Some ponies say when you die, you just live the rest of your afterlife in the hall of Solus -- Where all ponies alike come to stay until the sun stops rising over the horizon. But this is not the case for Twilight Sparkle. She woke up in an empty black void, devoid of life or light whatsoever.
She looked around her, hoping to find the Hall of Solus, that has been mentioned in every ancient and modern Equestrian History, but frowned to see nothing but the void. Her eyes teared up, as she continued to look around her. Is this the end? Have I truly died?
Her thoughts were quickly stopped however, when a loud voice, echo'd within Twilight's mind "No you haven't" She panicked and looked around her to see an orb of light, slowly approaching her. The Orb stood there for a second and inspected Twilight. As the Orb stood there, a harmonic tune started playing at the background, filling Twilight's mind with a sense of peace and harmony.
As the song progresses, the song goes to a more upbeat tune -- a sense of Kinship and Fellowship. Twilight began to tear up, she thought about those who she cared about; Princess Celestia, Luna, Her friends, parents, and especially Spike, oh what would he do without her now?
"Is this the end?" She thought to herself, to which the Orb responded -- much to Twilight's surprise; "No, you're just simply banished from death" She turned around and faced the Orb, still flabbergasted that an Orb actually responded her question.
"Who are you?" As Twilight asked the question, the Orb began to take form of a tall bipedal being, with skin as pale as the whitest snow, and hair that resembles the Autumn leaves.
"I am a wraith, a spirit who happens to share the same fate as you" Twilight eyed him curiously and circled around him. "For now, Twilight Sparkle, you are banished from death"
Twilight grinned widely and jumped with glee, but the Spirit stood there stoically, not joining her little celebration. "But you are bound to the... Northern Kingdoms of Griphonia, until you've find the mortal that killed you."
Twilight's ear dropped down in sadness, and she frowned with sorrow in her expression; "But unlike the other mortal's that were banished from death, your soul happened to be a strong one, a soul that belongs to an immortal."
"And?" Twilight asked, to which the Wraith responded; "If you happened to kill the mortal that killed you, you will be resurrected, and I'll be free from your body"
Twilight stood there, flat faced, when she heard the last sentence the Wraith uttered. "Y-You're in my body?" The Wraith nodded and coughed abruptly
"I'll albeit, the deepest corners of your mind is... interesting" Twilight's cheeks flushed red with embarrassment. "Something with a pony called, S-"
Twilight had enough of it. "Stop!" The Wraith nodded and exited her mind. Once he done so, Twilight sighed. "Apologies, I just don't like somepony going through my head oh so suddenly"
The Wraith nodded, and the black void around them slowly fades away. "It is the burden of a Wraith, for once we're stuck with another mortal whose soul is unhappy with death, we will also share the memories and thoughts with the soul, thus I cannot stop myself from checking through the deepest corners of your mind"
The void around them started to take shape of a silver tower on top of the Suliaous Mountain range, on top of a city. The Wraith pointed at the tower. "Those towers are forged and built in Mordor, I do not know how those thing's came to be here, but we best get to it" Twilight nodded and trotted her way to the tower.
As she walked towards the tower, she noticed a gang of Griffons hanging around the fire, talking idly.
"I heard that Sauron's planning to send another batch of Enchanted Elven weapons forged in the fires of Mordor"
"Is that so? Huh, well then, guess Equestria's going to fall faster than expected -- Maybe we should send a batch of those unicorns to Mordor to enchant more weapons"
"You have to tell that to the Centurion first, but that sounds like a pretty good idea" Twilight hid under one of the fallen tree's beside them, and eavesdrop the entire conversation.
After hearing the conversation, Twilight's eye's began to tear up again, causing her to crawl deeper under the tree. "Rarity and Starlight will be in trouble..." The Wraith appeared right beside her and patted her on the back.
"We shall mourn our future losses later, for now, focus on the task at hand" Twilight wiped away the tears in her eyes, and nodded in response. The Wraith smiled, and pointed at them. "Take them out using stealth, don't let them get away"
"B-But how?" The Wraith pointed at the Elven dagger right beside her. "K-Kill them, but why?"
"Your magical energy is still too weak to knock them out -- an addition to that, is that you'll just knock them out, not kill them. So it's a good idea to kill them, before they propose their idea to the Centurion.
The Wraith starred at her, in which Twilight retorted; "But they're living beings! What do I tell to they're families-"
"Sometimes, you need to make sacrifices to save those you love" Twilight looked around her in panic and sighed sadly. "It has to come to this doesn't it?" The Wraith nodded and disappeared from sight. Twilight grabbed the Elvish dagger beside her and slowly approached the unsuspecting pair of Griffons.
"Have you seen those pictures of that one princess -- what was her name again?"
"Is she purple, and has a purple star as her cutie mark?"
"Yeah that's the one -- Her flank is so hot, I would totally go for it" Twilight's right eye twitched, and she slowly approached the right Griffon who just said that her flank is hot.
She lifted the dagger on top of his head and thrusted it downward, causing the Griffon's skull to crack -- killing him instantly. His friend however, pull out his Orcish sword and encircled Twilight. "Well, well, well. Look's like i'm getting some ass tonight" With that said, he thrusted his sword forward, and clashed against Twilight's dagger.
Slowly, she levitated the dead Griffon's sword and clashed it against her attacker's weapon. The Griffon smiled menacingly and pushed her aside, causing her to trip on the dead Griffon's body.
"Time to end Friendship, once and for all" He positioned his sword on top of Twilight's neck, and chuckled darkly. "I'll be eating some good meat tonight" He put down his sword and knocked Twilight unconscious. He slowly grabbed the rope beside her, and tied her up. With that done, he slowly dragged Twilight's body to his camp.
Twilight woke up with a hard punch towards her stomach, causing her to gag out some blood. She slowly looked at her attacker. That very same Griffon that tried to kill her yesterday.
He smiled menacingly and pulled out his sword. "Since I already eat some meat today, I guess I'm going to have to kill, you -- then I'll surely be promoted.
He slowly approached her, and pull back his sword to the back of his neck. This is the end isn't it? She's going to die, and this Griffon is going to be promoted to Celestia know's what. As if all hope was lost, she suddenly had an idea at the back of her head and smiled.
She laughed, and the Griffon stopped dead at his tracks; "What the hell are you doing? are you mad?" Twilight stopped laughing, and her horn glowed brightly, and beside her was an image of the Wraith, pulling back his bow.
The Griffon laughed at his slave's actions. "You think this is going to scare me-" The Wraith fired his arrow at the Griffon's head, his body falling down to the cliff that so happen's to be, right behind him. The Wraith shuddered and kneeled down to cut Twilight's restraint.
He cleaned his dagger and put it back to his holsters. "Remember, you can summon me at any time, all you need to do, is cast the spell" And with that the Wraith disappeared from view... again.
When the Wraith disappeared, she can feel an aching pain coming from her flank, as if claws dug deep into her flank. She looked at her flank and see's claw marks all over it. Her eye's twitched and she laugh's madly. The Wraith appeared again right beside her and give her a worried look.
"Twilight Sparkle, are you alright?" Twilight ignored him, still laughing like a maniac. Her laughter slowly calmed down and she gave him a cold hard glare.
"Right, I remember now -- no wonder why I felt an aching feel on my butt when you woke up." Twilight nodded, and continued her journey to the tower.
It took her 30 minutes of continuous climbing and flying, but alas, they've reached their destination in the end; The Silver Tower of Suliaous. At first glance, the tower seemed like another ruin on top of the mountain, but as she comes closer to it, the tower glowed silver and she now could climb it!
She attempted to fly, but her wing's still hurt, as if an arrow struck her on her wings. So she climbed, and boy did it took her a while. When she did reached the top, she was surprised to see an anvil standing at the centre of the tower. She slowly approached it and the Wraith hammered the anvil, causing great aurora's to be seen on top of the Tower, before fading away.
She eyed at the glittery dark sky and smiled contently. "Even after all of this, the stars never falter." The Wraith looked down sadly, before walking up behind her. He sat down and patted her at the back.
"I'm sorry, you had to kill them" He said assuringly, though he can tell it wasn't enough to comfort her.
"I killed them, I killed those Griffons" The Wraith looked up at the stars and patted her. "Don't think about your opponents and their families once you've killed them, only focus at the task at hand." Twilight looked up at him sadly.
"How do you do it?" She asked, the Wraith looked down at her and sighed. "You'll get used to it." And with that, Twilight's vision slowly fade's away into slumber.