> Secrets of Equestria: Stormagedon book 1 > by Steve Stevenson > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Stormagedon > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fluttershy watched as the wind rolled over the plains, bringing the smell of early fall to her nose. She closed her eyes and took in a large breath, and sighed. She loved early fall, even though it meant winter was just around the corner. She liked to huddle up by the fire with her friends and animals, and listen to them all talk. She was about to go inside when her thoughts were interrupted by a sudden tug on her tail. She turned around to find Angel impatiently tapping his foot on the ground. "I'll feed you in a second Angel. I have to finish-" but Fluttershy never got to finish. She was watching the burning mass rocketing out of the sky. 'what is that?' she thought as it grew closer. Angel tugged on her tail, but Fluttershy didn't move. the burning mass grew closer and closer, yet she didn't move. she was paralyzed with fear. Then suddenly the mass spread out its wings. Fluttershy heard a sickening crack, and a hiss in pain. The mass crashed into the ground behind her, leaving a trail of destruction. "That was a Pegasus!" she realized, and shook herself out her paralyzed state, and rushed to the ponies side. She gasped at the sight of him. He was a dracopony. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "my head hurts." "I know stormy. The pony in your blood has made you weak. He beat you pretty bad." My mom had told me after my first fight. "You should see the other dragon." I said to her, smiling. She did not smile back. She was tending my wounds, since my weak pony skin could easily be penetrated by dragon's teeth. I had gotten a nasty bit on the pony section of front leg, and I had gotten hit in the head with the club tail of the other dragon, "Mother?" I asked her, and she tilted her head to show that she was listening. "Why do we dragons have to fight each other? I mean, we worship fighting each other, we even have a day reserved for fighting! Why? Isn't there more to life?" I questioned. Mother put down the rag. "Don't ask questions. You only have ten years! live! Thinking and questioning can come later." She sighed. "So why don't you? You lived a little, and you had two sons-" I started, but I saw the smoke rise from my mother's nostrils. She put her face by mine. "I. Only. Have. One. SON!" she roared, but i knew this was a lie. I had A twin. She would call out his name in her sleep. "Sorry." I replied. She took a deep breath and looked back at me. "Stormagedon, you are the only thing I have left. Questions... Will... get you killed. Especially you. And you are the last thing i have left! Just..." She took another deep breath, " Be more like a dragon, OK? Not as much as your father." I sighed. keeping her happy would be the best thing to do. I would be best dragon there ever was. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I woke up in a room full of bright lights and a beeping noise. My head was throbbing, and I couldn't feel my wings at all. I reached up to touch my head, but something was wrong. I lifted my arm and heard a clang of metal against metal. "Great. I've been captured. Torturing will come soon no doubt." I thought to myself.Ii heard low voices from the other side of the wall, and looked at the shiny thing on the wall. my sight was blurry, but I could see exactly what kind of predicament I was in. All of my limbs, including my tail, was chained to a mettle table. My wings were wrapped in white, and jetted out into the air. they had put some of the white stuff around a part of my head. I was about to escape, when suddenly the wall opened up, and in walked three ponies, a stallion with glasses, a weird shiny circle on his head, and a white coat, and two mares with little hats. "Go ahead, get on with what ever you were gonna do." I said, fearlessly, even though fear was nipping at my brain. "What? Son, all we need is a name." The stallion said, taking a look at my wings. "Why should I tell such an impudent species such as yourself?" I asked. He shook his head and suddenly a pen and paper floated in the air and jotted something down. "Because I want to know whose 'glorious' presence I reside in." He replied. Of course at the time, I was flattered, and didn't notice that it was sarcasm. "Stormagedon, ruler of the storm." I replied. The pen and paper jotted something down and then set itself down. The stallion walked towards the part of the wall he entered and turned back to me. "Well, Mr. Stormagedon, you have a visitor." And the stallion opened the wall and in walked a cream colored mare with pink hair. Just at looking at her i could tell that she was weak, but something was different about her. I shook my head. She rushed to the side of the bed. "Why is he in chains?" She asked, looking at them. The stallion looked at her. "Trust me mam, he needs to be restrained." He answered her. "Well um, could you release him now? He looks like he doesn't like it." She replied. The wheels in my head started spinning, and I started to think of my escape route. the stallion gave her the key unlock the chains, and she set to work. Slowly, I felt the restraints loosening and slip off. I waited till the last one fell off and sprung into action. The claws in my hoof shot out and I grabbed the mare by the neck and pushed her against the wall. The other two mares grabbed a sharp poky thing and ran at me, but I swept them off their feet with my tail. The stallion grabbed the poky thing and started at me, but I kicked him away. I turned my attention to the mare, and was immediately shocked. Instead of fear as I had expected, she was staring at me. Not just any stare, but the piercing kind that take years of practice to even start to develop. I stared back, as close to hers as i could, but she kept at it. she just kept staring, trying to defeat me, but I kept staring, making my stare more powerful. This lasted for three minutes, her piercing blue eyes piercing my red ones. And then it happened. she closed her eyes, then opened them, and i let her go. I grabbed my face and staggered back. Even though my eyes were closed, I could see her. She had burned her very face on my soul. I held back the tears, and bit my tongue, trying to find relief from the pain coming from my eyes, but I could find none. "Oh my goodness! Are you ok? I... I only meant to make you let go." She exclaimed. I took a deep breath, and stood up. I slowly opened my eyes, and looked at her. I could finally have a good look at her. She wasn't to bad looking, for a pony that is, and her pink maine covered the left side of her face. Unlike before, she had a kind look in her eyes, and she seemed caring. 'She has earned my respect. I shall talk to this one.' I thought to myself. "I'm fine." I replied, "But I require a temporary residence. This feeble room full of impudent ponies will no longer do." "I'm afraid *pant* you can't leave until we get *poooffffttt* an X-ray." The stallion with the shiny circle on his head stated as he got to his feet. "I no longer need your help, unpure one. I shall leave immediately." I responded, and walked to the wall. "Oh, hey wait!" The little mare called out, "You're leaving?" "Yes." I responded, "As soon as I figure out how the wall opens," I pushed against it, but nothing happened. "Do you need help?" She asked, but I ignored her. I had already been humiliated by her once that day, I would not let her open the wall for me. I pushed again, and when that didn't work, I kicked it as hard as I could. I looked, and I had only left two neat hoof prints. I backed up, scratched the floor with my hoof, and charged at the wall at top speed. I slamed into it, and fell onto the floor in a heap. "Here." The mare said, and walked up to the well. she put her hoof on a part of it, and it swung open. "WHAT SORCERY IS THIS!?"I roared. This was the second time she humiliated me. "It's called a door." She responded. "And these doors, are they one every wall?" I asked, spinning around. She giggled a little. "N-no. they're only on some." She walked through, and I followed close behind. We walked down the halls in silence, until her little voice pipped up. "Uh... what is your name? I mean, if you want to tell me..." She asked. "I guess since you have beaten me twice, you have a right to know. My name is Stormagedon, ruler of the storms." I replied, puffing out my chest to make myself look as noble as I could. "And what would yours be?" "Fluttershy." she responded. "Ok then, ms. Fluttershy, I shall ask you, were is a place away from your filthy species that i can reside in." she stood, and pondered for a second. "Well, there is one place I guess." She answered. We reached a glass wall, and it opened on it's own. I jumped back, and stared at it. She walked through, and motioned for me to follow. But as I was walking through, the wall started to close on me! In a moment of panic, I rushed through, and dived behind Fluttershy. She laughed quietly. "What was that! Walls that open should stay open!" I snorted, getting back onto my hooves. "It's an automatic door." She replied. "How does one work?" She stood there, and looked towards the sky, and I could tell by the look on her face that she had no idea. "No matter. I am weary. Were is this place of residence?" I responded. "This way." she answered. The sun was almost gone when we finally reached the house. It was a little cottage home that was highly over grown, and it almost looked as if it had been inhabited by animals. She took out a key and opened the door. It was absolutely horrid inside. Everything was neat and orderly, not a single gem or piece of gold to be seen. The only acceptable sleeping place was the chimney. "I'll be upstairs if you need me." she said, turning towards the stairs. "Wait, your staying? did I say you could stay in the place I temporarily reside?" I asked. she hid her face behind her hair and shied backwards. "I... um... live here." she responded, shrinking away. i looked at her for a second and then turned away. "Very well. You may stay." Iconcluded. she nodded, and hurried up the stairs. I looked at the chimbly and sighed. "It's not a cave, but it will have to do." I thought, and climbed inside. It was a little hard to stay up, but once I got situated, lit the fire, it was perfect, and after the day I had, I fell right to sleep. > Disscord > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Hey freak! Were you going?" I heard Razorback, the alpha male of my grade, call to me as i tried to leave. "Were I belong?" I responded, and was stopped by two large dragons. "I wanna see how badly i beat you yesterday!" He laughed, and the rest of his gang laughed with him. I sighed. He wasn't gonna like it. I turned around, and a look of shock appeared n his face. "But I broke skin... How do you not even have a scar?" He asked, but his face of shock slowly turned to a twisted smile. "Oh well, I guess I'll just have to beat you again!" He laughed. His buddies circled around me, so to make sure that no dragon would interfere with his 'game'. They started with the usual shoves, shoving me in a circular motion. My head began to throb with a headache. Finally they stopped, and moved onto step two: punching. This was Razor's favourite one, and quite frankly the one he was best at. He executed a nice uppercut, and I fell backwards. His gang applauded, and he picked me up by the mane. "Aww, did that huwt the wittle pony?" He mocked. I did not respond. He threw me to the side, and I got to my hooves. He punched me in the chest, then pile drove into my face. I fell, but got up again. "Aww, this is no fun! You're not crying, you're not screaming, you're not doing nothin!" He complained. "Anything. I'm not doing anything." I answered stupidly. "What did you say?" He asked, and i knew i had made the wrong decision. He slapped me over the head, and laughed, letting my face land in the dirt. He and his cronies left and I knew, from then on, I could not and would not let my self have a friend. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I awoke in the fire place, my face face warm from the smoldering coals below. I silently slipped out and went to stretch my wings in the living room. I extended them, but I quickly pulled them back in because of the pain. "That fall must have been worse than I thought it would have been..." I thought to myself. I walked into the room with the big iron thing, to find Fluttershy busy making food. I watched her work for a second, how she dashed to the containment unit for food, back to the iron thing, weightlessly dashing to and fro. It was quiet enchanting. I shook my head and cleared my throat. She looked my way. "Oh! You're awake? So sorry, please, sit down." She said, pulling out a seat for me real quick, then continuing her work. I pushed the chair back in, then pulled it out myself. I was not going to let her humiliate me today. "So, why are you so busy? you seem like you don't have that many acquaintances." I questioned. She looked at me puzzled, then shook her head. "Princess Celestia is coming over for tea and for me to give her a report on my friend discord." She stated. Now it was my turn to be puzzled. "Discord? The king of all chaos? You're friend? Impossible! His power surpasses even mine!" I snorted. She turned to respond, but there was four knocks on the door. "OH! She's here!" She exclaimed, and ran to the door. I beat her to the door, and attempted to open it myself. If a princess was going to be coming, I needed to at least know how to command a 'door.' I slipped my hoof into the door handle, and pulled. To my surprise, it swung open! I swelled up with pride and looked out side. Nopony. Nopony anywhere. "Fluttershy, if your going to have me use the door, please would you be a dear and open it ASAP?" Said a voice behind me. I turned around to find Discord, laying on the ceiling, sipping a cup of tea. "Oh, sorry, it's just i'm teaching someone how to open doors." She responded. His gaze found mine and he was suddenly in my face. "Strong eyes, oh! Great stare!" He said, he went over to my wings. "Aww, looks like the wittle baby bwoke his wings!" He mocked, and went to pull one out. I used my tail to swipe him off his feet. I jumped on top of him and pinned him down. "Don't you EVER talk to me like that, AGAIN!" I roared in his face. he laughed and suddenly he was pinning me down. "Ooh! I like this one Fluttershy! Little bit of kick to him!" He laughed. "I'll show you kick." I muttered, and kicked him off me. He flew into the roof with a sickening crack, and landed on the ground. I advance towards him, but he was to quick. He dodged me and laughed. "Man you can really pack a wall-OOF" I cut him off by tackling him. He teleported then appeared behind me, rubbing his back. "You have more kick than I thought!" He chuckled, a little more pain in his voice. Suddenly a look of utter joy appeared on his face. "How about... We go up?" He chuckled. Suddenly, I was in the air above a field. I started to plummet down, gaining speed as I fell. I quickly broke my wings free of the cast, and spread them out, wincing in pain. I slammed into the ground with a thud, feeling the pain surge through me. Discord floated down, holding an umbrella and laughing. "I thought you would be a good fight!" He chortled, "But I guess you're just a weakling." I slammed into his side, hearing one of his ribs crack. He flew backwards, but gained his balance and landed on his hooves. "Oh, so you don't want to play any more?" He stated, "Fine, lets fight. But first, we need to set the battle even." He snapped his fingers, and I felt my wings snap back into place, and heal immediately. His chest glowed red, and I could tell his rib was no longer an advantage point for me. He rushed towards me, and I rushed towards him. We clashed in the middle, him throwing punches, and I blocking them as fast as I could. I finally head butted him, and used my tail to swipe him off his feet. He put his paw down, and pivoted on it, both his hind legs slamming into my body. I flew back, and rammed into a fence, but before I had time to get back up again, he was all ready there, throwing me back farther. I soared through the side of a house, and into the streets of the little town. Ponies screamed around me, but I landed on my feet. I heard a two popping noises, then discord appeared, going for an upper cut. I blocked it and punched him in the face twice, before he swatted my hooves away. I smacked him in the head with my tail, then kicked him in the side, launching him into a produce cart. I used my wings and extracted my claws, digging them in his flesh. He howled in pain, and through me off of him. He clapped his hands, and suddenly we were in an apple orchard. I was confused. "Why here?" I questioned. "Cause why not?" He answered, and threw me at a tree. It broke under the force and I got caught in the branches. I breathed fire at the branch in aggravation, and it burned off. He jumped to get on top of me, but I rolled to the side, blasting him with fire. He fell back, and quickly extinguished his fur. I ran up to kick him in the face, but he dodged it and grabbed my leg, he swung me over his head, as if he was going to throw me, but I wrapped my tail round his wrist. He let go of my leg, and we both went flying, crashing through a red barn. I got up, but just as I was about to punch him, I was frozen. "STOP!" I heard the voice of a mare yell. I was suddenly lifted outside, to find Fluttershy, a white alicorn, a black alicorn, a purple alicorn, and a very up set looking peach earth pony. "Discord!" the white alicorn yelled, "What is the meaning of this!" there was silence for a bit, the he lifted up his claw. "He started it." he said childishly. "I DID NO SUCH THING!" I roared. "ENOUGH!" The white alicorn yelled again. She set us down. "You. Who are you?" She asked me. I got to my feet and puffed my chest out. "Stormagedon, controller of storms." I stated. "Well, Mr. Stormagedon, , why exactly did you get in a fight with Discord?" she questioned. "He mocked me." I answered. Now that I had actually said it, I realized exactly how stupid it was. He mocked me, so I risked my life and the lives of others around me because of that? I shook the thought from my head and looked back at the alicorn. Her face was one of thought, so I stayed silent. "How do you like it here?" She asked. This question confused me. No one had ever asked how I felt. So why now? "What do you mean?" I questioned. "How does staying here make you feel?" She reworded. I chewed on this new question for a while, then the correct emotion came to mind. "Angry," I replied, "angry that I have to stay here with you infernal species." These words obviously took the mare aback. "And why, are we an, as you say, 'Infernal species'? What makes you better than us? We wish only peace, while you wish war and destruction-" "I WISH TO BE LEFT ALONE!" I roared back. She seemed puzzled. "We are leaving you alone..." She responded. I was shocked. "Does she has no idea why I fell out of the sky?" I thought to myself. "Then let me leave." I replied. "You know I can't do that." She sighed, "You have committed crimes today that all except one have ever committed. As much as I want you to have peace, by equestrian law, you must go to jail." "Who are you, to have so much power to say that?" I asked. She seemed surprised. "I am Princess Celestia, ruler of Equestria. And you have just ruined part of my kingdom."