My Little Pony: Will Of Fire

The Fire Element Alicorn

Chapter 2

Help Yourself

Even though Flareon's first time flying was a complete disaster, he asked Rainbow Dash to teach him how to fly. She decided to bring him to the park in Ponyville to practice. After Flareon was able to get into the air, Rainbow Dash provided support. "That's it Flareon keep it up! Straighten out your back...good job! Nice and steady...now turn right! Awesome! I think you finally..." Flareon suddenly lost control. "Oh no! Watch out for that..." but it was too late as Flareon crashed into a nearby tree and fell down on branch after branch until he finally landed on the ground. "Hold on Flareon, I'll go get help!" After Rainbow Dash ran into Twilight, they helped bring Flareon to the Ponyville Hospital. After getting patched up in bandages, Flareon was put in a wheel chair, and waited with Twilight to hear what kind of damage he sustained. "How's it looking doctor?" Twilight asked. The doctor was pointing at Flareon's X-rays and said, "Well...it looks like Flareon has injuries in his left leg, right arm, horn, and both wings." Twilight became worried and replied, "Are the injuries...serious?" "Not at all," he said, "The injuries Flareon has are only minor. It will only take him about a week to recover, but in the meantime, I highly suggest that Flareon doesn't push himself too hard or it could cause more problems. Rest is the most important thing he can do right now." Flareon laughed at the doctors' remarks and said, "Injuries...me? Don't make me laugh. I am the chosen one after all, this is nothing!" Flareon laughed as he tried to get out of his wheelchair, but instead fell on his injured arm, and yelled so loud that it could be heard from outside the hospital. Twilight then lifted Flareon back onto his wheelchair. She shook her head and said, "What are we going to do with you?"

After leaving the hospital, Twilight pushed Flareon to a nearby restaurant and sat at a table. Twilight ordered a salad and Flareon choose tomato soup. After their food was delivered they began to eat. When Twilight noticed Flareon was having trouble she said, "Um...Flareon, do you need help?" Flareon laughed and said, "No...I got this. I just need to..." but Twilight lifted up the spoon and attempted to spoon-feed him. When Flareon noticed two ponies at another table starring at him, he tried to swat away the spoon, but instead the spoon filled with the hot soup fell on his lap. Flareon then let out a yell and accidently kicked the table with his right leg. The bowl of hot tomato soup fell right on his lap and Flareon once again let out a loud yell that could be heard from a mile away. "Flareon...why didn't you let me help?" Twilight said as she used a paper towel to wipe off the soup from Flareon's lap. "Remember what the doctor said? You need to rest ok?" Flareon looked away and replied, "I can manage on my own...I don't need any help." Twilight looked at Flareon concerned. "Why must you be so stubborn?" she said.

Later on, Twilight decided to stop at the First-Aid shop to pick up some pain medicine for Flareon and said, "Hold on...I'll be right back." As she walked into the shop the one pony Flareon least wanted to see suddenly appeared. Pinkie Pie looked at Flareon and said, "Hey Flareon...what happened to you? Why are you covered in bandages? Why are you in a wheelchair?" The questions never seemed to end. "Pinkie Pie...I'm really not in the mood for..." but Flareon was interrupted as Pinkie Pie began to sing a song about him, bandages, and something about a water balloon. As if Flareon wasn't already dealing with enough already, now he had Pinkie Pie once again singing near him. Similar to before, his head started to throb with pain as the song entered through his ears. This time though, Flareon wasn't able to cover his ears from the annoying song. Flareon then attempted to get a hold of Pinkie Pie, but he was unable to reach her. For what seemed like three minutes, he was forced to endure every last second of the song until she finally finished. After Pinkie Pie left, Twilight returned with the medicine and said, "I brought your..." but she was interrupted by Flareon. "Twilight..." he said with his teeth clenched, "I'm going to need that medicine...right now!" She was confused about why Flareon looked so agitated. Twilight decided to give him some medicine, but was shocked when Flareon drank the entire bottle.

When they returned home, Flareon mentioned he had to use the bathroom. After Twilight pushed him near the door she said, "Do you need..." Flareon, somehow already expected what she was going to say, blushed and replied, "NO! I mean...I can handle this on my own." As he walked into the bathroom, Twilight closed the door. Suddenly, she heard a bunch of crashing noises and frantically opened the door to see what had happened. When she looked inside, Twilight was at a lose for words as Flareon had somehow managed to get his head stuck in the toilet. "Flareon, how did you..." He yelled from inside the toilet, "Don't say anything!" As Twilight was trying to pull him out, Spike walked by. "What is with all the..." but, Spike stopped when he saw what was happening in from of him. "I don't want to know," Spike said as he walked away. Eventually Twilight was able to free Flareon from his toilet prison. He had Twilight and Spike promise to never mention this embarrassing event ever again.

As the night set in, everyone got ready to go to bed. As Spike walked up the stairs, Twilight turned to Flareon and said, "Ok Flareon...hold still while I lift you up and take you upstairs. "For the last time Twilight, I do not need help!" Flareon replied as he began to slowly crawl upstairs and grunted "This...is...nothing!" as he was using every last inch of strength to make it to their bed. Twilight was at her wits' end as she wondered why he would not accept any form of help. Eventually Flareon finally made it upstairs and turned to Twilight. "See? I told you I could do it on my own," Flareon said as if he had just won a tough battle. At that moment, Flareon stomped down with his hoof as an explanation point. Unfortunately, he stomped down with his injured right arm. As he fell down to the floor screaming in pain, Twilight shook her head in disappointment as she lifted Flareon into their bed and they all finally went to sleep.

The next morning, Twilight woke up and turned to face Flareon, but is surprised to see he wasn't there. As Twilight looked around the room frantically, she asked Spike if he knew where Flareon was. When he shrugs, Twilight quickly gets out of bed and runs down the stairs saying to herself, "Oh Flareon...where did you go?"

When she gets outside, Twilight begins to look for her lost husband. After searching for five minutes, she finally finds Flareon in his wheelchair. "Flareon!" Twilight yelled, "What are you doing?" Flareon turned his wheelchair around and said, "Nothing..." "Don't give me nothing...I was worried sick about you! The doctor told you to not to push yourself. You should be at home resting," Twilight replied angrily. "I don't need any rest...I'm perfectly fine!" he yelled. At that moment, Flareon's wheelchair began to go down the hill he was near. Flareon began to panic as he tried to steer his wheelchair through the trees and rocks. As he lost control, he fell out of his wheelchair and right into a wishing well. As Flareon tried to recover from the crash, he looked up to see Twilight looking down the well at him. "Flareon...are you ok?!" she yelled. "Yeah...I'm ok. Can you help me get out of here?" Flareon replied. Twilight, who was tired of Flareon not accepting help, was shocked to hear that he wanted help, and decided to test Flareon. "Oh...you need my help? I thought the great and powerful chosen one didn't need help? I thought you said you could do everything on your own, remember?" Twilight said sarcastically. She then began to walk away and stopped when she heard Flareon. "Twilight...I'm sorry ok? Please...I need your help!" As Twilight looked down the well she smiled and said, "It's about time you know?" After she was successfully able to lift Flareon out of the wishing well, she put him back in his wheelchair. "Thank you Twilight...thank you so much," he said. "Flareon...I was wondering. Why were you so against wanting help?" Flareon replied, "I thought if I asked for help, you and everyone else wouldn't think of me as the chosen one anymore. I mean look at me...I'm in a wheelchair covered in bandages because I was injured. I'm expected to defeat Alexei when I can't even fly. Isn't that pathetic?" Twilight began to laugh, "Oh...Flareon, asking for help isn't going to make anyone think less of you. When a pony needs help, they need help, and no one thinks less of them for it." Flareon smiles and replies, "Your right...I'm sorry for acting so stubborn. From this day on, I will not be afraid to ask for help."

As the week went by, Flareon was finally able to recover from his injuries. Once again, Flareon asked Rainbow Dash for flying lesson, and she brought him to the same spot as before. After three hours, Flareon flew back to the ground near Rainbow Dash. "I've got you hand it to you Flareon, you really are fast. I mean that in the way you're a fast learner. You've got a long way to go before your as fast as I am," Rainbow Dash proudly said. "Just you wait, someday the student will become the master," he replied as they both started to laugh. Even though it took a while, Flareon had successfully learned how to fly, and more importantly, learned to accept help when he needed it.