My Little Pony: Will Of Fire

The Fire Element Alicorn

Chapter 24

Movie Newbie

Some people dream of being a famous movie star. What's not to love about being famous? Everyone asking for you autograph, knows your name, you get be to on talk shows and magazines, and you get paid a lot of money. Unfortunately, all that fame can go to your head if you're not careful. This story is about the rise and fall of Flareon's short career as a famous movie start. It all began in Ponyville one day when Flareon and Twilight where walking together in town when suddenly, they saw a long line of ponies standing in front of a large tent. While they were trying to figure out what everyone was waiting in line for, Rainbow Dash signaled them from the middle of the line. As they walked up to her, Rainbow Dash wasn't able to control her excitement. "I can't believe it! They are having auditions here!" When Flareon and Twilight didn't say anything, Rainbow Dash said, "You know...for the new movie coming out called 'Danger Cop'. It's about this hardcore cop that defends the city from these 5 evil groups that are trying to take it over. I've read all five comics and I'm so excited they are finally making it a movie series! You guys can audition for it too!" Even though Flareon despised movie stars because he thought they were spoiled brats that got anything they wanted and only cared about themselves, he decided to give it a try just to see what would happen. Little did Flareon know, his life was about to experience a major change.

As he waited in line for over an hour, Flareon saw Rainbow Dash fly out of the tent slowly with her head down. Flareon knew it didn't go well for her. Soon after, a pony come out of the tent and yelled, "Next!" As Flareon walked inside the tent, he saw two unicorns in suits sitting in a chair. Soon after, the pony that brought him in gave him the script to read and then stood in the corner. The tension in the air was starting to make him nervous, but Flareon was still able to read the script the best he could. After he was done, Flareon was shocked when the two ponies stood up began to praise him. "That was amazing! What a voice! Such poise, such elegance, such brilliance! Now this is what we're looking for!", "I agree! This guy is one of a kind! I think he could even be the lead role of the movie!" Flareon couldn't believe what he was hearing, they actually thought could be the lead role of the movie? It was almost too good to be true.

As the pony went outside the tent to tell everyone the auditions were over, the two ponies in suits walked over to him. "Congratulations Flareon, you've just nailed the lead role in Danger Cop. My name is Silver and my partner is Screen, and we're the owners of Silver & Screen Studios in Manehattan. No studio in Equestria has put out as many successful films and famous movie stars as we have. Don't worry, you're in good hooves. So...have any questions you would like to ask?" Flareon the replied, "Yeah...I was wondering, can my friends be part of the movie too? Maybe they could help out on the set?" After some thought, Screen said, "Of course! That's no problems at all! We were going to find ponies for positions on the set, but we'll give your friends a shot." Flareon had decided to bring his friends with him just in case his movie career failed. Later on, Flareon, Twilight, and their friends, got on Silver and Screen's private jet at the Ponyville Airport. As everyone sat down in their seats, Screen said, "We should make it to our private airport in about 2 hours. Meanwhile, everyone sit back and enjoy the ride." It didn't take long before for the jet began to take off and headed for Manehattan.

After they arrived in Manehattan, Silver and Screen took everyone to Silver & Screen Studios in their personal coach. When they arrived, Flareon and the others were shocked to find out how big the studio was. There were ponies bustling about everywhere. Soon after, they arrived at studio 3 and went inside, and noticed it was bigger than it seemed. "Alright everyone...let's get this movie started!" Silver exclaimed. Suddenly, a pegasus appeared in front of them. "This is Motion Picture, he's director of the movie," Screen said, "Well then Motion, we'll leave this all to you." Soon after, Silver and Screen left the studio, and Motion Picture decided to give everyone jobs to do on set. Twilight was the art director, Rainbow Dash was the special effects supervisor, Fluttershy was the production sound mixer, Applejack was the props master, Rarity was the costume designer, and Pinkie Pie was the camera operator. As everyone got to know their roles, Flareon was reading the script. As Motion Picture walked up to Flareon, Motion pointed to an earth pony he had brought with him and said, "This here is Cinema, she's going to be your character's love interest in the movie. Now...there are some kissing scenes in this movie." Just as he said that, Twilight turned around and gave Flareon an angry look. "Maybe we could get a stunt double for those parts," Flareon replied nervously. He then moved up closer to Motion and whispered, "If my wife over there catches me kissing another girl again, trust me...you don't what to know what Twilight will do to this studio." Motion nodded his head and they quickly decided the kissing scenes would replace Flareon with a stunt double. It was for the best.

A week later, after much stress and a lot of retakes, especially after how Pinkie Pie kept goofing around with the camera, the first Danger Cop movie was finally complete. As everyone celebrated, Silver and Scream appeared. "Great work everyone! I knew you could do it. Especially you Flareon, I've never seen such refined acting in my life," Silver said. "To celebrate, I'm going to take you and your friends to our favorite restaurant in Manehattan, I hope you like Chinese food. A couple of hours later, after they finished their food, Silver decided to have a toast for Flareon. "Here's to our lead actor Flareon! May the first Danger Cop movie make a fortune!" After everyone finished their drinks, Silver took them to a nearby movie theater to see an exclusive first-view of the Danger Cop movie they had just completed. Later on, Silver and Screen took them to a hotel they owned. As the elevator reached the top floor and opened, everyone's jaws dropped as they were completely amazed at the hotel room. "This is our gift to you Flareon. You and you're friends that can here free of charge, just as long as those Danger Cop movies prove to be a success," Silver said. Soon after, Silver and Screen left the hotel. "Wow...this place even has a library!" Twilight exclaimed as she picked a book off the bookshelf and began to read it. Meanwhile in the 3rd bedroom, Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie were jumping on their beds. "This is the best ever!" Rainbow Dash replied. Eventually, everyone got used to their new accommodations. Flareon was really starting to enjoy the perks of being a movie star.

It turns out the 1st Danger Cop movie was a huge success and it was able to grab the number one spot at the box office. Soon after, Flareon appeared on talk shows, put on magazines, and was invited to exclusive interviews. Flareon began to lose count of all the autographs he had signed. Even though he was becoming famous, Flareon still gave most of the credit to Twilight and his friends for their support and help on the movie set. Unfortunately, that soon began to change. As more successful Danger Cop movies came out, the more famous Flareon became, and the more famous he became, the more Flareon started to let all that goes to his head. It wasn't until they began to work on 4th Danger Cop movie, did Twilight start to worry about Flareon. He was beginning to count the success of the movies just on him and no one else. Her worst fear was realized when she and her friends visited Flareon into his private trailer.

As they went inside, they saw Flareon being prepared for today's work on the set. He was talking on his cell phone. "Look I don't care how you do it, just get it done. What do I pay you for anyway? What...I don't pay you? Well...that just fine by me, you're fired!" Then then dialed another number. "Hello?! Yeah, I told you I wanted ice for my drink to come from the Mystic Mountains! Don't give me that 'three ponies were there and never came back' lie! I know they are probably slacking off. While your telling them they're fired, do me a favor, and fire yourself too!" As Flareon closed the cell phone, he threw it into the garbage can along with the others. As a pony brought him some water, he drank it and quickly spit it out. "I told you I asked for the water to be at 50 degrees exactly, not 60! Get out, you're fired!" As the pony quickly left the trailer while crying, Flareon turned to a pony on his right. "Why is it so hard to find good assistants these days?" Twilight finally decided to say something. "Flareon...aren't you being a little...um." Unfortunately, she wasn't able to say it, however Rainbow Dash was. "You've become a real jerk!" The others quickly nodded in agreement. Flareon couldn't believe his ears. He then started to realize what they were really saying. "Oh I get it...you're just jealous. I finally become a famous movie star and all you girls want to do it take all the credit! You know...if it wasn't for me, none of you would even be here right now." When Twilight tried to speak again, Flareon interrupted her. "No...that's it, I have enough, you're all fired! Go please go back to Ponyville and leave me alone. I don't need any of you." None of them could believe what Flareon just told him. "What...you can't just fire us...we're your friends!" Rainbow Dash replied. Unfortunately, Flareon signaled to his two bodyguards in the corner and had them all thrown out. As Twilight and the others got back up, Applejack said, "I can't believe this, after all we've done for him." As everyone began to vent out their frustration, Twilight calmed them down and decided it would be best if they would return home.

Later on, Flareon was able to fill his friends' positions. However, as production on the movie was in motion, Flareon couldn't take it anymore. "Cut, cut, cut!" he yelled as everyone stopped. As Motion Picture walked up to him, he said, "Flareon...what's wrong? This is the 20th time in the last 10 minutes you've stopped the movie." Flareon the replied, "The lights always in my eye, these lines in the script are terrible, and that fan keeps blowing in my face. Why aren't you doing anything about this, you're the director! You don't even care about me, do you? I'm the star of this movie! That's it...you're fired, you're all fired, everyone just get out!" As Motion Picture, Cinema, and the entire crew left, Flareon quickly pointed to pony in charge of the snacks and said, 'Except you...you stay." After everyone had left, Flareon started to get back to work and produce the entire movie by himself. He decided to at least let the snack pony be in charge of the camera. A week later, after the movie was complete, Silver and Screen brought Flareon to their office. They weren't happy. "Flareon...would you mind explaining why I heard from Motion Picture that you fired him and the entire staff!" Silver said. "I didn't need any of them. I was able to finish the entire movie by myself anyway. I have to say, the movie turned out better than the last three," Flareon replied. "Flareon...the entire movie was just you playing every part! The only other pony in the movie was the snack vender!" Screen said, "It was terrible...we can't produce that movie!" Soon after, Silver said, "I'm disappointment in you Flareon. I thought you were the next big star, but we were wrong. That's why...we had you replaced," he then looked at a nearby door on his left and said, "You can come in now!" Soon after, a unicorn walked into the room and stood near Silver and Screen. "This here is Blitz, he's replacing you in Danger Cop. I'm sorry to say, but we're letting you go Flareon," Screen replied.

Unfortunately, Flareon didn't take the news very well and quickly tackled Silver and Screen. A couple of minutes later, he was thrown outside by a security guard. As Flareon brushed himself off, he finally began to realize what had happened to him. "I'm such an idiot. I let myself be overtaken by all that fame and became the one thing I had always hated about movie stars. Worst of all, I treated Twilight and my friends terribly. They were the real reason I became famous. If it wasn't for them, I would have never agreed to be a part of those movies anyway. How will I get them to forgive me?" As Flareon let out an exhausting sigh, he decided to punish himself and walk all the way back to Ponyville. It took him about 6 hours to return home to Ponyville. As he arrived at Golden Oak Library, Flareon opened the door and expected Twilight to completely ignore him, yell at him, or even worse, ask for a divorce. "Welcome back Flareon!" everyone yelled. Flareon could believe it, Twilight and his friends were all smiling at him. "What are you guys doing? What's all this celebration for? Wait...you didn't replace me too?" Flareon asked. Twilight began to laugh and replied, "No silly, we heard on the news that Blitz replaced you in Danger Cop. We knew you would be feeling down and wanted to cheer you up!" Even after how badly he treated everyone, they still we able to forgive him. "Listen Twilight, everyone...I'm sorry. I let all that fame go to my head. I treated you all terribly and you still we able to forgive me. You're the best friends I could ever ask for." Soon after, everyone rushed off to hug Flareon. He then replied, "Next time I start acting like that, just do me a favor and give me a good knock on the head, ok?" As everyone took their turn slapping him on the back of his head, Twilight replied, "You should have said so sooner." Even though his movie career was short lived, Flareon gained a lot of experience from it. Even when you became famous, never forgot about the people that helped you get there, especially your friends.