//------------------------------// // Demon of the Light // Story: For Her Mistakes // by Onomonopia //------------------------------// "Trixie!" Batmare yelled as Trixie leapt off the building next to her, looking at the demon that was getting up with worry. Sombra and the others landed next to her at this moment, gaining all of them a look of confusion from the bat pony. "I don't believe this. A Diamond Dog? A foal? A Changeling?...Sombra?" "That's KING Sombra to you, Dark Knight," Sombra said with a smile as Trixie rolled her eyes. Sombra walked up beside Trixie and glared at the white demon. "Seems they were right. That's definitely one of the demons--Daragon--but I don't know where Azarock is." "Azarock fell into the streets," Batmare said, causing Trixie to frown as she looked to the streets and then back to the white demon. She knew that she would have to fight, but she also knew that she couldn't fight both of them. Then she noticed Batmare looking at her friends and she let a smile cross her face. "These are my partners and friends. The Changeling is Armora and the Diamond Dog is Bark. The colt is Starshine. Sombra, I am certain, you already know." Batmare nodded dumbly as Daragon let our a roar that shook the group, before it let out a white blast of white magic towards them. Batmare tried to get up to dodge, but Trixie and Sombra leapt in front of the attack first. "Sombra." "Got it." The two of them combined their magics to create a barrier of the greatest power to deflect the attack, but Sombra staggered a bit during the spell. The two then retaliated with magic blasts of their own, knocking the demon over. "Darn it, that took a lot more power than I was expecting," Sombra growled as his horn stopped glowing. "Sorry Trix, I'm still recovering and I don't know how much use I'm going to be in this fight." "That's alright, I want the four of you going into the streets to help the princesses fight off the demons," Trixie said with the air of a specialist as she looked to the streets. "It looks like they could use your help. Also, give Twilight my regards if you see her. Starshine, stay with one of them." The four nodded and ran off towards the streets, but Sombra stopped for a second and turned around. "Are you certain you can handle this on your own?" he asked her with concern in his voice, knowing full well of what this demon was capable. "Don't worry your highness, I'm certain that I will be fine," Trixie responded with a playful smirk as she turned to face Batmare, a thin smile on her face as she recognized the pony under the mask. "It has certainly been a long time, Scootaloo. I see that you're following in Batman's footsteps." "Why do I bother wearing the mask?" Batmare grumbled before a loud roar got their attention. Daragon had recovered from the attack and was now charging at them. Trixie let her horn glow once again as she sent a spell to destroy the roof under the demon's face, sending it crashing into the throne room below. "I'm sorry to break up this reunion so early, but we both have work to do. Do you think that you can handle Azarock on your own?" Trixie hated to do this to Batmare, but she knew that two of the most powerful demons would be too much for her to handle. "Yes...but I'll probably die in the process," Batmare said with a growl as she leapt off the building, leaving Trixie to leap in the hole into which she had sent Daragon, landing softly as the giant white demon picked itself off the ground and turned towards her with a snarl. "So, you are one of the two demons that are supposed to be the most evil in the land. Daragon." The demon shot its claws into the ground, sending up pillars of white energy that Trixie dodged with a teleport. She appeared behind the creature and blasted it with a spell of her own, but found that she had only annoyed the creature. "Then allow me to introduce myself," she said with a smile as the creature turned around. "I am Trixie Lulamoon. Demon of Equestria." Daragon's response was to shoot multiple spikes towards Trixie, who threw up a barrier to protect herself. The spikes cracked the barrier upon impact, but the shield held long enough for Trixie to get out of the way of the rest of the spikes. "Rude. You need to learn a lesson." She shot her magic into the ground and caused two hooks made of stone to erupt from the ground, which shot into the demon to chain it to the ground. It snarled and glowed with power, shattering the stone chains before it charged at Trixie, who used her magic to launch herself up into the air to dodge. Daragon changed his path on a dime and shot up to grab Trixie, slamming both of them through the ceiling of the castle and landing together on the roof. "Ugh, that hurt," Trixie muttered before she was swatted across the roof, picking herself up as the demon charged at her. "So my normal magic won't work huh?" she asked as she looked at the crystals on her neck. "Then let's try some charged magic." She channeled her magic into her crystals as she said this and fired a multicolor bolt into the chest of Daragon, sending him skidding back across the roof. She smirked in what she thought was victory until the demon picked itself back up, glaring at her. "Should have known better. This will be a tough fight." The demon roared as it threw itself into the air and it began to mutter words, words that Trixie recognized as the language of old. She barely had time to throw up a shield as red bolts of lightning came crashing down on her, blowing her backwards. She rolled to the side and sent a cascade of magical stones at the demon, who vanished into thin air before appearing behind Trixie. She turned just in time to see one of its claws coming right for her face. 'Not today.' Daragon howled in rage as his claw slammed into a silver barrier, backing away as tendrils of silver wrapped around the demon, throwing it down off the rooftops into the gardens below. 'I am glad to see that I got here in time,' the silver mare said as Daragon roared below. "What took you?" Trixie asked before she looked down at the demon. "Forget it, I need your help. This thing's got magic that dwarfs mine. Think you can help me beat it?" 'Yes and no. See, while my magic is strong, it is not very destructive. In fact,' she said as she looked down at the white demon, 'its destructive force is greater than mine.' Trixie frowned, but her attention was drawn back to Daragon since he began throwing a number of statues at them, forcing Trixie to think fast. "Fine. You don't have to help me, but I want you to go help the others, especially Starshine," she ordered before shooting her magic into the sky, bringing forth a cloud that rained down hail the size of baseballs upon the demon, who only roared in rage in return. The silver mare vanished as Trixie leapt down, creating a field of magic at her hooves that allowed her to slam into the demon at full force. Daragon retaliated by turning his arms into spiked blades, swinging them towards the mare as she struggled to keep the creature at bay. "How about this?!" she yelled at it while she lifted a chunk of rock out of the ground and filled it with explosive magic, chucking it into Daragon's face with a smile as the explosion sent the creature flying backward through one of the castle walls. "What do you think of that?!" she asked with a laugh, only to watch as Daragon came out of the castle lifting six boulders, all of which were filled with the same magic. "Oh, hell." She was thrown through the air as the boulders exploded all around her, sending Trixie rolling down the side of the castle and into the streets of Canterlot, where she struggled to get back up while the demon slowly began to advance towards her, smiling as its claws went in and out. 'Now what do I do?' she thought to herself as she rolled out of the way of another blast from its mouth, only to be caught by its tail that shot out from behind the creature, lifting Trixie into the air as it slowly began to crush the life out of her. She struggled to remain conscious as it continued to crush her, only to be saved when a bolt of darkness tore the tail from the demon. Daragon howled in pain as it staggered back, dropping Trixie who was caught by dark magic. "What are you doing here, Sombra?" she asked the Dark King as he set more blast into the demon, keeping it back. "I thought I told you to keep the ponies in the streets safe?" "You see, I was going to do as you asked," he said with a grin as he helped her up. "But then I remembered that it was you fighting this battle alone and that you'd probably find some way to mess it up." She smirked at his words, but before either could do anything Daragon shot out of the ground underneath of both of them and slammed them both into the ground. Sombra snarled as he sent magical blades into the demon's arms and shot them up to the shoulder. Daragon released him, and he spun to send a blade of darkness through the other arm, causing Daragon to let go of Trixie. "Any plans, Trix?" he asked her as the two of them got some distance from the demon, which slowly turned to them with malice in its eyes. "How did you seal it last time?" she asked. Sombra opened his mouth to answer, but then he shut it again and looked away, causing Trixie to raise an eyebrow. The demon shrieked and charged at them, forcing the both to take up defensive stances, ready to fight. KABBBBOOOOOMMMM! Trixie, Sombra and Daragon all looked to the sky as a massive vortex of darkness appeared there, shattering the sounds of the battle in the city as lightning began to flash across the sky. A sphere of golden energy shot out of the vortex and began to head for them, while a giant metal...bat flew out and headed in the other direction. The golden sphere landed in front of the two in a cloud of dust, causing Daragon to roar as it charged again. "To challenge me makes you more than a fool," a voice Trixie knew well said as three spheres of magic flew out of the dust cloud and wrapped around Daragon before pulverizing him with fire, ice and lightning respectively. The dust cleared to reveal a figure in a long green robe, with a golden chest plate that matched her golden mask. "It has certainly been a while, my young student. It seems that you haven't aged much." "It can't be..." Trixie whispered as the figure began to walk towards her. "Morgaine." "Correct, my student," she said with a hidden smile, stopping in front of Trixie while Sombra placed himself between the two. "Hold on a sec, aren't you supposed to be evil?" he asked her, preparing for a fight. Morgaine looked down at the pony with no emotion before answering. "Yes, I suppose I am still evil in the sense of the world," she replied, causing Sombra to growl as his horn began to glow. "But even if I am evil, I still take care of my family...and that is why I am here. To aid my daughter in her moment of need." Trixie's eye grew wide as she said this, and tears of joy began to form in her eyes, but the reunion was interrupted when Daragon roared and shook off the spell attacking him, turning to the three with malice. "And who is this?" Morgaine asked Trixie. "That's Daragon," she replied. "He's a demon-" "Oh I know who he is, I tried to summon him the last time I was here," Morgaine said with a wave of her hand. Daragon roared and charged them again, but Morgaine snapped her fingers and the ground underneath the demon shot into the air, taking the demon with it. "What I meant is, who is this pony behind you? You colt friend?" Sombra gagged on those words, causing Trixie to chuckle. "No, he is just a friend, albeit a good one," Trixie responded. "I saved his life and in turn he has saved mine, and others I care about. He was aiding me against this demon when you showed up." "Oh really?" Morgaine asked as she looked back to him. "Well then, you can live for now. This demon is our first priority. I hope that you have not been slacking in your training during the time I was gone," Morgaine said as she spread both arms out, causing black clouds to begin to swirl around them as the winds began to bend to her command. "Because you will need all your skill to keep up with me." "I am far stronger than I was the last time you trained me," Trixie said with a smile as she let her horn crackle with all of its power, causing the ground to shake beneath her as the two stood side by side, Sombra having no idea what he should do. Daragon landed on all fours and began shooting insects made of light at the two, which buzzed towards them at incredible speeds. Morgaine swung her arms out and created a circle of magic, which shot out a torrent of fire into the insects and burned them to ash. Trixie took the offensive and shot her magic into the air, magic that sucked the stones from the ground and created a meteorite of magic which she then super-heated with fire. "Allow me," Sombra said as he ran by her, slipping into the shadows to get underneath Daragon and shot out shadows to wrap around the demon to hold it in place. "Bring the pain, Trix!" Trixie nodded and brought the meteorite down on top of the being, drowning its screams of rage under the shatter of the ground beneath it and around it. "Very good, my student," Morgaine said with an approving nod as she lifted one of her arms. "But you still lack the finish that you needed the last time I was here. For example," she began as she lifted the chunks of rock back up in the air, revealing the still roaring demon underneath. "Try this." As she said this, spikes shot out of the bottom of the meteor and it began to spin as the demon got back up, before she drove it back down on top of the creature, which was pushed through the ground and to the streets below. "Geez, you're powerful," Sombra said with a whistle as he looked through the hole at the destruction that her one spell had caused. "I see where Trix gets her strength." "It is not done yet," Morgaine said with warning as she began preparing another spell. Sombra backed away from the hole as a burst of light shot through it, revealing the now flying form of Daragon, who had streaks of blue in his white body now. He roared at the group and lifted his head to the sky, sucking in all the light from around them to create a sphere of destruction. "BEHIND ME!" Morgaine yelled as she created a barrier of hexagons that shone like sapphires. Trixie and Sombra leapt behind her as the demon fired, tearing apart the castle as the shot flew towards them, crackling with energy as it collided with her shield. "It...won't hold...much longer," she grunted right before the shield fell and the three of them were all sent flying backwards. Trixie caught herself with magic and Sombra slipped into the shadows, but Morgaine struck a wall and fell to the ground with a cry of pain, lifting her head to reveal a cracked mask with blood running from its chin. "MORGAINE!" Trixie cried as she rushed to her teacher's side, while Sombra engaged the beast on his own. "I am fine. It is a scratch," she said as she floated back to her feet, lightning flashing behind her as she glared at the beast. "This creature has the audacity to attack me and my student at the same time, with no thought of its own life?" she asked in rage as she slammed one of her feet into the ground, creating a circle of magic at the hooves of Trixie and at Morgaine's feet. "This creature must learn respect. And it will be shown what it means to go up against a power that it cannot hope to defeat." "So then, what shall we do against this beast?" Trixie asked as she prepared a multitude of spells to unleash. Sombra was knocked back by Daragon and he slid to a stop next to the two, Trixie helping him up as the circle encompassed him as well. "Why, that is simple my student," Morgaine said as she raised both her arms and a golden light shot out of the circle that swirled around them. "We fight."