//------------------------------// // Red Nova Awakens! The True Battle Begins! // Story: A New Threat // by mjk 705 //------------------------------// "I take it this new transformation of yours makes you think you can beat me? If that's so, your sadly mistaken!" said Gavara, who then smirked. "It takes more than some transformation to intimmidate me!" "That's just it. unlike you, I don't underestimate my opponents before fighting them. I know full well what your capable of, so you can take that smirk of your face and put in in a trashcan, pal." I turned towards Applejack and Twilight. "You two, try finding Rarity. I'll come help once I take care of these smug pieces of junk." "No! We're here 'til the end, sugarcube!" said Applejack. "Right!" agreed Twilight. "GO NOW!" I roared "WHO KNOWS HOW MUCH TIME SHE HAS LEFT!?! "I do! Approximitly 30 minutes! After that, your marefriend's dead space!" said Gavara. He burst out laughing. "Dead in space! Dead space! Ha ha ha ha ha!" I was sick of his cruel jokes. First Discord, now Rarity. That last line was enough. Enough for me to give to him what he deserved. "Volcanic Claws of Destruction!" Gavara exploded with thousands of flames, causing him to scream out in pain. Then, for each flame that burned him, I got a flame in my claws. "Blazing Chains!" Gavara's two legs and arms were instantly ensnared in chain-like magma, causing him to scream more. "Stop! Please! It burns!" he yelled "That was your last joke, pal." I flew twords him at blazing speed, pushing my claws outward as I did. when I hit him, the impact was so powerful, I literly broke him in half, bllod and guts spilling out everywhere. "Gavara....dead? Immposible!" yelled Barron. I looked back, just to make sure that the other two were ok, and releived at what I saw. Discord and Fluttershy had broken free of thier stone encasement. fluttershy ducked behind Applejack once she saw me. "big...scary....dragon...EEP!" "Relax, sugarcube, that's just the new Mason." said Applejack in a soothing voice. "He ain't gonna hurt ya." "O..ok." muttered Fluttershy. Discord, on the other hand, looked at me like I was a god. "You really ARE the one." he said. "Nice to see you came out, Red Nova." "How did you..." then I remembered something. Something Discord had said during the last few seconds I lived at my house on Earth. "... Maybe you are the one..." So that's what he meant. He didn't pull a scheme to take over Earth at the cost of sending a random human to Equestria. He was guiding me to this very moment. He must have been reformed already when he sent me here! "Indeed." said Discord, as if he read my mind, which I wouldn't be surprised if he did. "I knew it was in you the whole time." "Enough talk! I don't care who you think you are, you're going down! In fact..." Barron snapped his fingers, and Rarity appeared in a locked cage, seemingly unconsious. I took note of a key-lock that locked the opening of the metal cage. "If you want to get her out and save her, then you'll have to beat me to get the key to do it!" I heard Discord snap his eagle claw. "What in Celestia's name does he think he's..." my thought was interupted by the remaining pieces of wood suddenly glowing green, and slowly lifted up off the ground and began spinning in circles. "What? What's going on?" asked Barron "Nothing really, I just have a friend of mine who'd like to speak to you." said Discord. Before any of us knew it, a large timberwolf was standing before me. It growled, then pounced on Barron. It wasn't long untill Barron looked to be cut up pretty bad. Barron then flipped the wolf onto its back using his big, muscular arms. The wolf then split into five different wolves, all five of which began attempting to attack, but Barron swated all five to the ground, causing them all to return to the shape we found them in. "Any other tricks, you clown?" "No, but I've got one!" yelled Twilight. She shot a beam of purple light from her horn in what appeared to be in a random direction. Soon, a rainbow blur flew past me and landed on the ground. "Oh, boy does it feel good to be back!" yelled Dash. "Wait, what's a dragon doing here?" "Long story Dash." I said "Wait...nopony calls me that except...Mason?" "Yup." "No!" yelled Barron. Twilight shot a similar light towards Rarity. She began to stand up on her hooves. "I'm...still alive? Im alive! Celestia, I'm alive!" she yelled, barely noticing my new look. I didn't mind though. The last thing I wanted was for her to have a panic attack and faint again. "Oh yea! Party time!" yelled a familiar high pitch voice, followed by the sound of party items. Pinkie appeared out of nowhere and fired her party cannon. "No...one, two, three, four, five, six! No! I'm doomed!" Barron reeled back in fear. "Rarity! Here catch!" Yelled Dash. She threw the element of genereosity towards Rarity, and it landed on her perfectly. Now I knew how this was going to end. "Let's go!" yelled the six, except Twilight "But wait! We're not in formation! The elements can't work unless we're in formation!" panicked Twilight. "Think of the bonds you share!" I yelled "The elements dont get thier power from a formation, they get it from the bonds that tie it to the others!" "What? A DRAGON? What in Celestia's name is..." "I'll explain when we get back! Just do it!" I told Rarity, who was clearly confused. "No, Stop! Gavara may had been evil, but not I! All I want is peace and prosperity!" yelled Barron "Don't listen to him! He's lying!" I yelled back. Soon, a rainbow arc appeared, and I knew it was time for me to sieze the moment. I flew up and was hit by the elements. "What are you doing?" asked Twilight "Get out of the way!" "Trust me, I know what I'm doing! Just give it your all!" "Alright, if you say so." she opened her eyes, that of which glowed to be pure white. I Felt the elements hit me with unmatchable strength, but I managed to contain all the energy in my body, making me glow in a rainbow aura. "Here goes." I muttered under my breath. "Behold! My true power! Harmonic Phenoix Barrage!" My body burst into rainbow flames, and I was soon literly a pheniox as far as I could tell. I spread out my wings, then dove toward Barron like an eagle. Soon, I was flying so fast, a cone appeared around me. I smirked, charging myself forward more. The last thing I remembered hearing a loud crash noise, followed by a scream. *Dream World* "You finally did it." said a voice. "Where are you?" I asked. "Behind you." I looked back to see Tom. "Hey! It's been a while." I said, happy to see him "Wait, what did I do?" "Take a look." said Tom, snapping his fingers. I saw myself get hit with the elements. "Harmonic Pheniox Barrage!" sure enough, I had turned into a rainbow colored pheniox. I couldn't believe what I saw, even though I did it. The pheniox dove towards Barron, a cone quickly forming around it. Then it exploded, and turned into three pheniox shapes. All three of them crashed into the ground and exploded. Then, I saw my human form fly back, and everypony gathered around it. "They are worried about you. It's time to wake up." said Tom *Ponyville Hospital* "..ake..p. Ple....wa.e..p." I heard a voice say. I tried my best to open my eyes. "Ugh, what hap-" was all I could get out of my mouth before I closed my eyes again. I woke up probably 6 hours later, because when I did, the sun was setting. I opened my eyes again, and tried to speak. "What happened?" I whispered. I didn't even know if anypony was in the room with me or not. That is, untill I heard a voice. "The energy that you used to beat Barron nearly killed you! We brought you here a soon as possible, and you've been out for weeks!" Yelled Twilight. Or, atleast it sounded like her. "Twilight, is that you?" I asked, just to make sure. "Yes." she said. "Do...do the rest of them know?" I asked "Know what? About your transformation? Yea." she said "That brings me to another thing." "Yea? What is it?" I asked. "Apparently, when Discord sent you here a few years ago, you must have come in contact with dragon blood, and it must have entered your system." She began. "And now that you've transformed, I think I know about your abilities and how they came about." "...And that is..?" "Some Equestrian legends tell of a dragon that lived long ago. But, like Spike, this dragon could speak. He apparently had the abillity to use his flame better than any other dragon. "Wait, I get it, The spirit of this dragon somehow entered my body, and he basicly gave me his powers! Right?" I asked, hoping I was even close. Twilight nodded. I smirked. "So, how long did they say I'd be here for?" "About a month." "Shoot! I really dont like being stuck in the hospital for to long, even if its for my recovery's sake." Twilight giggled. "What?" "Oh, its just you remind me of Raindow Dash sometimes." *Unkown Location* A tall man stood by a computer, that of which was making noises that could be mistaken for one of those error remixes. "Ha Ha Haa..." said a low-robotc voice "You did well, my prototypes. Now let me take over. He turned around, revealing his cybernetic eyes. "What a fool. That human thinks he's seen the last of us." The being smirked "But he hasnt even seen the tip of the ice-borg." The being transformed into green mist and vanished, laughing as it did.