Firestorm

Firestorm

Chapter 2

It has been eight years since Cinder received his cutie mark for studying fire magic. Since that time, he has been living with the dragon, practicing what he has learned over the years. When Cinder turned sixteen, he decided that he was going to live at a nearby town, where there were more of his kind.  He started packing up things that he thought he might need: some books, a good amount of gold coins, and a few fruits. Cinder was very excited. This would be the first time that he will leave the cave and travel further than he usually goes when he looks for food. He can finally make some friends.

From Unicorn Range, Cinder made his way towards Ponyville. He was excited because he will get to meet so many new ponies there. He started thinking about what he would do once he got there. Will he buy a house there? Who will he meet? Cinder's thoughts raced around in his mind when he finally got to the boundaries of Ponyville. There were a lot of ponies just outside of town. Suddenly, Cinder felt a little nervous, and had second thoughts. He didn't exactly look like the other ponies. He had a very noticeable mark on his left eye. How would other ponies react if they saw such a thing? While Cinder was lost in thought, he heard someone calling.

"Hello?" the voice said. Cinder looked around trying to find who was calling, and if whoever was calling was calling to him. He started to walk into the town. "Hey, I'm talking to you! Don't walk away!" said the voice. Cinder turned around and looked up to see a blue pegasus looking at him with an annoyed look on her face. "You must be new here. Sorry for yelling, but how else was I supposed to get your attention?" she said as she landed in front of Cinder.

"Uh, sorry. Who are you?" Cinder asked. The pegasus looked like she was ready to give some sort of speech.

"In case you haven't heard, I'm Rainbow Dash. Fastest flyer in Equestria, and most awesomest pegasus in town." Cinder suddenly remembered something.

"I think I know you," he said.

"Of course ya do! Why wouldn't you?" Rainbow Dash replied.

"Yeah!" Cinder said, changing his tone, "Aren't you the pegasus who keeps causing the lightning strikes?"

"I have no idea what your talking about," Rainbow Dash says, denial obvious in her response. Cinder decided to have a little fun.

"Yeah. You're the one who keeps setting the plains on fire," he says. Rainbow Dash reacts quickly.

"I didn't even kno- I mean, you're just mistaking me for somepony else."

"Do you have any idea how long it took to put out those fires by myself?" Cinder asked, mockingly confronting her. Truth was, she did set a couple of fires near Cinder with her lightning, but Cinder thought it was more like practice for his magic than a chore. Rainbow Dash, now sweating a little, started to confess.

"Listen, I am so sorry. I swear that I'll make it up. You have my word!" she says. Knowing she suffered enough of his nonsense, Cinder decided to stop acting like he was angry.

Chuckling, he says to her, "How about you show me around town? I am new here after all." Rainbow Dash, confused, didn't believe him.

"That's it? That's really it? Nothing else?"

"Nothing else."

"But, what about the fires I started?"

"They weren't that difficult to put out. It actually served as good practice for my magic. What were you doing anyways?"

"Uh. I was just testing something."

"How'd it go?"

"Oh, it was so funny! These two mares were walking by and . . ." She stops herself, suddenly realizing she just confessed to Cinder about pranking a couple of mares. "Please don't tell them it was me."

"I won't." After that conversation, Rainbow Dash showed Cinder around the town.

"That's the library where one of my friends live. If you want I can introduce her to you later. She loves meeting new ponies. Oh, and way over there is the school. To my right is the Quills and Sofas store."

"Quills and sofas?"

"I know. I don't get it either. I'd just go with it if I were you." Cinder was having a good time with Rainbow Dash. One thing still bothered him, though: where was he going to stay? Rainbow Dash kept talking about the different places they saw. "That's Town Hall," she said, "if you thought I was bad with lightning, get this. One time . . ."