//------------------------------// // Stronger Than Anger // Story: The Path Of The Seven Sins // by Fry //------------------------------// An White mare in an black cape appeared. She slowly opened her eyes while the group was starring at her. ''A g-ghost!'' stumbled Spike. Fry grabbed a stick. ''Go away...you...you...ghost,i'm a buster that busts ghosts you know?'' Fry spoke heroically while he almost poked the ghost with his stick. ''Don't be afraid,everypony i'm just a spirit from the death but i have to tell you something.'' She spoke. ''Were listening...'' Twilight said softly while she moved closely towards the floating,white mare. ''Rarity isn't here...she's somewhere else,' said the mare with a black cape. Her long, black (and straight) mane hanged elegant around her neck. Twilight looked serious at the ghost. ''B-but that doesn't make any sense!?'' ''Bring that little chest to the castle. You guys are our last hope.'' 'F...f...from who?,' asks Fluttershy. ''A-and in which castle is Rarity?'' 'In the castle of count Rohan,' answers the girl. 'Go! And hurry, Freddie. You must be in the castle by sunset.' 'Why did he took Rarity?' 'Rohan needs seven mares to let his heart turn into stone. Six mares are already turned into stone in his castle. And Rarity is the last one. If you don't get on time in the castle and open the little chest...her destiny will be sealed.'' Fry looked at the chest and shaked it. ''Hmmm...nothing.'' he sighed. ''JUST LIKE INSIDE YOUR BRAIN!'' yelled Rainbow from an distance. Spike turned around towards the ghost. ''Why does he want to let his heart turn into stone?'' He asks. ''Because he doesn't believe in love anymore... Go! And be careful that you don't give in on the sins on the path. Otherwise; you'll also turn into stone.'' ''Ooooh~ sounds like fun!'' Pinkie giggled. ''No Pinkie,that isn't fun! If we turn into stone that means were....dead.'' Twilight spoke in fear while she looked in her eyes. Pinkie felt a shiver trough her body. ''Oh oh...'' She whispered. ''S-stone!?!?!?'' Fluttershy squaled. ''Ummm...i-i think im going to stay here...you k-know...'' Applejack pushed Fluttershy forward. ''Common now,sugar it w'll be fine.'' Twilight looked over her back. ''Hey what is your...?'' But before the unicorn could finish,the mare disappeared. ''Hey! Wait! Come back! Wh...what...what must we...?'' Stumbled Twilight. ''What is this? A stupid play in a theater?'' jokes Fry. ''This is real,dude!'' Interupted Spike while he breathed a little fire out of anger. ''Yeah,so does the Easter-bunny.'' Fry smiled. Spike gets mad: ''Don't you get it! We must compete the seven sins or Rarity will turn into stone.We must go! Now!'' Spike stamped angry to the edge of the hill ''I have enough of this.'' He thinks.He runs down the hill. ''Oh oh i know another joke!'' Fry smiled while he holds the chest close to him. ''Move it,Comedycolt!'' Demanded Twilight while he poked him softly. Fry,Twilight,Fluttershy,Pinkie and Spike followed the others. … In the meantime... Rarity woked up in the middle of a chamber. She looks around for an exit but she only sees a door and she knows that it is locked. ''It's like a humungous dungeon.'' she spoke to herself. Rarity gasps when she hears the door slowly squeeking open. She frowns. Count Rohan comes in and gives her a plate of food. He frowns and looks not so very kind. 'Are you count Rohan?' asks Rarity polite with her royal voice. ''Shut up!'' Snarls the count. And the count locks the door again. … When the whole group is back together,they are walking trough the forest. Rainbow and Bender in the front Applejack pushing Fluttershy forward Pinkie and Spike walking behind and Twilight and Fry walking at the end. ''Hmm What are the seven sins?'' asks Fry. ''Let me think...'' Twilight thinks very hard. ''Euhm... Anger; something with food: gluttony...wait, '' Twilight gets an flashback of the gate. She blinked 2 times with her eyes. ''And?'' Fry asks curiously. ''T-that text on the gate: ''Do you start hotheaded on the battle, know that you're going to loose. Are you seduced by desire and glory, know well for whom you're going to choose. Who is slow and lingers, shall never...'' ''Yeah, that's really good, Einstein,'' Spoke Bender and Rainbow Dash giggled in her wing. 'Yes, but what are the seven sins exactly?' asks Fry. Suddenly Pinkie stands still. ''I hear a heart...it goes boomboom boomboom'' ''Ah hear it too!'' Applejack said suprised. ''Hey Fry,are you such a chicken that your heart is going crazy?'' Joked Rainbow while she puts her hooves over eachother. ''W-well i hear the beating in Fry's surroundings...'' Fluttershy spoke shy. Pinkie layed her head on Fry's chest. ''Well it's not his heart,but it sure makes funny sounds,hihi'' Pinkie giggled. Suddenly everypony looks at his chest. Fry Trows it on the ground. Bender wants to grab it, but Twilight is earlier. ''Please Twilight,give me the chest...'' Bender growled. ''You don't need this chest. Greed is also a sin, so your definitely don't need this.' ''What is greed?'' Asks Pinkie. ''Just look at Bender...you'll see.'' Twilight gives the chest to Spike. ''I understand...that you'll sale your own mother for money...'' Rainbow Dash mumbled. ''Hothead.'' whispered Bender to Twilight. ''Hey!'' Rainbow yelled and she frowned. '''Or the chest!'' goes Pinkie further. ''And Twilight as a friend it is just pathetic because...'' She puts her left hoof on her mouth and stops with speaking. ''Is fighting also one of the seven sins?'' ''I-i hope not...because if...t-that means...S-stone.'' Fluttershy started to cry. ''Oh,great thanks to y'all,Fluttershy is now cryin.Ya'll happy now?'' Applejack putted a hoof on Fluttershy's back. 'I'm not sure if fighting is a sin.,' Fry spoke quietly. ''Oh boy! He doesn't know it! That's once in a lifetime.'' Rainbow taunted. Fry looked sadly down. Twilight turns to Rainbow : ''Just stop it!'' ''Stop yourself!'' Rainbow Poked Twilight's chest. ''Guys! Guys!'' Interrupted Spike again. ''Peace on earth.'' The group hushed as the passing something. Pinkie gasps. ''A super, hyper, mega mikado!'' She shouts excited. He looks at a million spears that are standing in the ground. Some perpendicular, some horizontal and some vertical. But the most are the ones that are oblique. 'What is this?' asks Bender when he and Fluttershy approaching it. 'Look,' Yelled Applejack while she pointed to the object with her hat. ''Ah key!'' ''Your right,Applejack'' Twilight observed the key. ''S-shouldn't we go further?,'' Suggested Fluttershy in fear. ''Spike, where's the rest? Where is Rainbow Dash?' asks Twilight while she looked around. ''RAINOW,RAINBOW!?'' Pinkie Shouts around. ''It's no use,she's heading to the forest again.'' ''This is the first test on the Path of the Seven Sins,' Twilight spoke with an tiny voice. Bender looks at the spears: ''This is stupid! You just can take that key away.'' ''Yes, Bender. When everything is that simple.'' Twilight rolled with her eyes. ''Just look and learn, bunglers.'' Bender steps to the spears and touches one... A Grand sharp spear appears from the ground and Bender falls on his back. He looks at the spear that stops trembling between his Hind-hooves. He just can't believe his eyes. ''Yeah,easy. Isn't it, Bender?'' said Twilight sarcastic. ''Are you okay?'' Asked Fluttershy polite while she helped him up. Bender was totally in shock... ''A-after you,Spike,'' Bender stuttered cowardly. ''JUST GO BENDER!'' Yelled Twilight,Applejack,Fry,Spike,Pinkie and even Fluttershy. ''Okay,okay i go!'' Bender sighed. He walks over to the spears and steps into the grand building of spears. But than he starts to runaway. ''Hey, Spencer! You must help us!'' Shouted Fry but it was to late. He already vanished into the forest. ''Great now we lost Rainbow and Bender.'' Twilight said while she looked at the ground. 'Can't we just ignore it?' asks Applejack. ''We gotta have that key. I've got a feeling that it's important to have that,' answers Spike. He walks further INTO the building of spears : a spear appears. He takes a step to the left : again a spear appears. He takes calm a step: no spear. He takes two steps: two spears appear. His dragon tail is wagging out of anger. He's getting furious now: ''What am I doing wrong?!!!'' An spear appears right in front of his face. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Meanwhile in the forest ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rainbow Dash walks around the tree. 'It's so boring here,' She said irritated. 'Don't you think that we should go back?' asks Bender a little worried . Dashie rolls with her eyes: 'Just admit that your a cowardly and greedy pony. You don't give a damn about Carly.' ''Said The Pegasus who is walking away from her problems and friends...'' Bender laughs about it but the blue pegasus turned around and gets really angry : ''Hey! Stop it!'' She stamped her hoof on the ground. Suddenly Applejack came behind a tree and walked to the two ponies. ''Twi said that yall have to wait fur us,what in the hay is going on?'' Applejack asked confused. ''Oh never-mind,you all don't give a darn about me!'' '''That's not true!'' Applejack putted an hoof on Rainbow's shoulder. ''Oh! Keep your stories to yourself, okay?'' Rainbow frowned and moved her hoof away. She cried a tear and walks away. ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In the mean time Spike didn't even moved a claw... He was still standing where he stood a couple of minutes ago. ''Spike becareful!'' Twilight shouted worried. ''Man,Sometimes Rainbow Dash really is a ''Hothead'' Fry sighs. Suddenly it Hit Twilight like a train. Her eyes grow as her brain started working. The text on the gate... Do you start hotheaded on t... ''Hotheaded. Hotheaded! It's anger! It's anger!'' She shouts enthusiastic. ''Don't get angry,Spike.'' Fry shouts to the little dragon ''Yeah Fry's right,just be calm and relaxed!'' Twilight advised him. Spike gets slowly closer to the key. ''What are you a ....ummm ?'' And your always make jokes and stuff ?'' Pinkie complaints to Fry. ''P-pinkie,what are you doing?'' Fry said sobbing a little. ''Play along,silly. Anger! You know,' whispers the pink pony. ''It's like your running away from a set of carts.'' ''W-well than, look at you with your ugly ...umm...mane!,'' responds Fry. A spear appears in front of Spike ''Umm...guys.''. ''What's wrong with my mane??'' Pinkie asked confused. Another spear appears. ''oh oh'...'' ''You're pretending like you're the funniest mare in the world, but...'' Again a spear. ''Umm...guys couldn't you just...'' ''Have you looked at yourself with your stupid head?'' ''Stupid? Me?'' ''Guys!'' screams Twilight while she pushed Pinkie and Fry away. they all look at the three spears right under the nose of Spike. ''Could you stop fighting, please,'' says Spike calm. '' I am deeply sorry Pinkie'' Apologizes Fry. ''No Fry,i am Deeply sorry.'' ''Friends?'' ''Friends...'' The two hugged each other. Twilight smiled and cheered for Spike : ''Common Spike!'' ''Woohoo~'' Fluttershy cheered. Spike takes another step and his claw reaches to the key. He touches it. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rarity hears a scream in the castle. ''Count Rohan?'' She asked frightened. ''No!'' Screamed the count whle his hoof grabs his chest. '' My heart is beating again!'' ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Spike comes out of the spears and cheers with the key in his claws. One of the sins is defeat : Anger.