Fire Upon Strings

by New Dawn


Five: Sit and enjoy the show.

I yawn as I open my eyes.

"Orpheus! Come out here!" Dinky yells.

"Coming!" I yell, stretching.

I get off the couch and walk outside. A familiar showmare's wagon is in the middle of the square.

"I wanna see the show! The unicorn preforming is supposed to be the greatest ever!" Dinky shouts, grabbing my hand.

"O-ok!" I shout, being pulled by the little filly.

A huge crowd of ponies are standing around. I easily spot twilight and her friends near the front. Somehow the ponies are too concerned about the cart than me.

"COME ONE COME ALL!!" A voice yells.

"COME ADN WITNESS THE MAGIC OFFF.... " It's Trixie. No doubt about it.

A puff of smoke rises up in the middle of the stage. Standing in the middle is the one showmare we all know and love.

"THE GRRREAT AND POWERFUL TRRRRIIIXIE!" She shouts, a fanfare coming from somewhere.

She lit her horn and made magical fireworks show up behind her as she posed in a victorious pose. Many ponies ooh and aah as she preforms various tricks.

I have a feeling this may go differently than how the episode went...

Dinky cheers as she preforms that trick.

"BOOO MAGIC-SMAGIC!" The arrrogant voice of Rainbow rang out..

Knew it... Well, not exactly... Wait, where's Adrian? Did he sleep in? Hmm...

With that my mind starts to think of all the possible scenarios he could have gotten into.


Meanwhile


Sleeping soundly again on the floor was a black bunch. A mint green unicorn opened the door to the library.

"Hey Twilight I-" She said, stopping as soon as she saw the black monster on the floor.

Her eyes were drawn to only one thing... The gloved appendage resting over the creature's eyes.

"Haaaannnddss~" She sang, clopping her hooves together happily.

"Huh..." The monster moaned.

"Jaaake.... is that you.." It snores.

"Uh... Yes?" The unicorn says, cautiously.

"Ok..." It moans.

Her grin spread back on her face as she slowly shut the library door.


I'm sure he's fine.

I watch as Ranbow dashes back down to the stage as a rainbow spread over her head.

"They don't call me Rainbow and Dash for nothin'!" She boasts.

"Well, when Trixie is through the only thing they will call you, is loser." Trixie taunts, using her magic to twist the rainbow around RD.

Seeing that made me a little bit dizzy.

"Are you ok?" Dinky asked.

"Yeah.." I mutter before falling unconscious.


I wake up a little later in a town square filled with fire. Trixie is in my fist.

"Wha..." I mutter, terrified.

I put Trixie down and look around.

"What the hell happened!?" I shout.

From the skies I can see the silhouette of the princess in the distance.

"But..." I mutter.

Wait... DAMMIT PECILA! YOU JINXED US!


Somewhere in another universe a certain displaced envoy was giggling.


"Princess!" Twilight shouts.

I fall to my knees. Something happened when I fell unconscious... But what?

"I-I..."

Then it hits me... Memories of the events.

"I did this.." I mutter, horrified.

I see myself casting Agi, burning the stage, then eventually trying to... Kill... Trixie...

I scream, enraged.

"WHYYYYY!!!" I shout, pounding the ground.

The fires diminish. I can see the golden hooves of Princess Celestia. A hoof lifts my chin up. I look into princess celestia's eyes. They're full of sorrow.

"It wasn't your fault." Twilight speaks from beside her.

"Twilight filled me in. I don't know how you weren't in control but I won't give you a severe punishment." She spoke.

I look back down.

"I did this... Why?" I mutter.

A familiar hand touches my shoulder.

"Dude, it's ok." Adrian tell me, his voice a little bit horrified.

His mask is dented a bit and he's covered in burns. He must have tried to stop me.

"I have thought well about your punishment ever since Twilight sent that letter." Celestia spoke.

I sigh.

Here it comes... banished to the moon...

"You will live here with Twilight and assist her with her studies in the magic of friendship. my one suggestion? Make some friends." Celestia winked.

I stare at her.

... I can now see how easy it was to be beaten by a changeling queen. But I'm pretty lucky that Twilight was looking out for me.

"Uh... Aren't you going too easy on me?" I ask.

She laughs and shakes her head.

"I believe you aren't bad. Just misunderstood. I do sense a great power within you, however." She said.

I nod and stand up. Dinky runs over and hugs me.

"I'm sorry..." I mutter.

I push her off lightly and walk off.


I stop at the edge of a pond in the middle of the forest. It's already very dark. I sit down and look down at my... No... Orpheus's refection in the moonlight.

"Orphy?" Pinkie's voice rang.

"Huh?" I ask.

Pinkie sits next to me. She pulls out a small cupcake from somewhere. I took and looked at it.

"Go on. Eat it." Pinkie smiled.

I carefully took off the wrapper and stuck it in my mouth. Surprisingly... It was.. tasteless?

"What's it supposed to taste like?" I ask.

"Blueberrybubblecandy!" She shouted.

"... Huh?" I ask.

"A combination of Blueberry, Strawberry, Bubblegum and Cotton Candy!" She shouts again.

"... I didn't taste that to be honest... It was tasteless..." I mutter.

She gasps.

"I need to work on a cupcake that you can taste pronto!" She said, dashing off.

I laugh a little at her antics. It soons turns into a sigh.

"What has my life turned into..." I mutter.

"There you are." Adrian said.

"Sup?" I ask.

"Nothin'. Everyone is lookin' for you. You had me worried..." He said.

I laugh a little.

"No seriously. Do you know what I had to go through?! I was nearly molested by a unicorn!" He shouts.

I laugh even harder.

"Ugh... If I see any more green unicorns then It'll be too soon..." He mutters.

"Ohhh.. You met Lyra... I feel sorry for you. Feeling the full burn of her... Hobby." I laugh.

"WHAT!?" He shouts, shocked.

"SHE DOES THAT FOR A HOBBY?!" He adds.

"Yep."

"AAAAUUUGHHH!" He shouts, falling to his knees.

"She'll calm down. Maybe." I tell him.

"Well that's good to hear... NOT." He grumbles.

A roar suddenly shook the forest.

"OH crap, it's this time already?!" I yell.

Time for a little ursa action.

"What's going on!?" Adrian shouts.

"No time! Hurry!" I run out of the forest and towards the square.

When we arrive It's just trixie and the two colts.

"Come on Trixie! Stop fooling around!" The Snips shouted.

I look to the blue showmare. She's biting her lip.

"MAHAMAON!" Adrian shouts, pointing his sword at the Ursa Minor.

The coffins start to float a little and open up, revealing something glowing inside. White cards float up from somewhere and flash but sadly it didn't do a thing. I see a few cards float around a few Timberwolves hiding in the trees and they drop dead with a burst of light.

"Dude, Let Twilight handle this." I tell him.

"But-" He said but he was cut off by a soothing melody flowing through the area.

"Told ya." I said, walking off.

It's late. I watch from a distance as Twilight uses her magic to calm the Ursa and take him back to his cave.

"Orpheus? Why did you run?" Dinky asked.

"I wasn't feeling right." I tell her.

"Ok... I don't want you to go..." She says.

"I won't be going anywhere."

"Promise?"

I nod.

"Pinkie Promise?" She asks.

"Cross my heart and hope to fly. Stick a cupcake in my eye." I tell her while doing the actions.

She nods and smiles. I pick her up and hug her.

"I'll be here. Don't worry." I tell her