//------------------------------// // YOU DARE THINK SUCH FOOLISHNESS?! // Story: You Can't Just Vanquish Evil // by Toon //------------------------------// The light hit me and I yelled but the beam of harmony covered all that I could put out, I felt myself growing weak and my magic disappearing slowly, whittling away into nothing. I fell to the floor like a doll, all my energy and strength are now one-tenth of what it was before, I felt weak, more so than ever before. I closed my eyes to steady my breathing to grow back my strength little by little. The elements had somehow come back from the grips of time to laugh at me! To ridicule me! I was slowly dipping in and out of consciousness with the only thing keeping me steady was my breathing. The noise was blurred but I heard bits of conversation around me. "...but you couldn't unleash it until you let friendship into your heart" That voice, that horrendous, annoying, blood boiling, ARROGANT VOICE! "Now if only another will as well." Celestia spoke and if I could I would have spat at her statement. I was weak but determined to begin my rise from the floor with what little strength I had gained from the breathing technique. "F-friendship? You c-call imprisoning me to the moon for a MILLENIA! SOMETHING WORTHY OF FRIENDSHIP?" I barely held my weight but my voice was loud and clear, my blood boiling and anger seeping out of my words. She gave this pitiful look of shame towards me, "Sister-" "SILENCE!" I stomped my hooves on the ground at the mere thought of letting that TRAITOR, THAT PRETENDER THAT BROKEN JEWEL speak. "DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS LIKE TO BE IMPRISONED FOR A MILLENIA! YOU SPEAK AS IF I AM YOUR SISTER THOUGH YOU SENTENCE ME TO SPEND A ETERNITY IN STATUS!" I was disgusted with the pathetic image of that disgrace in front of me. "Sister please-" "Were you ever left in the dark left alone? Left to rot off the bleak void of the universe on a planet orbiting into nowhere while you watch your 'sister's light?" That shell of a sister had no words, "WELL? WERE YOU?" "No.." I wanted to see her fall, to see her kingdom crumble, it was meant for ME! AND ME ALONE! "You better step down Nightmare Moon, we have the elements of harmony and we're not afraid to use it to kick your butt again!" The element of loyalty spoke so boldly, I will enjoy crushing her spirit and planting her down at my hooves. I snarled at her but in truth, I was weak, far too weak to fight my 'sister' and stood no chance again the elements of harmony. They had shown their fighting spirit already and I became rash and prideful. I tried to keep my balance but it was a failing battle and that bitch of a princess noticed. "Sister!" "Silence! I will rip you all to shreds and reign an eternal night making ANY light of hope you may have shrouded in misery! You will all crumble under my hooves!" I spat at their looks, I had barely energy, in truth my ears were still ringing, blood slowly beginning to trickle down my forehead. My hooves were numb and eventually going to be sore and aching. "Hah! We'll take you down right here!" That element of loyalty was already getting on my nerves. "Rainbow, no!" The element of magic began but that pegasus flew towards me, I did like struggling prey but right now was not the time to fight. "Know this elements! I will return and when I do I will rip away your friendship like I will rip the wings off your back!" I had summoned all my power and strength into a simple teleporting spell but the distance was much more than just simple. However the effects were just as heavy, nausea, pain, aching, I felt my magic drain in an instant as soon as I had stood on my destination. A forest of somewhere but my head was heavy as my eyelids were. I couldn't keep concentration on where I was and felt like I was losing the battle of staying awake. I used one of my fangs to bite my bottom lip to produce blood, to keep me awake, I was awarded a quick response and enough adrenaline to last for an hour. My wings sore and my hooves heavy I kept to the ground to seek out more of a shelter for now. I'm alone once more... but I'm free now, I may roam wherever I please, but the loneliness was crippling. I tried to keep the focus on the task at hoove but it kept coming back to me. I spoke aloud to myself, "I come back to go destroy the elements and get defeated by common ponies! How had I not seen it before? Of course, harmony would choose a new set of ponies to bear the elements." I was in anger at my lapse in judgment. The nagging thought of loneliness crept again and I tried to shoo it off once more, let the darkness consume me, not these petty thoughts of affection and connection. I had to focus on the plan first, I must take time to begin restoring my magic, oddly enough it felt as though my darkness slipped away from me. I will wait for a few days but... if it truly has been lost I may need to find it once more. After the resting period, I must find magical artifacts to grow my magic in great volume. I require much magic if I hope to stand a chance against the element bearers and their skills. Everything is settled except for that bastard of a sister known as Celestia, the very name brings me to anger and rage, I will exact my revenge onto her and bring pain a thousandfold of what she has done to me! I will enjoy breaking her down from inside and out, destroying her kingdom, and make her watch as all bow to me! I will banish her to the moon as she did to me and then she will know what it was like to be alone for 10 centuries. There are no words to describe the feeling of it all and will be much sweeter to know she will take the same punishment for as long as I want. I laughed at the idea, she will kneel to me, crumble underneath me and I will enjoy every second of it.