Finesthour 7,287 December 29, 2011 Author Share December 29, 2011 Larva writhed on the ground, screaming out in pure agony. The light inside of his head was becoming even brighter, so bright that he felt as if his eyeballs were burning in their sockets. The bubbling darkness that had risen was now fading, being replaced with the light of good. He again screamed in pain, and a burst of light shown out of his body into the sky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterBolt 56 December 29, 2011 Share December 29, 2011 Now this. This--It HAD to be a nightmare. Ash scrabbled backwards a foot or two, unable to tear his gaze away from the writhing colt on the ground. Whatever was going on, it was horrifying. Was he....dying...? The poor unicorn didn't understand- and the simple, kind pony inside him wanted to do something to help. But what could be done? Nothing so far was making any sense. So he could only hope and pray that this really wasn't happening, and he would wake up soon. WinterBolt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finesthour 7,287 December 29, 2011 Author Share December 29, 2011 Larva's body seemed to fizzle after the light disappeared. He rolled over on the ground, the evil now leaving his system. His eyes were back to being a bright illuminating green, and he looked over at what was his prey. He whispered, "I'm sorry..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterBolt 56 December 29, 2011 Share December 29, 2011 Sorry? Sorry? This pony had to be kidding. Either that, or he was completely off his rocker. Or bipolar....or perhaps a combination of all of that. Ash decided to settle with the latter, and carefully he used a hoof to brush his forelock away, gazing with a thunderstruck expression at the trembling pegasus. "...w-...." He tried to speak...but no words would come. WinterBolt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finesthour 7,287 December 29, 2011 Author Share December 29, 2011 Larva could feel tears start to rush into his eyes. They quickly started to fall as the same force as a river. He sat up on the ground and started to brush himself off, feeling the shame of what he almost did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterBolt 56 December 29, 2011 Share December 29, 2011 Seeing the tears in the pony's eyes....that was almost enough to turn Ash's outlook on him completely. To any sane pony, those tears would have been fake, and they would have cleared out a long time ago. But not to this unicorn. Something about this pony...Something changed in him almost, it appeared. Against his better judgement, Ash took a shaky hoofstep closer, lowering his head to get a better view of a pegasus, "...come on now....d....don't cry." He whispered. "....I'm...sure y'didn't mean me no harm.....you seemed....posessed er....somethin'...." Posessed? Sure, why not. It was the only explanation he could think of, but it still didn't make any sense. WinterBolt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finesthour 7,287 December 29, 2011 Author Share December 29, 2011 Larva shook his head, letting the tears stream down his face. "No... it was a part of me... I am so sorry." Larva spread out his wings, ready to escape from this situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterBolt 56 December 29, 2011 Share December 29, 2011 A part of him? "Hold on now, hold on!" Ash found himself exclaiming, blinking hard, his long tail flicking with confusion. "A part of you...? I'm afraid I...don't quite understand...." After this, Ash bit his tongue. What was he thinking?! He was just chatting away with the pony who had almost, quite literally, eaten him. Finally allowing his better sense to take over, he backpedaled, digging troughs into the dew-soaked earth in his haste to get away. "Never mind. Never mind just...just go!" He whinnied, having half a mind to rear up and pound his hooves into the ground for emphasis, but he didn't. "Don't you think a...about hurtin' any ponies in Ponyville!" WinterBolt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finesthour 7,287 December 29, 2011 Author Share December 29, 2011 Larva contnued to stare at the colt, the tears streaming harder. He slowly nodded his head, turning head head toward the sky. "It is for the best of you yell at me..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterBolt 56 December 29, 2011 Share December 29, 2011 Ash shook his head like a caged griffin, rage and frustration clouding his mind for a moment. He was so confused- he wasn't about to ask why this darned pony had fangs of all things, just a moment ago. Like...like some kind of monster. It wasn't natural, and anypony with eyes could see that. Yet the more he glared at the colt, the more the hidden, shaking pony that was inside revealed itself to him. Trapped in his own body like a prison, being puppeted by a force beyond any hopes of his control. But what could this be...? If Ash tried to tell other ponies about this, he would be laughed at. If he tried to go to Canterlot and request an audience with Celestia herself, he would be dismissed as mad. Possibly even locked up. And what then...? This pony was dangerous....and as a unicorn who had experienced it first hand, he could do absolutely nothing about it. WinterBolt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finesthour 7,287 December 29, 2011 Author Share December 29, 2011 Larva started to flap his wings, ready for flight. He turned his head towards the colt again, his tears now gleaming. "If there is anything that I can ever do to repay my sorrow... " Larva disapeared into thin air, and appeared behind Ash. He put his head near the colt's ear and said, " Just say Venite ad me custodem" Larva then took back into the night sky, leaving Ash in the darkness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterBolt 56 December 29, 2011 Share December 29, 2011 Ash stood, numb, staring blankly into space, the pegasus' last words to him ringing in his ears like a siren's song. He didn't understand the words, but he would never forget them. And then suddenly, a horrible feeling of exhaustion overcame his body, and before he knew it, the colt fell to his knees in the dewy grass, panting. Shaking. His nose bowed, resting between his forelegs. A nightmare. This is a nightmare. Come on Ash. Wake up. Wake up. But Ash didn't wake. He simply fell into the deepest sleep he had experienced in a long time.. WinterBolt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finesthour 7,287 December 29, 2011 Author Share December 29, 2011 *** The sun soon rose over the distance of the hills. Larva had not flown home like he had wanted, but stayed on a cloud ahead, watching the colt. Larva had given his soul to him, without him even realizing it. Larva shook his head in anger at himself, almost allowing himself to eat a pony last night. He could not control his massive hunger... but now his life had a new purpose. To protect this colt with his life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterBolt 56 December 29, 2011 Share December 29, 2011 Ash woke up to his entire body aching down to each hoof, splayed oddly on his back, all four raised high in the air, the nearest blocking out the sun. He wanted to understand what had happened. He wanted to understand if it REALLY happened. But the incessant prod at his consciousness, telling him to get up, told him it didn't. So, it didn't then. He would pretend he never met the pony, and it never happened. Another day, another morning heating up spa-esc springs for appreciative ponies. Or at least...Ash Cloud HOPED they appreciated his work. He did it all for them anyway. But as he trotted to each pool, pointing his horn at it to give it its normal dose of magic...the aching remained. WinterBolt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finesthour 7,287 December 29, 2011 Author Share December 29, 2011 Larva kept his gaze on Ash throughout his entire day. Larva kept his watchful eye for any danger that would come his way. Larva has happy that his day was dull, as Larva was not able to attack any ponies near him. Soon, the day came to an end as well. The moon came over the horizon, and Larva kept watching the colt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterBolt 56 December 29, 2011 Share December 29, 2011 The unicorn put on a fake smile- not that hard to do, surprisingly- for the last few ponies that left his springs. His horn felt hot from all the magic he had used today, probably way more than necessary, because he was being careless. Absentminded, and careless. So he only had himself to blame for the pounding headache that blasted through his senses, and the throbbing pain that racked his bones. If only he knew how to use his magic to get rid of that- but even if he did he was hurting too much to be able to. With a loud, throaty groan, he almost threw himself to the dirt not far from his shack, not bothering to curl up. He simply lay in a quite awkward position, but here he would stay. He was just way too exhausted to move. WinterBolt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finesthour 7,287 December 29, 2011 Author Share December 29, 2011 Larva saw that the colt was now by himself, and he decided that now was the perfect chance to see if the colt had remembered what he told him. Larva stuck out a single fang and bit his hoof, drawing blood. Larva drew a pentagon on the cloud, and whispered, "Rise mea daemonium ab inferno. Vos ego appello." Out of the cloud, a small shadow appeared, and turned into a fox. The fox slowly stalked up to the colt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterBolt 56 December 29, 2011 Share December 29, 2011 For the moment, Ash had closed his eyes, and didn't see the apparition. Not at first anyway. But when he did take the initiative to open one eye, just to peer out into the darkness one last time before sleeping- out of paranoia- he could feel his heart tumble into his hooves. Faster than he knew he could move he scrambled to his feet, a loud, throaty gasp erupting from his throat as he stared at the fox in front of him, looming like something even MORE horrid from his nightmares than the pony. Ok...now it was getting really hard to make himself believe this wasn't happening. WinterBolt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finesthour 7,287 December 29, 2011 Author Share December 29, 2011 Larva stared down at the scene, hoping that the colt would do the smart thing in time. The fox hissed, it's voice able to split mirrors with it's shrillness. It slowly started to circle around it's new prey, ready to strike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterBolt 56 December 29, 2011 Share December 29, 2011 For a long time, the poor unicorn was frozen in place, unable to move or think. His first instinct was to use magic- but he abandoned that fancy quickly. What would that do!? Prolong his death, surely. ..Then, as if on a whim, or through something deep in his subconsciousness forcing him, he screwed his eyes shut tight and yelled, "V-...Ve...nite...ad.....me...custodem!!" WinterBolt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finesthour 7,287 December 29, 2011 Author Share December 29, 2011 Larva smiled as his body started to glow,and he flew down to the colt who was on the ground. He landed in front of him with a thud, and looked at the fox. He slowly whispered, "Dispergunt" And the fox disappeared. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterBolt 56 December 29, 2011 Share December 29, 2011 Ash was thunderstruck. All he could say was, "Y-..you....it's you....." Ok. Yes. Officially no longer a dream. This was reality. Cold. Hard. Terrible. Reality. WinterBolt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finesthour 7,287 December 29, 2011 Author Share December 29, 2011 Larva nodded his head at the small colt. He put out his hoof. "Take it. I have to do some explaining." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterBolt 56 December 29, 2011 Share December 29, 2011 The unicorn simply stared, mouth agape, for the longest time, before it finally clicked in his mind to extend a hoof to the pegasus. To this day he didn't know why he did it. He should have run....escaped these springs a long time ago, since his first encounter with the phantom. Somehow however...he had the feeling that even if he did escape, move to a different location perhaps, that this pony would follow. He did come when he uttered that strange phrase he had been given. So, Ash stood and stared expectantly at Larva, waiting for that aforementioned explanation. WinterBolt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finesthour 7,287 December 29, 2011 Author Share December 29, 2011 Larva took the colt's hoof and put him on his back. Larva put out his wings and started to fly to the night sky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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