Heart Of Fire: Feathers Of Flameby Music BrushChaptersProloge: The FoalsCh. 1: A New HomeCh. 2: A New LifeCh. 3: The Start Of An AdventureProloge: The FoalsHeart Of Fire Book Two: Feathers Of Flame Written by Music Brush with the assistance of Mechafone. PROLOGE: THE FOALS Celestia's sun shined high in the sky, giving life to her beautiful kingdom of Equestria. The small town of Ponyville was filled with joy and laughter as every-pony went about their daily lives, buying and selling goods while their children were out running around, laughing and playing. The small farm just outside of town was filled with healthy growing apple trees as the apple farmers tended to the fields with their young son who was very good at taking care of the big stuff, despite his young age. The Rich family was doing good as well with their growing business. Their only son learning to take over the family business, often at times going out to work with others. Soon activity on the streets were growing slow as the sun slowly lowered closer to the western horizon. Small store owners began to close up their shops as ponies made their last minute shopping before the owners politely asked them to leave if they were not buying anything. The parents leaving the stores came up to their playing foals to announce the time to go home, where they would have dinner, tell stories, say good night to one another and then go to bed. "Come on, my little ponies!" Some of the parents called to their foals, most of whom fallowed their parents instructions without question while others let out disappointed sighs as they dragged their hooves along the dirt roads, saying "goodbye" to their friends. Parts of them knew they would see their friends again tomorrow, but they also did not want their time to end so soon. "Time to come inside, my little ponies!" Called a mare from the town orphanage doorway. It was a multi purpose building with different sections. One section was for the orphanage, another section was a small school for all the foals, and the other section was home to the caretaker of the orphans. It was small and cramped at times, and more often than not there would always be something broken. From a small mirror in the bathroom to the boards falling to the floor from the ceiling, yes, falling from the ceiling. Some would call this place a madhouse instead of an orphanage, but to the foals it was their home. "Yes, Miss Joy!" Several of the young orphans replied as they started running to her from outside, some stomping over one another or even bouncing over another with spring-horseshoes. Cherry Joy shook her head at the silly foals as they stumbled inside, giving a few instructions not to hurt the others as they came in. Cherry Joy was a young mare with a rich pink coat and two toned pink and purple mane. Her Cutie Mark was that of a single yellow flower with a smiley face and white peddles. She loved the foals as much as they loved her. She cared for them for years after she gave birth to her own daughter. "Cheerilee, can you help with them, please?" Cherry Joy asked. "Coming mom!" Said one of the fillies amongst the orphans happily. Her coat was a fine purple and her mane was a brilliant two toned pink. She was to young to have earned her Cutie Mark yet, or even in that much of a rush to get it, but like all foals her age, she proudly awaited the day it would appear. "Okay every-pony, let's go!" Cheerilee called as she lead the rest of the orphans into the front door of the orphanage. Cherry Joy stood aside to let them all enter the front door one by one, occasionally telling the foals to behave themselves and not hurt the others while they rushed into the building. After the last of the orphans were inside the house, Cherry Joy walked in with a smile on her face and closed the door behind her. She gave the children just a few more minutes playtime indoors before she called curfew for the night and began getting them ready for bed. Soon a part of her regretted that decision as many of the younger foals refused to get ready for bed in favor of more playtime. Some of the older foals helped get the younger ones ready for bed while the majority of the little ones ran away from them, laughing while calling out 'you can't get me!', but sure enough, to their disappointment, they were caught and were placed in bed. Many of them folding their forelegs as they gave a hearty 'humph'. After all the younger foals were in bed Cherry Joy thanked the older foals for helping with the children, then sent them off to bed as well. She stayed up a little longer to make sure no-pony else was awake apart from Cheerilee who was still wide awake from taking a late nap earlier this afternoon with the new foal, Spark Storm. She knew her daughter would have trouble sleeping tonight, but she still sent her to bed. None of the other foals were aloud to stay up after hours. Cheerilee was no exception. After every-pony was asleep and all was quiet while Cherry trotted up the stairs to her room to get herself ready for bed. She walked in quietly so she did not disturb Spark Storm who was asleep in his crib at the end of her room. He was just brought in by two very upset looking pegasi, the mother left in a hurry while the father looked like he was going through a needle stack to find something precious to him. It was the worse case Cherry had ever seen. It almost made her cry to see how heartbroken the stallion was, and the only thing she found wrong with the foal was his wings. She may not have known much about pegasi anatomy, but she knew his wings would never lift him off the ground. Cherry had never seen a parent go through a more difficult time with giving up a foal. The day Spark arrived Cheerilee almost instantly grew attached to him and before the papers were signed she came up and asked 'can we keep him?'. He was so young his parents did not even name him. Cheerilee was the one who gave him his name after she had a dream, and the name Spark Storm seemed to fit. Ever since that day not so long ago, both Cherry Joy and Cheerilee took care of the young colt as if he was her own. Spark stirred in his sleep and gave a big yawn before curling up and resuming his peaceful sleep. Cherry smiled at him and reached down to pull the blankets over him more, then turned and headed for her own bed where she crawled in under the sheets and soon fell fast asleep from a long, tiring day. She deserved this rest. ~~)oOo(~~ It was well past midnight and the whole town of Ponyville was quiet and still except for the sound of crickets, frogs and other night time animals calling out for mates in the middle of the night. The moon was shining high above the sleeping town with the figure of the Mare in the Moon, that was hardly ever thought about, as she watched over the ponies in their deep sleep through the night. Little did any-pony know what secrets the Mare in the Moon held. Outside of Ponyville just within the Everfree Forest was a single equine wearing a brown, hooded cloak with a small bundle in one foreleg. The cloaked equine slowly walked into town, looking left and right to make sure no-pony was around. The ponies never did seem to be out when the equine came in during the day time anyway, but this visit was different from previous visits. The cloaked equine could not risk being seen this time. The equine trotted down the road for several long minutes, dodging a few ponies out late for a party or to drink at the bar, then came up to the town orphanage, which was closed and quiet. The cloaked equine trotted up to the door and sat the bundle down before she lowered her hood, letting her dark grey and white Mohawk stretch up to the sky and show a number of golden rings rested around her neck and two hanging from her ears. Her coat was a lighter shade of grey with stripes along her jaw and over her eyes where her mane ended on her head. She was a zebra. She picked the bundle up in her forelegs and opened up the folds enough to reveal a pegasus foal still very young, so young he was almost a newborn. The foal's coat was yellow with orange stripes just like her own. He gave a big yawn as he was fast asleep in the blankets, stirring a little from being exposed to the cold night air. She leaned in and nuzzled the foal on the nose, then covered him back up in the blankets before laying him gently down on the ground in front of the door of the orphanage. She reached back into her cloak and pulled out a scroll, which was sealed shut by green vine and was addressed to 'The owner of the orphanage'. "We will be together again, my little child." The zebra said in a deep accented voice. "...but you must not grow within the deep, dark wild." She reached down and placed the scroll on the blankets keeping the foal warm, then lightly kissed him on the forehead. She then looked up at the door, reached her hoof up and knocked then she immediately ran across the road behind a nearby bush and watched. After a few minutes the door opened and a young purple filly came out and looked left and right to see who would be out at this hour. When she saw no-pony she started to close the door, then she looked down and saw the bundle with the scroll on it. She picked up the scroll in her mouth then she picked up the bundle and gasped when she saw there was a yellow pegasus foal asleep within. She once again looked around to see if any-pony was around, but she saw nothing. She smiled down at the sleeping foal and carried him inside, closing the door behind her. Out in the bush across the road the zebra smiled with a happy sigh, glad that some-pony was awake and brought the foal into the house where it was warm as apposed to being left out in the cold. She trotted out of the bush and took one long look at the house before heading back down the road where she came from the Everfree Forest, where she would live for a long time without the foal in her life. ~~)oOo(~~ Cheerilee trotted upstairs with the foal in her foreleg and the scroll in her mouth. She got to the top of the stairs and continued down the hall into her mothers bedroom, where Cherry Joy was seeping in her bed. Cheerilee trotted to the bed and set the scroll down next to her before she woke her mother up gently. "Mom." Cherry stirred. After a few more gentle nudges Cherry looked up to see her daughter with the bundle in her forelegs and a smile on her face. "Cheerilee, what are doing up so late?" Cherry asked. Cheerilee answered by holding the bundle up to her. Cherry looked at the bundle, then her eyes shot open as she sat up straight to take a closer look. "Oh my!" She said in a hushed tone. She took the bundle into her own forelegs, smiling at the yellow foal within. "There was a letter with him, it's for you." Cherry looked up at the scroll in her daughters hoof . "Read it to me honey." She said keeping the foal comfortable in her forelegs. Cheerilee turned on the light on the nightstand next to her mothers bed, opened the scroll and began to read it. To the owner of the Ponyville Orphanage. We have talked it over and have both agreed we can not raise this foal in the conditions of which we live in. Therefore, we place him in the care of your most capable hooves in the hopes that he will find a loving family and live a peaceful life. His name is, Blazing Feathers. We thank you for your kind heart and leave you this foal from the bottom of our own. Cheerilee turned the letter over a few times to find nothing else written. "That's it. There's no name or anything else." "There wouldn't be." Cherry said as she cradled Blazing. Blazing woke up and looked up at the two faces smiling at him, then he scrunched his nose and started crying. Cherry Joy got off her bed and trotted out of room with Blazing in her forelegs. "Shh, it's okay Blazing." She said. She carried him down the hall and into a room where she laid him down on his back on a changing table. She grabbed a fresh diaper and some powder and brought them to him then began to change him, removing the old cloth that used to be his old diaper. She through the old cloth away and started applying the powder then slipped the new diaper under him and strapped it on. As she changed him the foals started poking their heads out of their rooms to see the new foal in the house. When he was changed she picked him up and carried him out of the room and down stairs to the kitchen where she gathered the things needed to make a bottle for him and started to feed him. He drank the formula greedily until the bottle was empty, then she put the bottle down and leaned him over her shoulder and padded his back until he burped, then took him to another room where she lay him in an empty cradle and began to rock him to sleep. "Shouldn't you be in bed?" She asked without looing from Blazing. In an instant, the other foals bolted back to their individual beds. Author's Note Disclamer: Cherry Joy and Spark Storm do not belong to me. They belong to my good friend, mechafone, who has granted me approval to use his OCs. Thank you mech. Ch. 1: A New HomeChapter I A New Home Four years had past since Blazing was left on the door step of the orphanage. The week before two pegasi came in with a foal and left him under the care of Cherry Joy. The foals name was Spark Storm. He had a beep blue coat and his wings were quit oddly shaped. Cherry knew, because of the shape of his wings, he would never be able to fly. She eventually adopted Spark as her son, caring for him as though she was the one who gave birth to him. When day after Blazing was first brought to the orphanage came, he was introduced to the rest of the foals in the nursery room, where he and Spark played together as though they already knew each other. Since then, the two were virtually inseparable, playing games, laughing and, some times, getting into trouble. One day during recess time at the orphanage, Blazing and Spark were playing various games outside, such as tag, heroes, cops and robbers and a number of other fun games they could think of. When ever Blazing was playing the part of the bad guy, or the robber, he was terrible at it because he did not like pretending to be mean, let alone actually be mean. This made him easy prey for being teased and picked on by other foals. Luckily, any time Blazing was named a target by some bully, Spark would always jump in to defend his friend's honor. In the middle of their playing Cheerilee came up to the pair as they were wrestling on the ground and interrupted them. They both looked up at the purple filly with smiles on their faces as they got off the ground onto their hooves. They were covered in dirt, and their coats were all ruffled. "Hey Cheerilee!" They called at once. "Hi Blazing! Hi Spark." She replied. She then looked to Blazing with a proud smile. "Hey, Blazing, you have a visitor inside." Blazing's eyes lit up. He darted past Cheerilee toward the orphanage, leaving Spark behind, who immediately fallowed after him. They ran in through the door and saw Cherry Joy with another mare. "Oh, here he is with Spark now!" Cherry said with a joyful smile. "Blazing, this is Autumn Leaves." She said as she pointed to the second mare, who offered Blazing a kind smile. She did look like she was meant for the autumn season. She was a pegasus, her coat a bright orange and her mane and tale were a nice brown with a yellow streaks. And her cutie mark looked like leaves from the fall forming a heart. "Hello Blazing." Autumn said, her voice sweet, soft, and gentle. Blazing offered a smile to the mare, not only to be polite, but also because he liked the sound of her voice. "Hi." Blazing replied. He turned his gaze to Cherry. "Is she my mommy?" He asked, gleefully. Cherry and Autumn giggled at the eager question. "No sweetie." Cherry answered. Blazing's ears fell back at the answer to his question and he started to cry. Cherry got up and walked over to him while Spark placed a hoof on his shoulder to comfort him. "Shh, it's okay Blazing. Don't cry." Cherry said comfortingly. "Is he okay?" Autumn asked. Cherry held Blazing in her forelegs as he cried in her mane. "Yes, he's just a little sensitive." Spark replied. Autumn nodded as she got up to come see the young pesgasus. "Ever since I adopted Spark nearly two years ago, Blazing's been asking about his parents and if they would ever come back for him." Cherry explained with a bit of a tear of her own. "Oh." Autumn replied in realization. She trotted up to them and crouched down next to Cherry so she could meet Blazing's gaze. She laid a hoof on his shoulder to get his attention. He looked up at her, his face stained with tears as he sniffed. She smiled at him. "Would you like me to be your mommy?" She asked. He sniffed, wiping away his tears, then nodded. She opened her forelegs, inviting him in for a hug. He sniffed again before he bolted out of Cherry's hold into Autumn's. "Does this mean, Blazing won't live here anymore?" Spark asked his adoptive mother with a sad look on his face. "I'm afraid so, sweetheart." She answered as she pet his head. Blazing looked up from Autumn at his friend. "No!" He shouted. "I can't leave Spark. Who's he going to play tag with if I'm gone?" This earned a giggle from Autumn, causing both colts to look up to her. "Boys," she called, "... I live down the road not too far from here. The same town, even. You can see each other anytime the two of you would like." Cherry nodded in agreement. "Plus." Cherry added. "you two will be going to school together after next summer." Blazing still did not like the idea of moving away. He grew up in the orphanage his whole life and Spark was his best friend. He did not want to leave the life he knew, let alone his best friend who he played with on a daily basis. "We don't have to leave until you're ready, Blazing." Autumn explained. Blazing looked between all of them, thinking about the offer of going with Autumn and have her be his mother. He really did want parents. He never his own parents, no one even saw who dropped him off at the orphanage. Wait! "Autumn?" Blazing asked. She nodded with a hum. "If you're going to be my mommy, who's going to be my daddy?" Autumn's smile faded. Autumn's memories turned back to years ago. She had some one she loved very much, and for a long time it seamed like that pony loved her too, but the two separated some time ago because of a number of reasons. For most being, Autumn could not conceive. She and her lover wanted a foal so much, but her lover would not accept anything that was not their flesh and blood. "No, sweetie." Cherry stepped in. Blazing looked up to her. "Will I have a bother or sister like Spark?" He asked. "No, I have no children." Autumn answered. Blazing blinked as he looked back at her. She had no husband and no foals. And, she was offering to be his mother. "I would really love it if you were my first foal." She said. Blazing thought about it for a minute before he smiled as he bounced into her forelegs, wrapping his own around her neck saying 'mommy'. The words made tears stream down her face as she embraced him. The first real, great joy she had felt since she fell in love long ago. "Well then." Cherry said with a joyful smile. "Spark, why don't you go help Blazing pack his things while I talk to Autumn. "Yes, Miss Cherry." Spark replied with a bit of a smile to hide the sadness he was feeling. "Spark, please call me mom." Cherry said, but Spark and Blazing were already gone. Cherry smiled weakly as she shook her head. "I've been trying to get him to call me mom for the last year and a half." She explained to Autumn, who smiled reassuringly. "Give him a little more time. He'll open up to it." Autumn said comfortingly. Cherry smiled thankfully at Autumn. "Now, we have some forms to fill out. If you'll just follow me." ~~)oOo(~~ Blazing was In tears as he hugged Cherry Joy and Cheerilee goodbye. Autumn, with the help of a few older colts from the orphanage, put Blazing's bags in the back of the cab she called moments ago. When the last of the bags were in place, Autumn called for Blazing. "Come on honey, time to go!" Blazing was left telling Spark goodbye. "I'm going to miss you, Spark." He said, his face stained with tears. The two were inseparable for the whole time they had lived together. None of them thought the day would come one of them would leave the other. "Don't worry ,Blaze. We'll see each other again soon." Spark replied bravely, despite the obvious sadness he was hiding this whole time. "I still don't want to leave you guys." Blazing, admitted with a bit of a sob. "C'mon!" The stallion pulling the cab called. "I ain't got all day." Autumn shot the stallion a bit of a glare. He merely rolled his eyes with a snort. "You better go, Blazing" Cheerilee said as she smiled at him with tears of her own. She knew her little brother would not be happy his best friends would not be here as much anymore. She was ready to comfort Spark for as long as it took, even if he would be too proud to admit it. "Get going, bud." Spark said. Blazing reluctantly trotted to his new mother, who helped him on the cab then hopped on herself. She gave the driver a few bits and the address she wanted them to go and the driver started moving. Blazing looked back as the cab moved and waved goodbye to those who took care of him for the last four years. His new life, about to begin. Ch. 2: A New LifeChapter II A New Life The streets of the town were full of activity with ponies going about their regular day with smiles on their faces. Couples could be seen trotting proudly along side their loved ones. Shop keeps' tended to their respective stands and job titles. Foals ran around freely laughing and screaming with joy at the games they were playing. Blazing could not help, but smile at the sight of the other foals his age playing games and such. That is until he thought about his friend he left behind at the orphanage. Autumn took notice of the little colt at her side looking out at the scene around them. She scooted closer to him and draped a wing over his shoulders. He looked up to her to find her offering him a small smile. "You thinking about your friend, Spark?" She asked him. He gave her a silent, sad nod as his answer. "You know you'll still be able to see your friends, right?" She asked him. His ears drooped down. "You will." She encouraged. He looked up to her. "We still live in the same town, you'll be going to the same school, and we're not far from the orphanage." He looked to her with a bit of hope in his eyes. She smiled at this. The carriage soon came to a halt and Blazing looked out the window as the driver unsaddled himself from the cart to help with the bags. Autumn got out of the carriage and turned back to help Blazing down. He looked up to the house they had stopped at in awe. The new house made the orphanage seam much smaller than it really is due to the lack of so many foals running around. It was a three story building much similar to a simple child drawing of a house with a door dawning the middle of the front with two windows at either side of it with two more windows above them and one window above them at the middle where the attic space would be. The next thing that caught his attention was who came out of the front door to greet them. Coming out of the front door with a big smile on her beak, grey fur from the shoulders down to her hind paws, white feathers from the base of her neck up to the feathers in her eyes and claws for her forelegs instead of paws to match her hind legs. "Autumn!" The gryphon called, getting Autumn's attention. Autumn looked up to find the gryphon running up to her and smiled. "Blue!" Autumn cried out and rushed up to great her apparent friend in a warm, tight, and rather passionate hug that lasted several seconds before the gryphon started to lean in, only to have her beak stopped by Autumn's hoof. Blazing stood there watching the two ladies in a bit of confusion before Autumn turned to him with a smile. "Blazing, honey, come meat my girlfriend." "Girlfriend?" He asked himself before he started to walk up. "Does she mean a friend that's a girl? That has to be it" He looked up to them as he reached them, who both smiled at him. Autumn looked to her. "Blue, this is my son, Blazing Feathers." She introduced. Blue smiled at him. "Hi, Blazing." She greeted him. He smiled at her with a wave, but they could tell he was a bit confused. "Blazing, Blue is a gryphon." Autumn explained. "She's half eagle and half lion and she and I are in love." The two smiled as they stood together. "But..." Blazing stuttered. "... You're both girls." He observed as he looked between them. "Aren't girls only suppose to like boys?" He asked. "Usually, yes." Blue answered. "But, sometimes, two girls can like each other and two boys can like each other. It doesn't matter when you're in love." She finished proudly as she smiled to the mare she loved and planted a kiss on her cheek. Autumn smiled at her. Blazing inclined his head and started to smile. "Cool." He said. Blue picked Blazing up and helped him get settled into the house. The next couple of hours were spent unpacking Blazing's things and getting him set up in his new room. He was full of energy at the fact there was so much more room now. He always had to share spaces with other foals and now he had a place all to himself. Pictures were placed on the walls and dressers to while a bed lay in the corner opposite the door. After putting up the last of the pictures he packed with him from the orphanage, he looked at his room while the two ladies smiled at him from the door. He soon smiled and plopped on his back on his bed, smiling up at the ceiling. "I love it!" He beamed. The two girls giggled. "I have a son, now." Autumn said under her breath, though not low enough for her lover to go without hearing it. "You mean "we" have a son now." Blue kissed Autumn's cheek, earning a blush from the Pegasus mare. Blazing looked up to the two and scrunched up his nose at the sight. "Blach!" He spat out. The two looked up at him and chuckled. They expected no less from a young colt barely older than five to be grossed out by a couple showing affection. Most colts his age did not like to see such things going on in front of them. That night, they all celebrated their new family by going out for dinner. The two older ladies agreed to take their new child someplace he could have a blast and they could enjoy a good meal. And to top it off, they invited Ms. Cherry Joy, Cheerilee, and Spark Storm to join them at their dinner. The older three of the group sat down together, chatting, eating, enjoying each other's company, while the younger three played almost relentlessly together in a foals play area at the restaurant. When Cherry Joy first found out Autumn was a fillyfooler, she had concerns for Blazing. She initially thought Autumn was just a single mare who wanted the joy of parenthood, but the more she conversed with Blue, the more her worries faded to nothing and she could not be any more happy for the new parents Blazing now had in his life. Honestly, Cherry Joy is a lot more happy on the fact that Autumn would not be razing Blazing alone, being a single mother of two herself. She knew the hardship of being a young, single mom, but she would have it no other way. Even though Blazing was pretty much set for his new life, Cherry would always be willing to help whenever she had to for multiple reasons. Two of which being the two colts she had to raise, and were best friends since they were newborns, Blazing and Spark. Autumn could not be anymore happy. The last time she was so happy was when she started dating Blue some time ago. The only thing that could make this any better when the next step of relationship, but she did not expect this to happen for some time, though she would always hope and dream for the day she sees her lover offering the question. She had no shame or guilt in being a fillyfooler, even if her parents disowned her for it. She had a firm belief that if something felt right for you than that is how it is meant for you. No one would ever change her mind about that. Blue was one who just went with the flow of things. If she felt compelled to do something, by Celestia, there was no chance of stopping her. She felt she had to ask that mare on a date, and she would not rest until she got that "yes" or "okay". Unless she felt the first rejection was meant to be, than she would move on. With Autumn, there was no other option. She had to have this mare. Even if the gryphons were not so supportive of interracial relations, but they have no real reason to stop one of their own from choosing a mate. And Blue never had any regrets of the choices in her life. She never bothered with the past, even if she repeats the same mistakes. She never worries about the future, unless she makes plans for her lover, which is never a major problem with her. She mainly focusses her life on the here and the now. Blazing Feather's day was by far the best of his life. He now has a mother, a best friend, a new home, and a whole new wide world of opportunity ahead of him. What more could any foal ask for? As far as this little pegusus is worried, nothing would come between him and his family and friends. Ch. 3: The Start Of An AdventureChapter III The Start Of An Adventure Blazing walked out of the school section of the orphanage building, a big smile on his face, a spring in his trot, and a look of excitement for the rest of the day. A day at school was always the best part of the day for him, not for the long, boring, slow, sleep inducing hours of what seams to be endless lesson after another endless lesson, but because that's a large portion of the day he gets to spend with his life-long friend, Spark Storm. Spark's older sister, Cheerilee was starting to get a bit on the rebellious side in her looks. Her mane was getting more and more wild by the day, she wore ridiculous clothing, and she even started to back talk against Cherry Joy, their mother. Spark had his own issues to deal with. He regularly got into fights, coming home with shiners, figuring out who his birth parents were, falling in love with a filly in their class. Apart from his friends, Blazing simply tried keeping to himself. He did not like the way Cheerilee was going with her rebellious nature. Sure, it did seam like every-pony was going for that rebellious look these days, but Blazing just did not like it. Blazing would revert to crying whenever a bully would target him. Blazing just was not the one to get into fights. He just could not understand how and why others seam to enjoy getting into fights. Eventually, Blazing took to workout training. With the help of his mother, and her girlfriend, he began to exercise regularly. Every morning before school, the three would take a half-hour long walk around the town. Blazing would do a number of wing-ups during reses every day at school, preferably in a secluded place where the bullies would not get to him. With all the wing-ups he did on a daily basis for the last year, he was starting to fly as a natural. Soon, both the motherly figures in his life started teaching him a few tips and tricks on how to fly. And they did not have to go easy on him either. He was impressive. Almost as if he was on fire when he flew. Because of Blazing picking up flying so fast, and his body being slightly more built than the other foals in school, he could easily make the bullies back down. Even though he did not like to fight, his quickly developing body made it easy for him to put on a tuff face and make help Spark defend their friends. Now it was the end of another school day, and today, Blazing decided to fly up to the clouds. At the start of the week, he had already got an approval from both his mothers to take the day and explore the infamous Cloudsdale City. The home of most pegasi as well as the location the weather clouds were made. And since he had been spending so much time building up his wing strength he wanted to go where the wings grew and the clouds form. After saying his goodbyes to his friends from school, he took off to the clouds. [/ ~~)oOo(~~ The week before b] Autumn and Blue were working together early in the morning to prep a good breakfast for the young, growing colt they had charged themselves with caring for well over a year ago. Blue occasionally stole a kiss from her lover, be it on the cheek, the head, or even the lips. Many would question how a beak on lips would work, which would annoy Blue in a number of ways. That number depended on how many times she heard it. Not just in a day, but in the entire time she had been in a relationship with anyone. Gryphon, donkey, pony, it did not matter. She hated the questions revolved around kissing with a beak. For Autumn, sometimes Blue would endlessly get on her nerves about a number of things. Cooking, caring for Blazing, bed times, but despite all that, she would not have it any other way. Blue made her happier than anyone else ever had. She just wish the question would be asked from someone she loved so much. It was starting to get to the point she was going to come up and ask Blue to marry her herself. "Mom! Blue!" A familiar, loveable voice called them from upstairs. Autumn looked up to find Blazing coming down. "What is it, my flying champ?" Blue asked as she picked him up in a power hug. Autumn giggled as she made sure the food was in a good condition to step away from so she could go see her son. "Morning, sweetheart." She said as she kissed his cheek. She could hardly believe she had been caring for this colt for a year now. But, she could not be happier with the life she was living. A hard working lover, a child, a home. What more could one ask for? "Can I go to Cloudsdale?" Blazing asked. The two looked at him with a bit of shock. "Why do you want to go to Cloudsdale, sweetie?" Autumn asked. He looked to her. "I want to see the city the weather comes from." He answered with a bit of a hopeful smile. She could not help, but have a sense of relief that he did not answer with 'I want to find my real parents', even though she knows he would eventually want to find the answer to that question some day. "That's it?" Blue asked with a raised brow smile. "I can get you up there in a flash. Show you the works. Give you the VIP tore." Having a position in the weather station herself, Blue did know a thing or two or three about what goes on in that magnificent city. "Actually, I was hoping I could go myself?" He asked, this time with a bit of fear in his expression. "Why alone, sweetheart?" Autumn asked. "Oh, why stop him from having an adventure?" Blue asked with a confident smile as she hugs the little colt. "He's just going to the one place either of us knows well enough to find him in a snap should he get lost!" Blazing could not help be chuckle at her enthusiasm, though Autumn showed signs of concerned skepticism. When Blazing looked to his mother he could tell she was going to say no. Autumn had a look of serious thinking on her face. She went back to cooking so the food would not get burned while Blue brought him to the table and helped him get settled as they waited for her to say something. It was not until after they finished their meal before Autumn looked to her son. "You promise to stay out of trouble?" She asked him. He nodded. She did not have to ask such a question, but she would never live it down if she did not go through the steps in her son's safety. "You won't follow strangers, cause problems, get into fights-" All the usual questions before Blue stepped in. "Ah, Autumn, you do know who you're questioning, right?" She asked. It was not long after that before all three were giggling. "I know, I'm just trying to ease my nerves." Autumn answered. [/ ~~)oOo(~~ Present Day b] Blazing landed on the cloud known as Cloudsdale, and stared up in awe at all the pegasi. He had never seen so many winged ponies in his life. He looked left and right as he glided through the air. He smiled and waved at a few pegasi he passed, right up until her round a corner, where he bumped into another foal his age. The two crashed and landed on the tuff of cloud below them. "Ow!" Blazing said before looking up. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to..." He noticed the other foal was a filly with a coat the same shade of yellow as his and a two toned orange and yellow mane. Not too different from his own. "Ah, that's okay." She replied. "Not everyday you bump into a Pegasus who looks like he can really fly." She smiled at his wings. "Wanna race?" She grinned.
Prologe: The FoalsHeart Of Fire Book Two: Feathers Of Flame Written by Music Brush with the assistance of Mechafone. PROLOGE: THE FOALS Celestia's sun shined high in the sky, giving life to her beautiful kingdom of Equestria. The small town of Ponyville was filled with joy and laughter as every-pony went about their daily lives, buying and selling goods while their children were out running around, laughing and playing. The small farm just outside of town was filled with healthy growing apple trees as the apple farmers tended to the fields with their young son who was very good at taking care of the big stuff, despite his young age. The Rich family was doing good as well with their growing business. Their only son learning to take over the family business, often at times going out to work with others. Soon activity on the streets were growing slow as the sun slowly lowered closer to the western horizon. Small store owners began to close up their shops as ponies made their last minute shopping before the owners politely asked them to leave if they were not buying anything. The parents leaving the stores came up to their playing foals to announce the time to go home, where they would have dinner, tell stories, say good night to one another and then go to bed. "Come on, my little ponies!" Some of the parents called to their foals, most of whom fallowed their parents instructions without question while others let out disappointed sighs as they dragged their hooves along the dirt roads, saying "goodbye" to their friends. Parts of them knew they would see their friends again tomorrow, but they also did not want their time to end so soon. "Time to come inside, my little ponies!" Called a mare from the town orphanage doorway. It was a multi purpose building with different sections. One section was for the orphanage, another section was a small school for all the foals, and the other section was home to the caretaker of the orphans. It was small and cramped at times, and more often than not there would always be something broken. From a small mirror in the bathroom to the boards falling to the floor from the ceiling, yes, falling from the ceiling. Some would call this place a madhouse instead of an orphanage, but to the foals it was their home. "Yes, Miss Joy!" Several of the young orphans replied as they started running to her from outside, some stomping over one another or even bouncing over another with spring-horseshoes. Cherry Joy shook her head at the silly foals as they stumbled inside, giving a few instructions not to hurt the others as they came in. Cherry Joy was a young mare with a rich pink coat and two toned pink and purple mane. Her Cutie Mark was that of a single yellow flower with a smiley face and white peddles. She loved the foals as much as they loved her. She cared for them for years after she gave birth to her own daughter. "Cheerilee, can you help with them, please?" Cherry Joy asked. "Coming mom!" Said one of the fillies amongst the orphans happily. Her coat was a fine purple and her mane was a brilliant two toned pink. She was to young to have earned her Cutie Mark yet, or even in that much of a rush to get it, but like all foals her age, she proudly awaited the day it would appear. "Okay every-pony, let's go!" Cheerilee called as she lead the rest of the orphans into the front door of the orphanage. Cherry Joy stood aside to let them all enter the front door one by one, occasionally telling the foals to behave themselves and not hurt the others while they rushed into the building. After the last of the orphans were inside the house, Cherry Joy walked in with a smile on her face and closed the door behind her. She gave the children just a few more minutes playtime indoors before she called curfew for the night and began getting them ready for bed. Soon a part of her regretted that decision as many of the younger foals refused to get ready for bed in favor of more playtime. Some of the older foals helped get the younger ones ready for bed while the majority of the little ones ran away from them, laughing while calling out 'you can't get me!', but sure enough, to their disappointment, they were caught and were placed in bed. Many of them folding their forelegs as they gave a hearty 'humph'. After all the younger foals were in bed Cherry Joy thanked the older foals for helping with the children, then sent them off to bed as well. She stayed up a little longer to make sure no-pony else was awake apart from Cheerilee who was still wide awake from taking a late nap earlier this afternoon with the new foal, Spark Storm. She knew her daughter would have trouble sleeping tonight, but she still sent her to bed. None of the other foals were aloud to stay up after hours. Cheerilee was no exception. After every-pony was asleep and all was quiet while Cherry trotted up the stairs to her room to get herself ready for bed. She walked in quietly so she did not disturb Spark Storm who was asleep in his crib at the end of her room. He was just brought in by two very upset looking pegasi, the mother left in a hurry while the father looked like he was going through a needle stack to find something precious to him. It was the worse case Cherry had ever seen. It almost made her cry to see how heartbroken the stallion was, and the only thing she found wrong with the foal was his wings. She may not have known much about pegasi anatomy, but she knew his wings would never lift him off the ground. Cherry had never seen a parent go through a more difficult time with giving up a foal. The day Spark arrived Cheerilee almost instantly grew attached to him and before the papers were signed she came up and asked 'can we keep him?'. He was so young his parents did not even name him. Cheerilee was the one who gave him his name after she had a dream, and the name Spark Storm seemed to fit. Ever since that day not so long ago, both Cherry Joy and Cheerilee took care of the young colt as if he was her own. Spark stirred in his sleep and gave a big yawn before curling up and resuming his peaceful sleep. Cherry smiled at him and reached down to pull the blankets over him more, then turned and headed for her own bed where she crawled in under the sheets and soon fell fast asleep from a long, tiring day. She deserved this rest. ~~)oOo(~~ It was well past midnight and the whole town of Ponyville was quiet and still except for the sound of crickets, frogs and other night time animals calling out for mates in the middle of the night. The moon was shining high above the sleeping town with the figure of the Mare in the Moon, that was hardly ever thought about, as she watched over the ponies in their deep sleep through the night. Little did any-pony know what secrets the Mare in the Moon held. Outside of Ponyville just within the Everfree Forest was a single equine wearing a brown, hooded cloak with a small bundle in one foreleg. The cloaked equine slowly walked into town, looking left and right to make sure no-pony was around. The ponies never did seem to be out when the equine came in during the day time anyway, but this visit was different from previous visits. The cloaked equine could not risk being seen this time. The equine trotted down the road for several long minutes, dodging a few ponies out late for a party or to drink at the bar, then came up to the town orphanage, which was closed and quiet. The cloaked equine trotted up to the door and sat the bundle down before she lowered her hood, letting her dark grey and white Mohawk stretch up to the sky and show a number of golden rings rested around her neck and two hanging from her ears. Her coat was a lighter shade of grey with stripes along her jaw and over her eyes where her mane ended on her head. She was a zebra. She picked the bundle up in her forelegs and opened up the folds enough to reveal a pegasus foal still very young, so young he was almost a newborn. The foal's coat was yellow with orange stripes just like her own. He gave a big yawn as he was fast asleep in the blankets, stirring a little from being exposed to the cold night air. She leaned in and nuzzled the foal on the nose, then covered him back up in the blankets before laying him gently down on the ground in front of the door of the orphanage. She reached back into her cloak and pulled out a scroll, which was sealed shut by green vine and was addressed to 'The owner of the orphanage'. "We will be together again, my little child." The zebra said in a deep accented voice. "...but you must not grow within the deep, dark wild." She reached down and placed the scroll on the blankets keeping the foal warm, then lightly kissed him on the forehead. She then looked up at the door, reached her hoof up and knocked then she immediately ran across the road behind a nearby bush and watched. After a few minutes the door opened and a young purple filly came out and looked left and right to see who would be out at this hour. When she saw no-pony she started to close the door, then she looked down and saw the bundle with the scroll on it. She picked up the scroll in her mouth then she picked up the bundle and gasped when she saw there was a yellow pegasus foal asleep within. She once again looked around to see if any-pony was around, but she saw nothing. She smiled down at the sleeping foal and carried him inside, closing the door behind her. Out in the bush across the road the zebra smiled with a happy sigh, glad that some-pony was awake and brought the foal into the house where it was warm as apposed to being left out in the cold. She trotted out of the bush and took one long look at the house before heading back down the road where she came from the Everfree Forest, where she would live for a long time without the foal in her life. ~~)oOo(~~ Cheerilee trotted upstairs with the foal in her foreleg and the scroll in her mouth. She got to the top of the stairs and continued down the hall into her mothers bedroom, where Cherry Joy was seeping in her bed. Cheerilee trotted to the bed and set the scroll down next to her before she woke her mother up gently. "Mom." Cherry stirred. After a few more gentle nudges Cherry looked up to see her daughter with the bundle in her forelegs and a smile on her face. "Cheerilee, what are doing up so late?" Cherry asked. Cheerilee answered by holding the bundle up to her. Cherry looked at the bundle, then her eyes shot open as she sat up straight to take a closer look. "Oh my!" She said in a hushed tone. She took the bundle into her own forelegs, smiling at the yellow foal within. "There was a letter with him, it's for you." Cherry looked up at the scroll in her daughters hoof . "Read it to me honey." She said keeping the foal comfortable in her forelegs. Cheerilee turned on the light on the nightstand next to her mothers bed, opened the scroll and began to read it. To the owner of the Ponyville Orphanage. We have talked it over and have both agreed we can not raise this foal in the conditions of which we live in. Therefore, we place him in the care of your most capable hooves in the hopes that he will find a loving family and live a peaceful life. His name is, Blazing Feathers. We thank you for your kind heart and leave you this foal from the bottom of our own. Cheerilee turned the letter over a few times to find nothing else written. "That's it. There's no name or anything else." "There wouldn't be." Cherry said as she cradled Blazing. Blazing woke up and looked up at the two faces smiling at him, then he scrunched his nose and started crying. Cherry Joy got off her bed and trotted out of room with Blazing in her forelegs. "Shh, it's okay Blazing." She said. She carried him down the hall and into a room where she laid him down on his back on a changing table. She grabbed a fresh diaper and some powder and brought them to him then began to change him, removing the old cloth that used to be his old diaper. She through the old cloth away and started applying the powder then slipped the new diaper under him and strapped it on. As she changed him the foals started poking their heads out of their rooms to see the new foal in the house. When he was changed she picked him up and carried him out of the room and down stairs to the kitchen where she gathered the things needed to make a bottle for him and started to feed him. He drank the formula greedily until the bottle was empty, then she put the bottle down and leaned him over her shoulder and padded his back until he burped, then took him to another room where she lay him in an empty cradle and began to rock him to sleep. "Shouldn't you be in bed?" She asked without looing from Blazing. In an instant, the other foals bolted back to their individual beds. Author's Note Disclamer: Cherry Joy and Spark Storm do not belong to me. They belong to my good friend, mechafone, who has granted me approval to use his OCs. Thank you mech.
Ch. 1: A New HomeChapter I A New Home Four years had past since Blazing was left on the door step of the orphanage. The week before two pegasi came in with a foal and left him under the care of Cherry Joy. The foals name was Spark Storm. He had a beep blue coat and his wings were quit oddly shaped. Cherry knew, because of the shape of his wings, he would never be able to fly. She eventually adopted Spark as her son, caring for him as though she was the one who gave birth to him. When day after Blazing was first brought to the orphanage came, he was introduced to the rest of the foals in the nursery room, where he and Spark played together as though they already knew each other. Since then, the two were virtually inseparable, playing games, laughing and, some times, getting into trouble. One day during recess time at the orphanage, Blazing and Spark were playing various games outside, such as tag, heroes, cops and robbers and a number of other fun games they could think of. When ever Blazing was playing the part of the bad guy, or the robber, he was terrible at it because he did not like pretending to be mean, let alone actually be mean. This made him easy prey for being teased and picked on by other foals. Luckily, any time Blazing was named a target by some bully, Spark would always jump in to defend his friend's honor. In the middle of their playing Cheerilee came up to the pair as they were wrestling on the ground and interrupted them. They both looked up at the purple filly with smiles on their faces as they got off the ground onto their hooves. They were covered in dirt, and their coats were all ruffled. "Hey Cheerilee!" They called at once. "Hi Blazing! Hi Spark." She replied. She then looked to Blazing with a proud smile. "Hey, Blazing, you have a visitor inside." Blazing's eyes lit up. He darted past Cheerilee toward the orphanage, leaving Spark behind, who immediately fallowed after him. They ran in through the door and saw Cherry Joy with another mare. "Oh, here he is with Spark now!" Cherry said with a joyful smile. "Blazing, this is Autumn Leaves." She said as she pointed to the second mare, who offered Blazing a kind smile. She did look like she was meant for the autumn season. She was a pegasus, her coat a bright orange and her mane and tale were a nice brown with a yellow streaks. And her cutie mark looked like leaves from the fall forming a heart. "Hello Blazing." Autumn said, her voice sweet, soft, and gentle. Blazing offered a smile to the mare, not only to be polite, but also because he liked the sound of her voice. "Hi." Blazing replied. He turned his gaze to Cherry. "Is she my mommy?" He asked, gleefully. Cherry and Autumn giggled at the eager question. "No sweetie." Cherry answered. Blazing's ears fell back at the answer to his question and he started to cry. Cherry got up and walked over to him while Spark placed a hoof on his shoulder to comfort him. "Shh, it's okay Blazing. Don't cry." Cherry said comfortingly. "Is he okay?" Autumn asked. Cherry held Blazing in her forelegs as he cried in her mane. "Yes, he's just a little sensitive." Spark replied. Autumn nodded as she got up to come see the young pesgasus. "Ever since I adopted Spark nearly two years ago, Blazing's been asking about his parents and if they would ever come back for him." Cherry explained with a bit of a tear of her own. "Oh." Autumn replied in realization. She trotted up to them and crouched down next to Cherry so she could meet Blazing's gaze. She laid a hoof on his shoulder to get his attention. He looked up at her, his face stained with tears as he sniffed. She smiled at him. "Would you like me to be your mommy?" She asked. He sniffed, wiping away his tears, then nodded. She opened her forelegs, inviting him in for a hug. He sniffed again before he bolted out of Cherry's hold into Autumn's. "Does this mean, Blazing won't live here anymore?" Spark asked his adoptive mother with a sad look on his face. "I'm afraid so, sweetheart." She answered as she pet his head. Blazing looked up from Autumn at his friend. "No!" He shouted. "I can't leave Spark. Who's he going to play tag with if I'm gone?" This earned a giggle from Autumn, causing both colts to look up to her. "Boys," she called, "... I live down the road not too far from here. The same town, even. You can see each other anytime the two of you would like." Cherry nodded in agreement. "Plus." Cherry added. "you two will be going to school together after next summer." Blazing still did not like the idea of moving away. He grew up in the orphanage his whole life and Spark was his best friend. He did not want to leave the life he knew, let alone his best friend who he played with on a daily basis. "We don't have to leave until you're ready, Blazing." Autumn explained. Blazing looked between all of them, thinking about the offer of going with Autumn and have her be his mother. He really did want parents. He never his own parents, no one even saw who dropped him off at the orphanage. Wait! "Autumn?" Blazing asked. She nodded with a hum. "If you're going to be my mommy, who's going to be my daddy?" Autumn's smile faded. Autumn's memories turned back to years ago. She had some one she loved very much, and for a long time it seamed like that pony loved her too, but the two separated some time ago because of a number of reasons. For most being, Autumn could not conceive. She and her lover wanted a foal so much, but her lover would not accept anything that was not their flesh and blood. "No, sweetie." Cherry stepped in. Blazing looked up to her. "Will I have a bother or sister like Spark?" He asked. "No, I have no children." Autumn answered. Blazing blinked as he looked back at her. She had no husband and no foals. And, she was offering to be his mother. "I would really love it if you were my first foal." She said. Blazing thought about it for a minute before he smiled as he bounced into her forelegs, wrapping his own around her neck saying 'mommy'. The words made tears stream down her face as she embraced him. The first real, great joy she had felt since she fell in love long ago. "Well then." Cherry said with a joyful smile. "Spark, why don't you go help Blazing pack his things while I talk to Autumn. "Yes, Miss Cherry." Spark replied with a bit of a smile to hide the sadness he was feeling. "Spark, please call me mom." Cherry said, but Spark and Blazing were already gone. Cherry smiled weakly as she shook her head. "I've been trying to get him to call me mom for the last year and a half." She explained to Autumn, who smiled reassuringly. "Give him a little more time. He'll open up to it." Autumn said comfortingly. Cherry smiled thankfully at Autumn. "Now, we have some forms to fill out. If you'll just follow me." ~~)oOo(~~ Blazing was In tears as he hugged Cherry Joy and Cheerilee goodbye. Autumn, with the help of a few older colts from the orphanage, put Blazing's bags in the back of the cab she called moments ago. When the last of the bags were in place, Autumn called for Blazing. "Come on honey, time to go!" Blazing was left telling Spark goodbye. "I'm going to miss you, Spark." He said, his face stained with tears. The two were inseparable for the whole time they had lived together. None of them thought the day would come one of them would leave the other. "Don't worry ,Blaze. We'll see each other again soon." Spark replied bravely, despite the obvious sadness he was hiding this whole time. "I still don't want to leave you guys." Blazing, admitted with a bit of a sob. "C'mon!" The stallion pulling the cab called. "I ain't got all day." Autumn shot the stallion a bit of a glare. He merely rolled his eyes with a snort. "You better go, Blazing" Cheerilee said as she smiled at him with tears of her own. She knew her little brother would not be happy his best friends would not be here as much anymore. She was ready to comfort Spark for as long as it took, even if he would be too proud to admit it. "Get going, bud." Spark said. Blazing reluctantly trotted to his new mother, who helped him on the cab then hopped on herself. She gave the driver a few bits and the address she wanted them to go and the driver started moving. Blazing looked back as the cab moved and waved goodbye to those who took care of him for the last four years. His new life, about to begin.
Ch. 2: A New LifeChapter II A New Life The streets of the town were full of activity with ponies going about their regular day with smiles on their faces. Couples could be seen trotting proudly along side their loved ones. Shop keeps' tended to their respective stands and job titles. Foals ran around freely laughing and screaming with joy at the games they were playing. Blazing could not help, but smile at the sight of the other foals his age playing games and such. That is until he thought about his friend he left behind at the orphanage. Autumn took notice of the little colt at her side looking out at the scene around them. She scooted closer to him and draped a wing over his shoulders. He looked up to her to find her offering him a small smile. "You thinking about your friend, Spark?" She asked him. He gave her a silent, sad nod as his answer. "You know you'll still be able to see your friends, right?" She asked him. His ears drooped down. "You will." She encouraged. He looked up to her. "We still live in the same town, you'll be going to the same school, and we're not far from the orphanage." He looked to her with a bit of hope in his eyes. She smiled at this. The carriage soon came to a halt and Blazing looked out the window as the driver unsaddled himself from the cart to help with the bags. Autumn got out of the carriage and turned back to help Blazing down. He looked up to the house they had stopped at in awe. The new house made the orphanage seam much smaller than it really is due to the lack of so many foals running around. It was a three story building much similar to a simple child drawing of a house with a door dawning the middle of the front with two windows at either side of it with two more windows above them and one window above them at the middle where the attic space would be. The next thing that caught his attention was who came out of the front door to greet them. Coming out of the front door with a big smile on her beak, grey fur from the shoulders down to her hind paws, white feathers from the base of her neck up to the feathers in her eyes and claws for her forelegs instead of paws to match her hind legs. "Autumn!" The gryphon called, getting Autumn's attention. Autumn looked up to find the gryphon running up to her and smiled. "Blue!" Autumn cried out and rushed up to great her apparent friend in a warm, tight, and rather passionate hug that lasted several seconds before the gryphon started to lean in, only to have her beak stopped by Autumn's hoof. Blazing stood there watching the two ladies in a bit of confusion before Autumn turned to him with a smile. "Blazing, honey, come meat my girlfriend." "Girlfriend?" He asked himself before he started to walk up. "Does she mean a friend that's a girl? That has to be it" He looked up to them as he reached them, who both smiled at him. Autumn looked to her. "Blue, this is my son, Blazing Feathers." She introduced. Blue smiled at him. "Hi, Blazing." She greeted him. He smiled at her with a wave, but they could tell he was a bit confused. "Blazing, Blue is a gryphon." Autumn explained. "She's half eagle and half lion and she and I are in love." The two smiled as they stood together. "But..." Blazing stuttered. "... You're both girls." He observed as he looked between them. "Aren't girls only suppose to like boys?" He asked. "Usually, yes." Blue answered. "But, sometimes, two girls can like each other and two boys can like each other. It doesn't matter when you're in love." She finished proudly as she smiled to the mare she loved and planted a kiss on her cheek. Autumn smiled at her. Blazing inclined his head and started to smile. "Cool." He said. Blue picked Blazing up and helped him get settled into the house. The next couple of hours were spent unpacking Blazing's things and getting him set up in his new room. He was full of energy at the fact there was so much more room now. He always had to share spaces with other foals and now he had a place all to himself. Pictures were placed on the walls and dressers to while a bed lay in the corner opposite the door. After putting up the last of the pictures he packed with him from the orphanage, he looked at his room while the two ladies smiled at him from the door. He soon smiled and plopped on his back on his bed, smiling up at the ceiling. "I love it!" He beamed. The two girls giggled. "I have a son, now." Autumn said under her breath, though not low enough for her lover to go without hearing it. "You mean "we" have a son now." Blue kissed Autumn's cheek, earning a blush from the Pegasus mare. Blazing looked up to the two and scrunched up his nose at the sight. "Blach!" He spat out. The two looked up at him and chuckled. They expected no less from a young colt barely older than five to be grossed out by a couple showing affection. Most colts his age did not like to see such things going on in front of them. That night, they all celebrated their new family by going out for dinner. The two older ladies agreed to take their new child someplace he could have a blast and they could enjoy a good meal. And to top it off, they invited Ms. Cherry Joy, Cheerilee, and Spark Storm to join them at their dinner. The older three of the group sat down together, chatting, eating, enjoying each other's company, while the younger three played almost relentlessly together in a foals play area at the restaurant. When Cherry Joy first found out Autumn was a fillyfooler, she had concerns for Blazing. She initially thought Autumn was just a single mare who wanted the joy of parenthood, but the more she conversed with Blue, the more her worries faded to nothing and she could not be any more happy for the new parents Blazing now had in his life. Honestly, Cherry Joy is a lot more happy on the fact that Autumn would not be razing Blazing alone, being a single mother of two herself. She knew the hardship of being a young, single mom, but she would have it no other way. Even though Blazing was pretty much set for his new life, Cherry would always be willing to help whenever she had to for multiple reasons. Two of which being the two colts she had to raise, and were best friends since they were newborns, Blazing and Spark. Autumn could not be anymore happy. The last time she was so happy was when she started dating Blue some time ago. The only thing that could make this any better when the next step of relationship, but she did not expect this to happen for some time, though she would always hope and dream for the day she sees her lover offering the question. She had no shame or guilt in being a fillyfooler, even if her parents disowned her for it. She had a firm belief that if something felt right for you than that is how it is meant for you. No one would ever change her mind about that. Blue was one who just went with the flow of things. If she felt compelled to do something, by Celestia, there was no chance of stopping her. She felt she had to ask that mare on a date, and she would not rest until she got that "yes" or "okay". Unless she felt the first rejection was meant to be, than she would move on. With Autumn, there was no other option. She had to have this mare. Even if the gryphons were not so supportive of interracial relations, but they have no real reason to stop one of their own from choosing a mate. And Blue never had any regrets of the choices in her life. She never bothered with the past, even if she repeats the same mistakes. She never worries about the future, unless she makes plans for her lover, which is never a major problem with her. She mainly focusses her life on the here and the now. Blazing Feather's day was by far the best of his life. He now has a mother, a best friend, a new home, and a whole new wide world of opportunity ahead of him. What more could any foal ask for? As far as this little pegusus is worried, nothing would come between him and his family and friends.
Ch. 3: The Start Of An AdventureChapter III The Start Of An Adventure Blazing walked out of the school section of the orphanage building, a big smile on his face, a spring in his trot, and a look of excitement for the rest of the day. A day at school was always the best part of the day for him, not for the long, boring, slow, sleep inducing hours of what seams to be endless lesson after another endless lesson, but because that's a large portion of the day he gets to spend with his life-long friend, Spark Storm. Spark's older sister, Cheerilee was starting to get a bit on the rebellious side in her looks. Her mane was getting more and more wild by the day, she wore ridiculous clothing, and she even started to back talk against Cherry Joy, their mother. Spark had his own issues to deal with. He regularly got into fights, coming home with shiners, figuring out who his birth parents were, falling in love with a filly in their class. Apart from his friends, Blazing simply tried keeping to himself. He did not like the way Cheerilee was going with her rebellious nature. Sure, it did seam like every-pony was going for that rebellious look these days, but Blazing just did not like it. Blazing would revert to crying whenever a bully would target him. Blazing just was not the one to get into fights. He just could not understand how and why others seam to enjoy getting into fights. Eventually, Blazing took to workout training. With the help of his mother, and her girlfriend, he began to exercise regularly. Every morning before school, the three would take a half-hour long walk around the town. Blazing would do a number of wing-ups during reses every day at school, preferably in a secluded place where the bullies would not get to him. With all the wing-ups he did on a daily basis for the last year, he was starting to fly as a natural. Soon, both the motherly figures in his life started teaching him a few tips and tricks on how to fly. And they did not have to go easy on him either. He was impressive. Almost as if he was on fire when he flew. Because of Blazing picking up flying so fast, and his body being slightly more built than the other foals in school, he could easily make the bullies back down. Even though he did not like to fight, his quickly developing body made it easy for him to put on a tuff face and make help Spark defend their friends. Now it was the end of another school day, and today, Blazing decided to fly up to the clouds. At the start of the week, he had already got an approval from both his mothers to take the day and explore the infamous Cloudsdale City. The home of most pegasi as well as the location the weather clouds were made. And since he had been spending so much time building up his wing strength he wanted to go where the wings grew and the clouds form. After saying his goodbyes to his friends from school, he took off to the clouds. [/ ~~)oOo(~~ The week before b] Autumn and Blue were working together early in the morning to prep a good breakfast for the young, growing colt they had charged themselves with caring for well over a year ago. Blue occasionally stole a kiss from her lover, be it on the cheek, the head, or even the lips. Many would question how a beak on lips would work, which would annoy Blue in a number of ways. That number depended on how many times she heard it. Not just in a day, but in the entire time she had been in a relationship with anyone. Gryphon, donkey, pony, it did not matter. She hated the questions revolved around kissing with a beak. For Autumn, sometimes Blue would endlessly get on her nerves about a number of things. Cooking, caring for Blazing, bed times, but despite all that, she would not have it any other way. Blue made her happier than anyone else ever had. She just wish the question would be asked from someone she loved so much. It was starting to get to the point she was going to come up and ask Blue to marry her herself. "Mom! Blue!" A familiar, loveable voice called them from upstairs. Autumn looked up to find Blazing coming down. "What is it, my flying champ?" Blue asked as she picked him up in a power hug. Autumn giggled as she made sure the food was in a good condition to step away from so she could go see her son. "Morning, sweetheart." She said as she kissed his cheek. She could hardly believe she had been caring for this colt for a year now. But, she could not be happier with the life she was living. A hard working lover, a child, a home. What more could one ask for? "Can I go to Cloudsdale?" Blazing asked. The two looked at him with a bit of shock. "Why do you want to go to Cloudsdale, sweetie?" Autumn asked. He looked to her. "I want to see the city the weather comes from." He answered with a bit of a hopeful smile. She could not help, but have a sense of relief that he did not answer with 'I want to find my real parents', even though she knows he would eventually want to find the answer to that question some day. "That's it?" Blue asked with a raised brow smile. "I can get you up there in a flash. Show you the works. Give you the VIP tore." Having a position in the weather station herself, Blue did know a thing or two or three about what goes on in that magnificent city. "Actually, I was hoping I could go myself?" He asked, this time with a bit of fear in his expression. "Why alone, sweetheart?" Autumn asked. "Oh, why stop him from having an adventure?" Blue asked with a confident smile as she hugs the little colt. "He's just going to the one place either of us knows well enough to find him in a snap should he get lost!" Blazing could not help be chuckle at her enthusiasm, though Autumn showed signs of concerned skepticism. When Blazing looked to his mother he could tell she was going to say no. Autumn had a look of serious thinking on her face. She went back to cooking so the food would not get burned while Blue brought him to the table and helped him get settled as they waited for her to say something. It was not until after they finished their meal before Autumn looked to her son. "You promise to stay out of trouble?" She asked him. He nodded. She did not have to ask such a question, but she would never live it down if she did not go through the steps in her son's safety. "You won't follow strangers, cause problems, get into fights-" All the usual questions before Blue stepped in. "Ah, Autumn, you do know who you're questioning, right?" She asked. It was not long after that before all three were giggling. "I know, I'm just trying to ease my nerves." Autumn answered. [/ ~~)oOo(~~ Present Day b] Blazing landed on the cloud known as Cloudsdale, and stared up in awe at all the pegasi. He had never seen so many winged ponies in his life. He looked left and right as he glided through the air. He smiled and waved at a few pegasi he passed, right up until her round a corner, where he bumped into another foal his age. The two crashed and landed on the tuff of cloud below them. "Ow!" Blazing said before looking up. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to..." He noticed the other foal was a filly with a coat the same shade of yellow as his and a two toned orange and yellow mane. Not too different from his own. "Ah, that's okay." She replied. "Not everyday you bump into a Pegasus who looks like he can really fly." She smiled at his wings. "Wanna race?" She grinned.
