One day in the Crystal Empire, Shining Armor and Princess Cadence are alerted to a gigantic blaze spreading over the outskirts of the city. Cadence attempts to hold up a shield before the fire can kill her subjects, but when she does, the smoke manifests into an alicorn even larger than Celestia herself. They send a distress letter to Canterlot and Celestia calls upon the Mane 6 to help vanquish this new foe. But how can they defeat a foe strong enough to burn the world to a crisp?

Proofread by Bootsy Slickmane

This is part one of the Rise of the Ancients trilogy.
Part One: You're on it
Part Two: Shards
Part Three: *Title Pending* (Coming Later)
Revised as of 1/22/15. Comments are not forbidden. I simply deleted the ones that were left over from before the revising.