It was a long, bloody battle. Many ponies were lost, but we triumphed against all odds. My army was outnumbered, untrained, most of them didn't even have weapons! But we defeated the enemy, and thats all that matters. Now we were walking through the doors and into the opening home. Sitting where i thought would be some sort of portal was instead a giant, bloated, grey fish thing. It gazed down at us with it's three eyes and the top one blinked.
"You seek allowance to leave?" It asked. I stepped forwards and looked up at it.
"Yes! Now move aside so we can!" I shouted up to him. He gave out a long, dark, gurgling chuckle.
"First you must pass the trials." It said again.
"What trials?" I yelled up to him.
"The Trials of Fear, Rage, Gluttony, Lust, and Magic. All of which one of you must pass." He spat.
"Are you a trial?" I heard somepony call.
"I am indeed a trial. I am the Trial of Riddles." He said. He looked at a pony in the front row and smiled evilly. "Will you be the first one to answer?"
The pony gulped and nodded slowly.
"Excellent, now here it is: I am nothing but a mess of gears, forced to time each and every year." He said. It was truly an easy riddle, and the pony answered correctly.
"A-A clock." He stuttered. The colossus gave a small golf clap and turned to another pony.
"You shall be next. I am all but what the poor man needs. What am I?" He sneered.
"C-Clothes?" She asked. He gave a light laugh which then turned into a chaotic gale.
"Wrong!" He yelled. He snapped his fingers and she exploded into a mass of bloody gore. Everypony looked from the blood mass and then to the colossus, then back to the blood. I settled my gaze on the abomination and gave him a stern look.
"Give me the next riddle." I said. He looked surprised, no doubt thinking of the hardest riddle he could. He smiled and raised his hand. He snapped his fingers and a dark scroll appeared in front of my face, levitating. I walked up to it and began reading.
One snowy night, Sherlock Holmes was in his house sitting by a fire. All of a sudden a snowball came crashing through his window, breaking it. Holmes got up and looked out the window just in time to see three neighborhood kids who were brothers run around a corner. Their names were John Crimson, Mark Crimson and Paul Crimson.
The next day Holmes got a note on his door that read '? Crimson. He broke your window.'
Which of the three Crimson brothers should Sherlock Holmes question about the incident?
I smiled." Mark."
He raised his eyebrows in astonishment. 1. because I had answered so quickly. 2. because that was his hardest one.
"How did you-? What? Yo-You may pass." He said, bowing his head in defeat and scooting aside. I turned to see many ponies smiling ear to ear. I raised my hoof in the air triumphantly. They all broke out into a wild cheer as I ran through the doorway.
"There are many trials ahead of you. And each trial is more treacherous than the last." The beast said, looking after us. "May luck be on your side."
We stopped in a circular room. I looked around the vast room before I heard a loud thump behind me. I turned around to find a large, heavy-looking metal gate had closed the rest of the group out. Only me, Mercury, Mars, Silver, and Pluto were in the room. We huddled into a back-to-back formation and waited for the next trial to commence. As I looked around my part of the room, I noticed something big and black on the roof. It slowly crept down to reveal itself as a absolutely massive spider. I gaped as the others slowly turned around. I shook my head vigorously, ridding the sensation of complete fear from my mind and I drew my sword. The thing rushed forwards, venom dripping from it's massive fangs that threatened to cut of my face in one fell chomp. I rushed to meet it and slid under it, hacking its legs off in the process. It struggled to rise as I walked to it's front. I kicked it slightly to make sure that it was truly weak. I raised the blade and stabbed straight into the top of it;s head. The thing disappeared in a puff of dust, causing me to cough.
"Well done, You have truly shown you show no Fear." a voice called from somewhere. When the dust cleared, I saw the source of the voice. It was a moth-man, his giant, beautiful wings flapping occasionally behind him.
"Have we passed the trial?" I asked, looking back.
"Half of it." He said with a smile. He snapped his fingers and me, Pluto, Mercury, and Silver were shoved into a cage and locked in. The only being left out of it was Mars. He held his head high and waited.
" A being of high respect. I envy that." The creature said, walking around Mars, examining him. "Now lets see if your as brave as you look."
He snapped his fingers and three giant black ants appeared, blood dripping down their mouths. Mars shuddered in fear as the ants came up to him, snapping their large pincers in hunger. Mars stopped shuddering, his horn glowing black. The first and largest ant snapped down on where Mars was, but he teleported onto the creature's back. The other to attempted to snap Mars, but all they managed to do was climb up onto the middle creature's back and knock it over. Mars teleported in front of the squabbling ants, charging his horn up with dark and magical power. He shot it and all three ants disintegrated into a small pile of dark grey ash. The group behind the gate cheered and hollered at Mars's awesome feat. The moth-man came over and snapped his fingers. The cage and gate disappeared, allowing everypony to come in.
"You are free to move on." He said. I nodded and walked to a newly appeared door. I opened it and stepped into the next long corridor. I reached the end and inside I saw a large gorilla-like thing punching a giant punching bag. He stopped and turned to us, his entire body shivering in fury. His eyes were a pure fiery red. He had giant muscles and walked with his arms. He had stubby little legs and a large torso.
"Who dares enter my domain?" He hissed.
"I think I do." I said, mocking him. I could visibly see his fury rise to that of breaking. "And I'm here to gain freedom."
"Well then, this will be the last trial, for none have every gotten past me." He said, lifting his head in pride.
"Well I think thats about to change." I said, again mocking him. steam came out of his ears.
"You make me lose, I BLOW MY FUSE!" He yelled. He charged forwards, aiming his head at me. I backed u pot the wall as he ran. At the last second, I did what I always do; move out of the way. He rammed straight into the wall, his head being incased in marble. He began to push and shove at the wall, but his head was completely stuck. I heard a few mumbled words that sounded like;'You win'. I smiled to myself as a door appeared and opened. We walked inside and waited for the next door to open. What we saw was very nasty.
A giant, fat, ugly pig sat at a table, pounding it with its hooves.
"MOOORE!" it shouted. It turned its fat head to us and smiled slightly.
"At last, a challenger. I haven't had any since Rage came. Defeat me, and you shall pass."
At this time, Silver stepped forwards. "I shall defeat you. That is, if I knew what the challenge was." He said. The pig smiled, showing its rotten yellow teeth.
"You must defeat me in combat." It said, snarling. It took out a large, blunt battle axe from beneath the table and rose. He swung it clumsily at Silver, who easily dodged it. Silver landed a grand slash across his side, only to his horror that the wound repaired itself within seconds. The beast turned around, smiling evilly.
"I'm not that weak." He said, swinging the axe again. Silver dodged again and slashed it again, only to repeat the last actions of last time. An idea clicked in his mind. This was Gluttony. He delved to much in foods. So, the way to beat him is to make him eat. Silver thought. He rushed back to the table and started tossing food towards Gluttony. He held his mouth open as the food landed inside. after all the food ran out. Gluttony sat down with a thud.
"Well done, you have defeated me… You may pass." He said sleepily. We passed onto the next room, and to my horror, was Lust. Honestly, Lust was to bizarre to even write about, it was full of such weird shit that I can't describe it. We lost one pony to Lust, but we made it through. Now the final trial; Magic.
We opened the grand doors to the Magic trial. A massive dark green blob sat in front of a portal, hiding it from view. You could hear its vibrating webs through its skin. I looked up to a pair of eyestalks and narrowed my eyes.
"We are here for the last trial!" I yelled up at it. The eyestalks wavered and a blue glow emitted as a voice spoke.
" I know why your here, and I know who your going to get past me." It said. I raised an eyebrow as he spoke the last line.
"Then what are we to do?" I yelled.
"Sing!" it yelled happily.
"Sing? Your joking." Mars said, sitting down and crossing his hooves.
"It's been millions of years since I heard a nice song, so sing and you can go home!"
I accept your challenge." I yelled up to it. I turned to Mercury, who nodded and made his horn glow. A guitar appeared and landed on the floor. I looked at Mercury, who had summoned a microphone for himself. He nodded once to me and I began to play.
Mercury: I know a mare
She knows me too
The stunning Derpy hooves
Or Ditzy Doo
Me: You've got a note, she'll send it
But don't you be mad when its
late by a couple minutes
Me and Mercury: No ponies perfect!
Mercury: Trot with me through the autumn leaves
Me: And keep close to stay warm
Me and Mercury: Soon you'll see how much you mean to me
Mercury: Feelings I've never felt before
The leaves grow bright and yellow
Me: Like your hair and eyes stay mellow
Me and Mercury: There's something special 'bout that mare
Mercury: I'd be a happy fellow
Me: If I could just say hello
Mercury: Have to be brave, just don't be scared
So trot with me through the autumn leaves
Me: And keep close to stay warm
Me and Mercury: Soon you'll see how much you mean to me
Mercury: Feelings I've never felt before
When I see her with her filly
Me: I know that I'll look silly
Mercury: I can't stop grinning ear to ear
Me: But when the air gets chilly
Mercury: The cuteness nearly kills me
Me and Mercury: That mare deserves mother of the year!
Mercury: So trot with me through the autumn leaves
Me: And keep close to stay warm
Me and Mercury: Soon you'll see how much you mean to me
Mercury: Feelings I've never felt befo-ore
Feelings that I've never felt before
(Thunder's guitar solo)
Mercury: I know a mare
Who's mind is free
Me: You know your special
At least to me
They'll say what they want
Mars: And still be mean
All: What's next for you?
Mercury: That's to be seen.
I could now see what I assumed to be tears rolling down the wall of slime.
"That was the nicest song I've ever heard." it said. it sluggishly moved out of the way and revealed a purple portal. I smiled and walked up to it. I could feel it's cross-dimensional power warm my skin. Without a second thought, I jumped through.
Song: Autumn by Jackleapp on Youtube. Go check it out