Death City

I'm back with another update. Ever since I've posted the story “Shadow Origins”, I was having a hard time deciding which story I should update from time to time. So far, I have met a compromise. For every 3 chapters I post for this story, I will post one for “Shadow Origins”. Reply if you think that is either a good or bad idea. I truly like both stories a lot, but this story will be A LOT longer that the other one. (I'm expecting this story to be around 100 chapters). With that said, lets begin.

Chapter 9 – The First Fiend

“Celestia, this place is dark.” Thunder Ice said in front of the group. Even though it was still bright outside, the mass array of trees blocked off every square inch of sunlight, making the entire forest unsee-able.

“I wish we still had Snake with us.” Raymond spoke up. “His night vision would surely come in handy right about now.”

“Don't even speak about that immature stallion.” Twilight responded. “He backed out on us without any reason. If you ask me, he's a traitor.”

Soon, another ear piercing shriek went off in the center of the Everfree forest, followed by a squishing sound.

“What was that!?” Pinkie pie screamed, her head all the way up from being alarmed from the shriek.

“I don't know.” Twilight answered. “But were close by, I can feel it. Come on, my little ponies, lets see what happened.” Twilight then began galloping towards the sound of the impact, with the rest of the gang close behind. As they arrived, they could soon see again. Light from the sun had made its way through the trees and supplied the area in brightness. What the ponies saw in front of them was a sight that they could never forget.

In the center of the closing was none other than a rose pink earth pony with curly pink hair. But what shocked the gang the most was how she appeared. Her eyes open fully, looking into opposing directions. Her body laid flat onto the ground. And her insides scattered across the ground around her. A huge gash was crafted onto her right side, facing upward. Not only were the group of ponies shocked by this, but also disturbed. And even when the group thought it couldn't get any worse, it did. What seemed to be a Pegasus pony was on top of the deceased earth pony. His mouth was stuck inside the earth ponys wound, eating away at all of her internal and external organs. His appearance was a gray coat with a dark brown mane and tail. He had  unnaturally long fangs as well as eagle wings instead of normal Pegasus wings. He was a bit larger and muscular than the average colt. His breath wreaked of death and despair.  This shocked the gang of ponies. Thunder Ice tried to avert his eyes away while Pinkie Pie put a hoof in front of her mouth to prevent herself from vomiting.

Seamus gasped before saying to himself “Jakben”. He had known this cruel and abominable creature from his young childhood. Nightmares of him haunted Seamus in his sleep and he never knew that today would be the faithful day that he would meet him again, face to face. All Seamus did was run to the back of the group and curled up into a ball, hoping that Jakben would nor recognize him.

After hearing the gasp from Seamus, Jakben slowly lifted his head out of  the deceased pony and began looking at the gang in front of him. “Oh, where are my manners.” He spoke up, with blood covering his facial area. “My name is Jakben. God of life, death, and all those other fairytale that you ponies believe in.” He said, using his front hoof to wipe off the blood imprinted over his mouth.

Thunder Ice was the quickest to react and pulled out a butchers knife, using it to defend not only himself, but also the gang too. “What in the world of Equestria do you think your doing!?” He yelled, using his magic to point the butchers knife directly towards Jakben. “Are you really that sick to feed off of your own kind?” Thunder Ice said, inching closer to the mad-pony

“Perhaps we haven't truly met.” Jakben added. “I'm not what you ponys call normal. I am  my own species. I am one of the rarest creatures to ever set hoof to this land. If you threaten to kill me right now, my entire species would go extinct. And by the way, it's not like you puny ponies could even lay a hoof on me.” He replied. Thunder Ice became infuriated by this and began charging towards Jakben, levitating the butchers knife in front of him with his magic. He was then stopped as Twilight had jumped between Thunder Ice and Jakben.

“WAIT!” She shouted, blocking the two from engaging in battle. “You still haven't answered my question.” She said, looking directly at Jakben. “What species are you?”

“That is classified.” Jakben added, trotting closer towards Twilight. “For if anypony were to know who I really was, I'd be hunted down for the rest of my life.” Jakben was now swirling around Twilight, observing every little speck and detail of her. “My, Ive never seen anypony with such perfect posture and appeal.” He mentioned, his front hoof running down Twilights back. Twilight, at this point, was at an extremely uncomfortable point. But she read about mystical creatures, such as vampire ponies before. One false move, and she would have to pay the price, with her life. “You are a truly beautiful pony, if you haven't already realized that.” Jakben spoke up, still examining Twilight. “You would make a perfect” Jakben licked his lips. “bride”. His hoof extending down Twilights back. Lower and lower until.....

“THATS IT!” Thunder Ice screamed, charging towards Jakben as fast as his hooves could allow him, using his magic to levitate the butchers knife in front of him. Fire blazed in his eyes as he began to close in on Jakben. All of a sudden, as Thunder Ice was inches away from him, Jakben disappeared in thin air. Thunder Ice began to brake before he collided into Twilight, who was nearly in front of him. “What, where did he go?” Thunder Ice asked while rubbing his eyes with his hooves, thinking that what had just happened was just an illusion.

“How misfortunate for such ignorant little fools thinking they can defeat a god at hoof.” Jakbens voice echoed through the forest.

“Where are you, cunt.” Thunder Ice demanded, letting his rage get the best of him. “Come on, stop being a coward and show yourself.”  He screamed, stomping his front hoof in the dirt in anger.

“Now why in Equestria would I do that when if I do, you'll just attempt to try and kill me again.”Suddenly, Jakben appeared on the branch of a tree high up in the sky.

“H-how did you d-do that?!” Thunder Ice was taken aback. He had no clue that anypony could just disappear instantly and just reappear in another place.

“It's called black magic.” Jakben shot back. “The most advanced technology in all of Equestria, and I'm the only one who knows how to not only use it, but also to make it obey me and my every command.” With that, Jakben disappeared again in thin air. “Good luck on your journey, your going to need it.” Jakben said as he laughed menacingly afterward. All that remained was the confused gang as well as the deceased pony that lay on the ground.

As Thunder Ice turned around to face the group, he was stunned at what happened next. Twilight had wrapped her front hooves around him as she buried he head into Thunder Ice's neck. “Thank you” was all she had said as she began crying into his neck. A large blush made its way towards Thunders cheeks, showing true embarrassment.

“Shhh, it's all right, he's gone now.” Thunder Ice said in a loving, comforting voice while hugging Twilight back, stroking her mane with his right hoof.

“No, it isn't” Twilight refused. “If it wasn't for you, I could've died right here and now. Celestia knows what he would do to me if you hadn't scared him away.” She said, before sobbing uncontrollably. Thunder Ice was feeling guilty by now. He had hated to see Twilight in this state.

“Your missing the point Twi.” Thunder Ice replied, bringing forth her nickname one again. “He could've killed you if it wasn't for me. Stop playing with the past and get along with the future. That was before and this is now.” He said, letting go of Twilight. “Now, we have a job to do.” Thunder said, trying to change the subject.

“Heh” Twilight chuckled before using her hoof to wipe away the tears in her eye. “I guess your right.” She said, taking control of the gang again. “Now come on, lets go” She yelled, leading the group towards the Arks shuttle launcher. They were already close enough to see the shuttle launcher, meaning that they weren't that far away. As they began trotting towards it, a shouting sound emanated from behind them.

“STOP!” A familiar sound shouted from behind the group. The gang began to turn around to see where the sounds were coming from to see a green Pegasus dashing towards them.

“Snake?” Pinkie asked.

“Guys.” He said before landing onto the ground with his front hooves. “I have something extremely important to tell you.” He said, painting heavily from flying such a long distance. “but I won't guarantee you will like it.”

I'm now done with the 9th chapter. *celebrates*. I can't believe it only took me a week to write this many chapters. This is extremely impressing even for me. I am still looking for new character OC's as well as songs to use in my story (if I haven't already mentioned before). Also, the character, Jakben, was from the story Venus Rising by DWhay, along with Seamus too. Here's a little thing that I haven't tried before. I want to know which character (doesn't matter if it it the mane 6 or the new characters) do you like best and you want to see more of. My favorites are Rainbow Dash as well as Shadow. Sadly, Shadow still hasn't been introduced and probably wont be introduced for the next 3-5 chapters. With that said, I command you to review or become devoured by the evil spirit of life and death. :D