dark The Darkest Nights

[IRegretThisWholePartOfM 58]

Nightfall.
It is a time when your nightmares come to life.
When little ponys are tucked away to hide under the covers they thought could protect them. 
When the light falls and Luna rises her moon. I set to work.
The leaves under my hooves crackle as i walk through the forest. The branches scrape at me, but i stay in my direction. The dark enshrouds me as if i absorbed all light, the only showing of my existence being my eyes, shining red in the night like balls of lava suspended in the air.

I keep walking, but know that soon i will reach my destination, within minutes, i can see the campfire that marked the target. Walking forward, i stop on the edge of a circular clearing, and i can see five colts, all in full armor, walking the perimeter.

I take a moment to consider my options, in the night, i can see, when they cant, i take another look at the campfire, wondering if i could put it out, and immediately regret it as the light cuts into my eyes and disrupts my night sight. I look away, and decide to just attack at the first opportunity.

I wait till i see an opening, then step just far enough into the clearing to open my wings, and the sound of metal sliding out of its covering filled the night. MY wing blades fully opened, i could now see one guard, turning his head to me, i sprint to him and bend my wing to stab him directly in the heart, he fell without a sound, and i turned, to see the other four colts looking my way.
"Well" I say "Looks like ive been found out. Care to try me?"
All four of the colts looked at one another, and nodded. Without another word, we set into battle. Under normal circumstances, my wing blades would not have been a match for their swords, but just by me being there, these were no longer normal circumstances. As one colt swung down at me, i rolled to the left, and snapping my wing up, caught him in his left eye, the blade passing through and destroying the right as well. He fell to the ground in pain crying out for help, but was quickly silenced by the taste of his own blade being run through his neck.
I turned and saw the remaining three ponys charge me at the same time. I waited for the right moment, then rolled under the middle ones legs, and snapping out my wings, caught him and tripped him then cutting the other two ponys inner legs off. The all fell and the two injured were finished off seconds later, both with a knife to the chest. The final pony was a white colt, wearing armor nicer than the others. As i assumed, this was Shining Armor. 
"What have you done!" He yelled.

I looked at him and extended my left wing blade pointed at his stomach.
"You are a warrior i can tell, so surly you must know what a knife in the stomach will do to you?"

His eyes widened, and he began to shake.
"Please! No! I have a wife and a child!" He said, his voice wracked with fear.
"Im afraid not anymore" I said.

His face took on a series of emotions, first confusion, then realization, the anger, followed by greif, and then back to anger. It amused me so to see these weak ponys when their beloveds have met their ends. 
"You..You Traitor! I will kill-" was all he said before i pushed the blade into his stomach.

"You wont be doing anything friend. Not at least until i know your dead. Then maybe you will go to a better place."

"W-what do y-you mean?" HE asked with pure fear in his eyes.
"You must die, and you must die painfully" Was all i said.
He started to speak something, but was cut off as i whipped my right blade across his neck, the blood bubbling, as he mouthed his last words
"You shall die"
But we both knew it was only hopeful wishing.
His body slumped over, and i withdrew my blades. Looking over the carnage, i reached in my pack, and withdrew the letter in it. I put it on Armors head, then flew off to return to my master, as a new day was beginning, and she would need me soon. The note simply said.
Darkness is rising.

Please Comment and tell me how its doing, as if you guys like it, i plan on adding more to the story. Hopefully a chapter per 1-2 days if all goes well.

Chapter 2

 

Flying back to the castle, the sunlight begins to show on my body. I know i must fly faster, as I stand out like a sore hoof during daylight. I redouble my efforts, and soon see the castle in the distance. I can see that even at my most hated time of day, the castle is beautiful. The light of the evening mix with the glass creating a rainbow light show that even Celestia would be awed at.

But soon i spot the balcony where I am to meet my master. I land softly, and walk in through the open window. I see a dark mare sitting on a small throne. She is not lit by the Light of the sun, and seems to shy away from it.
"You've returned Darkcloud?" She asked, her voice soft but full of rage and anger.
"I am successful your highness. Shining armor is dead, Celestia is one step closer to her fall, and we one closer to our rise."

She Looked up and a ray of light penetrated into the room, casting a beam on the princesses face. 
Luna looked tired, she had been planning and planning for years, all without having a single ince of room to slip. One misplaced word, one second off, and all was done. We had worked so hard to get where we are, and we will not fall due to a simple mistake.
"You may leave" Luna said.
I bowed and walked back out to the balcony, spreading my wings, i took off and angled to the everfree forest. 
I passed over the small Ponyville, its residents seeming happy and enjoying each other. In the clouds ahead, i see a rainbow colored mare kicking clouds, she spots me and before I can move away, she flys to me.
"Hey! Ive never seen you before, where you heading?" She asked

"Its none of your concern and i would prefer if you would leave"

She slowed down, clearly hurt. But trys again
"Mister wh-" I stop her.

"I do not want to talk to you, you are common trash and are not worthy to shine my hooves, i have places to be, and i would prefer if you slunk off to your home or job or whatever you people do, and leave me to my business"

She looked to be on the verge of tears, and slowly flew off chocking back sobs. I didn't care, to me all of them were inferior, all of them would be dead in time. They were fleas in my coat for all I cared.
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Chapter 3

The Forrest is dark, and seems as though a horrible creature might snap at you any second. But to me, I was the scary creature ready to snap. I had slept through the night, thinking i could finally rest for a day, but then a message appeared before me. It was a simple letter, with six pictures of different ponys. 
These fillies are the last thing standing in my way, it said, they needed to be killed. 

I looked through the photos, and realized that all six of them I had seen on my flight over Ponyville. I flipped through the photos, each with its own page showing where they lived. I saw the first on the list. Twilight Sparkles. It read that she was a extremely skilled magic user, and that she lived in a library. I chose to kill her first.

Nighttime. The moon is out. The bats are flying, and there is murder in the air. 
I step up to the tree, and then to the door. I let my wings out slightly, as I wanted to be prepared for anything that might happen. I pushed the door open, and saw to my surprise, that there were eight ponys sleeping in the home. I realized that five of them were some of the ponys I had been told to kill, and the other three were just children. I looked around the room, and saw no traps, so i advanced forward. I first stepped up to a white filly, she seemed to be talking in her sleep, but i payed no mind. Pulling out my left blade, I whispered
"May you find peace beyond this realm"
She heard, and awoke, slightly rolling with a look of confusion in her eyes, but she was stopped by my blade running through her chest. She opened her mouth once, and to my surprise managed to get out one last scream before she perished. The remaining four adults awoke instantly, the children still somehow asleep. Odly they all had marks on their faces as if they had been crying, but i payed little mind as a hoof flashed out at me, swinging my right blade, i plunged it into the filly's leg, and she screamed as blood flowed down her orange coat, she fell back, and a purple filly, who I saw was Twilight Sparkles, began chanting a spell, , but was cut off as i reared up and hit her in the head as hard as i could. She flew across the room, hitting a bookshelf, and slumping to the floor unconscious. Turning my head, i saw the last two filly's, a pink one with her hoof over a yellow one, the pink one glaring at me with a rage i had never seen before. I walked forward, and she began to speak
"You know what mister. I have never felt this emotion before, but now that ive seen what you've done to my friends, i know what it is. HATE" With that she jumped at me, and landed a hit in my right eye, I backed up, and extending my wings floated to the opposite side of the room, I knew that i had to finish her from a distance, so reaching into my pouch, i drew a throwing knife, as the pink one ran at me, she kept bouncing around, making it almost impossible to hit her. So i came up with a new idea. I threw the knife, and it flew past her by a good two hoofs, she stopped about three more hoofs in front of me. 
"Ha! You missed!"

"Im afraid I didn't" I responded. 
At the same time a whimper came from behind the pink pony, and she turned seeing, the yellow one with a knife through her chest. As she turned i quickly whipped out both my wing blades, the Left going through her forhead, the right through her chest. She slumped to the floor, at the same time as the yellow one did. 
Now there were only two ponys left to kill in the house. I turned to the Orange one, who to her credit, was hobbling to me, and I quickly walked past her, dragging my right blade through her body as i did so. I heard a wet pattering of blood, followed by the sound of entrails hitting the floor, then by the pony falling to the floor herself. Now i focused on the purple pony. She was awake, and as I approached her, she began to speak

"We knew... you were coming."
I was taken aback, how could this be? She read the confusion on my face.
"We always knew that someone would come, and you meeting Rainbow Dash only proved it, an evil colt, being rude to someone as nice as her, it had to be you. I have long prepared for this day. I wont let you take the young ones, I wont let you take Ponyville, and I sure as buck, wont let you harm Celestia."

I decided that i had enough of her, and without another word, Stepped forward to kill her. As my blade was but a hairs width away, a purple covering broke over her body, and a beam of light shot out, twords Canterlot. The blade passed through her chest, and she was dead, but I knew what she had done. She had warned Celestia. Already i could see Canterlot lighting up as people awoke and guards began to prepare. I had to get out of there, and I began to run to the door, when i realized that the three ponys were still sleeping, i walked closer and saw that each had a clean cut from a blade through the chest, killing them. I realized that thats that Twilight meant when she said she would not let me take the young ones. She killed them herself, to protect them from the pain she thought i would cause them. It explained the tear marks on each of the adults faces. And too bad for her, she didn't realize that I don't kill children. Flying away back into the woods, i sent a wish to the spirits of the three young ones. They did not die for a purpose. It was a wasted sacrifice. 
 

Edited February 2, 2014 by SorenNightwing

[pinkamenasdelight 17]

Phew! This is a difficult piece to read due to all of the death and gore surrounding our beloved ponies! I appreciated the twist at the end - it is quite valiant to imagine the ponies sacrificing themselves for Celestia! 

One question I did have plot wise- Why didn't the ponies take extra precautions, prepare themselves more, if they knew something was up? But maybe that is just more credit to your character's element of surprise!

[IRegretThisWholePartOfM 58]

Phew! This is a difficult piece to read due to all of the death and gore surrounding our beloved ponies! I appreciated the twist at the end - it is quite valiant to imagine the ponies sacrificing themselves for Celestia! 

One question I did have plot wise- Why didn't the ponies take extra precautions, prepare themselves more, if they knew something was up? But maybe that is just more credit to your character's element of surprise!

The character is supposed to be a creation of all ponys fears, and darkness, he is a manifestation of everything evil, and I will eventully get more into this later in the story. The reason why the characters didnt prepare more, is because Twilight has a VERY big role in the story, which unfortunitly I cant write about, as It would ruin the story. Now, as for the twist, this is just one of a VERY large number of twists and plots that the story will involve, the entire idea revolving around that the princesses are not quite what they seem to be. I will write more onto the story, but it will take some time. In the mean time, thanks for reading!

[pinkamenasdelight 17]

No problem!I look forward to seeing where you take this!