//------------------------------// // A Battle within The Mind // Story: Assassin's Tears II // by MisterGTFO //------------------------------// Chapter Ten: A Battle within The Mind As the two brothers broke their hug, Silent Wind heard steps of hooves closer and getting louder. He swung his head to his right and saw that Twilight was charging at them, Twilight then threw herself around Silent Wind. Silent Wind nearly lost his balance but was still on his feet. He knew that Twilight was hurt because he too was hurt also. Silent Wind smiled and hugged back. "I'm so sorry you had to do that..." Twilight hugged Silent Wind even tighter. Silent Wind frowned, he hated seeing Twilight like she is right now. Silent Wind then tilted his head so he could get a bit more closer to Twilight. "It's alright, I'm just.. happy that my Mom is in peace now." Silent Wind then thought of what he was about to do. He focused his eyes on his brother, Silent Whisper. Silent Whisper already knew what his brother had thought of and nodded in reply. Then, Silent Wind nodded. Silent Wind broke the hug with Twilight. Twilight became somewhat-confused why. "What's wrong?" Twilight asked. Silent Wind looked around for a moment before locking his sight back to Twilight. "I have to meet with Shade, the monster inside me." Silent Wind said. Twilight had a surpised look on her face and then her face turned into a worrying look. "What? Why?" Twilight questioned. "I have to, just trust me on this, Twilight." Silent Wind said. Twilight simply looked at him and nodded. She then kissed him and Silent Wind kissed back also, she soon broke their kiss and smiled with a frail look. Lily then came over to Twilight and Silent Wind. "Will you be fine?" Lily said. "Yeah, I think so.." Silent Wind was unsure what would happen to him. He was going to confront the thing inside of him and worst, he was going to fight it. "Alright then, Oh and your Marefriend might want this." Lily levitated a crown which was part of the Elements of Harmony and putted it on top of Twilight's head. "Thank you, whoever you are." Twilight thanked. "My name is Lily, Lily Blade. I'll move on ahead." Lily said. "Lily, how about you go on ahead and guide the other Mares? I will stay here and accompany my brother here." Silent Whisper said. "Uh, yeah sure." Lily then went over to the other group which was the Mane six. Twilight also went but was interrupted when Silent Wind stopped her. Twilight looked at Silent Wind with a raised eyebrow. "What is it?" Twilight asked. "I need you stay here also, your magic might help. Please?" Silent Wind begged. Lily then came over to Silent Wind and the other two. Confused why Silent Wind wanted Twilight to also accompany him also. "Why can't I stay?" Lily questioned. Silent Wind then tilted his head at Lily. "You are best at most offensive situations and out of the whole team, you have the most keen eyes. That makes you useful as a leader. So go on, us three will catch up later." Silent Wind explained. Lily understood what Silent Wind meant, so after being told to move on with the other five of the mane six, she went to five of them. And then she looked back. "You better come to us quick, Silent Wind." Lily said with seriousness. Silent Wind quickly nodded and the other two nodded also. "We will, now go!" Silent Wind ordered. Lily and the five of the mane six followed her as they went deeper into the dark depths of the hallways. Silent Wind then went back to the group and sat in a sitting position. And then he looked at Twilight and Silent Whisper. "Will both of you look after me?" Silent Wind said. Both of them nodded and smiled at him, ensuring that nothing would happen to them or himself. "Yes, your my younger brother. I'll look after you till the end." Silent Whisper said. "I will too, know that we're right by you. I always will." Twilight gave Silent Wind a kiss on the cheek. And Silent Wind hugged Twilight one more time before Silent Whisper broke it. "Time to go in, Silent Wind." Silent Whisper said. Silent Wind nodded and began to get into a sitting position. Twilight and Silent Whisper were silent, as they did not want to disrupt his concentration. Within only seconds, Silent Wind was still. He was now in a state of no moving as if he was knocked out. Twilight noticed and looked to Silent Whisper. "Is he okay?" Twilight asked. Silent Whisper nodded with a smile and looked at Twilight and back to Silent Wind. "He is fine, but now all we can do is hope that he can come back." Silent Whisper said and with that Twilight and Silent Whisper stood there, praying that Silent Wind can beat Shade. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Silent Wind opened his eyes to see a raining atmosphere in the sky and saw that he was on top a large tower which had pillars around it, he then went to edges and saw that the tower was above the purple, dark clouds. Lightning began to crash and the rain poured heavily. To his prediction, the place he was at must've been the realm of Shade's paradise. He looked around and wondered where could Shade be. Then, he heard a voice that sounded like a young stallion but more with a more evil tone to it. "I'd knew you'd come." the Mysterious Stallion said. Silent Wind quickly shifted his body behind him and saw that it was a dark purple-coated stallion with white hair with a set of armor mostly purple but some it was black also and most strangest part, He looked almost like Silent Wind but only with wings and a horn. Most of the armor was on the shoulders, some on the torso and with armor also covering it's four hooves. He realized that Shade didn't look like a monster, more of a evil Stallion with extraordinary powers. He began to take steps toward him. "Shade, I have to confront you." Silent Wind said intently. Shade raised an eyebrow, wondering what could Silent Wind mean. He straightened himself up and kept a serious face at Silent Wind. "What do you mean?!" Shade asked angrily. Silent Wind made then drew his blades, Shade's left eye flicked as he reacted to his blades being put out. There, he saw Silent Wind floating in the air with his wings flapping. "I'm going to have to show you discipline, I have to make you cooperate with me, even if that means I have to fight you." Silent Wind said with determination. Shade began to chuckle and then he laughed, he considered it funny to see Silent Wind actually say those words. To him, being beat by Silent Wind was a joke to him. To him, Silent Wind was weak but Silent Wind was determined to show him his strength. "You? defeat me? you really want to try?" Shade began intimidate Silent Wind. But, Silent Wind kept his ground and stayed straight up, still looking down at Shade who was twice his size. "I don't really have a choice now, do I?" Silent Wind raised his blades up to his snout about to face Shade. "You're right, I hope I win, If I do, your body is mine." Shade said. Silent Wind feared about losing, deep inside he knew that Shade was not kidding, If he loses then Shade would possess him forever. Worst, he feared about the others by him. But because of his determination, he'd be certain he would win. "That won't happen, I'll make sure I win." Silent Wind then charged at Shade. Shade smirked and casted needles, at least a thousand of needles and with his magic, hurled all of the needles at Silent Wind. Silent Wind then breathed very heavily and held it. He then exhaled, causing a large, strong wind pressure to push against the needles. Remarkably, the needles were repelled and the wind kept on going, it was aimed at Shade but Shade was agile enough to dodge the pressured wind blown by Silent Wind. The wind was so strong, that it left a mark on the tower floor. Now, Shade was beginning to underestimate Silent Wind. "Impressive, using his birth ability to repel attacks. Still, I have this battle already!" Shade thought and he flew at Silent Wind. Silent Wind noticed he was casting a fireball and then putting it inside a small cube that he had conjured, he then minimized it. Silent Wind was curious what he was planning to do but he shrugged it off and then, wind began to rotate around his blades. Shade noticed and charged at him. He casted four ice spikes at Silent Wind and hurled the spikes at Silent Wind. And the moment Shade hurled his ice spikes at Silent Wind, Silent Wind slashed in the air and shot two sharp waves of wind. Silent Wind was fast enough to dodge and Shade also dodged. Silent Wind smiled as he dodged it, but all the sudden, he saw that Shade was behind him. So in desperation, he tried to do a back slash but Shade had blocked it with his hoof. He then saw that Shade grabbed his hoof with his magic that was parried with his hoof. Shade then smiled and kicked him, causing Silent Wind to propel back and then Silent Wind felt a excruciating burn behind his back, he saw that he was hit by the still fireball that was inside the summoned cube. "Agh, crap!" Silent Wind cursed himself before falling down on the tower ground. Even though Silent Wind was on the ground, he eventually rised up, battered but alive. He then saw Shade land by him. "I hope that isn't all you can do. It's all over now." Shade said. Silent Wind grunted, ashamed of himself bowing down to Shade. Then Shade saw that he had small whirlwinds on his hooves, he was not quick enough to react to get away from it, Silent Wind spoke before he clap his hooves together. "It isn't over till I say it's over!" Silent Wind then clapped his hooves together and a large whirlwind that covered the whole tower surface. Shade saw that it was not damaging but he could not open his eyes because of the large pressure pushing against his face. Once the whirlwind dispelled, he saw that Silent Wind was no longer in front of him. He began to look around him, Silent Wind was nowhere to be found. Shade was completely confused where he was. "Where is that, bastard...?!" Shade began to look but then all of the sudden.. BOOM! He felt that he was being pushed down, practically being crushed. He then shakingly tilted his head up and saw that Silent Wind was above him. He used the whirlwind as a decoy to confuse him. Silent Wind then flew down with full speed and began to form into a drill. "This time.." Silent Wind growled. "I'M IN CONTROL!" Silent Wind yelled before drilling into Shade and there was a large dust of smoke. Silent Wind then hopped away, falling down and exhausted on the ground. He soon got up and saw a large scene of destruction. He then looked at Shade, who was coughing out black substance. Silent Wind just simply looked at him. "You... are.. good. No wonder.. your mother.. praises you." Shade said. "Now, all I need is to talk to you." Silent Wind said. To Silent Wind's surprise, Shade began to get up with ease. It appeared that Shade had an amazing regeneration ability. He was quite impressed by it. "Fine, you win. What is it?" Shade impatiently said. Silent Wind looked at him, he saw how Shade had little trust for other Stallions and mares. No matter what race they were. He looked at him a bit more before opening his mouth again. "I know how you feel about ponies about me. Most people render you as a monster, but now that I see how you look like and what I've learned from my mother, I no longer consider you a monster. My mother entrusted you to me. And for that, you are a part of me. Seeing that you were once a part of my mom." Silent Wind said. Shade's eyes literally went wide, seeing the kindness of a Assassin. To him, he never did care for a stallion's kindness. Seeing that for thousands of years, his power has been abused by the Silentblades. But for him, he began to have faith in Silent Wind for showing his kindness against him. Shade closed his eyes and smiled. "You're polite, I'll give you that. Fine, I'll work with you as long as you cooperate with me." Shade said. "Yeah, don't worry. I'll make sure to honor your power. Like I said.." Silent Wind gave Shade a hug. Shade was just beginning to chuckle, seeing how cheesy it was getting. "You're a part of me." Silent Wind said. Shade smiled and began to vanish and was going inside of Silent Wind. "Use my power well, Silent Wind.. and let me introduce myself to your friends who don't know me yet.." Silent Wind nodded and finally, Shade went into Silent Wind. Once all of that was over, Silent Wind then saw the skies getting clearer, the rain stopping, and the sun showing up. And saw that his mind was all clear now. He then saw his vision getting brighter before going all white. Twilight and Silent Whisper were now getting worried, and Twilight could no longer wait any longer. She was about to run up to Silent Wind and try to wake him up, but then she began to see marks under his eyes and his eyes opened with the eyes of Shade. Identifying that it was Shade. "Hello there, I am Shade. Don't worry everything had worked out." Shade said. Twilight sighed in relief and Silent Whisper smiled, seeing that his brother succeeded in beating Shade. "Now, I want to introduce myself, I am Shade. I will aid Silent Wind in battle seeing that he has quite a future and believe it or not, but he has showed me a kindness that nopony has ever shown me. Not even your mother, Silent Whisper." Shade explained. Silent Whisper sighed also. And then Twilight tackled Shade, hugging in relief and happiness that Silent Wind was able work it out with Shade. "I'm just glad everything is okay. Now, we should get going right?" Twilight said. "Yes, that would be best." Silent Whisper was about to move ahead until he was ordered to halt by Shade. Shade then talked to Twilight. "Hey, your Silent Wind's Marefriend, is that right?" Shade said. "Yes, why?" Twilight questioned. Shade looked at her for a moment and Twilight was getting curious what he must've wanted. Shade then stepped closer to her. "Just stay still for a moment." Shade said. "Why would I want to-" Twilight was then interrupted when Shade rammed his lips into Twilight's. And Twilight then felt his tongue going into her mouth, she didn't bother to push him away mostly because it was like kissing Silent Wind and she actually liked it. Silent Whisper just standed there, looking like an idiot with his mouth dropped. Soon after, Shade broke the crazy kiss and cleaned off the saliva off his mouth. Twilight just standed there, speechless. "Eh, your okay. Let's move now." Silent Wind's voice then came back. "Move, everypony comon!" Silent Wind ordered. "Uh.... okay, Twilight lets get moving." Silent Whisper was able to knock sense into Twilight. "Huh? Huh? Wha..? oh okay!" Twilight then moved with the rest of the group. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- As the group at the Silentblade Castle were getting tired of walking, they got to a small room which had three halls in the distance. Golden Shot could not know which way to go so she thought of something. "Alright, mates. We're gonna have to split up." Golden Shot said. Shining Armor and Princess Cadance looked at her, as if she was crazy. "What? Why?!" Shining Armor said. Golden Shot then pointed out at all of the three hallways and from that point, Shining Armor and Princess Cadance understood what Golden Shot was pointing out. Golden Shot reached for her small pouch and took out two earpieces that were microphone radios. "What is that?" Shining Armor asked. "Radio Transmitters, helps ya keep in touch with me. When I or you two find nothin' at the end of the hallways go back and if you do find the right way, let me know and let the other know too. Got it?" Golden Shot said. Both of them nodded and they putted the transmitters on one of their ears. Shining Armor took the left hallway which he chose himself, Princess Cadance took the middle hallway, and with that, it left Golden Shot with the right hallway. As they all moved closer into their hallways, they all met them only one though, The Advisors of the Silentblades and with that, it left Shining Armor with Ghost Spectre, Princess Cadance with Magicius, and Golden Shot with Deadly Rose. As they all saw the robes, they readied their weapons and horns in response to battle. All of the Advisors then said a sentence. "Prepare.." "to.." "die!"