The Most Powerful In Equestria

“Alright now we get started.” Evertrot said as he turned to face Trixie.  “As I told you I’ve never trained anypony before so I’m just going to teach you like my master taught me.”

“Can we get on with it then?” Trixie asked her breakfast was not agreeing with her and it was making her irritable.

“Well then let’s get started.” The white unicorn said with a raised eyebrow. “The basis of my magic is harmonizing with the world around me.” With that he lit his horn and the air around him began to spin.  The wind howled as it picked up speed and darkened as it picked up loose soil from the ground. Within seconds a massive tornado was hovering over head.  “Of course when you magic this way you don’t have to use as much of your own energy.”  He said after he dissipated the whirlwind.

“That’s all there is to it you just go and make a tornado?”  Trixie asked incredulously. “I could have learned that same spell from anypony who knew it.”

“Well then why don’t you give it a try?” He said with a poorly disguised smirk.

Trixie gave a small humph as she lit her horn. The spell was easy enough just spin the air in one direction. A few seconds later though the only thing she’d managed to do was exhaust herself. Trixie eyed Evertrot suspiciously. “How did you grab the air to move it?”

“The only way you can grab the air is if you meet it as a person rather than a thing.” Evertrot grinned so wide only a certain pink pony could match it.

“That’s absolute nonsense speak sane.” Trixie replied

“This is magic study it all you like write volumes and volumes of books if you ever understand all of it… then it’s no longer magic. Understand I’m not teaching you normal unicorn magic this is the magic that created the Elements of Harmony.” He threw his hoof to the sky. “This is the magic of thoughts and feeling of primal forces brought under the control of mortals.” Evertrot brought his hoof down and the earth shook. “To teach you the art of communing and bargaining with the spirits of nature.” He declared as a tremendous pyre burst into existence behind him.

“How do I do that?” a dead pan expression plastered across her features.

“Oh um…” the flame flickered out as Evertrot placed a hoof under his chin. For a solid moment there was only the sound of wendigos howling as they swept through frozen plains.

“You have to be kidding me. You have no idea how to teach the techniques at all?” Trixie said flabbergasted at the bizarre situation.

“Well my master knew portal magic and I just don’t have it.” The snowy elder said. “Oh wait the towers. Yes those will work just fine.”

“What about the towers they're hunks of rock and steel!” The blue mare shouted.

“The Ten towers are each channels they open into the spirit plane were you can communicate with the forces of nature.” Evertrot turned and headed to the nearest tower. “There is some danger doing things this way but no more than you took on when you sought me out.” With that he lit his horn and opened a doorway into the tower. “To paraphrase my master. One does simply walk into Mordor.”

“I’m afraid I don’t follow.”

Evertrot gave a sigh. “Nopony ever gets that joke.” He pointed a hoof towards the door. “Enter into the domain of fire.”

“Couldn’t we start with something simpler?” Trixie said as she headed towards the door.

“Nope, everybody learns fire first.” Trixie gave a groan as she passed through the gateway. And found herself on a spiral stairway.  Groaning she trotted up the stairs, but as she grew higher up the stairs the hotter air became.

“Good grief, it’s hot like summer in here.” Trixie complained aloud there was no one to hear her but just voicing her displeasure made her feel better. After about ten minutes she paused and cast a cooling spell. In another ten minutes she had to cast the same spell again. “If it gets any hotter I’ll expect to see a volcano.” Trixie said with a little chuckle. Unfortunately her laughter was cut short when she stairs came to an end on a vast volcanic plain. “Trixie was just joking…”

The land was a cracked and parched covered in volcanic ash. The sky was a harsh red and fire dropped from sky as it was hurled there by distant volcanoes. Strangely though she was not the only living thing. Tiny black scaled lizards darted to and fro across the scorched earth, and flaming serpents danced in spirals across the sky. The most bizarre thing was the music which the blue mare noted was getting closer and she heard the singer and his lyrics.

“Give your soul to me/for eternity! Take your place inside the fire with me! HAhahhaahah!” Trixie stared after all it’s not every day you come across a pony who is completely on fire. His body was an azure blue his eyes glowed white his mane and tail were bright crimson flames.  “Oh! Hello there.” The flaming stallion said with a smile that set every hair on Trixie’s body on end.  “I must say I’ve never had a pony visit me in my home before.”

Swallowing her fear Trixie sprang -well more like hoped- into action. “My name is Trixie. I am the student of Evertrot the infinitely prolonged.”

“Evertrot? Hmm oh old Everson. Still around is he?” the stallion shook his head. “I am Cinder spirit of the flames and the truth of fire.”

“My teacher sent me here to learn to harmonize with fire Lord Cinder.” Trixie bowed because after all there’s no point in intentionally trying to irritate an eons old fire spirit.

“My so formal. You want to understand fire? It’s very simple.” he tossed his head. “Fire is emotion. Anger, Love, desire these things give energy to fire.  The fire creates change for good or ill.”

“That’s it? That doesn’t help me at all.” Trixie muttered to herself.

“To draw upon the powers of fire that dwell in your soul young mare. You must reach inside you and draw out your inner warmth and the fires within.” Cinder said as he sat down and idly breathed fire on the lizards running around.

“Just how do I that?  That all sounds very nice but it doesn’t actually teach me anything.”

"What do I have to explain it to you step by step?” Cinder shouted. “Fine your memories of your emotions allow you to draw on you fire.  Memories of rage create flames of destruction and love and desire create flames of rebirth.” The burning stallion huffed. “Now you have the basics so leave.” He pointed to the stairwell.

“Thank you for your time.” Trixie said before turning and quickly trotting down the staircase.

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“Why is it night?” Trixie asked as she emerged from the tower into a crisp clear night.

“Spirit time. if they want they can hurl you to the future.” Evertrot said from his spot next to the door.

“Really?”

“No it just takes a long time getting there and back.” Evertrot started towards the cathedral doors. “Come on we’ll practice fire spells tomorrow.” He said with a nod towards to the cathedral.