Mayhem - Catching Fire

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"And thus said the Lord, that this world shall be consumed in eternal flames... and just like how one passes a material inside the boiling temperatures to purify it, this world will pass through it... but nothing will be left with the exception of a few... may there be mercy on their souls for all their sins.

Date: Age 0
Article 12 - The Fate of the World

Apparently this was no ordinary fire.

Even with all of my fire proof spells, my flesh was burning from the inside. The flames seemed to follow every step, and every time their tongues licked me, I screamed as it burned everything inside of me.

"Stay away from the Holy Fire... STAY AWAY FROM THE HOLY FIRE!" I thought to myself as I continued to fly through the high columns of fire that rested on what used to be tall buildings. Spike was having difficulty in passing them as well. It was a fire that seeped through his tough armor of scales and into his flesh. His now larger body meant that he no longer enjoyed being able to go through tight places. As for my guards I forced them to stay. Gallus protested at me going alone, but I reminded him of Spike and while he was still disappointed he obeyed my orders.

Now I was both regretting that decision and proud as well of making that decision.

I strained my eyes through the smoke, trying to locate 5 certain colored ponies when suddenly a rainbow blur sped passed me, causing me to spin in the air like a spin top.

"Twilight!"

Spike grabbed my body before I fell into the never ending flames. I looked up but already knew who just passed me.

Rainbow Dash had rows of clouds following her as she then flew up high, higher than the mighty flames themselves, before causing the clouds to produce rain. The flames though evaporated the water before they could even take out the flames, and the little droplets that did connect did not lower the flames by any amount. Instead the water only made the flames even higher.

"Dang it!" Rainbow Dash cursed as she sped past me, suddenly screeching to a halt when she realized who she passed. She looked back with a surprised expression.

"T-twilight...?" Her voice was filled with utter astonishment, before her face showed joy. "Twilight!"

The cyan speedster grabbed me into a hug, and I returned it.

"Rainbow! How long has it been since we seen you the last time!" I exclaimed. Rainbow Dash chuckled.

"Not really the way I wanted us to meet again, but anything is better than nothing!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed. She then turned around to the flames. "Me and Applejack are trying to put out the flames, but these flames certainly are not going anywhere anytime soon. Rarity, Pinks, and Fluttershy are helping the injured as best as they can." She said the last part with disappointment.

"We're going to have to find the source of this problem. Hopefully there we can get our answer." I stated. Rainbow Dash nodded. We began to fly through the flames, which now reached to an unimaginable size and intensity, some of them already shifting to a more bluish color. The flames began to become more intense as we headed towards the direction of the crash site.

What happened next caught my attention and would become one of the most changing moments in my life.

In the middle of the crater was a black dragon, scales that were so black that light did not reflect off of it. Purple scales came out of his back. His size was around 6 feet, make two inches taller. He wore clothing, just like the humans from the other world. But what fascinated me was not all of the above, nor that it was a dragon that caused that type of impact.

It was his power.

His power was enormous. It placed Discord's chaos magic to shame, and all of the power that Tirek could've hold if he collected every single drop of magic from every type, artifacts included, as nothing. Around him were the holy flames that caused us to much problems. In fact the flames even danced on his body, but he showed no signs of pain. In fact, he seemed to be enjoying the flames that circled his body.

I realized at that point, just as his eyes focused on my direction, that we were dealing something that Equestria had never seen before... something that placed everything we had to shame.

His yellow and blue eyes, yes I repeat that again, yellow and blue eyes gazed at us. One of his eyes were yellow, while the other was blue. Even if I combined failing Celestia, failing Equestria, losing all of who I knew in a tragic accident, and losing a book together as a gigantic nightmare, his gaze alone nearly causing my heart to stop. A sense of fear took root in me. I unintentionally began to back away. The dragon slowly began to wake towards me, each step causing the very foundation of Equestria to shake.

"Why if it isn't Twilight Sparkle." The dragon said, his voice hinting melancholy. He raises his claws, as if to show that he was unarmed and more safer than he could potentially be. "Now there Twilight... don't get afraid..." He chuckled. "At last we found the one that could become the tipping point, the solution to our problem, right Raven?"

I looked up and saw a bird, a bird completely made out of shadows. And this bird was tremendously large, maybe larger than a falcon or an eagle. The bird opened his mouth as if he were to speak, but only bird sounds came.

"Oh I forgot, you're my pet bird! How stupid am I to expect that you could answer!" The dragon stated. The bird glared at Mayhem, before it began to change into a pony. The bird-turned-pony had blue fur and emerald eyes. He also had a satchel around his body, which carried a book who's cover was obscured by the flap. He looked at me and smiled as well.

"Hello there Twilight." 'Raven' said as he/she gazed at me. What's with me saying he/she. Well let's just say that his build was a bit more feminine, probably because of the recent transfiguration he did. But wait... where's his horn?

He seemed to had already detected my confusion and the source of it, as he suddenly chuckled.

"Wondering where my horn is? Easy. I don't have a horn." The pony stated, smiling. Before I could say anything, Rainbow Dash swooped over and looked at them straight in the eye.

"Who the hay are you two?! Did you caused this fire!? How do we turn it off then!?" Rainbow Dash yelled. Before I could pull her over, somepony else did as a lasso appeared, tied itself around Rainbow, and pulled her back. I turned around and saw AJ, along with Rarity, Fluttershy, and Pinkie Pie.

"AJ! Rarity! Fluttershy! Pinkie Pie! So good to see you!" I exclaimed as I went to hug them. Our hug only lasted a short amount of time as AJ politely pushed me away.

"No time for hugs now, we got a huge problem here." AJ said, jerking her head in the direction of the flames. "Perhaps when this is all over we could celebrate with a friendship reunion." AJ suggested. I nodded.

"Of cour-"

"Those flames will never burn out." The dragon interrupted. We turned around to see him play with one of the 'eternal flames'. He then flicks his finger as he turned it off. "Not until we want to." He stated.

"Then... what's your name?" Rarity asked, raising her eyebrow.

"My name is Mayhem Alias, and this is my companion Raven." The dragon replied. Somehow the sound of his name along gave me bad vibes about him. He was more powerful than anything else, he can control these flames, and his own name means destruction basically.

"Then please if you don't mind, put out those dreadful flames... you don't know how many suffered from their bodies being perpetually on fire without dying." Rarity said. I looked at her astonished.

The dragon chuckled, along with his friend.

"How about no?" Mayhem replied. Fluttershy came up to him.

"That's not very nice Mister Mayhem Alias. Think about the creatures who lost their home because of this fire." Fluttershy said. Raven laughed.

"We do."

"Then what type of justice is this mockery!?" Applejack asked. Mayhem looked at her with a smile.

"Eternal justice, something that your feasible mortal mind won't be able to comprehend." The dragon said with a chuckle.

"Eternal justice...? Feasible Mortal Mind? What the heck does that mean!?" Rainbow Dash yelled. At this point the Young Six, the Pillars of Equestria, Starlight, Cadence, my brother, and Celestia and Luna had joined as well. The dragon simply chuckled.

"How about I show you?" Mayhem said as he formed a ball of energy in his claws. I widened my eyes when I realized what he was about to do.

"Everyone run away!" I yelled, right when Mayhem threw the ball forward, a trail of death and destruction following it. Celestia and Luna were right in front of its path, so together they formed a dense shield to block it. But to our surprise, well not really, I already sensed his energy, but it was still a shock of ours when the ball decimated their shield in a fiery explosion, knocking them out, and giving birth to new flames which began to torment the Royal Sisters.

"AH! PUT THIS OFF OF ME!" Luna cried out as she began to roll over her body in a futile attempt to put it out. Celestia was in pain, her cries ringing through my ears. I glared at Mayhem.

"What was that for!? They're the kindest beings in Equestria, and you do that to them?!" I yelled. The dragon raised his eyebrow.

"Are they? Are they really Twilight? Are any of your friends pure?" He asked. I nodded with a glare.

"Of course they are! They're the elements of harmony!" Twilight yelled. Mayhem and Raven chuckled again, like as if this was some sort of game to them. It probably was considering their sheer power.

"Oh Twilight Twilight Twilight... here, let me give you an example." Mayhem said as he extended his arm and opened his palm. For a moment I thought he was going to grab my head when he lifted it up higher to the flames, and slowly they became transparent as they began to replay events. And immediately based on a crying Cadence in Canterlot and my smug look at her, I knew what point he was about to make and when.

"The Canterlot Wedding." I murmured. Mayhem nodded.

"I have a question... which one of all of these you saw during that day and during that moment went to support you? Was it AJ, the Element of Honest and one who piratically look into your eyes and see whether you're lying or not? Perhaps Rainbow Dash, the Element of Loyalty? Or Fluttershy, the Element of Kindness, or Rarity, the Element of Generosity, both of whom could've supported your fragile heart with either action? Or how about Pinkie Pie, the Element of Laughter, the one that could've lifted your spirits up? How about Celestia, your own teacher and the one that was basically your mother, who knew your life like as if it were a book, and would've been able to decipher everything that was happening? Which one went to your aid Queen Twilight Sparkle, Princess of Magic and Bearer of Friendship? Which one?"

I stayed silent. I looked at my friends, who looked away from me in utter embarrassment and sadness.

"Which one in fact is trying to console your broken soul right now, at this very moment? You can already see, but I will tell you. No one. This world is quite unfair. There's a certain point where they'll help you, that is until they don't. He has shown us the truth. He has guided us. And he will be the one to rain down fire and ash upon your world, to cleanse it from evil and from destruction. Only pure souls will survive the torment, and those souls are very few." Mayhem stated.

"Who is he? May you present this being to us so that we may talk with him?" Rarity asked.

"Yeah! So that I can throw a party to lighten up his mood! A war can certainly take a toll on someone's mood so a good old party should lift his spirits up!" Pinkie said.

"My master has no time for your silly games Pinkie Pie, he has a war to fight. Every second lost is another second that the enemy could use to their advantage. We've lost an infinite amount of times more than your entire world's population, and so have they. We cannot waste another soldier, and we cannot let another death of a brave fighter who sacrificed their lives for this war be in vain. And while he may indeed need some pony to lift his mood up, this is not the time." Mayhem answered.

"We cannot waster anymore time here Mayhem!" Raven whispered to Mayhem, though from the volume of his voice it was like he intentionally wanted us to hear. "We must do what we came here for!" Raven said. Mayhem nodded.

"Indeed. Twilight... you're coming with us!" Mayhem stated. For a moment we all stayed in silence, before for some unknown reason, we all laughed.

"Twilight? Go with you? Like that's going to happen!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed while laughing on the ground.

"We got this fire to deal with how will she leave everyone alone to combat it?" Rarity said. AJ nodded.

"And it's not like she's going to be leaving us friends as well." Applejack said. I also joined the laugh for a reason I do not know. The most likely scenario was that my mind was trying to reject the idea of leaving my friends here by laughing at it. Then my laughter stopped.

"You don't actually mean it... do you?" I asked, gulping. His gaze told me everything before he could translate it into words.

"Yes." Mayhem said. The sky began to rumble in the background, the sun's rays slowly disappearing as the sky darkened. "And I suggest that you make a quick decision, before I choose for some drastic measures."

And as if on que, I felt something tug me from above. We looked up and saw a void, a hole in the sky opening up. Slowly figures began to drift down onto the ground, with items I had never seen, nor wish to see, as the moment they landed they instantly brought dead upon everything in their path.

They handled strange weapons with a barrel and a hole in the center. Each time light flicker from the item, something was shot at high speeds as something else dropped to the ground. Where they pointed, any pony unfortunate to be in their path instantly stumbled backwards as they died. A pony in front of me was running when she was caught in their range, her body buckling suddenly, collapsing right in front of me. I then saw what happened. A hole, about the size of a small marble, was dead center in the place where her heart was.

"Please take care of my children... and my your name give me eternal rest." And thus saying that, she took a last breath, said something about seeing stars, before dying.

Tears collected within my eyes. Everything from sight and hearing was muffled and blocked. I could only feel something inside of me flickering. Anger boiled inside my veins. A mother had lost her life, never getting the chance to live more years with her children. I wonder how old was he or she. Was he a newborn? A teenager? Whatever age he or she was, now they lost their mother, the one who cared or would've cared of them if she had survived. But no. She was now dead, in the hooves of Faust.

I remembered by earlier thoughts about dead, and how I was one of the few to probably never meet it. My family, my friends, all of them were destined to die. And if I didn't do something, if they get caught in this weapon's range, they would die, and I would never be able to meet them again. I growled, anger rising to my head. I felt a surge of energy, something that I only felt once when Pinkie Pie's Pinkie Sense had caused me to become angry.

My fur became to shine with the power of a thousand suns. My eyes changed from purple to red, and my entire body was caught lit in flames. A bright light covered me, and when it dimmed, I was no longer Twilight. I was a burning emblem of her. I am the burning essence of anger.

"Oh jeez, we made her mad." Raven muttered.

"It's not our fault that things went out of schedule." Mayhem said. He raised his eyebrow once the flames that danced over him came over me, as if they were trying to harm me, but I received no pain. Instead I became more angry, feeling this as a direct attack from the two. "But she's a interesting being... Fine Twilight, we'll play your little game. Whoever wins will be able to decide what the other must do. If you win, I'll let you stay, but if I win, you're coming with m-"

He didn't get a chance to say anything as I blasted his face with pure violent energy. He growled at me.

"Is this how you want to play? You want to play dirty? Then fine! Let this fight begin!" Mayhem growled as he lunged towards me, starting our fight.