“Maybe...I could have saved him from himself. Saved him from that terrible power. And now look at you...”

It started as pyrokinesis. Then it was telekinesis. Then precognition. Until finally the power became too much to bear, and became the Alpha Wave. A disaster that would forever live in infamy in the minds and hearts of all ponies near and far. A calamity that changed the very face of Equestria, and left the Crystal Empire in ruins. All because of an innocent, little baby dragon . . .

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Written and submitted for EqD's Writer's Training Grounds #019 with the prompt, "To Twilight's surprise, Spike discovers he actually can set things on fire with his mind! What happens?"