Chapter 20, The Shrine of Ragnorak
Rainbow Dash groaned impatiently as she watches Kirin, still out cold from the battle, lying perfectly still on the ground. She check just in case to make sure he was still alive then decided to look around the caverns to find the exit. However the only way out is the hole in the wall where the slide is but it'll be too hard to carry him through the hole, not to mention the heavy armor he's wearing that made dragging even harder.
The flames from the torches started to become low, Rainbow Dash quickly look around for some firewood. Thankfully, and strangely, she found a couple of large branches against the walls. She gather them into one pile then took one of the torches off the wall and set the pile of sticks on fire. She placed it back then sat in front of the fire looking at Kirin through the flames, suddenly she heard a strange sound.
"What the...?" she muttered, the sound popped out of nowhere again. Rainbow Dash thought it sounded like one of Pinkie Pie's kazoos but it was coming from the fire. She leaned against fire then suddenly a female pony face appears then jumped out of the flames. Rainbow Dash screamed then ran to Kirin shaking him screaming "WAKE UP WAKE UP WAKE UP!".
The female pony turn to her then smiles "Don't worry I won't hurt you!" she promised, Rainbow Dash frowned at her "How can I tell you're telling the truth?" she asked. "Well...I don't know really, but I guess I would start attacking by now if I wanted to hurt you" said the pony.
Rainbow Dash looks at her carefully, the pony seems to be a unicorn wearing a black cloak that looks exactly like Zecora's but with some ripped edges around it. She has a dark pink hide and a fiery looking mane that reminded her about her favorite heroes the Wonderbolts Captain, Spitfire.
"Well you look alot like one of my heroes, sooo...I guess you're okay" said Rainbow Dash. "Uhh...thanks?" said the pony, "My name is Ruby Flame, I escaped from my Kingdom because the tyrant tried to kill us. Have you met a black earth pony with a white mane? Goes by the name Sin Malefic?".
"Oh yeah! You're talking about Twilight's boyfriend, he's at this place called Ponyville. He has amnesia but I have a feeling it's getting worn off" Rainbow Dash explained, she told Ruby everything about the how they found Sin to the resurrection of Death. Ruby's face became sorrowful then she looks at Kirin "Is that your lover?" she asked.
Rainbow Dash blushed brightly then scoffed "N-no! He's just a really good friend of mine, he's really tired from the fight. Although it had been a while" she said. Ruby took a closer look at him then at Rainbow Dash, she spotted her Cutie Mark then gaped "Wow a real cutie mark! I never seen one in real life" she squealed.
"You never saw a cutie mark?" Rainbow Dash asked in a surprised expression, Ruby nodded then show her leg with no mark on it. "Our land was cursed by Death, those who were born in Aria cannot receive a cutie mark even when they find their true meaning" Ruby explained.
"That's tough" said Rainbow Dash, Ruby nodded in agreement then look at Kirin "Strange, it looks like he's in an empathy link" she muttered. "An empathy what now?" Rainbow Dash asked, "An Empathy Link, it's a spell where two ponies can share the same dream. It was use to help ponies get through their nightmares" Ruby explained.
"Soooo...he's in somepony's dream?"
"...yes"
"Okay, so how did you jumped out of the fire?" she asked completely changing the subject, "It's a new transportation spell I developed for fire users, we can jump into the fireplace then jump out from another one in a certain distance. It can only reach within 500 miles, although the longer the distance the longer the transportation takes" Ruby explains.
"That's so AWESOME! Twilight definitely needs to learn that spell!" shouted Rainbow Dash, "So I wonder who's dream Kirin is sharing...".
Meanwhile...
The sound of two weapons clashed together echoed, Sin opened his eyes then spotted Kirin blocking the attack from Ira. Kirin pushed Ira back then looks at Sin "Miss me?".
"I tried not to" Sin joked, "How exactly...did you get into my mind?" he asked.
Kirin looks around then shrugged "I don't know, I remember fighting War then suddenly I blacked out and a unicorn told me that I'm in an empathy link with you". Sin raised an eyebrow "Empathy link?" he asked, "Yeah it's a spell where two ponies can share the same dream. It was really strange though, I mean I had to travel through a couple of dreams just to get here" Kirin explained.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa...you went through my dreams?" Sin shouted, Kirin nodded "Yeah, oh and by the way remember that one that involves a cupcake?".
"Yes?"
"I really, don't like that dream" Kirin muttered, "Umm hello? I'm over here!" Ira shouted. Sin and Kirin turn to his direction almost forgetting the fight, the scene changed into a dark cavern. The area is large but in the middle stood a huge statue of a humanoid dragon. The eyes on the statue glow red, a million voices whispers to Sin and Kirin making their heads explode. Ira stepped forward and laughed "This is the shrine of Ragnorak, this statue binds his spirit inside this cursed cave but soon he'll be out to wreck havoc on the world above us".
"Wait" Sin shouted, "You're Patientia, you fought against the Four Gods. Why did you join Ragnorak?". Ira laughed for a while "Why should I tell you?" he asked.
"I heard that Patientia threw his Element into the depths of the world so no evil could use it" said Kirin, "Something tells me that wasn't the case". Ira nodded "Yes that's right, I actually threw that cursed item away because I was afraid it would be used against my master. But it doesn't matter now, you were a fool Kirin to try to intercept our battle. Face the wrath of Ragnorak!". Ira jumped back as the darkness from the statue swallowed him.
The whole statue lit up and moved it's arms, the statue raises it's fist then came down towards Sin and Kirin. The two act fast and ran away from the attack, they circled around as the statue tries to swat them like little flies. Kirin fires electricity at the statue, it made contact but it shrugged it off then slammed it's fist to the ground making a strong force pushing both of them back. Sin took his sword and try to find a way to get to Ragnorak but jumping over the endless abyss doesn't seem to be a good idea.
Kirin fires more electricity at the statue, one of them hit the head which cause it to groan in pain. Sin found it's weak point, he ran right in front of it then start waving at the statue "Hey ugly! The Statue of Liberty called! She says she wants you to stop copying her body". Sin winked at Kirin as the statue turn it's direction to Sin, Kirin nodded then lay back as the statue tries furiously to crush Sin. Sin dodges each attack the statue made, he ran further away from the monster then made a face at it.
It roared in rage then reach over to grab him, "Now!" Sin shouted. Kirin bolted right away and jumped on it's back, he ran all the way to the head before the monster tries to reach for his back. Kirin jumped off it's shoulder then slammed his lance inside the head then pulsed intense electricity throughout it's body. It screamed in pain then swatted him off the head, Kirin luckily landed on the ground without any injuries.
"Your turn" said Kirin, Sin nodded nodded then ran past him and continued to yell insults at the monster. The Statue raised it's fist then slammed it onto the ground, Sin dodged then ran on top of it to the shoulder. The statue furiously tries to swipe him off it's arm but Sin jumped and duck each attack till he reach the shoulder, he jumps onto the head then kicked the lance further into the head. "NOOOOOOO!" Ira screamed as the lance broke through it's face, cracks appeared and traveled all around the statue until it broke into a million pieces.
Sin screamed in fear as he fell into the abyss with the remains, "Sin!" Kirin called as he jumped down into the abyss with him. Suddenly Sin landed on a ground with no pain with Kirin landing on top of him, "Sorry" he muttered as he got off. Sin shook his head then looked around, they're in a another memory where Sin and Kirin are racing as fillies. Kirin chuckled as he saw their younger selves then turn to Sin "Did we win?".
"I think..." Sin muttered, he couldn't feel Ira's presence anymore but he can still feel the darkness in his heart. "Well I don't know when this dream will end but I do know that we have time to catch up, Death has risen Sin. He's really powerful, alot stronger than War and I'm afraid that whatever this Ragnorak dude is at I can probably guess that he's more powerful than him" Kirin informed.
Sin nodded "Yeah, I guess so" he said as he watches the memory replaying, "Kirin...thanks for helping me, I couldn't have done it without you". Kirin rubbed his head "Oh you don't have to say that! Besides Rainbow Dash told me that Twilight wouldn't be happy about you being killed in your mind". Sin laughed "Yeah, do you think I have a chance with Twilight?" he asked, Kirin nodded "I'm actually more concerned about my chances with Rainbow Dash".
The image around them became blurry, Kirin began floating away "Looks like you're waking up, I'll see you as soon as I can!" he called. Sin nodded as everything became black, he opened his eyes then spotted Discord sleeping on the ground. "Hello?" said a voice knocking the door, "Is anyone still there?".
Sin looked out the window and notice it was nighttime, he opened the door and spotted Twilight. "Twilight! I did it I beat Ira!" he exclaimed, Twilight smiles then stares at him in confusion. "Umm...Sin?" she said as she points his head, he looks up then noticed a red cone hat on top of him and a fake white beard. He frowned as Discord yawned "Aaahh what a great dream, oh Sin you're alive! I guess Ira has lost some touch" he said.
Twilight giggles as Sin cast Discord a death glare, "Oh come on Sin I think it looks good on you" she said. Sin sighed "Someone get me a pillow, I feel like smothering a dragon".
That's it for now! Stay tune for our next-
Derpy: Mail for Malefic!
Me: Oh hi there!
Sin: AAAAHHHH! What? That? Eyes!
Me: Hey that's not nice, I have you know that Derpy is beautiful in the inside and out!
Derpy: *giggles*
Sin: Sorry it's just that...wow
Me: Hey you don't have a cutie mark!
Sin: Because you created me!
Me: That's right! I brought you into this story and I can take you out! Although Twilight and my fans won't probably like that...
Sin: *sighs* Thanks for reading, please review...*sniff*
Kirin: When do I get a line?