“Well captain, It seems the Phoenix has escaped,” Princess Luna said, while watching the majestic bird, which was flying away from them.

“I am truly sorry for what has just happened. I did not expect it to be so fast, neither I expected Hydra to come,” Shining Armor admitted and bowed.

“It was not your fault, captain. We …. I am the only to blame. If I wasn't so trusting towards it, then maybe it would go differently,” Princess Luna said and smiled sadly.

“We are both at fault, your Majesty. What surprises me most is the fact that I have never seen such Phoenix in my whole life,” He admitted, his eyes focused on the creature.

“You are not the only one, captain. This creature worries me greatly, because who knows what is it capable of doing?” Luna said, while bitting her lip.

***

“HELL, YEAH! WOOHOO AND THIS IS WHAT I CALL SPEED!!!” Phoenix shouted happily as he soared through the sky. Barrel rolls, aileron rolls, diving, It felt so damn good. However, he wanted to see if he hasn't lost his touch over the years, during his time at defense of the ancients.

[Watch This ->( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMnIPxtM_Mc ), as it shows better all those maneuvers, I can't describe.]

Flapping his wings he increased his altitude, until he was at the edge of the Troposphere. He looked around, made sure nothing was flying by, before he smiled and dove towards the earth. The speed he could achieve at ease with just diving, was capable of almost breaking the sound barrier. A typical layer was starting to form around his body as he was coming closer and closer to breaking it. All there was needed was one tiny flap of the wing. It was the time, Phoenix spread his majestic wings, flapped once and broke the sound barrier.

Flames, hot air and powerful shock wave were all released at the some time as a giant ring of blazing inferno covered the sky. Not so far away from it was Phoenix, who was admiring his own work. It was truly beautiful, spectacular and it took him only half of the kilometer to reach that speed! He felt really proud of himself, but that put another question. Could he go any faster?

Smiling, he reached the edge of the troposphere once again and then he dove towards the earth. Flapping his wings, he quickly broke sound barrier and left ring of fire, blazing behind him. The trail of fire was coming out of his wings and feathers as the second layer was forming around his body. He flapped his wings even harder and then all the hells broke loose. In a matter of seconds Phoenix almost reached the ground level and just before he hit it, he made a sharp turn and soared right just above the tree level. All the trees unlucky enough to be too close were burned, rooted out and sent flying. Phoenix quickly turned towards the sky and soon he started to slow down, until he found himself staring dumbfound at all the destruction he has just caused.

Not only the second ring of blazing inferno was five times bigger than the previous one, it also was much hotter. Even here, ten kilometers away from it Phoenix could feel heat coming from it. The sky was colored red from all the flames, resembling active volcano. The only good news was that the ground wasn't nearly as affected as the sky. Of course there was a trail of broken trees and scorched earth, leading through the forest, but other than that it wasn't that bad. At least there weren't any settlements nearby for that matter. Still, It meant he had to be careful, when flying so fast otherwise he could accidentally hurt somebody. Phoenix quickly put out all the remaining flames, before he was back at appropriate height.

Now, that he had some fun, he decided it was a good time to learn a little about this world and it's inhabitants. Quickly increasing his attitude he flew towards his crash site, which was couple hundred kilometers away. If he remembered right there was some sort of settlement nearby. Soon enough it came into his view. It was a small town, slightly bigger than an ordinary village. Numerous houses had their roofs covered in hay, with few exceptions. In the center of the town stood town hall and if front of it there was a big trading square. It's inhabitants were the same type of equines he encountered in the forest, except they didn't wear any armor. Also, It seemed like they weren't very perceptive mostly because it seemed nobody has noticed him yet. Then again at this altitude, he would be surprised, if they could notice him in the first place.

That meant if he stayed at this attitude, he wouldn't cause any commotion, heart attacks or anything else. For the next few hours, he just stayed in the air and observed the equines and their behavior. He came to a few conclusions. One, they created community. Two, unicorns could use magic. Three, pegasi could walk on clouds and fly really fast, even faster than viper. And four, they were highly intelligent. Some manufactured toys, some repaired clocks, some of them were farmers and many many more.

In any case, he still wasn't sure about going in and trying to communicate. He had no idea, whether those creatures would attack him or not like the ones in the forest. Still, it was getting late, the sun was setting down and the equines were returning back to their homes. It would be better, if he observed them a little more, just to be certain.

“Now then, it would be actually a good time to see a sunset,” Phoenix said, as he flapped his wings and quickly found himself in space, staring at the planet. It was filled with oceans, huge forests and multiple mountains. This world was full of life and hope, it would be a shame if something bad happened to it. Now then, what about the sunset? Phoenix waited patiently as he stared at the planet, waiting for it to turn around. It didn't take long, until something completely different happened.

“What the...?!” Phoenix asked as he stared at the phenomenon. The planet didn't move at all, instead the sun circled it. It was almost impossible, nobody except Elder Titan or Weaver or Keeper of the Light could do such a thing, not even ancients dared to control the sun. Seeing this sort of anomaly was getting him angry and his core was getting hotter and hotter. If there was one thing he couldn't stand it was tampering with nature's laws for your own personal cause. He was furious at this point, his body covered entirely in flames as he glared at the planet below him.

It would be so easy to destroy it. One solar beam and all the life on it would perish, including the one responsible for it. In his rage, he started to prepare his power to erase that planet from the universe, before it struck him. Not everyone is responsible for this. If I kill them, I will be nothing more than a murderer... Phoenix calmed himself down and sighed. His core was already cooling down, while the flames on his body were fading. Soon he returned back to the optimal temperature of the one-tenth of the surface of the sun. He looked at the planet and tried to find something, anything that would explain all that madness. Then he spotted the same blue equine he had met in the forest. She was currently standing at the balcony and channeling a spell.

“Could it be?” Phoenix muttered, before he dove towards the earth. His gut feeling was telling him that she was connected to it, but he had to be absolutely certain, otherwise he would hurt innocent creature. As he dove he lowered his core's temperature and the amount of light he was expelling. Now his core wasn't warmer than one of the creatures body temperature and at such a starry night, he would be much less visible, although it did limit his combat abilities a bit. Phoenix looked around, before he spotted a perfect spot. It was a rather high hill, filled with trees and bushes. It also had a great view at the castle, that village and nearby surroundings. He carefully landed, ducked under the bush and focused his attention on the equine.

She certainly was casting a spell, which moved the moon, although he couldn't tell if she controlled sun too. Soon, she finished casting, sighed and flew into the night towards the village, he has been investigating. Once she got there, she started circling around the town. Every few minutes, she would stop in front of a house, light her horn and then an aura enveloped head of the equine inside. Her first victim was a small unicorn foal, who was wriggling in his bed with a grimace on it's face. After a few minutes, Phoenix could see the result of her magic. The foal was sleeping peacefully, while the blue equine was smiling.

“It seems like she has got some sort of control over others dreams. Hopefully, she is not like Bane,” thought Phoenix as he continued watching the equine. The spectacle would repeat itself through the whole night. After seeing it few more times, Phoenix was quite certain that she didn't have such scary abilities like elemental. He sighed with relief. He did not want to be nightmared ever again.

The next few hours passed like a blink of a eye and soon the equine flew back to her castle with a Phoenix on her tail. There she quickly ate some supper, changed her clothes, before she went to sleep? That was surprising, then in that case, who controls the sun? While he was thinking about it, another equine came from the other tower. It was tall, taller than the blue equine with completely opposite color palette. It had similar frame to the blue equine, so he assumed it was female as well. She had multicolored mane, which was flowing in the air, even though the wind was too weak to do such thing. She also had white fur, wings and horn, just like the blue equine. She looked up in the sky and lit her horn, before the sun started to rise. Now, he was certain. She was responsible for rising the sun.

“You will pay for enslaving a star,” Phoenix said, while gritting his beak. Wait, but what if the blue one, can raise the sun too? Hmmm... Whatever, if she can she is going to pay too! Then he made sure, he was well prepared for fighting so powerful foe, “Let's see: Black King Bar, Scythe of Vyse, Shiva's Guard, Pipe of Insight, Guardian Greaves, Heart of Torasque and last, but not least Aghanim's scepter. Everything seems intact. Alright then, I am coming for you!”, Phoenix growled, before he flew towards the equine his core burning with rage.

Author's Note

Small Change in narration, now the future chapters Phoenix will have Scythe of Vyse instead of Refresher orb, because let's be honest he wouldn't use it anytime soon.

Also Guardian Greaves replaced Boots of Travel (since they are far batter)