A Brand New Life!

"Well that most certainly was, interesting."  I said as me, Angel, Twilight, and Fluttershy reached the liabary.

"It most certainly was."  Twilight said as she opened the door and we all walked inside. I placed the bag with now only three muffins inside on a table. I had eaten most of the muffins, thanks to my absolute love for them, on the way back to Twilight's house.

"Hey, Shadow." Twilight said as she walked to a door. She opened it a bit and gestured me towards the door.

"What is it Twilight?" I asked as I walked into the room. Twilight then turned to me.

She got close to me and looked me dead in the eyes. All I did was blush, I felt it form on my face because of her sudden actions. She then chuckled and pinched my cheeks, she slowly backed up with a sly smile on her face.

She then gave me a wink as she left the room leaving me in complete shock. Many questions ran through my mind.

Does she like me, more than a friend? What did she like about me? How could she like me?

I shook my head, knowing that I'm not getting an answer. I walked out of the room to see Twilight and Fluttershy having a discussion, I walked over to the door out of the house.

"Twilight!" I called to her from the door. "I'm going to have a look around town."

"All right, have fun Shadow." She said from the other room.

"Be back soon." Fluttershy said as I opened the door.

"I'll be sure to hurry." I said as I walked out and prepared myself for the endurence I was about to go through.

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"Ok. Focus." I kept telling myself trying to prepare for flying. I had atleast walked a good distance from PonyVille so no one would see me.

I kept imagining myself flying through the sky, over and over. But I couldn't think of any method of moving my new appendeges.

I sat down at a single tree in a open field, the shade was nice and cool. I looked at my wings and thought, thought, and thought. I needed inspiration.

I looked around the area to locate the nearest cliff.

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I had walked a few miles to reach the cliff I had located on the ground level. I walked carefully to the end of the clift and looked over the ledge.

I was probably going to die if I would jump from here, which was exactly what I was going to do.

"Ok." I said as my breathing increased. "Just, jump off and hope it works."

I was now starting to have second thoughts of the idea, knowing if this dosen't work I would...

"No!" I said shaking my fear away. I then took big deep breaths to reasure myself that I'll survive.

I then started walking backwards to get a good jump. I was a good destance from the ledge and was ready to jump. I started to walk, I then picked up speed and to a jog. I now was sprinting towards the edge. I then took a leap of faith, Ezio style.

I was free falling through the sky, looking at the closely approaching ground. I looked over my shoulder and looked at my wings.

"Come on! Move!" I shouted at them, they were not move to my body actions to move them. I then relized that if body actions didn't work, I should vizulize my wings carrying me though the air.

Suddenly my wings opened up like a glider and as I was falling I started to pull upwards. I then started to go straight and was gliding through the air now, I was desending towards teh ground so I gave my wings a flap and I accended more into the air.

"This is the most single greatest day of my life!" I shouted as I soared through the sky. Though all good things must come to an end, and the way it decided to end is by knocking me into a tree and then unconcious fell upon me.

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I woke up to the sound of some ponies arguing.

"Well I need him fer help with the barn!" A western voice said angerly.

"Well I need him to model an outfit for me!" A very fancy sounding voice shouted.

"Do I get a say in this?" Another western voice asked.

"Quiet, Sliver!" Both the voices said to the third. I then opened my eyes a found out that I was in a tree, probably because of my flight problem.

I looked under me from the branch I was on to see two mares arguing about who gets to use a stallion I saw standing off to the side.

"Well I don't care if ya need him fer fashion, I need him to help with apple buckin!' The mare wearing a stearnson hat said.

"Well theres no way a stallion of his class should be on a farm!' The mare wearing a very fancy looking outfit said.

"Rarity, I need him!" The western mare shouted at the fancy one. She seemed to be very, very western with an orange coat. She reamined me of the two person personality friend I know.

"There are way to many trees for me and Big Mac to harvest." She shouted as she pointed to an orcid of trees. She then walked over to the tree I was in and gave it a big kick. The force of the kick had shaken the tree and made me fall out of it.

I landed on the ground with a loud thud and I was face down in the dirt. I pushed up from the ground and met three sets eyes staring at me. I then pushed myself up to one knee and they were still looking at me.

"Who the hay are ya!" The orange mare said as she yelled right in my face. The shout made me fall back onto my rear and hit the trunk of the tree.

"I-I-" Was all I could choke out from the fear of being beaten.

"Ya got ten seconds tah tell me what ya were doing in mah trees!" She said while cracking her knuckles.

"Um, AJ." The stallion in the sliver jacket said as he placed a hand on her shoulder. "You probably scared him half to death by threating him." His jacket was consisted of many lighting bolts all across his chest. He also had a horn to match it.

He then walked over to me and crouched down with a concerned look on his face.

"Are ya alright?" He said in a very familiar western voice. He streched his hand out for me to take it. I nodded and took his hand.

"Hang on, you have a big cut on your cheek." He said while his voice changed from a western style voice, to a fancy voice.

I put my hand onto my cheek and felt something wet. I removed my hand and saw my cheek bleeding.

"Darn wings." I said as I clenched my hands.

"Woah there." He said as he took a bandage out. "There is no need to get worked up over it."

"Sliver!" The western girl shouted. "Why are you helping him?"

"AppleJack, you don't even know his name." The fancy looking mare said.

"Fine." The mare know as AppleJack said. "Whats yer name then."

"Its Shadow, Shadow Flame." I said while looking at the three of them.

"Well its nice to meet you Shadow." The mare know as Rarity said. "My name is Rarity."

"Her name is AppleJack." Rarity said pointing at AppleJack. AppleJack then looked at me with a death stare that felt it pirce my body.

"My name is Silver Lighting." The stallion said with big gusto. No matter what he said he couldn't stop reminding me of him.

"Oh, you might want this." Silver said as he handed me the bandage. I looked at it and looked back at him.

"Would you really just help a complete stranger." I asked shocked at the offer.

"Well I wouldn't!" AppleJack said giving me another death glare.

"Sorry, I never ment to crash into your tree. I was just looking at the town and then I would head back to Twilight's house." I shouted. I hated of being accused of a bad person, always haved.

"Wait, did you say Twilight." She asked with a confused look.

"Yeah, I did." I said as I finally took the bandage Silver had offered me.

"Well any friend of Twilight's is a friend to me." She said streching out her hand for me to shake. I examined her hand and looked back at her confused. I slowly took her hand into mine and shook it.

"Mighty sorry fer the rude start of things." She said as she stopped shaking my hand.

"Its fine, just that I know your sorry." I said while applying the bandage to the cut on my face.

"Hey, Silver." I said as I finished with the bandage. "Could I ask you a few questions?" I looked at the mares. "In private."

"Yeah sure." He said as he walked past a few trees and stopped. I then walked over to him and got in front of him, I looked back at the mares to see them continuing there arguement.

"Just one thing." I told him in a serious voice. "It you Charels?"

His eyes went widen to the metion of the name. He then chuckled a little.

"I was hoping I wasn't the only one here."

"Well Josh is here as well."

"Well thats great to know, I was begging to think that you both were dead or something."

"Yeah, still surprised everyones a pony?"

"I nearly lost it."

"Same here."

"Well I'm going to leave now maybe that crazy Pinkie Pie girl will throw us all a party." I then spread my wings ready to fly.

"Well I see you later then, Shadow." He said with a chuckle as I took flight.

"I'll see you later, Silver." I waved to him as I flew off back to Twilight's house.

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As I was flying through the air I saw I was close to the area I had trained in. I saw then tree I took refuge under and saw something sparkle under it.

Interested by what it was I flew back down to the ground. I then saw a red like stone under the tree, I walked to the tree and got to one knee to examine it more clearly.

I decided to pick it up, it was very warm to the touch, the stone was atleast the size of my hand. I turned the stone over to see writing onto it.

The Flames will carry you forward.

The Flames? I asked myseld what it meant over and over. Though as I was holding the stone it felt like it was getting warmer in my hands.

Suddenly, the rock turned over and lanuched its self into my chest. The force knocked be onto my flank and stuck onto my chest. It then started to glow and mush into my chest, fire like veins then formed from my chest and kept moving in.

I tried to pull it out but the more I did the more force it went into me. Then, it merged into my chest finally, leaving a strain of slowly fading fire veins on my body.

I then began to feel light headed and fell onto my back. I was staring up at the sky, my vision slowly improved to a strange reason.

Hello? Is this thing working?

I then picked my head up and looked at my surroundings. The voice was a mans voice and it sounded lost or trying to get some one.

"Is there anyone there?" I asked while rising to my feet.

Splendid! It worked!

"Who are you?" I said spinning around. "And. where are you?"

Ah, yes I must explain. I my dear friend have found a very important artifact. One that finds a host and attaches its self to them. Once it has, their abilites enhance largely.

"What are you saying." I clenched the sides of my head hoping I wasn't crazy.

Well, the main thing I'm trying to say is, you found a fire stone.