//------------------------------// // Chapter 7: The trial of the Elements, part 2 // Story: The Odyssey of Sunlight Blaze--Rise of a hero Vol.2: The adventure truly begins. // by Justafanfictioner //------------------------------// Sunset and Applejack walked for hours in the desert. They were exhausted and tired. “I....Can’t...Walk...Any....Further, said Sunset. Let’s face it....We will die in the middle of that desert...At least, we will die together...” Applejack took Sunset in her arms. “We won’t die here, said Applejack to her. I promise we will find a way out. Trust me...It won’t end like this...” Applejack walked and walked for minutes, until her legs stopped working. “Applejack!! Said Sunset. Stop, you will kill yourself if you continue” “I don’t care, she said. It’s either the both of us or only one of us...” Applejack finally broke after a few more minutes. “Applejack!! Look!! Said Sunset. I see an oasis in front of us!!” “Are...You sure it’s not...A m...Mirage?” she asked. “This is not a mirage, said Sunset. I know it because i am wearing Sunlight’s magic goggles. I hope he doesn’t get mad at me when he will realize it.” Sunset and Applejack ran with the last bit of energy they had and jumped in the water. They stayed in it for a while. “I am hungry, said Applejack. We refreshed ourselves, but we need something to eat.” “I see fruits right there!! Said Sunset. Last arrived is a chicken!!” They ate all the fruits they could and with a full belly, they were now sleepy. “I hate too much, said Sunset. I need a nap.” “Me too, said Applejack. Let’s recover our forces.” [...] Twilight and Rarity were still walking in the jungle “So....Hot, said Rarity. I hate jungles...Moisture is not good for my hairs!! And my skin!” “I have the feeling we are not even close to get out of this jungle, said Twilight. Maybe we don’t need to find the end of this jungle, but rather an exit inside it. Maybe one of those tree hide a secret portal...” “No! Are you nuts?! Said Rarity. We are not going to touch every tree in this forest in order to check if there is a portal, If there is one!! And even if you were right, we will die of hunger or thirst before even discovering it!!” “If only Sunlight was with us, said Twilight. He could probaly see something we can’t with his goggles, or using is magic to keep us safe...” “Me too, said Rarity. But he won’t help us. This is not like him and Pinkie Pie were going to appear right in front of us with the answer...” A portal opened in a tree and they saw Pinkie’s coming out of it. The portal closed as soon as she left it. “Hi, girls!! She said. I am glad to see you!!” “Oh, come on, said Rarity. This is ridiculous. How did you even get here? And where is Sunlight?” “Oh, simple, she said. I discovered the access to a interdimensional tunnel with Sunlight. But i lost sight of him a few minutes after. I wandered for many hours in this tunnel, when i heard Rarity whinning. I ran in the direction of the noise and went through a portal...” “Hum, do you think you can help us find the exit of this Jungle?” asked Twilight. “Well, sure!! She said. Follow me, girls!!” [...] Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy had built a raft with the wood they had found. They left the island and were in the middle of the ocean. “How much time passed since we left the island?” asked Rainbow Dash. “I would say a few hours, answered Fluttershy. Why?” “Just because i am bored, said Rainbow. We searched the whole island to find an exit, but without success. But who know if the ocean is the answer?” “I am sure we will soon find an exit!!” she said. The sky suddenly became darker and storm clouds were beginning to form. “Oh oh, said Rainbow Dash. There is a nasty storm right in front of us!!” “I am sure the exit is inside this storm, said Fluttershy. Let’s use my powers.” She summoned a whale. “Wait, you could do that from the beginning?! Said Rainbow Dash. Seriously!?” “Yep, she answered. But you wanted to be in charge, so...” “Fair point, said Dash. Next time we are in a situation like that, i will let you take the lead...” They headed into the storm on the back of the whale. They were soon welcomed by the sheer violence of the rain and wind in their faces. “If we continued on our raft, he would have been destroyed” said Rainbow. [...] In the desert, Applejack and Sunset had left the oasis for a while and were still trying to figure out where to find the exit. “It’s hopeless, said Sunset. We will never get out of this place. I already feel the heat weaken my body and my concentration.” “Let’s get back to the oasis then, said Applejack. We need to manage our forces as much as possible.” Applejack and Sunset turned back and walked in direction of the oasis. They suddenly felt the ground shake under them. “What is happening? Asked Sunset. And why do i have the feeling something terrible is coming for us?” “This is not an earthquake, said Applejack. The dunes i see around us are not shaking. I think those vibrations might come from something underground, something big. Let’s run as fast as we can!!” The two girls started running away from the epicenter of the vibrations, suddenly, they heard a loud noise, a growl coming from beneath the sand. Applejack pushed Sunset out of the way and jumped back, avoiding both of them to be eaten or hurted by the monster that came off the ground. “What is that?!” asked Sunset. The creature was an giant mutated scorpion-like monster combined with a spider and a reptile. His head was the one of a reptile, his body was the one of a spider, with multiple sharp looking arms and his back, front arms and tail were those of a scorpion. “Crap, said Sunset. It’s a Chimera!!” “A what?!” asked Applejack. “Basically a monster that combine 3 different creatures or animal into one” answered Sunset. “We won’t be able to run away from it, said Applejack. Look like we will have to fight this monster. But why is he after us?” Sunset closed her eyes and read the memories of the creature. “He is angry that we invaded his home, said Sunset. More precisely the oasis we found.” The creature charged in direction of the two girls, claws out and jaws open. Applejack jumped above the creature at the last moment and punched him in the face, between the eyes, knocking it back from a dozen of meters. The creature was not hurt, however. “That did almost nothing to him, said Applejack. Do you think your psychic powers can deal with him?” “I am already trying, she answered. But he is resisting. You will need to weaken him so i could put him asleep” “I don’t know how i could do that, said Applejack. His body look pretty damn tough and my punches probably going to do nothing to him. And also, he could easily tear me apart with those arms of his or chomp me.” “In this case, i think i could be useful, said a voice they both recognized. I am always up to a challenge.” “Sunlight!!” said both of the girls. “Leave it up to me, he answered. But if you want to be useful, Applejack, you can support me.” Sunlight looked at the creature. “I’ll give you two choices, he said. Either you leave me and my friends alone or i will have to burn you to a crisp...” The creature charged at Sunlight. “The hard way it is, then” he said. Sunlight bended the sand underneath the creature into a big hand that grabbed it. He then crushed it on the ground. “Since when you can bend sand like that?” asked Sunset. “Since i finished my training, he said. All those months spend in the simulation machine helped my mastery of other elemental magics other than fire, like earth, air, nature, thunder, ice and water.” The creature got up on his feet and looked at Sunlight with a death stare. “How does it feel being crushed by sand?” said Sunlight. The Chimera pointed his tail at Sunlight and started shooting magic poisonous stings. He blocked it with a barrier. “Is this all you’ve got? Asked Sunlight. My turn now!!” Sunlight threw at the creature a rain of fireball but they bounced on his back. ”Alright, his body is tougher than i expected, thought Sunlight. Hum...this monter is part lizard, and lizard are sensible to cold. I could create ice with my magic, but with this heat, it will melt pretty fast. If there was a water source somewhere near i could set a trap for the Chimera.” “Water? Asked Sunset by telepathy. There is an oasis a few kilometers at the east. What is your plan?” “I will bring him into water and then freeze the water with my ice magic” answered Sunlight. Sunlight took Sunset and Applejack’s hand and teleported them in the oasis. They were soon joined by the monster who appeared out of the ground. “Hey, dumbass!! Said Sunlight, standing above water. I am here!!” He irritated the creature by shooting magic beams and fire balls at it. The monster rushed in his direction but stopped when close to the water. Suddenly, the creature was knocked in the water by a palm tree Applejack was holding like a baseball bat. Sunlight smiled and used his ice magic to freeze the lake, and by the same occasion, the monster. “I am not done with you, said Sunlight. Blazing Supernova!!” He threw at the monster a giant ball of fire that exploded, creating a lot of steam. “Hellfire Blast!!” shouted Sunlight. A violent stream of flames covered the creature for a few seconds. He stopped his attack and dissipated the smoke with the wind. The Chimera’s shell was fissured and the rest of his body was badly damaged. “Time to end this...” said Sunlight. He jumped on the back of the creature and started charging his body with electricity. “Million Volt Overload” he whispered. The chimera was electrocuted by a violent stream of lighting, so powerful that the monster’s insides fried. After a whole minute, the creature closed his eyes, dead. Sunlight then buried the dead monster in the sand and walked between the girls, who were stupefied. The three noticed the light coming from the now totally dry lake. “You think it is...the portal?” asked Sunset. “It is, said Sunlight. The light make no doubt. Let’s no waste time, there could be more like him soon.” Applejack, him and Sunset jumped in the portal. [...] Twilight, Rarity and Pinkie Pie were fighting a group of angry Manticores that Pinkie accidentally pissed off earlier. “There is too many! Said Rarity. We really need to find the exit right now!!” A Manticore jumped on Twilight, but she threw him away using her magic. The creature crashed into a tree and broke it, the tree then fell on a pile of rock, breaking it and revealing a secret passage. “Girls!! She said. I think i found a way to leave this place!! All in the portal!” Rarity, Pinkie Pie and her ran the faster they could in direction of the magic portal. They fortunately managed to get through in time. [...] Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash were in the middle of the storm. “Rainbow Dash!! Said Fluttershy. Look!!” She pointed a giant water maelstorm in front of them and light emanating from it. “You think this is the exit?” asked Rainbow. “I am sure” she answered. When they approached the vortex, they were suddenly blocked by a giant monster. “Oh no!! Said Fluttershy. Kraken at Twelve o’clock!” “We have no time to fight him, said Rainbow Dash, we need to enter straight in this vortex.” Her wings appeared on her back, followed by Fluttershy. They took height, then dived the faster they could in direction of the vortex. They easily pass through the Kraken’s tentacles and crossed the portal.