Zap And Screecher

Zap and Screecher  managed to reach the entrance to Magma Canyon in ten seconds flat (Huh.. Where did I hear that line before?..). Once they landed, Tinker was too busy prepping the freeze shield to even notice them.  Zap slowly walked towards her gently tapping on her flank trying to get attention as her ears began to flicker turning her head towards him.

"Oh hey there guys, see you found another crystal as well. I'll be sure to give it to father."

Zap hoofed her the crystal.

"Hey, has Papa Smurf figured out what those crystals are? Or their just crystals that happened to be worth TONS of gold."

Tinker rolled her eyes at his insult once again while Zap tried not to laugh.

"Very "funny" Screecher but my father know for a certain these aren't ordinary  giant crystals it mention something about them once being a powerful relic. But anyway the shield is set up but happens to have a few bugs that I'm trying to get out."

"Bugs? You don't say.. How bad is it?"

"W-Well it isn't that bad... Just that the shields will drop quicker then expected."

Screecher started to freak out.

"Isn't that bad!? We'll be toast before we can even make it to the end!"

Tinker giggled.

"Look you guys got the vents opened so theirs nothing to worry about. Just go right through each of them until you reach the entrance to the west village if you don't want to get "toasted". And oh, don't forget to activate the portal in the villages' elders hut. Then we get  teleport over and me you. Good luck!"

She held the the crystal tightly before flying back to the hut while Screecher was still freaking out.

"You better keep us alive otherwise I will not speak to you again! Obviously."

Zap rolled his eyes with smirk as he grabbed the suit slipping it on before he stood over a vent as it felt very cooling and so refreshing to them. Their was a button that was on the center of his chest. He pushed it as a faintly visible bubble formed around them. Zap gets into position spreading his wings out. Get ready for the race of your life.

Zap started feeling energized as he quickly took flight bolting through. As soon as he took flight, the shield level were already decreasing quickly. Screecher started freaking out preying to the ancients that they'll make it out live and no burns. Just as he hoped Zap managed to find another vent going through it. The shield went back up to one hundred percent. Screecher lets out a sigh.

"Thank the ancient there was a vent just ahea-- ROOOOOOOOCK!"

Zap looked forwards as they were head towards a tall giant spike shaped rock. Zap quickly shifted left as more and more rocks were ahead. Zap kept shifting left, right, up, and down. After moments of dodging rocks and magma balls the percentage  was at 10.

"Zap theirs one up ahead, boost away! Boost away!"

Zap slowly increased his speed managed to go through the vent in time before the percentage dropped to zero. Screecher lets out another sigh in relief.

"Whew! That was a close one Zap."

After awhile of passing through vent by vent, dodging fire ball by fire ball. There were no more vents to be in sight as Screecher looked around left and right rapidly began freaking out again.

"Where the vent? WHERE'S THE VENT!?"

The shield percentage started dropping slightly quick.

"Step on it Zap!"

Screecher held on to his mane before he kicked him in the stomach. Zaps' eye widen as his speed started to increased causing him to break the sound barrier. The shield was at 5... 4... 3... 2... 1... 0. Just after the shield vanished they finally reached the end of Magma Canyon and the entrance to the west village. Screecher hopped off instantly kissing the ground before celebrating.

"Whaaaaahooooo! We made it!"

Zap collapsed on the ground panting heavily as Screecher stood right in front of his face.

"C'mon Zap we got to open to portal for Tinker and your uncle."

Zap nodded slowly before getting back on his hooves. The two quickly trotted to the entrance to the west village after a short bit the villages' elder hut could be seen from plain distant as the two dashed towards  it entrance. But before they entered they stopped noticing  that elders' hut in it a huge as if they were either having a party, or they just been under an attack. They slowly entered  bit  confused to what happened. Zap noticed their was a large button  near the portal on the floor as he raised his hoof pressing it. The vortex starts to appear around the rings of the portal, it was now activated. Just right after the portal was opened Tinker hopped out first, then came is uncle. He shivered faintly considering this was his first time ever using his portal since forever.

"I don't think I'll ever get use to that portals tingling sensation. EY, it looks like Cyrus had a party in here."

Tinker looked through a telescope letting out a faint gasp.

"Oh my, the west village is on fire!"

"One heck of  a party."

"No. I mean the village is literally on fire look!"

They all walked towards the telescope as each of them looked through  as they were in horror to what they saw. Most of the huts were either on fire or a pile of ash. Villagers were either dead or badly injured either way,  the sounds of screaming in pain and agony could be heard from all the way from the hut. Zaps' uncle couldn't bare to hear it anymore.

"Zap! Quickly, go down their stop the fire and save the villagers."