My Little Spark: The Movie

by Real Solaris

Prologue

Canterlot, the center of Equestria, a sprawling city of ponies and Mobians alike, and the current battlefield between three supersonic beings. Two blue streaks race up and around the side of a tower, followed by one of light blue, firing bolts of electricity at the blurs. Scaling down the building, they reach the streets below, dodging carts, electricity, and explosions.

Time slows down, revealing a blue hedgehog with a peach stomach, arms, and muzzle, wearing red shoes with gold buckles on the sides and white gloves, his right with a golden ring on his ring finger, and a silver bracelet with a green orb on his left wrist.

Next to him is a similar, taller being, rather, only its head has quills that are styled upward and the rest is pale skin. It wears a black t-shirt with a blue symbol in the shape of his head, navy blue jeans, a navy blue scarf with two stripes of pink and lilac running through the middle with a ring at the end, and red shoes similar to the hedgehog, rather, the buckle is atop the shoe. The light blue blur behind them is shown to be a very angry yeti with a staff crackling with rainbow colors and blue electricity.

So. You’re probably wondering: why are two handsome speedsters being chased by a crazed yeti with a stick bent on world domination, right? I feel like I’ve been running my whole life, or at least most of it. Is this too much for you? Am I going too fast? Yeah, it’s kinda what I do. You know what, let’s back it up real quick.

Events and images flash by, too fast to comprehend before stopping to reveal a sprawling city of white skyscrapers with green tops, flush with plant life and pathways connecting all the buildings to each other. The city is placed between a beach, forest, and massive plains, where a blue blur zips by, heading towards the ocean.

This is Sparkicity. It had everything, open plains, sandy beaches, and sleek white towers that seemed more nature-like than Spark-made. It’s home to the alien race I am part of, known as the Sparks, a highly advanced, extremely clean civilization with powers that ranged from strength to flight. I was born with extraordinary powers that made even the most powerful of my race pale in comparison, and was told to keep them a secret, and like any teenager, I didn’t exactly listen.

The blur lessens to show an anthropomorphic hedgehog in his early teens, with blue quills for hair and wearing shorts and a t-shirt. He runs down the beach, taking a hard right into the city and down the bustling streets of hover cars, then up one of the many pathways leading to the skyscrapers. He follows the paths to the tallest building, running into one of the apartments, and gives a violet female hedgehog who was cooking a surprise hug. Her violet quills spark purple in surprise, dancing off of a navy blue scarf with pink and purple highlights and a golden ring at the end, calming down after seeing the sudden attacker hugging her waist.

That’s my mom, Aurora. She took care of me after my dad went missing when I was a kid, and we were together through thick and thin. Since so many of my kind wanted my powers, we were forced to move from place to place, sometimes even leading others who came along with us.

“Hey there, Tionic!” Aurora says, putting her free hand on her son’s head. “How was your run today? Eventful as usual?”

“Nah, it was pretty boring,” Tionic says, then reaching into his quills. “But I did find you this!”

He pulls out a yellow, nine-sided flower, and presents it to his mother. She was about to accept it when she sees a glint coming from the doorway. Looking up, she sees multiple robots of varying shapes and sizes getting ready to fire at them.

“GET DOWN!” Aurora shouts, tackling Tionic to the floor before slamming the door shut with her foot. A second later, shots of red energy blast through the door, walls, and windows. The flower Tionic had is disintegrated, unlucky to be in the way of an energy bolt. The robots converge on the apartment, ready to tear it down to get to their targets.

But the window on the other side of the house shatters as Aurora jumps out, Tionic in her arms. She channels her powers and a pair of purple electric wings sprout from her back. Aurora flies out over the city, dodging blast after blast, but her luck runs out as one hits her side, and the two go spiraling down into the forest. She tucks her body around Tionic, and her quills lengthen, surrounding them to cushion the fall. Aurora rolls for a few yards before untucking, she and Tionic tumbling to a stop. She quickly gets up, looking back to the sky to see the robots closing in on them, and she turns to her son.

“Listen closely, Tionic,” Aurora says, reaching into the bag at her side, pulling out, and throwing a portal ring, which expands to reveal a dark forest in the dead of night. She takes off her scarf, wrapping it around Tionic’s neck before hugging him tightly and kissing his forehead as she pulls away. “You have a power that I’ve never seen before. That means there will always be someone who wants that. Take these rings – they will be your most prized possession. If you are ever found out, use one. Never! Stop! Running! Now go!”

Nodding reluctantly, Tionic jumps through and dashes into the forest. Looking back, he sees his mother holding back the robots. This makes Tionic rethink what he was doing, and doubles back to the swirling portal, dropping the bag of rings in the process.

“Mom!” Tionic shouts, holding an arm out in hopes of reaching Aurora in time. “NOOO!”

“Good luck, Tio,” Aurora smiles sadly, gazing at her son for the last time as a tear trickles down her cheek. “I love you.”

Before Tionic can go back through the portal, something explodes on the other side, knocking him back. With his head swimming from the explosion, Tionic slowly gets back to his feet. He sees the portal’s energies dissipate into the air, and displaced smoke billowing into the air. He starts to hyperventilate, gripping his mother’s scarf and falling to his knees, tears streaming down his face. Unable to take it anymore, Tionic looks up to the night sky and screams in anguish.