The Prisoner of Darkness

Chaos sat down at an empty, four-seat table mad of oak wood. He listened to the loud, obnoxious laughter and chatter that echoed throughout the small cafeteria. He laid his head down, closed his eyes, trying to rest before he had to go back to his other classes. He couldn't eat lunch, due to the fact that he had no idea what this thing called money was. Without it, he would have to starve for that lunch, though he knew he could ask one of his teachers about it later. His mind wandered from the money to Éclair. He could still feel the sensation of her tongue wrapped around his. With this thought he drifted off into slumber... Until some pony grabbed his arm. He jumped up, startled. He looked behind him to see Fallen Angel holding two plates of food.

"Hello there Chaos." She said and sat next to him. Chaos eyed at the food hungrily. "I see you are hungry, just I thought." She stated to him. He nodded. She placed one plate in front of him and smiled. "Then have this." Unable to say the right words, Chaos hugged F. Angel.

"Thank you... so much!" He said and squealed with excitement. He began to tear into the food, with little concern of the fact that F. Angel was staring at him intently.

"So... What did Éclair want with you?" She asked him curiously. Chaos stopped eating and thought of what had happened with Éclair.

"Something about... b-being my.... wife?" He told her. He jumped as a loud snap echoed from his table. He looked and noticed F. Angel standing up and the table was split in half.

"Oh? Did she?" She asked, trying to keep her voice level. Chaos swallowed hard and nodded. F. Angel's hands shook with rage as she gripped the edge of the table, which was now splitting apart underneath her palms grip. "What did you say to her about that?" She asked him threateningly.

"T-that I li...ked crazy p-ponies and.... that I-I didn't know... wh..at a 'hubby' wa...s." He reassured her. She sighed with relief, which made Chaos relax a bit.

"Do you... have someone you like?" F. Angel asked him as she sat back down into her original seat. Chaos thought for a moment.

"W-well... m-my heart did.... Skip a b-beat wh...en I-I first s-saw you..." He stated and continued eating. He jumped and almost joked when F. Angel came closer, her face a look of desperation.

"Do you mean that!?" She questioned him. Chaos nodded. F. Angel blushed, though it wasn't very noticeable due to her light grey fur. Satisfied that she had won, F. Angel sat back and allowed Chaos to finish eating. When he had finished she took the plate from him. "I will go throw this out for you. Also since it's almost time for the bell to ring, I will be leaving after that. Just expect a visit from me VERY soon..." She stated and walked off, her boots echoing across the cafeteria. Chaos, satisfied with his lunch, lay his down and closed his eyes, trying to get some sleep. Unfortunately this did not last long. The bell rang a few minutes later and he was forced to go to class. Chaos sighed with dread and trudged on to the next class he would have to take...

"Ok class today we will go over the basic maneuvers of hand-to-hand combat!" Yelled Rarity over the training field, a large, barren yard with weapons and dummies scattered here and there. She walked down the aisle examining the new recruits. " Now get into groups of two. Each pony will take turns attacking the other pony in different scenarios and postures!" She ordered them. Each of the young recruits scattered around, looking for a friend or acquaintance. Chaos just stood there, unaware of what to do. Rarity saw this and sighed.

She walked towards him. "Don't have a partner?" She asked him, already knowing the answer. Chaos nodded. "Then I will pair up with you." She stated and assumed a position where both her hands were level with her eyes and her elbows were slightly hung out the sides, the regular boxing stance. She positioned her left foot behind her and extended her left foot out an inch in front of her. "Come!" She yelled at him. Chaos just stood there confused.

"I said come!" She yelled threateningly. Chaos' mind went blank for a second, then he too took a stance. He bent down and placed both hands on the ground in front of him and spread his legs farther apart. As Rarity looked at him she noticed his Eyes grew from their usual crystal-white color to a deep shade of black. Thin lines of black also spread throughout his mane and hair. Underneath his eyes large scar-like symbols went down to his cheeks, giving him a more menacing look.

Without warning Chaos leaped toward her, aiming a jab at her slightly exposed stomach. Rarity had trouble jumping back to dodge the punch. His speed far exceeded her expectations. Before Chaos could react, Rarity punched the back of head straight downward. Chaos' head went straight through the ground, causing a tremor and cracking the earth around him. Rarity gasped with shock. She had used too much of her power against a mere student, and she was sure he had received some fatal damage. Until he stood back up, grinning from ear to ear.

"Is that all you have?" Chaos taunted her. He jumped back a few paces and retook his stance. Rarity did the same. "This time I wont let you get away!" He declared and leaped forward. Rarity took two blows to the stomach before she could react. She instinctively looked down, only to have a fist collide with her jaw, sending her upward into the air. Rarity was some fifty feet in the air before Chaos jumped up and grabbed her right leg. "Hope you survive this... Don't wanna end up back in the prison, ya know?" And with that he punched her in the stomach a third time, this time stronger than before, sending her straight down. She crashed with a loud boom.

Everypony stood there, shocked at how a teacher, and current Element of Harmony, could have been taken out by a mere student. Rarity stood up, wiping the blood around her mouth. She was standing in a hole about two feet deep and seven fight wide. She looked up to see Chaos descending toward her. "HAHAHAHAHAHA! I'm so glad you didn't die! Now I can have much more fun!" He yelled to her excitedly.

"Enough of your games you cocky bastard!" Rarity yelled and jumped straight toward him. Chaos tried jabbing at her, but she caught his hand halfway through. "Time you took a lesson in pain eh?" She hissed at him and pulled back her fist. In an instant a hard, diamond-like substance swallowed the entirety of it. "Don't die ok?" She joked and punched Chaos straight in his face, sending him flying across the entire field. Chaos slammed into the earth, shattering it into millions of pieces in a75-foot wide radius. Rarity landed, sighing with relief as the diamond-like substance dissolved from her hand into particles of light that flew off into the distance. As she began to turn around, a loud, blood-chilling laugh echoed from the other side of the field, where she had sent Chaos.

He leapt out of the hole, still grinning from ear to ear. "Is that it!?" He taunted her. She shook her head, amazed and shocked he was still functioning after taking a hit from 20% of her powers.

"You sure you want to keep going?" She asked him. He nodded. As she took her stance, Chaos leaned over his body and threw up an excessively large amount of blood.

"Shit... this body just wont last long if I misuse it... Guess Chaos would get mad if I were to hurt others anyway...." He mumbled to himself. He looked at Rarity and smiled. "On second thought I think I will withdraw from this fight for now. I would hate to hurt Chaos anymore than I already have." And with that Chaos fell forward, passing out. The black marks and scars left his body and left them to it's original color. Rarity, puzzled, slowly walked towards Chaos. When she assumed it was ok, she called over two medics.

"Take him to the infirmary and make sure he doesn't have any fatal or permanent injuries... I don't want tot have to explain to Celestia why I went 20% power on a mere colt." She told them and they ran off with Chaos laying between them on a stretcher. Rarity turned to all her other students. "Ok today is over so go back to your dorms and rest up." She ordered them and they happily left, eager to tall the others in school what had transpired....