "Don't you agree Spike?" The dragon soon became annoyed by the sunlight in his face and turned to his side. Twilight jumps down from her bed and says, "Come on Spike! Up and at 'em!" Spike replied, "Wake me up in about 2 or 3 hours," and fell back to sleep. Twilight smiles, walks downstairs, and opens the front door to see everyone already busy in another normal day in Ponyville. As Twilight walks through town she spots Mr. and Mrs. Cake preparing to open up shop. "Hello Mr. and Mrs. Cake," Twilight happily said, "I can't wait to try those new cupcakes." "Why hello there Twilight," replied Mrs. Cake, "Don't you worry, they will be ready in no time!" Twilight looks around and says, "Is Pinkie Pie up yet?" Mr. Cake turns around and says, "I think she went over to visit Applejack." "Oh ok...I think I go over there to," Twilight said. She then waves goodbye to Mr. and Mrs. Cake and heads for Apple Acres.

 

As Twilight was nearly there, she stops, and spots an unconscious pony lying on the ground. Twilight rushes to the ponies' aid and says to herself, "I hope they are ok." When Twilight reaches the spot where the pony laid, she softly nudges him and says, "Hey...are you ok?" The pony begins to wake up and mutters, "Who are you? Where am I?" "I'm sorry, where are my manners?" Twilight replies embarrassed. "My name is Twilight Sparkle. I live in Golden Oak Library in Ponyville. I was heading for Apple Acres and found you lying unconscious here. What is your name?" The pony still confused says, "Daniel...Daniel Reid." Twilight laughs and said, "That's a strange name for a pony." Daniel becomes agitated at what this strange creature had just called him and replies, "I'm not a pony." Not paying attention to Daniel's words Twilight says, "Do you live around here? I've never seen you before, but then again I just moved into Ponyville a couple of days ago, and I'm still getting to know the ponies around here. Still...it is rare to find a male alicorn pony, especially one a cutie mark like yours." Daniel, already annoyed at being called a pony once, decided he has had enough and says, "I told you I'm not a..." As Daniel attempted to point his right arm at Twilight, he is shocked to find a hoof in the spot where his hand once was. Twilight still confused about Daniel's strange behavior replies, "Um...are you sure your ok." Daniel, not paying any attention at all to her words, gets up and rushes over to a nearby pond. As he heads for the pond, Daniel notices he is running on all fours instead of two legs. Trying hard not to panic, Daniel rushes over to the pond, fearing for the worst. When Daniel reaches the pond, he looks into the water. Words to describe the horror at his own reflection fail to come together in Daniel's mind as all that comes out of his mouth is a loud scream. Twilight, puzzled about what Daniel was screaming about, attempts to find out was wrong, but is interrupted by the arrival of her friends; Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Applejack, Rarity, and Pinkie Pie.

 

Applejack walks over to Twilight and says, "Hey Twilight. How's it going?" Twilight still staring at Daniel doesn't respond. Applejack then looks at Daniel who is still staring at his own reflection in the water. "Who is that Twilight? I don't think I've ever seen him before." Rarity replied, "Me either." Rainbow Dash smiles and says, "I know...it's her new boyfriend!" Twilight, who was preoccupied at watching Daniel, quickly responds, "What?! No he isn't Rainbow Dash! That's not funny." Twilight begins to blush and says, "Let's go over and ask him." Daniel, still shocked about what has happened to him, says to himself, "This isn't happening...this can't be happening!" Rainbow Dash flies over to Daniel and taps him on the shoulder and said, "Hey...is something wrong?" Daniel jumps back and turns around. "Don't touch me you..." Daniel, still shocked by his own reflection, is completely confused about why a horse was flying in front of him. "What are you...some type of flying-horse-thing?" Rainbow Dash, surprised as what Daniel had called her, angrily replied, "Flying-horse-thing? Hey! Is that an insult?" Twilight comes forward and said, "Calm down Rainbow Dash. We aren't here to start fighting with him." Twilight turns to Daniel, "You said your name is Daniel Reid right? That's a strange name for a pony. Are you sure that's your name?" Daniel replied, "Yes...my name is Daniel, and I'm not a pony, I'm a human." Everyone looks at Daniel confused. "A human, what is that?" said Pinkie Pie. In almost no time at all, Twilight and the others attempted to talk to Daniel at the same time.

 

After finally recovering the shock he sustained from seeing his own reflection, Daniel tries to calm everyone down. "Ok...just hold on a minute," Daniel said, "There are some things I need answers for." He takes a deep breath, "First off...what kind of horses are you?" Twilight replies, "We prefer the term ponies." For some reason, Daniel became annoyed by her response, "Fine...ponies. What kind of ponies are you?" Twilight points to herself and Rarity, "Me and Rarity are unicorns, we have the ability to use magic with our horns." Just the word magic is enough to make Daniel laugh, "Magic? Yeah, ok sure...whatever you say." He looks at Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy, "What about you two?" Fluttershy replies, "Um...me and Rainbow Dash are..." Her voice becomes too soft and quiet. "Are what?" said Daniel. Rainbow Dash speaks up for Fluttershy, "We're pegasus. We have wings and are able to fly." Rainbow Dash flies around in the sky and comes back down, "See?" Daniel, not paying any attention to her, looks at Applejack and Pinkie Pie and says, "What can you two do?" Applejack replies, "We're earth ponies." "And what?" said Daniel. "That's it," Applejack replied. "So earth ponies don't have any abilities?" said Daniel as he sighed disappointed. Applejack, trying to redeem the name for all earth ponies everywhere, quickly replied, "You would be surprised at what us earth ponies can do. For instance I can..." Daniel interrupts her, "Yeah...sure...whatever." He looks at his body, "So...what about me? I have both a horn and wings." Twilight said, "You're an alicorn." Daniel, still trying to figure out the terms unicorns, pegasus, and earth ponies replied, "Ali-what?" "Alicorn...a pony that has both a horn and wings," Twilight said, "Female alicorns are pretty rare, but male alicorn are even rarer. I think you're the first male one I have seen." "Alicorns are rare?" replied Daniel. "Yes," Twilight said, "For a alicorn and a unicorn, pegasus, or earth pony to have an alicorn baby is around a 10% chance, but for two alicorns, an alicorn baby is about a 90% chance." "Ok...what about cutie marks? What are they?" said Daniel curiously. "Cutie marks are a symbol that tells about a ponies' personality, proclivity, or talent," replied Twilight. Daniel looks at his cutie mark on his thigh. "A fire emblem?" said Daniel, "I wonder what that means?" "You have a cutie mark and you don't even know what it means?" said Rainbow Dash. "Well of course not. Why would I?" Daniel said angrily, "I just got turned into a horse with a horn and wings into a world where horses can talk, fly, and use magic, and I'm supposed to know what this mark on my thigh means?" "Well excuse me. Sorry for asking Mr. Grouchy Pants" Rainbow Dash replied. Daniel tries to calm down and thinks to himself, "Ok...I'm a horse in a world full of talking horses. Common sense pretty much doesn't exist here. Let's see...I need to go see the president or whoever is in charge of this world and hopefully maybe they know what's going on here." Daniel looks at Twilight, "Hey Twilight, who is in charge of this..." He signals to Twilight to help him out. "Equestria" Twilight replied. "Is there a president or leader in charge here that I can talk to?" said Daniel. "That would be Princess Celestia. She lives in Canterlot, which is the capital of Equestria. You could say she is our main leader," said Twilight. "Where I come from, a country where one person rules over everything is called a dictator, and it means that..." Daniel stops in mid-sentence due to seeing Twilight and the other's faces as to what he just said. "You know what, never mind. Ok...let's go to Canterlot. Hopefully Celestia knows why I'm here in this world." Daniel and the others then decide to head for Canterlot to speak with Princess Celestia.

 

Thanks to Twilight's hot air balloon, they eventually manage to make it to Canterlot. After entering the city, Daniel and the others make their way into Canterlot Castle where they find Princess Celestia in her throne room. Celestia spots Twilight and says, "Why hello there Twilight. Do you need help with anything?" Twilight replied, "Actually Princess Celestia there is. You see we have someone who wants to meet you." Twilight looks behind her and signals for Daniel to come forward. Daniel appears before Celestia and said, "Hello Princess Celestia. My name is Daniel Reid and I woke up in this world and somehow became a pony. I was wondering if you could help me figure out why." Celestia spots Daniel's cutie mark and speaks in a soft voice, "The chosen one has appeared." She then kneels down before him. Daniel, already used to being called weird names by now, is shocked to being call this new nickname. "Wait...what did you just call me?" he replied. Everyone, except Rainbow Dash, also kneel down before Daniel. Rainbow Dash looks around at everyone and says, "What are you doing?" Twilight looks at Rainbow Dash, "Don't argue, just do it!" "Fine!" replied Rainbow Dash as she reluctantly kneels down. Daniel looks around at everyone confused. "Um...ok. You guys are kind of freaking me out more than usual and I've already gone through the talking horse thing already." Daniel walks up to Princess Celestia, "May I ask why you just called me the chosen one." Princess Celestia gets up, goes to the wall behind her chair, reveals a hidden button, and activates it. The wall goes up reveling a secret room. Celestia looks back behind her and says, "Please follow me everyone. There is something I need to show you." Daniel and the others reluctantly follow Princess Celestia into the secret room which soon closes behind them. Soon after lights begin to activate above them lighting the dark room to reveal five large stone tablets on a wall before them. They follow Celestia to the first stone tablet on the far left. Princess Celestia begins to speak, "Welcome to the Hall of Prophecy!" Twilight looks around the room and says, "I didn't know a room like this existed in the castle." Celestia replied, "This room, along with these stone tables, have existed since Canterlot has for nearly 10,000 years. Princess Estellise, the first princess of Equestria, who also founded Canterlot, made this room along with the five stone tablets. Throughout generation and generation of prince and princesses, his room has been kept secret by each one, and they have passed that secret down ever since, which is why I know about it." Princess Celestia begins to tell them about the first stone tablet. "This tablet here shows the Elemental Warriors battling against Alexei." She moves to the second tablet. "This one here shows the Elemental Warriors sealing Alexei away." Celestia moves to the third tablet. "This tablet shows Alexei breaking free from his seal and attempting to take over Equestria." She moves to the fourth tablet. "This one shows a human becoming an alicorn with an elemental power who manages to defeat Alexei." Daniel looks at the fifth tablet and says, "What about this one?" Daniel studies the tablet trying to see if he could figure out what it means. "It looks like the alicorn is in the middle of these six artifacts around him with two other ponies. The one on the right looks like a female pony and they are holding up what looks like a baby wearing a crown and light is shinning from the clouds onto the all three of them." Celestia smiles and says, "This last one here tells of how the chosen one must marry a pony who possesses an element of harmony that in part will bear the new future Princess of Equestria."

 

Daniel, already been through a great ordeal of constant surprises, can't even comprehend what he just heard Princess Celestia say. Daniel turns to her, "May I ask who are these six Elements of Harmony users?" "You've been with them this entire time," Princess Celestia replied as she pointed to Twilight and the others. Daniel looks at them and looks back at Celestia and begins to stutter in his speech, "You mean that I...and one of them...and we need to get...and then we need to...?" Celestia laughs at Daniel's reaction and says, "That's right." Daniel was completely at a lost of words. Becoming a pony, being called the chosen one, and now being told he had to marry one of the six ponies he had just met and they were going to have a kid. "Ok...this has been fun and all, but this obviously a dream, and all this is just a figment of my imagination," he said, "I'm going to wake up now." Daniel closed his eyes and waited to finally wake up from this nightmare, but when he opened his eyes again, he still saw everyone looking at him. Daniel closed his eyes again, "Right now." He opened his eyes to once again to see nothing had changed. Daniel immediately started to lose his patience and begin to use his right hoof to punch himself repeatedly in the face while saying, "Why...won't...I...wake...UP!" Daniel then punched himself so hard in the face that he knocked himself out. Eventually Daniel begin to wake up and saw a dark shadow of a silhouette in front of him. "Mom...is that you? I had just this weird dream that I was a horse in a world full of weird, annoying, talking horses." When the silhouette becomes clearer, he saw Pinkie Pie looking directly at him at says, "You're funny." Daniel quickly gets back up and retreats backwards to see everyone looking at him as if he had done something strange. "Ok...so I guess this isn't a dream. This is real great...just great," Daniel said to himself. "Have you made your choice Daniel?" Celestia replied breaking the awkward silence. Daniel turns to look at Twilight and the others and turns back to Celestia. "Um...can I get some time to think about this? In my world marriage is a pretty serious deal, and I want to make absolutely sure I'm making the right choice." Celestia smiles and replied, "Of course." She turns to Twilight and the other. "Everyone...this is a very important task. One of you will be marrying Daniel and both of you will have a child that will eventually take over my place as Princess of Equestria." Celestia then turns to Daniel, "Please come back here tomorrow with everyone after you've made your decision." Daniel and the others begin to leave when Princess Celestia interrupts them, "Oh yes...before I forget." She looks at Daniel and says, "What you would like to be called? Your human name won't do you much good here. Is there a different name you would like to be called instead?" Daniel thinks hard for a while and replied, "Well...my cutie mark is a fire emblem, so that means that I have the power of fire. I need a name that sounds cool, is fire related, and is easy to say. How about Flareon?" "Flareon...very well then. From this day on...you will be called Flareon," Celestia said with a smile.

 

Flareon and the others, along with Princess Celestia, leave the Hall of Prophecy. Celestia waves goodbye to them as they begin to head back to the hot air balloon. The girls stop half-way there and begin to talk about Flareon. "So...what do you all think about this?" Twilight said. "I'm not really sure. Flareon is a nice guy and all...kind of...but I'm not sure he's my type," replied Applejack. "Same here, I doubt he is the stallion I'm looking for," said Rarity. "I'm not sure...I guess he's nice," Fluttershy muttered. The mood suddenly changed as everyone began to fight over who would marry Flareon. "He's obviously going to pick me. I am after all the coolest out of all of us," said Rainbow Dash. "In you dreams Rainbow Dash. What he wants is an old-fashioned country girl," said Applejack. "All of you are out of your league. What Flareon wants is a mare with fashion and glamor," Rarity replied as she flaunted her mane. Fluttershy looks at Twilight who was the only one not joining in on the debate. "What about you Twilight? Do you think Flareon is going to chose you?" Rainbow Dash begins to laugh and says, "Twilight? The egghead? There's no way he's going to pick her. I mean no offense Twilight, but I doubt Flareon is interested in your book collection." Twilight's ears begin to drop, but Applejack comes to her defense. "Now hush Rainbow Dash, Twilight has just a good of a chance for Flareon picking her and the rest of us do." Rainbow Dash crosses her arms, "We will see about that." She then puts her right hoof out and says, "May the best mare win!" They all join hooves together in agreement. For them, love is war, and this was one battle they were set on winning. Soon after a voice behind them said, "You do know that I can hear you right?" Twilight and the others turn around to see Flareon looking at them as if he was waiting for them to finish. "Sorry about that," Twilight said, "We're coming." Flareon and the others then head back to Ponyville as the girls prepare to win over Flareon.

 

Later on, Flareon is walking through the town of Ponyville remembering what he was told a few minutes before. Everyone would go back to their houses and prepare. Flareon would go meet them at their houses for a visit to decide if he wanted to marry one of them. Flareon decided to head for Apple Acres first, where Applejack lives. While Flareon was walking down the path to her house, he began to talk to himself, "Why me? The chosen one? This all is just too crazy to be real, but then again, this isn't a dream. Marriage? I've never even had a girlfriend and now I have to get married?" Flareon sighs as he finally makes it to Apple Acres. Unfortunately for Flareon, he is soon swarmed by Applejack and 3 other ponies. "Welcome to Apple Acres. Home of the Apple Family," Applejack said. Before Flareon could react, an elder pony came up close to him with her right eye wide while staring at him. "Flareon is it? So you're young whippersnapper that wants to marry my grand-daughter? Quick question! How many seeds does an apple have on average?" Flareon was completely baffled and replied, "What are you talking about?" Applejack quickly moved the elder pony away from Flareon and said, "Sorry, that's my grandma Granny Smith, she's a little...well you know." Next a big pony came forward, looked at Flareon, simply nodded and said, "Eeyup." He then extended his right hoof and Flareon shook it. "That's my older brother Big McIntosh. He doesn't talk a lot," Applejack said, "He's always been like that." Next a small pony with a bow in her mane came up to him. "Hi Flareon, my name is Apple Bloom. My big sister told me you're a chosen one that is here because you're going to marry Applejack. Well look no further, she is the best pony in all of Equestria." Just as she finished Flareon's stomach began to growl. "Oh that's right," Flareon said, "I haven't eaten anything at all today." Just as Flareon uttered those words, he was quickly pulled by everyone and forced to sit at a picnic table. Soon after a pie was placed in front of him. "This apple pie is the pride and joy of Apple Acres, ain't nothing in Equestria like it," Applejack said confidently. Flareon took a bite of the pie and replied, "Wow! This is the best pie I have ever tasted." Little did Flareon know that he had just set off a tilde wave of pure chaos. Applejack, Apple Bloom, Big McIntosh, and Granny Smith set down plates after plates of different apple-related food until Flareon was completely buried. He managed to crawl out from under the food mountain and quickly ran away as fast his legs would carry him. Flareon eventually stopped to catch his breath and said, "Ok...Applejack and her family are nice and all, but way too crazy. I don't think I would last one day living there." Flareon imagined a list his mind containing Twilight, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Applejack, Rarity, and Pinkie Pie. Flareon then crossed Applejack off the list.

 

After leaving Apple Acres, Flareon decided to head for Fluttershy's cottage. Flareon walked up to the door and knocked 3 times, but no one answered. "I'm pretty sure Fluttershy told me she would be home, " Flareon said to himself, "maybe she's in the back. Flareon walked around the house into the backyard to see Fluttershy caring for her animals. "Hey Fluttershy!" Flareon said as he approached her. "Oh Flareon...you're here. I'm sorry, I didn't expect you be here already," Fluttershy said. Flareon looked around at all the animals, "So I'm guessing you love animals...a lot." "Oh yes! I absolutely love them, especially Angel here, " Fluttershy said as she pointed towards a small bunny, "Do you like animals too Flareon?" Flareon began to lie, "Oh yeah...I love them too." As he began to reach out his right hoof to try and pet Angel, the bunny swatted Flareon's hoof away. "Angel...that's no way to treat our guest. You need to be more friendly," Fluttershy said. Angel crossed her arms and looked away. "I'm sorry Flareon, Angel isn't used to strangers." She then turned around and began to tell Flareon about her other animals. While Flareon was listening to Fluttershy, he looked down to notice Angel and some of the other animals staring at him angrily. One after another each animal was giving him death threat signs. "Shoo!" Flareon said as his waved his hoof attempting to make the animals go away. Unfortunately, Angel and the animals attacked him. Flareon attempted to fight off the attacking animals while Fluttershy, oblivious to what was happening behind her, continued to talk. After Fluttershy was done, she turned around to see the rest of her animals crowded around Flareon, who was covered in scratches, with Angel on his back. "Oh Angel...were you and your friends playing with him? See Flareon, I knew she would warm up to you," Fluttershy said. "Oh yes...we were just playing around," Flareon said reluctantly as Angel had a firm hold on his right hoof, which she was holding behind his head, out of Fluttershy's vision. "Would you like to come inside my house and talk for a bit?" Fluttershy asked. Angel then pulled hard on Flareon's hoof which prompted him to say, "I'm sorry Fluttershy, but I have to go now, and I mean right now." Satisfied, Angel let go of Flareon's hoof, and returned with the other animals to Fluttershy's side. "Ok," Fluttershy said, "I'll see you later then...bye." She then turned around to tend to her animals. Angel and rest of the animals then looked at Flareon angrily and turned back around too. After leaving Fluttershy's house, Flareon stopped and said to himself, "Fluttershy is really nice, but her animals are, well...let's just say being killed by a bunny isn't something I'm interested in." Flareon then imagined a list in his mind again and crossed off Fluttershy.

 

Flareon then decided to head for Carousel Boutique, where Rarity lived. When Flareon got there, he knocked on the door once, and Rarity immediately opened it. She appeared to be wearing an elegant outfit with a matching hat. "Oh Flareon...I wasn't expected you here today," she said. "Yes you did," Flareon replied, "We already talked about this." "Oh did we? I must have forgotten...silly me," Rarity said as Flareon followed her into the house. Rarity then disappeared into another room. Flareon looked around to see different types of clothing and accessories. For some reason, he had a bad feeling this was not going to end well. Rarity came back with a mobile rack that had a bunch of different outfits that appeared to be for males. Flareon tried to leave, but Rarity was faster than he was, and forced him into the first outfit on the rack. Rarity then moved a mirror in front of Flareon, "What do you think? Doesn't this one just bring out your best features?" she said with relish. Flareon was absolutely speechless, and not the good kind, more like the horrified kind. Apparently he was wearing what looked like an old-world colonial suit. "No?" Rarity said, "Well then how about this one?" For what seemed like an hour, Flareon was forced to try on outfit and outfit, and finally after the last one, Flareon noticed the mobile rack was empty and took a deep sigh of relief as the nightmare was finally over. Unfortunately, Rarity went into the other room again and this time came back with 3 mobile racks of outfits. When Rarity turned her back to him to pick out the next outfit, Flareon took this golden opportunity to escape before it was too late. After he left Carousel Boutique he said to himself, "Rarity? Never in a million years." Flareon once again imagined the list of everyone, and crossed Rarity off.

 

While walking through Ponyville, Flareon remembered something Rainbow Dash had told him before everyone went home, "Don't worry about finding me, I'll find you." Flareon wondered what she had meant by that. No sooner than later, a blue streak flew by him. Flareon looked around to see where that blue streak had come from. "I finally found you," said a voice. Flareon looked up to see Rainbow Dash flying in the air above him. "Hey...I was wondering. How come you're not flying? Flareon looked at his wings and said, "Oh...that's right, I have wings. Um...I don't know how to use them." For some reason Rainbow Dash began to laugh. "You have wings and you don't know how to fly?" She eventually stopped laughing when she saw Flareon's face. After wiping away a tear of laughter from her eye she said, "Oh...that's right, the whole human thing. Sorry...I forgot, but don't worry, I'll show you how to fly." Somehow Flareon was both excited and terrified at the thought of Rainbow Dash showing him how to fly. Later on, Flareon is sitting in a catapult while Rainbow Dash was on the top of a platform. "Are you sure this is...safe?" he said nervously. "Of course, don't worry...it's absolutely 100% safe," Rainbow Dash replied, "Once I jump off here and land on that target, it will send you flying forward through the air, no problem at all." Flareon looked up to see Rainbow Dash smiling confidently. Flareon right away began to panic and said, "Look at the time, I think I'll just be..." Before he was able to finish, Rainbow Dash jumped down on the target, which activated the catapult, and sent Flareon flying forward. While in the air, he had his hoofs over his eyes while screaming. Rainbow Dash was flying behind him and yelled, "Flareon...open your wings. You can do it!" Flareon moved his hoofs away from his face and opened his eyes. "Ok, I'll try!" he yelled. Flareon then opened up his wings and began to move them. "I can't believe it...I'm actually flying! This is awesome!" Everything seemed to be going great until Rainbow Dash began to yell, "Watch out for that house!" Flareon, who was preoccupied with admiring how he was now flying, looked forward to see a house in front of him. He immediately began to panic while pedaling backwards in the air and yelled, "How do I stop?!" Sadly for Flareon, it was too late as he crashed hard into the side of the house. Rainbow Dash, embarrassed as what she had just saw, quickly flies away. While stuck on the house, Flareon uttered a couple of words which translated to, "No thanks." Flareon imagined the list again and crossed Rainbow Dash off.

 

Suddenly a window opened up and Pinkie Pie appeared. She looked to her left and said, "There you are Flareon. I was waiting for you!" Pinkie Pie then grabbed Flareon and pulled him inside her house. After recovering from the crash, he looked up to see Pinkie Pie smiling at him. Usually smiles are a sign of happiness and joy, but instead Flareon felt a chill run down his spine. Pinkie Pie began to hop around him in a circle singing "Flareon! Flareon! Flareon!" over and over again. Flareon reached out with his right hoof onto Pinkie Pie's head to stop her from moving and said, "Please stop doing that." Pinkie Pie then ran into a corner of the room and picked up what seemed to be a small alligator. She returned to show him the alligator and said, "Say hi to Gummy!" The alligator then bite down hard on Flareon's muzzle which prompted him to let out a loud yell while Pinkie Pie smiled and said, "Aw...he likes you." Gummy eventually let go and Pinkie Pie put him on the floor. Flareon rubbed his sore muzzle and said sarcastically, "Have anything else that wants to eat me?" Pinkie Pie not picking up on the sarcasm just smiled and said, "Come with me Flareon!" He followed Pinkie Pie downstairs and saw two ponies putting trays of cupcakes and cookies on a counter. Pinkie Pie walked over to them and said, "This is Mr. and Mrs. Cake, the proud owners of Sugarcube Corner. This is also where I live!" Mr. Cake looked at Flareon and said, "So you're the Flareon Pinkie Pie has been talking nonstop about. I think it was about a chosen one and marriage?" Flareon replied, "Yeah...it's something like that." Mrs. Cake then said, "She also mentioned something about a human?" Flareon quickly replied, "It's ok...that part isn't really important anymore." Mr. Cake then said, "Pinkie Pie, me and Mrs. Cake need to go out to the marketplace to get some ingredients. Can you and Flareon put away the rest of the sweets?" "Sure thing!" Pinkie Pie replied as Mr. and Mrs. Cake left the house. While Flareon and Pinkie Pie were putting away the trays of sweets, he thought to himself, "Pinkie Pie is actually really nice. She may be a little out there, but other than that, this has gone way better than I expected." Flareon wasn't sure if he had cursed himself by just saying those words because at that moment Pinkie Pie started to sing a song about him, herself, and something about a cake with peanut butter. The song was so annoying that even though Flareon put his hoofs over his ears and held them down as hard as possible, he could still hear that song entering through his ears and echoing in his mind, making his brain throb with pain. Before his mind was completely destroyed, Flareon ran as hard as he could. Without worrying about exiting through the door, he ran right through a wall and made it outside. After Pinkie Pie's song finally stopped echoing in his head, he imagined the list and completely crossed off Pinkie Pie, picture and all. Flareon then said to himself, "What in the world have I gotten myself in to?"

 

Meanwhile, at Golden Oak Library, Twilight was busy preparing for Flareon's visit. "Let's see...that goes there, and this goes here. Oh...can't forget about this. No good...he won't like that. How about this? Yes! No? Perfect!" While Twilight was preoccupied, Spike decided to finally speak up. "Twilight, you aren't even sure that Flareon is going to pick you. He's probably already made his decision by now. My bet is on Rainbow Dash," but then Spike clenched his fists together and said, "Flareon better not have picked Rarity, because if he did..." Twilight interrupted him, "Oh Spike...would you let that go already?" She then continued to finish getting everything organized and ready for when Flareon finally came over. Eventually, Twilight heard a knock at the door and nearly tripped over her own legs as she rushed over to open it. As Twilight opened the door, she saw Flareon and said, "Hi Flareon. I uh..." She began to stumble in her speech but was able to recover, "Please come in." As Flareon walked inside, he looked around the room to see books, papers, and mostly everything you would normally find in a library. "So...you live inside a tree?" Flareon said curiously. "Is that...weird? It's ok if it's weird, I mean weird is cool...right?" Twilight replied nervously. "No, it's not weird at all. It's actually pretty neat how this house is designed. I also notice your very well-organized," Flareon said. Twilight, who was not expecting such nice compliments, blushed as she replied, "Thanks." Flareon, who was busy admiring the house, turned to see Spike. "Wait...are you a dragon?" Flareon said, "Awesome...I love dragons! They are so cool!" As Spike was soaking in Flareon's comment he replied, "I'm liking this guy already." Spike then reached out with his right hand, "My name's Spike. I'm Twilight's assistant and bodyguard." As Flareon and Spike were shaking Twilight replied, "He's just the assistant part." "So...you're here to see if you want to marry Twilight? Good luck with that," Spike said, "Trust me." It was that last part that angered Twilight as she replied with her teeth clenched, "Spike...aren't you going to finish that errand?" Spike looked around confused, "Errand? What errand?" Twilight opened the front door, pushed Spike outside and said, "Good luck!" Twilight then slammed the door and turned around to Flareon, "Sorry about that. Now...where were we?"

 

After getting some cushions to sit on, Flareon and Twilight began to talk. "I'm guessing you already visited everyone. Do you mind if I ask how it went?" Twilight said. Flareon began to think of the way to tell Twilight about her friends without hurting her feelings. "Well...how do I put this? Your friends are the most..." He was soon interrupted by Twilight who replied, "Annoying, insane, and crazy ponies you have ever met?" Flareon was shocked that she knew what he was going to say. "How did you know?" he asked. Twilight smiled and replied, "Like I said before when we first met, I just moved to Ponyville a couple of days ago. When I first came here, I thought they were annoying, crazy, and insane too, but I soon learned that's what friends are." At that moment Flareon and Twilight began to laugh for what seemed like three minutes. After obtaining a book and quill, Twilight asked Flareon, "I was wondering...would you mind telling me about what humans are and what your world is like?" Flareon was somewhat happy that Twilight wanted to learn about his world. He began to tell her about humans, clothes, cities, countries, cars, planes, people, TV, computers, and everything Flareon knew about the human world. Twilight was writing as fast as possible to record everything Flareon was telling her. After he was done, Twilight closed the book and happily put it on a bookshelf. Flareon then asked Twilight something he wanted to ask for a long time, "Hey Twilight. I was uh...wondering if you could teach me how to use magic with my horn. It's ok if you don't want to." She smiled and said, "I thought you would never ask." Twilight began to show Flareon how to use magic to lift, move, and throw objects." After Flareon used his magic to lift a group of books back onto a bookshelf, Twilight told him, "Good job! I'm impressed. You're a really fast learner." Without realizing it, Twilight put her left hoof on top of Flareon's right hoof. Flareon and Twilight both looked at each other and quickly moved their hooves away. "Sorry," Twilight said as she blushed. Flareon also blushed and replied, "Don't worry about it."

 

Twilight asked Flareon, "Would you like to learn how to use your magic to teleport?" Just the word teleport was enough to get Flareon excited as he said, "Sure!" After Twilight drew a circle on the floor she said, "Teleportation is the ability to go to one spot without physically moving. The max length to teleport is 50ft. The trick to using magic to teleport is to imagine the spot where you want to teleport and concentrate," Twilight pointed to the circle, "Imagine this circle in your mind, concentrate hard, then use your magic, and it should work." Flareon began to close his eyes and imagined the circle in his mind and tried to concentrate, but at that moment he was activating his magic, he thought of Twilight. Flareon then disappeared and reappeared right into Twilight knocking her over. "I'm sorry," Flareon said as he was trying to recover, "I was..." At that moment Flareon opened his eyes to realize he was on top of Twilight and looking directly into her eyes. At that moment Flareon felt a sensation in his chest as his heart began to beat furiously and his face turned bright red. The same thing also happened to Twilight. As Flareon and Twilight both tried to get back up, they looked away from each other while blushing. After Flareon's heartbeat returned back to normal and his face cooled down, he looked at Twilight who looked back at him. Once again, they both began to laugh for a couple of minutes. From outside they could begin hear thunder. "A thunderstorm must be starting. It's probably going to rain soon," Twilight said. Flareon's stomach began to growl again as he remembered that all he had to eat today was a single bite of Apple Pie. "Are you hungry? Wait here...I'll make something," Twilight said. She then disappeared into another room and returned a few minutes later with a sandwich. "Here," Twilight said as she put the plate on the floor, "Sorry about this, but I'm not that good of a cook." Flareon began to eat the sandwich and was absolutely amazed as the sandwich was easily the best one he had ever tasted. After Flareon was finished he replied, "It was amazing, thank you."

 

From outside, the sound of rain falling and thunder could be heard, and lightning was seen flashing in the night sky. Flareon and Twilight apparently weren't at all interested in either one. "I had fun tonight," Flareon said as he smiled. "Me too," Twilight replied. At that moment Flareon and Twilight began to move closer to each other and were about to kiss, but at that moment, a loud knock could be heard coming from the front door. When Twilight went to open it she saw Spike who was completely soaked. "I'm so sorry Spike. I forgot you were outside," Twilight said. "I'm going to bed," Spike replied as he stomped up the stairs angrily. "Well...I guess I'll be going then," Flareon said. "Where are you going to go? You don't live anywhere do you?" Twilight asked. "Oh...that's right I forgot," Flareon said. Twilight quickly replied without a moment's hesitation, "You can sleep here for tonight, I don't mind. Just wait a couple minutes." Twilight then went upstairs and came back down with a blanket and a pillow and set them down on a nearby couch. "I know it's not perfect, but I hope it'll do," she said. "It's ok, I'm almost as used to sleeping on a coach as I do a bed," he replied. As Flareon got under the blanket, he laid his head down on the pillow and immediately fell asleep. As Twilight began to walk upstairs, she looked at Flareon and smiled. Twilight then turned off the downstairs light and went upstairs to go to sleep.

 

The next day, Flareon along with Twilight and the others, returned back to Princess Celestia. "So Flareon, I take it you finally made your decision?" Celestia asked. "Yes Princess Celestia, I have. I choose..." but he was interrupted by Rainbow Dash, "Me! I knew you pick me Flareon. You couldn't resist the Rainbow Dash charm could you?" As she began to walk up to Flareon he said, "No...it's not you." Rainbow Dash then retreated back embarrassed. Flareon took a deep breath and said, "Twilight." Everyone, even Twilight, was shocked that Flareon spoke her name. "Me?!" Twilight replied. Flareon smiled, looked at her, and said, "Twilight...you're the most beautiful, interesting, smart, funny, cool, and nicest girl I have ever met. There isn't anyone else in the world I would rather spend my life with." Twilight couldn't help but blush as she walked up to Flareon and stood beside him. Celestia looked at them both and said with a smile, "Well then...I suppose we had better get this wedding started. Shall we?" Immediately Princess Celestia had her royal guards spread the word around that a wedding for Flareon and Twilight would be taking place in the courtyard in back of Canterlot Castle at 2pm this afternoon. Canterlot was soon visited by ponies from all around Equestria that were preparing to witness such an important wedding. While everyone was beginning to gather in the courtyard, Twilight was having Rarity finish the last touches on her wedding dress. "Hold still Twilight," Rarity said, "I'm almost done." Twilight, who couldn't stop fidgeting, replied, "I'm sorry Rarity, I can't help it. I'm just so nervous right now." Rarity then backed away from Twilight and said, "Done! That should about do it. What do you think?" Twilight turned to look at herself in the mirror and replied, "It's amazing Rarity. Thank you!" At that moment, a unicorn walked into the room and said, "Oh my...Twilight you look absolutely beautiful, I..." the pony began to cry, "I knew this day would come. After you were accepted into Princess Celestia's School for Gifted Unicorns I knew it meant that great things were going to happen. I just knew it!" Twilight smiled and replied, "Oh...mom." Just then a pony, this time an alicorn, walked into the room and said, "So...how's our bride-to-be holding up?" Twilight looked at the alicorn and said with excitement, "Cadance!" Twilight rushed over to Cadance and they said together, "Sunshine, sunshine, ladybugs awake! Clap your hooves and do a little shake!" After finishing they both started to laugh. Twilight looked around the room and said, "Where's dad and Shinning Armor?" Twilight's mom quickly replied, "I think they are visiting with Flareon. You know your father...he wants to make sure his little girl is marrying the right stallion. I just hope they don't scare him too much." For some reason everyone began to laugh at what Twilight's mom had just said.

 

Meanwhile, in another room, a pony assistant was done preparing Flareon's suit. "That should about do it Mr. Flareon. How does it look?" Flareon turned around to look into the mirror and replied, "It looks great, thanks!" The pony began to leave the room and said, "The wedding will begin shortly. Good luck!" While Flareon was busy looking in the mirror at his reflection, two unicorns came walking into the room. "There he is...the stallion of the hour!" the first pony said. He then walked up to Flareon and extended his right hoof which Flareon shook. "My name is Shining Armor, I'm the captain of the royal guards. I'm also Twilight's older brother." When Flareon didn't reply Shining Armor said, "Oh come on...Twilight didn't tell you about me? She always so busy with everything, but still, I can't believe Twilight didn't mention me at all." The other pony began to speak while he walked around Flareon, "So...you're the stallion who is marrying my daughter?" "That's right sir!" Flareon replied. "You promise that you will protect my daughter at all costs. That no matter what, you will always be there for her. Correct?" Twilight's dad said. "Of course! I promise that I will always be there for Twilight and protect her. You can trust me sir." Shining Armor began to walk around Flareon too and said, "You know Flareon...as captain as the royal guards, I have very powerful authority. If you so hurt Twilight in any way, I'll pick out a jail cell in the Canterlot Castle dungeon just...for...you!" As Shining Armor and Twilight's dad started angrily at him, Flareon took a loud gulp. Shining Armor and Twilight's dad began to laugh while Flareon was left speechless as what just happened. "Don't worry Flareon...we were just joking around. We know that if Twilight agreed to marry you, that means she trusts you, and if she trusts you, then so do we!" Shining Armor said as he smiled. Twilight dad began to cry, "I can't believe it...my little girl is all grown up now." As Shinning Armor was patting Twilight's dad on the back, Flareon began to speak and said, "Hey Shining Armor...can I ask you for a favor?" Shining Armor looked at Flareon, "Sure Flareon...anything." "Would mind being the best man...I mean...stallion?" Flareon replied. Shining Armor smiled and said, "Not at all, thank you for picking me." Soon after, the pony assistant returned to the room and said, "Mr. Flareon, the wedding is about to begin. Please follow me everyone."

 

Later on in the courtyard, Flareon, with Shining Armor on his left, are standing near Princess Celestia and Princess Luna in front of a large crowd. Twilight's friends with their families, along with her parents and Spike, are all waiting for the wedding to begin. At that moment, Celestia sends a signal to a group of ponies and the sound of trumpets playing could be heard throughout the entire courtyard. The door to the castle opened and Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo walked out spreading flowers while leading Twilight towards the altar. Flareon began to sweat nervously and looked at Shining Armor for support, but noticed he was also sweating. Flareon nudged Shining Armor and said, "Come on man...at least one of us needs to be the calm one." Shining Armor wiped the sweat off his forehead and replied, "Sorry." When Twilight reached the altar, Flareon looked at her and said, "You look beautiful." Twilight smiled and replied, Thank you." Princess Celestia began to address the crowd. "We are here today for this grand occasion. The chosen one, Flareon, who is foretold by the ancient prophecy passed down in my family for generations, is destined to defeat the great evil that terrorized Equestria a long time ago...Alexei!" The crowd began to whisper to each other but soon stops as Princess Celestia continues to speak. "The ancient prophecy also says that the child of the chosen one will one day be the Princess of Equestria! The crowd once again begins to whisper to each other and soon stops. "We are here gathered here today for the wedding of Flareon and Twilight. May we all pray for their safety and well-being." Everyone bows their heads down and begins a prayer. After they finish Princess Celestia has Flareon and Twilight speak their wedding vows. When they are done, Celestia signals to Luna who brings a pillow with 2 wedding rings on it. Celestia turns to her right, "Twilight...do you take Flareon to be your lawfully wedded husband?" Twilight replies with a smile, "I do." Celestia turns to her left, "Flareon...do you take Twilight to be your lawfully wedded wife?" "I do," Flareon replied. Celestia then places a ring on Flareon and Twilight's horn. "Then by the powerful invested in me," Celestia proudly said, "I now pronounce you husband and wife." She looks at Flareon, "You may kiss the bride." After Flareon's lifts up Twilight's veil, he looks into her eyes which have began to tear up, and they both kiss. The crowd begins to stomps their hooves on the ground in celebration and the sounds of trumpets could be heard playing once again.

 

During the after-wedding party in the castle ballroom, Flareon and Twilight were seen cutting the wedding cake. Vinyl Scratch was also invited as a special guest DJ that was DJing to the songs that were playing. Twilight then picked up the wedding bouquet from the table and threw it behind her. Everyone began to fight over it, but Cadance was the one who caught it. After everyone enjoyed some cake and ice dream, a spot in the ballroom opened up, and ponies began dancing in it. When a new song began to play, Twilight tugged on Flareon's left hoof and said, "Oh my gosh...I love this song! Let's go dance!" Flareon quickly replied, "Dance?! Um...Twilight, I'm not that good at dancing. I've also never been to one before." Twilight simply smiled and said, "Don't worry, I'll show you!" She then brought Flareon into the middle of the dance floor and began to dance exuberantly. When Twilight noticed Flareon wasn't dancing she said, "Come on Flareon!" Flareon smiled and replied, "Ok...here goes nothing!" Flareon began to dance like Twilight and soon they became the center of attention as everyone began to cheer them on. After the party was over, Flareon and Twilight were seen outside standing near a hot air balloon. "This was the best after-wedding party ever!" said Rainbow Dash, "I wish it hadn't ended." "Have a safe ride home you two," said Rarity. After Flareon and Twilight boarded the hot air balloon, they waved goodbye to everyone as they began to fly towards Golden Oak Library. The words "Just Married" could be read on the hot air balloon.