Ghost Pony Rider: The Dark Ones

[Morning. Twilights Tree house.]

  With morning tea brewing in the kettle, Twilight walks into the main room where all of her friends where present. Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie were discussing new prank ideas. Spike was admiring Rarity as usual. Applejack and Fluttershy were talking with Ghost Pony Rider. Who was unusually quite. Twilight noticed this and patted Ghost Rider on the shoulder. He turns to look at her with wide eye sockets. Twilight gives a worries look.

"Are you okay Ghost Rider?" she asks.

  Ghost Rider gives her expressionless look with his skull.

"I'm...fine Twilight. Just thinking about something."

  All the mane six and Spike gave him a concerned look. All conversations had stopped. The room was silent. Ghost Pony Rider moaned from the silence. He didn't want to talk about it. Matter of fact, he didn't want to think about it. Ever since that night of nightmares. The night where Ghost Pony Rider failed to avenge a life. A life he cared deeply for. Gone. It was eating at his boney heart to its core. He wanted revenge for her death. That would be going against his bitter judgment. Revenge wasn't in Ghost Pony Riders vocabulary. However, he wanted to make an exception. With the group of ponies and the little dragon in front of him, Ghost Pony Rider prepared himself to explain. The group watched as Ghost Rider went to the front of the group to tell his tail.

"A few months ago, from my time of absence here in PonyVille. I went on a routine assignment with Marible. It was just common crook report. Nothing we couldn't handle. This one...was different though."

  The group leaned in.

"We ended up at some sort of power plant in the middle of nowhere. The guy was inside. Once we were inside, we found the guy...er...gal I mean. She was nothing like I have ever experienced. Her power, skills, and how brutal her attacks were. We fought for hours before she ended up injuring me quite badly. I was defenseless as she went in for the kill. Then...it happened."

  The group gulped at the foreshadow. Twilight spoke up from the group.

"What happened?"

  Ghost Pony Rider narrowed his eye sockets at the floor and growled. The group tensed. Ghost Pony Rider is terrifying when he's angry. His fire grew larger and his skull started turning a darker shade, almost black. The mane six prepared for the worst as Ghost Riders flame grew larger and his skull turned black. His voice grew deeper and more intimidating. Fluttershy hid behind Rainbow Dash as the fire engulfed the house from the inside.

"SHE TOOK HER AWAY FROM ME!" he screamed.

  The fire grew and soon the whole house was engulfed in fire like hell itself. Ghost Pony Rider looked up to his friends, the fear in their faces. This all was to familiar to him. He stopped his tempter loss and regained control of himself. His fire shrunk to head level and his skull returned to normal. The fear inside his friends eyes didn't fade. Ghost Pony Rider gave a shamed look on his skull and groaned.

"That's what happened...she took Marible away from me."

  The group gasped. Ghost Pony Riders closest friend...was dead? No wonder he has been on edge lately. He was pained by the loss. Twilight approached her friend and raped him in a tight hug. The burning fire on her skin drew tears to Twilights eyes. Soon the rest of the group joined in and rapped Ghost Rider in group hug. He whispered.

"Th-thanks girls."

  The moment was interrupted was a sudden crash through the tree house wall. The group was sent flying into the opposite wall. Ghost Pony Rider jumped to his hooves and readied himself for anything that would come through the smoke. He pulled his chain from his leg and whipped it on fire. The sorry fool who burst through his friends home was going to pay. A large two pars of black tentacles came rushing from the smoke, grabbing Ghost Pony Rider by his front legs. They pulled him toward the outside where a huge talon formed in a fist smashed him on the nose. A back leg then kicked him in the side, sending him flying into another building. Ghost Rider rubbed his head and looked to see his attackers. Once a nightmare has become a reality. Death Trap, Stroke, and a mare he didn't recognize.

"Just who the hell are you three?" Ghost Rider asks swinging his chain at them.

  Death Trap grabs the chain and pulls him toward the group Death Trap lands another heavy punch to the skull and Stroke uppercuts him. Ghost Pony Rider hits the ground hard as he feels his skull crack. Ghost Pony Rider attempts to get up but gets stomped on by Death Trap. He laughs as Ghost Pony Rider tries to break free. The mare from before walks to the downed Ghost Pony Rider and smiles. He growls under Death Traps talon.

"Oh don't by mad dear." Black Head says.

  The same black tentacles from before emerged from her back as she pulls him from Death Traps grip. She wraps him around like a snake inside the tentacles. Ghost Pony Rider could feel the pressure on his body crushing him. He roared in pain. The trio laughs.

"What...do...you...punks want?"

"What we want is your death ya little menace!" Death Trap laughs.

"Yeah! We want to use your bones as toothpicks!" Stroke says.

  Black Head and Death Trap give Stroke a embarrassed look. Stroke was nuts, no doubt about that. Black Head then turns to Ghost Rider and smiles at him. She pulls him in closer to her. Ghost Rider struggles to get loose but is unsuccessful.

"Don't you remember me dear?" she asks.

"I don't know. Should I?" Ghost Rider says giving Black Head an attitude.

  Black Head laughs and slams Ghost Pony Rider into the ground causing more of his skull to crack. Black Head puts herself on top Ghost Pony Rider and wraps tighter. Ghost Rider groans in pain.

"I'm surprised you don't. Here, Ill make it simple. Remember your little friend who I ripped to pieces?"

  Right then memories came flooding back to Ghost Pony Rider like a ton of bricks. He remembered the look on her face when Marible was torn to pieces. He remembered the smile on the bitches face who had killed his friend. Right then, something snapped inside Ghost Pont Rider. A barrel of emotions that he kept hidden away had been smashed. He exploded. A huge fiery blast engulfed the front of the tree house. The Dark Ones were knocked off their feet from the blast. Black Head stood up while Death Trap and Stroke tried to get up. Black Head was frowning at the blazing inferno in front of her. This was not expected.

"What is this?"

  Ghost Pony Rider emerged from the flaming inferno with his fire brick red and his skull charcoal black. His eyes had fierce red pupils inside them. The face of pure evil. The skull of anger. Ghost Pony Rider has lost control to his anger. Death Trap and Stroke observed the site with Black Head as Ghost Pony Rider walked towards them with a fire wall behind him. Ghost Pony Rider spoke with an evil tone in his voice.

"Hungry."

  Black Head smiled. She could use this to her advantage. Death Trap and Stroke were petrified.

"What the hell do we do now!?" Death Trap yelled.

"Don't ask me you over grown bird!" Stroke panicked.

"Shut it you two!"

  Death Trap and Stroke looked over to Black Head who was giving a stern look.

"We need to leave. Were done here!"

  The group then takes off into the forest, leaving a demonic being with an entire wild fire behind him. He was getting out of control, Black Head had got him to lose control. Ghost Pony Rider was roaring as he whipped his chain and fired molten balls at houses. He was causing Armageddon inside PonyVille. The mane six emerged from the tree house with a few scraps and bruises. When they saw the blazing inferno, utter shock was all they could feel. Ponies were running for their lives out of the town. Ghost Pony Rider wasn't letting up, he was blasting and slashing the buildings to pieces. He roared sop loud you could hear it from Canterlot, in this case, someone did. Ghost Pony Rider ravaged through of the town before he stumbled apon the mane six and Spike, running around. He roared getting their attention.

"Ghost Rider!" Twilight yells.

  The rest of the group runs toward him but their interrupted by a flying chain nearly hitting Twilight in the face. It passes by her face with fierce speed as it misses and hits a building behind her. The rest stop. Rainbow Dash flies up to the front and shouts at the monster.

"What the hay was that for!?"

"Hungry...." Ghost Pony Rider moans.

"Hungry? Do you want a cupcake?" Pinkie asks.

"Hungry...for...souls."

  Pinkies hair drooped and soon the rest of the group gasped as Ghost Pony Rider gasped. They then ran away from their friend with fear. He was corrupted by his anger and lust for revenge he forgot who his friends were. Or if he had any. Ghost Pony Rider traps the mane six in a blazing ring of fire as he walks through it. A lunar and solar blast knocked Ghost Pony Rider off his hooves and slamming into a building. Princess Celestia and Princess Luna floated down from the sky. The mane six felt relieved. Both with angry looks on their faces.

"Princess Celestia! Why are you-?"

"No time to explain! Get your friends to safety!"

  The mane six quickly ran to a safe distance as the princess went to work. Ghost Pony Rider roared with anger that made the ground shake. Both princess unmoved by the sound.

"You need to calm down Ghost Rider!" Luna said.

"Luna is right Rider! You need to channel your anger!" Celestia added.

  Ghost Pony Rider roared and the princess blasted him again. This time looked as if it was unaffected. He roared again. He whipped his chain again and only made contact with a barrier shield from Luna. He then blasted a molten ball from his hoof and fired it at Luna. The shield broke and Luna flew backwards on the ground. Celestia gave Ghost Rider an angry look and blasted him again this time sending him flying. Ghost Rider whipped his chain forward like a spear and made contact with Celestia's chest. Blood emerged from the wound and Ghost Pony Rider pulled the chain back with force.

"COME HERE!" he screamed.

  He pulled Celestia toward him and swung his hoof and made contact with her cheek sending her flying on Luna. As he approached to make the final blow. He was caught off guard by another blast of magic from behind. He turned and roared at his attacker. Twilight had fired a blast at him. The rest of her friends behind her. Ghost Pony Rider roared and started to run toward them. All the six friends prepared for the worst as Ghost Pony Rider ran fast toward them. Just before a blow could be made, he stopped. Twilight and her friends looked up and saw he had stopped.

"Friends..."

  The fire started to grow smaller and his skull was returning to normal. His eyes were returning to normal. With a sad look on his face, he backed away from his friends.

"I'm...so...sorry."

  Ghost Pony Rider backed away before hitting something behind him. He turned to see Celestia with the spear wound in her chest. Luna with scorch mark on her chest.

"No..."

"Ghost Pony Rider. Its okay. You weren't in control. You were played." Celestia says giving him a sorry look.

"Played?" his eye sockets went wide,

"Black Head wanted to manipulate your anger and turn you against everyone. She played your memories when she killed Marible."

  Ghost Pony Rider was putting everything together. His anger had gotten the best of him. Because of it, an entire town was nothing but ash.