I opened the door to reveal a weeping Pluto in the middle of the room.
"Pluto?" I asked uncertainly. He looked up, still with tears in his eyes. I knew he couldn't speak, but I knew he could understand us.
"What happened?" I asked, kneeling beside him. He stuck his head into my chest and weeped. I put my hoof around him in a partial hug. He then looked up at me and grew wide eyed. I turned around to see a large shadow on the corner of the ceiling. Pluto hid under me, but I continued to look at the shadow with growing curiosity. I stood up and held my hoof out to touch it. But before I could, It moved away. The whole Room suddenly became black and gray. I looked wildly at Rainbow, but she had disappeared.
"Shadow's lurk in the Dark…." A deep voice said.
"Who's there!" I yelled at the room. A dark laugh was it's response.
"The Creature that can rule Equestria with a little action." He said, chuckling slightly. I just looked at the darkness of the room, gawking.
"And what action would that be?" I braved.
"Our dear little Pluto would be am item that would be included." It said, chuckling again.
Steam came out of my nose and my ears perked up and a red tint cam to my eyes. "You do NOT Touch that boy!" I yelled, slamming my hoof down. "And SHOW YOURSELF!" I yelled again. The darkness faded and I heard banging on the door, knowing it was Rainbow. The shadow collected behind me and a large Alicorn appeared, pitch black with a black starry void of a mane. I looked at him, and we started circling each other.
"Your so cute when your mad, you know that?" It said in a distorted voice.
"What would you do to Pluto?" I demanded.
"Just a little… Tainting." It said, smiling and exposing its horrid teeth. "But right now its time for you to face an old friend." He said, laughing as he faded. And in his face was an Angel, covering its eyes. It actually wasn't and Angel, but a Pegasi.
"SHIT, RAINBOW!" I yelled through the door. A little memory pierced my mind. 'Don't Blink.' it said. I turned to face The Pegasusl that had come very close. I stared at it, unmoving. It had removed its hands from its eyes and was staring at me.
"Don't look it in the eyes.." I said to myself. I heard a crack from beside me, but didn't turn to look at it. I heard a second crack and then a loud crash as the door came thundering down. I had taken my eyes off the Angel for a slit second, but turned my gaze back at it. It's hoof was around 3 inches from my neck. I slowly slid out from the wall and continued to look at it.
"Rainbow, get Celestia and Luna here, STAT." I said seriously, my ears still slightly perked. She didn't bother with questions, she just turned and rushed down the hall, towards the nearest window. I heard her tell a guard to go to Pluto's room and to tell Shining Armor to get there as soon as possible. I heard the clanking of armor and I saw out of the corner of my eye a white unicorn guard standing in the doorway.
"What seems to b-" He started, but noticed the statue in near the wall. "What's that?" He asked, giving me a suspicious glance.
"A Weeping Pegasi. Extremely dangerous and fast. To rules you must follow when in here. One; Don't blink. Two; Don't look it in the eye." I said. I heard the guard shiver at the name 'Weeping Pegasi' as he had most likely heard the story of the Angels.
"Are thes-" He started, but I cut him off.
"Yes, This is a variation of an Angel, now go get Shining Armor!" I yelled at him. He jumped at my change in tone and ran out the door, towards the captains quarters. I continued to stare until my eyes started to hurt.
"Pluto. I need you to get out of here and wait for your mother at the main gate." I said. "And hurry.." I heard the scrambling of hooves out the door and down the hall. My eyes quickly blinked and the Angel was facing me again.
"Why did you do this?" I asked the room. It quickly darkened and the figure Stood behind the Pegasi.
"Oh, because I thought you needed a demonstration of what I can do to Canterlot." He said, touching the Angel on the chin with his hoof.
"And I never caught your name." I said with a smile.
"I am Mars's Shadow, soon-to-be ruler of All of Equestria!" He said, stopping touching the Angels chin. I blinked again, as he was looking at the Angel. " I now leave you to your demise." He Said, fading again. I heard a clanking outside the door and I moved to face the Angel and the door. I saw Shining Armor and Cadence outside the door, along with the guar I had sent.
"I understand we have a problem." Shining said, walking into the room. "What should we do, Thunder. You being the expert on The Angels."
"We need to neutralize it. Somehow." I said, shivering at the thought of what it would do to us if we blinked to much.
"That doesn't sound very reassuring." Shining said, walking up beside me and facing The Angel.
"Don't look it in the eye." I said, grimacing the time a boy had looked into the Eye of The Angel. He died the next day, a picture of an Angel imprinted onto his eyes forever. Suddenly, an Idea sparked into my mind.
"Shining, I need a mirror, NOW." I yelled at the captain, my ,ind working as I wondered if this would work. He quickly grabbed a mirror and handed it to me. I looked back at the Angel, which had covered it's eyes.
"Damn, it covered it's eyes." I said, looking at the Angel with anger. "Everypony blink. Quickly."
They all stared at me with fear. "Why?" Cadence asked in utter terror.
"I have a plan." I said with a cocky smile on my face. "3…2…1…NOW!" I yelled and we all shut our eyes. I heard the Angel move towards me and I did exactly what I had hoped I could do. I made it touch it's reflection. We heard a bloodcurdling steam and we opened our eyes. The pegs was gone and in it's place was a pile of dust. I kicked it with a smile of triumph.
"Wh-What happened?" The guard asked in confusion.
"It touched its own reflection, which in turn made it send itself back in time to its birth, but had to feed off it's own life force, killing it now." I said to the flabbergasted guard. "Whats your name?" I asked, being more practical.
"M-Moray, sir." He said, quivering in fear.
"You did good, Moray." I said, making him smile.
"Thank you sir." He said as he walked out the door. after he did, Princess Celestia, Luna, Rainbow, and Pluto burst through the door. Princess Celestia was the first one to notice the dust.
"What did you do?" She asked, staring at the dust.
"I killed it." I said dully. She looked at me with surprise.
I thought you couldn't kill an Angel." She said, her surprise becoming more mild.
"Well, I made it touch it's reflection in a mirror, making it send itself back in time and feeding off it's own life force, in turn, reducing it's self to dust." I said, scooping up the remains and putting them in a jar that was sitting on the windowsill.
"What art thou doing?" Luna asked.
"Putting the remains in a jar for…private study." I said, another cocky smile on my face. The room darkened slightly and Everypony, except me, were shoved out, the door flying up and back onto it's hinges. Mars appeared in front of me with a smile on his slightly deformed face.
"Well done, Jack. You killed an Angel." He said, keeping the smile. A shape appeared our from behind Mars.
It was Gilda