Chapter 1: Snuffed out

In Pyro's POV

Where am I? I have absolutely no idea. It's dark in here. I open my eyes slowly; I fear that I am somewhere I don't want to be. White greets my eyes and I suddenly feel colder than usual. Snow? Where I am from it's currently spring, winter has passed already. Maybe the snow hasn't melted completely here. But why am I under the snow? I may never know what has happened while I was out.

I try to move my limbs. But due to the extreme pressure of being under the snow, my efforts are for naught. How much snow was I under? How did I get here of all places? I try to remember what has happened before waking up here. I am beginning to feel a headache, and the harder I try to remember, the headache got more painful. The only thing I got out of the ordeal were memories of a fight. I can't recall the details of it though, it is much too painful to.

I remember my name and where I'm from, clear as day. My name is Infernus Burnem, though my friends call me Pyro. I'm from Ignia, Land of Fire, part of the Planet of Elemental Concord. The other lands, Hydrox, Terrius, Metallum and Lignus, are on the same planet. We had very efficient trade systems, advanced technology, several attempts at artificial aviation and technological transport and quite many inhabitants.

I remember being arrested for entering the catacomb libraries. Although I made the offence a long time ago, it seems that the past has caught up. Then my mind went blank. And I am now here, stuck under frozen water, thinking of ways to escape this icy jail.

Duh, I'm from Ignia. We ponies in the planet have special abilities, depending on the elemental bloodline we are from. The ponies from Ignia can create fire or induce heat from nowhere, as if by magic. The other lands control their respective elements: water, earth, metal and wood. Ancient lore dictates that these primal elements can be combined in many ways to form the materials we use. For example: water and earth can be mixed to form mud and clay, which then can be baked into mud bricks. The bricks can be reinforced with metal, before or after the baking. Wood forms air which is necessary for life.

Using this knowledge, I concentrated on the area above me. Slowly, the snow began to heat up, melting into puddles of water. Wait, not puddles. Apparently the snow was so thick that it formed a small pond where I was. I got out, dried myself and observed my surroundings.

Hey, there's my bag. I walk over to pick up the green bag on the floor. I'm in a forest, on the floor, snow above me. Now my bag has snow in it. Great. Hmm? I'm in a forest, but which one? I have to find a way out. And find shelter quickly, looks like it's about to hail.

And hail it did. A hailstone landed right beside me to warn me of the impending danger. It was as large as a pony's body! Or, at least, enough to crush one into a million pieces. Time to run for my life.

I ran for about 15 minutes before the weather began to clear. I am still in the forest? Well, I'll worry about that later. Time to check my belongings. I open my bag, which seems to have all my stuff: arcane compendium, watch, journal, 5 notebooks, extended periodic table, the keys to my house, several bits of currency used on my planet, some pens and an emblem. Then I remember that I built my watch to time travel. It may sound ridiculous, but I had plans on building said watch since I was 19. I had completed the model 15 years later, and 5 years after that I had all the components in place. I had to use magic to travel forward in time to get all the components. Quite the tedious process, but at least I can save on mana usage.

I took out my watch and tried to activate it. Nothing happens. Did the snow get to it? I try again. This time a whirring noise came from the watch. Then it blew up, sending the pieces into 10 different directions. It sent me flying too. I landed on a tree, rendering me unconscious.

Author's Note

A/N: What happens to Pyro? Exactly how OP is he? All will be revealed in the later parts of the story. For now, just enjoy the story at this point in time. Also Pyro is not related to any TF2 characters you might know.

Hello there FiMFiction! This is Infernus here, I plan to transfer the story over from my fanfiction.net account, but please do take note that this story would be at least a chapter behind the one on fanfiction. Go check it out, link to my fanfiction account is in my bio, and the story is under the same name!

In the next chapter: A piece lands on a tree, smashing one of its windows and startling a baby dragon, who alerts a purple unicorn about it. Not knowing what it is, they decide to find out.

MLP:FiM is owned and copyrighted to Hasbro, only several characters are mine.