Demons of The Past: Part 1: Chapter Three: The Other Apprentice
Recap: Celestia charged some magic at the tip of her horn, unleashing it on the demon. He dodged, launching into the air. Three feathers shot at Celestia, two missing her, but one landed promoting a thick lie of blood to roll down her side. She charged a bit more magic, but the beast just smiled. "I really must be going, so we will have to continue this some other time," the monster said bowing then taking to the sky, far too fast to follow without being prepared.
Celestia approached the bleeding colt. "Your safe now child." And a pale rainbow wrapped around him.
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Slash's side rose and fell with the rhythm of his breathing, and Twilight sighed. She had had trouble getting Slash up the steps to her bed for him to rest, and even when they got him off she decided it would be best to dry him off. So they did, and then placed him in bed where he now resided.
Twilight looked at Slash's sleeping form and a warm smile crossed her muzzle. She had been his friend for years and never noticed how kind and peaceful he was. Well, maybe not peaceful. He was a rowdy soul, but when asleep he could seem as peaceful as a butterfly.
She turned to leave when he whimpered in pain, and started to toss and turn as if from nightmares. After a bit, he settled down, and Twilight let out a sigh.
"Please, Celestia, watch over him," she whispers before turning off the light an exiting the room.
When Twilight arrived downstairs, Spike was in the process burping out green flames and a letter, most likely a letter from Celestia.
"My dear Twilight Sparkle, I would love to have you visit us and our library... Will be seeing you soon Princess Celestia."
Twilight sighed and started packing a bag.
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Slash felt stiff when he awoke in a soft bed. It hurt to move and breath for a second before he stiffened his limbs and heard a crack. He let the blanket roll off him and yawned. Then he realized something; he was not in his house... He was in the library. He was puzzled about how he got here, having been out to get groceries and venture into the ever free forest. His Chest tinged with pain, and flashes of what seemed like a dream crossed his mind. It was all hazy and hard to remember, but his chest was proof of it being real; too real. His own screaming haunted his ears, along with a mare's laughter. He twitched his pierced ears he trotted down stairs.
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"Spike! Grab my saddle bags!"
"Hey, Twi. Where you going?" He asked watching her pack.
"Oh hey Slash, Glad your awake and going to Canterlot." She said taking the bags from Spike.
She levitated the three books into her bag and closed it.
"What for?" He asked as scrolls and parchment whizzed over his head.
"I found some books that I want to translate and I can't do it here so I'm going to check the Canterlot library."
"So nopony around here knows how to translate them?"
Slash asked moving to one side as a couple ink wells and feathers flew by him.
"No," Twilight said as she finished packing.
"Are ya leaving now?" He asked.
"Only if you feel better."
"I do,"
"Then I shall be leaving as soon as I see you home."
"You don't have to take me home; I think I can make it on my own..."
"No."
"Trust me I-"
"If I do something bad will happen; that's just how it is. Better safe than sorry."
"I...okay..." He said giving up on fighting her logic.
The two equines soon left the library, leaving the baby dragon to guard, (and clean, because if Twilight came home to a horribly dirty library, there would be hay to pay.)
They walked in silence a bit, Slash looking forward peacefully, and Twilight giving him sideways glances every now and again.
After a while, Twilight could no longer stand the quiet and curiosity.
"So what happened last night?" The purple mare asked, giving the colt another sideways stare.
Slash stopped, and looked at the ground.
"Well I think I remember..."
He tailed off as a chill ran up his spine, and dread spread over him as pain racked his chest. He fell to his front knees as his hair covered his pain filled eyes. The pain was horrible, making him want to tear his heart out.
When it subsided, he was panting, and three drops of blood dripped from his chest.
"You okay, slash?" Twilight said grabbing a towel out of her bags and pressed it to his chest.
"Yeah... I don't know why but it seems I can't talk about it... All I can say is, it was painful."
He looked at the towel on his chest.
"Don't worry about my chest bleeding; it does that randomly sometimes. It's probably done.." He said still panting a bit.
"A-alright..." She said pulling the towel away a bit and smiled seeing it had indeed stopped.
She folded it up a bit and put it back in her bag.
They continued walking until they reached the Willow. "See ya later, hope you find what you're lookin' for." He said with a smile. "I will..."
They stood in silence for a bit before Twilight walked forward and placed
A hoof around Slash's neck.
The grey colt hugged back, nuzzling his head in the crook of her neck. They pulled away.
"See you later." He said with smile.
"Y-yeah." Twilight said, cheeks a deep red and ears hot. She turned away and began towards the train station.
Slash went inside his house and plopped on his bed, ready to rest up for a stunt he had planned in two days; he was going to fly high. Higher than anypony before, where the air was thin and the adrenalin high. A smile graced his muzzle as sweet dark bliss took his vision.
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Blood coated everything; the walls the ceiling, the floor. Two fillies' heads rested on pikes, their eyes open in fear, pain and lament. One had a bloody hole on its head where its horn was removed, the other's ears where ripped to shreds.
On a mantle, a picture of three brothers hugging, one much older than the other two.
Candle light flickers from two candles next to the picture.
"When I was first chosen, my master did the same thing to the people in my family. Only she nailed their wings the wall and made us drink their blood, of course I had my sister. She was a good for nothing, stuck up, bitch."
The monster said from where he was standing by the picture; the candle light flickered in his emerald eyes.
He turned towards the small filly cowering in his brother's blood.
"Usually this job is not done by me but I volunteered so I could know every aspect of my life."
"P..please bring them back... They where..."
"Adopted. Not of your blood. Your true blood."
"GO AWAY."
"You hate me, no? Keep that hate, you'll need it where we're going." The filly curled into a ball, in total shock.
The monster said leaning down and grabbing the in-shock filly putting him on his back and flew out of the house.
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Slash's eyes fluttered open. He had been getting these dreams for a while now, but he never knew why.
His mind flashed to his encounter in the woods and wondered if that had anything to do with it?
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Twilight yawned as she exited the train, now in Canterlot. She had slept on the train, she hadn't meant to, she was trying to read the books when she dozed off.
She headed to the castle, where she smiled at the guards and headed right to the library.
When inside, she used her magic to levitate a large amount of books around her and immersed herself in them.
Hours passed but she kept vigilant, cross referencing with the language in the book to translations, but she could not, for the love of Celestia, find what she wanted.
"You seem much immersed in what you're doing," she heard a colt's voice utter above her and looked up.
It was an orange unicorn pony. His mane and tail was also red and yellow. "Uhh..." She said looking up at him.
"You a book worm?" He asked leaning down at the books. "Huh... In the demonic tongues." He said looking at the books in trionic she was trying to translate.
"They, their own kind, wanted to get rid of him. He was, the darkest of all demon-ponies."
Twilight shot up. "You can read this!?" She said getting closer to his face.
"Uh yeah, I know a lot of languages,"
Twilight perked up.
"Can you help me translate these books? It would mean a lot... I don't know why but I feel it's important."
The colt smiled. "Sure thing." He said holding out his hoof. She smiled and took it. "I'm Twilight Sparkle, Celestia's apprentice." The orange unicorn gave a surprised expression then smiled warmly once again. "It is a pleasure to meet you, I am Pyrojack, apprentice of Princess Luna."
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Typed on phone, forgive mistakes.