//------------------------------// // Chapter 12: The Vault // Story: The V-Team // by Reizthefakebrony //------------------------------// In the middle of a forest far away from the frontiers of the Regime, Starlight reappeared with Zade's group, Kamahl, Jeska, Thorax and Chrysalis in a flash of white light. In front of them there was the edge of the road leading to a kingdom far away from them, now being nothing more than a sea of destroyed obsidian buildings. The four ponie were both amazed and mortified at the same time to see it. "That's the place," Kamahl said. "I knew that Twilegion had done so much damage to Chrysalis," Jace said. "But this?!" "It used to be my kingdom," Chrysalis lamented. "Twilegion Spadeus destroyed it during the Inquisition. I swear, if I have my powers-" "You have no right talk in that way," Jeska interrupted. "That's right, bitch," Jace butted in. "Twilight has done this because of Julius and the shenanigans of the Mirari, but the only one to blame for have kickstart this is nothing but yourself. Go it... Memorized?" "Hmph!" Chrysalis looked on the otherside. "No blame train here," Sera said with an almost psycho expression. "We have a work to do and I prefer having done as soon as possible." "Let's move on," Zade said. The group continued to wander around the ruins of the kingdom. Chrysalis looked around in a symptom of a memory lane and didn't mind Jace's scorn so much. After a few minutes of walk, they stopped. Kamahl indicates a huge cylindrical like structure. "That's the vault the demon talked about," Kamahl said. "Can you cut it out with the term demon?" Chrysalis complained. The group followed suit, but then they stopped and hidden themselves behind a rock upon noticing three alicorn Royal Guards surveying the place. "Damn it," Zade said "Oh, shit." Jace whispered. "I can't believe Fortem Virtu is sending us to block the entrance of this vault." A male voice said. "I mean, c'mon. We didn't even get to beat up some rebel." Another male voice said. "Enough whining. I hope you had forgot that Fortem's order is also Twilegion's." A third voice retorted, being a female one. "That's not good," Chris whispered. Sera rolled her eyes and sent her three magatamas against the three, electrifying them and knock them down. Sera then turned toward the dumbfounded group. "Can we continue?" She asked. Without any word, they entered inside, accompanied by quiet and tranquility, something that they doesn't like a little bit. In the vault, they discovered everything. Jewelry, magical artifacts and other mystical item. A thought traversed Zade mind. "Wait a minute. Why Twilegion didn't had destroyed this place?" Zade asked. "It was made indestructible by a magic of my own," Jeska informed. "But why three guards?" Sera demanded. "Less question, more walking. We have an artifact to pick up." Chrysalis pointed out. "We don't take orders from you, you know," Zade said sternly. Continuing further the obsidian maze, they began to see a light at the very end of it. Starlight beamed a little bit of hope, knowing that what she was looking for was there. That must be there. "Follow me?" Starlight said as she galloped toward the light, followed by the others. Fast as they can, they entered inside a very huge ball room with a big table at in the center. On the table there are obsidian circular shards forming a disk. "This is it!" Starlight exulted. "What are we waiting for, let's just go for it," Jace proposed Everypony ran toward the table when suddenly a blinding dark-violet light flashed for moment as Twilegion appeared in front them, taking them by surprise. "You were searching for these, pitiful creature?" Twilegion said cruelly. Twilegion charged her magic and shot a multicolored beam of violet, white and black light that destroys the entire table and the shards. "NO!" Starlight shouted in horror. "That's not good," Kamahl commented. "And now we go at the starting point," Zade said. "You think I didn't know about your plan to seal me away?" Twilegion asked. "I should thank this noble pony at my left." Twilegion glowed her horn and a pony in a night guard armor appeared being none other than Starlight's ally. "Hi, there," Riptide said gleefully. Starlight expression contorted in anger. "Riptide... How COULD YOU!?" "You demented piece of shit!!" Jace shouted. "I don't even know him yet and I already want to smash him," Chris said. "You will not do anything," Twilegion declared. "You have done enough damage to my cause, so it's my turn destroying your hopes." "CAUSE!?" Jace bellowed. "You cause should be protect your ponies, not oppressing them!" "But they were really grateful? They were actually in harmony with each others?" Twilegion face became a almost furious one as she stomped her hoof on the ground and emitted a loud metallic sound while retaining a calm and yet angered one. "No. Their inner desires whined, complained and forced them act against Harmony itself." "And, if I permit, I had the honor to inform the entire Front of the Lost Harmony about your collaboration with those demons, and now they are under my command." Starlight looked horrified. "No." "That's not good," Sera said with a grave tone. "Now everybody will know Starlight involvement with us!" Jace said. "And I bet that you will command them! "Or to be correct, I will be under Julius." Riptide added. "Some of them surrendered to our cause and some other ones are even purified." "Enough talk," Twilegion said. "Time for your punishment!!" Suddenly, a black vortex under Zade's entire group appeared under their feet and suck them inside of it. "Oh, nonono. Too easy for her," Riptide said as he glowed his horn and dragged Starlight away with him. "She will go with us." "STARLIGHT, NO!" Thorax screamed. "CURSE YOU, TWILEGION!" Chrysalis screamed. "OH, CRAP!" Sera exclaimed. "DAMMIIIIIIT!" Zade said as he and the whole group fell in the darkness. Opening his eyes, Zade was greeted by a vertigo. That wasn't like he lost consciousness but he remembered to be engulfed by a veil of pure darkness, a few seconds ago. Such thing invoked a sense of deja vu to the ponies of the group that began to rose up, slowly. "Ok, I'm starting to get tired of surprises," Zade lamented, until he remembered something. "STARLIGHT!" "They take her with them," Chris affirmed. "And we couldn't do anything to help her," Thorax said mortified. Jace stomped his hoof furiously. "FUCK THIIIIIIS!... It's unfair." "I know it is," Sera said. "But we got played at this point." "Or rather we played her," Kamahl said. Everyone except Jeska and Kamahl exclaimed. "What do you mean with that?" "Look at this. We are in the lowest floor of the vault," Kamahl indicated a sword put through the wall. "And this is the thing that I was looking for." "This.... sword?" Chrysalis demanded confused. "Wait." Jace paused. "ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME!?" The sword was a very large one, having a huge sphere being attached to it's hilt, used as a pummel. There's no doubt about that sphere. That sight gave it a very reasonable reaction. "IS THAT THE MIRARI!?" Zade, Chris, Sera, Jace and Chrysalis screamed. "Seriously?" Thorax. "To be correct, is currently the Mirari Sword and the thing Julius was looking for," Jeska informed. "Wait... You want kill Twilegion with it!?" Jace asked angered but then calmed down. "Or rather divide the ponies who were being fused into Twilegion." "That was the main plan but now Julius has Starlight to lure us through a execution or purification," Kamahl said. "You know what? That's the plan," Zade said. "What... Plan?" Kamahl asked sternly. "Simple. Elude the thing to save Starlight, purifying the bad guy and return home." Zade said. "That won't be a easy task," Kamahl retorted. "Follow me. I will guide you to the exit." "I hope you know what you are doing, kid," Chrysalis said to Zade. "Yeah... Sometimes even I demand this to myself." "