A/N – Sup my peoples! Moonlight Gamer here, giving you the past of my OC's Moonlight and Saphira! Also, if you already got to the Chapter Portal in my fanfic "Destiny" (Which you should read) then you want to go back and see the changes I made to Moonlight, as I got a better vision of him lately. Also, I'm trying a new writing style. It's still similar, but with some minor tweaks. That's all I really got to say, so later! Stay a Boss, Moonlight Gamer- End A/N
Palace balcony, Midnight (3rd P.O.V)
In the dead of the night, a dark blue unicorn colt walked to the edge of the balcony, and put his front hooves on the railing, gazing at the stars with his piercing red, draconic eyes. He had wild, unruly red hair with black "blades" at the edges, and a tail to match. His cutie mark was a white shield, with a black kunai. He had dark scars on his lower legs, and burn marks that flamed beside them. He had excess fur on his hooves, to hide the glint of claws. His pointed ears flipped to the side when he heard somepony coming. He turned and smiled.
"Hey Saphira. How are you?"
"Fine. You?" Replied the maroon Pegasus pony. She had a light blue mane and tail, with darker blue lines running through each, and teal eyes a little darker than her hair. She had a cutie mark of a white infinity symbol, but rather than two circles, it was two hearts, connecting at the bottom point. Moonlight still remembered what she said when she got it all those years ago;
I believe it means forever, because I'll stay with and love you forever, as long as I live and then some.
He smiled as he thought of the better parts of the past, bittersweet memories washing over him like a cool Autumn breeze. "Alright, just thinking about the past, how we came to the present." He said. "Just remembering what happened the day you came into my life and then- forth."
He let a tear drop to the ground far below as he envisioned that very day, remembering it as vividly as if it happened yesterday.
Many years ago, schoolyard (Moonlight P.O.V)
"Loser! You're just some wannabe hybrid, why don't you leave the rest of us normal ponies alone!" Said Stone Bash, the local playground bully. His words stung me, just reminding me that I wasn't normal. It wasn't my fault that his mother was raped by a dragon, or that they didn't have the bits to get an abortion. No, Celestia damn him, the dragon-pony hybrid. Outcast by all, all but himself, but only just. "You don't belong here!" That was the line he always ended with, and this time was no exception. He then walked away with his two goons, laughing at my misery.
"Why… why did it have to be me, or anypony for that matter?" I whispered to myself. It simply burned to be the one with no friends, and nopony who he had to love, or to love him. He had his parents, but they always saw him as a mistake.
"C'mon my little ponies, recess is over! Time to get back to class!" Said Mrs. Sketch, the teacher of the small, one room red schoolhouse. There was no reason to have it any larger than it is, as the town is too small to be mentioned, even on the maps that weren't made here, there were just plains where the town was meant to be. I got of the swing I was rocking lazily on, and trotted to the door that the door the teacher was holding open after everypony else had already gone in.
After School (Moonlight P.O.V)
"Goodbye class, see you tomorrow!" Mrs. Sketch said, when the bell atop the school rang, signaling the end of the day. Everypony ran out the door, while I just walked with my head down and ears flat against my head. I looked towards the dirt road I always trotted down to get home, but as I began to walk that way, something compelled me to take the more scenic route, which took about another ten minutes to get me home. I walked that way though, knowing that my parents wouldn't care when he got home. I made it about five minutes in though, when I heard somepony started whimpering in an alley between two old abandoned stores.
"Help…help me…" I perked my ears, hearing the voice. It belonged to a filly, which made me narrow my eyes. The alley was about five feet in front of me, so I trotted up and pecked into the alley, and saw something horrible.
Stone Bash and his goons were in front of a maroon filly, throwing nearby trash at her and laughing. I began to get mad, but what really set me off was when the filly began to get up, but Stone turned and bucked her in the chest, launching her into the brick wall behind her. I narrowed my eyes even more.
"Hey stone!" I yelled, and he turned.
"Hey look guys, it's the Hybrid!" He replied, dragging out the 'hybrid'.
What do you think you're doing? What did she do to you?"
"Huh, why do you care? Why don't you run back to the cave where you belong!?" He turned back to the filly and spit on her.
That's when I snapped. I got down on my haunch, preparing to jump. "I can take it, but I don't like it when you abuse fillies." He looked back at me again.
"What are you going to do about it? Do you think you can take me? Bring it!"
I smirked. Hidden dragon-like wings edged with black appeared out of my back, as they weren't there before. I let out a huff of black fire. "Alright, but only because you asked nicely!"
I launched myself at him, using my wings as a boost to go even faster. Stone's goons jumped out of the way as Stone went wide-eyed before I rammed into him, launching him into the wall behind him. The filly scooted into the corner, watching Stone as he got up, and charged at me. I just side-stepped, turned, and bucked him in the side, which sent him flying again. This time he got up quickly, fear in his eyes. I finally let the rest of my anger of him out in a jet of black magical flames, which hit is face, chest, and his front upper-legs. He let out a yelp, and started running away, leaving me and the filly alone. I looked at her, and finally got a good look of her. I realized that I recognized her as a filly in my class. She sat in the back row, opposite corner of where I sit.
She got up of the ground and brushed some of the thrown garbage off of herself. She looked at me, and I saw her beautiful teal eyes.
"Uh, thanks." She said, pulling my attention from her mesmerizing eyes. "I'm... I'm Saphira."
"Yeah, sure thing." I replied, rubbing the back of my neck like I do when I'm nervous. "My name is Moonlight. Are you all right?"
She nodded. "Ye-yeah, I'm good. Why did you save me?"
"Because I don't like bullies, or when fillies are being hurt."
"Fair enough. Hey, why didn't the flame you hit Stone with burn him? I didn't see any marks." She stole a quick glance at my wings before I put them away, melting them back into my coat.
"The black flame? It's magical, so it hurts more than it should, and doesn't physically harm the body. I have other flames, and probably some I haven't learned yet."
I Looked at her legs and noticed a large gash where she hit the wall on her back right leg. "You're hurt. Here, let me try something. And don't worry, it won't hurt."
I Walked beside her, and got a closer look. It wasn't very deep, but I could tell it stung. I lowered my head and blew a white flame at the gash. She jumped at the sensation, and took a step away from me. I looked up at her.
"What are you doing?" She asked, shock noticeable in her voice.
"Don't worry, I'm only helping." I bent down and blew the white flame again. She tensed, but didn't move. Quickly, the red cut shrank as it closed, then disappeared. She looked amazed.
"How...?" She asked.
"It's magic, like my horn, but in the form of a flame. My white flame can heal wounds."
"That's, that's amazing. What other flames do you have?" She asked, walking beside me out of the ally and to the left, to our homes. She got a little closer to me, and rested her head on my neck. I tensed, but relaxed again when she let out a small sigh.
"You know, I think this is the closest somepony has gotten to me without wanting to hurt or harass me." I said, also letting out a sigh as I felt her warm breath hit my neck. She was slightly shorter than me, so her head only just reached the bottom of mine.
"What do you mean?"
"Most ponies don't like me, 'cause I'm part dragon. It's not my fault, but they don't seem to care." She gasped.
"That explains it I was wondering why you could breathe fire, and why you had hidden wings and eyes like that. That's so cool!" I raised an eyebrow, amazed at both her reaction, and her acceptance.
"You mean… you're not afraid of me, or hate me?"
"Why would I hate you? Your so cool! Can I see your wings again?"
I was really starting to like her. She's spontaneous, ready to ask anything, and just fun to be around. I smiled and spread my wings for her. They spread out of my back, my right wing stretching over her by about an inch. She moved away and spread her wings, and grunted.
"Aww, you have a bigger wingspan. No fair!" She pouted a moment, before smiling and giggling. "You know, your wings are pretty big. I wonder… can they wrap around me?" She got even closer, her side touching mine. the hint, I wrapped her in my right wing. She sighed again. We walked like that for a while, until she stopped me.
"Well, this is my place. What do you think?" I looked at it, then down the street. "Well, isn't that cool? I live right down the block from you." I pointed with my hoof at the house on the other side of the street, 3 houses away. She looked around my body, which still held her in a soft hold with my wing.
"Huh, I never noticed you before. I'm guessing you take the faster route?" I nodded, and she slipped out from under my wing. I gave a sad sigh, and hid my wings again. She giggled and gave me a kiss on the cheek. My face exploded in heat, and she giggled again when she saw me blushing. She turned to her house.
"Goodnight Moonlight. See you tomorrow!" She trotted up to her door, and I stood there like an idiot for a moment, then walked towards my house, a stupid grin on my face.
After school, a month later
I was walking with Saphira out of the schoolhouse, after everypony else nearly broke the door trying to squeeze through. We took the scenic route as we have in the past month. It's been amazing since I helped her. Stone stopped messing with me, I've been able to relax more, and seeing Saphira with me, my other schoolmates were able to open up to me a little more. A few minutes into the walk though, she stopped me. I looked down to her.
"Why are we stopping?"
"Because, I want to show you something I found a week ago. Follow me!" She galloped away from me, through a path to the right. I followed as we began to go up at a slant, a few large trees blocking my view of my other surroundings. We turned a few times, jumping over large rocks jutting out of the uneven ground. A few yards in front of me, Saphira turned her head, still running.
"C'mon! Were almost there!" She then started running even faster, causing me to let out a huff and do my best to follow. She turned a few more corners and I realized we were heading to a nearby forest. More specifically a mountain near our edge. We weren't too far from the town, but I still wasn't sure about this. I swallowed my doubts though as we reached a clearing near the base of the mountain. I then stretched out my wings and flew up to reach her quicker. I made it beside her, but I was too busy trying to reach her to see the mountainside that was in front of me, and hit it head-first, then proceeding to have my body leave a pony-shaped implant in the hard dirt. I slide down, coming to rest beside Saphira, who was rolling on the ground laughing. I had to chuckle to though. I would probably do the same thing if I saw it. She laughed another moment before getting up, tears in her eyes from laughing so hard.
"Alright, were here."
I looked at what she was looking, and saw a bush. "A bush?"
"No, it's behind the bush. Check this out.!" She walked up to the bush and pushed the leaves aside, to reveal a tunnel into the mountainside. Without a word, she began crawling through the tunnel. Without another choice, I followed.
It took a minute, but we reached the end, and saw what was one of the most amazing things in Equestria. We were in a blue cave, with a crystal clear pond in front of us. There were gems sticking out of the walls, glowing different colors. There was blue, light green, magenta, teal, and a few others I couldn't name. There were even gems in the water, the light reverberating of the reflective surface, creating a sort of ring effect around them. The glowed and pulsed, and was one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen. I looked at Saphira, her teal eyes sparkling in the glow.
"What is this? It's beautiful."
I don't know. I just found it when I came out here to practice my flying. Isn't it the most beautiful thing you've ever seen?
"No, it's not." She got ready to object, but I stopped her. "Let me finish. This is not the most beautiful thing I've seen. You are." Her eyes widened as I said that. My hoof fell away from her mouth to show a soft smile beneath. Her eyes began to tear as she hugged me, her warm body pressing with mine before she pulled away, and buried her mouth on my own. My eyes widened as her lips pressed mine, her body still pressing me against the blue floor. The kiss was deep, sensual, showing each other something before we said it. She pulled away, showing her blush. We knew what was happening, how young we were, but it didn't matter. It happened, and we spoke our thoughts simultaneously;
"I love you."
Her flank began to glow, before flashing. She turned to look at her flank and, and gasped. She had her cutie mark. I looked and saw what it was. A white infinity symbol, but made by two hearts connected at the bottom point. I raised an eyebrow in curiosity.
"What does it mean?"
"I believe it means forever, because I'll stay with and love you forever, as long as I live and then some." I looked at her, still smiling at her beautiful words, and hugged her. I just hugged her, and she hugged back. We were stopped though, by a sort of drilling sound to our left. We turned, and saw the crystals rising, forming a sort of beast. Our eyes widened, as we watched a sort of dog-creature rise out of the ground, seemingly made of crystals. At first I thought it was a diamond dog, but then I remembered that they weren't made of actual diamonds, or any crystal for that matter. No, this was something much worse. It watched us, before speaking in a raspy voice;
"What are you doing in my home? I do not like trespassers." I let go of Saphira, standing in front of her, protectively.
"We are sorry, we had believed that this cove was empty. We did not mean to bother you."
"Does it seem like I care? No, it doesn't. Again, you are trespassers. And do you know what I do to trespassers?"
I gulped. "I don't believe we want to find out. We don't want to fight, we can leave peacefully."
He said nothing, but disappeared in the ground beneath him. I stared at where he was, before I heard a noise behind me, and Saphira's voice following it,
"Moonlight, help!" i turned, and the beast had her in a chokehold. I could see in her eyes that she was scared, and that set me off. My eyes narrowed, and wings spread.
"Don't touch her! I tried to leave peacefully, but I will fight if I have to." He just laughed.
"You? Harm me? That is ridiculous! Besides, you wouldn't dare try to attack me while I have her!" He was right, I wouldn't attack him while he used Saphira as a meat shield. I examined him though, and saw that I wouldn't be able to harm him anyways. He was made of crystal, so my hooves wouldn't hurt him. And my fires were to widespread, they would hit Saphira. Like everything else though, he did have a weak spot. His eyes were unprotected, vulnerable. I was wondering how I would get to them, until I saw his grip tighten. I felt a rage inside me, and an idea pop into my head. I zoned in on his eyes, took a breath, locked on, and let loose a bolt of thin, green flames that hit its mark. He dropped Saphira, and held his eyes while backing away. He tripped and fell into the water, disappearing. Saphira stare at me, then my flank. I felt a warmth, and looked back just in time to see the flash, which revealed my cutie mark. It was a black kunai, on top of a white shield. Saphira walked up to me and examined it.
"What does it symbolize?" I asked, curious.
She smiled. "I think it means that you will protect your friends. Peacefully if you can, like how you tried to reason with the beast, but you will fight to protect, like you did with me." She brought her head back in front of mine, and gave me another kiss. "Thank you, for saving me." She hugged me, and I returned the favor. We stayed like that, eyes closed, not moving.
We were all there was in the universe for a moment, thinking the same thoughts, feeling he same things. And knowing one thing of the future.
This is going to work out.
A week later
I was walking down the street, a bouquet of flowers in my mouth and a small box in the paper holding the bouquet. It was her birthday, and I wanted to make it special. I walked up the two steps leading to her door, and knocked. The door creaked open at the touch. I raised an eyebrow, but decided that she probably left the door open a bit. I walked in, and went upstairs to her room. Her door was open slightly, showing her bed, which was empty. I walked in, bouquet of flowers still in my mouth.
"Haffy Birfda-" I stopped, dropping the flowers in shock. The box rolled out and opened, revealing a white gold necklace with her cutie mark on it. She was on the ground… and wasn't breathing. I ran right to her side, falling to the ground next to her.
"Saphira!" I didn't know what to do. I didn't know CPR, or anything that would be of use in this situation. That was when I heard the door open downstairs. I heard a filly call up.
"Saphira! Happy Birthday, we're here! Let's get this party started!" It was her other friends, here for her birthday party. I heard them coming up the stairs, with another, older pony noticeable in the steps.
"C'mon, let's get started!" I recognized it as Surprise, a white pony with a poofy blond mane. She was the local party planner. They walked through the door, and stopped all at once. I turned to see them, and I knew exactly what they thought they were seeing. A dragon/pony hybrid, thought to be dangerous, over a lifeless body. Surprise's normally poofy mane and tail flattened, and she looked devastated. The rest stared at the body, then me, then the body again.
"I...I didn't..." I tried to explain, but it was no use. They wouldn't believe me at all. I wasted no time jumping out of the window, tears stinging my eyes as I ran home, ready to break down. The night came soon, but I knew that the entire town probably knew by now. The stress of losing Saphira took its toll, and I soon fell into a restless sleep.
I woke to a chanting outside, at least 15 voices saying the same thing, "down with the killer, down with the killer," They kept repeating it, over and over and over. Then I smelled the smoke. I looked out my window, and saw some of the older ponies torching the house, burning it from the outside. The flames licked up the side of the wall, consuming the house. I watched in horror as within seconds, the flames reached my window. I wasted no time turning, and bolting out the door. My parents left their room a second later, and saw me. My father ran past me, and shoved me back into my flame-infested room trying to get to the front door, and launched himself down the steps. My mother ran the other way, jumping out of a window at the end of the hall, taking her chances with the two-story drop. I stayed there, in shock, coughing as the smoke entered my lungs. Being part dragon, it did not harm me, but it tasted horrible. As if it would help, I started spitting, trying to get rid of the taste of burnt wood. The flames licked my legs, and began traveling up them. They did not catch fire, but that didn't matter because it was still burning me, and the roof was collapsing.
Two large beams landed on me, knocking me over and causing my legs to give a sickening crunch. With a burst of adrenaline, I lifted myself up, just to trip and fall back down on top of some broken glass. Two large shards pierced my back legs, and gave them deep cuts. Many smaller pieces cut up my front legs, causing blood to seep everywhere. Suddenly, my dragon side seemed to kick in. Black scales appeared on my neck, underside, and upper legs, as to protect them. It was new, but I wasn't worried about my new power. Faster than anypony could ever even attempt, I grabbed my saddlebags, stuck a few things into them, and set them in place. I spread my draconic wings, and launched myself through the failing roof, just in time to see my entire house collapse beneath me. I flew off before anypony saw, leaving the smoldering remains of my home behind.
I landed some 50 yards away, behind a statue of the 3 founders of the town. I slumped over, letting my saddlebags fall to the side. The scales disappeared, along with my wings. I gave a grunt as I magically pulled the glass out of my legs, leaving large cuts in my legs. I turned my head and breathed my white flame over them, soothing the burns as well. Sadly, as the wounds closed, scars appeared over the cuts, and the burns left scars beside them, running up my legs in a flame pattern. Left as a painful reminder of what had just happened. I sighed, and pulled up my bags to see what I had grabbed. It was instinct that made me get them, so I wasn't sure of what was inside. What I found amazed me. There were only a few things; a picture of me and Saphira in a boat, my personal wealth of bits held in a large leather bag, and something I didn't recognize. It was a book on Dragon powers, abilities, and society. I raised an eyebrow in confusion, having never seen it before. I looked to the sky, and saw an outline of something large fly through the sky.
"Looks like I got something looking out for me." I said, aloud. I was about to close my saddlebag, when I heard something jingle. I was confused, as there was nothing left in there. I opened it back up, and my eyes widened. There, where it wasn't there before, was the white gold necklace with Saphira's cutie mark on it. I let a tear fall. I opened the clasp at the back, and put it on.
I will honor her memory.
A week later, city hall
I was laying down on my bed in the city hall, reading the dragon book. I recently learned that my father hadn't survived the fire. Debris crushed him just in front of the door. The mayor, as much as she didn't like it, the mayor had to say that what the radicals did to our home was unreasonable, and she regrettably gave us a room in the hall as a home while a new house was being found. My mother walked into the room, repeating things that she said a hundred times,
"It's all your fault he died! If you weren't in the way, he would have survived!" She always stressed the last word.
I gave up on trying to reason with her. I sighed, putting the book away before she saw it. She didn't know about it, and I wanted to keep it that way. I got up, and put my stuff in my saddlebags. I didn't trust her with any of it, there's no telling what she would do with it. I still wore the necklace, never taking it off. I walked out of the building.
I trotted out, walking towards the bridge. I walked under it without anypony seeing, and sat down. I opened the book again, and went back to the page I was on, and read;
Along with their normal flame, a dragon can have multiple types of magical fires. Most have around 5, but special dragons can have an unknown amount. The most documented in a single dragon has ever had was 47, but before he died he said that he had many more than that. That dragon had been breed from royalty though, so he had the near perfect genes for the number of flames he had. No other had had quite that many, but types very. There have been healing, explosive, transporting, and cold flames, but that is just a small percentage that is possible. A dragon is born with his first five, but he/she must unlock them on their own. It is also possible for any dragon to learn certain fires, such as smithing flames, used to shape metal, or enchanting metal, used to add enchantments to weapons or armor. Each fire also has its own color. The darker the flame, the more dangerous it is. The only known exception is black fire, as it does not harm the body. It only makes the body believe there is a large amount of pain. A black flame is rare though, so many will not have to deal with it in their lifetime.
"Multiple flames, huh?" I whispered, wondering how many other types I have. I continued reading for another few hours in the seemingly endless book of dragon knowledge, before I realized it was getting late. With a sigh, I put the book back in the saddlebag, and lifted myself out from under the bridge. I walked back to the hall, ready to face my mother, then ever-so-inviting sleep.
I got to our room on the second floor, and instantly knew something was wrong. As I was part dragon, I had heightened senses, and I didn't hear the normal breathing of my mother, who never left city hall. No, I heard something different, a creaking sound, ominously waiting for me to see what was creating the sound. With a gulp, I opened the door, and felt nothing but shock. There was my mother, tied by a rope around her neck, to the ceiling. The strain her weight was putting on the white ceiling was creating the creaking, which now sounded more like cruel laughter. I did nothing but stare in horror as her body continued to sway in the non-existent breeze. I could take it no more as I tore my gaze away from her, galloping out of the City Hall, away from the town, into the woods, carrying nothing but the dragon book, a sack of around 250 bits, the picture of Saphira and me, her necklace around my neck, and my knowledge of the wilderness, and the world.
A/N Hey Guys, it's me, Moonlight Gamer. I think this a great introduction into my new story. I will take OC's, but only if they're original, creative, and can fit into my story. Also, review! I will take any sort of critique you have, good or bad. I want to improve, and I need you guys to do that. If you have any questions, I can and will answer them in the author's note. Stay a Boss, Moonlight Gamer –End A/N