The crowd of ponies beneath her were speechless. Questions ran through Scootaloo's mind. What happened to Loviatar to make her this evil? What can be done to reverse her actions? What happened to Ryon? Was Loviatar the cause for it?
Loviatar landed on the ground with a thump. Her pale white fur seemed messy; flying must have knotted it up. Her mane and tail at the scalp were staring to turn black, yet the bottom half of her hair was untouched by the darkness, remaining bleach blonde. Her eyes glowed red, and the white in her eyes like before continued to stay pitch black. Unlike most horrendous 'villains', she didn't have any scowl or angry type of facial expression- instead, she wore a smile on her face, and her eyebrows were curved down, as if she felt bad for the ponies- almost as if she felt scared for them.
"What happened to you?!" Diamond Tiara finally broke the silence.
"What happened to me?" Loviatar played dumb, obviously enjoying it.
"Don't be stupid- I once envied you, and now you turned against me! You're such a-"
"Traitor." Silver Spoon interrupted, "And you think I feel no different that you do now, Diamond? After all those years I spent with you as your friend, you- you betrayed me!"
"I never betrayed you, Silver, remember? You walked away- you have to at least recall that!"
"You still don't get it, do you?" Silver mumbled, turning her back towards her old friend.
"Now, Ryon- give me what I deserve!" Loviatar shouted.
"I don't understand what you want!" He yelled back at her, afraid and angry at the same time.
"Just give me my power, and you'll be free of the misery I have planned for these ponies!"
"What do you mean?!" Ryon shot a glance at Scootaloo as he said that. He didn't want anything horrible to happen to her.
"Sing your song! SING!" Loviatar yelled.
"No..." Ryon said rather calmly.
"NO?! YOU REFUSE TO OBEY ME, YOUR NEW RULER?!" Loviatar became furious.
"I will sacrifice myself if I have to- to protect Scootaloo- to protect them all. All of Equestria."
Scootaloo smiled at Ryon, but then a deep feeling came into her heart. She realized that she may never see Ryon ever again. Loviatar smirked. "Fine. Have it your way, brother." At once her chest lighted up white, but as soon as she began to sing, it became a dark shade of purple.
"I wish and I get
The world to fall asleep
My thunder makes a howling roar-
as my lightning strikes down
so that I can take the throne,
the storms are my own!"
At once, like a cloud of dust or heavy fog, a dark purple- almost black- came pouring out of her chest. Her eyes closed and the red around it became brighter than before. Her fur became darker- almost black. She broke out into hysterical, psychotic laughter as the fog formed itself into a spear. It was a very long purple staff with a black diamond and spiral design. At the top of the spear was two shards, with edges pointing out on the left and right sides. In the middle, an arrow shot through the middle, reaching up at the top of the weapon. The bottom dissolved into the fog, which was still connected to Loviatar.
Everypony stepped back in fright as she swung the weapon behind her back. Everypony except Ryon.
"Irothrust... was right..." he mumbled to himself.
"What was that?" Loviatar asked, trotting closer to him.
"Nothing... what are you doing with- that?!" Ryon hoped that his sister wouldn't sense his fear.
"You wanted me to sacrifice you for Equestria, didn't you?" Loviatar then made a similar facial expression to the one earlier- the sweet smile and the humble-like eyes that seemed to share everypony else's pain and worry.
"I didn't mean literally! What happened to you?" Ryon panicked.
Before Loviatar could reply, Diamond Tiara suddenly noticed something- something apparently worthy of everypony else knowing about it. "Where'd your cutie-mark go- ya'know, the pretty one with the purple sparkles?"
"You freaks believed that? Ha!" Loviatar smirked again, showing her white teeth against her now-black fur. Glancing over at Ryon, she demanded, "Give me my power! I have asked enough- now I tell you! Give it to me! NOW!" She swung her weapon forward, slicing the tip of Ryon's left wing. Bright red blood gushed out, and Ryon became angry at this. Loviatar only smiled. "Fight back, or surrender- whatever you want. I'll win either way."
Ryon sang his song again, and as he did so his chest became light blue. A similar weapon appeared next to him- it was also a spear, but it had much more spikes on it and had a snowflake design. "You shouldn't have pushed me this far, sister."
"Really? I think this is quite fun, actually."
He leaped forward with his spear, and swung it sideways into Loviatar's front right leg. Unfortunately for him, she flew up into the sky before he could hurt her.
"You are really so slow- you know that, right?" Loviatar teased.
Ryon only groaned. He wasn't going to play her games- either she fought like she meant it, or they stopped this nonsense altogether.
"Come up here!" Loviatar shouted.
"Why don't you come down here?!" Ryon yelled.
Loviatar flew up higher into the sky. Soon nopony could see her.
"Where'd ya think she went to?" Apple Bloom asked, breaking the silence.
"I don't know..." Sweetie replied.
Suddenly, she swooped down with what seemed like lightning-fast speed and used her weapon's blade to slice Ryon's right side of his stomach. Shocked from sudden pain and fear, he fell to the ground. Scootaloo ran over to him- holding him in her hooves.
"Don't touch him! AT ALL!" Loviatar's booming voice cried from every direction. Everypony was frozen.
"What did you do to him...?" Scootaloo whispered.
"He never gave me my rightfully deserved power."
"I don't-t... know... what you're talking about!" He choked, lifting his head up and blinking his eyes.
"Irothrust told you Monday morning, you dork. Pay attention!"
"What did you do to her, anyways?!" Scootaloo questioned, hoping to change the subject.
"I don't give a flying feather about where that mule is!" Loviatar yelled. It really was unnecessary- she only stood about three feet away from them, if that.
"That 'mule' is right here." Irothrust said, walking in from the forest.
Loviatar grinned. "So nice of you to join us- say, why don't you sacrifice yourself for Ryon since his sissy girlfriend over here would cry for eternity if he died?"
"You know you have pity on him yourself." The caped pony replied.
"Do you wish to fight me?"
"If I can contribute to their lives, then sure- go ahead. Save them."
Loviatar angrily swung her magical weapon towards her cousin. Irothrust then dodged it, and began singing,
"As the world lights candles,
and the friction collides,
the bronze and the gold
seem to combine-
they are the colors of fire,
and the fire is-"
"MINE!" Loviatar yelled, cutting her off. The golden glow that had been surrounding Irothrust suddenly cut off as well, and Loviatar's fur became darker. Her mane and tail were completely black now, and her breathing became heavier.
"No- NO! I need a weapon! I need to fight back!" Irothrust yelled. Loviatar clenched her teeth together into a menacing smile.
"Noooooooooo!" Irothrust yelled- her voice sounded hoarse, and her eyes began to close. All of her magic was almost completely abducted. She then went into a coma.
"Irothrust!" Sweetie Belle yelled.
"Ryon..." Scootaloo whispered.