Armon was afraid. He was chained to a cliff restrained. Mortem was in front of him with his friends tied to stone pillars. Armon struggled against the restraints trying to break free. Mortem laughed at this attempt and levitated a knife with his magic. He walked up to Twilight with evil intent in his eyes. Twilight wept and asked Armon to help her. Armon desperately tried to break his restraints but was unfortunately unable.
Mortem approached Twilight with murderous intent slowly levitating the knife towards her throat. Twilight lost all voice in her mouth and stared at the knife. She feared for her life and begged Mortem to spare her. Armon pleaded with Mortem to kill him instead and let his friends go. Mortem smiled an evil smile before taking the blade to her throat. Twilight gave a cry out to Armon before Mortem used the blade.
Armon was mortified at watching Twilight slowly dying in front of him. Before the life left her eyes she gave one last look at Armon before slipping away. Armon broke down and cried. Mortem laughed at Armon’s misery and approached him. He forced Armon to look at him while he laughed at him. Behind Mortem, his minions approached the rest of Armon’s friends watching them die one by one. Armon was then forced again to stare at Mortems insane eyes as he laughed at him. His laugh echoing on and on into his mind.
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Armon awoke in a sweat. That was a horrible nightmare. What scared Armon was how livid it was. He could actually feel the restraints on his forearms and rear legs. He went to the bathroom to splash some cold water on his face. After that he checked the clock near his bed, it was close to him waking up anyway. He took his shower and went upstairs to join Twilight and Spike.
Upstairs he found Twilight and Spike eating a big breakfast feast. “What’s the occasion?” asked Armon. Spike made a plate for Armon while Twilight took a drink from her cup. “Spike was so excited for his date with Rarity, he wanted to make a big breakfast as a celebration.” said Twilight. Armon sat down at the table to started to eat his plate. Spike must of been extremely excited if he made all this food.
Armon felt he was going to need the energy from the food today. He was going to Sugarcube Corner today to hang out with Pinkie Pie. He knew that Pinkie was hyperactive when he met her but the amount of hyperness in her surprised him. He knew a few ponies in his time that were like Pinkie but she took it to a whole new level.
After finishing his meal and thanking Spike he got up and set out for Sugarcube Corner. Spike meanwhile finished cleaning up the dishes left by Twilight and Armon and set out for Carousel Boutique. He was extremely excited to have his first date with Rarity and nothing was going to ruin it. This was going to be the best day of his life.
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Armon arrived at Sugarcube Corner. It wasn’t very busy inside with only Pinkie and Rainbow Dash inside. “Hiya Armon! Nice to see you!” said Pinkie Pie. “Hey Armon.” said Rainbow Dash. Armon walked up to the counter where both stood. “Hi girls. Nice to see you again Rainbow.” said Armon. Armon hadn’t seen Rainbow Dash since his day with her some time ago. They spent the day doing pranks on all of Ponyville. “So what are you girls talking about?” asked Armon.
“We were about to make a cake for Spike. We’re gonna celebrate him and Rarity finally tying the knot.” said Pinkie Pie. “Wanna help Armon?” asked Rainbow Dash. Armon wasn’t planning on including Rainbow in his one on one day with Pinkie, but he welcomed her nonetheless. They went into the back kitchen ready to begin making the cake for Spike.
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Spike sat nervously under his tree. Today was his date with Rarity and she hadn’t shown up yet. He sat staring at the pond in front of him praying to Celestia that he wouldn’t be stood up. Just when he had given up hope, Rarity came into his vision on the other side of the lake. She waved to him and trotted around the edge of the pond towards Spike. After a minute, she finally reached him.
“Hello Spike, I’m sorry I’m late but I just couldn’t decide what to bring for our lunch. So I brought both dishes I had in mind. Your favorite gemstones and hay fries and a sapphire cupcake for you. And a salad for me.” said Rarity.Spike smiled and ran up to Rarity to give her a hug. Hard to believe just minutes ago that he was ready to give up. Now he knew this was going to be the best day ever.
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Armon thought he was seeing things. For the last half hour he had helped Pinkie and Rainbow make Spikes cake. But he was seeing Pinkie with green eyes. Not like green irises but like what should've been white was green. He thought his eyes were just tricking him before he noticed that Rainbow had stopped like time stood still. Pinkie turned to him smiling and started to laugh the same maniacal laugh he heard before. This wasn’t Pinkie’s laugh, it had no joy.
“Pinkie?” asked Armon. Pinkie’s appearance slowly started to change. Slowly in front of Armon Pinkie changed from the lovable pink pony she usually was to Armon’s nightmare. In front of him stood his friend, his tormentor and his enemy. In front of him was the God of death, Mortem.
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Spike was enjoying the day. He had lunch with Rarity and now he was just laying down with her relaxing. She was curled up underneath the tree Spike sat at before while he was lying against her enjoying her warmth. They chatted the day away, talking about their interests, life goals, why they liked each other. Whatever they could think of they discussed. Rarity was actually surprised that they had so many common interests.
“You know darling I did say that I didn’t want any dessert, but now I think I could go for a cupcake.” said Rarity. “I was thinking about the same thing. Wanna go to Sugarcube Corner?” asked Spike. Rarity giggled at Spike not knowing of Pinkie and Rainbow’s plan to surprise him. “Well then Spike, shall we get going?” asked Rarity. Spike got up with Rarity and started to make their way towards the bakery.
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“So, how have you been Armon? It’s been over nine hundred years since we last spoke.” said Mortem. Armon angrily looked at Mortem. He thought he was rid of him a year ago and yet he’s back again. This time not as just a voice but now as an apparition. “What do you want Mortem?” asked Armon.
Mortem walked around the room studying what was inside, including Rainbow Dash. “What I can’t just talk? You never answered me once when I talked to you for all those years. I shouldn’t have to go this far to talk to my friend shouldn’t I?” said Armon.
“No, you lost that privilege when you kept telling me to kill myself. Now what do you want?” asked Armon. “Hmm, I forgot how much you were business like. Fine then I’ll keep this brief since I don’t have much time anyway. Do you remember the day you finally tore me out of your head? Well since then I’ve been looking for a purpose in what’s left in my life since you stole it. And I decided that I’m going to take away everything you hold dear. And I must say you have adapted to life in this new world very fast. So many things you already cherish, like this blue one here.” said Mortem
Mortem ran his hoof along Rainbow’s muzzle. “That’s not going to happen Mortem. I have good friends with great power. You have no one but yourself. You're weaker than you were before.” said Armon. Mortem laughed while taking his hoofs away from Rainbow. “You know I thought you might say that. So I took the year to build up some very powerful allies. You’d be surprised how many enemies Equestria has built over the years.” said Mortem.
“It doesn’t matter. Equestria has survived the worst and more. Twilight and her friends will stop whatever you have planned, and I’ll be there to help.” said Armon. Mortem grinned at the mention of Twilight. “Ah yes, that purple pony. I do must say she’s very pretty. Maybe when I win I’ll spare her and keep her as a plaything.” said Mortem. Armon started to get angry at Mortem, no one should talk to any mare about what he was going to do.
“Of course I’d get bored of her eventually. I’m sure she would be delicious for my pets when I break her.” said Mortem. Armon was furious he was close to leaping at Mortem to try to kill him, but he knew that it wasn’t the best idea. Mortem still had some of his God powers and he had no idea what he was capable of. “On second thought, maybe I’ll just have her used as a pleasure toy for my minions. I’m sure they’ll love making her scream.” said Mortem.
Armon leaped at Mortem in anger. They collided into the table with Armon leaning over Mortem and started to strangle him. Mortem just stood there laughing at Armon while he reached his hooves up to grip Armon’s, trying to pry him off.
Armon stared at Mortem gripping has hard as he could around Mortem’s neck. His anger was at an all time high. He wanted to make Mortem pay for what he said about Twilight. Most of all he wanted to just get rid of Mortem. He had been tortured by him for hundreds of years and just when he thought he was rid of him, Mortem comes back in his dreams. He just wanted him to go away.
“Armon!” shouted an echo. Where was that coming from? There wasn’t anyone else here besides Rainbow Dash and Mortem. “Armon, stop it!” shouted Rainbow Dash. Armon turned to see that Rainbow Dash was moving around again and trying to pull his hooves away. Why would she want to save Mortem? Armon heard Mortem struggling to breath underneath him. It was almost over. He turned to see Mortem again but was aghast at what he saw. In his hooves wasn’t Mortem, but Pinkie Pie.
Mortem let go immediately, causing Pinkie to roll over and fall on the floor coughing and trying to get air in her lungs. Rainbow moved to her side to try to help her while Armon backed away horrified. “No, this isn’t right. Pinkie isn’t supposed to be here, that was supposed to be Mortem.” thought Armon. Just when Rainbow was going to ask Armon why he did what he did, Armon turned and ran out the door.
He ran as fast as he could in a random direction, wanting to get away. On the way he passed Rarity and Spike as they made their way to Sugarcube Corner. Spike tried to say hi to Armon but he passed without giving him the chance. “Strange, where’s Armon in such a hurry to get to?” asked Spike.
“Oh I’m sure he’s just running to do an errand real quick. Never mind that though Spike, lets finish our date.” said Rarity. Spike smiled and continued his walk. Rarity was right, right now nothing mattered but their date. It was going great and there was absolutely nothing that was going to ruin it. They would be a couple from now on and one day they would be together forever.
They approached Sugarcube Corner ready to go inside. Spike knew that this was going to be the end of their first date and it wasn’t going to be the last. “Today was truly the best day in my life, and there is absolutely nothing that was going to stop that.” thought Spike as he and Rarity stepped inside.