//------------------------------// // Chapter 8 // Story: Dreams Can Be Real // by Flutterpoof //------------------------------// NOTE: Stuff gets violent in this chapter. If you are a young viewer, GTFO :o Or just skip this chapter. Sorry for the long wait. Writer's block is a bugger to deal with. Enjoy, anyway!!! ----------------------- I brought my fist up into the air as I ran at Shadows. I flung it down, but he jumped out of the way laughing. He quickly jumped forward and kicked me upside the head. I yelled and fell to the ground. Lightning shot a bolt of… laser? I’m not sure, but Lightning shot something at Shadows. It hit him on his left hip, sending him a few feet back. He groaned, as he quickly stood up and charged at Lightning. He smirked and jumped in the air to take flight, only, he didn’t. He fell right back down to the ground. “What? What’s going on?” He asked. I shrugged my shoulders and quickly change my attention to the black pony to my side. Green is frantically waving his hooves around to try and hit Shadows, even though he is about five feet away from him. I facepalm. “Green! Shadows is not even-“ I try to tell him before he gets hit in the chest with Shadows horn. “Near you,” I finish, frowning. I shake my head and stand back up. I run over to Twilight who is just standing over on the sidelines with tears in her eyes. “Twi, what’s wrong?” I ask her worryingly. She stares at me and sniffs. “N-nothing. J-just, do-don’t lose, ok-okay?” She stutters. I smile and nod, and turn back to Shadows, who is wailing on Green. I quickly run up and kick him in the chest, to which he groans, and flies off Green’s body, which isn’t moving. I swear under my breath, and charge with Lightning at Shadows. He readies his magic, and when we are a couple feet away, sends a blast of blue lights at Shadows, blinding him. He stutters backwards, and I find the perfect opportunity. I punch his jaw, and then his chest, jaw, chest, jaw, chest, jaw, chest, until he finally falls down, bleeding from his mouth. I smirk, and kick his rib. I turn around to walk away, when Shadows grabs my foot and trips me. I fall to the ground and hit my nose on the ground, to which I hear a crack. I scream, and tears well in my eyes. I hit the ground with my fist, as Shadows starts to fight with Lightning. My ears start ringing as I hear hooves clopping on the ground. I hear the voice of Twilight and White Rose (Who I had forgotten was there), calling my name. I wipe the tears away from my eyes as my ears stop ringing, and I get on my knees. “Don’t worry, I’m fine!” I yell at them. They look at me for a second, before nodding. I run over to Shadows, who is once again wailing on a pony, this time, Lightning. Lightning is waving his hooves around, swearing every time Shadows punches his cheek. I scream at Shadows, and he looks over. Just then, Lightning punches Shadows in the jaw, as I kick his spine. He lets out a blood curling scream as he falls to the ground. He groans, and I smile evilly. I stomp on his stomach, and he coughs up a little amount of blood. I keep wailing on his stomach, until Lightning eventually pulls me back. I scowl at Shadows, as he coughs up blood, and a tooth. I turn my head away to Twilight and White Rose. I smile. “See? Told you I wouldn’t lose to hi-him,” I say, shaking. I suddenly feel very weak, and I fall to the ground. I notice a black aura around me, and I start floating in the air. I look behind me, and see Shadows with his horn glowing black. Lightning, gasps, as he shoots over to the black pony. Shadows scowls, and uses a spell to block Lightning. Lightning gasps, and falls to the ground, apparently becoming unconscious from the blow of the shield. Twilight and Rose run up to him and start yelling his name and shaking him. I twitch my left eye. I’ve never seen so much actual blood and violence in my life. I’d always play it in video games, but those are games. Not real life. I yell at the top of my lungs, which frightens Shadows, and he drops me. I fall to ground with a thud, and quickly get up. I run over to him, jumping over Green’s unconscious body, and jump onto Shadows. I start punching his stomach as hard as I can, yelling as I do so. “YOU SON OF A-“ I scream at him. He kicks me off his body, and I fall backwards. He kicks my face, and I yelp. He looks forward at something and runs off. I look over to him and see who he is targeting. Twilight and White Rose. “No…” I cough weakly. He screams, and the two mares jump backward. He grabs their heads, and conks them together violently. Both the mares fall to the ground with a thud, also joining the unconscious pair. “No…” I say with a little more strength. Shadows laughs evilly. He just laughs, and laughs, and laughs. I feel my eye twitch and my head twitch to the side very quickly. I feel tears welling up in my eyes, and they fall down my cheek. “No…!” I say audibly. Shadows doesn’t hear me and keeps laughing. I start bawling. No one to hear me, except some evil bugger who wouldn’t help me if his life depended on it, and four unconscious ponies. My friends, the four ponies unconscious, all losing blood at an alarming rate. “No!” I say through tears. I cry into my arms, and wail my feet. Shadows looks at me, and laughs even harder. He falls to the ground, laughing hysterically. I look at him with fire in my eyes, as I cry. I wipe my eyes, and I stand up to face him. “No. You are not hurting them any further,” I say, the shakiness in my voice obvious. Shadows stands up, and laughs at me. “Really? You think you can beat me, you stubborn human?” He spits on the ground. “Pathetic. Stubborn, and pathetic!” I crack. I run at him and kick him in the side of the head. He yelps as he flings to the side. I run over to him and climb onto him. I punch him in the jaw, as hard as I can. He screams. I smirk, and wail on his jaw. He yelps each time my fist connects with his face. Seconds pass, which seems like minutes, hours, days, even, before I stop. Shadows lies under me, twitching violently. I stand up, and kick both his ribs. “Take that, you asshat,” I spit blood on his face, and crouch down besides Lightning. He is twitching every second or so, and blood is running from his chest and jaw. “No!” I yell. I stand up and run to a tree, and pick a long piece of thick grass. I run back over to his body, and wrap up his wounds. I use a couple of leafs to clean up the blood, but most of the blood is dried up, and won’t clean. I do the same for the three other ponies, and wipe my eyes. I’m on the verge of vomiting, as I’ve never seen this much blood in my life. “Hey, ‘asshat’,” I hear a voice behind me. I turn around, and see a black hoof in front of my face. It hits me and I fall backwards. I see Shadows climb on top of me, his horn glowing black. Out of nowhere, a rusty dagger appears in his hoof. “Goodbye, Jeff. Nice knowing you,” he says, and brings the dagger up. I panic, and kick my foot out, which hits his hoof, and the dagger falls beside my body. He looks up, and I see the opportunity to get him off. I kick him and he flies onto his back. I pick up the dagger and climb onto his body. I can tell the blood has been getting to me, and I think of my four friends. I twist my head violently, and I crack. “You. YOU!” I yell. I bring the dagger back. “YOU!” I bring the dagger forward and dig it into his chest, and quickly bring it out. “STUPID!” I bring the dagger forward again, into a different spot. I lurch the dagger upwards, causing Shadows to scream. I bring the dagger upwards again, and growl. “FUCK!” I bring the dagger forward into his head. I hear the blood gurgling in his mouth as I do so. I hear the dagger hit his brain as I lurch it forward. I bring it out, and look at Shadows. I see tons of blood coming from his head. I urch. I vomit over Shadows body, which just repels off and lands on the ground. I look at Shadows, and see his eyes open. He is still alive. What. “Told you. Can’t kill me!” He yells, and laughs sharply. I fall backwards, my eyesight growing dark. The last thing I hear is the sharp laugh, of the bastard black pony.