Beyond My Grave: Nightlight

by AnnEldest


A Cat Fight

The beast fell to the ground. It let out its last breath as its face sank into the ground. Capper stood up as all eyes were on him. The golden sword stained the ground as all of the creature's skin that touched it burned away. Capper grabbed the weapon and drew it from the beast. He held it out towards the other monster as it stood in front of him. Discord, spike, and Big Mac stood in awe and utter shock. Spike's daw hung as he stared at a golden idol.

The creature roared as it charged forward. Capper jumped off of the dead body and rolled on the ground. The creature lunged forward and caught the cat's arm with its claws. Capper crashed against the ground as his sword went flying. The creature turned towards the cat as it once again charged forward.

The monster was met by a steady stream of flames to its face. The creature backed up as the bright light of the fire enveloped it. Discord joined in by summoning another army of dragons. The creature turned to escape only to be met once more by Big Mac's Iron hooves.

Capper quickly got up and ran over to his weapon. He picked it up and ran over to the chaotic mess of flames. He stopped as he saw the ground all around the creature lit up in flames. He turned to Discord as he watched him conjure up dragons out of thin air.

The creature smashed the ground in frustration and lunged at Discord. Discord couldn't react quickly enough and went tumbling to the ground. Big Mac landed another blow on the creature before it clawed him across the face.

Capper ran up to the creature and stabbed it in one of its many limbs. The creature Turned around and hissed as it clawed the cat across the chest. The creature then turned And jumped that discord. He had barely just missed as This court has rolled out of its way.

Capper Got back up once again and grabbed his sword. He got right back into the fight and managed to strike a blow to the monster's neck. It thrashed around and sent Big Mac and Discord flying in the air. Capper had barely dodged its huge claws. He continued to roll and crawl away from its powerful blows. Flames coated the ground around them making it hard for him to escape.

One roll got him underneath the huge beast. He took the opportunity to stab his sword right through the bottom of the creature's neck. He was lifted and slammed back on the ground. The sword stuck unto the beast and burned away at its insides. He pulled the blade out of the creature and landed on the ground. The creature staggered to the ground as black blood oozed from its wombs.

Capper laid on the ground as his heartbeat echoed in his ears. He felt the warmth of his blood bubbling up through his cuts. He rolled over and pushed himself off of the ground. He looked up to see the creature desperately trying to do the same. He groaned as he reached over to grab his weapon. His feet felt heavy beneath him as he limped to his prey.

He stopped once he was in front of his prey. The creature growled as it took a swipe at him. The cat backed up to dodge its desperation. He lifted his sword, as he had done so many times before, and brought it straight down. He continued to press into its neck until he physically couldn't anymore. With one final breath, he let go of the sword and fell to the ground.

Discord groaned as Spike shook him. "Discord, get up."

Discord rolled over and stared up at the sky. "Am I dead," He whispered.

"Nope, " Big Mac assured.

"But the fallen thing is," Spike cheered.

"Wait what," Discord said as he bounced to his feet. "Did...we do… how in Equestria…?"

"Actually," spike said as he nudged Discord. "He was the one who did it." Spike pointed to the orange cat that laid consciousness next to the deadfall.

"Who in Equestria is that?" Discord asked.

"Almost dead," Big Mac answered.


Twilight walked down the large crystal hallway as her mind raced. She frantically whispered to herself as sweet rushed down her face. Her hair was a mess and her coat was stained black by dirt. She walked past Spike's room and stopped in front of his door. She sighed as she leaned her head against it. She took deep breaths as she tried not to break down.

A sudden loud crash came from inside the room followed by a loud deep scream. Twilight backed up from the door and froze for a second. She then used her magic to quickly open the door. She was taken back to see Spike, laid out across his bed in a "module's" pose. She was met by a full teeth smile and wide eyes.

"Heeeeeeyyyyyyyyy, Twilight," Spike chuckled.

"Spike?!" Twilight screamed. She ran forward and tackled Spike with a hug. "Where in Celestia's name have you been? I've been trying to send you letters and asking ponies around if they have seen you. I went to Celestia to see if she knew anything or if she could find out where you were. Then the attack happened in Ponyville and I got even more worried and…."

"Wait what?" Spike interrupted. "Hold on, slow down Twilight."

"No you slow down," Twilight yelled. "Where have you been, what happened to you?"

"What? Nothing."

"Then why have you been ignoring and hiding from me?"

"I wasn't ignoring you," Spike protested as he backed up on his bed.

Twilight moved closer to him. "Then what were you doing?"

"Nothing, just hanging out with Discord and Big Mac." Spike moved back again as he started to sweat.

"Then why did you ignore me and Celestia's letters?" Twilight moved over to him.

"I wasn't, I was just ummmmmm….ummmm…doing some Dimension stuff and seeing other dimension things with Discord, so maybe that's why I didn't get them." Spike chuckled as he leaned back into the wall.

"Dimensional things?" Twilight said as she pressed closer to him. "You hung out with Discord for days doing Dimensional things and not telling or talking to anyone else?"

"Ummmmm, yes." Spike grind as he met Twilight face to face.

"Hmmm," Twilight growled.

"Wait before you bite my head, can I at least know why you're so painstakingly mad at me?"

"Spike," Twilight gasped as she backed up. "I'm not mad, I was just worried sick about you."

"Why?"

Twilight was taken back as she froze and stared at him. "Did you not hear about what happened?"

Spike trailed off into his thoughts. His eyes outlined the room as his mind searched for any results. "Ummm, I'm going to go out on a limb and say no."

"There was a terrible animal attack two nights ago. Many ponies were injured, and a few even…."

Spike looked up at Twilight as she dropped her head and stared at the ground. "Ya." She whispered.

"Wait, an animal attack?" Spike asked as he jumped off of his bed.

"Ya, and we have no idea what it was." Twilight sat down as she sighed. "I got word that a farmer caught something in his son's bedroom. It was standing over his son and trying to eat him." Twilight cleared her throat as she slowly closed her eyes. "The whole thing made a ruckus and a bunch of ponies went after the thing. The whole thing went wrong when the thing started to attack them." Twilight opened her eyes and stared at the ground. "Rainbow Dash was the first to arrive, and she stupidly went head first at it."

"Wait sshe's not…"

"No She's fine," Twilight assured the little Dragon. "She's just pretty banged up. Anyways the thing went right into the village, and many more got hurt by it." Twilight swallowed hard as a tear flowed down her cheek. "No one knew where you were, so I was worried that…the thing….had…" She choked on her own words as her eyes became red with tears.

Spike sighed as he looked at the floor. "I'm really sorry Twilight." He looked up at her as he walked over and hugged her. "I had no idea about any of that. I didn't mean to make you so worried."

Twilight used her hooves to wipe her eyes and she cleared her throat. "No, I'm just glad you're ok." She wrapped her hooves around and squeezed the little Dragon.

The two separated and Twilight took a few deep breaths. "I actually have to meet with Princess Celestia in a few hours. We're all going to meet about whatever that thing was."

"You didn't need me, did you?" Spike asked.

Twilight shook her head. "No, just the six of us really. You didn't see anything so there isn't much you could tell us."

"Ya, of course," Spike nervously chuckled.

"Please be here when I get back, you're not off the hook, ok?"

"Ya, no problem," Spike said as he grinned.

Twilight walked out of the door and slowly closed the door as she smiled at him. Spike waved to her and grinned as she disappeared. He waited a bit before he took a deep sigh.

"Alright, it's all clear," Spike sighed.

Discord jumped out of a very inconspicuous dresser that Discord had conquered up. Big Mac fell out and landed on the ground followed by the orange cat.

"Oh thank Celestia!" Discord gasped. "I couldn't move without breaking a bone."

"Nope," Big Mac groaned as he stretched out.

Discord took the lower half of his body and twisted it till his back cracked. "Awe that's much better." He then turned and sat next to Spike. "I have no idea how that worked. I mean the wardrobe stands out like a literal elephant in the room."

"Well, she was focused on other things," Spike said as he looked down at the floor.

"Like what?" Discord asked as he stretched out his severed leg

"You seriously didn't hear her?" Spike asked as he looked up at Discord.

"Well excuse me, my head was being crushed by someone's foot." Discord looked down at Big Mac as the stallion stood up.

"Yup," Big Mac said in annoyance.

"Wel…."

Spike froze as the orange cat groaned. The three turned to see Capper sit up and rub his head. The cat's head was covered in a bandage along with one of his legs and his chest. The cat looked around and froze his gaze on the trio.

"Ummm," Capper shuddered. "Who are you, and where the hell am I?" Capper stood up.

The three looked at each other before Spike stepped forward. "I'm Spike, former friend of Princess Twilight Sparkle." Spike walked up to Capper and held out his claw.

"Pleasure to meet you, Spike," Capper said as he slowly shook his claw.

"We've actually met before," Spike said with a smile. "Back at Klugetown."

Capper looked confused for a moment As his mind raced through his memories. "Wait, were you the one who accompanied those six ponies against the Storm King?"

"Ya," Spike proudly claimed. "You used me as a flamethrower, remember?"

"Ah, yes I do remember now." Capper looked up at the other two.

Discord snapped his fingers and was dressed up in a black tuxedo, top hat, and a matching cane. "Charmed to meet you, good sir." Discord took a bow. "I am Sir Discord, Lord of Chaos and Master of disharmony."

"Wow," Capper chuckled. "That's quite a title."

"Indeed".

Spike pointed to Big Mac. "And that's Big Mac, he doesn't talk a whole lot."

"Nope".

"Well then," Capper said as he clapped his paws together. "Now that we got introductions out of the way, does someone want to tell me where I am and what happened?"