Up in Flames 2: In the Ashes

Starcover’s POV

I heard that scream again. Melissa’s scream. This time I knew where she was. I quickly got to Golden Flames and Jamie’s house. I ran inside and I saw Golden Flames?

“MUWHAHHAHA! Now I can kill you.” Discord’s voice came out of Golden Flames’ body. He then pointed with Golden’s hoof at me.

My anger flared and I felt myself changing, changing into the Ghost Rider. A burst of flames went up around me and the Ghost Rider appeared. I pointed a hoof at Golden Flames and hoped that it really was Discord and not Golden Flames.

“You. Guilty.” Everypony turned around when they heard me. They gasped when they saw me. I didn’t pay them any attention. Discord put Golden’s arms up in mock horror. He didn’t know what he was getting himself into.

“Who me? NO!” He thundered. I walked up to him and everypony parted before me. I held her with a spell.

“Look into my eyes. Your soul is stained by the blood of the innocent. Feel their PAIN!” I heard Discord scream and torrent of images swirled in my mind. At the foremost I saw Golden’s face. But it started to switch between hers and Melissa’s. I saw her being tortured. When Discord looked away I saw that Discord’s actual eyes were coals and not Golden’s. ‘Phew’

Golden Flames POV

I launched myself into my own mind and beheld a world of chaos. There bits of memories everywhere, my memories. I managed to walk through the tornado of images and I saw Discord at the front. Holding some sort of controller. In front of him I saw the room and then I saw Starcover change into the Ghost Rider.

“OI!” Discord turned around. He seemed surprised that I was there.

“Well, well, well. Well.”

“That must be a pretty deep hole.”

“Ha ha. Very funny. Now if you don’t mind I’m about to blast everyone here to-” But he didn’t get a chance to finish his sentence as his eyes turned into coals. He then vanished from my head. I regained control of my body and, thankfully, mind. I touched down and fainted.

A few hours later …

Golden Flames POV

As I opened my eyes I saw Pinkie Pie with a frying pan, ready to hit me on the head.

“Pinkie, I’m fine.” She narrowed her eyes but backed away.

“How ya feelin’ love?” Jamie asked.

“Never better actually.” He sighed in relief and hugged me. In fact, everypony there sighed in relief. Well, except for Starcover. He just looked at me weirdly.

“You okay Starcover?” I asked him. He seemed startled.

“Huh? Oh, yeah I’m okay.” Well then that’s good. I told everypony to go so that I could talk a few things over with Jamie. I told him about how I was tortured. He was surprised that I held out for that long. We went upstairs and fell asleep.