The Resurrection of Darkness

Chapter 2:
Our three heroes ran towards the source of this crash. By the time they were finally out of the darned forest, they were too late; for there in the middle of Ponyville was a shadowy figure of a giant snake. He had red glowing, fierce eyes, and a pair of fangs, dripping with blood and venom. And this terrible, horrid creature’s name was Kolri. Now, this is how he was created: The day that the Mane 6 made Discord stop causing mayhem, the evil in his soul escaped, but it had to go somewhere. Well, it combined with the hatred of those evil creatures that were banished by the Mane 6 to take on its own entity; a horrid, pure evil, shape shifting phantom.

“AHAHAHAHAAAA!!! HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN?! A THOUSAND, NO, A MILLION YEARS!!! FINALLY, REVENGE!!!” yelled the phantom. Quickly, he turned his head towards our heroes behind him, and our heroes were lucky that right before he did so, they crouched behind a bush. Kolri turned around, and turned into a shadowy demonic humanoid sorcerer. Then he held his right arm up, then there was a scarlet flash of light, and next everything was destroyed. All of these ponies, I’m sorry to say, were now replaced with demonic creatures. Now, that is, except for our three heroes, which this would have been their fate, but Felix had quick instincts and covered both Gears and Rob with his cloak.

Normally, this would have no effect and just destroy a puny cloak like this, but the pureness in all of their souls enchanted the cloak, and they were, as a result, protected from the blast.

“Now go, my demon slaves, and turn all Equestria into the dimension of darkness!!!” said the heartless creature, and in a flash, he was gone. Immediately, these demons were off to doing their evil emperor’s evil bidding.

It was now that our heroes looked up from under the cloak. Houses were blasted to pieces. All of the grass was gone. All of the plants were withered. Dust was everywhere. “My god, what did that demon do?!” said Gears. “This is horrible!” said Rob. “Follow me, guys. I have a feeling we'll need to get something.” said Felix, “It’s in my house, if there is anything left of it.”.

So they snuck towards Felix’s house, which was very hard, for there were sentry demons looking for survivors. They had were caught once or twice, but Gears was prepared, and he took care of them before they could call the others. Finally, they arrived at Felix’s house, or what was left of it. The roof had fallen in, there were glass shards everywhere, but Felix wasn’t surprised. The whole town looked as if five hurricanes had swept through and destroyed everything.

Felix spotted just what he was looking for: a sparkling chest buried underneath the debris. He opened it, and there was inside, two swords with golden hilts, two straps which held the swords, and three gear-shaped boomerangs. “My cousin always told me that I would have to use these one day. I don’t quite know how he predicted that, but I feel this is the time to take these out. I inherited this box from him. He told me I would use them when the time is right.”

Gears said, “I’ll take these” and took the boomerangs. As soon as his hoof touched them, they started emitting a red glow. Felix took one sword, and immediately, the same happened, except his glowed purple, and Rob’s glowed dark orange.

Just at that time, a guard shouted “HALT! STAND DOWN OR I WILL KILL THE THREE OF YOU!” He and two more guards ran towards them. Just then Gears threw all three of his boomerangs, which knocked out all three guards. Just as quickly as he had thrown them, they came back. But that wasn’t enough; there were guards coming from all directions now. Rob saved Felix’s life by slashing a demon right behind him. Now, they could clearly see that Rob had experience with a sword before. They had already gone through all of the lower-class guards, but they then heard a stomp, and before long, they were face-to-face with a giant guard, much bigger than the rest. They fought and fought, but then suddenly, in an act of desperation, the beast grabbed Gears and Rob. Panicking for his friends, Felix jumped in the air and delivered the finishing blow to the beast; right in between its eyes.

“I wonder if this is the only place affected by this demon.” said Rob. “I don’t know, did you hear what he said? He’s making Equestria the dimension of evil. I’m sure he’s done the same to other towns." said Felix. “Well, where do we go now? We have to kill it! It can’t do this!” said Gears. “Hmmm… Maybe the valley village where I live. What do you say Felix?” said Rob. “I’m not too sure, but I can’t think of anything better. Let’s go.”

So they walked through the forest once again, looking for survivors as they walked. Felix suddenly stopped and frowned. “What’s wrong?” said Rob. “Losing confidence?” said Gears. “Not exactly” said Felix, “I’m just so shocked. Everything’s destroyed. I feel like we’re the last ponies alive.” “Don’t worry, I’m sure there are others” said Gears. “Oh, here we are!” said Rob, pointing his hoof at a village right under a great mountain.

They discussed plans, and decided to search the only house in the village that was still (oddly enough) standing. In fact, it looked perfectly normal, which in this case, was peculiar. So they snuck through the broken-down village, and entered the house. As soon as they entered, there was the glint of a blade, and Rob blocked it just in time with his sword. It was a stallion with two bracelets, each with blades on them. After a second, there was a whole group of ponies (and a wolf) heading towards them, but the pony with the bracelets said, “Wait! These people are with us.” and they stopped dead in their tracks. “We’re The Resistance. Who are you? Are you with that demon, or against him? Tell us!” Said the pony. “I’m Felix. He’s Steamgears, and he’s Robroski. We’re trying to find that shadowy snake if that’s what you mean.” Said Felix. “Well I’m Silverwing, he’s Woodsy, there’s Rainbat, and there’s Tempest. Oh, and there’s Pomaria.” Said Silverwing. Let me tell you about these other heroes.

Silverwing was a brave white pony who could be aggressive at times, but he was a good team worker. He was quick to react, and, well, quick in his legs (and flying) as well! He fought with hoof blades.

Woodsy was more laid back, and actually, pretty shy (not unlike Felix). He was red and had good reflexes. Despite being laid back in personality, he was a very skilled fighter. He fought with a spear that had a blade on each side.

Rainbat was very sleek and aerodynamic. She was a bat-pony mix. Despite being a half blood breed that usually was evil and aggressive, she was just as nice as Felix, Woodsy, and Rob. Her wings had blades attached to their brims. She was unique in her personality and fighting.

Pomaria was actually the only one in the Resistance that wasn’t at all related to a pony. She was a strong-willed wolf with beautiful, swishing fur. She fought (as all wolves do) with her fangs. She was quick to attack, and was probably the fastest fighter (aside from Silverwing). She was aggressive, but caring.

Finally, Tempest was a very strong pony with a strong will. He would do anything to help his friends (as would the rest of them), but would make sacrifices as long as there’s not any other choice, but he would never sacrifice handing a friend over to the phantoms. He fought with two daggers.

“That horrible beast just attacked out town!” Said Woodsy. “But this house is enchanted by many protection spells.” Said Rainbat. “So we took shelter in here, it’s invisible to demons.” Said Pomaria. “We’re going to fight that demon as soon as we finish our plans.” Said Tempest.

“ Really? So are we. Can we work together?” Asked Felix. “We would be happy to fight alongside with you!” They all said. “Then it’s settled. We will all work together to bring the demon king down!” Said Silverwing, “He went over the mountains after attacking our village. We should go there”. So, they discussed their plans, and before long they were climbing the sky-touching mountains.

“Feeling any better now?” Snickered Rob. Felix smiled at him and said, “I have a feeling these guys will stick up for us no matter what. Yeah, I feel much better”. And so they climbed and climbed into the sunset…