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// Chapter 10 
// Story: The Crystal's Shadow 
// by HexGirl 
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	 I lashed out with a pulse of shadow focused from my horn. I expected it to deal more damage than just knocking both of the alicorns back but I was disappointed. They quickly recovered and fluttered onto the balcony. They landed with such grace my thirst for blood elevated. I stamped my hoof down sending forth dark magic which crystalized and swirled around Luna caging her in. 

"Luna!" cried Celestia. Protective instincts flickered through her pupils. She jumped and charged at me. Her wings gave two beats before I calmly stepped aside allowing her passage. Braking in midair she reversed her position and flew at me again only to be dodged once more. She was so predictable. I sensed her next move and teleported between her and Luna's black prison. Magic flooded my senses as I cast a shadowy spell upon the entrapment. Celestia vanished then reappeared bouncing off the walls of the obsidian safe. 

"You can't penetrate it. You will drain yourself of energy before you even come close to breaking that shell. All your alicorn magic and nothing to do with it." I mocked. I gave a quick smirk before binding her wings and legs with shadows.

"You monster." she spat.

"Not yet." I raised a metal covered hoof above her horn preparing to break her channel of magic. She looked into my eyes and pleaded. I stared back cold, tasting the power. Her soul shivered in fear. Her pure heart, sickening! She gave a whimper as my hoof shattered her horn. Pleased, I cast her against the far wall head first. She cried for mercy. Tears fled her eyes. Magic oozed from her broken horn. I couldn't help but laugh. 

Light shone from her head radiating violently. The light blinded me to the point where I had to turn my back. Daggers of light dug into my back through my cape. As randomly as the light appeared it dimmed into extinction along with the daggers. I turned around to see the last thing I expected. Her horn... had... regrown! How was this even possible?