//------------------------------// // Twilight // Story: Filly Demon // by PurrrX3 //------------------------------// A single figure stood against the night. A dark cloak held around her runes scratched along the surface in an unimportant pattern Twilight Sparkle was staring into the night her dark blue eyes flashing in the moonlight. Her horn pulsing with an unnatural blue hue that was strange even to pony kind. Her horn was not that of a regular horn and held dark blue scratches showing the source of her unnatural power. Her plain attire only noticeable by the dark circulate around the base of her horn. She was pacing, her hooves making hard clacks as they hit the surface of the hard pavement. She stopped moving, in the silence it was hard to tell if she was even breathing. A statue standing in the night. In a flash of light she was not alone, the creature jumped out of the night as if from nowhere and pinned her to the ground. Its body was wolf like in appearance and held her down with ease. Even though it appeared as a wolf Twilight could see that its fangs were dripping with venom and that its fur was more of a scale then hair. The thing was breathing heavily as it sniffed at the pray it held captive below it. Twilight looked up into the beasts eyes they were maddened and screaming. One paw was holding Twilight's horn hard to the ground, blocking the runes from connecting. The other holding her right front hoof to the ground. Its claws pushing through the metal band around her wrist. She then began to search for her knife among the folds of cloth covering her chest. Her hoof was shaking uncontrollably so she began to try and slow her breathing as to clear her head. Wishing with all her heart that her horn would react. Her breathe began to slow as she tried to calm herself and find that all important knife; it was taking all of her concentration not to break eye contact with the menace above her. Why doesn't it attack? It must know something I don’t. Doubt was setting into Twilight's mind. She found the knife and sharply knead the monster in the stomach it riled up in shock dragging Twilight with it. Its claws punctured the metal around her horn and were soon going through it, she held her breathe to try and drag her concentration away from the pain. The monsters paw locked around Twilight's horn. Twilight's face locked in agony, gritting her teeth trying to stop herself from screaming out in agony. She began to try and ease her head off the beasts jagged claws. The creature pulled back violently trying to shake the pony off. Its claws were wrenched out of her head taking runes with it, new scratches running the length of the horn. Twilight fell to her knees screaming at the pain in her head. The monster recoiled and watched her warily from the shadows. Twilight stared at the long scratches along the edge of her hoof in disbelief, green smoke was rising from the wound in dark wisps. “So your teeth are not the only things that contain poison then mister wolf” she said looking at the creature in the shadows. The creature growled in response. It suddenly leaped towards her. Its claws outstretched hungry for the kill. Twilight dodged the monsters jaws but its paw caught the edge of her cloak ripping it from her head leaving an ugly cut from her chin to her forehead. Twilight cried out in pain and clasped a hand over her injured face. Her mane becoming matted with blood. The creature turned to face her again its jagged teeth bared at its pray. With one hand still clasped to her face Twilight began to edge away from the monster. The poison seeping through her veins was making it difficult to move as she was dragged herself along the ground using only one arm. But the monster was to quick and leapt towards Twilight.Twilight cried out in pain once again but the monster got there first and clamped it's jaws around Twilight’s staff, the expression on its face could only be a cruel smile of victory Twilight tried to dive away from the monster and she believed that she nearly had it but the monster pulled up suddenly, leaping above her and landing with a sickening crunch on her back. All of the breathe was crushed out of her lungs. She pushed her head to one side and peered up at the creature above her. The horn was still held in its jaws. It bit down and Twilight's horn broke with a sickening crunch, pain ran through her body. Twilight cried out, a piece of her soul had been ripped out of her. It was then that she realized she was going to lose this fight and her life. The creature stepped back off her, Twilight didn’t move. Recognising his victory the creature lifted up his head and howled. But it wasn’t the sound of a wolf that was heard. It was the deafening sound of a Sassilk, like a thousand dying warriors being tortured by a thousand more. It was then that Twilight knew that no matter what happened to her she had to kill that thing. Even if her half soul was only destined for death she had to save everyone from it. She knew that no mortal blade would kill it but she also knew that it would do nothing until its song was finished. Twilight summoned all her strength. Her horn was no longer living but would still serve this purpose. Using the last of her power she slammed her broken horn into the Sassilk’s chest. The Sassilk uttered one more note of its terrible song then fell silent. Twilight stooped next to the creature, black blood pooling at her feet. She stared at the monster her eyesight began to fail and she blacked out. Slumping next to the beast.