My Little Pony: Reversed Roles
Season 1: Episode 21 - Cozy Glow's Backstory
Previous ChapterCozy Glow was looking at the night sky before closing her eyes, her mind went back to when she became an alicorn.
Five years after Sunset's Banishment...
"Ugh...what's with the older ponies of this town?" Cozy Glow; who at this time was still a pegasus; said as she watched the adult ponies of the town be in one of their usual cival war brawls. "Every day it's the same old thing, they keep fighting over land disputes." Cozy Glow said.
"Psst." A unicorn colt nearby said. Cozy Glow looked to him. "Follow me." The colt said and ran off with Cozy Glow right behind.
The pink pegasus soon discovered a place underground, where there were many foals around. "What...what is this place?" Cozy Glow said.
"This is the only place we kids can feel safe. After little Timmy got killed by accident during one of the adults brawls, I've been gathering fillies and colts alike to hide down here." The colt from earlier said.
"All of you...all of you are being effected negatively by the adults feuding..." Cozy Glow said.
"It's not like we can do anything about it. Adults are too stubburn to come to a compromise." A nearby earth filly said.
"Have...any of you ever tried to talk to the adults about this?" Cozy Glow asked.
"And what? Get accidently killed like Timmy?" A pegasus colt asked. "No way dude; it's too dangerous for one of us to even try." He said.
"...Only one huh?" Cozy Glow asked. "But what if you all go? What if you all approuched them?" She asked. Suddenly every foal in the bunker turned to her.
"...Kid, what's your name?" The unicorn colt who led Cozy Glow down to the bunker asked.
"My name's Cozy Glow and despite--" Cozy Glow tried to say but was interupted.
"Cozy Glow, you are a genius! If we all go, we can all show the adults that their fighting is negatively impacting us! Hail Cozy Glow, savior of the town!" The Unicorn Colt said.
"HAIL COZY GLOW, SAVIOR OF THE TOWN!" The rest of the foals shouted. Cozy Glow no longer had the heart to tell them different now. She just smiled. For the first time in her life, she was going to do something big.
It didn't take long after that for the foals of the town to march up to the adults and grab their attention; from there the foals told the adults everything and it put an end once and for all to the civil war going on in the town.
Cozy Glow smiled as she watched the whole thing from the outskirts, holding a red chess piece. "Seems I'm just as good at working a crowd as I am in chess. I could get used to that." Cozy Glow said. Suddenly she glowed and vanished. When she reappeared, she was not in the outskirts of the town, but in some kind of realm. "What on Equees...where am I?!" Cozy Glow exclaimed.
"Greetings, one removed from time." A female voice called to Cozy Glow. Princess Twilight Sparkle soon approuched Cozy Glow.
"P-Princess Twilight Sparkle! It's an honor to meet you!" Cozy Glow said.
"The honor is all mine, young Cozy Glow I believe? Although, your not really all that young are you?" Twilight asked.
"...No...I'm three hundred nine years old." Cozy Glow noted.
"That was a sign Cozy Glow; a sign that the compatibility to become an alicorn were sleeping inside you, and thanks to your recent actions, they have awoken. But before they fully awaken, there are some...old friends you must meet." Twilight said. Suddenly the spirits of Cozy Glow's first five friends ever showed up.
"You...you guys? Your here? How?" Cozy Glow said.
"We may be dead Cozy Glow, but we never really left you." The first friend said.
"Yeah. We've been with you in your mind and in your heart." The second friend said.
"We never cared that you weren't growing old with us, we knew you had something special inside you." The third friend said.
"No friend can ever really disappear, so long as you keep them in your memory and in your heart." The fourth friend said.
"And what's more, when the time is right, you'll join us in the afterlife. Every last friend you made too." The fifth friend said. For the first time in over three hundred years, Cozy Glow cried.
"You...you guys..." Cozy Glow said before the spirits of her friends left. "...Princess Twilight, thank you. I...I needed them to tell me this..." She said. "I'll make more friends now. I owe it to their memory to do so." The pink pegasus said.
"That's exactly what I needed to hear Cozy Glow; as that was the last barrier to unlocking your ascension." Twilight said. Suddenly, Cozy Glow was enveloped by a large amount of magic before transforming into an Alicorn.
Present day...
"I'll never forget what you guys said to me. And I've made more friends since then. I'll see you all eventually. I promise." Cozy Glow said, as she stared teary eyed back up to the night sky. The faces of Cozy Glow's first five friends soon lit up the night sky as the scene closed.
Author's Note
...And that's how the first season closes off. It's one hell of a send-off to the first season, isn't it? What a way to end it if you ask me. With this, you now know exactly everything about this version of Cozy Glow and what exactly she's all about. Perhaps this information will shed some light on what happened with Cozy Glow that made her the way she is in modern day.
