Blink of an Eye.

by iki


Stalright Glimmer.

I knew it, arrest her and find the human.

The moment I heard it, my whole world came crashing down.
All that I believed in and hoped for and all that I knew shattered into shards like a falling mirror of my mind, through the uncontrollable darkness of despair until it hits the bottom of reality, which will come much faster than I could have ever hoped.
With glass shattering in my ears and chaos in my head, I staggered for a moment in a daze, Still in disbelief
to what is happening that it is reality, no, I refuse to believe it, this is not reality and I will not accept at any cost that it could be.

My dream world, in which nothing like this would ever happen and which I was not going to leave, shattered into dust and only a faint memory, from which I was torn out by the gag in my mouth and the sleeve on my horn.
At that moment I realized where I was and what was happening, I had to explain everything to Twilight, But the only thing that came out of me was a muffled roar because of the gag.
I tried to go to her and let her know that I still wanted to talk to her, but the guards wouldn't let me go to her, on the contrary, I was moving away from my goal, from my sanity, which made me start tossing and screaming like a madman.

After a moment of helplessly kicking around me a meter above the ground in a yellow glow, while two guards lead me to my cell, I slowly calmed down and just calmly float through the air.

I can't believe that after all that I sacrificed for her, she would throw me away so easily. I think as soon as the prison gate closes behind me.
the yellow light carries me softly down a corridor with lots of open side doors and rooms of one square meter without lighting, in which they also sit me.
As soon as the yellow glow leaves me, one of the guards comes to me with wooden hoof covers that are connected in a V shape.

"Don't worry Starlight, as soon as the princess cools down she will let you go, but you have to wear this" He waves her wooden hooves in front of me.

"They are special for you" The guard smiles at me as he puts covers on my front and back hooves and closes behind him the heavy wooden door that fills the room with black darkness.




Alright all ponies now listen the princess has called a meeting we need to get to Canterlot asap...

Do you think it has something to do with those foreigners?.................

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I am glad that you have all arrived, it is necessary to prepare and discuss the options in case the negotiations fail............................... ..

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No princess, we can´t accept something like that............

There is no other option......

How can they want such a thing?..........

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Quick!.......everypony to safety!....

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......Applejack don't stop........

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..... Where is Rainbow Dash?.....Twilight where are you going?.....nooooo.....

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NOOOOO!!!..........Someone... anyone..HELP ME!!!

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Everything will be fine.... Everything will be fine.... Everything will be fine.... Everything will be fine.... Everything will be fine...................................

A widening white beam sharp as a knife piercing my eyes snaps me out of my memories as I lie curled up in a ball shaking
fears and in my head I keep repeating....... Everything will be fine....... Everything will be fine......

I sit down with the help of the guard and with an absent-minded look at the purple pony standing right in front of me while my eyes water from the harsh light and the dry hay that covers the floor of the cell from which it is dusted.

Just as I begin to realize where I am, what I'm doing, and if it really is my body, I feel a sharp pain in my leg that
she is bruised from the handcuffs, as I inadvertently press on the injury I flinch and cry out.

As soon as my ears start to work properly and start putting letters correctly into words that I understand, I suddenly hear the words - found, friend, Catacomb.
It's taking me longer to piece it together because I'm still halfway out, then it dawned on me and suddenly another and another, literally a train of thought which they combined into a single one that put one word on my tongue, doom.
I start tossing and turning, trying to free myself from the bonds, but I'm still too weak.


I suddenly realized that Twilight is standing right in front of me, I want to tell her everything, but I can't, it's not possible.
I'm already feeling completely sane when the princess approaches me and quietly says that she's going to torture him.
I take the opportunity and I want to grab her, somehow pull her so that she understands that I want to talk to her, But I am stopped not far from her by a chain around my neck and with a burning pain cutting into my skin, but I do not give in and try to reach my goal, while I feel how warm blood runs down my chest, a little more, I think to myself as Twilight turns and walks away.

The door closes and then opens again, a guard sits in front of me, whom I knew well, to remove the shackles from my front hooves, which are broken.

"Wow, starlight, you have power," the guard assesses the broken wooden handcuffs and then removes the gag.

"stop the princess immediately! I blurt out without thinking.

" Is something wrong? Why are you even closed? The guard looks at me confused.

"please, her life and everyone in this village depends on it" Desperately please.

"you know I can't..."

" Please!! I'm looking for at least a little understanding in his eyes.

"Well............" He stands up and using the magic device on his ear tells someone that the princess is in serious danger.

"I granted your wish now you are........" The guard is interrupted again as he feels them trembling gently on the ground.

I look at him with a firm expression and just say, take off my handcuffs.



I'm running for my life, I'm not looking right or left or at the terrible pain in my back leg.
I don't need someone to tell me what caused the shock, I know it very well and I know I have to stop it before it's too late.

As soon as I run out of the prison gates I want to teleport straight to Twilight, But I show up at the Catacombs.
I curse as I realize that teleportation doesn't work in the Catacombs, I quickly ran inside before the guard could block my way.
I run past the busy guards running around the lobby getting ready to fight, I magically repel two
guards standing in my way and blocking the stairs to the underground, I jump between them and run down the stairs.


I don't even make it to the bottom of the first flight of stairs and the lights go out with a gentle jolt under my hooves.
Thanks to the fact that Twilight often sent me here, I know every corner and it's completely clear to me where I should run.....but I don't like the constant shaking and darkness.
I gather my courage and run up the stairs and corridors with a constant green glow around me.
The deeper I run, the stronger the tremors are, I no longer see a single guard fleeing towards the exit.
Maze of corridors full of cells, long stairs, maze, stairs, maze, stairs, maze, stairs, when I'm already sweating like someone poured a bucket full of water on me, I get to the staircase that leads to the deepest floor, from which terrible noises are heard.

I suppress the pain and run towards the roar of the shocks and lots of fresh blood, through holes and debris, no longer stopping at the bodies lying on the ground when suddenly there is not a single sound to be heard, while I stand in the rolling dust and listen.
I catch a flash of pink light out of the corner of my eye for just a second, I immediately take off in that direction and try to zigzag through the debris as fast as I can as I run into shattered corridor areas where black smoke fights a pink shield, which then shatters.
I see how everything around turns pink and it's clear to me what's going on.....I have to stop them both before they kill each other.
as soon as I run in the direction from where the greatest light shines, the shadow also comes out, I run as hard as I can, my whole body concentrates, the pain in my back leg from constant running burns and every time my foot hits I have to clench my teeth to overcome the pain.
When I see Twilight, kneeling with an incredibly huge radiant energy ready to attack the shadow flying against her, without stopping or thinking I run towards her and i send beam that pushes her into the next fragmented corridor through a hole in the wall, while I try to stop myself because of the pain.
When I see how Twilight lying on her side in the gloom and blood, while I stand where Twilight just stood, I just manage to smile at her and I'm knocked down by a black shadow.

Absorbed in the darkness, I float with relief from the aching body, which suffered under the onslaught of muscle tension that is tortured to the last drop, unfortunately it does not last long.
With the sound of the pavement breaking I fly through the wall I was pushed against by a shadow biting into my spherical shield around me, due to the impact with the wall the shield cracked enough so that in no time it shatters against the claws of the shadow, which throws me further to where I slide on my hooves, where after stopping I collapse on my ass and immediately have red eyes in front of me.
they sent more claws at me and I barely had time to react to stop them with another shield, which cracked under the force of the onslaught, but held on.
I look into the red eyes in the omnipresent black smoke that surrounds me and presses with such force that I succumb to the pressure until I lie on my back, with all the strength I have, I try to keep the shield intact, but I can't, clenching my bared teeth, I let out a mighty roar as I push against the shadow, and in green shards, claws from blood fly at me, from which there is no escape.

The claws bit into the floor where I was lying a moment ago, I rolled over for the last few moments and I want to run, but I can't, I feel a sharp pain that prevents me from moving.
Blood running down my nose and down my left shoulder, I brace myself to keep from getting tangled up and watch the shadow turn towards me, ready to kill me.

HOW LONG WILL YOU LET YOURSELF BE CONTROLLED?! I scream as hard as I can right at him, expecting some kind of response, but the only one that came was a swipe of claws on my barely standing legs.
Blood splatters on the wall, which immediately begins to flow to the ground, as well as from the claws of the shadow, which is now looking at the bloodied animal with wounds on its face, legs and chest with tears in its eyes.

I can't handle this, what should I do? I say to myself as I see more claws flying towards me.
How can I reverse this? I ask myself with my eyes closed.

Please..if you are still there PLEASE HELP ME!!!! I tangled the pooled blood in my head and noticed the momentary hesitation of the attacker, which gave me enough time to
to jump in front of the claws and send a concentrated beam directly between the red eyes to get to the one I'm looking for.

everything has stopped, two bodies in the rubble stand facing each other and without signs of life.

“Tropy? where are you? My voice echoes.

"You shouldn't have come here, I gave you a chance to kill me, not to talk" His voice echoes in the black nothingness

"But I don't want to kill you, I want you to go back to normal"

"What's the point? wherever I am, this will keep happening for as long as I live" Tropy asks sadly.

"No it won't! I promise, just come back" I plead sadly.

"Where do I go Glimi? To the ruins I created again? To look again into the faces that condemn me and see me only as a murderer and an uncontrollable monster?

"But......ton somehow...." I don't know what to say.

"Enough, that's enough, it's time for you to end it, you're strong enough for it, do it for me" With these last words, the connection ends and they both start moving again.

NOOOOO!!!!! I scream as a shadow rushes at me.

Full of anger, how dare he ask such a thing of me, I fend off one attack after another as I attack and dodge, ignoring the pain and everywhere the blood that is present that flows into my eyes, this time I will not allow it, this time I will be strong, THIS TIME!
I scream as I push the shadow back with a powerful spell, I use the spell to fly straight towards him, since I can't even walk properly, and with all the strength I have left I fly to the ceiling and a beam so strong came out at the shadow that it topped moving under its power.
THIS TIME....I will push harder on the shadow.....THIS TIME!!!.....
tears well up, I press again until the shadow starts to fall, while my horn hurt......
......I WILL NOT LOSE ANYONE!!!!! in the last scream, bloodied and bruised, I give everything that beats in me and I see how the darkness begins to disappear under the pressure of the green glow, as well as my consciousness.