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// 3 - Escape from Canterlot 
// Story: Guardian of Equestria 
// by Wanderer_Mike 
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Outside the throne room, the unicorn guard stared at the double doors, worried.
After the initial thrashing, and his partner flew off to get Princess Luna, all he’s been hearing was shouts and yells, both from Princess Celestia and the intruder. But what worried him was that the Princess was yelling in anger, while the intruder yelled in fun.
‘What the hay is going on in there?’ he thought.
Silence came for a few minutes, before hearing thrashing again. Then, after another moment of silence…
	EEEEOUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The guard couldn’t hold a small smirk. It seemed that Princess Celestia managed to land a decent hit on the intruder.
But now there was complete silence. He didn’t want to lean his ear to the door, due to misunderstandings, but he was straining to try and hear what was going on inside. For what he could tell, both were talking, but he couldn’t understand a word.
The sound of wings flapping caught his ears. He turned his head to look at the corridor, just in time to see a night blue alicorn arriving with his partner in tow.
The unicorn guard made a bow towards the alicorn. “Princess Luna.” He greeted.
“I was informed about an invisible intruder in the throne room, facing my sister.” The Lunar Princess spoke up, looking at the closed doors. “What is the situation?”
The unicorn guard took a deep breath, before starting his report. “Since the departure of my partner to wake you up, the sound of fighting has been the most common inside the throne room. But until recently, the intruder seemed to be mocking Princess Celestia during the fight, until she managed to land a hit that made him shout. After that, there’s been silence inside the throne room until now. It seems both the Princess and the intruder are talking.”
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
All heads turned towards the door in shock. They instantly recognized that scream.
NNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Luna’s eyes widened. Whatever was going on, it seemed that her sister was in terrible danger. Without hesitating, she reached the double doors, ready to burst them open, when she was met with resistance. Besides her, both guards tried to help out, when the unicorn suddenly remembered.
“Princess Celestia locked the doors when we got out!” he realized when the doors didn’t budge.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
“SISTER!” Luna yelled banging the doors with all her strength, but all she heard was screaming. Without waiting, she turned around and started bucking.
*BAM!*
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*BAM!*
PLEASE! STO~P!!! AAAAAAHHHHHHHHH~!!!!!!!!!!!
*BAM!*
Luna bucked the doors with all her strength, but she felt something was wrong. With each buck she gave, the screams Celestia was giving inside the throne room were changing, becoming less of pain and terror and more of…
P-PLEASE! NO MORE~~!!!
Both guards changed looks. “That… wasn’t a scream of pain.” the Unicorn guard noted.
NOOOOOOOoooooooo~…
“What in the Princesses name is going on in there?” the Pegasus guard asked.
Suddenly, a loud neigh was heard. Then absolute silence.
Luna stopped bucking and turned around, her horn lighting up. “Stand back!” she announced as sparks gathered around her horn. Both guards gladly complied.
Focusing her magic, Luna prepared an advanced spell she learned before her banishment. While Celestia had learned on how to combine spells to create homing beams, her combination was different. A lightning spell, a bubble spell to contain it and a gust spell to focus and throw both and she had a lightning bomb, ready to blow. Casting the spells was easy, the hard part was timing them to connect at the same time and throw.
As soon all spells were ready, Luna fired it towards the door, but she forgot one small detail: the lightning bomb was more powerful than the homing beams. So powerful that she was thrown back from the recoil, and even more when the spell detonated when it hit the doors, releasing a strong shockwave that sent her flying a few feet away.
“Princess!” both guards yelled when the Lunar Princess landed. They ran towards her, helping her get up.
“Thank you.” Luna spoke, getting up with their help. “It’s been so long since I learned that spell that I forgot how powerful it was.”
“Only a Princess to be able to cast something that powerful.” The Unicorn guard complimented, watching the place where the spell hit, revealing a large hole in the place where the handles of the doors would be.
“Now the doors aren’t closed anymore.” Luna said, rushing towards them and ignoring the dust cloud raised by the blast. When she finally opened the doors, she was welcomed with a shocking sight.
The throne room was in a complete chaos. Several statues and windows laid broken on the floor, two large holes adorning the walls. Some places around the room could be seen scorch marks and even signs of being petrified, the throne chair and carpet especially. The large chandelier that adorned the ceiling fell down, breaking into several pieces. But Luna wasn’t focused on that.
What she was focused on was a white lump on the ground, right in the middle of all that destruction.
“SISTER!!!” Luna yelled in panic, running to her. “Sister…” she called nuzzling her head.
“Mmm… Luna?” Celestia moaned, opening her eyes lazily to look at the younger Princess.
Luna sighed in relief. “Oh, thank the Maker.” She muttered, before nudging her. “Sister, what happened? Who did this to you?”
“Luna…” Celestia moaned, before letting out a small sigh. “He’s back.”
“Back?” Luna echoed, as the two guards standing at the entrance finally entered. “Who’s back? Tirek? Chrysalis?”
“Nope. Me.” A voice was heard right behind Luna.
Startled, the Lunar Princess turned around, just to stare into a pair of dark brown eyes. Eyes she saw a long time ago.
“Hi Luna!” Mike spoke up cheerfully, before a soft breeze surrounded her. “Bye Luna!” he added with a soft kiss to her forehead below the horn, before dashing out of the throne room, leaping over the stunned guards before heading towards the exit.
The guards just stood there staring at what just happened, dumbfounded.
“Seize the intruder!” Luna yelled, snapping them back into attention. “Don’t let him escape Canterlot!”
Both guards saluted before dashing out of the throne room to raise the alarm. Luna however, didn’t move from the same place. “So… he’s back.” She finally spoke, her eyes moving towards Celestia.
The Sun Princess hadn’t moved from the same place, looking at Luna with a half lidded stare. “He managed… to give me… one of his… treatments.” Celestia managed to breathe out, trying to sound furious but failing. “I couldn’t… fight back… because he… paralyzed me.”
“Two thousand years… and he still got that talent.” Luna noted.
“Why haven’t… you moved yet?” Celestia asked, noticing that her younger sister hasn’t moved from the same place yet.
“He caught me off-guard. And gave me the flash treatment.” Luna replied, before moving her neck a little.
Her body tensed for a few seconds, as several cracks were heard everywhere in her body. When the last sound was heard, she fell into the floor with a blissful smile.
“Oooohh…” Luna moaned, feeling all the tension in her gone. “How did someone like him became our enemy?”
“You know… very well, Luna” Celestia answered, keeping her voice serious.
“Even though you started moaning near the end?”
Celestia groaned, but didn’t answer.

~~~

	Celestia gained a few pounds, but Luna didn’t change a bit. Guess her time on the moon got her into a few exercising hobbies.
After running out of the throne room, I made a small detour towards the gardens. After that little stunt, for sure that the two guards I jumped over were going to raise the alarm and start searching for me around Canterlot.
Even though I didn’t leave the castle yet.
I took a deep breath, observing the statues around the gardens. Some of them from ancient enemies, defeated a long time ago, others like Discord, who had been imprisoned in stone and stood here, to show generations to come what they represented. I stood on top of a pedestal here too. Before I was moved inside a vault. A golden plate on the pedestal revealed my meaning: Elementalist.
They were kind enough to give me that title. Even though I had two of them.
But currently, this title doesn’t fit me right now. Not without the spirits of the Elements. And no, not the Elements of Friendship, the Elements of the World. Only with them I can use my powers.
Alarm bells started to sound all around the castle. ‘About time’ I thought. The princesses were temporarily out of commission, since the treatment I gave them can leave anyone out for at least an hour. That would give me enough time to have some fun around Canterlot.
“Well, aren’t you quite a sight?” A mocking voice spoke right above me.
I looked up, just to see a mix of several creatures into one: Discord. Floating over a pink cloud. “It depends on whose perspective.” I replied. “To me, you’re quite a sight yourself, Discord.”
The draconequus disappeared in a flash, to appear right beside me. “So I see that you know me.” He spoke up, keeping a firm stare on me. “But I don’t know much about you.”
I crossed my legs, resting my arms on them. “Of course you wouldn’t. After all, I appeared on this World twenty five hundred years ago. And been imprisoned in stone for two thousand.”
“Two thousand?” Discord asked, surprised. “Wow, I didn’t know the Elements were used on someone before me.”
“They weren’t.” I commented, deadpan. “Otherwise, I would have been free the moment they bounded to the new bearers.”
Discord looked at me with a raised eyebrow. “Then, how-”
“Petrification spell. Casted so it would keep me bound eternally, using the Princesses magic as energy to prevent me from escaping.”
“Oh.” Discord blinked. I could see the gears turning inside his head, as realization hit him. “Oooooohhh… so… I kinda helped you out.”
“Kinda, yeah. So thanks about that.”
We stood there, watching each other in awkward silence, the sound of hoofsteps in the distance the only sound that could be heard.
“So… what are you gonna do now that you’re free?” Discord asked.
“Travel.” I replied, noticing some Royal Guards moving from the corner of my eye. “Hopefully without having to face Marshmallow and Moon Pie.” Discord raised an eyebrow at such names. “Nicknames I gave to Celestia and Luna.” I explained.
“May I know why?”
“Luna was always playful as a filly.” I started. “She liked to prank me with her magic whenever she could, but one day I decided to reverse the prank.” I looked up, directly at the castle. “I caught her unaware one day, covered her in batter and put her into a tray, together with other ingredients for a pie.” I couldn’t hold a smile at the memories. “When I was finished, she looked too much adorable and tasty.” I chuckled. “I think the current moon pies are based on my recipe, save for Luna.”
I noticed Discord was busy taking notes of my story, with a wide grin on his face. “I see… what about Celestia?”
I smirked. “Celly in her younger years was a little more ‘chubby’ than she is today.” I told him. “I ticked her off everytime with that nickname, but considering her round, puffy body, I just couldn’t resist. Good side was that she couldn’t do much when I managed to tip her and make her fall.” I chuckled. “There were times when I just laid my head on her. She was really comfortable to take some naps, despite her complaining.”
Discord couldn’t hold it in anymore. He fell to the floor, laughing hard. “Oh, that’s just too much!!” he managed to speak between laughs. “To think Celestia and Luna were teased so much before I came along.” He got up, looking at me. “We should hang out one of these days. You seem to be good on spraying chaos.”
“An interesting proposal, but I’m afraid I’ll have to refuse it for now.” I said, getting up. “Besides, you’re here to distract me, aren’t you?”
Just as I finished those words, Unicorn and Pegasus guards flocked all around the garden, spears, crossbows and horns pointed at me. Discord looked at me, shrugging. “I swear I didn’t know they were coming here. Honest.” He said, keeping a hand behind his back.
I just gave him a lidded stare, before smiling. “It’s okay, I know it’s in your nature.” I replied, looking around. Seems like everypony from the Royal Guard is here to detain me. My mind suddenly decided to play around. “Just asking, but do you know which direction is the Everfree Forest?” I asked.
Discord blinked, then pointed a finger of his gryphon arm. “That direction, half day on train to Ponyville, then a thirty minute walk, but why do you ask?”
My smile widened. “Because now I know where my extra weight is going to be.” I said, reaching for the white stripe that surrounded my neck and pressing it slightly.
As if pressing a trigger, all the white stripes on my clothes suddenly peeled off, detaching from my clothes. The places where they circled opened and jumped out, then started to roll themselves into a large ring, the size of a small wheel. I took a deep breath, as the small, white wheel completed itself and then fell to the ground with a loud thump. That caught the attention of some of the guards, as others got into better position to attack.
“What did you just do?” one of the Pegasus guards asked, keeping his spear leveled towards me.
“Got myself lighter.” I replied. It was true. Although those stripes looked thin and light, in truth they were a set of restraints. And without them, I felt quite weightless. I looked at Discord with a mischievous grin “By the way Discord, I believe I never introduced myself. My name’s Mike.” I flexed my fingers “And I’m sorry, but I’ll have to bind you. I can’t have you interfering in my escape.”
“Bind me? What do you-” his voice trailed off when I grabbed the end of his tail and pulled. Discord was thrown off-balance, allowing me to use him as whip to make some of the guards step back. Without stopping the movement, my free hand moved towards his throat and stretched him.
“Mares and gentlecolts, allow me to demonstrate an incredible trick.” I announced to the guards. “As you currently know, Discord can be quite flexible himself, considering his anatomy.” I demonstrated them by using the draconequus as a jumping rope. “But if we want him to stay in one place, all we have to do is bind him. Yes, I know that as a creature of Chaos, binding him is impossible, but that’s where the problem lies: I’m not binding him magically but physically!”
With that said, I spun the draconequus all around me at high speed, leaving him dizzy. Then, keeping the momentum, I started giving him knot after knot nonstop, until every last part from snot to the tip of the tail was covered with a tight, triple knot. The result was hilarious.
Discord now stood beside me, looking like a knotted ball, still dazed and unable to move. At least for a while, I hope.
“Now, without further delay…” I grabbed the white wheel near my feet, grunting a little as I lifted it up. Not easy to lift a concentrated ring of sixty tons once it’s all focused. I started spinning for a couple of seconds to gain momentum, then threw it into a wide arc towards the Everfree Forest, surprising some Pegasus guards that were in the way. A third of the stares were focused on Discord, and another third was focused on my throw. I grinned at the remaining third that stared at me in confusion. “…bye!” was all I said before breaking into a sprint towards the streets, leaving a smoke trail.
Gotta love the classics.

~~~

The Royal Guard stood in the same place, still looking in confusion. Their thoughts were brought back into attention when Discord spoke up. “So… are you gonna follow in order to catch him, or are you just keep standing there gawking?” he asked, wriggling his knotted arms.
Everypony blinked, suddenly snapping into realization at what just happened. They just got distracted. And the creature took that moment to run away.
They started to follow the smoke trail, when Discord called. “If a few of you wouldn’t mind?” two unicorns stopped to look at him. “A little help?” he asked with a sheepish smile.
One of the unicorns blinked. “You can’t free yourself?” he asked, confused.
“I could.” Discord replied “If I knew how these knots were made.” He mumbled afterwards. “That and he knotted me so thoroughly that I can’t snap myself free.”
Both guards changed glances. “We should take him to the Princesses.” The second suggested.
“Agreed.” The first spoke.

~~~

Ah, the good ol’ Cat and Mouse chase. It’s been a while since I’ve played this game.
“C’mon slowpokes, are you even trying to catch me?!”
I always loved to play this game with the ponies.
“Over there! Get him!”
“Nope! Over here!”
Be it playful foals.
“Don’t lose sight of him!”
“Sight of who?”
“Gah!”
A pair of Princesses.
“Air squad, try to flank him!”
“We’ve been trying!”
Or angry guards.
“He’s too fast!”
“Ya don’t say?”
I couldn’t keep my laughter as I kept running in front of them, turning left and right to prevent any unicorn to hit me with a spell, together with avoiding any Pegasus from dive-bombing to catch me. Sometimes I just stop at a corner and let them keep running, until the last in line notices me.
“He’s playing with us!” I heard one of the guards yell.
“Well, no duh!” I replied with a smirk. “I’ve been doing this in the past, why shouldn’t I do this in the present!” I turned right into an alley, several guards following me. Some of them took the opportunity and tried to hit me with a few spells since I was on a tight space.
How wrong they were.
Without stopping, I gave myself some more speed and started to wall run. All the spells went past me as I kept my speed to reach the roofs, leaving the unicorn guards staring at me, slack jawed.
When I reached the roof, I looked down. “Wow, you almost got me!” I teased. “Better luck next time!” I turned around to continue my escape, only to see three dozen Pegasus guards glaring at me. “Eheh, my bad.” I apologized. “Completely forgot about you.”
“Cease and desist!” one of the guards yelled.
“Let me think for a second.” I replied, looking thoughtful for that same second. “Umm, no.” I turned around and dashed in the opposite direction, this time avoiding arrows and tackles.
Great idea coming to the roof. I just got myself exposed and without cover. Looking down, I saw several Unicorns and Earth Pony guards running through the streets, giving me death glares and waiting for me to come down. Looking ahead, I saw an intersection, splitting into four roads.
An idea came to mind. Another old classic. “Let’s see if I can pull it off.” I muttered to myself, dodging another arrow.
I jumped down to the street and sped up again, just to keep ahead of the guards. And just when I was about to prepare, I felt my body tense up for a second.
My eyes widened and I hit the brakes. First warning.
I slid a few feet before stopping right in front of the intersection. Everypony that was following me was caught by surprise at my sudden stop, and swerved aside to avoid colliding against me. Fortunately, the intersection was large enough for everypony to walk around. Unfortunately, they weren’t fast enough to stop as they rounded it, resulting in a loud clashing of armors. I flinched when everypony crashed against each other, and winced in sympathy at the pile of ponies standing in front of me. “Sorry!” I apologized. The pile just moaned and groaned.
I looked around. The Pegasus guard was approaching fast from the air, and several nobleponies were staring at me in confusion. “Please forgive my rudeness, but if you would be so kind, could you point me the direction of the main gate to leave Canterlot?” I asked politely, trying to keep myself under control under the current circumstances.
Some of the nobles looked at me, then changed glances and started to step back a little, caution and fear on their faces.
“You know, I at least expected a polite answer.” I said annoyed, as they were still stepping back. I sighed. “Fine.”
Flexing my knees, I got into a crouching position, then focused my strength and jumped, leaving everypony staring. It didn’t seem that I put too much effort, but with my strength and without the white restraints keeping me down, I managed to jump high enough to get a clear view of all the city.
“Now let’s see…” I muttered, looking around. It seemed that I was somewhere between the suburbs and the high class district. And the exit seemed to be south-southwest, from the direction of the sun. Quite a good distance, though. Looking up, I saw a small glint moving through the sky in the same direction. Following its trajectory, I saw its destination: a small town, right beside a large forest. I facepalmed. “Ugh, I missed the throw.” I groaned, as I began my descent. “Considering my first warning, I can’t play with them anymore. And zigzagging around the streets and alleys might take too long to reach the gates.” I looked down, noticing the row of buildings that went from my location to the gate. I grinned. “Well… if all I have to worry about are the Pegasus while on the roofs…” I muttered.
I plummeted towards the ground at high speed, landing without effort after a quick spin and creating a small crater. I looked at the guard, still recovering from the clash, looking at me in confusion. My grin never left my face. “It was fun while it lasted, but I must take my leave now.” I said. “Nice playing with you!”
With that said, I ran towards one of the buildings and climbed the wall to reach the roof. Once there, a song started playing in my head as I started running with all the speed I could muster.
Every Pegasus stood between me and the gates, trying to bring me to a stop. Everytime they charged, I dodged sliding down, jumping over, leaping, twirling, all while keeping myself on the ledges of the roof or at the top. I couldn’t keep my laughter as the adrenaline rushed through my body, running roof through roof, jumping ledges to change from one building to the next, approaching the gates with each jump.
Half way to the gates, a main road emerged, leaving a wide gap for me to jump towards the next roof. Several guards were already waiting on the ground, with spears and nets in order to catch me, as some Pegasus guards were waiting on the other side of the roofs.
‘They know I can jump well, so they’re trying to bring me to the ground.’ I thought, noticing a tall building on the other side of the road, a few stories taller than the rest. I couldn’t stop grinning. ‘Well, ain’t that just perfect.’
Taking the momentum, I jumped when I reached the ledge of the last roof. Time slowed down as I looked to the road beneath me. The faces of everypony, guard or not, as I flew over them all in a single jump was just priceless, as I decided to struck a few poses in midair, all the way to the other side. At the last pose, I dove right into a first floor window of the building I observed before: a Hotel.
And guess what: I broke into a bathroom.
Right when a mare was taking a bath.
The high pitched scream was more than enough for me to scramble out of the bathroom and respective room towards the hallway. I searched around for the stairs and climbed them towards the third floor, trying to orient myself inside. The sound of hoofsteps on the stairs told me that the guards were storming the Hotel in order to catch me, so I barged into a door and ran towards the window right in front of it, ignoring the surprised guests inside and getting out.
To my luck, I got out on the right side, and resumed my running. But a Pegasus scout noticed my destination.
“He’s going to the gates! Close the gates!” he yelled to the distance.
At those words, I saw the iron bars starting to come down as the drawbridge was lifting. I cursed, as I started to run faster towards the exit, my steps hitting the roofs with more force to propel me forward and cracking tiles on the way, but I could feel that I wouldn't reach in time. The walls seemed too thick for me to try an instant exit, so I had to think of another way to leave the city. My eyes caught the train station, but since the whole place was on full alert, the train wouldn’t move until I was caught. And the passage was probably closed.
Front being blocked, no turning back, sides flanked little by little. That left only one direction.
I looked to the top of the walls, seeing a few guards looking at me. Most of the guards were busy trying to surround me, leaving only a minimum around the walls. Meaning that my only path of escape was over the walls.
In other words, I’m going up.
“Let’s see if I can pull it out.” I muttered, approaching the outer wall while hearing some guards yelling in anticipation. They were trying to corner me, leaving me without any room for escape, but as soon as I got in front of the steep wall, I left them speechless.
Using the remaining speed I could still use, I ran up the wall that surrounded Canterlot, leaving the Unicorns and Earth Ponies staring at me slack jawed. The speed I gathered was enough to get me near the top, but it was there that I felt the second warning.
My legs started to weaken, and I almost stumbled in mid-run while climbing the wall. Using my hands, I managed to get back into position, but I could feel cramps in all my muscles, begging me to slow down.
‘Just a little longer, please.’ I pleaded silently, watching how close I am to the top of the wall. And not waiting for an answer, with a last effort I dashed to the top, until I felt nothing.
I looked down, noticing the lack of footing, and to my surprise I surpassed the top of the wall and was now floating overhead some of the guards. We both exchanged surprised looks, until I broke into a smile.
“WOHOOOO!!!!!! FREEEDOOOOOMMM!!!!!!!!!!” I yelled, throwing my arms up, before noticing I just surpassed the walls.
Right into a direct fall towards the edge of the mountain the city stood on.
“OH COME ON!!!!!” I yelled before my body stiffened. “Oh great.” Was all I could say, before falling down.

~~~

At the throne room, both Princesses were sitting quietly in the same place since Mike had left. Although they could now raise their heads and body, their legs were still numb, together with their wings. Both knew that Mike took precautions in order to avoid fighting them in an open space, and made sure that they couldn’t use their magic for a while in order to let him escape.
The double doors opened, allowing the passage of two Unicorn guards, carrying a fully knotted Discord. At his sight, Celestia pursed her lips to refrain her laughter, but Luna couldn’t hold in a snort at the sight.
“I assume you’ve met Mike?” Celestia asked with an amused smile.
“Indeed.” Discord replied.
“And talked with him?”
“For a while, before the Royal Guard surrounded us.”
“And the result of your state?”
“He caught me off-guard, disoriented me and knotted every single part of my body, before running away.”
Luna wheezed and coughed, trying to maintain her composure at the draconequus current sight, but failing miserably. Both ignored her.
“Can’t you snap yourself free?” Celestia asked.
“I’m afraid not.” Discord replied. “He literally knotted every part of my body that could snap or imitate a snap.”
“Every part?” Celestia asked intrigued, observing carefully.
From the tip of his horns, to the tuft of fur on his tail, everything was completely covered in a triple knot so tight that it looked painful. But for a creature of Chaos like Discord, it seemed quite the normal thing for him.
But it was when Discord opened his mouth that neither Princess could keep their laughter in anymore.
Mike was thorough with Discord, no doubt about that. He even made sure that he couldn’t snap with his tongue, it having three knots starting from the tip. Discord stared at them, unamused, waiting for the laughter to die down before speaking.
“So…” he started “Can you help me? I can’t move much like this.”
“We’ll help you, Discord, don’t worry.” Celestia spoke, regaining her composure after the burst. “After we regain control of our magic.”
Discord raised an eyebrow. “Is something wrong with your magic?”
Both Princesses changed glances, before Luna replied. “It is one of Mikes’ many abilities which do not rely on his true powers.”
Discord frowned. “I believe you’ll have to tell me more about him while your magic returns.”
Before Celestia or Luna could reply, a Pegasus Guard burst in. “I’m sorry, Princesses. He escaped.”

***

Somewhere else under Canterlot, a shadow moved swiftly through the crystal tunnels. It soon reached its destination: a small temple carved in stone.
The cloaked figure climbed the stairs of the temple and knocked on the door, waiting for it to open. A small port opened right above.
“The password?” a raspy voice asked from the port.
“Destruction of the Elements.” Replied the cloaked figure. The door opened, allowing it to enter.
After the first door, there was another, this one made of steel. Besides it was a row of oxygen masks, all full. A golden glow took hold of one of the masks and carefully put it under the hood of the cloak. With that, the back door closed and a sudden whistling sound was heard. After the whistling stopped, the metal door opened and the cloaked figure advanced.
The inside of the temple was completely devoid of light, air and life. The cloaked figure advanced slowly and stopped a few steps away from the door, kneeling down.
“Sir, I bring news from the surface.” The cloaked figure announced, the voice echoing in the darkness.
There was a moment of absolute silence, before another voice was heard from the darkness. “Speak.”
The cloaked figure stood up. “The Elementalist is finally free from his prison and managed to escape Canterlot.”
Silence reigned again in the darkness, this one longer than the previous. Then a low chuckle was heard, slowly followed by a low laugh that escalated quickly into a mad laugh that echoed the entire temple.
“Finally.” The same voice was heard. “Finally I can get my revenge.”