//------------------------------// // Chapter Fourteen // Story: WOLVERINES! // by The Producer //------------------------------// A slithering, cold voice made its way into Reaper's head. My my, you actually managed to defeat her, I am impressed. Reaper was bewildered, it wasn't the voice that spoke through the blade, and it wasn't when one of the two princesses contacted him via a mind link. Confused, little prince? You shouldn't be. As the voice continued, he felt his contempt for Celestia boil up, becoming an all-encompassing feeling that eradicated everything else. The voice continued, Yes, I know what you are, and my, do you have so much hate coming from it. Let it all out. I have power that can make all of your desires true. Reaper couldn't help himself be taken by the voice, the rage he was feeling was like a tsunami of power, feeding into him. Now you are MINE. Reaper's appearance started to change, his wings and horn started to have a boiling, creeping black start at the base, and it went slowly to the tip of the respective extremities. Reaper got up with a strong flap of the now pitch-black wings, and his other eye shot open. Twilight noticed something strange, his eyes. She brought it up with her friends as he approached them, "Do you remember what Nightmare's eyes looked like? His eyes look just like that now." Pinkie yelled out, "Reaper as black snooty? No WAY!" Reaper stopped mid stride, and looked at his wings. His head jerked back as they went away, and his eyes went back into the usual orbs that they were, and continued walking after them after retrieving the large two-handed blade that he used against Trixie. He got to the group, and asked in a weird voice that was different than usual. It had so much power behind it that is actually made the ground tremble and shake a bit from the reverberations. "Is anyone hurt?" Twilight stood there, confused. She definitely saw his eyes, and the phantom wings. AND unicorn horn. Now he was trying to shrug it all off after blatantly hiding it all in a weak question? She asked, "We're fine, but, what was all that about? With your eyes, and those wings?" RD and AJ decided to put in their own two cents, saying, "Yeah! How come you never told us that you could fly? We could have all kinds of cool races and stuff!" "Whal ah agree with RD, ah ahm a little unhappy thaht yew've been lahin to us." Reaper's eyes seemed to shift back to what they were before they snapped back to circles. They shifted side to side lazily to mask his own uncomfortable feelings. He said "Oh, just some magic I learn't from the princesses. You know that I've been training under her, don't you?" That didn't dissuade Twilight, however, and she persisted with saying, "Then why did you have those eyes? We all know that Nightmare Moon had those eyes. You covered them up with your magic, I can sense it with my own." Reaper got frustrated, and the same whisper voice echoed through his head, Let them taste our power, not even the elements and the two princesses combined could deal with what we have. Reaper scoffed, suddenly sounding not any like he used to, his deep bass undertones now holding nothing but scorn and menace, "You stupid fools! You have no Idea of the extent of my power!" His eyes snapped back into their previous form, slitted and dragon like. Dark energy seemed to slide off of him and make the surrounding area much more dark and foreboding, the wings and horn making a dark comeback. A dark chuckling escaped the razor maw of Reaper as he saw the faces of the six staring at him go from suspicious to horrified. Twilight cried out, "Why are you doing this? This isn't like you!" Reaper's chuckle evolved into a mad cackle as he unleashed his whole power. he said, "Nightmare Moon sends her regards." Reaper plunged the sword he had into the ground, pumping black magics into the surrounding area. Soon, it was just a bubble of black. Reaper let go of the sword, and slid into a magical fighting stance. Rainbow Dash screamed out, "You... YOU AREN'T REAPER ANYMORE!" A wicked grin graced the features of Reaper as he laughed evilly, "Ha! I see that you have finally caught on. My name is no longer Reaper, It is Supernova." With that, Reaper started to speed about the battlefield that he had sectioned off, applying punches, magical blasts, and enchantments when necessary. When he went back to original place, his speed left afterimages, all converging on him. The mane six all slowly got to their feet, and wordlessly began to fire off another harmony beam. Supernova spread his arms out, beckoning them to hit him. When the rainbow beam smashed into his chest, he did not turn to stone, nor did whatever was possessing him get ripped away. The beam went straight into him, and fed into his power. As the beam continued, it slowly lifted Supernova into the air, darkness energy practically gushing out of him in waves, and the mane six couldn't stop the blast from feeding into him. When the surge finally stopped, Supernova unceremoniously landed on the ground, growling. His mouth was starting to stretch and move in ungodly ways, and shadows seemed to begin to solidify around his fingers. Supernova shot up as his roars came to a crescendo, his teeth growing in size by a few inches, and dark, nether-claws formed on his hands. Supernova spoke, voice becoming deep and disembodied, as if it came from another realm, and his mouth was not in sync with his voice, "Ohhhh, you little ponies shouldn't have done that. But, time for play is just about over. As Celestia would say, goodbye, my little ponies." Supernova walked over to the sword embedded into the ground, and started to rip it free. As it slowly unearthed itself, the orb of darkness began to collapse itself on the mane six, sparing Supernova. As the split point of the blade got free, the dome completely collapsed, knocking out the six still trapped under it. Supernova summoned a small ball from the nether that linked all of the world with itself, and threw it on the ground. He descended into the mire of bubbling darkness, picturing Canterlot Castle in his mind. *** *** *** When the six regained consciousness, it was nighttime. Pinkie Pie was consoling Fluttershy as Twilight was having a meeting with Applejack, Rainbow Dash, and Rarity. Rainbow started with saying, "I can't believe that he did that..." Applejack rubbed RD's back, and said, "Now dohn't worry, Just think of what he did before he changed. Did you see what he did? He threw himself in front of whutever that black thing was from Trixie." Rarity looked puzzled, and said, "Reaper called himself Supernova when he changed, right? I wonder what that means..." Twilight's eyes widened as realization hit her like a ton of bricks. Se said, "Well, the last two major evil influences had self explanatory names, and he said it was Supernova. Supernovas have dealings with stars, and astronomers say that the sun is actually a star. A supernova is the death and explosion of a st... shit. We're all dead " Twilight saw as her friend's faces went from glum to completely terrified. She continued with, "We should try to get to Celestia, she could be in danger...Or worse." *** *** *** Luna was running blind down a hallway, it was all she could do now. All she heard was the scratching of nails against the stone walls as the thing she would've called her nephew was following her down the hallway. It was nighttime, he had decided to strike when she was lowering the moon, knocking out the entirety of the guard with one simple spell. From the few moments of interaction she had, Luna could tell that Reaper had enough power in him to take out half of the world. She also recognized another feeling. It was her. All of her mind told her to run as far away from it as possible. Unfortunately, that wasn't very far. A slithering, drawling whisper cut through her mind as she stopped at a dead end. Lunnnnaaaaa.... As Luna looked back at the dead end, she saw that she was surrounded by mirrors. Reaper's distorted form seemed to step from the edge, staring straight at her. A dark glowing ball was slowly growing in the hand pointed at her. Luna was in Reaper's mercy. To the moon, Luna." A shockwave emanated from Reaper's hand, busting all of the mirrors, leaving him staring straight at Luna from her direct front. Reaper shot the ball, and a feeling of cold pinpricks engulfed her, blacking her vision out for a moment. When she regained her sight, she saw an all too familiar landscape, craters and dust dominating the landscape. Desolate. Luna collapsed on her legs, crying out in desperation and loneliness. *** *** *** Celestia wasn't scared, she had accepted her own fate when she first saw what had become her son. She should have guessed that Nightmare might of had a self-preservation device if the host body was terminated. It would be easy to control Reaper, because she could tell that he was still angry at her. Now that anger has been heightened to something of an obsession, and he had the power to be able to do anything he would want. Celestia was in her own personal chambers, readying herself for anything. There was a thud, and the walls shook. He was coming. The doors burst open with a dark blast of arcane power. A deep, almost disembodied voice resounded out, "Princess." Celestia looked at what used to be he son, and said, "You know that you won't win, Nightmare. The six will get to you soon enough." At this, an evil chuckle escaped from Reaper, and he said, "You really expect those little foals to topple me? I have already survived three blasts from your precious 'elements of harmony' and gained it's power. They could never touch me." Celestia grinned, and said, "While the weapon itself might not, but what they embody and what they are will, reaper." Reaper snorted, and growled out, "My name is not Reaper, Its SUPERNOVA!" Supernova grabbed Celestia with his super-powered telekinesis, and started to head down into the dungeon. He started to make small, invisible sigils on the way down. once he go there, he went into the deepest chamber, and locked her in it. He said, "Don't even try to use any magic, those spells are there to stop any and all magic to flow through your body." Celestia stayed regal, and calm even in the face of death, "What did you do to Luna? And what will you do to me?" Reaper licked one of his front teeth, and said, "I gave her an outcome that would be worse than death. As for you... You will be turned." He turned, and stalked out of the cell, dark intent seemed to emanate off of him and leave everywhere he touched with a vile odor. Celestia was scared, becoming turned into a nightmare unwillingly would be a prolonged and painful experience. For luna, she knew that she was sent to the moon, and wept for her. --- --- --- Supernova had gathered every guardspony and locked them in a room with a note that told them that they would get rations every week. He walked into the throne room, and decided that brainwashing the highest ranking officer to hold precedence over the every-day necessities, Supernova didn't want everyone to know about his presence yet. He continued through the room and onto the private balcony. The sun wouldn't need to be raised in a few hours. Supernova summoned the general of the army out of the room, and held the older Pegasus mid-air, staring straight into his eyes. After a few moments of getting into the general's head, he sent a small cloud of darkness into the pony's brain, taking complete control over his thoughts. Supernova sent a list of commands into the pony's subconscious, the guardsman mumbled back the directions to tell everyone that the princesses need a small vacation from ruling for family matters, and that they left him in charge. Reaper let the guardspony to stumble off to fulfill his duties as Reaper went back into the throne room, lounging on the celestial throne and enchanting an organ to play a song to help him think. A wicked smile came upon Supernova's face as he figured out how to enslave the elements of harmony to do his bidding. Soon, all of the world shall be under his control.