The Resurrection of Darkness

Chapter 7:

The dust in the town was just now clearing out, and it started to rain. The village was devastated indeed, but everyone in the town was alright, others helping other survivors out of the rubble of their fallen-in houses. The train conductor got out of the locomotive looking confused, his expression not much different than the ones worn by our heroes.

“How did he do that?” asked Woodsy.

“I don’t know, but he WAS a unicorn. I’m sure he just teleported back to the village.” said Steam.

“Well, we need to get moving. These villagers need help.” said Silverwing. And so they did.

Many of the residents were stuck in their fallen-in homes. Luckily, not many ponies were hurt, and there were no fatalities. After our heroes had helped the villagers get the others out, they met with the mayor to ask what happened.

“It was horrible! We saw that train coming, and seconds later, the whole village was attacked by shadowy demons! Luckily, they saw that their troops needed backup after they raided your train car, so they left to fight with the rest of the army.” said the mayor.

“So you know where they went when they retreated?” said Voice Over.

“They all flew to the area of the Forbidden Caves, in the plains just north of this town.” He said.

“I guess we must be going there next, then. Come on guys.” said Rob.

“Beware the caves travelers! There are stories of terrible beasts in the cave!” said the mayor. And so, they were off…

The day was stormy and dreary, and they could not see more than five feet in front of themselves. They walked and walked and walked for what seemed like an eternity, but were yet to see the cave.

“How far do these plains stretch?!” said Voice Over.

“It seems like forever, but let’s hope not,” said Rob.

It was about eleven-thirty in the morning when they decided to stop and have lunch. It was good that they had stopped in Crosstown to buy more; they couldn’t see anything but grass and flowers growing. So they unpacked their bread and vegetables that they had bought and made lunch. After that, they were back to traveling…

The storm was starting to get worse when they felt a great gust of wind; not a natural kind. The closer they approached it, the worse it got and wind was screaming in their ears. Everyone’s hair was going everywhere.

“What in the world is that?!” Silverwing yelled over the wind.

“I don’t know!’ Felix yelled in reply. His hair curl that was usually tucked behind his right ear was now covering his eyes.

“Wait, I think I see the cave! Let’s take shelter in there!” Said Tempest.

They all joined hoofs and slowly, but steadily, fought the wind. After a few minutes, they fell forward inside the cave. They heard faint voices from farther inside the tunnel. They followed their ears and soon looked around a corner to be faced by the backs of hundreds of demons. Rainbat gasped, but Pomaria stuck her paw over her mouth. “You’ll blow our cover!” she whispered.

They soon recuperated and went back to the corner to listen. The demons were listening to the commands coming a mirror with the face of Kolri. “Where were those heroes last seen?” He said.

One demon in the crowd said “The last we saw of them was in the town just South of this cave. We think they will be heading here soon, and there’s a town just near here that they will probably be heading to.”

“Very good. Set up sentries and guard posts. We must destroy them before they learn of their power. I can sense they will learn soon.” Said Kolri.

The same demon now said “What power?”

“There is a mysterious power that they all possess, and it isn’t just the power of the purple-haired one.” Our heroes exchanges confused looks. “ If they learn of it, our chances of destroying them will be even lower!” The snake said. “That is all. You are all dismissed”

At this all of the demons filed out. Our heroes ran as swiftly and quietly as they could; the demon army was approaching. When they could clearly hear the marching, they knew they had to hide. They jumped in a nearby underground lake. Only they didn’t feel themselves get wet. Instead, they felt an odd sensation and were thrown out. They were in an almost identical cave, except the shadow army was gone. They looked around, confused.

“What was THAT?” Gears asked.

“Hmmm… I’m not sure. At least that army is gone now” said Rainbat.

Just then they heard a laugh coming from all around the tunnel. “Ahahahaha… You all still have hope? Ohohohoho… Perhaps I shall crush those hopes for you pitiful ‘heroes’…” The voice said. Suddenly, a phantom materialized in front of them, looking away from them. “The whole world is out to kill you… Do you really think you stand a chance? You will not escape this cave alive…” The phantom clapped once and immediately, a wall formed, blocking the exits, including the mysterious lake.

The phantom turned around and sent a giant ball of fire after each of our heroes. They ran and only narrowly avoided them. “A group of ponies trying to save a doomed world! How pitiful!” Said the phantom, laughing. It kept sending spells of magic at fever-speed.

Woodsy ran to strike the phantom. “Grrr! Stupid phantom!” he swung, but his spear passed right through the phantom. The phantom laughed and struck him in return.

“WHAT DO WE DO?!” Yelled Woodsy, running with the others.

“I don’t know!” Yelled Pomaria. They ran and ran but started to become exhausted. They looked at the laughing phantom. It was unaffected. They had no idea what they could do.

Suddenly, Voice Over stopped. Felix ran towards her. “Come on!” he told her. Suddenly, she started to glow. Her eyes turned sky blue, and she turned to the phantom. Suddenly, her body emitted a shockwave of energy. When everyone could see again, she was back on the ground, completely normal. But the phantom was no longer normal. It had turned solid and was standing on the ground, sweating and scared.

“We can fight him now! Come on!” Yelled Tempest, and the fight was on. Echo Wave was running around the room, constantly firing dark magic. Rob was leaping in the air, swinging at the beast, Silverwing, Rainbat and Woodsy, and Felix doing so as well. Tempest was using his rod to chuck boulders at the beast, Pomaria doing the same but with her fangs. Steamgears was throwing boomerangs at a feverish pace. The phantom seemed to dodge all of these attacks.

Suddenly, it sent a giant beam of magic at Felix. On impulse, he tried to block it with his sword, and something odd happened. The sword absorbed the blast and was glowing brighter than ever. He swung back at the phantom and the magic flew out of the sword straight back to the phantom. It stopped flying and fell to the ground.

Voice Over’s horn started to glow, and it send a giant beam of light at the phantom. The beast shrieked in pain as it slowly disappeared into the beam. Suddenly, the walls created by the phantom vanished. They walked back into the lake…

It was seven o’ clock at night and our heroes were sitting around the fire, having eaten dinner already. Felix asked Voice Over to talk to him behind the tent.

“What was that earlier, Voice Over?” asked Felix.

“I’m not sure, but I think it might have been my special ‘power’ that snake was talking about earlier. Whatever it was, it sure helped. And it made the fight a lot more fair” said Voice Over.

Felix blushed. “Well, I have a feeling we will all be finding the powers we possess soon” He said.

They joined the others around the fire. “Well, let’s go to bed, guys. We’ll have a lot of planning to do tomorrow” said Gears. And so they did.