//------------------------------// // Lighting the night // Story: Secret of the Silver Dragon // by The Psychopath //------------------------------// Twilight was tuck snuggly in her bed. She apparently seemed to be having a very good dream. Besides a few clouds outside, the night sky was bright and beautiful. However, all good things must come to an end, as a small explosion and the screams of mares resounded throughout the night air, causing Twilight and Spike to jump five feet into the air. Twilight quickly left her bed and ran outside with Spike. Another explosion rang through the air. It came from the middle of the town. Twilight believed this to be the work of Silver Dragon. Several other ponies came by to see what was going on, even the pegasi. Twilight was horrified by what she saw when she followed the looks of the pegasi flying in the air. Apparently, two ponies that she knew to some extent, namely Berry Punch and Lyra, were on the floor behind SD. They seemed to have some wierd semi-transparent chains circling around their feet. SD was blocking any attempts to reach them, and two buildings near them were on fire. However, there were four creatures she didn't recognize standing in front of the dragon. Apparently, by judging his face, he didn't know what they were either. The three smaller ones looked like ponies, although they seemed to sport a few traits of the night sky, namely their coats being black and their manes sporting flashing white dots. The creature in middle, however, was about the same size as SD, but it was red and yellow. Bipedal, but too bulky to properly use it's legs, it was the epitome of monster. It had a gigantic mouth and seemed to be exhaling in excitement. Three yellow eyes that were blodshot, and two horns gave the creature it's truly fearsome appearance. It's skin looked like it was made from crystallized magma, if that was even possible. SD was having some trouble with them. She listened in on the conversation they were having. "What the hell kind of demons are you?" "We are the new breed! We are the nightmare! We will plunge this world in eternal darkness! We will harvest the eternal night as our king and queen rule over you all!" said one of the smaller demons. "Eternal night? But...that's..." thought Twilight. "And what do you need these two for?" yelled SD as he pointed to the two ponies behind him. "Sacrifices. MORE sacrifices. The revival of our queen is what we need, and what we shall have. You will not stop us, Silver Dragon." "Then try and get them. I'm sure my light can easily burn you away." "We'll see about that. Why don't you show him just how powerful we've become?" said the small pony to the gigantic counterpart. It roared and charged with great speed at the Silver Dragon. He only had the time to eject the two mares behind him into the group that was watching as he was thrown through a few houses. "Haha! Now then, where are our willing candidates? Speak up now, or you will be taken in their place." Several ponies had hesitated and many were shaking in fear as the one who had been speaking started to form a spiked smile on her face. They all spread apart while a few stayed in front to oppose them. What these creatures didn't know was that Twilight had already started working on dispelling the charm that kept Berry and Lyra from moving. "Foolish creatures. You oppose us?" "Yeah. What're you gon' do about it?" said a yellow stallion. "Hmmmm...maybe...this?" The pony cracked it's neck, causing the stallion opposing her to fall to the grown while writhing in pain. He was clasping his next as if trying to stop the bites of something. The three ponies walked past the five others that were blocking their path and walked towards Twilight. A small laughter and, before the lavender pony could react, the demons had already surrounded her and traced runes on the ground. "Hm. A pony with great magical prowess? You will become a fine addition to our queen." Twilight couldn't dispel the shield was in, no matter how hard she tried. As the demons starting chanting, one of them got blown away by what looked like confetti, while another was swiped away by a rainbow. "What?" yelled the remaining demon. The barrier surrounding the three mares dispelled, and Twilight finished up dispelling the chains. "Now get far away from here. Quickly! I'm not sure if we'll be able to hold them off." Berry and Lyra nodded, running as far from their current location as possible. Twilight confronted the shocked emon as it spun around to see one comrade being attacked by what looked like a pink pony, while the other was being pummeled from all directions by a rainbow maned pagasus. "I believe you said something about hurting us?" asked Twilight. The demon turned around, panic on her face. "Wh-what? How dare you! A mere mortal cannot fight us! We-we're-" "ROTTEN FLESH UPON BONE!" yelled a familiar voice. The Silver Dragon walked back out from the shadows of a building, flexing his arms. He seemed to have quite a few wounds, but they glew yellow. He was healing them. "You're friend there was quite the prodigy, especially for a level three. I had quite alot of trouble. You, however-" SD faded out of existence then behind the demon pony."-are an incomplete demon. I won't fiuht you, but I want to see what Twilight is capable of, and if she would be enough to fight your kind off." SD jumped out of the way with a hop back. "Well, I don't approve of his methods, but if you're the cause of the dissappearances, then I must learn how to fight you." "Just try it!" Twilight started to gallop around the creature that seemed to be panicking evermore. It charged at Twilight, hoping to pound her head into the dirt, but the lavender pony dodged and blasted a bolt of magic at the demon, who screamed in pain and flew a few feet away. It struggled to get up until Twilight blasted it again. She walked slowly towards the burnt body. "Will you leave everypony alone now?" asked Twilight. "N-never...I would...rather perish..." "Yeah? Well then I could help you with that." SD was standing right behind Twilight and was staring directly at the demon without lowering it's head. "Wait, we can't...do that. That sort of thing is bad in our world!" yelled Twilight. "Because they let your friend's rabbit go unharmed?" "No but-" "-But what? Just know that she is an incomplete demon." "Demon?!" "Yes. I will explain everything to you and the princess if we receive audience tomorrow morning. You have all shwn yourselves to be more than a handful for them. However, the pink one must learn to control herself. For now, I'm going back to that yellow pegasus' house to check on her. I want to see if she's healed properly." "Than I'll go with you." yelled Rainbow Dash. "I appreciate loyalty, and she IS your friend, so I can't dissuade you from coming." The demon started to crawl away after realizing that she was the only one left. But SD stopped her and gave a menacing glare and smile. "If I didn't know any better, I'd have to say that you're master is Belforay. I'd think that he would have healed perfectly now. Why do you need sacrifices?" "To revive our queen. She will take over all of you as her night lasts forever!" "Hmph. I'll stop you before then, but, as a measure of pity, tell Belforay that I'm here, and that he has no choice but to submit, or I'll destroy him. I'll let you live for now. Don't cross my path or those of anymore inhabitants here." The demon nodded nervously and galopped away. As SD was about to repair the damages, Spike ran to Twilight with an open parchment. "Twilight! Twilight! Princess Luna answered." "Really? What does it say?" "The letter says that she will be bringing you and the other elements to the castle, first thing in the morning." "Great!" yelled SD. "Won't they panic when they see you?" asked an unfamiliar voice. "The pink one?" "Yup! My name's Pinkie Pie. Nice to meet you. Thanks for helping my friends. I'll have to make a BIG thank you party. What should I put? Gems? Dragons love gems, don't they?" "I like gems, yes, but I don't eat them like the others of this world." "Then what will you eat?" "You have chocolate?" "Ya!" "I LOVE CHOCOLATE!" "YES! I'LL MAKE TONS OF CHOCOLATE THEN!" "GOOD! YOU DO THAT!" "I WILL!" Pinkie Pie started hopping off after what looked like a short passive-aggressive fight. "What was that?" asked Rainbow Dash. "Nothing. I just love chocolate." SD turned towards Twilight Sparkle and lowered himself while his hands stayed behind his back:" well Twilight, it seems that you and these "elements" will be able to learn a bit more about me and these demons." Silver Dragon repaired the damaged houses and tended to the wounded, although everypony still stayed away from him. He didn't exactly have a face that said :"I saved you. Now you can like me and trust me." He didn't care. Once he destroys Belforay, he could go home, and take that blasted whistle with him.