I am no normal pegasus. Inside, I have a power, a certain power that stands out. The ability to control fire.
No, I'm serious, I could do it.
I patted the cloud I was slumped on, I allowed it's fluffiness and warmth to be directed into my right hoof.
My orange mane was swept slightly backwards from the gentle sunset breeze, my mane had one spike of hair at the top, hooked slightly downwards. Below that, were two spikes, curved slightly upwards, and below that, a spike that wasn't curved in any direction. My pure yellow eyes were locked onto the beauty of the setting sun. Looking around my body again, I saw my red
coat of fur, my wings were tucked at my sides. Finally, getting to my cutie mark, I looked at the fire shaped mark. Roughly 30 degrees upwards, were two yellow lightning bolts.
I never took summer flight camp. I just didn't like to be pushed around by rules, you won't believe the relief I felt once my parents said I wasn't going to go there. Instead, I just practiced myself. The results were pretty damn impressive, I was able to manage 700 mph. I wasn't able to breach the sound barrier like Rainbow Dash, I just couldn't, no other pegasus has, and she was five to ten times faster than the sound barrier anyways. So if I did breach it barely, then I still wouldn't be much of a match in speed against her.
I'm not particularly well known, I never wanted to show my unique ability in front of anypony, in fear of them thinking that I was showing off. I also found that I, was totally immune to heat, of any kind. I felt lucky of that, but at the same time, cursed. But I decided to give in to that, because if I did commit suicide, then I wouldn't get a new body, so I had to play along.
I have made a few moves with my talent, but I've never been good at naming, so they may be downright horrible.
From the most destructive to the most destructive of my moves:
Scorch Flare
This move has me shoot four flames, one for each hoof. They travel a hundred meters before stopping.
Fire Swirl
This move, creates a fiery tornado to put it simply.
Incinerating the Sky
All clouds in half a kilometer radius will be set ablaze, this move however, drains plenty of my energy.
Blazing Shock Wave
A shock wave travels horizontally, the shock wave is coated in flames and anything below it, goes on fire. It only works for a kilometer radius and is so draining, that if I don't have full energy, then I'll pass out. You don't wanna know how I found that part out. Actually, the radius depends on how high I am, over five kilometers, fifty meters. Fifty meters, three kilometers of range.
But I do have to thank for it, it has saved my life once. When a dragon tried to singe me with fire. It also made me feel like I was a goddess of fire.
After a few minutes, the sun had set completely, leaving me in the darkness and coolness of the night. I've always enjoyed the sensation of coolness on my skin, so I decided to stay for a bit longer.
My red coat stood out in the darkness, but since nopony was there, nothing ever noticed my presence in the night. I was used to that. No attention was fine with me, and I never did expect much from my unfortunately deceased parents. But I got attention, and it was still quite painful to adjust anyways. Somedays, I feel aggravated and cranky that they were gone, but then, I remember that I can't do a darn thing about it. But it doesn't stop me from wishing I had some friends. Of course I probably wouldn't be that comfortable in the spotlight, but I just needed some. My socializing hasn't been very successful, unfortunately. I've been considering giving up on that a year ago when I was twenty.
Since that, my life has been a burden. My parents have always wished me a happy life. I've tried to grant their wish for years, but I'm failing. Nothing was exciting, which was ironic. I must've been the most depressed mare in all of Equestria. I mean, Equestria is normally quite the place of happiness, right? The bitter bite of that fact, and that it didn't apply for me, had haunted me for years. I longed for something exciting, like having friends, being able to hang out with them, and most of all, something I long craved for...
Adventure.
And I needed to make friends.
I didn't make much money, I'm basically a street performer on Ponyville. The most common things that I would do were:
Setting my body on fire
Looping around in the air
Everything you could think of that isn't totally chaotic!
And at the end of each day, I could only earn five to ten bits. And that's only if I do perform for eight hours a day. I hated having to work for fifty-six hours every week for only thirty-five to seventy bits. In other words, I had barely enough to survive,
even with all the effort I was putting in. I'm just lucky if Rarity comes by, she gives about three bits normally, enough to keep me going for an afternoon. Unless she thinks what I'm currently doing is only what a ruffian would do.
But this night, I was gonna make sure that changed, or at least I hoped that this would be the night.
"Goodbye," I thought in my head, preparing to abandon the fluffiness of the cloud.
As I flew off, I pondered on the possibilities, no matter how improbable they were, they were still possible. Welcoming the familiar thrill of flying, I flew below the clouds. I kept on cruising until Ponyville came into sight. I wondered if I would have any adventures this night.
My experience after my parents died helped me not take things for granted, and if anything did go horribly wrong, then that trait I applied through the years would help me.
I nose-dived at Ponyville, now the possibilities would be absolutely endless.