Lucifer's Mercy

Chapter Five
A Fly Without Wings

What have done?! That’s what the voice in my head was constantly shouting. I had killed one of the only ponies I cared for. Even if she didn’t feel the same about me… but no matter. I still had enemies. The only ones who I could place the blame. There was no more time for fucking around. I only had one thought then. The thought that I’d hoped would be enough to defeat Celestia and Luna. I flew towards the castle, my pursuers close at hand, maintaining an incredible velocity. It was in my sight. Along with two more Unicorn guards. As if I didn’t have enough issues. It was at this point that I felt… don’t say royally fucked… but yeah, I was. But I knew it wasn’t too late. I knew I could think my way out of that situation. So I tried something they wouldn’t expect. I just… landed smack dab in the middle of them, leaving a good ten feet equally between me and the four guards.
When my Pegasi pursuers landed, they shouted, “Stop! This is you’re final warning! Stay right where you are or-”
I faced the Pegasus guards before screaming, “No! Now you listen here bucko! I’ve demonstrated my powers! Now if you don’t let me see the princess…” I stalled. I have no idea why. I must have started to feel remorse. It passed. “If you don’t let me see the princess, I’ll drop every building in Cloudsdale!”
One of the Pegasus guards then yelled, “You cannot be serious!” He suddenly gave the Unicorns a stern look. “Contain him!”
I was then snared by the power of the two Unicorn guards. “I’m warning… you!” I said, struggling to get the words out.
Suddenly, one of the Pegasi placed the tip of his spear at my neck. “Your time is up little man!”
“Stop!” shouted an all too familiar voice coming from behind. “What in Equestria do you think you’re doing to him?!” Twilight shrieked.
“Twilight?!” I screamed as a tear trickled down my cheek.
“We have been given strict orders to take this terrorist into custody or kill him trying.” the other Pegasus said.
“What do you mean terrorist?! This stallion is one of the sweetest ponies I’ve ever met!” She paused. “Besides, you have him now! Please! Just don’t kill him! Please!” Twilight screamed as she began to sob herself.
The guard with the spear looked at me for a second before jerking the weapon away. “Throw him in one of the cells… for now.” he finally said.
I allowed the guards to drag me into the castle, hoping that we might pass the princess on the way. Sadly, we didn’t. Although, lucky for me, Twilight stayed walking beside me until they physically tossed me behind the bars in the dungeon.
“Tell the Princess that I’m sorry but I really need to cut our little get together short. Right now, I need some alone time with Sky Chaser here.” Twilight said to one of the guards.
“No problem. I’m sure she will understand. Just be careful with him. He’s very dangerous” he replied just before trotting up the stairs and leaving the room.
As soon as the door shut, Twilight faced me and screamed, “Sky Chaser! I’m so sorry! When I saw you use your powers, I freaked out. What I said, I didn’t mean it! I really didn’t! Please forgive me!”
I was surprised to say the least. “Are you… saying… you aren’t afraid of me?” I replied.
It was then that Twilight tried to get as close to me as she could before the ice cold bars of steel blocked her path. She held out her hoof and I took it in mine. “Listen to me Chase… please understand. What I said back there… that wasn’t me. I just… I wish I could take it all back.” Twilight said pitifully
“Twilight… I thought you were dead.” I said without thinking.
“What… what do you mean??” she said sounding slightly nervous.
“You have no idea why I’m in here do you?”
“It doesn’t matter! We can get through anything.”
“Twilight! I’ve killed ponies! And… and I thought I’d killed you too.” I said shutting my eyes. But then I realized something. Twilight never let go of my hooves.
“What happened to you Chase?”
I suddenly yanked my hooves free and turned around. “Can’t you see?! I’m a fucking monster! You deserve so much better than me!”
“Then tell me, what kind of monster admits to his mistakes? No matter how substantial.” I was speechless. There was nothing I could’ve said. “Well if you are the monster you say you are, I guess I’ll have to talk to the Princess and see what she has to say about your sentence. And don’t worry; I won’t let them give you the death penalty.” Twilight said as she walked out the door.
But that was soon followed by one of the guards entering the dungeon. “The Princess warned us about you.” He said just before approaching what looked like a breaker box on the wall. When he opened it, it revealed only one button. “Celestia, this is why I love my job.” The guard said before he hit the button. Suddenly, the box started beeping. The guard then peered over in my direction before saying, “Boy, let me tell ya. You’re gonna love this.”
A few seconds later, there was this huge flash of light coming from all around the room along with an intense vibration that followed. After that, I was puzzled. “What the hell was that?” I said sort of fearing the answer.
“Well your probably the only civilian who would understand, but we just EMPed this entire room. Magic won’t work in here no more.”
“Hold on, you just destroyed every nano bot in this room?”
“Uh… hell yes we did. We couldn’t just let you have your magic powers in jail now could we? Oh and by the way… don’t try and blow up anything outside this room. We built this thing so thick, our satellites can’t even send signals down here.” the guard finally finished.
His words hit me like a blow to the face. For the first time in years, I had lost control of my situation. I was powerless.
“Well kid, I’m goin’ back up to castle. Well… at least the part that non murderers get to go to. Well, have a nice day.” the guard said as he went up the steps leading to the door; leaving me in the dungeon alone.
Could you imagine this? I couldn’t believe what I got myself into. I guess I didn’t expect to come out of this alive. But at this point, I had realized that Twilight still cared for me. I guess all I could really do was wait for whatever was going to happen to me.
Several hours had passed and the longer I sat there in silence; pondering about what I had done, the more I just simply wanted it all to end. I don’t expect anypony to make sense of all the emotions I had felt in that iron cage, but that doesn’t mean that they couldn’t torment me. Suddenly, one of the guards’ voice shot from the door that said, “Looks like you have a visitor! Go on down, girl. He’s behind bars.”
And then well… what can I say? I sure as hell didn’t see this coming. But the pony who lingered down those steps was that secretary from Cloudsdale city hall. I was so startled by her appearance that I screamed, “You?! What the hell are you doing here?! Haven’t you done enough?!”
“Me?!” she replied harshly yet sort of alarmed by me yelling. “You’re the one who killed one of my friends and destroyed part of my city! I did what was right!”
I paused for a moment because well… she was right. Who wouldn’t call the authorities after somepony did what I did? I then said, “Fine then. Why are you here?”
“Because… we can’t have… ponies like you living in Equestria.” The secretary said still acting nervous and jumpy.
The words she spoke caused me to feel a pit in my stomach. “What… what does that mean?? What are you saying??” I asked. The secretary immediately pulled out a .45 caliber pistol. It shook in her hoof. “W-what are you doing with that??” I shouted as I leaped to my hooves.
“Like I said… there is no place for you… here in Equestria.” she said still sounding nervous. She then pointed the gun at me as her hoof still trembled.
“W-wait-” I said right as the door to the dungeon opened revealing Twilight and Princess Celestia. Their eyes widened when they noticed her with the gun. Twilight suddenly dashed at the secretary but to no avail. She pulled the trigger right as Twilight made it down the stairs. The bullet pierced my heart; causing me to fall to the ground in anguish. I looked up at the scene that was happening in front of me. Twilight tackled the secretary knocking the gun out of her hand while two guards rushed in. One restraining the secretary and one opening my cell to help me.
“She got him in the heart!” the guard reputedly shouted. Twilight picked herself off of the secretary and rushed to me with tears in her eyes.
She shouted at me, “Oh my god chase!” She lifted my hoof to see the wound. “Please oh my god please be okay!” she shouted again. “Please! Somepony! Help him!”
The world suddenly began to spin as Twilights screaming voice became more and more distant. Suddenly everything began to fade so I closed my eyes as I let out my final breath.

Personal log, March 29, 2017

Hey… Twilight Sparkle here. I know I don’t usually do this sort of thing… but after the ones they found in Sky Chasers house, I felt I needed to do one… in his memory. No matter what he did, nothing can change the way I felt about him. How I still feel about him! *sigh* I guess I couldn’t be more thankful I was here at the castle and that Spike was out with Rarity at the time of our house being destroyed. You know… He… Spike I mean… He’s done everything he could to care for me after what happened. Along with the princess letting me stay at the castle until the library is rebuilt. It’s just… I really hope Chase’s brother… Triton… I really hope he will be okay. I think the two were really close. But ever since Chase’s death… Triton has acted very… odd. But Sky Chaser… I’ll never forget you. You were my first love after all.
-End of log entry