//------------------------------// // Swear to Silence; Chapter 10 // Story: Trapped from the Inside // by PapyrusPlays //------------------------------// "What are you doing here!?" I yelled, backing away from my window. There in the pane was the mail stallion, looking curious. He just climbed up onto the sill of my window! Why on Earth was I asking him when he was outside...? I reluctantly opened the window, and he struggled from breath, doing a half hearted flip onto the floor of my room. "What are you doing here? Is this not the castle?! I've been looking all over for your flank!" My white eyes almost flickered with anger. Who was this idiot to protect me, when I had half the god damn kingdom on my tail because I'm an alien. "Go back to your stupid library!" I snapped, "The window is behind you." "I'm not going back already. I need to show you something!" I screamed at him from the top of my lungs, "I SAID LEAVE!" The glow in my eyes became visible, and they gleamed with a blood red light. The mail stallion backed away. "What?" I demanded, taking a step closer to him. He looked pitiful. His ribs were showing, and his short mane and tail were matted with... blood? I took two steps back. "Your tail..." I murmured. "Your eyes..." He breathed. We both stared at each other with hostility. "Tell me your name." "Its Tom. My name is Tomas Wickman. And I have something to say to you... human." He answered firmly, and he brushed back his bangs. I choked on my breath. If this was the Tomas from the story, I'd be in trouble with Celestia. But it wasn't the fact of him being the Tomas. It was his eyes.. They were blue. No pupil... Just blue... Like... "My eyes. You've got my same eyes." "So did Jack, and I think you know all about us by now." Tom sighed, "But are you gonna trust me to talk with you?" I raised my eye brow. "Trust you to just talk?" "Just come with me, I promise I won't murder you or something." "I'm younger than you, but I can take you on if I have to... death... faker!" Tom rolled his eyes, and the aura around his horn glowed navy blue. I felt myself lift up off the ground. But I wasn't flapping my wings. He was DRAGGING me out the window! "Tomas!" I screamed, writhing angrily. "You have no right to call me by my real name! Now be quiet for a minute." We landed in a bed of flowers. Roses... "Ow, ow, ow!" "Shut up! Or else the bats will here you." "Bat's?" I looked to the horizon. Sure enough, bat-like ponies flew above us, all dressed in glittering armor. Everything stung, and I growled curses to myself as Tom hauled me into a green house. The glass above was open to the star speckled sky, and the sound of wind seemed much louder than usual. "Now tell me why you kidnapped me again?" I demanded condescendingly. Tom rolled his eyes, and propped me up against the wall. He freed me of his magical grip. I took the opportunity to punch him in the muzzle. "What the heck?!" He yelled, rubbing his now bleeding lip. What scared me most was that a white liquid replaced the normally red blood. "W-well," I stammered, "I don't die without a fight." "FOR THE LAST TIME, I'M NOT GOING TO KILL YOU." Tom yelled. "FINE." "FINE." We sat glaring at each other angrily. "I took you here to show you what you're capable of." His horn glowed again, and light crept into the green house. Literally! Wispy spheres, and strands of light seemed to circle us and explode with different colors. My mouth hung open unbecomingly, but I didn't care. Maybe this guy wasn't so bad. The orbs settled onto my face and crowned my head in a wreath of pure light. "Focus..." I squeaked in horror, the lights, beautiful as ever, were burning my skull. I shook my head, hoping they'd maybe... fall off? But the lights stayed stuck. "Oh my god..." I whined, trying desperately to get the light off my head. Every time my hoof poked an orb, I was stabbed with intense pain. "Focus, or I'll let them burn you." "You said you wouldn't kill me!" I snapped, still trying to rub the lights off. "I did! But I never said I wouldn't hurt your sorry flank." "CALL THEM OFF!" I screamed. Suddenly, my eyes glowed like Tomas's, my light over came the rainbow crown. My vision blurred, until a beam of plasma closed around me, and Tomas's light sunk into the ground like worms desperate for the dirt. He finally grinned, and put a hoof on my shoulder. I punched him again. "NEVER DO THAT AGAIN." "It's my job! I have to get you to use your soul correctly." Tomas exclaimed, backing off. My eyes lit up again, and he was suddenly backed all the way into a wall. I wish he'd just trot off and fall out the window he came from. I thought darkly. Tomas smiled in the excitement. I couldn't hear anything, but he looked like he was laughing. Next he was lifted into the ground, getting dangerously close to the open glass ceiling. And as he fell, I could hear the slightest sound of a scream. "T-Tomas?" I tryed to say. The words came out muffled, and nearly silent. My eyes still glowed. I was still in this fase for something... And my wings spread. "Stop!" I commanded myself. But My wings flapped, and my eyes glowed even more. Tomas was giving me a look of desperation. "Don't do it." he seemed to mouth, "Don't tell anyone." I nodded as my body took over. And I only wanted to wreak havoc upon these puny ponies.