When morning came, Teotle woke up from a good dream. He dreamed of being in the snow with Nyx and their friends. He had never seen snow from his homeland, because they didn't have snow there. But Nyx had told Teotle of what snow is like. It was cold, but fun to play in. she also spoke of the annual Hearthswarming Eve celebration, where everypony spends time with family and give presents.
Teotle listened, all excited for winter to arrive with each word she spoke. He wanted to have both his and their families spend the holidays together. His mother was always kind to him, and he wanted her to meet everypony that he made friends with. But that had to wait until they stop the Sisters of the Shadow.
He made his way down stairs, where Twilight and Nyx were sitting at the dining room table. Spike was in the kitchen making pancakes.
Teotle sat down at the table and said, "Good morning."
"Hey Teotle." Twilight said. "How did you sleep?"
"I slept good." Teotle replied.
"What did you dream about?" Nyx asked, excited to hear Teotle's answer.
Teotle answered, "It was about the winter you told me about."
"Cool." Nyx smiled. "How do you feel?"
"Better than I have in a while." Teotle answered, wiping his eyes.
"That's good." Twilight commented.
"Ok, everypony." Spike called out. "The pancakes are all done."
He brought the pancakes to the table. There were enough for each of them to have 3 pancakes. After they ate their breakfast, a knock came from the door. When Twilight answered it, nurse Redheart was there, holding a clipboard and pen.
"Good morning, Twilight." Said The nurse.
"Hello, Nurse Redheart." Twilight said back. "What brings you here?"
The nurse looked at her clipboard and said, "I'm here to collect Teotle for the day. Our doctors want to check his diagnostics one more time to see if he's made a full recovery."
Twilight blinked a few times, but she eventually called Teotle's name. When he saw Redheart, he began to wag his tail, happy to see her.
"The hospital wants to give you a check up. Is that ok?" Twilight asked.
Teotle nodded his head, looked back at Nyx and Spike, who had their silverware in their mouths, pretending to be walruses. He then smiled, took a deep breath and walked up to he nurse.
"Oh, we also need you to come too, Twilight." Nurse Redheart said. "Its a liability thing. We need you, as his guardian, to fill out some paper work for his exam."
Twilight nodded, told Nyx and Spike where she and Teotle were going, and went with Nurse Redheart to the hospital.
When they arrived, however, They didn't go inside. Nurse Redheart had stopped when they reached the front door.
"Nurse Redheart?" Twilight asked, raising an eyebrow.
The nurse turned to Twilight and Teotle with tears coming down her eyes and said, "I'm sorry for this. They threatened to kill all the hospital patients if I didn't do it."
"Do what?" Twilight asked again.
Just then, Teotle had grabbed Twilight and nurse Redheart, shouting with all his might, "Get Down!" He pulled them down to the ground before an explosion erupted from behind the front door of the hospital. Everypony's ears were ringing from the loud noise. When the dust settled, Teotle looked behind him and saw Brimstone, walking out of the huge hole that once was a door.
Teotle pulled Twilight and Redheart to their hooves and checked them both for any injuries. Redheart was ok, just a few scrapes and bruises. But Twilight was a different story. She had a big chunk of lumber sticking out of her left hind leg. Teotle tried to pull of out, but when he would even touch it, Twilight would scream in pain. Teotle lay Twilight down back onto the gound and looked at nurse Redheart.
"Watch her, please." He demanded.
Nurse Redheart nodded and kneeled down to check Twilght's injuries. Teotle then glares at Brimstone.
"Ha, what's the matter?" Brimstone asked. "Can't your friends take a little heat?"
Teotle said nothing. He contracted his claws and bore his fangs. "How did you get past the guards?"
"Oh, them?" Brimstone asked. "Phh, they were easy. My mother taught me how to take out those losers a long time ago."
Teotle snarled, channeled his Magic fire and began a spell to counter attack. But he stopped. He had realized the danger of the attack.
"Good." Brimstone said. "You know not to strike me with magic, because if you do and miss, all the sick little ponies behind die in the crossfire."
"Shut up!" Teotle demanded
"Shut up?" Brimstone asked mockingly. "Is that any way to treat your brother?"
"I'm not your brother!" Teotle shouted, raising his paw up in an attempt to use his mind control spell.
"Fool." Brimstone called out. "That only works if the victim has a weaker mind than yours."
With that, Teotle began to hear a voice inside his head saying, "Kill! Kill! Kill!" Brimstone was using the same spell. Teotle tried to ignore the voices, but they just grew louder and louder.
"Yes." Brimstone said with glee. "You can't escape it, brother." He then raised his paw, pointing at Twilight, who was laying on the ground. "Kill!"
Nurse Redheart watched as black fire came from Brimstones paw and shot into Teotle's body like lightning, trying to control him like puppet strings. Finally, when Teotle couldn't take much more, He shouted as loud as his voice would allow. Afterwards, he just stood there, dead silent.
"Teotle?" Nurse Redheart called out.
When Teotle finally turned around, his eyes were like looking down a deep dark pit.
"It's too late, nurse." Brimstone said. "He's ours now."
"Think again!" Shouted Rainbow Dash, who appeared from behind the smoke with her and Twilight's friends behind her. "If you want him so bad, then you'll have to go through us."
Brimstone laughed and said, "That's the idea." He commanded Teotle to stand between them and said, "You can have him back if you can get past him."
"Sounds easy enough." Said Applejack. "Sorry about this, sugarcube." She ran up to Teotle and tried to buck him out of the way, but he only grabbed her by the legs and through her against a nearby tree.
"Hey!" Pinkie shouted. "That wasn't nice!" She ran up and tried to fake him out and take out Brimstone, but Teotle didn't falter. He simply jumped in front of her and kicked her backward.
Futtershy glared at Teotle and said, "How dare you, young wolf!" She tried to freeze Teotle by giving the stare while Rainbow flew over to Brimstone. She managed to fly past Teotle and get two feet away from him, when Teotle grabbed her from behind by the tail, and threw her at Fluttershy, making them both tumble onto the ground like a game of twister.
"Wait a minute!" Rarity complained. "You said if we could get past him you would give him back. Rainbowdash clearly made it! You can't make him do that!"
"Well." Brimstone said, making Teotle go over and push Rarity down."I lied" He then looked at Twilight. "How pitiful, for you to think you could look after a wolf. To think there could be a union between our races is like thinking that a hydra would eat grass."
Twlilight turned over to Brimstone, trying not to move her injured hind leg, and said, "You're wrong, he's a good person, not a monster like you."
"Why's that?" Brimstone asked. "Is it because you've been training him? Have you raised him like a house pet? Is it because he has a soul?"
"Not even close." Twilight said, weakly. "Its because he feels love in his heart. He loves and cares for those around him, unlike you. He has friends and plays games. He is happy here. He has family here."
"Oh yes." Brimstone grinned. "He has you, Spike and Nyx."
Twilight gritted her teeth and shouted, "If you hurt either of them, I'll..."
"What?" Brimstone gasped. "No, I won't hurt them. He'll hurt you. You see, I've done my research on the reports from our scouts who have been watching you all. It seems Nyx thinks of you as a ,mother. That's sweet, but what if her best friend kills you and makes her an orphan? How would she feel? Would she hate him? lets find out."
Brimstone snapped his fingers and watched as Teotle began to move over to Twilight.
"Kill her, slave." Brimstone laughed.
Nurse Redheart tried to stand between Teotle and Twilight, but he only knocked her out of the way.
"Teotle?" Twilight pleaded. "Don't let him control you like this!" Tears began to fill Twilight's eyes as Teotle channeled his magic to strike her down. This time, the magical fire wasn't cold, it was blazing hot. "Teotle, please!" Twilight begged. But it was too late. The shot had already been made. Twilight was hit by the fire and was set a blaze.
"Mommy!" Nyx cried out, running from down the street and over to Twilight. She used what little magic she had to put out the fire, and was horrified to see the result of he attack. Twilight had burns of the 3rd degree on many parts of her body. She was barely recognizable. Though by the time Nyx looked around, Brimstone and Teotle were gone.