Friendship is Life
A My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Fan Fic
By MainEventManChapter 1
All my life, I've been….different. Physically, mentally, and spiritually, I've been different. This is the story of that different life. Are you sure you wanna hear it? I'm warning you, it's not for the faint of heart. Alright…my name is Blaze Goldheart. And this story, like any other, starts off with our hero, facing impossible odds…or in this case, his very first day of school. We open, with a little colt, he had a grey coat, with a red and yellow mane and tail. He's standing outside of the school with his father, Average sized, with a Doctor Whooves-ish stile mane, also red and yellow. That little colt, was me.
"Daddy…I'm scared." I whispered.
"Scared?" My dad asked me, he had a quizzical tone of voice. "Why would you be nervous?"
"W-What if no pony likes me?" I asked him, pathetically inching closer to him.
"Nonsense!" My dad told me, with a smile on his face. "I'm sure you'll make lots of friends here, Blaze!"
"You think so, Dad?" I looked up at him, with hope in my eyes.
"I'm positive, son." My dad looked down at me, with a loving smile.
"Remember, come straight to the stadium after school, I'll be practicing with the 'Bolts."
"You got it…I love ya, Dad!" I hugged his leg. He looked down at me with a warm look in his eye and smiled.
"Love you too, son."
I turned away from him and started walking toward the school. It was huge! Or, at least it was to me. I was a colt, after all. When I walked inside, I looked around, and saw all the fillies and colts talking to each other, about school, friends, and my dad. After all, he was in the Wonderbolts. And he's one of the best too. Anyway, I rounded a corner to go to my class room, when I accidentally bumped into somepony.
"Watch where you're going, dweeb!" She shouted, with a sour tone in her voice. She was a griffon cub, and she had a mean look in her eye.
"Oh…I'm sorry!" I apologized."Sorry's not gonna cut it, you little twerp!" She squawked at me. She backed me into a wall. I was terrified."I-I'm sorry! I didn't mean to bump into you!" I stuttered out.
"Enough with the sorry already, before I rearrange your face!" She shook her fist at me.
"Come on, Gilda! Leave him alone!" I heard a voice call out. I looked at her. She was beautiful! A filly with a rainbow mane, and beautiful rose eyes.
"Rainbow, come on! He bumped into me!" Gilda shouted at her.
"Because you weren't looking where you were going! Now come on, we're gonna be late." The filly said to her. Gilda pointed a claw at me.
"This isn't over!" She growled and walked away.
I let out a sigh of relief. "Thank you…" I started to say, but then I got lost in her beautiful eyes. I came back to reality when she started to speak.
"She's like that with everypony, don't worry." She said. She sounded a bit irritated by her. Then she looked at me and extended her hoof with a smile. "Name's Rainbow Dash!"
I took her hoof. "I'm Blaze. Blaze Goldheart." I nervously sputtered. Looking at her, I got so nervous, and I couldn't control my self! I wanted to hold it back, but I just blatantly sputtered out, "Do you wanna be friends?!"
She gave me a confused look at first. Then….she started laughing. She looked at me and said, "You're something else! Sure, we can be friends!"I got a warm feeling in my chest.
"S-See you at lunch then?" I smiled warmly and blushed.
"Y-yeah… see ya at lunch."
Later that day, like at most schools, the foals were released for lunch hour. Not knowing where to sit, I sat at the last table in the corner of the cafeteria, alone. I unpacked my lunch, it was the usual. PB&J with apple juice. I noticed something else in the bag. It was a note from my dad. I unfolded it and read it."Happy first day, Son! Have fun, Hope you make lots of new friends!-Daddy." When I was a foal, I used to love seeing letters from my dad with my lunch.
"Hey, what are you doing all alone?" I heard a familiar voice ask. I looked up from the letter. It was Rainbow Dash.
"Oh, Hey!" Seeing her brightened up my day. "Just…didn't know where to sit…
"Did you forget I was sitting with you?" She smiled and sat down across from me.
"No, I didn't!" I said to her. I took a bite out of my sandwich, and watched as Rainbow unpacked her lunch. Before I could say anything, I heard a huge crash, I looked up from my sandwich. A grey pony with a blonde mane was on the floor, covered in her own lunch, some of the other ponies were laughing at her.
"What an idiot!" One colt shouted.
"Can she even see straight?" Chuckled another. The grey pony started crying. Rainbow stood up.
"Knock it off, all of you!" She said. "She can't help the way she is! So you all shouldn't laugh at her for it!" Immediately all the other ponies stopped laughing at her. Rainbow went over and helped the grey filly over to our table.
"Are you ok, Derpy?" She asked was sniffling as she talked.
"Y-Yeah…I'm fine…" Her eyes were all wonky…one was looking right at me, and the other was looking a bit to the left side.
"Hi…I'm Blaze." I said, trying to be nice."I-I'm Derpy….Derpy Hooves…" She said to me, still sounding a bit saddened.
"Would a muffin make you feel better?" Rainbow suggested to her.
Immediately, Derpy's head perked up. "Muffin?! Did you say muffin?!" Rainbow giggled and handed her a muffin from her lunch. She had a cute giggle…immediately, Derpy took a big bite out of it. "Mmm….Muffins…." She said with glee, seeming almost entranced by the taste.
Now you're probably thinking that things are going pretty good, and it'll stay that way, right? Wrong. Just then, Gilda came back, and looked at us with disgust. "Dash, what are you doing with these losers?" She asked, gesturing her claw toward me and Derpy. Rainbow blushed in embarrassment and looked at at me and Derpy first, and then back at Gilda. "Oh come on, Gilda! They aren't so bad, once you get to know them!" She pleaded.
"I don't wanna hear about it, you! Get out of here before I make you get out of here!" Gilda shouted at Derpy. Derpy whimpered and galloped away.
"And you!" Gilda growled, pointing at me. "You stay away from Dash! You're not cool enough to hang out with her!"
Now I got mad. I stood up and said, "Who are you to judge that?!"
I looked around. The whole cafeteria went silent. I didn't know it at the time, but I was one of the first ponies that ever stood up to Gilda! I glanced back at the griffon cub. She looked enraged. She could hardly speak! "W-Why you…LITTLE!" She gripped my throat with one of her claws. I could hardly breath! I tried to tell her to let go, but all that I could sputter out was, "A-Agh!" Rainbow grabbed on to Gilda and started prying her claws off of me with her hooves."Gilda, get off of him!" She shouted desperately. Gilda looked at Dash, then back at me, and let me go."Dash won't be here to save you, next time, you little FREAK!" She turned and stormed off. There was something about that word that really got to me….. Freak….at the time, I knew I was different….I just didn't know why…. Dad said he'd tell me when I was older….but still that word got to me….it hurt me….I remember spending the rest of lunch sitting alone, silently crying…..
As I walked home that day, I was expecting to walk home alone…but I heard a voice.
"Hey! Wait!" It was Rainbow again. Seeing her, always made me happy, although I didn't know why.
"Hey…" I looked around nervously. If Rainbow was here, Gilda wouldn't be too far behind.
"Don't worry, Gilda's not here. She thinks I left through the south entrance." She said with a smirk.I chuckled….but then looked down."Hey, I'm sorry for what happened at lunch…" Rainbow looked down. "It was kind of my fault.."
"No, No, it wasn't your fault!" I said, trying to make her feel better. But Rainbow had her eyes somewhere else. She was looking at my flank, Wide-eyed. "What?" I asked, confused.
"Y-Y-Your CUTIE MARK!" She stuttered in amazement.
"Oh yeah, That!" I simply stated.
"B-B-But…" Rainbow began to stutter. "H-How do you have it already?!"
How I got my cutie mark….at that age, even I didn't know how! "I don't know…It happened a few days after I was born… Or at least that's what my dad says."I told her.
"Your dad? Huh….Who is your dad?" She asked me.
"My dad is Archangel Goldheart."
Immediately, Rainbow's jaw dropped. "ARCHANGEL GOLDHEART?!" She shouted in disbelief. "YOUR DAD IS CAPTAIN OF THE WONDERBOLTS?!"
I backed up at her shouting. "Y-yeah…why?"
Rainbow giggled at me backing away. "Sorry, It's just I'm a HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGE fan of the Wonderbolts! And I know some day, I'm gonna join them in the sky!" She exclaimed, raising her hoof to the sky.
"You too?" I ask her. I too was training to become apart of the Wonderbolts, to live on my dad's legacy when he retired.
"Maybe if we're lucky, We'll both get in!" Rainbow said, patting me on the back. "Listen, I have to go…but I wanna hang out more! That cool?" She asked.I felt a huge rush of excitement hearing that.
"Y-yeah! Sure!" I stammered. "See you tomorrow!" I took off on a gallop toward the stadium. My dad had told me to come straight back there after school. I fluttered my wings as I walked.
The stadium was huge. Even to this day, I marvel at it's incredible size. As I walked in, I noticed the 'Bolts were doing a practice run. My dad was at the head of the group, they were all trailing lightning and smoke as they flew. I started clapping my hooves and cheering. "WOO! GO DAD!" He looked down and smiled.
"Take five, everypony!" He said to his team members. They all flew off in different directions, but My dad landed in front of me. "Come here, you!" He said. I jokingly screamed, as he picked me up and held me in his hooves. "How was your first day, champ?" He asked me.
"It started off good….it got a little bad in the middle….and then ended great!"
"Got a little bad?" Dad asked me, raising one eyebrow. "What do you mean, Blaze?"
"Well…I got bullied…." I looked down. When I looked back up, My dad's expression had changed. He looked like, he was holding something back…rage maybe….if there was one thing my dad hated, it was a bully.
"Bullied? Who would do that to you, son?" He asked."Her name was Gilda…she's a griffon cub…." I told him. Dad looked away for a second, and then looked back at me.
"Son" he began to say. "Right now, all you can do, is just..stand up for yourself. We're Goldhearts. No pony pushes us around! Now can I trust that you'll do that son?" He looked down at me with a small smile on his face."Yeah….I'll do that dad."
I looked up at him and smiled. After that, I watch as my dad and the rest of the 'Bolts finished practice. When we got home, My dad was playing with me. We were in my room, and he was laying down on this back, holding me in the air. "And introducing, the Wonderbolts newest member, Blaze Goldheart! Yay!"He lowered me gently, and rose me back up again, while I pretended to fly."Woohoo!" I shouted. Just then the door bell rang.
"I'll get it Blaze." He gently put me down, and he walked to the door. I couldn't hear much…the stallions at the door had deep, menacing sounding voices. When my dad shut the door, he looked back at me. His expression was mixed between rage, and sorrow.
"I think it's time for bed, Blaze."
"Who was at the door, daddy?" I asked.
"No one you need to worry about, son." He whispered. "Come on, I'll take you to your bed."
He picked me up and carried me to my bed. As I started to get relaxed, He kissed me on the forehead.
"Good night Blaze. Daddy loves you." He said to me.
I looked up at him and said, "Love you too, Dad." As he started to walk out, I remembered something."Good luck at your show tomorrow, Dad!" I said. "I'll be there."
He chuckled and smiled warmly at me. "I know you will, Blaze. I know you will." After that, I laid down and drifted off to sleep.
The next day, the stadium was packed full of ponies, young and old to see the Wonderbolts perform. Nopony could've been excited as I was though. My dad was showing is his solo routine today, and He's been working on a whole new trick, called The Firecracker Blitz. I was sitting in the locker room, being the captain's son gets you a permanent backstage pass, and the other 'Bolts were all talking to each other about the big show, mainly wishing my dad luck. As they broke, and began to walk out of the locker room, I stood up. "Good luck today, Daddy!" I said to him. He looked back at me and smiles warmly.
"Thanks son. Someday, You'll be in my shoes." He said to me.
"You think so?" I asked him.
"I know so." Then, I walked to my seat in the arena, as the 'Bolts made their big entrance. It was amazing. They flew all around the arena with my dad at the head of the group, trailing thunderclouds and lightning behind them. The crowd went wild. I was so thrilled. As the show passed, soon it was my dad's time to shine. He flew high above the arena to gain altitude, but then, he dive-bombed, causing a trail of flames to form behind him. He flew faster and faster, a mach cone formed around him, when all of a sudden…he broke the sound barrier! Causing a trail of fireworks and flames to form behind him. The crowd went insane! Then he had to finish the trick, he did the first loop, then the second, but…something went wrong….as he was going for the third loop, he started to mess up. He fell straight to the ground, and crashed with a sickening boom on the ground. "DADDY!" I shouted. I flapped my little wings desperately and flew down to him, with the rest of the 'Bolts. When I got there, he was already being taken to the hospital…
I sat out there in the waiting room, when a doctor walked up to me. "Doctor…How's my dad?" I asked him, sniffling as I spoke. He looked down at me. "You can see him…but it doesn't look good…"
"Thank you!" I said quickly, and trotted inside my dad's hospital room. He was laying in a hospital bed, and he wasn't wearing his Wonderbolt's suit….this was the first time I had seen him without it. I sat next to the bed. "Daddy…."He looked at me, and showed me a small smile.
"Hey, Kiddo…." He whispered faintly.
"Daddy…" I could hardly speak. "Y-you're gonna be all better soon…..right?"
He sighed deeply. "Blaze…." He whispered. "There comes a time….in every stallion's life…when they realize it's time to grow up…."
I couldn't understand, or believe what he was saying. "Daddy…you're going to be all better soon…right?" He looked away for a second, and then back at me.
"This is your time, buddy….." He smiled again…it wasn't a big smile…but still. "Blaze….I want you to promise me something…." "What dad?" I asked."First…The Firecracker Blitz…I want you to join the Wonderbolts when you get older…and succeed where I failed…" He whispered."Ok…" I whispered back.
"And next…I want you to live for me…live life to the fullest…remember…..Friendship…..is…life…and…." He moved slightly, and took his Wonderbolts costume, folded nicely, off of the bedside table, and handed it to me. "I want you to have this…"
"Y-Your Wonderbolts suit!?" I shouted in disbelief. "Dad…I can't take this! You're gonna be all better…right?"
He sighed deeply again.
"I…I love you, son…." He then groaned, and laid his head back on the pillow. The heart monitor flat-lined. I was beside myself. "Daddy!" I cried. "Please! Don't leave me! DADDY!" I laid my head on my fallen father and cried. I had no idea what I was going to do. I was on my own, I had no surviving relatives…..as far as I knew. I kept the Wonderbolts suit with me at all times after that…
The next day, at school, everyone was silent when they saw me. They all had seen the show, and they all knew what had happened. Most of the teachers told me they were sorry for my loss, and most of the other foals tried to tell me they were sorry….but it didn't seem to help. Then, it got worse. At lunch that day, I was sitting alone, and these two colts walked up to my table. One was brown with a white mane, and the other was a bit of a yellow color with a brown mane. I knew these colts…they were the school bullies…famous for calling Rainbow Dash "Rainbow Crash".
"Well Well, if it isn't Blaze Moldheart!" One of them jeered at me.
"Moldheart?" I asked. "What's that supposed to mean?"
They both looked at each other and smiled evilly. They looked back at me.
"That's what your dad's doing in the coffin, right?" The other one asked. They both laughed.I felt something I never felt before…..I felt rage…..pure unbridled rage….
"What did you say?" I asked.
"That's what your Dad is doing in the coffin, ri-" Before I could finish, I kicked him right in the face, he stumbled back into one of the lunch tables. The other one lunged at me, but I threw him off of me. I looked around at all the other fillies and colts, all mumbling about what just happened. Just then, as if it couldn't get any worse, Gilda walked up to me. "What is your problem, Moldheart?!" She shouted at me.
"You think I was just gonna take that?!" I shouted back at her. She shoved me down.
"You little freak!" She shouted. Then she spit on me. After that…I couldn't take it any more…enough was enough. I got back up, turned, and galloped out of the room. As soon as I was out of the school, I took off in the air as best as I could…I kept flying until I made it to the edge of Cloudsdale. I couldn't stay here anymore…I had to run away. Before I was about to take off, I heard a voice."Hey, where are you going?" I turned around.
It was Rainbow Dash.
"I can't stay here anymore!" I shouted, tears streaming down my face.
"Blaze, you can't run away! Where will you go?" Rainbow asked, worry in her eyes.
"There's no place for me here! My daddy's gone! Nopony loves me, so I'm leaving! And I'M NEVER COMING BACK!" I shouted.
"Blaze, that's not true!" Rainbow shouted back. But before she could say more, I heard voices,"Where is that little freak!?" It was one of the bullies.
"I-I have to go!" I stammered. I flew away, and I didn't look back.
A few days later, I awoke to a strange sound. I had taken refuge in a makeshift cloud shelter, and when I looked outside…there was a huge dragon! I was frozen where I stood with fear…it roared at me…but something about that roar…seemed familiar…without thinking, I took off, tears streaming down my face, and the dragon flew after me. This was it…..I thought I was going to die…..I kept flying, as fast as I could, the dragon was in hot pursuit. I knew I couldn't out run it forever…so I remembered what Dad taught me…I quickly flew up to a cloud, and started jumping on it, causing lightning to strike the dragon. I hit it right in the face, and almost immediately, the dragon turned and started to fly away…I fell down in exhaustion…what was it about that dragon that seemed so familiar? I didn't have time to think about it, as I slipped into unconsciousness…
End of Chapter 1