The Sulreif Demigod

Each step taken drew her closer to her goal. Closer to the castle. Closer to the delicious power. Pinkie was walking across Ponyvillie, keeping a straight face. The purple mist had been circling around her for a while now. Her body was tingling just at the thought of the power she would gain. There was no doubt; the Sulreif had taken over Pinkie completely. The glow in her eyes was forever strong, and anyone who even neared her, was either tossed away, or smart enough to flee. Whenever she felt like it, she crashed a window simply with her mind. It was no surprise most of Ponyvillie had been painfully aware of the monster walking through the streets. Suddenly a sound was heard from above. “There she is!”

Pinkie slowly looked up. A dozen of guards flying around in the air, apparently searching for Pinkie and now they found her. Pinkie was actually surprised that she hadn’t seen a guard until now. Twilight must have done an even worse job as a princess that she would assume. They all quickly flew downwards while Pinkie was following them with her eyes, not saying anything. First, a white stallion, fully armored, landed before her. Then a couple of more followed until all 12 guards were standing a few meters before Pinkie. The first one who landed was also the first one to speak.

“You are accused of the murder of a young colt and the destruction of several houses. If you do not surrender right now and calmly follow us to the castle, we will have to use force!” He nearly yelled.

Pinkie noticed that most of them were holding a fairly long spear. They really meant it. There were no other ponies around, only a few empty shops and a couple of houses. It was a pretty standard street in Ponyvillie where they were standing.

“Trash” Pinkie said calmly.

“What did you say?!” A dark brown guard yelled a little further behind.

Pinkie stared at him, showing no emotions.

“You’re in my way. I intend to get to the castle alright, but not so you can lock me in. I will defeat the 3 princesses and become the most powerful being in the world. You are simply small obstacles that I would have no problem killing” Pinkie said cold.

The brown guard was getting annoyed. “That’s it!” He yelled while charging against her. Though his courage, he happened to be one of the few guards without a spear. Pinkie readied herself to dismember his limbs.

“Stop! You’re not making the orders!” The white guard quickly commanded, the one who was standing in front. It didn’t stop him from charging though as he ran in front of the guards and now just a single meter away from Pinkie. Pinkie blinked and suddenly he fell to the ground ending up sliding across the ground, stopping just inches before Pinkie’s hooves. The other guards stared in eve, wondering what happened. It wasn’t long before that revealed itself as they saw the guard’s four legs had become twisted and broken in several places. Even with a bone piercing through the skin at one spot.

“What?! She didn’t even move!” A guard let out.

Pinkie looked down on the guard lying in front of her, who was trying not to scream in pain.

“You’re just a bug to me” she said cold, just before lifting her left hoof. The mist quickly surrounded that hoof and with incredible power; she smashed her hoof down onto the guards head, resulting in mist and blood flying around. Sounds of bones cracking and brain being squashed went through the streets. The guards were stunned in fear as the mist went back around Pinkie, making the guards shattered face visible. It wasn’t a pretty sight. One of his eyeballs had rolled out as the other had exploded into a yellowish, thick fluid. Pieces of skull and brain were sticking to Pinkies hoof as blood was scattered across the street. Without a twitch, Pinkie began walking forward, towards the guards. The white guard in front finally snapped out his stun and lifted his right hoof.

“Attack!” He commanded.

In a swift move, some of the guards threw their spears towards Pinkie. Flying at high speed, aiming directly at Pinkie, there seemed to be no way of dodging. Pinkie didn’t worry as without even blinking; she stopped the 6 spears in mid-air. One spear was right in front of her left eye. She just kept walking forward, while turning around the spears in the air, with the blades now facing the terrified guards. It was like she was just walking a calm stroll as she hurled the spears back at the guards, hitting several of them. They were barely able to see what was going on as the 6 spears had pierced their body. A few of the guards fell to the ground, either with a spear going through their eye, or a spear piercing several inches into their forehead. Others were screaming in pain, with spears across they body and hooves. Pinkie looked at them numb, seeing there was still standing 6 guards. 3 of them wounded.

“Arrgh!” the white guard in front growled. First now, it was visible to see that he was a unicorn as she bowed his head slightly down, making his helmet fall off. He quickly began focusing power to his horn, making it glow with a strong white light. Pinkie just kept walking slowly towards him, feeling no danger, just as a white beam streamed out of the guards horn, coming towards Pinkie.

“You still don’t get it, do you?” Pinkie said quietly, just as the beam stopped for a split second, just like the spears. She looked at the glowing beam; she could sense the heat and power going through it. In the blink of an eye, the beam was sent back towards the guard's horn. Just as it hit, his horn quickly began expanding before it exploded. The guard fell to the ground without a sound, blood appearing from his horn. The 5 other guards quickly spread out their wings, looking absolutely terrified.

“Retreat!” one of them yelled and without any arguments they took off in a heartbeat. Pinkie didn’t seem to care as she kept walking in her own slow tempo, right through the dead ponies and the badly wounded ponies that were grasping for air.

“Princess…” one of the wounded moaned.

Pinkie stopped for a second and looked down on the brown stallion who was covered in blood, with a spear in the side of his body. She stared numb at him “I’m your princess now motherfucker”

***

Not long after, back at the tower, one of the wounded guards limped into the entrance, lucky enough to find Princess Celestia and Twilight just in front of him.

“Princess!” he gasped for air.
“I am sorry. We failed to retreat her. She is too powerful! She killed most of the guards and almost killed me”
He had a small wound on his side, dripping down on the floor with blood.

Twilight looked nervously at him, but Celestia looked more serious, realizing the seriousness of it all.
“Go to the royal medic right away, I will take it from here” Though Celestia had a calm voice, it was clear to see she was stressed.

“Yes, princess” the royal guard did his best to bow and then began walking further into the castle, heading for the medical room. Twilight who was standing next to Celestia was already shivering.

“Princess. We should just let Pinkie get to the castle so we can force the Sulreif out of here. The longer we wait the worse it’ll get” Twilight said looking at Celestia.

“We made a deal Twilight. We will do our best to stop her, even kill her if necessary. Only if she overpowers all my guards and breaks into the castle, we will try to do the spell” Twilight looked down. “I don’t understand. Why are you willing to risk the lives of the guards instead of ending this now?” Celestia maintained her look straight forward. “The chance of the spell even working is slim. There is a far better chance to stop her with force. If she manages to get here, and we can’t overpower her and the spell fails, Ponyvillie will most likely be destroyed. Our best bet will be to stop her before risking all that”

Twilight thought for a moment. “But, my friends…”

Celestia looked at Twilight. “I figure you didn’t tell them that detail?”

Twilight said nothing, giving the response for no. Celestia looked into the sky, squirming her eyes.

“She must be stopped before she ruins the entire town. Even all of Equestria is in danger. I am not taking any chances” Celestia said with a serious tone.

“I understand” Twilight sighed.

***

An hour later, Celestia and Luna once again was discussing the events in Celestia's bedroom, but Celestia had something else in mind than Pinkie. She looked at Luna with both a nervous and serious look. “Luna, my dear sister. I fear something is just not right…”

Luna looked back at Celestia “Pinkie is killing every other pony she sees if that’s what you mean”

“No. It’s about Twilight” Celestia looked down.
“She let her feelings for her friend, overcome her feelings for protecting Equestria”

Luna stood still for a second. “I understand, but I also understand Twilight. She cares a lot for her friends, and she’s willing to do almost anything to help Pinkie Pie, but believe me, she wants to protect Equestria as much as you do”

Celestia looked back at Luna, who was gently smiling.
She sighed “I guess you’re right, but there is another thing that worries me. This Sulreif… Twilight told us that Pinkie borrowed a book from her, which told the story about this curse. Yet, it seems like she’s almost clueless about the book. I clearly remember teaching her about this Sulreif curse when she was my student. Though, we try to let no one know about this power, so they might seek it out; it is still the most powerful thing all of Equestria. I would imagine that she would study up on it herself after hearing about it, but seeing her, unsure of what to do, I wonder if she’s the right pony for this job” Celestia felt bad about what she said, but she stuck to it.

Luna bowed her head slightly “Sister. Twilight hasn’t been a princess for long. Even at day one, she felt she was under pressure, and now, she is. It’s a lot to deal with, even for you and me. After she became a princess, she was no longer your student, so she no longer studies every possible thing anymore, instead tries to stick to her duty as a princess. It’s no surprise she is weak on the subject as the Sulreif is one of the most forbidden things to talk about. Yet, you trusted her enough when she was young, to teach her about this curse. If you trusted her well enough at that time, you should trust her enough - as a princess, now. None of us know everything about what happened to Pinkie, so you can’t expect Twilight to know it” Luna lifted her head up and looked at Celestia. “We are all together in this” Luna said.

Celestia looked at her. “You’re right Luna” she smiled gently.
“Sometimes I feel like you’re the big sister” Celestia smiled.

Luna smiled back “I love you little sister” she giggled.

“I love you too” Celestia smiled with her eyes closed.