Chapter 10
Forbidden Love

Beatrix, also known as the Queen of Seduction, is a shadow dragon created by Van. She is mischievous, malicious, and downright beautiful. Beatrix has looks that can literally kill. The only dragon she loves is Van and will get rid of anyone that tries to hurt him. Even though Beatrix considers herself to be Van's lover, he constantly refutes this saying there is nothing going on between them. Beatrix has a different opinion regarding that. It terms of rank, Beatrix is the second strongest shadow dragon in Van's army. Ahead of Kazam, but behind Koga. Beatrix's special power is the ability to charm males and bring them under her control. Beatrix can have them kill each other, themselves, and anything do practically anything she wants. Much to her dismay, Beatrix's power doesn't work on Van. Probably because he made it that way for a reason. It wouldn't be long before Summer and her friends were be faced with their second test. It all began one afternoon in Death Valley. A bored Van was lying lazily on his throne chair flexing his right claw. He then let out a deep sigh. "I really don't want to bring her back, but I don't have enough power to summon Koga," Van said as he slowly got up and walked to the middle of the room, "Well...here goes nothing I guess." After gather dark energy in his right claw, he fired it at that the ground, which instantly erupted into black flames. After it dispersed, a black female dragon was seen standing before him. When she spotted Van, the dragon quickly leapt at him.

"Oh honey!" she exclaimed with her claws extended, "I've missed you so much!" Van desperately tried to push her away as she was trying hard to kiss him.

"Not now Beatrix!" Van shouted.

"That's what you always say Lord Van," Beatrix replied with her arms crossed, "You're so stubborn. That's why I love about you. You're so hard to get. It's too bad my powers don't work on you."

"For good reason!" Van yelled, "Ok...enough of that. I have a mission for you."

"Anything for you my dear," Beatrix replied seductively with a wink. Van choose to ignore her.

"Go to this town Ponyville and destroy the place however you want," Van stated, "You will probably be met by these six ponies that will try to stop you. Kill them in the most gruesome way possible. If you can, leave one of them alive and bring them back here. I wouldn't mind having a toy to torture. I'm bored out of my mind."

"You can count on me master," Beatrix replied confidently, "When I come back...please promise to go on a date with me."

"No," Van quickly replied. In response, she let out a giggle.

"We'll see about that my dear," Beatrix said as she turned around and left the cavern. Later on, in Ponyville, the residents were fleeing for their life as Beatrix was destroying the town to her heart's content. She still believed that Van was going to go on a date with her. As Van had predicted, Summer and her friends with the Elements of Harmony were shown rushing to the scene where Beatrix was at. "Well...look what we have here. Some little ponies that want to fight me. You know it was rude to keep a lady waiting this long. Can we finish this up fast? I have a date planned with Lord Van."

"Um...ok," Summer replied awkwardly.

"Screw your date!" Skyline yelled angrily, "We're gonna make you pay for destroying those houses!" Beatrix was beyond furious.

"How dare you!" Beatrix screamed, "Disgusting filthy little pony. It's about time I taught you a lesson!" She then blew a kiss at them. At first it seemed like it had no affect whatsoever, but they would soon find themselves in a tough situation.

"Do you smell something?" Chary asked.

"No," Jasmine replied. As she had her concentration on Chary, Jasmine failed to notice Skyline charging at her. She was then hit hard and knocked to the ground. "Hey! What the heck Skyline! Why did you hit me? Skyline?" When she looked at Skyline, he had this blank look on his face. His eyes were completely empty. "Are you ok?" Suddenly, Skyline flew at her. Jasmine had to roll on the ground to evade him. "What's going on with you?" At that moment, Melrose was busy dealing with Jester, who was trying to attack her. He had the same blank look on his face similar to Skyline. There was something definitely off about them.

"Jester? What's wrong?" a worried Melrose asked as she cautiously approached Jester.

"Melrose! Jasmine! Get away from Skyline and Jester!" Summer yelled, "There's something wrong with them!"

"Took you long enough to figure it out," Beatrix giggled. She then snapped her claw. "Return to me my pets." In response, Skyline and Jester walked to Beatrix and kneeled before her.

"Your wish is our command master," they muttered together, "We live to serve you." Summer, Chary, Melrose, and Jasmine couldn't believe what they were hearing. Somehow, Beatrix was controlling Skyline and Jester.

"What the heck did you do to our friends?!" Summer exclaimed.

"You can call me Beatrix my dear," she replied with a mischievous smirk, "I simply brought out their true emotions. You see...every male is simply a slave for us females to dominate over. It is their destiny. Now then...I guess I should put these two mindless ponies to work. Skyline and Jester, please do me a favor and kill those ponies before you. Leave none alive!" Before Summer and the other girls realized it, they were being attacked by Skyline and Jester. Since they didn't want to hurt them, the girls tried their best to evade their attacks. However, it was proving harder that they thought. Skyline and Jester were attacking without letting up for even a second. The girls barely had time to catch their breath. The problem was they were wasting too much time and energy dealing with Skyline and Jester. Even if they managed to stop them somehow, they wouldn't be able to fight Beatrix, let alone using the Hexagon Seal Formation on her. They had to think up a plan fast.

"Summer! What should we do?!" Jasmine asked, "We can't run away from these two forever!"

"I know Jasmine! I know!" Summer exclaimed worried. She then took a deep breath and closed her eyes. "Think Summer! Think! There has to be a way to stop this!" A few seconds later, Summer opened her eyes. She then turned to Chary. "Hey Chary! Didn't you say you smelled something?"

"Yeah," Chary replied quickly as she dodged Skyline again, "It was faint, but I thought I smelled something like perfume."

"That's it! Perfume!" Summer burst out, "That's how Beatrix was able to take control of Skyline and Jester. When she blew that kiss it was actually perfume she was blowing at us. The reason it didn't affect us is because it only affects guys. Good thing you have such an amazing nose Chary!" In response, Chary blushed. Even though her secret had been revealed, Beatrix wasn't flinching. Not even an inch.

"So...you figured it out," Beatrix chuckled, "Doesn't matter. You can't stop them! Go my slaves! Kill them now!" As Skyline and Jester charged at them again, Summer quickly turned to Melrose.

"Melrose! Get that hose over there! Hurry!" Summer yelled. As fast as she could, Melrose headed over to a nearby house where a garden hose was laying on the ground. After turning on the water, Melrose picked up the hose and sprayed it at Skyline and Jester. Summer's plan worked to perfection. Skyline and Jester were back to normal. It turns out the water was able to wash away the perfume that was stuck on them, along with the perfume's effect. Just then, Summer ran up to them and shoved a couple of corks from some wine bottles into their noses. "This should keep you two from falling under the effects from Beatrix's perfume again."

"Thanks Summer," Jester replied with a smile, "We owe ya one."

"Now then...time for some payback!" Skyline shouted confidently. Beatrix was no longer happy. She was seething with rage after seeing how easily her special ability was beaten.

"How dare you!" Beatrix screamed, "You think you've won just because you figured out my ability? Don't make me laugh! I don't need it to defeat you!"

"Beatrix! Look! It's Van!" Skyline shouted as he pointed his hoof behind her. In response, Beatrix quickly spun around with her arms extended.

"My love! I knew you would come for me!" Beatrix yelled happily. When she opened her eyes, Beatrix was shocked to find out Van was nowhere to be seen. It didn't take long before Beatrix realized she was tricked. Unfortunately, it was too late as Summer and the others had already surrounded her. Beatrix was sealed in stone before she utter Van's name again. After facing a difficult challenge, Summer and her friends had successfully managed to seal Beatrix marking the second trail sent by Van. Even with this victory, Summer knew their fight wasn't over yet. It was only going to get even tougher from here on out.