//------------------------------// // Chapter 15: The Power of Tainted Science // Story: PonyFable // by Omega_code //------------------------------// “Set the compass down on the paper and set the fur on top of the compass,” Cysero said as he prepared the location spell. “That’s it,” Twilight asked. “Yep, now,” he stick out is thumb and it started to glow as well as the three items. There was a bright flash and…nothing happen…the items stayed the same. “Huh…that wasn’t supposed to happen,” Cysero said. “Must need more mana,” he grabbed the items, “I will need more room to be able to cast it so the town will be out of range of magically backlash.” Cysero ran in a flash of green. “Well as we’re waiting for him, I have a question. What are the most powerful magical items in all of Equestria?” “Oh the Elements of Harmony,” Pinkie Pie answered eagerly while jumping up and down. “What I win, what win?” “The key of defeating Advin,” he replied. “What do you mean,” Celestia asked. “While I was battling him, he told me that he tried to absorb the most powerful items from this world and fail because they overpower him.” “So,” Dash said, “if used the Elements we can defeat Obsidian…or Advin…both of them.” “So where are the Elements of Harmony,” Jack asked. “That's easy,” Pinkie said. "The elements are right here, they're us." “Huh… “us” who?” “She means Twilight and her friends,” Celestia said. So Tempest really meant what he said yesterday, Jack thought. “Wait,” Jack question, “shouldn’t there be eight ponies instead of six?” “Our elements are different than yours,” Celestia said. “Twilight and her friends represent the Elements of Harmony and can use their powers. Didn’t Wistala tell you?” “She forgetting to tell me a lot of things,” Jack said looking a Wistala. “Hay, I’m still a young dragon…my memory is a bit… erratic,” Wistala said trying to defend for herself. “Beside you expect me to remember every single detail that I come across.” “Never mind,” Jack said. “So if you all are the bearers, where are these elements?” “Canterlot,” Celestia answered. Sudden a huge green flash cover the sky. “What was that?!” “Cysero,” both Wistala and Jack answer. Cysero suddenly appear hold up a roll up piece of paper. “Well that took more energy than I thought,” Cysero said, “but it work.” He hand the scroll to Jack. Jack opened it and saw a big flashing arrow, pointing downwards. “Uh…what is it doing exactly?” “The arrow is point in the direction were Obsidian is, the more frequent the flash the closer you’re getting to him. From what I can from the current flashing tell he is nearby the town.” Jack looked at the same direction of the arrow. “Isn’t that were the Everfree Forest is,” he asked. “Yes,” Twilight answer. “It’s just a few minutes’ trot away. “So I just need to hold Obsidian for at least two hours,” Jack said. Everyone looked at with puzzles looks. “It takes an hour to get to Canterlot and to come back, so while someone gets the Elements, I need to distract Obsidian/Advin for two hours.” “You mean defeat him,” Rainbow Dash said. “No I mean distract, by the time I find Obsidian it might be too late to stop him bring Advin back. So I have to throw everything that I have at him to slow him down…hopefully.” Jack stated to run towards the Everfree Forest. “Don’t worry,” Wistala spoke out, “I make sure he doesn’t do anything too stupid.” “Doesn’t this count,” Dash said. “Nope.” Wistala took to the air and follow Jack. ***************************** Jack and Wistala enter the forest and follow the direction the arrow was pointing. “You know Wistala I won’t be able to use the amulet’s power to grow you to titan size when we face Advin.” “I know, but I’m still coming,” she replied. “So you have a plan to hold Advin back for two hours?” “Throw everything that I got at him.” “That works soooooo well in the past.” “Well…it’s all we have. No other heroes, Guardians, or even Dragonlords to back us up.” “You should’ve gotten some help when the portal to Lore was open.” “Not enough time…well…I could have gotten Eric’s help.” “Ya, I don’t think the power of Bacon will be much help.” “You never know, Bacon is a strange element, might be helpful in a future battle.” “Yeah and the next thing you know I will have a primal skill of Bacon,” she jokingly said. ***************************** It has to be here, Obsidian thought. He was somewhere deep in Everfree Forest, looking desperately for the gauntlet with his horn. He walk around the area the map had led him, checking every nock and cranny, under every stone too. His horn flared up and he looked down smiling gleefully. He used his magic and moved the earth away for a few seconds and the gauntlet was uncovered. “Finally,” Advin said, “after nearly three centuries I will be whole again.” Obsidian put his horn on the gauntlet symbol and its energy transfer into him. He then lifted the gauntlet and brought to his makeshift table with the rest of the stones, since his hideout was found. He place the gauntlet were it should be, “Now, transfer my complete from into the chest piece and I will be whole.” Obsidian bend his neck and let his horn touched the symbol and every bit of Advin’s energy started to flow out of him. The power going through his horn was stressful to his head and it was beginning to hurt. Soon Advin’s mind was gone from Obsidian’s head; the transfer was done. Obsidian looked at the tablet…or chest piece for Advin…and the symbol was glowing orange with slow spread throughout the small engraved lines in the stone. Then four burst of energy emitted from the tablet and attached themselves to other pieces of Advin body. Slowly Advin started to rise from the table as the energy continued to spread out. The crystal on Advin’s head started to glow and it craned forward, his body shortly followed. He moved his right armed in front of him then his shield on his left arm. “Yes…I am finally whole,” Advin said in an inhuman tone as he hovered in the air. He looked up and raised his stone shield creating an energy barrier, stopping an energy blast. “Nice try Jack, but you’re too late.” Out of the tree lines Jack and Wistala merged forth, “Too late from stopping Obsidian yes, but it’s not too late in stopping you,” Jack replied. “Like you have a chance,” Obsidian said. “You have no…*huff*…chance too…,” Obsidian nearly fainted and caught himself on the table. “What is going on…*wheeze*…why am I so weak?” “Your body is shutting down,” Advin said, “it was running on the energy that I was gave you, and now that I left, it has nothing else to run on.” “But…,” he coughed hard, “…you promise to free my sister.” He has a sister, Jack thought, and this whole thing was to save her…I feel kind-of bad now. “And I will free her from suffering …she will be shortly joining you.” And now, Jack continued on thinking, I want to grind Advin’s head into fine rubble. Obsidian eyes widen, “No…NO!” He tried to cast his magic but nothing happen. His body glowed orange and was lifted up. “Like I said anyone who tried to use my power will have a price to pay. Your sister took your price the first time, but you still have to pay.” Advin tossed Obsidian into a tree. “And like I said to you Jack, I destroyed anyone who gets in my way.” Advin raised his gauntlet and a laser beam shot out from it. Jack and Wistala dodged it, and the laser beam cut through the trees like butter. Jack changed his gauntlet to his own laser cannon and aimed it at Advin. The beam charged for two seconds and unleashed a huge blue laser with engulfed Advin. “Really Jack, a simple energy laser; you’re going to have to tried harder than that.” A shock wave burst forth and cut off Jack’s laser. “Your backwater planet technology is nothing compare to me!” “Won’t stop me from trying,” Jack pulled out Darth Laser and changed his gauntlet into a sword and rushed towards Advin. He leapt in the air and gave a powerful downward stroke with his weapons, which just clashed with Advin’s shields. Advin let out another shock wave push Jack away. Wistala fired some energy burst but proved useless against Advin’s shields. “You are starting to annoy me.” Advin point his gauntlet at her and warp her in his orange kinetic field and tossed her throw the air, sending her flying far from the battle. He looked at Jack who was just getting back on his feet. Advin flew at him at high velocity and swing his tail sword at him. Jack who saw him duck his body and the tree behind him was slice in half. Jack used the drill mood on his gauntlet and thrust it at one of the stone pieces. However Advin grabbed it with his orange energy fingers in a tight grip. Blue energy came out of his drill gauntlet and it stopped spinning and changed back to the gauntlet. “You see Jack you are no match for me. I was design to face the greatest enemy by the top scientists from my home world.” He surrounded Jack with his kinetic field and slowly lifted him up. “I face other heroes like you from others worlds who think they can take me head on without any help and they all fail intensely.” Sudden a loud bang followed by a rainbow explosion rang in the air and something like a rainbow slammed into Advin’s chest very, very hard. Advin flew straight back and went through several trees. A certain cyan pegasus was hovering in the spot where Advin once was. “Rainbow Dash? What are you doing here,” Jack asked. “Helping, what does it look like?” Jack was about to say something when a loud rumbling noise interrupted him. Advin shoot up from the ground and hover high in the air. “YOU FOOLISH PONY,” he shouted. “I tried to show some “kindness” by only going to kill the human, but it seems I need to make my point clear.” He flew in the direction towards Ponyville, with a loud bang shortly followed him. Jack stare at Dash with narrow eyes. “Ok…I miss up…but he would have killed you. And we don’t know entirely if would’ve stopped there,” she said. Jack was about to say bashful thing at her when he heard a low moaning sound coming from the bushes. Jack walked over there and saw Obsidian breathing slowing and looking pale. “I was foolish to trust him,” he mumbled out with difficultly. “Now, *cough* others will have to pay for my foolish mistake.” He turned one of his eyes looking at Jack, “You…you can still defeat him. Hold out your gauntlet.” Jack held it out and Obsidian struggle turning his head and touched his horn on the gauntlet. His horn glowed dimly and Jack’s gauntlet started humming. The humming grew louder and vibrated faster and his gauntlet slowly came back to life, but it glowed orange instead of blue. Obsidian’s horn stopped glowing and he let his head fall back on the bush. “There *huff*, your gauntlet is set to his energy frequency. You should be able to harm him now.” Jack nodded his head. Obsidian then looked up in the sky to see that the sun was getting ready to set. “Talc always loves the sun set.” He face relaxed and he stopped breathing. Jack reached over and closed Obsidian lifeless eyes. May you find peace and rest in the afterlife, Jack thought slightly as he cast a small shield around the body to protect it from the wildlife. “Come on, he gave us a chance against Advin.” Jack stood up and looked up in the sky to see Wistala making her way back to Jack. He also reached for his Dragon Amulet and saw that it was recently recharged back to full power. Jack smiled, time for the final battle. “Wistala, I need a lifted,” he shouted holding up the glowing amulet. Dragonfable is copyright to Artix Entertainment, LLC. MLP: Friendship is Magic is copyright to Hasbro. All charters that belong to their companies are rightfully theirs. This writing is for fun and nothing else. Next Chapter: The Power of Magiscience This is Advin (same picture in the story), not much of an artiest, but it's something right. (Just don't ask me to draw living beings). The dark shading is the orange energy that is hold his armor in place. The sword act as his tail when he is flying, and also as a stinger. He can also grabbed it and used it as a regular old sword. His gauntlet act as an laser beam cannon and cast his kinetic fields around objects. The shield makes the energy barrier and emitted powerful shock waves. The two shoulder plates just regulate energy from the tablet to the gauntlet and shield. The two big stone pieces on the bottom creates the thrust need to lift him in the air or make him fly. The small oval stone between the two is the dimensional stone with is still on Lore. He can do more, but I save them for later.