open Firestorm, the RP

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%Outside Zecora's Hut%

 

Fluttershy nodded, "uh yes of course Melody, I'm sorry to keep you here. Oh but do hurry back! I'll have Zecora help me cook a fabulous dinner to celebrate our groups finding each other."

 

%Inside Zecora's hut%

 

Zecora tilled Runadawn's head and forced him to drink a strange fizzy purple liquid, "with this perfect brew, return to the true you!" Making sure the stallion swallowed the liquid down by massaging his throat she spoke gently explaining, "this potion will straighten you out inside, and make your darker half run and hide. But is only a temporary cure, if not drank often he will return for sure!"

 

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Wanderlust awoke and almost vomited when he breathed, the air was rotten, so rotten he was afraid it might kill him just to breath it. But he had been breathing it and had to keep breathing it. So he did his best to breath through his mouth, though this wasn't much better as the smell was so strong he could taste it as he breathed. Heard somepony move to his left and looked towards it.

 

"About time you woke up vagabond. If I'm going to face my execution I did not want to face it alone and it seems the toxic venom pack is going to oblige me and kill us both." Luna was next to him. She was bound like he assumed he was, wrapped tightly in tree roots, even here horn had a little ring of roots around it with a strange glowing flower pulsing on it.

 

They were halfway sunk into a mass of roots and foul disgusting sludge, as he looked around he saw the roots formed a circular depression the size a of a large house and they had swamplands up and all around them. He didn't understand how the swamp sludge wasn't flowing down and drowned them. But then he saw it the roots in the sludge were sucking it in, drinking it down faster than the water could enter the circle. He looked with a sickening awe at the huge diseased rotten weeping willow at the center of the roots, wondering what this terrible tree was doing sucking down all these toxins, marveling that it was still alive at all.

 

It was then that he started to notice them, and he was angry he hadn't seen them before, though he understood why he had missed them. Diamond Dogs, there must have been a hundred of them, maybe more; they laid in the mud and sludge with only they're eyes above the surface or crouched among the roots seeming to be chewing on them and drinking a frighteningly neon green tree sap.

 

He tried to keep his voice steady, "what happened? How did we get here? Where are the others?"

 

Luna's voice was steady but she didn't look at Wanderlust she continued to stare at the tree, "Steel left my service, I couldn't convince him to come back. When I returned I thought Runedawn might make an acceptable knight but something was wrong with him so I left him in Zecora's, a zebra mystic, care and went to find you... I thought you might be able to help as well. I saw the dog approaching you from behind, but then I woke up here. Apparently I had a dog behind me as well."

 

Wanderlust nodded slowly, "We were the ones in the group that were unarmed and by ourselves... They wouldn't go after the fillies because of the creators in them. So what do you think they are doing? Holding us hostage for a ransoms of power?"

 

Luna chewed her lip and looked afraid, "no, not this pack, not this seer. He's going to kill us. He already has something to ransom." She nodded toward the rotten tree.

 

Wanderlust saw what she meant, on a bunch of roots rising out of the mass like a table there was a sun shard. The one from Froggy Bottom Bogg, next to it was the toxic venom alpha, he wore rust riddled armor that was encrusted in grime and he seemed to be talking up into the trees canopy.

 

Luna continued, "he's out for vengeance, his name is Hexxus. Over 1500 years ago he started uniting the diamond dogs, he took it upon himself to become an embodiment of poison and destruction. Celestia and I stopped him with the elements of harmony, we had sealed him in that tree and hoped it would hold him forever. Apparently that was not the case, he's free to manipulate this pack and he'll kill me for revenge. I'm sorry it drags you into this Wanderlust... Now there will be no one to look after my girls and they'll come here and, and..." She sounded on the edge of tears.

 

Wanderlust yelled at her, "HEY, stop thinking like that, Steel is tough outside but he has a good heart and Grell, sapphire and the others will take care of them. And they can save us, call for Steel, he'd never abandon you."

 

Now Luna did break out in tears, "YOU STUPID VAGABOND DON'T YOU THINK I'VE TRIED THAT!!! HE'S DEAD!" Her voice went suddenly soft and defeated hanging just high enough not to be in the sludge, "I woke up and couldn't feel him anymore, I don't know what happened but he's gone. This thing on my horn blocks my magic or I'd reach out for the girls... But maybe it's better this way vagabond, at least they won't watch us die."

 

The Alpha dog in rusty armor approached, "My name is Alpha Filth and in the name of the Toxic Venom pack the Grand Seer Hexxus finds you both guilty. You, Earth pony alias Wanderlust, are found guilty of murder in the first degree of the some two thousand members of the Black Mountain Pack." Luna looked at Wanderlust stunned and her jaw hanging open. The disgusting alpha with his huge underbite and phlegmy voice continued, "Former Princess Luna, you are found guilty of wrongful imprisonment, treason, and conspiracy against the rightful ruler of this world Grand Seer Hexxus. Both of these crimes shall carry an immediate sentencing..." He reached behind his back and removed a large rusty and dull great axe. "... The sentence for both your crimes is death."

 

 

(Dun dun daaaahhhhh, sooo I'm back Wooo, you guys are going to have to finish what you have going with your characters, I hope you can save them all because this next fight is no cakewalk. Also you'll have to figure out that Luna and Wanderlust have been taken and where. Once again incase anyone forgot this is the song for this seer)

http://youtu.be/K6uaDMhzij8

Edited March 10, 2014 by Torrent505

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Embers slowly got up, it seemed as if this fight was over. He winced from his leg, but he knew due to the skill of the filly it would be done soon, and like grell had said, he would also be able to move on. He smiled and looked at his sword, then back over to willow. He shook his head and sighed

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Runedawn felt a thousand icy pins pierce his skin. Then his heart was ripped apart several times in succession. All his muscles strained themselves, and then relaxed in such a vicious way he was breaking his own bones. Death wouldn't come. There was no single moment of release. All he could feel was his unending internal torture, all the while Ironhearted was screaming at him. He didn't understand a word, but his ears bled and his head hurt because of it. It was so loud, so painful, so numbing. Why wouldn't he just sleep... Why not?

 

Then the pain started to... decrease? Yes... It was slowly releasing him. Ironhearted's screaming turned duller, as if he were underwater, slowly going deeper and deeper, further away from him. His head was no longer hurting, and so was the rest of his body. He could feel the pain slip away incredibly fast. The energy it had cost him to withstand it had been lost however, he was as tired as he could be. Even though his reserves were low, he could finally think clearly again. That's when he realised.

 

"wake up"

 

Runedawn sat immediately with great speed. "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" He screamed with full force. He jumped up and started to run around uncontrollably. He ran out of the door and screamed again at the night sky. "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" He roared. It hurt his throat but it was a good pain. He was finally in control of his body again. His body. His mind was free, and his physical form was pure. He had pain all over. Both his body and mind had terrible marks that wouldn't heal. His muscles were sore, and he was tired... But he was in control now. He calmed down...

 

"Bloody hell that took you a while... Have you been sleeping for half an age?" A voice said in his head. For a second he was afraid it was Ironhearted, but then he realised this was the voice of Austri, the eldest earthstriker. "No time to explain. I need a hammer, and runes, quick..." He thought straight back at him. "A hammer I can provide, but the ancient traditions say... only two runes may be created by every earthstriker. One for yourself, and one for the collection." He said. Runedawn knew that this was true. You could only remake the ones you had designed, and only two may be designed by every earthstriker. He had crafted the rune of force and his own rune... But that would mean. "Give me the rune of the core!" He said out loud, not realizing it. The rune of the core had been the first rune, and thus the one created by Austri... "As you wish..." The old spirit replied.

 

A small piece of ground began to glow. A large, strange looking hammer came out of it. The first hammer... The best hammer. The ancient one had granted him not only the most powerful rune, but also Austri's own hammer. The hammer of eons. With it came the rune of the core.

 

"There is not much more I can do now. I don't have a lot of energy left, and I need to focus on soothing our ancestor's pain. You need to find your own way for now."

 

Runedawn closed his eyes. So much had happened, and he... they didn't have much time left... They had to find the rest of the sun shards. He turned around to walk back to Zecora's hut again.

 

"I suppose I 'ave to thank you. I dunnae know what ye did, but it..." He shivered. The moment he thought about Ironhearted he could nearly feel the pain again. "Thank you... I would sit down for some tea, but I've got some catchin' up to do. Do ye know where..." He looked around and sighed. "Everypony went? Any idea?" He asked.

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Zecora stared at Runedawn with a sullen expression, "do not thank me yet, I may have done something you will regret." She lifted a small vial of the purple liquid she had given to Runedawn, "this elixir made for your sake is the first of many you must take. You must drink a vial whenever the effects are done or you will lose control to your evil one."

 

She held out the vial she had on hoof and a piece of parchment on how to make the potion himself.

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(Just so you aren't all confused, grey text will represent Shadow's thoughts and inner voice, Black text will represent what he is doing physically and red text will represent what he is saying.)

 

The sound, the Celestia awful sound bores straight through him and into him very soul. The same sound that had shook the foundations of his will many times before... The sound of his own guilt, consuming him.

 

 

"What have you done?" The question was rhetorical, as it had already shifted through his thoughts ever since the final seal was broken and he was plunged into this eternal nightmare, trapped within a prison of his own design. The crystal had kept him protected from anything that the outside world might wish to perform, both the Firestorm and any events that occurred afterwards were unable to touch him, just as he was unable to touch the world outside of his own thoughts.

 

The Firestorm... That was one sight that would never leave him. He remembered the final moments before the climax of the tragedy, remembered breaking the three seals upon the scroll which now resided below his physical body.

 

"Perhaps one day I will awaken from this horrible place." The crystal in which he resided in was in fact made out of his own magical essence and will, and as a result took the aura of his innermost self, it was a dark aura... This almost frightened him.

 

"All of my life I have been carelessly playing with the dark, I never realized just how much it would change me..." He focused his mind and tried to enter a state of thoughtlessness, a sleep within a sleep.

Edited March 10, 2014 by Blissful Chaos

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Astid looked at willow "where is she" Astrid asked the desperation obvious im her voice ((li had planned in killing off my OCs but since torrents back we must save at least steel but saving grell would also be advised since sapphire loves him and we don't want a bunch more depression)

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Runedawn looked at the recipe. It looked complicated. But then again, even a simple cooking recipe looked complicated to him. "I don't think I will be able to make this myself... I... Who are you anyway?" He asked. He realised he hadn't even stopped to think where he was. He had instantly been in the future without thinking of the present first. "Where am I?" He then said. The situation hit him only now. "Bloody hell, what's been going on..." He mumbled to himself mostly.

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(Cliff-hanger of the century!)

 

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Soon Melody saw something else. Not the green wisps of aura that Willow left, but balls of pure black aura, that of fear and sadness. And then the worst aura of all; the dark, dark red of malice and bloodshed. Melody choked. 《Oh no. This is really bad. So, so bad.》 The trail of the dark red aura went off in 2 directions, pointing to Astrid and Willow, and Luna and Wanderlust. Melody, in a twist of fate, chose to go to Willow, where the green wisps led to. After Melody went off, light blue wisps appeared out of the bushes, the aura of the princesses, which Melody never saw.

 

Melody burst into the clearing softly calling Willow's name.《Willow? Big sister! Are you okay?》Melody ran over to Willow and scooped her up in a hug.《Oh, I'm so glad you're okay! There were little trails of really dark red aura all over the forest, so I thought you might have gotten really, really hurt.》"Yes, I noticed. If you look really closely, you can see a huge cloud of it above us. Every dragon in Equestria will see."

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"Who cares all that matters is somepony saving my daddy" Astrid said running over to willow she looked into her eyes and Astrids flashed purple as she sent the spell into willows mind "please use that spell and save my daddy" Astrid said she was crying againt

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Embers laughed as he looked around "Dear god, who would have thought that everypony would die or whatnot" He chuckled and got to his feet, grabbing a bottle of water and starting to walk of "Dont worry astrid, she will, anyways, seeing as everypony is better, Im going to leave!" He said as he walked away

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《What do you mean 'who cares?'》Willow stood up and spread her wings. She ran the spell through her mind and then her wings lit up. "What does this do? I've never seen it before. It looks like a simple healing spell but... different." She directed the spell at Steel and then------------

 

(You decide what happens because I have no idea what the spell is like.)

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A magic bolt hit steel and knocked his body back at first nothing happened then his body began to glow and steel slowly woke up with a huge headache he tried to stand but failed

Astrid saw steel and ran over to him and hugged him crying the whole time steel held her close a few tears escaping his eyes as well

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Embers sung as he walked away, he felt kinda bad for leaving willow and astrid, but he didnt much care. If will called for help though, he would go back, but right now he didnt wanna be there when steel woke up and beat him to a palp. He smiled and looked around the forest

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(I was gone for awhile, figured I had to come back in a big way with something juicy for everyone )

 

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Runedawn looked at the recipe. It looked complicated. But then again, even a simple cooking recipe looked complicated to him. "I don't think I will be able to make this myself... I... Who are you anyway?" He asked. He realised he hadn't even stopped to think where he was. He had instantly been in the future without thinking of the present first. "Where am I?" He then said. The situation hit him only now. "Bloody hell, what's been going on..." He mumbled to himself mostly.

Zecora smiled at him, "I am Zecora and you are in the Everfree Forest, and while the cooking is complicated, yes, the common ingredients make this recipe the best." Zecora out a couple small baggies of ingredients down in front of Runedawn. "As for what has been going on I do not know, or where your friends did go."

 

Fluttershy was at the door to the hut now, "oh, um hello... I ah know where your friends went. One group went over that way," she pointed her cloaked hoof, "that was the fillies, the Sapphire and Grell. I think Princess Luna went that way after the other earth pony... Uh, oh I'm sorry I forgot his name, please don't tell him that."

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"Now we know that Steel wasn't dead in the first place."《Dead? Willow, what happened?》"It is a long story, Melody. I will try to explain it later."《And who is this new filly?》"That is Astrid, Steel's daughter."《What? I didn't know Steel had a daughter.》"I was surprised, too. Like us, she was adopted."《Just keep me behind you. You know how I am in front of new ponies.》"Alright, little sister. Just stay in my mane, I'm really tired and its nice when you're with me."

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Steel heard them "actually I was dead" steel said "I was being forced to the other side" steel liked over and seem grell laying dead in a pool if his own blood he could see the long gash across his neck he looked at Astrid "well.. You hit the right spot that's good" steel said "but he was out cold I deal with your punishment later"

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%elsewhere the lair of the toxic venom pack%

 

"Filth wait." The voice came from somewhere in the tree and the Alpha paused as he raised the ancient rusty axe over his head above Wanderlust's neck.

 

"Yes my Lord Seer?" The alpha's stuffy snot filled voice responded.

 

The seers voice was greasy, smooth and seductive, the voice of a con man, "it is said that dogs do a certain thing when they want something, so what do we make outsiders do?"

 

The alpha stared blankly at the tree for what seemed like more than a handful of minutes, a dangling strand of drool broke free of his jowls and dropped into Wanderlust's mane, who suppressed a shudder as it oozed downward and in to his ear. A little seemed to spark in the alpha's tiny black eyes and he jerked back to life, "BEG!" He cried out.

 

"Very good Filth, Very Good." The voice came from the tree obviously amused.

 

The alpha glared down at them, "the Grand Seer Hexxus will now listen as you beg and perhaps he shall grant you mercy and spare your pathetic lives."

Edited March 11, 2014 by Torrent505

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"I know, but a lot of your aura was still there. I could still see your colors. When somepony is really dead dead, all that's left of their aura is a gray wisp- the color of lack of life." 《Oh my gosh!? Wha- what happened to Grell!? Th- Ohhh...》Willow jumped in surprise. 'What did you do!? Oh, come on!" Dark red clouds of aura rose from Grell's body, but once again, his color was still there.

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((Plot twist time))

Grell body lay motionless then strangely the blood began to flow back into his body ((by the way his aura would always be grey I'll explain it in the to soon) as the blood flowed back in he took a shuddering breath and the bound closed mad grell coughed

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《Oh my- Ohhh...》"What...? I know he has wierd death powers... but I don't know how he did that." Willow looked at Astrid and sighed. "If he gets mad I'm telling him you tried to kill him." She said in a playful manner, and looked back.

 

(I know, but a pony's aura is like a painting of their personality, eith a mixture of colors, each one representing a part of them. Since Grell has crazy death powers, he wouldn't have gray, but dark red, because gray only means lack of life; lonliness, and not death.)

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Astrid shrugged

Grell stood up shaking his head "thanks for the quick death most times I have to lay there and bleed out for a bit" grell said Seen the confused looks "I'm a death master so technically I'm not really alive I'm dead I don't feel pain but I can be killed"

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Wanderlust glared up at the alpha standing over him with the dull axe, "You tell that slimy piece of worm-ridden filth, he'll get no such pleasure from us." He looked over at Luna, "Right?"

 

She laid there staring straight ahead glaring toward the tree, but her eyes seemed distant.

 

"Right." He concluded, he closed his eyes opening himself to the natural magic, he might die here in the next few moments but he hoped he could give Luna a fighting chance. He tried to focus the small amount of magic to the roots to release her but they seemed to resist him.

 

(If anyone can think of what I'm quoting here and in the next post of hand they get a cookie )

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Luna's mind however was far away, she heard Wanderlust and the alpha talking to her but she felt Steel. Somehow Steel was just there again among the living. She didn't understand how or what had happened, but was concern it might be a trick see reach out carefully the magic strain somehow because of the strange flower on her horn, "Steel?"

 

(Not this one here but the next post from the swamp I mean)

Edited March 11, 2014 by Torrent505

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《Oh...》"No more of this 'death' stuff... its making me sick." Already the clouds of dark red and black aura began to dissapate; that was gooda "Is everypony okay now? If I have to do anything else, you might as well ask Melody. I'm so tired breathing feels like trying to level tree with your hoof."

 

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(This is what she'll no doubt totally say: "Yay Steel you're okay now you owe me an apology and a cookie for dying and now come and help us teach these idiotic dogs a lesson. I like cheese."

 

And this is what Wanderlust will do: "Haha you doggies I win because I have pro nature powers and I can totally murder your faces!")

Edited March 11, 2014 by Starbound

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Steel nodded "impressive grell" steel said

Grell nodded

Astrid glared at grell

Steel heard Luna's call (assuming it's mental)). " yes Luna what do you need I'm ready to serve" steel though to her he always had been even though he left her command he was still protecting her

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Sapphire ran over to grell, hugging him "Oh my gosh grell...I thought you were dead!" She started crying, standing there hugging him

 

Embers slowly climbed up a tree, taking a good amount of time due to his legs being cut. He chuckled and looked around, he could see where he and the hydra had fought, then there was a cave...

 

((Dang it guys, why do I need sleep )