Pays To Keep A Cool Head

by Gleaming

Rating: everyone
Tags: Comedy, Slice of Life, Raindrops, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Original Character
Length: 1352

Wildfire wanted to relax and have a day to herself, instead she has to deal with everything around her.

Wildfire begs and pleads everyday for a day to herself, with no interruptions or anything to cause her blood to boil. Her anger and everypony around her prevents this from happening and she can't get a break.

When she is forced to keep her anger in check after attacking a pony for no apparent reason, only one pony can guide her in the right direction.

Cover art is owned by DawnMistPony ©

Wildfire is an OC owned by Sibsy ©

Published 2014-07-11 15:30:01 UTC
Last updated 2014-07-11 15:30:01 UTC

Anger Control

Anger Control

Birds chirping, ponies smiling, and no sign of destruction was a good way to start a new day in Ponyville. This kind of serenity and peace doesn't come quite as often as it used to, with Princess Twilight Sparkle and her friends defending all of Equestria on a daily basis and ensuring that nopony would be in danger, everypony can finally have peace, except Wildfire.

A cream-colored pegasus mare with a dark brown mane, light brown eyes, and a bad attitude. She dreads happy days like these because, everything does not go the way she wants them to. The last time she tried to have a ''good day,'' her sink fell apart and soaked the living daylights out of her, she didn't even leave her home for something bad to happen to her. Today was not the day to cross her path, or you would regret seeing her in the first place.

She groaned as she walked out of her home, only to be greeted by a hose spraying her in the face. The force of the water caused Wildfire to lose her balance and slip on a puddle, where she struggled on her four hooves and wrestled the hose down to stop its constant annoyance. ''Why does it feel like I'm the only pony around here, who gets the wrong end of the stick?'' she inquired and let go of her grip on the hose.

Hoping that this couldn't possibly get any worse, a stallion rushed in front of her, careening into each other.

CRASH!

''I'm so sorry, miss.'' the dark grey stallion apologized, helping Wildfire get back on her hooves.

''You should watch where you're going!'' Wildfire shouted and pounced on the stallion, grabbing him by his neck in a fit of rage. Before she could do further damage, a light gold blur came up behind her in which she held her forelegs back, as the stallion ran away to make a quick escape.

Raindrops kept her grasp on Wildfire's forelegs to prevent the pegasus from squirming out, then she said, ''Wildfire, what's gotten into you lately? I know that you don't tolerate anything from ruining your day, but this is just ridiculous.''

Wildfire reeled her hind legs back and kicked Raindrops in the stomach, finally free of her grasp. ''What did you expect me to do, just take a pony rushing into me lying down? In the past, I would let this go but it's not like I'm going to be punished this time.''

Raindrops groaned and clenched her stomach, rising up on her hooves slowly. ''Maybe you're right, it's not like the mayor is going to find out about this and punish you if you blow a gasket.''

The two pegasi shared a laugh together. Ironically, Raindrops was wrong.

The next day, Wildfire walked out of her house to her mailbox where a letter was present. She opened the mailbox and scanned the contents of the letter.

Dear Wildfire,

After the attack that you gave a stallion the other day, the Board of Anger Management have decided that you must keep your anger under control without resorting to violence. You have twenty four hours to go without getting angry or attacking anypony else, or we will have to report you to the Royal Guard.

We wish you the best of luck and hope that you take this seriously.

Signed,

The Board of Anger Management

She rolled her eyes and crumpled the letter in her hooves, tossing the letter away. Out of all the times that her tantrum outbursts were seen by the public, the Board of Anger Management never found out about any of them, only this one attack. To her surprise, a punishment like this could not hold that much weight if she takes it seriously. All she has to do, is find a pony that can assist her with this.

Wildfire hovered above the ground, flapped her wings rapidly, and flew over to Raindrops' cloud house. Upon her arrival at the house, her hooves touched the soft, fluffy surface of the clouds.

She stepped over to the front door of the cloud house and banged on the door, a drowsy Raindrops approached the door with a cup of coffee in one hoof as she opened the door with her free hoof. ''Oh hey, Wildfire. What brings you here?''

Wildfire entered Raindrops' humble abode, sitting near the kitchen table. ''I need some help. The Board of Anger Management sent me a letter that said, I must keep my anger under control by not getting angry for twenty four hours or attack anypony. They will have no choice but to report me to the Royal Guard, I have a bad feeling that sending me to an underground dungeon would be their first order of business.'' she rolled on the table and kicked her hooves up in a panic, taking her exaggeration to a whole new level.

''I never knew that they even had an underground dungeon, but I'll help you. Even if you're acting like a drama queen, it's always good to help a friend out.'' Raindrops sipped her coffee and placed it on the kitchen counter.

Wildfire rolled off the table and landed on her hooves, she wrapped her forelegs around the back of Raindrops' neck. ''Thank you so much, you're the best friend a pony could ever ask for!''

''I know, so let's get started.''

Raindrops puts on her glasses and brought out a chalkboard with white chalk along too, she quickly drew a diagram of how to control your anger. The diagram showed a crudely drawn picture of Wildfire kicking a pony in the stomach, a different Wildfire meditating, and tips on controlling her anger.

''As you can see from this diagram and drawings, the key to anger management is to clear your mind, meditate, and take breath in as a way to stay calm instead of getting angry.'' Raindrops explained, tapping her hoof on the diagram.

''Raindrops, I understand this and all but are there any tips?'' the curious pegasus asked, furrowing her brow at the chalkboard.

''I was getting to that part, Wildfire.'' Raindrops rolled her eyes, continuing to draw on the chalkboard, ''I'm going to write the anger management tips, if you do all of these tips in succession, you will be fine.''

''I hope so.''

Raindrops demonstrated the tips to Wildfire by acting them out: meditating, breathing in and out, doing yoga, ignoring anything that would cause her to blow, and listening to music.

Wildfire waved her wing to her friend, leaving the house and flying back to her's.

The sound of an alarm clock got her attention, as the sun painted the skies in its golden glow. Instead of smashing her alarm clock, she pressed her hoof down on the off button and made her way into her kitchen to make her breakfast.

''Looks like I survived the twenty four hours, thanks to Raindrops.'' she said confidently before taking out a box of Frosted Sugar cereal. The hothead pegasus poured the cereal into an empty bowl, she took out a carton of milk and watched the white liquid make its way into the bowl.

''Things are looking up for me from here on out.'' she scooped some cereal into her mouth, crunching the delicious morning delicacy.

Before she could even finish her breakfast, a small, red ball crashed through her kitchen window, hitting her in the back of the head with her face falling into the bowl of cereal and milk. The pegasus mare grabbed the bowl of cereal, throwing it out of the window without the concern of the bowl hitting an unsuspecting pony in the face. ''I've had enough!'' She shouted from the broken window, shattered glass laid across the floor of the kitchen.

Her face turning red with smoke coming out of her ears, the once cream-colored coat converted into a dark shade of red to visibly express her anger. ''I just can't catch a break.''

The End