Firestarter

by Northguard


Blitz Firestarter

Blaze walked around the gravestones and eventually came to a black gravestone decorated with golden colours. On the grave it was written:

Blitz Firestarter
A loving daughter, a sister and a good friend
Forever in our memory

"How did she die?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"She caught a terminal disease. The treatment was expensive and our family didn't have enough bits for it. I decided to enter a race where 1st place would receive 50 000 bits. Before the race started I visited Blitz. She told me to promise that I would win the race. I vowed to never lose a race again and that i'd never go back on my word. When the race started I took the lead immediately. When I was about to win someone cheated and got me in second place. Two days later...." Blaze paused as her mane lost it's bright colours and fell down completely straight.

"Blitz died." Blaze said as she began crying steam. She quickly got a hold of herself and began talking again.

"At the funeral I vowed to keep my promise even if it killed me. A few days after the funeral the cheater was busted and my family received the reward, but it was too late. I was fueled by rage when I found out someone cheated. I hunted down the stallion and let him feel the flames hell."

"So you-" Spitfire started.

"-got revenge? Yes I did." Blaze said with remorse in her voice as a tear ran down her cheek and evaporated. "I was just so angry at the time. I had no control of myself. How I wish I could take it back. He didn't know about my sister."


Flashback

The fire raged through the building as a Pegasus stallion tried to get out, but every time he got close to an exit fire blocked the path. Eventually he was trapped in the living room as he crouched down on the floor coughing. Suddenly the smoke was pulled away and he could breath again. One of the flames split in two and revealed a Pegasus mare with a mane moving like it was fire. Her eyes were glowing red and steam was coming out of them. Just the sight of this mare was enough to give nightmares for years.

"Please don't hurt me." the stallion said.

"Oh I'm not gonna hurt you. I'm going to kill you!" Blaze shouted with a demonic voice.

"Who are you? Why are you doing this?" the stallion asked.

"Two reasons. One: You cheated in that race. Two: Because of you my sister is DEAD!!!" Blaze shouted in pure uncontrollable rage.

"Please. I didn't know." the stallion said trying to get away, but he was trapped with no chance of escape.

"It's too late for excuses now. Blitz is dead and it's all. Your. FAULT!!" Blaze shouted as the flames began to close in. "BURN IN HELL!!!" Blaze shouted and sent the flames towards him like a wave.

The stallion was consumed by the flames as he screamed in agony. A few minutes later only ash and bones was left of the stallion. Blaze picked up the bones and flew outside the burning building. She put the bones in saddlebags and flew away from the town. She came to Ponyville Cemetery and buried the bones outside of the hallowed ground.


As Blaze finished the story small flames began to materialize in the air and swirled around each other. Slowly the flames started to gather together. At first it was nothing but a ball of flame but they started to slowly take the form of something beautiful. As the Flames died down what was left was a Flower. This flower however was something else entirely, its petals were made of fire and danced in the wind. Blaze set it down onto the gravestone of her sister. The grass surrounding the flower was unaffected by the flames as if there were none, to begin with.

Blaze then silently flew over to a crippled tree outside the graveyard and placed her hoof on it. Then something Rainbow Dash and Spitfire didn't expect happened. The tree glowed orange, changed shape and began to bloom magnolia flowers. Blaze put down her hoof and opened her wings. Heat radiated as small swirls of fire danced around her feathers and suddenly flames burst out from them. The fire raged uncontrollably while Rainbow Dash and Spitfire began to back away.
The flames began to calm down and flew off Blaze's wings towards the tree and formed a swirl that raged for a few seconds before the flames disappeared. In the fire swirl's place were now two words.

Blaze then took flight and disappeared in the horizon as Rainbow Dash and Spitfire just stood there. Questions blew in their minds like a hurricane and none of them had answers.

"How did she do that?" Dash asked petrified.

"How didn't the flames hurt her?" Spitfire asked in shock.

The two then turned towards the tree that had two words seared into the bark.

For Blitz