Unicorn Azura Song

[Rannil]

[Azura Song]

Drifter, Performer and Bard

Sex: Female.

Age: Filly.

Species: Unicorn.

Pelt Color: Azure.

Mane/Tail Color & Style: White and Purple. The mane is uncombed and wild and sometimes gets compared to a flame.

Eye Color: Deep orange.

Cutie Mark: A Guitar with music notes (One single note and one double note).

Physique: Elegant and slender (almost skinny).

Picture:

Self made, based on this template and a second template, which has been removed from deviant art, by Fanimusmaximus.

Look, a Gala dress, made by a good friend of my who wants to remain anoymous.

(Version without the hay bale)

Made by a good friend of mine, Huntress-chan.

Residence: Homeless, travels a lot. (born: Manehattan).

Occupation: Wanderer, singer and lives of the kindness from others, whether it is payment for her songs or just a roof for the night.

Motivation: Azura's cutie mark is a guitar, symbolizing her natural talent and love for the instrument. But when she discovered her cutie mark she also learned how trapped she felt in Manehattan and how much she wanted to explore the world, mainly because she wanted to share her talents with other ponies, something she couldn't do well in the big city.

Likes: Entertaining ponies, almost everything related to music (singing, playing instruments, making songs, rhyming, etc), cherries

Dislikes: Rules, ponies that enforce and stress over rules, mean ponies

Character Summary:

Let me share you a tale

About a pony with a knot in her tail

Born in the big cold city

But she never felt home, what a pity

Her mother was a famous singer

Her dad a famous ringer

Both were loved by the city

But forgot their daughter, what a pity

But one day she found her talent

When she got a guitar from a gallant

That night she played to the city

But no one heard her, with a pity

She felt the city was so secluded

And she didn't want her music excluded,

Her mind was set, goodbye city

She no longer needed anyponies pity

Quickly outside the city her heart got warmed

Everypony thanked her after she performed

But sometimes she thinks back of the city

And then gives all the ponies there her pity

That's how Azura sings her own story.

The little Azura Song was born in the big city of Manehattan, a city that she always calls "cold, harsh and lonely" but in her heart she still has a spot for the city where she was born. The filly was always curious and tend to explore, but her parents didn't want her outside alone and it was always "don't do that" or "look out for that". And even outside the reach of her parents somepony else blocked her way, prevented her to explore or brought her back to her parents. Also at school she had a hard time fitting in, she never listened to the teachers and always refused to do schoolwork if she didn't understand why she had to learn it. So school ended in a lot of punishment and a lot of detention. It were these events that made her see the city as a prison.

At the other side, she couldn't complain. Both her parents were successful ponies and she was always showered with gifts, clothing and general wealth. Her mother was a famous singer whose voice reaches dozens and dozens ponies in the city. Her father, she never knew what her father did except business. Both her parents were always busy and always prioritized work above their child. Between Azura's school and detention and her parents work she was lucky if she saw her parents for more than a couple of hours per week. But the few times she spend with her mother, her mother taught her to sing, to rhyme and many things about both music and the business around music. Her dad at the other hand was always busy, never resting and went from one company crisis to the next business trip, sometimes not coming home for weeks. The young filly couldn't say she hated her father, he was never home. She barely remembered him, except from pictures out old photo-albums.

But even when her parents were busy and no one liked her at school she always found a comrade in her ponysitter. Gallant Specter, an old and worldwise pony. The first time they met was on a party where Azura's mother was the star. Although she loved to hear her mother singing, the party itself was to crowded and noisy so she walked outside. There she encountered Gallant Specter, who entertained the young pony with stories of his travels. Because the two hit if off, Azura's mother hired Galant Specter to take care of the youngling when her parents where busy with work. Azura Song liked her new pony sitter and he introduced the young filly to all kinds of new music and new instruments he picked up from the places he visited and also told her many stories about those places.

It was on one of those days she was introduced to the guitar, a far more modern instrument than others according to her caretaker, and she couldn't take her eyes of it. Then her ponysitter got called away, leaving her alone with the instrument. Azura instantly took it and went to the roof. The sun was setting, but the city was still as busy as ever. She saw the many tall buildings and the busy streets. And something inside her wanted to play, there and then, for the entire city, and so Azura did. She had played so many instruments in her life, but this one, this one instantly felt like a part of her, and she played for hours. At some point she fell asleep and was awoken by both her parents, both excitingly pointing out Azura had found her cutie mark. She had a big party and for a moment she felt like she had a normal family, it was a night and day she would never forget.

But discovering her talent didn't mean Azura knew how she wanted to use it. Her mother adored the fact her daughter had a musical talent, like she always wanted. She tried to help Azura by letting her play at various places. But Azura disliked it, most of those places were high class and the attending ponies wanted calm music for in the background. But worse was that no almost no pony thanked her, especially the guests.

Azura also tried to find her own way, by sneaking outside the house and playing on the streets. At least there she could play any type of music. Unlike the high class ponies she did get a compliment, or a coin, from the people that listened, but again most ponies walked past her ignoring her completely.

The young pony slowly started to get the feeling her talents were wasted. She started to long to live the life Gallant Specter described in his stories. In those stories the world was filled with smaller cities where ponies were more open and always there, even for strangers. While in this big city, filled with so many ponies, barely anypony ever spoke a word to her. That night she decided that she wanted to travel the world to share her music with the ponies of outside the city. She collected some of her stuff, her guitar and looked in the mirror for the last time. . There she saw her cutie mark, and she felt she was going to do the right thing. Then she fled her house, left the city and didn't look back once that day.

Ever since Azura traveled the lands and visited all kinds of places and had many adventures. But living on the road also had her hardships, there were plenty of days she didn't had a lot to eat and needed to sleep outside. But she didn't care, she was enjoying every minute of it. But sometimes, in the middle of nights she thought back off home, wondering how her parents are doing and how mad her caretaker must have been. But the thought of the city sort of scared her, she loved the freedom of being dirty, walking besides the road and running without looking. She had the feeling she would be imprisoned again if she would return home.

Misc Info

Parents name: Hateur Bristle & Iridescence Shimmer

Azura Song's names comes from her colour, Azure and the fact her mother wanted her to become a singer.

[ziddia]

Azura, you are cool. You deserve this. Of course, I have no say in it, but I think you deserve it.

[MyLittlePonyTales]

"It was there and then that she decided that she wanted to share her love for this instrument with the world, but that the city was too big and too cold for her." I think you might want to reword this a bit. The city was too big for her, but not the whole world?

Also, could you maybe explain her name a little bit?

[Rannil]

"It was there and then that she decided that she wanted to share her love for this instrument with the world, but that the city was too big and too cold for her." I think you might want to reword this a bit. The city was too big for her, but not the whole world?

The general idea was that she wanted feedback or at least see what other thought of her music and that was too hard for her to get close to the city, but from the stories she heard the world was "filled with small groups of ponies" (aka the friends her ponysitter made on his "adventures"). In hindsight that makes the whole roof scene less logic if she solely bases her decision of that.

Going to rewrite that (soon) to make it a bit longer and point out a few things I forget to add.

Also, could you maybe explain her name a little bit?

From a story perspective:

Both parents agreed on the fancy and rare name of Azura, based on the azure color of their daughter. But then her mother, hopeful that their daughter will become a singer as well, also gave a her a second name of "Song".

From a technical side:

I believe I got the "Azura" part from a pony name generator, dunno which one. Azura is a rare name based on the word azure (duh?) which was already her color at the time, so a perfect fit.

The 'Song' part just "sounded nice" and fitted with the "Traveling musician" idea I had, the chosen instrument came way later and "Azura Guitar" doesn't sound as well as "Azura Song".

Besides that I tend to pronounce the entire name with a light melody (a-zhur-É™ so~ng) so I found it a perfect name for a musician.

Also within the show most names tend to be 3 syllables, but because these parents are highclass ponies one could assume to might want longer and more impressive names. Also based on the "Apple family" Applebloom might not even have a talent for apples, but she was still named after apples.

[MyLittlePonyTales]

"It was there and then that she decided that she wanted to share her love for this instrument with the world, but that the city was too big and too cold for her." I think you might want to reword this a bit. The city was too big for her, but not the whole world?

The general idea was that she wanted feedback or at least see what other thought of her music and that was too hard for her to get close to the city, but from the stories she heard the world was "filled with small groups of ponies" (aka the friends her ponysitter made on his "adventures"). In hindsight that makes the whole roof scene less logic if she solely bases her decision of that.

Going to rewrite that (soon) to make it a bit longer and point out a few things I forget to add.

Alright, just let us know when you've updated the application.

[Rannil]

Updated!

Change log:

changed the last two verses of the song to reflect the story better.

Split the 5th paragraph in the story into 3 new paragraphs and gave it more detail and a better explanation for her actions.

Added a random misc part to the bottom with some minor related info. The reasoning behind her name and the names of her parents.

In case you don't want to read all, or want to compare the old paragraphs to the new ones:

Old version:

She realized the city was to big
She needed a smaller gig
Her mind was set, goodbye city
She no longer needed anyponies pity

Now playing for a smaller crowd
And now she enjoy the world out loud
But sometimes she thinks back of the city
And then gives all the ponies there her pity
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It was on one of those days she was introduced to the guitar, a far more modern instrument then others according her caretaker, and she couldn't take her eyes of it. Then her ponysitter got called away, leaving her alone with the instrument. Azura instantly took it and went to the roof. The sun was setting, but the city was still busy as ever. She saw the many tall buildings and the busy streets. And something inside her wanted to play, there and then, for the entire city, and so Azura did. She had played so many instruments in her life, but this one, this one instantly felt like a part or her, and she played for hours. When she was done she felt so happy, yet she got the feeling she didn't share her feelings with anypony in the city. It was there and then that she decided that she wanted to share her love for this instrument with the world, but that the city was too big and too cold for her. In the spur of the moment she collected some of her stuff and looked for the last time in the mirror. There she saw her cutie mark, the guitar she admired that night, and she felt it was a sign, she was going to do the right thing. She stole the guitar and fled her house, left the city and didn't look back once that day.

Changed parts:

She felt the city was so secluded
And she didn't want her music excluded,
Her mind was set, goodbye city
She no longer needed anyponies pity

Quickly outside the city her heart got warmed
Everypony thanked her after she performed
But sometimes she thinks back of the city
And then gives all the ponies there her pity

---

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It was on one of those days she was introduced to the guitar, a far more modern instrument than others according to her caretaker, and she couldn't take her eyes of it. Then her ponysitter got called away, leaving her alone with the instrument. Azura instantly took it and went to the roof. The sun was setting, but the city was still as busy as ever. She saw the many tall buildings and the busy streets. And something inside her wanted to play, there and then, for the entire city, and so Azura did. She had played so many instruments in her life, but this one, this one instantly felt like a part of her, and she played for hours. At some point she fell asleep and was awoken by both her parents, both excitingly pointing out Azura had found her cutiemark. She had a big party and for a moment she felt like she had a normal family, it was a night and day she would never forget.

But discovering her talent didn't mean Azura knew how she wanted to use it. Her mother adored the fact her daughter had a musical talent, like she always wanted.  She tried to help Azura by letting her play at various places. But Azura disliked it, most of those places were high class and the attending ponies wanted calm music for in the background. But worse was that no almost no pony thanked her, especially the guests. 
Azura also tried to find her own way, by sneaking outside the house and playing on the streets. At least there she could play any type of music. Unlike the high class ponies she did get a compliment, or a coin, from the people that listened, but again most ponies walked past her ignoring her completely.

The young pony slowly started to get the feeling her talents were wasted. She started to long to live the life Gallant Specter described in his stories. In those stories the world was filled with smaller cities where ponies were more open and always there, even for strangers. While in this big city, filled with so many ponies, barely anypony ever spoke a word to her. That night she decided that she wanted to travel the world to share her music with the ponies of outside the city. She collected some of her stuff, her guitar and looked in the mirror for the last time. . There she saw her cutiemark, and she felt she was going to do the right thing. Then she fled her house, left the city and didn't look back once that day.

[MyLittlePonyTales]

At the end of paragraph six you have a typo, you repeat the same part of a sentence twice.

But, this character looks good otherwise. Approved!