Fallen Grace
Chapter four
Previous ChapterNext ChapterThey awoke to an enormous explosion and banging on her door. "FLUTTERSHY! WE NEED THE ELEMENTS OF HARMONY! QUICKLY!" Twilight exclaimed, just as another explosion rocked the earth. Fluttershy rushed out of the house with Phrozenflame just behind her. Another explosion rocked the earth and this time carried a voice. "PHROZEN!!!!! WHERE ARE YOU???" growled a deep violent voice. Phrozenflame was the only one to hear this though. When they made thier way to others, they were preparing to use the elements of harmony. Phrozenflame stood back and watched them use the magic and smashed the source of the destruction. For a minute, they had thought they had won. Then, they heard a deep voice accompanied by four others. "YOU THINK YOU CAN STOP US WITH THE ELEMENTS OF HARMONY? HA! WE WILL NOT LEAVE UNTIL WE FIND WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR!" The voices declared. BROTHERS! STOP IT WILL YOU? I'M RIGHT HERE! SO STOP DESTROYING THEIR HOME! THIS ISN'T EQUINOX, I'M SAFE HERE!" Phrozenflame yelled.
Suddenly, five older, much stronger alicorns ran out of the fire to hug Phrozenflame. Phrozenflame jumped backwards and didn't allow them to get any closer. They all began to look worried. "Phrozenflame, what's wrong?" The black and red alicorn asked. "You guys are!" Phrozenflame exclaimed, yelling at the others, shocked to hear their younger brother yelling at them. "I finally found a place where I fit in, and then you guys come here and destroy it!" Phrozenflame yelled. "but..." The black and white alicorn began. "No buts Zionflame." Phrozenflame exclaimed. "This isn't Equinox, as you guys have probably noticed by now." Phrozenflame began. "We are in the realm of Equestria, and I am safe here. And besides..." Phrozenflame trailed off. Sending a glance back at Fluttershy. The purple and orange alicorn saw this and stepped forward. "I see it now, You love this mare." He said, staring at Fluttershy with determining eyes. A gasp was heard from both sides. One from Pinkie Pie and the other from the Pink alicorn who carried a resemblance to her.
"yes, I do. And she feels the same for me. That is why if you try to continue your rampage I will have no choice but to release my full fury upon you." Phrozenflame said in a challenging voice. All the brothers quickly backed away from Phrozen in fear of this great fury that he spoke of. Zionflame was the only one to speak at this point. "Phrozenflame, please...think about this. We were only trying to..." He began. "NO! That's what you always say to me when I'm upset about you guys destroying a town or a city in Equinox. This is Equestria, I'm safe here. And I refuse to leave." Phrozenflame Declared, sitting down. The black and red alicorn was obviously getting frustrated at this point as he sent a fireball at building, causing it to collapse. Phrozenflame stood up, enraged. "WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING DARKFLAME?!" Phrozenflame Yelled. "you're coming home. RIGHT NOW!" Darkflame yelled.
Phrozenflame suddenly began to glow with a bright white light and suddenly a flash of white left everyone trying to see. When Everyone could see, they saw what had happened. Phrozenflame now looked much older and much stronger. He spoke with a commanding voice. "If you do not fix the damage you have made here, then I will banish you from here, and you will never see me again. This is my ultimatum." Phrozenflame declared, charging up his magic to levels that left even Twilight uncomfortable about what would happen. Darkflame held his ground for a few minutes and gave in. "Fine, you win." Darkflame began, lowering his head. "But only under one condition..." He finished. "Tell me what it is. I shall see if it is acceptable." Phrozenflame spoke, slowly letting power leech off his body. Darkflame kicked his hoof and blushed a little. "I want to bring the family over here so we don't have to worry about you." Darkflame said. Suddenly another flash of white light occurred and Phrozenflame was back to normal and was hugging his brother. "Yes, that is acceptable, as long as you don't interfere with my relationships." Phrozenflame said, trying not to laugh. All the brothers soon joined in the hug.
"Phrozen, can you forgive me?" Darkflame said, a single tear rolling down his cheek. "Of course, you're my brother." Phrozenflame said. "Thank you, Phrozenflame." Darkflame said, tearing up. There was a long moment of silence before darkflame spoke again. "There's something I have to tell you, Phrozen." Darkflame began. "Yes? What is it?" Phrozenflame pondered. "The main reason we want ro live here is because our home doesn't exist anymore. And by that, I mean..." Darkflame began. Phrozenflame looked confused. "The Elements Of Order failed us just as we reached the capital, leaving us unable to defend our family home as riots packed outside our gates. Arcaneflame barely had enough magic from fixing the elements to teleport us here, they..." Darkflame attempted to speak more but began to choke on the words. The purple and orange alicorn who we now know as Arcaneflame began to speak. "They burned all our family photos, so that's we were so violent in our attempts to find you here, not because we wanted to cause harm to these ponies, but because we knew that if we didn't find you, you would lost forever. With only your memory to keep us going." Arcane said, Crying out his very breath, he soon joined in the hug with the others, which he seemed as though he was avoiding for an extensive period of time.
The brothers soon ended the hug and as though on que asked if there was anything they were confused about. Twilight was the first to ask a question. "What do you mean Arcaneflame "fixed the elements"? Arcaneflame stepped foward to awnser the question himself. "I can not only repair, But forge an element by using magic from not only me, but the natural magic found in others, you've felt it before haven't you? The strange flux of magic resonating from other non-magic using ponies." Arcaneflame asked. Twilight nodded her head in agreement. She had another question, but waited for the others to have their fill of awnsers. The others didn't have super-important questions. Rarity asked Zionflame about where he got is scarf, only to find out that he makes his clothing and has quite the fashion sense. Rainbowdash asked Darkflame who had the fastest wingpower out all of them. "Well, Phrozen has a fifty wingpower, Zion has eighty..." He continued down the list of his brothers. the next on it was Bloodflame, the "Pinkie pie" alicorn. He had wingpower of one hundred. Then Arcaneflame with a max of two hundred wingpower. Then it was Tetraflame, he had a cowboy hat on, and strong muscles, indicating vigouris excersise, he was set at five hundred. Then Darkflame was only down to himself. " And I can reach up to nine-hundred and ninety nine on my good days, but i've hit a snag right there. So me..." Darkflame finished. Rainbowdash's mouth was drooped open, she must feel pretty weak compared to these strong...no, god-like alicorns.
Next up was Applejack, all she asked about was how the food supply goes in Equinox. Tetraflame spoke this time. "I personally oversee about three-hundred acres of apple trees, I can't hire anyone since every time I do, they always seem to steal from the supply, and all the produce goes all over Equinox, helping to support families who have been torn apart by the rebellion..." Tetraflame said,he seemed to cut himself off right there, as if treading on a painful memory. In fact, All the brothers seem to wince at the sound of the word "Rebellion". The Mane six saw it and didn't wish to go any farther with it. Applejack had another question, but of a more buisness notion. "How mould you like to help me out on the farm? Make some bits since your staying here." Applejack questioned. Tetraflame was more than happy to take the job, but seemed a bit disapointed to find she only owns the one-hundred acres. He still took the job though.
After all the questions were awnsered, and the Mane six had their fill of awnsers. Twilight actually noticed a pattern in the brothers. All of thier awnsers indicated that they were the elements of harmony of their universe, each one she could easily point out. And then she decided to actually ask her question, which was now becoming a blurry thought in her mind. "You said elements, do you mean the elements of harmony?" The brothers stifled a laugh. "No. We don't have the Elements Of Harmony in Equinox. We have the Elements Of Order. They are like... Watered down versions of the Elements Of Harmony. There to keep a full blown civil war from happening." Arcaneflame finished. That ended the stream of questions coming from the Mane six and now the brothers could ask any questions they deemed fitting. But only Phrozenflame had a question, one that all the brothers were probably thinking. "Are the houses around here super-expensive?" He asked. The Mane six all looked at each other, but Darkflame interrupted. " Buck that, are building materials here expensive?" Darkflame asked. You could practically hear Bloodflame trying not say "Just like darkflame". Twilight shook her head. "No, not at all. But you do need money." Twilight said. Just about then, Darkflame produced a pouch from zionflame's pack, it must have been his, because the only objections was from Phrozenflame. "You've worked so hard trying to get them." Phrozenflame whispered. "It's okay, it's for the family." He opened the pack to reveal several, multicolored gemstones. each one as perfectly cut the next.
"How much will these get me? They're hoof-crafted." Darkflame says. Rarity is the first one to burst with an answer. "I'LL GIVE YOU TWO THOUSAND BITS FOR ALL OF THEM!!!" She screamed, throwing herself at Darkflame's knees. He simply put them back in thier bag, and handed them over. "Okay, I doubt anyone has that amount of money with them at ANY time. So...Just help us get started and we'll call it even." Darklfame said. Rarity was too busy admiring the large, beautifully cut gemstones. Zionflame stifled a laugh. "She's acting like me when you first brought me the raw materials you wanted cut." Zionflame chuckled. "Um, guys." Phrozenflame interrupted. Everyone turned to Phrozenflame, who was staring around him. "I think we forgot something." Everybody turned around to see buildings, still engulfed with fire. "Oh yeah, Think we could pay out a thousand bits to the people for the damage we caused?" Darkflame said, embarrassed by his actions. "No problem." Twilight said.
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