Chapter 4: Controlling The Fire Within
Spike and Blades arrived in the barren area that Blades planned to train Spike in. Spike was excited and full of questions but Blades didn't want to waste time. "First thing you need to know and learn is to stay calm. Fire is energy and can get out of control fast. If you lose concentration and your cool you will lose control of your flame and hurt those around you. So calm down and focus your energy. Find your center and feel the fire that is trapped there. Once you find it slowly release it and try and keep control of it." Spike and Blades worked on this process for the next two hours until Spike had it down for the most part. Then twilight showed up and Blades had to act fast.
Twilight had teleported to where they two boys were and called out to Spike telling him good job. That was when Spike lost his concentration and turned to talk to her. The only problem was that his fire was now uncontrolled. He said hi and flames shot at Twilight. She froze in fear and surprise. Blades was in front of her before the flames could touch her. He used his magic to protect her from the heat and his body to block the flames. Spikes eyes were wide in fear. "Oh no! what do I do!? Is she ok?"
The more worried Spike got the worse his flames grew when he spoke. Blades raised his voice and spoke to him. "Calm down or you will never gain control! Remember when I told you that fire is hard to control and can run wild when not in check?" Spike simply nodded and started to breath. "Calm down and do the process of finding your fire once again. This time close it back up rather than letting it lose. Can you do it or do you want my help? And keep calm I will keep Twilight safe so don't worry about her. Only think of getting yourself back under control." Spike nodded and closed his eyes.
The more Spike was breathing the less flames that left him. After only a few minutes Blades could feel that Spike's flame was back to its controlled level. Spike opened his eyes but was scared to open his mouth. "It is ok Spike I can tell it is back under control. Start talking and I will stay here to make sure she is still safe just in case." Spike took a breath to relax. "Thanks Blades. For everything. I don't think I would know any of this if it weren't for you. That and I think Twi would be extra crispy if you wouldn't have reacted like that. Hey the flames stopped!" Blades smiled and removed his magic from Twilight and moved to the side.
"Wow Spike that was amazing! I have never seen you use flames like that! And I am sorry I distracted you. It was my fault that you blow flames at me, not yours." Blades intervened before blame could be passed. "You did not know Twilight, and now he knows to calm down before talking to others so he doesn't hurt them. It is a good lesson to learn and I am just glad I was here to talk him down and protect you. So it was better to learn it now on both of your parts then later when I wasn't around." Twilight and Spike both smiled and agreed. "So keep up that practice every day and you will have complete control over your fire in no time. Then you can do that nose trick you found cool."
Spike thanked him for the lesson and Twilight told them they should go back because the carriage was waiting for them. Blades teleported them back to the others and was met by gasps and then orders not to move. Blades sighed as he was met with two white pegusis stallions in attack positions. Twilight got in front Blades and told the two soldiers to stand down and that this was a friend not an attacker. Blades turned his wings into normal ones and smiled. "Sorry I liked my costume form last night. See I am no threat just hopefully a guest that Luna would like to see." The two stood down and apologized to Blades with him just telling them it was fine.