Blazing Life In Equestria

by CroisSunnyPlay


Chapter 1 - Broken

It's the end of the school semester. The teens all cheered as they exited the school and all headed their ways. One of these teens was me. Hello there, my name's Bruce. Not the Hulk one. I am normal guy of fair skin, dark brown hair and light brown colored eyes. I am 19, almost 20 years old, but despite that, I already have my own job and home. My family is- or at leas was- big, consisting of me, my two younger brothers, my youger sister, my big sister and our parents. I work on my late grandfather's general store called Mix Point, because it sells almost anything you need. Food? We have it. School material? This way please. Snacks? Right here. Utilities for your home? You came to the right place. We even had tools for taking care of a garden, and I must say I really like the folks who come by.

My grandparents died of old age four years ago, so I had to take responsibility for the business when I was still 15. I had my father and younger brother to help me sometimes, but it was mostly me. Everyone said I didn't have to do that, but the loss of my grandparents hit me the worst out of everyone. I loved to spend time with them and most of my time was passed on their house. When they died, I lost all that happiness, like a piece of myself had been torn away. I became distant. Everyone was worried about me, but I mostly ignored them. The only time when I felt slightly better was when I was running my grandfather's business. The rest of the family decided to let me and my big sister have their house, just so I could keep running the business. My big sister, Anne, moved away when I was 17, so the house was left for me. My mother and father divorced, and each moved away to a different city. They didn't hate each other, they still were friends, but their relationship just wasn't working out anymore. They asked me if I wanted to go with one of them, but I refused.

I regretted that decision.

Some months after they moved, I was traveling to my mother's house, because it was the day which we agreed to have a family meeting so we all could see each other again. I was two hours late because the guy at the station was doubting I was old enough to travel by myself, and I had forgotten my wallet home. When I finally got my ticket for the train, I boarded and sat down on an empty seat by the window, taking out my phone to check the messages. There was only one from my father.

Hey Bruce

I already arrived and am catching up with your mom and siblings. We are all eagerly waiting your arrival, so we hope you can make it. Be careful while you come, alright?

Love, Dad.

I smiled and turned off the phone to save battery and relaxed on the seat, deciding to take a quick nap. There was just something soothing about traveling on a train, the rhythmic clack clack of the weels, the scenery passing by... I much preferred traveling by train than plane. Those things make me a little uneasy.

When the train finally arrived at the station, I ran out and made a beeline for my mother's house, I was late enough as I was, didn't want to be even more. So, running as fast as I could, and apologizing to anyone I bumped into, I arrived at the right street, expecting to see my family talking and waiting for me.

But I didn't expect what I found.

My mother's house was surrounded by muttering people and some policemen, as a group of them led two persons outside in cuffs. These persons looked to be dressed in rags, possibly bandits. In the front yard, there were six lumps covered in a fabric. I started feeling cold as dread made its way into my being, and shakily approached one of the policemen.

"E-excuse me, c-can you please tell me what h-happened, sir?" I asked, barely keeping myself composed. He looked at me for a few seconds before answering.

"These two bandits invaded this house and were planning to steal everything, but apparently there was resistance, so they just killed everyone. A neighbor heard the commotion and called us, but we arrived too late."

The cold intensified, but I had to make sure. "C-can you tell me who w-was in there?"

He sighed. "We have confirmed the dead to be two adults, one teenager, and three kids. They were apparently a family. Why, are you related to them? If yes, you have my condolences..." He said before walking away, but I didn't notice after he confirmed my suspicions. The rest of my family was dead.

My world stopped. My heart broke into a million pieces. I felt empty. But that emptiness gave way to a new feeling.

Rage.

I looked at the bandits and saw red. It was their fault! They wont get away with that! With a scream that startled everyone, including the policemen, I tackled one of the bandits to the ground and started pummeling him. I punched and punched and punched until my hands where covered in blood. But it wasn't my blood, no, it was his. It took the combined efforts of three policemen to prie me apart from the bandit. I literally beat him within an inch of his life. His face was unrecognizable after that.

Slowly but surely, the red haze lifted from my vision as my anger evaporated and I broke down. I cried and cried until I had no more tears to cry. Some of my mother's neighbors tried to comfort me, but it was of no use. I was instructed to return to my town by them, which I reluctantly did. I still wanted to get revenge on the bandits, but didn't have the energy to do so.

After that, I fell into depression. I wouldn't talk with anyone, I pushed away my friends, and even closed down the Mix Point for a few months. Bills began to pile up however, forcing me to open it again so I could make the money to pay them.

I was a broken mess. I had no drive to continue. I was ready to end everything, until I found it on the internet. My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic. I was just browsing online on YouTube when I came across some of the fan animations, which I found really nice. So, out of curiosity, I searched and watched the first episode of season one. At first I thought it was a show for little girls, until I watched the second episode. By the fifth, I was very engrossed in it, and before I knew it, I watched the entirety of season one. I couldn't believe it, how could a show for little girls be so enrapturing? I decided to watch season two. I really liked Discord, he was one of the most fun villains I have ever seen.

This became one of my favorite shows. I even found out that a lot of grown men and women also loved the show. I liked that. I decided to be one of them too. On that day, I became a Brony, as they call it online. I even saved money to go to conventions when there was one close by. I also made my very own original character, which I named Lightning Blaze.

Blaze is the pony equivalent of a vampire, or a vampony if you will. According to online theories, they are a subspecies of Thestrals, or bat ponies. She is a filly that has grey colored fur, her mane is a two tone light blue and dark blue, which slightly covers her right eye, and she had bat like wings and fangs. Her eyes are a different color from each other, while her left one is an ocean blue, the right one is crimson red in color. She never met her parents, having been kidnapped when she was a foal to be experimented on. She grew up on the laboratory, and due to that, she has learned a lot about technology and chemistry. The experiments on the laboratory gave her the ability to control Fire and Lightning, which she was trained on using. Despite having made some friends on the laboratory, she hated the place because it continuously kidnapped young foals for they twisted experiments. So, one night, she has told all her friends to evacuate the place and take the foals with them. They hesitantly obeyed, and she got to work. She went to the reactor room and used her powers to overheat it, triggering a massive explosion that destroyed the laboratory. Who didn't die by the explosion, died by the debris. Blaze surprisingly survived, but lost both forelegs. She was given cybernetic replacements by her friends, and with her knowledge in technology, she herself has modified them to be stronger, lighter and more practical, so if she is ever caught on a bad situation, she will be able to defend herself. Though she doesn't know it, she also has the ability to control Darkness, a very fearsome ability, and due to it being that dangerous, her friends thought it better not to tell her. She has decided to travel on her own after that.

Many thought the story behind her was brilliant, a few thought it was rather dark, but I didn't pay much attention to them. Slowly but surely, the show and the Brony community were healing my broken heart, I didn't become as cheerful as I was before, but I also didn't went around moping at the corners. My family would want me to move on, and if I couldn't do it for me, I would do it for them. I reconnected with my frieds, and they forgave me for pushing them away. I was surprised to hear that some of them were Bronies too. So, we sometimes would meet up to watch some episodes together or to just chat about it.

When I got home after school, I sighed in relief, putting my backpack to the side of the door and going to the kitchen for a snack. School wouldn't be back for some months, and it left me with a lot of free time, which I was thankful for. It's NOT fun to arrive home from work and have to immediately prepare for school. But now I wouldn't have to worry about that, now I can relax all I want. After having a PB&J sandwich and a glass of orange juice, I got my laptop and went to the living room to play some games. After beating the CPU once again on MUGEN (difficulty on Hard 9), I received a call from one of my online friends, Q.

Q never told me his real name, much less showed me a picture of how he really is, but we have been online pals for months now. He speaks a bit like Discord, and I could swear that he really sounded like John de Lancie on the voice chats. We talked over his favorite social network, Discord. I found that rather ironic. So, putting on my headphones, I answered the call.

"Yo Q, how's it going?" I asked, setting the call for background and going online the check what's new.

"Hello there, Bruce! I am as chaotic as I have ever been. What about you?" He loves the word chaos.

"Same old, same old. Summer just arrived though, so I am now on vacation from school for a few months." I tell him while I look over some artwork from Mlp. I should see if I can draw too, would be fun.

"Oh, that's wonderful! It means I can finally come over to spend time with you!" He said cheerfully.

"Hehe, I guess I can finally see how you look, eh?" I still wonder why he didn't let me see how he looks like, even his profile picture is the word "Chaos" made of a mish mash of different things.

"Hmm, how about I come over right now?" Hey, that's some pretty good art of Rarity and-

"Wait, what?"

My question went unanswered as a flash of light in the middle of my living room blinded me. I covered my eyes with one arm in surprise, and no matter what anyone says, I will forever deny I yelped like a girl in that moment. I slowly lowered my arm as my vision returned and my jaw dropped at what was in my room. Or rather, who.

"It's nice to finally meet you face to face, Bruce." It was fricking Discord, in the flesh! Here! In my living room! With wide eyes, my brain almost shut down as my mouth did a very good impression of a fish. I don't drink, so I can't be drunk and seeing things. I also don't smoke and don't do drugs, so I can't be having a high dream. Am I hallucinating? No, the medic said that despite the trauma of losing my entire family, my mind was perfectly healthy. But, this can't be real. Discord is a TV character! How is he here!? This makes no sense!

"Oh ho ho Bruce, what is the fun in making sense? And I can assure you, I am very much real, and you're not having an hallucination or a dream." Wait, did he read my mind? "Yes."

"Gah! Don't do that! It's creepy!" I said, shaking my head.

"Oh sorry. As fun as it was to see you mimicking a fish, I really came over to spend time with you." He said while floating horizontally in the air.

"So you're actually Q? Huh, I am both surprised and not surprised at the same time... Who would have thought I am online friends with Discord? You must be from post season three then. By the way, why did you decided to become my online friend? I won't ask how you talked to me, since... Well, all the reality bending powers, so why?" I asked as I took off my headphones and placed them on the table.

"Well, dear Fluttershy suggested that I make more friends, so while looking for ways to do that, I came across this interesting network with my name on it! Of course, everything with my name on it must be really good, and I gotta say I am not disappointed! I have been to the human world before, so I made myself one of these things you call 'laptop' and installed the application on it. I made the profile with the name Q because apparently my name was already being used by the administration, so I made something original. I randomly searched for friends and found you! Isn't that great?" He said, snapping his eagle claw to make appear his laptop and showing me his profile on Discord. Haha, Discord using Discord. How confusing is that?

"Heh, that's really great. So, since you came to spend time with me, can I offer you anything to eat? Or drink?" I asked, standing up and going to the kitchen.

"Chocolate milk would be very appreciated!" He called.

Taking two cups from the cupboard, I opened the fridge and took the carton of chocolate milk out, filling the cups and putting it on the fridge again. Going back to the living room I gave one cup to Discord as I sipped from mine. We talked about random things, with no specific subject really. I discovered that besides himself, only Pinkie Pie knows their world is a TV show on other dimensions. Big surprise. I also presented him to some games he could install on his laptop, to play when he was bored. He is a very cool guy. We spent hours talking, and soon, he said he needed to return to Equestria.

"Well, it was fun spending time with you, Bruce. I wish I could stay more, but I have to return now before something bad happens. Dimension jumping is dangerous, even when I myself do it." He said with a nod. Huh, it must be really serious then if he admitted that. Nonetheless, I gave a nod, and extended my fist, which he bumped with his lion paw.

"S'cool. I can understand. Will you come visit another time?" I asked with hope.

"Most certainly. Now, toodles!" He waved and snapped his claw.

...

"Uhhh, you're still here..." I said to Discord, who was still floating in my living room. I was expecting him to have teleported back to Equestria already.

"Hmm, it must be out of batteries." He said, raising an eyebrow at his claw. Snapping it again only produced a tiny spark. "Well, let's try the other one then!" He lifted his paw and snapped.

...

He was still there.

"Errr, can I help somehow?" I asked awkwardly. He shook his head in frustration and frowned at his appendages.

"Alright, this is getting ridiculous! Very well, I'll try both now!" He said getting ready to snap both his claw and paw.

"W-wait, is that really a good idea-"

*SNAP*

*FLASH*

A portal suddenly appeared in front of us, creating a huge suction force that started dragging everything in my living room inside it.

"Discord, what did you do!?" I asked, trying to keep my footing against the strong winds being generated.

"I don't know! This has never happened before!" He answered frantically before being dragged into the portal himself.

I tried hold onto something, but nothing was in reach, so I soon found myself getting closer and closer to the portal. I still tried to crawl forward, but as I looked up, I saw my couch flying in my direction.

...

"Bollocks."

It smashed me directly into the portal.

And I blacked out.