(A/N) Some new things will be happening. First of, when you see a few of these ,------, that means that I'm changing the point of view. Second, a few days ago, I read a story called Monster. I feel that the name 'Shade' is WAY to similar to 'Nightshade', so guess what? Due to his discovery, Shade is going to change his name. Enjoy!
The flames continued to bend and contort around Shade's hand as the ponies just silently stared at him. He looked at the confused crowd and the fire disappeared instantly.
"Hey Lyra?" He suddenly said. The green unicorn slowly walked out from behind a tan earth pony and stopped right in front of Shade.
"Yeah?" She nervously replied.
"Could you bring me my helmet? I need to do something." Lyra said nothing, just trotted to the stage to get the object in question. Shade heard someone...or somepony clear his throat and was reminded of the eavesdropping ponies. He was beginning to get annoyed with them listening in on his conversation.
"Don't you have things to do?" Shade asked. His question was answered with the clopping of hooves scattering and grumbles, along with somepony mumbling something about cake. The crowd cleared, but one pony still remained. The tiny, orange pegasus stood there, staring at him. Shade immediately recognized her as the pony he saved...the one that was nearly impaled just minutes ago.
She had no expression on her face, but Shade could tell she was frightened.
"Hello there." He quietly said. He got no reply, so he crouched down. "Are you OK?" Nearly scaring Shade to death, she ran towards him, jumped in his arms, and hugged whatever part of his chest she could reach. Shade was surprised for a moment, but wrapped his arms around her and gave her a real hug.
"So....What's your name?" Shade asked randomly. She looked up at him with big, tear-filled purple eyes and said "Scootaloo. I'm the one you saved. Remember?"
"Of course I do. What are you still doing here?" He gave her a comforting smile.
"I just really wanted to talk to you is all. I had heard things from other ponies that said you're mean, but you seem really nice to me." She had stopped crying and he set her down so they could just have a normal conversation.
"Thank you sweetie. You really need to get home though." A look of disappointment spread across her face and she looked at the ground.
"OK." She sad sadly as she kicked the ground lightly. Shade thought for a second and considered something.
"Tell you what..." He put a hand under her chin and lifted her head up to look at her. "You can hang out with me for a little bit, but not too long. Alright?" Scootaloo responded by leaping back into his arms again. Shade put her on his shoulder and laughed quietly to himself.
"This'll be awesome! I can go show you to my friends so they can see how cool you are!" She shouted.
"You bet, but first I have to do something very important." And as if on queue, Lyra came trotting back with a round metal object floating in front of her.
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"I got your helmet, Shade. What is it that you needed to-" Lyra stopped when she saw Scootalooo on my shoulder. "Why is one of the Cutie Mark Crusaders on your arm?"
"The what?" I turned my head to get a better look at Scootaloo.
"Oh yeah!" She said. "I totally forgot to tell you about us! My friends, Applebloom and Sweetie Belle, and me are always looking for ways to get out cutie marks." Her ears suddenly drooped. "But we can never find our special talent."
"Hey, don't be sad. You'll find your special talents eventually." I tried to cheer her up.
"You think so?" She asked.
"I know so." I gave her a reassuring smile and she hugged my head.
"Ahem." Lyra was just patiently listening, my helmet still floating in front of her. We both grinned as I grabbed the helmet. I tapped the top of it with my finger.
"Jackie?" I asked.
"Shade....I......FFFRRRRRRZZZZ...."
"Hmm...Lyra?"
"What?"
"Can you channel raw magic into my helmet?" A look of nervousness appeared on her face.
"Sure..." Lyra's horn lit up as a stream of golden light flowed through the air and into my helmet. She did this for a few seconds before the 'eyes' on the helmet lit up bright blue, signalling that it was recharged.
"Shade? Hello." It finally said, making Scootaloo gasp.
"Your helmet talked! That's so cool!" She was staring at it with wide eyes.
"Yeah...it does that. Scootaloo, meet Jackie, my helmet." I gestured towards it with my hand.
"Umm....Nice to meet you?" She said with confusion in her voice. I just chuckled.
"The pleasure is mine. Scootaloo, was it?"
"Yeah." Now she spoke with a smile on her face.
"Alright then." I decided to interrupt. "I need you to diagnose something for me." I held out my palm and a small flame rose up. "Scan this fire. I need to know if it's normal, or something relative to this world." The usual scanning light appeared and sat on the fire for a few seconds before disappearing.
"This is incredible!" Jackie shouted. "These are just average flames. It seems that when you were teleported here, you absorbed some of the magic, thus giving you the power to manipulate fire. You can do anything you want with it."
"Well then....I left my world only to be brought into another and I have new powers. If I'm a whole new person, then I'll need a new identity."
"Really? Everyone just learned your name, so now your going to change it?" A random voice spoke from above me. I looked up.
"Hey Rainbow Dash. Been eavesdropping on our conversation, have you?" I asked with annoyance in my voice. After all, this was supposed to be a private matter.
"Yeah...." She put on a sheepish smile.
"It's alright." If I wanted to everyone to trust me, I did NOT need to be a total ass. " In fact, I think I'm going to name myself...
(A/N) OK then...this is the part where my readers have to help me figure out a new name for Shade. Preferably something that has to do with his new power. I will pick the best one from the comments (No PM's this time. My inbox got FLOODED last time.). I really appreciate everyone's input on the story by the way. The only way I'll get better is if you offer your suggestions and criticisms. Thanks!