The King of Glass

Blood, the scent of iron and burning flesh assaulted my nostrils like a bad omen. I didn't know where it was coming from, but the pain in my side told me a truth that I didn't want to learn. But first, why can't I see? The shock didn't set in for what it felt like hours until I decided to move from where I was laying, but I couldn't feel that either.

Normally I can tell what was around me without the need for my eyesight with ease, but the pain and the ungodly smell blocked those senses. Frightened I tried to feel my side with my claws to see what was damaged.

I moved my hand towards the pain located near my back. Carefully I touch the area and found what was wrong. I winced in agony as a piece of my own flesh peeled off to my touch.

"What the fuck happened to me?" I whimpered wondering where I was.

"I don't know little griffin," said a soft-sounding female voice followed with the sound of several foot steps. "But whoever did this to you, we will find them."

"Who's we?" I asked more frighted than I was before.

"What do you mean . . . " the mare said before realizing that I was staring blankly at her. I could tell where she was from the sound, but I couldn't see.

"Sorry I . . . It will be alright little one."

After the talk with the mare, I felt a tingle against my side. It was soothing to say the least. The slight itch that came with it didn't help with the sound of what could be described as "instant healing." When I asked as to what they were doing to my wounds that were causing my discomfort, the mare said that Starswirl the Bearded was using his magic to heal me. That thought only made me more anxious with my wound.

The process the wizard was using to heal me was a long one. Once I was safe to move without risking my life, they moved me to an airship called the Gale Runner with a black book that was said was with me when they found me.

When I heard this, I was relieved like the book held some sort of special significance to me but something was out of place. I could vaguely remember there being someone else with the book. Who I don't know, but I can recall it being a young girl. Maybe my age? The only thought that I could bring to mind was the feeling of the joy of play.

"Was she a friend?" I mumbled.

"What you say little griffin?" said the mare that found me. 'Yes, that's right, but what was her name? I think it was Falcon Song.' What a strange name I thought.

"Nothing," I yawned getting up from my shifting bed that swayed uncomfortably to the motions of the flying boat.

"How's the pain? Is it getting any better?" Falcon asked with slight worry in her voice. I was glad that she cared about me, well, she was the only one that cared about since I was found in the forest. The rest of her group could care less about my condition nor the fact that I was a child. 'Strange,' calling myself a child was alien to me. It was like something that had long past like I was much older than I should be, but why?

"Erm . . . Are you okay?" Falcon said bringing my attention to her back. I thought about it for a moment, feeling my side with a quick twitch of my wing and smiled that there was no more burning sensation.

"I'm fine," I smiled, but the mare didn't even if I could not see it.

"Do you know what happened?" Falcon asked with a sigh of relief.

I rubbed my chin in deep thought trying to remember what happened, but nothing came to mind, or at least, no sight. I could still feel what went wrong; the sensation of bloodlust, the carnal desire to destroy, the calm coolness of content, and worst of all, fear, so much fear.

I cringed from remembering the pain that was inflicted upon me with the intent to kill. The flame had the similar sensation to the healing spell that Starswirl the Beared used. One of unique power and intensity. It wasn't caused by whatever I felt before, it was more hardened and protective of something. But what? What did I do that caused such hatred towards me? I shook my head trying to clear the fear that was started to cloud my judgment, but I know it wouldn't go away so quickly.

"Sorry, I don't remember much," I said with a sniffle.

"Well, what do you remember?"

I looked at her with my blank gaze fearful of what I was about to say. It was the only thing that I could say.

"Blood, so much blood."

A chill ran down my spine when thinking about that dragon or whatever the hell I saw.

That thing wasn't natural, the way it moved was to demonic to be possible and that grin on his face when I landed a phoenix fireball against his side was terrifying. Whatever we found in Baltimare couldn't be hurt nor captured. The fact that it bowed before it retreated showed some sort of formal intelligence that was far superior to the average dragon.

"Damn it," I clenched my teeth. If only I could have warm my team and Silver's before that black cloud appeared then we would have had a chance against the demon!

"You alright Captain? You look upset"

I turned around from leaning over the balcony of the new castle that was built for our two new monarchs; Princess Celestia and Princess Luna to see Cresent Moon glaring at me. I sighed and went back to looking over the countryside from the cliffside castle.

"A little bit," I groaned. Cresent Moon joined me in leaning over the balcony.

"It's not you fault that shit hit the cloud," Moon said trying to cheer me up. "We didn't know what to expect when we got there. For all we know, we could have run into a pack of rogue diamond dog's."

"But not that demon," I growled.

"Azure . . . When Terra Nova sealed Tartarus with the Everfree forest, she couldn't get all of the demon's to slipped through the cracks. At least we found one and almost caught him..."

"Almost," I glared at the direction to Balitmare.

"Well, at least we managed to save the survivor."

"The only two survivors. One near death and the other to frightened to even move. And they were both kids!"

"We can't save them all," Moon sighed. "Even if we got there in seconds, there would have still been casualties."

"It wouldn't have mattered if we got there even if we were first at the village," I choked. "When I looked into that demon eye's I saw a pure predator. He was the alpha and I was the omega. I was weak and he was strong. Stronger than Starswirl's magic!"