The sun blazed down onto Sweet Apple Acres. For any normal pony, it would have been too much, but not for Blazing Streak. who was pacing near some trees. She had not let her guard down at all since the attack, which was almost a week ago and it was beginning to wear her out. A thud occasionally sounded nearby as her marefriend - Applejack - worked.
"Firefly... ya've been pacing like that fer the past half hour. If ya keep worryin' about the warnin' and jumpin' every time a twig snaps, ya'll will only wear yerself out. Ya didn't sleep last night at all!" the farm-pony said, frustrated. If it weren't for her hat, she would be burning up.
"I can't let my guard down, we're in danger, as far as I'm concerned. One of those creatures could appear anywhere, any time." Blazing reasoned.
"But If ya keep at this, when it does come, ya might be too tired ta deal with it. Ah can already see yer exhaustion." Applejack persisted, sternly.
"Look, Ah'm worried about ya, Ah don't wanna see ya worryin' yerself ta the point where yer dead on yer hooves."
Blazing Streak realized she had a point, her legs were weakening from lack of sleep, and she was almost asleep on her hooves. Deciding not to argue, she stopped pacing and sat down next to a tree.
"Can I at least help you with your work?" She asked.
"No, ya'll should get some rest, Celestia knows how long it's been since ya slept."
Blazing Streak let out a long sigh before hovering up to a tree branch and laying on it.
"Why don't ya go ta the house?"
"If I'm going to rest, I need to be able to hear if there is any trouble." Blazing Streak replied.
"Fer the last time, sugar cube, it's very unlikely fer that ta happen any time soon, it hasn't done since last week." Applejack replied, getting frustrated.
"But that doesn't mean it wont, besides, I like it out here in this weather, its relaxing."
Applejack Looked at her deadpanned, before shrugging and continuing work. The occasional thud continued, rhythmically. After a while, she managed to drift off to sleep.
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CRACK
Blazing Streak jolted awake as she fell to the floor, Creating a cloud of dust as she landed.
"Ngh.. ow... why'd you do that, Appleja-" She stopped mid-sentence as she stared at the thing that woke her.
A dark, pony-like figure stood before her, blending in the midnight darkness. Instinctively, she lashed out a hoof, but hit nothingness. The dark pony that was there had disappeared.
What?
Suddenly, a light appeared in the sky, almost blinding her. When it disappeared, there, in front of her, stood her father.
"Dad!" She exclaimed, surprised.
"This is urgent, Blazing, the time has come, the creatures are on their way though the dimensional rift as we speak. and they'll be here by morning. Gather your friends and evacuate the town, It's going to be a tough fight."
"What?!" Blazing Streak's eyes shrank and her fur stood on end.
"There's no time to waste! Get the elements of harmony. Ready and prepare them. I will not lie, this will be a grave battle, but I know you can pull through" Her father said. Her mind was going a thousand miles per hour, so many things rushing in and out. She just nodded and bolted towards the house.
Knocking the door open, she rushed upstairs into Applejack's room. The cowpony was already there.
"Whats wrong Firefly? What's goin' on?" She asked, clearly worried.
"It's coming! we need to get the elements together! Now!" Withought waiting for an answer, she grabbed AJ's hoof and lead her outside.
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All six of the elements of harmony stood before Blazing Streak in the now empty town of Ponyville. Fluttershy looked as if she was about to pass out, while Rainbow Dash had a serious and determined expression on her face, much like the other four.
"So what's all this about, Darling?" Rarity asked, confused.
Blazing Streak told them about the prophecy, and how it had been coming true over the past month. at the end of her story, they all had scared looks on their faces. Fluttershy had fainted towards the end, Pinkie Pie immediately rushed over and caught her before she fell on the ground.
What am I doing? Am I leading these ponies to their deaths? Her inner worries were given away by her worried, frantic expression.
"Blazing, we all have faith in you, you could be the only one capable of leading us into a battle like this, and Celestia as my witness we will prevail." Twilight reassured her, around her the six elements of harmonys' facial expressions turned from fear, to determination.
The sun started to rise in the horizon, sending an orange blaze over the town, as if it was a warning of the danger to come.
Blazing Streak waited for it. All was silent except the quick breaths of her friends.
The ground started to shake. Blazing looked around her, before an explosion sound echoed across the sky. Flinching, she saw a rift like gap in the sky, and millions of the dark creatures swarming out.
Fluttershy screamed.
"Get ready! And don't hold anything back!" Blazing Streak shouted, as the wave of darkness descended upon them.
She reared and got into position as one of them launched them self at her. She ducked and swiftly hit it in the chest, sending it back into two others. One threw a punch at her from the side, she blocked it and counter attacked by grabbing the blocked arm, smashing it into the floor and kicking it. It exploded and the cloud that appeared sunk into the floor. Her blood rushed with adrenaline as she defeated countless creatures. Beside her, Applejack was using a rope like a whip, grabbing one and swinging it into another, as well as kicking and thrashing her hoof out. Ahead, she could see Rainbow Dash fly up into the sky, before racing down at supersonic speeds, creating a sonic rainboom and obliterating dozens of the creatures. To her left, Twilight blasted magic and numerous enemies. One got behind her and tried to pin her down, before it could, Blazing had lifted her hoof and blasted it with flame. Twilight noticed and gave a grunt of appreciation before continuing to fight. While she was distracted, one of them whipped past and slashed her foreleg with it's claws. She let out a grunt of pain and whipped it with her tail as it tried to escape, it stumbled just long enough for Blazing to pick it up and throw it into the mass of darkness.
There's so many of them!
Pinkie Pie was sat on sugar cube corner's roof, blasting countless creatures with her party cannon, which seemed to be loaded with confetti bombs. Concentrating on her own fight, she smashed a flaming hoof on the floor, creating a wave of fire which coursed through the crowd, killing a mass of them.
"Why cant ya- mph - use yer magic more often - Mn - Blazin'?!" Applejack shouted above the screams of battle.
"I can't use my magic all the time!" She said, battling two of the creatures at once with her wings.
"It wears me out faster if I do!"
"This is ridiculous! - rgh!- For every one we kill, another takes its place!" Twilight shouted. In the mass of comotion, Blazing Streak could not see Fluttershy.
"Where is Fluttershy?" She asked, punching a creature straight in the face with all her might, it exploded into darkness and sunk through the floor.
She saw the timid Pegasus pinning a creature and beating the hell out of it. Blazing was surprised at this, but kept fighting.
Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Applejack get hit hard in the face.
"AJ!" They were being overwhelmed.
"We cant go on much longer! Regroup!" She bolted over to Applejack, who was unconscious, and lifted her on to her back. Panting heavily, she flew up into the sky, waving a hoof for the others to join her. Fluttershy grabbed Twilight and flew up with her, while Rainbow Dash did the same with Rarity and Pinkie Pie. The swarm of creatures lifted their heads up to them and let out fierce hisses.
"We need to get Applejack to safety!" Blazing stated.
"We should get her to my house! Twilight, use the cloud walking spell on her." Twilight did as Rainbow Dash said, and they all flew to Rainbow's house, leaving the swarm of darkness raging on Ponyville for now.
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Blazing Streak looked over Applejack's unconscious form. She let out a frustrated, angry sigh and walked over to the window, where she could see Ponyville drowning in the creatures they had just fled from.
They ran away.
She didn't like running away one bit. She had only done it because Applejack was knocked out, and that only made her even more pissed off.
"We can't give up." She said, quietly but firmly.
"We mustn't give up." She said, louder.
"There must be a way, there's always a way." She continued, still looking out the window. "I will not give up. I vowed I would protect this town and it's citizens with my life, and that's exactly what I'm going to do." She whipped round do see all of them staring at her. Applejack was waking up.
"Wh- did we win?" She asked "Ow, mah head." Twilight shook her head.
"I'm going to win this fight, even if I have to fight it alone, 'till my last breath escapes my lungs, I will fight them."
"But, Blazing! The Prophecy said "Without end" This army is never - ending! There must be another entity controlling them, one powerful enough to summon unlimited dark energy." Twilight argued.
"Wait... I only know one thing... Unicorn that would be able to do such a thing." Blazing said, a sudden burst of anger rippling through her.
"Oh no..." Rainbow Dash said, backing away.
"Blazin'? Are you tellin' us.." Applejack started.
"Night Whisper" She growled out his name. As if on cue, the rift that had spilled out all those creatures shone a brilliant white, before a figure appeared.
"O-oh my..." Fluttershy squeaked, as Blazing Streak shot out the door, towards the figure. She had a good idea who it was.
She picked up speed, the mach cone formed around her front hooves as she flew faster and faster. She was moments away from hitting the figure at supersonic speeds. She then got close enough to see the Unicorn's face, her suspicions had been right. The purple eyes which rippled with insanity all the time, his black coat and purple mane and tail were enough to send shivers of hatred down Blazing Streak's spine. Suddenly the figure disappeared, leaving Blazing to smash into the roof of a house at near the speed of sound. Pain shot through her as she crashed through the roof and into the floor. The world spun around her as she managed to open her eyes. Her ears rang painfully as she struggled to her hooves.
"How clumsy, Blazing." The raspy voice of Night Whisper rung in her ears. She regained the strength in her hooves and her mind stopped spinning.
"Why are you doing this?" She spat. "Why not stay in Helvada?"
Night Whisper let out a low chuckle. "You think I would send you to such a... peaceful place without a consequence? I just want to make you suffer, to destroy everything you love all over again like you did to me."
Anger and pure hatred scorched her veins. She let out a scream as fire erupted from within her, obliterating the house she had collided with. Her eyes glowed white as she launched herself at the Unicorn, throwing punches at his face. One hoof after the other connected with his face at a bone shattering force as she pounded him. She briefly stopped her assault before sending a powerful bolt of fire straight at the Unicorn's face. Night Whisper was launched through a horde of the dark creatures and into a building which collapsed.
Night whisper emerged from the rubble and immediatly fired four blasts of dark, greeny - blue energy. Blazing Dodged two and shot her own blast to deflect another. The fourth one hit her in the chest. She grunted in pain as she was flung by the blast. Night Whisper appeared next to her as she lay on the floor, anger only building. He put a hoof on her legs, preventing her from getting up. His horn started to glow. Blazing streak burst into flame once more, sending a shock wave powerful enough to knock Night Whisper back, allowing her to get up. He immediately ran towards her and threw a punch to her face, which she blocked with a hoof, she reared on her hind legs in her battle position. Using her other hoof, she attacked once more, only to hit a magical barrier, which shortly disappeared. Night then spun round and kicked her in the face with both of his hooves, she fell over back wards and shouted in pain.
"Blazin'!" She heard her marefriend's voice growing rapidly closer.
"What's this? A friend has come to help you, how sweet. Too bad she's got to go." Night whisper charged his horn and pointed it at Applejack, who was already struggling with more dark creatures before she spotted it, backing off.
"NO!" Blazing Streak dived towards Applejack just as Night Whisper launched a massive beam which hit her in he side. She screamed in agony.
"BLAZIN'!" Applejack was laying on the floor underneath the struggling Pegasus. She looked to her side for a bit, before grabbing a rock and throwing it at Night Whisper, hitting him in the face and breaking his focus. Meanwhile, Blazing Streak was in immense pain through her entire body, her side was bleeding profusely and tears made their way from her eyes.
"Ow, you're gonno pay for that, farmpony." He was about to launch another before Blazing Streak erupted into flames once more, this time, she was the most angry she had ever been in her life. Applejack scrambled away just in time for Blazing to intensify her anger. The flames did so too, glowing white and slamming into the clouds. Night Whisper looked frightened too. Blazing then let out a shout of rage as her already white eyes got twice as bright, her mane and pelt darkened to a Pitch black colour and the flames surging from her turned from white to dark blue.
She heard screams of confusion behind her, but was too pissed off and angry to acknowledge them. The flames died down, revealing to everypony else the transformation and her anger.
"...Fuck you, Night Whisper..."