The Equestrian Inferno

by Emerald Force

Canto XXIX

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I continued marveling at my surroundings here in the ninth section. On a superficial level, this was fantastic and improbable yet still, as I looked, I saw within it that which is reflected clearly on Earth yet missing in Equestria. Here, I now realized, lay the reason Earth could not compare to a place such as Equestria. Here was present the condensation of all that separates our world from that of the ponies.

"Yo, wake up" said Galaxy, "Did you fall asleep or something? Why aren't you moving?"

I awoke from my deep contemplation of my surroundings. "Oh, it's nothing. I said. This place is just really interesting." A large shadow covered us as an upside down town hall passed overhead.

Galaxy rolled her eyes. "Why is it with you humans and chaos?" she asked, "It's all you ever make. Let's get out of here before you decide to remain." She began moving forward.

"Wait" I called, having caught sight of another girl far off with brilliant red hair, "I think I know her."

Galaxy turned to look. "Might be" she said, "She was glaring at you earlier and shouting but I don't think you noticed. Ranted about not being avenged when her pony counterpart murdered her and took her place or something like that. Come on now, we don't have time to talk with her."

Galaxy started trotting again and because I was not safe outside her force field, I was forced to follow along until we got to the bridge.

The moat separating the ninth and tenth sections consisted of a large waterfall, such that the tenth section was considerably lower than the ninth. The bridge of it remained flat until the end, where it descended downward in a spiral fashion. From the middle, I could see clearly the layout of the tenth section. A queer humming sound seemed to proceed from it, and the air was filled with confetti. "So, is the punishment for this section to party without end?" I asked Galaxy sarcastically. "Not quite" she replied, "you'll see."

The buzzing got louder as we neared the circle. As we made our way down the circular ramp, I finally saw that they were parasprites. Galaxy again set up the force field around us. "These aren't just regular parasprites" she explained, "They're vampiric in nature. If they didn't fly so fast, you would be able to see their fangs.

We exited the ramp and entered the racket of the tenth section. All around us were various creatures squirming and running around, desperately trying to rip off the parasprites constantly latching onto them. The extraterrestrial appearance of the parasprites and the loud mosquito-like buzz of their wings unnerved me to the point that I wanted to leave immediately.

"Let's do this quickly" I said to Galaxy. "Suit's me" she replied. She didn't seem to like parasprites either. I wondered if Ponyland had ever been swarmed by them.

Galaxy walked over to two ponies lying next to each other painfully. "Hello there" she said, "Would you two mind explaining to us your stories?"

One of the ponies, a dark blue one looked at us in disbelief. "Oh, and who are you to think that you are important enough to hear the story of the great and powerful Trixie" she aside.

I jumped in. "Hey Trixie" I said, "If you do, I promise to write a fanfic about you defeating an ursa major."

Trixie's eyes grew wide with excitement. "Oh, you know" she said, "the money I paid for the alicorn amulet was counterfeit. I made it using magic. For that, I'm here."

"My name's Starflash" interrupted the pony beside her, "I stole moondust from Mr. Moon and used it to create silver which I sold for a profit. Do you think you could write a fanfic about me too?"

"I'll try" I answered, "though I must apologize for being unfamiliar with you. What would you like it to be about."

"Hmmmmm" she said, "Make it about me travelling around Ponyland whilte blasting changeling with shooting stars from my eyes and hiding magic sparkly eggs."

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