Chapter 19: The King Unicorn
Everything seemed to slow down to a stop for Delta. He saw a purple Alicorn hiding on the other side of the bed, her head just poking above, watching. He saw Nightmare moon, her armor glowing galaxy blue, screaming at Zeta and his sister, who until just now, didn't know was alive and here. The Suit of Armor which encased Zeta and his sister, Gamma. But that could not have been Gamma. He saw Gamma die by Beta's hoofs: tortured and burned alive. That didn't matter now. None of it mattered. The only thing that did was what Zeta and Gamma were about to do.
Zeta was about to end the white colt's life when something bright appeared in her vision on her right. Mistaking it for her younger brother's feeble attempt to stop her, Gamma nudged Zeta to stay focused. The bolt of white light flashed downwards, aimed at Alpha's side: the bolt of death. Before it hit him however, it was stopped by a Hoof made of light, outstretched from the right where the bright light had appeared.
"That," A voice said as Zeta watched the hoof materialized from light to flesh. "Was a bad move."
Zeta and Gamma looked to their right to see a Unicorn, a stallion, materialize in front of her. His coat was gray, his mane and tail black, his eyes red, and a black crown on his head. His horn was different than most other Unicorns that Zeta and Gamma had previously seen. Usually, Unicorn Horns are one color, the color of the unicorn's coat. But this Unicorn's horn was different, following the tip, it turned gray to red. The way this Unicorn stood was like a guard at the castle; chest out, head high, legs slightly bent at 10°, ready to strike a moment's notice.
"Oh?" Zeta replied. "Why, exactly, was that a bad move? You think that that fancy move you just showed off there is supposed to scare me? Do you know who WE work for? If who I work for found out what you just did, you might as well commit suicide. It will be far less painful than what my boss would do to you."
The Unicorn smiled. "Your boss, Celestia," He said as if the name tasted bad in his mouth, "Thinks I'm dead, defeated." He chuckled. "The clever bitch says that those who use Dark Magic are insane, dangerous. "Drains your life-force from the user." She says." He shook his head. "Dark magic does no such thing. It gives one more abilities than normal magic actually gives. With those abilities, one can and eventually will see and hear things they aren't supposed to see and hear, things that Celestia doesn't want them to know. So she created the lie that users of Dark Magic are insane. We are, actually, very gifted to be able to use and control this immense amount of magic that is usually not open for the public. For example, your boss's student, Twilight Sparkle, is hiding behind the bed behind me. She is unaware of the fact that I am still my former self that herself and her friends fought, just much calmer."
Twilight stood up and dashed for the door…but it was a futile attempt. It was locked.
"Come now, darling. I won't hurt you." The Stallion said without taking his eyes off of Zeta.
Twilight turned around and walked behind Nightmare Moon, who was now transforming back into Luna. "I am not afraid of you, King Sombra." Twilight said. "You tried to kill Princess Candance."
"Now, Twilight. I wasn't going after her; I was going after the Heart, which I was foolishly informed of what it could do by none other than the Alicorn you are standing beside." Sombra replied, rolling his eyes.
Twilight gasped, looking at Luna. "Luna, you had a play in this?!"
Luna looked at Twilight and patted her head twice. Twilight fell to the ground asleep. Sombra and Zeta both looked at Luna with confusion. "What?" Luna replied once she saw their faces. "Being the Alicorn that can raise the moon AND patrols the dreams of colts and fillies across Equestria, I have power and abilities too." She explained, annoyed. "I thought you would be aware of this." She turned her attention to Sombra. "I also thought you would know NOT TO BRING ME INTO THIS!"
"You told me that the Crystal heart would help us defeat your sister!"
"I TOLD YOU THAT THE HEARTS OF THE POPULATION OF THE CRYSTAL KINGDOM WOULD HELP US DEFEAT HER, NOT THE CRYSTAL HEART ITSELF!" Luna exclaimed. "How much clearer do I have to be? I might as well do it myself, considering you royally fucked up beyond imaginable."
"My apologies, at least now she won't be expecting me." Sombra looked behind himself to see that Delta was missing. He looked in front to see Delta kneeling beside Alpha, checking to make sure he is still alive. He then turned his attention to Zeta. "I know and am aware of what Beta has done to you. I am not here to apologize to you for him. I am here to tell you that you are far above your pay here."
"We don't care who you are, Sombra." Gamma snarled. "We can defeat you here and now." She shot off a bolt of magic at Sombra. The bolt hit Sombra, but instead of knocking him back and killing him, he absorbed it, like a plant would absorb water.
"Not in this form you can't. I'm technically still dead, all you are firing at it light and magic. You fire at me, the magic essentially absorbs into mine. You are basically strengthening me in your feeble attempt to kill me." Delta and Alpha were no longer in the room. Delta had teleported himself and Alpha, taking the metallic wing with him, to the room next door, which was empty. Sombra was having a hard time concentrating both on the ghost and on his form. Luna was aware of this and stepped in.
"Zeta, let's go. I have some explaining to do." Luna said as she picked up Twilight and placed her on the bed.
"NO! I HAVE A JOB TO DO AND I WILL SEE IT FINISHED!" Zeta looked down to finish Alpha when saw he was gone. She sighed violently and turned around to face Luna and Sombra. "Ok, which one of you had a hoof in this?" She said, annoyed.
Sombra smiled. "Mine." He said cheerfully and vanished in a flash of light. Zeta looked at Luna and slowly shook her head.
"Celestia will torture me when she finds out about this."
"She won't find out about it. Come with me." Luna said as climbed through the window and took off.
Zeta turned and looked back at Twilight before climbing out of the window and flew off, following Luna.
Delta and Alpha appeared in the middle room in a flash of green light. Delta looked around to make sure they were safe then turned his attention to Alpha. The bond within him was already at work, healing most of the cuts and scars on his body.
"What are you going to do?" Charlie replied as he forcefully took over.
"I don't know."
Charlie walked over to the bed and grabbed the covers and the pillows. Walking back over to Alpha, he slipped the pillow underneath Alpha's head and covered him with the blankets. He then lied on the ground with the other pillow and tried his best to fall asleep. Before he did however, he heard a zipper open and felt the blanket he put on Alpha cover him.
"Thanks for the help. No pony has ever done what you did for us before." Beta replied as he opened Alpha's bag and covered Alpha with the blanket he had inside it. "We will be okay, thanks to you. Get some rest."
"I can't" Charlie replied, pushing back the covers. "Some pony will eventually find us. And when they do we will be in trouble."
"No we won't." Charlie felt the covers covering him again. "I made sure of that, Get some rest."
Charlie closed his eyes and nodded off.
Earlier on, Alpha had paid for the room next to Charlie's. Just in case something went wrong. A…act of caution, if you will.