Basic Information:
Name: Super Nova
Nick-names: Nova, Star
Gender: (Adolescent Male in some RP's before time lapse) Prime Male
Age: (14 in some RP's before time lapse) 87
Speciality: Solar Explosions and Adaptation
Cute Mark: Supernova
Other Talents: Potion Craft, Gem Craft, Adaptation
Race: Alicorn Nightmare
Likes: Weather, Talking, Thinking
Dislikes: Scarring, Hurting, Losing Control
Favorite Eats: Coal, Charcoal, Fruit and Vegetables
Three Great Traits: Kindness, Encouraging, Humble
Three Negative Traits: Scary, Possessed, Destructive when Angry
Fears: Not Having Friends, Losing Control of Real Spirit, Destroying Everything
A Special Somepony: None..., yet
Traits of Nightmares from the realm of dreams:
While younglings do show signs of aggression, most are very docile. When they hit their adolescent ages, they start to show the "True Colors" of aged nightmares. They tend to lose them self to a evil spirit, and not one spirit is like another. They soon go through special training to learn to control the spirit inside them, but adolescent stages for these horrors is where their minds are at their most vulnerable. How quickly they learn to tame it is how they end up acting once they become full adults. Unicorns tend to have the most volatile spirits, usually taking several months, even years, to control. Pegasus have some more tame spirits, and Earth Pony's are the weakest, usually taking no more than a few weeks to control them.
Now, sense dreams are dreams, the type could vary to a icy tundra, thundering planes, and even space its self, so nightmares adapt to take full advantage of the situation. They undergo a incredible transformation that takes place in a blink of the eye, so nightmares don't always appear the same, though they have the ability to change the course of the dream which is why there most common form is a flaming horse. Now, in some cases, the spirit can be so powerful, it cannot be contained, which is why some adolescents are followed by many adult Horrors, so they may quell the savage spirit.
Intro:
Appearance: Coal Black coat, with semi-solid, color-changing Blazing mane and tail, flame-tipped wing feathers, and tufts of fur at end of each leg, where fire is leaked out.
Birth and Childhood:
Every so often, a new Nightmare is created in a random pony's dream, and how a Nightmare is born is very strange, and unpleasant to the unfortunate pony that has its dream used. Nightmare's can be anything when born, but only by how strong of a nightmare is generated by other nightmares, meaning Nightmares can be born as a Earth Pony, Unicorn, Pegasus, or very rarely, a Alicorn. The birth of a Alicorn show's that a great change will soon happen to the world, and the born Nightmare shall be the cause. When the nightmares started the Nightmare birth, mainly called a Nightmare storm, they started running in a large circle and soon, a dark tornado of terrible energy started to form.
Nova then slowly formed in the center of the twister. As his head started to form, so did a horn, an many onlookers were happy to see a new Unicorn was being born, but something never recorded in history happened, all Nightmares stay asleep during the process, but Nova opened his eyes. His eyes then started to blaze, and his horn started to glow, and the Nightmares preforming the birth went into a frenzy, and ran faster than they could ever naturally. Nova started to form faster and faster, until the Nightmares were running so fast, the twister became a solid black, and could not been seen through.
Shortly after, the Nightmares collapsed and standing in the center, wings unfolded, eyes open, horn still glowing, was Super Nova. All nightmares are born with there cute mark, usually something related to fire, but he got his name from his mark, a sun exploding. Many bowed before his presence, but shortly after, Nova's horn stopped glowing, and he fell to the ground.
After being put into the usual school for teaching young horrors, they soon realized that he was extremely knowledgeable, and was soon sent strait to training for creating nightmares. Nova was silent all the time, never said a word to any pony. Some say he was mute, but others said they heard him mumble to him self every now and again. What he was mumbling was " I hate what i'm doing." When the final test came, Nova was sad to have to torment a innocent pony's dreams, but to avoid suspicion, he did as he was told, and generated the strongest nightmare ever recorded. Every horror idolized him for being so amazing, but what they didn't know, was that that was the worst thing he had ever done in his life.
Plan to escape:
As he aged, horrors saw more and more how "different" Super Nova was acting. "Always alone." said one, Acting all mopey." said another. Nova was well aware of the suspicions, but finally found a way to leave to the real realm. One night, he saw a strange rippling in the distance and moved closer to investigate. He could see it was a tiny crack, and could see the bedroom of the sleeping pony. He was bouncing all over the place, excited to have discovered a way out.
"If only I could find somepony with great power, I could find a tear large enough to fit through" He thought to himself. So over the course of a few days, he finally found the dream of a powerful Unicorn, and just as he thought, a large tear. He reared him self to charge into the tear. He wished to leave this place forever, if possible, and flew full speed through the tear, and upon exiting, found that if he had just tried to walk through, he would have been thrown back, cause he felt like trying to fly through jello. He quietly exited the sleeping pony's house, and flew of into the distance.
Life alone:
He was happy to be free, but sad to know no pony knew him, and he knew approaching one would result with screaming and running, something he hated with a passion. Finally, on his 14th birthday, he decided it was time to talk to a pony. For a long time, his attempts were unsuccessful, until one day, he finally found some one who was not afraid of him, but did not trust him, thinking that he was some horrible monster trying to burn down the land.
Nova asked if anything could get him to earn his trust, he would do the task in a heart beat. Seeing that he was on fire, he told Nova that if he went into the nearby lake, and came out alive, it would show he was not evil. Nova agreed, but was very scared, for the first time in his life, for he was sure he would burn out, but he did not back out. He walked slowly into the water, steam jutting up from his legs. He didn't feel like he was burning out, but felt very weak. Once completely submerged, he slowly felt him self getting weaker and weaker until he couldn't stay awake.
Adaptation outside of the dream realm:
He suddenly awoke, startled that he was still alive, but quickly realized something was different. He looked at himself to see that he was no longer had his usual black coat and red trimmings, but was a dark blue, and a various shades of blue trimmed his tufts at the beginning of his hooves. In fact, they were releasing bubbles! Suddenly, a thought came to mind, and he absorbed some of the water around him, and forced it out around his hooves. He rocketed to the surface, and flew into the air.
He startled the watching Earth Pony, and slowly with what remaining water stored, hovered to the ground in front of him. His mouth was hanging open, but shook his head, collecting himself enough to say, "Wow, you sure showed me, nothing evil could have ever done something crazy without getting the urge to blast apart anything near by. Sorry for doubting you." Nova replied, "It was nothing, I just wanted to show you that I was being true to my word." After a long conversation, he then turned away, walked along the rode, found a river, and dove into it and propelled himself with is (what he now calls Hydro Hooves, only when in water) and made his way to the nearest town.
Weakness and Accident:
After traversing the river for some time, it soon got late and he decided to make camp at a cave up on a ledge. Soon after exploring the inside, making sure nothing was already living there, he soon stood looking out of the cave entrance. Thats when "He" decided to finally reveal him self. "Hello, little well." it said with a dark voice, "I find it funny to think that someone who was born with the purpose of spreading dread thinks they can become a goody-four hooves and try to make friends in a world he's not welcome to." Nova winced as he felt the spirit probing at his mind, making violent jabs into his memory, but he remained silent."You may think being a Alicorn makes you invincible, but there are so many things that could slay you with ease." He said. "Let me show you a little preview of some such things." It proceeded to flash multiple images of me, falling at the will of many creatures and various things. "You think that you can go and just, make friends? HAH! You may have gotten lucky with that Earth Pony, but lets face it, your never going to fulfill your true purpose of existence with out me."
He crackled with manacle laughter, and what felt like being stabbed by a great sword, he plunged himself into Nova's mind. Nova was ready for this, but the spirit was something never recorded in nightmare history. He attacked with great strength, yet it wasn't savage as most said they should be, but well controlled, like he had been doing this the hole time he has existed. Nova then thought of something, "What if me being a combination of the three races, also means that my spirit is a mixture of the three races as well?" He picked up on it "Well, you're smarter than you look, i'll give you that. Yes i'm a mixture of the many different types of spirits, and might as well be your worst nightmare."
He then proceeded to take one, strong stab at his mind. Nova howled in pain and finally gave in. The spirit said "And you know how to put up a good fight, but this was inevitable. Now, stand down weakling and let me show you what you should have done the moment you left the dream realm!" He started laughing like crazy, all the while taking over Super Nova's mind and body. " YES!" They both said in unison, as his spirit rendered Nova useless and took total control of him. He then started to grow, and grow, and grow, and grow! He broke through the roof of the cave and lifted their head high. "Now, watch as I destroy all you sought to befriend!" He roared. Thankfully, the river led him up into the mountains, where no towns where near by, though, sadly, that didn't mater because he was massive, even taller than the mountains them selves! They then proceeded to spit huge balls of fire from their mouth.
Some how, Nova managed to speak, even with his mind dwarfed by the spirits "You're right." He said. "Finally! Got it through your thick scull?" The spirit replied. "No, I should have done THIS long before leaving the dream realm!" He yelled. Nova then fed off of he spirits rage, then proceeded to attack the spirits mind! Nova went into a frenzy, jabbing and stabbing at mind-blowing speeds! The spirit yells in agony. Their body collapsed to the ground, worming around as one mind tried to overpower the other. "How DARE YOU!" the spirit roared. "No, how dare YOU think you know what my purpose in life is? How dare YOU for taking my mind a body away from me, and how dare YOU think you can get away with this!" Screamed Nova, as he plunges his mind strait into the heart of the spirit. The spirit made an terrible screech of pain and agony. Nova then sealed away the spirit into the darkest depths of his mind. "I SHALL RETURN, AND WHEN I DO, I SHALL DEVOUR EVERYTHING YOU CARE ABOUT!" Was the spirits last words, before being casted into the darkness. Nova slowly shrank back to normal size, and weakly got to his hooves. His body was aching everywhere from the spirits attacks on his mind, and then slowly collapsed again, passing out.
Nova awoke next morning, sore and bruised. He wondered if any pony saw him go on that rampage. He hoped not, for it would make things much harder for him. He dove into the river, forcing him to change forms, and let the minor current to take him, as he let the water sooth his aches and pains. After a few hours of drifting, he got out of the river, shambled over to the bank and looked past some trees to see a town, bustling with ponies walking to and from buildings. Nova was slightly joyed to have found a town, but did not dare come any closer than he already was.
Thinking it would be for the best, he made a hovel on the bank of the river and lived there in peace and silence. He would look over to the town and watch the pony folk go about there business, hopping that one day, he may be accepted into the town not as some horrible monster, but as a normal pony. Night fell, and he decided soon, he would venture down and try his best to find some pony that wouldn't be scared of him, and slowly become accepted into the town.
Present day:
Nova has been living at the bank of the near by river next to the town, and watched over it, silently observing the pony folk. He has been meditating, trying to control his easily explosive anger to prevent any future damage, and prevent the return of his evil spirit. He has been working up the courage to walk into town. When he does, he thinks things are going to start off very badly, but hopes that maybe, just maybe, they won't.
Personality:
Super Nova is very respectful, talking in a well mannered tone,when he does talk, that is, and is very humble, never thinking that he is better than any pony else. Even if he's starting to grow ill tempered, he always tries to be kind and gentle.
Current Knowledge on his Evil Spirit and Evil Spirits in general:
Nova has come to the conclusion that the evil spirit in all nightmares, is actually their real self, but for some reason, it is detached and a new spirit takes hold of nightmare. His evil spirit, he has yet to come up with a name, is extremely violent, and is actually the combined spirits of Earth Pony, Pegasus, and Unicorn, though something is telling him that Alicorns have their own spirit, and is actually a combination of four spirits, making its evil devastatingly strong, and is defiantly a force to be reckoned with.
Being so large and powerful is a scary thing to think about, and being cast off into the darkness might not have been the best idea, for he can be certain that he is festering, and becoming even more wrathful and powerful with each second. Wether it can detach its self from the body, or is stuck within it, its only way of being shown by possessing the body and mind of the pony, is unknown.
Special Clothing:
A gift from the first pony he befriended, he was given a fedora and loves wearing it, and a necklace he made from a red gemstone found at the bottom of the river, he engraved the symbol of courage, something he felt like he could spread to any friends he could make. Made a Trench-coat on accident while sleeping, being something that creates types of dreams, can pull things from dreams them selves, and some how made this Trench-coat that changes its look when Nova adapts to a new nature. Also modified the fedora at the same time, and shares the same properties as the Trench-coat.
Current engagements:
Sense never being close to any pony, not to mention a female, he currently lives alone, in silence, at the bank of the neighboring river to the town.
A special gift:
One night, Nova was toying around with some portal spells he read about, when he accidentally let his mind drift back to the dream realm, and he made a portal linking his current world to his original one. But something was wrong, he canceled the spell, yet the portal was still up. Then the shadow of somepony appeared in front of the portal. It said: "I know you, but you don't know me, and i'm proud to see that your trying to change the image of Nightmares, so I have a gift for you." Suddenly, a egg and a potion slowly came out of the portal. "Treat him with care, for if you don't, you shall loose control over him." Said the shadow. Then the portal mysteriously closed.
Nova looked at the egg. It was oddly large for a normal egg, and a gold star was present on the surface of the egg. Nova then looked at the potion. He identified it as a growing potion, and decided to pour the contents onto the egg. The egg started to shake and crack, and finally the egg cracked open to reveal a Wereling, a common creature used to spread fear in younger ponies dreams. But this one was different, it had a vary light pale purple fur color, and deep purple glowing eyes. "A alpha-wereling!" Said Nova in amazement. The potion was not done, however, and it quickly grew to full size. It was huge, extremely muscled, and yet, was calm for a beast that is normally very destructive. It just stared at Nova. Nova moved closer, careful not to set the creature off. He then started to scratch it behind the ear. It started to tap its foot, similar to a dog. "Well, arn't you a tame one." Said Nova.
He decided to name him El Chupa, for it seemed only appropriate for such a fierce and furry creature. He studied El Chupa closely, and finally realized what that pony meant. "He must feel the peace and control that I feel, and if I treat him like so, he will stay calm, and I will stay in control of him." Said Nova.
The Big loss:
Again, Nova was toying around with some spells, with his pet nearby. And again, he made one slip up, but this one was the worst of them all. He accidentally added to much energy, which caused the spell to grow unstable, and caused it to go off right in front of him. Why the big loss, he overpowered a time spell. His pet sensed this shift in power and knew not to interfere, for it might worsen the effect. El Chupa just sat and watched, whimpering and pained by the fact he could do nothing to help his owner. Finally the spell lost power and stopped. He fell to the ground.
After a few hours, he came to, and instantly felt something different. He rushed to a mirror, and saw something that made his heart drop. He had aged drastically, and now was at the start of his prime years. He couldn't believe it, he missed out on so much of his life. El Chupa felt his sorrow, and sat next to him. Days passed before Nova finally moved from where he sat. He became very angry. He could feel his Evil Spirit had grown in power, and fury. He quickly caught himself before he lost it. He sighed, knowing the dangers of time spells, he was never going to attempt any recovery, for he may reverse himself into nothingness. After months, he finally accepted the fact that this is who he is now, and must live with it.
I'm trying to show that Nightmares from the dream realm play by different rules of existence, and that Alicorns of this type are in no way godlike, invincible, or anything related, only being well rounded. I hope this revision of my OC: Super Nova, has shed a little bit more light on the Nightmare race, the Dream Realm, of which they come from, and to show that they have their flaws, and are in no way OP. One of the most common ways a Nightmare ends up Burning out is over use of their total energy. The release such a large quantity of energy that to much was lost and couldn't be replaced in time, and they turn to dust.
Thanks for all feed back and a special thanks to Asterian for telling me about some things i should better explain, and change completely. Hope to see you all out there! Gubai!