______*Location unknown, time unknown*______
".....Wait what!?" Fang snapped.
Firefly shrugged. "I don't know, that's what I heard." She replied calmly.
Fang threw his arms up in the air in defeat. "Whatever, where are the others?" He asked.
Firefly motioned a stack of crates and barrels behind her. "Over there somewhere, Roxanne has been trying to get us out of here."
Fang nodded and began walking towards the crates Firefly showed him, he heard a thump and looked around to see Firefly following him, he shrugged and continued moving.
After a short walk, Fang and Firefly reached Derpy and Roxanne who was currently attempting to pry a door open with a rusty crowbar.
Fang and Firefly walked up to Derpy and watched Roxanne. "How long has she been at this?" Fang asked.
Derpy groaned. "Five crowbars ago." She replied out of irritation.
Fang shook his head and walked up to Roxanne. "Let me try." He ordered.
Roxanne grunted. "No thanks, I got this!"
Fang rolled his eyes and took the crowbar from Roxanne and dropped the crowbar, he put his claws on the door and forced it open. "Done." He said simply.
Roxanne huffed and looked away. "Show off."
Derpy and Firefly chuckled. "Hey Roxanne, don't you think we should go back to the main room and see if we can open any of those doors?" Firefly asked.
Roxanne looked at Firefly. "I would but the door locked itself and the door that Fang came through leads to a dead end chamber that held Dusk's crystal, this is the only way." She replied.
Fang looked into the next room, he then walked through the door without saying a word, Roxanne raised an eyebrow and followed her partner.
____*The next room*____
Fang walked into the room and looked around more thoroughly, he saw six barrels stacked against a corner, he saw crates littered around the room carelessly, the one thing that drew his attention was a chest in the middle. "Well doesn't that scream TRAP?" Roxanne joked.
Fang chuckled and walked up to the chest and went to open it......when Roxanne pushed him aside.
"What was that for?" Fang questioned as he stood up.
Roxanne shrugged and opened the chest to reveal a white fireball that flew into the air above the chest.
Fang and Roxanne stared at the fireball in amazement as it just hovered in the air......until it suddenly started spinning towards Roxanne.
Roxanne gasped and tried to move but found that her legs wouldn't respond, she looked at the fireball and gulped. "This is gonna hurt." She mumbled before bracing herself by putting her arms in front of her and closing her eyes.
The fireball launched towards Roxanne and instead of impacting on her it phased into her, Roxanne opened her eyes and lowered her arms in confusion. "What in the world?" (Weird [1])
Fang just stood there with his jaw wide open. "Wha?.....how?" He questioned.
Roxanne stared at her hands In confusion until she unintentionally broke Fang's mind even more........her hands just combusted In a flare of white flames.
"FIRE FIRE FIRE!......wait, it doesn't hurt.......WHAT THE FUCK!?" She snapped as she waved her flaming hands around.
Fang snapped himself out of his stupefied trance and looked at the flames. "Roxanne, hold up a moment." He said.
Roxanne stopped moving and looked at Fang with a confused look. "Yes?" She asked.
Fang walked up to Roxanne and held her right arm up. "Try willing the flames to recede." He said.
Roxanne sighed but did what Fang said and soon the flames receded into her fur, she raised an eyebrow.
'Maybe if I will them to return?' She pondered.
Fang watched as Roxanne summoned smaller flames that seemed to just be a thin layer of white fire along her fur.
"Seems like i can control fire now, that could be useful." Roxanne said.
Fang nodded and looked at the door that now had a large white seal on it. "See if your fire can open the door, would help if we could get out of here." He suggested.
Roxanne nodded and willed her fire to envelope the seal and soon a fireball started to form in her hand, she let it expand slowly and then threw it at the seal.
When the fireball hit the seal it flickered for a moment before vanishing entirely, Roxanne dispelled her flames and walked to the door with Fang.
_____*the storage room.*_____
Firefly and Derpy both sighed in relief as Fang left the room with Roxanne. "Are you two alright?" Derpy asked.
Fang nodded and Roxanne copied.
To Fang's misfortune, Firefly had caught sight of a small amount of sweat on Roxanne's face, she grinned mischievously. "So......did you two 'do it' in that room?" She asked playfully.
The response that Firefly received was priceless, Roxanne blushed heavily while Fang looked away towards the ceiling.
Derpy shook her head while Golden laughed happily. 'Ah....seeing that pup embarrassed always makes me laugh'
'At least you haven't changed.' Derpy said.
Golden let out a sarcastic laugh but otherwise remained silent.
Roxanne looked around and sighed. "Come on, let's see if we can get back." She said before walking towards the door that they came from.
Fang nodded and followed his partner. "This is going to be a long day." He mumbled.
_____*Back at the main room*_____
Fang paced around the room as Roxanne contemplated which door to go through, he looked over at Derpy and Firefly and saw them looking at rather peculiar wall, he decided to go over and find out what it was.
"What are you two doing?" Fang asked.
Firefly shrugged. "I don't know, but Derpy said she sensed something behind this wall." She explained.
Fang walked up and put his hand on the stone wall, he immediately realized what they sensed. "Stand back." He warned.
Firefly and Derpy did as Fang said and backed away from the wall.
Fang backed up a little bit and looked at the wall for a weak spot and found a small crack in the wall, he ran at the wall and gave it a good punch.
A noticeable crack rang through the room and soon the wall crumbled to reveal a small room with a chest, Fang walked up to the chest and opened it to reveal a small gray talisman with the symbol of a scorpions stinger.
"Could be important." He said to no one in particular.
Fang walked back into the main room and saw Roxanne waiting for him and the two pegasi at one of the doors. "Come on guys, i picked a door." She said.
Derpy and Firefly nodded and walked over to Roxanne, Fang sighed and followed the others.
The door that Roxanne stood at had a white seal on it, similar to the one in the storage room, so Roxanne simply conjured a fireball and flung it at the door, much to Firefly and Derpy's confusion and shock.
"How did?" Firefly asked.
"Impossible." Derpy said.
Roxanne sighed. "I have no idea but now is a bad time for that kind of question." She replied before opening the door and entering the next room.
Fang and the others shared a brief look before following the fox.
_____*the next room*_____
"You cannot be serious." Roxanne and Fang said simultaneously.
Firefly just stood there in shock while Derpy raised an eyebrow. "I'm not seeing the problem." Derpy said blankly.
The group was currently standing in a room that overlooked a large stone maze, they could see the beginning of the maze and a portion of the rest but most of the maze was hidden.
Fang sighed and looked around the room for anything that could help, all he saw was barrel and two doors, the one they came through, and one that led to the maze.
"Might as well get it over with." Fang commented.
Roxanne simply went for the door to enter the maze and opened it, she walked through the door without closing it.
Firefly looked at Derpy and Fang with a grin. "Race ya." She said simply before quickly following Roxanne.
Derpy and Fang shared a groan before following their companions.
As they went down the stairs Derpy heard a familiar voice. 'Those two are going to be the death of me.' Golden commented.
'No they won't.' Derpy replied.
Golden rolled his eyes and watched the view of the next room. 'I'll let you know if we return to a spot we've been to before.'
Derpy gave a silent acknowledgement as she entered the maze. "This is going to be annoying." She said quietly.
_____*ten minutes later (because I don't feel like voicing everyone's thoughts as they enter the maze and find multiple dead ends*_____
Firefly groaned as she found yet another dead end, she turned around and followed a different path.....only to find a triple path which made her cry out in frustration.
Grumbling, Firefly walked through the path on the right only to find a small statue of Jandoka. 'Guess he's important too.....whoever it is that built this place.'
Firefly turned around and began to walk along a different path until she came across a stone wall with a wooden door, Firefly grinned and walked up to the door.....only to walk into an invisible wall.
"What the?" She wondered as she backed up.
Firefly raised her front hoof and moved it forward only to come in contact with some form of glass.
'Maybe if I ram it?' She guessed.
Deciding to go on her suggestion, Firefly backed up away from the wall and once she was a good distance from the glass she charged.
When Firefly impacted on the glass it shattered immediately sending glass everywhere, Firefly quickly lept into the air with her wings that somehow were undamaged by the glass.
Firefly took care to land in front of the door to avoid the glass, she opened the door and went inside.
_____*the next room*_____
Firefly looked around the dimly lit room and found a few stacks of barrels and some crates, but the most eye catching feature was a large chest and another wooden door with a large gold seal in a hexagonal pattern.
'Why not......don't have anything better to do.'
After Firefly made her decision she walked towards the chest, she put on a grin and moved to open the chest. "TREASURE!" She screamed as she opened the box.
Much to Firefly's disappointment and confusion all that was in the chest was a cloud of lightning that raced into her body causing her to spazz out uncontrollably. "Baggaaddaazaaaggghhnna."
Firefly fell to the ground while electricity coursed through her veins, she felt her vision blur and the world began to spin as she twitched.
"What the hell?" She wondered quietly.
Once the world stopped spinning and she stopped twitching, Firefly got back up. (Feeling 'electric' [2]) "Yeah that's real funny........prick." She said to no one in particular.
Firefly looked around the room and noticed that the door behind her now had a green seal in the shape of a braizer, she sighed and looked at the other door with the gold seal, she felt something pull her towards it so she made her way over. "This place is weird." She commented.
Firefly approached the seal and saw that it was glowing slightly brighter the closer she got, Firefly looked at her hoof and saw that her fur was standing on end while faint sparks of electricity ran across it, she put her hoof to the door and the seal slightly flickered.
'So.....it's opened by electricity eh?.....wish I had more of it.' She thought.
As if responding to her wish, her body surged with golden electricity and the seal faded. "Okay....so I can open gold seals." She murmured.
She opened the door and walked inside.
'Here goes nothing.'