The Night Spirit
The Iced Vandal
Load Full StoryThe dark trees of the Everfree loomed menacingly overhead. All Equestria had a subtle rigidness in the light of the moon. Who can blame the poor ponies: just last week its keeper turned on them. Just last week, its keeper tried to enslave them all to an eternal nightmare. The innocent slept in their beds, while the sinister worked the night away in service to their princess. Even in here, in the Everfree, thing's were no different. The dark unicorn sorceress stood atop a stone tablet, the one thing in the vicinity that could provide shelter from this dark creature of the night. She took a collective breath, and spoke.
"And now, Spirits of the Darkness, Ribbon Wishes summons you. Hear Ribbon wishes, and come to the sound of her voice. Meka leka, yes! Meka hiney ho! Meka leka, yes! Meka hiney ho! Hear Ribbon Wishes, Lord Cthulhu, awaken, and send your servant to smother Celestia with a pillow!" As Ribbon Wishes cackled, the moon's light pulled back from the area around her, the entire clearing was black as space. The grass all around her stuck straight up, and the stone tablet beneath her feet shivered. Ribbon Wishes bit her tongue and looked down, worried. If this stone cracked, even just the tiniest chip, she would be taken in by the creature she had just summoned.
The frozen grass, blackened by magic, flew up into the air and melted together to form a creature of malice and hate. It held the form of a large horse, black as the night sky, and where it's head should be there was simply a gaping hole. It was the headless horse. Corrupted by Nightmare Magic, this creature would accomplish what the princess could not, and it would secure her a place at the throne for the day when she returns. And Ribbon Wishes would, or so she hoped, be granted a place as a trusted friend at the princess' side. And Celestia, for her cruelty, would have her body cast down to Tartarus where filth like her belongs.
The gaping hole in the creature's neck pulsed for a moment, then it opened wide and let out a piercing shriek. Ribbon Wishes trembled and clenched her teeth at the sound. She wanted to cover her ears, but if any of her hooves left the stone platform, she could be swept up and be devoured. From the gaping hole spewed crusts of dried blood from the many whom the horse had devoured. After a short time of howling,
