Flutter Twist awoke with a start. She had a strange dream about a bipedal monster. She couldn't remember it all, but she remembered it said something of a kiss for him and Dark Light. She shook her head and looked around. Dark Light was still in bed, sleeping alongside her, one of his hooves around her. She smiled, then shuddered as she remembered the beginning of her dream. She moved his face to the side, and sighed when she saw that his face was normal, but with a smile.
She was happy, and she got up to take a shower, despite having a killer hangover. She stumbled into the bathroom and gasped, the place was intricately designed, with two sinks, a bathtub that can fit five full grown stallions, and a toilet that had quite a few amount of buttons.
But the glare of the lights just made her headache worse. She stood for a minute, trying to get use to the light, while still stumbling around, trying to start the water. She had it going, surprisingly, and hopped in. She was in bliss, for the warm water and the jet streams sure were helping.
While she was in the bath, Dark Light woke up. The smile that adorned his face was gone, replaced by a look of psychotic glee. He knew that Flutter Twist saw his vision. The one he get's whenever he feels like he should just stop and give up. But he had something else to do.
No doubt the attack on Ponyville was successful. And as planned, Insanity would wait till an opportune time to report the success.
All he had to do was wait til then, and hold his little performance. He tossed the blankets off of himself and noticed something strange. His left front hoof had begun to rot. It was a slight rot, only one small hole in his hoof. He knew he was dealing with rot because a tiny, small maggot was poking it's head through the hole.
He smiled and stroked the things head. He tipped his hoof, causing it to tumble out, with a few eggs at it's side. He frowned, and looked at the creature. "Why, is this what you've been doing? Laying eggs to feed upon my living dead body? I'm hurt." he snarled, crushing the bug and it's eggs. He cast a spell to find the rest of the eggs in his body, and teleported them all out. He threw them out the window, smiling at the thought of such small beast's dying.
He used a spell that regenerated the skin, making it grow back over the small hole. This could prove to be a problem, however small, in my master design, he thought. He threw the blankets off of him and, seeing no other holes, made his way to the bathroom.
He heard somepony in there, but he figured he knew who was in their. He decided to wait by the door, and surprise her when she came out.
Before that could happen, Princess Luna walked into the room. "Greetings Dark Light! I assume you are ready and prepared for the day?" she asked. "Yeah. Yeah I'm ready. Just waiting for Twist to come out." he said nonchalantly. He trotted away from the door, and sat on the bed. Luna came and sat next to him, and he could feel something about to come up.
"So Dark Light, as you may know, being the Princess of the Night allows us to see other ponies dreams." she said, letting that sink in "And last night, we stumbled into a rather unnerving one. One that originated from both you and Flutter Twist. Do you mind explaining what it was about?" she said, suspicion lining her voice.
In a flash, Dark Light used his magic to restrain her. "I'm sorry Luna, but I can't have you running around telling everypony about that little dream. Luckily I know a little spell that'll make you forget that particular scene. For a short time anyway." He concentrated all of his magic, and cast the spell on Luna's horn. A glow appeared at the tip, and it traveled down till it reached her head, and she looked around, confused.
"What art we doing tied up? And why ist thou looking at us like that?" she asked. "Why Luna, you don't remember? You slept in here last night and you got all touchy, so you asked us to tie you up so you wouldn't bother us, remember?" she seemed to ponder this for a bit, "Yes, we remember now. Thank you ever so much Dark Light." she said, still wondering about what he said.
Dark Light untied her and she shook her wings, which had gotten a bit ruffled from the ropes. She nodded to Dark Light and told him that the cooks had breakfast on the table in the dining hall, and that when Flutter Twist was done, to bring her down. Her sister wanted to speak to her. He told her he'd pass the message on and she left. That was close, he thought. At that time Flutter Twist walked out of the bathroom, hangover going down a bit. They greeted each other, kissed, nuzzled, and left for the breakfast table.
They had to find their way through the halls, but they eventually found their way thanks to a few guards and a handful of servants.
They opened the dining hall double doors and was greeted by the smell of bacon, wheat cakes, and apple and orange juice. The spread wasn't as regal as most ponies thought it would look, but hey, a peaceful breakfast with food that you can eat without wondering what it is is better than other's right? The princesses were seated next to each other, chatting away about royal business.
A few nobles had decided that they were expected to be there. They clustered around the princesses, trying to either get closer or to get some maid or servant in trouble for messing something up. The sight made Dark Light sick, but he didn't want to upset them. Mostly because he couldn't stand there voices.
The princesses saw that Twist and Dark were going to the other end of the table. They waved their hooves in the air to tell them to come sit by them. Celestia wanted to talk to Flutter Twist about the investigation and Luna wanted to talk about games with Dark Light. The two saw what the princesses were doing and made their way down. Celestia had two nobles move so that Twist and Dark could sit by them. They grumbled, but listened.
They loaded their plates, and began to eat. Celestia was talking about sending some Royal Guards down to help with Ponyville when a messenger flew into the room. He was gasping and bleeding. Every pony at the table gasped, except Dark Light. He just smiled, and continued to eat.
The messenger fell onto the table, crushing the wheatcakes and some of the bacon. Celestia quickly swooped him up and comforted him. "C-celestia. New's from P-ponyville." he gasped. He held up a brown folder with photos spilling out. She frowned at the sight of the photos, and ordered for one of the Nobles to take him to the Royal Doctors.
She took the photos out with her magic, and observed them. One was the scene of when the Dark Stalkers first walked into town, with Night Spectres by their sides. Than when the dead Abominations got back up, but much more feral. They sliced through what little police was left. The next picture was sad. A few Dark Stalkers had gotten ahold of some guns and were shooting up the crowd. Foal's lay dead, and some were crying over their parents corpses. And the background wasn't good. It looked like one of the Abominations had burned the houses, bringing out ponies who were hiding, with some burning to a crisp. While she was looking at the pictures, a look of horror glues on her face, two guards trotted into the room, and made it a point to be close to Dark Light.
"What is this?! Who is responsible for such an atrocity!" Celestia snarled, looking pissed off. Every one there began to mumble and start to converse about what happened. But Dark Light kept eating, enjoying his wheat cakes and bacon.
Than a figure appeared on the table. He looked like Dark Light, but he had a Hockey mask. "The attack on Ponyville was successful, sir." it said. "Who are you! Guards, get him!" Celestia yelled, pointing a hoof at the image. One pegasus swooped in to get him, but passed straight through. Dark Light sighed and stood on his chair, his front hooves on the table. "Good. Are the runes, candles, and ingredients in place?" he asked. The image nodded. All the ponies there were in complete confusion as to why the image was speaking to Dark Light, or why he was responding, but Flutter Twist was remembering some of her dream.
"Well, as much as I wish to stay and enjoy this wonderful breakfast, I really must go Celestia." Dark Light said. He hopped off the table and began to walk around to the entrance, the two guards walking by his side. Than, in the blink of an eye, they transformed into two Night Spectres. "Wha-what is the meaning of this?!" Celestia yelled, shock and anger overwhelming her otherwise completely professional attitude. Dark Light looked back, and smirked.
He opened his mouth, but then thought better of what he was going to say. "Ask Twist over there. She should be able to tell you, if she remembers, of course." With that, he walked off, guards following. The Spectres made sure they never touched him.
They jumped back and forth between targets, ripping them to shreds, leaving nothing but bloody corpses and ripped metal. The guards everywhere kept going at them, and the Spectres kept ripping them to shreds. This went on till they reached the front gate. And by that time, a bloody trail of maids, nobles, guards and even civilians covered their trail through the castle. Those who survived were either broken by what they witnessed or forever maimed by the loss of family or limbs.
The Princesses tried to stop them, hell they even got a blast at Dark Light, while also immobilizing the Night Spectres. But they kept on coming.
Dark Light had made sure that quite a few Spectres were in place of some of the Royal Guard, and it sure did come in handy.
Dark Light was able to stroll through the castle as if nothing was happening. And besides the one magic blast to his left back leg, he never got touch. Luckily Celestia banned guns from her castle in order to not scare Luna.
When he reached the outside, he breathed in the beautiful spring air, and looked back to see a pissed off, bloody, and very huffy Celestia. Luna wasn't far off, flying in the air,confused. And Twist looked horrified at what she saw. How easily Dark Light sicked his beasts on the guards. But she still didn't know about what he used to do.
"Well as lovely as it's been, I must leave. Invasions and whatnot have to be planned, and the demise of the your world doesn't plan itself you know." and with that, he teleported using the last bit of magic he had in him.
He was exhausted from such a long distance teleport. He almost fell but Derpy was quickly by his side, catching him and setting him up against a tree. The meadow had been prepared for his arrival, because along with Derpy, two other Dark Stalkers were there as well. The trees around his area had been cut down and burned with the remains of Ponyville. He looked around, and saw that the attack was successful.
Bodies littered the streets and the houses were all burning. The Dark Stalkers and Night Spectres were gathering up the bodies and dumping most of them in graves. The ones who had the perfect conditions would be turned into Abominations. Most of the time it would fail in the months to come, with them turning into mindless beasts who woulld attack anything that came close to it. Other times it would become the Brutes of the army. Sent in when defeat was not an option.
Killer approached Dark and bowed down. "It's good to have you back sir, the runes are ready. All they need is a sacrifice and your blood." he stated. Dark Light nodded and limped over to the runes, right in the middle of town, in the middle of all the chaos. Derpy tried to help, but Dark stopped her. "This is something that I must do by myself. You are the literally the perfect soldier. Thought is something that was not destroyed by the blood orchid's nectar. Without you, I would lose the best soldier in my army. The rest can't have individual thought, they are ordered something, and they do it, nothing else happens. They don't think about nothing but how to get there. Without you they would run straight into bombs, traps, and the sort. Now please, stay back." he said, and continued on.
The symbols on the ground were all unrecognizable to him. He only saw them in the book he found in his library. The symbols were in a circle, with three ponies tied up on the outside of them. And Dark Light's four bestest friends were there, looking worried. The sacrifice required blood from three different stages of life, the blood of the recipient, and a piece of his soul. And even after all of that, it might not even work, and instead of giving power, it could kill him. But that's a risk worth taking.
He stood on the edge of the circle of symbols, and stood on his hind hooves, raising his front ones in front of him. The other four versions of him did the same, and together they recited the ancient words needed to summon a demon of incredible power. "Rashu keeami tuncher bevnuus. Lenmt wijui topunter. Hinertusumner!" they finished together, opening a portal in the middle of the runes. Dark Light looked around at his friends. He wished he didn't have to, but he had to give up one of them.
"The blood of the young, the freshest of blood, and the youngest souls." he said, using his magic to push the smallest pony into the portal. He swirled for a bit, and then exploded into a mass bubble of blood, floating above the portal. The blood glowed gold, then swirled into the portal, changing the color gold for a minute, before turning a bright red.
"The blood of the middle age. Sturdy, tough, and full of spirit. Weathered souls, but still strong." he said, pulling the middle aged mare into the portal. She floated above, before exploding into a massive blood cloud. The blood turned a bright purple, then swirled into the portal, turning it a goldish purple, than going green.
"And finally, the blood of the old. Full of knowledge and grace. Has a deeper understanding of the world, and the most ready for death." he said, pulling the oldest pony into the portal. He freaked out for a minute, but then calmed down. He dissolved into a blue blood bubble, than swirled into the portal.
The portal fought for color control, but eventually it turned blue. Dark Light saw a being rise out of the portal, tall as Celestia, spread it's wings, then have them cut off by another demon. The portal turned black, and a form consumed the demon already standing in the portal. When it was done, a new pony stood in the portal.
About as tall as any other pony, but it had a gray cloak on and a scythe strapped to it's back. When it pulled it's hood down, Dark Light saw a beautiful mare. She had big red eyes, a nice gray coat, and black mane. When she spoke, it resonated deep into Dark Light's soul, beckoning him towards her. But he held his ground, and stood where he was, not giving one inch of ground. He was about to speak, but was cut off by the mare.
"Please, save the speech. I don't feel like listening to any more. 'I order you to give me power' speeches. I know what you want, but you must fulfil the summoning first. Your blood, and a piece of your soul is needed to activate a deal between us." the mare said.
Dark nodded and pulled out a knife. Holding it in his magic, he cut his left leg, and bled into the portal. The blood swirled, then disappeared. "Mmm, delicious." the demo spoke. He called his four friends, and they stood at attention. " I wish there was another way, but for our plan to come to fruition, one must go. All I need to know, is who is willing or deserving to volunteer. They all looked around, not choosing. "Fine, Lust step forward." he said, expression leaving his face. Fear consumed Lust, and he stammered, tried to complain, to convince Dark Light to choose somepony else. He forced Lust forward, and held him in front of the mare. She sniffed at him, and shivered. "Ohh, yes this one will be oh so tasty. Just throw him in the portal. He'll be teleported to my uh, 'living quarters' if you would." Dark Light nodded, and threw Lust in without a second thought.
He closed his eyes when he heard the blood-curdling scream. When he opened them, he saw the cloaked mare come forward with her scythe. "Now everything is taken care of. I may ask you, what is it that you wish for, as if I didn't know." she said, looking at her left hoof for a minute before setting it back down.
"Actually, I would like to know who you are before I begin a deal with you." Dark Light said. The mare held her hoof to her chest in mock surprise. "What? I didn't tell you who I am? Now now, how horribly unladylike of me. But, if I'm being honest, I would have thought that the cloak and scythe would be enough, seeing that is how your kind perceives me. But if you're that thick, then I'll just tell you who I am. I, am Death." she said, standing on her hind hooves and causing fire to shoot into the sky, with skulls following closely behind, floating near her head. "Or as my people say, the incarnation of evil itself." she said with a smug smile.
Dark LIght looked at her, and smiled. "Didn't know that you would take such an interest. If I would have known, I would have sought out some better sacrifices." he said, going up to her and giving her a hug. She returned it, and looked at him. "Its been a long time since we last met. So, what happened to that necromancer. He appeared at my doorstep with no eyes, two legs, no tail, and no lower jaw." she said, a smile covering her face. "It was more of the surprise of seeing myself breathing again. And of course he was wearing enemy colors and I thought that I was still in battle, so that's why he may or may not have lost a couple limbs." he said.
The other three spirits there were in awe. Dark Light was talking to Death like an old friend, and she was.
When Dark LIght died a couple hundred years ago, he was confronted by Death. She gave him a deal. She would give him life back, but in exchange, she would be his patron. The deal was almost struck when a necromancer revived him, trying to make him his slave. Seeing the potential to still be a worthy champion, she gave him life, sure that they would meet again. Sadly, mixed with the necromancer's magic, Death's spell was not able to take full effect.. Meaning a part of his soul is still in hell, burning. And it's punishment increases every day.
"Well, I'm guessing that your patron deal is gonna be revived?" Dark asked. Death just nodded her head, and turned towards the portal. "If anything, the least you could do is to accept it. Heaven has been all over me, asking where all the good souls had gone. They suspect me. And their narrow minds won't accept that a mortal has the power to trap a soul. No, it's hell there after." "I thought you were stationed in Limbo, in order to stop the two forces from turning you towards their own goal." Dark asked. "I am, and that's why they suspect me. They figure that Hell has invaded Limbo, and that's reason enough for them to stage an attack." she said gravely.
"Well, I think that you're problem can be solved if you help me. I myself am starting a war, and my body is drained of magic. This is the reason why I have called a demon. I required power. And if you were giving me your patron deal, than perhaps we can up the ante." Dark said.
Death rubbed her chin with her hoof and hmmed. "What do you have in mind?" she asked, curious. Dark Light smiled and opened his mouth to speak. "Power. That is what I need. But the regular won't work. I need something that can go beyond the norm, can cause fear, and will help me establish what I have in mind. Can you do something like that? Give me enough power to take over. To rule indefinitely.?" he asked her.
"Hmm, maybe. It all depends. The spell I have in mind might not work on you. Only certain souls can activate the effect of the spell. It might even kill you. But I will tell you this, I can not just give you that much power without some assurance that you will uphold your part of the deal. I will give you the power, but I will not give you all of it. Only half." she said.
Dark Light touched his chin for minute, then he nodded. "I will take whatever I can at this point. The amount of power Celestia held was enough to get through the most powerful form of Necromancy. And I won't take another chance. Any and all advantages I can get, I'm taking all of them." he said. "Fine, step into the hole, if you would be so kind." she said, a smile on her face.
A new portal opened up above the other one. This one was black, and had electricity coursing around it. Death motioned for Dark to step in, and he almost hesitated. He looked back, saw Derpy almost fighting the other Dark Stalkers to step forward and go with him. He saw his spirits smiling, nodding. And he saw Death, just smiling at him, but not in a good way.
He looked at his hooves, and stepped into the portal. Everypony just looked at it, as he stepped in. He was in for at least a minute, before he was thrown out, lightning surrounding him. He was twitching, and convulsing. Derpy tried to go to him, but he opened his eyes, smiled wide, and jumped into the air. He landed heavily. He looked around, saw Death and rushed forward. Before she could react, he gave her a kiss, and dashed off to his base, his spirits and guardian following.
The glint in his eyes showed both psychotic glee, and unequine hatred.
Well, I got to say it's been a bit. I have a few things to say.
First of all, don't ask why I put Death as a mare, but I felt it was necessary.
Second, I realize that I have been putting hug instead nuzzle, which is technically what a horse does to hug. But you get the idea. I caught myself when I put nuzzle and I was like 'Why did I put that?' and then it hit me, but I think I'll keep hug.
Third, I think I'm gonna start another story before I finish this one because I need to work on something fresh. I've been pretty bored lately and it's a chore just to think of anything for this one. I'll think of a name later.
Fourth, I think I'll change the name of the story I already told you I would start to something else, if I can think of a better one. You know the one about Dark Light and how he got the power, or at least, from his perspective. It will have smaller details about how he did it. Like in between the lines type stuff.
Fifth, and also the last, I actually proofreaded this chapter. Yep, because I wasn't proofreading the other chapters, and I went through this one, and was like, 'Ok misspelled word, this part makes no sense, that's retarded, and what the hell was I thinking when I typed this part?!' and such. You know, cleaned it out a bit.
Well, that's that, I hope you liked the chapter, I checked the words on this one and without this part it's 3970. So what I want to do is make longer chapters, at least 4000 words on their own. Think it's a good goal? Well, anyway I'll see you in a bit, but I'm hungry, and I'm gonna go get some Frosted Flakes real quick.