Bloodline of Flames

by Camlio

The cost of rage

Anger is a killing thing: it kills the man who angers, for each rage leaves him less than he had been before - it takes something from him. ~ Louis L'Amour

-Episode Four, The cost of rage-

I do not own the rights to My Little Pony Friendship is Magic or anything else I may reference. Stars above, bless Lauren Faust and whoever else does. Because they deserve a medal.

Twilight Sparkle's Point of View

"Pinkie, Princess..." The looks on their faces conveyed that they could tell what I was planning. Pinkie moved up and hugged me as tight as she could refusing to let go as if doing so would sentence me to death. "I want you to make sure Chrysalis is taken somewhere safe. And Pinkie tell Spike I'm sorry okay?" Pinkie started crying loudly at my words, while Princess Luna simply nodded sadly and collected the unconscious changeling.

"B-but you can tell him yourself Twilight! You don't have to do this! You could get hurt and then Spike won't have a mommy anymore..." Anything she said after that was too constricted by her sobbing to be understood clearly. I knew she was right, but I knew that I wanted to keep them safe. So I removed myself from Pinkie's hug and turned towards the approaching figure, a beast that I almost considered my friend. As he reached me I spared a glance backwards to see that the girls had done as I asked at least I could relax in knowing that they were safe.

The figure stopped within striking distance of the chitinous sword that was strapped to it's back it's eyes gleaming with what looked like blood. If I hadn't seen it slaughter thousands I would have believed it was crying. As I readied myself for it's attack the unexpected happened. It only took two words to completely change my stance.

"I-I'm sorry..."

Camlio's Point of View

"I-I'm sorry... I'm so sorry... Oh god, I'm sorry... oh god... oh god, what have I done? WHAT HAVE I DONE?!" I stared at my bloodstained hands before collapsing to my knees and crying. So what if they imprisoned me? At the very worst I would end up emotionless, but I would be alive. A shell perhaps but I would live. I had extinguished the sparks of thousands of lives without thinking twice. It made me sick a point my body made clear as I heaved what little I had eaten onto the ground in front of me.

As soon as the realization of what I had done struck me, I had grabbed one of the fallen changeling's weapons and removed myself from the destruction I had caused. What was once a grand mountain just north of Canterlot reduced to a smoldering crater in seconds. I could see them clearly now, the terrified faces of those I had slain. The pleading they gave, the crying of their young. "I'm so... so... sorry... No matter what I do I'm tainted by this. There isn't anything that can cleanse these bloodstained hands." As the tears in my eyes changed from the strange blood-like ones to actual tears I was unable to stem their flow.

"I'm a monster... I shouldn't exist." Was all I could say as I swiftly pulled the sword from my back and prepared to impale myself. My grief so overwhelming that it truly seemed like a reasonable trade. With my death they would find peace. My intentions clear and my self peace made, I was about to strike myself down when the sword was ripped from my hands and I was suddenly taken down by a Lavender blur. Which was revealed to be an extremely furious Twilight Sparkle with tears in her eyes.

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"No! You don't get to end your life! Not after what you've done! That would be too easy, you have to live with it! You owe them that, you owe them a life so your going to live yours!" The sadness and anger in her voice mingled nicely a subtle mixture of fury and sorrow all turned into the drive to see her words to their point. I owed it to them to live on, to find a way that would allow me to atone for my sins.

The Lavender unicorn released me and allowed me to stand after making sure my arms were bound to my sides with magic. "I'm afraid your going to have to come back to Canterlot and face the consequences of your actions. You took someponies life... even if you weren't in control you still have to pay for it." She said as she led me back to Canterlot and my fate.

'If only I could have kept myself in control this wouldn't have happened. I'll need to make sure it never happens again.' With that final thought my vision was taken by a flash of light as Twilight teleported us to Canterlot.

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