My Little Pony: Will Of Fire

The Fire Element Alicorn

Chapter 23

The Clowning

Everyone is afraid of something, whether it's spiders, snakes, the dark, heights, or the dentist. It wouldn't be long before Twilight and his friends found out what Flareon was scared of. It all began one day in Ponyville. The circus had come to town and an ecstatic Pinkie Pie decided to bring her friends along with her. They went to a show where they saw tightrope walkers, jugglers, acrobatics, and trapeze acts. After it was over, they had some pizza, caramel apples. and cotton candy. As they were walking, a pony dressed as a clown appeared before them. After he preformed some tricks for them, and gave Rainbow Dash a balloon pony that looked like one of the Wonderbolts, he left. Soon after, they noticed Flareon had disappeared. Suddenly, they heard a voice from behind a nearby garbage can. "Is that thing gone yet?" Flareon then poked his head above the garbage can to look around. "Flareon, you're not scared of clowns...are you?" Twilight asked. "Not scared...terrified. I've had some bad experiences with clowns when I was little," Flareon replied as he shivered, "I don't want to talk about it." Applejack then said, "Nothing to be ashamed of Flareon, everyone is afraid of something. I can't stand spiders, they give me the creeps." As everyone began to discuss their fears, Rainbow Dash began to laugh. "You guys are such babies. Someone as cool as me isn't afraid of anything!" Everyone began to roll their eyes as she started to make fun of their fears. "Alright Rainbow Dash, we get it already," Applejack replied as they began to leave the circus and went back home. Rainbow Dash however, decided to stay a little longer. Soon after, she spotted a stand that was selling clown clothes such as an outfit, wig, and makeup. Suddenly, Rainbow Dash was hit with an idea and decided to buy them. As she was flying home with the bag of clown stuff, Rainbow Dash said to herself, "This is going to be the best prank ever!" She decided to wait till tomorrow to begin her plan of scaring Flareon.

The next day, Flareon got up from bed and went downstairs. As he opened the front door to go outside, Flareon saw a clown staring right at him. He then quickly slammed the door. "I hope that wasn't what I thought it was." As Flareon opened the door again, the clown was nowhere to be seen. As he let of a sigh of relief, Flareon began to walk into town. He decided to stop at Ben's Breakfast. As he sat down and looked at the menu, Flareon near someone come here him. "Yeah, I'll have the stuffed French Toast with strawberries please." Unfortunately, when Flareon put down the menu, he saw the same clown from before looking at him. It then began to laugh and honked its nose. Flareon let out a loud scream and quickly flew away. "Why is that thing following me?!" Soon after, Flareon decided to go to the one place the clown would never think to find him at, the school. As Flareon went inside and slammed the door, the students began to stare at him. "Sorry about this Cheerilee, but there's this crazy clown after me." However, as Flareon turned around, he saw the clown behind the teacher's desk preparing to make a balloon animal. As Flareon screamed again, he quickly flew straight through the door lead a pony shaped hole behind. Was is possible the clown was purposely going after him or was he starting to go insane? Flareon then decided to head the bowling alley to calm his head. As he went inside, Flareon walked up to the counter. He could still feel his heart beating furiously. "Yeah...I'd like to buy three games please." Unfortunately, the clown suddenly popped up from behind the counter and said, "Hey there buddy! Want to see me do some juggling!" Soon after, the clowning began juggling bowling shoes while it laughed mischievously. Right away, Flareon could feel his heart stop for a few seconds, and then yelled in horror and quickly flew away. Once again, Flareon didn't bother opening the door as he went right through it.

After flying a couple of minutes nonstop, Flareon landed near his favorite chocolate milk stand. "Please...give me a glass of chocolate milk now! I can't help it man, I'm freaking out!" Considering how messed up Flareon's mane was and how his eyes were darting around quickly, anyone could probably say that. Unfortunately, the usual owner of the stand wasn't there, instead the clown appeared again and this time, it was riding a unicycle. No words to describe the horror of what Flareon was witnessing. There is nothing more terrifying that a clown riding a unicycle. Even though Flareon's body was ready to faint, he wasn't going to let the clown capture him. It would probably take him to clown island where they would torture him with their nonstop antics. Soon after, Flareon screamed and flew away. No matter where he went, Apple Acres, Carousel Boutique, and even Sugarcube Corner, the clown was appearing everywhere he went. Meanwhile at Golden Oak Library, Twilight was busy reading a book on the floor when Flareon suddenly appeared. "Oh hey you're back...Flareon?" Twilight right away knew something was wrong as Flareon was furiously checking the windows and then closing the blinds. Flareon even began boarding up the front door. As she walked up to him, Twilight said in a soft voice, "What's wrong?" As she touched Flareon's back, he quickly jumped into the air and flew behind the couch. As he pocked his head above the coach, Flareon said in a panicked voice, "The clown is gone right?!" Twilight was completely confused and replied, "What are you talking about Flareon? What clown?" Unfortunately, Flareon was too scared to say anything more. Soon after, Twilight decided it was best for Flareon to get to bed early today. As Flareon got into bed near Twilight, he quickly fell into an uneasy sleep.

As Flareon opened his eyes, he began to look around. He was standing in the middle of Ponyville, but something was off. The sky was black and the buildings were warped. "What the...where I am?" Flareon said. He also began to notice that the town was completely empty. Suddenly, he began to hear a honking noise. Flareon right away began to panic. "Oh no...it's that clown again! Where are you?!" As Flareon turned around, he saw the clown standing in front of him. "That's it...I've had enough of you haunting me! Go away!" Instead of leaving, the clown began to laugh. As it laughed, Flareon could hear the evil laughter echoing everywhere around him. Suddenly, the clown began to vibrate, and soon after, two clones appeared next to each other. However, it didn't stop laughing, or multiplying. In no time at all, there were suddenly 100 clones standing in front of him. As he yelled, Flareon turned around and began to fly away, but the clowns began to fly after him. Even though Flareon was flying as fast as he could, the group of clowns were catching up to him. When Flareon looked behind him, the clowns had stopped, but that wasn't a good thing. The clowns were quickly joining together and after a white flash, a giant clown was flying in front of him. Flareon tried to fly away again, but the giant clown as able to quickly catch up to him. The clown then opened its mouth, and as Flareon screamed in terror, the giant clown ate him. Soon after, Flareon opened his eyes. As he got up, Flareon felt his forehead and noticed it was covered in sweat. "Thank god...it was all just a dreamed," Flareon muttered. As he looked out the window into the night sky, the clown suddenly appeared smiling through the window. Right away, Flareon's body froze in fear as all he could do was let out a silent yell.

The next morning, Twilight began to wake up. As she turned to see if Flareon was ok, Twilight was shocked to find out he wasn't there. "Flareon...where are you?" Spike began to wake up. "Spike, do you know where Flareon went?' As he shrugged, they suddenly heard the closest shudder. As Twilight opened it, she saw Flareon curled up on some towels. He was shaking furiously while muttering the word clown over and over. "Flareon...what's wrong?!" Twilight replied. Soon after, the clown came through the window and landed on their bed. After screaming again, Flareon quickly flew out of the closet and hide under the desk. The clown then took off its wig to reveal it was actually Rainbow Dash. As she was laughing, Rainbow Dash said, "This is probably the best prank I've ever done!" As she turned around to a smug Rainbow Dash, Twilight was starting to put the pieces together. "So you're behind all this!" As she laid down on their bed, Rainbow Dash replied, "Yep...it was me the whole time!" Flareon who was previously hiding under the desk, came out to see Rainbow Dash dressed in a clown costume with a wig by her. As Flareon's fear went away, the anger suddenly began to rise. As he was about to tackle Rainbow Dash, Twilight held her left hoof in front of him. She then looked at Rainbow Dash and said, "As long as I've know you Rainbow Dash, I would have never thought you would stoop this low. You knew Flareon was terrified of clowns, yet you kept scaring him. There's a difference between a prank and being a bully. I'm disappointed in you." Soon after, it began to sink in as Rainbow Dash finally realized she had taken her prank too far. "You're right Twilight, I took it to far. I'm such an idiot," she then turned to Flareon, "I'm sorry about scaring you, can you please forgive me?" Even though Rainbow Dash had put him through the worst day of his life, Flareon couldn't hold a grudge against her. "It's ok...I forgive you," he replied. After she jumped off the bed and landed in front of them, Flareon hugged Rainbow Dash signifying all was forgiven. Later on that day, Flareon was able to get some revenge on her when he, Twilight, and their friends were able to dress up as Rainbow Dash's biggest fear, mimes, to give her a friendly scare.