//------------------------------// // Chapter 24 - Memories Resurfaced // Story: The Fall of Twilight // by Ephraim Blue //------------------------------// Chapter 24 - Memories Resurfaced Dimension Between Space And Time Blue's Point of View As Graymayne drew closer to Blue, he conjured up two knives. Blue countered by conjuring two shields to defend. At first, he defended well. But not to long after summoning them, Graymayne focused all his force on one of the shields, causing it to shatter. Blue was certainly shocked at what he saw him do, but quickly recovered. He teleported behind Graymayne and sent a magic blast strait at him. It hit, but the stallion seemed hardly effected at all by his attack. "Is that the best you can do?" Graymayne mocked him. "Please, I've seen flies do more damage than you!" "I'm just getting warmed up!" Blue confidently said as he sent an entire barrage of magic spells at the monster. None of which, did a single thing. Graymayne continued to laugh as the attacks continued. Secretly, he flew one of his blades behind Blue, and had it fly at him from his blind spot. Blue heard the whistling of the blade coming toward him, but didn't have enough time to evade its attack. It sliced at his back, leaving a huge cut. "Augh!" Blue screamed. He collapsed to his knees, small trinkets of blood stained his grey coat. He tried to stand, but he felt even weaker than before. "How do you like my poison blades?" Graymayne asked. Blue's eyes widened in shock. Those blades were poisoned! "I'd say that you have about half an hour to live, granted I don't kill you first." Grunting, Blue stood to his hooves. He was still wobbling, but he would have to deal with it. He conjured a strap around his wound, preventing any more blood loss. 30 minutes, he thought. I can do this! He charged once again, only to be slammed back onto the floor by a conjured hand to his left. It came again, but Blue conjured his own hand to counter it. It didn't dispel like last time, but it knocked it out of its path toward him. Blue teleported even further away from Graymayne and sent a barrage of spells at him once again. Graymayne charged strait at the spells, taking each hit like it was nothing. When the spells stopped, he didn't see Blue anywhere. Blue had teleported to Graymayne's side, charging into him as fast as he could. The stallion was sent about ten feet before slowing and stopping. "Hmm. Seems that you might have done something worthy of my attention," Graymayne taunted. "Now that that's over, how about I finish this now?" "N- No..." Blue tried to say, but only managed a small mutter. The poison had caused him to become weaker and weaker. If he went on like this, he wouldn't live to see the next day. Right when Graymayne was about to deliver the final blow, a sudden flash erupted between them. Blue saw no more for he passed out. Twilight's Point of View Twilight stood in horror as Graymayne drew closer to the weakened Blue. "No..." she said to herself. Graymayne drew his blade over his head. "NO!" Without thinking, she teleported between Blue and Graymayne, causing the assassin to flinch. She fired a quick magic bolt at him, sending him back about 30 feet. "Well," Graymayne said, clearly shocked by what had happened. "You seem to be willing to fight. I'll give you one chance to leave before you get yourself hurt." "No," she stated. "I will not let you kill him. He and you shouldn't be fighting." "That's sweet. However, if you won't back off, then you will have to go as well!" He charged strait at her. Twilight lost all sense of what she was doing and relied on instinct. She sent up a magical barrier right where Graymayne was charging, forcing him to run into it. He fell back at the unexpected barrier. Grunting, he rose once again, conjuring several blades which he flung at Twilight at speeds that Rainbow Dash might not be able to match. Twilight, still relying on instinct, dodged each of them as they flew past her. Her magic boiled inside of her, firing a complete barrage of spells at the stallion. He charged at them once again, expecting the same result as when Blue did the same thing. That was where he went wrong. The first spell that hit him slowed him down. The second made him stop completely. The rest made him fall to the ground. After the barrage stopped, he stood once again, without a single scratch on him. "Well, you certainly are one feisty unicorn. I might actually enjoy killing you." Twilight only growled at him, firing another spell. However, Graymayne learned from the barrage that he actually needed to dodge, and that is what he did. He teleported behind Twilight and rammed into her. She screamed and fell to the ground about ten feet away. She was still conscious, but barely. Graymayne walked over to her, conjuring a single knife to his side. Was this the end? Was Graymayne really going to kill her? Blue's Point of View Blue regained consciousness when he heard Twilight scream. Opening hie eyes, he saw Graymayne walking over toward Twilight, a single knife was at his side. No! This can't end like this! He charged up his magic and began reciting a spell. His blurry vision made it hard to aim, but he could still see Graymayne. He screamed the words: "Memor esto!" and fired his spell at Graymayne. He fell to the floor once again, the poison's effect slowly taking over. Twilight's Point of View Twilight and Graymayne both heard Blue screaming the words: "Memor esto!" before firing a spell at Graymayne. The spell hit the side of his face as he turned to see what was going on. When the spell hit, he flew to the ground at its unexpected approach and strength. Twilight recovered from the blow that Graymayne caused and stood. She looked over to see him rolling on the ground holding his head with his front hooves. "What is this?!" he asked furiously. "What is happening?" There was no reply. Blue was unconscious, and Twilight had no idea what he had done. She saw that the dark energy was fading from Graymayne's eyes and fur. His eyes also turned back from black to their light blue. He turned to Twilight and said: "S- S- Sister..." He collapsed on the ground, leaving Twilight alone and lost in this dimension. Suddenly, another pony appeared not to far from where Blue was resting. Twilight got a closer look at the pony, and saw another completely unbelievable thing. It was Blue. He looked back at Twilight and said: "Need a lift?" Twilight nodded. Blue used his magic to pick up his unconscious self and Graymayne, and set them down in reach of his hoof. He grabbed them all, Twilight included, and pushed in on the button of his watch to take them back.