Ponies Souls

Twilight slowly brought her hand up to the fog, looking over her shoulder back at Oscar, who secured his grip on his sword. He nodded slowly and Twilight pressed her palm against the fog, it seemed solid and cold, but soon she felt her hand being sucked in. She put her other hand against the fog to stop herself from being dragged in only to have her other hand automatically pulled in. Her arms now fully pulled in, she now had no choice but to let the fog engulf her. But it never did, Twilight soon felt a cold wind on her hands. She held her breath and pushed herself through the fog and now stood facing the ramparts that surrounded the area she was just in to her right. Twilight released her breath and looked around, starting by looking down at the undead burg that she had just made her way through. She turned and looked over the outside wall, and the view made her jaw drop. The rolling green hills and forests, large river winding its way through the landscape, the suns rays touching everything and bringing life to all it saw. Twilight was so in awe at the sight that she didn't sense Oscar behind her, and all he could do was smile at the sight in front of him. This peaceful moment was broken when Oscar looked down the rampart and saw the solid white fog blocking the exit. He cursed and turned to look at Twilight, who was now looking at him with a concerned face.

"Whats wrong?" Twilight asked, taking a small step closer to Oscar. He turned around hoping the fog they had walked through had dissipated like the others he had encountered on his journeys, but no luck.

"There's a demon here" He said coldly, "But I doubt it's going to be like the one back at the asylum, or as easy." Twilight felt a chill run down her spine when he said this, thinking back to the hideous thing she had helped kill not that long ago, and now there was one that would no doubt be worse. As she thought this an deafening roar echoed through the whole burg, causing the two to recoil and cover their ears. Oscar less successful at doing so, the sound becoming even worse as it hit his helmet. The roar stopped and was immediately replaced with what seemed like an earthquake. The two regained their balance and looked around. Twilight was the first to spot it, her mouth hung open in fear as Oscar looked to where she was looking and froze.

There at the opposite end of the rampart was a massive monster, almost the size of the tower it stood in front of, its skull like head seemed like it was made from rock, its bright orange eyes were staring straight at them. Its hands tightened around its bone white ax, the two could plainly hear its deep breaths, each one sending a chill down their spines.

"Twilight...." Oscar whispered, trying not to make any sudden moves. Twilight responded with a small whimper, her head slowly turning to face the knight.

"There is a ladder to my right, climb it as fast as you can after I move, Okay?"

"Wait, what? I don't think that's a good idea, I think as long as we stay still, we can have the time to....." Twilight was cut off mid sentence as Oscar charged full speed at the demon.

"FOR ASTORA!"

"Come up with a better plan...." Twilight finished as she watched the demon and the knight charge each other. She looked over and quickly spotted the ladder Oscar talked about, she ran and started climbing as fast as she could. As she reached the top, the sound of battle reached her, she turned around to see Oscar just barely get out of the way of the demons ax.

"HAAAH" Twilight swung her head around to see a club swing into her face, knocking her to the side, almost making her fall. She covered her face and yelled in pain as the corners of her vision started blurring. She uncovered her face in time to see the next strike coming down, she rolled to the side and saw the club crack the stone it had just landed on.

Twilight stumbled to her feet to face her assailant, grabbing for her staff. Her face now streaked with blood, both hers and other hollows. She stopped just short when the attacker spoke, and instantly she looked up at them.

"Do ya not know when to leave a girl alone?!" The strong southern accent was now lightly backed up by a deeper, almost demonic voice. Twilight saw what was supposed to be one of her best friends, now clearly on the path to hollowing. Twilight felt herself start to break down at the sight, taking the hollow former apple bucker aback, but not for long. She soon charged the now crying Twilight, raising her club to deal the killing blow.

"I'm sorry Apple Jack." Twilight uttered as she raised her staff and focused, the top of the catalyst started glowing a deep blue. The hollow kept charging, ignoring the possible danger in front of them.

"I'm sorry." A blast of blue light surged out from the catalyst, launching Apple Jack back, landing on a pile of rubble and hitting her head against one of the stones.

Twilight breathed heavily as the weight of what had just happened settled. Her sadness was soon replaced with an intense hatred. In her mind, she did this to Apple Jack, to Fluttershy, and possibly to the rest of her friends. She stood up and walked over to the ledge, looking at the demon and the knight, who were now much closer than before. Twilight raised the catalyst, aiming at the demon. The catalyst lit up and launched out a torrent if purple bolts, each one finding their mark on the demon. The demon stumbled back, giving Oscar the chance to finish it. He stabbed his sword forward in the demons heel, making it fall on to on knee. Oscar yelled as he stabbed with all his might into the demons skull, finishing it off for good. He yanked the sword out and took a few steps back as the demon crumbled to the ground.

Twilight lowered the catalyst and took several deep breathes, feeling light headed from the amount of magic that she had just thrown at the monster in a rage induced haze. She looked at the scene below, eventually meeting eyes with Oscar.

As Oscar moved toward Twilight, the demons body twitched and started to disintegrate, forming into a cloud of white. After fully forming, the cloud shot past Oscar towards Twilight. Oscar stumbled back as it picked up speed, Twilight watched as the cloud closed the gap between them, going straight through her. She grunted and fell to her knees in pain, the cloud going on and circling around the body of Apple Jack. Twilight look back, panting, as the cloud, now with a small black object with what looked like eyes, shot into Apple Jack. And the last thing Twilight saw before passing out was Apple Jacks skin returning to what it should have been, her hand tightening around her club, and her eyes slowly opening, revealing their natural emerald color.

"........Twi?"