A Timeless Hell...
Chapter 4- The Friend...
"Pray that your loneliness may spur you into finding something to live for, great enough to die for..." -Dag Hammarskjold
"Put everything you've got into it you lazy welps! If we can't hold this barricade, Canterlot will fall!" Davy opened his eyes, the establishments around him in complete ruins. A dark shadow seemed to cast over the stallion as he shook away his dream, the thoughts still fresh in his mind. He stood, smoke rising in the air and soot from blazes falling as result. Stepping out into the street, Downpour found himself in the middle of the once magnificent and glorious city of Canterlot, now nearly reduced to mere rubble.
"Seems like I woke a bit late for the party..." he joked, giving a smug grin. Distant explosions could be heard and the faint screams were barely audible to his ears. He glanced to his left, seeing an official looking guard urging his bretheren to keep their hold upon a door, obviously trying to keep out what was on the other side. The stallion stepped towards the guard with disregard to the burning buildings crumbling around him, his full attention focused upon the oddly familiar figure. He reached the foothold of the scaffolding the official pony was standing on before he called, the guard facing away. "Excuse me..." Davy stated with monotone. "What is today..." The pegasus barking orders was taken aback by the voice that spoke from behind, the pony's voice unrecongnized. He quickly withdrew his blade, and with blinding speed was at Davy's throat with his sword, obviously his talent being a master swordsman as they stood under the scaffolding..
"Who are you!" The guard asked, never looking up at Davy's face. "Reveal your name!"
"You've become faster... Shadow..." The official pegasus tensed. "Tell me, can you still use your dark magiks like back at home, or did Celestia strip those powers from you?" The one Downpour called "Shadow" trembled, dropping the blade and looking up at his childhood friend, disbelief in his eyes.
"D... Davy... is... that you?" the greyish stallion asked, taking off his helmet slowly to reveal a white and black mane, his eyes of the same silver as his coat, the color drained since his days as a colt. Davy glared at his lifelong friend, their adventures numerous through-out his travels in time, his mood going from a single toned jerk to that of a playful school filly.
"The one and only. I'm glad to see that you haven't changed much. If that was anypony else, we both know what COULD have happened." Downpour replied. Shadow looked at his friend with glee.
"I see your attitude hasn't changed much. I guess that's good." He sarcastically stated. "Oh, There's something I need to give you." Davy's ears perked, his face lighting up.
"What is it." he asked, a smile starting to form across his face. That smile was quickly wiped away when his jaw met contact with Shadow's hoof, knocking Davy back into the ground. Confusion and anger washed over him. "WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT FOR!" Davy roared, standing up and looking ready to fight. Shadow giggled before his face became serious as he answered.
"That, was for leaving me to fend for myself in Hell. The necropony that sent us there was waiting for us at the gates, and you had to go off and get knocked unconscious by falling stones." Shadow retorted. "You know how hard it is to contain yourself when a necropony has his bone hooves around your neck?"
"That wasn't my fault! You know that I'm not the most agile pony around!" The unicorn argued.
"No, but I would figure you had enough common sense to move when there's a whole underground cavern falling apart around you." Shadow smuggly replied.
"I had a clear shot!" Davy yelled.
"Whatever..." The black and white maned pegasus turned his attention back to his comrades, the door starting to give way. "Hey, don't guess you could help us out a bit? I really don't want to owe my "freinds" another favor and these guys aren't exactly the best soldiers." Davy looked as though he was giving it consideration.
"Depends, what are we fighting?" At that moment, an undead dragon skeleton broke through the gates, a ponymancer riding his back and laughing while he watched his victims run in terror. Shadow turned to Downpour.
"This bucker again..."
"Care to tell me what's going on as we both take him?" Shadow smirked at the question.
"Gladly." The silver eyed stallion twirled his blade, the curved edge and ingravings a symbol of placement in rank. "This sword is good and all, but it's nothing to what your father could make." He stood on his hind legs in a very traditional fighting pose, weapon pointing towards his enemy and his other hoof behind him.
"You haven't changed a bit, but for my sake, lets not talk about the past." Davy barely changed his stance as the undead pony turned its attention towards the two.
"You know what..." Shadow sheathed his blade. "Since I had to fight him last time, how about you take it." Davy's brow hightened at this. "Besides, I have to explain everything to you, so it'll be easier on me if I wasn't constantly fearing a dragon claw stabbing into my back." The unicorn hung his head.
"You're one lazy prick, you know that?" Shadow smiled.
"Would you have me any other way? Besides, I wouldn't want to get in your way." Davy sighed, but knew there was no reasoning with this pony. He stepped forward and started reciting incantations.
"klaatu ampatour!" Lighting struck all around, the ground from undernieth breaking apart. Davy's body rose into the air, his body cracking as the electricity around him became a bright red, his eyes turning whiter than snow. Shadow took a step back as he watched.
"This old move? Whatever Davy... I was expecting something new." The airborn stallion let out a bloodroar as he connected his hooves together, the lightning around starting to swirl like a vortex. The undead pony turned his minion around to the pony conjuring his dark magic. He thrust his bone hoof outward, his dragon charging straight at the convulsing unicorn. Suddenly, the convulsing ceased, his body going limp. Shadow took notice of this and became a bit frantic.
"Heh, hey Davy. You don't think you could hurry up I suppose?" The dragon grew almost mere hooves away. "Davy? DAVY!?" There was a bright flash of red, the air thickend with clouds, rose red thunder shooting down from all directions. The armored unicorn slowly lifted his hoof, pointed towards his opponent. He only muttered one word as the flying beast contacted with his hoof.
"Die..."
Lightning struck Davy from the heavens above and shot from his foreleg into the body of the undead skeleton, the bones of which instantly turning to dust. The necropony on top let out his own screech as the shock traveled throughout his body as well, falling apart as another bolt shot from the sky, knocking the head of the bastardisation off, ending its "life". Downpour quickly grasped the body of his enemy and ripped it in half, tossing one half to the ground and oblitherating the other with a mere glance. Shadow watched as the clouds retracted above, the floating unicorn settleing back down on the torched terrain below.
"You didn't have to take it easy on that spawn of Hell, it can't feel anyway." Davy turned to his friend as his hind legs set upon the dirt.
"I wouldn't want to destroy the city. Besides, I don't think you could contain me if I did try, you know, your magik only coming from that of Hell anyway." He replied.
"Funny... Don't you think that you might be a little too over-powered sometimes?"
"Would you have me any other way?" Davy smiled. Shadow chuckled.
"I guess not..."
"So, about what's going on around here..." Shadow looked at his comrades, scared out of their minds as they were cowering in a building about 10 yards away from where Davy had destroyed the "mighty" foe.
"How about I explain everything to you after we settle these ponies down. If I lose one more squad, physically or mentally, Celestia might not forgive me again." Davy brushed a scruff on his armor.
"Can't they tell I'm on their side by my uniform?" The official pegasus put on his helmet.
"Luna's sent too many spies for us to trust anypony anymore..." Davy looked perplexed.
"Luna?" Shadow sighed.
"Follow me..."