The Resurrection of Darkness

Chapter 8:

It was noon and our heroes were finally packing up their camp. They finally were done when it was about one o’ clock. “Where to now?” Asked Gears.

“No idea” said Voice Over. “This fog is starting up again”

“All I can see” said Rob, “is a greenish point in a distance”

“WHAT?!” They yelled.

“That could be another camp! Why didn’t you tell us earlier?!” Yelled Tempest.

“Come on, let’s go!” Said Silverwing, and they ran towards it.

“Ug, this fog is too thick! We’re gonna get lost!” said Rainbat.

“I can’t see two feet in front of me!” Said Pomaria.

“It doesn’t matter, we have all of our stuff with us! Just keep going!” Said Felix.

Now, since they were walking in a line, it only makes sense that if one tripped, the other behind would trip as well. So when Gears (who was in front) tripped on a tent stake, so did everyone else. They heard three sets of hoofs run towards them. Felix looked up, only to see a mare with a bladed mask in his face, with two stallions around her.

One of the stallions was a unicorn. His horn was glowing. “Who the hell are you?’ He said.

Felix rolled backwards and drew his sword. “That depends, who are you?”

“Don’t test me; I can do this all day! And that sure would be a drag for you AND the readers!” He said, his horn glowing brighter, using it to grasp a bladed boomerang.

Felix and his group backed up a bit as the other three walked closer. Felix tightened his grip on his sword, as his amulet started to glow. The Pegasus stallion held out his hoof in front of his team. “Stop. They’re good” he said. They dropped their weapons.

“Heeeeeey… We heard about you ponies… You saved that train from Crosstown!” Said the mare. She took off her bladed mask to show a dark-blue bat pony. She held out her hoof. “Nice to meet you.”

Felix shook it, confused. “What’s your name?”

The green Pegasus introduced himself. “My name is Lime Green” he said, taking off his fedora.

The mare said “My name is Midnight Sky”.

“And I’m not going to introduce myself like these two, the readers know this is a VERY generic way to introduce anypony. I am the totally awesome, charming, and fourth wall-breaking unicorn named James Dan-Xylophone, but call me JDX” he said, winking at the readers.

“Wait, readers? What readers?” said Midnight Sky.

“Oh, never mind” said JDX.

“So, why are you all the way out here?” Asked Silverwing.

“We are looking for those demons that destroyed our village and their leader, just like you guys totally knew in the first place!” said JDX. “What’d you guys expect, we’re lookin’ for a helicopter to ride in so we could go and set a skydiving world record?”

“Um, no. Can’t say I expected that” said Gears.

“Yeah, well, are we going to get going yet, because I know that’s what all of you are thinking” Said JDX.

Woodsy sighed. “Fine, let’s go then…”

“Well, where do we go? There’s too much fog, none of us can see!” said Lime Green.

“You don’t say, Captain Obvious?!” replied JDX.

“How about we find some place to stay, I see a storm coming” Said Voice Over.

Just then, it started to hail. They ran and all helped to pack the only tent that was there. So, they ran around aimlessly. Not longer, they found a tan brick structure. They ran inside, their head being pelted by ice.

Inside, there were torches lining the hieroglyphic-covered walls.

“Where are we? What is this place?” asked Rainbat.

“I think it’s some kind of temple… “ Said Woodsy.

“Noooooo, it’s a giant car!” said JDX.

“What’s a car?” asked Midnight Sky. Just at that moment, JDX forgot that cars were not invented yet.

They looked at the hieroglyphics. “What do these mean?” asked Rainbat, rubbing the wall.

“I don’t know” said Felix. Just as he said that, his amulet began to glow, and it shone a light on them. Suddenly, they began to shift, and started to tell of a legend on the wall. This is what it told of…

In the dawn of time, there was nothing at all on the planet. All was barren, the planet bared no plants, and there were no plants to harvest. The sun was never shining, and there was no sea. Life was on the verge of inexistent, a villain came down to rule the world. He was an ancient evil, never before this powerful. None could go against it, and it ruled the entire world. Then, one day, when all hope was lost, a force came down from the heavens and split into eleven elements. The element of earth created the land. The element of water created the clouds and the extensive sea. The element of fire created the sun. The element of air created the wind and sky. The element of light created all that is good, and the element of darkness created evil to keep balance .The other four created the elements of harmony, and the last was the entity of life force, a force in which we all possess. With their combined power, they banished the ruler, and brought balance to the world, and went back to the heavens, when hundreds of years later, the kingdom of Equestria was established, and the world knew only peace. But it is said that someday, that evil will be resurrected, and on the day it does, the eleven spirits will come back as mortals and strike it down.

“Wow, I guess that’s us…” said Felix. “I think that’s what Kolri meant by ‘hidden powers’. Obviously, Voice Over is light…

“Wow, I wonder what the rest of us are.” Said Midnight Sky.

“I guess we’ll find out in time. We need to find a place in here where we can stay for the night” said Woodsy.

They journeyed further into the cavern, and they didn’t really notice, but it was slowly getting darker. Their minds were set on what they had just read. Finally, they found a place deep inside the cavern where they could set up. Once they were done, they went to find some torches to light their fire.

JDX and Lime Green went to look for one, and when they finally found one, Lime Green pulled one off the wall, and there was a click. The wall on which it was on toppled over. Behind it was a shadowy blob that formed a dragon. It screeched and spat fire everywhere.

Our two partners sprinted down the hallway, narrowly avoiding the flames coming from all directions. Suddenly, in rage, the dragon produced a wall of flames. When all hope seemed lost, they turned a corner and dodged it. “RUN GUYS!!!” they yelled. Out of panic, they all senselessly ran through the halls. After about five minutes of narrowly escaping being enveloped by flames, Silverwing got impatient.

“NO MORE RUNNING, IT’S TIME TO FIGHT!” he yelled. They all drew their weapons and stood their ground. The dragon sent a flame towards Woodsy, and Tempest used his rod to block it with a chunk of the wall. This caused a pole from the wall to toppling over on the dragon. It fell over on its side.

“Is that all? It’s kind of weak for a dragon…” said Pomaria.

Just then, the dragon went insane in rage, sending flames in all directions. Midnight Sky stood in fright. The dragon shot a flame at her, and right before she was hit, Felix struck the flame with his sword. It went flying towards Rob. Rob struck it as it went flying back towards the dragon. The dragon was struck in the face, as it sent a flame as wide as the corridor towards them. When all hope seemed lost, SteamGears started to glow, was raised off the ground, and created a wall of water flying straight towards it. The flaming dragon was weak on the ground, and it had no more flames along its back. It toppled over. Suddenly, Rob did the same as Gears and produced a giant vine from his body. He whipped the monster in the face, and as it was on its final stand, Rainbat sent a wall of wind, mixed with Voice Over’s light energy to create a wall of light wind, banishing the dragon to the Realm of Light.

It was seven o’ clock at night, and our eleven heroes were gathered around the fire (inside the temple, of course). They had just eaten some of the food they had bought in the village.

“I’m so tired…” said Lime Green.

“Yeah, well get used to it, you agreed to this, and the readers wouldn’t get a good ending!” said JDX.

“Well, I guess now that we have two tents, who’s with who?” Asked Felix. After they got everything arranged, Felix smiled to himself. He thought to himself, ‘These ponies are great partners. None of this would be possible without such good partners to rely on…’ And soon, he fell asleep...