Chapter 6

A Dark Tail

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Vladimir stood atop a mountain side, staring down at the four traveling ponies. Reficul stood beside him, a look of boredom on his face.

"Did you see that?" Vladimir said with a small smile.

"Eh. I've seen better." Reficul said with a sigh.

Vladimir shook his head. "He intervened. I thought he would."

Reficul scoffed. "He is a joke. Just a ridiculous pony hiding away in his own dimension, too scared to come out."

Vladimir turned to Reficul with an amused expression. "Is that so? Then why don't you say that to his face?"

Suddenly, there was a crack of thunder and a dark portal opened up behind them. Ark Kaine slowly emerged, staring down at the two. "Hello, friends." He said.

"Ark!" Vladimir said with a happy expression. "How has it been going with you?"

Ark nodded seriously. "I've been alright, old friend." He turned to Reficul. "But you. I did not make you an immortal demon of the night just so you can go around insulting me and attempting to steal the souls of random ponies."

Reficul scowled. "Oh, yeah? Well, you didn't make me an immortal just so I can be Vladimir's little slave."

"It is your punishment, and you know it." Ark said, almost angrily. "You single-handedly devoured the souls of three hundred forty six ponies. And I have decided that your punishment is to remain Vladimir's servant for the next five hundred years. Your actions have consequences, Reficul."

Reficul muttered something distasteful and disappeared with a flash of hellfire.

Vladimir grimaced. "I'm not sure which one of us you're punishing more by binding him to me."

"I apologize, friend." Ark said, looking down at the four ponies' retreating forms.

"I'm surprised you helped them. I almost thought you'd make them figure it out themselves."

"I couldn't do that. They wouldn't have survived. Sunset may be the most magical pony in existence, but he still needs to harness it. He needs to hone not only his skills, but also the raw power of the Element of Magic."

"I see." Vladimir said simply.