The cold wind stung at the alicorn soft fur. Her wings were tight against her sides, each one swaying slightly as she walked. Her blue coat jerked around as the princess of the night shiverd. Around her were Heaps of snow coverd rocks. Having been pulled out from the ground by several talented miners. Lunas horn glowwed a dark blue, lighting the area ahead of her as she walked through the cave. Several small fires adorned the inside, caused by the lanterns after they had fallen. Pickaxes scatterd the mine, showwing that it had been abandoned recently, and as if they were running. Behind the princess were six of her royal gaurds, each holding a large spear or sword. To her right was her second in command, a pegasus named black spear. He carried a obsidian tipped spear in his right wing, hence the name. "Do you know what happened here princess?" He asked. She stayed silent for awhile, before nodding. "yes, though I warn you, this has the possibility of being something extremely dangerous, in so much that if you wish to leave now, I, nor anypony else, will think any less of you." Hearing thier princess speak in such a manner worried the gaurds, but did not ward them off. "very well, I thank thee." Luna said before continuing on.
The group continued on, and soon luna stopped the group once again. "Up ahead is the beast that the miners spoke about. If you wish to survive you must do exactly as I say. Failure to do so will result in death, not by me, but by the beast." Once again the gaurds nodded, and Luna lightly tapped a barracaded door. The miners had thought they could trap it, it didnt work... The door almost instnatly disinigrated, and they walked inside. The first thing they noticed was the horrid smell, then they noticed the were coverd in a black slime substance, though what was attached to the slime, unerved them. Ponies, at least ten of them, stuck to the walls. Their eyes were open, and they were breathing, put they were obviously dead. All color had been drained from their bodies, leaving a sad husk. The walls led to a single corner of the room. There was a large crack in the wall, and what was there made lunas heart leap. Black glowwing runes adorned the statue, and smoke poured out of the mouth and eyes. It was a massive skull, though it was not of a pony, or anything else she had seen since her parents were still alive. It was the skull of an evil and demonic creature. Lunas horn flared, and she was coverd in a magestic blue armor. She looked to her gaurds, "run... i hold it off, just run." The gaurds were confused, and one yelled in surprise, though when luna looked to the gaurd, there was nothing but a torn up helmet. The cave was suddenly filled with horrible screams of pain. Running was futile, and Luna knew it. The door had been sealed by the black goop, and the gaurds automaticly formed a cirlce around her. When the screaming finaly stopped, the carcass of the poor gaurd droped to the ground. Like the others, He was dead, but... not. All colors were sucked out and replaced with a dull grey.
Know that the screaming stopped, the room was completely silent, except for the faint sound of water hitting the ground. Soon they found that it was not water, as an evil face appeared through the darkness. It was evil and sickly, seeming to pulse with a black venom. Its mouth was full of razor sharp teeth, and a sickly forked toungue slitherd around. "Drool dripped down its face, and to the surprise of the ponies, it spoke. "Who daresssss dissssturb me..." Its voice sounded neither mare or stallion, or even both. It was cold, and it ephisized its 'S's Luna glared at it. "We have come to gather information about the lack of communication from the miners. I was not expecting a lurker to be here." It smiled at the princess, "Oh it hassss been sssso long sssssince sssssomepony called me by name, my dear princessssss luna..." It said, "Well letsss get to bisssnessss shall we? I havent eaten an alicorn for over twelve thousand years, and I want to refresh my memory..." Luna used her magic to make a forcefeild around her and the gaurds just in time, as the lurker lunged at them. The feild lit up the entire cave, and the full form of the lurker was shown. It looked like a timberwolf in a way, though it was completely black. It had massive black claws, each one as long as a large knife. It had a long fleshy tail. At the end of it was a terrifying spike. It seemed to be laughing, though it sounded more like a series of dark grunts.
Soon he began hitting the sheild with its tail. The magic barrier seemed to crack a little, and luna cried out as her focus was ripped away. The lurkers spiked tail shot into another gaurds chest, and he was thrown away visously. If looks could kill, they would right now. Luna let out a blast of purple energy right at the beast, and hit the lurker straight in the chest. It grunted in slight anoyance, before attacking another gaurd. It ripped off its armor with one swipe, and then sank its teeth straight into the gaurds neck. He died instantly from the lurkers jaw streanth. Luna let out another blast, this one missing by a few inches. The lurker was about to take another gaurd out, but luna was not going to let another gaurd die for her. With a flash of light luna summoned her favored weapon in the war against discord. A dark blue scythe appeared, enveloped in her magic. She swung at the beast, and cut a deep gash in its shoulder. Now it howled in pain. There is a reason luna rarely used her scythe anymore, it was infused with many different poisons, enough to kill anything.
It turned its attention to luna, who swung again. It hit the lurkers tail, and with a horrible tug, the severd tail fell to the ground. Black ooze poured from the wounds, and the lurker made one last attempt at killing its opponent. It lunged at luna, though she jabbed it right into its skull. Luna twisted around, flipping over the lurker. The lurker exploded into black smoke, and the goo surrounded the cave dissapeared. The poor ponies husks sank into the ground, and luna almost collapsed. Her armor and scythe dissapeared. The only thing that remained inside of the cave was the statue, and it seemed to stare right at luna. In fact it did stare, though thats not the only thing its did. A black beam shot out of its mouth, hitting luna. It lasted a few seconds, before it dissapated, and luna looked even more exausted. The statue, began to melt just like the goo did, though there was something in the goo.
"Are you alright princess?" Black spear asked. She nodded, and walked over to the goo, looking for what was inside. She gasped," black spear, go get the medics outside, there is a survivor."
A/N: YAY! I think this chapter went long very well, though it isnt very long... Anyways, yeah, I am making another new story. I have had this idea for awhile now, and I had to put it out there. This doesent mean i am pausing my other stories though, I will still post chapters normaly. If you have anything to tell me or ask, dont be afriad. I appretiate all critisism and or advice.
Oh and i am going to warn you now, if you couldnt tell, this is going to be a darker story compared to my other ones. I tried to make it intense, but not so much as to have to put it as horror. Tell me if you want me to continue it, or not. I personaly think this is a great start for a story, hehh, and i torture you with a cliff hanger :3
Seriously though, this is not going to be a very lighthearted story. Its T but if i included more description... This would be M, or who knows, i might change it.
If you need anything just ask :D
-decadeshadow