=D ONE MORE CHAPPIE TO GO! ...Uhm...don't ask about the swan boat.
Disclaimer: Nah-uh, still don't own it.
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4 in the swan boat wasn't that comfortable for the two larger ponies, who had to stand up, side by side, shoulders touching. Well, acutally Tiger didn't seem to mind, it was DarkHeart who was blushing. Thank the Lord for dark fur.
The swan boat slowly moved across the inky black lake, closer and closer towards the gigantic castle coming into view.
The castle was beautiful, but omionus and frighting all the same.
Long spiraling towers of grey colored crystal rose high into the sky, dark purple lights set up to darken the coloration of the stone colored crystal more. Infact, the closer they came, the more fortress like the castle became. Flags of a black color hung from windows with strange red symbols on them. Now extremely close, they saw a stairway that they would bump up against, and have to walk up to the large grand door. And who should be standing at the door but two guards. Two PONY guards.
DarkHeart had to keep from gasping. She didn't take much time into learning all the other ponies since they never talked to her anyways. But she knew them from the moment she saw them, now dressed in crystal armor holding spears. The swan boat slid and turned to it's side, bumping gently against the bottom of the stairway. Gingerly all 4 got out onto the stairway.
As they came closer, the two ponies crossed their spears. "What is your business with the queen?" Asked one pony meanly.
"We uh...have a message for the queen." DarkHeart answered.
"So many for one message?" The other asked.
"There are many messages, 4 pieces so that no-one can get the full message but the queen." DarkHeart thought up quickly.
The other ponies looked at one another then pulled their spears back, "Proceed."
The large crystal doors opened to the four. A butler like pony stood at the door, "The queen is in her witching tower, if you will follow me." The pony turned on her heel and started walking down the long corridor.
After 4 minutes the group knew they would get lost in this place. All the corridors looked the same! So many lefts and rights and turns and twists and stairs going up and down! It was a maze! They were helpless without the guide!
Finally the butler stopped at one corridor. "Go down this corridor, and to your left, is a door and a guard. If she will let you, enter that room."
"Thank you." DarkHeart said, watching the pony then turn and leave down the stairways.
Starting down the corridor, the guard stopped them, "The Queen has orders that no-one enter."
Tiger made a low growl and tackled the pony guard, making the guard lose her weapon, "Go!" He ordered, now struggling with the other pony. Flicker, DarkHeart, and Rattles dashed by, DarkHeart kicking open the door. "Alright witch! You're time is up!"
There infront of a large cauldren of spinning blue and white smoke was the witch, glaring at them coldly with ice eyes. She was like a human, but skin white, and blue hair put on top of her head. Her mouth was blue as her eyes. Dressed in what looked to be a bluish-white robe. She cackled evilly.
That's when DarkHeart started to notice her start aging. Slowly, she thought she saw little pieces of gray creep into the blue, and small lines appear in the icy white skin.
"Do you see it black pony!?" The witch snapped, coming around the cauldren. DarkHeart placed Rattles and Flicker behind her. "Hah, do you know why I stole your pony friends?" She hissed. Then she recoiled backwards snarling, "Of Course you don't, you are just the simple and foolish heroine sent to defeat the great witch, you don't care why she did this, just as long as you get your way, that your vision of good is saved."
"My vision..." DarkHeart shook her head, "Stop babbling about me being a heroine, why did you take all the ponies?!"
"Ahhh...because my little heroine...I needed them. You see, my existance is forever....but my youth, is fleeting...you see it now don't you?" The witch was slowly starting to look more and more older, starting to look in her 40's. "But you ponies, you are full of youthfulness...your kind....is how you say....my fountian of youth. Meerly drink your youthfulness and I become young and beautiful again! The grand and loved beautiful queen Nashiva! Why, with so many ponies, I could make an army, I said to myself. So I did. I stole them all, hypnotized them to do my biding, and when I get hungry for my youth again, I choose one and drink them dry!"
DarkHeart stared at the witch. That had to be one of the most sickest, most twisted ladies in the universe! "You monster!"
"Monster!? I? Because I wish for my youth? You do not need it!" She hissed. "And now as I am growing old...I think your baby sister will make me young again!"
Before DarkHeart could react, the witch's arm grew to an incredible length, snatching up Rattles by the neck. Cackling she drew Rattles closer to her.
"DAWKHEAWTTTT!!!" Rattles cried, struggling hard.
DarkHeart snarled, "Put her down!" She rammed forward, only to find she had been somehow magically chained. Snarling she tried to get loose, "RATTLES!" She screamed as she pawed the air.
The witch began to speak in that langauage again eyes turning hypnotic. Slowly poor Rattles stared into the witch's eyes her own eyes starting to swirl. Her body slowly started to release this blue cloud from her.
"NO!" DarkHeart rammed forward against the chains, now crying. Her horn lit up as those tears fell, the tears landing on the chains and eating through them like acid! "Magic...That's right I'm a unicorn now!" Looking forward she charged.
The cauldren spilled everywhere as DarkHeart smashed into it, throwing the witch backwards and releasing Rattles.
Shaking her head, Rattles quickly came out of her trance. Galloping to Flicker, who had also been chained like DarkHeart, she looked back at DarkHeart, who quickly spared a few tears and ate through his chains. "GO! Get out of here!" DarkHeart cried, watching Rattles and Flicker turn and zoom out of the room.
"NOOO! MY YOUTH!" The witch turned angrily at DarkHeart. "You filthy little dark pony! I will rip you limb from them then bring you back and do it all over again!" The witch snarled, as her body began to change shape.
Her body became the size of a 3 story house and became various body part of different animals. Her lower half turned into that of a cows, her torso into a human's, her arms were that of a gorilla's and her head some kind of piggish animal, with long tusk protruding from her lips. From above her ears long curled ram horns appeared. Her body was the color of black, cracks breaking through like ice in a rock, and her tail was like a birds tail made of ice crystals! In other words....AIHHEEE!
The monster roared loudly, and charged towards DarkHeart. Neighing in fear, DarkHeart galloped away, only to find that everything around her was black, only her and the monster she could see! She dodged as a punch, from the monster, came flailing down on her. Galloping trying to dodge the claws, punches, and swipes of the monster. She had to think up something!
'Turn around and fight back. You have the power to do it.'
'Who? Who just said that?! Don't tell me I'm losing it and gonna die!'
'You're not gonna die if you just trust me, turn back and stand up to her, trust me. I'll give you the power.'
DarkHeart gulped, dodging a fist and gallopping ahead alittle more. Screeching to a halt her body turned around on it own, to face the giant monster. Rearing up on her back legs she neighed bravely, to give herself confidence.
'Now....CHARGE!'
DarkHeart ran forward, gaining speed as the monster speeded towards her. In her full speed and the monster and her almost about to meet...
'JUMP!'
Pushing off on her back legs she flew upward towards the chest of the monster, slamming into it's chest. The monster gave out a loud scream as the blackened world around them started to blur and crack. DarkHeart felt herself falling, but never felt the impact....