//------------------------------// // Getting an Upgrade // Story: The Rise of the New Elements // by FirestarPhoenixwing //------------------------------// Hi it’s me again, Firestar phoenixwing well we are running out of pages in this book that Princess Celestia gave me to write in. Arctic Surf got his own book from Princess Celestia to write in so he will probably be writing down his own adventures. Any way you probably want to read this next chapter. well here we go… Me and Arctic Surf got a letter from Princess Celestia it said, Dear Firestar and Arctic, Please come to Canterlot for we have a special mission for you both. From, Princess Celestia We got on the first train to Canterlot. Once we arrived at the train station we were personally escorted by the Royal Guard to the princesses where they immediately left us. “Princess”, we both said bowing. “Firestar, Arctic I am glad you are here. Our spy have found a pirate base. We believe it belongs to the same pirate crew that attacked us from the graduating ceremony. If you can get in and destroy it then we could decrease the amount of pirating between our ports in Batlimare and Las Pegasus.” “When do we start”, I asked? - We got our suits that protected us from magic and weather. The fort was at the border between Equestria and the Crystal Mountains. Luckily I had a pony that could create blizzards so we got close enough to approach the fortress. Arctic was able to make a ice tower that rose high enough so that I could go through the middle of the fortress. I heated the brick until I could slip through the liquidish brick. Arctic cooled it off once I got through and made the brick solid again, then he went up top to take care of the guards. I heard a faint hissing then the doors on my right exploded into thousands of splinters. In the doors place was the barrel of a cannon and two pirates already reloading. Then the door in front of me exploded as well before I could attack the first pirates. The pirates finished reloading and fired again the cannon ball hit my right hoof. My leg instantly went numb and the armor was cracked. The second pirates reloaded and fired again but they were aiming for the roof. I looked up as they fired. The cannonball hit a platform above me and knocked it down. Barrels of gunpowder dropped down on me and exploded. Suddenly I was falling. I landed on my right arm, the one that got hit with the canon, and I felt a burning pain in my elbow up to the base of my wing. My vision swam as I crawled away from the opening. The pirates were aiming their cannons at me now and I could do nothing about it. The pirates froze. No really they literally they froze. Arctic surf looked down at me. “Oh, Sweet Celestia, NO! Hang on Firestar I’ll be down in a second,” He told me. He enveloped in water and poured down to me and rematerialized. “Holly horse feed,” he muttered as he saw my right front hoof. “You're going to be fine. I’ll get you out of here,” he told me. He froze the cracks in the wall then he unfroze them and the cracks got bigger. He froze them again and melted the water again. and was able to break the wall on the third time. he levitated me out of the fortress under the cover of the blizzard. with my suit partially destroyed I could feel the cold and the stinging of the snow. “Ok Firestar don’t freak out at what I’m going to do ok,” he asked? I nodded in agreement. Suddenly my body wasn’t solid anymore; and I was freaking out. When I rematerialized I was in Canterlot with Arctic standing over me. “Guards help me! Quickly,” he shouted. I blacked out. When I awoke I was in the hospital. “Firestar you're awake,” said Artic. “You’ve been out for days. I was so worried about you after the surgery.” “Wait, what? Hold on, what are you talking about,” I asked? Artic pulled up the blankets covering my front legs. To my shock my right leg was missing. But in it’s place was a robotic leg. “Where’s my leg!” “Relax Firestar, please,” he said. “Oh, greetings Princess.” I looked over just as Princess Celestia opened the door. “Princess, I want my real leg back,” I complained. “Firestar you don’t talk to the Princess like that,” Arctic scolded. “It’s ok Arctic. Firestar we can’t give your leg back it was a mangled mesh with your armor. We had to remove it.” “But- but...,” I sighed. I knew there was nothing I could do to get my leg back. This new robotic leg was part of me now. “We made some modifications, your leg is now part of your armor. We also fixed your armor so that the leg armor of the armor doesn’t interfere with your new leg.” So after a few days in the hospital I got out and had to do physical therapy for a couple weeks until I could walk and run again. It was hard but I think I’ve gotten used to it. Everything is pretty much back to normal now. No monster attacks. Oh but I did find an old book that my great times ten grandmother that lived a thousand years ago just before Princess Luna became Nightmare Moon. Princess Luna gave it to me when after she found it. I guess that my great times ten grandmother gave it had it hidden in a secret area only known to the group that supported a never ending night. But enough spoilers you’ll just have to see for yourself.