//------------------------------// // Chapter 1 // Story: The way the flowers bloom // by ShadowsofEquestria //------------------------------// Chapter 1 Welcome to ponyville The bushes in the forest started to shake and then a head popped out of it for a pony was in the bush. It was a young unicorn stallion with a coat that was the color of sand, his mane was red with a streak of blue in the the middle. But for some reason the stallion had a red bandana covering his eyes. As soon as he came out of the bush, the lights from the sun started to shine at him through some of the clearing from the trees which surround him. When he felt the sun on him he started to run. Why he ran from the sun’s warmth because he hated the feeling of warmth on him. He just kept running until he came to a small hut. He entered it to bump into something that felt like a pot.  “You what are you doing” said somepony The stallion raised his head for the pony to see why he bumped into the pot. “My word what has happen to you” said the pony. “What happen to me, ‘hmph’ don’t want to answer it but first can I have something to wear?” said the stallion. “Why? To hide your face so others will not see that you are blind” said the pony.  “Actually, I can see find, this bandana just cover my eyes from the sun” said the stallion with a smirk. “Why do you hide your eyes from the sun?” “So it won’t burn my eyes and the sun will also burn my skin” he said. “Fine! Take this then” said the pony who through a cloak to him. The stallion use his magic to grab the cloak and put it on him. As he made his way to the door he stopped. “Thank you for giving me this Miss” “Zecora” “Thank you Zecora for giving me this” the stallion said as he went out the hut. Now out in the forest walking a dirt road that lead to a town. Then he goes to a building near the path he was on. He enters the building to find other ponies talking to each other. While walking to a desk he started to notice others staring at him and even some walking away. On the desk a mare was looking at some papers until she heard somepony cough. She looks up to find the stallion in a cloak looking at her. “Can I help you?” she said. “Yes, can I get a room in this hotel please” he said. “Well do you have a reservation Mr.?” “Blaze, Blaze Peak you?” he said with a smirk. “Dust storm is my name and I am the manager in this fine establishment and do you have a reservation Mr. Blaze” said Dust with a smile. “No” “Oh! Well do you have and bits for you to buy a room?”  “No I don’t have any bits on me” Blaze said as he started to walk away. “Well, Did you think this place was free Mr. Blaze!” as Dust yelled to him while he went out the door. While walking in town, he then saw somepony running towards him in a pink blur. The blur got to him in under a few seconds and now was muzzle to muzzle to the pink pony. “Hi, My name is Pinkie Pie what’s your name” she said while looking at his bandana. Blaze was very startled by her when she was very close to him and he never let any pony near his face. “Okay first personal space, Second Blaze Peak” he said while using his magic to push Pinkie pie from his face. “Okay Blaze, want to be friends” Pinkie said with a huge smile that looked like it pass her face and also putting her hoof out for a shake. All Blaze did was stand there, his breathing started to be faster and heavier. In his mind he started to hear voices “You will never make a good son” said a female voice. “You make our family dishonor themselves for that stupid stunt you did with your ‘friend’” said another voice but more deep. That’s when he felt tears start to come down from his eyes and he now was shaking his whole body. “Hey are you OK?” said Pinkie who was still waiting for his answer and holding out her hoof still. “No” he whispered. “What was that” said Pinkie placing her hoof to her ear to listen for and answer. “I said No” he whispered again. “Still can’t hear you” said Pinkie who was now holding a hearing horn to her ear from she got from nowhere. Blaze’s teeth started to harden and now tears streaming down his eye’s. Pinkie was wondering what was happening to the newcomer and as she got close to his face again she heard a familiar voice behind her. “Hey Pinkie what are you doing- Who’s this pony Pinkie darling” said a unicorn mare with a white coat, purple mane and three gems as a cutie mark. “Oh hey Rarity, trying to make a new friend and when I said want to be friends, he stopped moving and now looks like this” said Pinkie who pointed her hoof to Blaze. “Oh somepony new in town, I have to see him” Rarity said who now was in front of Blaze. “Hello there, what do you want to do in this fine town of ours” she said with a smile. For the first time he finally moved and moved his head to be face to face with Rarity and finally after not talking, he finally spoke. “Go away” “What did you say darling and why do you have that wrapped around your eyes?” said Rarity who raised her eyebrow in confusion. Then he finally spoke but it was fueled with rage. “YOU KNOW WHY, YOU DID THIS TO ME SNOW YOU KNOW WHAT YOU DID AND I THOUGHT I GOT AWAY FROM YOU BUT LOOKS LIKE I HAVE TO DO IT AGAIN!!!” yelled Blaze who made Rarity fall down. When he was yelling his cloak flew off from him for ponies around him to look at the pony yelling at Rarity. His coat was the color of sand from his front hooves to his head while the rest of his body was the color of pink. On each of his hooves there was metal that was melded to his flesh from the bottom of his hooves to his knees. Rarity now was scared for her life while Pinkie was nowhere to be seen. “S-Sorry my name is not snow it’s” but was cut off by Blaze who made a spear from magic and pointed it to Rarity. “Snow I have no clue how you came back but now, I while make sure you will never com-” but Blaze just fell over before he finished what he was going to say. Behind him was a lavender alicorn whose horn was glowing slightly from using a magic spell to take down the crazy pony. “Rarity are you ok, are you hurt” said the alicorn who ran up to her. “I-I’m fine now Twilight, how did you know I was in trouble?” said a scared Rarity. “Pinkie came to tell me that you were in trouble” as she said that Pinkie just ‘popped’ right behind Twilight as soon as she heard her name. “When I heard you were in trouble I came as fast as I can to help you, luckily I did or you could have been killed by him and also ‘cough’ WHO THE HAY WAS THAT PONY!” yelled Twilight. “I don’t know, I never meet him yet he talked to me like I know him and if you didn’t come, I have no clue what he would to me” “It’s find now Rarity you're safe and now” Twilight said but then made a cage from her magic and then floated the stallion inside the cage. “Let’s bring him to my brother for his crime for attempted murder” said Twilight.