Chapter 10 B: The Not So Great and Powerful Apprentice
"You think you can get away that easy!?" Dark Fire shouted.
"I never said it would be easy." The silver stallion said with is back to the wall.
"I'm not trying to hurt you… yet. So just listen to me you annoying snob!" Dark fire said ticked off.
"Such harsh words, but no knowledge of how to use them." The unicorn scorned.
"Shut up!" Dark Fire replied back.
"Silly stallion, or should I say mare, do you even practice what you preach?" The unicorn said smirking.
"THAT'S IT, I'M GOING TO SNAP YOU LIKE A TOOTH PICK!" Dark Fire shouted angrily.
"Really, so how are you going to do that with hooves?" The stallion mocked.
Dark Fire's anger had gotten to the point where his mind was starting to fog up from all the rage.
"And that's how Silver Tongue wins!" He said before illuminating his horn brightly.
Dark Fires eye's suddenly started to glow silver as the spell took effect. It only lasted for a good five seconds before Dark Fire blasted him with his own magic.
"You almost infiltrated my mind. YOU ALMOST MIND-BUCKED ME!" Dark Fire said angrily as his eye's returned to normal.
Silver Tongue layed on the floor, dazed, as stars appeared over his head.
"That hurt you jerk!" Silver said, dusting himself off.
"I'm going to hurt you more than that if you keep this up!" Dark Fire yelled.
"Well what do you want from me, a cookie? Well that's not going to happen because Santa Hooves has just put you on his hit list!"
"I don't want your stupid cookies, I just need to talk to you!"
"You want my bits don't you? My fantastic, awesome, precious, golden, wonderful, little-"
"Do you ever shut-up?" Dark Fire said, covering his ears with his hooves.
"You wanted me talk… now you're shutting me up?" Silver asked, getting annoyed.
Dark Fire then tackled Silver Tongue through the wall… which wasn't very strong.
"You're coming with me." He said, picking him up by the ear, and dragging him away.
"Get your filthy hooves off of me!" Silver said, hitting Dark Fire in the ribs.
"Then try to get away because I'm not letting go, and you also hit like a mare." Dark Fire smirked.
"How dare you call me a mare you stupid laborer!" Silver yelled, continuing to hit him in the ribs.
Dark Fire continued to ignore his insults as he dragged him to the exit. Silver would have none of it though, he was too filled with pride for this, so he made himself intangible and ripped himself from Dark Fire's grip.
"What's the matter my lord, you can't capture what you can't see?" Silver said, vanishing from view.
Dark Fire shook his head disappointedly before lifting his left forehoof to the side and blasted the area with magic.
"STOP DOING THAT!" Silver said before getting punched across the muzzle.
He hit the wall so hard that it left an imprint of him on it.
"Y-you hit me… you… you…" He said before hitting the ground and fading into unconsciousness.
Dark Fire walked over to his body, almost relieved.
"When you awaken Silver Tongue, your name will be Castigate, the most impressive illusionist in Equestria and the Element of Slander… for obvious reasons." Dark Fire said as he waited for the dark eruption to dissipate around Silver and for the necklace to form.
When that was done, Castigate subconsciously started to fondle with the black necklace.
"What, no gold?" He whispered as he slept.
"Even when you sleep Castigate, you still don't shut up." Dark Fire said as he levitated the unicorn onto his back.
"Stritin, lay off the drinks. This is your tenth bottle of dandelion wine!" Ammisive said, trying to snatch the bottle from his hooves.
"I don't *HICK* know what yer talkin' about… *HICK!*" Stritin said as he patted Ammisive's back very hard, making him crash through the table.
"HEY! I'm going to have to ask you two to leave." The bartender said angrily behind the bar table.
"You can't… kick me out *HICK!* I'm captain of Nightmare's guard… *HICK* I have an army!" Stritin said as blood rushed to his head, making him blush.
He then tried to get up and walk out, but he ran into another tipsy pony.
"Watch where you're going bub." The pony said, drinking out of a bottle.
Stritin then grabbed the pony by his neck and held him in a choke hold.
"I DON'T HAVE YOUR BACON!" He shouted as he slammed him through a chair.
Ammisive finally got up from his smackdown to see Stritin getting surrounded by ten ponies with twenty more backing them up.
"Well… this won't be good." He said to himself.
"Ok everypony, if we could just calm down and line up in a single file to get my autograph, we will be out of here in no time."
Nopony listened to the pegasus as ten, drunken ponies tackled Stritin to the ground. Resulting in a bar fight breaking out.
"Or we could just beat the living hay out of you." Amisive said as he dodged a flying bottle and punched a pony across the muzzle.
Thirty-seven seconds later.
"Well... I hope you're happy." Ammisive said, picking Stritin off from the ground.
"I could have *HICK* taken them." He said, falling into unconsciousness.
Dark Fire then came through the back door to see thirty knocked out ponies laying all over the floor.
"Nice to see that you didn't overdo it." He said sarcastically.
"He started it!" Ammisive said, gesturing to Stritin. "It's not like you did any better."
"Actually... no, but I found your new element." Dark Fire said, smirking.
"It looks like he's…"
"Quiet, yeah I had to do that myself."
"Are you ponies going to pay for this?" The bartender said, hiding behind the counter.
"There's money in the back room, go get some for yourself." Dark Fire said, teleporting his friends out of the bar.
"So this is your room Ammisive. It's nothing much, so try to make the best of it."
The room was plated with gold along with some of the best furniture bits could buy. It had a fireplace, red rug, king sized bed, and many other things that would make anypony squeal.
"Nothing much?!" Ammisive asked, amazed. "I feel like royalty in this room!"
"Well good uh, night?" Dark Fire said awkwardly.
"Good night my lord." Ammisive said before Dark Fire closed the door.
Dark Fire stayed at the door and stared at it for a good while before walking off.
"Why does it still feel like something is missing?"
Two days later.
"Stritin, focus on your speed rather than your strength, what good is it if you can't hit anything?" Dark Fire said, dodging another punch.
"Stop moving then!" Stritin yelled angrily as he continued to throw punches.
"I'm not even trying right now. You're just too slow." Dark Fire said, blocking another attack.
"Then can I take a break? I need to breathe." Stritin said, plopping to the ground.
"Ok Stritin, but just watch how Ammisive does it."
"He's a Pegasus though. I can't keep up with that."
"It looks like the strong earth pony isn't as tough as he thought." Castigate said from the side lines.
Stritin then got up abruptly and looked directly at him.
"I don't see you practicing."
"I don't have to, I'm already better than you." He said as he drank out of a fancy bottle.
"You're joking right? You're joking."
"If I was joking I would say, 'Two unicorns walked into a bar, you would think they would have ducked.'"He said with a smirk.
"Then prove it loud mouth." Stritin said approaching him.
"Clean yourself off first… you smell like a sweaty horse."
Stritin then grabbed Castigate and wiped his sweat off with his coat before tossing him back down to the floor.
"You ignorant beast, do you realize how long it takes to get my coat to perfection?!"
"The better question is, should I care." Stritin said with a grin.
"Both of you knock it off. Castigate, he does have a point, you need to practice even if you don't want to." Dark Fire pointed out.
"But he ruined my coat!"
Dark Fire took a large breathe and exhaled loudly.
"Ammisive, can you demonstrate what you've learned by cleaning off his coat?" Dark Fire said to him.
Amisive was relaxing on a black storm cloud when he got the command. The problem wasn't that he was relaxing; it was that he brought a storm cloud inside the castle where they were training.
"Ok, one cooked unicorn coming up!" He said, stretching his hooves.
"I said clean, not cook!"
"Awww, but that's not fun." Ammisive said as he pouted.
"Just do it!" Dark Fire said losing patience.
Ammisive then leaped off of the cloud and pushed it above Castigate. Instead of stomping on the cloud, he manipulated the rain to fall on the prideful unicorn. Once enough rain fell, Ammisive stopped the rain fall, and evaporated the fallen water back into the cloud.
"That's pretty good Ammisive, but now you have to dry him off."
"I'm getting there, hold on." Ammisive said, tapping his chin with his hoof. "I got it!"
Ammisive then rapidly stood up on his hind-hooves and launched an air wave by flapping his wings. It did dry Castigate off, but it also flung him into a statue."
"You can never trust these statues Ammisive, good job." Dark Fire complimented.
"I… hate… all of you!" Castigate said, pushing the broken statue off of him.
When they all were about to leave, a large brown earth pony with a black cowboy hat and leather jacket entered the room. He had a spiky mane that had three points in the front and back. His tail was similar, but on the tips of the spikes was the color dark brown. He was also dragging Filthy Rich on the ground with his hoof. Behind him were two fillies, one pink and the other gray.
"What's the meaning of this?!" Dark Fire demanded.
"This contact known as Filthy Rich, has decided to evade his taxes for more than two months. I was hired by the princess herself to bring him here, so where is she?" The stallion said, looking up at him with his bright blue eyes.
"If you mean Celestia, she decided to take a thousand year vacation. If you mean Luna, she will remain behind bars where she belongs." Dark Fire said, laughing.
"You overthrew the princesses?! Are you insane?!" The brown stallion said showing some surprise.
"Do you have a problem with this?" Dark Fire said wickedly.
"Yeah I do, now who the hay is going to pay me now?"
"Shadow Hunter, what are you doing here?" Castigate said, approaching him.
"Don't pester me about your runaway mares Silver, I don't need another hit-and-bag assignment."
"Since when did you do contracts for that waste of space Shadow?" Stritin asked.
"Since I started working here, Black Blade, pretty much anyone with the right amount of bits can find me."
"So all of you know this guy?" Dark Fire asked confused.
"Yeah, he's like one of the best bounty hunters in all of Equestria." Stritin said respectfully.
"Actually, I am the best if you don't mind." Shadow Hunter said proudly.
"Is everypony like the best at something?!" Dark Fire said annoyed. "It's like every character is just O.P. in some form of fashion."
"Back to the real problem, where's my bits?" Shadow said darkly.
Everypony in the room slowly turned to Dark Fire.
"How much was it?" Dark Fire responded.
"Ten thousand bits. No less."
"And the fillies?"
"They tagged along, the pink one is Diamond Tiara and the other is Silver Spoon. They are of no use to me."
The pink filly then stepped out from behind Filthy Rich and approached Dark Fire cautiously.
"Please Lord Fire, don't take my daddy away from me."
"Why should I care what you-"
*DING*
"Why are you taking my dad away…WHY?!" A familiar red unicorn said to a blurred figure.
"He's a threat to you and every other blasted pony in this dimension! He's working for Celestia, Night Shadow, and everything that supports her must perish." The figure said as its eyes glowed.
"Everything that supports Celestia must perish." Night Shadow repeated.
Dark Fire shook his head furiously as he came back to reality.
"I will give you twenty-thousand to let him go and an extra ten if you stay and talk."
"As you wish."
The dark brown stallion then released his grip on Filthy Rich.
"GUARDS! Escort these ponies to the dining hall. I believe they need to be better acquainted with what we do here.
Several seconds passed when Shadow Hunter, Filthy, and the two fillies left the room.
"Lord Fire… your eyes… they're glowing purple." Ammisive said worried.
"WHAT!?" Dark Fire shouted, shaking his head more. 'That's not suppose to happen… I'm in complete control over that whelp.' He thought as his eyes returned to normal.
"Is something wrong?" Ammisive asked.
"No… nothing is wrong. You three can take a break, I will return to you later." Dark Fire said as he left the room.
At the Dining hall.
"I was going to pay the taxes later!" Filthy Rich declared.
"You were two months late, and your telling me that with all of those bits you still couldn't pay?!" The brown stallion remarked.
"My dad works really hard, so back off!" Diamond Tiara defended.
"Learn your place you spoiled brat, your father is free from his crimes anyways, so why don't you back off!"
"You need to back off!" Silver Spoon yelled.
"I don't need comments from the peanut gallery, so shut your muzzle!"
"I bet you're so mean because your mother never loved you."
Shadow Hunter then flipped the table out of pure anger, unsheathed his black hoofblade and pointed it directly at her throat.
"Don't you EVER say anything about my family again!" He said, losing control of himself.
"But it's true." Silver Spoon remarked.
Shadow Hunter then raised his hoof and was about to slash the filly in two if it wasn't for his hoof being restrained by magic.
"What the hay are you doing!" Dark Fire demanded.
"About to make this little bi-"
"No need for harsh words assassin, we are civilized ponies are we not?" Dark Fire said calmly.
Everypony in the room then let out a deep breath when Shadow Hunter retracted his blade.
"Now, Filthy Rich, we are going to have to work on your tax problem. Please stay here for the next few days along with your daughter. Shadow Hunter, you will stay here."
Filthy, along with the two fillies, were escorted out to their new room.
"Now Shadow Hunter, how would you like to be part of something bigger than yourself?" Dark Fire said, tossing him a large bag of bits.
"You would have to do a lot of convincing." Shadow said, looking through the bag.
"There is fifty grand in that bag. And there is more where that came from... if you accept that is."
"What, your Elements of Disharmony gang? No, I think I'll pass." Shadow Hunter said, making his way to the exit.
"Or you can just let the organization that ended your families live's continue to strive and gain power."
Shadow Hunter instantly froze up at the sentence.
"How do you know about the United Silhouette Clan?" Shadow whispered.
"I know many things Shadow, and I can help you get revenge for everything they have done."
"You have my attention." He said, turning around.
Shadow Hunter was later anointed the name Eccentric, the Element of Cruelty. With his newfound powers, he easily decimated the group and declared his loyalty to Dark Fire for the rest of his life. The story of this will be explained another time.
One week later.
"They will also need to be ponies of great potential and have a powerful mentality." Dark Fire listed off.
"You do realize that this will give you some unwanted attention?" Castigate said, writing down Dark Fires words on paper.
"What do you mean?"
"Let's just say that I've seen many boasters proclaim many things. They aren't worth your time." Castigate said before walking off with the papers.
Nightmare Moon then appeared in the room abruptly.
"Dark Fire, we are going shopping with Chrysallis, we will be back at nighttime."
"It's always nighttime though." Dark Fire pointed out.
"Oh… then we will be back at seven."
"Is that all?"
"Thou may also have a Windigo problem." She said before teleporting off.
Dark Fire sat completely annoyed by her last sentence.
"AMMISIVE, GET IN HERE!"
He came running in five seconds later.
"What do you want Lord Fire?" Ammisive said, bowing.
"Make the climate warmer, I will also-"
"I can't change the climate uhh… sir." Ammisive said, nervously.
"What do you mean you can't?!"
"Climate is different from weather. It's not in my jurisdiction."
"Ok then, I will do it." Dark Fire said, getting off of his thrown.
He then opened a window and casted a magic beam that penetrated the night sky. The falling snow was then converted into rain as it got warmer.
"That should last another two weeks before the Windigos freeze the atmosphere again."
Two guards then came through the main doors holding a dark purple mare pegasus. She had a red, straight mane and tail with a bright green stripe in the middle. She also had orange eyes and a rose with several diamonds as a cutie mark.
"Dark Fire, we found this mare trying to steal some very valuable items, what should we do with her?"
"Let me go you stallions! This is no way to treat a mare!" She said aggressively.
"Let her go and return to your guard positions." Dark Fire ordered.
He then walked over to the released mare.
"This is getting to be very repetitive." He said with a sigh. "Hi my name is Dark Fire, I'm assembling a group called the Elements of Disharmony, would you like to join blah blah blah?" He said extremely dully.
"Oh so the big strong pony wants me to join his little group… how cute." She said, circling Dark Fire like a cat.
"Seductiveness won't work on me, so don't try it." Dark Fire said menacingly.
Meanwhile, Ammisive was having trouble controlling his wings.
"Really, are you certain of that?" The mare said, rubbing Dark Fire's chin with her tail.
"Yeah, so get off of me." Dark Fire said bluntly.
"W-what… are you gay?" She asked, suppressed.
"What! Now hold on, lets not jump to conclusions-"
"Well my lord, you do show signs of being a colt cuddler" Ammisive said, rubbing his head.
"Just because I was betrayed by three mares and deny any of them who try to be my marefriend doesn't mean that I'm a colt cuddler!" Dark fire yelled to Ammisive.
There was a long silence as Dark Fire recovered his breath.
"So… are you gay?" The pegasus asked again.
Dark Fire was on the verge of slapping the mare if it wasn't for Sombra entering the room.
"Diamond Rose?!" He said in shock.
"Sombra?!" She replied.
They both teleported into each other's face and gave each other angry looks. It was broken when they both hugged each other.
"You're alive! After all these years." Sombra said happily.
"I should say the same for you." Diamond said joyfully.
"How the heck did she just teleport?!" Ammisive asked in confusion.
"I can use magic, duh." She responded in a sassy tone as she released Sombra from the hug.
"I personally trained her in the art of magic, even though she is a pegasus." Sombra said with pride.
"That is really impressive Sombra, you must have been like a father to Diamond." Dark Fire said, being happy for the two.
"Well of course he's like a father to me... because he is my father." She replied.
This time it was Dark Fire's turn to be confused.
"How, what, that dosen't…"
"When the crystal empire vanished, I was caught in the blast. So when it reappeared again, I was still the same age as when it disappeared. Only recently have I been outside of the kingdom." Diamond said to him.
"My daughter was the mare that I recommended back before you started your pursuit for the Elements. Can you still recruit her? She's an excellent thief and very skilled in magic."
"Yes of course, her name shall be Maneful, the bearer of the element of Malice and a quite beautiful mare I might add."
"So you're not gay then?"
Two weeks later in the throne room.
"We have five Elements and an army now. The invasion of the rest of Equestria will begin in two days minimum. Chrysallis's changelings have now recovered to full strength due to the amount of "love" they have been receiving from us and the citizens of Canterlot. Our first attack will be on the floating city of Cloudsdale, with Ammisive being the commander of the first Pegasus division. Let them fall under the might of the New Conflagration Confederacy."
Everypony cheered when Dark Fire finished his war plan, but then it happened. A huge explosion knocked down the throne room doors as a figure with black robes and hood walked in from the dissipating smoke.
"Where is Celestia?" It said with a fearsome voice.
Fifty guards then surrounded the figure in a semi-circular pattern.
"Celestia was defeated by me, I doubt you haven't heard the news." Dark Fire mocked.
"So you're the fool that defeated her. That was supposed to be my greatest triumph to prove her wrong. I guess you're the next best thing!"
"Guards, arrest this idiot." Stritin commanded.
The dark figure then threw off his robes and they combusted into flames, revealing a dark green unicorn with scars all over his face. He had dark purple eyes and a pure white mane and tail with a strange cutie mark nopony had ever seen before. It was a black diamond shape surrounded by a gray cube on its side within a purple circle. Outside of that was a black outline of a circle with six points around it. The cutie mark also had ash marks, two specs to the right, left, top, and bottom the circle.
"NOW LET ME SHOW YOU TRUE SUFFERING!" The unicorn shouted
As the guards lunged at him, the unicorn took no time at all to completely annihilate every single one. He threw punches and kicks faster than anypony Dark Fire had ever seen, it was almost frightening to him. Once the unicorn ripped apart the armor of one of the guards with his bare hooves, the remaining forty backed up in fear.
"Are you afraid of me? Hahahahahahahaha… you better be."
The unicorn then teleported into another guard and smashed his armor into the guard's chest. When five more came to attack him from the back, the unicorn back-flipped out of the way and slammed them into the ground with magic, and threw them out of the window without remorse. Luckily, they were teleported back into the room by Dark Fire before they made contact with the ground. The unicorn then started to teleport so rapidly that it left after-images of himself. The guard's numbers were diminishing, but Dark Fire still didn't care as one guard after another was defeated in the most brutal way possible.
The green pony then smashed the helmet of one of the wounded guards on the floor as he continued to laugh maniacally, causing fear to penetrate the remaining guard's hearts. With only fifteen remaining, the unicorn dashed into the crowd and used one of the guards as living paddle to smash seven others into unconsciousness. He then fired a dark green beam of magic into another guard that caused five of them to fly into random objects. Only two guards remained, and the unicorn spared no time in delivering a fast kick into one of the remaining guards, sending him crashing through a five-foot thick pillar. The last guard was a unicorn, so he fired a magical beam into the dark green pony's face.
It made direct contact, but when the pony turned to look at him, the guard lost all sense of sanity. The green unicorn had a large scorch mark on his muzzle and seemed to take absolutely no damage from it. The unicorn then teleported into the guard and punched him in the stomach so hard that the outline of his hoof formed behind the guards back. The guard was clearly defeated but the unicorn continued to pummel him with rapid punches aimed at every part of his body. As the guard's life faded, the unicorn slammed him through the ground and kicked him through the floor, creating a huge crater.
"Nightmare, heal that guard before we lose him." Dark Fire said angrily. "Guys, deal with this."
As the unicorn made his way to the throne, Ammisive, Stritin, Eccentric, and Maneful appeared in front of him. Castigate simply walked and stood behind the four ponies.
"Get out of my way you weaklings!"
"Oh please… we've all tried to fight his control, you won't be an exception." Castigate said calmly. "What's your name anyways? You will be remembered as the fool that tried to fight Dark Fire.
The unicorn then formed energy into his hooves and blasted Castigate into a nearby table.
"My name is Desolent… the last name you will ever hear."
Ammisive then vanished in a flash of light and reappeared behind him. He slammed both hooves into him, only for them to be countered by Desolent who then kicked him into the wall. Stritin and Eccentric came full speed towards him and crashed their hooves into him with great strength. Desolent blocked both of these, but lost some ground while doing so. Maneful then appeared behind him and threw five magical balls towards him. Desolent then regained his posture and threw off the two earth ponies before reforming the five balls of magic into one.
He then threw it back at her, only for Castigate to appear in front of it and throw it off its course. Ammisive then manipulated the air around Desolent and threw him into the air. Unfortunately, Desolent regained control and launched a magical blast at him. Ammisive was able to dodge, but only just. As Desolent came back down to the ground, Stritin smashed his hooves into the floor, causing the ground beneath Desolent to rise up suddenly like an earth quake. Ammisive then made a small hurricane that threw Desolent off balance.
Stuck between two hard places, Castigate and Maneful charged up their magic and fired into the gap, resulting in a huge explosion of magic and power. Eccentric finished the job by powering his hoof cannon, which was a gift from Dark Fire, and fired a large blue beam into the mix that made the explosion five times bigger. When the elements relaxed, five dark green blasts emerged from the smoke and knocked them all unconscious. Desolent then emerged from the smoke unharmed.
"You see, all of your men are weak compared to me." Desolent said with pride.
Dark Fire had to hold Nightmare Moon and Sombra back due to their anger getting the better of them.
"You want to fight me, fine, but it better be good." Dark Fire said, jumping down to him.
"I just beat your best men, and you question if this fight will be good?!"
"You're powerful yes, but clearly lack discipline." Dark Fire pointed out.
"I WILL SHOW YOU DISCIPLINE YOU PATHETIC WELP OF A PONY!" Desolent shouted as he lunged towards Dark Fire.
Dark Fire then shot volts of lightning into Desolent's body, making his skeleton show in between the flashes of light. When Desolent lasted a minute without passing out, Dark Fire put full force into his lightning attack, making Desolent pass out within seconds.
"He's too dangerous Dark Fire, we have to end him." Nightmare Moon said, applying her hoof to his head.
"No… even he can be useful to our cause."
Desolent awoke in an unfamiliar room. He also noticed that he was lying on the most comfortable couch he had ever been on. He got up and looked around to see lots of decorative furniture and windows that showed the beautiful lights of Canterlot. Looking around, he saw a bowl of apples on a table and approached them to eat one. As he reached for the apple, he noticed a fast approaching shadow and ducked. Dark Fire had just smashed the table and rapidly turned around and kicked Desolent in the chest. He, on the other hoof, barely blocked it.
Desolent then teleported, attacking Dark Fire, but he blocked his move with more precision and tripped Desolent to the ground. He then attempted to do a ground attack, but was blocked yet again, this time with more painful consequences. Dark Fire grabbed Desolent's leg and threw him into the wall and punched his stomach. He quickly recovered and swiped at Dark Fire's head, but missed once more as Dark Fire threw him off the wall, teleported behind him, and back-hoofed him into a desk. The unicorn then rapidly got up and continued his angry assault at the unicorn.
"You fight with much strength and speed, but you show no control over it." Dark Fire said, blocking another punch.
Dark Fire then threw a punch of his own, but Desolent ducked under it and went for Dark Fire's chest area. He then latched on to Desolent, flipped over the punch, and slammed him into the ground.
"You also have so much arrogance and ignorance when you fight." Dark Fire said, pinning him to the ground.
Desolent then went through Dark Fire, reformed, and slammed into him. However, it was just an image, as Dark Fire threw an energy ball mixed with magic at the tricked unicorn. This caused Desolent to lose control of his magic and energy manipulation as he hit the floor with a crash.
"And that is why you were defeated." Dark Fire remarked as he walked over to Desolent.
"Then teach me what you know."
"Since I have found your name and what it represents, you shall keep it. Rise Desolent, for you are now the Element of Corruption and leader of the Elements of Disharmony!"
Desolent was then given a necklace like all the others as the black energy dissipated.
"You see Discord, even the strongest will can be convinced of a higher cause."
Discord was in the distance with popcorn as he clapped slowly.
"So… who wants chocolate pizza?"
"As leader of the elements, you must be better acquainted with them and be their friends. Because the elements are whole now, you will all share your abilities with one another to become the strongest fighting force in all of Equestria. It will also require-"
"Lord Fire, your presence is needed!" A guard rushed in.
"What for, we already have the last element?!"
"It's urgent… she won't leave us alone."
"She?"
Dark Fire then walked into the throne room to see Ammisive and Stritin standing next to the throne. However, before it was a very loud blue unicorn with white hair and a cape.
"Get out of here, call backs have been canceled." Ammisive said rudely.
"What's going on here?!" Dark Fire demanded.
"My Lord, this mare is crazy, she claims to be the best magic weilder in all of Equestria." Stritin said respectfully.
"HA, that would be me." Desolent said with pride.
"Enough. Who are you?" Dark Fire asked kindly.
"The Great and Powerful Trixie! The greatest and most powerful unicorn in-"
"Never heard of you." Dark Fire said bluntly. "But please, don't let me stop you from performing awe inspiring tricks.
"How could you have not heard about Trixie?!" She asked dumfounded.
"Look, I have an invasion planned tomorrow, if you have nothing to show me then-"
"But Trixie is the best magician the world has ever seen!"
"Then demonstrate."
Trixie was taken aback from this statement.
"With what?" She asked with newfound confidence
"With anything, just do something." Dark Fire said, losing interest.
"Ummm, I have defeated the dreaded Ursa Major!"
Dark Fire facehooved while Ammisive and Stritin kept themselves from bursting out laughing.
"Look, I don't think you-"
"Trixie is the most powerful unicorn, why don't you believe her?"
"THEN PROVE IT!" Dark Fire said, ticked off.
Trixie then conjured up a random bouquet of flowers, but then they burst into dust.
"Trixie, I'm sorry, you're not strong enough to be one of us. You will just humiliate yourself."
The word humiliate rang through her mind as she was reminded of what Twilight and her friends did to her. It caused a hidden spark to ignite deep within her heart.
"Trixie is the most powerful unicorn in history …I AM THE GREAT AND POWERFUL TRIXIE!"
She then stood up on her hind hooves and conjured a light blue ball of energy and magic into her hooves. Her eyes went pure white as she released the built up power with a loud scream resulting in all the lights and windows in the room to shatter into pieces. Desolent, Ammisive, and Stritin were left completely stunned at the demonstration of power. Dark Fire, however, was blushing furiously.
"Trixie… THAT WAS AWSOME! That's exactly what I've been looking for in somepony." Dark Fire said, jumping down next to her. "Together, you and I, will be the most powerful force on the entire planet. You will be my apprentice and princess of Equestria."
Trixie tried to show signs of disinterest, but fainted out of excitement.
"You have to be joking. I thought I was your apprentice!" Desolent shouted.
"You're the leader of the Elements, is that not good enough for you?"
Desolent stormed off angrily as Dark Fire continued to hold Trixie in his hooves.
"Together… we shall rule Equestra."