Chapter 5: The prophecy

The eight followed the stallion, Quake, down a winding path through the canyon, moving deeper and deeper into the maze-like terrain. Quake didn't speak a

single word during the trip, the silence becoming more awkward each passing minute. Static tried his luck and walked up to him, Celestia said the Elemental

Equines had a bond like that of brotherhood; perhaps the bond can be remade, he thought as he caught up with Quake. "So…" he began, "Uh… how long have

you lived here in the canyons?", the only reply was a gruff response of "Long time" from Quake. This guy doesn't talk much apparently, well I guess that's

understandable, the way he attacked us I wouldn't really want to socialize with him much either. "Do… you ever leave here? Try to socialize with the locals?"

he asked, again only a brief response, "No". Static eventually gave up on trying to talk to Quake, he obviously didn't seem interested in socializing anyway, he

joined the rest of the group who were already in their own hushed conversation. "Where do you think he's taking us?" asked Rainbow Dash, "Well obviously

he's taking us to the temple, where else?" replied Rarity in a matter of fact tone. Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes, "And we know that for certain? What if it's a

trap or something?" she asked, making Fluttershy whimper at the word trap. "C'mon now RD, you're makin' Fluttershy nervous" scolded Applejack, "Besides,

why would he send us to a trap? We didn't do anything wrong." Said Pinkie Pie as she walked next to Rainbow Dash, who immediately sighed in an annoyed

fashion, "We didn't do anything either when he sent tons of rock in our direction!". Twilight then interjected so as to prevent any argument, "Look, we may not

know right now if we can trust him, but the way I see it, we don't have a choice, so let's stop arguing and get a move on". The others nodded and continued in

silence, but then Quake stopped right in front of a large stone wall, a dead end in the canyon. "We're here" said Quake as he approached the wall of the

canyon, "Where's here exactly? I don't see anything" said Rainbow Dash, keeping her eyes on the stallion distrustfully. Quake ignored her question and

proceeded to the wall, he then stood on his hind legs, and in one quick motion, slammed his fore hooves on the ground, a loud crash was heard and the

ground began to shake, a large crack was seen moving across the canyon wall, forming an arc that stretched high above them. The section of wall that was in

the underside of the crack then began to lower into the ground, revealing a large tunnel into the wall. Static and his friends stared in awe, only to be snapped

from their trance as Quake said, "You comin?" and walked into the tunnel. They followed the large stallion into the darkness, behind them the opening closed

once more, blocking out any light that they had. Twilight used her horn to produce a light for the others to see, and they continued following Quake. For a

while, it didn't seem they were getting anywhere any time soon, but then the tunnel opened suddenly into a huge cavern, Twilight stopped the light on her

horn as she saw the glowing of strange gems along the walls of the cavern, bathing the whole underground room in a soft greenish light, the eight travelers

gasped in awe, it was the Earth Temple! They had found it! The temple itself was built into the wall of the cavern, and reached a very high distance, above the

entrance, the same symbol that was on Quake's flank was carved in. Quake continued into the temple, the others in tow as they looked around, he finally

stopped at a tapestry with ancient looing writing on it. Static stepped forward and read what it said out loud:

What was forgotten will rise again, to vanquish the darkness upon the Equestrian land, five brothers of power, each powerful alone, with hearts of gold and

nerves of stone, will band together in time of need, to overcome the evil, that has planted its seed…

Static read it over a few more times in his head, then turned to Quake, who spoke as soon as he made eye contact, "This is the prophecy of the Elementals,

written over two hundred years ago by a unicorn sage who saw a vision of when Darkstrike would rise again". Static nodded understandingly, "Well, it seems

we're needed once again Quake, my question to you is, will you join us? Help us to defeat Darkstrike as a Brother of the Elementals?" Static mentally

complimented himself at how cool that sounded, but was taken back at Quakes answer, which was coldly blunt, "I'll join, but understand this, you're no

brother of mine, I only join because it is my destiny, no other reason.". For a moment, Static could only look at him in silent bewilderment, along with the rest

of the mares, the only one that spoke was Rainbow Dash as she silently muttered, "Awkward…". Quake broke his eye contact and walked past the group,

heading toward the entrance of the temple, the rest began to follow, all except for Static who sat on his hainched, shoulders drooped and head hanging low.

Rainbow Dash saw this and trotted back to him, she pressed comfortingly against his side and gently nuzzled his neck as she whispered, "It's alright Static,

don't let what he said get you down, you've still got me and the others." Static sighed, "But Princes Celestia said that the five Elementals were supposed to

have a bond like that of brotherhood, that is how they were such a great team, each having the others back. If that bond cant exist anymore, then how are we

expected to defeat Darkstrike when the time comes?". To this, Rainbow Dash didn't have an answer, but nonetheless, said, "Everything will work in time, just

wait" Stastic chuckled silently, "Since when do you give advice on waiting?" Rainbow Dash playfully rolled her eyes and gently swatted him with her tail as she

turned to leave, Static following. Even if the meeting wasn't quite as expected, they still managed to find one of the Elemental Equines, and if he remembered

correctly, the next area on Twilight's map to go was Windy Valley, obviously home to the Elemental Equine of air. Well, thought Static, one down, three to go,

let's hope this next one is a little more friendly than the first…

Sorry this one took so long! Basketball is clearly plotting to take away my whole winter break! Lol, anyway, yeah I know this chapter is a little short, but honestly, it was really just for a little elaboration on the Earth temple and the prophecy so there wasn't much to write about. Anyway, tell me what you think!