//------------------------------// // Enough!!! the final part // Story: Scars to win them all // by jrock117 //------------------------------// "That looks awesome on you!" I say to Blur, it really does. The thing that looks so cool is the ninja headband we made. We're each wearing one, the symbol, an apple with a nail and a heart in the middle. My headband has a red streak in the metal, while Blur's has a blue streak. We've been complimenting each other on our headbands all day, the final bell rang and we head for our homes. He only lives down the street from me. Awesome. "It looks a lot cooler on ya than I thought it would. Maybe 'cause your standin' like that." He says as he gestures at my rear legs. "Maybe you're right." I reply, a smile on my face. "This feels weird, ya know." He looks at me with a look in his eyes that says 'What do you mean'. I look ahead of us, at nothing in particular. "Walking home with a friend, first time I've done this." That's, kind of a lie, but not fully. I have walked home with a friend, but those friends include Basket, sensei, and... Actually, that's it. He get's a 'really?' look in his eyes, can't say I blame him. "It just feels weird to me, that's all." I scratch the back of my head. "Come to think of it, I know how that feels." He looks up towards the sky. "You're actually my first friend." Wow, I actually understand that. Somepony else who hasn't had a friend. I really feel like I'm talking to myself. "This sucks!" I throw my forelegs out to the sides and let them fall. He looks towards me. Did I say that out loud? "Uh, somthin' on your mind?" He asks. "Oh, it's nothing really." I place my hoof on my head band. "It's just that, you're the first pony my age that I have made friends with. And the worst part is that I'm moving to Ponyville on Friday." I explain. "So what? That shouldn't matter." He just looks ahead as he says this. "We're still friends, and we'll always be friends." Huh, he's right. "Our headbands show just how strong our bond is. 'Member." Right. "Right, forgot about that." I nod. I go to pump my hoof in the air, but something doesn't feel right. "What the... I CAN'T MOVE!" I yell, I try to struggle free, but nothing happens. I look over at Blur to see if, HE'S STUCK TOO!! What the hell is going on? Is this, magic, lime-green? Oh crap. "Hey Lance. Look who it is." I hear a sinister, snake-like voice behind us. That voice could only belong to, shit. Canibus. "It's the kid that ruined your face. Heheheh." He sounds like he heard a funny joke. 'Ruined face', that means Lance is here as well. "Would you look at that, he brought a friend. Too bad." He spits at the last part. "You wanna get your revenge now?" A voice that sounds like a child's evil father starts speaking. "Yes, actually. Let me see them." The magic around us turns yellow, then orange. We float a few feet into the air and are turned around. There are two stallions, one of which has a bandage on his left cheek, a little bit red. That one is Lance Strong, he is a white unicorn with a blue mane and tail. He has a lance and shield for a cutie mark. The other one is Canibus. He is a dark green unicorn with a black mane and tail. His cutie mark is a snake coiled around a sword. Both of 'em are quite tall. These two have been known to scare others into giving them money, whether it'd be for protection from others like them, or from them. They are strong unicorns, magic not as strong, seems like they practiced. "Let us go!" I bark at them. Lance just gets a smile on his face. "Ok." We are sent flying into a wall. Not hard enough to do any lasting harm, but enough to leave us breathless. "It's been a while since we saw you last time. Still getting discounts from Basket?" Basket happened to be one of their victims once. Just so you know. "This won't end well for you." Canibus says this like a psychopath. A green glow surrounds me as I lift into the air. Blur still on the ground, watching. "Bye-bye." I get flung into another wall. I fall to the ground, catching my breath. That doesn't last long as I see Blur, covered in an orange glow, get thrown towards me. This isn't going to end well at all. "Now, for the main event." Canibus gets a sadistic smile on his face when Lance says this. I get covered in his orange glow and am lifted into the air. "I'm going to crush you both." His smile disappears. Wait, both. I look over at Blur, and sure enough, he's in the same glow. I feel a pain like never before, every where. My head, my back, my legs, every where. I struggle to get free, but the pain only gets worse. I close my eyes in anticipation, waiting for the world I know to disappear. Waiting for the pain to go away. Is this death, I thought death didn't hurt. The pain lessens, maybe this is death. The world is so cold now. I open my eyes to see something I wasn't expecting. I am in a black abyss. No ground, no walls, just, black. I look around for Blur, but it seems that nopony is here but me. I float there for what feels like hours, waiting to meet the reaper himself. It seems not even Death wants to come here. Where is here? I gave up on that question a while ago. I curl up into a ball and let death take me as I am. "SCAR!!!" What was that? Blur is that you, no it couldn't be. I am dead. There is no way I could hear him. 'Now is not my time' What the hell, was that me? 'I have to help those in need' Where is that coming from? 'I won't let anypony take my goal away from me' I don't care anymore. 'Look at yourself' A white oval appears in front of me. It shows an image of Blur and I in the orange glow. Wait, who's that red colt next to, the blue one? Who are they? What's going on? 'Listen to yourself, it's like you don't know who I am anymore' What is this? 'Escape from this despair, please' Don't care. 'Don't let yourself die like this' Why, what is life without death? 'What is death without life' SHUT UP!!! Just, let me sleep. 'Who are you' I'm me. 'Who are you, what is your name' My name is... Scar Cross. 'What is your dream' My dream? 'What is it' I don't have a dream. 'WHAT IS YOUR DREAM' My dream, no, my goal. Is to become the ultimate fighter. 'Than what's the point of becoming the ultimate fighter, if we die before then' Your right. I can't just die here. "SCAR!!!" Blur, I'm coming. Don't worry. 'Break this prison, save our friend' I can't be the ultimate fighter if I can't even save one friend! I feel a fire burn inside of me, like if lightning struck a branch and caused the strongest, most destructive forest-fire. I pull my hoof back and throw it at the mirror. A large web-like crack is formed in it, as well as the entire room of black. "I!" I throw another punch at the mirror, making the cracks even bigger. "Have!" Another punch, widening the cracks even further. "Had!" My punch goes a bit further into the mirror, nearly making a whole. Light is shining through every crack now. I rear my hoof as hard as I can, making this my final one. I go to strike the mirror, and I feel like an army is striking with me. "ENOUGH!!!" As I yell this, I hear many other voices shout with me. The mirror shatters, as well as the entire void around me. "ENOUGH!!!" I yell at the top of my lungs, this must've surprised Lance because the magic around Blur and I has shattered. We fall to the ground. I land square on my legs, allowing me to stand tall. Blur on the other hoof, fell to his knees. I look at my fore hooves. Just, what happened? "Lance, why did you let them go?" A snaky voice is heard. Why would he let us go, we were at his mercy. "I didn't let them go, I was going to crush them. Something must have broken my spell." This is my chance, I can do something while they're arguing. I look over to a trash can that fell when we were being knocked around. I run over and pick up the lid. I spin it around to get momentum. I throw the lid at Lance, the lid spinning like a disc. He doesn't even know it's coming. "Hey, ass face!" I shout to get Lance's attention. He looks over at me, and is smacked right in the face, at eye level with the lid. It appears to be dented as it flies off of his face. It hit him so hard that his head ricocheted backwards as far as it would go, without taking off his neck with it. They both fall towards the ground. Canibus just looks at me with fear, guess this shows who is stronger out of those two. "You're not off the hook either." I say as I get closer to him and his unconscious boss. "I want you to take your trash of a boss to a hospital and make sure he hasn't died. After that, never show your faces around here ever again!" The sound of a demon escapes my lips when I say this, I pay no mind to it, probably just imagining things. He picks up his boss and runs as fast as he can in the opposite direction of me. I look over at my friend to see him shaking a little bit. I extend a hoof to him. "Dude, you ok?" I ask in all honesty. He just looks at the ground. "Dude?" "That." He stands up on his legs. "Was awesome!" He looks at me with pure excitement. I'm taken aback by this, I thought he was going to run away from me. "How did you do that? You just scared them off like they were puppies running away from a butcher." A smirk crosses my face. "I didn't do it, we did." He is obviously confused at what I said. "We're more than just friends, we're a team. If one of us is to accomplish something, we both did. There is no 'I' in 'Team'." I couldn't have said it better my self. Which is awesome, considering I was the one who said it. "Yeah, that actually makes sense." He nods and smiles. "We are a team." We hoof bump. "Hey, lets trade head bands." I say, my eyes closed. "Why?" He asks. "I'm moving on Friday. If we trade headbands, we will always be by each other's side." This is the most honest answer I could give. He nods. "Sure." We give each other our head bands and tie them on. "Alright! Now nopony will mess with us!" We say in unison as we pump our hooves forward. We head back to our homes to end the day. "Yo bro, I'm home!" I say as I open the door. Crimson comes out of the kitchen with an apron, eyes closed, tears streaming down his face. "Help, me" Is all he manages to let out before Rose comes out of the kitchen. "Your late." She pulls out another apron as she says this. "Come with me." She gestures for me to come into the kitchen. Oh crap. "Uh, actually, I got to go back to scho-GAH!!!" My sister jumps on top of me before I can finish and ties the apron onto me. "Now get into that kitchen and help your brother clean up those dishes!" Now she's the one that sounds like a demon. I walk into the kitchen, and holy SHIT there are a lot of dishes. SOMEPONY SAVE MEEEE!!!