Fatal Corruption

by Pinkies Imagination

Chapter 3: Mortality is Weakness

Chapter 3: Mortality is Weakness

"So... let me get this straight... you get your power from this big empty place called the void?" Asks Rarity.

I nod. "Sort of, I do focus my power from the void. However the void is not empty." I tell her raising my hand. "Many unspeakable things dwell within the void." I say shaking my head.

She tilts her head a bit. "Like what?" She asks.

I look up to her. "I would rather not scare a face such as yours. Speaking of which..." I motion around me. "It is beginning to get late. You should return home."

She looks into the sky and notices the sunset. "Wow, have we really been here that long?" She asks.

I nod. "Indeed we have."

She stood up and stretched while yawning. She looked back at the town then turned to me. "Would you like to come with me? You seem nice enough." She asks me.

I turn and look at her. "No, I'd rather not cause any panic." I say sitting back down and inching towards the fire.

"Well... alright then." She says as she begins to walk away.

She stops and turns around again. "Are you sure you will be okay?"

I detect the concern in her voice. "Yes, I'll be fine, trust me."

She nods and starts walking away. "Okay, just be careful, lots of dangerous things dwell within this forest." She finishes as she begins to trot back home.

I let out a sigh and notice the fire is getting low. I reach to my right to grab some wood. A moment later I realize I grabbed nothing. I turn and look.

"Great, out of firewood with a good..." I turn and look at the sun, "Eh.... hour and a half left?" I say to myself.

I stand up and begin walking through the forest, looking for some nice, dry wood. I continue going straight and straight only, to keep myself from losing my way. I stop for a moment and look at my feet. I clenched my fists and jumped off the ground. As a few seconds passed without touching the ground, I looked down and noticed I was floating off the ground a good foot.

"Ahhh.... finally." I say happily as I begin moving forward again.

I continue to look around for anything I can use thats dry enough to burn, but everything is far too mossy. I continue walking until I find an entrance to a cave. I hover next to it and listen. Inside I can hear very faint snoring.

"Best leave it alone. I have no reason to fight whatever it is." I say softly as I turn and go another way.

Now and then as I move I leave a little burn in a tree using my sword to mark I've been here. I keep walking until I decide to look up. I have a good 20 minutes before night. I decide to double time it back to camp. It is a lot easier, and much quieter, to move when you can hover. However, when you need to move fast like I am now, it can tire you out. I finally reach my camp and can feel the darkness grasping at me. The fire is pretty much out, and I have nowhere safe to stay.

I look around a bit and decide I'm dumb and should have gotten wood earlier. I start forcing myself to hover upward towards higher branches of the trees. While doing so I can feel the strain on my body as I climb height. My body is not yet ready after that fall to do this, but If I don't want to be eaten by something during the night, I have no choice.

I reach the top branch and lay down on it, stretching out my legs until I hear them crack. I look into the sky and laugh a bit to myself.

"I know your up there Malzahar," I begin, "And I know what your doing right now, but know this. I will find a way to get to you." I say looking into the sky.

"I will cast you into the void myself and watch you die for what you have done this day." I continue. "And what you have done to me." I finish, while shutting down my sword.

As my eyes begin to shut memories begin to flash through my mind. Some of war, some of friends.

Some of my past.