//------------------------------//
// Blades of Inferno  
// Story: Derpy And Carrot Top: Friends Till The End 
// by Rtrotten 
//------------------------------//

	Derpy screamed out as she woke up in a cold sweat. As she caught her breath she looked around the room she was in. There were candles lighting different paintings all around the room all showing portraits of Acheron or the princesses. As Derpy continued to look around the room she noticed a door that was cracked open just enough to let a sliver of light show through. Derpy cried out in agony as she tried to get up she looked over her shoulder and noticed it was bandaged up. Derpy looked at the door to see it open she cried out when she saw the giant spider on the other side.
It started yelling "It's all your fault", as he swung his massive body through the door. Derpy was crawling back as fast as she could but the spider made quick steps to her. He raised up one of his legs to hit her when a voice from behind shouted: "Stop"! Both the spider and Derpy looked around to see a skeleton pony.
The spider looked back at Derpy and trudged out of the room. The skeleton walked over to Derpy and just started but something was different about this skeleton. His eyes weren't red and he had armour. He spoke in a soft voice that seemed to be an Irish accent but seemed to stay serious. He spoke saying, "You were very stupid to try to enter that door, you were poisoned as soon as you entered". "You fell down the stairs and broke your shoulder bone". "We carried you here to a safer part of the kingdom, you were making a lot of noise in your sleep". Derpy finally had time to speak as she told the skeleton about what happened in the dream.
As she finished her last sentence the skeleton looked up and ran out of the room. When he came back he had a bag full of different armor and other items.
Derpy asked as he ran back into the room "What is wrong, what happened." He replied saying, "The queen is readying another army." "One more question, what is your name?" Derpy asked quickly
"My name is Ration, and yours is Derpy am I correct?" Derpy nodded as Ration handed her the armor. "Why do I need this?"

Ration replied in a sense of worriment "It has regenerative powers just put it on it'll heal you faster." Derpy was about to speak again when Ration stopped her to ask "Do you always ask so many questions?"

Derpy blushed looked away and said, "I ask the perfect amount of questions." As Derpy got her armor on she notice the seams and laces were very finely made. Even thought it was leather it seemed to fit snugly around her body and it let her wings move freely outside of the suit. As she put on the helmet her mane came out the top like the helmet she had in the cave.

Ration shouted from down the hall "It's time to go!" Derpy ran down the hall and turned the corner and almost ran into Ration. Derpy walked forward to the rails and looked out over them. In front of them was a massive crowd of skeletons and monsters. Ration turned to Derpy and said, "We are what is left of the army against the queen and we will gladly give our souls to end this war." 
"Come now we must train," Ration said in a serious manner.

As Ration led Derpy down a long hallway she decided to ask "Why was that spider so angry at me?" 

"I am slightly angry at you too for the same reason, you freed the queen and now she is attacking."

"I'm sorry I honestly didn't mean to," Derpy said sorrowfully.

"I know you are sorry but Edgar, the spider you met, does not feel the same."

As they entered through a doorway and into the courtyard it became colder and brighter. The yard was covered in fresh snow and frozen plants. There was also a large group of skeletons and creatures training with swords. At about half way into the courtyard, all the skeletons and creatures had stopped and were staring Derpy and ration down. When they arrived at a stone staircase Derpy turned her head and saw them all following her. As they reached the top Derpy's jaw dropped to see a whole town on the other side of the wall. Derpy turned to the left to see Edgar, skeletons and other spiders standing near another doorway. One of the spiders had a staff that gleamed red and gave out heat. Ration spoke out loud and clear saying "Now we will fight until one of us is left unarmed." 
Derpy's face went pale when she saw a spider carrying real swords towards them instead of wooden swords. As Derpy went to speak in rebellion a huge cloud came into view and it started to rain, then a loud roar came from off in the distance. 

Derpy let out a loud shriek at the loud roar "What was that." she almost yelled. Ration spoke firmly saying that it was a dragon and that it wasn't to be feared of. One of the spiders came up and handed both Derpy and Ration swords. The swords looked similar but had different designs in the handle. Derpy took the sword up in her mouth which was very uncomfortable when something sparked in her. She felt for once in her life she was going to do good at something and that she could be trusted.
The duel seemed to go on for hours until Derpy was breathing hard and Ration was left standing. Derpy was about to spit the sword out and give up when the spark came again. It made her feel better. She caught her breath and smiled, suddenly the sword caught fire. Derpy stared at it in amazement, "Did I do that" she thought to herself. Derpy flew up, doing a barrel roll in the air and came back down towards Ration. Ration held up his blade preparing for the impact. When the two blades struck Rations sword turned to ashes in a blink of an eye. Every skeleton spider and creature was staring at the pile of ashes that was sitting near Ration. Ration spoke up saying "You have the heart to fuel the blades of inferno, we might be able to win this war."