Prologue: Drained
It all happened so fast.
It was just supposed to be a simple visit to the Crystal Empire to see Sunburst again, nothing more but suddenly the train was stopped near some field and the she and the rest of the passengers were ushered out so that the conductor could see what was going on.
As she was pacing around the field and calming herself down, she had sent a secret SOS call from her horn to Discord. Ever since the Storm King and Cozy Glow incidents, he wasn’t willing to risk another problem happening in his absence, so he had shown Twilight and Starlight a spell to use to alert him if there was a crisis, but it did take a lot of power so it would be a while before it reached him.
Starlight felt bad for potentially disturbing whatever Discord had planned, but considering the train was in the middle of nowhere, she felt it would be easier if there was help on the way.
She remembered seeing a shadowy figure as she was heading back to the train but that was all she could remember before she became unconscious.
She was now in some cave, and found herself tied up with her horn being tied to some rock like substance. She tried using her magic but found she could not. A cold chill went down her spine as she realized the situation she was in.
“Wh-What is this?! Where am I?!” Starlight called out fruitlessly, knowing that no one would answer but she had to let out her worries. She was scared and it was painfully clear no one knew she was kidnapped, and she had no idea if anypony would come to her aid before it was too late for her.
She then saw that someone was walking in the cave, and to her horror it was a familiar face in the worst way imaginable.
The figure was tall and slender, had white fur, stone armor and two black horns though they were both chipped and uneven. It was the tyrannical martyr the Storm King.
“Oh man, you should see the look on your face. It’s quite amusing, not gonna lie.” The Storm King smirked mockingly before it became more menacing, “I believe we haven’t properly met, I am the Storm King and I assume you were at the Canterlot invasion but I honestly don’t know, you ponies are all the same anyway.”
Starlight glared furiously at him but the Storm King just laughed, “Oh wait, I’m totally kidding myself. I know exactly who you are. You’re the protege of one of those prissy princesses. Which one was it, Sunbutt, Moonbutt, Heart Crystal, oh wait, it was that friendship princess wasn’t it?”
Starlight didn’t answer but her wide eyed gaze was all the answer that the Storm King needed.
“Oh it’s her, isn’t it?” Storm King laughed evilly, “Man, won’t it be exciting when she finds out what I’m about to do.”
Starlight immediately gulped and stammered, “What do you want with me?”
”Well I kinda wanna take over Equestria for myself. I can’t exactly do that without magic powers, I had an army but we all know what became of them. I lost all my power and weapons, including my obsidian orbs. I used my last one when I tried to freeze those six ponies.” Storm King said in annoyance before he smirked at Starlight and took out a red diamond, “But after I escaped the dungeons, I quickly stole a book from the libraries on ancient artifacts and found this Red Rock Of The Everfree. All I have to do is enchant it with some unicorn magic and it will allow me to use magic as I please.”
Starlight froze at this, realizing exactly what the Storm King was after, which made his smirk widen, he was glad to see the pony was catching up.
“I believe you get the picture but I don’t just want some magic enchanting this diamond, I want ALL of it so I could have limitless possibilities, and word around says that you’re a super powerful unicorn or whatever so I kinda need to perform this whole thing where I take all of your magic for my gain.” The Storm King shrugged absentmindedly, “This’ll hurt a lot, just thought you should know.”
The Storm King immediately took the diamond and placed it on Starlight’s horn, and the effect was immediate. Her head felt like it was burning, and soon the pain trailed across her body like she was in a fire. Starlight began crying from the amount of pain she felt as her magic was slowly being drained from her. The pain was excruciating, and she couldn’t hold it in and began screaming.
“Please! Please stop it!” Starlight begged, pleading for the torment to end but despite that, the Storm King continued to grin like a mad man as he continued to drain Starlight of her magic. The pain increased as she began to feel drained of her power and her energy in general. It was all too much, he wouldn’t stop any time soon, so there was only one thing that popped in her mind and on instinct, she called for the pony she needed the most.
“TWILIGHT, HELP!” Starlight screamed, but it was no use, they were probably so deep in the forest that nobody could hear her. She was all alone with this psychopath, it was hopeless to believe she’d be saved.
After that, the Storm King had finished taking all of Starlight’s magic but Starlight felt weak, her magic wasn’t just stolen, but her energy was completely drained. She looked to her side and saw that her cutie mark had turned grey. How fitting.
“Ohohohohohohohoho. I did it! I have the magic! I have the magic!” The Storm King only celebrated at his success of stealing Starlight’s power, not caring about how much pain she was in, before turning to the unicorn herself.
“You served your purpose well. I’ll thank you when I rule this land with an iron fist!” Storm King smiled before saying, “So for that, I will spare your life but I don’t think you’ll last long anyway. So enjoy what little lifespan you have left.”
The Storm King immediately ran out of the cave and Starlight didn’t even bother trying to catch him, not like she could anyway. She felt like she couldn’t even stand.
She silently wept after a good portion of time when she realized what the Storm King had taken. She took her magic, her special talent, and possibly her life as well. She had just started to put her life back together but now she might never be able to see her friends again. Trixie, Sunburst, Twilight, Spike, Maud, and heck even Discord, she never got to say goodbye to any of them. Oh Celestia, what will happen when they realize what the Storm King did.
Suddenly, she heard a distant call, “Starlight. Starlight.”
Starlight felt she was about to pass out but she knew who it was, how could she have forgotten? She sent a distress signal to Discord earlier.
“Discord!” Starlight cried out weakly, “I-In here!”
Suddenly a flash popped inside the cave and the Draconequus was right there and looking confused as he looked around the cave, “You know, I really don’t understand why you’d wander so far into a cave, I mean it’s not even raining and-“
He paled once he saw Starlight’s state, her hair was frazzled, her fur was singed and the color was dulled, and her eyes were bloodshot.
“STARLIGHT!” Discord cried out in horror before asking, “What happened?!”
“S-Storm King… M-Magic gone…” Starlight muttered before finally passing out.
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Wierd start for qsomeone with your name. Lel. Where you going with this?
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A recovery process. Starlight will have to rely on others for a change since she is weakened and has no magic.
I already despised the storm king before, now I hate him even more.
Starlight better beat him once she gets her powers back. It will be entertaining, nonetheless, but still. K A R M A
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How come?
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Because he is an idiot, that is why. He was a horrible, lackluster villain who behaved more like a child than an actual villain.
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Well said. Such an awful villain.
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He’s being more villainous here, isn’t he?
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Much more. He seemed more like a circus clown in the movie who had Tempest doing all his dirty work, up until the end when he finally showed up in Canterlot....and the fact that he had bird pirates hauling around official merchandise and looking for a rebrand made him all the more laughable.
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So how come you hate him more?
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Because of what he did to Starlight, taking away her very self pretty much. In my opinion anyway, Starlight is a unique magical being and he goes and takes that away from her. I do hope she'll get her magic back.