//------------------------------// // The Flames // Story: Nature's Wrath // by smirker //------------------------------// Morning came and the Pegasi woke up, they had breakfast and exercised, they got ready for the day and knocking was heard at the door and they aimed their guns at it, "Who is it?" Jayhawk asked, "It's us." Sweetie Belle said from outside, they put their guns down and Jayhawk opened the door and saw her with Apple Bloom, Scootaloo, and Gabby, "What's she doing here?" Jayhawk asked, "Well, Gabby's our friend, too, so if you wanna continue bein' friends with us, you gotta accept her, Jayhawk." Apple Bloom replied, "Look, sorry about yesterday, but that griffon demanded money for the truce." Jayhawk said, "I was hoping you can accept me individually." Gabby replied, "I'll have to see your character first." Jayhawk said, "Sure, we have school today, so we can hang out this afternoon." Scootaloo said, "Alright, sounds good." Jayhawk replied, "Good, we'll see ya later then, Jayhawk." Apple Bloom said, and they left while Jayhawk closed the door. Jayhawk sat and read a book while the other eight Pegasi stood by and watched him, he finished afterwards, "Alright, who ruled Equestria before it was formed?" Thunderbolt asked, "Grogar." Jayhawk replied, "Who banished him?" Falcon asked, "Gusty the Great." Jayhawk replied, "Where is Grogar now?" Eagle asked, "Nobody knows." Jayhawk replied, "Is he alive or dead?" Condor asked, "Nobody knows that, either." Jayhawk replied, "Good job, Jayhawk, I think you can read the rest with no tests." Stealth Bomber said, Jayhawk nodded while smiling and continued reading his history book. Jayhawk read until lunchtime and they had lunch, the Pegasi headed outside after they finished lunch and they saw Ponyville was normal at the moment, "Wow, Earthquake really did undo all the damage she caused." Jayhawk said, "Still, I wonder when the last group of elemental ponies will attack." Stealth Bomber replied, they saw Violet in Ponyville and went to Carousel Boutique, "Excuse me, Rarity." Violet said, Rarity looked back and reeled back and shrieked at seeing Violet's frizzled mane and tail, "Yeah, I was hoping you could fix it." Violet said, "Of course, come with me, darling." Rarity replied, and they entered her shop. The Pegasi walked around and they went to the market square to look around, they saw nothing of interest, "I'm bored." Jayhawk said, "Me too, wanna practice sword fighting?" Stealth Bomber asked, "Sure." Jayhawk replied, and the two trotted back home. Stealth Bomber and Jayhawk swung swords with one another and they clanged onto one another, the other ponies gathered around to watch them and cheered, the two entered a deadlock and Stealth Bomber hit the sword out of Jayhawk's hoof and tried to slash him, Jayhawk caught the blade between his hoofs and held Stealth Bomber back, he wrestled with Stealth Bomber and tried to take the sword out of his hoofs. Jayhawk moved his front legs to his right side and made Stealth Bomber lose his footing, he fell over and Jayhawk took the sword and pretended to stab Stealth Bomber in his heart while Stealth Bomber pretended to die, the ponies cheered when they finished. The ponies went on with their days while Stealth Bomber and Jayhawk continued sword fighting until Twilight Sparkle took them away with her telekinesis, "Hey!" Jayhawk said, "You guys should know better than to be using real swords." Twilight Sparkle said, "Sorry, but I don't have practice swords." Stealth Bomber said, "You still shouldn't be having a foal use real swords." Twilight Sparkle replied, "Well, Jayhawk, I guess we'll just have to find something else to do." Stealth Bomber said, "Sure." Jayhawk replied, and Twilight Sparkle walked away with the swords. Stealth Bomber and Jayhawk walked around and saw everycreature was busy, so they decided to go into their home. Jayhawk decided to paint while Condor taught him a few tricks, "Remember, Jayhawk, light brush strokes." Condor said, and Jayhawk tried painting a picture, he made a blotch of colors, "There's room for improvement." Condor said, Jayhawk laughed a little and he painted a little more, "Which color is your favorite one, Jayhawk?" Condor asked, "Red." Jayhawk replied, "Nice color, I like red, too." Condor said, and they painted a little more until knocking was heard several minutes later, "School's done, Jayhawk." Apple Bloom said from outside, he walked to the door and opened it and saw the Cutie Mark Crusaders and Gabby, "Ready to hang out?" Gabby asked, Jayhawk looked back at the eight Pegasi and then at her, "Sure." Jayhawk replied, and he traveled with them. Jayhawk walked with Apple Bloom, Scootaloo, and Sweetie Belle while Gabby flew, "What do you guys wanna do?" Gabby asked, "I don't know, what about you, Gabby?" Sweetie Belle asked, "Well, I've always wanted to try military training." Gabby replied, "Well, brace yourself, Gabby, it's tough." Jayhawk said, "It's fine, I'm up to the challenge." Gabby replied, "Well, let's get started." Jayhawk said, and they went to an open field. Jayhawk had the Cutie Mark Crusaders and Gabby do push-ups and he did them with them, he counted and they tried to do the push-ups in a synchronized group, he heard panting and saw Sweetie Belle was having trouble, he kept watch and saw Scootaloo was beginning to sweat and get tired as well, they continued and Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle fell from exhaustion, Apple Bloom fell and got tired after a while as well. Jayhawk watched and saw Gabby had a big smile on her face while she did them, "Okay, we're done." Jayhawk said while out of breath, "So, what's next?" Gabby asked, "Sit-ups." Jayhawk replied, Gabby squealed with excitement, "That sounds fun, I wanna start now!" Gabby said, "Hold on, we need to catch our breaths." Jayhawk replied, and they did, they did sit-ups next and Gabby went faster than them while screaming and squealing with excitement, "This is so much fun!" Gabby said, "Gabby, remember, we have to be synchronized." Jayhawk replied, "Oh, right, sorry." Gabby said, and she slowed down. Jayhawk and the others did the sit-ups and they had no problem, they finished and Apple Bloom, Scootaloo, and Sweetie Belle exhaled a little heavily, "So, what's next?" Gabby asked, "Running, I need jugs full of water." Jayhawk replied, "Sorry, Jayhawk, but we don't have any." Sweetie Belle said, "That's fine, weights on your legs will do, and Gabby, you can't fly for this." Jayhawk said, "Okay." Gabby replied, "Well, do you have any weights at your home, Apple Bloom?" Jayhawk asked, "Ah think so, hold on." Apple Bloom replied, and she trotted away. Apple Bloom came back with weights to tie on one's legs, Jayhawk put them on the others and himself and they ran, Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle had trouble running due to their legs still hurting from the push-ups, "Whee! This is so fun!" Gabby said as she ran past them, "Do we have to be synchronized for this too, Jayhawk?" Apple Bloom asked, "Nope, run at your own pace." Jayhawk replied, and they did. Gabby ran as fast as she could to the nearest tree and she made it to the finish line before the ponies did, Jayhawk came next and then Apple Bloom, Scootaloo came after a while and Sweetie Belle came last, "Well, what's next, I can't wait!" Gabby said, "Well, next would be monkey bars." Jayhawk replied, "We got 'em at our school's playground." Apple Bloom said, "Can we rest? I'm tired." Sweetie Belle said, "Me too." Scootaloo said, "Alright, do you wanna continue, Apple Bloom?" Jayhawk asked, "Not really, mah legs hurt." Apple Bloom replied, "How about you, Gabby?" Jayhawk asked, "I wanna keep going!" Gabby said, "Well, I guess you and I can head to the school then." Jayhawk replied, and they went. Jayhawk and Gabby hung from the monkey bars and moved around, "Whoo! This is fun!" Gabby said, Jayhawk made it to the end while Gabby followed him, they jumped down and Gabby smiled, "What's next?" Gabby asked, "Climbing would be next, but it's almost dark." Jayhawk replied, Gabby saw the sun was setting, "Oh yeah, it is, well, what do you think of me?" Gabby asked, "You're actually not like any griffon I've met." Jayhawk replied, "See?! Can you call me your friend?" Gabby asked, "I'll try." Jayhawk replied, Gabby squealed and hugged him tightly, "Oh, thank you so much, that really means a lot to me." Gabby said and she let go of him, "Well, I'll be heading home now, bye." Gabby said, and she flew home while Jayhawk walked home. Jayhawk arrived home and saw Stealth Bomber and his comrades having dinner, he joined them, "That griffon is quite friendly." Jayhawk said, "We were watching." Condor replied, "What do you guys think?" Jayhawk asked, "She really is different from other griffons." Stealth Bomber replied, "Still, remember to keep your guards up, it could all be a facade." Thunderbolt said, and they all had dinner and slept. The next day came and it was quiet outside, they all had breakfast and knocking was heard at the door while they washed the dishes, "It's us." Violet said from outside, Stealth Bomber went to the door and opened it and saw her and Velvet, he saw Violet had an annoyed face, "Why so down, Violet?" Stealth Bomber asked, "That earthquake from the other day split my home into two." Violet replied, "That sucks." Stealth Bomber said, "It does, but those ghosts are fixing it for me." Violet replied, "Well, we're here to hear more about Nature Valley, so we need everyone around." Velvet said, and they all sat, "Okay, we already covered the north, south, and east, let's hear about the west now." Velvet said, "Actually, that is the next part after we left eastern Nature Valley." Jayhawk replied, "Well, what was it like?" Violet asked, "Very different from the other three." Stinger replied, "Well, let's get started." Velvet said, and the Pegasi talked about Nature Valley. The Pegasi walked out of eastern Nature Valley and were in the center, "Well, only one place left." Lancer said, "Yup, let's go." Falcon replied, and the nine walked to western Nature Valley. The Pegasi arrived and their hoofs began to hurt from walking on the rocks that made up the ground, they saw ponies made from red fire fighting and hoof wrestling, they walked forward a bit and saw more of them doing push-ups and lifting weights, they saw their homes were made from rocks and obsidian, "Hey, look, there's the kirin." Jayhawk said as he pointed at her, "Let's see what she's like." Stinger said, and they walked to her and she glared at them, they stopped walking, "Who are you guys?" the kirin asked, "We said it yesterday, we're deliverers to the weather factories across Equestria." Stinger replied, "Then tell me, what kind of weather factory cargo carries knives, pistols, and fully automatic weapons?" the kirin asked, "Those are for security reasons." Eagle replied, "Yeah, there are ponies who like to attack and steal the weather factory's supplies." Falcon said, the kirin glared at them, "What? You don't believe us?" Condor asked, "You think I'd fall for a lie like that? There are no weather factories in Equestria that have security problems and carry weapons, now tell me who you guys really are." the kirin replied, "Hold on, how do you know about the knives and guns?" Jayhawk asked, "We're Nature Valley's fighters, me and the fire ponies are basically the military, in other words, we're Mother Nature's sword." the kirin replied, "Alright, you got us, those weapons are from our previous job." Stealth Bomber said, "What would that be?" the kirin asked, "Security guards." Thunderbolt replied, the kirin glared at them again, "I can tell by your scars and the knee braces on that one that you guys had a more dangerous job than just being mere security guards." the kirin said, the Pegasi looked around and saw the fire ponies gathering around them, "Well? Who are you guys?" the kirin asked, "What do you think we are?" Raptor asked, "A bunch of liars for one." the kirin replied, "Well, we were just here to say hi." Jayhawk said, "Save it until you guys come clean with me." the kirin replied, "Why didn't the other three ask about our guns?" Stealth Bomber asked, "Because Raging Tornado, Tsunami, and Earthquake have no idea what they are." the kirin replied, "Well, to put it lightly, we're survivors of a war." Raptor said, "I can tell by your scars." the kirin replied, the Pegasi's attentions were caught, "Well, are you guys military?" the kirin asked, the Pegasi became speechless, "There's also the fact you all woke up scared and aimed your weapons around, that tells me all of you have been to war." the kirin said, "Well, we're all from Cloudsdale." Stealth Bomber said, "You guys Wonderbolts?" the kirin asked, "Um..." the Pegasi said while glancing away from her, "Fine, be that way, just keep in mind you won't be welcomed here until you all tell me who you guys really are." the kirin said, "Can we have your name so we can remember who to tell?" Jayhawk asked, "Meteorite Hellfire." the kirin replied, "Why so interrogative for?" Lancer asked, "Because I'm the oldest of Mother Nature's chosen ones, it is my job to make sure Raging Tornado, Tsunami, and Earthquake stay safe, I'm also in charge of keeping Nature Valley protected, I'm Mother Nature's personal bodyguard." Meteorite Hellfire replied, "Wait, you're her bodyguard? I thought it was Earthquake." Jayhawk said, "No, Earthquake usually focuses on defensive means, she's not one to fight back." Meteorite Hellfire replied, "So between you and the other three, you're the leader." Stealth Bomber said, "No, there is no leader between me and the other three, we're all equal in rank, I just look after them because I'm the oldest one." Meteorite Hellfire replied, "So what is your role among the group?" Jayhawk asked, "I'm the fighter, I'm the one who deals with threats and those who pick on us." Meteorite Hellfire replied, "What's your element?" Lancer asked, "I'm the bearer of the Element of Fire." Meteorite Hellfire replied, "Well, we were just here to see this place, come on, guys, let's go." Thunderbolt said, and they left while Meteorite Hellfire and the fire ponies watched them. The Pegasi went back to northern Nature Valley and were at Raging Tornado's home, she was making dinner for them, "Well, what do you guys think of Nature Valley?" Raging Tornado asked, "It's... unique, I'll give it that." Stealth Bomber replied, Raging Tornado chuckled while she cooked, "Still, that kirin was quite suspicious of us." Falcon said, "Sorry about that, Meteorite Hellfire can be difficult to get along with." Raging Tornado replied, "She talked about how it's her job to look after you and the other two since she's the oldest." Jayhawk said, "It is, she's like a big sister to us, even though she's almost never around." Raging Tornado replied, "She also said she's Mother Nature's bodyguard." Raptor said, "She is, when it comes to professional roles and defending Nature Valley, Meteorite Hellfire is Mother Nature's last line of defense, Earthquake's the one who leads us into battle, Tsunami's the strategist, and I'm the scout." Raging Tornado replied, "So Earthquake's the top enforcer?" Stealth Bomber asked, "Yup, she's also the one who fights the most." Raging Tornado replied, "Speaking of Earthquake, she did poses in a dress today." Jayhawk said, "Ugh, she always does that, likes to flaunt her beauty around and show off her skin, I get sick of it." Raging Tornado replied, "Don't you do the same thing?" Thunderbolt asked, "No! All of my dresses completely cover my body, I don't go around showing off my legs and chest to others." Raging Tornado replied, "I wonder about Tsunami." Falcon said, "Well, Tsunami does have several dresses that show her chest, but she doesn't flaunt it around like Earthquake." Raging Tornado replied, "And Meteorite Hellfire?" Raptor asked, "Meteorite Hellfire doesn't wear dresses." Raging Tornado replied, black smoke appeared in the room afterwards, "Oh, no!" Raging Tornado said as she ran to the kitchen, she was heard groaning afterwards, "Everything alright?" Thunderbolt asked, "I burned you guys' dinners." Raging Tornado replied, "It's fine, we'll just eat it that way." Stinger said, the Pegasi agreed. Raging Tornado served the dinner and it was burned hay, they ate it with no problem, "Wow, most ponies would've complained to have it redone." Raging Tornado said, "We learned from our previous job we can't be picky." Stealth Bomber replied, "Well, if you want, I can make beds for you all to sleep in." Raging Tornado said, "It's fine, we'll just sleep in the wagon." Thunderbolt replied, "Really?" Raging Tornado asked, the Pegasi nodded, "Okay then." Raging Tornado said, they finished dinner and Raging Tornado washed the dishes while they went outside and slept around the wagon. "So... um, when did they find out who you guys really were?" Velvet asked, "The next day." Jayhawk replied, "Oh, really? Go on then." Violet said, and the Pegasi continued talking about Nature Valley. The next day came and the Pegasi were tossing and turning on the ground, they screamed and exclaimed as they woke up and aimed their guns everywhere, they saw the residents of Nature Valley around them, "Are you all alright?" Tsunami asked, the Pegasi panted and calmed down, "See, this is why I don't trust you guys, who are you guys, really? Come clean with us." Meteorite Hellfire said, Thunderbolt sighed, "We're bodyguards for a unicorn named Big Business, he wanted us to investigate this place and see what's like, he wants to see if he can bulldoze this place and put one of his industries here." Thunderbolt said, "Bodyguards? Then what is the wagon for?" Raging Tornado asked, "We didn't know if you guys were friendly or hostile, so we staged an accident and waited to see how you all would react to foreigners coming into your home." Stinger replied, "Why are you guys working for this Big Business for anyway?" Earthquake asked, "It was the only place we were qualified to get a job." Raptor replied, "You guys don't have high education?" Mother Nature asked, the Pegasi shook their heads, "What did you guys do before working for Big Business?" Raging Tornado asked, "We're veterans of the Cloudsdale Air Force, we all fought in a war." Stealth Bomber replied, the residents of Nature Valley murmured, "Well, that explains the bad dreams." Meteorite Hellfire said, "Wait, even Jayhawk?!" Tsunami asked, Jayhawk nodded sorrowfully, "Come on, guys, come with me." Meteorite Hellfire said, and they followed her. The Pegasi walked into western Nature Valley and Meteorite Hellfire stopped in front of her home, "Okay, let's get started, what kind of dreams are you guys having?" Meteorite Hellfire asked, "Gunshots and explosions." Falcon replied, "What about the rest of you?" Meteorite Hellfire asked, "Pretty much the same." Stealth Bomber replied, "Hmm-mm." Thunderbolt said, "What were your ranks?" Meteorite Hellfire asked, "Senior Air Pony." Raptor said, "Senior Air Pony." Condor said, "Sergeant." Eagle said, "Sergeant." Falcon said, "Sergeant." Stealth Bomber said, "Chief Sergeant." Stinger said, "Senior Sergeant." Lancer said, "Master Sergeant." Thunderbolt said, "I didn't have a rank." Jayhawk said, "I see, well, since you all are ex-military, I expect you all to behave in a disciplined manner." Meteorite Hellfire said, "They'll be taking the commands from me." Thunderbolt replied, "No, I command here, and even if I wasn't the ruler, my rank would still be higher than you guys." Meteorite Hellfire said, "What is your rank?" Jayhawk asked, "General." Meteorite Hellfire replied, the Pegasi's eyes' widened, "It's not just my rank, it's my title as the ruler of this place, too." Meteorite Hellfire said, "Stewardess Raging Tornado, Princess Tsunami, Viceroy Earthquake, General Meteorite Hellfire, I wonder what Mother Nature's title is." Thunderbolt said, "It's different depending on which area of Nature Valley you're in." Meteorite Hellfire replied, "Oh." Thunderbolt said, "Well, let's get started, why did you guys stage an accident for?" Meteorite Hellfire asked, "As we said, it's so we wouldn't trespass, it's also from our prior experiences during the war." Stealth Bomber replied, "What was that?" Meteorite Hellfire asked, "We were shot down from the skies and landed in an unknown area, we quickly discovered it was enemy territory when the natives there tried to kill us on sight." Thunderbolt replied, "I see, so that's how you determined if we were friendly or not." Meteorite Hellfire said, "Would you have attacked us if we just entered?" Jayhawk asked, "Usually, no, but if I see you all are here to cause trouble, then yes." Meteorite Hellfire replied, "Also, we have to report to Big Business what you guys are like when we get back." Stealth Bomber said, "What are you all planning to tell him?" Meteorite Hellfire asked, "You all are unfriendly and powerful, we had to hide in the woods and ran back while being hunted." Stealth Bomber replied, "Why make us seem like monsters for?" Meteorite Hellfire asked, "Because Big Business wants to destroy your home and build an industry around here just to satisfy his own ego." Jayhawk replied, "Oh, it's so he will leave us alone and not mess with us." Meteorite Hellfire said, the Pegasi nodded, "I mean, you guys were a bit shady when you all entered here, but after learning who you all really are, you guys don't seem too bad, you can explore, but be careful here." Meteorite Hellfire said, "Why?" Lancer asked, "Well, for starters, the fire ponies are a bit aggressive, and be careful not to get lava from the volcanoes on yourselves." Meteorite Hellfire replied, "Can we enter your home?" Lancer asked, "Sure, maybe you guys will find something of interest." Meteorite Hellfire replied, and they went into her home. The Pegasi entered Meteorite Hellfire's home and saw she had a small house, she had boxing gloves, dumbbells, barbells, a leg press, a punching bag, kettle bells, and a chin-up bar attached to her wall, "Be careful not to stub your hoof on anything." Meteorite Hellfire said, "Wow, your home is bringing back memories of boot camp." Lancer said, "Now that you mention it, it is a bit like our boot camp." Stealth Bomber replied, "Really? You all did these exercises in boot camp?" Meteorite Hellfire asked, "Yeah, but we didn't have that equipment there." Thunderbolt replied as he pointed to the leg press, "Also, we fought without boxing gloves." Lancer said, "Me too, the boxing gloves is mostly for training and roughhousing." Meteorite Hellfire replied, "You like boxing?" Jayhawk asked, "Uh-huh, it's my favorite sport." Meteorite Hellfire replied, "Um..., we don't watch boxing." Raptor said, "Not interested?" Meteorite Hellfire asked, "No, it makes us have flashbacks of fighting in the war." Stealth Bomber replied, "Ah, give it time, maybe you all will come to terms with it." Meteorite Hellfire said, "Well, the sport will mainly play now is golf." Jayhawk said, "Yeah, I don't like golf too much, too slow and boring for me." Meteorite Hellfire replied, "I'm still surprised you don't have any outfits." Stealth Bomber said, "Wait, before you say anything else, I am not interested in fashion or dresses." Meteorite Hellfire replied, "No, I just thought you would at least have a suit of armor." Stealth Bomber said, "Oh, no, I'm already slow enough as I am when it comes to fighting, being even slower is the last thing I need." Meteorite Hellfire replied, "Why are you so slow?" Stinger asked, "Drawback from wielding the Element of Fire, it makes me slower than the other three, but I am the strongest in terms of strength." Meteorite Hellfire replied, "So how do you catch people you're chasing?" Jayhawk asked, "I have several ways, I have telekinesis, too." Meteorite Hellfire replied, "Wait, you have telekinesis?" Stealth Bomber asked, "Yeah, I'm a kirin, my people can cast magic with our horns, too." Meteorite Hellfire replied, "Still, your house is smaller than the other three." Jayhawk said, "Well, I don't need that much space, everything I need is in your sight." Meteorite Hellfire replied, "Where do you sleep?" Stinger asked, "Over there." Meteorite Hellfire replied as she pointed to the room that was to the right and behind her, "I don't see a bed." Lancer said, "I sleep on the floor." Meteorite Hellfire replied, "Doesn't your back hurt?" Eagle asked, "Not really." Meteorite Hellfire replied, "Well, it was nice for you to show us, but we have to get to know our way around here." Thunderbolt said, "Alright, I'll be around here if you need me." Meteorite Hellfire replied, and they left her home. The Pegasi left Meteorite Hellfire's home and they sweated and panted from the heat of western Nature Valley, "I'm hating this heat already." Jayhawk said, "Me too, it's humid here, too." Stealth Bomber replied, "Not to mention this area is all desert and volcano, it's always summer here, too." Thunderbolt said, "Let's finish looking around quickly." Stinger said, the others agreed and they flew around. The Pegasi flew around and saw fire ponies roughhousing with one another as they flew around, the volcanoes erupted and the nine flew around carefully, they looked at the palm trees as they flew around, they panted as they flew around western Nature Valley to get to know the place, they saw cacti around and they flew around them, "*pant* *pant* I'm exhausted already." Jayhawk said, "Come on, let's get an overhead view." Thunderbolt said, and they flew up and looked at western Nature Valley, "There's almost nothing around here." Jayhawk said, "It shouldn't be surprising, most creatures, plants, and animals can't survive around fire or in this kind of environment." Thunderbolt replied, they sweated and panted and they flew down, "Well, we're done, let's leave." Stealth Bomber said, "I agree, it's too hot here." Thunderbolt replied, and they left and went to southern Nature Valley. "Meteorite Hellfire was almost never home, either, she was almost always gone." Jayhawk said, "Doing what?" Violet asked, "She didn't say." Jayhawk replied, "We only spent time with her twice outside of Nature Valley, she was forced to come the first time, though." Stealth Bomber said, "Can you all describe it?" Velvet asked, and they got ready to tell her. The Pegasi were at a store one day and Raging Tornado, Tsunami, and Earthquake were looking at new books while Meteorite Hellfire rolled her eyes and waited for them impatiently, the Pegasi saw them looking at more romance novels and they sighed, "You guys, too, huh?" Meteorite Hellfire asked, "Yeah, romance never interested us." Stinger replied, "So, what do you guys like?" Meteorite Hellfire asked, "History and horror." Stealth Bomber replied, "All of you?" Meteorite Hellfire asked, the other eight Pegasi nodded, "*chuckle* I'd take horror over romance any day." Meteorite Hellfire said, they looked and saw the three looking at more books, "What books do you like, Meteorite Hellfire?" Jayhawk asked, "I don't read." Meteorite Hellfire replied, "Wow, you really are different from them." Lancer said, "Well, I am the oldest, maybe they'll be more like me when they get to my age." Meteorite Hellfire replied, "Where do you go when you leave Nature Valley?" Falcon asked, "It's different every day." Meteorite Hellfire replied, "Where do you usually go?" Jayhawk asked, "The woods." Meteorite Hellfire replied, "For what?" Stealth Bomber asked, "Training and meditation." Meteorite Hellfire replied, "We almost never see you with anyone, either." Thunderbolt said, "I work alone a lot, but when I'm teamed up with the others, I'm usually with Tsunami." Meteorite Hellfire replied, they heard walking and saw the other three coming, "You three done?" Meteorite Hellfire asked, they nodded, "Come on then, let's go home." Meteorite Hellfire said, and they walked together. The Pegasi and Meteorite Hellfire were at the hospital and seeing a Pegasus who fought in the war with them, he was missing all four of his legs and his wings, his mane and tail were burned off, and he had a mask over his face since his face was blown off by a machine gun, and he has lost all of his senses except for his sense of touch, "What have the doctors said?" Thunderbolt asked, "He'll be like this for the rest of his life." a male Pegasus doctor replied, "Might as well euthanize him." Stealth Bomber said, "I agree, just look at him." Stinger said, they did and saw Meteorite Hellfire lay her head on his chest, "Shh, it's alright, it will all be over soon." Meteorite Hellfire said, the Pegasus in the bed moved his head up a little and touched Meteorite Hellfire with his mask, she finished comforting him and he laid his head back down, "Anyway, the doctors are going to euthanize him tonight, so say your goodbyes now." the Pegasus doctor said, and they did the same thing as Meteorite Hellfire and they all left the room, they looked at the amputated Pegasus one last time and then left. "Those were really the only times we've spent with her, there was one other time when we were all having lunch at our home and we had visitors." Thunderbolt said, "What's so important about that?" Violet asked, "She was the one who made us rethink our ways with griffons." Stealth Bomber replied, "What do you guys mean by that?" Violet asked, "Well..." Eagle said, and they talked about the day. The Pegasi were having lunch at home one day and Meteorite Hellfire, Tsunami, Earthquake, and Raging Tornado were with them, knocking was heard at the door and the Pegasi aimed their weapons at the door, "Can we stay here?" a female child's voice asked from outside, Stealth Bomber went to the door and opened it and saw four griffons, there were two males and two females, two were kids while two were adults, "Can we stay here for the night?" the female child griffon asked, the Pegasi aimed their guns at them, "What are you buzzards doing here?!" Stinger asked, "We just need shelter from the rain that's coming." the adult male griffon replied, "Liar! You're here to try to steal from us and live with us so none of you have to work, you all are a bunch of freeloaders!" Lancer said, "Please, we have nowhere to go." the adult female griffon said, "Good! It serves you all right for making us ponies do all the work while you all get the credit." Stealth Bomber replied, "What are you talking about?" the male child griffon asked, "Don't play dumb with us, you're all here to eat all of our food and use up all of our water while you griffons slack off and make us work harder and get other jobs to pay the bills since you all are too lazy to work on your own." Raptor replied while he and the other Pegasi walked to the door, "But... we just came to Equestria yesterday." the female child griffon said, "Well, go back to Griffonstone, the last thing we need is you buzzards driving our country into the ground with your greed and egos just like how you all did to your own." Thunderbolt replied, the four griffons looked on with shock, "What are you buzzards doing in our country anyway?" Jayhawk asked, "My family's dead." the female child griffon replied while trying to hold her tears back, "My family's dead, too." the male child griffon said, "I heard Equestria was more peaceful and safer than Griffonstone." the male adult griffon said, "I'm just sightseeing." the female adult griffon said, "Where were your parents when they died?" Eagle asked, "They... were at a post to the north of Griffonstone before they were bombed." the male child griffon replied, the female child griffon nodded, "Look behind us." Thunderbolt said, they did and the the female child griffon gasped when she saw the Cloudsdale Air Force uniforms and griffon skulls mounted on the wall, "It was you guys who did the bombing!" the male child griffon said, "And good riddance, the less griffons in the world, the better." Stealth Bomber replied, "You guys killed my parents!" the male child griffon said, "You should've been there so you could've died with them." Thunderbolt replied, Raging Tornado's, Tsunami's, and Earthquake's jaws dropped, "You see those skulls on the wall there? They mean "Not Welcome."" Jayhawk said, the female child griffon began to cry, "Stop your sniveling, it serves you buzzards right." Falcon said, "But you guys killed my family, I'm an orphan now." the female child griffon replied tearfully, "Stop grieving, your family deserved to die." Stealth Bomber said, Raging Tornado, Tsunami, and Earthquake gasped while Meteorite Hellfire's horn glowed red and she pulled them away from the door with her telekinesis and ran in between them and the griffons, "ENOUGH!! ARE YOU GUYS EVEN LISTENING TO YOURSELVES?!" Meteorite Hellfire asked, "Why should we extend a helping hoof to these ego-driven and greedy scumbags?" Jayhawk asked, Tsunami gasped, "Jayhawk!" Tsunami said with shock and horror, "You guys are just getting angry at them for being griffons! None of you are looking into their personalities!" Meteorite Hellfire said, "You're defending them?! You, a griffon sympathizer?" Stealth Bomber asked, "I get it, you guys were wronged by griffons, and they were your enemies in the war, but not all griffons are like that, that applies to everycreature." Meteorite Hellfire said, the griffons looked at Meteorite Hellfire with surprise, "My brother was a griffon sympathizer, and they killed him!" Stealth Bomber said, "How would your parents feel if they saw the way you're behaving now?!" Meteorite Hellfire asked, "My parents would be proud!" Stealth Bomber replied, "Ours too, they wanted us to join the military to kill griffons to begin with." Thunderbolt said, "Join to kill griffons?! I heard this is a land of friendship!" Meteorite Hellfire said, "Griffons are an exception." Jayhawk replied, "Come on, let's go elsewhere." the male adult griffon said, and they walked away while the female child griffon continued to cry, the Pegasi tried to run after them but Meteorite Hellfire held them back with her telekinesis, "Stop right there! What are you nine planning to do?!" Meteorite Hellfire asked, "They're griffons." Stealth Bomber replied, "So?!" Meteorite Hellfire asked, "They have to die!" Thunderbolt replied, "How would you guys like it if unicorns and earth ponies hunted down and killed you guys just because you all were Pegasi?!" Meteorite Hellfire asked, the nine Pegasi calmed down and realized what she was saying, "See, there you go, you guys are doing the same thing to them." Meteorite Hellfire said, "Because they're nasty and greedy people." Jayhawk replied, "They're not the only creatures that are rude and nasty, dragons and yaks are like that, too." Meteorite Hellfire said, "I've never had any problems with dragons." Thunderbolt said, "Have you even met one?" Meteorite Hellfire asked, "Yeah, I met a few." Thunderbolt replied, "Anyway, let's finish our lunch, and you all think about how you guys treat the griffons, it's a good thing Princess Celestia isn't around to see you guys right now." Meteorite Hellfire said, and they walked back, Stealth Bomber looked at Raging Tornado and saw she had tears in her eyes from how he and his comrades behaved towards the griffons, they all sat and had lunch quietly. Violet and Velvet looked at them with widened eyes' and slightly dropped jaws, "Wow, I've never heard of ponies hating a creature that much." Violet said, "Well, aside from that, Meteorite Hellfire was also the one who offered us support whenever we had bad dreams of the war, out of the four of them, she understood us the most." Thunderbolt replied, "Was she you guys' counselors?" Violet asked, "A secondary one, we were already seeing Liebert before we went to Nature Valley." Stealth Bomber replied, "Well, go on and tell us in case Big Business' employees offer us a different description of her personality." Violet said, and they told her more. The Pegasi were sleeping in Nature Valley one night and they were tossing and turning on the ground, they woke up yelling and screaming while aiming their guns, their elemental ponies comforted them while Meteorite Hellfire trotted to them, "It's alright, guys, calm down, let's sit." Meteorite Hellfire said, and they did, "What have you all been dreaming about now?" Meteorite Hellfire asked, "I was remembering how I got my scars." Lancer replied, "We never did talk about your scars, how did you guys get them?" Meteorite Hellfire asked, "We were all tortured at sometime during the war." Eagle replied, "Wait, you guys were tortured?" Meteorite Hellfire asked, "Yeah, we were all POWs at some point, I was tortured, too, even though I don't have any scars." Stealth Bomber replied, "How did you get your scars?" Meteorite Hellfire asked, "The griffons cut me from my sternum to my abdomen in an attempt to cut open my body and pull my internal organs out." Thunderbolt replied, "I had acid rubbed on my head and I lost my mane, my left eye was exposed to poison gas, and my right eye got slashed by a knife." Stinger said, "Even though I don't have scars, either, I received beatings and was hit with hammers, my torturers were hoping to break my bones." Lancer said, "The griffons tried to skin me alive, they only got my back." Eagle said, "My knees were smashed with sledgehammers." Falcon said, "My right cheek was skinned off by a knife." Raptor said, "The back of my neck was set on fire and I was burned." Condor said, "Wow, what happened to you, Stealth Bomber?" Meteorite Hellfire asked, "I was received whippings on my back, the griffons also stabbed knives into my back, the doctors were able to treat me before the scars formed." Stealth Bomber replied, "And you, Jayhawk?" Meteorite Hellfire asked, "I got beatings." Jayhawk replied, "Alright, now then, what have you all been dreaming about?" Meteorite Hellfire asked, "I was dreaming about the time this gas that was dropped near where we were stationed at, I remember the Pegasi who got hit by it, I watched their skins melt off as they screamed in agony and died in front of me." Lancer replied, "My god, that must've been a bad sight." Meteorite Hellfire said, "It smelled terrible, too." Lancer replied, "I was dreaming about the burning of the bodies, I remember some of the ponies and griffons who were burned were playing dead and got burned alive." Stealth Bomber said, "I remember that, too, I had to cover my ears when I heard them screaming." Jayhawk said, "What have you been dreaming about, Jayhawk?" Meteorite Hellfire asked, "The corpses we had to eat to survive." Jayhawk replied, "What? You guys didn't have MREs?" Meteorite Hellfire asked, "We did, but it wasn't enough." Condor replied, "You guys didn't get proper nutrition." Meteorite Hellfire said, "None of us did, we had to kill wildlife to eat, too." Thunderbolt replied, "Well, moving on, what have the rest of you been having dreams about?" Meteorite Hellfire asked, "I was remembering waking up to gunshots at night." Stinger replied, "I dreamed about the time I had to eat a fellow dead soldier to survive." Falcon said, "I was dreaming about the time I smelled burning flesh in the woods." Eagle said, "I dreamed about the time I was patrolling alone at night and I could hear screaming everywhere." Thunderbolt said, "I was dreaming about seeing a fellow Pegasus mauled and eaten alive by a bear." Condor said, "I dreamed about the time when I saw griffons wearing skinned pony faces as masks." Raptor said, "Wow, you guys really did see a lot of horrors, anyway, are you all having trouble sleeping every night?" Meteorite Hellfire asked, the Pegasi nodded, "I see, I am very familiar with the horrors of war, and remember, you have to come to terms with them, yourself, but make sure to support one another, the last thing you guys need is one of you succumbing to the memories and committing suicide." Meteorite Hellfire said, the Pegasi nodded, "Well, I guess that's all for today, try to get through the day, okay?" Meteorite Hellfire asked, the Pegasi nodded and the residents of Nature Valley got on with their days. The Pegasi were sleeping one night in Nature Valley and Jayhawk began screaming in his sleep and swung his front legs around, the others woke up and looked at him, "No! No more! Please!" Jayhawk said loudly in his sleep, Raging Tornado and Earthquake shook him awake and he woke up panting, "You guys never did talk about how he joined you eight." Meteorite Hellfire said, "During the war, Jayhawk's parents were killed and he was thrown into a camp with other colts his age, they were beaten and had to fight to the death each day or the griffons guarding the camp would've killed them." Stealth Bomber said, "I had to fight every day, we were trained in knife combat and shooting, we had to do slash and shoot one another with real weapons, we had to do hoof-to-hoof combat, too, every fight was a fight to the death, those who refused were killed by the griffons, they didn't feed us, either, so we had to eat the corpse of the one we killed, we also had to look at and smell dead bodies to get used to them." Jayhawk said while trying to keep himself together, "When we found him, Jayhawk was the only prisoner left, we killed the guards and took him in with us, he was anorexic and sick, the medics nursed him back to health." Thunderbolt replied, "But why did they do that?" Raging Tornado asked, "They were training and conditioning him to become a soldier." Stinger said, the residents of Nature Valley gasped, "You mean... they were turning Jayhawk into a child soldier?!" Tsunami asked, Jayhawk nodded sadly, "Where were his parents?" Earthquake asked, "The guards there killed my family before they threw me into the camp." Jayhawk replied, "Do you have child soldiers, too, Meteorite Hellfire?" Stealth Bomber asked, "No, of course not, a child shouldn't experience war, let alone fight in one, they should be happy, they should be outside playing, they should be making friends and spending quality time with their parents, not fighting for their lives and being forced to participate in cannibalism." Meteorite Hellfire replied, "I still want my old life back." Jayhawk said while tears began to form in his eyes, Tsunami ran to him and hugged him, "He was a happy foal before the griffons killed his family, we did the best we could to try to make feel at home with us." Thunderbolt said, "Nothing will recreate that feeling for him, I'm sorry to say this, but he's probably traumatized for life." Meteorite Hellfire replied, they looked at him and Tsunami continued to hug him while Jayhawk looked down with his eyes closed and tears coming out of them. The Pegasi were in Nature Valley another time and morning came, they woke up and saw Jayhawk was missing, "Jayhawk?" Stealth Bomber asked, they flew around and looked for him, they found him sleepwalking in western Nature Valley and Tsunami was behind him. Jayhawk sleepwalked to the north with tears falling out of his eyes, "Mom? Dad? Where are you?" Jayhawk asked, he sleepwalked more and looked around while Tsunami covered her own face with her talons and cried as Jayhawk walked away. Violet and Velvet looked at the Pegasi with bewilderment, "You're a former child soldier, Jayhawk?" Velvet asked, "Yeah, I killed a few griffons during the war, too." Jayhawk replied, "I'm sorry to hear that, Jayhawk, but please try to remember you're not in a war zone anymore." Velvet said, "Well, that's all the time we have today, now that we have information on all of the areas, the next thing we need to know is what Big Business did." Violet said, "Alright, next time, then." Stealth Bomber said, "Well, off we go." Violet said, and the two left. The Pegasi looked at the time and they decided to home school Jayhawk, they taught him how to do math and they had dinner when the sun set and they went to sleep. Two days passed and it was quiet, complaining was heard outside and they left their home, they saw the technology has stopped working again, "Again? Are there anymore disasters to come?" Roseluck asked, "I doubt it, we already got hit by disasters from the sky, land, and sea, I don't know where the next one would be." Mrs. Cake replied, "Ah can't believe things still ain't workin', we already got hit by the three areas that make up the world." Applejack said to her friends, the Pegasi walked to them, "First, tornadoes and heavy winds from the sky, next, tidal waves and floods from the sea, along with blizzards and rain, then, earthquakes and sinkholes in the ground, all of those ponies from that Nature Valley place already hit us." Twilight Sparkle said, "Um, girls." Jayhawk said, the six mares looked at him, "There's four elemental ponies." Jayhawk said, "What?! Four of them?!" Rarity asked, "Yeah, this should be the last of the disasters." Stealth Bomber replied, "I wonder what it's going to be." Fluttershy said, an explosion was heard and ponies screamed, they looked and saw a train explode with its coals to power its engine falling out, "Wait, that's not the Friendship Express." Jayhawk said, "No, that's Big Business' train, he just shows it off and lets no one ride it, the rails he owns also cuts off the Friendship Express sometimes and they have to wait for that train to pass." Twilight Sparkle replied, more explosions were heard and the ponies screamed, everycreature looked and saw the ovens owned by Big Business exploding, more explosions were heard around all of Equestria, the Pegasi flew up and saw Big Business' machinery exploding as well, "Oh, boy, Meteorite Hellfire must be mad." Stinger said, "She always had a bad temper." Falcon replied, they looked and saw the creatures running away from where the explosions happened and the ponies near them also ran away. The Pegasi flew down and lava began bursting out of the ground around all of Equestria, the ponies screamed as the lava went into the sky and flowed onto the ground, the creatures who could fly grabbed the ones who could not and flew up, they all saw a big fire to the east of Equestria and it was moving west, more lava erupted out of the ground and the volcanoes in Equestria erupted as well. The creatures screamed as ash blocked the sun and darkened the sky, "Look, something's emerging from the fire." Ocellus said, they looked and the silhouette of more ponies who were black and featureless like shadows appeared, they flowed forward in the fire before they began walking on the ground, the creatures looked when another black and featureless silhouette formed in front of them, it took the shape of a kirin and had glowing red eyes, "Wait, what is that?" Smolder asked, "Is that... a kirin?" Applejack asked, "What's a kirin?" Sandbar asked, "Ah'll explain later." Applejack replied, the ghosts walked forward while two red lines appeared on Meteorite Hellfire's horn and she shot fire out of them and burned whatever was in her path, "Wow, Meteorite Hellfire must be mad." Jayhawk said, "Can't blame her, she's probably lost her patience over us trying to find Big Business." Stealth Bomber replied, Meteorite Hellfire and the fire ponies moved very slowly but everything they passed caught on fire and lava shot out of the ground, "Come on, everyone, we gotta stop her before she burns all of Equestria." Twilight Sparkle said, and she flew to her. Meteorite Hellfire continued setting Equestria on fire as she made her way to the west, "Hi there." Pinkie Pie said in front of her, "My name's Pinkie Pie, I was hoping we could have some fun and do a fire show." Pinkie Pie said, Meteorite Hellfire hit Pinkie Pie away with the back of her hoof and Pinkie Pie screamed as she flew through the air and hit a tree, the tree's roots came out of the ground and fell over. Meteorite Hellfire continued going forward with the fire ponies behind her, they grew wings and horns and flew around, they flapped their wings to spread fire farther and shot more fire out of their horns, the flames were extinguished by zaps and they saw Twilight Sparkle flying forward, Meteorite Hellfire glared and flung her away with her telekinesis. Meteorite Hellfire led the fire ponies and she shot fire at whatever machinery was owned by Big Business, "Excuse us, Meteorite Hellfire." Thunderbolt said, she looked up and saw him and the other eight Pegasi, "We're sorry finding Big Business' employees is taking long, but please wait a little longer, the detectives in Canterlot are interviewing them right now." Thunderbolt said, Meteorite Hellfire glared sharply, "We're serious, Meteorite Hellfire, they might be done soon." Stealth Bomber said, two orange lines appeared on her horn and she shot lava out, they flew out of the way, "Yeah, there's no calming her down." Stinger said, "What do we do then?" Jayhawk asked, "She'll have to be subdued." Lancer replied, "What? But she was our friend." Jayhawk said, "I know, but she'll destroy all of Equestria if we don't calm her." Stealth Bomber replied, they looked and saw Meteorite Hellfire has moved forward and was entering Ponyville, the unicorns all tried to subdue her and the fire ponies with their telekinesis, Meteorite Hellfire shot fire at them out of her horn, "That's far enough." Twilight Sparkle said as she flew to her, "I ask that you stop this now." Twilight Sparkle said, Meteorite Hellfire cast a spell and three weapons appeared on her back, she had a two hoofed battle axe and a cross-shaped spear with two curved blades on the central lance crossed together, under her axe and spear was a double-edged broadsword with two tips on the sides of the blade, all three of her weapons had orange blades that glowed brightly. Meteorite Hellfire took her axe out and swung it forward, a wave of fire went forward and Twilight Sparkle flew over it, Meteorite Hellfire spun the axe around and a circle of fire engulfed her. Twilight Sparkle flew back slowly while Meteorite Hellfire moved forward, she stopped spinning and sent another wave of fire towards Twilight Sparkle, she quickly flew over and shot a zap at her, it pushed her back a little but she stood her ground. Meteorite Hellfire saw the axe was too slow to hit Twilight Sparkle with, so she put it back on her back and took her spear out, she did diagonal slashes and each one sent out a wave of fire, Twilight Sparkle screamed briefly when one wave touched the tip of one of her feathers and set it on fire, she put it out with her other wing. Meteorite Hellfire spun her spear above her head and sent out circular waves of fire that burnt anything they touched, Meteorite Hellfire did several horizontal and vertical slashes that sent out waves of fire that Twilight Sparkle flew around to dodge. Hitting noises were heard and Twilight Sparkle and Meteorite Hellfire looked back and saw several other ponies were trying to subdue the fire ponies, the fire ponies hit whoever tried to restrain them and they were sent flying away in the air, they screamed and destroyed whatever they collided with, the ponies who got hit were knocked out after one hit. Rainbow Dash flew around to knock out the fire ponies, "Good luck trying to get me." Rainbow Dash said as she flew around and hit the fire ponies down, Meteorite Hellfire glared at her and shot fire out of her horn at her, Rainbow Dash flew around and dodged it easily, Meteorite Hellfire glared even more and sent out waves of fire with her spear, Rainbow Dash dodged them all easily, her spear got grabbed from behind and she saw Applejack trying to take it, Twilight Sparkle shot her with her magic and knocked her back, Applejack took the spear as well. Meteorite Hellfire took her axe out again and sent big waves of fire at Applejack, more running was heard and she looked back and saw Big Macintosh coming, she tried to hit him with her axe but he went around her and bucked her on her side, she was pushed back a bit and dropped her axe, Rainbow Dash flew by and took it. Meteorite Hellfire took her sword out and swung it around to make more waves of fire appear, she spun her sword around and the grass caught on fire when the blade touched it, she sent out more waves of fire that were easily dodged since her sword was slower than her spear, she held her hoof forward to signal the fire ponies to attack, but nothing happened, she looked back and saw the fire ponies were all subdued, "Y'all are strong, Ah'll give ya that." Applejack said, "But you guys only have average endurance, you all also really need to work on your speed." Rainbow Dash said, Meteorite Hellfire glared even more and swung her sword even faster to send out more waves of fire, Twilight Sparkle cast a spell on her sword to take it away from her, Meteorite Hellfire had orange lines appear on her horn and she shot lava at her, Twilight Sparkle cast a shield to block it, the shield went down and Twilight Sparkle threw the sword behind herself with her telekinesis. Meteorite Hellfire turned herself into a body of fire and floated into the air, "What the?" Twilight Sparkle asked, Meteorite Hellfire flew through the air in the form of a stream of fire, the Pegasi flew after her to stop her but lava erupted out of the ground around her to stop them from reaching her. Starlight Glimmer teleported to in front of her and shot her with a zap from her horn and changed her back to normal, Meteorite Hellfire fell but landed on her hoofs, she glared sharply and nirik fire appeared above her eyes and on her hoofs, her mane, tail, and scales on her hind hoofs also changed to nirik fire. Meteorite Hellfire shot regular fire and nirik fire out of her horn at Starlight Glimmer, she quickly teleported away while the fire and nirik fire burned whatever they touched to ashes, she looked around and saw no one, so she walked forward while her nirik fire made her hoofs burn whatever she stepped on. Meteorite Hellfire walked forward and saw ponies were coming to stop her, so she began to run, but the ponies caught her easily, Meteorite Hellfire turned back into a stream of fire and the ponies who touched her got burned, they yelled in pain while Meteorite Hellfire flew through the sky, Twilight Sparkle cast a spell to turn her back, "That's enough, Meteorite Hellfire." Twilight Sparkle said, Meteorite Hellfire's horn had red and orange lines on them and she shot out regular fire, nirik fire, and lava together, the ponies quickly moved away while Meteorite Hellfire disintegrated anything her regular fire, nirik fire, and lava touched, telekinesis was cast on her from behind by Starlight Glimmer and she tried to break free, Twilight Sparkle cast magical binds onto her to restrain her and Starlight Glimmer put her down, Meteorite Hellfire tried to break free and use her telekinesis to move forward but could not, she sat and shook her head. The ponies went to her and Meteorite Hellfire looked at them, "Just be a little more patient, Meteorite Hellfire, Big Business will be dealt with soon, I promise." Thunderbolt said, Meteorite Hellfire glared, "So, who are these guys?" Starlight Glimmer asked, "Fire ponies, they're from western Nature Valley, they're the fighters, while they're strongest of the elemental ponies, they're the slowest." Jayhawk replied, "Yer tellin' me, Pinkie Pie's still unconscious from gettin' hit." Applejack said, they looked and saw Pinkie Pie laying unconscious with stars over her head, "You should be ashamed of yourself, Meteorite Hellfire, look at how much damage you've caused." Twilight Sparkle said, nirik fire appeared over Meteorite Hellfire's eyes, "Don't you get mad at Twilight, you have burned down the animals' homes." Fluttershy said, "Well, compared to the other three, she didn't get that far." Jayhawk said, "Yeah, but look at how much damage she's caused, she would've caused more damage than the other three combined if she went to all of Equestria." Starlight Glimmer said, "Try to settle down, Meteorite Hellfire, we know you're mad and want justice, but we promise that Big Business will face justice soon, just give us a little more time." Stealth Bomber said, Meteorite Hellfire's nirik flames disappeared, "Good, now undo the damage you've done." Twilight Sparkle said, and she freed her and she began making the lava go back into the ground with her magic, "Tell me, does she take orders from Earthquake too when she's with the other three?" Starlight Glimmer asked, "No, she's the oldest of the four, so Earthquake doesn't command her." Jayhawk replied, "Well, let's go home, we've got a mess to clean tomorrow." Twilight Sparkle said, and they all headed home. Stealth Bomber and the others had dinner and looked outside, "What will happen next?" Stinger asked, "Who knows, that's all four of Mother Nature's chosen ones." Thunderbolt replied, "We'll just have to wait and see, let's sleep, I'm tired." Stealth Bomber said, and they laid down on the floor and slept.