Moon's Blade and the Crystals of Chaos

Chapter 13:
Chaos Crystal

It was storming, the wind was strong and there was lightning all over the sky. A bright light came from the crystals. There was no doubt about it. They were fusing. They became that what they had been long ago, the dreaded, yet fairly unknown Chaos Crystal. Eventually the light became so bright that we had to close our eyes.

After a while the light faded. In the sky floated the thing I feared the most, the same thing as from my dreams, my nightmares. The giant crystal. The Chaos Crystal.

It kept floating in the sky for a while, and after a few seconds it fell down.

We fell over from the huge shockwave that the crystal caused. The ground cracked too.

We slowly neared the crystal and suddenly a figure appeared in the crystal's reflection. I turned around. In front of me was the shadow that had tried to eat me in my dreams. I quickly grabbed the sword on my back. This time it wasn't a dream. This time I had to fight back and slay the beast.

It growled at me.

"What is this thing?" Rarity asked.

"I don't know," Twilight said, "But whatever it is, it can probably do the same the crystals could."

I looked the beast in the eyes, then rushed towards it and tried to stab it, but it warped as soon as the tip of my blade was about to touch him. The very next moment he was the one who dealt a blow to me.

I fell on my back, quickly stood up and grabbed my sword, ready for another assault.

"Wait!" Twilight shouted out, "We should work together, only then we may defeat him!"

She was right. Alone I would only end up hurting myself, but together we'd be able to deal some blows to him.

We all came up with a plan. I quickly charged at the shadow and tried to stab him again. He warped away again. This is where Twilight and Rarity came in.

They quickly casted a spell that trapped him in it's position. After that, Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy quickly flew around him, causing a tornado to appear which then caused the shadow to be dizzy and, hopefully, be unable to warp away. Applejack and Pinkie started to attack him, and I charged at him and stabbed him.

The beast screamed out in pain, regained its focus and warped away from its position. It growled at us with a deafening sound.

We kept repeating our strategy, but the beast learned from its mistakes and eventually our plan became useless.

"Bah, we'll have to come up with another plan," Applejack said, "But what?"

I thought for a moment, when I suddenly remembered the box the princess gave us.

"Twilight!" I shouted.

Twilight looked at me. "What is it?" she said, under pressure by the failing strategy.

"The box!" I shouted, "You remember the box, right?"

"Yes! You're right!" she shouted back.

She grabbed the box and opened it. Inside were six jewels.

"Everyone! Over here!" She shouted and everyone gathered near her.

She handed out the jewels, which they then equipped. Without asking Twilight explained to me what they were.

"These are the elements of harmony, which we do represent." She looked a bit worried. "I don't know how we're going to use them together with you, but we'll try everything we can."

The jewels were reacting to each other, filling Twilight with power. I held my sword up high, and eventually Twilight casted something upon my blade. I felt power flowing through my sword.

I ran toward the shadow, which was on its way to assault the other ponies. As soon as it tried to hit them I struck it with my sword.

Once my sword touched the shadow, a blinding light came from my blade and caused the shadow to dissolve in thin air. However, it was not over.

The shadow reconstructed behind me and hit me away. My whole body hurts, but I had to carry on.

In the distance I saw a whole army of pegasi appear, dressed in golden and black armour. It were the armies of the princesses of Equestria. Above them flew Naga, who seemed to want to join the fight, as well as protected the soldiers from the storm.

As the army neared the mountain top, the shadow started to attack them as well. The soldiers fought back, but some were being crushed into flat ponies. Blood and flesh was spilt all over the mountain top, it was a horrible sight.

Naga tried to attack him as well with his sharp claws, but it all seemed in vain. Every time the shadow seemed to be defeated, it reconstructed itself.

"It is time that you learn how to use that sword of yours," a familiar voice said.

I turned around and in front of me stood princess Celestia herself. Next to her stood a smaller alicorn, which I assumed was the sister of Celestia.

"My sister will help you with that." She continued and pointed at the smaller pony next to her.

"Let me introduce myself first," she spoke, "I am princess Luna. I used to be the goddess of the moon, as well as the creator of the blade you currently carry with you."

"Y-you are my ancestress?" I asked hesitantly.

"Yes and no," she replied, "I did not give birth to your ancestors, but I did create them. I created them to serve us princesses and to protect the citizens of Equestria. In order to use the true power of your blade, you have to know how your ancestors used it."

I nodded.

"Therefore, we will send you back in time, when your ancestors needed it."

"So the sword has been used before?" I asked, and the princess nodded.

"It has, but the story has been erased from the memories of your village."

"Are you ready?" Celestia asked.

I took a deep breath. "Yes."

The princesses started to cast a spell. Everything in front of me became bright, and suddenly everything faded away.