My Little Pony: Will Of Fire

The Fire Element Alicorn

Chapter 6

The Red Machine

For a while, Flareon was making potions, learning spells, and such from their room, but soon decided he wanted his own personal space, so Flareon built a garage-type workshop as a side-addition to Golden Oak Library. This way he could work in private while also not having to bother Twilight or Spike, but this was not the only reason he build the garage, because Flareon was planning on building something he once owned as a human. Flareon soon put his plan into action as he constantly went around Ponyville with a cart gathering machine parts and bringing them back to his garage. Weeks later, Flareon had Twilight and the others meet him at his garage for an importance announcement. "What's going on...why did you bring us all here?" Rainbow Dash asked. Flareon smiled and replied, "Excellent question Rainbow Dash! Well everyone...I have spent weeks gathering machine parts for a reason, " he then lifted up the garage door open and began to turn on the lights, "Here it is!" When the lights came on, everyone saw a huge mountain of machine parts in front of them. "Are you planning on building a new house or something?" Applejack asked. Flareon laughed at her question and replied, "Close, but no. These parts here are going to be my car I once owned as a human...a red convertible 2003 Ford Mustang GT!" Everyone looked at him funny until Twilight began to speak up. "Oh...a car! I remember you telling me about those. This was the best way humans were able to travel around in your world. I can't wait to see what it looks like when you finish it!" After Flareon told everyone to give him some time alone, he went inside the garage, closed the door, and began to start building his car.

A couple of weeks later, after working nonstop everyday, Flareon had finally finished building his car. Once again, he had Twilight and the others meet him in front of his garage for the unveiling of his new car. "Everyone...it took me a while, and trust me, it wasn't easy, but I finally finished building my Mustang. Wait here for a moment." Flareon then slipped under the garage door and got into his car. After he opened the glove compartment, Flareon took out a pair of sunglasses and put them on. He then pushed a button that was above the radio and turned the car on. Flareon began to push down on the accelerator and just the sound of the engine revving was enough to get him excited. After lifting the garage door up, Flareon slowly drove his car out, and was met by everyone's shocked faces. Soon after, he parked the car in front of them, got out, smiled and said, "Well...what do you think? Everyone was completely speechless until Rainbow Dash said, "This...is...awesome!" as she began to walk around the car and admiring it. Flareon began to explain the details about his Mustang. "Now this car isn't exactly the same as my old one. This car is push-buttoned activated instead of using a key to turn it on, has 6 doors instead of 2, runs on a combination of apple cider and water instead of gasoline, has 3 rows and 6 seats instead of 2 rows and 5 seats, and I also added an extra special something to this car that my old one didn't have. Let's just say it uses super-carbohydrate soda." While everyone was still speechless and admiring his car, Flareon got back inside, turned it on and said, "Want to go for a ride?"

While riding around in the Mustang, it wasn't surprising that everyone was looking at them strange, but that was because they didn't even know what a car was. Flareon then decided to take everyone out to lunch and stopped at a nearby restaurant. At first the others were planning on eating in the car, but then Flareon said, "Eating...in this car? Don't even think about it." While they were eating their lunch, Rainbow Dash said, "The Mustang is nice and all, but I doubt it's as fast as I am. A car might have been your best form of travel in your world, but here, wings are all you need." Flareon was trying not to laugh while he replied, "Oh...is that so? I'm guessing that you wouldn't be against let's say...a race perhaps?" Rainbow Dash smiled and said, "Ha...I bet I could beat your car easily. It wouldn't even be a close finish!" So after some back-and-forth arguing, they finally decided to have a race to prove who was faster, Rainbow Dash or Flareon's Mustang. Twilight decided to bring them to a baron land called the Devil's Playground, which would the perfect spot for the race. Soon after, Rainbow Dash and Flareon lined up and the starting line Twilight drew across the ground. "Alright you two, you know the rules. The first one to make it to the finish line wins. Ready...set...go!" Twilight yelled as she waved her hooves signaling the start of the race. At that moment, both of them quickly flew past Twilight and headed for the finish line.

For a while Flareon and Rainbow Dash were neck-and-neck and constantly traded 1st place, that is until, Rainbow Dash decided she was through playing games and yelled, "Alright Flareon...it's been fun and all, but this ends here!" Suddenly, Rainbow Dash speed up and preformed her Sonic Rainboom, which granted her a huge speed boost, and her lead on Flareon began to widen. Soon after, she began to see the finish line and said to herself, "Almost there!" Even though things were beginning to look bad, Flareon wasn't panicking, he was actually beginning to smile. Flareon then looked down on his right and opened up a secret compartment, revealing a big, red button that had flames around it. "Sorry Rainbow Dash, but this is over!" Flareon said to himself as he pushed the button down. The extra special something that Flareon had mentioned before was actually a NOS-type boost system that he had added to his car, but this boost system uses super-carbohydrate soda as its main catalyst. Suddenly, the Mustang's exhaust pipes began to emit blue flames as the car's speed quickly shot up as the needle showing the Mustang's MPH had reached the highest level possible. As Rainbow Dash was beginning to bask in the glory of victory, it quickly was destroyed as fast as Flareon speed past her and soon after, he crossed the finish line and was followed shortly by Rainbow Dash. Flareon's Mustang had beaten Rainbow Dash by a total of 10 car lengths, which signified a complete domination victory for Flareon. As everyone was congratulating Flareon on his win, a defeated Rainbow Dash walked over to him and said, "Got to hand it to you Flareon...your car isn't just for show, it's also one heck of a speed demon, but don't think this is over just yet, I want a rematch someday...got it? After Flareon got out of his car, he walked over to Rainbow Dash and shook her hoof in agreement for a future rematch someday.

At first, things were going great as Flareon drove his Mustang around town daily, while giving rides to Twilight and the others from time to time. He would sometimes spend an hour or two in the garage fine-tuning his car and then spend some quality time with Twilight. Unfortunately, as the days went by, Flareon was soon becoming obsessed with his car as the time he was spending with it was slowly overtaking time spent doing everything else. Flareon was now starting to spend longer hours in the garage with his car and wasn't taking it out as much fearing it would get dirty, even still, he would sometimes wash and wax it 2-3 times a day. Twilight was starting to get worried about Flareon and his health. During one night, Twilight once again was bringing Flareon dinner because he was too busy to come inside the house to eat. "Flareon...I brought you some food," she said. Flareon was currently under the car working on it and replied, "What...oh dinner? Yeah...um...just put it with the rest on that table over there...thanks." Twilight looked over to her left to see a bunch of plates with half-eaten food left on them. As Twilight set the food near them she said, "Make sure you come to bed soon ok? Don't stay out here too long." Flareon was so busy with his car it took him about 30 seconds to respond. "What? Yeah...don't worry I'll come inside...soon." After that, Twilight realized getting anything more from Flareon was pointless, and went back inside their house. Soon after, it was getting late, so Twilight and Spike decided to go to bed. As Twilight looked down from her bedroom window, she saw that the garage light was still on and noises could be heard coming from it. She then laid her head down and fell into an uneasy sleep. The next morning, Twilight opened her eyes and turned around to look at Flareon, but was shocked to find out he wasn't there. She then quickly got up and looked out the window to still hear noises coming from the garage. Flareon had apparently been working on his car the entire night. "Alright...this is the last straw. I know this is his car and all, but this nonsense obsession with it needs to stop!" Twilight yelled as she jumped down from her bed. She then left the house and went to find her friends and devise a plan.

Later on, Flareon was still working on his car, when suddenly the garage door began to open. Flareon turned around to see Twilight and the others standing before him. "What are you girls doing here?" Flareon asked, but then realized something was wrong. "Why do you all look angry? Why is Applejack holding a rope? Why are you all coming towards me? Wait...no!" Sounds of a struggle could be heard from inside the garage, and soon after, they all came out. They had apparently hog-tied Flareon because Applejack was pulling Flareon behind her. "Wait...let me go! No...I still need to finish tuning the engine...no!" Flareon said as he struggled to break free. "Sorry Flareon," Twilight replied, "This is for you own good." She then hits Flareon hard on the head, knocking him out cold. When Flareon began to regain consciousness, he said while still dazed, "Where...am...I?" Flareon then noticed he was laying on a bedded-table, and when he looked up, and female unicorn looked at him and said, "Welcome to the Ponyville Spa Mr. Flareon!" Rarity, who was soaking in the hot-tub nearby with Fluttershy and Twilight said, "Penelope...be a dear and give Flareon the special please." Penelope smiled and replied, "Right away Ms. Rarity!" Flareon tried to get up and said, "I need to get back to the garage...I still need to work on the engine," but then Penelope quickly pressed down hard on Flareon's back to keep him from getting up and began to give him a message. Flareon let out a loud sigh of relief as all the long, hard hours of built-up stress due to working on his Mustang suddenly began to vanish. "This...is...perfect" Flareon said as he was finally able to relax. "We're sorry about forcing you to come here Flareon, but you were so obsessed with your car that you weren't getting any rest and I was beginning to worry about your health," Twilight said. "No...it's not your fault it's mine. I should have realized I was becoming obsessed with my Mustang and took a break while I had the chance," Flareon then looked around at everyone and said, "I'm sorry." Everything seemed to have turned out ok, but unfortunately, something was still off. "Hey...does anyone where Pinkie Pie is?" Flareon asked. Everyone quickly looked around and they too noticed she was missing. Rainbow Dash, who was currently getting a pedicure along with Applejack said, "Didn't she come with us when we went to get Flareon?" Applejack nodded her head in agreement and replied, "I'm pretty sure she was with us then. You don't think she's still at Golden Oak Library...do you?" Alarm bells suddenly began to ring in Flareon's head as he suddenly sensed that his Mustang was in mortal peril. "We need to get back there...now!" Flareon yelled as he quickly got off the table and was soon followed by the others as they rushed to find Pinkie Pie.

Meanwhile, back at Golden Oak Library, Pinkie Pie had just finished eating a snack she had made while in their kitchen, and was walking back outside to the garage. "Thanks for letting me using your fridge Twilight!" When she reached the garage, Pinkie Pie noticed they weren't there anymore. "Hello...anyone here?" She then walked towards the Mustang and looked in the car. Flareon...you in there?" Soon Pinkie Pie's curiosity got the better off her and she got into the car and sat in the driver's seat. "I'm sure Flareon won't mind if I just drive around the house once." She then turned the car on and set it in drive. Meanwhile, Flareon was frantically trying to hurry back home. "Flareon...Pinkie Pie might have left our house already. How do you actually know for sure she's messing with your car?" Twilight asked. Flareon then stopped and looked back her. "Trust me...I can sense it." Suddenly, they began to hear the sound of car's tires screeching, and when they looked in front of them, they could see Flareon's Mustang being recklessly driven by Pinkie Pie. "Yay!" she yelled as the car was clearly out of control, "This is so much fun!" If Flareon wasn't so determined to stop Pinkie Pie, he would have already fainted by now. He then jumped in front of the car and yelled, "Pinkie Pie...stop that car...now!" Unfortunately, that failed to work as she hit Flareon dead-on and sent him flying into the air and soon after, he landed on the ground. Flareon quickly got back up and yelled, "The brake Pinkie Pie...the brake!" Pinkie Pie then ripped off the brake and held it in the air. "Do you mean this thing?" she replied. At that moment, all hope was clearly lost as Pinkie Pie was headed right towards a huge tree. "Watch out!" Flareon yelled in desperation, but it was too late as the car hit the tree hard, and soon after, Flareon's Mustang exploded and burst into flames. Twilight had to hold Flareon back as he yelled, "No!" Shortly after, it was raining while everyone was wearing black, and standing together in front of a gravestone near Golden Oak Library. Rarity, who was crying said, "You were a one of a kind girl...we'll miss you." "No one could provide happiness like you," replied Rainbow Dash. Flareon, who was trying to hold back tears said, "Why must the good die young...why?!" Soon after, he began to cry deeply as Twilight patted him on the back trying to make him feel better. Suddenly a voice coming from Flareon's right began to speak. "I'm sorry about destroying your car Flareon." He turned to see an apologetic Pinkie Pie and replied, "It's ok Pinkie Pie...I guess this just means it wasn't meant to last for long...it's for the best." As everyone began to walk away from the gravestone, the words 'R.I.P. 2003 Ford Mustang GT' could be seen written on it.