A High School Tail

FlameStar was a wandering unicorn who had no friends whatsoever. After arriving in Canterlot, he met Twilight Sparkle, The Princess of Friendship, who points him to Ponyville. During his stay in Ponyville, he meets the defenders of Equestria and makes friends with them. He then meets Luna in a nightmare who helps him along his journey with his fear. He then defeats and reforms 3 deadly villains using compassion as he thought turning them back to stone was way too cruel, especially since one of the villains is a child and a pony. Now, the unicorn is living his best life in Ponyville with his own house and his own monument in the castle gardens in Canterlot.

"This is the life..." FlameStar sighed. "Saved Equestria, Met the defenders, the Lord of Chaos, and was the sisters' guest of honor at their Festival. Can this get any better?" Just then Pinkie bursted through the door!

"FlameStar!" Pinkie yelled.

"Dang it Pinkie!" FlameStar groaned. "How many times do I have to remind you to knock?! I'm running out of doors." FlameStar looked at his stack of broken and destroyed doors. "Did you need something though?"

"I'm actually here to deliver a message." Pinkie handed off a scroll to FlameStar.

"Dear FlameStar," FlameStar read aloud. "Thanks again for rescuing Equestria from the villains. We've prepared a feast in your honor as a way of showing our gratitude to you. Come to the Castle of Friendship. Bring your friends along too! Signed, The Princess of Friendship."

"A feast?! Now that's my kind of Party!" Pinkie squealed. "I'm wondering why they didn't ask me to help host the party..."

"They didn't ask you to help plan the party?" FlameStar asked surprised. "But you're the resident party pony! And what about your boyfriend?"

"Cheese Sandwich?" Pinkie said. "Yeah. he's out on another journey. I usually handle Ponyville."

"That's odd..." FlameStar pondered, now feeling suspicious. Pinkie has made it blantly obvious that she's the expert on optimism, and for Twilight to not tell Pinkie to help plan the party just fueled his suspicion. "The Invite said to bring your friends." FlameStar recalled. "Ok, Pinkie Pie. You're coming with me. We're going to solve this mystery."

"Ooh! Can I be--"

"Yes... you can be Watson." FlameStar chuckled. "But first I need to suit up." FlameStar ran upstairs and came back with a short sleeved hoodie. "Let's roll." FlameStar and Pinkie set off for The Castle of Friendship. While they walked, FlameStar noticed the streets were extremely quiet. Only a few ponies were out and about. "At least the streets aren't empty..." FlameStar thought. Finally, the two ponies arrive at the castle and Pinkie already disapproves something.

"If this is a party for you, why aren't their party decorations or anything that resembles you?" Pinkie asked.

"We're about to find out." FlameStar said. He then knocked on the door and the door opened on its own. "Twilight? It's me, FlameStar!" He cried. "The pony who stopped the trio? I'm here for the party!" No one answered. No one replied. Just errie, creepy, silence. "Is anypony home?"

"Psst. FlameStar..." a voice called out.

"Who's there?!" FlameStar shouted, standing at attention.

"Keep it down... it's me, Fluttershy." She said. "Our friends are in danger. Some shadowy pony took them somewhere and I don't know where."

"Do you know anything that might help?"

"You shouldn't have come here... that pony keeps asking for you."

"But what about FlameStar's party?" Pinkie asked.

"That's probably what they said to get anypony here." Fluttershy replied.

"Well I'm getting to the bottom of this." FlameStar said bravely. "Besides, I can burn this castle down in 20 seconds flat if anything happens."

"No! Don't!" Fluttershy yelled, grabbing FlameStar's hoof.

"We won't get anywhere if we don't confront this pony." FlameStar said. He then walked into the throne room where a pony was sitting in one of the thrones.

"Ah... are you the one they call... FlameStar?" The pony asked. This pony looked nothing like what Fluttershy described but then again, this is Fluttershy. She probably couldn't get a good look cause she probably was peeing herself out of fear.

"Yes. I am FlameStar. Now why is Ponyville almost deserted? And why is the Castle of Friendship empty when I was invited here for a party? And why wasn't Pinkie Pie involved in the planning? She's the town's party planner!"

The pony just said. "'In due time, dearest FlameStar... but answer me this. Shouldn't Equestria be undone and redone unto glory?"

"I saved Equestria from the 3 most threatening villains! If anything its already unto glory." FlameStar answered.

"And what of those... Alicorn Princesses? Should somepony else take the throne as the princesses do nothing in a time of crisis?" The Pony said.

"Those 'Useless Princesses' have helped me address a lingering fear of mine." FlameStar remarked. "I wouldn't be where I am if it wasn't for them."

"But you are aware of Celestia of course. She is one of the most useless princesses Equestria has ever seen... it's a good thing Twilight Sparkle took the throne." The pony said. "Last Question. Will you surrender your magic and be reborn like me..?" FlameStar just laughed.

"Me? Give up my fire? No way!" FlameStar said in a fit of laughter.

"It doesn't matter how you respond. You'll suffer the same fate as those other ponies..." the pony said. Then their eyes started to glow Purple. "Goodbye, FlameStar...." FlameStar then fell through the floor and Into a cavern! "You're in the Friendship Catacombs. The 'Twig of Hate' made these. No one knows this place even exists."

"'Twig of hate?' Oh... The Tree of Harmony." FlameStar corrected.

"Whatever! I hope you enjoy your last few moments of free will..." The pony cut off leaving FlameStar to explore the catacombs. As he kept walking he heard a voice calling to him.

"Hey... are you FlameStar?" The voice said.

"Yes..? Who are you?" FlameStar asked.

"I'm a Fairy. I can help you if you help me" She says. "I think I'm in between dimensions?"

"Hmm... let me see if I can track you." FlameStar said. "Do you have body heat?"

"Yeah..?" She said. FlameStar's horn glowed as he searched for signs of heat. He then saw a bit of heat that grew hotter and hotter as he got closer.

"Yeah, I think you're there!" She cried. FlameStar then felt along the wall and bucked off a crate. He then saw the fairy. She was small. She had a beautiful build, very very blonde hair, and a leaf dress. Her shoes were Sunlight yellow flats with dandelions on the tips. For some reason, the Fairy looked nothing like a pony at all!

"Thanks for the help. I don't think we had a proper hello." The fairy twirled and posed cutely "My name is Alura!"

"Nice to meet you Alura. I'm FlameStar!"

"Yes. I've heard about you." Alura said. FlameStar's horn glowed in a threatening way.

"Were you the one who sent that pony guy?" FlameStar asked suspiciously.

"No but I might have an idea..." Alura said. "C'mon, we gotta get out of here." Together, the 2 friends explored further down into the catacombs when they heard struggling.

"This is not the way to treat a lady!"

"Oh c'mon. How were we supposed to know this was a trap?"

"That sounded like Rarity and... Discord?" FlameStar said suprised.

"Are they your friends?" Alura asked.

"Yeah!" FlameStar answered. "They must've been tricked by that pony as well." FlameStar and Alura went over to the 2 and saw them wrapped up.

"FlameStar! Be a darling and get us down, please?" Rarity asked.

"Yes please! No one wraps up the Lord of Chaos!" Discord said. "Well they did... obviously but they won't get away with it!"

"Brace yourselves. I'll cut you down!" FlameStar fired a fire strike to cut down Discord and Rarity.

"Thanks ever so much, FlameStar." Rarity said.

"Now, can we get out of here now?" Discord said.

"Yeah. I'm wondering where is Twilight..." FlameStar pondered. "This letter was signed by her."

"I think you and I both know that isn't Twilight, darling."

"You're right..." FlameStar said. Just then Alura found something.

"Over here guys! We can bust this crate down and go up the stairs!" Alura said. FlameStar then fired a beam destroying the crate as the unlikely team ran up the stairs to get to the throne room... or so they thought. The staircase they found went to the castle balcony.

"Stay on guard. That pony might still be here..." FlameStar said. Just then, the pony from earlier appeared in front of the friends.

"Why do you still have your... magic? Why haven't you joined me in dark glory? Come, I can aid you..."

"Look I don't know who or what you are but you need to free whoever you tricked and ponynapped." FlameStar ordered.

"You may call me... Darklight, in the brief moments that reside to you."

"Great, Darklight. Now we can get to know each other!" FlameStar said. "So what's your favorite color? You like long romantic cruises? What's the source of your power? You can skip the first 2 questions if you want.

"The source of my power isn't yours to know about. If anything, I'd like to see your powers in action." Darklight explained. "Ursa minor, Come Forth!" An Ursa Minor stared down at FlameStar. FlameStar stared it down... then showed it a milk silo which to the Ursa it looked like a baby bottle.

"There you go buddy... drink up..." FlameStar cooed. "Now what say you go back to your mommy? She must miss you as much as you miss her." The Ursa Minor blew a raspberry at Darklight before stomping on home.

"So you tamed an Ursa Minor. Bravo. I'm impressed. I can assure you, it's far from the deadliest creature of the realm." Darklight said smugly. "I guess I could reveal my true form."

"Darklight... are you an unreformed Changeling?" FlameStar asked. Darklight didn't answer. Instead, he unfurled in dazzling light to reveal a fairy similar to Alura. Unlike Alura, Darklight had a royal purple robe with a crown and a special purple jewel in it. He wore work boots and looked like a king.

"My Cousin?!"

"Cousin?" FlameStar asked.

"Why couldn't FlameStar have left you inside the wall where I put you? If you get in the way of my ambition, you won't share my glory as family..." FlameStar gestured to Discord to do something when the fairy stopped him entirely. "Ah ah ah Discord. I wouldn't advise using Chaos on me. For I know all the ways to nullify chaos."

"How many times did I tell you to stop? You need to stop now!" Alura yelled.

"No way Alura. Oh and by the way, My name isn't Darklight. I am Prince Noir!" He said. "Gaze upon Canterlot, you useless ponies!" Everyone looked to see Canterlot in black smoke.

"The Storm King?!" Rarity exclaimed.

"No." Noir said. "That was I!" He then flew higher to the top of the castle. "By the time I'm done... all those ponies will be loyal to me. Then I'll burn Equestria to the ground and like a Phoenix, itll rise up again with me as the new ruler!"

"What have you done with Twilight?!" FlameStar screamed.

"Sorry, little pony, Your Princess is in another castle!" Noir said, he then started to glow. "You're pretty troublesome, FlameStar. I hope you enjoy your new role in life as a Nopony as I bend this kingdom to my own whim! The birth of new kingdom of Darkness!" The light glowed brighter and then Shadow like hands descended and grabbed on to the castle. They shook the foundation and within moments, The castle started to rise.

"Discord, can you contact Rainbow Dash?!" FlameStar asked.

"Here you go." Discord gave FlameStar a banana.

"Seriously, Discord?!" FlameStar said. He then heard the "banana" ring. "Hello?"

"FlameStar, what's going on at the Castle of Friendship?" Rainbow was on the other line. "The Wonderbolts and I are seeing it rise!"

"Rainbow Dash, get as many pegasi here at the castle!" FlameStar ordered. "We need to get everyone out this castle, stat!" It wasn't even a minute later and Rainbow Dash was already storming the castle with all the pegasi from Cloudsdale as well as the Wonderbolts. Down below, Fluttershy found Sunburst and they both fled the castle. "C'mon!" FlameStar said "Jump on the Pegasus cluster!" FlameStar, Rarity, Discord and Alura all jumped onto the pegasi and they all flew off into the sky. They all watched helplessly as the Castle of Friendship rose higher and higher. Then something shiny caught Alura's eye.

"FlameStar, look!" Alura pointed to a crown like thing. Upon looking closer, it was Twilight's Crown!

"Twilight..." FlameStar flared up in anger. He then leaped onto Rainbow Dash. "Get me to the Castle." FlameStar said. Rainbow flew to the castle while dodging the Shadow figures. After getting close, FlameStar jumped off and ran toward Noir which was the WORST thing he could've done. "GIVE BACK THE PRINCESS, YOU LITTLE RUNT!!" FlameStar yelled in a fit of rage. He leaped to Noir and Noir caught FlameStar in midair.

"I told you, didn't i?" Noir said. "I was gonna remake Equestria into Darkness. Don't get in my way you troublesome pest." He then did a flicking gesture sending FlameStar away. He then fell onto a magic mirror and he vanished.

"FLAMESTAR!" Alura cried. She then separated from the pack and followed FlameStar into the mirror. What they didn't know was that mirror led to an alternate world and there was a mechanism to keep it from closing for 30 moons. The mirror hit the ground and the mechanism shattered, much to the others dismay. Meanwhile, Noir moved the Castle to Canterlot and dropped the castle near it. The others just stared at the broken remains of the mirror.

"FlameStar..." Fluttershy said.

"He went out trying to rescue Twilight..." Rainbow said.

"His efforts won't be in vain." Sunburst assured. "But wasn't Twilight the one who created the mechanism to the mirror?"

"Yeah." Fluttershy answered. "We need to find Twilight and she can probably fix it."

"We obviously can't wait 30 moons for him." Rarity said. "Discord, you can rip through dimensions, can't you grab him back?

"Don't look at me." Discord said. "I can do almost anything using chaos magic but I don't know where he went."

"Well, we can't just stand here feeling sorry for ourselves!" Rainbow said. "We need to do what we can now to stop that guy."

"I just hope FlameStar is ok there..." Fluttershy said.