//------------------------------// // Chapter V // Story: The Forgotten Prophecy // by flutterderp sparkle //------------------------------// Spike woke to the sound of hooves contacting the hard wood floor of the library, coming from the direction of the stairs. Spike sat up and looked in that direction, seeing Twilight walking down the stairs. "Oh, Twilight. What are you doing awake at this hour?" asked Spike Silence answered him. "I know you're still feeling down, but that doesn't mean you can ignore my question." Silence again. "I'm going back to sleep. see you in the morning." Spike closed his eyes. Seconds later, he opened them again to a low hum and a black-purple glow. He then noticed what was making the glow, a magic blade above Twilight's horn that was lightly illuminating the room. He started sweating from fear, realizing that Twilight was coming towards him. "Twilight, what are you doing?" He was answered with Twilight slashing at him, but he ducked. Spike got up out of bed and ran out of the library. He ran down Mane Street, with Twilight close behind him. But, since she was faster than him, she eventually caught up and forced him into a dead end, cornering him. "What are you going to do to me?" asked Spike, vigorously sweating in fear. "At first, I was just going to make you hate me. But now, I've decided to take you out instead," said Twilight. "And, by the way, I never loved you." "But that's not..." Spike ended screaming in pain when Twilight slashed him from his right shoulder to his left hip bone. His world then turned black. . . . . . She was sitting on a throne. Twilight could feel this even before she opened her eyes. But, once she did, the first things she saw were what stood at her two sides. Once her vision adjusted to the light and she was seeing more clearly, she noticed that they were not things, but they were Discord on her left and Nightmare Moon on her right. But, before she was able to question anything, the door on the opposite side of the room slammed open, and out galloped an emerald green unicorn with a green magic blade emanating from its horn. When the pony, a stallion, came galloping straight at her, she realized where she was. She was in the same place as her dream from the previous night, except, this time, she was sitting on the throne. When the emerald pony had covered about half the room, Twilight, against her will, stepped off the throne and ignited her blade, which glowed with a black aura. She was not in control of her body. As soon as Twilight and the emerald pony met, they clashed blades. They started fighting each other, and after around a minute after the start, Twilight overpowered the emerald pony and got him on the floor. She slashed him from his right shoulder to his left hip bone, and was surprised to see a blueish colored blood splatter on her face and the walls. When she brought her head up from the downward slash, she noticed that Spike was on the ground. Twilight would have gasped in surprise, if she wasn't being controlled by a mysterious force. She turned her head around to face Night mare Moon and Discord. Discord had his hand stretched out, palm facing downward, and Nightmare Moon had her front leg out with the hoof facing down. Twilight turned her head around, and she noticed that the blood on the wall was now red, and the emerald pony was on the floor where Spike was a moment earlier. She ignited her magic blade again and drove straight through the pony's heart... Twilight woke with a startled shriek, half from her dream and half from a knock at the door. She sat up, finding out she was drenched in sweat and with what she thought was dried sweat on her face. as she was walking down the stairs and towards the door, she heard another knock, this one more stern and preceding the shout, "Open the door before we force it open!" "Coming!" shouted Twilight as she galloped down the rest of the stairs and to the door. When she got there, she opened the door, and both her and the ponies outside gasped. "So it is true. Twilight Sparkle, we're going to have to take you back to the station," said one of the two ponies, which Twilight recognized both of them as policeponies. After they said that, they took out leg braces and a magic damper that they were going to put on Twilight. "What are you two saying? What did I do that would force you to come and take me back to the station?" "Don't play dumb with us. We are mostly sure that it was you that committed the crime." "What are you accusing me of doing? Mostly sure committed what crime?" One of the policeponies took out a plastic bag from his pocket that was labeled "Evidence" and handed it to the other policepony. "Didn't I tell you not to play dumb with us?" The pony that had the bag started scratching a dry substance off Twilight's face. "I'm not playing dumb! I truly don't know and didn't do whatever you're accusing me of. I was sleeping all night last night." After Twilight said this, she noticed what the policeponies were putting in the evidence bag. She gasped when she realized it was dried dragon blood. "What happened to Spike?" "You should already know what happened to him. Take her away to the station." The other policepony put the leg braces and magic damper on a flailing Twilight, then both of them took her to the police station.