Chapter eight
Phase two
Author notes: yep,yeps I was able to crank this chapter out during my eighth period in school….probably should have listened to the teacher since I have no idea how to do the homework. Lol oh well I made the decision no I have to suffer the consequences. Well enjoy the new chapter.
"let me go" lightning yelled as he was dragged down to the almost never used jail.
"shut your mouth" one of the guards growled at him.
" shut yours" lightning said and swung his head at the guard hitting him with his armored helmet. The guard's helmet clanked loudly with lightning and sent the guard stumbling to the side.
" bastard" another guard said and kicked lightning in the back of the knee.
Lightning fell to the ground as he knee collapsed on him.
"get up" the guard said and continued to drag him.
They drag him through streets and came into a building built into the side of a rock face.
"is this him" a unicorn with a grey coat came walking up to them.
" yeah it's him" the guards said shoving lightning forward.
" I could have sworn he was dead" the jailer said.
" he suppose to be"
" for last freaking time! Let me go" lightning said to the guards.
" pretty steamed up, isn't he" the jailer commented looking lightning over.
"he keeps yelling about how there is not enough time" the guard rolled his eyes," just keep him locked up until the princess decides what to do"
"alright" the jailer pulled a chains out of a nearby chest, he moved over to lightning and put shackles on his ankles, chained down his wings, and put a steel collar around his neck with a chain leading to the jailer.
lightning tried to break off the collar," it's no use" the jailer said leading lightning inside the jail.
" now in here you'll be nice and comfy. Plus you won't have to worry about noise since there is no other prisoners here except you"
Lightning out his head down as he walked on," I need to go now"
" well I got news for you pal. You ain't going anywhere"
"yes I am" lightning said raising his head and yanking the chain backwards. The jailer was pulled back and landed on the floor. He gasped as the air left his lungs. Lightning quickly used his magic and ripped the collar off, he levitated the chain and began to wrap the jailer up. Lightning lifted the now wrapped jailer off the ground and he put the collar on a support beam on the ceiling.
" you son of a bitch" the jailer yelled at him as lightning pulled off the shackles and wing restraints.
"I told you I need to go" lightning ran out of the jail and flew off back to the castle.
" princess there you are" twilight said bursting through the door and into celestia's private room.
"twilight" celestia said turning around," I received your letter. Now when does lightning think" she cut herself off as she saw rarity enter the room.
"it fine princess I already know" rarity explained.
" alright now as I was saying" celestia started.
"lightning was caught by the guards" twilight cut in," they took him to the jail"
"what" celestia asked.
" I miscalculated on the teleportation, which landed us in the courtyard. The guards saw him and took him away" twilight said all in one breath.
" how long ago was this" celestia asked.
" we'll we searched for you for about ten minutes so I'd have say fifteen minutes ago"
" well then, we should hurry and go get lightning runner" celestia said heading for the door.
Rarity and twilight followed after celestia. They sped walked through the castle hallways. Suddenly celestia stopped and said, "quiet"
They listened intently before twilight asked," what are we listening for"
" there is a commotion outside" celestia said still listening.
Twilight tried to listen harder until her ears picked up the sound of yelling and armor clanking," what happening" she asked.
But before celestia could answer the window a few feet behind them exploded into tiny bits and shards as lightning and a royal guard smashed through it.
" get off" they heard lightning yell.
" what is this" celestia demanded walking over to the two.
" we caught him trying to escape the prison" the guard said not taking his eyes off of lightning.
"let him go" celestia said," he is with me"
The guard looked at celestia" but.. Err... Yes princess" the guard slowly stepped away from lightning runner.
" come lightning we need to go now" celestia said walking back to rarity and twilight.
Lightning walked up to rarity," I hope celestia can fix my reputation. I can't live like this" he whispered to her.
Rarity smiled," don't worry darling, I bet if she made this plan then it involves fixing your reputation"
Lightning nodded and walked on with the group.
In the town part of canterlot the armor filled with red mist made its way through the streets, slicing his sword at a few ponies here and there. He missed on purpose just to see their scared faces as the barbed double edge sword swished just above their heads leaving red steam floating off into the night sky.
" pathetic" the figure said as he continued to walk on," scared so easily by death. It's just pathetic"
" stop" a guard yelled at him from behind. The figure turned around, he lifted his clawed gauntlet and a red aura formed around the guard lifting him off the ground.
" you don't tell me what to do" the figure said as he flicked one of his fingers. The guard was sent flying off into the distance.
A deep laugh came from the bowels of the armor," I should have done this sooner"
"Luna are you in there" celestia said outside of Luna's door.
" I am here dear sister" Luna said opening the door.
" good because phase two has began" celestia said.
Luna strained up," where is he, what does he look like"
" some have said they saw a suit of armor filled with red mist walking through the streets carrying a double edged sword"
Luna flinched as she heard the description of the figure," no, no it can't be him" Luna ran back into her room slamming the door closed.
" what the matter with Luna" twilight asked from behind.
" I honestly don't know twilight" celestia said," Luna! Luna what's the matter"
Celestia waited for w response but was greeted by silence," Luna! Luna I coming in" celestia slowly opened the door and walked into the darkened room. Celestia scanned the room seeing her sister pacing by window.
"Luna are you alright" celestia asked.
" no I'm not sister" Luna replied," that figure thou hath just describe was in my dream before I turned into nightmare moon" Luna turned to her sister," he was the reason I lost control"
" there is no need to worry little sister" celestia said walking over to Luna," you have me,twilight,rarity, and even lightning runner by your side to help you. But right now we need to focus on eliminating our problem"
"you're right" Luna looked up at her big sister," and I think I know how I can help the most"
"and that is" lightning asked walking into the room.
" now that I learned to control nightmare moon, who was set free by a similar red mist that this figure you say was made up of. I believe I can at least create a barricade around him" Luna said.
" anything helps Luna" celestia said," but we really need to get going now"
The group turned around and headed down the stairs to the two giant front doors.
"remember Luna you have us" celestia whispered to her as they walked out of the castle.
"I remember" Luna replied," but maybe thou should remind lightning runner" she said as she saw lightning looking worried.
"already taken care of" celestia said as rarity clopped up to lightning's side.
" don't worry lightning, you got us" rarity said.
" I know, I just don't think you understand what this monster can do" lightning said as he looked forward.
The group five walked past the gate leading to the courtyard and walked into the streets of canterlot. They were walking along a street that was deserted, when a explosion took place about a few blocks to their right. They saw something fly out of the explosion as they quickly looked in the direction of it. The object flew upwards and then slowly arched downwards and landed in front of the group sending up a cloud of dust.
"what is it" twilight asked.
Lightning stepped forward and glanced at the object as the dust cleared," it a guard" he simply said as he looked at the mangled body of a Pegasus guard.
" lightning that explosion was only a few blocks away, if we want the element of surprise then you have to hide now" celestia said," rarity I think you should hide too"
"right" lightning said and shot up into the sky disappearing into the night sky.
Rarity was about to protest when twilight shoved her into a alley," it's for your safety rarity"
" HAHAHA! This is the most fun I've had in ten decades" the figure yelled out as he swung his blade removing two guards heads the dare stood in front of him," I should've done this instead of sending lightning runner"
He walked over the guards bodies he had just killed, their necks leaking blood onto the streets.
" oh celestia where are you" the figure cooed," I'm coming for you"
"I'm right here"
The figure spun around," there you are my little pony"
Celestia was standing behind the freshly killed guards' bodies.
" now Luna" celestia said and Luna appeared from behind a building, her horn glowing and four sparks of light emerged on all four sides of the road. The lights turned into giant squares that connected to each other.
" my,my,my if it isn't little Luna" the figure stabbed his sword into the ground and leaned on the handle," how goes the nightmares"
" they're gone" Luna replied concentrating on keeping the light walls up.
" silly Luna. They'll never be gone as I long as I live"
Celestia stepped forward," that's why you have to die"
"are you sure that's why I have to die? Or is because I'm about to kill you and you want to deny that you're killer is standing right in front of you"
" actually it neither" celestia said shooting a beam of light from her horn.
The figure merely swiped the beam aside," this should be easy" he said and pulled the sword out of the ground. He charged celestia and swung the sword at her head. Celestia quickly ducked and tried to release another spell onto the figure but was stopped as he spun around with his gauntlet and back handed her on the face.
Celestia stumbled to the side her lip leaking blood. She regained her stature and her horn glowed making the ground around the armor's feet grow ice catching the armored boots in its grip.
"really" the figure asked and raised his sword slamming it down in the ice breaking it. But as he broke the ice celestia was already dealing another spell, this one was shot into the ground. The figure looked around the ground trying to figure out which spell she had just used.
" you bitch" he said just as a hole in the ground opened up in front of him shooting five boulders at him. He used his sword to block the first boulder but the other four caught him off guard slamming him into the walls that Luna was casting. When the fifth boulder hit him he fell to the ground and landed in a crouch position.
" I haven't seen that spell in forever" he commented," I also see that little Luna has managed to control her little nightmare" the figure laughed," this should make things more interesting" he used his hand to remove the other gauntlet revealing a glob of red mist inside.
"let's see if she can conquer it this time" he said as a stream of red mist left the hand and entered the ground.
" no" celestia yelled and shot flames at him.
" celestia surely you're a smart alicorn, are you not" the figure said as he was being engulfed by flames," no flame can touch me, I'm beginning to tire of our little game" suddenly he disappeared from the flames.
Celestia stopped her spell and looked around for the armor," I thought you be more of a challenge" a voice said right next to her. Next thing celestia knew that she was tumbling on the ground with a deep pain on her neck.
" princess" twilight yelled from beside Luna. She closed her eyes in concentration as her horn glowed and the pain in celestia neck subsided. Celestia gave a thankful nod and turned her attention back to the armor who was now waiting for her.
" your student is going to be a pain,celestia" the figure rose his gauntlet," let's start the fun"
The glob of red mist that the figure had dropped when he removed his gauntlet rose from the ground in between Luna and twilight.
Twilight jumped away from the mist, but Luna didn't notice it due to her concentrating on keeping the walls up.
The red mist moved closer to Luna. Luna opened her eyes as she felt a cold sensation next to her head.
"Luna remember what celestia did to you" a voice cooed from inside her mind," she banished us to the moon! She didn't even take the time to mention the good things you've done! She is the reason why you don't have friends"
"no I do have friends" Luna said in her head," I have twilight and her friends"
The voice chuckled," do you really think that they are your friends? Foolish child! They are pretending to be your friends because celestia knew you would lose control if you knew you didn't have friends! She placed them by your side to fool you into believing they are your friends. Don't fall for her tricks"
"no! They are my friends! My sister would never do that to me"
" enough play time! Let us finish what we started"
"no!" Luna screamed as pain overtook her thoughts," I won't allow it"
" you don't have a choice. Goodbye Luna, your services are no longer needed" Luna thoughts and her very mind were plunged into darkness. On the outside Luna's body had grown to the size of celestia, her starry mane and tail had grown twice their original size, and a blue helmet took the place of the obsidian tiara.
Celestia gazed back at Luna as she saw the walls made of light collapse," Luna no" celestia whispered.
" Luna is gone celestia, nightmare moon has returned" she sneered.
" this should be fun to watch" the figure said walking over to flower bed and sat down on it.
" Luna don't do this" celestia said.
" oh celestia" nightmare moon said," this time Luna is really gone" nightmare moon shot forward her horn lowered acting as a flying dart. Celestia dodged the night pony and turned around.
" you're wrong demon! Luna is still there"
" stop talking and fight" nightmare yelled and charged.
The armored figure sat on the flower bed watching the two alicorns duel it out. He looked over to where Luna originally was and saw twilight watching in horror. He raised his arm and formed his red aura around twilight levitating her over to him.
" you should watch this twilight sparkles" he said as he dropped her near him.
"w...why" twilight asked, her face showing immense fear.
" because tonight is the night celestia falls" he draped his armored arm over twilight's back," you know when this is done, you can be personal aide"
twilight stepped out from beneath the armor," celestia will never fall"
The armor produced a shrug," we'll see"
Twilight creeped away from the armor and glanced at the two alicorns dueling. Celestia had now stepped in and was blasting spells from her horn to try and restrain nightmare moon.
Finally nightmare let her guard down and celestia used a ice spell to freeze nightmare in her place. The armor got up from his seated position, grabbing his sword he walked over to celestia," well this was fun" he said as he raised his sword behind celestia.
He swung the blade down but lost his grip as he was flung to the side as something hit him. He rolled on the ground before stopping on his feet and skidded a couple of inches.
"lightning runner" he said as he saw lightning in his armor standing next to celestia," I had a feeling you weren't dead"
The armored figure rose and held out his hand, the sword that laid next to celestia flew over to him and landed in his outstretched hand.
" well lightning, what do plan on doing"
"killing you" lightning said dryly
"very well" the figure said," I didn't want to kill you, but now it looks like I have to"
The figure lunged at lightning thrusting his sword forward. Lightning took to the air and shot a quick bolt of electricity at the figure. The bolt hit the figure in the neck joint jarring his senses.
As the figure regained his stature he turned around and threw his sword at lightning. Lightning easily dodged the attack by dropping in the air.
" I see I taught you well" the figure said walking closer to the hovering alicorn," but you should always watch where your enemy's weapon goes" he gestured to behind lightning and lightning looked back. He gasped as he saw the sword flying back at him. The sword hit him on the side of his body clanking against his armor. Lightning was slammed into the ground with the impact of the sword. Lightning's landing caused a massive cloud of dust to shoot upwards.
Lightning laid on the ground for a split second before slowly rising to his hooves," it looks like you toughened up since our last battle" the armor said.
" I've done more than toughened up" lightning said and shot a condensed beam of light at the armored figure.
"fool" the figure said raising his gauntlet to block the beam. But when the beam hit the armor it penetrated through the front of the armor and went out the other side.
The figure felt pain as the beam went through the mist that occupied the gauntlet and he instantly rolled to the side causing the beam to cut a gash in the armor. The figure rolled to his feet and clutched at his damaged gauntlet, the gash steaming and turning the surrounding metal into molten goo.
" you bastard, when the hell did you learn that" the figure growled at lightning.
Lightning wore a smug look on his face," I learned it when I was dead"
" well you're about to be truly dead lightning runner" the figure yelled his name and charged lightning.
Lightning runner shot the beam again but the figure jumped into the air and landed behind lightning. He brought down his free hand onto lightning's right wing causing it to snap.
Lightning yelled out in pain as his wing was broken. The figure grabbed lightning by his broken wing and swung him around throwing him on the ground. Lightning gasped for breath as his broken wing was crushed beneath the armor gauntlet. As lightning was gasping for breath the figure released his grip and slammed his sword into the ground. A dozens bolts of electricity ran from the figure's gauntlet, went through the sword, into the ground, and raced across over to lightning's body. Lightning's body started to spasm and jolt as tons of volts of electricity raced through his body bouncing between his skin and his armor.
" now" the figure said cutting off the electricity," now that you can't move, killing you will be much less painful for me"
Another beam shot from behind the figure and hit him in the back, this beam was not powerful enough to break through the armor but it made the figure jump as it hit him. He looked behind him seeing celestia standing next to the frozen, pissed off nightmare moon.
The figure rose his free hand and shot bolts of electricity at celestia. The blots hit her causing her to spasm and collapse onto the ground," patience celestia, I'll get to you soon enough. The figure turned his attention back to lightning runner as he laid there mouth agape and his eyes wide staring up at the figure," well lightning runner. This looks like the end, you were a good little assassin until your thoughts wonder off to far" the figure pulled his sword out of the ground and raised it in the air," so long lightning runner"
Author notes: finally a chapter filled with action! I hope it had enough detail in it. I do have a shout out…. And if that person is reading this they know who I'm talking about…lyonsaki I told you at school that I would keep shouting out to you until you at least start your story and I'm doing just that. One more thing I'm giving more credit for this story to shiningshadow1965. He been giving me loads and loads of help. Well I have to go now. Skullcrusher206 signing out.