The Tale Of Crystal Clear

I have been alone all my life. That is, until today....

                  "Run, kid, RUN!" I yelled, my voice hoarse.

"They're gaining!" Screamed a small filly running by my side. She was a small Pegasus filly with midnight blue fur and a black and yellow mane. I looked to my left to see a bright yellow unicorn colt with an orange and black mane, moving as swiftly as I was. As we dashed around a corner, my "sight" went blurry. I smelled the air and listened, while still sprinting. My senses soon gathered enough information about my surroundings to form a moving picture in my mind of the corridor.  After all, you're always the fastest when you're running for your life. I looked back up to-Oh no.

                    My heart sank as I saw nothing but a wall ahead of us. No doors, no buttons, no protection, no escape. As we came to a stop, the blue filly looked at me with pleading eyes, and asked, "Miss Crystal, what's going to happen to us?" My eyes watered, but before a tear could escape, I put on a brave face and told her,

"I'm going to protect you guys, that's what's going to happen."

                 Then, Death came around the corner. Two burly ponies dressed in black marched up, then separated to let their leader through. I glared at him with clear turquoise eyes, hoping lasers would emit from them and fry him to a crisp. He was a light brown stallion dressed snazzily up in black, with a dark stick thing in one of his hooves. It smelled like death. "Crystal, dear, why do you run away from me? You know you want me," He said, and threw his head back in laughter. Then it snapped back down with a stony expression.

"You dare break in to MY headquarters, steal MY property," He pointed to the yellow colt, who cringed and ducked behind me. "And then you think you have any choice of escape!"

"You call a foal YOUR property!" I spat back at him. "You're sick." With a grin, he extended his arm to show me the black stick.

"Do you like it?" He purred. "I blackmailed a famous inventor to make it for me. I call it... A Gun. And you are going to be the first test subject."

                         The gun clicked, and a roar echoed through the room. Suddenly, there was a searing pain in my chest. I looked down to see a small hole in my skin, blood dripping from it. Right then, I knew I was going to die. I looked back at the two foals staring at me with scared eyes. I couldn't let him take them. Then, I heard a roaring in my ears. My horn glowed pure white, and I felt myself being lifted into the air. I spoke softly, but it sounded like the thundering of a thousand storms. "I will not let you take these children," I said. "If you want them, you will have to go through me." He stumbled back with fear in his eyes.

"Run away, Shadow. Run away, and never return." He shrieked, and skittered down the hallway, away from us. The light faded from my horn, and the darkness enveloped everything.