Ancient evils

Chapter 19: Sin's chasm

Luna was on a diplomatic mission to Zebrica when Sin was summoned. But she could tell it was him, she recognized his particular power. She had to get home to Equestria, but she had no idea where it even was. Zebrica was separated from it's continent in the explosion, as Sin rearranged the world as he saw fit. The zebras were very supportive of their allies in Equestria, and wished to help Luna in anyway they could.  Several zebras along with Luna were exploring to the west, hoping to find other lands, and that they weren't on an island. Zebrica had very thick jungles, which if not for the aid of the Zebras, Luna would quickly get lost in. The jungles were actually not doing too badly, Zebrica was not hit by the direct force of Sin. At least, not yet. They came upon a clearing, and what they saw at the end of it was truly a horrifying sight. A gigantic chasm had opened up before them, a dark purple light emanating from the crevasse. This light seemed a sort of semi-solid, like a very thick gas. As they stood in awe at the sight before them, a voice rang throughout the air.

"Princess of the night," it spoke. "Let us see if you truly are worthy of that title."

"Who art thou to doubt our power?" she responded.

"If you're truly so comfortable with the night, my darkness should not be a problem for you, spoke the voice.

"If you are issuing a challenge, I certainly will not back down." she said.

"Then enter, ruler of Equestria, spoke the voice. "Your friends must stay behind, lest they be destroyed."

Luna walked forward to the edge of the cliff.

"Very well, I accept." she said.

Luna could feel Sin's power reeking from this scar on the planet.

"Princess!" said one of the zebras. "This could easily be a trap!"

"It does not matter, I have to face this foul beast." said Luna, as she jumped in to the pit.

As she floated down, hovering with her wings, she got a good glance at the bottom. There was nothing. The pit was bottomless. She started to have regrets about this, and flew back upwards. A large clawed hand reached out of the pit, and pulled her in below.

"You wouldn't back out on your promise now, would you?" said the voice.

Sin himself was in front of her. He sat on a magnificent throne of silver and gold, which contrasted the darkness around them. Cages contained several ponies, who were nearly broken by his will. Many more were, and served as mindless slaves to his every whim. Even if they wanted to rebel, they had to control over their actions. They were effectively dead, but forced to watch as they did whatever he wanted. One of the slaves look very familiar to Luna. She was that mare who used to do magical tricks in shows across Equestria. Trixie was her name. Not that it mattered much now, considering she was just a husk charged with getting Sin whatever he desired, but she used to be someone. The chasm looked very strange to Luna. The sky was not visible, the world seemd to abruptly cut off right above her head, like a painting that went unfinished. Elements from destroyed buildings and cities lined the walls and floors. As Luna took in the room, Sin patiently waited for his chance to experience such exquisite prey. He drank from a wine glass, which contained a some strange deep red liquid. It was very thick, and had an otherworldly feel to it. It smelled of roses, and Luna imagined it tasted about the same. Sin had a large scar on his forehead, which looked as if it were done by a flame, but was very clean and straight, like that of a blade. His long red mane hung down straight to his shoulders while he sat, contrasting his pale white skin.

"Your sister did quite a number to me," he said. "Let's see how you fare."

"What have you done with our sister!" she exclaimed.

"She's fine." he said. "She managed to get away, after quite a fight."

He looked her over quickly.

"I must admit, you are a very beautiful mare, he said. "You'd be a fine addition to my collection."

Luna had listened to enough of this. She lunged at him, and simply waited. He winked out of existence, and reappeared behind her, still in his throne.

"You're certainly eager to die," he said. "I like that. I'll try not to hurt you too much, I wouldn't want to damage my newest toy."

A smug grin shot across his face, and he slowly rose from his throne, which then disappeared. A young colt dressed in a suit took his glass, this one seeming to be a butler slave of his. A mare grabbed him his blade, and he let out a yawn, stretched, and seemed as if a fight with the princess of the night herself was a trivial waste of time. Luna released a charged blast of magic from her horn, which seemed to disintegrate when it touched Sin. He grabbed her, his horn shone briefly, and a amazing blast of power. She tried to kick him off, but she seemed unable to do anything. A pit opened up before her, and he dropped her below. She tried to fly back up, but some sort of magic made her feel as if she had 100-pound weights attached to her wings. She plummeted into the infinite pit, her body slowly fading. It started with her hooves, and proceeded up her body, and she was powerless to do anything but scream. The pit seemed to go on for miles, never ending or changing. When her body was disappearing, it started to re-materialize at the top of the pit, as a mindless slave like the rest.

"There's no way he is this powerful," she thought. "This can't be real."

As soon as that thought crossed her mind she found herself laying on the ground of the cavern once more.

"You and your sister are the first to ever break that spell." said Sin. "This is going to be interesting."