The Demon's Within

Shadow Midnight smiled as he rushed towards Crystal Clear and charged up a small amount of the black aura around his hoof and swung at her, she moved to the side and pushed the his arm so he would be pushed back. Shadow Midnight quickly turned around and swung at her again, but he moved her head back and kneed him in the chest, which caused him to jump back.

"Wow, you are pretty quick on your hoofs." Shadow Midnight said as he decided to attack from a distance, he threw three dark aura blasts at her. She dodged them all by moving around them, he then threw a large shadow ball at her and she jumped over it. Shadow Midnight smiled because he had an opponent worth fighting. He charged up his magic around his body and charged again, she tried to dodge him again, but Shadow teleported and head-butted her in the chest. She flew back a few feet and landed on her back. Shadow tried to end it quickly so charged at the downed Crystal, but when he got to her, she used her front hooves to arch her back up while she used her back hooves to wrap her hooves around his neck, she then flipped which made Shadow on the bottom of her, and she was currently on top of him.

"Damn, you are a good adversary." He said as he bashed his head on hers, which caused her to fall off of him. He then punched the ground where she was, but she teleported just in time. Crystal breathed heavily because she had not faced a pony this strong before. She regained her posture and waited for Shadow to make his move. He got up and charged at her, but noticed that her body charged up a blue aura. He stopped and looked at her while she shot up a blue beam into the air; he looked up and noticed that the once clear sky was now full of clouds and raining hard.

"What is this power!?" He yelled as he charged at her again, but then the water dropped hard on the ground as black ice appeared on the ground, the black ice then rose up in a big cylindrical circle around him. They then split up into eight black ice mirrors. He looked around looking for Crystal and then he saw her enter one of the ice mirrors, which made the reflection of her go into each of the mirrors.

"What the hell are these?" Shadow Midnight yelled as she flew out of one of the mirrors and went past him and went into another of the mirrors. He smiled at this cowardice, but then he felt a pain on his side, he looked to his side which had a cut on it with blood coming out of him at a fast pace.

"These are called the Black Ice Crystal Ice Mirrors, a very powerful spell. Once I am in the mirrors, I cannot be touched. I am able to go at high paces from each of the mirrors and cut you as hard as I can without being touched once. So, prepare to die Shadow Midnight." Crystal Clear said as she jumped from the mirrors multiple times cutting him all over the place which made him yell loudly in pain.

"I will not die!" Shadow Midnight yelled as he charged a large amount of dark magic around his body, it was absolutely monstrous. Crystal Clear then flew from the ice mirrors, but Shadow grabbed her around the neck and slammed her on the ground. She looked at him with wide eyes and screamed in pain.

"I told you, I won't die." He said as he charged up his power into his hoof and tried to swing, but he felt something hold him back. He turned around and saw Trixie holding his hoof back and crying.

"Ravestorm, please stop!" She yelled while crying, Shadow Midnight looked at her and groaned. He shook her off his hoof and threw her at the mirror, which caused it to shatter. Trixie looked on with wide eyes as she fell to the ground with shattered pieces of ice around her. Crystal Clear kicked him off and teleported slightly away. She then threw multiple ice crystals at him, but he dodged all of them like she did to him.

"I will kill you Crystal Clear, and then I will eat your soul." He said with a wicked smile, he then charged at her again, she threw a large crystal ice ball at him. He then teleported next to her and swung at her, but she turned around and dodged again. She then used her front hooves to kick her back hooves up and bucked him hard. He flew back a few feet and flipped in midair, landing on the ground perfectly.

Crystal took this chance and threw an ice ball at him quickly, he was able to dodge it but when he turned around, he saw Trixie get stabbed through the chest with it, which caused her to cough up blood and fall to the ground. He laughed manically as he looked back to Crystal and charged at her, she teleported behind him and stabbed him through the chest with the ice crystal, which caused him to cough up blood.

He then punched her in the face which caused her to fly back and land right next to Trixie. Shadow then pulled the ice crystal out of his chest as his chest healed quickly. He then saw Trixie again, and then he felt a spark within him, he screamed as all of his dark magic returned to him all at once, he then fell to the ground.

His mane went back to his original spiked-up way, his sclera turned back to white and his iris turned back from a snake iris to a normal one. He managed to get up, but he was all wobbly. He then noticed Trixie on the ground with a crystal in her chest, he then ran to her and hugged her tightly, and he smoothly pulled the crystal out of her chest.

"What happened to Trixie?" Ravestorm asked.

"Your demon hurt her during our battle." Crystal Clear said which made Ravestorm start crying.

"Why!? Why did you fight me!?" Ravestorm yelled.

"I was under orders, I am sorry." Crystal said. "I need to tell you something, kill Shadow Midnight. It is the only thing that stands in your way to keep her safe."

"Why are you telling me this? You are my enemy." He asked with confusion.

"Ravestorm, I am an agent under the court the ESDF. I was undercover, I only fought Shadow so I could bring you back here to tell you…..There is somepony after you, well actually the pony is after Shadow, and he was willing to kill Trixie to get to him, please take Trixie and leave Equestria, find somewhere you can go without being seen, there are multiple ponies working for this pony, and he will stop at nothing to find you." Crystal explained.

"Who is this pony?" He asked.

"I do not know, he has never showed his face to anypony. Somehow he knows of the Demon Lands and he is said to be very dangerous. I advise you to run far away, for Trixie's safety." Crystal Clear said as Ravestorm picked up Trixie and ran at a fast pace. She then turned around and felt a hoof choke her; she then saw a pony in the shadows.

"No…" She said with shock as a shadow magic went into her and made her explode into many pieces, the pony then looked on with a smile.