Lyra - Unleashed

I often think about how I got my powers. Before Bon Bon’s death, I had weak magic, way under average. But after Sunset killed Bons, all my love for her turned into the purest feeling someone could have: Hate. The hate blinded my, disguised what was right and what was wrong. I was driven by my insatiable desire to annihilate Sunset and everyone who dared standing in my way. I know now, even before I took the Alicorn Amulet I was another mare than three years before. The hate turned me into a monster, controlled by the wish of vengeance. I was unscrupulous, but I didn’t care. I happily took any mean that could help me reach my target. But the hate had also another effect on me: it increased my power, my reactions, my senses, every time I let it flow through and take control. And since I had back my human half it felt like there were three Lyras inside me. The human Lyra, the hating Lyra and the ‘real’ me, though I wasn’t so sure anymore what was real about me and what was triggered by my feelings. But I was sure about one thing; I mustn’t ever lose control about my body. Of course I loved the power I had when I let the hate flow through my veins, but I had to get sure that I’ll never go too far and hurt somepony. Except Sunset, she had to burn, even if that means that I had to let go everything that kept me from going crazy. I’d happily die, if I know that I’ll take her with me. I mean, what should I do after all this is over anyway? Once I get my vengeance, my life has no sense anymore. I lived for just one task: Punishing Sunset Shimmer.

On my way to Canterlot I could see the results of the battles. Most of the cities were destroyed, it looked like a lane of devastation, straight from the Badlands towards Canterlot. Everything in the changelings way was havocked. A strange feeling raised inside me. Did they attack Ponyville? Are Tavi and Vinyl alright? And what happened to the elements of harmony, why didn’t they defend Equestria? Or did they, and had been defeated? I didn’t want to think about that.
While I kept walking I ran into changeling patrols every now and then, but I got used to it.

Just see it as practice, it’s not killing if we end their miserable lives.

From all the soldiers we faced survived not even a single one. The fights were over faster and faster, and soon I hadn’t even to stop my way to Canterlot; I just killed them while passing by, like they were flowers I picked up without even thinking about it. Very, very ugly flowers.

I had no real problems on my way and arrived under Canterlot after a few days. Coming up there wasn’t a problem either, but now I had to be careful. Up there were Sunset and Chrysalis, and they were much more powerful then last time, and that last time I wasn’t able to win against them.

But last time you hadn’t had my help, nor the amulet. We could rip the whole city off the mountain if we wanted to! Nobody will ever laugh at us again!

I rested for a day, preparing myself for the upcoming battle. I meditated a lot and polished the amulet. When the night arrived, I was ready to take the final step. Using my magic, I levitated myself up in the air and over the wall. What I saw then shocked my. I hadn’t been often in Canterlot, but I remembered enough to know that this wasn’t Canterlot anymore. Half of the houses were destroyed, fires raged everywhere and the ponies were enslaved, if they had survived the siege. I got angry, and tears formed in my eyes.

Oh my god… what have they done to everypony? - Don’t think about this, you have to have a clear mind if we want to defeat them. Now go, they’ll be in the castle.

I rushed from edge to edge, always staying in the shadows, but I was sure that I wouldn’t get to the castle without any battles. And of course, I was spotted almost immediately. But instead of fighting me, the changelings ran away, spreading in every direction of the city.

This isn’t good at all. Soon we’ll have the entire army here, waiting for us. - And we’ll crush every single one of them.

After a few minutes I heard a voice behind me.

“You must be Lyra. I’ve heard about you… Poor Lyra, lost her beloved Bon Bon and now tries to take revenge. Too bad you won’t reach your task. Come on, Heartstrings, show me your power!”

I turned around and faced a huge changeling with two heads, each with a horn. His left head glowed in a dark blue, his right one in a demonic green. I still had the amulet equipped and didn’t feel like I was going to lose this, but I was sure that this one would be a little harder than the normal changelings. He held his two horns together and fired a salve of green and blue energy waves towards me, too fast for me to dodge. They hit me shoulder and my chest and I stumbled for a second, but it wasn’t the pain that distracted me, it was the fact that his magic had actually an effect on me. I wasn’t immune to his magic!

Let’s roll, set me free!

The hate inside my began to take control of my body and my horn glowed in the well known black-red. I formed a disk of deadly energy and threw it at the changeling, but he dodged easily.

“Silly filly, your pitiful magic won’t help you here. You’re now on the desecrated ground of the changelings. Nothing will protect you in here. I have waited so long for a real enemy, I surely will enjoy this!”

“Be aware that I’m sure I’ll enjoy it even more after I ripped your head of!”

Like always when I let the hate fill my veins my voice changed to a dark humming. Two voices came out of my mouth as I spoke.

“You have no idea who I am, have you? Oh Lyra, you never heard about me? I’m Lord Kri, personal guard of Queen Chrysalis! Thanks to your pathetic human half I’m more powerful than ever before, but still I’m nothing compared to my queen! Even if you manage to kill me, she will end your life like it’s nothing. You are lost!”

He laughed and attacked again, trying to pierce me with his horns. I ducked away and kicked him right in the face, knocking his right head out. His left on panicked as he couldn’t control half of his body anymore and flapped desperately with his remaining wing, but that wouldn’t help him, The short time he was distracted was enough for me to take power off the amulet and show my claws. I jumped up in the air, grabbed him and smashed him down on the ground.

“You are nothing! Don’t tell me about true power as long as you haven’t felt it first hand!”

I dashed onto him and began to decompose his body. My claws easily cut through his chest and I squashed his black heart between my hooves.

That wasn’t too difficult. If he was Chrysalis’ personal guard, I don’t think we’ll have any trouble reaching her. - What did we just do? That was disgusting! We rummaged in his open body and crushed his inner organs! - Lyra, this is war. Do you really want to take you silk gloves on before fighting anyone?

She was right, I knew that, but still I hated myself for what I just did. At least, I was sure there wasn’t anybody in my way anymore. Guess who just was mistaken like nobody before?

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Still walking on two legs with my claws appeared, I almost reached the castle when I saw another huge creature in front of the entrance. He stared at me, not even moving an inch. I had to pass him if I wanted to enter the castle, so there wasn’t a reason to hide from him. I just went towards him like we were old friends.

“Who dares facing Ouro? I’ll grant you a swift dead!”

He suddenly disappeared in the earth, and I realized that moment that this wasn’t a changeling, it was a huge worm! After a few seconds he broke through the ground under me and sent me flying.

I guess it’s time to find out if a worm really splits into two if you cut it.

I jumped onto Ouro and he disappeared in the ground again. I worked his body and slowly dug through him while he tried to get back to the surface and get rid of me. But he hadn’t a chance, just like anyone before him I finished him after not even two minutes of fighting. When I was done, the back half of him stuck partially in the ground, his front half lied next to the rest of his body. There wasn’t a single drop of blood, this creature seemed to not having any liquids in its body.

I turned away from this not-so-nice view and entered the castle. I headed straight towards the throne hall, knowing that Chrysalis and Sunset would be there, presumably with the portal. I opened the big double doors and saw that I was right; Both of them had a throne standing on a little podium and between them I saw the mirror.

“Ah, Lyra, what a surprise that you show off! I knew I should have get sure that you’re dead back in the Badlands. I won’t make that mistake again.

They raised and the mirror began to glow as it granted them power.

Yes! YES! KILL THEM! LET YOUR HATE TAKE CONTROL AND DESTROY THEM!