#// THEYRE BOTH PEGASI HERE but it’s subject to change

[duskstars]

Postcrush but they’re HORSES

[bunbun206]

Ok so continuing with my silly little mlp au rambles.

So Cozy Glow huh. Been thinking abt what I wanna do with her lately because I really, really didn't like how she was handled even though I think shes fine on her own. And like lots of changes would need to be made because her story is very tied to the friendship school which doesnt exist anymore.

So heres the basics of my idea: one day she randomly shows in ponyville and maybe the cmc run into her like in the show. So they start to play with her but they quickly start to get this very strange feeling that something is wrong. They try to ask her things about where shes from but she becomes very tense and flinchy. They figure out she probably has nowhere to go so they decide to tell an adult about it. They tell Twilight, who gets concerned after hearing about this kid who just showed up from nowhere and is acting strange. So she finds Cozy and offers her to let her stay at her place without asking questions because she figures whatever is going on she doesnt wanna talk about it.

The following days Cozy stays there and no one really says anything about it. She starts following Sunburst and Starlight around because shes bored and has nothing to do. She especially really likes Sunburst. Since hes already used to interacting with kids from the time he spent with Flurry, he doesnt find it hard to talk to her. He plays with her and tells her stories, he just kinda looks after her a lot. He tries asking her questions about where she was from and whatever happened to her but Cozy always shuts down immediately so he decides to stop bringing up the subject.

It soon becomes apparent that Cozy is having a hard time relating to other kids. She can get quite aggressive if things dont go her way and Twilight finds that concerning. So she and Sunburst start having little lessons with her to try and help her and it SEEMS to help, but just like in the show Cozy kinda misunderstands the whole point.

At some point, Cozy hears about the adventures Twilight and her friends have gone into. She becomes very interested and BEGS her to tell her stories about it. Twilight sees no harm in it, so she does. But the truth is Cozy is starting to develop a growing fascination with the concept of a villain. She doesnt say it, because even she can realize thats not gonna go over well.

She particularly gets really interested in Tirek. The whole idea of absorbing magic to become more powerful really fascinates her and she even starts to wonder what it would be like if she could do something like that. She starts to do some reading around Twilight's library and she realizes she could do something very similar by using some magic devices. So she gets to work and when magic starts to fade no one suspects her. Instead, they blame Tirek, which only makes her proud because he WAS her inspiration.

Theyre about to go pay the guy a visit when someone (probably Sunburst or Starlight) points out this isnt anything like Tirek actually. Ponies still have their cutiemarks and both pegasi and earth ponies are fine. So they decide to start investigating and find an explanation. Eventually as they start to piece things together, Cozy gets found out and they defeat her. Except she doesnt get sent to super hell, she simply runs away before they can stop her.

This kinda really fucks up both Sunburst and Twilight? They were both really invested in this child's development and then this whole mess happened. And now shes gone and they have no way to help her. Sunburst is especially devasted since he was the one who spent the most time with her. Something he really missed from the empire was Flurry. He was often next to her, taking care of her when her parents couldnt. He missed her a lot, and then this kid shows up and she looks up to him. It gave him a similar feeling and he really did care for her. It takes him a while to get over the whole thing.

Oh this seems like a great alternative way to use cozy and get her introduced to the main cast.