A door slowly opened and slowly closed. A tired sigh and the sound of something being dropped onto the floor followed shortly after. The slow creaking of a chair echoed through the air; along with the sound of a computer turning on. A person can be seen sitting in front of a computer. The navy blue screen shined brightly for a few seconds; before its color changed into a violet color. The person sitting in front of the computer was a female teenager. She had purple hair with a single light blue streak cutting through it. She lightly tapped on the keyboard and then used its mouse to click onto the image of a game.

“Okay,” The teen sighed before reaching towards a small drawer. She then opened the drawer and pulled out what looked like a deck of cards. She then closed the drawer and placed the deck of cards inside of a strange device connected to the computer. A loud beep was heard before the device closed and glowed brightly. The teenager smiled before sitting back down onto the chair. She then reached behind the chair and pulled a strange helmet over the back and onto her head. Once the helmet was secure; the teen reclined in the the chair and took a deep breath, “Portal open!” She shouted.

A series of images flashed before the teens eyes'; followed by the sound of data being uploaded. Eventually a bright light flashed for a few seconds; before the teen saw nothing but a stone road beneath her feet. The teen is shown smiling happily before looking up towards the cloudless blue sky. The teen was standing in the middle of a large kingdom square; all around her multiple people were either standing near or walking up to one of the many stands. The teens wardrobe had changed along with a few other features. Her cloths looked like that of a strong mage; she also looked older and more like an adult.

“Hey, Twilight!” a female voice shouted; causing her to turn and look in the direction from where the voice had come from.

Across from her was a group of six other people; all of them were female, but each of them were different. Two of them were Valkyrie's. Two of them were knights and two of them were mages' like her. The group walked towards her; while she walked towards them. All of them smiling happily as they met each other.

“Hey guys,” Twilight greeted as they all hugged each other, “How long did I keep you all waiting?” She asked.

“Not long.” One of the Valkyrie's answered. The Valkyrie was dressed in rainbow hued armor; in one hand she held a medium sized double bladed sword. While in her other hand she carried a shield, “Me, shy, and the others just logged in.” The Valkyrie answered.

Twilight sighed in relief after hearing that she did not keep them waiting, “So,” She began, “Whats the quest for today?” She asked.

One of the knights- one that wore red hued armor and carried a huge claymore sword- walked up to her with a scroll in her hand, “All of us are gonna be tackling this new dungeon today,” The knight spoke in what sounded like a southern accent, “Apparently, its got a lot of brand weapon drops. Brand new materials for forging and this dungeon also has a brand new boss.” At the mentioning of that; one of the Valkyrie's-A smaller one which had cream colored armor, a small dagger in one hand and a small baby gryphon resting on her shoulder- let out a small scream.

“Wh-What kind of b-b-b-boss?” She asked with a hint of fear in her voice.

The knight chuckled before answering the question, “Apparently its something called a Amikuk.”

“Gesundheit.” Said the other knight which wore pink colored armor; its weapons were a morning star and a small hand-cannon.

The first knight chuckled before continuing, “No, that's its name Pinkie,” She explained before opening the scroll; allowing everyone to see the image of the creature, “Apparently, its got a long serpentine body with a toxic mucus for protection. It mainly stays in water; but it can move through solid earth like it is water. So we need to be prepared to either preform a lot of evasive stunts; or we can try and have our mages use their levitation spells to help keep that thing above the ground,” The knight continued before closing the scroll and looking towards the others, “Anyone got any other plans?” She asked.

One of the mages raised their hand; getting the attention of everyone in the group. The mage had light blue robe; with purple shading. In her left hand she carried a wand; which seemed to twist around itself before straightening out at the top.

“What's up Starlight?” The knight asked.

“Well, Applejack,” The mage known as Starlight began, “I like the idea of the levitation spells; but what will we do about the toxin on its skin?” She asked.

The knights eyes went wide; somehow she had forgotten about that one critical detail. The toxin on the creatures skin is not only high on the venom charts in the game. But it is also very corrosive; meaning that it could burn right through their defenses. She made a mental note to thank her later.

“You're right,” Applejack replied before looking towards the Valkyrie in rainbow armor, “Rainbow, do you have any armor that toxin resistant?” She asked.

The Valkyrie known as Rainbow gave her a smug look, “Plenty and if you're thinking what I'm thinking. You already know what my answer is.” She finished before bringing up her inventory screen.

In a few short seconds Applejack had an alert appear on her screen; which caused her to smile before tapping on the accept button. Allowing her to receive all the armors that Rainbow had given her. With a nod she turned and started to walk away from the group.

“I'll be back after I visit my brothers forge,” She yelled as the others watched her walk away, “Y'all go ahead and head for that dungeon! I'll meet y'all at the boss room!” She finished causing everyone in the group to nod; before all of them took out a strange wooden totem.

“Teleport,” All of them began, “Caverns of the feral beasts!” All of them finished; all of them then had a light blue glow appear around their bodies. Then in seconds all of them had vanished from the town square.

“On your left Rainbow!” Shouted one of the mages; causing Rainbow to dodge a rock snakes strike.

“Thanks Rarity!” Rainbow thanked before turn her attention towards a shatter-back turtle.

With a smug grin she brought up one of her hands, “Card shuffle,” She shouted causing a deck of cards to appear before her. A shuffling sound could be heard; while she stared at the the deck with anticipation, “Come on! Come on!” She mentally shouted just as the shuffling sound came to an end. The deck glowed for only a few short seconds before three cards were left floating in the air in front of her. She had a wicked smile of glee stretch across her face; while the cards flew into her sword. The sword then started to glow a dark purple. She lifted her sword high above her head, “Valkyrie's wrath!” She shouted causing the glow on her sword to intensify.

Rainbow released a loud yell as she shot towards the creature. Everyone in the group watched as she slammed into the Shatter-back; causing a loud explosion to echo through the tunnels. While the creature released its final roar. A large amount of dirt and smoke filled the part of the cave they were in; eventually all of it cleared and once everyone could see clearly again. All of them saw Rainbow standing proudly with a single card floating in front of her.

“Yeah,” She shouted as she grasped the card, “I got the iron shield of the shatter!” She finished in a voice filled with happiness as she tapped the card. The shield she had in her hand glowed and eventually turned into a card; while the other shield took its place. The shield had the shell of the turtle she had just beat. She liked how the razor-like shell of the creature was on the front side of the shield. Which made it look more like a lethal weapon; rather than a defending weapon.

“Excellent attack Rainbow dash!” Shouted the mage known as Rarity- who wore solid white robes with some purple lining- as she walked up to her friend. Who had placed the card she had switched out inside of her deck, “You've really improved.” Rarity finished.

“Thanks,” Rainbow replied in a happy tone, “You've gotten better also.” She finished

“Guys!” Pinkie shouted causing everyone to look towards her, “I think I found the boss room!” She finished causing everyone in the group to regroup at her position.

Once the group was back together they got a good look at the room. They could see that the door was wide open; which caused all of their eyes to go wide. For the door to the room was wide open. All of them looked at each other; each of them staring at one another. Almost as if they were expecting the other to know why the door was open.

“Pinkie?” Starlight asked.

“Yes, Starlight.” Pinkie replied as her gazed shifted back towards the door.

“The door to the boss,” She began in a shaking voice, “Did you open it?” She asked.

“No.” Pinkie answered.

“Then that means.” Twilight began.

“Another player.” Rainbow added.

“Is already.” Rarity continued.

“Fighting the boss.” All of them finished before a loud roar came from the room.

All of them gasped loudly before Rainbow dash ran past all of them; she could hear them calling out for her to stop. She came to a quick stop for only a few second; before she turned back towards all of them, “Elements of harmony!” She shouted causing all of them to gasp as they heard their clan name, “We've got another player to save!” She finished with a shout full of nothing but power.

The others had a look of determination appear on their faces; as they charged in after her. Each of them shouting their own battlecries. All of them ran through a long dark hallway. Hearing the echos of their cries as they ran. Eventually they saw the battle-light of the boss fight at the end of the hall. Once they had reached the light; all of them had entered the boss room. The room was set up almost like an ancient waterway. On one side of the room was a solid stone floor. While the other was nothing but water. They heard the shout of the player that was already ahead of them; causing all of them to look towards the water.

“Whoa!” Rainbow shouted as she witnessed something almost impossible.

The player was a knight that had no armor; only a purple and green battle-coat and cloths. In one hand it carried a double bladed bone sword. While in its other hand it carried a curved dagger. The player released a loud shout as it struck the boss in the stomach. Making the creature roar in pain as it was suddenly launched into the air.

“Guys?” Fluttershy asked.

“Yeah, shy.” Rainbow replied.

“Isn't that a dragon-born?” She asked causing everyone to look towards her for a few seconds; only to slowly shift their gaze back to the player.

Sure enough the player was a dragon-born; but why would he be here? All of them were confused by his presence in this dungeon. Sure they knew their were other players that were dragon-born. But those players mainly stayed in their own corner of the virtual world. So this was a little bit of a rare site to see.

“Card shuffle!” The dragon-born shouted causing a deck of his own to appear.

“Can you get his info Twilight?” Rainbow asked.

Twilight nodded before she pointed the tip of her wand at the player. The wand glowed a barely visible white light; then as the wand glowed brighter a huge screen of information appeared in front of her. She read the information carefully; trying to learn as much as she could about the player.

“Well?” Rainbow asked.

“He's a dragon-born knight,” She started as she scrolled through the information, “He carry's the sword of the dragons strength and Hel's dagger,” She continued before scrolling through more information. What she saw made her eye's go wide in surprise, “All of you may find this shocking; he's not part of any clan. He's on his own here.” She finished before the information screen closed on her.

“Wait,” Rarity spoke up, “He's all alone?” She asked.

“Look!” Starlight suddenly shouted.

Everyone in the group looked back towards the battle. They saw three cards floating in front of the player; they glowed brightly before they were sent into his weapons. He then held both of his weapons in the reverse style. The blades glowed brightly while his eyes closed for a few seconds. When his eyes opened; they swore they could see the emerald glow of his eyes.

“Bahamuts pain!” He yelled before he jumped into the air; while the boss started to fall back down.

The dragon-born released a loud yell as he brought both of his swords in front of him. His blades then glowed a emerald color; as he slashed the boss. The creature roared loudly in pain as it fell past the player and to the ground. But before it touched the ground; it vanished in mixture of colors. The dragon-born landed on the ground with a small thud. He stood up and placed his weapons back into their hilts. Smiling happily as he saw the word “Victory” appeared above him.

“Incredible,” Starlight gasped as the result screen appeared in front of the player, “He beat that boss on his own.” She finished while the player pressed the button to accept the reward. He then brought up his deck; he scrolled through it and selected one card.

The group watched as he was surrounded by a sunny yellow light; it grew intensity only to dim down a few seconds later. Allowing all of them to see that he had used a teleportation card. Slowly all of them walked over to where he once stood. Each of them with looks of shock on their faces.

“Dag nabit!” The southern voice of Applejack shouted as she finally rejoined the group, “Y'all started and finished the boss fight without me!” She finished with a hint of jealousy and anger in her voice.

“No, we didn't.” Pinkie spoke.

“What do you mean, Pinkie?” Applejack asked.

“This dragon-born,” Rainbow spoke in a confused voice, “He just beat the boss on his own.” She finished.

“Dragon-born!” Applejack spoke in a voice full of surprise, “What's a dragon-born doing here?” She finished surprised by the new information.

“We don't know,” Rarity answered before looking towards Twilight, “Did you get any other information dear? Like his name?” She asked.

“Dragonheart55,” Twilight answered as a look of confusion appeared on her face again, “Who is that player?” She asked.

The group stood silently for a few seconds before teleporting back to the town square. Although they wanted to beat the boss; all of them had to wait till the boss regenerated. All of them were tired and a little irritated. After all they just went through hell trying to reach the boss. Only to realize another player had beaten them to the boss.

“Damn it,” Rainbow groaned out as they reached Twilight's home, “All that hard work for nothing.”

Far off in a cave not to far away from the town; the dragon-born sat in front of a small fire. Above the fire was a small pot; which had steam slowly rising off of it. He sighed in relief as he opened his inventory screen. He scrolled down till he found the latest item he had won. With one click the item appeared in his hands. It was another sword-a broadsword- with a wooden hilt surrounded by golden metal. The blade had a sickly green hue to it; showing that the blade was laced with poison. He smiled happily as he tapped the weapon again.

“This is another one down,” He spoke as the weapon started to glow brightly; the sound of something being broken down was heard. Then just a second later all that was left was green colored crystal. He held the gem in his hand and brought it up to his face, “Just two more and finally I'll have it.” He sighed just as the timer on the pot went off.

Author's Note

Here is a brand new story. I hope all of you enjoy it. if anyone had any advice or constructive criticism; it would be greatly appreciated. until chapter 2; hope you all enjoy chapter 1.