Smiting Flames

Lasgro looked towards the sphere he had launched, a smile on his face as he wondered where he had sent it. Idly stroking his beard he began the walk towards the planet. Though he slipped through a small rift and appeared directly at the landing site. His eyebrows raised a bit at the location. It was a massive stone building with gothic details strewn about. Large white marble pillars held the ceiling above his head as white banners with the symbol of a gold sun rated in the middle. Rows of pews lined the space in the middle with a rich red silk rug running down the center aisle. Only a few souls were in sight, all of them wearing white robes with the same symbol of the sun embroidered on the chest and back. A few guards in armor milled about as well, wearing half plate mail and wielding a small selection of weapons among themselves.

The populace was bipedal in form but had hooves for feet and fur over their whole bodies, along with digigrade legs. Some had horns poking from atop their heads, others were slightly larger and better built, while finally a few had wings stretching out from their backs. Lasgro stroked his beard as he walked down the aisle towards the podium. It was made out of solid white granite with the grain perfectly going up and down, strips of gold inlaid upon the sides and top to reflect the sun towards the pews before it. Lasgro whistled as whoever spoke there took great pride in addressing the masses from that high perch. Lasgro walked towards the side, running a hand across a pew before sitting down in the choir section as he looked towards the glass dome far above in the ceiling.

The city was lively outside as there was a public market going on as merchants from all over the land had gathered to sell their wares to the nobility. It was a joyous day with lots of fun, games, and merriment. That was until someone looked towards the sky as a group of Pegasus did tricks and saw a large streak of red in the sky. They gasped and pointed towards the heavens. “Fallen angel! Fallen angel!” The cry shook the populace as everyone began turning their gaze skyward to the ball of fire rocketing towards the city. Everypony began to panic and run around, running into each other as they tried to leave the area or escape to their homes. Guards rushed to and fro as a messenger was sent towards the castle to warn the nobles.

A few moments later the sphere crashed with a thunderous boom, slamming into the roof of the church and continuing down to create a giant crater in the center of the Cathedral. Lasgro whistled slowly at the damage caused by his spike, thankfully no innocents were directly harmed by him. The building though was another story as bits of flaming rock showers across the pews and caught the pillows atop them alight. Lasgro watched as the sphere he created slowly dissolved and deposited the being in the bottom of the crater. Now the fun truly began as he saw the Holy Paladins of the Celestial Order begin forming a large circle around the entire room. Hammers rested against shoulders, swords were held point towards the sky, and spear tips pointed towards the crater as they began slowly advancing through the pews and rubble.

A tree of a stallion strode down the red carpet itself as he leaned a great hammer against his armor. This armor was ornate in design but still functioned in battle, symbols along the entire thing began to glow with a soft golden light, as he held a Sun amulet in an outstretches hand. “Careful warriors for the taint of chaos and evil extends from that hole. By Celestia’s golden light we shall vanquish the creature within.” The rest of the paladins nodded as they began a soft hum. Each and every being focusing their power into the Sun amulet they carried, a strong precense of holy power began blanketing the air.

Lasgro yawned at the display before sending a spark of energy towards his chosen being.

[First Person Pov]
I groaned as my eyes started to open, it felt like I had just crashed face first into solid rock. My entire body ached as I began testing like I was taught by the nurses and doctors. First, I started with my fingers, welp there was ten there. Next, my forearms seemed attached as the elbows bent when I told them to. Finally, an odd sensation came from down where my legs were, it almost felt like.

I bolted upright and looked down towards my legs before gasping. The tail flicking side to side between my leather clad pants didn’t even phase me. All that mattered was that I had a set of complete legs. I didn’t care about my feet being a pair of hooves. Tears rushed down my cheeks.

Slowly I pulled my legs close, wrapping both arms around my knees. It almost felt like a dream as my hands rubbed the pants leg down toward the hooves. Absolutely nothing could ruin this moment as my body was returned to me fully. Even if it was purple, furry in strange places, and a different gender.

“Abomination come out from the pit and face Justice.” An eyebrow twitched as I heard those words, looking up I saw a ring of what looked like a mix between horse and human in heavy armor and wielding weapons of all sorts. Slowly I stood up and felt the weight and difference of my body as I stood for the first time in years.

“Have I missed this feeling!” I ignored the looks of scorn and disgust as I stretched my limbs and began properly looking over my body. My legs seemed to bend at odd angles but I could deal with that as it felt sort of natural. The tail kept flickering in and out of view like it was teasing me before I snatched it out of the air. I giggled at the feeling before letting it go. I noticed the clink of metal at my hip, and felt a weight on the right calf under the pants leg. Seems I was given a way to fight.

The paladins soon lost patience as the largest shouted towards me. “Foul demon! Do not ignore your fate.”

I frowned as my gaze turned up towards the man. “Fuck off! It’s been years since I’ve had legs and you aren’t ruining this moment for me.” She gave him a one finger salute before looking down at her hooves again.

The ring of paladins began to murmur amongst themselves at the creatures behavior before Sacred Faith silenced them with a glare. “Demon I care not for your happiness. You have declared war on the Holy Paladins of the Celestial Order. It is our duty to retaliate by burning you with the power granted to us by our patron.” He raised his hammer into the air as it began to glow with a golden light. The other paladins took their cue as their weapons soon began to join their leader in the air.

I just looked up at the blowhard and shook my head. This light show didn’t scare me, no way they could possibly harm me. A child.... wait I looked down a bit and noticed the bit of chest I had and swore as they saw me as an adult. Quickly I began looking for a way out, eyes darting towards the ring of warriors. Fuuuck there were no gaps at all. My heart started to race, the edges of my vision becoming blacked out as I saw a large tendrils of the light gathering into a large orb above me. My eyes darted here and there as I noticed the shadows start to form claws and faces, deep sunken eyes and wide fang filled maws, breathing started to become harder as a hand immediately went to my chest, clutching my heart as I fell to a knee.

My eyes squeezed tight as I took a deep breath, remembering what my grandpa had taught me about being afraid. ‘Fear can only affect you if you give in. But giving in is surrending and our family has never surrender.’ Slowly I felt my muscles begin to loosen as the claws around my heart seemed to phase through it as my body acted on its own. I opened my eyes to find myself standing, a long sword held in both hands, tight to my chest. My body turned sideways and knees bent, chest forwards. I didn’t know what was happening but my muscles felt like liquid as they flowed through my body and seemed to form into different tonality and firmness on my legs and arms. A tranquility came over me as I narrowed my eyes and focused on the leader.

He stood there saying some kind of chant. I didn’t give a fuck now and tensed before springing up towards him, my body seemed to act on instinct. It even felt like there was someone else controlling it.

Sacred Faith was solely focused on the spell they were preparing he didn’t notice a thing. “For Celestia is the one who holds us close to her bosom so we may prosper. Now seating flames of our passion and power I ask thee to smite and burn away the taint that has-“ His words were cut off as he felt a sting in the left side of his face, a copper smell and taste filled his senses as he screamed. A gauntlet went to held the wound closed as he could only look out a single eye.

I looked back for a moment and blinked as I went over what happened in my mind. My body had launched itself towards him, bringing the sword in a circle as I spun. The edge of it alight right into the left side of his face as it destroyed the eye and ear almost completely. His blood dropped off the blade as Inrealized what happened. He had been saying something before and something tingled in my blade as I looked towards the orb.

“Halt all those who oppose me!” It was all I could think of as I focused on the orb knocking out the other armored figures. Nothing prepared me for the call dropping to chest level on the figures who began turning towards me. It didn’t take a genius to see the murder in their eyes for what I’d done. Nothing prepared any of us for the shockwave the ball erupted into as it knocked the soldiers back away from the crater. Though I guess I didn’t get out of the effective blast radius as it sent my little ass flying back.

I heard a loud crack from something as I crashed into it. I couldn’t pay it much attention as I reached out to grab my sword. Not even glancing towards the crater I began running towards the back doors, quickly slipping through the hallways and out into the open air. My eyes darted around before grabbing a white robe off a hanging line.

With my disguise on I quickly made my way out into the streets and began heading towards those giant walls surrounding the city.