//------------------------------// // The Injured Stallion // Story: Dark Ascent // by Wildluigi77777 //------------------------------// The two lie on the floor. Chrono tries to stand up, feeling his ribs moving around in his body. He moves to the aid of Wild, who passed out from the lack of air and then the sudden pain of a kick to the chest. He shakes him around, trying to wake him up. The concerned blue stallion stops shaking and stumbles out of the shack to get help for his fallen comrade. "Oh Twilight! It's a pleasure to meet you Princess! You grace my library with your presence! Are you looking for anything in particular?" Lucian asks the lavender colored mare. "Oh, I'm just looking. I have a student I need to train." "Oh, do you mean Wild? He was here a while ago. Looking for some books on magic. Picked a pretty peculiar one. Ah, whatever. It's probably nothing to worry about." "I do mean Wild. What was so peculiar about his book?" "Well, the thing had no title. Just an insignia. I couldn't place a hoof on it but... I know it from somewhere..." "Hmm... I may need to check this out... I'll be back to continue looking later. For now I have to check this book out for mysel-" the lavender mare was suddenly interrupted by a blue stallion stumbling in and yelling to Lucian. "LUCIAN! WE NEED HELP!" "Chrono! This is a library! Use your inside voic-" "NO TIME! WILD IS INJURED AND WON'T WAKE UP! COME!" "Wild?!" the stallion walked out from behind his desk. "What happened?! Tell me on the way there! Come Twilight, we'll all go together!" "O-ok..." The lavender confusedly says, not knowing what's going on. "Ok so... I saw Wild in the streets and I stopped him by calling his name. We talked and he suggested we go somewhere private. We left for his home, which is a little shack on the outskirts of town. On the way I saw a book with... their insignia on it. You know who I'm talking about. Them." "I hope you don't mind me asking but who are they? I'm lost and I know nothing of what you're talking about. What you're describing isn't in any books I've read and I'd like to know. So, please explain." the lavender mare said in response to their conversation. "We can explain when we get there. Continue, Chrono." "Well, I skimmed through the book, at the time I didn't notice that it was theirs, and I read a spell. My horn loosed a spell on Wild and he fell over. I thought he died and... And... When he got up, his shadow took the form of an entity! It was quick to put Wild in a headlock and he had Wild name him... Darkblithe, I believe was the name..." Chrono said, a bit of sadness visible in his eyes. Who could blame him? His friend was downed in front of his eyes. "Of course he'd choose that name. Don't tell me you don't remember it, Chrono!" Lucian semi-yelled. "I... I don't!" "That's the stallion that killed his family! The original Darkblithe is dead now, but he never forgot..." "That's a story I've never heard before about him... He had a family?" the lavender mare seemed a bit sympathetic for the stallion. "Yes. It happened very early in the war..." Lucian suddenly felt a bit depressed. "His poor, poor foals... Killed at such a young age... It's sad... That day, we almost lost him to them..." He sighed. "I kinda feel sorry for him..." the lavender mare stops a bit. "We're almost there... Be ready..." After short walk, they arrive. Chrono opens the door and immediately sees Wild lying in the same spot. A newly formed bruise can be see. Twilight slowly walks over to him. "Judging by the state he's in, I'm surprised he lived..." "Can you help him... Twilight...?" "I think so..." Twilight readies her horn in hopes of awakening her student.