Chapter 17 - Should Have Seen That Coming...
Rainbow Dash stared blankly at Twilight for what seemed like forever. She didn’t have any particular look on her face, her expression was simply blank. After another minute she shook her head and her daze along with it, “What do you mean his magic is infectious?”
Twilight cleared her throat, “Well, When Firestorm used his magic to amplify Iris’ spell she ended up getting night vision in addition to her vision being corrected. Firestorm did much more than amplified a spell the other day when he healed Scootaloos leg. I theorize that whenever Firestorm uses considerable concentrations of magic, some of it bleeds into and fuses with the pony or organism he uses his magic on.”
Rainbow Dash went back to staring at Twilight with a blank expression on her face. Before Twilight could say or do anything their attention was drawn to an orange filly moving at high speed towards them yelling, “INCOMMING!”
There was a mess of limbs, wings, and tails flailing around after the crash as everypony attempted to right themselves. Scootaloo did a quick backflip once she was stable enough while Rainbow Dash and Twilight got to their hooves. Firestorm landed besides Scootaloo who looked up at him. Firestorm leaned down and nuzzled her gently, Twilight would have sworn it almost like a father reassuring his daughter. Scootaloo pulled away and approached Rainbow Dash, “Um… could we talk, you know, alone?”
Rainbow Dash turned towards Twilight who gave her an assuring smile and nod of her head. Rainbow Dash looked back at Scootaloo, “Yeah, do ya wanna walk and talk or do some more flying?”
Scootaloo giggled slightly, “Could we walk? I might have overdone it with the flying already…”
Rainbow Dash smiled, “Sounds good to me kiddo,” she replied trotting off with her young friend and honorary sister as the made amends.
Firestorm looked at Twilight, “Can we talk?” She asked.
Firestorm bowed his head in compliance and followed her away from the camp so they themselves could have their own private conversation. Once she felt they were in a good place, Twilight stopped and turned to face Firestorm, “Okay, I really don’t know what it is with you. The power amplification spell I get, but what you did with Scootaloo? She can fly, has extraordinary coordination and physical abilities, and, if I’m not mistaken, night vision just like Derpy now had. Would you happen to have an explanation for any of that??
Firestorm took a deep breath, “Your theory is most likely correct, the way my magic bleeds into and effects ponies in unintended ways.”
“How-?”
“I heard you talking to Rainbow Dash. But all the same, I think it is a very solid theory. Exactly how and why my magic behaves like that is the real question now, isn’t it?”
Twilight brought her hoof to her chin while she pondered for a moment, “Well, let’s consider what we already know, or at least, what we think we already know. If you were created to be a harbinger of eternal night, why would Nightmare Moon create you with the ability of pyrokenesis, an advanced healing spell, and who knows what else? Furthermore, why would she dedicate so much power into one pony, why not an army?”
Firestorm looked at Twilight trying to come up with an answer he just didn’t have, “Look, how about we make a deal, I use my magic and abilities when it is absolutely necessary, and we hold the questions for when we see the princess?”
Twilight nodded her head, “Agreed. But now that we have that out of the way, I need to talk to you about Rainbow Dash and Scootaloo.”
“What about them?”
“Well, let’s just start with Scootaloo for now.”
“If you think I would ever consider doing something to hurt her in any-”
“Quite the contrary, I think she’s taken to you and I think you’ve taken to her.”
“……………… Huh?”
“Well, take for instance just now. She needed to talk to Rainbow Dash and was obviously nervous about doing so. The way she looked at you and how you encouraged her through physical contact demonstrates a strong emotional bond. Not to mention she slept with you the other night. That is something a filly her age would normally do with a parent or sibling.”
“Wait, what are you saying, she adopted me?”
“Scootaloo did the same thing with Rainbow Dash, she always sought her approval, attention, and affection, and the last time we went camping together, they adopted each other as honorary sisters. Also, I’m almost certain you feel a strong bond with her too. Am I wrong?”
Firestorm let out a deep sigh, “No. what I did to her the other day to save her nearly killed me, emotionally anyway. When she wanted to sleep with me I had to resist the urge of hugging her so tightly it would have possibly crushed her. She is very special, she deserves to be happy. I… I love that filly as if she were my own.”
Twilight smiled.
“You know, I spent an entire day with her, Rainbow Dash, and her little friends at the lake. There was one point where I let her ride on my back while I flew out of the water. In that moment, I could feel the joy, the happiness she was experiencing and it made me happy, to make her happy…”
“Firestorm, can I ask you a very direct question?”
“You can ask, but I may choose not to answer…”
“Fair enough. I know you’ve been alive for a long time, and that you were never able to have foals of your own no matter how hard you tried. But I can still see the love you have for them, the caring affection of a true parent and I was wondering, would you consider adopting Scootaloo as your daughter?”
Firestorm stood stark still. His eyes locked forward, his breathing steady, and his face was emotionless. After a minute Twilight waved her hoof in front of his face. No response. After another minute she was beginning to panic and turned to get help from somepony back at the camp when Firestorms voice stopped her.
“I’ll do it…”
Twilight looked back over her shoulder at Firestorm, “What?”
“I said I’ll do it, I’ll adopt her.”
Twilight had to take a minute to comprehend everything that had just happened and everything up till this moment. She remembered Firestorms unusual abilities and power. The mystery they still had to solve about his true origins, and everything she knew he was capable of and what he yet might be capable of. She thought back to everything she had learned from her teacher and all the lessons she had learned on friendship. She used every ounce of her knowledge and came to this conclusion; Firestorm was almost as old as the legend of The Mare in the Moon, yet with all the power he had already shown he was capable of wielding, he had lived in solitude for the better part of his life and, as far as she knew, never intentionally hurt anypony (timber wolves notwithstanding). He had expressed genuine affection towards Scootaloo and a desire to have a foal of his own and certainly had the knowledge and resources to do so. But most importantly, she was the one who brought it up…
Twilight blinked back to reality, “Really? You would adopt Scootaloo?”
Firestorm nodded his head, “Yes. She needs somepony to truly care about and for her and give her the attention and affection she deserves. I would love the opportunity to adopt her.”
Twilight could not contain her excitement, she flung herself towards Firestorm locking him in a hug. Firestorm was shocked but not enough not to return the hug but only by putting a hoof around Twilights back. Twilight quickly broke the hug attempting to regain her self-control and composure, “I’m sorry it’s just so exciting, she will finally have a real home to come home to!”
Firestorm smiled in understanding, “Shall we begin?”
“Begin? Begin what?”
“The adoption process.”
“You want to start that now?”
Firestorm turned away from Twilight and spread his wings. A navy blue bubble formed in front of him and continued to grow until it was tice his height at which point the sphere collapsed so it seemed to exist only when directly looking at it from where Firestorm was standing, “One thing I’ve learned in my life, there’s no time like the present.”
“Be that as it may, what did you just do?”
Firestorm gestured for Twilight to stand beside him. She complied but all she saw before them was a glowing blue ring outlining a black hole, “I still don’t understand, what is that?”
“Oh, I’m sorry, only I can see what’s on the other side, this is a gateway spell, also known as a portal, through it is Ponyville, more specifically, the Ponyville Bed and Breakfast. We can discuss my adoption of Scootaloo with Haven and Homestead as they are her legal guardians…”
“Wait, right now!?”
“Yes, like I said before, there’s no time like the present. Though personally, I feel there is really only the past and the future, we are never really in the present long enough to notice it because it’s already in the past. Besides, how great would it be for us to come back and be able to tell Scootaloo she has a place to call home?”
“Well, that would be amazing, but let’s talk about it with Haven first…”
Firestorm nodded in agreement and walked through the portal. Twilight hesitated but quickly followed. She felt a definite change in her surroundings as she came through the other side. Unlike a teleportation spell, a portal did not seem to disrupt the casters perception of the environment. Twilight shook it off and followed Firestorm towards the place he had been staying before their camping trip began. Firestorm knocked on the door which opened only a few seconds later.
“Firestorm? Oh, Princess Twilight, is the camping trip over already?” Haven asked before looking around, “Where is Scootaloo?”
Twilight spoke up, “Please just call me Twilight, Haven, and that’s why we are here, Firestorm would like to adopt her.”
Havens face lit up, “You want to adopt her? That’s wonderful! Please, come right in!” Haven said before a purple hoof stopped her.
“There are some things you need to hear before we begin…” Twilight said calmly.
Haven looked at Firestorm and then back at Twilight, remembering the calm yet serious tone in her voice.
Haven nodded and invited Twilight and Firestorm inside. They each took a seat in the living room and Firestorm explained the accident with Scootaloo and the wolves. By the end of the story, Haven was unsure of how she felt. Finally, after what seemed like forever, Haven looked at Firestorm, “Scootaloo is safe and that’s all that matters. Thank you for saving her. So, just from that I can see you would make an excellent guardian, but there is some more information I need like housing, your income, and how you would provide for her.”
Firestorm smiled and teleported up to the room he had been staying in, quickly retrieved his bank statement from when he had gone with Rainbow Dash, and teleported back downstairs. He offered the statement to Haven who looked over it. When she saw the balance she looked up at Firestorm with her jaw still slack.
Firestorm smiled, “I’m ten centuries old, retired, and I can buy any property in Ponyville to provide a safe, loving, and caring home for Scootaloo.
“From this bank statement, you could buy all of Ponyville!”
“Perhapse, but I think she would be content in a cloud house if one is on the market.”
“A cloud house? Firestorm, don’t you recall Scootaloo has stunted wings and is incapable of flight beyond hovering for only a few seconds?”
“Not anymore, she has excellent flight skills, if somewhat limited, but she is definitely capable of short to medium range flight which would be enough to get her up to a cloud house.”
“Wait, what do you mean she can fly now?”
“Haven, I believe Firestorm has natural rapid healing abilities. When he used his magic to reattach or regrow or whatever he did to save Scootaloos leg, I believe those healing properties were passed on to her through his magic, along with a few other side effects,” Twilight explained.
“Other side effects, like what?”
“Well, aside from the leg she almost lost now being the same color as Firestorms fur, she also has night vision.”
“Wow, huh…” Haven stammered.
“Haven, if I may, Firestorm has already shown a deep emotional bond with Scootaloo and the natural instinct to ensure her safety as well as the will to provide her affection and love. I personally feel he would make an excellent caretaker for Scootaloo,” Twilight said confidently.
Haven looked at Firestorm and smiled, “Well, with assurance from the princess herself, who am I to deny Scootaloo a loving home of her own?”
Haven practically jumped the couch to get to a drawer in the study where she retrieved the proper adoption forms. She returned and spread them out across the table where both Firestorm and Twilight could look over before Firestorm promptly filled out the form. Haven couldn’t help but watch the two, “You know, if I didn’t know any better, I’d say you were a couple looking to adopt a foal of your own.”
The quill Firestorm was writing with snapped under his magical grip at Havens comment.
Twilight giggled, “Oh no, we’re not a couple. Honestly, I think he and Rainbow Dash would be better together, especially now that he adopted Scootaloo.”
The remnants of the quill suddenly burst into flames.
Haven giggled as Twilight explained, “Trust me, I might not know much about the process of two ponies falling in love, but I know the two of you have grown extremely close…”
Firestorm looked down at the adoption forms before him, with a swift pass of his wing, all the documents were signed and official. “There, done, now I can get away from you two!”
Haven smirked at Twilight, “And get back to your marefriend, Rainbow Dash?”
Firestorm stopped short of the door, he spun around and looked unusually happy, “No, so I can buy Vinyl the biggest, loudest, newest sound system and Spike a gem mine.”
Both mares smiles instantly vanished. “Or,” Firestorm continued, “Twilight and I could go back to the camp site, and make Scootaloo the happiest filly in town, and we forget all about this…”
Haven glanced at the paperwork faster than she could read an individual word, “Everything seems to be in order, congratulations Firestorm, you are not Scootaloos legal guardian and caretaker!”
At the exact same time Twilight made her way towards Firestorm, “We’ve been gone a long time, the others are probably wondering where we are and worried about us!”
Crisis averted.
“Oh, Firestorm,” Haven called out, her serious tone evident. Firestorm looked back at her, “It will take some time but here,” Haven said levitating an official paper to Firestorm, “This states that you are now Scootaloos legal guardian. A permanent document will arrive in your mail, um, when you get a house that is, at which point I will need to inspect the home to ensure it is a safe place for you to raise Scootaloo.”
Firestorm smiled, “How about this, you find me a cloud home for sale that you approve of, one that is spacious but doesn’t scream “I have money” and I’ll give you five thousand bits for your trouble.”
Havens eyes went impossibly wide, “Are you serious?”
“Yes,” Firestorm said with a gentle grin, “Find my a nice cloud house, preferably two story, 3 or 4 bedroom, 2 or 3 bathroom, furnished, and approved by you. I’ll buy it on the spot and give you five thousand bits. If there happens to be anything wrong with the house, I’ll fit it. If it has to be specially ordered from Cloudsdale and shipped here, I’ll pay for it and no matter what, you keep the five thousand bits for whatever you want, deal?”
Haven trotted over to Firestorm, “Sure, but you’d have to pay the money upfront for the house.”
Firestorm smiled, “Everything you’ll need is in my bag in my room. Don’t worry, I don’t mind you going through my stuff. I have nothing to hide and there’s not much there anyway.”
With that, Firestorm trotted out the door and through a waiting portal he had generated while talking to Haven. Once the portal closed, Haven rushed upstairs and into Firestorms room. His saddle bag sat peacefully on his bed. Haven moved across the room, undid the clasp, and looked inside. She was greeted by the sight of hundreds of one thousand bit coins. Haven stared at the bits until she began to feel lightheaded and thereafter, fainted.
Once Twilight was safely through the portal Firestorm closed it and then stopped and looked at the document Haven had given him. He sat down on his haunches and continued to stare at it, reading over it again and again. Twilight moved closer to Firestorm, “Is everything alright?”
Firestorm stared at the paper for a few seconds longer before nodding, “Yeah, it’s just that, I have a daughter.”
Twilight smiled, “Would you like to tell her and everypony the news?”
Firestorm glanced back down at the paper once more. He nodded his head, looke at Twilight, smiled, and said, “Yes.”
Twilight and Firestorm made their way back to the camp, Applejack was the first to notice their return, “There you two are, we were worried sick ‘bout you!”
“I’m sorry Applejack, Firestorm and I had an important matter to attend to regarding Scootaloo.”
“Huh, me?” Scootaloo asked confused, “What did I do?”
Twilight smiled and looked at Firestorm giving him his queue. Firestorm approached Scootaloo, “You were adopted,” Firestorm said offering her the document, “I adopted you.”
Scootaloo looked up at Firestorm in disbelief, she had really been adopted.
“Tell her the other news,” Twilight urged Firestorm.
“Oh yeah, since you can fly now, I commissioned Haven to pick out a cloud house for us in Ponyville.”
Scootaloo was at a loss for words, she had fallen back on her haunches and glanced back between her friends, Firestorm, and the adoption paper. Tears began to well in her eyes and before she could say anything, Rainbow Dash leapt into the air, “Scoots can fly, she got adopted, gets to move into a new cloud house, and she gets to stay in Ponyville? Best. Day. EVER!”
Scootaloo turned her attention back to Firestorm and, without warning, threw herself towards him wrapping her hooves around his neck. “Thank you,” she sobbed, “Thank you so much!”
“You’re welcome, sweetie," Firestorm whispered, “I love you.”
“I love you too... daddy.”
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love the story so far
I love that last comment.