//------------------------------// // Phoenix Out of the Cage // Story: A Good Share of Lives // by Sea Pony //------------------------------// Fluttershy tripped and fell on the grass, as something pull her leg. She look on her back leg and saw a small rope attached on it. How did it get here? Her question was answered when a familiar cat walk slowly in her direction she had attached the end of the rope to the door of th cottage. ``Soft Paw? Why did you stop me they are going to hurt themself!`` Immediatly she bite the rope trying to get it off from her leg. ``There nothing you can do Fluttershy! Meek is a elementalist and Sonata the son of griffonya new general, even if you are a national hero you’re not a fighter! But don’t worry Sonata wouldn’t hurt a filly I’m more worried about him than your foal.`` ` Meek Sky clench her teeth as she tried to punch the griffin, Sonata expertly dodge left and right with the less movement possible to escape the hit of the fillies. His father had made him learn to never waste energy on useless movement when he was in a fight. It did sound a little extreme but in Griffonya the life is harsh and sometime hordes of monsters could attack entire towns they couldn’t waste energy on one of them only. ``Meek Sky calm down! I’m sure your sister is alright!`` As he said that she jump back before charging with her hoof aim at the musician. Sonata took his violin’s bow and quickly block the attack his claws dig in the grass attempting to keep his balance as he was pushed from the powerful attack made by the ten year old filly. Sonata couldn’t keep his defense like this forever sooner or later she would get the better of him, he need to find a way to make her become normal once again! ``What is your problem little kitty, have some difficulty to keep up with me? Why don’t you try to attack me? I want to have some fun. Victory is so much better when the prey desperatly try to stay alive!`` Sonata had trouble believing this monstrous thing could live in the subconsious of this sweet little filly. Sonata quickly took his violin and played a soothing song, the griffin then open his eyes confident the effect of the enchanted instrument had work. The fire on Meek Sky mane died down for a moment and her eyes seem to gain more life. But all the relief was shattered when the flammes grew only stronger. ``You trhough your pathetic songs could stop me? I will show you what I do with griffins that try to control my mind!`` Her horn began to glow with an agressive magical aura, two new appendage made of pure flammes began to grow bigger and bigger by the seconds on each side of the filly. When it seem to be at the size she wanted it to be, her magic fade and she look back at Sonata with a predatory grin. She open two new burning wings and flap them. ``Your song almost beat me but you forgot one important detail, I am the Phoenix! You can only dream of killing me! And when against all odds you miraculously beat me I will only come back from my ashes stronger than ever!`` She began to laugh like a madmare as she saw the horrified expression of her mother. She took off in the sky and open her wings wide open as her horn began once again to glow. Sonata took his violin and prepare himself to play a defensive song. Meek Sky began to shoot balls of fire at the griffin below her. All her attemps where blocked by the shield casted by the song of the musician. She glare at him angrily, all her beautiful fire was destroyed without having the time to burn anything! She crossed her wings with each other before she began to form a tiny ball of fire, it’s only grew bigger and bigger and when she was finished she formed a mini sun as large as five ponies. She mercilessly thew the thing on the shield of Sonata, he clench his beak and let out a scream as he tried his best to block the massive thing. The ground around him shook at the sheer force of the impact. His eyes widden in horror as his precious instrument began to crack and explode in pieces. Fortunately throught the ball of fire had time to disapear before it could seriously injure the griffin, but the force of the elementalist still propel him two meters away of his original position. ``Ahahahah! That what this trash deserved, this thing is way too dangerous to be controlled by a moron like you anyway.`` Sonata simply lay on the ground, nopony was really sure if he was unconsious or if he was depressed of the loss of his instrument to the point of not responding. ‘Phoenix’ grin before dashing head first in direction of her foe, she dive for the killing blow. Now that this blast thing was destroyed he was completely useless. She created a fist of flamme once again and was about to punch him in the face- ``Wait!`` Meek Sky eye widden for a second when the butter yellow Pegasus threw herself in the middle of the battleground. She only smirk in responce if this dumb Pegasus wanted to be grilled that was her problem. Phoenix punched the shy pony her innocent part used to call mom without any remorse, she watch in amusement as the body of the poor Pegasus was thrown on the grass with a large burn mark where she been touched. ``That what happen when a stupid mare like you come betwen two warriors worthless little- No! Mommy I’m so sorry! Please don’t hate me. What? No! Not the bucking host she can’t be awaken arleady! Mommy please I didn’t mean to hurt you I’m a horrible daughter! Shut up! Little bitch!...`` Fluttershy moan at the pain she felt but heard something was happening with her little filly. What she saw made her gasp in astonishement she had never saw something so strange. The eyes of Meek Sky each wore a different expression, one eyes was still looking at her with murder intentions, while the other was filled with tears of regrets, it was as if somepony had grab two completely different fillies and glued them together. The mare rose on her four legs and did the only thing she could think of, with a soft smile she trot in direction of her little filly ``No mom don’t come closer! I will hurt you again please stay away! Like that the doormat like to be harmed huh? Well I like to play with insects before killing the main prey. No don’t touch her!`` Despite the creepy scene happening before her the shy mare only step closer as if her filly was only a newborn foal that need comfort. She grab the filly in her forehooves and press her on her fur in a embrace. As soon as the contact was made it was like somepony had woke the poor foal from her nightmare, as if nothing ever happened. Meek Sky grab her mother by the neck and sob on her coat she cried more when she saw the burn mark she had cause on the fur. ``Shhh It’s ok Meek Sky mommmy isn’t mad I will never abandon you.`` This seem to only agravate the situation as she tighten her grip on her mother, it wasn’t long before the filly fell asleep by all the emotions she had experience. When he got over the hit he had take, Sonata slowly approach the Fluttershy. ‘’You know you seem a little out of place in all of this, your brother is a dragon your mothers are Daring Do and the other is the author who wrote the serie, your daughters are two crazy elementalist which in the case of one of them was supposed to be your husband ten year ago.`` The Pegasus only giggle in response. ``I guess, but I wouldn’t want any other family if I had a choice. The first years where hard, acting as if Dream was dead when she was just in front of me. Winter Song may not been able to raise her daughter but she saw her grow up and took care of her in her own way. I sometime wonder if they would have been as close if she was still Dream. The world is a strange place to live in sometime.`` She shook her head smillng. ``Even after all those years it hard to accept that a thirteen year old filly is Peace Dreamer. She change so much since her transformation.`` Sonata said recallling the good times he had with the crazy stallion. ``I guess she did change the fact she’s a filly played a role on this, but it’s not only that. Dream live seventeen years in a magicless Gaia world. Life in this branch is a lot different than here. When Dream talk of his home the only thing he seem to have fond memory was his family and work of fictions.`` She said sadly, in the corner of her eyes she saw Soft Paw aproaching her and Sonata. ``I heard a lot of human don’t like to talk about their world in Equestria because they think ponies are innocent as foals and don’t understand the concept of violence.`` Soft Paw shook her head with mirth remembering a few conversation she overheard from a few players. Fluttershy look at her for a second before resuming her conversation with Sonata. ``It’s a little ironic that he chose to be a Pegasus, he seem to be always fascinated by all sort of magic spells, I think that what he hated with his world, it’s had no magic Dream was meant to live with magic I’m sure of it. The elders made a terrible mistake when they sent him on Earth, I think that one of the detail why she’s so different in this live, she had the one thing that made her complet.`` ``Wow that a little deep Fluttershy`` The shy mare flushed at the griffin praise. ``Anyway I’m going back to the castle the Doctor promise me a drink when I finished my mission. Oh! And before I forget here your element of kindness, I think you should give it to Winter when she come back from wherever she go. She seem to really want it when she was in the tower.`` Fluttershy nod slowly in response. ``Bye Sonata have a safe evening!`` Sonata grin at the shy mare. ``Yeah you too, I think I will take a few weeks of vacation after this, even a warrior can’t handle this much action in the same day.`` He said before he took off in direction of the moutain where the city of Canterlot was build on. ``Bye chicken! And don’t forget to write me!`` The cat exclaimed smirking before he disapear from view, Fluttershy gave her a unamused glare before sighing with a little smile. It’s moment like these she can think thing aren’t so different after all happened.