“New ally?”, Sapphire said, not understanding the events that recently took place.
I was breathing quite heavily; once my heartbeat steadied, my eagle vision dampened, my teeth dulled, and the black aura went away, along with the rage I felt.
“Yes, Sparks, a new ally.”
“But, the explosion, Dawn, the walls were still on fire!”, Sapphire panicked.
“Calm down will you, everything is going to be fine! I don’t know about the explosion thing but Dawn isn’t Dawn anymore, and Miss Gloom will take care of the fire, as planned”, I smirked.
“Miss…Gloom?”
“Yes? Didn’t you hear the conversation in there, it was quite loud.”
“No, not really, could you sum it up for me?”
“Ok so when I felt angry, the room exploded and caught fire, I shot an augmentation spell at Dawn, after you left and now she’s Gloom. Ok, well she was always Mourning Gloom but, Celestia put the same hex on her, so by augmenting her persona again I reverted the first spell’s effect. Understand?”, I compacted as I could.
“No.”
“Ah, well you’ll be fine not knowing all the small details.”
“Ok fine, then where are we going now?”
“Home”
“We just left the only home we had, Onyx!”
“No, home; the castle, our new home.”
“Ok, I hope you know where it is by heart because you won’t be able to fly up and see through the canopy, it’s too thick and it’s getting kinda dark out.”
“Ok then, I can easily solve the darkness problem, stop walking and stand there” I pointed to an open spot.
“Are you going to make me a walking candle now?”
“Sort of…I did try the illumination spell on living creatures before…they were lesser creatures, like frogs, but nonetheless the spell shouldn’t do to you as it did to them…”
“What do you mean ‘as it did to them’?”
“It worked…though the latter outcome was…volatile…”
“Volatile? Like explosive? You’re not going to make me blow up are you?”, She asked with an uneasy grin.
“Of course not, dear. The spell only had that effect on a lesser creature remember? You shouldn’t explode per say…you might feel a bit gassy though.”
“I don’t remember you being so…refined and sophisticated. What happened?”
Sapphires coat changed to be an emerald hue.
“I’m not sophisticated.” I looked at sapphires coat in wonder. “Are you sure your coat changed to meet my emotions?”
“What? I’m pretty sure, why?”
“Then what’s green supposed to be, unsettling and noxious? I’m quite sure that I feel optimistic about this and you feel…unsure.”
“Forget it then; why are you speaking so weird?”
“Maybe you just need to get the wax out of your ears Sparks; I’m talking like I always have. Now, stand there”, I reached my hoof out to point to the spot.
“Okay”
Sapphire walked over to the area that I designated. I looked at her, concentrated, and willed my horn to glow. I noticed something about the aura, it changed. It wasn’t crimson like normal; it was still red, but it looked pinkish, like an intense pink. I disregarded the abnormality and continued the spell. I felt faint.
“Onyx? Are you okay?”, Sapphire asked as she saw my nodding off, “Onyx, hey, you there?”
I felt my legs give out and fell to the ground.
“Onyx!”, Sapphire shouted, running over to me.
I felt weightless and paralyzed; I couldn’t feel or control my body, but I could see everything happening before my eyes. Sapphire sat down next to me and put a hoof on my shoulder. My eyes glowed a bright red and the magic surrounding my horn struck Sapphire hard sending her back a few feet, sliding to a stop. I snapped out if it and was able to get up. I hopped up off the ground and ran over to Sapphire. She lay there unconscious. I saw her coat turn back to blue and frilled with crystal shards over her and sink back into her coat. She started to slightly glow. I stood there petrified.
“Did I kill her?”, I whispered to myself.
Then I heard a small breath come from her mouth. She moaned and started to move again. I was afraid to touch her incase I really hurt her. She moved more and got up while keeping her eyes closed tightly, as if she was in severe pain, like back when I broke her wing.
“Sparks? You okay?”, I heard her pant.
“Mhmm…Uh huh. I thought you said it wasn’t going to blow me up!”
“You’re still alive, right? Plus, that wasn’t me that did that, well okay, it was but…”
“Oh, sure it wasn’t.”
“I don’t know how to explain it. I couldn’t control my body…”
“Fine, just help me up. My body’s aching, so you’ll have to help me walk from here”
“Okay, but can you illuminate yourself? I don’t want to be fumbling and falling over you or anything else out here.”
“How?”
“Think bright”
“I’ll try”
Sapphire started to brighten up and her crystal coat refracted the light into a million directions, like a light shining through a perfectly cut diamond.
“That’s perfect! Do you think you would be able to keep yourself illuminated like that?”
“Yeah, though it’s already draining my energy”
“Well…I can’t carry you, but I can take some weight off you”
“How are you going to do that?”
“By slightly levitating your chest so you can walk easier”
“Okay, but are you going to hurt me again?”
“No, I didn’t, but no I won’t hurt you again, if possible.”
I lowered my head and cast a light levitation spell on Sapphire. I saw the burden of her weight being lifted off of her.
We walked a little easier after the event that took place. I saw a pile of rocks in the distance. As we walked, it got bigger. It wasn’t a pile of rocks; it was the cave! We entered after a few moments of rest.
“The castle should be right past this cave.”
“Are you sure?”
“Positive”
The inside of the cave was dark and damp. I heard a soft melancholy wind whistling through along with the light trickling and dripping of water. The slow and leisurely walk felt relaxing.
“So…what are we going to do after we get to the castle?”
“We’re going to fix it up. It’s most likely still badly damaged, so we’ll have to do some work to fix it up.”
“How big was this castle?”
“You’ll see”
Then I heard something. It sounded pebbles falling, or…footsteps. Something was following us and I wanted to know what.
“Do you hear that Sparks?”
“No, what is it?”
The noise stopped.
“The...” I waited and listened.
“What is it? Tell me!”
“Shhhhh, okay! There was a sound, like something’s following us”
“Like what?”
“I think the better question is who”