open The Looming darkness

[RAGESTAR 479]

Tempest felt a strange aura, and looked back at Canterlot. "Something isn't right." He thought, before heading back. The cyan pegesus then broke through a window, and landed. The cyan pegesus then noticed the second group of ponies, and was surrounded by his aura. "I suggest you leave, right now." He said, as he shifted into his demon mode.

 

 

Xena watched as Tempest's body changed, and felt a massive pain in his head. He then saw a vision where Tempest was taken over by his own power, defeated Caras, and went into a isolated state. "This is puzzling. I doubt that'll actually happen, though." He thought, returning to the present.

 

Dark landed beside Tempest, and looked at the new ponies.

 

(Xena has time magic, and Child of Darkness approves.)

 

The cloaked stallion scoffed, throwing off his cloak to reveal himself to be Crimson Grinn. "Oh please, spare me the empty threats, and just fuck off! I don't have time for your little messiah wannabe act. Nice magic though, very cute, I'm sure many fillies are just SO terrified of you...or me..." said Crimson before waving his hoof, causing a wall of thick, black smoke, which then began to flash illusions of innocent ponies being attacked by bandits, but only those behind the cloud could see it.

 

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Chivalry looked back at the group, then confusion struck his face. "Hey, I know you, you were in our group a while ago, but then disappeared suddenly" Chivalry held the scroll tight with his magic when Crimson showed his magic. "Hey what do you think your-" Suddenly Tempest came crashing through the window before Chivalry could finish his sentence.

 

Chivalry quickly turned toward Tempest. "Tempest, what the hoof are you doing here? are you here to finish our battle or something? because if you are, i'm kind of busy right now!" Chivalry yelled. He then saw Tempest's body surround itself with aura. But his sight wasn't aimed at Chivalry, it was aimed at Crimson.

 

'Maybe I can somehow sneak out while Tempest distracts 'whats his name'' Chivalry thinks to himself.

Crimson then turned to Chivalry. "Now, give me the damned scroll, asshole...unless you want me to get creative..." said Crimson with an ominous chuckle, his hoof once again covered in black shadows.

 

((Does the illusion thing sound like something a dark magic user can do?))

Edited November 25, 2013 by ragestar

[Chivalry Knight 161]

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'Alright, so escape is not an option.' Chivalry grits his teeth and scowls at Crimson. "Do you even know what the hoof your trying to steal? You must not know because then you would rethink your actions!" Chivalry encased the scroll in a barrier bubble. He then drew his blade using his magic. Bubbles start to form from his horn and stick to the surfaces of the walls and floors of the throne room. 

 

"If you want this scroll, your going to have to get through me!" Chivalry stopped producing his bubbles for s split second to encase himself in a barrier bubble, then started again. Chivalry swung his blade at Crimsons crew, trying to get rid of the majority of them.

[Drago Ryder 641]

Tempest felt his anger build, and grit his teeth to try and control it. "You're illusions won't work on me, Crimson." He said, before breaking the illusion. "Now, before I tear you and your little friends limb from limb, I am going to ask you a simple question. Why are you here, and what would Luna think of this?" The cyan pegesus then formed his trademark dual swords, but something was different. While one was as black as night, it's "twin" was a stunning white. "Xena, I'm going to need everything you got for this one." He thought.

 

The aura beast nodded, and smirked. "I figured you would say that." He said.

 

Dark glanced at Crimson, and simply growled. She didn't know exactly what he was up to, but she wasn't exactly going to simply let him steal.

[RAGESTAR 479]

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Crimson gave tempest an odd look. "And why, pray tell, would I care what that selfish princess thinks about me? She hasn't even seen me since she broke up with me about six months ago...who are you anyway?" asked Crimson in a suspicious tone.

 

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Crimson's crew tried they're best to defend from Chivalry's attacks, but we're quickly cut down. Crimson growled. "How dare you hurt my men! Now I'm pissed!" Said the pirate before invading Chivalry's mind while he was distracted, attempting to knock him out.

Edited November 25, 2013 by ragestar

[Drago Ryder 641]

Tempest simply smirked. "That was proabably the worst mistake of your life." He said. "By the way, the name's Tempest." The cyan pegesus then charged at Crimson. "You might've heard of me."

 

Dark was slightly surprised, and picked up Chivalry. She then flew into the air, and out of the castle.

[Chivalry Knight 161]

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'Crimson... thats his name, now I remember!' Chivalry thought to himself. Chivalry also noticed what Crimson said. How could he not know them? did something happen to make him forget? was it Caras? Chivalry blurted out words without even thinking "Crimson! It's me Chivalry, you gotta remember Cara-"   Chivalry was cut off from Dark's hasty motives.

 

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"GAH! H-hey what do you think your doing?!?! Put me down right now!" Chivalry squirmed under Dark's grasp

[Drago Ryder 641]

Dark glanced at Chivalry, and shook her head. "Sorry, but I don't exactly think Tempest'll go easy to Crimson. The best thing to do for now, is to just simply wait." She said. The dragoness then watched the ensuing fight on the ground. "I  just hope Tempest doesn't kill Crimson."

[RAGESTAR 479]

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Crimson simply scoffed. "Never heard of you...am I supposed to care?" Asked the pirate before waving his hoof once more, causing a wall of black smoke to stop Tempest. "I wonder what that pony who flew away with that dragin was gonna say? Oh well, it probably wasn't important..." thought Crimson.

[Child Of Darkness 285]

 

Caras was watching from the side, it seemed like everyone had forgotten he was their, not much of a surprise, its easy to forget a ghost. Still, as much as he loved the conflict someone had to help Crimson get back his memories, it was necessary for his plan. Caras made his voice audible to only Crimson.

 

"I can see why you would forget Chivalry, he is such an un memorable character. But can you forget the reason why you came here a month ago. So tell me know, do you know who I am?"

[Chivalry Knight 161]

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"I don't care what Tempest will do! He might hurt Crimson, and he's a comrade! He probably just lost his memory!" Chivalry squirmed some more, more violently. "Sorry Dark, but I need to get back down there, Caras is there and he's sure to cause something!" Chivalry formed a few bubbles out of his horn and aimed then towards Darks face, in order to phase her. He didn't intent to hurt her.

[Drago Ryder 641]

Dark was hit by the bubbles, and dropped Chivalry. She then caught him, and dropped him onto the ground. "Ok. We should probably hurry, though.

 

Tempest sped right through the smoke, and simply laughed. "Is that the best you can do." He said. The cyan pegesus then flew around Crimson in the shape of a triangle, leaving a afterimage at the three points. "Good luck trying to make a flame in a vaccum." He thought.

[RAGESTAR 479]

Dark was hit by the bubbles, and dropped Chivalry. She then caught him, and dropped him onto the ground. "Ok. We should probably hurry, though.

 

Tempest sped right through the smoke, and simply laughed. "Is that the best you can do." He said. The cyan pegesus then flew around Crimson in the shape of a triangle, leaving a afterimage at the three points. "Good luck trying to make a flame in a vaccum." He thought.

Crimson scoffed and smirked. "One, why in the name of Sombra, would I use flames? Its a rather flashy and strong power, but utterly useless in stealth. And two, who are you talking to?" asked the pirate with a devious grin, before his body suddenly dissipated into ravens, which proceeded to fly away. Another Crimson stood a few feet away chuckling to himself as he read a book. "Your brash and foolish actions gave me just the time I needed to make an illusion to distract you, and hex you...so now, thanks to your reckless chagrin, you are cursed to keep dashing around in that same speed and manor, until either I die, I leave, or I let you go...check and mate, dumbass!" said the pirate, closing the book and grinning triumphantly.

 

 

 

Caras was watching from the side, it seemed like everyone had forgotten he was their, not much of a surprise, its easy to forget a ghost. Still, as much as he loved the conflict someone had to help Crimson get back his memories, it was necessary for his plan. Caras made his voice audible to only Crimson.

 

"I can see why you would forget Chivalry, he is such an un memorable character. But can you forget the reason why you came here a month ago. So tell me know, do you know who I am?"

 

Crimson's smile disappeared as he heard the new voice in his head. "What the hell! Who are you? No one can enter my mind without me letting them! So, how can you do it? Hmm...you must be rather powerful, no one has ever been able to sneak into my mind, but without me even realizing it? That's just suspicious...what are you? An alicorn? A demon? A Demi god, maybe? Don't be shy to tell, I've met them all, so nothing you tell me will surprise me. Why would I know you anyway? Are you famous or something?" thought Crimson.

[Child Of Darkness 285]

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"I'm surprised you do not remember me, maybe you need something to help you with your memories."

 

Caras connected his own mind to Crimsons to share his memories with him. Caras showed him what had happened since the start and up to the point where Crimson vanished. All the victories they had in battle, and all the times they had been beaten. All the memories went by quite quickly, but the speed would have been slow enough for Crimson to make sence of them all and recover his own lost memories. Once the memories where sent to Crimson, Caras broke the mind link and left his mind, making himself slightly visable infront of Crimson.

 

"Now do you remember who I am?"

[RAGESTAR 479]

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"I'm surprised you do not remember me, maybe you need something to help you with your memories."

 

Caras connected his own mind to Crimsons to share his memories with him. Caras showed him what had happened since the start and up to the point where Crimson vanished. All the victories they had in battle, and all the times they had been beaten. All the memories went by quite quickly, but the speed would have been slow enough for Crimson to make sence of them all and recover his own lost memories. Once the memories where sent to Crimson, Caras broke the mind link and left his mind, making himself slightly visable infront of Crimson.

 

"Now do you remember who I am?"

 

Crimson looked stunned and, for a few moments, seemed to be at a loss for words, but he quickly shook his head and glared deeply at Caras. "YOU!! YOU BASTARD!! YOU KILLED CELESTIA!! I'M GONNA RIP YOU LIMB FROM LIMB!!" Yelled Crimson, one of his eyes glowing a deep red, the other, a dark purple. He charged Caras attempting to hit him with a flaming punch, he now had all his memories back, and he was PISSED!

[~Sole~ 852]

Sole collapsed to the ground, beate, battered, and out of breath. "Dammit... This is way different from your normal magic. I've never seen you attack like this..." Sole said tiredly, as discord floated above him with a serious face "that's because it's extremely dangerous to use reality warping magic for offensive purposes. Even for me. I'm only teaching you this as a last resort." He said, the land around them now warped and twisted beyond recognition. It was similar to his usual chaos, but much more destructive. This was the true power of chaos. "Meteor showers, armies of dragons, and the power to manipulate nature itself... And this is only a warmup. You'd better learn to adapt to true chaos, or you might actually die sonnyboy." Said discord with a slight smile, as sole stood shakily "so if I can learn how to use true chaos and survive, this'll help beat caras for good? For that.. I'll do anything. I'm not giving up yet old man." He said with determination, before summoning an aura of chaos around himself and attacking with a roar.

[Child Of Darkness 285]

Crimson looked stunned and, for a few moments, seemed to be at a loss for words, but he quickly shook his head and glared deeply at Caras. "YOU!! YOU BASTARD!! YOU KILLED CELESTIA!! I'M GONNA RIP YOU LIMB FROM LIMB!!" Yelled Crimson, one of his eyes glowing a deep red, the other, a dark purple. He charged Caras attempting to hit him with a flaming punch, he now had all his memories back, and he was PISSED!

Crimson passed right through Caras, as being spectral prevented any physical contact.

 

"Still not to bright I see. You cannot hurt the dead. Be patient Crimson, you will have your opertunity soon enough, but first you may want to catch up on the events you have missed. You may be surprised on what you could have prevented if you where still here."

 

Caras teleported to his home in the everfree forest, his body still laying their motionless.

 

"Soon enough they will all be gathered, for the first time in 15000 years, six magics will be presented infront of a high master, with the scroll. Let us hope it is as powerful as it use to be. Other wise, this battle will be too easy."

@Minath Khalsi

(Please go to Canterlot as soon as you can, you may have a little bit of down time as I will be away for a day or two.)

 

@Alex Kennedy (Are you still in this, or are you out?)

Edited November 25, 2013 by Child of Darkness

[RAGESTAR 479]

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Crimson cursed and felt a pang of worry. "what was that supposed to mean?" he thought, before turning to Chivalry. "Chivalry...what did he mean by that? What happened?" asked Crimson in a hesitant tone, his voice full of concern and slight fear, not for Caras, but for what he meant.

[Drago Ryder 641]

Tempest simply shrugged, and used his demonic magic, as well as Xena's time magic, to counteract the hex Crimson put on him. "Well, that was interesting." He said, before glancing at Crimson. "So, what have you been up to, old friend." The cyan pegesus then smirked slightly.

[RAGESTAR 479]

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Crimson glanced at Tempest with a worried look. "Tempest...what did Caras mean? What did he mean when he said I could've prevented something? What happened?" asked Crimson in a shaky voice, swallowing hard, praying that the worst fears were only suspicions.

[Drago Ryder 641]

Tempest sighed. and told Crimson what had happened eversince Caras was released into Equestria. "I don't know exactly what Caras meant, but I have some idea."  He said. "Luna died a few days ago. I'm sorry." The cyan pegesus then grit his teeth in anger, screamed, and punched a nearby pillar, making it fall to the ground in several pieces. "I was there, and I did nothing to help her."

 

Xena sighed, and felt the maelstrom of emotions that were coursing through Tempest's mind. "It's ok. You did what you had to do." He said.

[RAGESTAR 479]

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Crimson stood there in motionless silence for a long time, the brim of his hat casting a shadow over his eyes. He seemed to be shaking with anger, tears streaming down his face, he then let out a pained scream, shattering all of the windows in the building, his body ignited in flames and he literally blew the room off the place, he then stood there, panting, crying, and covered in flames, staring up at the moon with deep sorrow. "...did...did she suffer?" asked Crimson in almost a whisper, his gaze trained only on the night sky. The pirate then slowly slipped a bottle of rum out from under his hat, and began taking rather deep swigs from it, all while staring at the moon.

 

((for those who don't know, Crimson was very close to Luna, he actually dated her for awhile, but he was still in love with her after she broke up with him. So expect for Crimson to get VERY violent the next time he sees Caras, also, expect him to be a depressed drunkard a lot...))

[Drago Ryder 641]

Tempest simply shook his head, and sighed. "No. Her death was quick and painless." He said. "Trust me Crimson, I know how you feel. I knew Luna as well as you, and considered her to be one of my closest friends." The cyan pegesus then trotted onto one of the balconies, and began to meditate.

[Chivalry Knight 161]

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Chivalry watched as Crimson exploded with anger, or was it anger? No, it was sadness. He and Luna must have been very close, to make him explode like this. He felt sorry for Crimson. Then flashbacks of his anger and sadness filled his mind. Of his kingdom, overtaken, everypony he knew, dead. When he was weak, when there was nothing he could do. It made Chivalry sad, but determined.

 

Chivalry remembered the scroll, he glanced over to it. It is still in the barrier bubble he had placed on it earlier. 'Looks like everypony forgot about that' Chivalry thought to himself. He looked over at Crimson who was too sad to notice Chivalry. Tempest is out on the balcony, But Dark is still here. "Uh, hey Dark. You think Tempest is okay after telling Crimson all of that? You better go check up on him." He said to Dark with a worried look, trying to get rid of her. 

 

'Once Dark is gone, I'll retrieve the scroll and hide it in my holster.' Chivalry thought to himself.

[Minath Khalsi 195]

Minath looked around her, and teleported to her home in Canterlot. Going to her room, she took off her armor, setting it down on the stand next to her bed. She wanted to lay in her bed and stare at her ceiling, postponing getting up for work like she had done just 2 months ago. She missed sleeping in this bed, not having to worry about princessing or Caras or anything else. She laid on her bed and stared up at the ceiling, admiring the band posters of bands that she will never get to see in concert if they don't succeed. The thought of bands in concert almost makes her want to laugh. She looked over at the nightstand and saw one of her favorite pictures, and another next to it. One of them was of Note and herself, on a day they got to vacation. The next was Rambler before he went missing, and she often stared at that picture before falling asleep. She missed being young.

 

She stared at the ceiling, not thinking about anything, just wanting to meld in with the blankets. Having a quick thought, she cast an transparency spell and a sound-proof spell on her armor. Not it will appear and sound like she's not wearing her armor whenever she has it on, and it will be visible when she's not wearing it. It will make her seem like her own body is deflecting the attacks. That seems like it would strike fear into anypony's heart.

 

Minath thought back to when she went full goddess mode, and about how when that happened her armor changed shape with her. In fact, it had grown plating over her neck, legs and wings. She thought back to when Celestia first gave her the armor.

 

~( memory [kinda, more like from Celestia's view] )~

 

Celestia smiled at Minath. Minath had just got her first promotion, and Celestia had decided to celebrate by giving Minath a special gift. Celestia had made the armor herself, crafted out of pure magic. However, the armor had a shielding spell, hiding the mass quantities of magic contained.

 

The armor was made to not only protect Minath with the power of the mithril, but to also change shape and size with her and grow with her power. Celestia had no doubt that Minath would one day become a princess.

 

Celestia admired the armor on Minath's small frame. It's slate color matched well with her mane and coat. It was meant to define her in a way that the standard armor couldn't.

 

"It looks wonderful on you, Minath. I'm sure no matter what it will always fit"

 

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Now thinking back, Minath wanted to punch herself for not questioning Celestia on that.There's so many things Minath wished she could have talked to Celestia about, and it almost made Minath want to cry at the lost opportunity to talk to the closest thing she had ever had to a mother. 

 

( (2.1k words, hopy shiitake mushrooms. ))

[Child Of Darkness 285]

Time was up. Caras' time with death was over. It was time for him to return to the land of the living. A bright light emited from Caras spectral form and from his body before the two became one once more. As if talking to another pony Caras began to speak.

 

"It feels so go to be in my body again, I missed the stiffness. Frist court of order, a bath. Next time a should leave my body in a cleaner location don't you agree? Right then. Do you think I should let them relaxe for a while? Yes I think I should. It is only respectful. Enjoy your time, Chivalry, Minath, Crimson, Tempest, Sole and Discord. On my next visit, someone is going to be ash."

 

(Next battle, I will be killing a character. You may guess who. Also I said a price must be payed, and be payed it will.)