//------------------------------// // A night to remember. (Part 2) // Story: The Horseman's curse // by Iceclaw_Gaming //------------------------------// A Night To Remember Part 2. The forest was steadily getting thicker as Twilight and the others ran through it, trying to keep up with the Headless Horsemans head which sent them into the depths of the foul place. "Are you sure he's a meanie pants Twilight, maybe he's just lonely!" Pinkie Pie suggested, though she hadn't seen the mess the horseman created in town yet. "Yes Pinkie... He is evil, he set the town aflame." Twilight awnsered casually until they made it to an open clearing, where stood a flaming pumpkin on a pedestal and a grave behind it. Twilight went up and inspected the pumpkin, as she did the ground shake and a commotion was heard at the grave. "It is over, your search is done, let fate choose now, the righteous one." The Headless Horseman said as he galloped from the grave and into the clearing nearby, where he dismounted and ran at Twilight with his sword out and ready. His sword was exiting a green aura from it which gave it a ominous effect. "Now girls, ATTACK!" Twilight yelled as the elements rushed the Headless Horseman, meting him halfway and engaging in combat with the eerie ghost knight of old. The Headless Horseman grunted slightly as Twilights attack landed on him, but as soon as he was hit by Applejack, he switched over to attacking her instead, as she was pulling the horsemans attention. The Headless Horseman swung his sword at AJ, cutting her front right hoove open with a splitting edge, sharpened by diamonds, drawing a thick amount of blood on her. Applejack felt the sting of the Horseman's blade, slicing into her skin like she would to an apple, the pain seared through her as she delivered a devastating buck to his chest, but was surprised to see him still fighting her, slashing away at her chest. Twilight was able to charge up a spell to hit the Headless Horseman extremely hard, as she casted it, she used up a lot of her magic, but her target was prime as it hit the horseman in the back, knocking his head off his body. The Headless Horseman recognized this pain to the same of him being decapitated by the Scarlet Crusade, his head floated around the area while his body was attacking all of the ponies attacking him, continuously changing targets. "Get over here you idiot." the Headless Horsemans head said to his body, which tried to navigate its way to his head, after taking a third of his health in damage his head flew back onto his body, "Here's my body, fit and pure. NOW YOUR BLACKENED SOULS ILL CURE!" the horseman shouted in his eerie rhyme. Rarity charged up a less powerful spell and hit the Horseman with it, landing a critical hit but pulling his attention to her as he ran over and sliced her body with a devastating overhand slash, cutting a straight line on her side and drawing blood on her white coat. Rarity lashed out at the Horseman to no evail but to cause more pain to her by the end of his sword. Fluttershy was landing weak hits on the Horseman but he hardly noticed them at all as he was to busy, Fluttershy however, seeing her friend get injured like that, kicked the Horseman's head hard, sending it flying again but not before a flaming pumpkin landed on her head. "Harken Ker, Tis you I spurn, NOW FEEL, THE BURN!" the Horseman yelled as his head was kicked off by the yellow pony and hovered about, while the attacks were focused on his head again. "I'm over here you fool of a body." the Horseman called out to his body, who was attacking Fluttershy now. After taking another third of damage he returned to his body. "Heres my body, fit and pure. NOW YOUR BLACKENED SOULS ILL CURE!" the horseman called out. Rainbow dash landed the first hit to the horseman this time, pulling attention to her as he sent a sword slash at her, which was, easily avoided due to her flight advantage. Rainbow repeatedly hit the Horseman who still couldn't land a single slash onto her. The Headless Horseman was furious, for he didn't know the scourge could even fly, so he called his minions to join him. "Soldiers arise, Stand and fight. BRING VICTORY AT LAST, TO THIS FALLEN KNIGHT!" the hHrseman yelled out as he threw four pumpkins around him, which then turned into Sinister Squashlings, who started to fight against the ponies as well. Pinkie pie had spent the battle loading her party cannon up with ammo, so when the time was right, she could shoot his head clean off his body. Pinkie took aim, with great caution held fire until she knew the time was right. After a minute, Pinkie fired the cannon, hitting her target dead on, sending his head flying again. The Headless Horseman was getting tired of his head being hit off, now the ponies were attacking it again, but alas, before he could yell out to his body, he lost all of his health. His head flew back onto his body and yelled out one last time. "This end... Have I reached before, what new adventure... Lies in.. Store..." the Headless Horseman said befor going completly limp, losing the last off his life force, The Headless Horseman was dead.