My Little Pony: Will Of Fire

The Fire Element Alicorn

Chapter 11

Charmed

For a while, Flareon has enjoyed being the most important stallion in town and loves getting all the attention from everyone. The usual perks of being the chosen one. Unfortunately, that all changed one day in Ponyville when an unexpected visitor arrived. As Flareon and Twilight were walking through town, they spotted a crowd in the middle of the street. He also noticed that the crowd was contained of mostly fillies and mares. When they got into the crowd, they saw a male alicorn talking to Rarity was who blushing furiously. "Ah senorita...you are as beautiful as the golden sun. Looking into your eyes is like looking into a breathtaking horizon." He then moved to Rainbow Dash and said, "A gorgeous mare like yourself deserves a rose." Soon after, he used his magic to pick a rose from a bush nearby and gave it to Rainbow Dash. Suddenly, the alicorn spotted Twilight and immediately walked over to her. "What do we have here? Another mare to catch my eye? It is a pleasure to meet you madam." The alicorn then held up Twilight's left hoof and began to kiss it. Right away Flareon's blood began to boil as he smacked the pony's muzzle away from Twilight's hoof. "Keep your dirty mouth off my wife!" Flareon yelled. As the alicorn recovered from the hit, he looked at Flareon and said, "I'm sorry...this beautiful mare is your wife? I never would have guessed." As Flareon attempted to hit him again, Twilight grabbed his hoof and said, "Calm down Flareon...it's ok." She then looked at the alicorn and asked, "May I ask who are you?" The alicorn then began to address the crowd. "My name is Bora and I'm simply just a lone traveler. I go from town to town and stay for just a bit before I leave. I have no home to go return to. Traveling around Equestria is all I do." Right away, he was able to gain total sympathy from everyone in the crowd, including Twilight. Unfortunately, Flareon wasn't buying into Bora's story. Why did Bora constantly travel around all the time? How come he never stayed in one place for long? What was Bora really doing here in Ponyville? "I don't trust this guy Twilight. Something just feels off," Flareon muttered. Twilight simply looked at him and replied, "Come on Flareon...just give this guy a chance. You heard what Bora said, he doesn't have a home to return to. Let's try to make him feel welcome here in Ponyville." For some reason, Flareon had a bad feeling about this new alicorn. He then decided to keep a close eye on Bora to make sure this guy was really legit as he made himself out to be.

Later on, Bora walked into Carousel Boutique, and Flareon quickly flew to a window and looked inside. What happened next completely shocked him. Bora was taking the dresses off the ponykins and putting them on his back. "I knew it!" Flareon said to himself as he watched Bora begin to walk outside, "This guy is just a petty thief. Well...he's not getting anyway with it!" As Bora walked outside, Flareon immediately tackled him. "Nice try Bora, but you're not getting away with this!" Soon after Rarity ran outside and said, "Flareon...what are you doing?" "I caught this jerk was stealing your dresses right off your ponykins, but I stopped him!" Flareon replied. "What are you talking about? I was having Bora take my dresses and delivering them to a customer who had ordered them!" Rarity yelled. Unfortunately, the dresses were now covered in dirt after falling to the ground, so Rarity had to take the dresses back inside to clean them, but not after giving Flareon a look of disgust. Sadly for him, the ponies that had passed had also given him the same look. As Bora got up and wiped the dirt off him, he looked at Flareon and said, "I see that not all the ponies here are as nice as I thought...or as smart either." Flareon wanted to hit him, but he was still too embarrassed after what happened, and could only watch as Bora flew away.

Once again, Flareon secretly followed Bora, this time to Sugarcube Corner. As he went inside, Flareon flew to the window. He saw Bora pick up a brown sack and started to stuff it with the cookies, muffins, and other sweets. "Ok...I'm defiantly going to get him for real this time!" Flareon muttered as Bora began to leave Sugarcube Corner. Right as Bora closed the door behind him, Flareon tacked him to the ground. "So...a thief decided to crave his sweet tooth huh? You're not getting away with this!" Soon after, Pinkie Pie appeared and yelled, "Flareon...what are you doing to Bora!" "Don't worry Pinkie Pie...I caught this bastard trying to steal these sweets right from your store!" Unfortunately, Flareon was once again dead wrong. "Flareon...Bora was taking those sweets to deliver them to Apple Acres after Applejack had asked for some," Pinkie Pie said as she helped Bora back up. Was it just him or was he having very bad luck today? Could this day get any worse? Since the sweets had come out of the bag, they were completely covered in dirt, so Pinkie Pie had to put them in the garbage and then went back inside, but not after giving Flareon one of those 'disappointed' looks along with the ponies that had watched what happened. Bora then turned to Flareon and said, "You know...I heard about things about you in my travels. You're supposedly the 'chosen one' that is meant to save Equestria, but I have to say Flareon, you're hot-headed and a complete dofus. Why are you so bent on trying to prove I'm a thief? Is it maybe because you're jealous of me? Can't say I blame you since I have amazing charm, charisma, and personality, which is something your clearly lack. Why don't you do me a favor and fly away little pony?" Flareon then decided he had enough of this jerk and hit Bora right in the face sending flying across the ground. "That's it!" Flareon yelled as ponies everywhere began to crowd around him and Bora. "I've had enough of you and your stupid charm. The only thing you can do with it is hypnotize girls to fall for you! Well then...let's see if you can put up a decent fight!" As Bora wiped his mouth, he looked at Flareon and simply replied, "Don't say I didn't warn you."

At they were about to start fighting, Bora used his magic to obtain a red cloth from a nearby table and held it beside him, similar to a matador. As Flareon charged at him, Bora moved out of the way, moving the cloth in front of him as Flareon went through it. "Ole," Bora said as Flareon turned around. As he dug at the ground, while steam came out of his nose, Flareon once again charged at him, but Bora simply waved the red cloth and said, "Ole," as Flareon missed him again. He made a couple more attempts at Bora, but the same thing kept happening. Flareon then decided to give it one more shot. He charged at Bora once again, but this time as Bora dodged him and waved the red cloth, Flareon ran directly into an anvil that suddenly appeared. As Flareon tried to recover from the crash, he could see multiple Boras from every direction in front of him smiling. "Is that...the best...you got?" Flareon said as he collapsed on the ground. Soon after, Bora put his right hoof on top of Flareon as if he had just defeated an angry bull. Eventually, he was able to recover and quickly pushed Bora off him. Flareon tried to attack him again, but to his surprise, Twilight appeared in front of Bora. Flareon could see the anger in her face very clearly. "Flareon...what do you think you're doing? Why are you fighting with Bora? I'm very disappointed...I told you to give Bora a chance and all you've done is let your jealousy get the better of you." When he tried to speak, she just yelled at him, "Go to your room!" Flareon was completely taken aback and replied, "You can't treat me like a child...I'm a grown man!" He right away knew he was in a losing battle as all Twilight did was point towards their house. As Flareon turned around and began to walk slowly back home, he could hear ponies saying things such as, "How pathetic...this is seriously how the chosen one really is? I don't blame Bora if he wanted to leave now. That pony needs to grow up. Why can't Flareon be more like Bora?" When he looked behind him, Flareon could see Twilight apologizing to Bora. There was no way around it, Bora had clearly beaten him, in every way possible.

As Flareon was lying on his bed trying to figure out what to do next, he thought about what Twilight had said to him. Has he really been jealous of Bora this entire time? When Flareon though about it, she was right. Bora was good-looking, nice, charismatic, and charming...no doubt about it. Flareon then decided to read the newspaper to calm his mind. As he was flipping through the pages, something caught this eye. Even though it was a small column, the title couldn't miss his eye. "Famous Marauder Strikes Again!" Flareon said as he continued to read the article. "The town of Fillydelphia is the latest location that has been victimized by the marauder. Officers from the Equestria Police have determined that this pony is stealing valuables from houses such as jewelry, food, and antiques. They have also determined that his pony is acting alone. Sources say that this pony only travels to small towns and is known to stay for a single day and then quickly disappears the next day. Be on the lookout for a suspicious male alicorn pony and please contact your local police station if you see him." Flareon then quickly remembered about how Bora said he is constantly traveling and never stays in one place for long. Also, the article said that the marauder only visits small towns, not big cities. Ponyville was indeed a small town. Could it be possible that Bora was this famous marauder? "I mean he fits that description perfectly, but after what just happened, will I be able to convince anyone, especially Twilight, that Bora is that wanted marauder?" Flareon said as he put the newspaper down. He had no other choice, he was going to have to outsmart Bora.

The next day, it was still dawn as the sun had yet to rise. Bora was preparing to leave town with a large, brown sack on his back. Suddenly, Flareon came out of a nearby bush and stood in front of him. "Where do you think you're going with that large sack...famous marauder?" At first Bora was shocked by what Flareon said, but then he simply smile and replied, "So...you know you I am? Congratulations Flareon, you're not as dumb as I thought. Why are you here? Going to try be the hero and stop me?" "That's right," Flareon said, "I'm not going to let you take everyone's stuff. It doesn't belong to you!" Suddenly, Bora started to laugh. Flareon then attempted to attack Bora, but then six ponies appeared all around him. It was Twilight and their friends, but something was wrong, they all had the same blank stare. "Twilight, Rainbow Dash, everyone...what are you doing here?!" Flareon yelled, but it was no use, they were acting like they didn't even hear him. He then turned to face Bora, "You bastard! What did you do to them?" Once again, Bora started to laugh and said, "You see Flareon...I was born with a very special gift. The ability to charm any female I wanted. You see...whenever I would go to a town, I would first use my looks, personality, and charisma to my advantage to get the attention of every mare in town, and once I did that, using my magic on them was easy. I would trick them into giving me their valuables, and once I left town, my charm would soon wear off, and they would be left confused as to why their valuables were gone. Jewelry, food, antiques...anything I wanted, I got. Though I have to admit, I wasn't expecting to run into the chosen one in this dump of a town. Once I leave here, this will probably go down as my best work yet!"

Bora had finally shown his true colors, but that wasn't going to stop Flareon. "Sorry Bora, but you're not going to get away with this!" Bora then signaled to Twilight and the others, "Girls...would you kindly get rid of this pest for me?" What happened next completely shocked Bora. Instead of attacking Flareon, they turned to face him. "Sorry Bora," Twilight said, "Your little game is over!" Bora couldn't believe it, how did his magic fail? "No...this is impossible. How come my magic didn't work?!" Flareon moved closer to Bora and replied, "You see...I knew about your ability all along. I went to a couple of towns that you had visited before and asked the mares who had their valuables stolen. They told me they remember you using your magic on them right before you stole their stuff. After I came back, I went to every mare in Ponyville and used my magic to put an anti-magic shield on them to prevent your charm magic from working. That's the difference between you and me. I have friends that will listen to me, no matter how dumb, stupid, and crazy I act, they will always be there for me. Whereas you, who is always by himself, wouldn't understand." Soon after, Flareon whistled and a group of ponies from the Equestria Police along with a wagon appeared from behind the trees. Two of them then went to Bora and put hoofcuffs on him. "We've finally caught you!" one of the police officers said. They then brought Bora to the police wagon and put him inside it. "Good work chosen one, we couldn't have done this without you. The ponies throughout Equestria will no longer have to fear this guy stealing their stuff anymore. We can't thank you enough," one of the police officers said to Flareon. "What's going to happen to Bora now?" Twilight asked. The police officer then turned to her and replied, "There's only one place in Equestria that is strong enough to hold a guy that like. He's going to right to Prison Island." He then told them about how Prison Island is an island that is located on Ravage Sea, which is a sea known for its unforgiving storms and waves. He also told them only the most wanted criminals in Equestria are sent to Prison Island and that no one has ever been able to escape. Soon after, the pony joined up with his fellow officers. As they watched Bora being taken away, Flareon wondered if he would ever see him again.