All you heard was punches of hooves meeting the face plus the sound of somepony hitting the ground hard with a bloody nose and two teeth knocked out of him. Other ponies kept beating him up until he passed out from being in so much pain then they all left the poor beaten down colt on the ground crying while they laughed at him from a distance, he almost died if not Nurse Redheart found the colt and took him to her home where she patched him up real good then proceeded to clean his bleeding nose.
"That should do it," said Redheart admiring her handiwork.
The rain began as Redheart put a blanket over him just to keep him from having a cold even though she just met this little colt.
The poor little thing, probably beaten up because of his talent or being his own pony thought Redheart as the colt woke up.
Wiping his tears, the little colt sat up and looked at Nurse Redheart.
"What happened to me? Who are you?" asked the colt.
"My name is Nurse Redheart I work at the Ponyville Hospital and what's your name little one?" asked Redheart introducing herself.
"Firestarter, my name is Firestarter but everypony calls me fire boy or freak," responded Firestarter.
The tears began to flow again as the thought of what he just said hit him like hitting a brick wall. Redheart had a look of concern on her face and wiped his tears away then gave him a warm hug.
"It's ok your with me now and I will not let anypony harm you again, do your parents know your missing?" asked Redheart.
Firestarter shook his head.
"I have no parents," said Starter reluctantly.
"What happened to them?" asked Redheart, being careful not to step over any sensitive topics he wasn't ready to talk about.
"They were kidnapped and murdered under Princess Celestia's orders then put me in a orphanage where ponies would bully me and call me names," explained Starter as he gripped the blanket tightly.
Nurse Redheart wanted to ask him about what that fight was about but a voice in her head told her not to because that might be too much for him to handle, Starter tried to move but the stabbing pain from his abdomen all the way to his head stopped him and forced him to lay down.
"You need to lay back down, I don't think it's wise to try to stand," reassured Redheart.
"That fight...it was because I was different and I did things unlike anypony and they did not like that," said Starter as he sat back on his side facing the window.
Redheart was shocked that he answered but was glad he mustered up the strength to say it.
"They all treat me like I'm nothing...I hate them and wish death upon them," said Starter angrily.
Redheart stroked his mane which was an orangish-red color but was well brushed.
"Your mother brushed your mane?" asked Redheart with a bright smile.
"Yea until I learned how to do it myself," said Starter.
The next thing you could hear was silent sleepy noises which meant Starter fell asleep. Redheart heard that so with a smile, she kissed his forehead reassuring him she will take good care of him one way or another. When he was all tucked in and sleeping like a baby Redheart used her magic to levitate his saddlebag which contains books of pyro mancing powers and abilities, equestrian magic history and lastly was a pendant from his mother as a Hearts Warming Eve present but it had a crack on it so Redheart grabbed some hot glue and put the broken piece back together.
As she digged deeper, she found a paper for a talent show that was going to be in town and his teacher had her signature to say she recommended Firestarter to perform and show off his talent for everypony to see and be amazed.
No wonder he has all these books, he must want to put on a show thought Redheart.
Looking through the books Redheart saw unbelievable moved and tricks that no normal colt or filly could do.
She smiled and slept beside him cuddling close to him to keep Starter safe.
A nightmare was introduced to Starter as he witnessed Princess Celestia killing his parents in cold blood. She started with his mother as she zapped her with her yellow magic to the point she turned into nothing but ash then his father was beaten to the point he died but told Starter this before he died.
I love you son, never forget who you are and where you come from
That mere thought hit Starter hard as he slowly woke up then realized Redheart had him wrapped up like a pretzel but managed to teleport to the kitchen as Redheart slept more.
"I hope I have time to do a trick before the day of the talent show," said Starter as he grabbed one of the books on pyromancer powers and abilities.
He turned the pages until he spotted one that caught his eye, it was a trick called: Fireworks come to life. A trick that no pony ever tried or ponies that have tried ended up endangering themselves along with others but Starter knew better than that.
"This trick requires intense concentration and a very vivid imagination which I have, with those two attributes this trick is sure to wow your friends and family," read Starter.
From just looking through it Starter could tell this trick was going to be dangerous but he wanted to try it anyway regardless of what anypony said.
I am going to make them jump for joy thought Starter as he read through the pages trying to find a really cool one to wow the crowd.
The morning sun shined through the curtains hitting Starter's cutiemark which was a blazing fire as it shined brightly. Redheart moaned in bed as a sign to say she was about to wake up and she did, greeting Starter with an expressed look of smiles but Firestarter was not in the mood for smiles.
"Did you sleep well?" asked Redheart getting up and fixing her mane.
"Yes..." responded Starter.
"Oh and it seems your going to try out for the talent show, pretty awesome right?" asked Redheart trying to lift Starter's spirit up.
"I guess...if those colts that beat me before don't do it again unless I make a move," said Starter.
Nurse Redheart remembered how bad those colts beat the poor colt almost to death if she didn't find him and took care of his battered and bruised body.
"Listen I know you want to defend yourself but you have to pick your battles and this is not one of those you can just beat somepony up because you are no better than they are," explained Redheart.
When Redheart said those truthful words, it was as if the whole world shifted around contorting in a way that changed Starter's outlook.
"I know but they beat me up because I made a filly I once loved cry and everypony started hating me," explained Starter.
Starter walked out of the house and to the sign up sheet for the Talent Show where he signed up then left.