Zap And Screecher

"Many years ago in the realm of Kryo, a realm much like Equestria but the environment and most of the animals were not friendly.  A war that once raged on for years between the Kryoians, a nation of elemental ponies made up of different races and different elements. Fire, Earth, Machine, Magic, and Lightning.  All five elements were at war against an ancient tribe known as primals.  Primals were savage fighters that once lived in Kryo long before us.  But near the end only a few surviving primals remain, but the tragic lost for our side was the near extinction of the elite group of fast surging powered warriors known as the Lightning warriors.  Only one descendant of the elite warriors lies in the soul of a young stallion.  Apparently too cocky at most times, uninterested in knowing the great evil that approaches, and rejecting of my guidance!  And why would he and his obnoxious friend Screecher want listen to his dear old uncle?  I'm only the brother to the legendary Lightning warrior!  One of the wisest ponies in the entire region!  So it seems their journey to heroism doesn't begin with careful research or sensible thinking, oh no! As with many fates are mysterious, it begins with but a small act of disobedience."

It was mid-dawn aroundm6 AM, both Zap and Screecher happened to have stolen the fisher colt's boat and are headed towards an island that his uncle warned them not to go to.  An island that was a graveyard to once giant prehistoric creatures.  As both the young stallions have reached the shore, Zap hopped out from the boat first. Screecher however, looked side to side before looking back at Zap faintly scared before he followed Zap as he was walking around exploring.

"U-Uhm Zap, y-your uncle told us n-not to come here...”

Screecher said. After a short while of exploring Zap and Screecher heard some faint growling from the right.  Screecher was slightly frightened to see where the growling lead to but Zap, wasn't.  He popped his head above a large rock faintly in awe from what he saw.  Screecher did too but caused a thud as he plopped his belly on the rock as Zap gave him a shushing gesture to him before they both looked towards what it was.  It was a small group of what appears to be primals but they looked nothing like the primals from a long time ago.  They looked more Changeling like but had dagger sharp teeth showing from their muzzles.  They were all grouped up in one place facing towards two primals but they weren't like the small ones.  There was a tall female who faintly looked older then the smaller young one.  She almost looked like Queen Chrysalis but she had no wings, and her muzzle was bazaar.  Unlike changelings they both had cutie marks but her was a red colored hourglass, almost looks like from the species of spiders called Black Widows.  The smaller younger one did in fact have wings but not insect like, he seemed to have dragon like wings.  It was hard to tell if he had an exoskeleton skin like the elder female primal he surprisingly had a mixture of both exoskeleton and thick scales.  His horn was nothing like the female, its more curved like and looked like it was made out of a metal.  His cutie mark seemed strange, it looked like the figure of a purple dragon.  As the smaller primals stared up at the two, for a bit the younger one started to speak but his voice had a deep echo as he spoke.

"Continue your search for crystals and magic... The locals possess the lightning crystals… You know what to do."

Said the young stallion primal, then the elder mare primal spoke as well.

"Deal harshly with anypony who dares get in your way. We will attack, in due time."

Both Zap and Screecher looked at one another before hopping off the large rock causing a thud as they both landed, having one faintly larger and bulkier  primal turn towards the direction where it heard the thud, assuming that there is somepony else that is on this island as well. After a while of trotting around they reached a strange area from what it looked like a weird machine, as it was draining a dark energy from a very large dark crystal as they both climbed on top of the machine.

"A-Are you sure we should be here, Zap?  This place gives me the creeps."

Screecher said, as he tripped over landing on his belly with a thud as Zap turned around looked at him before forming a smirk, making a silent chuckle. Screecher looked back at him frowning, before looking behind himself to see what he tripped over. It seemed to be a strange "relic" it had a blue lightning symbol, looked exactly like Zap's cutie mark as Screecher got up turning around facing it grumbling for a bit.

"Ugh, this stupid lightning junk!"

He said before picking it up with his mouth as they both walked towards the edge of the pool that was nearly filled with the dark energy from the crystal as they both looked down at the pool curious to what it was.

"Eek!  What in the ancient is that?  It sure doesn't look friendly."

Screecher said, now holding it in his hoof blowing dust off it before wiping the rest off.

"Your uncle keeps yapping about the ancients that built these things long ago.  Where did they go?  Why did they build and leave this crap."

Screecher said before tossing it in the air continued mimicking from what Zap's uncle kept questioning about the ancients that once were around Kryo long before the Kryoians and the primals ever walked hooves in this realm.  As Zap quickly catches it in his hooves, it suddenly started to glow blue.  Zap looked at it surprised before shaking his head in disbelief before looking back at Screecher as he was still rambling.

"Now I happened to like some Lightning shards and some artifacts but if you ask me they must have been real losers."

Screecher turned towards Zap before staring at it as his expression went very surprised.

"Whoa!  How did you do that!?"

Before Zap could even attempt to "speak" a growl could be heard as the bulk primal flew over landing behind Zap as he hopped away from it standing in front of Screecher as Screecher had gotten really frightened.

"Zap, I think we're in trouble!"

The primal stood on its hind legs letting out a roar as Zap looked at it before looking back at the bulky primal. As the two charged at each other Zap chucked it at the primal, it exploded as it made impact to it causing them to both fly backwards.  Zap accidentally made impact to Screecher as he was pushed into the pool of the dark energy.  Zap quickly got up looking down with shock looking around quickly but after a few seconds he popped out from the pool before landing.  Zap quickly turned around looking at Screecher shocked even more from what he was turned into.  A dwarf two feet long sky blue griffin

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"Aw man that stung!"

Screecher said before looking at Zap, even madder than ever.

"I told you we shouldn't have come here and you listen!"

Zap was still to shock staring at him, Screecher slowly grown a mixture of a confused and angry expression.

"Whaat?!"

Screecher had his "hoof" in sight of his vision, staring at them noticing he had claws instead of hooves as his eyes slowly began to thin, freaking out. Zap quickly covered his ears while he was screaming. After a short moment he calmed down.

"Okay! Okay, I'm fine."

Screecher said before observing his entire body now seeing that he was in a form of a griffin. Sigh, he resumed freaking out.

"Wuaaaaaaaaaaagh!"

It was now 7:30 Am as the sun started to rise over the village as both Zap and Screecher attempt to sneak back inside their hut knowing that Zap's uncle always wakes up very early for his daily hour of meditating.  Zap and Screecher stood there in the entrance looking up and seeing that Zap's uncle has already woke up.  Screecher chewed on his claws for a second, nervously as he slowly makes one step inside causing the floors to creek enough to alert the elderly stallion pegasus.

"What in the ancient do you two want!?"

Zap's uncle said as Screecher started exclaiming at him. Trying to explain what happened.

"W-W-We was!-  There was!-  I was!-"

Zap's uncle stopped his sentence.

"Don't tell me.  Instead of obeying orders, the two of you when mucking around at the only place I told you not to good.  Graveyard Cove!"

Zap's uncle said as Screecher resumed.

"That's right!  And there was--"

Zap's uncle cut him off again.

"And Screecher, you finally took a much needed bath.  But in a bathtub filled with the essences of dark magic!"

Zap's uncle said, as Screecher snapped at him.

"Look old bag! Are you going to keep yapping? Or are you going to help me out of this mess!?"

Zap's uncle snapped back at him.

"I'm going to keep yapping! Because in my professional opinion, the change is an improvement."

Screecher quietly growled at him for that sentence.

"And besides… I couldn't help you if I wanted to."

Screecher eyes widens before he yelled.

"WHAAAAT!!?"

Zap's uncle cleared his throat before explaining.

"Their is only one being who has studied all type of dark magic long enough in having a chance in returning you to your previous form, Ashtrail the Primal.  But he lives far into the north, far, far into the north of this region.  Nopony has ever spoken to him in ages.  I would teleport you there, but I can't do that either.  None of the village elders have seen fit to turn their portals on for quite a while.  The only way to get to the east village is through Magma canyon but its intense temperature from the lava makes it very impossible for any organism to cross through it.  You can't just go right through it."

A feminine voice could be heard coming from the entrance of the hut.

"But you could actually, if you have a cooling shield to withstand the lava's heat."

They all turned facing towards who it was. It happened to be Zap's youngest cousin. A pink pegasus mare with blue eyes, a yellow mane and tail, and her cutie mark in a form of gears knowing that she was born to be an inventor as she continued walking inside.

"I just happened to be working on such a thing at his very moment. All I need is a few ice shards for the shield to withstand the lava's heat. Isn't that right Pa?"

"Y-Yes Tinker that would work. But where would a colt, and a HALF!"

He slammed the tip of his staff on Screecher's head, as he rubbed his head growling at him.

"Going to get ice shards?”

Tinker pointed outside the window towards the village.

"From the villagers!  Most of them have a shard you'll need to power the shield and if they're not just going to give them away.  Doing a few tasks that they ask them to do should do the trick.  It would also help redeem yourselves from all the trouble you two had caused over the years."

Zap and Screecher both scratched the back of their heads, smiling awkwardly.

"Also, there have been rumors that ancient artifacts lay throughout the lands just waiting for some brave adventurers to find."

Screecher chuckled.

"Well we got the brave adventurer at least."

Zap's uncle shook his head in disbelief.

"Brave adventurers?  You two couldn't find your way out of the jungle without my guidance.  Before you two do anything else, you better get some practice at the old training course."

He said, Tinker hoofed something to Zap before slipping it around his left front hoof.   As Screecher spoke.

"Ey, we won't come across anymore of that dark magic stuff?  Because I'd hate to fall in again and turn into you!"

Zap's uncle snapped at them before pointing at the portal.

"GET IN THERE!  BEFORE I TURN YOU BOTH INTO DUST!"

Zap looked at Screecher frowning before dashing towards portal hopping through it as Screecher looked around hopping inside as well.

The Training Begins.