//------------------------------// // Living Nightmare // Story: Unforgiven Winter // by Rambo //------------------------------// Unforgiven Winter Chapter 5 Living Nightmare Note: The Vietnam referances and foreshadow of future stories is going to lower drastically from this chapter to the end to the story. Note 2: What will this chapter be about? Twilight's reaction to the news (if she even gets it...), and that's pretty much it... sorry. I figured that the 2nd part to this is going to make this chapter at least over 7000 words so I'm going to split this chapter (that was originally going to be named "Colors of Reunion") in two, this chapter will be short BUT the next chapter will come out faster because I already know what to write for it. Also the NEXT chapter WILL be named "colors of Reunion" because it fits in better to chapter 6 than chapter 5 Note 3: Was it worth it? Waiting for this chapter? I'll be honost, no, I sorta rushed this chapter because I do NOT want to make you all wait for another week for an exciting chapter. Some of you will like this chapter, some won't. It's just to fill in gaps I left. Final note: This is the chapter where is starts to lead towards the ending. At the end of this chapter I'll go more into detail of what the outcomes are. "Twilight... sweetie... are you okay?" Hubert was starting to have beads of sweat roll down his cheeks. Never before had he seen Twilight in a state of shock this severe. "Hubert, who's Kale and Syra?" the rainbow mane pegasus asked. Silence was still the dominant power in the room, nopony spoke until Hubert had realized Rainbow Dash was speaking to him. "Before the friends in Ponyville, Twilight had friends here and amongst them, Syra and Kale were her best friends and now they're...gone" the word 'gone' bounced through the unicorns skull not being able to believe what she was hearing. She was standing perfectly still, not even a bit of movement was spotted, instead her eyes dilated to a massive size and a single strand of her mane stood up. Everyone was watching in both worriment and curiosity to see what will become of her. After a few minutes, she then began to breathe normally and everyone about Twilight was back to normal. She then said "Dead? That's a funny one Victor, for a second I thought you were actually being serious, but no really? Where is Syra and Kale? No better yet, tell me about this chariot crash, let's get our minds off this madness" "Okay Twilight... your starting to... never mind" Victor was saying and then whispered over to Hubert saying "She's lost it, tell her the chariot crash and lets leave it at that while we still have a chance" I know what they said, I know what I heard but there's one thing I have to know, to know that I'm not this insane mare I originally thought I was, to know that I'm not the only one being affected by this damn winter. "Tell me Hubert, tell me about the crash completely, from start to finish, I want to know the whole story BUT, the truth, I don't care how crazy or embarrassing of a story it is, tell me the whole damn truth" Twilight commanded the frightened pegasus. "Ok ok, calm down now Twi... well like I was saying before... me and Bly were flying back here toward Canterlot to rescue you from the snow. You obviously didn't know, but the pegasi couldn't control an upcoming storm cloud that was coming from the east, heading straight for a plain which you were walking in. Your friend... Spike? Well anyways, Spike wrote to the princess about your late arrival from the Bazaar and feared the worst, we all did." "Cut the nonsense; just tell me what happened already!" Twilight demanded. Fires of rage were seen in the back of her eyes, it frightened Hubert very much that it forced him to submit to the command of the crazed unicorn. "Okay! okay! Calm yourself down! Alright, I'll be honest here, I went A-WOLL along with Bly and we came looking for you, despite Shining Armor's command. It wasn't easy. We saw you running along the field but from above we could see the terrain, it was not pretty. Rocks, pits, trees, I'm surprised you didn't run into any of it..." Twilight then glared at him to notify that she was not being amused by the story. Before Hubert continued, he coughed up some ginger that was stuck in his throat and resumed the story to the moment Twilight's been wanted to here. "Can you stop glaring at me like that? I'm getting to it..." Hubert pleaded. Twilight then noticed she was on the dinner table itself and sat back down on her seat waiting the continue of the story. "Thanks, well like I was saying, we fly over, we see you running, we land, you run into Bly, and then you tell us about TIMBERWOLVES? Seriously Twilight, what was that about? You had me and Bly scared half to death when you said a PACK was heading our way!" Twilight was starting to get aggravated at his rise in voice; a quick glare quickly set him back in his place. "Twilight, what's wrong" Rainbow Dash asked. "You, shut up, I want to know something Dash, something Hubert isn't telling me" "What do you mean? I'm not hiding anything, I’m telling you what happened about the crash and you’re not letting me say a damn word!" "Fine fine, hurry it up, I won't intterupt this time" The tension in the room rose slightly and the snow outside began to fall heavier than it did earlier in the evening. "Well when we started to fly off after your little snowpony creation was shown to us, we started to run into some...turbulence, as in heavy snow, turbulence. We strapped on the issued winter flight goggles and it rarely helped. The snow may have been out of our eyes but the terrain was obscured, we could barely see a damn thing. When I look back at you, you were completely frozen Twilight, from head to hoof, frost started to grow on you and that cloak you were wearing wasn't helping much at all, I was getting worried... scared actually. I've never been in such a storm like that, it was a nightmare. Then to see you near death, the adrenaline kicked in. I and Bly raced forth to the city, as far away as it was; the sillihouette was visible in the far distance. Just about a mile or two away, you were talking, began saying how you were sorry..." Hubert paused briefly to re-think about the entire crash. He placed his hoof under his chin and began to stroke the small beard he had. Before he could speak Twilight cut in to say her goal of the entire conversation. "And then what? Please Hubert... I know what you said before and I want to know something" "I'm getting to it, hold on a moment" He drank a small portion of a glass of coco before he continued. "When we began to fly, we had to fly higher to achieve a high enough altitude to reach the city of course. We began to go up and in the process the cold... by Celestia... was the most challenging thing since my stay in Do Lung Bridge... I... I..." Hubert began to tear up upon saying the word remembering the horrors of the past but he fought back the tears knowing that he being a royal guard, crying is the last thing he would want to do. "Ok...Ok... so we flew higher up, ice started to form around our goggles..." Dear reader, what you are about to read is a flashback. As the flashback is being told from HUBERT'S POINT OF VIEW, the story of the crash is being told to Twilight at the same time. You'll get the jist of it as you read. Canterlot Mountains Time - 6:47 P.M Weather: Nightmare _________________________________________ "Hubert! I can't see anything in this damn snow! How much farther until the city?" "Oh man... hang in there Twilight, we're almost there, don't die on me, don't die on me damnit!" "HUEY! WAKE UP MAN! My flank is freezing and my wings can't handle this snow! We need to find shelter as close as possible if the city is too far away!" "Huh? Sorry! I had other thoughts on mind! The city is just up ahead! We need to fly higher!" "Well isn't that just some s*** that doesn't stink! Let's hurry this up! Double time!" We began to fly upwards to the city and thats when the snow really got bad, a freak of nature is what Bly called it. Don't blame him... "Heads up! We have a... civilian? By the sun goddess, what the hell is this pegasus doing out here in this storm? Bly! Bly! We got a pegasus right here!" "Where? I can't see a damn thing! Wait... hold on, I see it! Call out! That kid sure has a lot of guts to be out here and obviously knows what to do; we need a guide in this storm! Call out to her! To him! Just call out, we need help!" The snow... you should have seen it, came at us like rocks and hurt like hell. What was meant to be calm winter, turned into our demise. A blizzard more powerful than any other I have seen. Twilight was still knocked out cold but frost started to grow on her, her life endangered worried me more than my own life itself. But when I called out for help, that's when I saw it all... when I saw the eyes "Hey, you! Kid! We need help out here!" The cloaked pegasus continued to fly towards the city at an amazing speed that it was enough to challenge Rainbow Dash! The cries for help I shouted were unheard and I realized then that the pegasus was flying to Canterlot. Although the assistance was never given, I took matters into my own hand. I don't really blame the poor thing, we could barely even hear ourselves think, it was ridiculous! "Damnit! Bly, get ready, we're going in hot, we CAN NOT lose sight of that pegasus! It's our only hope, ready your wings and... I wasn't ready... neither of us were, our wings were literally starting to get frozen in place the higher we flew… FORWARD!" We shot right across, keeping close behind the tail of that pegasus, damn good was a flyer alright! Haven't seen anything speed that fast since '67! The city was visible; I could see it in the distance! We were about to make it there when a strong gust of snow broke my vision, I cleared the snow from my face, only to see not only the pegasus disappearing, but Canterlot too! "HUBERT! Where's the damn city!?" Bly not only had rage in his voice and something a royal guard is not meant to have, fear. "i don't have a f***ing clue!" I was scared too, I won't deny it, I honestly thought this flight was going to get us killed. But that's when "it" appeared right next to me this time. I'll never forget what happened right after that... "Hubert... oh Huey... the city isn't near for miles, you should really come and join me, let's dance with the angels" I looked beside myself to see what in Equestria this damn psycho was talking about but it disappeared! I look in front of me and a black hooded figure raced towards me... a black shadow of darkness, like Charlie moving in the bushed... when it was near enough I realized then, the shadows intentions. It was that damn pegasus with those red eyes and that sinister hellish smile. I don't know what happened after that... I mean like, I can't explain what happened. I heard a laugh... a laugh of evil and it felt like the winter cold grew to a temperature below freezing for a brief few seconds. I had shivers run down to the marrow of my bones, the cold ice itself was running through my veins and my entire body went completely numb, but it was at that moment that I realized it was no ice that ran in my bloodstream, it was fear, and fear did take over at the moment. You would think that's it? You would think we finally arrived after that blood curdling shriek of laughter but no, that was the start. "Bly! You see that? Did you just see that?" I had no response, maybe the sound of my voice was muffled by the snow, I didn't know "Bly! Do you read me? BLY! RESPOND!" Still I hear nothing from him, was my voice not booming enough or did he really not hear me? "DAMNIT BLY! RESPOND THIS INSTANT! DO YOU READ ME?" That damn Bly... I was starting to question his qualities of being a Royal Guard, Hubert began to chuckle at his own thought. "SON OF A B****! RESPOND NOW OR I SWEAR THIS FLIGHT IS GOI-" I finally looked over to my right to see what the hell that panzy was doing... I regret looking over "Holy s***! BLY?! YOU THERE?" I won't ever forget what I saw...scarred into mind like a knife just split open my head... Right there in front of me was Bly alright, but it seemed to me like the snow did him in. Poor bastard was completely covered in ice that he blended in with the environment. That wasn’t what scarred me though, even in the dense fog, I could still make out his figure. I don't know what happened, but Bly... he wasn't covered in ice, no. I know what I saw and he was made out of it. That's when... that's when the Chari- "AGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!" Victor stood up from the table suddenly and dropped his glass of coco onto the floor. The glass shattered in all directions and the coco was starting to be absorbed by the carpet placed right under the table. Twilight was quick to react and managed to clean most of the glass with her horn before Victor could step on it but was unfortunate to not act fast enough to remove the spilled coco. Victor slipped on the spilled refreshment but was caught by the magenta unicorn's magic. "That was Charlie" Victor said coldly Everypony on the room looked at each other seriously and worried together. It was a shriek of terror that interrupted Hubert's story, the shriek that had once again blocked the truth to Twilight. "Ace you stay here with Twilight, me and Victor are going upstairs to check on Charlie" Hubert said to the worried pegasus that was resting her head on his shoulder. "I told you to stop calling me Ace" "Can't help it, sorry Dash. Stay here like I said, I'll be back" "Wait no, we'll go with yo-" "Whatever made Charlie yell like that is certainly not friendly, stay here for your own safety" "But..." "No but's, stay" "Alright Victor, lets go... Victor? Where are you" "Right behind you" Hubert slowly turned around and had seen that Victor had his mane tied back with a makeshift bandana of a pale yellow, the same yellow that had been painted onto M79's in tiger stripe. In his hoof was a rather large knife that was made more for wilderness survival. "I'm ready, let’s go. No one is breaking into my house and hurting my brother". What was strange of the entire situation, is that this entire conflict was happening in Canterlot, the city of Celestia, the home of The Royal Guard, why would anyone want to commit a crime in this secure of a city is beyond the knowing of Twilight. While in the deep thought, Victor and Hubert trotted in a sprint down the hallway and up the stairs to see the situation that was taking place. Meanwhile Twilight and Rainbow Dash were standing up right beside the dinner table trying to comprehend what was going on. "Twi, what's going on?" she said while walking over to her troubled friend. "I don't know... but I think it's time you say your part. Twilight brushed the hoof of blue pegasus off her shoulder. "What do you mean Twi?" "Hubert never finished... but he said you were there, I remember him saying that if it wasn't for you showing up, he would have died, I would have died. I want to know Dash, I want to know what happened!" "Hey hey! Ease down there! Why do you want to know so badly? I mean like, come on Twi, I sa-" "Rainbow please... I want to know the truth, you were here talking with him while I was passed out when we were at his home" After thinking for a few moments, Rainbow Dash had decided it was for the best she must tell Twilight her part of the story. The rainbow mane pegasus stretched out her wings and then sat back down onto her chair. "Sit down, it's going to be brief but I swear everything i'm about to tell you is the truth, I don't know anything more" Rainbow said while she was scratching her mane. The eager purple coated friend sat down craving for the knowledge as if she were a predator in search of prey. "So Twilight, long story short, I was one of the pegasus sent to attempt to push back the oncoming storm along with a squadron of other pegasi. It didn't really matter how many of us there were, we couldn't push it back, and the storm was huge, something of a supernatural! I called off the operation and we all retreated back to Cloudsdale to rest. I went back to Ponyville to warn everypony that the storm MIGHT hit the town but was unsure. Knocked on all the doors to spread the news of the warning. Applejack must be weeping right now because of the trees that were probably destroyed... anyways, when I went to your home, nopony was there, only Spike" she paused briefly to scratch and straighten her mane before continuing on. "So then I went to Pinkie's, she took the news... like any other news... happily" Dash said in a sigh, it wasn't news that Pinkie treat everything playfully. Told Fluttershy, she reinforced the homes of the chicken coops in an instant and all the other animals, she made sure that their homes were prepared, Applejack was worried of her trees as I said, and then I went to Rarity's last. Before I knocked on her door, I could hear her crying inside from her bedroom. II flew inside from an open window upstairs into Sweetiebells room. At the time Sweetiebell was in SweetApple Acres with Applebloom. When I walked into Rarity's room she didn't seem to care I was there watching her mope around and all. I tried to calm her down but she used her fancy shmancy magic to push me away and she cried even harder" "So did you find out why she was crying?" Twilight pleaded. "Yeah I did, it was because of you Twilight" she replied coldly. Twilight used her magic to claim her cup of hot coco and drank the chocolate beverage so that it had warmed up her spirits. After some few sips while Rainbow Dash was collecting her thoughts together, Twilight began to get a bit drowsy. "Well you ready to hear the story Twi?" "Huh, oh what? Uhmmm yeah, yeah, lets hear it!" "Rarity, what's wrong? You gotta tell me what's troubling you" Rainbow Dash was demanding worryingly. A light blue glow had engulfed Dash as she was slammed onto Rarity's shoulder. Rarity continued to cry as her tears were splashing on Rainbow Dash's face. This oughtta be good... she said coldly in her mind. "Oh Dashie! It's horrible, it's mortifying, it's tragic! Out of all the worse possible things that could happen this is honestly THE.WORST.POSSIBLE.THING! Rarity cried out into the pegasi's ear. Definitely haven’t heard that one before. Dash thought to herself. "Rarity, calm down, just breathe in and out, in and out" Rarity obliged and levitated a tissue to her cheek to wipe away the tears and to blow her nose. The white unicorn's breathing became steady and soft after following Rainbow Dash's guidance to tell her of the reason of her tears. "Oh Rainbow this is absolutely terrible" she stuttered. "Ok Rarity, I know it's bad. Just calm down and tell me what's wrong" "I...I... I asked Twilight to do me a favor, but..." Again, the unicorn began to weep into the pegasi's shoulder. Rainbow Dash slapped her hoof onto her face and dragged it down to Rarity's mane. She slowly stroked it to let her know that she was all ear to listen to her story. Rarity stopped her tears at a near instant and stood up throwing the tissue onto the floor. "Oh Dash, just yesterday... I asked Twilight if she could do me a favor" said Rarity. "What kind of favor?" "A pick up favour, I asked her if she could be a darling and find me a fabric just yesterday, but I had... NO IDEA SHE WAS GOING TO DO ME THAT FAVOR TODAY!" Rarity continued to sob. "What's the big deal Rarity? You sound like a babbling brook, listen, Twilight just went to the Corduba (Fabric store) to find your little precious cloth and she'll be ba-" "NO SHE WON'T!" she cried out "Ok then Rarity, where DID she go?" "Spike was here a few minutes ago to tell me if I had seen Twilight, I responded with no so he told me the news that she... went to the BAZAAR!" [insert more crying] "Calm your flank down Rarity! It can't be that far, right?" "Dash... the Bazaar is 10 miles east of Las Pegasus" Rainbow Dash's jaw hit the floor when she heard Rarity's words. "D-Did you say, LAS PEGASUS? Oh no...Oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no!" Rainbow Dash's fur was turning into a darker shade of blue and her mane was becoming dull as well. "Rarity! This is NOT good!" "Now you tell me Dash! Now you tell me! Now you know why I am crying!" "Yeah, now I know!" "Good! Twilight is such a dear, but to know that she's all the way out there getting me MY fabric just breaks my heart" "Wait, what are you talking about? Are you crying beca-" "I'M CRYING BECAUSE OF ALL THE WALKING SHE NEEDS TO DO! WHAT A FRIEND TWILIGHT IS!" The pegasi's face was expressionless. Expecting for Rarity to know of the incoming snowstorm say something about it, she instead received news of how she feels bad for all the walking Twilight had to do. "Rarity... don't you know about the storm?" Rainbow Dash asked. "What storm?" asked the worried marshmallow. "Uh... well you see Rarity, I came here to warn you about an incoming snowstorm stretching from the La Drang Plains to Fillydelphia..." she stopped mid sentence and took in the fear and sorrow feeling Rarity was emitting. "I... I KILLED TWILIGHT?" "Aaaaaaand that's pretty much it Twi... she was crying, throwing a tantrum, I mean like, I was worried about you too! All the way out there in those dangerous plains near the timberwolves home and all, you must have been nuts to venture that far on your own!" "Well it was for a good cause right?" "But it was going to cost you your LIFE if it hadn't been for me recognizing Huehue's distress call!" "Huehue? Really Dash? You like him or something?" Twilight giggled. "Hey! Shut up, this is important remember!" "Right, sorry" Both of the mares had their eyes wander the walls of the house of Charlie and Victor. Very strange decorations were covering the wall. From an empty metal rectangular box to a necklace of what appeared to be rotting teeth. The question still remained of HOW Rainbow Dash find Twilight. "Wait a second, so how exactly did you find me?" "Huh?-oh, yeah! Forgot to mention that. It was by Celestia's grace that I found you, and Hubert distress call. See, when Rarity told me of the news, she through me out of her house and scolded me, telling me to get a search party for you. Obviously I just went by myself instead to go find you, the storm was coming quick and I didn't need anypony else to slow me down, time was limited. On my way towards the plains however I saw some snowpony built on the middle of the field for no apparent reason and... the remains of a grey rabbit" Rainbow Dash shuttered at the image that re-appeared on her mind "Wait, you saw a snowpony in the field?" "Well yeah, it was weird actually. The snowpony was untouched and didn't have a single scr-" "Oh thank Celestia! I thought I was insane! I thought I was going mad because of Syra! But why! Why does she want to kill me?? What have I done to deserve her torment!" "Twilight.... what are you talking about?.." Twilight stopped for a moment to catch her breathe and to control her joy of happiness. While she was thinking for a few seconds to try to explain to her, upstairs, there were hooves trotting and spells being casted were heard. Both of the mares ignored the sound thinking it was just the guy’s horse playing (no pun intended). "Well you see Dash, like Hubert said, before all of you in Ponyville, I had friends here in Canterlot... 5 of them to be exact. I see you've known one for a while now, Hubert, and now you've met Charlie and Vic-" more spells were being casted upstairs and Twilight was beginning to be frustrated at the disturbance. "Wait, so your telling me that before all of us in Ponyville, you had friends here in Canterlot? I thought you said you were too much of a bookwarm to socialize?" Rainbow Dash asked confused. "Well... it was before I got into the studying. Even during the studying I still had my moments with them, especially Kale and-" "Syra" Rainbow Dash finished Twilights sentance. The magenta unicorn was not only surprised to hear her friend finish her sentance, but even more surprised to hearing her say the name "Syra", considering the fact that she doesn't even know her. "Yes...and Syra...how did you even know about her? I know I mentioned her at the dinner table but do you know anything about her?” Asked Twilight in an astonished manner. "Oh, I know everything Twilight" replied the pegasus menacingly. She stood up from her seat and slowly paced towards the unicorn with a look of a physco smeared across her face. Creeped out by the approaching rainbow mane pegasus, Twilight stood from her own chair as well and began to paced backwards but a little more quickly than the pace of Rainbow Dash. "I know how you were the cause of Syra and Kale's death, how you left them here to die, how you betrayed both Syra and Kale, I know everything" said Rainbow Dash with her tone in voice growing louder with each word. "What are you talking about Rainbow? I'm just as lost as every other pony, I don't know how they died or where they died, hell! I want to know WHY they died! I'm just in the dark here! Don't you understand? I'M IN THE DARK! Why would I kill my best friends?! Why?! Two... of the ponies I loved the most, GONE!" "BECAUSE OF YOU!" with that last shout of Rainbow Dash, all the windows in the house shattered and all the lights inside of the home were extinguished with a mighty gust coming from the outside of the raging winter. It was dark inside the house of Charlie and Victor, the only visible light was that of the moon's glow shining through the window on the left side of the window where Twilight was standing. Twilight stood with half of her face being revealed by Luna's graceful light. "Rainbow...are you still there?" asked Twilight cautiously. Not a single response in the few seconds that she waited, the only response she received was another gust of wind blowing through the window. "Dash?" still no response. Suddenly in the midst of the darkness, a scream of pain fused with horror was heard coming from the upstairs only to be quickly silenced by a thunderous crash. Everything was muted to Twilight but the beating of her heart. Her eyes dilated and her breathing became rapid and heavy like once before. She stepped away from the light to retreat to the darkness that shrouded the house. Beads of sweat ran down her forehead and onto the floor. The ceiling was starting to creak loudly and a few cracks of the wood were heard and in the darkest of the night, Twilight could see furniture and miscellaneous items fall from the ceiling that had caved in and a gaping hole formed. What in Celestia's name is going on up there? The frightened mare questioned herself. A few more falling objects fell from the hole on the ceiling followed by a few sounds of shattering glass. Again, everything was muted to her but the beating of her heart and the disturbing sounds coming from the darkness. Soft faint moans were heard coming from directly in front of Twilight from the other side of the darkness. The only thing that separated the left and right side of the dark house was the moon's beam coming from the window on the left. She gulped down the saliva that had filled her mouth and wiped away the sweat dripping from her forehead. From the night, the howl...the dreaded howl from the plains returned and broke the mute Twilight set to the environment. Timberwolves? Here in Canterlot?The lilac unicorn couldn't believe what she was hearing, such animals as dangerous as Timberwolves was impossible. Then from out the darkness, stepped out a blue furred hoof into the moonlit area of the living room in front of Twilight. "Dash?" she said, stepping out of the shelter of the darkness to present her full face in the moonlight. The blue hoof quickly retreated making Twilight step forward to reveal her entire body in the moonlight. "Dash are you feeling alright?" no response. Another howl of Timberwolves coming from the outside was spread throughout Canterlot. The sounds of soft growls surrounded Twilight from all directions. "Dash, Hubert, Charlie, Victor? Anypony there?!" Twilight was starting to panic and the adrenaline kicked in hoping that this was not another situation that would put her life in peril again. Another howl of the bloodthirsty timberwolves echoed throughout the night sky while clashing against Twilight's ear drums. "Ok guys... stop kidding around..." no response still, Then from out of the darkness, from the other side of the living room, a pair of glowing eyes appeared with he color of blood red, followed by soft faint growls. Twilight retreated back slowly into the shelter of her darkness behind her, stepping away from the moonlight's beam. As she did, more eyes started appearing in the darkness, 5 pairs of blood red eyes staring at her even though she couldn’t see herself in the dark, the eyes could see her. The growls grew louder and louder and with the blink of an eye, the entire room across from twilight was filled with hundreds of eyes all staring at her. She could hear saliva slapping against lips, growls and snarls of hungry demons, the red eyes glowing brighter with each breath Twilight drew. Then all at once, the night was silenced once again, all the eyes staring at her disappeared and the sound of hooves walking across the wooden floor echoed through the house. Twilight at first cowered by covering her face in the corner of the house but then she realized she's been chased down before, she wasn't going to go down without a fight. Taking a few more deep breathes and shaking off the sweat, she charged at the approaching figure. The sound of the hooves stopped and Twilight did as well when she reached the white moonlight, still hiding in the shadows. "Come on! Get me! What are you waiting for?" Yelled Twilight at the mysterious stranger that continued to stay in the dark. "Twilight...Twilight dear, come out" Twilight gasped when she heard the voice...that damn voice...the same one that has haunted her ever since she discovered the scrap book. "W-W-Who's there?" Stuttered the mare. "Twilight..." Twilight didn't wait; she created a light with her horn and illuminated the figure from the neck down with her pinkish light. After recognizing the body for a moment, she took a step back so she was barely revealed from the moonlight. "SHOW YOURSELF DAMNIT!" scorched out Twilight. The mysterious pony, stepped forward to finally reveal itself. Right there in the beam of the moonlight, in flesh and bone, not ice like before, stood Syra with her eyes glowing the darkest of all reds to a point where it was nearly black. Syra grinned in Twilight direction with a mischievous look on her face. "Twilight dear, come out of the darkness, come, lets dance with the angels" That's it for this chapter. HOPE you enjoyed it. The next 2 chapters will be called: Colors of Reunion and Revelations. Look forward to that. This chapter is a BIT rushed because I'm already writing Colors of Reunion and I didn't want to make you all wait. Colors of Reunion and Revelations will have the most action in them (CoR will have the most) then come the ending chapters. I was ORIGINALLY going to post this on Friday but I DID promise I wouldn't make you all wait for over 2 weeks and I realized today marks 2 weeks EXACT, so I posted this today.