> What fuels your wrath?
>  by Creatix
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> Prologue
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	He was angry, that much was clear. His thoughts a jumbled mess, going from one thing to the next. But, out of all of those thoughts, one would always occur.

The death of the girl who looked so much like Mithra, his daughter. The image of her running towards him, a pleading look on her eyes as the bombs fell down during Olga's attack. He could do nothing to help, and when the bombs hit and the explosions cleared he was the only survivor. At the time, he hoped beyond hope that, somehow, she had survived. But, when he had seen her charred body lying a few feet away... He exploded.

The death of the girl replayed over and over in his mind, the image never leaving him. That's why he screamed. His anger had changed him, his skin glowing orange with the power he held. He felt the extra appendages on his back, heavy and powerful. Four large arms made of Mantra, the energy that Demigods such as himself held, were protruding from his back. He didn't think, his wrath was the sole thing guiding him. He raised two of the of arms, two orbs forming in either hand, and released a stream of beams at who he knew was responsible.

He released his anger towards Olga and her fleet, high in the sky orbiting just above the atmosphere of Gaea. Olga was a commander for the Seven Deities, a group of Demigods who had kidnapped Asura's daughter and murdered his wife, all for power. She was the only female among them, and while the blonde Demigod was naturally a smart commander, she often let her emotions rule how she acted. The attack traveled faster than anything Olga could remember, and her ship shook as the beams passed her. Her face twisted into annoyance, before she issued out her next order.

"Asura must be destroyed!" She yelled to her troops. "Purify him! Fire!"

With that order, the countless ships from her fleet began to descend towards Gaea, firing at the now berserk Asura. They all perished before they could get close, Asura releasing barrage after barrage of fire at them. Beneath all the explosions of the now destroyed ships, Asura prepared his next attack. He held out a single, large arm of Mantra out towards the sky, before a large ball of concentrated Mantra began to gather. Once it reached the size to fit in the hand, he launched it skyward, passing many of the ships. It exploded just below the atmosphere, releasing a wave of explosions from the ships hit by it. Olga's ship, just outside of orbit, was shocked by the blast. She was shaken up, and she almost fell down. She scowled, starting to loose her composure.

"How dare he!" She said to herself, before ordering her ship to descend. The recent attack had clouded Gaea's atmosphere, and she needed to be able to see in order to command her forces. Her Sepentrion lowered through the clouds, and when she finally had a clear view, she issued her orders. "Keep firing! Blow him to pieces!" 

And like the last time she issued that order, the ships in her command obeyed. They flew down and fired, again. And like last time, they were all destroyed by Asura. When no more ships came to confront him, he raised all of his arms in front of him with a roar. A ball of concentrated Mantra forming between them. He launched it towards Olga's ship. Whoever was piloting the ship for her must have seen it coming, for at the last second it pitched to the side and avoided the attack. It continued into the sky, breaching the atmosphere and going into orbit. It exploded, the blast radius stretching farther than the width of Gaea herself. Olga, who had fallen down from the ship suddenly pitching, had witnessed a large chunk of her forces fall from the attack that was just thrown her way. She took in a shaky breath, before giving her final order.

"All ships, retreat!" She yelled.

Asura, completely lost in his rage, began to fire more laser like projectiles of Mantra towards her ship and the fleet. He only succeeded in destroying one as they fled.

Asura was left there, nothing to take his anger out on, and nothing to distract him from the constant image of the girl in his head. he screamed, a scream not of rage, but of pain. He would continue to do this for a while, unaware of what the remaining Seven Deities had planned for him. Without warning, and without time to prepare, a large, blue beam came straight for Asura. Asura, lost in rage and without thinking, did the only action available to him. He prepared his own blast of Mantra, to counteract the beam. he launched it towards it when it was almost on him, but it wasn't enough. The blue beam had overpowered his own, and engulfed him.

He felt pain. Cruel, unending pain. He could the large arms of Mantra on his back being destroyed, and he could feel his body being burned. And then, in an explosion of blue, it was done. In the aftermath, a large crater had formed where the blast hit. Asura was nowhere to be seen.

In another land, one known to its residents as Equestria, a certain solar princess was busy enjoying her breakfast of cake. She and her sister have just recently defeated a being known as Discord, the apparent 'God of Chaos'. After fixing everything that Discord had done, such as making sure the sky no longer rained chocolate milk, she and her sister Luna where spent. Sp, it was no wonder as to why she would be relaxing. That was, until she felt something that was unfamiliar to her. She pushed it to the back of her mind, not really seeing the bother in stopping her self indulgence of sweets for something that seemed so small. That was, until it grew substantially. It grew, and grew, and it kept growing until she could not ignore it any longer.

"What in Equestria is that?" She wondered to herself.  It was coming from the north, far to the north. "Perhaps I should check on this disturbance?"

She walked out to a nearby balcony of her castle, gazing at the area it came from. It was when the sky exploded with a flash of red, that she had  decided that she would not waste anymore time. With any luck, her sister Luna had felt it as well, and would join her as soon as she could.
> Anger in its purest form
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	It did not take long for Princess Celestia to reach the origin of the red light. She had traveled far before she had found what she was looking for. She had tracked the source of the disturbance to the Frozen North, near the Crystal Mountains. It was not hard to find what she was looking for when she got there. A large area of land that was recently covered by snow was now just a large crater. However, Celestia could see that the crater was not barren. Inside lay a creature she had not seen before, and her curiosity grew at the sight of something that was never reported. She flew down, gently landing next to the creature before she started to examine it.

It's skin was black, and covered it many different markings. As of now, it's eyes were devoid of anything, like two hollow sockets leading to an inky blackness. It's mouth looked to be in a state where it would have to be permanently open, for she could see no conceivable way it could close it mouth entirely with the way it was. She went further down, further examining the creature that was laid before her. To her, it looked to be bipedal with a weird set of hind hooves. The claws at the end of its arms seemed sharper than anything she had seen, as if they were meant for the express purpose of killing.

When she was finished with her small examination, she sat down on her haunches. "What am I going to do now?" She wondered to herself. She, as princess, was presented with few options. She could take it, put many magical restraints on it and give to a team of her top scholars to examine. She could imprison it until it woke up, and question it to see if it had any signs of sapience. The last one, the one she used to defeat Discord, was to use the Elements of Harmony, and make sure that it never becomes a threat to her ponies. Those were her three immediate options, more and more would become available depending on what path she would take.

She was about to make her decision, but that was before she heard wing beats behind her. Turning, she saw her sister, Princess of the Moon, Luna. She was gently floating down towards her and the creature.

"Sister!" Luna said, a relieved look adorning her muzzle. "We were worried for thou! When we felt the disturbance, we immediately started looking for thou. It was a maid that told us that thou had already left."

Celestia smiled at her sister. "I'm sorry, Luna. Looking back, I guess I should have waited for you." She said, before she noticed that Luna was carrying a pair of saddlebags. "Luna, what did you bring?"

"We have brought the Elements of Harmony." Luna answered. "Thou can never be too careful."

Celestia nodded, before turning back to the creature. "Luna, may I ask you a question?"

"Thou does not need permission, sister." Luna answered.

Celestia nodded. "This is the creature that caused the disturbance earlier. I was about to come to a decision about what to do with it, two of which involved bringing it back home. The last one involved the Elements."

Luna looked at the creature for a moment, before turning to Celestia. "We already have the elements with us, so if it wakes up at any time we could just turn it to stone like we did with Discord. Until then, the creature could be brought back."

Celestia nodded. "I had decided on bringing him back anyway. I guess having the Elements  will only make it easier."

With each others approval, both sisters horns lit up with magic. However, before anything could be done with their magic, the creatures eyes suddenly lit up. Not a moment passed before it looked at them, then it quickly jumped up off the ground, making distance between them and it. It directed its eyes towards the two sisters, as if staring into their souls. The two sisters could only hear heavy breathing coming from the creature. Celestia looked at the creatures face, and, for some strange reason, all she could see in it's face was anger.

Celestia was confused. She had not done anything to wrong the creature, at least not yet, so why was it looking at her with such anger? To her side, she could hear Luna whisper to her. "Sister?" She asked. "Dost thou wish for us to use the elements."

Celestia looked once more at the creature. And again, she could see the anger. No, she could feel it, as if it was so present in the creature that it  was its own being. She looked towards Luna, giving her answer. "Prepare them."

Luna nodded, and used her magic to grab the Elements, Celestia also taking a few from the bag. They were preparing for the worst, ready to use the elements at a moments notice. They stared at the creature. It was hunched over, looking at them with its arm hanging down its sides. The only thing it did was look at them, as if it was expecting them to do something.

Celestia looked back to her sister. "Luna, I do not think that-"

"Sister, look out!" Luna interrupted her, panic in her voice.

Celestia looked back to the creature, only to find that is what not there. She heard what sounded like a roar coming from above her. She looked  up, and saw the creature descending towards her, one on it's clawed arms pulled back ready to strike. Celestia's eyes widened in surprise, and acting faster than she thought she could have, she teleported away. Not a moment later she appeared on the other end of the crater, and she could creature land before looking around, as if confused. She would have sighed in relief, if not that her sister was still there. She was only a few feet away from the creature, and the moment it looked at her, it let out another roar before running towards her. Luna had teleported next to Celestia before the creature could even get near her.

"Sister!" Luna shouted. "We need to use the elements on this creature. It's too hostile!"

Celestia sighed. "I agree Luna. It's too dangerous."

The creature was currently looking around in agitation and confusion, giving the two Royal Sisters enough time to do what was needed. It took the creature another few moments to spot them, but by then, it was too late. What greeted him was a giant beam with the colors of the rainbow. He would have jumped out of the way, but the beam was too close and moving too fast. He had to take the full brunt of it.

Celestia and Luna, from their position, heard a loud roar from the creature, louder than the rest. It sounded so much like a scream of pain came from the creature. They kept using the Elements, before they felt what energy they had waning. The beam from the Elements thinned, until it was gone. Celestia and Luna stood their, staring at the creature. It was now turned to stone, stuck in a hunched over position.

"It is over." Celestia said.

"Indeed it is." Luna agreed. "But what will we do with the creature now?"

"He has been turned to stone, Luna." Celestia said. "He can cause no harm."

Luna nodded. "Still..." She said. "We never felt so much anger from a creature. It was terrifying."

Celestia nodded in agreement. "Come, we can't just leave it here."

"Thou intends to put it on display?" Luna asked. "Like Discord?"

"It shall serve as a warning." Celestia said. "A warning for those who might choose to act upon anger."

"Of course." Luna said, rolling her eyes. "Well, if thou wants to, what can we do but agree."

"Thank you Luna." Celestia said, before grabbing the statue of the creature in her magical gasp. "Come, let us return home."

This creature would remain a statue for the next one thousand years, sitting idly by, waiting.
> Anger can not be kept quiet
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		The sound of birds chirping accompanied the gentle sway of the afternoon breeze. The garden of Canterlot Castle was beautiful when alone, but its inherit beauty was amplified by the things inside. Flowers, hedges, and many statues of various ponies occupied the garden. Among these was one prominent statue, unlike the others. The creature that it depicted seemed to be a bipedal creature, hunched over with its arms hanging down. It's appearance was that which may strike fear in many ponies, and the markings along the body made it look as if somepony had decided to use it as a canvas. It stood on display, awaiting for others to gaze upon it as if it was a simple piece of art. There used to be another, one of a creature known as the god of chaos, Discord. However, Discord was freed from his prison one day in order to be reformed, and hadn't been in the garden since.
What wasn't known, however, is that anything turned to stone was still aware. They were able to feel and see anything going on around them. And while discord did not care that much, simply cranky over loosing an opportunity to cause chaos, the other occupant hated it. Asura, still in his altered state of mind and body, had come to hate this existence. For one thousand years, he had been stone. For one thousand years, his anger kept growing with every passing second of his incarceration. For one thousand years, the image of ten girls death stayed in his mind. And for one thousand years,  he could do nothing about it. Whatever the two princesses did to him had sapped most of his Mantra, and left him weak. However, his power was connected to his Mantra affinity, Wrath. Over the years, unbeknownst to the very ponies who gazed upon him, his power had been growing back to what it once was, simply because he was angry, his wrath stemming from the memory that wouldn't leave him alone. Asura could feel the stone around his body weakening. He just needed a little more time, before his own power would be able to break his prison.
"Hey, what do you think this is?" Spoke a voice below him. It was... Soft, yet mature. 
"I've seen it before, but I never bothered to check." Answered a voice that was strong, but sounded just as mature.
Asura, while from his escalated position could not look down, could tell that the voices were of adults, the soft one a female and the strong one male.
"'Avatar of Rage.' Huh, what do you think that means?" The female voice asked.
"I don't know." The male voice answered. "But one for sure, it sure is ugly."
He could hear the two walking away, lightly laughing to themselves. Their comment about his appearance, while not particularly spiteful, did slightly tick him off. Apparently, all he needed was to be a little ticked off.
His stone form glowed red, the power he built up over years finally reaching the point where it overpowered the magical qualities of the stone. It glowed brighter and brighter, until a loud boom echoed throughout the garden, and the stone flying off of his form, landing near and far as mere pebbles.
Inhale, and exhale. His breaths were as ragged as they were when he first changed. He was still in his Wrath Form, and just as so stayed in the same mental state. The only thoughts in his mind was to find the source of his wrath, and obliterate it from existence.
So, with a mighty roar, he leaped out of the gardens, and into the sky.



Celestia was currently sitting on her throne, happily occupying her time with her thoughts. Celestia couldn't be happier, her sister was once again ruling by her side, the god of chaos had been reformed, Cadence had been married, and her former student had ascended to Alicorn status. With her Kingdom at peace as well, what reason could she have to not be happy?
Perhaps that sudden explosion of power from the garden would be a reason?
Celestia, caught off guard, had almost fallen off her throne, the power possessing enough force to move her when it exploded. 
"What in Equestria?!" She exclaimed. She stepped off of her throne, and galloped to the main doors. "Guards, follow me!"
It did not take long to arrive at the garden, and it only took Celestia a few moments to see her target. She slowly walked up to the empty pedestal where the creature she fought so long ago used to be. She only looked for a moment, before she turned to look at the guards that had followed her.
"Warn the rest of the guard, and make sure those in the city are prepared for battle." She ordered. "I need to get my sister, and contact Princess Twilight Sparkle."
The two guards raised their hoofs in solutes. "Yes ma'am!" They exclaimed, before rushing into the castle.
Celestia sighed, before looking once more at the pedestal. She stayed like that for a moment, before she turned and entered the castle. She had a city and ponies to protect.



He landed with a loud boom, dust being kicked up as those around him shrieked in shock. He had landed in a heavily populated street of Canterlot, many ponies present to witness his arrival. He looked around from his position, his gaze slowly crossing those that surrounded him. 
By nature, ponies are a 'herd' creature, and as such, have a herd mentality. This herd mentality has proven helpful before the days of Celestia and Luna, alerting the ponies to the dangers of the world, allowing them to survive. In simpler terms, if one pony is afraid, then that feeling spreads to the rest of the ponies in the immediate vicinity.
So, all it took was one pony screaming and running away, for the rest to do so.
It was mass panic. Although he had done nothing but land near them, they had become afraid. To Asura, this was no concern. All he wanted to do was find the source of his wrath, and destroy it. He started running, going faster than anything the ponies of Canterlot had seen. His speed was so great, that everything he passed saved for buildings was knocked down due to the force of the winds around him.
He was nearing the edge of the city, but stopped short when he crossed the cities borders. He stood on the threshold of a small cliff, one that gave a view of the way down the mountain they were currently resting upon. However, it wasn't the cliff that stopped him he could easily jump off the mountain with no harm coming to him. No, it was the hostile visages of Celestia and Luna flying in front of him, and an entire army of Pegasi, all clad in golden armor, behind her.
Asura stared for a moment. Initially, when he had begun his search for those he considered enemies, he had wanted to find one of the Seven Deities, the thought of Celestia never really coming to mind. Celestia and Luna together were two of his sources of anger, and while not a part of the Seven Deities, seeing them right now still managed to make his anger for her surface.
There was a sound of galloping behind him, and he turned to see even more ponies clad in golden armor, most of them bearing unicorns. These ponies were lead by six different ones, each of varying colors and species, sporting no armor.
"Creature!" The voice of Luna spoke behind him. "Thou has been free long enough. We will not let thou cause any harm while thou is free!"
Asura did not reply. He simply stared at Luna, showing no signs of backing down. Apparently Luna was a sensitive one, her eyes quickly gaining an annoyed look.
"I will not be taken so lightly." She said to herself. Celestia look to her sister in a bit of worry, and was about to speak, before Luna shouted. "Guards, attack!"
Asura was rushed at from both sides.
> What lies underneath?
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	"I will not be taken so lightly." Luna said to herself. Celestia looked to her sister in a bit of worry, and was about to speak, before Luna shouted."Guards, attack!"
The shout from princess Luna spurred the guards into action. They rushed at Asura, the Pegasi and Earth ponies each preparing respective forms of attack while the Unicorns stayed behind to use their spells.
Asura, with not a moment of hesitation, let out a yell of rage. The first pony to approach him prepared to ram him, set him off balance for his allies to close in for another attack. His attack never connected, in fact, he didn't even get the chance to get close. Asura ran to him, stunning the ponies around him with his speed, before grabbing the pony by the helmet, the golden material bending under the strength of his clawed hand. He lifted him up and spun him around before he threw the pony at at a nearby Pegasus in the sky.
Said pegasus fell to the earth with a thud, and it wasn't long until more Earth Ponies charged at the angered being. Asura grabbed one intending to do the same thing he had done before, only now he felt a small itch come across his back. He looked back to see an Earth Pony, post buck and looking at him with determined eyes. The look vanished the moment he was grabbed as well.
He slammed the ponies in his together, knocking them out cold. With a tell, he turned to thrwo them at more pegasi, only to find none in the direction he looked. He felt it again, that slight itch was now at the back of his head. He turned to see an orange pagausus with many pegasi charging from behind. He dropped the two unconcius ponies in his hands sent a punch straight for her. She was down the moment his fist made contact. He roared before rushing at those who were charging at him.
"Luna!" Celestia exclaimed whilst approaching her sister. "We both know that the guards cannot stop him. Get to Twilight and her friends, and prepare the spell. I'll distact the beast."
"With the elements with the Tree of Harmony, I hope thou's spell works sister." Luna said, agreeing with Celestia. 
Celestial teleported to Twilight. "Celestia!" Her former student surprise.
"Twilight, I need you and Rarity to help me charge a spell, while applejack, Pinkiepie, Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy protect us while we do."
All the ponies in question nodded, accepting their roles. While this was happening, Luna had gone to confront Asura. So far she was firing magic blasts from her horn. While the blasts were powerful, and could certainly obliterate anything they touch, they only seemed to make him stumble. Asura turned towards Luna, before rushing at her. Luna could not react to his speed, and soon she found an irojngrip around her neck. She was brought face to face with the wrathfull being before her, staring into its white hot eyes. She found herself thrown into the air, spinning uncontrollably. She was able to right herself and look back to where the creature was before, only to find a circle of royal guards looking up in panic.
She felt as if something was wrong. "Where is it?" She asked herself.
She felt the fur on her back stand up, and turned to look in the sky. Above her, covered in some kind of red energy, was the creature. And it was driving for her with its hand pushed outward and clenched. It was like a meteor coming down towards her. He was too close, she couldn't move, she would be hit either way. However, as he was about to make contact with the Princess of the Night, he was hit with a magical beam from below. It wasn't much, but it was just enough to move off course just a bit. His malice filled eyes looked to the source to see a battalion of unicorn guards, all aiming their glowing horns at him.
It was like a thousand cannons being fired at once. The beams of magic moved fast towards the falling Asura, before impacting with a loud explosion, smoke filling the air at the point of impact. The Unicorns on the ground cheered, thinking they had beaten what was hurting on of their princesses. However, that was short lived when said creature landed on the ground, startling them all. 
Asura's anger filled eyes turned on the Unicorns surrounding him, before lunging at them with a yell. Luna looked towards her sister. "Is thou's spell done, Sister?!"
Celestia, along with Twilight and Rarity, had her horn glowing as she charged hr spell. "We're as ready as we can be Luna! You just need to get him in our sights!"
Luna nodded, before turning back to Asura. She saw him tearing through the guards with ease. She glared at the beast, before she flew off high into the sky. She turned mid-flight, going back down towards Asura, getting faster and faster as she flew downwards. She held her front hooves out in front of her as she got closer. Asura turned towards her just in time to feel the impact  of Luna, before being pushed away from her.
Luna, after pushing him a great deal away from the guards, gave the signal to celestia before backing off. Celestia, without a moments hesitation, fired a magical beam with the help of Twilight and Rarity. The beam soared through the air at such speeds that many could not follow it movements. However, they could see it his Asura. The beam impacted Asura with enough power to produce enough force, that even the guards around him were pushed back. 
Asura was doing his best to fight against it. However, even his power was only enough, and when the beam died down, Celestia, Luna, and everypony with them were treated to a curious sight. The beam struck the chest of Asura, and while not enough to injure him, it did do something. Where the beam struck was a small area of peach colored skin, slowly being covered up by once again the black, armor-like skin.
If possible, his eyes seemed to burn even brighter with rage. He roared once again before charging at his assaulters.