//------------------------------// // Harsh Training // Story: Lightning Wolf // by litestardt //------------------------------// "You want to know my answer." Said Lightning "Yes, I'm only here to help you Lightning. You forget I'm you and you are me." Said the dark prince "No! I'm different from you Dark. I'm no monster." Said Lightning as he broke out of the spell that was holding him changing him. "Nice try but now I'll teach you a lesson." "You forget Lightning this is my territory!" Said Dark as he took out a sword to charge after Lightning. Twilight just enter the door with Litestar and Rush to see an entire training room with weapons, targets, and dummies to train with. "What is this place?" Asked Twilight being amazed at how it looks. "This is the elites training facility since we are not part of the military. We can't use theirs so we have our own." Said Litestar "Wait what do you mean not part of the military?" Asked Twilight "The elites only work for the prime president and the counsel and nobody else." Said Star Rush "We're like private contractors for them but they own us and we fight for them without getting paid." Said Litestar "But then how do you buy food and stuff?" Asked Twilight "We have a special card that allows us to get our stuff for free." Said Litestar "So then what are you guys?" Asked Twilight "That's for us to know and you not to know. Now first thing first, time to pick out weapon." Said Rush kicking a table making weapons appear on it. The table had everything from swords, knives, daggers, bows, crossbows, magic weapons, and experimental weapons. "Why do you have all these weapons here?" Asked Twilight looking at all the weapons. "Your going to learn to use at least one of those." Said Rush "Also your going to train in hoof to hoof combat by me and Litestar going to teach you magic combat." "Wait I'm going to have to choose a weapon to fight with?" Asked Twilight "Yeah how else are you going to protect yourself against an enemy with a knife or a sword." Said Litestar "So who's going to train me in weapon combat?" Asked Twilight "Depending on the weapon you choose will depend who trains you in that combat skill." Said Rush "So what weapon should I choose than?" Asked Twilight "That's up to you. Whichever one feels the most comfortable with you, that's the one you should pick." Said Litestar Twilight picked up a sword and said "I see most unicorns use this weapon." "That weapon is a sword to be exact a long sword so if you feel comfortable with it than use it." Said Rush Twilight started to swing it around but it just felt weird to her. She put the sword down and went to pick up a bow. "Maybe a bow like Cadance." Said Twilight as she picked up bows and arrows with her magic. "You should pick something that calls to you not because some creature you know uses it." Said Litestar "What are you talking about? Weapons don't talk, they are objects used to protect oneself." Said Twilight as Litestar face paw herself. "What she means is the weapon should come naturally to you. Just because someone else uses it, doesn't mean you should too. You should just close your eyes and feel every weapon in your magic." Said Rush Twilight put down the bow and picked up all the weapons with magic. She started to feel a lot of weapons didn't feel right. One by one they started to drop onto the floor without her even realizing which weapons she's was dropping. Soon she was left with two weapons in her magic. "They both feel comfortable in my magic. Which one should I choose?" Asked Twilight "Just open your eyes." Said Rush Twilight did as she was told and saw she was holding twin daggers. She was shocked that a small blades like this could kill somepony. "Those are twin daggers. You use them both. Litestar will train you from here on out, I will watch." Said Rush. "So Litestar will train me? Why?" Asked Twilight "Since I can use magic and my weapon of choice is a dagger just like you." Said Litestar "So I'm training with you than." Said Twilight "Yes" said Litestar "and don’t think I'll go easy on you since you’re a princess. Trust me you got the picked the worst sparring partner." Walking to the other side of the room. Twilight looked at Rush "What does she mean by that?" Asked Twilight "She means she will attack you with everything she has so be careful. I don’t want you dying on the first day of training." Said Rush as he went to take a seat. Twilight turned to face Litestar and saw that she was already charging up a spell to attack Twilight with "Our training begins now." Said Litestar as she shot her magic at Twilight. Inside Lightning Wolf mind Lightning was facing against Dark right now for control over his mind and body. Lightning and Dark were both using the same sword attacks on each other. No wolf could get the upper hand on the other. "I will have control over you Lightning and that mares of yours will be my queen!" Said Dark as the interlock swords Lightning got mad and back away from dark. "No you won't!" Shooting his railgun spell at Dark who dodge it. Lightning than zoomed into Dark, knocking the wind out of Dark. Dark hit a wall hard and lightning than grab him and started to knee him multiple times in the chest. Dark grab Lightning's knee after awhile and threw him into the wall and started to punch him multiple times in the stomach. Dark than threw him across the room and jumped up ready to stab him through the chest with his sword but lightning rolled out of the way in time. He than kick Dark sword away and try to slash him but Dark turned into a shadow and disarm Lightning. Lightning tried to claw at Dark but missed. Dark than hit lightning to the ground and held him down. "The shadows will corrupt you Lightning than you will be under my control." Said Dark "I'll never let you win!" Yelled Lightning as he tried to break free from Darks grip. "You are a foal, Lightning. I'm going to have you under my control." As Dark said that the shadows started to go inside body and start to corrupt his mind. Instead of thoughts of spending time with Twi, He had thoughts of both of them killing Celestia. His fur started to slowly turn black as his eyes started to turn red. Back with Twilight Twilight has been training with Litestar for the past five hours. Twilight was getting up after taking a hit from Litestar. Twilight looked towards Litestar and saw her charging towards her. Litestar jumped in the air ready to kick Twilight. Twilight dodge out of the way but was pulled by her tail and was flipped and slammed into the ground. Twilight coughed up some blood from hitting the ground to hard and Litestar put her dagger to Twilight neck. "Stop!" Yelled Rush "Twilight you need to use your daggers and magic at the same time. Don’t just use one or the other, use both at one time." Litestar helped Twilight to her feet. "That sounds a lot easier than it looks Rush. Using my magic to hold the daggers and using my magic to attack at the same time takes a lot of concentration." Said Twilight "Don’t hold the daggers in your magic. Hold them in your hooves." Said Rush "Why would I do that? I'll have less movement and I won't be able to move as fast." Said Twilight Rush rolled his eyes and picked up two knives and put them into his hooves than fly at lightning speed to have them pressing against Twilight's neck. "What was that about not moving fast enough?" Rush said in a dark tone which scared Twilight, Rush put the knives down. "Litestar heal her and go again." "Yes Sir!" Litestar gave Rush a salute. "You know he's right Twi." Litestar said while healing Twilight, Twilight gave her a look. "You know My brother and I don’t use our magic to hold our weapons. We use our paws or mouth, it allows us to concentrate on our magic when we use it while the weapons are natural movements." Giving Twilight a smile as Litestar said that. "So that’s why he fought always standing on his two back legs." Said Twilight "Exactly and now it's your turn to learn how to do it now." Said Litestar "How long have we been training? It feels like five days have passed." Said Twilight "That cause Five days have passed." Said Rush shocking Twilight. "Every hour in the real world is a day here. This will also us to train you much faster since we don't have time on our side. Now get ready for another round." Before Twilight could ask what Rush meant, Litestar was ready to attack Twilight with a magic beam. Twilight bought up shield and went to grab her daggers in her magic. Litestar used another spell that made her horn get jammed up and she drop her shield and daggers by her hooves. Litestar came after Twilight with her dagger out ready to strike at Twilight's chest. Twilight couldn't think of a spell thanks to the fright she was in, but her body moved to grab one of her daggers without thought and block Litestar attack. Twilight was shock that her body moved on its own to protect her. She than thought up a spell and hit Litestar with the spell. Sending Litestar flying across the room but Litestar landed on her fight with barely any injuries to her. "Good you see what happens when you hold the weapon. Your body will automatically try to save you which means you can concentrate on your spells." Said Rush "Now let the real battle begin." Litestar came after Twilight with her dagger in her paw and Twilight grabbed her other dagger in her other hoof and stood on her to back legs. At first she lost her balance but after a while of whomping back and forth she learn her stance and blocked Litestar attack again. This went on for a couple of hours. Twilight was breathing became heavy from being tired out while Litestar didn’t seem phased at all. "How are you not tired?" Asked Twilight "I'm used to training like this. This is what we do for light training. Our normal training would probably killed you by now." Said Litestar Twilight was shocked to hear that the elites were going easy on her and not doing there normal training routine. Before she could ask about their normal training routine, Rush spoke. "Good job ladies. For now we will take a break. When the break is over we will start to get more intense training in, Twilight." Said Rush Litestar and Twilight took a break. They both sat down next to each other drinking their waters. Twilight couldn’t help but wonder what Rush was good at, it seemed like all he did was watch them fight. "Hey Litestar can I ask you a question?" Twilight ask which Litestar just nodded since she was still drinking her water. "What is Rush good at? Since it seems like all he does is watch us fight and just tell us what's wrong." Litestar put her cup down. "Rush is probably the strongest and most dangerous one of us. He has killed more creature than any of us. He's great a close range but if your in his sights with that sniper of his, you are dead." Twilight got the chills from what Litestar said about Rush. She wasn’t sure now if it was a good idea to train with them. The way Litestar made their training sound was already bad and to know she was getting the easy dose and she was coming out of their sessions with cuts and bruises. After resting for 20 minutes Twilight got up and went to grab her daggers to continue her training with Litestar but Star Rush had other plans. "Hey Twilight do you still believe it's your fault that Wolf is in the condition he is in because of you. Because you were weak and need protection from an enemy that you stood no chance to." Said Rush "I realize that it was my fault for trying to take on Fenrir and because of that Wolf is now in a coma." Said Twilight turning to face Rush Right when she turned she saw Rush bringing down a long sword towards her. She quickly blocked it with her daggers. Litestar saw what was going on and decided to sit back and relax. "What are you doing Rush?" Asked Twilight as she block Rush's attack "I'm trying to kill you!" Said Rush as he came in for another attack Twilight and Rush were fighting for each other for a couple of minutes until Twilight tried to take the upper hand and go on the offense. She counter one of Rush's attack and than went in to stab him with her daggers but he jumped into the air and kick his hooves down on hers forcing her to drop the daggers. Rush than kick Twilight in the face, sending her flying onto the ground. When she was lifting her head she stop since Rush had the tip of the sword at her neck. "Twilight Sparkles you are dead." Said Rush but instead of stabbing her, he put the sword away. "Get up and lets go again!" Walking away from her. "What!?" Becoming very confused in what rush did and why he did it too. "This is your training Twilight. I will fight like I will kill you. You will fight like your trying to kill me. Understand?" Said Rush with authority in his tone. Twilight just nodded her head and got back up, ready for another round with Rush. Lightning was now completely black his eyes almost fully red. His mind was becoming corrupt and had thoughts of killing, eating, and corrupting Twilight. "Good your almost my now. Soon you will see the glory of embracing the darkness in you." Said Dark "Than we will show Twilight how it feels to be in this darkness." When Dark sad that an burning anger grew in Lightning and his eyes went back to normal. Lightning than used his electricity to break free from Dark's spell. "How did you break free so far into the corruption!?" Asked Dark Lightning had his sword in his hand now. He didn’t even speak he just charged after Dark. Dark lifted his sword and his and lightning collided once again. They kept going back and forth in their fight, one wanting to defeat the other. Lightning quickly pulled his sword back and shot his railgun. Dark shot a dark pulse to counter Lightning's spell and make an explosion. Lightning came through the smoke now holding two swords. Lightning split his sword apart so he can get an upper hand on Dark but Dark also split his Duo sword so he can match Lightning step by step. "You will be mine to control Lightning! You will be devour by the darkness in you!" Said Dark Lightning pulled back and connected the hilts of his swords together to make one long sword with blades on both sides. He then used his magic to create a string from one end of the sword to another, making into a bow now. Lightning pulled the string back and an electric arrow formed ready to fire at Dark. "No you won't! I'll make sure you can't ever bother Twi and I again!" Shooting his arrow at Dark. Dark thought he could block the arrow but it travel under him and shot through his belly leaving a hole through his stomach. "You fool. You can't kill me. I am you. I'm just that darkness that you don’t want Twilight to see but she will see it one day....." Dark fell to the ground and his body started to disintegrate into dark little shadows that enter Lightning. "And when that day comes you try to take my body Dark I'll fight again for control." As Lightning said that he saw a white light come after him and blinded him. Twilight has been training with Litestar and Rush now for 34 hours but to them it's been 34 days. Twilight was finishing another round of training with Rush. This time she had the upper hand and was attacking Rush. All the training she's done she learned that her magic was her best tool to use on Rush since he didn’t have any magic. She was about to be counter by Rush when she teleport above him and had her dagger at his throat. "Yield." Said Twilight which made Rush just laugh "What's so funny? I have the upper hand now." "You think you got me but you didn't bother to check to see my other weapon was." Said Rush as he had a mini crossbow under Twilight's belly. "So we both die than." Twilight removed her daggers from Rush's neck and notice that he was barely tired or injure while she was covered in cuts and bruises. Litestar came over and used her magic to heal Twilight. "How are you not even tired after so long of training Rush?" Asked Twilight "Years of practice, Twilight, years of practice." Said Rush "but now I think would be a good time to visit Lightning Wolf. Don’t you agree?" Twilight looked at Rush with a smile "I couldn’t agree more." "Than get up and let's go to the hospital I have a feeling he's awake by now." Said Rush Twilight stood up as Litestar finish healing her. The three left the training room realizing that only a day has pass since the beginning of her training. The three of them rushed to the hospital and went inside. Once inside a doctor came up to them and told them some news. They went to Lightning's room to see that he was wide awake and sitting on his bed. Twilight couldn’t hold back tears to see that Lightning was ok. She ran up to him and gave him a big hug. "Twilight! Why are you crying?" Asked Wolf but then he saw Rush and Litestar staring at him. "Twi get up Rush is here." "Don’t bother trying to cover it up buddy. I already know about you and Twilight and same with Litestar." Said Rush Litestar gave a hug to her brother too "I'm just glad your ok little brother." Said Litestar Lightning wrap his paws around both Twilight and Litestar "I'm glad I'm ok too." Said Lightning. "Alright you two get off him. I need to talk to him in private." Said Rush Litestar let go of her brother while Twilight slowly got up and before letting go, gave a kiss to Lightning. "I'll see you when you get discharge from here?" Asked Twilight. Lightning nodded his head. Twilight and Litestar both left the hospital room. When the door closed Lightning gave a glare to Rush. Rush looked at Lightning "What?" "She had scars on her. Why is that?" Asked Wolf "Litestar and I have been training her for the past 34 hours and before you say anything she ask us to train her. So no complaining or being mad." Said Rush "Fine but what did you want to talk to me about?" Asked Wolf "Shining as been found out by Celestia. He's been taken into custody and is lock in the dungeon for being a dark lord." Said Rush "Well that's going to push are plan further back now." Said Lightning "I agree but for now get your rest and we'll come up with a solution later." Said Rush "Alright but remember how important this is. We need to bring him back." Said Lightning "I know. We all want to find out what we are and why he chose us." Said Rush "Now get your rest. That's an order." Lightning nod his head and laid back down. "Soon our master will return." Said Lightning as Rush walked out of his room.