EQUESTRIA'S ESPADA!

CHAPTER ELEVEN!: "Nightmare Night Birthday Part 2!"

By, Vladimir

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Spike watches as the strange ponies stumble around with their blood red eyes peering out at him and the others. A pony thinking they were brave strides up towards one of the ponies.

"What yah think yah doin', eh?" The stallion asks while sending a wink to a white mare with electric blue mane and tail wearing DJ's clothing as well as purple goggles. The mares shakes her head with an annoyed expression gracing her face. The stallion looks back at the pony and jabs a finger at it. "Well?" He asks.

"Uuuuuuhhh." The pony says before grabbing the stallions shoulders tight enough so he can't move.

"Hey! Let me go you buck- AH!!" He screams as the pony bites down onto the nape of his neck and rips a chunk of flesh from him. He screams in pain as another pony moves up from behind and chomps down onto his arm and rips a chunk off of that too. Blood shoots everywhere and ponies shriek in fright and run about. More strange ponies run from the forest and throw themselves at an orange filly with a purple mane and tail dressed up as a karate blackbelt.

It gurgles as it pins her down. The filly screams for help and Dash, who's eyes turned crimson like blood, rips the ponies head off and pulls the filly into her arms. A white unicorn filly rushes to Rarity and clings to her tightly, as Apple Bloom jumps onto Spike and clings to him tightly, her small form being racked by tears and fear. He watches as more strange ponies come from the forest and eat the poor stallion.

He covers Apple Bloom's eyes and points a finger at the large huddle of ponies feasting on the dying, gurgling stallion.

"I am sorry." He says softly before firing a Cero that wipes them all out. More strange ponies arrive, only these ones are running, and rotting. His eyes widen. "Zombies? But how can that be possible?" He says.

"WHAT!?" Ichigo and Orihime exclaim. "ZOMBIES!?!?" They scream out.

"We must contain them!" Luna says as bat winged ponies and Gargoyle looking Hollows appear around her. He nods his head lightly and Vasto Lorde's appear around them all.

"Indeed. We must make sure non of them reach the masses. Kill all and do not let the ponies get bitten!" He orders, and the Vasto Lords nod their heads and rush after the running corpses. He turns to the side and looks down at Bloom. "Are you okay, Apple Bloom?" He asks gently.

"Y-Yah." She says with the nod of her head. He notes that she isn't as young as she looks as her body seems to be developed well.

"How old are you?" He asks out of curiosity.

"S-Seventeen. Ah'll be Eighteen on December 25th." She says to him. He nods his head.

"I see." He says. 'I had the feeling she was.' He says inwardly. He notes her blush as he then notices that he is holding her closely to his form, and lets her go.

"T-Thanks." She says with a faint blush and refuses to meet his eyes.

"No need to thank me." He says before his eyes shift and in a swift motion he grabs her by the collar of her kimono, which he notes makes her look pretty let alone notes that she looks to have some Asian decent in her, and stabs his left hand out through a Zom-Ponies head making brain matter explode. He then throws the body towards a running one and manages to trip it and it kills itself by slamming it's head onto an incredibly sharp rock.

'I need to get the ponies out of here.' He thinks before setting Bloom down and looking at the others. He notes that Applejack flashes him a thankful smile before sending a look to Bloom that causes her to blush heavily and look away in either anger or embarrassment, he is not entirely sure.

"We need to get the ponies out of this town! Luna, contact Celestia and inform her of the situation. Nightmare, send word to Canterlot and ask for the Royal Guard. And Chrysalis," He turns to his new love, "Stay close to me, Dash and Gilda. Got it?" He says.

"Not problem." She says as she puts her left hand into her purse and pulls out a revolver. "A present from a friend." She says while cocking it. He notes that instead of one barrel, there are three and he also notes that there is no way to reload it normally.

"How much ammo do you have?" He asks.

"Unlimited." She says with a grin. "It's a magic Revolver, crafted by the Dragons." She says as the barrel spins slightly and a bullet explodes a Zom-Ponies head. She grins to him. "I can take care of myself." She says before moving to his side. Dash and Gilda slice Zom-Ponies apart left and right.

"Good. Now let's kill these fuckers so they can't eat our subjects!" He says as he dashes forward and stabs a hand through a Zom-Ponies head with Murcielago sheathed on his lower back similar to Tier's style of having her Zanpakuto when he would speak with her. He slashes to the side with a hand and decapitates another Zom-Pony with red energy following after the swipe. Bullets shoot around him rapidly as Chrysalis holds a second revolver and lets lose.

Dash and Gilda take his method of fighting and spin around making large bloody stains onto the earth while Luna and Nightmare use their Zanpakuto's to cleave them apart. Twilight uses her magic to send Zom-Ponies flying and splattering them across the ground or trees. Rarity lifts a hand and multiple diamonds sharpened to the point they could easily rip through rock and thrusts her palm out making the diamonds shoot out and rip the undead ponies apart.

He hears a scream and spinning around see's the three fillies being surrounded by a small horde of the undead bastards and rushes to them quickly as his clothing shifts into a red trench coat, hat and sunglasses.

'What is happening with my clothes? Do they have a mind of their own?' He wonders as he jumps into the air and stomps on an undeads head. His eyes turn crimson red as he rips them apart protecting the ponies. He feels their eyes on him as he swipes apart the Zom-Ponies into bites and a wide fang filled grin gracing his lips. He begins to chuckle before laughing openly as the moon begins to turn blood red.

The Zom-Ponies crowd around him and move to bite him, but he elbows on making it's head explode. He has a sadistic grin as his large fangs glint in the bloody moonlight. Punching the head off of one he gains a serious look on his face. He picks up the girls and appears in front of Applejack, Rarity and Dash and drops the three fillies gently onto the ground.

"Stay out of trouble you three, I don't want to see either of you injured. Understand?" He says softly. Bloom nods her head with a blush while Scootaloo and Sweetie Bell nod out of fear. He rises to his full height and rubs his head. "Now can someone please explain to me what just happened to me?" He asks.

"You went crazy and in a blood rage. It was hot~" Gilda and Dash purr out at the same time.

"Ah, I see." He says while wondering why they found it "hot". "Alright, let's get rid of these things before I lose my mind again." He says with a nod before the sound of armor rubbing against armor reaches his ears. He turns and see's Griffins coming from the forest dressed in armor wielding crossbows. He inwardly groans. "Really?" He asks.

"Apparently so." Luna deadpans. He notes that non of the Zom-Ponies bother with them and even help them for whatever reason.

"I think I found the cause of all this." He growls out. He moves to pull out Murcielago, and rushes forward. A Griffin notices him and fires a bolt at him only for it to bounce off his body and his blade to cleave said Griffin in half. A Zom-Pony moves to bite him, but he swipes his hand and sends the upper half of it's head into a tree. "Pathetic." He hisses out as Griffins fire bolts and arrows at him only for them to bounce off of his body once again.

"Really? That again?" He asks with an annoyed look. A large blue Drake slowly walks out holding a large axe like hammer that drags along the ground. He raises a brow. "What is this?" He asks.

"Your death, monster!" A Griffin roars. The Drake roars and swings his large weapon down onto him. He holds up a hand and catches the blade, but notes that it manages to cut his hand just barely making a small line of his blood to trickle off of his hand. Narrowing his eyes he pushes the blade back up before giving a kidney punch that staggers the Drake, but it swings at him from the side with little surprise or shock on it's face.

'This is not good.' He thinks as he ducks and the blade misses him by an inch before he swings Murcielago up and cleaves the weapon in half. 'But not bad enough to warrant my Cero.' He thinks with a nod. The Drake grins toothily as a large spiked spear wizzes past him and at Bloom who had picked up a large stick and went to help him by bashing the head in of a Zom-Pony. His eyes widen as the spear grazes her right side and is then kicked aside by Dash who fires a red Cero into the forest destroying a whole section of it in her rage.

Bloom staggers before using a piece of her clothing and ties it over her "wound". Underneath her kimono is a black belt karate gee. She rushes forward and her eyes look devoid of fear and replaced by determination as she spin kicks a Griffin in the crotch before flipping him onto his back and stomping onto his windpipe. Another Griffin snarls and swipes at her with his claws only for her to duck by bending her body backwards and kicks his claws upward before doing a hand stand and spins, kicking the Griffin repeatedly in the chest and throat.

Another large spiked spear shoots from the forest with hundreds more and rain down upon him and her as Chrysalis and Twilight put up shields that deflect the spears away. He runs to Bloom and while sliding on his knees a large axe-hammer spins over his face and slams into a tree cleaving it in half. He stands up and keeps running. He fires out Bala's left and right tearing Griffins apart sending their bodies and blood crashing to the dirt.

He wraps his arms around her form while wrapping his eyes around both of them as a large green dome forms over them. The spears bounce off and are reflected right back into the forest where roars of pain and surprise resound through the air. He spreads his wings and small green needles shoot out and impale themselves into Griffins who had thought it a smart idea to circle around them without any sort of armor what so ever.

Scanning the area he notes that the Zom-Ponies are getting back up and those who had been partially eaten or even bitten are getting up as well. 'Shit.' He spats in his mind as hundreds of those things move out from the forest. 'Where are the Hollows??' He wonders. An explosion goes off and a small Hollow is thrown from the forest by a large orange Drake who crushes the head of another Hollow. His eyes widen.

'Impossible.' He thinks. More large Drakes move out of the forest, some are covered in hollow blood or ash. He narrows his eyes as they move closer with more Griffins alongside them. 'A raid as well as a message. So they think they can harm my home, can they?' He thinks as he rises to his feet. Bloom gets up to her hooves and stands at his same level of height and blushes as his arms are still wrapped around her waist.

"Y-You can let go of me now." She stutters out. He nods and lets go over her and goes to say something, but a small object goes through her side and the sound of a miniature canon goes off. Her eyes are wide as she stares at something behind him. He turns and see's a Drake holding two revolvers each with two barrels as smoke rises from one of the barrels. The Drake grins toothily at him as he fires another bullet that zooms towards Bloom as she holds her side tightly.

She stares with wide fear filled eyes as the bullet gets closer and closer, before a hand shoots out and the bullet collides with the palm and keeps spinning before stopping and being crushed into ash as the hand crushes it. Bloom looks up the pale arm and see's Spike with his eyes being covered by his hair that whips around. The wind seems to howl like a wolf as his hand trembles. He bares his teeth as they shift into fangs that look capable of tearing through whatever they so desire.

He looks up at the group before him as his green eyes become emotionless as they were when he was part of Aizen's army. He drops the bullets ashes to the dirt before dashing forward and looks like a blur as he appears before the Drake and bites down onto it's through and swings the dead body through the air, it's head detaches from the body and blood sprays everywhere as the body is thrown into a Griffin before that same Griffin is cleaved in half by his new claws.

His tail whips around and using his changeling abilities makes it so the tip gains sharp pincers that cut the head off of another Drake and stabs his hand through a Griffin's chest cavity before spreading his hand making the body explode in a bomb of blood and gore. Spinning around his foot punts the arm off of a Drake and a Zom-Pony is sliced in half by his tail. Vasto Lordes move from the forest covered in blood before they roar and stand back to watch the carnage.

He growls like a feral beast as he rips through Zom-Pony, Drake, and Griffin alike making the ponies who stuck around to watch the blood bath. A Griffin runs towards Bloom and grabs her pant legs screaming for them to forgive them as they were "following orders".

"Please!! Forgive us and call off that beast!! PLEASE!!!" He screams in utter terror as despair is all that is left in those who had not been killed hold in their hearts and eyes. Bloom stares at the Griffin with eyes that show sadness, but not forgiveness. The Griffin snarls. "I'LL KILL YOU!!" He pulls a combat knife from his boot and stabs down at her chest. She stares with wide eyes, but then they grow calm as the Griffins arm is torn from his body. He screams in pain and thrashes about on the ground trying to escape his fate.

"You dare touch her?" Spike asks mockingly as Bloom stands with his arm around her hips, her side patched up by bandages that are made from her old kimono. He looks at the terrified Griffin with a sick mirth in his eyes. "You, you attacked my kingdom and brought the dead back just to kill the living? You, who killed ponies on this land and even injured a friend? And now you beg for the forgiveness of these ponies whom you had tried to kill by using their dead? For shame on you, filthy cur." He says in monotone.

Turning to the ponies and his mates he asks, "Do they deserve mercy? To be forgiven for desecrating the dead and attacking you all with them, let alone willingly try and kill a child? What is your answer!?" He asks.

"No mercy." Applejack says surprising them all. Dash nods.

"Kill them, make them suffer for eternity." She growls out.

"No mercy." Scootaloo says.

"No....No mercy." Sweetie Bell sobs out as she hugs Scootaloo tightly. He notes that the two have their scents on each other.

'They are lovers? Good for them.' He thinks to himself while smiling inwardly as his eyes return to their green luster. Chrysalis points her right thumb down towards the dirt and he nods his head.

"End them." Gilda spats out in hatred as the Griffins stare at her in shock and horror. "I stopped being a Griffin when I regained who I was. I don't give a SHIT for the race besides my family that raised me. The rest can die for all I care." She hisses out and crosses her arms over under her bust.

"We must agree that they are to be executed, but not in such a way." A motherly voice says shocking them all. Looking over he see's Nightmare, Luna and Celestia standing their with their guards and a few Vasto Lordes wearing armor. "I believe they should be put on trial before being executed, as is the law of Equestria. I will not have my subjects watch a public execution, especially on this day." She says sternly making him shudder in slight fear, knowing that if he and her were to fight, he would lose.

"As you wish, Celestia." He says with the bow of his head. He goes to turn, but a gun shot resounds through the air, making everyone stop what they are doing, and Applejack's voice screams two words that sends fear into their hearts.

"APPLE BLOOM!!!"

Author's Note

DUN DUN DUUUUUN!!! What's gonna happen next!? Find out next time on: Equestria's Espada!
So, what did ya'll think? I know it's short, but I intended it to be.
Ja ne!