Phoebe look around in the alley but there was nothing interesting happening yet, she breath a calming breath but didn’t lowered her guard, this world had a pure oxygen she never breath before even in a big city like this there was a minime amount of pollution she didn’t know if it was something the magic surounding the world or something else. She lunch herself on a wall as she heard hoofsteps follow by a loud growl.
She peek slowly in the street and saw a young mare hitting a stallion, she was about to attack when she saw the bites on the stallion neck. She heard several hoofsteps coming in the way of the mare in question.
The mare gave a powerful buck and the stallion exploded in a cloud of ashes. She then look behind her and notice three other ponies with animalistic expression drooling at her sight. Her green eyes widden in horror before she gallop in the oposite direction.
Phoebe decide at that moment to enter in action. She search in her pocket and retrieve a long knife. She cast a light spell on it and throw it in the head of the first ghoul, the effect was instantaneous and the beast was on the ground in another pill of ash.
The other ghouls only gain more speed and was getting closer of the fearfull mare. Phoebe ran and grab the second monstuosity and broke it’s neck with a loud snapping noise, she let the body go as it was destroyed.
Before she could make even sigh in relief she heard a loud scrietch and saw that the last ghoul had the poor mare pin on the ground. ``Oh no you don’t!`` She produce a bow and a arrow made of pure light and quickly aim the monster. ``Miss! Push it with you hooves!`` The mare shrugle and lift the ghoul with her back leg.
When the head of the thing was expose the goddes of light release the arrow and it transperce the head of the abomination of nature. The mare tried to shake off most of the ashes that was stuck on her.
``Are you okay miss, what were you doing alone in this place?`` She rush at her concerned for the young Earth pony.
``Me and my sister were just trying to hide from these things when two of them broke our baricade and bite her, and then when she woke up she tried to kill me!`` The young mare sob, Phoebe awkwardly gave her a hug, the mare had a strong new york accent wich confuse the angel of the council but she was more concerned for the mare.
``So what is your name miss? Mine is Phoebe daughter of Gaia, I was send to help the most peo- ponies I could and since this is the only real place in danger right now here I am.``
``Your a goddess and a angel of the council?! Awesome! My name is Babs Seed I’m from a big family of proud farmers and salesmares of fruits and I’m the owner of the cutie mark crusaders branch of Manehatan, we assists young colts and fillies to find their talents and we help them agasin’t bullying at school, well we did before all this `` She look sadly at the ashes of the fallen ghouls.
Phoebe put a conforting hoof on the young mare, if she wasn’t on a mission she would try to get her on bed but in these type of situations she was’t searching for these types of relations. ``Don’t worry your princesses are strong I’m sure they will soon find a way to fix this.`` Babs nod but wasn’t sure if she believe her.
``Now I will help you out of here, do you know anypony out here who is not infected?`` The mare scratch her mane and swich her tail before answering.
``Well I heard a rumor that two ponies a stallion and his son have barricade themself in a little market just on the corner of the Rainy street.`` Phoebe nod and grab the mare and put her on her back. ``Whoa! I can walk you know!``
``Yes, but this way will be more faster.`` She produced two majestic pair of wings made of pure white energy.
``Wow, how did ya did that?`` She ask in wonder.
``Any angels and guardians of the council can make this, it’s nothing.`` She made a huge flap of her new set of wings and took of in the sky. She rapidly found the edge of the city where the guards where and land with a thud. ``Do you have anywhere to go while the city is still like this?`` Phoebe ask to Babs Seed.
``Well my cousin Apple Bloom I’m sure she wouldn’t mind if I visit her.`` The goddess nod she was about to rush back in but a guard stop her.
``Miss are you sure you want to go in again? We have wait long enough tonight, as soon as you return inside Manehatan we will have to create the shield. The ghouls will soon all come out of their hiding zones.``
``I’m sure, I have to found the more ponies I can while I’m here.`` She said with a confident frown.
``Ok but be warn, if you don’t come out in forty five minutes you’re imprison in there for the night, the ghouls will be in all the city and if we make the smallest breach in the shield the magic will become weaker and they will probably have the time to destroy it, we can’t let this happen.`` The destral said grimly.
``I understand I will just have to be quick.`` With that she rush in the dead city withtout a second glance.
``This girl is insane how was she accept in the council with a reckless attitude like that?`` The other guards shrug.
``Maybe that the type they want somepony that’s not affraid of going in impossible situations like that.`` A older guard chuckle. ``Travelling into different worlds is not for the ones that like to make round in a nearly empty castle that for certain.``
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Not five minutes before she enter back in the city and she heard loud roars in all the corners of the city. Things would become chaotics really quickly in there and she was sure one draconesus would be happy about that. ``Well, well, well, it look like the goddess of light invite herself in my city.``
Phoebe look around and she saw him a stallion with a long cape smirking at her. ``Look like the little shield of the Disco dude didn’t work after all. That a good thing, things were getting boring for a while in here.`` Phoebe was a little put off by his personallity, the vampires she met was either sadistic predator who could kill you in a second if you weren’t careful or total wussy that was sparkling in the sunlight and was honestly not worth the time of the council.
But this one look like a stoner, she had dificulty to believe he was the one that transform this city into a living wasteland. But she learn long ago to not based her judgement on appearance. ``So you’re Titiritero eh? I expect more of somepony that conquer Griffonya.`` She taunt him.
``And I expect the daughter of Gaia to be more beautiful, but we can’t always have what we want in life.`` He said calmly as he sit in the corner of the building he was balancing his hindlegs as he look down at the goddess.
He dare to insult the goddess of light! Phoebe throught to herself as she grit her teeths before yelling. ``I can have any stallion or mare in bed! You just don’t know beautiful if it hit you in the face!``
``Isn’t it ironic that the little child of light like to be touch were the sun don’t shine?`` He said with a small grin and Phoebe growl She threw a ball of pure ball at him instead of escaping it like Phoebe expect he grab it in his hooves.
``A ball of light eh? It could easily kill any of my ghouls, but for somepony who the light is not mortal it as innofensive as a ball for foals.`` Phoebe was at loss for word, it’s true that light didn't hurt vampires of pure blood, but it's made them as weak as normal mortals, most of the time they hide from light like it was cursed, for them being as weak as a mortal hurt their pride of being superior to the normal living creatures.
The light quickly dissapear and Tiritero quickly look back at Phoebe. ``What I wonder is why a chick like you didn’t attack me arleady you’re a goddess, you could easily overpower me, but here you are just standing here.`` This guy was certainly curious, admiting he was weaker than his foe like he was talking to his best friend.
``I learn that vampire always have tricks in their sleave you’re no exeption even if you’re weird.`` The angel said glaring at him.
``Oh well it’s no fun to let you just stand here. Let’s play a game shall we? I know you are here to make the ponies imprison in the city escape. I will tell you there five survivors who are still normal in the city one of them is alone so she won’t survive for long.
You’re goal doesn’t change, you have to find them and get them out of the city, but at the same time some of my ghouls will eat the magic of the shield it will only by a matter of time before the will of Shining Armor break.
And even the valiant guards outside can’t stop that many monsters at the same time. So you have two choices find five innocent civilian and risk to let wild ghouls in the nature or killing my ghouls and let’s five ponies getting kill and I warn you my ghouls will not simply drink their blood this time they will also absorb their souls and definetly kill them, choose well.``
He threw a object at Phoebe, she quickly realise it was a watch. It’s was reading, 30:00. ``You have thirty minutes to make your choice so make quick.`` With that he jump on another bulding in the oposite direction of Phoebe and escape.
Phoebe growl and anger and put a determine look, he clearly underestimate her she was the daughter of Gaia she could make the two tasks in the time she was given... She hope.