The heart of a forge

As the moon begins to set I fly off of the roof and begin my warm up. I stand next the house right under the tree line. I stretch out wings as I slowly move them in a fluent motion. Much like a swirl I keep moving my wings making sure they stay in sync. As I move in the fluent motions I feel my cloak kick up some dirt as it moved around. I keep the motions fluent and undisturbed for a few hours. Just as I was made finished the motions I noticed a small leaf fall from the nearby trees. Upon reaction I struck at the leaf cutting it in half.

As the dust settled I saw my sisters walk up to me from the side with a smile on their faces. I feel a strange calmness over take me as I see them and their friends walk up to me. One filly among them stands out; the reason why is because I see a change in her magic. Once I see my new students I bow to them and said with a smile on my face.

"Are you fillies ready to start your training?"

I see them shack their heads. I look to my sisters who have already started their basic form maintenance. I lead the Scootaloo, Sweetie Bell, and Apple Bloom to my sisters and instruct them to keep the forms I would show them. Before I began I see Sweetie Bell raise her hoof to see if she could ask a question. I smile as I point to her so she could ask her question.

"Excuse me Silveron… but why are you showing each of us a different technique?"

I give her a smile as I sit down in front of her and say.

"Because you are three different species of ponies you cannot match each other in certain areas. For example if you tried the technique I was going to show Scootaloo it wouldn't work. Sense you don't have wings, but the technique I'm going to show you will allow you to use your magic in it. As for Apple Bloom the fighting she will learn will be effective only by her because she has the strength to use it."

Sweetie Bell shook her head in understanding. I then stood up and took a few steps back. I took a deep breath as I opened my feathered wings only. I let my wings fall limp as I quickly spin around and use my wing tips as the tip of a sword. I feel my heart rate lower as I allow my wings to move freely. When I spun back to facing the crusaders I stuck out my feathered wing in an upward motion. While the other wing fell back and pointed down. One I had shown Scootaloo the basics I let her to repeat the motion fifty times.

I then turned my attention to Apple Bloom. I led her away a distance from Scootaloo so she could have breathing room. I spread my hooves and I begin showing her the technique. I stomp my front hooves to the ground and used them as I pivot point. My back legs came around in a full circle. When I left Apple Bloom have a try she ended up falling on her butt. I told her to keep up the motion until she fully completed about fifty of them.

Next was Sweetie Belle; I showed her how to use her magic as a shield and asked her to generate one. She managed to generate a shield but it was flimsy. As they all practiced I looked over to my sisters now sparing with Trade. I smile at the sight family growing stronger together. I sit down in the middle of a large triangle the Crusaders formed. I sat down and closed my eyes. I use this time to reflect on the mistakes I have made.

But it wasn't long before I felt a small pony poke at my side. When I opened my eyes I saw it was Apple Bloom. As I look at her I notice Sweetie Bell and Scootaloo were with her as she asks me.

"Sorry to interrupt whatever it is you're doing but way are you have us repeat all these moves so much?"

I then see Scootaloo walk up next to her as she says.

"Ya, can't you show us how you how to punch and kick?"

I stood up and said with a smile on my face.

"That's what you're learning right now."

They look at me with questionable expressions as I hear Sweetie Bell ask.

"Wait I don't see how any of the stuff you've showed us are helpful. They just seem like dance moves."

I give them a smile filled with laughter as I say.

"Let me show you what the moves can do when you have full control over them."

I look to my sisters and Trade as they are still sparing. I walk over to them and ask them.

"Do you guys want to spar?"

They look at me with concerned expressions. Once I tell them it was only a demonstration they agreed. I stand still as they begin to surround me. Without warning I see them charge at me. With the technique I showed Scootaloo I had pushed them all back with the wing caused by my wings. I then use the technique I showed Apple Bloom and spin kick Trade back a few feet while I use the technique to push my sisters back a few feet. I stand with one hoof raised and ready to defend myself.

I look to the fillies and seem their jaws dropped. As I lower my guard I hear Trade mumble as he stands to his paws. My sisters just brush themselves of any dirt. As I walk up to the fillies I sit down in front of Scootaloo with a large smile on my face. I look down at her she looks up at me with astonishment. I lower my head and ask her.

"Scootaloo, do you remember what I told you last on our little walk?"

Sweetie bell was the first to look at me with a questionable look before Apple Bloom asked me.

"What did you two talk about?"

I turn and look at them as Scootaloo said with her head hanging low as I put my cloak back over me.

"He told the reason why I can't fly. He said that there is magic flowing through all ponies that allow them to have their abilities."

They looked to the friend as I continued where she left off.

"You see last night I found Scootaloo practicing flying. But when I looked at her I saw she had the same magic that flows through earth ponies. In other words there is a reason why Pegasus ponies can touch the clouds while earth ponies and unicorns cant. It's also same reason why earth ponies can cultivate the land they walk on. It's also the reason why unicorns can use magic through their horns; because your bodies channel the magic of the world differently."

The two looked to the friend as she explained why should couldn't fly in the past.

"The reason why I can't fly is because my body is filled with earth magic like Apple Bloom…"

Before she could continue I interrupted and said.

"I believe the correct term is your body was filled with earth magic."

Her head shot up at me as I take hold of her. My sisters and Trade knew where I was going with this. I open all four of my wings as I feel Scootaloo's heart beat as I hold her. Without warning I take off into the sky. I hear my sisters follow close behind me as I sore higher and higher. The end of my cloak hits against my hind legs as I sore past the cloud line. Once I reach a high I feel is comfortable. I look down to Scootaloo who was barring herself deep into my chest.

Once I come to a stop I full open my feathered wings. Using the air magic running through me I keep myself steady. Scootaloo looks up at me with a look of fear as I hold her out. I let go of her to only take hold of my left hoof for dear life. She was hanging upside down with her front hooves and back hooves crossed. I look at her with a smile on my face as I say to her.

"Scootaloo listen I know I said yesterday was a bit of a letdown…"

Before I could finish I hear her scream at me with rage in her voice and eyes.

"You said I could never fly and now you've brought me here."

Just when I was about to say something I see my sisters come up with smiles on their faces as Darkous said.

"Scootaloo trust us; your brother wouldn't have brought you up here if he didn't have a plane."

I look over to Lightous as she lands on a nearby cloud and says.

"Believe it or not he did a lot worse to us when we was teaching us how to fly at first. He threw Darkous with all his strength across the kingdom. As for me he took me the highest he could reach and dropped me without a word."

Scootaloo looked at me with a face that expressed her questionable emotions. I lower my head to her as I say.

"Start flapping your wings; I swear on the blood that runs through me I will catch you before you hit the ground."

Without warning I slipped my hoof out of her grip as she flapped her wings as hard as she could. Her eyes were closed as tightly as they could go as she braced herself for the fall. But to her surprise she did not feel the force of the wind hitting against her as she fell. Her eyes went wide when she saw she was upside down looking at me. Her tail hung between her legs as she began to figure out what I done.

I lower myself a little so I was at eye level with her. Without warning she had hugged me as tight as she could while saying thank you over a million times a second. When I managed to push her away she looked at me with a curious look on her face as she asked me.

"But you said that my body was filled with earth magic that…"

Before she finished I pointed to the jewel on my fore head and said.

"Remember when I said how the jewel of mine will absorb any magic that is near me?"

My sisters helped her to stay in balance so she wasn't upside down any more as she shook her head yes. I gave her a smile as I said.

"Well during my training I learned a long time ago that I can alter the magic that I absorb. So to put it simply I absorbed your earth magic and changed it to air magic. It will take your body some time to adapt to the changes. But with the proper training I'm sure you'll be one of the best flyers."

Before I knew it she took off into a large loop when she heard the news. When we landed back on the ground I see Sweetie Bell and Apple Bloom run over to their friend as she lands into a skid. As they begin to talk I can't help but wonder what kind of flyer she will become. I then heard Trade say to me as he walks up to my side while my sister talk with the CMC.

"You know tampering with the fabric of magic is a dangerous game."

I give him a smile at his comment as he continues.

"You know what the pain will do to you if you keep that up. You might as well go sign up with your old sister."

I turn my head to him as I see a smile form on his face as I say to him.

"My older sister may be unstable but what she discovered is very useful. But the big difference is that I use her findings to add other rather than myself."

After that I look to Trade as we walk to the fillies I ask him.

"Trade can you take Scootaloo, Sweetie Bell, Darkous and Lightous to their home. I and Apple Bloom need to Sweet Apple Acers before Applejack fires me on my first day."

As I walk I see Apple Bloom was walking along side me as she asked questions about where I and my sisters came from. I would answer question plain and simple. I didn't want over load her with too much information. We eventually got to the topic of how I learned fighting like an earth pony. When I told her that her father taught me some of the some moves she was surprised. But that would have for another time; as soon as we approached the entrance to the farm. I stopped cold; the air was different; it reeked of ash.

I took another deep breath trying to figure out the source of the scent. But that was all that was needed. I tossed Apple Bloom onto my back without warning. I ran to the farm house to see the front door had been burnt. As I ran through the house looking for Applejack, Big Mac and Granny Smith saw what looked like a fight took place. Apple Bloom jump off my back and ran to wounded Winona. Without thinking I used some healing magic on the dog and went outside.

I stood in space between the farm house and the barn. Without warning I let lose a large roar that caused Apple Bloom to hide as a first reaction. Within seconds I see Trade, Darkous and Lightous come down from the sky. But what caught my eye was that cyan Pegasus I first met when she came with Apple Jack. Then a butter colored Pegasus not far behind. I follow and see Pinkie Pie and another unicorn follow close behind her. I then see Twilight landed next to her friends with a concerned as I hear the cyan Pegasus ask me.

"Where's Applejack?"

She questioned as I walked to my sisters and tell them.

"Put a barrier now full power. Trade hell hounds are here."

His eyes widen when he heard the name of the monsters that attacked the farm house. He looked at me as I looked around for a trail of the hell hounds.

"Hell hounds haven't been seen in this world for three millennia."

I pointed to the burnt down that only stood half as tall as it should be. Without another word he began looking around for a trail as I did. But as I looked around Twilight appeared in front of me using teleportation magic. She looked at me with anger in her eyes as she asks.

"Tell us what happened to Applejack or I'll…"

Before she could finish I turned into a cloud of ash and reappeared behind her. That was when I found a burnt trail. I gave another roar as I began running at full speed. As I ran I could tell the cyan Pegasus was following me wanting to know what was going on. I come to a stop when I see the trail had led into the everfree forest. With her moment of opportunity the cyan Pegasus lands in front of me with anger in her expression as she asks.

"Ok buster you have one minute to explain what the hay is going on here."

As I begin to walk past her I see her extend her wing. Without hesitation I look out of the corner of my eye and say with rage in my eyes.

"Unless you want to see your friend and her family turned into charcoal I recommend you either get out of my way or come with me."

I then pushed past her wing. Without warning I took off at full speed. As I run along the trail I feel the path I'm on become warmer the deeper I ran along the trial. Within minutes I found the next; without thinking I had bitten down on the neck of the closes to the Apple family. As I came to a skidding halt I bite down harder and feel the bones of his neck snap like twigs. When I come to a full stop I open my jaw and let the dead body fall to the ground.

That was when I had let go of my first chain. Compassion; I have several chains mentally holding me back. If one should break without my knowing I my body will retreat and become limp. But if I choose to release a chain then I will become stronger. Within minutes of my appearance the rest of the pack had started attacking me. It didn't matter if Trade was there or not; I could handle these heathens easily. In borage of attacks they had all fallen to the ground limp and lifeless.

It wasn't too long after that I hear the flapping of Trade's wings. When I had turned around I saw all the other ponies had followed Trade. They looked at me with horror on their faces I let a dead hell hound fall from my jaw. I walk over to the Apple family and with a quick bite of my teeth the ropes that bind them were released. I toss the largest onto my back along with Applejack. Trade takes Granny Smith to the hospital as I begin walking back.

As I walked I could feel the fear coming from everyone. I didn't want to run out of fear of dropping them. I didn't want to fly either because I know that they will be freaked out by my four wings. As I walk I could hear the four behind me whisper about my strange abilities. I also heard some questions they wanted ask. I then see Pinkie Pie come up alongside me and ask with a large smile that surprised me.

"So Silveron mind tell us how you found Applejack."

I give her a smile as I explain.

"Hell Hounds are fire born creatures that hunt in large packs. They're some of the easiest to track when you can smell the ashes from their bodies. It's also easy to see because of the burnt path they left…"

Before I could finish I hear Twilight ask me in a stern voice.

"How is it that you know all this and why did you kill them all?"

Knowing the answer would be a shock to them all I faced forward and said.

"Long ago my father Lord Helious sent me and his daughters here so they can see what their mother fought for. We come from a world that exists next to Equestira. I was trained from a young age to hunt and kill monsters and demons that have strayed from the path. As per your question Twilight I killed them all because they will regenerate. Hell Hounds are much like this world Phoenixes'. They only difference is that when the Hell Hounds regenerate they will return to their birth land which is back in the demon world."

When I finished my explanation I had to stop because Twilight's jaw had dropped to the ground. When we got back to town I place Applejack in her bed while Big Mac was passed out in his bed. I walk down to the living room to the sight of the five still staring at me. I sit down in the middle of the floor with my sisters looking at me with concern in their eyes. I let out a sigh as I come to the conclusion that will put my sisters in more harm in the future. But to protect them in the present I must show them what I truly am.

I undo the clip that holds my cloak. As it falls to my left side I hear the sounds of gasps coming from the five poines that stand in front of me. Without a word my sisters reveal their hidden attributes. That is when I see Apple Bloom walk in front of me with a large smile. I give her a smile as I see my sisters look at Twilight who was walking towards me asking.

"Can you please explain what you are and where you come from?"

I give her a smile; for she gave me a chance to explain our purpose to be here.

"Like I said these two fillies here are my sisters. I was sent here by my father Lord Helious ruler of the demon world sent me here to watch over my sisters while they see the world their mother grew in. We mean no harm for any creature unless they mean us harm."

After I finished I hear the pony I've come to known as Rarity ask me.

"How are you related to these little fillies?"

I give her a smile as I tell my history.

"I was adopted by their father and raised as their guardian. If you're wondering about whether there are others that appear like me. I can tall they are not; even in the demon world I was considered a monster for my appearance."

When I said that I notice every pony began looking at me differently. I then hear Flutter Shy ask me in her timid voice.

"So you came here to just live like normal ponies?"

I look down at my sisters and say with a smile on my face.

"All I want is for my sisters to be safe and happy along with the ones I care for. So yes to your question Flutter Shy; but I must ask all of you to please keep this a secret. My instructions from my father are to make sure that no creature learns of the future demon rulers' whereabouts. If any should find us my orders are the either kill them and leave no trace or to convince them to be silent. I hate shedding blood so will you all please keep this a secret?"

I look at the five mares which turned to six. Applejack entered the room when I was looking down at my sisters. They all gave me a smile and shook their heads yes. After I put my cloak back around me I hear Twilight begin to ask me a never ending amount of questions. Such as what my world was like, why was so abnormal; or why I hide under a cloak. I answered her questions as best as I could. But just was time hides secrets I to have some knowledge but not all. He quickly got up before a large wall of green fire appeared between us. I let a smile creep across my face as I hear a familiar voice say to me as the flames quickly die.

"You still know how to cause trouble… I thought you kicked that habit after the hell fire incident."

Hello loyal readers I thank you for reading this. I hope that me asking is not too much. I have this story stuck in my head. If you wish to help me just send me a message and I will respond. Until then the rest of the chapters may be a little late.