Fooled by One Killed by Manyby Nightmarity19ChaptersChapter 1Chapter 2Chapter 3Chapter 4Chapter 1All you heard was punches of hooves meeting the face plus the sound of somepony hitting the ground hard with a bloody nose and two teeth knocked out of him. Other ponies kept beating him up until he passed out from being in so much pain then they all left the poor beaten down colt on the ground crying while they laughed at him from a distance, he almost died if not Nurse Redheart found the colt and took him to her home where she patched him up real good then proceeded to clean his bleeding nose. "That should do it," said Redheart admiring her handiwork. The rain began as Redheart put a blanket over him just to keep him from having a cold even though she just met this little colt. The poor little thing, probably beaten up because of his talent or being his own pony thought Redheart as the colt woke up. Wiping his tears, the little colt sat up and looked at Nurse Redheart. "What happened to me? Who are you?" asked the colt. "My name is Nurse Redheart I work at the Ponyville Hospital and what's your name little one?" asked Redheart introducing herself. "Firestarter, my name is Firestarter but everypony calls me fire boy or freak," responded Firestarter. The tears began to flow again as the thought of what he just said hit him like hitting a brick wall. Redheart had a look of concern on her face and wiped his tears away then gave him a warm hug. "It's ok your with me now and I will not let anypony harm you again, do your parents know your missing?" asked Redheart. Firestarter shook his head. "I have no parents," said Starter reluctantly. "What happened to them?" asked Redheart, being careful not to step over any sensitive topics he wasn't ready to talk about. "They were kidnapped and murdered under Princess Celestia's orders then put me in a orphanage where ponies would bully me and call me names," explained Starter as he gripped the blanket tightly. Nurse Redheart wanted to ask him about what that fight was about but a voice in her head told her not to because that might be too much for him to handle, Starter tried to move but the stabbing pain from his abdomen all the way to his head stopped him and forced him to lay down. "You need to lay back down, I don't think it's wise to try to stand," reassured Redheart. "That fight...it was because I was different and I did things unlike anypony and they did not like that," said Starter as he sat back on his side facing the window. Redheart was shocked that he answered but was glad he mustered up the strength to say it. "They all treat me like I'm nothing...I hate them and wish death upon them," said Starter angrily. Redheart stroked his mane which was an orangish-red color but was well brushed. "Your mother brushed your mane?" asked Redheart with a bright smile. "Yea until I learned how to do it myself," said Starter. The next thing you could hear was silent sleepy noises which meant Starter fell asleep. Redheart heard that so with a smile, she kissed his forehead reassuring him she will take good care of him one way or another. When he was all tucked in and sleeping like a baby Redheart used her magic to levitate his saddlebag which contains books of pyro mancing powers and abilities, equestrian magic history and lastly was a pendant from his mother as a Hearts Warming Eve present but it had a crack on it so Redheart grabbed some hot glue and put the broken piece back together. As she digged deeper, she found a paper for a talent show that was going to be in town and his teacher had her signature to say she recommended Firestarter to perform and show off his talent for everypony to see and be amazed. No wonder he has all these books, he must want to put on a show thought Redheart. Looking through the books Redheart saw unbelievable moved and tricks that no normal colt or filly could do. She smiled and slept beside him cuddling close to him to keep Starter safe. A nightmare was introduced to Starter as he witnessed Princess Celestia killing his parents in cold blood. She started with his mother as she zapped her with her yellow magic to the point she turned into nothing but ash then his father was beaten to the point he died but told Starter this before he died. I love you son, never forget who you are and where you come from That mere thought hit Starter hard as he slowly woke up then realized Redheart had him wrapped up like a pretzel but managed to teleport to the kitchen as Redheart slept more. "I hope I have time to do a trick before the day of the talent show," said Starter as he grabbed one of the books on pyromancer powers and abilities. He turned the pages until he spotted one that caught his eye, it was a trick called: Fireworks come to life. A trick that no pony ever tried or ponies that have tried ended up endangering themselves along with others but Starter knew better than that. "This trick requires intense concentration and a very vivid imagination which I have, with those two attributes this trick is sure to wow your friends and family," read Starter. From just looking through it Starter could tell this trick was going to be dangerous but he wanted to try it anyway regardless of what anypony said. I am going to make them jump for joy thought Starter as he read through the pages trying to find a really cool one to wow the crowd. The morning sun shined through the curtains hitting Starter's cutiemark which was a blazing fire as it shined brightly. Redheart moaned in bed as a sign to say she was about to wake up and she did, greeting Starter with an expressed look of smiles but Firestarter was not in the mood for smiles. "Did you sleep well?" asked Redheart getting up and fixing her mane. "Yes..." responded Starter. "Oh and it seems your going to try out for the talent show, pretty awesome right?" asked Redheart trying to lift Starter's spirit up. "I guess...if those colts that beat me before don't do it again unless I make a move," said Starter. Nurse Redheart remembered how bad those colts beat the poor colt almost to death if she didn't find him and took care of his battered and bruised body. "Listen I know you want to defend yourself but you have to pick your battles and this is not one of those you can just beat somepony up because you are no better than they are," explained Redheart. When Redheart said those truthful words, it was as if the whole world shifted around contorting in a way that changed Starter's outlook. "I know but they beat me up because I made a filly I once loved cry and everypony started hating me," explained Starter. Starter walked out of the house and to the sign up sheet for the Talent Show where he signed up then left. Chapter 2"I'm glad you signed up Starter this might be a good outlook for you," said Redheart happily and clapping her hooves together. Starter was less enthusiastic about the whole talent show thing but his trick was gonna wow the crowd of all different pony kind from all over Equestria. His bigger concern that slowed him down was Tia, even though she was princess of Ponyville it didn't give her the right to kill anypony she felt like deserved it. "I'll do my best and hope no pony beats me up in the process," responded Starter coldly and sharply. Redheart felt her happy nature fade away when Starter spoke those words. "Hey don't think that way Starter, your special in your own way and other ponies are jealous because they want to be you. Choosing a dark path will only lead to more heartbreak, now when I saw those books you had I realized you had the potential and the talent," explained Redheart. What she said stuck with Firestarter like paper on glue. Redheart embraced him warmly like how a mother loves a child. "Thank you for believing in me when no one else could," thanked Starter in a warm tone and returned the embrace. "Your welcome," responded Redheart. Meanwhile as the preparations for the talent show were in full view Princess Celestia along with her sister Luna trotted around nodding their approval of the decorations. Luna took a gander of who was going to perform for everypony and it was Firestarter Dazzle's name that caught her eye. "Sister it seems that Starter is performing first that should be wonderful sight to see," said Luna full of excitement and anticipation. Princess Celestia took a look at it and was not even impressed. "Meh," responded Celestia which made her younger sister very angry. "Oh come on sister, Starter may have committed 240 counts of arson but this might turn his whole life around," said Luna. Tia looked at Luna with a cold death glare that killed Luna mentally. "Criminals like him do not need to live among civilized ponies like you and I plus his mother is a siren," explained Tia. "So? That doesn't mean you had to have innocent school children beat him to death," retorted Luna. Tia turned around and flew off without saying another word to her younger sister. Luna knew in her heart that Firestarter was a good trustworthy pony. Talent Show - Ponyville Gardens 7:00 PM Firestarter took a deep breath and took a moment to collect himself then decided to one last look at the spell with a dragon fireworks, he was sweating very furiously but kept his composure as his name was called to perform. Redheart was sitting in the front row cheering him on. "For my trick I will attempt to create dragon like fireworks using only my horn," said Starter as his horn glowed a bright orange reddish color. He raised his horn up in the sky and the hue got brighter until it formed a Chinese fire dragon then it flew around everypony in the crowd while they said ooh and aww at the awe inspiring spectacle they were witnessing. Luna looked at the dragon and her eyes lit up like a Christmas tree while Tia sat there bored out of her mind. "This is amazing! Sister how you be bored with a dragon flying around in all it's glory?" asked Luna frowning at her sister. Tia didn't answer Starter made the dragon disappear then took a bow as the crowd except Celestia clapped in amazement at his amazing trick. It brought Redheart to tears as she went up out of no where Tia fired a massive shot through Redheart's chest and fell over, Starter caught her with his magic and ran with her on his back all the way to the Ponyville Hospital. "Redheart please stay with me, I can't live with myself if you die on me!" shouted Starter in between tears. Nurses rushed over to Redheart putting her on life support and Starter waited in the waiting room hoping that the one pony who cared about him and his dreams would still be here. Only time will tell. Luna tried to calm everypony down but for now her sister will be the number one priority because she confronted her in extreme anger. "WHY ARE YOU SO SPITEFUL TOWARDS HIM? DON'T YOU EVER LEARN ABOUT FORGIVING SOMEPONY FOR THEIR MISTAKES?!? I guess not, your head is far up your HUMONGOUS ASS in cake that you can't see the light of day!" shouted Luna in complete pissed off mode as she stormed out to calm everypony down after her sisters little stunt that may have costed somepony's life. Redheart was starting to breathing but barely and opened her eyes to see tears flowing from Firestarter's face. "Hey, hey no tears it's ok Firestarter you did well," started Redheart. Starter wiped his tears and tried to smile but it was a broken smile. Redheart smiled and stroked his cheek until she closed her eyes for the last time for her heart stopped. The shock sent a painful shot to Starter's heart as he broke down in tears because his only pony caretaker died after his performance. He felt her hoove and it was as cold as ice which made him more sad as he cried more and more. "I didn't want you to leave! Please come back to me! No! NO! NO!" said Starter almost screaming to the heavens to get some kind of miracle but it never happened. He walked back to her house without saying another word. "My silence will be heard and will be the screaming of Tia begging for mercy from me," said Starter as his eyes glow green and his pendant glowed. His outfit changed into a red leather jacket with a hood attached to it, Starter put on the hood then proceeded to walk up to canterlot castle. Chapter 3Walking through the streets of Ponyville the pendant glowed causing ponies to argue among each other unknowing that their anger was giving him more power with each passing moment. Tia took Redheart away from him and now he wanted revenge on Princess Celestia to avenge Nurse Redheart by any means he saw fit and no pony was about to stop him from doing it. "It's time to take out the trash," said Starter as his voice turned cold as ice. Luna sensed anger and evil intentions coming towards the castle, from the shock on Luna's face told the whole story. "Oh no...not this, now now!" said Luna as she went into the throne room but she was too late. On the ground was Celestia covered in blood, horn and wings ripped out of her body leaving nothing but a pool of blood. A flash of Adagio standing by her son which frightened Luna to the bone. "My beautiful baby boy you have done so well and mommy is so proud of you," said Adagio with a wicked smile. Luna didn't know how to respond so she stood there frozen in fear thinking that he was going to kill her next. Starter turned around to Luna's direction and walked over to the moon princess but instead of killing her he embraced her and Luna stroked his mane lightly. "I understand little one I am deeply sorry for Tia's mass hysteria towards you and your mother," apologized Luna. Adagio's ghost hugged Starter along with Redheart's ghost as to show that he still has ponys that still care about him. "I'm in so much pain," started Starter as tears fell down his face. "It's ok to feel pain now and then it shows that your healing. Take it from somepony who was on the moon for 1000 years I can sympathize," explained Luna. Outside the castle, a stallion with red hair carrying a sword was standing along side a mare that had green hair with red streaks smirking at the red haired stallion. "That must be the siren boy Princess Celestia was talking about," said Ravendeath (Red haired stallion) "Yes that is him, master will be pleased and then give us a reward," said Carmilla (Green hair with red streaks mare) "You hope so," answered Ravendeath as they walked away. Luna agreed to teach Starter to better use his siren powers and not go power hungry like what happened to Tia earlier. After 180 hours of intense training Luna let Starter take a breath or go eat some lunch if he wanted. So he went to a hayburger place and ate by himself from the ponies who were staring at me weirdly. Carmilla shape shifted into a right in front of Firestarter who looked up to this pony who was as beautiful as ever. "Hello there cutie my name is Carmilla," introduced Carmilla as she extended her hoof. "Firestarter Dazzle son of Adagio Dazzle," responded Starter as he shook her hoof. "Why sit all alone by yourself dearie? It's not fun when your alone," asked Carmilla. "Sometimes it's better that way," responded Starter. Carmilla shook her head in disappointment. "Listen Starter your little stunt with Tia was cool to watch but I can teach you so much more than Luna will ever teach," explained Carmilla almost trying to seduce him with promise of dark powers. "Well I guess at least trying it out couldn't hurt," said Starter. Carmilla flashed a wicked smile that spread from ear to ear. "Excellent so I'll see you by the everfree forest at midnight tonight got it?" asked Carmilla curling her tail under the table. "Got it," sad Starter with a smile on her face. Carmilla left the restaurant with her tail swaying as she walked out and it felt as if Starter was in love with that mare even if it was a trap or not he liked her style. Ravendeath waited by a tree for Carmilla to come out and when she did a smile spread across her face that might need to be surgically removed. "I'm guessing you got him on board with our plans to use that gem the boss wanted to use on him," said Ravendeath. "Yep all according to plan," exclaimed Carmilla as they both left. Luna went up to raise up the moon and went back to the castle to see Starter was no where to be found He probably went out to do some night training, still I should go find him thought Luna as she flew out the castle and into the air to find her apprentice. The moon shined over everything but Starter waited for Carmilla to arrive and when they she did Ravendeath was right beside standing by her side. "Oh I didn't think you had company Miss Carmilla I thought it was just you and me," said Starter. This was not going to be pretty. Luna was flying as fast as she could then she arrived right on time and stood between Carmilla and Starter. "You stay away from him! Starter I need you run, don't ask questions just go!" shouted Luna and he did as she instructed him to do. "Two on one I don't like your odds Princess Luna," said Ravendeath pulling out his sword. "Please I fought monsters that had 5 heads so fighting you two will be a cake walk for me," said Luna with heart and determination. They all ran at each other and clashed. Luna let out a loud yell of magic that blasted both Carmilla and Ravendeath that sprung them back to the trunk of a tree that split in two breaking both of their backs. Ravendeath slashed his sword at Luna and it hit her horn cracking it until her horn fell off which made Carmilla laugh, Luna had a shocked look on her face while Carmilla laughed like crazy. "Oh now your in for it now!" said Luna as she charged at them once again. "Go get the boy Raven, I'll deal with the moon princess," ordered Carmilla to Raven as he disappeared to go find the boy. Firestarter please be safe thought Luna as she hoped that her student would be ok. Chapter 4Firestarter ran as fast as he can in able for him to get away from the brawl, it didn't take long for Ravendeath to appear in front of him almost knocking him down. "Found ya!" said Raven as he drew his sword and lifted his sword up in the air. The sword gleamed in the moonlight and was brought down but Adagio's ghost pushed Starter out of the path of Raven's sword which only met the ground with a thunk on the concrete. Starter got up shocked at what just happened but didn't care then continued to run until he went into Redheart's house and hid inside the closet. Raven barged into the house by splitting the front door open with his sword, looking around the place trying to find Firestarter. "Alright boy we can do this the easy way or the hard way and I don't think you'll like the hard way at all," shouted Ravendeath swinging his sword around the room. Firestarter tried his best to keep quiet and hoped he would go away. "I'm gonna find you kid and when I do I'm gonna drag your ass back to our boss so he can deal with you," said Raven looking around. All of a sudden he heard a soothing voice echoed through the room causing Raven to stop in his tracks. "Come here listen to me I know you can't resist," said Adagio pulling him closer to her. Ravendeath followed the sound of the voice which led him to an empty room and a loud banging noise and looking around trying to find the source of the banging noise. "Who's there? Show yourself!" shouted Raven as he heard hoof steps approaching. The mare of course was none other than Adagio Dazzle in a red velvet dress and her pendant making a jingling noise but all Raven looked at was her eyes that was flashing green. "Well well look what we have here," said Adagio lifting his chin up so they're eyes could meet. "Your pretty," complimented Ravendeath. Adagio giggled at the complimented then her eyes turned completely red. "Don't you know that looks can be deceiving Ravendeath?" said Adagio as she pushed him off of the platform into a sharp pole that impaled Raven until he died then turned into dust leaving his sword behind. "Hmm seems he left his sword behind but perhaps my son can use it," said Adagio as she examined the sword. Firestarter came out of the closet to see the room was empty except a sword that sat on the floor next to Redheart's nightstand as if somepony left it there for him to grab. He looked at it closely being cautious if it had some sort of security measure but it never came. "It does pretty cool to look at so I wonder how man bit I can get for this," said Starter who immediately slapped himself at the thought. Meanwhile Luna got thrown into a tree splitting it in half with Carmilla laughing hysterically at her work, Luna felt a sharp pain that went all over her body including her spine. "Poor poor Luna I really thought you would last longer but I guess not," said Carmilla as she bucked her in the stomach causing her to puke up blood and bile. Luna struggled to stand as she sensed her darker side was about to be unleashed desperately keeping it at bay instead using her dark powers to her advantage. Carmilla knew it was time to pull out all stops as she charged up fully and they both clashed again but this time Luna had an advantage over her adversary. "Time to die!" shouted Luna as she charged up her horn for one final blast. Carmilla did her best to stop it even divert it away but to no avail. The beam of bright blue magic pierced through Carmilla's chest which caused her to crash land with a thud as she skid across the cold unforgiving ground. Luna flew down to check her work before collapsing on the ground as well because she used almost too much power. Firestarter felt Luna's power draining fast so like a bullet train he teleported to where Luna laid and gave her some of his magic which worked because he could see Luna's beautiful eyes looking at her and she saw his bright smile. "Firestarter...you came for me...I'm glad you did my apprentice," said Luna weakly. Firestarter carried Luna back to the castle as the morning sun rose up. "You won't die right?" asked Starter worried. Luna looked up at him and smiled weakly. "And leave my apprentice all alone? No way as soon as I am healed I will treat you like my own son," explained Luna. Starter's smile was as bright as the morning sun when he heard those words. Luna had noticed the sword on Starter's back belonging to Ravendeath and a flood of questions hit Luna like a ton of bricks crashing down on a building. Where did he get that sword from? thought Luna but all her body wanted to do was sleep. Starter put covers over Luna's body which she was grateful for him to do and she petted his head. "Thank you my apprentice you've done well now go get some shut eye yourself ok?" asked Luna almost half asleep. "Yes ma'am," responded Starter as he went into his room and cuddled in his sheets and covered in the blanket until he fell asleep. It was the greatest sleep in his life. 5 years went by and Firestarter was a full grown stallion standing side by side with his fellow bat ponies ready to be recruited. A nervous chill went up his spine but he was able to keep his composure long enough so Luna could walk up to her podium, clearing her throat she turned her attention towards the crowd then spoke. "After years of constant training I am here to proudly announce that my faithful student Firestarter Dazzle is now a new recruit who is loyal to my night guard," said Luna as she put a badge on Starter's new armor plate. The crowd cheered loudly even whistled at Starter as he waved at the crowd but something was off about this and Luna could sense it. "Starter I'm sure wherever Adagio and Redheart are they are smiling down at you," said Luna reassuringly. "I know but it feels worthless without them here cheering me on," said Starter. "They never left," responded Luna as she put her hoof on his chest where his heart was. Starter smiled and even teared up a bit. As the ceremony concluded Starter went into his room which housed his mother's picture and one recent picture of Redheart when she was taking care of his wounds. He smiled at the pictures until a fellow bat pony informed him of his time to guard the princess. "Be right there," said Starter as he walked to his post and stood like a statue. The night was still and clear not a hair out of place but there was that something that made Starter feel uneasy. His partner Shade noticed his partner was acting a little strange and didn't know why. "Hey dude you ok man? You look like you saw a ghost or something?" asked Shade. "I think they're someponies in the forest," responded Starter. He ran out despite what his partner had said went into the forest, hiding by a tree being as cautious but was caught by a bunch of vamponies who tied him up then proceeded to take him to an undisclosed location. "Let me go!" shouted Starter as he struggled to get free. They put him under a statue and started to chant a name all too familiar. "NO!" shouted Starter as he continued to struggle but the ropes were too tight. A sacrifice was made that basically turned him into a blazing fire pony. The vamponies leave Firestarter as he cries but his tears was just fire and Starter screamed to the heavens but to no avail leaving only a spark of his former self. Starter left his armor plating behind and was never seen again. The only thing that was left was his helmet and a note Luna found. Dear Princess Celestia, I thank you so much for helping me so much but I can not be a guard that constantly burns everything, so I decided to leave Ponyville at least until I figure something out.
Chapter 1All you heard was punches of hooves meeting the face plus the sound of somepony hitting the ground hard with a bloody nose and two teeth knocked out of him. Other ponies kept beating him up until he passed out from being in so much pain then they all left the poor beaten down colt on the ground crying while they laughed at him from a distance, he almost died if not Nurse Redheart found the colt and took him to her home where she patched him up real good then proceeded to clean his bleeding nose. "That should do it," said Redheart admiring her handiwork. The rain began as Redheart put a blanket over him just to keep him from having a cold even though she just met this little colt. The poor little thing, probably beaten up because of his talent or being his own pony thought Redheart as the colt woke up. Wiping his tears, the little colt sat up and looked at Nurse Redheart. "What happened to me? Who are you?" asked the colt. "My name is Nurse Redheart I work at the Ponyville Hospital and what's your name little one?" asked Redheart introducing herself. "Firestarter, my name is Firestarter but everypony calls me fire boy or freak," responded Firestarter. The tears began to flow again as the thought of what he just said hit him like hitting a brick wall. Redheart had a look of concern on her face and wiped his tears away then gave him a warm hug. "It's ok your with me now and I will not let anypony harm you again, do your parents know your missing?" asked Redheart. Firestarter shook his head. "I have no parents," said Starter reluctantly. "What happened to them?" asked Redheart, being careful not to step over any sensitive topics he wasn't ready to talk about. "They were kidnapped and murdered under Princess Celestia's orders then put me in a orphanage where ponies would bully me and call me names," explained Starter as he gripped the blanket tightly. Nurse Redheart wanted to ask him about what that fight was about but a voice in her head told her not to because that might be too much for him to handle, Starter tried to move but the stabbing pain from his abdomen all the way to his head stopped him and forced him to lay down. "You need to lay back down, I don't think it's wise to try to stand," reassured Redheart. "That fight...it was because I was different and I did things unlike anypony and they did not like that," said Starter as he sat back on his side facing the window. Redheart was shocked that he answered but was glad he mustered up the strength to say it. "They all treat me like I'm nothing...I hate them and wish death upon them," said Starter angrily. Redheart stroked his mane which was an orangish-red color but was well brushed. "Your mother brushed your mane?" asked Redheart with a bright smile. "Yea until I learned how to do it myself," said Starter. The next thing you could hear was silent sleepy noises which meant Starter fell asleep. Redheart heard that so with a smile, she kissed his forehead reassuring him she will take good care of him one way or another. When he was all tucked in and sleeping like a baby Redheart used her magic to levitate his saddlebag which contains books of pyro mancing powers and abilities, equestrian magic history and lastly was a pendant from his mother as a Hearts Warming Eve present but it had a crack on it so Redheart grabbed some hot glue and put the broken piece back together. As she digged deeper, she found a paper for a talent show that was going to be in town and his teacher had her signature to say she recommended Firestarter to perform and show off his talent for everypony to see and be amazed. No wonder he has all these books, he must want to put on a show thought Redheart. Looking through the books Redheart saw unbelievable moved and tricks that no normal colt or filly could do. She smiled and slept beside him cuddling close to him to keep Starter safe. A nightmare was introduced to Starter as he witnessed Princess Celestia killing his parents in cold blood. She started with his mother as she zapped her with her yellow magic to the point she turned into nothing but ash then his father was beaten to the point he died but told Starter this before he died. I love you son, never forget who you are and where you come from That mere thought hit Starter hard as he slowly woke up then realized Redheart had him wrapped up like a pretzel but managed to teleport to the kitchen as Redheart slept more. "I hope I have time to do a trick before the day of the talent show," said Starter as he grabbed one of the books on pyromancer powers and abilities. He turned the pages until he spotted one that caught his eye, it was a trick called: Fireworks come to life. A trick that no pony ever tried or ponies that have tried ended up endangering themselves along with others but Starter knew better than that. "This trick requires intense concentration and a very vivid imagination which I have, with those two attributes this trick is sure to wow your friends and family," read Starter. From just looking through it Starter could tell this trick was going to be dangerous but he wanted to try it anyway regardless of what anypony said. I am going to make them jump for joy thought Starter as he read through the pages trying to find a really cool one to wow the crowd. The morning sun shined through the curtains hitting Starter's cutiemark which was a blazing fire as it shined brightly. Redheart moaned in bed as a sign to say she was about to wake up and she did, greeting Starter with an expressed look of smiles but Firestarter was not in the mood for smiles. "Did you sleep well?" asked Redheart getting up and fixing her mane. "Yes..." responded Starter. "Oh and it seems your going to try out for the talent show, pretty awesome right?" asked Redheart trying to lift Starter's spirit up. "I guess...if those colts that beat me before don't do it again unless I make a move," said Starter. Nurse Redheart remembered how bad those colts beat the poor colt almost to death if she didn't find him and took care of his battered and bruised body. "Listen I know you want to defend yourself but you have to pick your battles and this is not one of those you can just beat somepony up because you are no better than they are," explained Redheart. When Redheart said those truthful words, it was as if the whole world shifted around contorting in a way that changed Starter's outlook. "I know but they beat me up because I made a filly I once loved cry and everypony started hating me," explained Starter. Starter walked out of the house and to the sign up sheet for the Talent Show where he signed up then left.
Chapter 2"I'm glad you signed up Starter this might be a good outlook for you," said Redheart happily and clapping her hooves together. Starter was less enthusiastic about the whole talent show thing but his trick was gonna wow the crowd of all different pony kind from all over Equestria. His bigger concern that slowed him down was Tia, even though she was princess of Ponyville it didn't give her the right to kill anypony she felt like deserved it. "I'll do my best and hope no pony beats me up in the process," responded Starter coldly and sharply. Redheart felt her happy nature fade away when Starter spoke those words. "Hey don't think that way Starter, your special in your own way and other ponies are jealous because they want to be you. Choosing a dark path will only lead to more heartbreak, now when I saw those books you had I realized you had the potential and the talent," explained Redheart. What she said stuck with Firestarter like paper on glue. Redheart embraced him warmly like how a mother loves a child. "Thank you for believing in me when no one else could," thanked Starter in a warm tone and returned the embrace. "Your welcome," responded Redheart. Meanwhile as the preparations for the talent show were in full view Princess Celestia along with her sister Luna trotted around nodding their approval of the decorations. Luna took a gander of who was going to perform for everypony and it was Firestarter Dazzle's name that caught her eye. "Sister it seems that Starter is performing first that should be wonderful sight to see," said Luna full of excitement and anticipation. Princess Celestia took a look at it and was not even impressed. "Meh," responded Celestia which made her younger sister very angry. "Oh come on sister, Starter may have committed 240 counts of arson but this might turn his whole life around," said Luna. Tia looked at Luna with a cold death glare that killed Luna mentally. "Criminals like him do not need to live among civilized ponies like you and I plus his mother is a siren," explained Tia. "So? That doesn't mean you had to have innocent school children beat him to death," retorted Luna. Tia turned around and flew off without saying another word to her younger sister. Luna knew in her heart that Firestarter was a good trustworthy pony. Talent Show - Ponyville Gardens 7:00 PM Firestarter took a deep breath and took a moment to collect himself then decided to one last look at the spell with a dragon fireworks, he was sweating very furiously but kept his composure as his name was called to perform. Redheart was sitting in the front row cheering him on. "For my trick I will attempt to create dragon like fireworks using only my horn," said Starter as his horn glowed a bright orange reddish color. He raised his horn up in the sky and the hue got brighter until it formed a Chinese fire dragon then it flew around everypony in the crowd while they said ooh and aww at the awe inspiring spectacle they were witnessing. Luna looked at the dragon and her eyes lit up like a Christmas tree while Tia sat there bored out of her mind. "This is amazing! Sister how you be bored with a dragon flying around in all it's glory?" asked Luna frowning at her sister. Tia didn't answer Starter made the dragon disappear then took a bow as the crowd except Celestia clapped in amazement at his amazing trick. It brought Redheart to tears as she went up out of no where Tia fired a massive shot through Redheart's chest and fell over, Starter caught her with his magic and ran with her on his back all the way to the Ponyville Hospital. "Redheart please stay with me, I can't live with myself if you die on me!" shouted Starter in between tears. Nurses rushed over to Redheart putting her on life support and Starter waited in the waiting room hoping that the one pony who cared about him and his dreams would still be here. Only time will tell. Luna tried to calm everypony down but for now her sister will be the number one priority because she confronted her in extreme anger. "WHY ARE YOU SO SPITEFUL TOWARDS HIM? DON'T YOU EVER LEARN ABOUT FORGIVING SOMEPONY FOR THEIR MISTAKES?!? I guess not, your head is far up your HUMONGOUS ASS in cake that you can't see the light of day!" shouted Luna in complete pissed off mode as she stormed out to calm everypony down after her sisters little stunt that may have costed somepony's life. Redheart was starting to breathing but barely and opened her eyes to see tears flowing from Firestarter's face. "Hey, hey no tears it's ok Firestarter you did well," started Redheart. Starter wiped his tears and tried to smile but it was a broken smile. Redheart smiled and stroked his cheek until she closed her eyes for the last time for her heart stopped. The shock sent a painful shot to Starter's heart as he broke down in tears because his only pony caretaker died after his performance. He felt her hoove and it was as cold as ice which made him more sad as he cried more and more. "I didn't want you to leave! Please come back to me! No! NO! NO!" said Starter almost screaming to the heavens to get some kind of miracle but it never happened. He walked back to her house without saying another word. "My silence will be heard and will be the screaming of Tia begging for mercy from me," said Starter as his eyes glow green and his pendant glowed. His outfit changed into a red leather jacket with a hood attached to it, Starter put on the hood then proceeded to walk up to canterlot castle.
Chapter 3Walking through the streets of Ponyville the pendant glowed causing ponies to argue among each other unknowing that their anger was giving him more power with each passing moment. Tia took Redheart away from him and now he wanted revenge on Princess Celestia to avenge Nurse Redheart by any means he saw fit and no pony was about to stop him from doing it. "It's time to take out the trash," said Starter as his voice turned cold as ice. Luna sensed anger and evil intentions coming towards the castle, from the shock on Luna's face told the whole story. "Oh no...not this, now now!" said Luna as she went into the throne room but she was too late. On the ground was Celestia covered in blood, horn and wings ripped out of her body leaving nothing but a pool of blood. A flash of Adagio standing by her son which frightened Luna to the bone. "My beautiful baby boy you have done so well and mommy is so proud of you," said Adagio with a wicked smile. Luna didn't know how to respond so she stood there frozen in fear thinking that he was going to kill her next. Starter turned around to Luna's direction and walked over to the moon princess but instead of killing her he embraced her and Luna stroked his mane lightly. "I understand little one I am deeply sorry for Tia's mass hysteria towards you and your mother," apologized Luna. Adagio's ghost hugged Starter along with Redheart's ghost as to show that he still has ponys that still care about him. "I'm in so much pain," started Starter as tears fell down his face. "It's ok to feel pain now and then it shows that your healing. Take it from somepony who was on the moon for 1000 years I can sympathize," explained Luna. Outside the castle, a stallion with red hair carrying a sword was standing along side a mare that had green hair with red streaks smirking at the red haired stallion. "That must be the siren boy Princess Celestia was talking about," said Ravendeath (Red haired stallion) "Yes that is him, master will be pleased and then give us a reward," said Carmilla (Green hair with red streaks mare) "You hope so," answered Ravendeath as they walked away. Luna agreed to teach Starter to better use his siren powers and not go power hungry like what happened to Tia earlier. After 180 hours of intense training Luna let Starter take a breath or go eat some lunch if he wanted. So he went to a hayburger place and ate by himself from the ponies who were staring at me weirdly. Carmilla shape shifted into a right in front of Firestarter who looked up to this pony who was as beautiful as ever. "Hello there cutie my name is Carmilla," introduced Carmilla as she extended her hoof. "Firestarter Dazzle son of Adagio Dazzle," responded Starter as he shook her hoof. "Why sit all alone by yourself dearie? It's not fun when your alone," asked Carmilla. "Sometimes it's better that way," responded Starter. Carmilla shook her head in disappointment. "Listen Starter your little stunt with Tia was cool to watch but I can teach you so much more than Luna will ever teach," explained Carmilla almost trying to seduce him with promise of dark powers. "Well I guess at least trying it out couldn't hurt," said Starter. Carmilla flashed a wicked smile that spread from ear to ear. "Excellent so I'll see you by the everfree forest at midnight tonight got it?" asked Carmilla curling her tail under the table. "Got it," sad Starter with a smile on her face. Carmilla left the restaurant with her tail swaying as she walked out and it felt as if Starter was in love with that mare even if it was a trap or not he liked her style. Ravendeath waited by a tree for Carmilla to come out and when she did a smile spread across her face that might need to be surgically removed. "I'm guessing you got him on board with our plans to use that gem the boss wanted to use on him," said Ravendeath. "Yep all according to plan," exclaimed Carmilla as they both left. Luna went up to raise up the moon and went back to the castle to see Starter was no where to be found He probably went out to do some night training, still I should go find him thought Luna as she flew out the castle and into the air to find her apprentice. The moon shined over everything but Starter waited for Carmilla to arrive and when they she did Ravendeath was right beside standing by her side. "Oh I didn't think you had company Miss Carmilla I thought it was just you and me," said Starter. This was not going to be pretty. Luna was flying as fast as she could then she arrived right on time and stood between Carmilla and Starter. "You stay away from him! Starter I need you run, don't ask questions just go!" shouted Luna and he did as she instructed him to do. "Two on one I don't like your odds Princess Luna," said Ravendeath pulling out his sword. "Please I fought monsters that had 5 heads so fighting you two will be a cake walk for me," said Luna with heart and determination. They all ran at each other and clashed. Luna let out a loud yell of magic that blasted both Carmilla and Ravendeath that sprung them back to the trunk of a tree that split in two breaking both of their backs. Ravendeath slashed his sword at Luna and it hit her horn cracking it until her horn fell off which made Carmilla laugh, Luna had a shocked look on her face while Carmilla laughed like crazy. "Oh now your in for it now!" said Luna as she charged at them once again. "Go get the boy Raven, I'll deal with the moon princess," ordered Carmilla to Raven as he disappeared to go find the boy. Firestarter please be safe thought Luna as she hoped that her student would be ok.
Chapter 4Firestarter ran as fast as he can in able for him to get away from the brawl, it didn't take long for Ravendeath to appear in front of him almost knocking him down. "Found ya!" said Raven as he drew his sword and lifted his sword up in the air. The sword gleamed in the moonlight and was brought down but Adagio's ghost pushed Starter out of the path of Raven's sword which only met the ground with a thunk on the concrete. Starter got up shocked at what just happened but didn't care then continued to run until he went into Redheart's house and hid inside the closet. Raven barged into the house by splitting the front door open with his sword, looking around the place trying to find Firestarter. "Alright boy we can do this the easy way or the hard way and I don't think you'll like the hard way at all," shouted Ravendeath swinging his sword around the room. Firestarter tried his best to keep quiet and hoped he would go away. "I'm gonna find you kid and when I do I'm gonna drag your ass back to our boss so he can deal with you," said Raven looking around. All of a sudden he heard a soothing voice echoed through the room causing Raven to stop in his tracks. "Come here listen to me I know you can't resist," said Adagio pulling him closer to her. Ravendeath followed the sound of the voice which led him to an empty room and a loud banging noise and looking around trying to find the source of the banging noise. "Who's there? Show yourself!" shouted Raven as he heard hoof steps approaching. The mare of course was none other than Adagio Dazzle in a red velvet dress and her pendant making a jingling noise but all Raven looked at was her eyes that was flashing green. "Well well look what we have here," said Adagio lifting his chin up so they're eyes could meet. "Your pretty," complimented Ravendeath. Adagio giggled at the complimented then her eyes turned completely red. "Don't you know that looks can be deceiving Ravendeath?" said Adagio as she pushed him off of the platform into a sharp pole that impaled Raven until he died then turned into dust leaving his sword behind. "Hmm seems he left his sword behind but perhaps my son can use it," said Adagio as she examined the sword. Firestarter came out of the closet to see the room was empty except a sword that sat on the floor next to Redheart's nightstand as if somepony left it there for him to grab. He looked at it closely being cautious if it had some sort of security measure but it never came. "It does pretty cool to look at so I wonder how man bit I can get for this," said Starter who immediately slapped himself at the thought. Meanwhile Luna got thrown into a tree splitting it in half with Carmilla laughing hysterically at her work, Luna felt a sharp pain that went all over her body including her spine. "Poor poor Luna I really thought you would last longer but I guess not," said Carmilla as she bucked her in the stomach causing her to puke up blood and bile. Luna struggled to stand as she sensed her darker side was about to be unleashed desperately keeping it at bay instead using her dark powers to her advantage. Carmilla knew it was time to pull out all stops as she charged up fully and they both clashed again but this time Luna had an advantage over her adversary. "Time to die!" shouted Luna as she charged up her horn for one final blast. Carmilla did her best to stop it even divert it away but to no avail. The beam of bright blue magic pierced through Carmilla's chest which caused her to crash land with a thud as she skid across the cold unforgiving ground. Luna flew down to check her work before collapsing on the ground as well because she used almost too much power. Firestarter felt Luna's power draining fast so like a bullet train he teleported to where Luna laid and gave her some of his magic which worked because he could see Luna's beautiful eyes looking at her and she saw his bright smile. "Firestarter...you came for me...I'm glad you did my apprentice," said Luna weakly. Firestarter carried Luna back to the castle as the morning sun rose up. "You won't die right?" asked Starter worried. Luna looked up at him and smiled weakly. "And leave my apprentice all alone? No way as soon as I am healed I will treat you like my own son," explained Luna. Starter's smile was as bright as the morning sun when he heard those words. Luna had noticed the sword on Starter's back belonging to Ravendeath and a flood of questions hit Luna like a ton of bricks crashing down on a building. Where did he get that sword from? thought Luna but all her body wanted to do was sleep. Starter put covers over Luna's body which she was grateful for him to do and she petted his head. "Thank you my apprentice you've done well now go get some shut eye yourself ok?" asked Luna almost half asleep. "Yes ma'am," responded Starter as he went into his room and cuddled in his sheets and covered in the blanket until he fell asleep. It was the greatest sleep in his life. 5 years went by and Firestarter was a full grown stallion standing side by side with his fellow bat ponies ready to be recruited. A nervous chill went up his spine but he was able to keep his composure long enough so Luna could walk up to her podium, clearing her throat she turned her attention towards the crowd then spoke. "After years of constant training I am here to proudly announce that my faithful student Firestarter Dazzle is now a new recruit who is loyal to my night guard," said Luna as she put a badge on Starter's new armor plate. The crowd cheered loudly even whistled at Starter as he waved at the crowd but something was off about this and Luna could sense it. "Starter I'm sure wherever Adagio and Redheart are they are smiling down at you," said Luna reassuringly. "I know but it feels worthless without them here cheering me on," said Starter. "They never left," responded Luna as she put her hoof on his chest where his heart was. Starter smiled and even teared up a bit. As the ceremony concluded Starter went into his room which housed his mother's picture and one recent picture of Redheart when she was taking care of his wounds. He smiled at the pictures until a fellow bat pony informed him of his time to guard the princess. "Be right there," said Starter as he walked to his post and stood like a statue. The night was still and clear not a hair out of place but there was that something that made Starter feel uneasy. His partner Shade noticed his partner was acting a little strange and didn't know why. "Hey dude you ok man? You look like you saw a ghost or something?" asked Shade. "I think they're someponies in the forest," responded Starter. He ran out despite what his partner had said went into the forest, hiding by a tree being as cautious but was caught by a bunch of vamponies who tied him up then proceeded to take him to an undisclosed location. "Let me go!" shouted Starter as he struggled to get free. They put him under a statue and started to chant a name all too familiar. "NO!" shouted Starter as he continued to struggle but the ropes were too tight. A sacrifice was made that basically turned him into a blazing fire pony. The vamponies leave Firestarter as he cries but his tears was just fire and Starter screamed to the heavens but to no avail leaving only a spark of his former self. Starter left his armor plating behind and was never seen again. The only thing that was left was his helmet and a note Luna found. Dear Princess Celestia, I thank you so much for helping me so much but I can not be a guard that constantly burns everything, so I decided to leave Ponyville at least until I figure something out.
