chapter 6 Lies of The Past

Iron Tail and the hooded figure fought tirelessly, blow after blow they went, cuts and bruises marking their flesh, with sparks flying in the air like the embers of a blue flame. Both the hooded figure and the dragon ceased fighting for a moment, as they caught their breath. They had been fighting for hours now, they were equally matched.

“I grow tired of this Iron Tail,” The hooded figure stated bitterly. “I thought you would not last this long. I will have to end this now. My master will not be pleased that I let one of my targets escape. I never wanted to use this on a reptile, but you leave me no choice.” as he finished talking he stroked the back of his blade, slowly raising his sword to a 45º angle, his breathing slow, his eyes were focused.

Iron Tail noticed how unnervingly calm his opponent had become.

The hooded figure could hear the dragons heart thump in his ears, he could hear the exhausted breaths of the dragon, he saw every movement the dragon made in slow motion.

Iron Tail could feel the tension building in the air, he could feel his heart thumping in his chest like it was trying to escape, he could hear every laboured breath he made.

“I need to kill this hooded figure now.” He thought hesitantly, as he saw the unsettling change in the hooded figures composure, and stance. He charged at the hooded figure, he had been expecting him to charge back at him, but instead he stood his ground unmoving, his expression calm and cool.

As Iron Tail fought the mysterious figure, Spike and Silver Fang had been nearing their destination; though they had another 3 days of travel ahead of them. As they were about to make camp for the night the smell of death hung in the air. Silver Fang knew it was the sign of fiends nearby, they prepared themselves for a fight. After a moment of waiting the fiends appeared with the hooded figure enslaved by Keselth

The opposing faction drew their swords, and knocked their bows, the air became cold and crisp, thick with tension, the smell of iron and blood stung the air. This was the onset of battle.

Silver Fang felt his blood begin to boil, as he saw the hooded figure standing before him, he figured that the figure overpowered Iron Tail, and killed him. He resigned to kill the hooded figure in the name of vengeance. Silver Fang growled viciously, claws tightening on the hilt of his blade, as he prepared to kill this creature, or die trying.

“Calm down, Fang. 'Concentrate on the task, not the way you feel.'” Spike quoted his masters tutelage. He took a deep breath to focus himself, before standing his ground.

“How can I rem-” Silver Fang was cut off, as an arrow soared passed him, fired from the hooded character, before landing with a thud in a nearby tree. Before Silver Fang could react the hooded figure had dashed at him with lightning speed, his sword drawn. Spike blocked the blow with his sword, while sliding his blade from underneath the sword, then round housing the creature in the chest, sending it staggering backwards.

As the hooded figure recovered his balance, Spike and Silver Fang noticed that the hood of the hooded figures cloak had fallen back revealing the figures' face. The figure had been a human man, with a rune branded on his neck. The symbol was shaped like a Z with 3 lines struck through it, with a dot on the top left side, and a dot on the bottom right side.

The stranger looked at Spike with surprise, wondering how he managed to move so quickly.

“You are not our target, step aside” the figure requested respectfully “We only want to kill Silver Fang, the enemy of the Black Dragon Order.”

“Not going to happen, because I protect my friends.” Spike stated devoid of fear.

“Last chance STEP ASIDE!” The human stated this time with more authority.

“Ah, I get it. You're just too scared to fight the mightiest knight of all time.” Spike antagonised the man “Now since you have finished your tantrum, how about you and your soldiers leave, or die; the choice is yours.”

“So be it, you have declared war against The Black Dragon Order. You will die like everyone else who opposes Keselth.” After the human finished speaking, he attacked Spike once more, sending him sliding back from the ferocious slash against him. Soon after Spike and the human engaged each other, the would be camp-site turned into a small war zone.

Ember hurled herself at Celestia. While she did, another two dragons assassinated Celestias' personal guards, ripping their throats out, and killing them. The crowd of mourners stood in there place, stunned by what was happening around them.

Ember landed on Celestia, knocking her to the ground. The enchanted dagger glowing in her claws, raised high in the air, she was preparing to plunge it into Celestia.

Luna snapped out of her trance like state, as she witnessed her sister in peril. She fired a beam of blue light, aiming specifically at the dagger however it was thwarted by a magical shield, surrounding her.

The blade neared Celestias' heart. as it made contact with Celestias' flesh the blade shattered into a million pieces, sending Ember flying through the air, knocking the wind out of her, leaving Celestia unscathed. The shards of the blade landed on the floor, before turning to ash, and blowing away. Celestia, Luna, Twilight, and the others looked at Ember in bewilderment.

They were surprised by the fact that Ember tried to kill Celestia, and the fact that the knife shattered as the tip of the blade met with Celestia's flesh. They looked at each other blank faced then back to Ember. Luna was the first to speak.

“That was Quick thinking, to create a shield around yourself,” Luna said, she had thought she figured out what happened. “Though next time, a word of warning, you scared me Tia… I would of not known, what I'd do if you died.”

“But I did not do anything, Luna.” Celestia said with a puzzled tone.

“Twilight did you…?” Luna Inquired before trailing off.

“I didn't do anything, I froze, I nearly got one of my dearest friend hurt.” Twilight stated “Stupid Twilight” Twilight muttered under her breath to herself.

They all looked at Shining Armour, who just shrugged his shoulders, he was just as perplexed as they were.

“Then who saved me?” Celestia stated to herself, but her thoughts were soon answered.

“That would have been me.” a mysterious ethereal voice, stated in reply.

The group of mourners searched around, but could not see anything. However, before long, the same spirit Dragon Celestia saw in her old Library, appeared. In its wispy glow.

“Ember, Sapphire, Black Flame, the one who stole my sons' heart, why do you resort to revenge? Do you not know, the value of life? It was not her fault that Spike has disappeared, but my own.” The ethereal voice boomed “My son is safe you foolish girl, do you even know, what you would of done if you actually killed this princess. If you do not understand, then I'll show you. My naïve daughter in law.” The spirit dragon reached out offering her a claw.

“DON'T GRAB THAT CLAW, EMBER!” a familiar voice to Ember announced.

Ember turned to where the voice was coming from, noticing her father standing at an ear shots distance away.

“So you're still alive, Torch Black Flame.” The ethereal voice boomed viciously, sounding more like a crumbling mountain. “I see your still loyal to my brother.”

“You are weak, you will bring our race to ruin. I knew there was something familiar about that dragon my daughter fell for.” Torch growled “I should of known when the dragon sceptre called to him, that it was your son.”

“But you didn't, and now you are too late. begone Black Flame,” as the spirit Dragon said this he rose his claw, using his magic to send him flying into a nearby wall, and knocking him unconscious.

“Ember, Grab my claw, you need to learn about your families true history. A history that should not of been hidden from you. You and my son have the same fate now, a fate that is beyond Equestria, and even the world.” The spirit dragon concluded gently, like a father talking to his daughter.

Ember looked at her fathers unconscious body, and the spectral dragon with its claw extended towards her. Ember grabbed the claw, and with a sudden flash of white light, she vanished.

Author's Note

Hey guys, and gals, sorry about the wait, but I am in the process of moving, I have work and other commitments to, but the good thing is that it's out now, so enjoy.