Condemned murderer Perry Smith said of his victims, the Clutter family, "I didn't have anything against them, and they never did anything wrong to me, the way other people have all my life. Maybe they're just the ones who have to pay for it."
Twilight and Fang stepped out of their room and kissed each other. "Twilight... Last night was amazing... I didn't even know that a pony could bend that may ways... I don't mean to insult you my love but... I didn't think that you would like it that much..."
Twilight blinked and kissed her husband. "Are you kidding? How could I not? I mean you’re a bucking giant!" Twilight and Fang just stood there for a second. A blush so dark a red that it would have made Applejack's prized giant apple jealous slowly formed on their faces. "Did... Did I just say that out loud?" Fang just kept his blush on his face. "We are to never speak of this unless we are alone..."
"Agreed." The two smiled at each other and kissed once again. They then walked down the hall and turned a corner, only for Twilight to get knocked over by one of the ship's butlers. Fang helped Twilight up and immediately went to slam the pony into the wall when he noticed something. He was bleeding quite badly.
"Oh my goodness what happened to you!?" Twilight ran up to the butler and saw he had a deep hole in the center of his chest. She quickly cast a spell that slowly fixed the damage and sealed his wounds. "There all better... Now what happened to you?"
He quickly bowed and hung his head. "Prince- Queen Twilight! I am so sorry for assaulting you a moment ago! The captain told me to come and get your husband or... Or else we might never make it to Prance! The ship is being attacked by a strange black dragon and a strange minotaur like creature! They are just circling for now but... The dragon... It ate a Mr. Fancy Pants and a Mrs. Fleur De Lee!"
"What are Fancy and Fleur doing on the ship?" The butler looked up at Fang and Twilight.
"They are, were, going to visit Miss Fleur's mother in Prance." Twilight and Fang looked at each other, nodded, and ran off. As soon as they were out of ear range the butler laughed.
"The king and queen... Have just run to their demise!" The butler started to lose all the color of his fur and mane. Soon he was completely grey. He gave a eerie chuckle before turning into a solid black sphere and melting away, into the shadows.
As Twilight and Fang stepped out onto the deck they saw a pure black dragon with glowing red eyes. It stood on two legs, had a long serpentine tail, two large, thin wings that looked as sharp as blades on its sides. "A Wing-blade!" A bipedal figure stepped out from behind the wyvern like creature. It had a hat similar to the one Trixie used to wear and was wearing a cloak covered with purple lightning bolts. Its entire body and all the clothes it wore were black except the lightning bolts on its cloak and the glowing red eyes that could barely be seen because of the hat. "Wizard!"
Twilight looked at Fang. "Fang... Is it just me or do they look like Soul when he is in his true form?"
"That's because they are shades like Soul... Only these ones are evil. You can see it in the eyes of a shade. Soul's eyes glow blue. These ones have red eyes." Fang's horn glowed and he summoned one of his swords. Twilight looked at the katana and realized it was different from the one he normally used. The one he normally used had a white ribbon on the handle. This one had a purple one that was the same shade as her fur. "Twilight... Listen to me carefully. I can sense that Fancy and Fleur are still alive. I need you to deal with the wizard... Don't worry you have stronger magic than him so you should be able to take him down easily." Twilight nodded. She knew she could do this. She had fought plenty of demons before, what was one more?
"One more thing." Twilight looked back to Fang only to feel him press his lips to hers and allow his tongue to slip through her teeth. After a minute he pulled away and looked her straight in the eyes. "I love you... And I will never allow anypony or anything harm you." Twilight smiled and watched as Fang unsheathed his sword. Her eyes went wide at what she saw engraved on the sword. トワイライトの道. Soul had been teaching her to read Neighponese and she recognized that phrase. It read Way of Twilight.
"Y-you named one of your swords after me?" Fang blushed and nodded. "Thanks... Why?"
"It's corny..." He saw the pleading look on Twilight's face and sighed. "So I can have you with me, even when you are not there." He blushed even harder at the kiss Twilight planted on his cheek.
She smiled at him and then glared at the wyvern and wizard that were sitting down blinking at the two alicorns. "Ok... Let's go get 'em!" Twilight watched as Fang darted in and tackled the wyvern off the side of the ship. She turned her attention to the wizard who was now holding a book in his left hand and a staff in his right.
"I shall avenge my king..." His book opened and the pages began to turn by themselves. He looked down at the book and his staff began to glow with an eerie purple light. "Lightning Cast. Spark Storm!" Twilight blinked when nothing happened. She looked all around and them up, just in time to cast a shield that bounced five lightning bolts off of it and towards the wizard who turned and tried to run. She watched as the lightning bolts struck him and he fell to the ground. She walked over to the ponies that the two shades had taken hostage and freed them before walking over to the shade. Seeing it was in extreme pain she decided to have mercy on it. However she knew it could not be left to live. Suddenly the shade turned over and looked at Twilight. It reached one of its bony hands towards the pony. "Please... It hurts..."
Twilight gave the creature a sad smile. She lit her horn up for a second and her eyes glowed purple. "Mind Crush." She saw the creatures mind and soul shatter like glass. Looking down she saw that it was disappearing, cloaks and all, in wisps of shadows.
"I return to the darkness from which I was born." With that it disappeared completely leaving no sign that it was ever there, except for the part of the deck that had been scorched by the lightning. She turned and walked over towards the side of the ship, when all of a sudden Fang appeared to be flying towards it.
"Twilight!" Fang grabbed her and set her down on the center of the ship. Everypony watched as there was a roar and something rocked the ship before seeing the wyvern like shade crash onto the deck, upside down. Twilight raised an eyebrow at Fang who just smiled. "Wing-blades are fast, the problem? They can't turn." Fang unsheathed his katana once again and walked over to the beast as it struggled to get up.
"Way of Twilight..." She watched as the sword began to glow with a bright purple light. "Star-crossed..." Fang was suddenly on the other side of the creature. But he hadn't teleported. He had moved so fast that nopony could have registered it with their normal vision. "Slash!" Twilight heard the sound of Fang sheathing his katana before he jumped backwards and landed right beside her. All was silent for a moment until the shade's upper and lower halves were separated. Fleur and Fancy Pants rolled out of the stomach and turned to see the two alicorns. The entire pony body watched in amazement as the shade started to evaporate just as the wizard had.
"I return to the darkness from which I was born... You truly are worthy adversaries... King and Queen of Monsters..." With that the shade exploded into wisps of shadow just as the wizard had. Twilight and Fang smiled at each other before kissing to the cheers of everypony on the ship.
Later that night at dinner Fancy Pants stood up and raised his glass. "I propose a toast! To the, newlywed, saviors of The Alba and its passengers. Princ- Queen Twilight Sparkle and King Crimson Fang! May they live a long and prosperous life!" A resounding 'cheers' rang throughout the dining hall and the couple smiled, stood up, and bowed before kissing once again. They returned to their cabin after dinner.
There is not a righteous man on earth who does what is right and never sins. ~ Ecclesiastes 7:20.