The Chronicles of Equestria, Book 1 Derpy Hooves and The Elements of Equestria

by Angel Equestria

Chapter 23: Stormy lessons, what is worth fighting for?

Derpy Hooves and

The Elements of Equestria

A/N Hello my dear readers, here I am again, and today we will see the rest of the training day, soon we will say Farewell to the Kids, and then the Journey Contiues, off to Appleoosa, where nothing is anymore as it seems.

Chapter 23: the Storm is rising, the sound of the wind, the art of flying, the Thing with the magic, thoughts of escape, What is worth fighting for?

At the edge of Lumoria , Azur-lake Valley, Venturios pov:

“Ah, Mr. Venturios sir, do I may ask a Question?” Fluttershy asked me, I must myself clear, those constant titleing makes me sick, why can´t people just call me Venturios, or even Ventu, please, Lord, King, Sir, Mr. these are all titles which I care a shit about, I am I and I live my live like I want.

“Sure, what is your Question?” I asked sweetly, making a good face to the bad game.

“Why , uhm, have you exactly brought us here again!” Fluttershy asked as she crawled an little chinchilla, which are living here en masse, it was cute though, I need to agree by that with its giant ears.

“Well, it’s a good question though, I actually brought you, to do with you some excercises, first of you will going to learn to run on two hooves, this is the first lesson everyone of you is going to learn, then Rainbow Dash and you Fluttershy, will coming with me, and we going to make some exercises in advanced flying, while Pinkie and Applejack, will get teached from Floraya in Herbal Knowledge, Aurora will get teached in light magic by Derpy and and Spike gets some lessons in dragon magic by my Mother, Dragan, here, but don´t ask me what exactly Jacky wants to do with Twilight and Rarity, but I guess it will get harder than they belive!” I said with an evil grin on my face.

“Where is he even!” Rarity asked, annoyed.

“First he is going to wake us so early and then he just vanish after the Picnic!” She said in her obnoxious voice.

“He is about to prepare everything for the advanced magic training with you, well anyway we have been arrived!” I said as in front of us opened a wide valley with a long and rather ornate trail, snaking around a beautifull lake, it was abright blue late morning.

“Its beautifull here!” Fluttershy admired the nature.

“We are here in the natural fun and adventure park of Lumoria, in the Botanical Garden of the Queen of light, means of Derpy itself, this garden lies between Lumoria, Ponsgard and Hammoth, its rich of nature and natural spectacles, and a lot of different races of animals are living here too, even a few more exotical animals, the different schoolclasses of Lumen, according to what ditzy said, have sport, art history and geography as well as magical training, on good days like this always out here!” I explained as I winked some foalys of the different classes who recognized me.

“Lumen´s climate is judging towards the likes of the queen, when she wants it to rain, the lightshield, which also is getting used as a second atmosphere, is producing rain, if she wants to have summertime, she can also change it like this, night time and day time can be changing to Derpy´s will, but she decided to only change the climate while letting sun and moon still belong to the royal sisters!” I explained to them as we walked over to the start of the field trail.

“Alright guys first off some magic!” I said as I stood infront of them.

“with this I let the wings of you two, gluing at your body, so that they will be unable to be used!” I siad.

“WAIT WHAAAAAAT!!!!” Both, Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy´s outburst was so priceless as they tried to fly, they hopped and stumbled like grasshoppers.

“Yep , so are the rules, next is this!” I said as I put a spell on Rarity and Twillights horn.

“HEY; WHAAAT ARE YOU DOING TO MY HORN!” Both screamed, as they felt how the magic began to get blocked.

“Same reason, girls, and the last trick, here it goes!” I siad as I transformed them all in their anthromorphic form, logically , Jacky and I told them to dress up before we went out , completely dress up.

“Hey, why are we now in the same form as you?” Twilight asked suspicious.

“Well try to bend and to stay on all fours!” I said and actually she really did, but she quick gave up as she saw how pathtic her tries were.

“See, with these spells and this form, you are unable to either use magic, raw force, or your wings, all you can count on now, is your own muscle force, so now to the Exercise, we now going to run down there, until the next signpost, got it , okay one two three!” As I began to run fast, I heard them struggling behind me, I allowed myself, after a good lead, to look behind me, and well, poor is even expressed nor harmless, it was downright pathetic what I saw
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“Oooh, C´mon, this can be that difficult for you, don´t it, its like going, just a little faster, c´mon one foot after the other, and a bit fast, if you please!” I said as I clapped in my hands.

“What a slave driver!” I heard it coming from behind me, and I knew instantly who it was.

“A well Rarity?” I said as I rushed backwards through the wind.

“So you are saying I were a slave driver, does everyone of you think so!” I asked, and most of the stupid idiotic ones actually really nodded.

“Oh well, well then , I think I shall do it like a slave driver not!” I said as I summoned a horse carriage, made of pure gold and diamonds, I could see how much Raritys eyes shined.

“Oh my this is so gorgeous.!” She screamed as she wanted to hug it, but I stopped her.

“Oh so you like it ?” I asked her sweetly with an intimidating smile.

“But of course, I love it!” She said and I grinned evilly.

“Well if you love it that much, I choose you to be the leader for once, this time you will go infront, and the others of you are going to follow her, don´t you!” I asked them and I had a glance which made them shaking in fear, they nodded furiously.

“Good, because you guys will acutally pull this thing, while I sit up there to make a slave driver, with whip and cheers!” I siad as I teleported myself inside the carriage, while the crockery just like magic, attached to the six, their expression was far beyond Pricless.

“HEY WHAT IS GOING ON NOW; THE HELL I DO!” they shouted, expect of Fluttershy.

“Well then my little ponies, and a bit fast if you please!” I siad as i let the whip crack, they began to set in motion muttering and cursing me in every manner they could, while I cheered to them, I know more than one of them would send me to the moon for this, but if ponies are making fun of my trainingsmethodes, I know no mercy.

“c´mon guys, a little more motivation, motivation , oh I got such a marvelous idea, lets just say , if I am not in one hour down in the valley, everyone of you will stay like they are, without being able to getting changed back before we reach Dezibel town, got it!”
I siad and I could feel the daggers, piercing through my corpse while I laughed in selfsatisfaction.

“Wait when we are done, then I swear we going to be done with you too!” Rarity muttered.

“Please say all thanks to Rarity,….( they looked at me with a doubtfull expression), not, oh well I can understand it!”

A good hour later, Jacky´s Pov:

“Thank god , finnally you have arrived and,……., what the hay, Venturios what is the meaning of this?” I asked dumfounded at what I saw, Venturios in a Golden Horse Carriage, together with Spike and Dragan, while the Girls were pulling the Carriage.

“Oh well bro, you see, Rarity here wanted to see how I am as an Slave driver, and you know, as a Gentlecolt which I am , i just can´t let a Lady´s wish open, not?” Venturios asked me sweetly, and I forced myself not to laugh, …, let me tell you I failed badly.

WOAAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA; I DON´T BELIVE THIS; HAHAHAHAHAHAHA; HE REALLY MANAGED YOU TO DO THAT; AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA; THIS IS PRICELESS; SO PRICELESS!” I laughed and laughed while the Girls struggled to remain still.

“O god no, he really did that, hahahahaha, no way, there has to be an trick, I bet you losed a bet not?” I asked them, but they shacked the head in no, getting me in a laughing fit again.

“Oh god, I rarely have laughed so hard in the last few years!” I stated as I finally managed to calm down.

“Well then , anyways , you know that you are going to get split from here on, Derpy awaits you Aurora , to the right of me through the hole.

Spike, Dragan, into the inner of the mountain.

Pinkie Applejack , Floraya waits next to my left, through the leaf-corridor.

You two are coming with me , and Venturios you know what to do, with these two, not´” I asked my brother.

“Sure, C´mon Girls , follow my lead!”

“Please give me a break I am exhausted, these excercises where quite difficult and hard!” Rarity and Fluttershy wined.

Several Minutes Later:

“Why does it always have to bee so hard , when you call it simple training?” Fluttershy whined.

“Whaaat, And you think that was hard, that was just the tutorial level, which is what is before us, the first level, the suicide cliff!”
I said as I presented them the most beautifullest but saddest place, according to history, on whole Lumen.

“Please what, Suicide Cliff, why in Tarnation did you bring us here for?!” Rainbow Dash was furious , holding a shivering Fluttershy in her arms, well the question belonged rightfull here, thought this place was indeed famous for ponies which had ended their lives here, be it from heartbreak, the wish to die, or to be once and for all cured from an uncureable sickness, but after all the place can like nothing at all for its wrong use.

“Awwwh girls c´mon , its just a name, and we so or so don’t will last long here, but this here is our start point, from here on out we will fly over whole Lumen, fast and steady, we do some rescue maneuvre, and when I say something I want you to do so, whitout when and but, got it?” I asked and they nodded.

“Further I asked Derpy if she could give us a strong stormwind over the ocean, and a thunderstorm too, we will also learn some maneuvers by rain, storm and lightning, and some attacks in the air!”

“Meeep!” It came from Fluttershy as she hided behind Rainbow Dash.

“D-d-do we really have to fly through thunder and Lightning?” She asked fearfully.

“Sure, or how will you ever learn to dodge rockets , bullets and other launched things while you are flying, a lightning is the fastest thing on earth, expect of light, so its only logical to train rather with this then with bullets, if you listen to me and doing it right, nothing can happen to you.

“Well then anyways, lets fly for now, so I want you to let yourself fall from the cliff, then turn midair, spread your wings and take to te Sky, wait, I almost forgot, I will quick release you from the wing glue spell!” I did as said, and then I took a run-up.

“Okay girls, and this is how it shall look like!” I told them, as I let myself falling, my wings pressed firmly on my body.

I turned mid air as I was like 50 meters over the ground, and then I spread and flapped my wings, I rised up and floated infront of them.

“Did you saw, its really easy, c´mon, all in one row, take your hands, are you ready?” I asked as we stood by the cliff.

“I am!”

“Me , well me not so , but I guess I will do so!” Fluttershy, barely audible over the upcoming wind, said.

“Alright then , on my command, three, two, one, Go!” I yelled as we let us fall, I saw how Fluttershy´s eyes almost bulged out of fear.

“Alright now turn!” I ordered as we were almost near the ground, 70 meters over it, because of Fluttershy I said it so early.

“And now, spread your wings and , take to the sky!” I yelled as we flew away from the cliff through the air, I began to humm a song I would now like to sing, before I actually really did it.

Owl City, Take to the sky, ( Performed by Venturios):

Shipwreck in a sea of faces
There's a dreamy world up there
Dear friends in higher places
Carry me away from here

Rainbow Dash looked at me in surprise as I began to sing, but she smiled, she knows how much I love singing, Singing, Writing anf Flying,these is my own holy Trinity.

Travel light, let the sun eclipse you
'Cause your flight is about to leave
And there's more to this brave adventure
Than you'd ever believe

I flew over to a mesmerized Fluttershy, who enjoyed the view, I nudged her gently and sang further , she began to humm inside of the sung , making it even better than before.

Birds-eye view, awake the stars 'cause they're all around you
Wide eyes will always brighten the blue
Chase your dreams, and remember me, sweet bravery
'Cause after all those wings will take you, up so high
So bid the forest floor goodbye as you race the wind
And take to the sky (you take to the sky)

I flew back to Rainbow Dash and circled a bit around her making her laughing, before flying under her, facing her while still flying straight ahead, she looked lovingly at, me, I rised up a little and kissed her full on the lips, still flying ahead.

“How in tarnation are you doing this!” She asked in wonder, but I only shrugged my shoulders.

“Lifelong practice babe!”

On the heels of war and wonder
There's a stormy world up there
You can't whisper above the thunder
But you can fly anywhere

Purple burst of paper birds
This picture paints a thousand words
So take a breath of myth and mystery
And don't look back

Back to Fluttershy , who began to laugh, her eyes glimmering of wonder as she saw the birds which flew high up here, it where some perroquet and some other exotic birds, she began to fly abit more than usual circling around the birds who chirped happily to her, making a few loopings before going back in the row, by now they have all began to sung with me, it was an rather old but still well known song, from the Gryphon Kingdom.

Birds-eye view, awake the stars 'cause they're all around you
Wide eyes will always brighten the blue
Chase your dreams, and remember me, sweet bravery
'Cause after all those wings will take you, up so high
So bid the forest floor goodbye as you race the wind
And take to the sky (you take to the sky)

I began to fly slower, to allow fluttershy some rest.

There's a realm above the trees
Where the lost are finally found
Touch your feathers to the breeze
And leave the ground

Birds-eye view, awake the stars 'cause they're all around you
Wide eyes will always brighten the blue
Chase your dreams, and remember me, sweet bravery
'Cause after all those wings will take you, up so high
So bid the forest floor goodbye as you race the wind
And take to the sky
(You take to the sky) [x2]

“This is an amazing song, and the way you sung it, so full of spirit, so like I never had heard anyone sung it before!” Rainbow Dash said and Fluttershy nodded.

“Well thank you, to be honest, I can sing it so well, because I was the one who actually wrote this song, for an old friend of me, from the Gryphons, he was always a weak flier but he trained always hard and one day I wanted to cheer him up, so I wrote a song for him, he loved it and from that day on his flying skills took fruits, he always said that in sad moments he remembered the song, and how it had cheered him up!” I explained them.

“Wow, so you write songs, hey I once tried also one, but it was practically the only one I ever wrote or sang all by heart, it was after the lesson of my father, after his death I never sung it again, it´s called `Free as the wind´.

“Hey I know this song, your father always sung it when he came down to Altare Ventura, the main town in the Storming fields, where I lived with most of the Fabula Clan-members, mind if I sing it with you?” I asked her and she had tears in her eyes.

“Sure why not, well then here we go!” She said as we began to sing.

`Free as the wind´ ( translation of Frei wie der Wind , the German Monster Rancher opening, I edited it making it longer though)
RD:
Tell me , what´s happening, what´s going on , in our World
When will we understanding, it´s about us, and that is what count.

Venturios:
Don´t you worry, its never too late, as long as the hope, lives always in us, ohooohoh
We all are just waiting, for this one moment, we are ready, there´s no turning back.

Both:
Then We will be free soon, cause it comes to an end soon, free as the wind,
We will be winning, the evil we conquering, everything will be started from new, oooh
And we will be free soon, cause it comes to an end soon, no way will be too far, no matter where we are
No matter how many hours and days passing by, we will be free as the wind.

Rainbow dash:
When the time has come, to say goodbye ,my dear friend,
I will never see you, crying, never I see a tear of you, fall,

Venturios:
Cause we know, soon we will see each other, we meet again, and that for sure
, I am waiting, here forever, i´m waiting for your call.

Both:
And whenever the longing shows, I know, there is always a place, I can call home!!!!!

And we will be free soon, cause it comes to an end soon, no way will be too far, no matter where we are
No matter how many hours and days passing by, we will be free as the wind.

And I know I will see you, cause there will always be me and you, no way will be too far, no matter where we are
No matter how many hours and days passing by, I will meet you again, and then ,we both will be free
Forever we are free as the wind.

“Oh my, that was wonderfull you too, you are such a cute pair!” Fluttershy said making us both blushing to no end.

“Well, I guess we just love each other too much, not honey?” I asked Rainbow Dash.

“Sure thing man, wait, what going on there!” She said as she looked forward, her eyes narrowed until they almost popped out, I looked too forward and smiled.

“Ah the storm for wich I asked the permission of Derpy!” I said.

“Storm is good, these are giant tornados, you freak!” Rainbow Dash shouted as she double facehoofed herself.

“So what , do you really think you will not learn, on how to fly through an tornado as a Stormhawk!” I said with my best Bitch-Please face.

“I hope you are not that insane to actually flying through-the…….!” I couldn´t hear her over the noise of the storm, as I raced and dived into the tornado.

“Wooooohooooooo!” I screamed out of joy as I arrived inside of the seatornado.

“Okay I correct myself, he is that insane!” I could hear Rainbowdash through the wind, and I laughed.

“C´mon girls, it´s totally easy!” I screamed.

“You don´t expect us to dive into this thing!” Rainbow Dash yelled over her own wind power, wow, she gets quite good in wind magic.

“Well if you don’t want, the storm comes to you!” I laughed, as I heard their gasp, I set the tornado in motion and picked them up with me.

“Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!” I could hear their screams as they finnaly arrived inside next to me.

“Venturios Midnight Shadow, never ever again , will you fucking freak throw me in a tornado,NEVER EVER AGAIN!!!!!” Rainbow Dash slayed her hoofs on my sixpack, like a fury, though it didn´t hurted at all.

“Hey honey seriously,it can´t be as bad as throwing a woman from the balcony, it´s at least what Shining Armor said, I already told it to Esteel and he was amazed he´s trying to make a game out of it, called, Angry Alincorns- Princess Cadence VS the Shadow of the Frozen North!” I snickered and she chuckled too, I took in my arms and kissed her so passionately that her rage puffed away instantly.

“You know I would never hurt you on purpose!” I siad to her as I pressed her on me, looking lovestrucked in her eyes.

“I Know!”

“Ahem, And whats with me!” Fluttershy shouted her hair a mess and she looked pretty pissed.

“Well um, you shall of course also not become hurt!” I said pathetically.

“I hope so for you!” She said giving me a badass stare.

“Sigh, well anyways, I will now explain to you, how such an twister works, well as you can see this things circle around in a spiral, so the easiest way is to fly with the wind, inside of the stormrails, the stormrails are giant wind canals who cirlce with the rest wind around the so called eye of the storm, while flying in these tube shapeded windsrails , you can´t hurt yourself, logically I also have throw you in one of them, but well if you struggle too much it looks in the end like Fluttershy now does, or even worse, if someone flies in a tornado without any experience , they will be dead by now, normaly only an eagle eye can see the rails, but if you observe the storm really close you will maybe being able to see them , even as a normal pegasus.

“Well then , I have logically brought up an Stormrail-parcours over the ocean, in which we now train you in flying with hyperspeed in them without throwing yourself out okay, but first, this !”

I said as I took out `the Flute of the Wind-tamer´, a Ocarina formed as a Seashell, I have gotten it as a reunion present from Aquania, at the last conference 5 years ago, I began to play the Melody of the wind.

The storms began to set themselves , shrunking in their size before vanishing completely in thin air.

“Wow, what a wonderfull melody, this ocarina is amazing!” Rainbow Dash said, her eyes glimmering in wonder.

“Its called “the Flute of the Wind-tamer”, it´s one of the……!”

“Element-bender instruments, I have too such an Instrument, the Flute of the Tamers, Miss Candellight gave it to me, when we fought for the Light of Kindness!” Fluttershy said as she took out her panflute.

“Oh it´s indeed the Flute of Floraya, its said that since generations the Flute has given from elder to the new leader of the Chlorophelia-tribe, the last has been your mother, we though the flute has been vanished with the war, but it seems that your mother must have know something which Floraya didn´t knew, so she hid it till the day you got it back, well it´s never been said that we Fallen Angels cant fail too sometimes!”

“But this is more than just an Beast and animal tamer, its also to tame the power of Nature, like I can tame the Wind, in every possible way,if there is air in something, and I can tame the whole thing, like to a certain amount the water!” I said as I played another tune, slowly a pilar of water snaked up towards us.

“This is amazing, totally awesome!” Rainbow dash said.

“Wanna try?” I asked her, as I showed her how.

“Always one finger after the other, and don’t forget to breath while blowing, inside the flute okay!” I siad, without thinking , I saw how she run crimson red from blushing, oopsie.

“Not like you think!” I said, chuckling, to her.

“don’t talk so dirty, guys!” Fluttershy laughed and now I blushed too.

“Well then shall we!” I asked after some arkward silence and she nodded, and so we played a tune together, the birds as well as
the water circled around us.

“A bit more force, honey!” I siad and she did as told and she blowed stronger in the flute, creating other tones, deeper and sudenly a whirlpool appeared in front of us, with water and all ( looks like Plinfa´s Whirlpool attack from pokemon).

“Wow, its amazing!” Fluttershy, almost overweighted with birds, laughed.

“Then you are going to love this here!” I siad as I took the Ocarina from Rainbow Dash.

“I call it, the Heart in the Sky!” I siad as I played a tune, the water behind me raised and formed a giant heart of water.

“Wow this is sure amazing!” Rainbow Dash said, but I gestured behind her, she turned to look behind , as the clouds infront of the sun vanished, like from ghosthand.

“Oh my, this is, this is, ….., sorry I am speechless!” She said and I couldn´t blame, her, there in the sky, a giant Heart shaped Rainbow has appeared, created by the water breaking the light of the sun.

“I love it!” She finally happy shouted and she throwed herself in my arms.

“Ha ha , I hoped so, well anyways I guess its time for some more training, after all we making our way down to Appleoosa in the Afternoon, so a bit of training we do have to do!” I siad and they groaned.

“Oh c´mon its not going to be that hard okay, I will show how to fly in the Stormrails in overdrvie mode, without flying out of the rail okay, and maybe I will teach one or two battle-technics, okay?” I asked them and they nodded, in defeat.

“C´mon, the Voltcomet and the Stormflame, are some awesome Battle magic spells!” I said to them and at least Rainbow Dash´s interest has beeign woken up.

“Alright, lets fly!” I siad and so we made our way train.

Meanwhile with Jacky and the Girls, Jacky´s Pov:

“Alright Fashionistas and Nerds, today we going over to teach you in Battlemagic, means we going over to hardcore training!” I said as I laughed evily, I had already build up an arena, so that they weren´t at all able to escape, even when things getting downhill, logically I don´t let it escalate too much but its good for them when they finally getting teached something usefull.

“In this cage, my friends, we have a rather aggressive exemple of an Manticore, I want you to defeat it, every minute you lose , the spike in his neck will give off an darkforce poison, making it even more agressive, so you better defeat it fast, ps , it´s useless to try to teleport it, or to hypnotize it, the barrier around you is not alowing that, well then, wish you good succeed!” I said as I opened the cage.

“Wait are you insane, jacky , don´t you dare to open that cage, and, let,… that……..thing….out!” She said as she saw the evil eyes of the manticore.

“Whooopsie, guess I was too fast!” I said with a smug grin.

“Brace yourselve, the Manticore is coming!” I laughed as I watched how that giant beast walked out of the grotto it had sleept in, since I summoned up here.

“You are somewhat insane, Jacky!” Twilight shouted.

“No I have just been too often in a real war!” I replied.

“Raaaaaaaawrrrrrr!” The Manticore rawred as it showed itself in all its glory, it was a black one, one of the most agressivest kinds of Manticore, and let me tell you, their scorpiontail is not to underestimate.

“Here we go!” I said as I layed on the barrier to watch the spectacle.

Twilight´s Pov:

“I gonna get you for that, Soundwave Jacky!” I yelled up to the grinning prick he was.

“We will see how much you get, when you are not even able to beat this little guy!” He laughed , oh the want, the need to punch him in the face right now was so unbearable.

“It comes!” He said and I opened the eyes soon enough to dodge the beat of the Manticore.

“Better you fight , or at least run away!” Jacky laughed.

“And how shall this help us, when we aren´t even able to use one battle spell!” Rarity yelled.

Rarity struggled with running away, suddenly she stumbled and fell down, the manticore had waited for exactly that moment , he jumped and caughed her looking with killing-lust at her.

“Oh god why!”she yelled as the manticore raised its claw to beat it down.

“No!” I yelled as I chained its hand in the air, it was extremly strong, and I struggled to held the magic up.

“I guess this is what Jacky meant, it doesent matters how strong your spell or your magic is, if you have not the strenght to held the magic up, its all for the cat anyways!” I muttered to myself, as suddenly the weight got stronger, I looked at a terrified Rarity, and I had suddenly one thought, Save her.

“Rarity!” I yelled and, thought I had no idead why, stretched myhand out to her, I suddenly saw how the magic flowed inside of the fingertips, they began to glow, same as my horn and suddenly the same magical aura was around Rarity.

“Yes, this is it, good so, and now save her!” I heard a voice in my Head, it was Jacky´s.

I did as told, and slide my hand in the other direction, I saw how Rarity got dragged away from the manticore with help of my magic.

“Rarity help me, he is too strong!” I said as the weight on my magic got stronger, before it ripped through, the Manticore was free again, and it raced instantly at me.

“Shit!” I yelled as I raised an defense shield, just in time, the impact would have been otherwise a bit to heavy, I got dragged backwards as the Manticore crashed right in my Shield.

“Oh hell, that was heavy!” I said.

“Rarity where are you, help me, Rarity?” I yelled , I looked around frantically, only to find her sitting shivering in a corner, making herself tiny to not get the attention of the Manticore.

“Rarity, for fucks sake help me!” I yelled as my shield broke.

“Nooo!” I yelled as the giant paw beated me out of the way.

“Twilight!”

“I need to help her!” I heard this as the last words before I fainted.

Rarity´s pov:

“Why can´t I be as brave as you are!” I asked myself as I kneeled over Twillight.

The fight was over, before the manticore could get me, Jacky finished him of and send him back from where he came, I will never forget his glance at me, a glance of full disgust, and the words he spoke were full of anger, I never saw him that way speaking with anyone of us.

“Useless, that’s what I am, Jacky´s is right, beside of fashion magic I can nothing at all, not even the most simplest spells!” I cried kneeling over Twilight, Jacky got me to understand what I did wrong, it was not the question of why I would be fighting , or what I would fighting for, but it was always the question of what would be worth fighting for.

Flashback:

“I am so disgusted right now, stay out of my eyes for at least one hour, I need to think!” he yelled as we were out of the arena, I felt his anger bruning in my heart, my bones and my soul, he carried Twilight to an restplace and placed her gentle on the floor.

“Why Jacky, why am I so weak, even when I would learn battle magic, I can never fight like Twilight, or even Fluttershy, even she fights better than me, all I can do is to scream and to run away!” I cried as I walked behind him.

“Not even Spike I could save that time from getting hurt, everypony is always getting hurt when defending me, because I am too weak to defend myself, I am always the only one to be saved!”

“it´s because you think too much!” He said nonchalantly, and in an angry manner.

“I beg you Pardon?” I asked irritated.

“You ask yourself, what you are fighting for, for your home, your family, you friends, you ask your self why you are fighting, because another one can´t fight anymore, because it was an order, no, the only question you shall ask yourself is, what is it worth figthing for?”

“I don´t think I can catch up with you?” I asked but he gave me a glance of pure annoyance.

“If you can´t even figure it out by yourself i´m not sure why you even ask me, as long as you have not came behind the real sense of this saying, you can forget to ever become stronger, a warrior needs to set himself some priorities in war, if he follow an order or if he save his mans, make yourself clkear which prioritys you set yourself, and maybe you can finnaly understand why people are fighting in war, and why we fight!” Jacky told me as he walked away, it was still morning and the sun shone on us brightly, but for me all this beauty around me could go down the drain because it didn´t mattered to me, my friends has ben hurt, and it was all my fault.

“Hnnngh!” I looked down as I felt Twillight shifting her position.

“Oh hello honey, did you sleep well, feeling any better ?” I asked her and she smiled.

“Yes , I feel not like when someone would have thrown a tone of bricks, in a bag, right in my side, so I guess I must bee fine again!” she said as she stood up.

“Look Twillight I am sorry for being such an useless clutz on your heels!” I said to her in all honesty.

“No it´s okay Rarity, I know how scared you were, I was too!” She said and I looked at her in wonder.

“But, you fighted so well, you even manage to stop its attack and to take me away from under it, how were you able to do that when you were scared?” I asked dumbfounded.

“Because I didn´t thought about the attack, all I thought was , to somehow get you out of danger, it didn´t mattered to me if I would have getting hit , as long as you were out of the line of fire!” Twilight said and I understood.

“So you simply wanted me to be safe, even when you know ,you may would have sacrifieced yourself for?” I asked curious and she nodded, I was in awe, was it this what Jacky meant, to set priorities in war, to ask yourself what it is worth fighting for, for Twillight it was not to succed the mission, but to keep me save, the same was to Fluttershy´s telling, as she told us how she got the light of kindness, she was ready to sacrifice herself to safe all the others, even Venturios, he sacrifieced his own body and his sanity to save Rainbow Dash, even Spike, he did the same, he used Dark force for the first time to save me, he was completely other than I though I guess I even were scared the first time from him, Even Astralia and Aurora fighted to keep their two mothers safe, here on lumen everyone of them fighted to save this world from the darkness, to bring the light and the life back here, this was it what was worth fighting for, to safe the fallen and damned souls of lumen, not to simply destroy an strong servant of Nestrell, or to beat some Elements of Chaos, or what ever, all in all , all what we were fighting for was, to save this Continent.

“Okay , I guess I now understand, if you feel better I will tell Jacky that we are ready for a second round!” I said determined, she nodded and I stood up to walk to jacky, who sat at the edge of the lake we were near by.
I walked closer and wanted to call him as I heard him singing to himself.

Set the World on fire- Black Veil Brides:

Saints born together
to fight against their holy fables
the streets are where we pray

Hymns for the lonely
wretched and forgotten
the feeling in our hearts
wont ever fate away

We stand tall (united)
Watch them fall (divided)
Break the chains and now we'll show them all (fight)

Fight for all you know
when your backs against the wall
Stand against the liars
stronger than before
When your life becomes a war
set the world on fire

(Did he sing this just so or because of what w were talking earlier, I sat myself with the back to a tree, I knew he knew I was there but didn´t he let himself getting distratec at all, his selfcontrol was incredible.)

Sing out united against
the ones you left in hatred
our message of today
Like children crying
when all they knew was dying
and we will raise our flags up
its time for them to pay

We stand tall (united)
Watch them fall (divided)
Break the chains and now we'll show them all (fight)

Fight for all you know
when your backs against the wall
Stand against the liars
stronger than before
When your life becomes a war
set the world on fire

woahh ohhh
So sing it loud you hold the key

Woahh ohhh
We're the rebels and we're free

Woahh ohhh
Its time to burn all that you see

Woahh ohhh
Now the world belongs to me

(What was he singing about, did he really meant that, that I shall burn all what I see, so that in the end the world belongs to me, wait, no , this is exactly what he told us what the followers of Nestrell are doing, he even told us that this was what Iris though Nestrell would do, so shall that mean, that everyone has an other oponion on what is worth fighting for, and I just need to find my own, could it be that what he meant, if yes, I am now clear about that, I will never see anyone suffer again, Fluttershy, Twillight, Spike, Jacky, Rainbow Dash, the Lumoria folk, Chlorophelia, our friends and the land of lumen, I want to fight to protect everyone, that was my priority.)

Fight for all you know
when your backs against the wall
Stand against the liars
stronger than before
When your life becomes a war
set the world on fire

Proud in all you are
Showing every scar
As your badge of honor
When you cant take anymore
of what they're living for

Set the world on fire!

“To protect everyone, is for me, wath I think is worth fighting for!” I said as I stood up, I didn´t cared anymore that my with dress became dirty, because Jacky was deadright, when I fight I can´t get myself distracted of how I look, if I just think about me I will never be able to protect those who I love and who I wants to keep safe.

“Show me, show me how to fight Jacky, …, make a soldier out of me!”