MY LITTLE DOVAHKIIN: Syllables are Magic

by SubzeroGreymon

Chapter 01: Flames and Fire

The prison cart halted in the middle of the small town, allowing the captain of the prison to approach. The captain’s eye watched the prisoners being led out. A snort from the captain’s bodyguard captured his attention.

“Aquilinus, these are the prisoners we were told to transfer here,” The individual pulling the cart, a green earth pony with a destiny mark resembling a gold coin, spoke.

“Thank you, Totarus,” Aquilinus sighed. Ever since the Princess disappeared, a lot more ponies had been resorting to law-breaking. “Bring them to the prison. We shall see they receive proper care.” Offering a gold coin to the cartpuller, he smirked, “Here. Have a coin for your troubles.”

“Yes sir!” Totarus replied, taking the coin and observing it, “Ahhh, there’s a bushel of apples with your name on it.”

Aquilinus snickered. Totarus always was a hungry kid. Turning to the prisoners, he spoke, “Listen up, everypony. You’ve resorted to crime to get by in these hard times. We here at Skyrazer Prison, we believe in keeping everypony comfy in order to make them complete a transition back to society and teaching them that crime does not pay. Of course, we do not decide your fate, the judges do. But we hope they give you another chance.”

Eyeing every one of the prisoners, he noticed one which seemed a lot more frightened then most of them. A yellow Pegasus that had light pink hair and a destiny mark resembling three pink butterflies.

“You have no need of being afraid here. If any abuse happens, you will have permission to dish out appropriate treatment,” Aquilinus walked up to a nearby pegasus with a… lazy eye… and promptly smacked the pony with the back of his wing, “Now hit me back.”

The pegasus flicked a wing at Aquilinus.

“…You’ve learned well,” Aquilinus replied, “What’s your name.”

“Derpia, Sir,” The pegasi replied, “Derpy for short.”

“Good,” Aquilinus replied back, turning to the yellow pegasus, “And you?”

“…Um… my name is f-Fluttershy…” The yellow Pegasus replied in a soft voice.

“Nice to meet you,” Aquilinus walked down the line a bit.

Little did he know that he may have met the pony that would save all ponykind…

MY LITTLE DOVAHKIIN: Syllables are Magic
A MLPFIM / SkyRim Crossover Fanfiction
Chapter 01: Flames and Fire

Fluttershy observed her cell. It looked less ‘jail cell’ and more ‘cheap hotel room.’ It was both comforting and chilling, considering her circumstances. On the top of the bunkbed, another Pegasus was lying down.

“Um… excuse me?” Fluttershy whispered. The Pegasus opened an eye slowly, and a small groan was emitted.

“I’m f-f-Fluttershy,” Fluttershy introduced herself.

“Nice to meet you. Name’s Rainbow Dash,” The Pegasus lifted her head up slightly, revealing hair in various colors and hues, and skin as blue as the sky… or at least, how blue it used to be, “So, you’re my new cellmate, huh?”

Fluttershy nodded.

“What’d they get you for?” Rainbow Dash asked.

“I… I trespassed on a nature reserve,” Fluttershy replied, “You?”

“Burned a house to the ground…” Rainbow Dash replied, “…By accident.”

“Okay…” Fluttershy trotted over to the bottom bunk and lied down.

“Busy day, hasn’t it?” Rainbow Dash asked.

“Yes,” Fluttershy replied, drifting off to sleep.
It was a few hours into the night, when the alarms alerted and destiny began to take hold.

Fluttershy bolted out of her bed with a wide-eyed look on her face. Rainbow Dash simply hopped out of her bed, her expression more annoyance than surprise.

“What’s going on out there?” Fluttershy asked, fear evident in her voice.

“Break Alarm. Goes off whenever some moron has the guts to try to get out of Skyrazer.”

Outside, they could see guards running.

“Well, that’s odd…” Rainbow Dash noted, “Usually they’d run in the opposite direction…”

“Um, excuse me?” Fluttershy asked a guard as he ran by, “Who’s setting off this alarm?”

“Who’s breaking out?” Rainbow Dash asked as well.

“In answer to the newbie, the alarms were set off by a flier,” The guard replied, “And in answer to Rainbow CRASH, nopony’s breaking out.”

“A drill, huh?” Rainbow Dash replied.

“But somepony or someTHING is trying to break in. And from what I can tell… its huge.”

The guard departed.

“Weird,” Rainbow Dash noted, “Who would try to break INTO a prison?”

The answer came in a flash of red, yellow, and orange. And then Fluttershy knew what it was.

Fire.

“My gods!” She gasped.

“and apparently, we’re dealing with an arsonist now,” Rainbow Dash noted, “Quick! Find a way to break down the wall!”

“HOW!?” Fluttershy shouted, “Oh, er… sorry.”

“No problem, and I DON’T KNOW!” Rainbow Dash pounded her head against the door.

Which subsequently fell over.

“Huh,” Rainbow Dash sighed.

The two pegasi ran out, and Fluttershy looked around. Doors with the prisoners trying to break free. Trying to escape.

“Rainbow Dash?” Fluttershy asked, “What about the rest of them?”

“WE DON’T HAVE TIME TO GET THEM ALL! Plus, I think I knocked my head a little when I headbutted the door down,” Rainbow Dash rubbed her head with her hoof.

THUNK!

And every door fell down, and a ton of ponies exited, and ran or flew out. Fluttershy smiled at her companion, and both flew out.
“Rainbow Dash, I’m sorry for all the grief I put you through…” Fluttershy noted.

“Oh, Shy,” Rainbow Dash smirked, “I doubt that it would’ve been better back in prison! I think I should be thanking you for not letting me get killed by whatever was back there…”

Fluttershy smiled, and said, “Thank you, Dash.”

“YOL TOOR SHUL!”

“You say something, Shy?”

“No but-“

And suddenly, a fireball streaked past the twin pegasi. Looking back, the two pegasi could see a massive, red-scaled reptilian / avian creature flying behind them. A very angry reptilian / avian creature.

“SWEET CRAP!” Rainbow Dash shouted, “WHAT THE HAY IS THAT THING?!”

“Probably whatever hit the prison!” Fluttershy replied, “It must be angry about something!”

“YOR TOOR SHUL!”

Another blast of flame. To Fluttershy, there seemed to be some sort of connection to the words and the flame.

“Rainbow Dash! Get out of here while you can!” Fluttershy flew in a different direction. To her surprise, the beast seemed to follow, almost as if it actually was targeting… her.

“YOR TOOR SHUL!”

And yet another blast of flame. Fluttershy could definitely see that somehow, the words brought the flame into existence. Of course, she only memorized the first word.

‘Let’s hope it’s enough!’ Fluttershy turned around.

The beast roared as the pegasus flew over it.

‘Now!’ Fluttershy inhaled.

“YOL!”

To her surprise, a jet of flame was unleashed just inches from her mouth, setting fire to the beast’s back. A roar of pain was emitted, and the beast seemed to be even more enraged.

Meanwhile, on the ground, a young unicorn with purple skin-hair and a blue mane observed the scene.

“Should’ve acted, my Princess,” The unicorn sighed, “They’re already here. The legends told of their return. Their defeat? Merely a delay, ‘til the time after the time Oblivion opened, when the ponies of Equestria fight their own friends.”

Fluttershy inhaled deeply, ready to strike.

“Nopony wanted to believe the legends,” The unicorn continued on, “Nor believe the truth behind them. And when that truth dawned upon the kingdom, it dawned in fire.”

In her mind, three new words materialized.

“But, there is one they fear…” the unicorn smirked as the scene unfolded, “In their tongue, she is Dovahkiin… Dragonborn!”

“FUS RO DAH!!!!” The pony shouted as loud as she could. The beast faltered and fell to the ground below.

Fluttershy floated above the creature, which seemed to be in serious pain.

“Sorry, big guy,” Fluttershy landed in front of the creature’s head, “But I hope that you’ll stop hurting innocent ponies.”

“Innocent ponies?” The creature replied, “HA! You have no idea just how PURE and INNOCENT you really are! You may call yourself cute, nice, and kind, but I know your true name… Dovahkiin.”

“What?” Fluttershy blinked in surprise, “What are you?”

“The first of many,” The beast snarled, “He’s coming, and I failed. If I survive this, he’d kill me too!”

“What meanie-head bully would try that to you?” Fluttershy asked.

“You don’t understand, youngling…” The beast snarled, “This world’s gonna end!”

And then his eyes snapped shut. Fluttershy landed, the beast having been slain by her hoof. To her surprise, the corpse burst into flame, leaving a remarkably unburnt skeleton. A strange mystic aura floated right into her.

When the aura disappeared, Fluttershy looked at the massive skeleton, the only reminder of the beast.

“Yo, Shy!” Rainbow Dash landed, “What happened here?”

“I don’t know…” Fluttershy replied, “I… I think we should go.”

“Good idea,” Rainbow Dash added, and the two flew off together.

“Peace to you, Dovahkiin,” The unicorn spoke softly, “Your troubles are only beginning. The Dragonborn comes…”

Glossary:

Destiny Mark: When a pony realizes a talent given to him or her by grace itself, an image manifests itself on the flank. Some cultures refer to it as a 'Cutie Mark,' but the term has mostly fallen out of favor due to a few complaints, property damage, and some accidental trampling.

Yor Toor Shul: in a language that outdates even the Equestrian Empire, it means "Burning Inferno of the Sun," lit. "Fire Inferno Sun." Any speaking of these words outside of a sentence can result in flames being unleashed from the mouth of the speaker.

Fus Ro Dah: Same language, means "Forceful Balance Push," can fling a typical Earth Pony into a nearby mountain if shouted loud enough.

Dovahkiin: A mysterious warrior born with an inherent power to defeat the mightiest of beasts. The name can be translated into "Dragonborn." Known to be the only power that can beat the mysterious demonic entity known as Alduin.

Comments

[Purple Thunder]

Yay, I saw this on fanfiction.net

FUS RO yay.

[Samusbot]

Isn't it supposed to be Force, Balance, Thrust?