Spike the Knight

by vadram


Chapter 60 Control and discipline (M)

Control and discipline (M)


Imamu reacted immediately and grabbed Kirabo between his hands. A magic burst of energy came from the small warrior sending Imamu flying a great distance. When he landed the earth shook from the force of the impact.

Kirbo grinned before dashing towards Zecora, lifting his sword and bringing it down again, determined to slice the little zebra in half, however his blade was stopped by a red energy shield that Zecora created around her, much to Spikes surprise.

Spike looked with amazement as the zebra casted an all too familiar spell.

“A shield? How? I know she can do some magic, but... She is basically an earth pony. So how?”

Kirabo’s sword was lifted and when it fell again Spike could see the shield starting to crack. It took the brunt of the blow, but a fraction of the energy managed to pass through and it fell onto Zecora, bringing her to her knees.

She quickly got up and concentrated to repair the damaged shield.

“DIE!” He yelled as his blade smashed it again.

“How?” Spike wondered.

“DIE!” Kirabo yelled again.

“She shouldn’t be able to do that.”

“DIE!” Kirabo yelled again.

This time even more of the blades energy passed through the shield and hit Zecora. Again she fell to her knees, again she struggled to get up, and again she somehow managed to repair the energy shield. But now Spike could see that it was a losing battle, her legs were shaking violently, in fact her entire body was shaking to some degree, blood started staining her white coat, as well as dripping from her nose and the corner of her eyes.

Spike took a closer look at her eyes. Gone was the dark cyan glow that she had before, all that was left now was red. Her eyes were glowing read and her irises were black.

“Those eyes... I’ve seen them before...”

Again Kirabo struck the top of the bubble, but this time he followed up with cross-cut, witch Zecora did not expect.

Kirabo figured out that Zecora was pouring most of her energy towards that part of the shield, that was why it was so strong and also why it could reform so fast. So after he broke that part, while all of Zecora’s focus was on that part he would hit someplace else.

The blow did not take Zecora completely by surprise. The shield did not break as Kirabo expected, instead it bended, choosing to be like the grass in front of the strong wind, and not like the tree, letting all the energy flow into it. Normally against a lesser attack the shield would just bend and then bounce back, but the force was too great and Zecora ended up flying energy bubble and all. She only moved a few feet but that was enough for Spike to notice something very familiar around the zebras neck.

A large silver amulet, compared to the size of the filly, with a red diamond shape gem in the middle, with a pair of red wings with dark grey feathers could be seen in its corners, and with a metallic unicorn’s head on it’s upper part, Spike knew for certain that around Zecora’s neck was the Alicorn Amulet. A powerful artefact that, according to a book Fluttershy found in the library, blessed its owner with untold powers, but even though it provides great power, it also corrupts the user.

“So that is why she can cast the shield.”

“DIE. DIE. DIE.” Kirabo shouts as he continues to wail on the shield, slowly weakening it each time it reformed.

Now Zecora didn’t even try to stand up, she just sat on her stomach and braced herself for the pain she received each time Kirabo broke her shield.

Spike wanted to do something, he really wanted to help Zecora, but he couldn’t he was way out of his league and he knew it. He tried growing into a full grown dragon, regardless of the consequences but no matter what he thought about he did not manage to do it. He thought of everything, from mountains of gems to a wonderful night with Rarity, but nothing seemed to work. He remembered Zecora telling him about rage, and how it could do the same, but that did not help either. Not because he was not angry, because he was, he was angry at Kirabo for trying to kill Zecora, he was angry at her for challenging Kirabo to a fight, he was angry at Imamu for allowing them to fight and then not being able to stop them when things got out of hand, but most of all... He was angry at himself. He was angry that he was the reason the two of them were fighting, and he was angry that he could not do anything about it. He was angry at himself for being weak, so very weak.