The King of Glass

"Captain Azure!" shouted Jade Rabbit, Jester Rabbit's younger brother. Azure took his attention away from Jetstream and his story about this giant winged wolf that attack his village to head the call of the breathless pegasi. Azure let the Jade colored pony catch his breath before listening to what he had to say.

"What is it?" asked Azure now with the company of Sergent Cresent Moon.

"It's Baltimare! It's being attacked by a monster!"

"What do you mean, a monster?" joined Moon.

"No clue. I only got a glimpse of it."

"Can you give it a description?" asked Azure now looking slightly uneasy.

"It was white." Jade started. "Had impenetrable scale's, wolf-like and hid in the shadows."

Azure Looked at Jade Rabbit confused. He just learned of such a beast from the weathered oldtimer. If such a beast exists and The young lad himself saw it. Then Baltimare was in grave danger. Azure looked at the Sergent uncertain of what to do wondering what her take was on what was the best course of action, but in her eyes was the same level of uncertainty.

"Well, let's get going!" Carl cheered signaling to the others to abandon their post to join the group. Azure noticed this as well as the other captain of the guard, Silver Spear, who decided to break from his formation to investigate him and his squad.

"What's going on here?" Silver questioned Azure.

"Baltimare is being attacked," answered Jade.

"By what?"

"No clue, but by the sounds of it. The entire settlement of Baltimare could be wiped out by the end of the day," Moon said.

"WHAT?!" Shouted Silver. "Then let's get going. If we lose Baltimare to whatever the hell Jade is talking about, then we lose all our trade with the griffins."

Before me sat a trembling mare begging for her life. I contemplated sparing her, but that wouldn't be right. Everyone that dare's to run from me should have their body turned inside out and become a grotesque masterpiece. I smile happily through my wolf mask lifting up me claw to her trembling lips.

"Don't be afraid," I purred deeply. "I'll be nice and slow."

"No," she begged as I brought my claw down to her throat.

"Please," she continued to beg.

"Okay," I replied. She smiled.

"I'll be quick," I said and watched the light in her eye's die as I lift my claw up and brought it down with blinding speed, decapitating her instantly.

After I watched the mare paint the floor in wonderful crimson in the center of the street. Terrifying all the nearby neighbors. I made a note to find a rusty fork to stab my victims withs. Just as I was about to move onto my next target's that has awakened me from my slumber; Adagio, Sonata, and Aria. A familiar voice purred unhappily in my mind.

"Do you alway's have to cause such destruction, Wolf? You know that we have to protect the book without becoming the most hunted thing on the planet"

"I know," I cheered. "But the sirens would not come out so easily ya know. Especially when we are so close to the sea," I replied walking down the street towards the harbor.

"Then let me take over. Our master wouldn't agree with your methods."

"And what would you know of our master's wishes?" I asked while dodging several arrows that whizzed by me from several blocks ahead. I saw the ponies that shot them. There was twelve of them dressed as silver knights. Six of them were rushing towards me while the other six were sticking behind to fire more arrows at me.

"Well?" dragon growled.

"Fine, but when the kid wakes up. Make sure he has the book."

"Very well."

After Captain Silver made the order to rush to Baltimare. The entire city of Canterlot went into a rush to organize a contingent to protect Baltimare. Guards prepped platoons of able-bodied soldiers, the banks rushed to protected their bank statements and the princesses head egghead, Starswirl the Beared, to join us.

By join "us" I mean my team on the frontlines of our overreaction to the situation held in Baltimare. Hardlight, Moon, and Jester weren't too happy when the archmage himself plopped down on the; Gale Runner, an old pre-equestrian warship issued by commander Hurricane herself. However, Carl, Falcon and I couldn't care less.

Once in the air on our thunderhead shaped piece of junk of an airship. Silver and his team began to mumble about themselves in slight annoyance of our joint effort with the archmage. I wasn't happy with it either. Even though I was a unicorn too, and one with more battle based magic than most. Having Starswirl was a bad sign, one that involves immense power that stands between us and the safety of the world.

In the corner of my eye, I spot the stallion himself walk up to me. I didn't know what Starswirl was coming to me to talk about, but whatever it was. He and his long ass beard and bells can talk to Carl. I know he wouldn't mind talking about magic or whatever.

"Tis a nice morn Captain Phoenix?" Starswirl said as leaned over the railing beside me. Starswirl's old talk was a bit confusing to those who grew up in the new land, but it was also confusing to him.

"Yep," I replied.

"I see the vex in your eye's. What art thou wrong, Captain? Is it my mere presence disturbing to you as the other's?"

"Yep," I said again. Starswirl grew a look of deep pondering visible in his brow but passed it was our destination.

"Do you know what we will find?" I asked.

"A monster," he replied.

We landed in Baltimare's town square hoping to find that nothing was going on and that the attack was false. Oh, we were so dreadfully wrong. Splattered all over the barren street was dismembered limbs and blood of the various victims. So many innocent victims. I didn't dare count the number of ponies that was mutilated, however, I couldn't stop the others. I saw them silently count with silent words of how many were killed. I saw ten then twenty then fifty. I shuddered at the thought of what kind of creature could cause such mayhem but now was no the time. We had to find it and end it before any more lives are taking from the world. Even though it pains me so.

I walked through the river of blood towards the main hall to secure whatever it was that I was securing. Maybe it was me? I don't want to know, but whatever it was. It was cold.

"Ahhh!" screamed someone from afar alerting all of us towards what was lurking in the shadows. The sound came from the harbor and that's where everyone pointed their attention too. I changed my destination to join the rest of my friends, only to be stopped by a sound coming from the hall. I turned back around keeping my head low from danger.

"Hello?" I called. The only reply I got was a terrified screech and the rustle of papers. I didn't sense any danger nearby, but whatever was trying to hide didn't think so.

"Captain!" I heard from behind. I turned to see Cresent Moon and the others wondering what I was doing. I sighed and left the noise alone to join them.

Once I caught up, we silently made our way towards the harbor. The screaming for someone to help kept booming through the village like the siren of death and misery itself. With each wail of pain, my squadron and Silver's squadron cringed in fear as to what was causing such torment. In my mind, however, I reminded myself that I was a soldier, a knight, a pony not fearful of the demons of Tartarus itself, but as we made one final turn. We saw the monster and a helpless mare begging for her life. Around them, they were most likely other's that thought they could run from the white wolf thing, but alas. The putrid guts and gore quickly demoralized everyone that saw it.

"We have to save her," I said out loud as I prepped a fireball spell, but I felt a hoof pulled me back from suicide.

"Not yet Azure," Moon said quietly pulling her hoof from my maw. "We have no plan for that thing."

Just as she finished her words. The thing in question lifted his hand and in a quick swipe the mare's head came tumbling towards us, leaving a bloody trail behind it. I froze as did the rest of my squad, but Silver's jumped into action. Silver and the rest made a bee-line for the monster in a blind rage. As soon as they left, Jester pulled out his bow and launched several arrows in quick succession towards the monster and my squad ran after silvers while I stayed behind with Starswirl and watched.

At the halfway point, the monster started to act, strange. I looked at Starswirl before I went to join them as a leader. He gave me a confused look of admiration for the beast, which was something that struck me as odd. How could he have such contempt for the thing that outright played with the mercy of an innocent mare? "I will ask him later," I thought as I turned away from him, only to witness something horrific.

A black miasma wrapped around the winged wolf causing the charging ponies to stopped dead in their tracks and to reevaluate the new situation. Once the wolf was completely masked by the smoke, black tendrils erupted out like lightning and the screech of death wailing in misery boomed.

I and Starswirl fell to our knees for a moment as we watched my friends and rivals drop like rocks to the ground. I couldn't tell if they died from the screech or passed out, but I would be able to find out until I was certain that they were safe from the monster.

The pain, oh the glorious pain that writhed through me like a delicate mistress that trembles to death's touch. The pain that felt like eternity itself was making me its bitch, however, only lasted for a short moment until my transformation was complete. Wolf had his fun, but now I, Dragon shall have my dance with the devil herself.

The black miasma that made the transformation possible cleared, showing me that only two of my opponents were left standing. They were hiding behind a building that resembled an over refined shack at best, with colorful shutters and a big sign that said; Harpoon Fishery. I smiled at the thought that they could hide from me! But first, how do I look like?

I snapped my finger to create a mirror from the water in the air and took a good look at myself. I was a black dragon with; devilish purple eye's, a wolf-like muzzle, four horns; two big white ones and two little ones just under them, I had many spin flaps curved into claws with purple skin aimed down towards my tail and along my tail they grew shorter till they met the white, wide, flat blade that was the tip. I admired the blade on my tail for a moment where I noticed something unique. It was as wide as a small dagger and as long as a short sword with a crescent moon for a hilt. I wondered how much fun it would be to slice ponies with, but that will have to wait until my next time on the mortal plain.

Aside from most of my appearance being covered in armor that I believe was called, the armor of Ornstein. I was quite happy with how I looked. If I meet my master, I will thank him for giving me for such an appearance.

I got rid of the mirror by throwing it into the nearest building that had fish plastered on it and made my way towards the recovering ponies down the road and sang.

"Not looking for gold!" I sang. "This stuff's purple, or so I have been told, by some people."

The two ponies that I was walking towards took one last glance at me and ran away. I opened my wings and in a heavy flap I took flight into the sky and caught up to them in mere seconds of flying over the buildings.

I landed in front of them beside their ship and leaned up against it and smiled. I knew that letting them get away would cause problems for the third, so I decided to deal with them instead of the sirens. It wouldn't matter if I found them anyway. I would have run out of time to stay awake if I did. Which the third would have to fight them by himself and he is a weak little bastard. It is the same for these two if I let them live, but where is the fun if I just kill them like Wolf?

"You aren't getting away that easy," I chuckled.

"Who said we were," the azure pony said before putting himself in front of the bearded wizard reject. The azure pony's horn lit up in azure flame signaling me that he was about to cast a fire-based spell. "How stupid," I thought. I was a dragon in dragon slaying armor! I can swim in lava!

"Then let's dance," I smiled thinking of a song.