//------------------------------// // One Winged Angel // Story: Pony Split // by Ark125 //------------------------------// Pony Split Chapter 33 - One Winged Angel Pure Heart's POV I had been wandering through this labyrinth for what seemed like hours. It felt just like whenever you get lost in a cavern in Minecraft, only you couldn't dig yourself out. Now it was probably just my ADHD kicking in, but I was starting to go a little nuts. I started thinking of what the others might have been facing right now. Okay, that is only half true. I was actually wondering, 'How do they get deer to cross deer crossing signs?' ...Yeah, I can be pretty random sometimes, especially when I'm trapped in an endless sea of cobblestone and death. Stupid creepers. Anyways, I kept walking, Divinus to my side, because come on who doesn't bring a giant sword on a date. After several more dead ends, traps, timberwolf hyrbrids, and other things you might find in a maze, (rocks), I saw a light at the end of the tunnel, not the dead kind, nor the kind that you see at the other side of the chasm in Minecraft and turns out being just an illusion. "Hooray! Sparkles and sunshine for everypony!" I ran around the corner and out the doorway. ('Kay, there was no doorway per se, but you get the picture.) "Ah, man! Just another cavern." It was, though there was an opening in the ceiling. Through which, I could see the depressing red sky, lit by an absent sun. I looked across the room and found that the walls on each side seemed to be made of glass. Yet, when I felt the need to throw a rock at one, to my dismay, it did not shatter. "That's solid crystal, if you couldn't guess." "Ah, I thought I smelled something." As I turned to look at the same entrance I came from, he slowly walked in, showing off his debonair smile. "How do you like my caverns? Quite spectacular, are they not?" "Meh, I think you ripped it off a cheap video game." "I did not! Minecraft is anything but cheap!" "So my suspicions are confirmed. And who are you, the notch police?" "No! It is just a very enjoyable game." "Wow. Take it easy." "You are so incompetent." "Well, your face is incompetent." "That doesn't even make any sense!" "Neither does your butt!" "...Your an idiot." "Hey, you shouldn't talk about your mom like that." I grinned. He ground his teeth in ire. "You won't be so funny when I shove my sword down your throat!" "That's what she said!" I yelled. "That's it! I'm done talking! Time to end this once and for all!" "Ah, I guess I upset him. Well, I can fix that." I pulled out Divinus and readied myself. He pulled out a really long katana. "Ah, I see your sword is bigger than mine. Let's see how you handle it." I said in my best Dark Helmet impression. "This is just one big game to you, isn't it?" "Dude, if you had long white hair and a flowing black coat, this would totally be the ending of Final Fantasy 7." I chuckled, "So yeah, it kind of is." He smiled, "Well I hope you will see the truth." "Which is?" "It's game over for you and you don't have any lives left." "Hey, nice reference. But I guess it's time to get serious." I put on my best poker face and stayed my ground. We stood there for a couple minutes, facing each other. For some reason,there was a tumbleweed that rolled across the floor as the wind whistled through the cavern. Within a moment, Ark had crossed the room, closing the distance between us. He slashed with his sword, but I parried, just in time for him to swing around and slash at me. I managed to block, but he still nicked my coat. I was able to bounce back on the offensive, and began hacking away at Ark, but blocked all of my attacks. Though I wasn't surprised. I mean what else was there for him to do besides train for the last 2 months. I doubt he and Nightmare Moon went out any dates, and it's not like he has a social life. While this went through my mind, he managed to get give me a strong hit to the stomach, causing a large gash to open up as well as making me fly into one of the crystal walls. "Urk!" I grunted in pain as I slid down the blue-green quartz. "You are pathetic. How in the world do you plan to beat me if you can't even recover fast enough from a miniscule attack." He said as he slowly advanced, swinging his sword around as if it was a baton. I spat some up blood and tried to move, but I found that his 'miniscule attack' managed to break a couple ribs. He's right. I can't keep fighting him like this. I wish I had regenerative powers like Wolverine, or at least some kind of armor. While I pondered my options, Ark was getting closer, though he was still only half way across the room. Then I had an idea, If I can break apart my sword to make more weapons, maybe I can break apart some of this crystal wall to make armor! I didn't have much of a choice because Ark was steadily getting closer, though he was taking his dear sweet time. "You should just give up. You have run out of energy and can't hold out much longer." I smiled, "I still have a couple tricks up my sleeves." Heh, heh! I'm funny. I punched the wall behind me. "Split!" I could feel the wall begin to melt as the atoms slowly began to deconstruct and flow into my body, making my body began to tingle. I felt the crystal find its way into my bloodstream and then effectively clot the gashes and cuts. Shards of the crystal began to erupt from the surface of my body. The shards began to form into something kind of like scales, each one overlapping the other. Finally, crystals stopped moving and I began to see things in a red hue. I guess it was some red crystal hidden in the wall. Ark's eyes widened, "Wow, that was unexpected, but irrelevant. I will still cut you to pieces." "Go ahead and try.' He charged at me, sword held high, ready to cut me down. I merely stood there, somewhat from fear, but mostly because I was still kind of tired after exerting magic in a way I had never done before. As he got into striking distance, I closed my eyes, hoping that the armor would hold. *Thunk* "What the-" *Thunk, thunk, thunk* "Why won't it penetrate!" I opened my eyes to see ark repeatedly hitting me with his sword. I smiled, my armor had worked! "Man! Is that all you got? My wife hits harder than you! Heck, I'm sure Granny Smith hits harder than you!" He was really getting pissy from these remarks. He stopped hitting me with his sword after a couple of minutes to take a breath. After doing so, he said, "Fine, now you are protected from my attacks." I smiled triumphantly. "I'll admit, you have gotten better, but I have learned some new tricks, too." "Oh yeah?" I asked, my smile beginning to fade. "Like what?" He smiled, then momentarily disappeared, only to reappear with his face only inches from mine. He stared into my eyes, and I stared into his. For some odd reason, his pupils seemed to transform and then swirl. This caused me to feel kind of drowsy and then I passed out. "Holy crap!" I woke up feeling kind of dizzy. I shook it off and discovered that I was still in the same room. Though now I was strapped to a table of sorts. I saw Ark sitting across from me, shaking his head with a grin. "I guess I was wrong. You still are a weakling, and you always will be. I doubt you would have been able to help them." I blinked in confusion. "What are you talking about?" He smirked, "I'm surprised you didn't ask about those walls." "Huh?" He turned me around with his magic to look at the crystal walls. "See, those walls are actually one-way mirrors, meaning each one has a room on the other side." "Yeah, so?" "Your friends and loved ones are on the other side of each one." My eyes grew bigger, "Show them to me!" He grinned, "Okay." He stomped and the other side of the walls were illuminated. "...Oh no..." Ark burst out in laughter at my reaction.