"Ashenvail he was the one who attacked the castle how do you know him?" Asked Luna
"He is the leader of the restoration team their job is to bring kirin back from the brink of extinction. But knowing him he goes nowhere without a reason I wonder what was at the castle." Answered Dramize as he sent into deep thought.
"What going on where are we?" Asked Fluttershy as she got off Tempest's cloud rubbing the sleep from her eyes and stepped on to the bloody clouds with a audible squish which made the ponies in the group flinch. "Eww what is this blood or something?"
"Welllllll." Rarity answered trying not to freak out Fluttershy.
"Oh you are kidding me right now I'm really standing on a cloud filled with blood. Where exactly are we?" Said Fluttershy with an annoyed tone.
"OK not the reaction I was expecting but were in Cloudsdale." Answered Rarity who wore a confused expression along with everyone else.
"Ok then. well I have to go check on something then I need to know who I'm gonna kill for this." Fluttershy flew off to a large storm slightly dark red storm clouds.
"Was that the Fluttershy we know?" Asked Twilight as she watched her friend fly away.
"I think so but what's with her new personality?" Asked Rainbow as she looked around fully taking in the scene before her.
"That might be my fault but I'm not sure. Ponies react differently to the addition of an affinity." Answered Dramize
"Is she going to stay like that?" Asked Pinkie in a worried tone.
"No it's temporary she should go back to normal tomorrow maybe a week tops. Anyway Midnight are you going to deal with all this blood?"
"This is a lot even for her and you remember the blood binge three years ago." Said Logic as he reclined in the air.
"I thought we agreed to never speak of that again. But Logic's right the bottom line is I'm going to need some help." Said Midnight while she slapped Logic with her tail. "So we're going to another kirin with water and shadow affinities."
"And then we to hope that the mixed affinities lead to blood and not oil."
"Wait you can have oil as a power?" Asked Twilight
"Yes affinity combinations can create different powers then you'd expect, take Frozell and Tempest for example both their affinity combinations can lead to cloud but thanks to their personalities Tempest got cloud and Frozell got mist." Logic looked at his sister with a glare as she landed and moved up
"Anyway you all should get back I'm gonna try this alone, grimoire." Midnight's shadow expanded out before her grimoire and rapier floated up to her from it. Grabbing her rapier Midnight took a deep breath and pointed the blade forward at the bloodied city. "Blood of the many come together for the need of the one. Let your power echo in true brilliance. Show your power to erase in your final hours blood moon embrace." The ponies stood their speechless watching Midnight as she moved her rapier behind her and held out her palm as the blood in the clouds around them started to rise into the air coming together in to a ball which got bigger and bigger until it shown bright in the cloudless sky. Midnight started to close her palm into a fist causing the giant ball of blood to condence smaller and small until it was the size of a pellet which she moved closer to Dramize who created a black covering for it out of some to the earth from the three earth platforms and crushing it between his palms. "I did it." Midnight said breathlessly before falling to the ground.
"Varia grab Midnight were heading back. I need to put this down."
"OK I'm back what I miss?" Asked Fluttershy as she landed on the now clean clouds.
"Midnight pulling an impressive clean up." Answer Varia as she walked over and picked up Midnight bridal style.
"I see so she must be drained."
"Anyway what did you go to check?" Asked Dramize.
"To see if my cousin was still at the asylum here and before you ask everypony in their was dead the same way as everypony out here except my cousin."
"Ashenvail doesn't like leaving survivors so he must have found his bond good for him. Anyway we're headed back Shy want to head back with us. I want to get started with your weapon."
"Fine let's go." Fluttershy said moving past her friends taking off with the kirin as they went back to Ponyville.
I'm gonna stay they need away back. Hey Logic she your sister you take her. Said Varia as she tossed Midnight at Logic who cough her with ease before moving back to the others.
"Fine, fine I'll take her just don't do that again I hate having thing thrown at me." Logic said as he flew away.
"I've got to go to Tia will want to know what happened here." Said Luna taking off for Cantorlot castle with her guards in tow.
"So Twi what should we do now?" Asked Applejack making the last three look at Twilight for some guidance.
"I guess head back home. Theirs nothing left for us to do here so we might as well head back." Twilight looked up a Varia who nodded at her before taking control of the black platform Dramize created causing it to turn into black sand. Twilight and Rainbow flew up followed by the three sand platforms that held their friends, they moved to Vaira before making the trip to Ponyville To the view of the setting sun and rising moon.