Fireborn
From ashes, the world began. In the heat and pressure of time and space did the first heroes crawl from the mud, awaiting their destiny. They became legend and returned to dust.
From the Darkness did the first villains crawl from the shadows. The heroes of their time performed their calling and banished them back.
As time progressed, the shadows grew longer and the ashes grew thicker. Darkness devoured both heroes and would-be heroes mercilessly. Light diminished.
The world became ashes. From ashes, the world began.
GHOST MEMORY LOG 1-7
ORIGIN POINT: UNKNOWN [>10000 LIGHT YEARS OUTSIDE SOLAR SYSTEM]
RETRIEVED [DATA CORRUPTED]
ENTRY FOLLOWS, GUARDIAN ATTENTION REQUESTED:
Have you felt true perfection? Tranquility? Peace? Neither have I.
Every good memory I recall about my old Guardian's life is falsified by the ultimate vanity of her death. I had been hoping to create new memories, untainted by the weight of my grief, with my new Guardian. As I hovered a foot above her lifeless body, however, all potential of that slipped away.
I felt nothing but an empty void within my soul. That was worse than anything else I could've felt. Some essence of an emotion would've signaled that inside I remained alive, but nothing was left but emptiness. I had no more emotions left to give.
I waited for death as the Vex Goblins closed in.
Then, light.
I could see nothing but pure, unadulterated Light. It is impossible to describe exactly what that experience is like. It's an extrasensory event, and even recalling it exactly is difficult. Imagine heaven, then forget about it because it doesn't even come close to what that was like.
I do remember one thing clearly, perhaps the three most important words I have ever heard in all my years of fighting. A voice, echoing from far beyond infinity, like the sound of rippling water in a dark cavern,
"I'm here, Ghost."
The Light faded, and I found myself back in that forest of Darkness. However, a light shone through the shadows, bursting from all directions like the very sunrise. This time the light wasn't one of pure, unstained perfection, but the orange-red glow of passion. Fire set trees ablaze in an instant, flickering like candles in the blackness. Patches of brush and weeds were incinerated almost immediately, crumpling into piles of dirty ash. The Vex minions staggered backwards, protecting their ocular drives from the intense light and heat. I was blinded momentarily yet again for a few short moments until the light dimmed slightly, allowing me to see the beauty in the epicenter.
There she stood, the most powerful thing in existence in that moment in time and space. Fire blazed around her armored frame, yet she was not at all burned. Wings like those of the phoenix of legend shone over her physical ones, extending them in a regal and deadly fashion. The fire blazed especially around those eyes...those ice blue eyes. No longer were they filled with fear and pain. Now they burned with the passion of a Guardian who has tasted death and lived to tell the tail. The flames blazed with all the emotions of one who has lost much, yet has so much more to gain.
These were flames that not even the Darkness could extinguish. This was the passion of a Sunsinger reborn in fire. This was the power of the Fireborn.
My new Guardian commanded the element of fire with mastery. Extending her hoof forwards lightning fast, an orange orb of dense fire-energy formed on the end of her outstretched appendage. Like hurling a stone into a brook did Fluttershy release her power so elegant, yet so destructive. The Fusion Grenade attached to a nearby Goblin, quite startled and confused by the change in events. The demon had little time to react before being obliterated in a flash of fire.
The Vex minions retaliated ferociously; however, their crimson bolts of death simply dissipated in the intense Light of my Guardian's supercharged aura. She did not relent her assault, hurling grenade after grenade at the next nearby Goblin or Hobgoblin, each one exploding in a blazing spectacle. Groups of clustered minions found themselves on fire themselves from the sheer heat of the grenades. The passion in my Guardian's eyes never waned. It was almost terrifying, seeing those calm blue eyes which had seen the nurturing of so many so full of rage and destruction. I almost felt bad for the Vex. They had awakened something far more dangerous than any mere king. They had awakened the fury of a Guardian, reversed the scales of her reason to passion.
Before long, the remaining Vex soldiers engaged their long range teleports and fled. Most assume the minions of the Darkness to be unfeeling, unmerciful, but I know the truth. On rare occasions, they can feel fear. When they do, you know that you should as well.
For a few moments, there was little noise beyond the crackling of nearby trees burning with impossible power. My Guardian stood still, her breath coming in short, raspy gasps. Her eyes were darkened by the shadows dancing across the forest. The passion in those eyes retreated slowly, becoming replaced by shock.
I disabled my cloaking ability and materialized next to my Guardian's stunned frame. Looking into those darkened eyes, I lightheartedly said,
"Something tells me that those Vex Goblins won't be coming back for a while. You did well, Guardian."
I stopped my banter instantly as a glistening tear rolled down the side of her muzzle and onto the wet ground. I moved closer to comfort her, beginning to speak before being cut off by her resolved voice,
"That's the last one."
Perplexed, I replied, "The last what?"
She looked up and directly at my eye with her own. No longer were they filled with terror; no more were they hiding innocent fear. They were hardened with a steel resolve that I only saw in a select few Guardians, my old one being among their number. The Lords of Iron described it as the "Glare of the Wolf", the look of calm rage.
"The last tear I'll shed until my friends are safe. I can't let my own cowardly emotions get the better of me anymore. I nearly died, Blue. The pain I would've caused them...no, I won't think about it. Not until they're all safe."
She lifted the Thorn attached hastily to her right hoof to her muzzle, analyzing it closely.
"Teach me how to use this, Blue. While it hurts me more than you will ever understand to take the life of another living thing, I know what needs to be done. Help me learn to use whatever power I just unleashed on those vile things. I am your Guardian, and you are my Ghost. Teach me."
I engaged my holo-projector and displayed an three dimensional image of a sphere made of fire suspended in front of my Guardian,
"You are a Warlock, it seems. More specifically, you belong to the subclass of the Sunsinger, the ones who wield the flames that not even the Darkness can extinguish. Ironic, my old Guardian belonged to this class and subclass as well.
I can teach you how to bear the fire, Fluttershy, as much as my old Guardian learned it for herself. I'll teach you to use your weapons as well as I can. However, much of that responsibility falls to you, Guardian."
She nodded swiflty, trotting forwards suddenly down the path. She beckoned me to follow and said,
"Before we do any of that, we must make sure that Twilight and Zecora are safe."
"Indeed. My sensors indicate that the Vex time loop has naturally disintegrated, so we should be back in our own continuous timeline. I'll follow your lead, Guardian."
Without another word, we walked past the dwindling flames and piles of ash and steel, cutting deeper into that sinister forest.
END LOG
[ALERT]
[INCOMING TRANSMISSION:]
[COMMUNICATION INTERCEPTOR RELAYS: ONLINE]
[ENCRYPTION ORIGIN: VEX]
[DECODED MESSAGE FOLLOWS:]
request for reinforcements approved. the divine Omnipresent Mind will arrive shortly.
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Ooh~ new chapter!
I have yet to actually get far on my own Sunsinger. What I mostly play is my Hunter, currently a Blade dancer, though I did completely max the Nightstalker subclass.
"beware the wrath of a quite mare, for her furry makes the wrath of the sun feel as though it were but a whisper"
That... Can't be good...
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ive almost maxed my gunslinger but my warlock need to get training too.
I have never really played as a warlock before, mostly only a hunter with gunslinger for pvp and night stalker for pve, and patrol missions. I think I'll try a warlock next though
7917689 it's always the quiet ones you should worry about angering. They are the most unpredictable and unexpected ones you can encounter
7917706 Trust me, the involvement of a a Vex Mind never is.
7917806 Oh, I am all too well aware...
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7917746 I've maxed my Warlock subclasses and can say I have a lot of fun! Though I like Hunter now too....
As a Titan (Striker) main, I have no idea how Warlocks play. I do know that they don't like me getting close to them, lest they be killed by my melee, also they are a pain in the rear to keep a steady shot on with Y1 Auto Rifles (my weapons of choice).
7917750
... is it bad i can see her having to fight in front of her friends and going so bad-ass it breaks their brains for a few min?
7918145 No, no it's not.
7917706
As long as Atheon doesn't show up to say "Hi" she's fine~
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Oh god. That's bad. A Vex Mind?
7878519 Called it.
Oh geez, a Vex Mind? This early on? Damn, Flutters better be ready for when that thing lands or there's going to be trouble!
Plus, I main on Titan and have started a Hunter, so I don't have much experience when it comes to a Warlock... But I really like this so far! Keep it going, man!
Fluttershy obliterated the Vex like it was nothing.
... it's always the quiet ones, isn't it?
A nice touch in showing how much power she wields, and how she knows what she must do even if it will hurt her so.
A responsible use of power. That's 'Shy for you.
Also, Vex reinforcements inbound. Uh-oh.