I sat in the bar with a smile on my face. I was very pleased with the events that had transpired last night. I felt like I had peace of mind now. It was a
Ways bothering me that they might get lonely... So of course I had to help. I couldn't really just leave them the way I did before... So I was feeling bad about it. I am feeling much better now, still feeling quite tired, but its completely worth it. So I sat at the bar with a bottle of beer in my hand and the innkeeper was out in the back washing some dishes. There were two other ponies in leather armor sitting in the inn with me. They looked like decent warriors and travelers. I noticed their blood stained weapons. One had a large two hoofed axe holstered on his back and the other had a mace by his side. I didn't bother them and they didn't notice me... Just the way I'd prefer it. But I am keeping an eye on them, they seem like the type to cause trouble.
I sat at the bar with my back to the large open fire pit sipping on my cold beer. I had forgotten what most alcoholic beverages taste like, but I really can't complain. The taste isn't so bad and it does help me drown my nerves. I took in a deep breath and let out a long sigh. I was still somewhat nervous about this whole quest. I know this isn't going to end perfectly, but I still have confidence in my abilities. But shal-grahkan is a god as well, so that would tie us... It will definitely be the biggest fight of my life... So far. Just thinking about the whole thing was making me nervous so I grabbed the neck of my beer bottle and drank down the rest of it. That seemed to help a bit but not as much. I just closed my eyes and started breathing deeply. I was beginning to relax and calm down.
My concentration was, however, broken by the creaking of wooden stairs. I looked back to see a set of purple hooves make their way down the steps, it was twilight. Every step revealed more and more of her body until she was completely visible. I smiled and turned my head back to the bar. Seeing her was nice for a change. She was my best friend after all, thunder and Nightflame have been good friends too, especially thunder. I felt bad about her loosing that staff I gave her, so I guess that ember daisy is a better replacement. I could hear her hooves clopping across the wooden ground. I felt happy she was up so early, I didn't think she would be up for another hour at the least, it is pretty early. Suddenly my heir of joy was suddenly frozen over with a chill of uncertainty.
" hey there missy..." Said a strong blunt voice behind me. It was one of those adventurers, they must have spotted twilight. I don't think things are going to be going so smoothly any more. " what are you doing in this big scary bar without a stallion to protect you." He said. A little sexist, but the remark would have seemed harmless enough if he wasn't using a sarcastic tone of voice to go along with it, I could literally small trouble in the air... But I had a gut feeling that I should watch how this plays out. By the feeling of twilights aura I could tell she was wearing the Phoenix rose, so lets see how this all pans out.
" yeah, what's a lovely mare such as yourself doing in a place like this... It's dangerous you know." Said the other adventurer. He had an equally blunt but less intelligent sounding voice. " there's been lots of crime in this part of the city the last few months... Things are dangerous for a lonely mare." That explains why I was having trouble keeping my eye off they two, they aren't adventurers, they're thugs. This happens often, thugs and crooks dress up as warriors and here's to hide their true faces.
" hey... Get away from me." Twilight said. " my friend is right over there," she said. she must be pointing right at me now, and the thugs probably turned their heads and looked at me, and now their going to laugh.
" what?... That guy." Said one of them. " that's a riot... That colt over there is just a good for nothin' drunk, been here for a while just sipping down beer. Like you came in with him." Finished the stallion. Like I said... They laughed at me.
" look, he's so drunk he couldn't even hear ya." Said the second thug. I could hear the, more clearly then they thought, but I chose to ignore them.
" c'mon lass... You should come with us, we'll keep ya safe." Said one thug.
" hey no... Let go of me." Said twilight.
" hey quit squirming you bitch." Said the thug again. C'mon twilight, fight back... Do it, I know you can while the floor with these assholes... Just focus, don't be scared.
" crimson help... Help." Twilight yelled.
" shut up bitch..." Said one of the thugs. I heard a brief thud like sound and then twilight yelled out in pain. I think they just hit her... That was what set me over the edge. Suddenly I focused a by great deal of energy. the ground around the two stallions who had twilight held tight starting to shake. Then large spikes of bright energy fired up from the ground all around the two thugs and twilight. They shot up around them forming a cage. Needless to say, the two thugs where confused, scared, and probably a bit angry. I stood up from the bar and placed the beer bottle down. I cracked my neck on both sides and stretched out a bit. I turned around and started walking over to the cage of spikes.
" what the..." Said the second thug. I could smell the fear on them. I think it only helped that my eyes and symbols were now glowing from activating my power. My mane and tail as well were glowing white and flowing in the wind.
" what the fuck is this?..." Asked the first thug frantically. " your no unicorn... What is this magic?" I stood there silently and stared at him with by bright burning eyes. His grip on twilight loosened and she broke free. " well answer me, or are you just fucking stupid?" He asked. Immediately I shot up more spikes of light from the ground that cut the two thugs off from twilight. They couldn't get to her now, and she was beginning to settle down.
" you know... I can handle being laughed at and called names." I said. " but when you try and hurt my friends, that's when I get mad."
" uh... We... We're sorry, we didn't know she was your friend." Said the second thug.
" that still doesn't excuse the fact that you hit her, called her a bitch, and were most likely planning to take advantage of her... You make me sick."
" please... We're sorry, it won't happen again, promise." Said the fist thug.
" yeah we promise." Repeated the second thug. I growled and the spikes of the cage slid forward and pressed the, in closer together.
" you think that begging for my forgiveness will reprieve you of your sins... You think that filth like you can just say sorry and expect everything to be okay... You are SCUM." I said in a deep roar as the bars of the cage started closing in on them slowly, if it kept up then they would be crushed by the bars. But I didn't feel like making a mess I front of all the ponies that were now making their way downstairs from hearing all the noise. So I dropped the bars of the cage.
" oh, oh thank you... We're sorry." Said the first thug.
" I haven't let you go yet..." I said. With that a bright light whisked around the two thugs and in one bright flash they were gone. I teleported them away to a place far far away from here. When they were gone I dropped all the rest of the spikes that were around twilight and used my magic to repair the floor boards. I let out a deep sigh and walked over to twilight. " c'mon twilight... Lets go." I said walking away from her towards the door. She followed me and thunder and Nightflame pushed their way through the crowd and trotted after us. We left the bar in a hurry and I started leading the others through the bright morning streets again.
" that was, uhh... It was quite the fight you had back there." Said thunder after we were a good distance from the inn.
" it was just a minor altercation, no pony was hurt. We should carry on now, it's going to take us a while to travel through oasis." I said still trotting along.
" uhm crimson..." Said twilight behind me. I looked back slightly to see her, and she was smiling. " thank you for saving me." She said. I wanted to scold her really for not sticking up for herself. It's not like her to just let ponies push her around like that. She had one huge advantage over them, and that was magic. She could have lifted those two off the ground and threatened to drop them over the edge of the roadway.
" sure twilight..." I said turning my head back. " but next time you should stand up for yourself..." I said putting the truth out there now. " that's why I was hesitant to help, I was waiting for you to do it yourself..."
" but..." She said before I cut her off.
" I know you can... You've dealt with worse situations before... Not too long ago you help hold back an army of possessed skeletons... Don't tell me you can't handle two thugs."
" uhh... I'm... I'm sorry crimson." She said. I let out a deep sigh.
" don't be sorry..." I said. " I'm not mad... And I'm not disappointed... Just a bit stressed. The less attention I draw to myself the better..."
" alright..." Said twilight. " your right, I should have taken care of that on my own."
" is there some kind of lesson your trying to teach us right now?" Asked thunder rush.
" yes... There is." I said. " just because I'm a god, doesn't mean you can always depend on me... And just because I'm immortal doesn't mean I'll always be there."
Neither of them responded and I didn't have anything left to say. So we carried on and marched through the high platforms and tall trees of the southern section of oasis. It was a fresh and beautiful morning. The sun was shining through the canopy and the air was cool and crisp like a perfect spring day... Although it is winter. The other ponies wearing flares and silk clothing walked by smiling and would wave to us.
The wind blew briskly through the sky and ran through my fur and mane. It was a cool breeze that complimented the warm air perfectly. The birds were chirping and flying through the air. There were so many of them, it was like watching fish in the sea, swimming in schools. They were all of different bright colors and varying sizes. The hard wooden walkways under us creaked ever so slightly, but they were sturdy and safe. I saw ponies flying around wearing light silver armor, probably guards on patrol.
" hmm... I think we should start to fly our way to the Capitol." Said thunder rush.
" we will... In an hour or so." I said.
" in an hour... Why?" He asked.
" we have to wait for shadow tail... He's coming, he just got into the city... I've been tracking him." I said smiling and continuing down the path. " we can wait until he gets here... Until then we should get some lunch."
" uhh... Well... I guess so, yeah..." Agreed thunder.
" lunch doesn't sound so bad right now." Said twilight. " I'm starving."
" I think there's a restaurant right up there." Said Nightflame pointing down the wooden walkway to an open area with table and a store. It had a sign on it with a sandwich on it... Yep, that's a restaurant.
" perfect...lets go." I said. We all agreed and started walking over. The place was already partially full of happy and smiling ponies ordering food and having fun. We took our own table and sat down. Soon a waiter walked out of the store, or kitchen and slowly came over to our table.
" good evening," he said. " welcome to the green leaf dinner." He said. " can I get you started with a bread basket before you place a meal, or would you just like the menu's?" He asked.
" we'll start with a bread bowl." Said twilight guessing for all of us. I don't mind, I could go for some bread right now.
" wonderful..." Said the waiter. " here are the menus and the bread bowl will be out in a minute... Enjoy." He said walking away back to the kitchen. He was really neat for a waiter, he was only wearing an apron, not some kind of butlers suit. And he said 'enjoy'... There's nothing here for us to 'enjoy' yet. Oh well, I don't really mind so much as long as he's not too snobby. I grabbed my menu like the others did and started reading through it. There were a lot of things on this menu that looked pretty good, stuff I hadn't tried or eaten in a thousand years.
The waiter didn't take long to come back to our table with a bowl of bread and place it down. There were three or four loaves of bread inside the bread bowl. the bowl was just a straw basket with a decorative cloth holding the bread pulled out a pencil and a small notepad and flipped it open. The bread brown was hot and there was still steam coming out from it. He cleared his throat and got ready to take our orders.
" have you decided on what to eat?" He asked holding his pencil and pad.
" I think I'll have the carrot soup..." Said Nightflame.
" I'll get the tulip and rose petal sandwich." Added twilight.
" I could go for a good garden salad..." Said thunder.
" hmmm..." I murmured looking through the menu.
" and what will it be for you sir?" He asked looking at me.
" I think... I think I'll have the mushroom and onion chowder." I said finding a random meal on the menu.
" excellent... And anything to drink.
" sarsaparilla..." Said twilight.
" root beer." Added thunder.
" just water..." Said Nightflame.
" same here." I added.
" wonderful... Your food will be back momentarily." He said walking away and entering the kitchen again. Thunder was already working on a loaf of bread. Me and twilight grabbed a whole loaf too but Nightflame only took half. We sat there eating bread and waiting for our food. Just then I felt a familiar presence snap into my natural range. It was shadow tail. He was close by, within a mile, and closing in fast. That wolf sure can get around... The sneaky little devil. He'll probably get here within the next five minutes.
" are you okay?" Asked twilight. I looked over to her and only just noticed I was staring off in a trance as I was locked onto shadow tails energy. I shook out of it but I could still feel him growing ever so closer.
" huh... Yeah, I just got distracted." I admitted. " shadow tail is close. He'll probably be here in a few minutes." I said.
" great... We can eat our food, then head out to the Capitol." Said thunder.
" so remember that stuff about the center of oasis being haunted... Remember, what the innkeeper told us?" Asked twilight.
" uhh... Yeah. I remember." I replied.
" you're going to suck us into that aren't you?" Asked thunder in a sarcastic tone.
"Probably." I answered. They all rolled their eyes and I just smiled. They probably don't care too much if I'm there to help but still, it is going to set us back... But we have all the time in the world. I just sat there and smiled. I checked back to shadow tails energy and he was close. But then something disturbing happened. Suddenly shadow tails energy disappeared. My smile soon fell off my face and I shot right up out of my chair which fell beck to the side. The others seemed to be taken back.
" what is it?" Asked twilight frantically. I looked off in the direction that I last felt shadow tails presence. I didn't say anything but then suddenly something whirled right past me, then another. Two guards had just soared past me with spears in their hooves. " what's happening?" Asked twilight again.
" run... Go get out." Shouted somepony from far away. I saw a fleet of Pegasus rushing out of the woods in fear. They popped out of the canopy and the leaves. I kept looking out in the trees but I couldn't see anything... But I felt an unholy presence.
" everypony run." Shouted a different pony
" oh god it's coming this way." Another pony shouted.
" do you think we should run too?" Asked thunder backing up slightly.
" that sounds like a good idea." Said Nightflame. Just then a fire some roar lurked out from the forest and shook the whole canopy. " yeah... Like I said... That sounds like a good idea." He repeated. Just then something rocketed by from the other side of the forest, where all the guards were running to. The mangled body of a guard launched from the dark forest and tore through a few of the tables and hit one of the trees. His body was ripped to shreds from the force of whatever had thrown him along with all the debris he hit. There was blood everywhere and his body was spread out all over the place. The air was filled with frightened a shocked ponies as they screamed out in horror.
" oh god!" Exclaimed twilight. We all looked at the dark forest. The loud roaring had stopped and everything seemed still. All the ponies were hiding now and peaking over corners. The ones that weren't stood there in shock and awe, waiting for something to happen. Suddenly two of the largest trees which were blocking my view were torn from the ground and thrown to the side revealing a vile and dark beast. It let out a fire some roar acompanied by the terrified ponies screams.
The beast was made of complete darkness. It looked like it was a blog of slime or goo. It had large glowing red eyes and teeth, sharper that steel. It didn't have really any kind of shape to it. It had large tentacles that dropped with black goo and smoke. I watched as the goo fell to the ground and touched the trees. It burnt straight through them like acid through paper. It looked like a worm, with a large funnel of teeth in an all black and evil body. Since we were the only ones in plain view, the beast targeted me and my friends as it roared. I squinted my eyes to get a better view and I could feel life within it... But it was dwindling.
The large beast lashed out a volley of large black and slimy tentacles that shot straight for us. Without hesitation I put up a visible barrier of light and the whole forest glowed brightly with light. In a flash of light my armor formed all over my body as well as my hood, cape and mask. I grew about two feet taller and I spread my wings out which seemed to be made of pure light. I pushed the shield out even more and created a blast of light. The light met the creature and it seemed to absorb it. But It grew slightly weaker and let out a shriek. When the light and the darkness mix they cancel each other out... I may have found its weakness.
I spread my wings and took off into the air. The large creature, which is as large as the trees in oasis now is fully focused on me. I let out a roar and fired a blast of light at the creature. I shrieked and steam shot from the wound. There was a gaping hole in the creature now which was quickly filled in. I fired off two more blasts of light and started to ward the beast away. My eyes glowed bright blue now and in a wave of energy my body began to course with electricity and I focused it all. I fired a bolt of lightning right from my chest at the creature and let out a shout. Lightning seemed to work just as well... Any kind of light would work... Hmm.
" be gone demon..." I shouted. The creature just roared at me. I shot another bolt of lightning at the creature but it was relentless. It lashed out a vast array of tentacles at me. Most I dodge and blocked but one hit me and sent me flying to the side. I was able to recover and stay in the air but the acidic slime was burning through my armor and my skin... I didn't care though. I closed my eyes and began glowing intensely with bright light. Soon light started flooding in from the top of the canopy and shone down all over the dark forest. The creature began shrieking and sizzling as the light touched it.
I gathered energy from all around me and it started swirling and collecting in a ball in front of me. The creature was too busy melting away slowly from the light above that it couldn't notice me. The ball of light in front of me had grown large and increased in power. I smiled then let out a fire some shout that attracted the creatures attention. I fired a huge blast of light. It was large and wide and covered the entire forest. It surrounded everything and blinded all the ponies in light. The creature shrieked even more and was quickly washed away by the light. Even I couldn't see past my own blast of light. Soon the pulse of the light began to drown out the sound of the creature until it was all gone. Then there was silence and the light I created soon began to fade and the forest was visible again.
Bellow on the forest floor was a smoldering pile of black ooze. Inside of the ooze was... A pony? Wait... Multiple ponies. As the black sludge began washing away it started to reveal multiple ponies covered in slime. They hazily stumbled around very confused and very scared. I quickly flew down as the other ponies on the walkways started cheering their new hero. I swiftly flew down and I could feel the energies of all these ponies starting to become clear. They must feel drained and tired. I rushed down to go and help out. Once other ponies noticed me heading down to the jumbled mess of black sludge and dazed ponies they rushed down as well. I reached the ground and got close to the mass of black goo.
I focused some of my power and used it to start glowing brightly which caused the black sludge to start dissipating rapidly like water evaporating over a fire. Soon the black slime was almost all gone and only a jumbled mass of unconscious ponies and guards was seen. Along with the ponies were other animals such as squirrels, birds, deer and small woodland creatures. Soon the only thing left was a large pile of ponies and woodland creatures. At least... That's what I thought. Suddenly from the pile of ponies and creatures and vine of black sludge pushed its way past the pile of ponies and wrapped itself around my neck. The other ponies around me who had come down to help get the others were taken back. They left me to fend for myself and ran away... I don't blame them.
Another tentacle lashed out and grabbed my neck again. I had three thick tentacles wrapped tightly around my neck... At least I don't have to worry about being choked out since I don't need to breath. But suddenly the tentacles raised me up and started lashing me around. They whipped me against the ground, against the trees. As I hit the trees I just cut right though them. It was very painful and every time I made impact with something I let out a shout of pain. The tentacles whipped me around and I was unable to break free from the tentacles. Soon the large black mass of slime regained its original form and towered over. The beast stopped thrashing me around and simply held me upon front of it. I could feel the same energy as I could like the black dragon I fought outside of manehattan.
" LET GO OF ME YOU B-ghkkk." Is all I got out before the huge black mass of slime shot out a tentacle that went right for my face. Instead of piercing my skull he stuck his tentacle into my mouth and forced it down my throat. My eyes shrunk inside of my head from the shock and I gagged slightly. I could feel the slimy tentacle passing down my throat and passing into my body like an eel. Soon the black tentacles pulled me into the mass of black slime. I was sucked into the mass of sludge and it covered me fully. I could feel the slime passing through me, pushing into every orafice... It was horrible. I could see slightly as I was slowly being pulled into the slime. As my head started sinking into the slime the last thing I saw was twilight sparkle.
But then there was darkness...
-Authors Note: hey guys. This isn't going to be a happy note... It's going to be very sad. First of all I give my e heart out to all the victims of the Boston marathon bombing, and anybody who lost their lives, limbs, or innocence to that horrible tragedy. I'm looking at the news right now hoping that they catch this last guy and hope that he doesn't hurt anybody else.
So my respects go out to everybody and everyPONY hurt or killed in that tragedy. I was actually at the starting line of the marathon, and it was hard to believe that only 26 miles away a bomb went off and killed three people. I didn't even learn about this until late Monday... God you should have seen my face.
and on a lesser note but still tragic, I apologize for the quickness of this chapter... Only a few days ago something horrible happened... My computer had crashed and I lost EVERYTHING. So I had several chapters already written out but now they're gone. The only things that exist of this story now are the chapters up on this website, this is now the only place you can find this story... Everything is gone... And so my self esteem is down and unfortunately I'm having another flash of writers block. I can only remember most much of what I've written... But everything is gone.
so please be patient with me... It might be a hard time for everyone right now... But I can't complain about my situation... It's not as dire as that of other people. So once again, my heart goes out to all the people caught in the Boston marathon bombing and I hope they catch this last son of a bitch... So stay safe...stay sober... And stay shady my friends. Shadowsythe...out.- end of transmition-