*Yūkan*

Yūkan twists and turns in the grasp of the trees vice like grip of the vines.

"God dammit!" He yells as he flings his body upwards and grabs the vine with both hands, "I'm not going to die here!"

He bites into the vine repeatedly till it snaps away dropping him hard on the floor. He stands up wobbling a bit as roots lash out from the floor. One swings over head daring to rip his skull right off. He rolls forward and runs not sure where to. He looks up at the pony still strangling try to stop strangle itself. He sees a knife laying on the ground which probably fell from one of the dead bodies above. He also notices different type of foods and money on the ground. He grabs the knife and looks up as a vine strikes down. He jumps back and cuts forward as the vine shoots into the ground. The knife cuts clean through it and makes the tree howl in anger.

"Fucking bring it!" He yells ready for a fair fight.

He runs towards the beast of the tree and stabs it embedding the knife deep into the creature. Black liquid spew quickly like from the wound as the knife drags down. The creature roars in pain dropping buddies it held with the vines. He backs up and runs ripping the knife out and catches the small horse that begins to cough hoarsely gasping for breath. The vines shoot at him as the monster tries to patch the wound it received.

"Come on you fucker!" He yells getting up and making sure the knife was put at a safe point for the horse and him.

He takes off running towards the entrance of the tunnel that was still blocked by roots. Vines and roots come out of every direction trying their best to stop him. A sharp pain shoots through his right shoulder as a vine shoots into his arm. He manages to hold the horse with his left arms, turns, and cuts the vine quickly before turning back around. He comes to the entrance and yells, "Open up!"

He takes the knife and stabs the roots and yanks down the blade going through multiple roots like butter. The barrage of attack slackens as roots fall from the wall and retract and the monster tree screams in pain sharply. He runs forward and looks behind him to see roots lacing through the tunnel after them.

"Shit shit shit shit!" He yells repeatedly ducking under vines and watching some shoot forward and lace around in a type of tripper and choker.

He looks at the horse whose eyes are closed and is breathing lightly. Don't worry I've got this...

He sees a light coming up ahead and runs into it. He turns around to see the roots have blocked up the entire path but have stopped their advance. He sighs and places the horse down and looks her over. She has a laceration mark on her throat but none the less she was in fact alive the fact that her chest was still puffing up and down from deep breathing. He looks around the room to see torches all around the dome shaped room. He than notice an assortment of pedestals with books upon them. Two other entry ways are here too. A sign rest beside each one. He walks to the one on the right that reads the path of Magic and then the other one that reads the path of strength.

"Magic or strength huh?"

He sits beside the horse and lays on his back.

"For now I choose rest."

*Tsumetai*

Tsumetai holds out his sphere the green glow flowing around him. The tentacles creatures lash out slamming into the shield and firing him further into the room.His back slams into the wall and he lets out a loud yelp but still holds onto the the sphere.

"Not the sort of protection I was hoping for..." He mumbles to himself peeling himself off the wall staring daggers into him.

"What kind of sorcery is this!?" The man yells sneering at him.

A whisper can be heard lightly in the back of the head almost like it was scratching at the back of his mind.

"I don't see why I got to tell you." Tsumetai says keeping the orb close.

The man growls and launches himself into the orb and start pounding at it hard with his fist sending ripples through it. Tsumetai stares shocked disbelief that the man would be able to break through this magical shield. He wasn't sure that this was indestructible but he was sure no man could actually break it.

But that's the point. He is no man.

The sudden voice of not his own makes him jump to the right making the man fumble forward after the the large strike into the wall. The man growls and stares daggers at Tsumetai.

"Wha what was that?" He asks himself.

Well that was me. The orb you're holding. Now I would give a better introduction but right now we have a more important problem.

Tsumetai shakes off his shock and re focuses.

Good keep a cool mind. Now let us observe this man. I've collected data through the shield and he seems to have increased strength, speed, and agility. But he isn't too smart. The tentacle creature is what has the intelligence. So get rid of them and he'll be just a brainless being.

"Right." Tsumetai says looking around the room, "But how do I do that?"

Well since I don't want to kill my host with something dangerous I can't resort to fire. For now I'll start you off with something basic like wind.

The man roars again as he starts to bombard on the shield again. Tsumetai better prepares himself and slides back slowly.

"Alright what you want me to do? Move the wind! I don't do magic!"

But with me you do. Now think about the air around you. Think about harnessing it and then when you feel the pressure pretend your throwing a circular blade at him.

"Alright... I'll give it a try." Tsumetai says closing his eyes.

He imagines the wind and harnessing it. He can feel something building inside him. He opens his eyes and hold up the orb. It turns from its green color to a gray color. The shield goes down catching the man by surprise.

"Good to see you've come to you'r-" The man is cut off a something ripples past and through him.

Tsumetai has his left arm outstretched. The man's arms fall off his body and two of the beast on the man's back scream in pain falling off of him wiggling before dying. The man has a look of shock on his face as it looks at both of his detached arm. No blood was falling out or flowing around the detached body parts.

Great! Seems your a natural at this!

Tsumetai couldn't really describe what he was feeling. He felt many things. Anger, pride, and the best thing of all, Powerful. Tsumetai smiles and fells the wind collecting on his left arm and lets loose another reverent. He could see the spinning blades of air as they flew. It was only four. He felt like he could do more but he chose not too. He knew about magic. He's read how magic is both deadly to the one it's being used on and the one using it. If the magic tries to make you doing something you are uncomfortable than don't.

The now legless man lays on the ground like a limp body as four tentacles lay dead on the ground.

Good good! Now that I do look the creatures seem to be Ditalians. Haven't seen them in some thousands of years.

"Excuse me what?"

Ah yes! Introductions. I've would've been talked to you but you have more of a complex mind to get into that I thought. I've run into a lot of dead ends. Now than, My name is Orphean. I've lived for a great long time now but only down here in the cave where I am falsely imprisoned. I've been moved from place to place though so it's hard to say where I started out from. but it's good to see a fellow human kind down here in the caves after such a long time. I almost feared our race had diminished since the last magic war.

"Magic war?"

Ah! You don't know of it! Well it is better that you don't know. Now than say we get out of here now right?

"Right. Wait are you okay with me putting you in my bag?"

Of course I understand you don't have the most greatest of places to put me but we are mentally linked so no harm done.

Tsumetai nods his head and puts the orb in his bag and it changes from its grayish color back to a dull white. The two walk out of the room and Tsumetai looks into the left room and immediately regrets it. The creatures that once were held inside where completely blown to pieces. Blood was splashed all over the wall and different body parts and guts laid all around the room. He falls to his knees and almost throws up.

Yes a tragic fate indeed.

"Indeed..."

He get back up and continues walking head down not wanting to look into any more of the room. Than he remembers to the room where the little horse was in.

Hm? Ah! I see you've run into the pony kind. Shame it's imprisoned down here. Well I guess we could see whether it is still alive but I wouldn't keep your hopes up.

"Right. Wait how'd you?"

Mental link.

"Ah okay."

They find the room and he looks inside.

A pegasus. Great flier they are best I've ever seen. Graceful as a eagle and yet can be even fiercer than a T-Rex when provoked.

Tsumetai takes the door handle and actually opens the door.

"Hey you okay?"

Unlike the last time the orange pegasus is in the corner shivering. The pegasus looks up and asks, "Who...Who's there?"

He eyes. Completely gray as if she was blind. But what the worse part is that she was crying blood.

Ah... the parasite must have been close enough to her eyes when the master was alive.

Tsumetai nods his head and says, "Don't worry I'm a friend and won't hurt you. I promise."

The orange pegasus tenses up at the touch of him but relaxes seeing as he or her case it hasn't hurt her yet.

A filly pegasus. A mare at that. Her wings are to small to fly with but with her blindness even if she could fly she wouldn't be good at it.

The orange pegasus latches itself onto Tsumetai whimpering.

"I want to go home..."

"Don't we all kid. Don't we all." Tsumetai says walking out the room.

He can hear beating on the door that sound way to strong. The roars and shrills of screaming of ungodly nature deter him from staying in this part of the tunnels for long. He walks beak into the tunnel with his two new companions. One to protect and one to learn from.

*Elza*

After walking in silence for longer than she can remember Applebloom speaks up.

"So do you know anything about this cave?"

"No, but I wish I would've of if there was something like that in here." Elza says with a shiver, "Who knows what's else down here."

"So who are the two friends you brought down here?"

"Tsumetai and Yūkan. Those two are the greatest of friends and they tend to get in a lot of trouble. I tell you those two have blown up, caught fire, and and destroyed so many things in their childhood they are barley fazed by anything anymore. They've fought together, played together, and they've even fought one another. Heh that was amazing day too."

She has a giant smile on her face again reminiscing about the days of old. The smile on her face even makes Applebloom smile as well.

"So they were the greatest of friends huh? Just like my sister and her friends!"

"Yea... the very reason why we're down here is because they want to see who could get the treasure faster."

"Treasure? Oh you mean the cutie mark maker right! Your kind gets a cutie mark?" She asks hopping around in front of her.

Elza looks at her confused, "Cutie mark maker? We don't get cutie marks or at least I don't think so. What is a cutie mark anyway?"

"A cutie mark is what you get when a pony finds there special talent and a picture of it appear on their flank. I wish I could show you but I still haven't found my special talent..." She says a little saddened at the last part.

"Hm. We don't get pictures on our butts when we find what we're good at." Elza says nodding her head at the explanation.

"Really? Well that's interesting."

"Sure is... huh?"

Elza looks ahead to see a green light emanating from a hole in the wall to the right. Elza looks inside with Applebloom inside the room to see the outside.

"Is this an exit! We can actually get out of here!"

"Yea! It really does look like it! Now all we have to do is find the."

"Hey guys!" An excited voice says.

Elza and Applebloom look towards the voice to see Yūkan, Tsumetai, Sweetie Belle, and Scootalo all smiling walking towards them. Elza shoots up, runs, and guys Yūkan and Tsumetai.

"I missed you guys so much!" She yells almost on the verge of crying.

Applebloom has done the same and starts crying while saying sorry over and over again. The two group of friends hug each other as happy as can be.

"I can't believe we found each other again! We can finally get out!" Elza says grabbing the two boys hands and leading them towards the exit, "We can go home and be done with this stupid place."

"Yea I hear ya on that. Me and Tsumetai ran into some really messed up situations." Yūkan says rubbing the back of his neck.

"Yea but luckily we found these two and we were able to get more done."

"Yea! They found us in the nick of time! We also made up too. The argument was stupid and we shouldn't have had it in the first place." Scootalo says placing her left foreleg over Sweetie Belle.

"Yea it really was and I bet all the others are worried about us." Applebloom says.

"Alright than let's get out of here than." Elza says stepping in step with her friends.

They walks towards the exit but Applebloom stops and backs up.

Elza stops and walks over to her.

"What's wrong Applebloom."

"They're not Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle." She says with a note of fear in her voice.

"What ya mean."

"In the fight Scootaloo has feather taken out of her right wings and sweetie belle had some of her mane pulled out..." She says backing away from her friends further.

Elza turned around to see that the two other ponies were perfect not a single scratch on them.

Hey... Now that I think about it... If they faced some type of the same thing I did than they've would've fought them... and would've been hurt.

"Your not Yūkan and Tsumetai are ya'll." Elza says standing beside her pony friend.

The others look at each other and smile grins that almost seemed to big for their faces. They all started laughing as things started to melt away. The walls of the tunnel, their friends, and even the floor. The area shifted and twisted till it showed that Elza and Applebloom are standing on a single plateform with a late coming on them from above.

"Where where are we?" Applebloom asks frantic holding on to Elza's leg.

Elza crouches down and holds onto Applebloom, "I don't know but we're getting out of here.

In front of them is a land bridge and the tunnel that they might have walked in from. Where that hole in the wall and the green light used to be was only a dreadful pitfall that would've led to their deaths. From the tunnel a man walks out clapping his hands.

"Bravo! You saw through my illusion. Not all illusions can be perfect after all. Elza... Applebloom... It is truly a honor to kill you." The man says with a crooked grin.

The man fades away with birds flying off. A two hands land on Elza's shoulders. Something sharp lays on her neck.

"And where are you looking?" The man says into her ear.

Applebloom screams at the sudden apparance of them.

No... Is all that Elza thinks.

*Twilight and Rarity*

Twilight bats off out stretched hands towards her as Rarity continue to move forward. Twilight looks back and says, "Sorry about this."

Twilight turns and slams the bone into the back of her head knocking her unconsious.

"Sorrysorrysorrysorrysorrysorry!" She says rapidly quickly scooping her friend onto her back and running through the skeletons out of the room.

Twilight lets Rarity off her back panting out of breath.

"Rarity you okaeeeeeeeee!" She says looking at the open wound at the back of her friend's head.

Twilight stands up quickly searching around.

"Come on Twilight what to do what to do!" She says getting annoyed with herself for not knowing what to do.

"I think I can help..." A voice says behind her.

Twilight eeps and quickly turns around her horn ready to blast magic at the invader.

"It okay I won't hurt you." A girl says floating out with a eggshell white glow around her.

The girl floats closer to Twilight.

"Back! Who are you?! What are you!" Twilight says as forgotten spells that she never noticed left return.

"My name is Izabella... I just want to help..." She says playing with the hem of her dress and looking at the ground.

Twilight looks at Rarity a little worried.

"Alright but don't you dare do anything to hurt her!" Twilight says backing up a little and releasing the spell.

Izabella floats over and places two hands above Rarity as a faint green glow forms around her. The wounds slowly sews it self together and the blood that was exposed seeps into her. Twilight watches wide eyed at the healing spell.

"Wow. I didn't know other creatures are magical." Twilight says looking over the girl in amusement, "So what are you exactly?"

"Well I'm a human... All creatures are magical... My family just kept the magics alive in our family though some of them focus on battle magic I've always wanted to be healer." She says showing a small smile sitting down above the ground.

"How are you floating like that?"

"Floating?" She looks down and shakes her head, "I don't see what you mean."

Twilight cocks her head. Best to just switch the subject.

"What are you doing down here?" Twilight asks sitting beside Rarity.

"Oh! My family came down here to study the effect of the mage war. We came down here together but a cave in split us all apart. I was afraid that something happened to them but since I'm alive than they must be alive too!" She says happily, "Have you seen them down here perhaps?"

Twilight shakes her head, "You're the first friendly thing I've seen down here..."

Izabella sighs and says, "Well I better keep looking than... it was nice to talk to you though."

Twilight nods her head as the girl gets up and floats way but imitating walking on air. Twilight shakes her head and checks on her friend.

"Rarity are you okay." She asks hoping she is.

She mumbles something incoherent.

"What was that?"

"I said what you do with my diamond!" She yells sitting up hitting Twilight in the under jaw pushing knocking her back.

Twilight rubs her jaw.

"I know you knocked me out and stole my diamond! Now I bet you're after the rest of my jewels!"

"No Rarity I'm only here to help!" Twilight insist.

"I will have none of that! You are a burglar and I will hear none of it! Now give me back my diamond or things will get rough!" Rarity says with a snort.

"Rarity I don't want to fight you..."

"Stop talking like you know me!" Rarity says her horn glowing, "Now give me back my diamond before things get messy!"

*Rainbowdash*

Rainbowdash falls to the ground gasp for air. She couldn't believe her eyes. A vampony had just attacked and probably killed Fluttershy. She looks behind her seeing if the creature was till behind her. She takes a giant gulp of breath and tries to calm herself. She didn't know much about vamponies or how they worked. All she knew was they drank blood.

"Okay Rainbowdash... you've got to warn the girls.

She looks around her environment and notice multiple tunnels. The one she ran from, the one in front, the one above, and the one to the right. She looks up to the hole in the ceiling. She wasn't too sure about it but she felt like it would be her best bet. She loosens up after catching her breath and flew into the hole. She keeps flying until she reaches a room like platform. Walls couldn't be seen for miles and there seemed to be no ceiling. She could feel a great draft though that sent shivers through her. She looked around for any indication of where she might be.

"Hello?" She is only greeted by the echo of her words.

She shuffles her hooves and is about to head back down when someone says, "Well hello there my multicolored horse!"

Rainbowdash snorts.

"Horse? For your instance I'm a pony. Who are you?"

"Ah I go by many names. Some call me great and powerful, some call me something fearful, some call me the betrayer, others call me a sense of adventure, you can call me courageous."

"That's not what I'm asking..."

"And yes it is exactly." The man says walking over to the hole, "Been ages since I've seen someone fly up here before. Though why the hole opened here is yet to be determined. I'm guessing you don't feel to sure of yourself?"

"Hah! Me not sure of myself!? You must not know who you are talking to!"

"No I don't mind telling me." The man says examining her.

"I'm the one and only Rainbowdash!" she says proudly flying into the air like at a show casing, "The fastest pegasus alive and the best flyer in the world no in fact the universe!"

"Haha that's a lot of boasting for someone as your size."

"You trying to call me short!" She says flying down and poking a hoof into his chest.

"Not necessarily. Though compared to your average horse I wouldn't say you were something to brag about." The man say rubbing his chin and closing his eyes mimicking a professor he once heard of.

"Like I said I'm not a horse!" She says poking him again.

"Right and but you have lost something am I right?"

Rainbowdash backs up a little unsure, "I...I don't know."

"Come now a mare like you by the name of Fluttertie?"

"Fluttershy..." She says stopping her flight staring at the ground.

"'Ah right Fluttershy! A young vampony made a meal of her. Now if only you were more courageous you would've defended your friend instead of running away."

"Hey how do you."

"I know a lot of things my dead and when some one isn't being courageous than I always know what happened.

The man sits down at the hole, "Take a seat and let's talk for a minute or too."

"I think I would rather leave."

"Come on where is your since of adventure! Are ya chicken to talk to an old man?" He says mockingly.

"I'm no chicken!" She says sitting down beside him.

"Good good now let's talk about some adventures!"

*Fluttershy*

Fluttershy eyes open slowly. He whole body fills sluggish and cold. She felt like rolling over and pulling her cover on her and going back to sleep. She reaches for it but finds nothing.

Angel must have taken my blanket again...

She sits up a little and gives a small yawn. She felt a little weaker today but she wasn't sure why. She looks to her right to see a glass and a note that says drink up. She reaches over and takes the glass.

I wonder who left this here for me?

She takes a sip of the liquid and finds it some what lukewarm yet very tasty. She finds her self gulping down the drink to feel some unknown thirst within her. She feels warmth flow through her entire body. He eyes come wide open as energy flow through her. She than takes notice to a slight pains in her mouth. One on the right and the other on the left. She looks at the drink to notice a few red stains on the floor.

Hm I wonder if it's one of Berrypunch's mix.

She gets up to her hooves and than notice that this is in fact not her room, house, or country. She gasps realizing what events happened. She touches her neck to feel no blood.

Well that's a relief...

"Glad to see you're awake. Looks like I remembered how to convert other ponies after all." A voice of a filly says.

Fluttershy turns around to see a filly standing in the door way. The filly walks in smiling at Fluttershy. Her once nub wings are now full blown bat like wings, her coat is now a healthy brown, the neck brace is gone, and her wounds even the mangled leg are healed.

"Wha what happened?"

"I needed the strength so I fed on your blood. I was planning on feeding on the other one but she is very fast. I wasn't fully up to power to chase her down. So I went into the other rooms to feed on the other creatures. I brought you some blood because I pulled back before I fully killed you. Don't really want to be left alone down here without another of my kind."

She walks around looking Fluttershy up and down.

"Seems like the blood did ya good. At first you were starting to go pale on me. Don't want ya dead yet."

Fluttershy just stands there staring at the door. Something inside her was compelling her to run but another side of her was making her listen to what the filly was saying. So many thoughts were going through her heads still she stopped on one.

I'm...I'm...

"I'm a vampony..." She says in shocked whisper.

"Yes you are and I'm hoping we could be great friends. I'll even let you have the other horse as your first meal as long as you don't mind sharing. From all the colors I bet she taste like skittles!" The filly says walking back to the door, "Now come on we got to stick together or the magic of this place is going to separate us."

Something wanted to make her scream. Something of her wanted to run to her friends. She wanted to cry, fight, and just stay here by herself to be with her thoughts... And yet, something pushed her on wards behind the filly. Let is be vampony instincts or just natural curiosity. She follows behind the filly out into the tunnels her mind cluttered with thoughts that start to become not her own.

*Applejack Pinkiepie*

"Tarnation! Where the hay are ya!" Applejack yells out for Pinkie.

Pinkie pops out from on of the top holes, "Up here! How'd you get all the way back down there?"

"I don't know these tunnels have me all confused!"

"Hehehe how about we lighten things up."

"What you think she." Lave spews from one of he holes near Applejack.

Pinkie and Applejack stares at the lave in horror.

"Better hurry up hehe."

Applejack and pinkie begin their search of the pony even harder now.

Author's Note

Hmmmm who should I mess up the most next time... hmmmmmm
On another note a man can only rewrite this so much. I've deleted backspaced good sections, and other most lost a lot of date about... let's see carry the two a good 30 to 40 times. So yea point out errors and blah blah blah