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exploring more of Phoenix Fire (later Phoenix Forge), Rainbow Dash's secondborn

1-2.) Rainbow wasn't a bad mom (in fact she got softer and more empathetic as the years went on), but she made a similar mistake as Lightning Dust- viewing her kids as extensions of herself. At least while Stormy and Phoenix were kids. She pushed her own interests onto them, and while Stormy took to high level aeronautics from the moment his flight feathers grew in, Phoenix didn't. She was an okay flier. Average, really. She preferred to box and wrestle with her dad. Dash was disappointed, but she'd never force Phoenix into flying if she really didn't want it. Instead, Dash focused her attention on her son, Aerostorm, diligently training him as a ruthless flight coach. Stormy, lazy and uncompetitive though he was, enjoyed this nonetheless, because he's a big dumb mama's boy at heart. So he and Dash moved forward, forging an iron-strong bond. And Phoenix sort of....got left behind.

Rainbow didn't mean to do it. She thought Nixie was happier this way. Stormy's training (and her own career) kept her pretty busy, but she still tried to make time for Nixie's little roller derbies and math-athons and what-have-you. Most of the time. Some of the time. Look, Dumbbell had it covered, alright?

Then Cloudy was born, teeny-tiny and needing near-constant care, and Phoenix was once again pushed into the background. Dash didn't mean to. Nixie started trying harder to capture her mom's attention. Getting good grades (pfft, no contest against her dummy of a brother), helping out with Cloudy, even entering (and losing) a few Junior Speedster races. Dash made time for her daughter when she could, but it wasn't enough. But that was okay, right? Nixie had more in common with her dad anyway. Nixie was a big girl now. Nixie would understand. They could always catch a buckball game tomorrow, after all. Or maybe next week.

And slowly.....well, Phoenix began to resent her mom. Resent Stormy. Resent the stupid Wonderbolts, and all the shiny flight trophies in the house. And that's when she began acting out......Because any attention was better than none.

Pictured: Dash celebrating Stormy's unexpected racing victory and shiny gold medal (Phoenix only got a flimsy "you tried" sticker), Dash and teenage Phoenix having one of their increasingly frequent arguments

3.) Some of y'all asked about that felony Cloudburst mentioned here: WELP:

Phoenix grew up into sullen, troubled teenager, and developed a number of unhealthy coping mechanisms. Smoking, shoplifting, vandalism.....setting stuff on fire. It started off harmless enough. Burning garbage, her report cards, stuff that wouldn't be missed. One night, after yet another explosive fight with her mother, she sneaks out for a prowl around town....and happens upon an old abandoned shed.

The windows are broken, the wood is rotting with age. Deep within, she feels the familiar flicker of excitement, the urge to burn. So she sets it alight, and it burns. And burns. And right when it looks to be puttering out....a dry, overhanging branch catches fire.

Phoenix doesn't panic at first, she gets to work putting that out, but it's spreading a lot quicker than you'd think. She's so busy with this she doesn't notice the dead, brown grass around the shed catching aflame. The bushes going up in smoke. So much smoke. It's getting hard to breathe. Hard to fly....and just like that, an inferno comes roaring to life.

The flames rip through the forest, engulfing trees, turning the night sky a hellfire red. Phoenix can't put it out. It's moving too fast, blown by the wind, carried down the valley, headed.....right toward Fluttershy's animal sanctuary.

Oh no.

Terrified, coughing, Phoenix fights her way through the smoke and heat to get to the bell that sits atop Ponyville's town square. She kicks it with all her might, sounding out a brassy ring that echoes all throughout Ponyville. Citizens stumble out of their homes, roused by the noise, the smell of smoke. Phoenix passes out before she can see the weather ponies rushing in with rain clouds- and fortunately, the fire is contained in time. Fluttershy's family, home, and animals are safe, and her sanctuary is not too damaged.

But Phoenix wakes up to a whole new WORLD of trouble. For one, her parents are FURIOUS, both at what she DID and the fact that she could've very nearly DIED.....Dash is so angry she can hardly speak. Nix has never, not once, seen her mom cry like that. Phoenix is charged with the crime of arson, and sentenced to a stint in a juvenile detention facility. She's so rattled by the experience that her rebellious inner fire fades away into nothing. She becomes withdrawn, quiet, depressed, and badly misses her family. Partway through her sentence, Princess Twilight proposes trading the remainder of Nix's time locked away for entry into a youth behavior reform program. Rainbow, Dumbbell, and the authorities agree to this plan, and Nix is placed into what is more or less boot camp, under the Royal Guard.

Although she initially hated the training, studying, rules, and public service expected of her, Nix eventually began to adjust and flourish under this strict discipline regimen. (This is also how she got so jacked). She finishes out her schooling in Canterlot and trains to become a blacksmith for the royal guard, eventually finding her calling in forging weapons and armor, and sometimes, (rarely) the occasional work of art.

As an adult Phoenix still has a bit of her old rebel streak, but she's a lot more relaxed, and better at managing her once turbulent emotions. Although Auntie Fluttershy has mercifully long-since forgiven her for the accident, and she maintains a good relationship with her dad and Cloudy, her relationship with Stormy is tense and rather bitter (Nix has always felt second best in regard to her big brother, and after years of her being mean and petty to him, Stormy remains mistrustful of his sister, even viewing her as the family black sheep).

Her relationship with Dash is the worst of all. Phoenix is secretly very ashamed of the disgrace she's brought to her mother's legacy, and covers this up with hostility and avoidance.

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exploring more of Phoenix Fire (later Phoenix Forge), Rainbow Dash's secondborn

1-2.) Rainbow wasn't a bad mom (in fact she got softer and more empathetic as the years went on), but she made a similar mistake as Lightning Dust- viewing her kids as extensions of herself. At least while Stormy and Phoenix were kids. She pushed her own interests onto them, and while Stormy took to high level aeronautics from the moment his flight feathers grew in, Phoenix didn't. She was an okay flier. Average, really. She preferred to box and wrestle with her dad. Dash was disappointed, but she'd never force Phoenix into flying if she really didn't want it. Instead, Dash focused her attention on her son, Aerostorm, diligently training him as a ruthless flight coach. Stormy, lazy and uncompetitive though he was, enjoyed this nonetheless, because he's a big dumb mama's boy at heart. So he and Dash moved forward, forging an iron-strong bond. And Phoenix sort of....got left behind.

Rainbow didn't mean to do it. She thought Nixie was happier this way. Stormy's training (and her own career) kept her pretty busy, but she still tried to make time for Nixie's little roller derbies and math-athons and what-have-you. Most of the time. Some of the time. Look, Dumbbell had it covered, alright?

Then Cloudy was born, teeny-tiny and needing near-constant care, and Phoenix was once again pushed into the background. Dash didn't mean to. Nixie started trying harder to capture her mom's attention. Getting good grades (pfft, no contest against her dummy of a brother), helping out with Cloudy, even entering (and losing) a few Junior Speedster races. Dash made time for her daughter when she could, but it wasn't enough. But that was okay, right? Nixie had more in common with her dad anyway. Nixie was a big girl now. Nixie would understand. They could always catch a buckball game tomorrow, after all. Or maybe next week.

And slowly.....well, Phoenix began to resent her mom. Resent Stormy. Resent the stupid Wonderbolts, and all the shiny flight trophies in the house. And that's when she began acting out......Because any attention was better than none.

Pictured: Dash celebrating Stormy's unexpected racing victory and shiny gold medal (Phoenix only got a flimsy "you tried" sticker), Dash and teenage Phoenix having one of their increasingly frequent arguments

3.) Some of y'all asked about that felony Cloudburst mentioned here: WELP:

Phoenix grew up into sullen, troubled teenager, and developed a number of unhealthy coping mechanisms. Smoking, shoplifting, vandalism.....setting stuff on fire. It started off harmless enough. Burning garbage, her report cards, stuff that wouldn't be missed. One night, after yet another explosive fight with her mother, she sneaks out for a prowl around town....and happens upon an old abandoned shed.

The windows are broken, the wood is rotting with age. Deep within, she feels the familiar flicker of excitement, the urge to burn. So she sets it alight, and it burns. And burns. And right when it looks to be puttering out....a dry, overhanging branch catches fire.

Phoenix doesn't panic at first, she gets to work putting that out, but it's spreading a lot quicker than you'd think. She's so busy with this she doesn't notice the dead, brown grass around the shed catching aflame. The bushes going up in smoke. So much smoke. It's getting hard to breathe. Hard to fly....and just like that, an inferno comes roaring to life.

The flames rip through the forest, engulfing trees, turning the night sky a hellfire red. Phoenix can't put it out. It's moving too fast, blown by the wind, carried down the valley, headed.....right toward Fluttershy's animal sanctuary.

Oh no.

Terrified, coughing, Phoenix fights her way through the smoke and heat to get to the bell that sits atop Ponyville's town square. She kicks it with all her might, sounding out a brassy ring that echoes all throughout Ponyville. Citizens stumble out of their homes, roused by the noise, the smell of smoke. Phoenix passes out before she can see the weather ponies rushing in with rain clouds- and fortunately, the fire is contained in time. Fluttershy's family, home, and animals are safe, and her sanctuary is not too damaged.

But Phoenix wakes up to a whole new WORLD of trouble. For one, her parents are FURIOUS, both at what she DID and the fact that she could've very nearly DIED.....Dash is so angry she can hardly speak. Nix has never, not once, seen her mom cry like that. Phoenix is charged with the crime of arson, and sentenced to a stint in a juvenile detention facility. She's so rattled by the experience that her rebellious inner fire fades away into nothing. She becomes withdrawn, quiet, depressed, and badly misses her family. Partway through her sentence, Princess Twilight proposes trading the remainder of Nix's time locked away for entry into a youth behavior reform program. Rainbow, Dumbbell, and the authorities agree to this plan, and Nix is placed into what is more or less boot camp, under the Royal Guard.

Although she initially hated the training, studying, rules, and public service expected of her, Nix eventually began to adjust and flourish under this strict discipline regimen. (This is also how she got so jacked). She finishes out her schooling in Canterlot and trains to become a blacksmith for the royal guard, eventually finding her calling in forging weapons and armor, and sometimes, (rarely) the occasional work of art.

As an adult Phoenix still has a bit of her old rebel streak, but she's a lot more relaxed, and better at managing her once turbulent emotions. Although Auntie Fluttershy has mercifully long-since forgiven her for the accident, and she maintains a good relationship with her dad and Cloudy, her relationship with Stormy is tense and rather bitter (Nix has always felt second best in regard to her big brother, and after years of her being mean and petty to him, Stormy remains mistrustful of his sister, even viewing her as the family black sheep).

Her relationship with Dash is the worst of all. Phoenix is secretly very ashamed of the disgrace she's brought to her mother's legacy, and covers this up with hostility and avoidance.

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