Liquid splash everywhere from the hole that was once my head. The players was shocked they never saw blood in the game. But then they and Sonata realised something important, the ‘blood’ was transparent it hadn’t the red colors we usually see when someone is cutted.
If you observe right this was looking almost like...Water? The liquid began to crawl back on my body and began to form a complete pony head made of water. As soon as the last drop of liquid was on the head the form it was tranformed back in flesh and fur.
I quickly put my hood back before anypony regonize me and I look back at all my ally they had all they jaw drop at the sight. I was surprised myself, with that power I had healed a few bruise and cuts in the past. But I didn’t know it was effective at the point of reforming a complet part of the body.
My eyes widden as I heard the metalic sound of a sword being raise above me. Sonata quickly played his violin again but this time it was a scary sounding song. The sword of the minotaur stop just above me as he played the last note.
``AHHHH!`` The monster scream and threw me on a tree with his head as he began to run all around the room atacking all the players that came on his way.
``Qu’est-ce que tu as fait?!`` I scream at Sonata in panic.
``I just played a song to make him afraid of us, I through he would just run away not this!`` He said panicked. He pick his bow and made his blade come out of it again and charged at the beast. He slash the minotaur in the back resluting at him giving a kick to the griffins.
As he lay on the ground Sonata pick his violin and retracted the blade quickly into the bow. He play the same song he first played the first time and shot out a bolt of lightning. Like the other one the electricity got through all the body, but something different happened too.
I heard a weird electric popping noise and smoke began to rise around the helmet of the minotaur. Then sudenly the helmet split into pieces and fell on the ground reveling the face of a dazed and confused monster.
``Huh? What do Iron Will doing in this forest?`` Some players was about to rush to achieve him but was stop by Sonata.
``Stop! All of you ok who are you and why did you attack us like that?!`` The griffin said angrily to the minotaur.
``I-Iron Will doesn’t know the last thing he remember is that mare leading the full moon guild casting a spell on Iron Will, the next thing Iron Will know he’s here with all of you surounding him.``
The old brown unicorn of our group expected the helmet that was on the ground. `` It’s look like Nightmare Moon cast a beat it, kill it spell on him, It’s wasn’t technically his fault.`` Sonata look angrily at the minotaur.
``I will give you the benefice of the doubt minotaur but I don’t trust you enought to follow us just yet, so quit this tower and we will be on our way.`` Iron Will had a down cast expression but nod.
``Iron Will understand he will be use his power to help Equestria in another way.`` With that Iron Will walk away of the room and step on the platform to be transported downstair. As for us we climb the stairs to the 10th stage.
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Inside was once again some vegetation, this time through it was more looking like a mini jungle. In the middle of the room was a green looking lake. Sonata look all around. ``Ok guys be on your guards we’re on a room containing an element, the boss here is probably harder than the others.``
``Ah!`` A player scream in surprise as he receive acid spit on his back.
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We all turn around where the spit had come from. My jaw drop at the sight before me. Two giant carnivore plants was rising from the lake of the room growling at us. ``Every archers and mages shoot at this thing!`` Sonata ordered to all the adventurers.
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``The first thing we should take care is the players they are the one who made the most of problem by stealing our things!`` Rarity said dramatically.
``The player ain’t nothin’ dangerous we should take care of the blood sucker that been crawling all around Equestria like packs of lost dogs.`` Applejack stated angrily the other ponies wanted to agree but Twilight talk next.
``Girls! The breach is obviously more important without magic we would die.`` Twilight calmly state trying to keep her appearance of a ruler in front of the crod of ponies.
``Of course you would want to save the magic Twilight, it is your passion. The elements should come first once we get them we can beat Discord and everything will come back like before.``
``It’s not that simple Rainbow, if we defeat Discord the whole country could be destroyed, without his magic keeping us in the sky we could sank in the sea as soon as we defeat him!`` Twilight argue back.
``Maybe we could throw a big party to Discord so he can stop to be a meany-pants.`` Pinkie Pie said with a grin.
``Pinkie it isn’t so simple-``
``A-actually Twilight, maybe she’s right.`` Said a soft voice close of the princess of friendship.
``What?!`` Everypony except Pinkie said in shock at Fluttershy agreeing with the party pony.
``M-maybe if we show a-a little kindness we could m-make him do good instead of evil.`` Fluttershy, remembering what Time Skip said about her being friend with Discord in his world, sugested.
``That would never work, we don’t live in a fairy tale where-`` Celestia who had keep silent during all the meeting interupt Dash argument.
``I think Fluttershy could be on something, but do you have a plan? We didn’t saw Discord for a while now he could be anywhere.``
``Princess you can be serious! Fluttershy could never do something as great as reforming a spirit! No offense to you Shy.`` Twilight said apologetically.
``None taken.``
``If somepony would be competent enough to reform Discord I think it would be Fluttershy, but as I said we don’t know where he is.``
``I think I know p-princess.`` Fluttershy shyly state, the princess and everypony turn to the shy Pegasus interested in her answer. ``Discord is not really evil, not to my knowledge. He’s a playfull trickster with too much power. I would surprised he would create such a big game withtout participing in it.``
``Are you suggesting?`` Fluttershy nod confidently.
``I think he’s a player playing in the game he created, t-there a list of the ten top players of each day showed each day on the shield. With his power Discord would be easily one of the best players if not the best. I think if we search for the top ranked players we will find Discord.``
A loud alarmed reasoning in all Equestria interupt the ponies they all look outside. A alert sign was showed under it was affiched ‘stage 10 boss battle’ ``The players got through stage ten? It’s was about time we arleady lost two months!`` Dash said annoyed but a little excited.
``You shouldn’t judge them, Sonata made his best to build up his guild to help us to recuperated the elements.`` Twilight said disaprovingly, but Dash didn’t care about this she was focused on the screen.
``Hey I didn’t know Sonata had a filly in his team.`` She raised a brow at this new.
``What a filly will fight in there? Poor little thing how could they put her in this situation?!`` Fluttershy said fuming at the black griffin.
``Relax Shy, she could be another player for all we know, I’m sure Sonata wouldn’t be insane enought to put a real filly in danger.`` Dash confidently said reassuring the butter yellow mare.
``I guess you’re right.``
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Sonata bolt of lighning seem to do only low damages to the carnivore plant, the boss in question only lick it’s lips in responce, even I know plants aren’t suppose to be able to move like that! I search for a way to damage this thing. I’m a water elementalist and it would take way too much water to actually drown this thing seeing as it’s perfectly ok with living in a lake.
But plants are sensible to temperature, it’s just my luck that I can control the temperature of the water. I through grinning to myself, I ran to the edge of the lake and put my two forehooves and transform the water into ice...The only problem is that I was only able to froze small part of the lake and didn’t touch the plant at all.
``Filly! Get out of here before...`` The rest of what the griffin was about to say was muffled when the carnivore plant shallow me in his mouth. The teeth of the thing tried to cut me into pieces but I quickly put a spiritual shield around me.
The monster only tried harder to bite me, after a while it seem to calm down, just when I trought I could take a breath, the thing decide to gulp me up anyway without chewing me. I scream in panic as I was send through the stomach of the plant.
As I saw the gastric juices bellow waiting to digest me, I began to panic even more and randomly summon spikes of ice everywhere to stop my fall. The whole place began to shake as the plant trash around because of the pain I had inflicted.
In my panic I wanted to hear more of his suffering for trying to kill me, I now realise how sadistic that sound, but when your in a life or death situation moral doesn’t really matter. So I plant spikes in every corner of it’s throat, the plant trash only harder only to let a final roar before all it’s body began to glow and exploded in shards, like every monster of Discord’s game.
I was about to fall on the lake under the creature that just died. But a giant vine roll itself tighly around my stomach and bring me in face of the second head of the plant. I watched way too many hentais to like where this is going.
A arrow hit the vine that I was imprison and I realised that the players bellow tried to help me out of this. But in reponse to this the monster only tighten his grip, I mewl in pain before the vine rise above the head of the plant and threw me like a rag doll.
I let a blood curdling scream as I was thrown away I desperatly flap my feathered appendage with no result. I hit the hard ground and bounce in the middle fo the group of players. I tried to ignore the pain and lift myself from the ground only to be stopped by Sonata’s claw.
``You did a great job little Pegasus rest now you did a great job we will take care of the rest``. I tried to protest but all come out was random mumble before I fell unconsious. The only thing I could hear was the sound of the battle as I lay ther uselessly.
*Clang* *ROAR!!* ``Kill it with fire!`` *♪♫ ♪ * *Zap!*
The next thing that woke me up was a groan of pain coming from my left, I look up to see the brown stallion I saw when I came here on the rubbing his head with his hoof. ``Well look like somepony have put a enchantment on the elements.`` He said to the group strangely enough he didn’t seem angry by this developement if anything he seem happy.
``Don’t tell me after all we sacrifice we can’t have this element!`` Cried a player, there was only four survivor left in the group of players. I look where they look and saw that the lake had dissapear remplaced by a stone floor.
In the middle of it an element of harmony was levitating it’s radiance lit the entire room with a pink light. The player and ran and tried to slice the enchantment, but the only result he got was to be throwned on the ground by a magical gust of wind.
I look at the elements and my eyes sparkled in recognition, this was mom’s element of harmony, kindness. I have to get it! I don’t want to let these strangers have it. Sonata scratch his feathered chin as he through for a sollution.
But then the filly that help them ran to the element of kindness. ``Wait filly! You will only hurt...Yourself?`` The wind rose for a second time, but then as if it’s reconise the filly it died down to let her pass. Why? Sonata through to himself, he imagine only the bearers could pass the enchantment, or maybe somepony close of them, but who could it be?
His reponse was answer when the Pegasus filly touch the element. The wind rose back. Not to repelled her, in fact it was as if the wind was circling around her. The hood of the filly fell to reveal... ``Winter song!?``
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``SONATA!!! When you come back you will get a kick so powerfull that your fur will look as black as your feathers!`` Fluttershy scream in rage when she saw that her little foal was fighting monsters the entire time.
``Fluttershy calm down!`` Dash tried to contrainte her to do something she might regret.
``My poor little baby is hurt, how can I simply calm down! As Celestia as my witness he will regret to ever put her in the harm way!``
``I don’t think I need to witness it, I believe you.`` The ruler of the day said a little worried for one of her best fighters.