The Dangers of Stupidity

Chapter X: The Entrance

I used ZeusThunder to break through the temples door. We walked through and were greeted by a massive darkened room, the only illumination being a series of torches at the top of the walls. Seven braziers stood in the rooms center. Only one was lit, its fires glowing an unnerving black. Eight doors surrounded us. One of them contained six divots, each one holding a piece of jewelry nearly identical to the Elements of Harmony, but their colors were greatly distorted. The golden coloration of each Elements necklace (Or tiara in Twilight`s case) were now the same all-consuming black as the central brazier. The dark Elements literally seemed to be draining most of the light from the room, leaving just enough to see. There was a final divot in the center of the circle created by the jewelry. This one contained a miniature black Blade of Exile. Each of the divots was glowing with that same horrid black color.

"I really don`t like the looks of this place." Fluttershy declared before trying to run out the door. I caught her with my electrokinesis and set her back down behind Rainbow Dash.

"Nobody`s going anywhere until Sephiroth is dead." I stated flatly. On the inside, I was battling with a slew of emotions ranging from shock to anger, and finally, back to the pit of my soul which just barely contained the raging fires of hell. It almost looked as if a small flame burned in each of my pupils. I saw that all of the doors except the central one were marked with the cutie marks of the Elements of Harmony, but each one was overtaken by that damned black fire.

Where is this fire coming from? Maybe these doors lead to a place that has something to do with it.

"I think that I know what these doors are here for." I told them all. "Each one is engraved with the Elementscutie marks. If I take one of you in through each door, then maybe theres some kind of task to perform in there that will eventually result in the center door opening."

"How did you figure that out?" Benson probed.

"Classic video game logic and a Brony`s intuition. Maybe you should get some of it."

"So which one of us are you starting with?" Twilight asked, giving me a curious look.

"That`s a difficult one." I mulled over the decision for a moment.

"Fluttershy, let`s go."