//------------------------------// // Chapter 6: Reunited // Story: The New Generation // by TheBlackPanda //------------------------------// Author's Note: LOLPLOTHOLE I forgot about NR (Night Runner) getting locked up. I'm too lazy to write in what happened now, so I'll finish this chapter first. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- It's been a few years since Celestia locked her up. It's about time I went to get her out. Putting on my black aviator's jacket with a yin yang symbol on the left breast and a hood attached, which I got from my mother as a birthday present, I realized that Night Runner would be about thirteen now. I also realized that my two swords of light and darkness had not been used in a while. I pulled them out, one appearing in a flash of light, the other in a shroud of dark. At first they were normal battleswords, but they began to change. The hilt on one changed into a white wolf with blue eyes, its mouth wide open with a large double edged blade coming out of it. The rest of the hilt went all the way around the handle, and the 'fur' on the wolf's head seemed to spread around the hilt itself. The blade was a bright silver that glowed with light. The entire sword was crackling with bolts of energy shooting around the blade. The other sword, the sword of darkness, had very similar design, except the wolf was a deep black and had red eyes. The blade was that same deep shade of black, and it glowed with dark energy. Bolts of red shot around the blade. The White and Black wolves, the swords of Light and Dark. I jumped in the windowsil of my cloud house and breathed in the cool night air, calming my nerves. Let's do this I jumped out, flying at full speed toward Canterlot. ----------------------------------Night Runner----------------------------- I opened my eyes, awaiting the same cold darkness that surrounded me in my cell. I had began to lose track of the time, the day, the month, the year. I was never leaving. I was a monster. Yes you are, but is that a problem? I shot up and tried to feel my forehead, forgetting that they had placed me in a straight jacket. I felt a sharp pain shoot through my body, and I screamed. I can help you leave, just trust me... The voice carried a sharp, female, and sinister tone, as if it were truly evil. "He'll come for me, I know it..." I replied, knowing in my heart that I had been forgotten. I felt another sharp pain. You fool! Your father has forgotten you. He has moved on, and you fail to realize that you are killing yourself like this! "Who are you?" Do you know what a darkside is? I remembered my daddy talking about those. "Yes, I do. My daddy told me about them," I replied. Well, I am yours. "But he told me that it takes forever for darksides to contact a host!" My girl, you are a special case. You were born with the unique ability to use a darkside fully, from birth. "What?" That's right, you have the potential to be stronger than your very father, and leave this depressing cell. If you trust me. "What's your name?" Fate gave you the name Night Runner through your father. You may call me Night. At this, I felt a tingling sensation. As I looked down I noticed a puddle of water. Looking in it, I saw myself. My face was skinny, but instead of my normal neon rainbow colored hair, my hair was black. My eyes had gone from my mother's rose colored eyes, to blood red. "What...?" This is how I look like through you... Give me control, and I will break us free... "...Okay..." I wasn't entirely sure about this, but this was my only choice. I felt one more sharp pain, but this time, I couldn't move my body. I assumed that Night had taken control. I was right. I felt myself maneuver my arms so that the straight jacket was untied slowly. I watched my hands reach out toward the bars. They began to morph and twist. Then they exploded violently. Sirens went off, I felt my body break into a full sprint. Guards stopped me in the hallway. I was fully surrounded. One charged forward with a staff, I sidestepped quickly and kneed him in the stomach. He doubled over, vomiting blood. I jumped and kicked him in the face so hard he flew through the wall. The next two charged with swords. Reaching out with my hands, I watched the straight jacket arms morph and split as they turned into tendrils that shot out towards the two guards. The tendrils shot straight through them, impaling them on the never-ending length of the sharp tentacle. Blood sprayed everywhere. I turned to the three on the other side. They looked scared. I wanted to stop myself but Night, now in full control, laughed. "What's the matter, afraid of the darkness?" I felt my self launch at the middle one, I punched him in his stomach, then kicked him in the air. I reached out and grabbed him with my tendrils that were now part of the straight jacket. I ripped him into pieces as he screamed in pain. The blood covered me. I sliced the other two in half, Night obviously bored with playing. I, on the other hand, was scared out of my mind. I wanted to vomit. Then I heard a familiar voice. "What the hell?" I turned to look at my father. -------------------Brandon----------------------- Now at the entrance, I stared the guard in the face. He refused to let me in, even after the password. "I said let me in!" I shouted. "Sorry, sir. Can't have you fooling around with the princesses in their slumber." He said with a straight face. Giving this guy my best 'Are you fucking kidding me face', I facepalmed. "Fuck this, I'm getting way too old." I punched him dead on in the face. He hit the floor, hard. I walked in the castle. Sneaking around like Batman and Spider-Man's bastard child, I got to the hallways leading to the dungeon. The alarms went off then. I also felt a very dark presence. I ran to the source. Then there was screaming and gurgling noises. I got there in time to see three guards staring at what appeared to be a little girl. And out of that girl's mouth I heard the single scariest thing I have ever heard in my life: "What's the matter, afraid of the darkness?" I watched as she picked up one guard and tore him to shreds. The other two were cut in half. I couldn't hold my self back. "What the hell?" I shouted. She turned to face me. I wanted to cry. I was staring in my daughter's face. She looked very skinny, as if they hadn't been feeding her. She was wearing a straight jacket that had been untied, and I realized that the sleeves had been morphed into tendrils moments ago. What the hell happened to my daughter? I wondered. Then it hit me: she had a darkside. It all clicked, the creeping feeling when her hair turned black and her eyes turned red when she cried or was angry. The girl could tap into her darkside from birth. And it was controlling her. She probably let it. "Night Runner... You can use your body now..." I tried to tell her. "NO! I'm not giving this back to her, she needs to witness her father getting what he deserves for leaving us to die!" At that, she charged, slicing at me with tendrils. I ducked under the first swing. I caught the second, and kicked her back. I let her charge me, about to hit her for real, then I noticed something. She was crying. I stopped her blow, then pulled her to me. At this, all the dark energy disappeared and she started crying for real. I hugged her and tried to calm her down. "Shh... It's okay, daddy's got you..." I repeated those words over and over again. She stopped after a while. She looked at me with her rose colored eyes. And asked me a question. "Daddy, what happened?" "Bad things, sweetie." I replied, "But it's all better now. I didn't know they would be this awful to you. I'm sorry, I should've acted sooner..." She frowned, "Don't be sorry, I understand. I was just scared. I missed a few years, I know, but I missed being around you and Mom all the time. They didn't even try feeding me here. It was all cold, and I had to sleep on the floor." "Well, we'll never have to worry about that. I'm never gonna let anything happen to you like that never again." I put an arm around her and kissed her on the forehead. "Can we go home? It smells bad here." She asked. I laughed, "Yeah, sweetie. Let's go." I picked her up and put her on my back. We walked through the front door, and I felt her flinch at the sun. Taking off into flight, we flew to the cloud house. -------------------------------------------- I walked in the front door, and shifted Runner from my back to my arms and took her to give her a bath. She reacted to the water like it was the greatest thing ever. She leaned back to enjoy herself there. I began reminiscing about when she was little. She was a messy one when it came to baths, but she loved the water. Just like me. But, she's older now, and I can't be washing her "places" now that they're pretty much developed, so I got up and left some towels. I walked down the stairs and sat on the couch. I picked up a package from someone. It had something inside with a note that read: Brandon, How the hell did I forget to give you your phone? Anyways, Equestrians don't have 3G or Androids and iPods so we have pretty unique shit! Kaitlin had been using it as well. I think you should see what she did. -Darkside I unlocked the phone and went to the gallery. I noticed a new one had been added. It was titled, 'Memories Last Forever'. I opened it up. I clicked the first video, which was just me and Kaitlin messing around. She was playing her guitar and I was playing drums. The song we played was all over the place, but we nailed it. I closed the video and clicked a picture. This was one of me and her. I was sitting down and she was leaning into me. I had my fingers laced through hers, and they rested on her chest. We stared into the night sky with looks of thought on our faces. I felt tears come out of my eyes. She was beautiful. Just like she always was. There was another video, this was of her only. "Brandon, I know you won't see this until I'm gone. All good things have to end eventually. I'm going to try going on the inside out, I'm going to join him. I know you'll hate me, and I know that if I succeed in making it, I'm dead when I end up betraying him. So I want you to have this video as a reminder. Brandon, I love you more than anything. Even if you're dating Rainbow Dash, I still love you. I want you to remember all the good times, and remember the bad ones too. I made this gallery so you can remember everything. I want you to know that even when I die and you two get married, I love you. And I want to say this as much as I can," She began to cry here, "Because I know you still love me. Don't forget. Never forget, 9-13-13." She touched the screen, and, tears rolling down my cheeks, I did the same. "I love you more than you know, Brandon. Goodbye." The video shut off. I pulled up one more picture. It was one of her drawings. I was sitting on a rooftop staring at a meteor shower, and the other side of the picture she was doing the same. There were words written on the bottom. They said: "Together When Apart. Forevermore." This sent me over the edge. Tears rolled down my cheeks as I cried silently, not wanting to disturb Night Runner. After a while I felt another weight next to me. I opened my eyes. Night Runner was sitting next to me, She was wearing a pink T-shirt and blue jeans that were torn at the knees. She leaned into me. "So that's Kaitlin? She's pretty. You dated her?" I wiped my eyes, "Yeah, but-" "I know, Mom told me." She hugged me. I let her stay there. I put an arm around her. Then Rainbow Dash walked in. "Great news!" I looked up, "What?" "Me and Scootaloo both got accepted by the Wonderbolts! We're leaving for training camp in the morning!" I stood, "That's great!" We went in for a family hug. We all laughed again. But, we didn't know that this news would turn to only bring pain and suffering to us all.