Phoenix in Equestria - dota 2

On the other side of the universe, in a small library, looking almost exactly like a tree. A young unicorn, called Twilight Sparkle was rummaging through her numerous books. She was trying to find one particular book, with no success so far. She was sweating and was clearly annoyed. She has already taken all the books from the shelves, but no matter how hard she tried, she could not remember, where she could possibly put it.

Desperate, she called, ”Spike!”

“Yes, Twilight?” A small, purple, baby dragon asked , as he came from upstairs.

“Have you seen my book “Basic Levitation for the fillies”? ” She asked, still rummaging through her collection.

“Hasn't Derpy borrowed it for Ditzy?” Spike asked, while munching what looked like a blue gem.

“She did? I can't really remember,” Twilight admitted, while turning towards her assistant.

“No wonder, you were at one of your adventures during that time, so I had to do it myself,” Spike explained and ginished the gem.

“Well then, I suppose that's okay. Although, you could have said something,” The unicorn countered, before she begun to set the books back on their places.

“Yeah, you are right...,” Spike admitted reluctantly as he scratched his head, “but, at least I did not turn our whole library into a book fort.” Twilight looked around at her neatly arranged books and they really did look, like some sort of castle. With a sheepish grin, she returned all the books to their primary places.

“Okay then, I am done with my check list for today's morning. Now let's head to Sugar Cubs Corner. If we head out now, we should still have ten minutes left," Twilight said and begun walking towards the entrance.

“Oh, Twilight, now you are exaggerating,” Spike said in response, before he smiled, shook his head and hoped on Twilight's back as they left the library.

***

It was dark and quiet. Each of his feathers felt, cold and … wet? Like someone has put his body into a cold water and left it for it's own.

“So, this is death? I imagined it differently” Phoenix said, as his mind drifted around. “It seems, I won't see enchantress again or Grandpa.” It saddened him, a lot, enough to make him cry a small tear, that he did not feel. He knew, that he couldn't do anything about his situation, so he closed his eyes and allowed the nothingness to take him. It seemed like he has spend hours upon hours in this empty space. Not a whisper was heard, not a noise was made for what seemed like an eternity, but maybe it was just a few minutes? Then suddenly, a voice pierced his ears.

“Do you want to live?” It was grim, genderless and scary. It made his heart skip a beat. Forcing all the strength he had, he nodded his head. He did not want to stay anywhere close to that THING, no matter what.

“Very well then, see you among the living,” the voice whispered grimly, before it disappeared.

Phoenix waited patiently and soon enough, he felt his body warm up a bit. He could almost feel his muscles. He started to cheer up, before the pain announced it's presence in every single cell of his body! It felt like his body was torn to shreds, atom by atom, piece by piece. The feeling was so strong, that he closed his eyes and gritted his beak. To make things worse a light started to shine right into his vision, blinding him. He felt like some sort of puppet that was constantly pierced with the needles and tossed around at the same time! If he had known, what he was getting himself into, he would probably would have chosen death. However, before he could understand the true meaning of pain, he felt air passing through his feathers, before his skull connected with the ground.

***

The sun was shining, birds were chirping and everypony seemed extremely happy. Seeing this, Twilight couldn't help but smile. She grew attached to this small city and her friends. She felt so full of energy and almost started to sing, before she stopped herself. She did not want entire town to go singing along with her, because it would mean getting late. She continued her stroll, until she reached her destination. Then she entered the bakery and checked the time. Yep, she still had 10 minutes left.

Looking around, she found a small round table right in the corner, with enough seats for seven ponies. As she got closer, Spike hoped of her and both of them sat down. They waited patiently just a couple of minutes, before the rest of her friends arrived. Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Rarity and Fluttershy at the end of the group. All of them smiled as they greeted with Twilight and Spike.

“Are we going to order or not? I am getting hungry,” Rainbow Dash said impatiently.

“Don't worry Rainbow Dash, we are onto it. Let's go order something,” Twilight said, while the rest followed her. The order was soon placed and soon each of the mares got a dessert of their own desire. Spike on the other hand got himself an ice cream filled with gems.

“So girls, who do you think was worse Discord or Nightmare Moon?” Rainbow Dash asked as she looked at Rarity, before she continued, ”Because, I think both were quite wimpy, never fighting for real.”

“Well Darling, if you ask me I think the worst was prince Blueblood, even Discord had more tact than him,” Rarity answered bluntly.

“I think Discord was fun and I think he would probably like my parties. Nightmare Moon was just a big meanie,” Pinkie Pie said.

“I think, Discord was one tricky fella. You could never say, what would he do next,” said Applejack.

“Umm... I think both Discord and Nightmare Moon were quite scary, but I feel Discord was kinder than Nightmare Moon,” Fluttershy whispered.

“How about you, Twilight?” Spike asked.

“Well, for me personally Discord was the worst. All that chaos and lack of order, how can you even live in such condtions? And on top of that, because of him, I almost lost all my friends,” Twilight said as she smiled. The others soon followed her. They were happy to be here together.

“I think this entire situation deserves a toast,” Rainbow Dash said as she rose her dessert, ”For Equestria?”.

“For Equestria!” Ponies said in unity and rose their cups. They were about to eat, when a loud rumble along with huge shock wave interrupted them. All the deserts were spilled and even some ponies fell from their chairs as the ground shook.

“What the hay, was that?!” Applejack shouted, as she got herself from the floor. All the ponies looked confused, but above anything else afraid.

“I don't know Applejack, but we'd better check it out,” Twilight said as everypony run out of the building. Once they exited the building, they saw a trail of smoke, coming right from the everfree forest, while everyone else in the city was frantically running around. However, before they could decide what to do, Spike exhaled a letter.

“Spike, Is that a letter from princess?” Twilight asked.

“I think so, here let me read it. Ekhem... Dear Twilight Sparkle, by the time you will be reading this letter, I have already sent a squadron of finest guards to investigate this phenomen. I don't want you or your friends to go to the Everfree, no matter what. What I want you to instead is try to keep everyone as far as possible. With regards, Princess Celestia," Spike read the letter.

“Well, that is surprising don't you think, darling?”Rarity asked .

“I don't get it, what could possibly be more dangerous than Discord or Nightmare Moon? Doesn't princess trust us?” Twilight asked.

“I don't think that is the reason. I think the princess doesn't want to endanger us again, after all that happened,” Applejack said.

“Oh come on, you are not going to tell me that we are going to miss that one out?!” Rainbow Dash almost shouted.

“Princess Celestia told us to stay and this Is what we are going to do. The only thing I can do is to send a letter and explain princess that we can handle it,” Twilight answered.

“So, what are you waiting for?” Spike asked.

“Well, first of all we have to calm everypony down, we will worry about other things latter. Now let's go!” Twilight said, before they left.

***

“Head … hurts … a lot,” Phoenix muttered, as he tried to free himself from a deadly trap, that was earth. After a few attempts, he was able to escape, all by himself and then he fell on his back. Panting heavily, he stood up and looked around. It seemed like he created quite a mess. Flames were burning around him in a vertical circle, spreading over the forest and creating even bigger fire. Summoning his power, phoenix absorbed all the flames, healing himself. Sighing, he looked around.

A scorched earth, dust in the air and no plants whatsoever in fifty meter radius. It looked similar to his supernova, but different at the same time. Shaking it off, he checked his condition. It seemed all of the items were intact, but … muted? Well, not a big deal. He checked his regeneration and to his bewilderment, he was healing and restoring mana at a pace of a snail. He also couldn't cast any of his spells. Now that was rather troublesome in his current conditon. He had to run for now, but as he tried to fly the pain brought him back to earth. Gritting his beak, he tried again and this time, he was able to fly to the forest.

He couldn't tell if it was a radiant or the dire as the trees were too different for any of them. Besides, it was almost pitch black and dead quiet. It made him feel nervous and it didn't help that he was the brightest damn object in the area. At least, he wasn't scorching the earth around him anymore. Phoenix frantically looked around, before he spotted a cave. It was small, dark and it looked more like someone dug a hole and then left it for it's own. Still, It was big enough to let him fly inside without hitting his head, so it wasn't that bad. The floor of the cave was filled with rocks and loose stones, one bad move and he would fall and dirty his feathers. He would have to burn all the dirt on him and that could attract unnecessary attention. He looked around carefully, as he glanced around the corners. It seemed like the cave was empty. Relieved, Phoenix sat down.

It seemed like he was safe for now. He checked his condition once more and this time he was able to notice that nasty bugger he had acquired. It's name was: Unknown? Well, that didn't look pleasant, also it would last for another... five minutes?! It was way too long, he couldn't stay here that long. Each second was valuable and he just couldn't spend it doing nothing. There were so many things he could do instead, like fly, bath in volcano, heal someone or something. Hell, he would be even happy with sitting at the fireplace and warming his fathers, but creating a fire wasn't really smart in his current situation. Still, It is not like he had a choice. He was weakened after that weird death-like occurence and ,if he somehow managed to wait that five minutes, he would be fine, but until then it was a lottery.

“I wonder if I had caused any commotion?” Phoenix asked as he stared at the entrance of his cave.