Blaze's Background story

A few days' travel is all it would take for Blaze to get to a good spot to watch the dragon migration. There were dragons of all kinds: blue dragons, white dragons, black and red dragons; the sight of all these amazing creatures was truly astonishing. But Blaze had remember to keep his eyes peeled at all times, because he knew that at any moment, the elusive red-nosed dragon could appear.

After two hours of lying in wait, Blaze finally spotted one. Using his magic, he further entrenched himself to avoid detection. Blaze was locked on to this dragon, determined to track its every move. Off into the distance this dragon flew, and Blaze tried his best to keep on the trail. Eventually, he would find himself near the base of a volcano.

Here, there were certainly dragons to be found. However, some of them appeared to be quite small and weak, and none of the dragons in sight matched the description of Blaze's target. In frustration, Blaze swore to himself.

“Damn it... I can't believe I lost that accursed–”

Blaze's train of thought was interrupted by the sound of a gust of wind from above. Blaze then looked upwards to find a large red dragon flying towards a nearby airborne cave.

“Oh, there it is. Good thing it wasn't lost after all!”

Having reacquired his target, Blaze then quickly made his way over to the cave and used his magic to levitate himself up to the entrance. Peering inside the cave, Blaze could see the dragon sleeping. He then walked up to the dragon to put his plan into action.

“I've only one chance at this... let's do this,” he said to himself. Blaze struck the dragon across the nose using his hoof, then quickly dashed behind it. The dragon stood up and looked around, hoping to find the one that did this, but saw nothing. Blaze's plan was working so far. As a precaution, Blaze then picked a scale off the dragon's hide and tucked it away. With dragons being as dangerous as they are, Blaze knew that he had only seconds to secure the kill.

He tried to lift the dragon with his magic, but the dragon was too heavy for Blaze's magic to lift. Breaking the magic hold, the dragon turned around and spotted Blaze.

Whoosh! His instincts kicking in, Blaze dodged to the side and avoided a cloud of scorching flame! Blaze then levitated himself to the edge of the cave.

“Looks like I'll have to take care of this dragon the hard way!” he said before letting loose a barrage of fireballs.

The dragon fought back relentlessly with claw swipe after claw swipe, forcing Blaze to go on the defensive. These attacks were executed in perfect form; there was no way the dragon would be losing its balance any time soon.

In desperation, Blaze decided he would carry out one of his new techniques, Fire Shield, despite its high energy costs. Knowing that he would only be able to use this technique once, he focused intently. Blaze imagined his body burning, becoming one with fire. Blaze felt the heat around him. The shield was forming perfectly.

Blaze could feel his power level rising. Knowing that he only had a short while to act, he moved to the dragon's back and started pushing, aiming for the edge of the cliff outside. But Blaze could feel the entire strength of the dragon resisting him and made little progress. So, Blaze put forth more energy, and the dragon was moving at last.

Suddenly, a stray thought crossed Blaze's mind, one about his father and his life at home. He fell to his hooves and felt a single tear roll down his face. And then, a sharp burst of pain caused Blaze to scream in agony. His power was leaving him. Even worse, that same power was now causing the cave to collapse! Sensing the disturbance, the dragon escaped Blaze's magic and flew off into the distance.

Using the absolute last of his strength, Blaze exited the cave and promptly fainted from the pain. And unfortunately for him, he would also fall over the cliff's edge. Blaze regained consciousness during his descent, and quickly realized: he was about to die. He failed his mission. He failed his father.

But then, seemingly out of nowhere, a pegasus flew by and caught Blaze! The pegasus was wearing a black outfit, like some of the other ponies Blaze had seen. Soon enough, the two would be safely grounded. Once on the ground, Blaze fell unconscious once again.

When Blaze came to, he was on a bed in a room with white walls. On a nearby stand, there was a framed picture of three ponies. One pony, a unicorn, had a blue mane, a white coat, and purple eyes. Blaze was immediately reminded of his father, Flaze. He was holding a mare's hoof. The mare, a pegasus, had a white coat, a pink mane, and red eyes. In her other hoof, there was a unicorn foal whose eyes and mane were red. Immediately, Blaze was taken aback.

“That's me...” he said.

“You were so cute in that picture...”

Blaze heard a voice behind him and turned around to see a pegasus that looked very similar to the mare in the picture.

“What? You're the pony in that picture?” Blaze asked.

The pegasus nodded. “That would be me, the one and only Glaze!”

Blaze looked at her with a confused expression. “...And why exactly do I care, again?” he replied.

Glaze giggled. “Because I'm your mother. Duh!”

Because of all the strange things he had heard about recently, Blaze wasn't that shocked by this new information. Instead, he was quite angry.

“What in Celestia's name is with ponies these days? You being my mother, him being my brother... What you speak of is nothing but lies, damned lies! My mother has been dead for as long as I can remember, and I never had a brother, so all of you, get out of my life! Bucking ponies!” Blaze turned towards the door to leave.

“Wait, Blaze–”

“Screw this, I'm on a mission!” Blaze interrupted. “I have to prove myself to my father!” He then stormed out of the house.

Glaze tried to stop him, but it was to no effect. “What...” she said to herself. “His father is still alive? Oh no. This can't be a good thing! Damn it, Blaze... You don't know what you've gotten yourself into!”

Glaze then quickly prepared and set off after him.