The New Pony

Chapter 8

(Evil Side)

Thunder (Thomas) came back to Twilight's house after working for Cloudsdale Express, Vinyl was grinning widely when he entered and found her standing near a large box. "What is it Vinyl?" Vinyl grinned wider "Your new gear man!" She then flipped open the box and Thunder found that there was a large chestplate and a pair of steel leggings "And this is for?" Thunder said and Vinyl raised a brow "It's for your fighting man…" Thunder rolled his eyes. The chestplate red streaks running down the sides and had a sheath for a sword at the back and the leggings were a blood red except for around the tip of the shoes, Vinyl then pulled out a long buster blade with red running along the edge of the blade. Thunder laughed "This is nice Vinyl!" Twilight walked in the room "Hey Thunder a letter came for you." Thunder grabbed the letter and opened it "Dear Thunder, We forgot to give you this one last letter for you to deliver, please deliver the last letter. Sincerely, Cloudsdale Express." Thunder found a letter with the note and he groaned "I gotta deliver this." Thunder says with a hint of anger "Well hang on, I want you to put this armor on!" Vinyl says in protest "Fine, but make it quick."

After several minutes Thunder was suited up in his steel armor with his sword sheathed on his back "Awesome, fits like a glove, later guys!" Thunder ran out the door and took off towards the address. Thunder landed near the center of town and walked up to a house and then put the letter in a small light blue mailbox. "Hey you!" Thunder turned to the sound of the voice "You've got to be kidding." Thunder thought to himself as he faced, yet another silver pony "You're gonna pay for my brother!" Thunder grinned "And you're gonna join him!" Thunder and the silver pony charged at each other and clashed blades "I'm gonna use those pretty little fangs for a necklace!" Thunder pressed his buster blade against his steel sword "And I'm gonna use your insides for my Christmas tree!" Thunder then took a free hand and punched the silver pony in his gut, denting his armor in the process, and Thunder broke his left leg making a loud crunch! The pony screamed and dropped down clutching his broken leg "Say hello to your dumb brother for me." Thunder raised his sword and slashed his head off. Blood erupted from the neck of the pony's head covering Thunder, and he loved the feeling of blood on him, Thunder then felt a stronger burst of energy like before, only this time bigger, his eyes turned more red and the streak of red in his hair got longer, taking over more of the blue. When the energy stopped, Thunder grinned wildly as everypony stared at the blood covered pony and a decapitated pony "What are you all looking at? You want some to?!" Everypony then ran off as he said that, and he loved the fear from them, he drank it up. As Thunder walked into Twilight's house, he heard a large gasp, he turned to the sound and found Twilight with a book staring at him "What's with all that blood?!" Thunder grinned "I just killed another vampire hunter… and the funny part is… is that it was the brother of the one before." Twilight reached a hand to her mouth "That's horrible!" Twilight started to cry tears "He was trying to kill me!" Twilight slapped Thunder across the face and Thunder rubbed the area "How could you kill them?! It's so sick!" Twilight yelled in total disgust "It's their fault for raising their sword to me!" Thunder yelled and Twilight stopped crying "Y-Your right… it was only self-defense." Thunder looked at her. "What if I told you Luna was going to make me king of Equestria?" Twilight looked at him "K-king?! Why?" Thunder looked at her "She said I would become powerful beyond a god." Twilight looked at her desk "And in return?" Thunder put a hand on her shoulder "I must fight against Celestia." Twilight slapped his hand away and looked at him "You're against Princess Celestia?!" Twilight was in utter disbelief "I didn't say that!" Thunder said "Then why are you going to fight her?!" Twilight said with more tears escaping through her eyes "I'm going to be strong! Stronger than anypony else!" "Is that all there is?! That's not worth it!" Thunder then ran out the door and flew towards the sky, leaving behind a crying Twilight with utter disbelief "S-Spike! Get ready to send a letter!" Thunder then spotted the castle he'd seen in his dream and flew towards it. After about several hours later Thunder reached the castle, and landed nearby the edge of the castle "You shouldn't be here." A familiar voice said, Thunder then yanked his hand towards the sound and charged it with electricity, but he then spotted that it was Princess Luna "Luna? Sorry… I thought it was Celestia or Twilight…" Luna smiled "It's just me my vampire." Thunder put down his hand "I came here to see you… I told Twilight, but she wasn't ready to handle it…" Thunder said in a calm voice "She knows? Then you cannot see my sister till' you are ready." Luna said "I don't have a place to stay now… and I bet Twilight messaged your sister." As if on cue, a thick, bit small cloud of dust with green surrounding it flew through the air softly towards the castle. Thunder then dashed up and slashed the cloud in half, revealing a scroll with an emblem on it "What is this?" Thunder asked, while handing it to Luna "This is Twilights message… I'll get rid of it. In the meantime you can sleep in a secret guest room near my chambers, but you cannot leave the room till' I come for thee." Thunder nodded and Luna and Thunder took off towards her chambers. Luna and Thunder then landed through a window and Luna walked towards her bed and was about to click a hidden switch when she heard her door open and a little voice "Sis? What are you doing up? And who is that?" Thunder and Luna turned to a white mare with a night gown on, and two guards stepped in and pointed their spears at him. Just as Thunder reached for his buster blade Luna then stepped in front of him "This is Striking Thunder, he is a guard I hired, and I was going to tell you in the morning, but… I see you two already met." The guards lifted away their spears and Celestia stepped forward "Are you sure you can trust him as a royal guard?" Luna nodded "He's also a vampire… a S-Class to be exact." Celestia raised her chin slightly "Very powerful indeed, let me test him. Come." Celestia waved her hand and Luna stepped aside and they followed Celestia down several sets of stairs "Where is she taking me?" Thunder whispered to Luna "She's going to test if you are trustworthy and if you are worthy to protect me." Luna replied "Perfect." Thunder said with sarcasm "We're here." Celestia said as they entered a large circular arena with basic seats and a box of royal seats with a sun and moon above them, meant for the royalty. "Soooo? How do we do this?" Celestia opened a gate and she waved her hand "Enter. And prove yourself worthy of my sister." Thunder stepped inside the arena and Celestia closed the gate leaving Thunder trapped inside the arena "Open the gates!" Celestia yelled, and on cue, a large steel gate opened slowly with the rusty chains clanking loudly as if someone just smashed a car each time. A large stallion stepped out decked in a full suit of silver armor "Silver again? You got to be kidding me…" Thunder mumbled to himself "Alright, let's go." Thunder said with a disappointed voice. The large stallion pulled his sword and charged at Thunder with a slow speed, Thunder just side-stepped and slashed his ankle and the stallion tripped "Also!" Celestia yelled "His name is Arrow Root!" Arrow Root got up and grunted in pain "You're going to pay for my ankle!" Arrow yelled "And I'm gonna have a lot of fun with you." Thunder said with a grin, Arrow charged again and Thunder decided to have fun with him, Thunder jumped and did a front flip, also grabbing Arrow's helmet in the process and landed on his feet, Arrow turned to Thunder "Give me my helmet!" Arrow yelled, Thunder dropped the helmet and smeared dirt on it "Come on! I'm hardly trying!" Thunder taunted, Luna only smiled at that. Arrow then pulled out a second sword and had a serious look on his face Arrow then ran at him and instead of doing a side-step he decided to get serious, Thunder pulled out his Buster Blade and clashed his blade against Arrow's two swords, Arrow then moved his second sword to stab Thunder in his side, but Thunder then kicked at Arrow's leg, causing him to trip over. Thunder looked at Celestia and Luna in their seats for permission of the kill, Celestia and Luna nodded "Looks like this is gonna be cool." Thunder raised his blade and then stabbed into Arrow's chest causing him to utter a garbled scream filled with blood. Thunder retracted his sword and sliced his head off, again causing blood to splatter all over him and the ground, Thunder felt the same surge of energy, only bigger this time unlike the last and his body, eyes and hair turned even redder than before. Celestia looked down on Thunder as he gained more power "Luna, why him?" Luna turned to her "Because, the more he kills the stronger he gets." Celestia rubbed her chin "Get him ready for tomorrow… I've got a mission for him." Luna waved a finger "Ah ah ah, he's my guard, isn't he?" Celestia smiled "Of course he is." Celestia said, proud of her sisters choice "But this mission will get him stronger." Celestia said in all seriousness "Oh?" Luna said "And what would that be?" She said with a hint of questioning "Taking out the changeling campsites…" Celestia and Luna grinned "That's a perfect idea." Luna said "I'll send him tomorrow."

Thunder and Luna walked up back to her chambers "So lemme get this straight. I'm your guard now?" Thunder asked "Yes. And tomorrow I have a mission for you, so get some rest." Luna said with firmness "Very well…" Thunder did a bow "My majesty." Luna giggled as she flipped a switch and her bed moved and revealed a secret room. Thunder went into the secret room and the bed closed the way out, Thunder then laid on his new bed and rested and wondered on what mission he would have tomorrow.

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