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Contralto

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First broken horn alicorn and now black and red pony OC look at me I'm out of control
(Also doing it on purpose)
(Though I did actually try to make her a good character even the aesthetics thus not bright red or pure black) 
(Yes I like to take something everyone hates and try to make it work)

Backstory/Cutiemarkstory:
As a filly Contralto wasn't especially good at anything. She did like singing at a young age but her voice wasn't anything special so she was often stuck in the choir and never got to sing solo. Nobody assumed singing would ever be her special talent just something she liked to do. Her mother was baker and tried to teach her daughter to bake but Contralto often burned whatever she was making and eventually the filly's mother just gave up. Contralto also stopped going to the choir and instead, much like cutie mark crusaders, she tried a lot of different things to get her cutie mark but nothing worked. She just seemed to be especially good at nothing. All of her classmates eventually ended up getting their cutie marks before her and soon found herself getting bullied for it from time to time. Despite loving good company Contralto spend most of her time alone avoiding other ponies and when she would spend time with others she would usually hang out with younger foals to avoid getting comments about STILL being a blank flank. Eventually she graduated without never finding her cutie mark.

As an adult pony without a cutie mark Contralto was a strange sight but often ponies were smart enough to not point that out anymore. Since she had eye for quality and style she started to work as an assistant for a local seamstress. She would go buy the needed fabrics and sometimes suggest colors or changes to a particular piece. Once when shopping for a especially fancy fabric she met couple of her old schoolmates from choir. They chatted for a while about where they worked and what they were doing with their lives now that they were all adult. Contralto found out that her friends performed as a duet and were slowly getting famous. They were going to be performing next weekend and invited Contralto to come watch them. For old time's sake they were going to perform some of their favorite songs from the choir times so it would've been a fun nostalgic moment for everyone. Contralto agreed and carried on with her search for a fabric.

When the night of the concert arrived Contralto put on her favorite dress, styled her mane and took off to the local concert stage. She had agreed with her friends to be there couple of hours before the concert so they could catch up a little more before the concert and help the friends relax before their concert. However soon after arriving Contralto saw her friend galloping towards her looking concerned. Contralto didn't even have the time to ask what was wrong before her friend already started to explain that the other one of the friends had lost her voice a while earlier and couldn't sing. She told contralto that Contralto was the only other pony she knew could sing and they couldn't cancel the concert. Contralto realized that her friend was asking if she could sing in the concert instead and was about to refuse but her friend used her best puppy dog eyes and a sob story about how their entire future depended on this so eventually Contralto agreed to sing in the place of her sick friend. 
Contralto's singing was a little rusty after years of not singing much outside of bath but the songs were familiar. After singing all the songs couple of times Contralto remembered them well enough to be able to sing them in the concert. The couple of ponies started on opening their voices trying to get them open enough before the concert could start. Contralto and her friend had to hurry a bit to be able to get ready on the backstage before the concert started but eventually both made it in time.

Contralto had never before sang a solo or even a duet but her friend encouraged her and told her to relax. The world wouldn't end even if she messed up a little. Nobody wouldn't care. 
The concert started with her friend's solo, and after that was her time to sing on the stage first time in years. She wasn't a filly anymore and her voice had matured after growing up. No more was the singing voice the same weak whisper it had once been. Thanks to proper voice opening Contralto found producing voice a lot easier than before and was able to surprise herself and both of her friends with her beautiful, strong and deep singing voice. As the audience erupted in applause Contralto's cutie mark finally appeared. The mare finally realized why it had gotten her such a long time to get her cutie mark. It was impossible for a filly to be able to produce a voice such as her's. She had to take the time to grow up and let her voice to mature for it to become what it was meant to be. 

After the concert an unknown stallion approached Contralto and her friend. Impressed with Contralto's voice the stallion offered them a recording contract excitedly talking about how they was going to be the next big names of equestrian music. Contralto and her friend explained that she wasn't actually part of the duo, just replacement so they didn't have to cancel the concert. The stallion looked baffled for a moment but after that changed his offer; He would make Contralto famous as a solo artist. Contralto was about to refuse since she didn't feel like it was fair for her friends if only she became famous but her friend hurried to shush her and said that it wouldn't bother them. They'd be just proud to have sung with a famous pony and they didn't want to be the reason she wouldn't fulfill her destiny. After hearing this Contralto agreed to the stallion's offer. 

Soon after the concert Contralto quit her job as the local seamstress' assistant and moved to Manehattan. Just as the stallion had  predicted she soon became famous and started to tour around Equestria. Eventually Contralto became wealthy thanks to record sales and she was able to start living like a diva. 

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Personality;
Contralto is a bit of a diva but hasn’t let the fame get to her head. She is strict about quality and only settles for the best, at least when it doesn't come to how other ponies treat her. Contralto loves the spotlight and attention and is very talkative even when talking with ponies casually. She however hates unnecessary rudeness and tries to be kind towards other ponies even if they are mean to her. Before becoming famous she was kind of a doormat but because of her assertive energy on stage other ponies assume her to be like that everywhere and rarely try to take advantage of her anymore. Even though she hates when others are rude she sometimes doesn't notice when she herself is being rude. She tends to talk over other ponies when she gets exited. 

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TinkerTie's avatar
Such a gorgeous character design, also pudgy pones for the win~ :thumbsup::D