Hey guys this was made mostly in a spare lesson so quality should be better :) I thank all of you who have stuck with me this long I appreciate it. I OWN NOTHING EXCEPT MY OC!
We set off to their lair to get Twilight back, to set everypony free, and to kill Discord. What we didn't know though is that we were being watched...
We were walking for a long time now; we thought walking would be a good idea so we could improve our powers and keep a clear mind during combat. The first few encounters were easy and I let the others take care of them seeing as I was already a lot more powerful, they were still in training that's why their attacks didn't do much earlier. As we got closer the challenges became more difficult both physically and mentally, we were getting tired from walking, tired from all of the attacks and we had to think on our feet more as we progressed. I had to intervene if one of them got hurt, most of them were not severe injuries so a simple heal spell helped but Starlight got more cuts as she was at close range so I had to use a more powerful heal spell which would leave me tired. The castle was in sight, but something was wrong…why didn't I see anymore obstacles? We took a few more steps and suddenly a labyrinth rose at our feet, I tried to teleport us past it but my magic was blocked, and the girls' wings had gone (I am aware it is like season 2 episode 1) the bushes seemed to not be flammable either, we had to go through it.
We stepped in and I remember people saying when in a maze stick to one wall. So I told everyone to follow me, every twist and turn brought new challenges but with me there it was no problem, some challenges needed more than strength though, some required knowledge so Starlight and Topaz were to solve them while me and Connor handled the strength challenges. One of the knowledge challenges required us to cross a river of lava, we had no magic, no wings only our knowledge. Lava was molten rock, rock was part of the earth element, Topaz was a gaiamancer; I asked Topaz if she knew of anything that could help us. She had nothing. Water would be evaporated, ice would be melted and Starlight had no powers that could help. "Wait Topaz is a biomancer" I thought to myself. "Maybe…Topaz could you make our bodies impervious to lava?" I asked her. She said she had a spell for it but it would only last a minute, not enough to cross this river, she mentioned the possibility of using speed ability on top but she had never tried it. I told her to try it on me first as I didn't really care. She summoned a staff of body adaptation and cast the spells on me. I ran into the lava, it burned but my body didn't melt and become a part of the river, I saw the other side and swam up. I shouted to the others that it worked and to come over.
The final challenge was the cruellest and most unforgiving of them all; it required strength, knowledge, emotion and sacrifice. For the final test we were required to fight each other, till one of us had fallen. I couldn't kill any of them, not even Connor, even if he was my enemy, Topaz and Starlight were my friends. I told the others that I would die and they would go and save the others. Topaz and Starlight screamed at me not to kill myself. I couldn't, if it hurt the people I cared about. We had to go through with the battle; I had to kill one, but whom? I didn't want to, but I didn't want the others to be hurt if I was to die. The battle was underway, Connor went straight after me, I should've known he would. I was defenceless, I hadn't had time to forge any weapons or armour as they had melted in the lava. He leapt on top of me ready to mutilate me with his axe. All of a sudden I felt his weight be pushed off of me, Topaz had saved me; she had seen it and stopped her battle with Starlight who was lying unconscious on the ground her head bleeding. Topaz and Connor were now fighting; Connor had pushed her to the floor and had forged a dagger of electricity. She was done for. Without thinking I charged my powers and let loose a Freeze Blaze Nova Blast. I had to end the madness, even if it meant killing all 3 of them, at least they were safe, I just hoped I had made it painless and quick enough for them not to notice. It was better this way, they wouldn't have had to live with killing a friend, I was used to it however, I had done it far too often everyone I had killed, was a friend at one point I had dealt with situations like this before and had fought my way out with my strength, their faces permanently etched into my brain just like those before them, I walked away from the arena with a tear in my eye, as I looked back I whispered "goodbye and I'm sorry." The only emotion I felt at this point was anger, rage and resentment. Those emotions sparked something inside me that I never felt before. I felt a power of pure rage I felt stronger. I walked to the castle holding on to these emotions, each step getting angrier, and each step getting stronger. Discord was going to die I was not showing mercy today.
Probably the darkest chapter to date, even more so than chapter 5… wow. What is this new power? Can I control it? Will Discord finally die? To Starlight, Topaz and Ice Assassin Ace, I am sorry for this chapter and killing you off but I have one more question, are you dead for ever? Thanks for reading, please review, favourite and follow.