> The Life of a Flare
>  by RainSoar-best
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> Moving to Cloudsdale and Making New Friends
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	In Manehattan, there was a foal by the name of Flare Burn. He was born in the home of a pegasus and a unicorn. His father was a well known athlete in Cloudsdale, and his stepmother was well known for her healing magic. Flare Burn was a pegasus, with a sunset color coat and a cyan mane with a blue highlight. When Flare went to school at the age of seven, he made a few friends and met a black coated colt by the name of Record Beatz. They become best friends and played around all day. When Flare would come home from school his father would greet him and say, 
“Hey Flare, you ready for another flying lesson?”
“You bet I am, dad!” he would say with excitement. 
His father then put him through tough flying exercises. One day when Flare was warmed up his father took him outside and said, 
“It’s time I teach you how to reach your full speed. First you fly at your normal speed, then you create a burst of wind with your wings, and then you tuck them in and stay in a streamlined form. Then you should be bolting off like never before.” 
“Alright, I’ll try that.” 
He first flew as high as he could and went into a dive, and shot off as he had done many times before. Then he burst off with his wings and went a faster than he ever had before. 
“Wow, did you see how fast I went dad?! I’m glad I have one of the best fliers in all of Equestria as my father. I love you dad,” he said as he jumped up and gave him a hug. 
“I love you too, son,” he said with a smile. 
Later that night, Flare’s stepmother came home and walked in to be surprised by her stepson. 
“Boo!”, said Flare. 
“Sweet Celestia!” she said as she jumped back. “Don’t you dare do that again!” looking at Flare. Flare giggles a little, then he burst into laughter as his body is covered in his stepmother’s magical tickle spell. 
“Say you're sorry, honey and I’ll stop.” 
“Ok, ok, I won’t surprise you any more, just stop tickling me!” he said after catching his breath. 
“Good. Now, why don’t we go have some dinner?” she said with a grin. 
She set up the table as Flare and his father started cooking, grilling some vegetables and fruits. Flare pulled apart some lettuce to make a salad while his father added the grilled veggies and fruits to the lettuce. Flare then puts a loaf of bread in the toaster. After a few minutes the bread flew out of the toaster, the salads were finished, and the table was set. 
They sat down and dug in. Flare’s stepmother asked, “So, Flare, how was school today?”
“School was great! I made a new friend, and his name is Record Beatz. He’s very nice and friendly. He’s also fun to play with, and he has a dream to join the Canterlot Orchestra. He plays the violin.” Flare said with a smile. 
“That’s great!” said his father. 
“How was your flight lesson today?” asked his stepmother. 
“It was really fun, dad taught me how to get to my full speed.” he said after swallowing his food. 
“Wow, how fast do you think you were going? And chew with your mouth closed.” she said.
“I don’t really know, but it was fast enough to where I was at the ground in five seconds.” he said with an excited tone. 
After eating, Flare went outside to practice some of his tricks that his father taught him. Flare stepped outside and bolted straight up into the sky. He then went into a dive and began to do corkscrews and went back up to start doing flips. When he landed, a yawn protruded from his mouth, and he began to walk to his room. 
He said, “Good night mom and dad.” 
“Good night, son.” they both said watching the young colt flutter over to his room. 




Three Years Later

On his birthday,  his life changed forever. Now at the age of ten. They decided to move to Cloudsdale. Later that weekend, they began their packing for the move to Cloudsdale. When they moved, Flare was in awe as he saw the pegasus-filled city. It was beautiful, with all the cloud homes and rainbows that decorated the place. When they got settled in, Flare’s father enrolled him in the Junior Speedsters Flight School. There, Flare made many more friends, but there was one mare that stood out the most to him. Rainbow Dash was a cyan blue pegasus with a rainbow mane and magenta eyes. “Hi, my name is Rainbow Dash. Aren’t you the new kid? What’s your name?” she asked putting out a hoof. 
Flare blushed a little and said, “M-my name is Flare Burn, but call me Flare.” 
“Hi, Flare. Did you just move to Cloudsdale?” 
“Actually, yeah about three days ago.”
“Well, thats nice to know. Where did you live before you moved here?” asked Rainbow. 
“I lived in Manehattan, for four years. Then just last week my parents decided to move here, so I could get more flight lessons.” he said with a grin. 
“So, do you think you can beat me in a race?” she nudged him. 
“Bring it on!” both of them got ready in a racing stance. 
Rainbow Dash’s friend came over and yelled, “Ok, ready in 3...2...1...GOOOO!” They bolted off, both of them neck and neck, but Rainbow, slightly faster than Flare, won the race by just a few inches. “Wow! You’re one worthy opponent, Flare. No pony has ever kept a race that close with me before,” she lightly punches him in the shoulder. 
“Thanks, I’ve never really raced any pony before. Mostly because back at my school in Manehattan there were only two pegasi, me and some pony I didn’t get the name of. Thanks for the race, we should do this more often. See you at school,” Flare said with a smile. 
“See ya then Flare,” she said as she flew off to her home, Flare flying off at a cruising speed. 
After reaching his house he felt happy that he had just made a new friend after moving to Cloudsdale. The next day, it was his first day at the Junior Speedsters Flight School. He met up with Rainbow Dash and they began to chat once more.
“Hey, Flare. How was your morning?” asked Rainbow. 
“Great! I’m really excited for my first day here. I also can’t wait to race you again. I think I can beat you this time,” he said with a smirk.
“Oh, we’ll see about that after class,” she said with a competitive voice. He smiled and they both walked to class. 
A few hours later, the whole class came out to practice what they had learned,  All but, Rainbow and Flare. 
“You ready to race me, Flare?” She looked at him and saw him already in a racing stance. 
“Bring it on, Rainbow!” he exclaimed. 
All the other pegasi walked up to watch the race. Every pony was surprised that there was only one pony that would race the fastest filly in all of Equestria. Rainbow Dash was well known in Cloudsdale for her great speed at such a young age. “Alright, Flare, we are going to do a two lap race around the school track,” she said as they stood at the starting line. “You ready,” Rainbow Dash’s friend said, “in 3...2...1...GOOOO!” They bolted off with Rainbow Dash in first. No pony was impressed until they saw Flare catch up to her before the second lap. They were neck and neck about 100 hoof paces away from the finish. By everypony’s surprise Flare had beaten Rainbow by a hair. The race was so close that Rainbow, being a good sport, just walked up to Flare and said, 
“Good job, Flare. I don’t know how you managed to beat me in the end, but that race was fun anyway,” she said, giving Flare a nudge on the shoulder. 
“You did great yourself Rainbow. Even I don’t understand how I beat you. You’re still way too fast for me. But, it’s fun no matter what. As long I’m with you, it will always be fun to race.” He said as he smiled at the cyan filly. Rainbow smiled back and hugged Flare. Both of them blushing they walked away, both of them in shock of what had happened and what they just did. 
The day continued on as they both started to like each other more and more. Both of them never having the nerve to ask if the other liked the other. They continued to, everyday after class, race each other. Most of the time, however, Rainbow would win, but be beaten by Flare the next time they raced. Rainbow began to come to liking this new pegasus for his determination and perseverance. As for Flare he began to like his new rainbow maned friend for her speed and her looks, as well as her loyalty to her friends. 
Rainbow and Flare had become the best of friends and could almost never be separated from one another. They were always seen walking home together or walking, sometimes racing, to school together. The next day at school they heard a young filly crying. They walked around a corner and saw a yellow filly with a pink mane crying. Rainbow asked the pegasus, 
“You ok? What’s your name?” 
She looked at Rainbow, still crying, and said, “M-my name is Fluttershy. I’m fine.” 
“You sure? Is there anything that you want to talk about?” Rainbow asked her kindly. 
“You can tell us. We can help you.” Flare said helping the filly up. 
“Ok. I was on my way to go to the flight school when two colts started to pick on me. They said that I couldn’t fly as well as them. They made fun of me and they kept doing this until I cried and then they left me alone,” as she started to cry again. 
“Hey, don’t listen to them. I’ve seen you fly. And you’re pretty good at it.” Rainbow said putting a hoof around her. “Oh, and tell me who those two are and I’ll teach them a lesson. Nopony messes with a friend of mine.” Upon arriving to school the three were confronted by two pegasi colts. 
“Looks who’s here. It’s Miss Shy who can’t Fly.” said one of them. 
“And look who she brought along with her, Rainbow Dash and Flare Burn. What are they gonna do, race us to death?” the other said laughing. 
Rainbow and Flare stood in front of Fluttershy. Rainbow said, “We’re gonna teach you a lesson.” Rainbow lunged forward and smacked one of the colts straight on the muzzle. Flare hit the other colt in the stomach and made him squeal in pain. 
“You mess with her again and we’ll teach you another lesson.” said Flare as the two colts ran off. 
As they turn around Fluttershy jumps up and gives them both a hug and says, “Thanks you guys! I owe you guys one.” 
“No problem, anything for a friend.” said Flare. Fluttershy smiled. 
The next day, the three friends walked to school together. They chatted the day away and helped Fluttershy with her flying. They all became the best of friends. Fluttershy became close with the both of them, but bonded more with Rainbow. 




Two Years Later- Flare’s Perspective

On my way to school I ran into Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash. I saw that Rainbow was helping out Fluttershy with her flying. I moved to them and said, “Hey, girls.”
“Hi Flare.” they both said. 
“What are you guys up to?” 
“I’m showing Fluttershy how to fly at an even speed. She has trouble controlling her speed,” said Rainbow.
“Alright.” I helped them out for a little and after that we started heading to school. 
“Hey, Flare, do you know who the Wonderbolts are?” asked Rainbow. 
“Of course I do. They’re the best of the best. My dad told me a lot about them back at Manehattan. He told me when he was a colt he wanted to join them and fly with them. But that dream never came true because he could not remember their history.” I said sadly. 
Rainbow patted me on the back and smiled. “It’s okay. I know that we’ll be able to fly with them someday. That’ll make your dad happy.” 
“Thanks, Rainbow.” I smiled. 
“That reminds me, I got two extra tickets to the Wonderbolts’ Show this weekend. Do you two want to come with me?” she asked.
“You bet I do!” I said and flew into the air with excitement. “I’ll ask my dad if I can go.”
“How about you, Fluttershy?” she said to the yellow filly. 
“I don’t think I can. I have a lot to do this weekend.” said Fluttershy. “I’m sorry Rainbow.”
“It’s okay, Flutters. I’ll just have to ask my dad what I’m gonna do with the extra ticket.” she said and sighed afterwards. 
“Actually, I guess I can squeeze in some time for the performance.” Fluttershy said putting her hoof to her chin.
“You guys could help me if you stop by my house after school.”
Rainbow’s eyes widened, “Alright! We can all go together. My dad will be coming along with us.” 
After school, we flew to Fluttershy’s house to help rearrange their furniture. Rainbow and I took care of the heavy things while Fluttershy directed us. After two hours, we finally finished, and me and Rainbow were exhausted as we left. “See you later, Fluttershy,” we both said, panting. 
I flew with Rainbow to her house and said, “See you Saturday.” 
“See ya then, Flare.” she smiled and walked into her house. I then flew home to ask my dad if I could go with Rainbow to the performance. 
“Hey, dad.” My dad turned and looked at me. “I got a ticket to go watch the Wonderbolts performance from Rainbow. I’ll be there with her and Fluttershy and Rainbow’s dad will be there to watch us. Can I go with them?”
“You can go as long as you come home before 10:30,” he said.
“Thanks, Dad.” I hugged him and walked to my room. 
When I woke up, I jumped out of bed and flew straight to the dining room. My dad was already sitting at the table and I waved to him. He waved back. “You want me to drop you off at Rainbow’s house?” he asked. 
“Ok,” I said getting breakfast for myself. After I had breakfast, my dad and I flew over to Rainbow’s house. “Bye dad, see you in a few hours.” I waved to him. 
Rainbow’s dad stepped out and told my dad that he could stop by the house anytime. When I walked in I saw the girls talking about something, but I didn’t mind. 
“You guys ready to go?” I asked them. I looked at Rainbow holding a Wonderbolt flag and wearing a hat. “Wow, Rainbow you truly are a fan.” 
“This is only my third time ever watching them though. My favorites are Soarin, Spitfire, and Fleetfoot. How about you Flare?” she asked me. 
“Umm… Soarin and Spitfire.” I said looking at her and nodded. 
“Nice.” She said looking at me. 
I smiled. “When are we going to go to the performance?” I asked the young mare. 
“Soon. When my dad is ready to go, and it starts in like an hour anyways. Let’s just hang out for a bit.” She said. 
“Well what shall we be doing then?” Asked Fluttershy. 
“I don’t know, any ideas Rainbow?” I asked turning to her. 
“Let me think… I know truth or dare.” She said with excitement and with a smile. 
“Alright. You go first, Rainbow.” I said looking at Rainbow. 
“Ok, Flare, Truth or Dare?” She said looking at me. 
“Dare.”
“Alright, I dare you to fly two laps around my entire house.” I get up and begin to fly around her house. I dodged walls and vases, then flying upstairs and into her room and out. Then to another room and back downstairs to the living room. 
Panting I sat down next to Rainbow, “Done.”
She nodded. “Well your turn then.” 
“Alright, Fluttershy, Truth or Dare?” I said looking at the yellow pegasus. 
“Umm… Truth.” 
“Is it true that you can understand animals?”
“Yes, I can almost understand every bird here in Cloudsdale. But, it’s a different story on the ground.” 
“Wow, thats impressive. Well, your turn now, Flutters.”
“Alright then, Rainbow. Truth or Dare?”
“I choice… Truth.” She said nervously. 
“Is it true that you like Flare?” she asked as Rainbow began to blush. 
“Uhh… I-I do like Flare. I liked him since we had our second race. I just… didn’t want to embarrass you.” she said looking at me with a smile. I began to blush with her. 
“I have to confess now. Rainbow, I’ve liked you since I have met you. You were so beautiful and I love that mane. Your one of the most beautiful mares I’ve ever seen. And I’m glad you’re my best friend.” I said with a slight grin. She lunged forward and hugged me. “We have to keep this a secret for everypony else.” I said as I wrapped my hooves around her. She nodded. 
Me and Rainbow and Fluttershy continued to talk, when Rainbow’s dad walked in and said, “Shall we be on our way to the show then?”
“Yes!” The three of us said together. 
“Alright, then let’s get to flying.” He said.
As we are on our way to the stadium I see that Rainbow and Fluttershy are talking about something. I don’t know what it is about but I know it was something interesting.  “Hey, whatcha guys talking about?” I asked with a smile. 
Rainbow turned and began to blush, “Will you sit next to me when the performance starts?” 
“Yeah, I’ll sit next to you.” I began to blush. I flew the rest of the way to the stadium with Rainbow at my side nuzzled up on me. I smiled.
“You really do like me. Don’t you?” She nodded with a slight grin. We trotted into the stadium and went to our seats. I sat next to Rainbow with Fluttershy next to her and Rainbow’s dad next to me. The performance started and  it was one of the greatest experience I have ever had. I turned to look at Rainbow and she is all into it like I was. I smiled and took her under my left wing. She smiled back and sat down leaning on me. 
A few hours later, at the end of the show and all I could talk about were all the tricks they were performing. “So, what you guys think?” Asked Rainbow still under my wing. 
“I loved it! Let’s do this some more and I’m not going unless you're coming with me.” I said as I looked at the young mare under my wing. 
“Oh, we’re definitely going to do this again. But I want it to be just you and me.” Rainbow said with a smirk and nuzzled deeper into my wing. I smiled and nodded. 
After that day I was so happy to just be with Rainbow. I would go anywhere that she wanted to go or do. She was my dream mare. And I loved her for everything.