Sweetie Belle sighed as she looked out the window towards the capital city of Canterlot, snow was falling for quite some time earlier in the night, but now, a gloomy rainstorm had befallen the whole area. Many of the Canterlot Weather Patrol pegasi had taken to the skies to find out the cause of it all. While the rest found it odd, Sweetie Belle couldn’t shake this terrible feeling in the back of her mind, a sense of dread.
“Sweetie Belle?” The teenage unicorn mare turned her head at the voice, seeing her big sister, Rarity, standing in the doorway to her room. “Whatever is the matter?” Rarity asked.
Sweetie shrugged and then sighed. “I don’t know, I guess the rain’s just making me feel depressed, I guess.”
The older unicorn walked over to where her younger sister was sitting, and sat next to her as she too peered out through the window and into the stormy weather. “Oh dear, it really is coming down. Honestly, a thunderstorm on Hearth’s Warming Eve, it does kill the festive mood a little.”
Lightning flashed and thunder soon followed, the vibrations were so strong it made the window rattle. Sweetie Belle and Rarity took a cautious step back from the window.
“You think, Sis?”
“Oh come now, you needn’t feel this depressed, especially at this time of the year. I’m sorry you weren’t able to make the train ride back to Ponyville, but with Mama and Papa taking a holiday vacation/second - or was it third - honeymoon, I was beginning to think I would spend Hearth’s Warming alone.”
Sweetie Belle raised an eyebrow and smirked at her older sister. “You wouldn’t be alone, what about Sassy Saddles and Coco Pommel, those mares you have staying downstairs? I don’t think either of them mind spending it with you.”
Rarity waved a hoof dismissively. “Now, now, they are good friends. Sassy helped me set up Canterlot Boutique, after a bit of a rocky start, and Coco is quite the talent when comes to designing clothes.”
The teenage unicorn rolled her eyes. For a mare who seemed to be concerned about other ponies’ love lives, she certainly didn’t see what was in front of her, but Sweetie Belle could. Just spending ten minutes in the same room with all three of them, and Sweetie Belle could practically tell that both mares were infatuated to some degree with her big sister. Some small part of her believed that Sassy intentionally wanted to stay later in the Boutique with Rarity, and that Coco’s “surprise visit” was less than sporadic and more on the well thought out side. The looks in their eyes when either one looked at the other was obviously telegraphing their knowing why the other was there, and declaring an unspoken challenge the other.
“Uh-huh, and you don’t find them in the least bit attractive?” Sweetie Belle asked with a coy smile.
Rarity maintained her poise, but her body betrayed her as her cheeks began tinting red.
“R-Really, Sweetie Belle, they are my friends. Sassy is my employee, and Coco is a potential business partner, but they are first and foremost my friends! It would be unladylike to think of them like that given our current situations.”
Sweetie Belle couldn’t help but chuckle. “Please, you were the one who told me you had fantasies about Applejack tying you up with her lasso and then having her, and I quote, ‘ride you all night long’.”
Now Rarity’s face was bright red, her coat nearly changing to match Big Macintosh’s coat.
“I knew I should have never divulged that kind of thing to you,” grumbled Rarity.
“Seriously, Sis, why don’t you at least try and date one of them, or both? There’s nothing saying you can’t have a relationship with two ponies who genuinely like you like that,” said Sweetie Belle.
Rarity sighed as she scuffed the carpet with her hoof. “Sweetie Belle, even if - IF - I wanted such a relationship, I fear of how they will take it. It would sound selfish to say that I don’t want to choose between them.”
Sweetie Belle scooted closer and nuzzled her big sister affectionately, Rarity smiled and returned the nuzzle, an acknowledgement of sisterly love and support was always a good way to shake off the worries for either of them.
“You’re the Element of Generosity, you’d rather both be happy. To give yourself to both of them is not selfish, personally, I think it says more. Devoting your life to one special somepony is great, but to do the same with two, takes conviction and willingness to work things out between all three of you to make sure you’re all happy.”
“Humph, I’m the big sister, shouldn’t it be I who dispenses the sagely advice?”
“I’ll let you know when you say anything sagely, ‘til then, nope - OW!”
Rarity bopped Sweetie Belle on the head with her hoof, smirking at the younger unicorn.
“In all honesty, you received that nugget of wisdom from Predator, did you not?”
“Um…”
“Mmm-hmm, I thought as much.”
Sweetie Belle parted from her big sister, but not before giving her a poke to the midsection. “Go on, your potential marefriends are waiting for you downstairs, I’ll be down in a minute to make things less awkward.”
Rarity rolled her eyes at the last part of Sweetie’s sentence, but nonetheless nodded to her little sister. She then departed the room, leaving Sweetie Belle alone with her thoughts.
Sweetie stared at the rain a little bit longer, wondering what Proselyte was doing right now. In spite of the fact that she knew the teenage colt was not from Equestria, and was in fact a cosmic being of great power, didn’t really matter to her. It was more Proselyte’s personality and way he acted that caught her eye. At first, when they were younger, she had fallen for him due to the Entity in disguise protecting her from Diamond Tiara.
It evolved from a crush, to infatuation, and then into love. So much so, that she gave her life to protect the colt from a potentially lethal blow. Proselyte had been grateful to Sweetie Belle and her sacrifice, and even after she had been brought back, he still indulged her. Going on walks with her, hanging out, and even hitting a few karaoke spots in Canterlot with her. Surprisingly, she found Proselyte had quite the singing voice, matching her tone in perfect harmony.
It was only recently that Sweetie could see how Scootaloo fell for Adara, even though she too was an Entity. Everything about Proselyte fascinated her, she wanted to know more about him, where he came from and what he planned to do in the future, and maybe, she could be a part of that future.
And then there was Dinky, now she really didn’t hate her, or dislike her. They were once classmates and friends back when they were still in school, but upon realizing that Sweetie Belle held feelings for the colt, she became more protective and, dare she say, possessive.
In a way she couldn’t fault her, Dinky had just gotten Proselyte as a big brother, so she probably wasn’t in any hurry to relinquish him to another filly. But recently, she had begun to wonder why she was still so adamant about her not seeing Proselyte. Sweetie would’ve thought the teenage mare would’ve begun to see that her feelings were real, but either out of stubbornness or whatever, she still refused to back down.
One could even argue that Dinky was jealous, but of what? It was at times like this that Sweetie Belle wondered if Dinky had feelings similar to her’s for Proselyte. Even though she always referred to Proselyte as her “big brother” the fact of the matter was that they were still not blood related, and only siblings through marriage. So biologically speaking, there was nothing wrong with them dating or seeing each other.
“But until I hear those words from either of them, I’m not backing down. I didn’t fight for Scootaloo, and that’s fine, Adara’s good to her, and good for her, and we’re all still friends. I won’t make the same mistake, so I’m sorry Dinky, until you tell me face to face that you’re in love with Lyte, then we’ll see how things change, but for now, I’ll enjoy my time with him, and maybe, one day, get him to see me the same way I see him.”
Sweetie Belle an affirming nod and turned to make her way out of the spare room.
“Now, better go and make sure Sis doesn’t accidentally mess things up, or at least make sure that things end in a threeway for them.”
As Sweetie Belle began walking out of the room, lightning flashed violently and thunder roared out, making the unicorn mare jump a little.
YOU BELONG TO US………!
Sweetie Belle turned her head sharply, feeling a cold shiver run down her spine. Her ear flicked to and fro, knowing she heard someone speak.
“I…It must of been the thunder…yeah, that’s it.”
(MANEHATTAN…)
Everypony was sleeping soundly in the Seed household. Applejack had managed to forgive Ion, a little, at least enough that the two of them could share a bed. But among many of them, only one Apple had yet to fall completely asleep. Babs watched the clock, checking to see if Apple Bloom had fully gone to sleep and when she could make her escape.
She listened to the soft steady breaths of her cousin, confirming that she was indeed asleep. Carefully, and as stealthily as she could, Babs managed to slip out of her bed and cover Apple Bloom back up before slipping out of her room. She quickly went to the kitchen gathered some leftovers from earlier when they had dinner. Babs went to the closet, put on a scarf and hat, and silently left the apartment.
On the streets of Manehattan barely a soul was present, some either hunkered down in their homes, warm in their beds, or they simply didn’t want to trot through the snow and wind. But Babs was one of those crazy enough to do so, heading to a secret destination that none of her family or friends knew of. Because the pony she was going to see, wasn’t your average pony. The Earth mare continued plodding through the snow covered streets, the wind howling and causing a chill to run through her body, still, she was a Manehattan mare, she was used to this cold.
It took her about thirty minutes, but she eventually made it. It was a semi-abandoned warehouse, it was still maintained but no one had leased it yet so it remained vacant. The neighborhood kids used to play in there, Babs being one of them, but recently, rumors of a strange being or creature lurking about were being spread around. Getting to the point where many of the neighborhood fillies and colts wouldn’t even bother to walk on the sidewalk near it.
Babs, however, was not one of those frightened foals, she would still enter the building, only because she discovered who it was that was occupying the structure.
The Apple mare glanced about, checking to see if there was anypony following her. It may’ve been the holidays, but unfortunately, not even that would deter some lowlife from attacking somepony if they thought they could score some bits. Was Babs scared? A little, but she didn’t let it rule her, besides, she was heading to someplace that even the criminal element wouldn’t follow, and if they did, well, it was their funeral.
The entire warehouse was closed off by a chainlink fence, but Babs had been to the warehouse long enough to figure out where the weak links and chinks in the fence were. And as usual she found it, third stake from the left. Babs kicked at the spot for a few secondS and made the fence curl back a little, she hurriedly pushed the basket of goodies through the hole she made before getting herself through. Once she had done that, Babs pushed the fence back into alignment, making it appear as if nothing had happened. There was enough snow coming down that her tracks would’ve been well hidden, so she didn’t worry about somepony noticing her entrance.
As Babs walked towards the warehouse she paused, her ears twitching at a random sound. Bab’s emerald eyes quickly shot back behind, looking to and fro for anything or anypony. She stayed put for a few moments, but in the end shrugged and proceeded inside. The metal door opened with a creepy creaking sound.
Babs looked about noting just how creepy the place was at night, even more so in the dim light reflected from the white snow through the windows. There were chains hanging from the scaffolding, which rattled against each other at the slightest of breezes, the equipment would groan and moan as the metal contracted from the cold, adding to the horror movie vibe. Despite all this, Babs pressed on, knowing her destination wasn’t far inside. As the earth pony mare walked on, she caught sight of a shadow passing by the window. She quickly stiffened up and looked towards where the shadow had darted, but saw nothing.
Calm down Seed, there ain’t nothin’ there, it’s alright to be afraid, but just don’t let the other thing know you are, she thought.
Babs quickened her pace, maneuvering around large machinery and metal columns. Babs was about halfway through the building before a loud noise caught her attention. She looked towards the noise which came from her left, unfortunately, it was only a distraction.
Before Babs realized it, she was blindsided as something rammed into her, throwing her to the floor and rolling about until she hit one the metal columns. Babs groaned in pain from the impact to her side, but quickly picked herself up in time to dodge a pony shaped figure coming at her. She skidded to a stop and glared at her attacker. It was a pegasus stallion, scruffy, and shifty looking. Babs clicked her tongue in annoyance, she didn’t think anypony would be dumb enough to actually come into this place, but then again, there was desperate and then there was dumb.
“Jeez, you must be really hurtin’ for some bits if ya think comin’ after me in here was a good idea,” said Babs.
“I ain’t scared of no mare, and I ain’t scared of no dingy warehouse either!” The thief declared.
“Dumb is more like it, if ya leave now ya might just make it to see mornin’, no guarantees what’ll happen the longer ya stay in here.”
The pegasus didn’t take heed of her warnings, instead he charged for Babs, flapping his wings swiftly. Babs managed to duck low, prompting the stallion to change direction and swoop low for a second attack.
Babs put her years of visiting and helping on her cousin’s farm to work, getting into position, she tucked in her hind legs and kicked out at just the right moment. Her hind hooves struck the stallion face first, bucking the stallion clear into some metal drums. The pegasus stallion released a slew of curses, painting the air blue with every word. The stallion’s anger and adrenaline must’ve been enough to numb the pain as he rose back up and came at Babs a third time.
The bronze mare smirked as she dodged to the left, but was slow to realize that the stallion wasn’t aiming for her directly. Instead, he grabbed the tail of her scarf and pulled hard. The scarf tightened around Babs’ neck, constricting her airway and causing her eyes to bulge in fear and pain. The pegasus stallion dragged Babs along the rough floor and then angled up, glancing back behind him as he watched the mare struggle to get herself free.
The pegasus stallion flew over a low hanging scaffold and hovered in midair as he let the scarf drape over it, turning the garment into a makeshift hangmare’s noose. Babs’ body convulsed as she tried to get the scarf loose, kicking her hind legs about as she continued to struggle. Tears ran down her cheeks as the fear of death gripped at her, but just then, Babs managed to find the knot and clawed at it until it released.
The stallion almost flew too far back when the scarf suddenly went slack, he growled in anger as he noticed the mare on the floor, coughing and taking in deep raspy breaths of air. Before she could fully recover, the stallion flew down and forcefully pinned Babs to the ground, pushing her face against the floor as he felt her struggle.
He grinned with malicious glee, droplets of blood coming off his snout and dropping on the floor before Babs’ eyes.
“LET ME GO YA CREEP!”
“SHUT UP! I don’t need this crap! Just give me ya damn bits and I promise to only leave youse with a broken leg!”
Babs spat and glared up at the stallion. “I ain’t got any bits you dumbass! Alls I got is some food and stuff in the basket over there!”
The pegasus stallion’s face fell, but then quickly contorted in anger. “You little - I got my face busted up for some scraps of food!”
“Heh, not my fault you didn’t bother to ask if I had any bits! So now what tough guy?!”
The stallion put more pressure on Babs’ head, making her yelp in pain. “Tch, I ain’t leavin’ without somethin’!” His eyes roved over her body, noticing the mare’s short tail as a lecherous smile broke across his face. “Guess I’ll just take my payment outta you!”
Babs Seed’s eyes grew wide with horror at what he was getting at. She bit down her on her lip and struggled to buck the stallion off her, but his position gave him too much leverage, any wrong move and either she or the stallion would end up breaking her neck.
“Release the mare…now!”
The stallion paused, hearing the distorted voice. Babs smiled inwardly, she knew this feeling, this pressure falling upon everything in the room, a presence she knew all too well. The chains that littered the scaffolding snapped off, enveloped by a yellow glow. Each one snaked away into the shadows, but their rattling could still be heard. In the distance, a figure appeared. For a moment, it was nothing but a yellow light, but then it took shape.
A long tattered cape made of golden light wrapped around the being’s body, the tattered ends creeping over the floor and wisping about like flaming embers. The cape had a tall collar, obscuring the wearer’s face in shadows, but the one thing that was visible was its narrowed, glowing, yellow eyes. The chains snaked around it, the ends of the chains morphing into four pronged pincer claws and snapping like a cobra, chomping at the bit to sink their fangs into something.
The cape wearing fiend glided across the floor, from far away it looked tall, but the closer it got, the more the pegasus stallion realized that it towered over them. His mouth hung open as his eyes grew wide with fear. The stallion got off of Babs and slowly backed away, allowing Babs to stand up on her hooves. The caped fiend looked to Babs, but the mare didn’t shudder, she didn’t even cower before its gaze, it was as if she wasn’t even afraid of it.
The caped fiend returned its attention back to the stallion, lashing out with its chains and quickly ensnaring the pegasus’ legs. The stallion struggled against the chains of the fiend, but it was quickly becoming apparent that they would not break, he was at the this monster’s mercy.
The chains brought the stallion closer, his muzzle inches away from the fiends burning yellow eyes. “You have brought fear to both mare and stallion alike, hurting others for the promise of money…feel their FEAR!”
The fiend’s golden eyes shined brighter than ever, light flickering like flames from the corners. The stallion couldn’t help it, no matter how much he wanted to close his eyes it was no use. Like a moth to the flame, his eyes were drawn and fixated upon the glowing orbs of golden light, but in that instance, he felt it. Unbelievable terror and fear gripped his entire body, not just his, but others’ as well, visions of ponies he had wronged flashed before his mind, looping endlessly as the fear and terror magnified with each loop.
Babs averted her gaze, she knew this would happen, and truthfully, a scumbag like him deserved it. Still, didn’t mean she had to watch. She could hear the stallion screaming his lungs out, but after a few seconds the noises stopped. Babs opened her eyes and witnessed as the stallion’s irises and pupils were glazed over with a yellow shade, his whole body limp, he was even foaming at the mouth.
The caped fiend backed away, the remaining pincer chains hovering over its victim as it contemplated a far worse fate. Babs saw what the chains were going to do and quickly ran to face the fiend.
“NO! Don’t kill ‘em! He’s a piece of shit, but he ain’t goin’ to hurt anypony now that you did that! That’s enough Perry!” Babs yelled.
The fiend gave the mare a confused look before narrowing its gaze, it then scoffed and shot its chains towards the front door. The first set of chains opened the door, while the second set that held the stallion swiftly jettisoned him out into the cold before the door slammed shut.
Babs found herself lying on a mattress in the manager’s office, resting and wrapped in a blanket after her ordeal. A tall changeling walked about in the room, using its yellow light to envelop the basket that Babs had carried with her and placed it on the desk. The changeling inspected the items within, nodding at the various apple based foods that she brought.
“That was foolish of you, Seed, coming here in the middle of the night,” said the changeling.
“Sheesh, I was comin’ to bring ya some grub. Didn’t want youse starvin’ in the middle of a snowstorm, Perry,” said Babs.
The changeling groaned. “I seriously detest that nickname, I am Parallax, I am the very Entity of Fear itself! Giving me such a familiar and common name such as that is demeaning.”
Babs rolled her eyes. “Sor-ry, just thought it was easier to remember than Para-whatever, if ya don’t like it then ya shoulda said somethin’ sooner.”
The Entity of Fear sighed. “Well, it’s less demeaning when it’s coming from you, just don’t catch me finding other ponies calling me that.”
The earth mare chuckled at that. “Are you kiddin’?! Ponies are already callin’ youse different things! The ‘Golden Shadow’, the ‘Avenging Apparition’, personally, I like ‘Caped Crusader’, but I may be a little biased on that one.”
Parallax groaned again, it truly was a cold day in hell when Parallax was being compared to the Batman. It was true though, ever since his powers were sealed away by the accursed Princess Twilight and her seal of Hope, Parallax was unable to access his full powers or true form. So, like the creature he was forced to stay as, Parallax had been feeding off of the fear of other ponies, normal food would satiate his physical hunger, but his energy, it needed a good dose of fear to keep it strong.
At first the Entity of Fear took to scaring random ponies, innocent or guilty, it didn’t matter which to him. But, one day, out of sheer pity, Parallax helped this young mare when she was a filly and was nearly beaten to death by a bigger unicorn filly. He saw himself in the filly at that time, she was afraid, and tired of it, and for that moment when she stood up to her bully was she the one instilling fear into her persecutor.
Ever since then, Babs had been following Parallax, keeping track of his movements and not even running when he took on the scariest forms he could to frighten her off. Eventually he just grew to accept the filly’s presence as just a part of his accursed life. Parallax wasn’t sure if it was because of her insisted suggestions or pleas, but at some point he switched to just preying on the criminal element of Manehattan. Apparently, not many feared the all powerful Sun Goddess that was Celestia, and decided to live a life of organized crime in the city’s underbelly.
Lately though, thanks in no small part to Parallax, the crime rate had taken a sharp nose dive, to the point where innocent civilians could just walk about the streets at night without a care. Parallax’s ability to sense fear gave him a keen sense as to where crime was happening, there was always somepony nearby, afraid for their life. This warehouse had become his impromptu secret base, and Babs was the only one who knew it was.
“I still can’t contemplate why you didn’t let me eviscerate him. After all the fear I’ve seen him bring about by his hooves, it would be a Hearth’s Warming gift for all.”
“‘Cause youse already given him that ‘Fear Stare’, how many scumbags have you used that on that actually came back wanting to keep being criminals?” Babs asked.
Parallax took out an apple fritter and took a bite of it, humming in content at its taste. “What would you have done had I not been here? He would’ve had his way with you, at worst killed you. And do not deny that you were unafraid, I could sense it,”
Babs lowered her head onto her forehooves as she smirked at the changeling. “I knew you’d come, because I was afraid.”
The changeling found Babs’ reckless behavior grating at times, it boarded on Green Lantern stupidity half the time, and yet, he couldn’t help seeing qualities that were somewhat similar to Hal Jordan. It was endearing, to a degree.
“I don’t know why you insist on bringing me food, I am quite capable of finding food for myself.”
“If by ‘find’ ya mean ‘steal’ then no. You’re supposed to be a hero, Perry, and ‘sides, as long as I’m around, ya don’t need to steal food. Of course, youse could always come over for a meal or somethin’.” Babs hummed in contemplation. “Truth be told, if ya did, it would get my big sis off my back about findin’ a coltfriend.”
“Amusing.”
Suddenly, a loud crash of thunder echoed throughout the city, making Parallax and Babs snap their heads towards the nearest window in surprise. Within seconds a heavy rain fell, pleting the metal warehouse and everything around it. Inside the empty building, the rainfall sounded as if hundreds of ponies were stomping across the rooftop, combining into a near roar. Babs sighed in dismay at the sudden, and peculiar shift in the weather.
“Great, now how am I supposed explain how I got all wet while I was supposed to be sleepin’, and why the hay is it raninin’ anyway?! I don’t remember seein’ a sudden rainstorm in the weather schedule!”
Something about this didn’t feel right to Parallax, although a lot of things in this world still didn’t make sense to him, of one thing he was sure about was that sudden changes in weather were not the norm. The pegasi of this world were the ones responsible for regulating the weather, and making it. It was easy to know what the weather was going to be like the day before and day after thanks to their reports, which gave ponies ample time to prepare for the conditions on that day.
So a freak rainstorm occurring when it was supposed to be snowing, that definitely put Parallax on alert. His insectoid eyes picked up on something else as he watched the rain water splash against the windows, it had a black tint to it. For the first time in a long time, the Entity of Fear felt a chill run up his spine.
“Babs Seed, do you think you can move?” Parallax asked in a calm and even tone.
The bronze earth mare raised an eyebrow. “Uh…yeah, I’m feelin’ better…why?”
“Something bad is coming, something that even frightens me.”
Babs gulped, Parallax called himself the Entity of Fear, and with his powers she could see why. So if there was something that could even scare him scared, it was worth worrying about. The bronze mare hurried to her hooves, head shifting to and fro as if expecting to be attacked at any moment.
“What should we do?!” Babs asked.
“Kckt, I have to swallow my pride and gather with my brothers and sisters, you, well, you should try and survive this night as best you can.”
“WHAT?! But -!”
“Shh!”
The Entity of Fear felt something creeping in the shadows, he didn’t like that, only he was allowed to skulk in the shadows.
“What?! What is it?!” Babs whispered.
Parallax used his telekinetic powers to snuff out the light of the lantern on the desk, bathing everything in darkness, all except his glowing yellow eyes and the engraved patterns in his translucent wings were visible. His changeling biology allowed the Entity of Fear to send out a kind of echolocation wave, allowing him to pick up on several objects creeping about the insides of the warehouse.
“We’ve got company.”
Almost immediately after saying that the window and front door were smashed, three creatures with glowing black and white eyes came hurling towards them. Babs eyes grew wide with fear, but she still stood her ground. Parallax snarled and released a yellow lightwave burst, the field of energy rammed into the two charging intruders and threw them back into the warehouse.
“What the hay were those?!”
“Black Lanterns, undead, unrelenting, and nearly unkillable! Although…those seemed different,” Parallax shook his head, “Never mind, at the very least I will cut you a path to safety as far as I can. In the meantime I have to try and locate Ion, although if this is going on then that heroic numbskull could be anywhere!”
Babs arched an eyebrow at that name. “Wait, ‘Ion’, you know him?”
Parallax stiffened. “Do you know him?”
“Earth pony, kinda big, green, got a cutie mark of a ring with two bars above and below it?”
“Yes…Oh don’t tell me…you know his mate, don’t you?!” Parallax asked.
“Sure do, she’s my cousin! I know where he is, I can take you to ‘em!” Babs offered.
Unbelievable, it was as if the universe, this universe in particular, was somehow playing a joke on him. Ion, the Entity of Willpower, was in Manehattan. The changeling face hoofed himself, his eternal rival was in the city, and as much as he loathed to admit it, only the light of Willpower combined with another light could destroy a Black Lantern, without it the only thing Parallax could do was just tear them apart and slow their progress until they regenerated.
And now the one mare that actually didn’t fear his presence, was related to the same pony female who united with Ion to drive him out of Chrysalis. Was it any wonder why this mare reminded him of a Green Lantern? Irony, thy name is Equestria.
A manic grin spread across Parallax’s face, followed by maddening laughter that made Babs feel just a bit disturbed by the changeling’s change in attitude. “Eh, Perry, you alright there…?”
“Well, Babs Seed, it looks like you’ll live to see your family, because I’m going to help you get to them!”
Babs eyes widened with relief as a small smile graced her lips. “What, really?! Thanks Perry! I - HEADS UP!”
The Entity of Fear narrowed his eyes and glanced over his shoulder, a Black Lantern, with a black construct claw, was about to pounce on the seemingly unsuspecting changeling. But Parallax was swift, immediately creating construct chains that shot out from out of nowhere. Each one wrapped around the Black Lantern’s limps and stopped him in midair, the Entity of Fear then created a sickle construct. With precise and swift strokes, Parallax lopped off the undead pony’s limbs, following up with one swift slash to its neck.
Parallax ended his attack by concentrating his yellow light into an orb of energy between his horns, the ball of light snapped, releasing a beam of golden light that washed over the Black Lantern, throwing its discombobulated body through the hole it came through.
“Heads up indeed, now then, show me the way!”