The Protectors: log one

As the last ray of sun left the skies the winds and the shields faded away. Greycloak opted his eyes.

"It's time." Greycloak said as he ended his meditation.

I got up from the log. We stalked up to the river next to the castle. The entry point was being guarded by an undead skeleton. My horn glowed, and one of the skeletons vertebra crumbled to dust. It collapsed into a pile of bones and rusty armor. Greycloak nodded then was engulfed in grey light. When the light died he had pegasus wings. He flew up to the hole. I did the same as Greycloak. Greycloak reached into the bone pile and pulled out a sword. He handed it to me. I took the blade, and I cast a spell to sharpen it. I inspected the blade. It was a crude long sword, and it was in bad shape. The blade was rusty and unbalanced. It was clearly once a unicorn hedge knight's weapon. I grabbed the scabbard and sheathed it.
I flew up the tube and it opened up into an empty dark room. I landed in the room and I returned back to my unicorn form. Greycloak came up behind me. He started to walk towards the door at the other side of the room. I held my hoof out to stop him. He stopped and stood still. The room was dead silent.

“Were not falling for that!” I yelled to the room.
A foal’s voice started singing "Ring around the Rosie." Roses started growing from the crack in between the stones. "Pocket full of posies” My pouches and Greycloak’s filled with golden rings. “Ashes, Ashes" Ash started sprinkling from the ceiling. I lick some they were pony ashes. "We all fall DOWN!" .The room suddenly felt like was falling! A deafening shriek filled the room! I grabbed Greycloak to keep him from moving!
Suddenly It stopped the room was back to normal. Greycloak looked to the door, then looked to me. I shook my head no. The room was deafening silent.

What felt like hours passed before we heard a childish giggle?

The voice started to sing again”Stars and moons" The ceiling suddenly looked like the night sky. "And air balloons.” Tiny air balloons filled the air. "Fluffy clouds to the horizon." Small clouds hung at the edges of the room. "I’ll wrap you in rainbows” Rainbows shot from the moon and tied us up. We fell to the floor tied up. “And rock you to sleep again ". The room started to shake back and forth like a cradle. "Teddy bears of pink .Ducks and lambs of white." Tiny versions of those animals walked around hooves. “Don’t you cry dear I'm here now?" A small foal appeared in front of us. “I’ll be your nightlight.” The foal started glowing black. “Stars and moons and air balloons. Fluffy clouds to the horizon I'll wrap you in rainbows and rock you to sleep again. “Nothing changed. "Smiles to cure the frowns." Frowning faces shot towards Greycloak And I! I raised a shield around us and the frowns bounced off! “Twirling and tumbling in laughter." The foal started laughing while twirling and tumbling! "Someday life will always be happily ever after”! "Never more will the storms come to destroy your little world." I raised the shield again! The ceiling was suddenly covered in storm clouds! A tiny guardian world appeared at the center of the room. Lightning stuck the planet then shot at us! The shield stopped the lightning. "Never more will the waters rise,” Water started seeping through the cracks in the wall at an alarming rate. “Till the mountains no longer touch the skies. ”Small mountains as tall as the room appeared around us! The water filled the room! I glowed blue then turned into a sea pony. and Greycloak did the same ."I'll wrap you in rainbows and rock you to sleep again. I'll wrap you in rainbows and rock you to sleep again “The song ended sand thee room returned to normal, but the filly was sitting in front of us.

Greycloak returned to being to a Pegasus. I returned to being a unicorn.

"You done?” I asked the demon.

The demon giggled “Your fun play things."

“I’ve been told that before.” I responded.

The demon laughed at this "Who are you?”

It took a step forward. The floor flared navy blue and it hit its head against the shield. My horn glowed as my spell circle at its feet reviled its self. I walked forward my horn still glowing. A portal to Tartarus appeared behind it and it began to be sucked in. It gripped the flaming edges of the portal. Its hooves burning.

"Ask Cerberus , and tell him I said hi "I said. I placed hoof on the demons head and pushed. The hooves ripped off and it tumbled into Tartarus roaring! I pulled my hoof out and closed the portal. The two burnt hooves fell to the ground. The room evaporated into aimless dark magic before dispersing.

We found ourselves in a freshly used torture room. Greycloak walked up to me.

“Well done." He congratulated.

“A high level demon spell. It works through misdirection. It pick a song that victim or victims know. It make the song warp reality. It can't kill you directly. Unless a (you try to stop it or save yourself or B (the line in the song is about preventing something in which it dose the opposite of the line and tries to kill you with it. It’s a simple matter of knowing when to react. "I explained. “By the way what song was that second one?" I asked

"A lullaby I heard a friend once sing. I don't want to talk about it." Greycloak answered.
Greycloak familiar flew up to him”I’m sorry I wasn't there. I was unable to follow."

"It’s okay." Greycloak reassured his familiar”I 'm fine. "

I walked up to a wall and inspected it. Dark magic from the demon was present throughout the wall. Underneath that was a spell to teleport the demon to anywhere there was an intruder. But without the demon the magic in the wall was slowly fading .

“We need to get moving. We have at most an hour before the dark magic fades enough for the vampires to notice. "I informed Greycloak.

Greycloak nodded and we ran through the door!