//------------------------------// // Easy there! // Story: I Prefer the Term Freedom Fighter // by One of the Crowd //------------------------------// Chapter 5: Easy there! ***several hours later**** After much discussion the princess did in fact condsider to hire the 'freelancers' much to Twilight's disapproval. Isaac and Luca had made preparations to depart back to the southern end of town to regroup with their friends when Twilight stopped them. "Where do you think you're going?" She asked, spiting out every word as if it would poison Isaac...again. Isaac has heard from this Twilight countless times how 'he' had ruined her life, and destroyed everything she held dear. He wasn't heartless, but the more she blamed him for the actions of his counter part the less he cared. After all he could have easily let their doppelgangers take over the city, but he didn't because he wanted to help these poor ponies. Isaac continued on his path though Twilight didn't seem to understand he wasn't going to respond to her. She was following them for quite some time as they passed buildings of crystal and even a small park or two, but she didn't notice any of them as she continued on her rant until Isaac finally stopped and turned to her, "Listen, you want to keep on about what that bastard did, and blame me, Fine. Just remember, I didn't have to help you ponies at all." Twilight stopped in her tracks while Isaac continued on toward the edge of town with a frown on his face. Luca wasn't feeling to good about everything either, but she dealt with being seen as a villain before. She however was more worried about how Isaac was handling the whole situation of being one of the most hated things on the planet. Eventually, the two reached the camp where everyone was currently. Isaac turned to Luca and gave a nod before heading off toward the bubble. Sombra was staring into the fire before noticing Luca and Isaac had returned before he said, "It took forever, but I finally got a few of the crystals to hold the enchantment!" He was grinning proudly to himself at his accomplishment of enchanting these crystals. Each crystal glowed with a dim light with various colors emanating from the center of each individual crystal, showing off that there were special properties on each. Isaac didn't respond to what Sombra had said before he put a hand up on the bubble and tapped it causing it to ripple. The bubble wasn't supposed to ripple, it was supposed to be more solid than the castle in Canterlot! Isaac then used the gauntlet to form a fireball before tossing the fire at the bubble sailing right through it with almost no resistance. "That answers one question," Isaac said to himself before turning to his friend who all wore a shocked expression, well all except Luca who was no longer in awe of magical Isaac. Realizing why they were all staring at him Isaac raised his gauntlet and said, "I got good, son!" "Pardon our prench, but WHAT THE BUCK!" Flam said before Flim shoved a hoof in his mouth to silence him. "As my brother rather rudely said. Why can Isaac use magic now," Flim asked in a much more polite tone before Sombra spoke up, "I do believe that those gems in the glove have something to do with it, Flim" Isaac raised the gauntlet to his face and inspected it closer to see if anything about it stood out, but the only thing that stood out was the various gems which consisted of a ruby, emerald, sapphire, Diamond, and there was also a piece of obsidian in the palm. Other than those gems though the gauntlet didn't have any discerning features except for a bit of metal covering the hand. It was clearly made for practical use rather than for fashion which was fine by Isaac, but this did beg the question of why the other him had such a thing. "What are you thinking,Isaac?" Luca asked before walking beside him to look at the gauntlet as well. She wasn't as interested in the simple thing as Isaac was however, and she just chalked up Isaac's interest in the thing as one of his Isaac things. "I'm thinking that this me is messing with things he shouldn't" Isaac said before lowering the gauntlet and charging another fireball to get some practice in when Luca stopped him. "Isaac, look" She said while motioning toward the gauntlet. The ruby was now shining a brilliant red, and only grew brighter as Isaac held the fireball in place causing it to grow. "Well, damn"Isaac said as he stared at the glow, completely unaware of the fireball growing out of control until it was the size of a pony. Isaac quickly tossed the fireball away before it could hurt any of them only for it to smack into the bubble causing it to shatter leaving the city not only exposed to the shadows, but also the Ice and snow. "ISAAC, DO YOU REALIZE WHAT YOU JUST DID!" Sombra yelled before going over to Isaac and poked his chest, "You have just ensured that the ponies here are going to die! If not by the shadows then the cold and starvation!" "I don't see how they can starve from that bubble bursting," "The plants barely take root up here with the bubble in place. With it gone the cold will kill them in a matter of hours," "Well shit," The group of freelancers then made for the city to see if the could help stop what Isaac had just caused with his negligence. They had no idea what they were in for as off in the mountains a roar resounded throughout the valley.