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Eureka: The Last Pyromancer

by Sir Hat

Chapter 4: The Night of Ash

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I stared out from my perch on the pub roof. The phoenix to my side now fully grown and causing ciders under its perch. It looked up to me, newborn and confused. "I can't help you demon." I shook my head. "I don't think I can help anypony." I looked towards the north, the trees I'd set ablaze had spread until a large patch of forest was sitting in ash and fire. The sky was dark, coated with ash and smoke.

The town had not fared much better. The port was a mix of ash and frost, twin magics torn into the earth and air. Ponies turned to ice statues and crumpled forms of coal dotted the road. The sea sported a large line of ice heading to the western land.

I rubbed my eyes, the strange mix of temperatures clashing in the air was horrid, sudden flashes of cold and fiery heat unsettled me. I watched as the darkened sky drifted east, the ash I'd kicked up looming over Equestria, slowly drifting down to meet the damp earth.

"Hail!" A stern shout called my vision east. "Royal guard, we've--"

I took a deep breath. "You're late." I pointed to the shore. "The dead rest yonder."

The guards, clad in gold and silver, stared up at me. "Ma'am, what is that bird?"

I turned to the newborn chick. "Phoenix."

The guards bustled softly, a pair of silver armored pegasus flew up to meet me on the roof. "Ma'am, you--"

"I know." I held my hooves out. "I did what I had to, nothing more."

The guards looked at each other. Then one walked to my side and took my hoof. "Not for us to decide, nor you to acquit yourself."

I took a deep breath and looked out to the ravaged town shore. "Then take me to my judgment. My crimes are written against the earth, written in this creature." I turned to the phoenix. "Take me, punish me then as you wish." I turned to the guard, staring him dead on. "May be both be judged on our crimes, lax stallion of silver."

The pegasus shook his head. "Nothing was reported sooner, we--"

"Your breath is wasted, now take me to my punishment." I turned to the bird. "I am at peace with my actions, now let the law be as well."

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