//------------------------------// // Mirrors // Story: Revelations in the Mirror // by TheTimeLordWriter //------------------------------// “Curse those Princess! They think they can banish me? I’ll punish them all for this!”                “Master, I won’t let you do that.”                “You think you will rise against me too, young one? How pathetic. Remember who taught you your magic? I did! Did that Princess Luna get into your head? Do you think you suddenly have what it takes to beat me? That Princess was setting you up for death.”                “At least, Master, I will stall you.”                    “My name is Bloodstone…and I failed.” A dark grey-blue pony awoke from her dream. She was small, no bigger than an average unicorn. Her horn held icy blue stripe that spiraled to the tip. Her eyes were the same icy blue that was nearly white at the center. Her mane was midnight blue with a stripe of white blue starting on the left side down the back of the hair. The mane was short on the left side but around the middle of her neck switched to the right where it flowed extremely long. One strand of hair that was parted by the right ear settled down her forehead and was white. Her dark blue fur tinted to lighter blue near her hooves. Her chest held some heaver fur which was white in color that ran down her under belly where a lighter gray-blue fur changed to white. Her tail was long and choppy at the tips with one stripe turned from icy blue on the outside to white on the inside. Her flank held sword cutie mark with its thick blade that was flat on one side. The sharp edge was blood red. Three magic sparks circled the hilt of the sword. She was in a misty room of white, and it never ended no matter what direction you took. The mare let her hair fall over her face as she lowered her head, one ear flicking before she slowly moved forward. As she walked, mirrors appeared. The first one appeared out of the mist in front of her. “Holder of magics, The Dark Mare, Servant of Sombra, Daughter of Shifting Moon and Crystal Meadow, how do you plead?” “Guilty.” Her voice was strong but soft in tone. Her eyes lifted to see the golden armored Stallion. “To what?” “Serving King Sombra in his enslavement of the crystal ponies and betraying him at the end. I am Bloodstone, master of Shifting Magic. I plead guilty to all I have done.” “To the banishing of the crystal empire?” She glared at him. “I had nothing to do with that.” “Do you believe your punishment is over?” “The question is…do you?” She answered only for the image in the mirror to disappear. Suddenly mirrors shot up from the ground, creating a massive maze of mirrors. There were three paths ahead of Bloodstone. She went through the middle while two red blurs separated on each side of her and went through the left and right paths. One red blur turned into Bloodstone’s special transformation form. A large four-legged beast roamed through the mirror halls. Its face resembled a wolf-lion mix. Its ears were that of wolves with three light blue and white feathers sticking up from behind, its body was that of a lion with the same coloration of that of her pony form, only there was a thick layer of dark purple fur from the neck toward the back that hung off the shoulders and speckled in blue. Its front legs were that of a lion with red claws while the back legs were that of a wolf. On its back where two dark grey-blue wings with the tips of the feathers colored red. The middle spine of the feathers was red. The tail was the shape of a lion’s tail with thick fur that covered the top to the fluff of blackish red fur on the tip.  The beast roamed watching with blue eyes and irises of red. Down the left path was a humanoid form. Her hair was dark bluish-grey with one streak of ice blue and one streak of red. One strand of bangs was white. Her clothing was black and red, a cloak, knee tall boots, and a sword strapped to her side. Her cutie mark was a symbol on the leather strap of her shoulder. She wore a red gem necklace. Her eyes were the same icy blue. The pony version kept walking, the mirrors started to reflect fuzzy forms. Some of them reflected a dark and enslaved crystal empire with hateful eyes of ponies following her movements, some displayed her as a foal when taken from her parents by Sombra and raised in her mysterious magic, while some of them showed the Princesses with Celestia looking mistrustful while the other was disappointed. All the mirrors started to speak with words of fear, hate, pain. Bloodstone kept walking forward. The human form looked insecure. She showed the most emotion and the true emotion of Bloodstone. She kept walking with the words from the mirrors turning to loud noise. Suddenly, she stopped and covered her ears. The Beast started to growl with her ears pinned back as she tried to block out the noise. She looked back as the mirrors suddenly started shattering. Her ears perked up, and she dashed forward in a race to get out of there. The mare flicked her ears back behind her to hear shattering mirrors. Without looking back, she took off in a run. The hallway started to curve before splitting into more paths. She raced through a random one turning left and right as she kept running. The voices of her fear, her anger, and her pain echoed behind her. The voice of her fear was Luna’s, the voice of her anger was Sombra’s, and the voice of her pain was Celestia’s. The human broke off in a run as well with tears slipping from her eyes and screams pouring from her mouth. All three took different paths that widened and narrowed at random points, twisting and turning until they seemed to be uselessly leading nowhere. “I am Bloodstone, I served Master Sombra as he trained me in my rare magic. I am not innocent, I am not loyal, and I am not burdened, pitied, or sad. I am me in this never-ending maze of mirrors. I am not orphaned, and I am not evil. My situation was not ideal, but I will move on…” The three paths started to turn toward one another. All three versions of Bloodstone were still racing against the shattering glass. A dust of sparkling white and blue started to follow them. In turn, each of them sped up to out-run it. The three paths lead to one room with one large mirror in the middle of it. As the three entered the room, the human and beast merged with the pony and the only one in the room. The mirror displayed her last battle. Bloodstone’s horn glowed red as the sword on her flank suddenly started to appear. The blade cascading to life until she tilted the blade solidifying the whole thing. Bloodstone narrowed her eyes at Sombra as he laughed at her. “You think your little sword can scare me? Who taught you to summon it, to wield it?” “You, Master, but this sword will stop you. The Princesses will be here soon to banish you.” Bloodstone hissed out. “I think not.” Bloodstone charged with her hooves echoing on the crystal ground as Sombra followed the charge. Her blade hit is horn as the two stared down one another with neither one giving way. “You are weak.” “Speak your curse words elsewhere. I will not fall into your dilutions.” Bloodstone spat at him. “But your fear is so great.” “It is your own fear that you sense!” Bloodstone shouted as she slashed her sword away from his horn and down horizontally at his side. He evaded it and blasted his dark magic at her. She moved her sword to block it. The magic dissipated as it hit the red blade.  Bloodstone narrowed her eyes as she charged again. This time, she teleported right before she met Sombra’s horn again. She appeared behind him, but Sombra turned and used his back hooves to kick her down. Bloodstone’s sword clattered away from her as her magic lost its grip. She curled in one leg while she stood up. She panted as she looked at Sombra. He blasted his magic at her, but she quickly brought up a red magic barrier. He kept blasting his magic on it. With each hit Bloodstone’s face became tenser. Suddenly it broke, and the magic hit Bloodstone. Bloodstone slid across the floor a few feet with the signs of green flames spouting from her eyes. Sombra turned only to get hit with a blast of magic. He stumbled forward to see that his enemy’s eyes were normal. “How?” He growled out. “You think I haven’t learned to combat that little trick, Master?” “Hmph, it doesn’t matter.” He said as he charged back at her. Dark Crystals suddenly sprouting all around Bloodstone. With only a few moments to think, she grabbed her sword with magic and swung it all around breaking the crystal before she slashed down at Sombra. She hit his horn and caused a small crack. However, Sombra had been charging a powerful spell, and he blasted it at her. The spot where she had once been was smoking with left over magical energy. The last spell he ever caste soon banished all the crystal empire. “And this is my never-ending prison, my punishment for betraying King Sombra.” Bloodstone stated as she slowly reached and touched the mirror with her hoof. The mirror only showed her reflection as her hoof fell away. Her ice blue eyes staring emotionless back at herself. She closed her eyes and turned to leave the room like she always did for all the thousand years she had been banished here. She didn’t notice, but the mirror behind her showed Princess Luna staring back at her solemnly. Bloodstone stopped before her horn began to glow red. She turned and shot at the mirror shattering it completely and leaving only the frame. That’s when magic started to form into the frame turning into a swirling portal. Bloodstone blinked before she carefully walked toward the portal. She narrowed her eyes and examined it up and down. After a few minutes of this, she finally walked through leaving only a darkening abyss behind her. “Sister, she has returned.” The Lunar princess stated as a foggy form of herself remained in the mirror realm. “Yes, Dear Luna…she has.” The blackness started to seep throughout the world with only one final flash of sunlight before it all went black.