Username:
booklover789
Name:
Dawndrell Xia
Name Meaning:
Dawndrell - Sunrise, Dawn (American)
Xia - Glow of the Sunrise (Chinese)
Nickname:
Kirana
Nickname Meaning:
Beautiful Sunbeam (Indonesian)
Gender:
Female
Talent:
Dawndrell "Kirana" Xia has a special talent - she helps pegasi ponies learn how to fly. Now, most pegasi have mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, or other family members to help them out...but there are always the few that don't have any family, or the even fewer whose families don't have time or don't wish to teach them. This is where Dawndrell steps in. She loves children, and absolutely loves to help a young filly or colt succeed in finally lifting off of the ground. In their later years, Dawndrell often helps them train for flying races or school teams - she, while being an earth pony, knows nearly everything there is to know about flying.
Favorite Food:
French Fries
Favorite Flower:
Sunflower
History:
Dawndrell sighed, staring up at the sky. Her friends were flying, soaring through the air in great loop-de-loops, squealing with joy as they tried out their new wings.
Two hours ago, Dawndrell had set out with her best friend, Moriarty - she called him Mo. Mo was a pegasus, and Dawndrell was s simple earth pony. Even with the difference of equine, Mo and Dawndrell became fast friends when they met at the school for very young fillies and colts. Now that they were older, Mo had to practice his flying, and Dawndrell had to practice earth pony things - which she loathed.
"I want to fly," she murmured, staring up into the sun-lit sky. "I want to soar along with the rest of my friends." Dawndrell didn't have any earth pony or unicorn friends - oddly, all of her friends were pegasi.
Still staring up at the sky, Dawndrell felt a wave of sadness overcome her. "Mo!" she called up to the heavens. "Can you lift me up so I can feel what it's like to fly?"
"Sorry!" Mo called down. "Can't lift more than a frog!"
Dawndrell sighed, tears welling up in her eyes. Suddenly, she felt a tap on her shoulder. She looked up into the eyes of an older pegasus pony who was smiling warmly at her. "I can take you up, if you'd like," he offered.
Dawndrell's eyes lit up. "REALLY?!" she screeched, jumping up and down. "Thank you! Thank you so much!"
"Not a problem," the stallion said, chuckling as he lifted up Dawndrell with his front hooves. "We'll go slow at first, okay?"
Dawndrell couldn't answer, for she was shocked at the wonderful feeling of being lifted off the ground. Her eyes widened to take in the beauty of the clouds and sky. The wind gently brushed her blonde hair out of her eyes, and she smelled the scent of rain. All she could do was smile.
Higher and higher they climbed, Dawndrell squealing every time she saw something new. "Oh, look over there! Oh, and over there, too!" Her tiny filly body squirming in the gasp of the pegasus carrying her.
The pegasus was huffing and puffing by the time he stopped ascending. "Dawndrell," he panted out, "I don't think I can take you higher than this."
"This is perfect!" she crowed with delight, waving her hooves around in tiny circles with a smile on her face.
"Good. 'Cause I'm not going farther."
"Wow! The ponies on the ground look like grasshoppers!"
He smiled. "Yeah, from up here they do."
After an hour of lazily swooping in circles, the pegasus had grown tired. "Hey, Dawndrell, I'm going to have to take you down now."
"Aw!" she moaned, sadness overcoming her entire being as her body visibly sagged.
"Hey, at least you got to have fun for a little bit, right?"
"Yeah," she said, perking up a bit and smiling. "Thanks for taking me up here."
"You're welcome."
During their descent, a wind storm kicked up. The pegasus did all he could to fly smoothly against it, but ended up shouting over the wind. "Dawndrell! This is going to be a bumpy ride, but I promise we'll get through it! Okay?"
"Okay!" Dawndrell yelled back, strangely calm in the windy weather.
The rest of the descent was rocky and turbulent. Half-way to the ground, Dawndrell suddenly felt different. "Everything okay?"
No response met her ears.
She frowned, noticing the sudden silence that enveloped her. The wind still rushed past her face, so she knew she was still descending...
"I'm falling," she said, staring down at the clouds rushing past her tiny frame. Looking up, she saw the pegasus frantically racing downwards to catch her...but she knew he was too heavy to fall at the same rate as she. "It's okay," she murmured, looking up at the pegasus. "I'm not scared."
Suddenly, Dawndrell had stopped falling. She blinked, observing the white fluffy mass that surrounded her entire body. She frowned, reaching out a hoof to tenderly caress the material. "Clouds?" she asked, looking at the material she was stuck in.
"How odd," a voice said.
Dawndrell stiffened up, fear entering her body for the first time in weeks. "W-w-w-who's there?"
"My name is Solaris."
"Why can't I see you?"
"I'm in this cloud, like you." A blindingly bright light appeared less than a foot away from Dawndrell's face. "See me better now?"
"I can't see anything!" she squeaked, covering her eyes with her front hooves.
"Oops, sorry," he said, dimming in brightness only slightly.
Dawndrell blinked, staring at the orb of light hovering in front of her. "You saved me, didn't you?"
"Yes, I did."
"How can I ever thank you?" Dawndrell asked, smiling warmly at the creature before her.
"How about we make a bargain?"
"What kind of bargain?"
Minutes later, Dawndrell floated down to the ground. The pegasus who'd dropped her raced over to inspect her well-being. After confirming that she was, in fact, okay, he apologized and raced off to inform her parents, who were at the local hospital, waiting for their baby to be brought in.
Mo saw Dawndrell second, and raced over to hug her. He smiled as he let go, but that smile was quickly replaced by a frown of confusion. "What's that on your tail, Dawndrell?"
Dawndrell smiled. "This is my partner. His name is Solaris. He saved me, and in return, I let him become my tail."
"Your tail is...alive?"
"Yep!" Dawndrell said, smiling. "He doesn't talk much, though."
"Why does he look like a sun? I thought you fell into a cloud..."
"He is a sun. His name means "from the sun," and he's a tiny sun who likes to give warmth and happiness to others. He loves to help others, just like me, and together, we'll make a great team!"
"When will he leave you?"
"Never. But I don't mind," Dawndrell said, looking down at her now-cloudy tail, the demon resting gently on a section of it. "He's my new friend. I don't really want to leave him all alone, like he was for centuries before meeting me."
"Why didn't he just try to make friends with somebody else?" Mo asked, a suspicious look forming on his face.
"He said that he can't try to do it - the friends have to come to him. That's the rules that were put into place by whoever is his boss."
"Oh."
Dawndrell smiled. "Don't think this changes anything, Mo. You're still my best friend."
Mo smiled, all traces of suspicion gone. "Thanks, Dawndrell."
"You're welcome." Glancing down at her demon, she smiled. "C'mon, Solaris! Let's show these fillies and colts how to fly!"
Solaris smiled as he grew brighter and brighter, the light enveloping Dawndrell's entire body. When the light dimmed, the fillies and colts stood astonished.
Dawndrell, the most normal earth pony you'd ever meet, had wings made of sunlight. She was flying, hovering in the sky as she waited for the other fillies and colts to join her in the cool, calm air. The storm had passed.
Dawndrell got her cutie mark not long after her meeting her demon. She was helping a particularly troubled filly try to lift off from standing on a cloud. Dawndrell smiled, pushing the filly off and watching her soar through the sky, her graceful body easily adapting to the gentle breeze that was blowing through the air.
A chill suddenly enveloped Dawndrell's body, which in itself was odd - she was never cold nor hot, due to her link with her demon. She shivered, feeling cold for only a moment. She glanced back at her demon to see how he was doing, and instead saw her new cutie mark: a pair of wings and a cloud. Dawndrell, caught up in the happiness of the moment, opened her wings made of light, lifting off from the plush cloud and soaring through the sky. She smiled. "I knew I was meant to fly."
Do you wonder why you have to
Feel the things that hurt you?
If there's a God who loves you,
Where is He now?
Or maybe there are things you can't see,
And all those things are happening,
To bring a better ending.
Someday, somehow you'll see; you'll see.
My friend, you know how this all ends,
And you know where you're going;
You just don't know how you'll get there,
So say a prayer!
And hold on,
'Cause there's good for those who love God!
But life is not a snapshot!
It might take a little time, but you'll see the bigger picture!
Would you dare, would you dare to believe
That you still have a reason to sing?
'Cause the pain that you've been feeling,
It can't compare to the joy that's coming!
So hold on, you gotta wait for the light!
Press on and just fight the good fight!
'Cause the pain that you've been feeling,
It's just the dark before the morning!
Once you feel the weight of glory,
All your pain will fade to memory.
Would you dare, would you dare to believe
That you still have a reason to sing?
'Cause the pain that you've been feeling,
It can't compare to the joy that's coming!
Come on, you gotta wait for the light,
Press on and just fight the good fight!
'Cause the pain that you've been feeling,
It's just the hurt before the healing!
Oh, the pain that you've been feeling,
It's just the dark before the morning!
~ "Before the Morning" by Josh Wilson
Art:
WIP
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