Chapter 9: Battling Against Insanity
With all four separated ponies being preoccupied with their hatred illusions, Jack was inside the other room. Within the room, Jack tossed papers out of a drawer from an old desk. He recklessly dug through the documents looking for the key.
"Come on, damn it! Where is it?!" He panicked. Jack didn't have enough time to calmly search for it, for his illusion could be well underway. Just when he was about to lose it, Jack suddenly spotted the key. It had an oval shaped amethyst on top with a bit of dust on it. He sighed in relief and grabbed the key fragment.
"Fucking finally. The Key of Insanity is mine." Said Jack, as he placed the key fragment in his left pouch. With his business done in here, Jack turned around and ran towards the door. When he opened the door, Jack sprinted out of the room. Things were looking smoothly for him, as he didn't run into serious problems yet. That is until he heard Rainbow Dash's screams of anger. He came to a complete stop as he darted his head to the left. He spotted Dash trying to break free from the shackles. In front of her was Gilda smashing Scootaloo's head to the ground. Each time her head smashed to the ground, it made sickening crack noises. Scootaloo was barely breathing and barely conscious. She silently moaned in pain and agony.
"R-Rain…bow… nugh… D-Dash… h-help…" She spoke in a weak voice. Both of her forearms were savagely torn off and her left eye was gouged out. Her fur coat was smeared in her own blood. And her filly wings were bent and broken. Rainbow Dash let out tears of despair and rage.
"GILDA! STOP IT NOOOOW!" She screamed in absolute anger. But Gilda ignored her and continued to brutally smash the helpless filly while laughing maniacally. Jack shook his head in disappointment.
"Fool. She will never underst-" Suddenly, Jack flinched in pain. His head felt like it was on fire. He fell down to his knees while he grasped his own head. His eyes widened and his body shook.
"N-No… f-f-fuck no…! Not now…!" Jack whispered to himself in agony. Then, he shot his head up to the ceiling and screamed. The scream was so loud, it echoed across the whole room. While he screamed in agony, the whole room suddenly shook in madness. The darkness within the room began to lift and small fissures trailed under Jack. Everyone in the room paused what they were doing and stared at Jack. They immediately wondered what's gotten into him. At that moment, a broad thread of red energy shot skywards out from his forehead. As the end of the thread reached the peak of its arc, it came thundering down towards the ground. Then, the end of the huge energy thread splits up into three threads. Each one connected to the shadowy figure that happened to appear in an instant.
When they were connected, the shadowy figures took form. The middle figure transformed into an elderly man wielding a crosier. He was wearing a royal choir dress, a golden miter, and a ruby ecclesiastical ring. Jack's head dropped down in exhaustion after the first figure took form. At this point, the whole room stopped shaking. The room temperature rose dramatically in a matter of moments. Fluttershy saw Jack faint and gasped. Then she looked at the mysterious elder.
Oh no… She spoke consciously. At that moment, Jack slowly regained consciousness as he raised his head up to face his greatest enemy. He furrowed his eyes while he glared at the elder.
"Archbishop Herald Matronly Patio… you son of a bitch." He growled. Herald stared at Jack with a slight grin on his face.
"I see you're still alive. Intriguing… after all these years, I thought you were dead when you ran away from your little city. Tell me… how is your accursed life treating you so far?"
"You shut the hell up!" Jack thundered. "Your one of the main reasons why my life is meaningless!" The main four ponies leaned their heads back in revelation. They were surprised to see who was responsible for the creation of Jack's ruthless personality. Herald shook his head and grunted.
"Naïve fool. From all the torture and pain you suffered your entire lifetime… you still do not understand. You're the Avatar of Zalgo… you were meant to be punished." Jack swerved his arm to the side.
"FUCK YOU! I'm not the avatar! I came all the way down this hellish place just to get rid of him! You've been torturing the wrong person!" He exclaimed violently. Jack's fists clenched as he shook in anger. His left hand slowly reached towards his handgun. But as his hand was placed on the handgun, Herald grunted a chuckle.
"Your weapon is useless. Attacking an illusion is such a pitiful excuse to hide your shame. All you did back then was clinged to your corrupted life, mewling and hiding. What more can I say? Your morals were never clarified. I should've ordered an execution the very first moment you were born. But no… the avatar had to feel our wrath. The punishment… the contempt… and the pain we inflicted upon you was such a delight. But… that was our biggest mistake we ever made. Because of you… you destroyed us all when we all least expected it." Herald lowered his head and grinned sinisterly while keeping his eyes set on Jack.
"But that… will soon be justified." As he spoke, both of his arms rose. He snapped his left fingers loudly and waited. The shadowy figure on his left spawned two shadowy tendrils. One tendril sprang straight towards Discord and impaled his chest. Discord heaved in pain, as the tendril shot through his stomach. Fresh blood came oozing out of his chest. Fluttershy reeled her head back as she gasped in shock. Discord slowly looked down with his hands shaking in pain.
"Uhgh… s-so… so much… c-chaos…" He gurgled with blood coming out of his mouth. Then, the other tendril launched itself over to Prince Blueblood. The tendril slithered inside the prince's mouth, making him gag instantly. And in that quick moment, it impaled right through the back of Blueblood's neck. Blood immediately filled up his throat. When the blood began to over flood his throat, it trailed down out of the mouth. He gagged and gurgled with his hooves over the shadow tendril. The tendril slowly raised Blueblood off the ground. Rarity could only stare at the horrors unfold, as she breathed heavily. Her pupils shrank to the size of peas, while her jaw quivered in disgust.
At that moment, Herald snapped his right fingers. The shadowy figure on his right spawned two shadowy tendrils. This time, both went after Gilda and Trixie at the same time. The first shadowy tendril that rushed over to Gilda spawned several more tendrils. As the tendril approached her, the miniature tendrils plunged deep into Gilda's eye sockets and nostrils. Her eyeballs were gorged out during the process. She yelled in pain from the intense sensation, as blood ran down her eye sockets and nostrils. Then, one of the spawned tendrils wrapped around Scootaloo's preserved body. It lifted Scootaloo up the ground slowly with blood dripping off. In a blink of an eye, the tendril absorbed her whole body inside the stem. The second shadowy tendril that was sent after Trixie splitted itself into dozens of squirming miniature tendrils. Then the miniature tendrils encased over Trixie in a ball. The dozens of squirming tendrils suddenly wrapped around her legs, neck, and tail. Trixie felt helpless and frightened while being trapped inside. Her heart pounded as her spine felt a chilling sensation.
She tried to muster her strength to use her magic, but another small tendril wrapped around her horn. It canceled out her magic spells; furthermore, Trixie was rendered useless. She tried to scream for help, but the tendrils immediately enclose any gaps around the ball preventing Trixie's voice to be heard. When all four victims were captured and collected, Herald displayed his wide grin at Jack.
"You can't hide from your fate. It is inevitable. May the lord have mercy on your soul." He said in a deep tone. With one clap, Herald's body disintegrates into thin air. His disintegrated particles were absorbed by the two shadowy figures he left behind. At that moment, the left shadowy figure reeled in Discord and Prince Blueblood, while the left one pulled in Gilda and Trixie. Once all four antagonists were reeled in, both of the shadowy figures absorbed their victims. The red beam threads on Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, and Applejack suddenly dissipated into thin air. But the shackles on their legs still remained.
After the two shadowy figures absorbed their preys, they began to transform once again. The manifestation of the transformation was beyond primitive to the likes of which Jack and the ponies have never seen. The temperature within the room intensified, as shadowy flares circulated across the whole room. And sounds of otherworldly screeches echoed inside of everyone's mind. Half a minute later, the transformation came to a complete stop. The two shadowy figures took on the shape of two distinctive human beings. Both of which were male and female to be exact. Both of their whole bodies were ignited in black flames, as they had separate unholy auras encasing them. The two figures shot a deathly stare at Jack with their glowing demonic red eyes. Jack was almost overwhelmed by the mass and shape of the ungodly demons. He knew who those two were… on the inside.
"Oh… fuck…" Jack cursed himself. The male figure pointed its finger at Jack.
"You… were… the bane… of my… existence." It spoke in a deep yet overwhelming voice. Then the female's aura grew in size. It brightened up the whole room with intense light.
"You've… should've… been… executed… when you… were… brought… into this… world." It spoke angrily. The pressure waves they sent off began enclosing inside Jack's brain. He felt like he was going insane. He screamed in agony and hatred as memories of his past came rushing through his head. The ponies attempt to save Jack; however, they were still shackled. All four of them tried their very best to break free. The more Jack screamed, the more effort they put in. The two shadowy human figures began levitating towards Jack. The closer they got, the more pain Jack suffered. His head swerved in circles from the inexplicable trauma. His teeth clenched together making his gums tense, while his eyes shot skyward. It was clear that it was too much for him to handle. He felt like he was about to shatter any second now. The two shadowy demons drew closer each passing second.
"Abomination…!"
"Demon…!"
"Wretched… peasant…!"
"Murderer…!"
Both figures taunted Jack. The madness that broiled Jack's sense of self was dominating his thoughts and his free will. He felt like he was about to die at this point. Unable to resist anymore of this lunacy, Jack summoned the remaining strength he had and reached into his front pouch. He pulled out what seemed to be a rolled up parchment paper. Jack unwrapped the tie from the scroll and the parchment opened. It revealed written demonic ritual symbols and shapes. After he placed the parchment paper on the ground, he quickly bit the tip of his left thumb. A small donation of blood came out of the cut. He then smeared the blood on his thumb horizontally across the parchment paper. Once that was done with, he lifted his hand up into the air.
"RAKA'NOH Ö MA'KARU!" He chanted loudly. At that very moment, he slammed his palm on the parchment paper. The black ink on the paper suddenly glowed purple, as it made weird and yet soothing noises. The glowing purple text slowly rose out of the paper. Each symbol and shapes immediately shot across the whole room. All of them wisped towards the shackles that bound the four ponies and zapped them into thin air. The ponies shot their heads back and gasps. All four of their legs were free once more. After the ponies were free, the parchment paper dissipates into flames. The flames then engulfed the shackles that bound Jack's ankles. Instantly, the flames snap the shackles in half. After that, the flames died out almost immediately. The red beam thread that was connected to Jack and the two figures faded from existence. With Jack free, he spent no time congratulating himself. He made his move and sprinted towards the metal staircases. He eyed at each pony he passed while he displayed a frightening look on his face.
"RUN!" He yelled. The ponies had no time to think and dashed towards the exit with Jack. The two shadowy demons lit up their aura with immense power.
"YOU… WILL SHOW… THE PROPER… RESPECT!" The male figure thundered loudly. Both demons floated over towards the group at a running pace. Jack jumped up towards the staircases and leaps over the railings. His hand grabbed the door handle and twisted it. The door swung opened so fast that it banged on the railings. He anxiously waited for the ponies catch up. After all four went through the door, Jack immediately slammed the door and continued to run without hesitation. The ponies paused their second break and continued to run with him. About half way through the hallway, the door behind them bursted open in a fiery blaze. The two shadowy demons' auras lit up the hallway. The figures' flames turned from black to a solid fire color. The gust of intense heat blew behind them. The temperature felt like they were inside an oven or a burning building. Both of the demons' red eyes glowed even brighter.
"RUN… LIKE… THE COWARD… YOU ARE!" Both demons roared in a loud voice. Applejack looked behind her, as the two flaming demons were right on their tails. She then let out a deep, throat-shredding scream.
"Oh horseapples! We need ta pick up the pace, guys! They're right behind us!" Applejack informed. All of their hearts were beating like mad. The air was so thick it became difficult for them to breathe. Soon, they came to the end of the hallway. Jack grasped the door handle and immediately swung the door open. Everyone entered the room and leaped over the railings. Once they landed, they all continued to run for their lives. They followed the lit up pathway that lead towards the other door. As they followed the pathway, the group immediately spotted five mysterious obscured figures from their right. It was difficult to see with the fog in the way. But they knew that they were heading straight towards them. As the figures drew closer to the group, they heard them panting heavily along an eerie sound. The first that came out of the fog was Spitfire. She appeared to be wearing a black leather bondage outfit, while holding a whip stick with her mouth. Her pupils were nothing but black dots as her eyes darted towards Rainbow Dash.
"YOOHOO! DASHIE! GET YOUR CANDY ASS OVER HERE! YOU NAUGHTY LITTLE FILLY YOU!" She called out while giggling pervertedly. Dash reeled her eyes back and screamed in fright. But at the same time, her cheeks were rosy. Right behind Spitfire were the three celebrity ponies in all of Equestria, Faronael, and a huge swarm of plagued beetles. Jack shot his eyebrows up from the incoming company.
"God damn it!" He muttered in frustration. Just then, the doorway up towards the metal stairway gushed out intense inferno. The two shadowy demons flew out of the flaming doorway and spotted the gang. The whole room illuminated with a brightly color along with the temperature immediately rising. Seconds of running later, Jack and the gang reached towards the other door. Jack grabbed the handle and swung the door open. Everyone went inside and Jack slammed the door shut. They continued to run down the hallway until they reached towards the end.
Once they were at the end, Jack grabbed the handle and swung the door open. Just as every pony went through the doorway, Jack heard the door on the other side of the hallway bust open. At the end of the hallway, the room lit up in a blazing light. Jack felt exasperated by the two demons still hot on their trail. He growled and went inside the door. Just as he slammed the door, a huge pair of hands unexpectedly seized Jack. He jolted in surprise and looked behind him. It was the same lindworm from before, holding Jack hostage. The lindworm glared at him with its cold and murderous eyes. Jack struggled to break free from its grasp, but to no avail. The ponies swerved their heads around to see Jack in the possessions of Fluttershy's worst nightmare. At that sudden moment, Rarity gasped with horror.
"Jack!" She hollered. Rarity rushed towards the lindworm to save Jack; however, an unknown object suddenly smacked Rarity hard across the head. She yelped from the pain she received. The force on the impact flung Rarity a few feet across. Once Rarity absorbed the impact, she saw the headless ogre again twirling Sweetie Belle around like a flail. Applejack's eyes were drawn back from seeing Sweetie Belle being used like that, as she was left bamboozled.
"Whuh… Sweetie… Belle?!" The cowpony stammered. At that moment, a hoof was placed on Applejack's shoulder pad. She jolted in fear and swerved her whole body around. Applejack was once more left bamboozled as she now faced a red stallion wearing a yoke and a cropped tail. Her jaw quivered from the unexpected surprise.
"Big Macintosh! W-What in tarnations you doin' here?" She asked. But despite the unexpected reunion, Big Macintosh didn't quite look normal. His pupils were gray and lifeless. There were ticks and variations of spiders crawling all over his mane. Some parts of his body was covered in mud, while his hooves were stained with blood. Big Macintosh's lifeless eyes slowly trailed down to make eye contact with Applejack. He looked stolid in a way that made Applejack feel uncomfortable.
"Nothin' sis. Just doin' mah job 'ere." Macintosh replied, as he spoke tepidly. "Getting rid of all the bad apples I can find just like you said. Eeeyep. No sleep, no rest, and nooo disturbances fer me… just the good ol' exterminator." At that moment, he leaned his head over to meet Applejack's forehead. He kept staring at her with his soulless eyes.
"And it appears I found yet another one of them bad apples. Eeeyep! Time to get back to work…" He said with a dull voice. In an instant, Big Macintosh lifted his left hoof and swung at her sister with a hook punch. But Applejack reacted just at the right time to evade the attack by leaping backwards. Applejack lowered her head and positioned herself in a fighting stance.
"Big Macintosh! What in the hay is goin' on in your head?! I'm your sister!" Applejack said with fear developing within her. She hoped that she would get some reasonable answers from him. But Big Macintosh only responded by shaking his head.
"Nnnope! Just a plain ol' rotten apple I see." Spoke the insane stallion. While the two apple relatives stood off against each other, Rainbow Dash was missing out on all the action. Her wings were ready to take flight to save her friend's lives. But just as she was about to take off, the infamous party pony pounced right on top of Dash in a blink of an eye. Dash was held down firmly by Pinkie's weight and couldn't move an inch. Pinkie Pie giggled at her with excitement.
"Ooooh goodie! Your back! You're a slippery little son of a gun aren't ya? Well guess what?! While you were gone, I just made up my VERY OWN THEME SONG! Wanna listen to it?! Huh?! Huh?! Huh?! Really?! Okie dokey lokie! Here it goes!" Pinkie giggled innocently. Then she heaves her breath and sang.
"Pinkamenia, Pinkamenia!"
"Pinkamenia Diane Pie!"
"Pinkamenia, Pinkamenia!"
"Also known as Pinkie Pie! HORRAY!"
"She's funny, happy, and so nice, She barely can contain it!"
"She will make you laugh and giggle, there is no way to maintain it!"
"To maintain it, To maintain, To maintain, To maintaaaain! YIPPE!"
"Pinkamenia, Pinkamenia!"
"She will bake some cupcakes out of you!"
"Pinkamenia, Pinkamenia!"
"She will gut you up for treats to chew!"
"For when your number comes up today, she will find you and take you away!"
"Pinkamena, here she coooooooooomes! YEAH!"
At the end of her disturbing song, she laughed and snorted joyfully. Rainbow Dash was left speechless as her heart pounded like mad. With Pinkie Pie staring at Dash with wide eyes, her scalpel was ready to dive into Dash's skin. On the other side of the room, Fluttershy was standing still and stared at her greatest fear once more. Her body was frozen in terror from the lindworm's reappearance. All she could do was watch the lindworm trying to devour Jack in one bite. Jack held and pushed against the beast's mouth; preventing it from devouring him up. Looking at the lindworm's massive mouth, Fluttershy couldn't gaze at it anymore. She turned her head away from the scene and let out a few tears of shame. She felt weak, helpless, and useless. Fluttershy was about to give up on herself until a single memory popped out of nowhere.
"So be strong and face your challenges head on when they present it to you. Or regret everything with your life." Jack's voice lingered in her head. At that moment, Fluttershy shot her eyes open. Her loss of motivation and determination were brought back to life. Realizing the situation, she was the only one that could make a difference. Regaining her strength, Fluttershy turned back to the lindworm bravely. She then shot 'The stare' right at the beast's eyes. Slowly trotting towards her greatest fear, her heart drummed like never before.
"HEY!" She yelled, trying to get the beast's attention. The lindworm eyed at Fluttershy with its cold threatening eyes. The two stared off each other in a contest. Almost immediately, the lindworm slowly slithered backwards. Its eyes were trembling from the near mental breakdown. Fluttershy's stare seemed to pierce into the target's brain. It began to hiss and growl at Fluttershy. But it didn't affect her at all, as she kept staring at it with her disturbing eyes.
"YOU LEAVE HIM ALONE! You think you can do whatever you want, can you?! Did your mother teach you any manners at all?! What would she say if you were getting into trouble?! If I were her, you would be in a heap of trouble!" She yelled while giving a painful yet cheesy lecture. The lindworm slowly pulled Jack away from its mouth, as it kept hissing at her. Fluttershy stomped her hoof to the ground.
"PUT HIM DOWN… NOW!" She ordered. With no hesitations, the lindworm released Jack from its grasp. Jack was left bamboozled from Fluttershy's explosive rage. He'd never expect her to snap out like that, let alone face up to her greatest fear with no sign of fright. As much as Jack wants to envy Fluttershy's bravery, his attention was brought back to the door next to him. The door banged really loudly with the sound of cries of desires behind it. In just a split second, the door banged a second time. This time, the door burst open revealing the illusions of desires. And behind them were the two dreaded demons. Spitfire was the first to rush into the room. Right away, she spotted Dash being pinned down to the ground by Pinkie Pie. Pinkie was about to jab the bloody scalpel into Dash's arm when Spitfire bashed Pinkie off to the side.
"Get lost you whore bag! Dash is mine!" She scornfully yelled at Pinkie. She took Pinkie's place and pinned Dash down. Spitfire gazed at Dash with her black pupil dots.
"Oooooh! My pussy is sooo fired up!" Exaggerated Spitfire. "First, I'm gonna punish you naughty filly by whipping you! Mmmmmh… second, you and me… are going to do some extreme intercourses that's been passed down by the Wonderbolts. And finally… oh my… FINALLY… I'll show you Dashie… why my name is Spitfire! Hehehe… I'm gonna enjoy second of this!" She muttered while licking her whip stick. She raised her whip up in the air while aiming towards Dash's chest. She was about to strike when Pinkie Pie returned with a bash of her own. Spitfire pivoted on the ground with her whip rolling off to the side. She got back up and glared at the enraged party pony.
"Hey! I told you to get lost you ass!" She growled at the party pony. Pinkie shook her head violently in disagreement.
"No, no, no, no, no! Dashie and I were gonna make some cupcakes together! How dare you interrupt our fun! I challenge you off to a duel!" At that moment, Spitfire displayed her sinister smirk.
"Well bring it, bitch! Whoever wins gets Dashie all to herself! GO!" Spitfire announced and charged at the pink pony. Pinkie Pie leapt over Dash and sprinted towards Spitfire. They both clashed in a brutal hoof fight. While the two were occupied, Dash got up to her hooves and ran away. Just a few feet away from the catfight, the three celebrity ponies spotted Rarity, locked in combat against the dreaded ogre and Sweetie Belle. Photo Finish held her puke in as she saw how disgusting the ogre looked.
"Uuugh! Zis iz ruining mai tewenty tewenty visioun! Lewk haow preposteruz zat thing is!" Photo Finish said with a grimace look on her face. Sapphire Shores replied back at Photo Finish with a nod.
"I know that feelin' darling. But still, Rarity is what the public needs! We must do something!" Sapphire Shores informed. But as Hoity Toily gazes at the headless brute, he began having repugnant thoughts. He took a few steps back and shivered in disgust.
"Uuuhg! You ladies do whatever you please; I'm not going over there and… get my polished hooves all grimy! After all, Rarity obviously refus-" Hoity Toily was interrupted by Photo Finish's babbling.
"Yew sir, aur jaust disgraceful! Acting like a little baeby! Vhy don't yew show some dighnetey, yew impewdent scoundrael!" Bickers the photographer pony. Hoity Toily gasped at the insult she threw at him.
"Oh! How dare you! I'll have you know I have the instinct of criticizing those that I hate!" Hissed Hoity Toity. Both Photo Finish and Hoity Toily began exchanging insults at each other while Sapphire Shores backed away and watched the two square off. While they were arguing, the headless ogre paused its pursuit. It overheard the two raging ponies argument, as the ogre is using Sweetie Belle's ears to listen. Since the ogre cannot see, it must hear out its prey. With their voices preoccupying Rarity's breaths, it turned its body around and heads straight towards the celebrity ponies. It stomped loudly over towards the celebrity ponies with Sweetie Belle ready to be bashed around. Sapphire Shores was the only one noticing the ogre was storming over here. She backed up a few steps with her eyes darting from side to side.
"Uuuh… darlings? W-We W-We got company!" She mumbled in intimidation. But the two just simply ignored her and kept babbling with each other. A few feet away from Rarity, Applejack kept evading Big Macintosh's attacks. Applejack never thought that this Macintosh had so much stamina. He wasn't even breaking a sweat. He just kept coming back at her sister with a sadistic mind. Applejack's stamina gauge was wearing off by the passing second. She felt like her strength was just about to give up on her. Finally, after dodging series of attacks, Big Macintosh finally delivered a blow to Applejack's noggin. She pivoted on the ground while her body rolled a few feet.
Big Macintosh slowly trotted over to Applejack. He stared at her with the lifeless expression on his face. When he was next to her sister, Big Macintosh snorted real loudly. Applejack curled her legs to her body. Her heart rate skyrocketed, as things looked bleak for her.
"W-Wait… y-y-you can't do this! I-I'm… I'm your sister!" She spoke in a fearful state. She hoped that she could snap Big Macintosh back into reality. However, the fact that he was nothing but an illusive concept of horror made things look even more hopeless. Big Macintosh snorted again and lifted his right hoof up the ground. He aimed his hoof right towards her defenseless sister. Applejack shut her eyes and prepares herself for pain.
"Yeeouch!" Screamed Big Macintosh in pain. Applejack immediately opened her eyes and spotted a swarm of plague beetles surrounding Big Macintosh. One by one, the plague beetles leaped and latched onto his body. Big Macintosh stood up on two legs and began to retreat backwards. The weight of the beetles made him tip to side to side. After a number of beetles were latched onto Big Macintosh, he fell on his back. At that moment, the army of plagued beetles immediately swarmed all over his entire body. A handful of beetles went inside Big Macintosh's mouth and nostrils. He screamed in agony as the beetles savagely began eating away his insides. Soon, his whole body was engulfed until he was nothing but a black blob. After a few seconds, the beetles devoured his entire body leaving only his skeletal remains.
Applejack screamed in fear from the sights of the beetles doing. She quickly got back up her hooves and ran off to the side. With Rainbow Dash, Rarity, and Applejack free from their conflicts, Fluttershy and Jack were up against Faronael and his wicked aura. His raging constellational body gave an uneasy tension in Fluttershy's mind. He glared at his future wife with the tendency of forcing her to marry him.
"Fluttershy… thou must insist. Become who you were meant to be… join me… in an everlasting peace and harmony… or thou shall meet destiny by force!" His voice aggressively rose. With little strength left from standing against the lindworm, Fluttershy declined his offer by swerving her head away from him. From that act, Faronael's constellation body lit up even fiercer. Jack had his hand ready to pull out his collapsible steel bo-staff for when Faronael decide to attack. But all of a sudden, an unknown huge fire projectile immediately shot Faronael's body. His body disintegrated and turned from a raging celestial entity into a pile of ashes in just a blink of an eye.
Fluttershy and Jack tick their heads in surprise. They both look over to the side and spot the two shadowy demons hovering in midair. The two glared at Jack with their intimidating, red glowing eyes. The male shadowy demon once again as he pointed his finger at Jack.
"You… arrogant… cretin! Such punishment… shall… not… be ignored!" His voice violently rose. The eerie waves they emitted from their aura grew more intense by the passing second. Jack's head started to sweat from the suffocating tension. With his sanity almost depleted, he began to back up slowly. His eyes were locked in a traumatizing state. He felt the rage, the madness, and the chaos burning up inside him. With the tension rising, the shadowy demons commenced a dueling cast. Both were back to back with their heads held up high. The aura slowly formulated into a flaming tornado. Beneath the two was a small maelstrom with an endless sizzling pit in the center. The whole room shook violently. The temperature rose even more dramatically with the feeling of uncontrollable rage. And everyone in the room felt the fear and anger from the demon's unholy aura.
With Jack's last bit of sanity still lingering inside of him, his sanity managed to snap him out of his traumatizing state. He turned around and hurried straight for the exit. Fluttershy slowly backed up from the shadowy demons and went after Jack. While they were heading towards the exit, the room shook more violently. It felt like there's was a cataclysm coming their way. The two demons glared at Jack, as they began to chuckle sinisterly.
"YOUR PAST… SHALL LINGER… WITHIN YOU… FOREVER!" Both demons yelled in unison. At the exit door, both Fluttershy and Jack saw Rainbow Dash, Rarity, and Applejack holding the door for them. They sprinted towards the exit at their maximum speed. At that moment, the aura around the two demons slowly vacuumed the whole area. The gust of wind was so powerful; it felt like the inside of a hurricane. Almost simultaneously, everyone except Fluttershy and Jack were starting to be sucked into the endless maelstrom beneath the two shadowy demons. The air became very thick for them to catch their breaths. While the air was thick, the ground started to make large fissures.
With time almost up, Jack and Fluttershy focused all of their energies into their escape. The wind began to pick up speed, the maelstrom's size increased, and the heat intensified. They both struggled to resist being pulled in the maelstrom. But finally, Fluttershy managed to grab hold of Applejack's hooves. The girls managed to pull her towards the exit, leading her to safety. But just as Fluttershy was out of the room, Jack suddenly tripped himself. At that moment, his memories of his life flashed right before his eyes. It was the end. He felt like it was all over now. All the pain he suffered, the cruelty he faced, and the madness he endured came crashing in his mind all at once.
But just when all hope was lost for Jack, a hoof managed to grab hold onto his hand. He looked up and saw Rainbow Dash holding on to his hand. He felt surprised to see a miracle presented itself. With the ponies helping each other out, they pulled in Jack towards the exit. During that moment, a loud explosion erupted from behind. The two shadowy demons erupted their massive aura into one colossal blast. When they got Jack up to safety, they all immediately slammed the door. At that sudden moment, the explosion sound suddenly faded from existence. The room filled the soundscape with dead silence once more. Everyone was lying on the ground, panting heavily from a near death experience. From all the tensions they've encountered, the ponies felt like getting the hell out of this place. But alas, they rested easily… for now.