I fly up and land on a roof and watch the ponies below me wandering around. The stallion, Beat i'm assuming, has yet to leave my head. I watch the ground, hoping to see him again. The need to find him is only growing every second. I leap into the air and fly over Ponyville, watching the ground. I land next to the house that Coal was staying in. I hesitate before entering.
"Hello?" I call out. I hear a bang come from the other room and Coal comes out. His eyes narrow when he sees me.
"What now?" He demands. I glare at him, anger rising up in me.
"Watch your tone." I say threw clenched teeth. "I came to see Octavia." I say and try to push past him. He stops me.
"Why? She belongs to me now." He snaps. I shove his hoof away from me and step past him.
"Because I said so." I snap back and push into the room. Octavia is tied up on a small bed. Her sides and arms red. Her blood staining the bed below her. One eye was swollen and her mouth bloodied. I gasp.
"Why did you do this to her?" I snap, anger filling me. Coal looks as me, shocked.
"She is my pet. I can do whatever I want to. What does it matter to you? She is just an earth pony!" I start to shake.
"I'm taking her back." I say and turn to the bed.
"You can't do that." Coal says coldly. I turn and look at him. His horn is glowing red. I summon up my power and let it surround me.
"You don't want to start this." I warn him. His eyes harden and he shoots his magic at me. His magic hits me and I smash threw the wall behind me. I jump up and growl as Coal follows me out. I jump into the air and harden the magic glow around me. Coal blasts a red beam at me again and I absorb it. I fly towards him, gaining speed right and collide into him, knocking him back. He rolls on his back and jumps back to his hooves fast. I shoot the magic around me at him and it hits him, flinging him back. He hits the wall behind him hard and falls to the ground.
"Are you done?" I ask, walking up to him, both of us panting hard.
"Never!" He yells and jumps off the ground at me. I hit the ground hard with him on top of me. He lifts his hoof up and smashes it into my face, making me taste blood. I blast him with magic, pushing him off of me into the air. I follow him up and fly above him, watching him flail. I hit him again with my magic, launching him into the ground. I land cautiously next to him and Coal does not move.
I reach my hoof down to check his pulse when I see his horn glow red. I blade of red magic slices into my hide making me yelp and jump back. Coal gets up, the glowing blade hovering in the air next to him. I feel my blood dripping down my side.
"You want to know your weakness?" Coal asks. "You don't go for the kill." He yells and jumps at me. I dodge the blade but was too slow to dodge Coals hoof as it smashes into my shoulder where the blade had cut me. I yelp and glare at him before flying into the air away from Coal. The blade follows me, it was like a dance with death. I was twisting and spinning in the air trying to dodge the blade as well as gather enough magic around me. I glance down to see if it was working. A faint red glow was surrounding Coal. I look back at the blade and move to the right. I was too slow, the blade cutting into my side. I yelp, trying to concentrate. I give my magic one last push and the glow around me tightens. The blade stops and falls apart into a shimmer of red. My own magic flickers and I fly to the ground, unsteady on my own hooves. I glance at Coal, laying still on the concrete ground. I used the same trick on him as I did the stallion from the guard.
Shakily, I walk back to the hole I made in the house and jump in. The air is cold as I walk up and start to untie Octavia. I summon up more magic to surround Octavia and heal her. I start to pant, my magic almost fully depleted. Slowly Octavia's wounds start to heal. I pull my magic off of her once she is back to good health.
"Love Note?" She asks quietly as she sits up and looks at me. A shiver runs down my spine.
"Dark Soul." I hiss and fly out the hole. I fly back over to Coal and sink my teeth into his neck. His blood taste fowl, but I feel the unicorn magic returning to me. I drink as little as possible and launch back into the sky. I watch the ponies below me walk casually threw the streets. Some are looking at books, some buying food. I freeze. A grey and purple stallion is walking threw the street.
Beat
I wince at the pain and I prepare to launch down. BAM! Something slams into my side and I fall down to the ground hard. I look up and see a white and blue stallion in armor on top of me. I smirk at him.
"You are the second stallion to have been on top of me today!" I tease. His eyes narrow.
"No fun and games, princess." Anger fills my eyes and I kick him off, jump to my hooves.
"Don't call me that." I look up and see a cloud of ponies from the guard flying over head. I find my magic that is flowing through every pony.
"It's over, Love Note." He growls at me.
"My name is Dark Soul! And its just begun." I smirk and change the magic in them once again. Every pegasus around me shoots into the sky and hits the guard ponies. Yells sound from all around us, making Shining Armor looks around him. All over the ponies under my spell attack the guard. Shining glares at me.
"You are willing to turn the ponies of Ponyville into murders?" He hisses at me. I flash him a smile, His eyes lock onto my fangs.
"They wont kill the guard. Just knock them out or trap them." I summon up some magic, it forms a tight glowing ball to my left. Shining glances at it and takes a stand. I launch the ball at him and he jumps out of the way, the ball just barely hitting his shoulder. It knocks him back and he runs at me, his horn glowing blue. He hits me onto my back and his magic follows close after. I roll back a few yards and stand back up. I jump into the air and speed back at him, my magic making a red arrow at the front of me. I slam into Shining Armor and he flies back. I follow close behind him and slam both my front hooves into him when he stops.
His horn glows once again, blasting me into the air. I do a few flips in the air before hovering above him. I look down just as another beam of magic hits me, making me fall to the ground. My cuts from the previous fight have reopened and I have a few new ones from the fall. My wing has a big cut near the base and it hurts like crazy.
I gather the magic in me again and slam it into him again, stronger this time. The air around us has a tint of red to it. Shining tries to stand, but I grab his tail and fly up into the sky fast. A blue glow surrounds me and tightens, making me cry out in pain. I drop Shining Armor go and we both fall to the ground.
We hit the ground hard and I try to stand but fall. I see Shining Armor struggle to stand. I try to muster up more magic but my energy falters. I try to stand again, painfully making it to my hooves where I stand, shaking. Blood is dripping from the side of my head but Shining looks no better. He is wobbly on his hooves, blood is staining his white coat, his mane is a mess.
I try again to bring my magic back up, a flickering red glow starts to appear. A blue beam slams me off my hooves and I fall painfully on my side. Shining walks over to me.
"You are sentenced to death." He says coldly and I watch his horn glow blue. I close my eyes, waiting for the final blow.
"WAIT!" My eyes fling open to the familiar voice. The grey and purple stallion runs up. "Please!" He has tears in his eyes. Shining Armor looks at him confused. Beat runs up to me and gently places his hoof on my cheek. He leans down and kisses me. The second his lips met mine I felt a pressure lift off of me. I close my eyes again and kiss him back. Slowly I fall into the numbing darkness.
This time I greet it with pleasure.