At an unknown location...
Phan Tom entered in a cave full of demonic symbols, red and blue fire, and at the center, a pool that looked like a decayed blood. He knew that it was the ritual. It was the area of summoning, evolving, sacrificing, and many more. As he walked closer to the center, the color torches were changed to gray. The Master was first to break the silence,
"The time has come for you to take on to the next stage of our bloodline," he said.
"Will I ever be deathless for this?" Phan Tom asked.
The Master then replied with such greatness and ferocity, "True, but it does not makes you immortal to everything. You may get killed permanently by any kinds of magic that ever deals with life and death."
"Oh, okay. What will I gain after this?" the young draconequus asked.
"Aside from immortality, you will have a new transformation. Your current body parts will be changed to a more improved ones than before," he replied.
After the conversation, Phan Tom stepped forward into the pool until he finally submerged into it. The flames from the torches were connecting with one another like a plugin being connected by a wire. A cycle was made as a lightning came out from the sky and hit the center. It was then, a new destruction was born. The young draconequus rose up from the unholy water and gave out a roar, sending a forcible shockwave around him. The Master was very pleased as the next stage of his protege's evolution will be the next phase for the war. Phan Tom looked himself at mirror only to see himself finally being different. His horn became sharp, his wings turned into somewhat the griffon ones, and his eyes, glowing red. It could only mean one thing for him: He was ready.
The next day at a wide distant plain near the park...
It was a normal day for Shard as he walked his way to the hill which was known for his favorite spot. He sat there and looked at sky as he let the wind breeze his coat. Looking further at clouds, he saw one of them that looked like a heart. This made him gave out a sigh and he looked down. Sadly, it reminded him of having being loved then being somewhat swept away from that reality. He had a thought of what would be the feeling of just not being loved not even once. It would've had been a quite problem to begin with. Shard would really forget the pain, unfortunately, the time would've been his chance as he saw piece of wood plank coming at his direction then slammed at his face, causing him to knock out as his vision turned to black.
One hour later...
He woke up, only to make a groan as he tried to gain his vision back. After restoring both of his eyes' view, he raised his head up not just to see that he's in either solitary room or a normal one, but he also saw what would mean really in trouble. What he saw were three teenaged colts. One was colored brown pegasus with a white curvy mane. The second one was light blue earth with a black spiky mane, and the last one at the middle was a gray unicorn with his mane such messed up. There was not even single word that came out from Shard's mouth as he tried not to make a possible early start. The middle one was the first to break the silence saying,
"Well, it's good to meet with you, Shard Vine."
"Who are you? How do you know me?" the young colt questioned.
"Didn't remember? Hmmph, I thought you were smarter enough to break the ice."
"Uh... Let me think..." he said as tapped his chin.
After a few seconds, his eyes grew wide as he noticed that colt from before.
"I remember now! You were Sweetie Belle's ex boyfriend, Brute" he finally said as he pointed a hoof at him.
"Hehe, yeah, that's true. Since now you know who I am, I think it's now the time for you to pay the price," he said as he took a step forward.
"What? What are you talking about?" he questioned.
"Sweetie Belle left me because of you, Shard Vine!" Brute replied angrily as he punched him in his left eye, "Ever since that start of high school, she wouldn't me give me another chance because of one thing I messed up back at middle school. She told me that I will never have her back because she felt so in love at you even if you were with that other filly! If I can't have her, then YOU CAN'T AS WELL!" he shouted out as he used his magic to levitate some stones,
He then threw the stones at him, in which in turned got cracked into pieces but also leaving Shard quite in a bad condition. The pain didn't stopped as the bully continued throwing the stones that were made of platinum .It was then, something new and quite horrible that would scar Brute for life. Firstly, force field appeared out of nowhere and trapped him along with his buddies. Second, they saw something surrounding Shard, black smoke appeared around him as his eyes turned to gray with demonic symbols appeared as to be it's current pupils. Finally, a roar came out from him as the smoke subsided, showing the changes to his appearance. The color of his coat changed to the darker version of it, his mane was still the same but it turned to pure black, and lastly, there were flames coming out from his eyes, similar to Sombra's.
He summoned a darker image of himself then commanded it to enter the field and beat the buck out of their darn minds. The torture was horrible as the image continued in punching until Shard commanded it to unleash one last consequence. The image sent out a shockwave of deep frost like a hail all over them, making them flinch and stutter in an ecstatic manner. The three colts were still alive, but now in bruises and somehow knocked out or possibly coma.
After doing the last payback, he dispel the force field and the image as it faded away into thin air. His new form was still there, but his eyes were returned to normal. Shard then slowly walked out of the room until he heard a banging. It felt like somepony was banging the door open, he was too afraid of what would come next after. When the door was removed, he summoned an orb from his left still injured hoof. The light was too much for him to see, but he was able to notice a figure in front of him. As the vision got clearer, he saw that it was Venang. He could'nt find the words on how she was able to locate him. The bat filly then ran up to him and embraced him while saying,
"Shard! I'm glad that you're still alive!" she cried out with tears forming in her eyes.
"Venang..." he replied, but about to lose consciousness as his eyes were gonna close by the moment, "Don't.."
Those wore his last words before he fell to a deep slumber.
Two days later...
Shard woke up only to feel his head being somehow placed in a slant position and his body being placed flat. He turned his face around to see the same things when he was in a bad condition. He knew it was a hospital for like countless time that he had been to. The obvious place was Canterlot. He looked at his right to see a mirror, so he used his telekinesis ability to get it. Shard was very glad that he was able to learn that kind of spell that unicorns usually do. When grabbed the mirror by his right hoof, he noticed that his mane, now returned with its other color and his coat, now back to its original version. As he placed the mirror back at the table, the front door opened, only to see Venang and their mentor. Venang was the first to speak out as she walked at the side of his bed ,
"Awake already?" she said.
"Hey there, Venang," he replied as he tried lifting his back, but to no avail.
"Woah, easy there, dude. You need to rest more."
"How did you find me?" he asked.
"I was trying to find you so I asked one your friends, Sweetie Belle. She told me that you were heading at the park. When I got there, I saw you being dragged away by those mischievous bullies. They teleported, so I couldn't know where they took you. After a while, I heard rumbling noises coming from Ponyville. I went to see a house being covered in a bubble like force field," she explained before taking another breath to continue, "When it disappeared, I tried knocking the door down by bucking it. Took a while before I finally saw of what I couldn't tell."
Shard made a chuckle and a sigh with his ears drooped.
"Well. At least it's over," he said.
"By the way, why is he here?" he added while pointing out.
"Oh yes," the mentor then called out, "I am here to tell you about your new form that you just acquired."
He then took a book then flipped into the pages until he pointed out one.
"In draconequus culture, they intend to make rituals for summoning, offering sacrifices, and mostly evolution. Whenever one participant will be evolved, he/she will undergo changes. The form will be different in obvious means, but will also gain more abilities and improved the previous ones. In your situation, you seemed to have the ability to transform into a more powerful demonic being than them, but you may not to be in control due to your emotions. You need to learn control your feelings in dire situations."
"I see. Thank you," the young colt said with a nod before turning the direction of his face to Venang's, "By the way, is Sweetie Belle here. I would like to see her privately."
Sure thing. We'll go now. Hope you get better soon ," she said as she and the mentor walked out of the room.
After like ten seconds, a while filly came running at him then embraced tightly.
"Oh, Shard! Thank Celestia, you are still here." Sweetie Belle cried out.
"It's okay, Belle. I'm alive. Just lessen the grip," he replied while rolling his eyes.
Sweetie Belle then lessen her hold, "I'm glad to visit you."
"Yeah. And by the way, I'm sorry if I wasted our c-..."
"It's alright. The only that matters to me right now is to see you still breathing," the young unicorn said, "I just hope that you will stay alive after finishing of what should be done."
"I hope so. Belle, I just want to say that... I... I love you," Shard said with a weak smile.
"I love you too, Shard. To be honest, I started falling in love with you when you moved at Ponyville," she replied as she gave him a kiss on his cheek then nuzzled on his neck. The young colt then just responded by stroking her mane lovingly.
TO BE CONTINUED