I nearly cry myself to sleep, I forgot how painful those memories were. Of my family and how I lost them. I must've been crying very loud because Star heard me and entered my side of the room. "What do you want?" I demanded, wiping away my tears.
"I heard you crying." She stated. "I can't sleep when there's noise."
I roll my eyes, of course she only cared about herself. What else was I supposed to expect from that self centered friend stealer. I make a mental note to learn of a more insulting name for her.
Star walks up to my bed and sits on the end, "you wanna talk about what you're crying about?" She asked.
"No." I say angrily.
"You sure?" She asks.
I pause for a moment before responding. "Yeah, I'm sure."
Star falls backwards and lands on the bed right next to me. "You know it's a bad idea to keep your feelings bottled up right?" She asks. "You should let them lose while you can, before they explode."
"What do you know about feelings?" I asked. "You're a gifted unicorn with a loving family no doubt."
Star was silent for a moment before speaking. "You and aren't so different you know." She said. "I don't have a family, just like you." She croaked. "Starlight is my adoptive mother, always has been, but I've never known my real mom and dad."
I looked at Star in shock, I had no idea that she had lost her family too. Maybe she wasn't as bad as I thought she was.
"You said your family was killed by a group of bad ponies." Star said. "Can you remember anything about them at all?"
The memories are painful but I remember the night, the time when my family was killed. They were ponies, no doubt about it, but their was something unique about them. Their cloaks! They wore these strange black cloaks that had symbols on them, importantly, the symbol of a five pointed star with an eye in the middle of it.
"They wore cloaks that had all kinds of symbols and different drawings on them, but each of them had a star with an eye in the center."
Star was silent for a moment once more, quietly pondering before a look of shock appeared on her face. She grabbed me and had this panicked look on her face, "five pointed star with an eye in the center of it! That's what you said, right?!"
"Yeah, why?" I asked, starting to feel panicked as well.
"Perhaps I could shed some light on the situation."
You know that feeling you get, that pin-prickling feeling on the back of your neck that makes your hair stand on edge? That feeling, like something is right behind you, breathing down your neck and creating shivers down your spine? That feeling that gnaws at your brain, clawing, biting, screaming at you 'don't turn around'.
But we turn around.
And we gaze in horror at what we see.
It looked like an Alicorn, but this was no Alicorn. He had brown fur, blood-red eyes, a black mane that seemed to sparkle, and a wicked grin that made you want to crawl under a rock for the rest of your life. Star and I were speechless, unable to process what we were seeing.
"Hello little ones." His voice was harsh, hissing like a combination of a snake and a growling wolf. "You have something that belongs to me, give it back." He stated, eyeing me.
Star and I were still paralyzed with fear, unable to speak or answer his question. Star mustered her bravery and spoke in a terrified voice.
"W-wh-who are y-you." She shook.
The Demon as I called him, simply smiled and answered, "My name is Infernum, the God of Tartarus, and you have part of my magic. Would you kindly give it back?"
Star stood in front of me, shielding me from the Demon. "I-I-I won't let you touch her." She said, still shaken.
"Oh please." The Demon scoffed, swatting Star away with his magic. She sailed across the room and hit the wall hard.
"Star-hmph!" My voice was muffled as Infernum covered my mouth with his hoof.
"Shhhhh." He whispered, placing his other hoof over his mouth making the 'shhh' motion. "Ponies are sleeping, you wouldn't want to disturb them would you?"
A warm liquid grazed down my cheek. I was crying, crying in fear that something horrible was going to happen.
"Now I'll ask again, give me back my magic." He said once more. "Please." He added.
My mind was spinning, unable to comprehend or understand anything that was happening. I didn't know what to say or do I was so paralyzed with fear.
"Girls, is everything okay?"
Both Infernum and I faced towards the doorway where Solar's dad walked in.
"I heard a loud noise and I came to...check...on...you." Flash's eyes went wide when he saw Infernum. "Racdo-"
Flash was cut off as Infernum tackled him and pined Flash against the outside wall.
"You didn't honestly think I was just gonna sit by and let use that sword on me again did you?" Infernum asked, pressing down on Flash's neck. "In fact, I should repay you for that wound you gave me. Wouldn't you agree?"
Flash squirmed as Infernum pressed harder against Flash's throat, a smile of joy plastered on his face. That is until a purple beam shot him and sent him flying. He landed and glared at the pony responsible for the blast of magic.
"I don't know how you escaped Tartarus." Twilight said in an angry tone with smoke coming off her horn. "But I don't care, right now I'm going to put you back where you belong."
Infernum looked at the pissed off Alicorn and groaned. "It seems that making an appearance was a mistake. One that I shall correct, know this Twilight Sparkle. I will return to power, and I'll be sure to take out my anger on you and your loved ones first."
And with that, Infernum was gone in the blink of an eye.
Twilight and Flash talked amongst themselves about what just happened, but I their words fell on deaf ears as all I could hear was a loud ringing noise. My vision went dark and all of my senses vanished, and then I collapsed. Unable to bear the weight of everything that happened.