Tears of Rain

Chapter 4

“Lost Souls.”

Prince Sun Dancer and Sunset galloped across the deserted town then they saw a horrifying sight. A dozen ponies with their pink bloody skin eyeless with their ears chopped off and their mouths sown. They stood motionless then Prince Sun Dancer starred at them so did Sunset.

Sunset replied, “Let’s fly over them.”

Prince Sun Dancer replied “No wait.”

One started to turn its head and pointed left of it. Prince Sun Dancer saw a barn and it was destroyed with the roof caved in and Prince Sun Dancer trotted up to it the mesh of ponies followed then Sun Dancer stepped inside. The mash of ponies came up from behind and the pointed to the ground. Then sun Dancer saw a shovel on the ground and started to dig within the hole with his shovel. Then after a few hours, he hit a long dent then he kept digging then he found an iron slab. Sun dancer dug harder and faster then uncovered an entire door it was steel plated and bolted to a hinge. Sun Dancer opened the door with his magic revealing a stone staircase. He then flew down within then he found long rows of six cells on each side and the cement ground echoed with Sun dancer’s clopping as Sunset followed as well. Each cell was connected to a tube and that tube was connected to a broken glass container. Sun dancer starred in the cells then he saw that inside each cell was a skeleton of a pony. Then he saw the mesh of ponies come down each one stood in front of a cell each one staring at a set of bones. Sun Dancer starred at the bones then at the mesh of skin then he started to tremble then he blacked out.

He opened his eyes in the grey world again and then he saw white figures in the cages all of them were motionless on the floor the glass cases were being shaken by the mess of ponies behind them. Abyss then looked inside each cell and studied them.

He then said, "The soul transfer spell is perfected, I’ll teach Hera what to do once I return.”

Then a voice echoed, “You haven’t tried it on an Alicorn yet?"

Abyss then said “I will master princess Esmerelda is desperate to save her daughter and I created the perfect body for her. It’s beautiful better then this bunch. I just need to make sure I got this right.”

He then took out a notebook and wrote something in it with his quill replied, “Subject one through three died the body rejected the soul but bodies three through six are dead as well but seven through nine are fine.”

Omega replied, “The bodies need a catalyst to sacrifice.”

Abyss replied, “Not just any sacrifice they need a sacrifice one who was willing to transfer the soul of course I lied to the ponies mostly husbands and wives wanting to see their spouses.”

Omega then said, “So who will sacrifice their body for me?”

Abyss replied “Hera will she told me herself.”

Omega replied “She better.”

Abyss then said, “Everything is going to plan. I’ll perform the sacrifice of princess Esmeralda's filly tonight and assure your return.”

Omega replied “Good.”

Sunset was shaking Prince Sun Dancer as he woke he got up then said, “These creatures they’re not evil.”

Sunset replied “what?”

Prince Sun Dancer starred at them Abyss transferred the souls of ponies into these bodies.

Abyss was experimenting on them.

Sunset then said “another vision?”

Prince Sun dancer then said, “Yeah another vision.”

He was silent for a second Prince Sun dancer shouted, “All of you stay here when I return with my mother princess Celestia she will try to turn you back to normal.”

They just stood there. Prince Sun Dancer and Sunset climb up the steps.

Prince Sun Dancer climbed out of the pit and then he saw Sunset puking in the dirt and Prince Sun dancer then went to Sunset.

Sunset replied, “I’m fine.”

Prince Sun Dancer nods then he collapses in the rain then Sunset trots to him.

Prince Sun Dancer sighed and said, “I’m fine. “

He gets up then Sunset then said “The deeper we go, the worst this town gets.”

Prince Sun dancer then said, “It seems that way. I never even considered that a pony could kill another pony. Now that I’ve seen first hoof what Abyss has done, I’m starting to doubt everything I’ve been taught.”

Sunset then said “This was a hundred years ago look at far we’ve come there hasn’t been a murder in Equestria for almost one hundred years. Abyss lost and you need to get up and make sure something like this never happens again.”

Prince Sun Dancer gets up and then as he groaned he muttered, “You’re right I’ve been wallowing in my self-pity myself this entire time. This was the first time I felt vulnerable as if this town was trying to make me into Abyss pulling on my fear and my doubt. However, you’re right this isn’t just about stopping this rain it’s studying this town’s mistakes seeing that fear, and pain only causes more fear and pain. I’m done pitying myself and my failures I also need to let go of Ocean Breeze I loved her but she’s dead. I’ll never forget her but I need to move on, I should have come to terms with this years ago. It’s just been harder than I expected.”

Sunset replied,”Ocean Breeze?”

Prince Sun Dancer replied “An old friend of mine.”

Sunset nods then said, “Well now that you got that out of your system ready to go to the manor?”

Prince Sun Dancer replied, “Yeah let’s move out, and thank you Sunset thank you for coming I wouldn’t have gotten this far without you.”

Sunset nods then said, “Let’s stop this rain and thank me then.”

Prince Sun Dancer nods then the two head in the direction of the manor.

Prince Sun Dancer and Sunset then open the doors to the manor then they enter it was old and rotting. The chandelier was on the ground rusted and destroyed the carpet was eating up and the wood was rotting. The stairs leading up to the second floor, Sun Dancer trotted up the stairs with Sunset then they enter the right side where they found two rooms one was smaller with a rotting crib and a broken down dresser and a the floor rotted through. The second room down the way was much larger it was the master bedroom and the floor was gone as well the bed was now downstairs and a giant wardrobe was broken and was rotten as well. Sun Dancer then went to the study across from the master bedroom. Here he discovered plans a large structure on the wall a giant orb with a small filly inside with a second smaller orb with a full Alicorn inside there was rotting paper scuttled all over the floor with a small rotten bed was on the left side of the room. Underneath was a giant sketch on the wall, on the desk was a tome Sun Dancer picked it up with his magic and carried it out. He then trotted down the steps and then Sunset settled next to him, and then they both sat down across each other than Sun Dancer said, “This book it may tell us where to go next.” Sunset nods then said “Let’s read it and find out where the go.” Sun dancer opened the book and then he started to read aloud:

Abyss:  It has been exactly two hundred and seventy five years and fifty-five days since I betrayed Harmony. I came here for a Alicorn to test my experiment on but what I found was far greater a small village trying to make it on its own. I decided to make friends with princess Esmerelda lure her in a sense of false security. I told her I was a lost soul trying to find a place to call him she gave me this room food and water it has been a while since I found another to call friend. I laugh friend haven’t used that word since I killed Golden delicious. Friends their just a liability, Anyways I’m going to get some sleep start tomorrow.

Abyss: It’s been exactly two hundred and seventy five years and seventy-five days since I betrayed Harmony. Princess Esmerelda is pregnant her filly will be excellent leverage for what I have planned but the experiment is still only in theory. Years ago after many experiments with Oblivion on fillies and the pool of shadows it seems the soul has power but the body also needs to accept power as well. It must be the same with the soul transfer spell. This spell is under class dark magic. I will need to gather certain ingredients to create a body for an Alicorn a dragon a gryphon blood from certain creatures. I will be gone for a while when I return I will use some dummy bodies experiment on ponies first make sure that I can do this properly then star building my lab. After that, I’ll have to work to princess Esmerelda’s favor try to make her think I’m on her side. I keep distance from her husband he is getting suspicious. He may have to go…”

Abyss: it’s been exactly two hundred and seventy five years and one hundred fifty days. The first experiments were failures! I thought I had everything correct the spell was perfect I performed it perfectly. I am missing an ingredient, this all theory as well but I cannot fail Omega, not now. I’ll go back through my other experiments on animals, dragons, and gryphons. Necro is getting impatient as well I told him to stay at the tower. He has been experimenting with monsters as well trying to make a powerful chimera. Such a pathetic excuse of an uniron he wants to break Chaos from Tartarus he’ll get it and soon but his goal will to capture Luna. I still don’t have her location or Celestia’s. I’ve been putting all my efforts into this soul transfer spell I need to keep trying find some way to do it before princess Esmerelda gives birth. The villagers are also getting suspicious now that a pony disappeared luckily a uniron named fire flash is trying bring hate in the Alicorns. He will be a good scapegoat I will lure him to kill Prince Mercury and get princess Esmerelda closer be her shoulder to lean on. Everything will work. I just need to hurry.

Abyss: it’s been exactly two hundred and seventy five years and two hundred days. After many more experiments, I believe I found the way to transfer a soul. A pony who cares for the pony must be sacrifice to transfer the soul. They must be family or a very close friend anyways Fire Flash performed perfectly. He killed Prince Mercury in his sleep I pinned the disappearances on him as well of course after I executed him. He also hurt princess Esmerelda. She fears for her filly, this is perfect it’s going better than planned. She has no idea what I have been doing, but performing a soul transfer for a Alicorn will be more difficult. Necro insisted on giving him my info. I did, I know what he’s planning a difficult soul transfer spell one that would destroy me in my current state luckily he has the Alicorn amulet. That cursed thing has been keeping his rotting corpse alive for as long as I know. He seems familiar; he came to me two hundred years ago, thinking if I helped him, free omega Chaos will get a piece of the world. It doesn’t matter my experiments are a success everything is ready to go, I will feed princess Esmerelda poison try to destroy the filly’s insides make her have birth defects force her to use my experiment I need to do this soon I’m running out of time.

Abyss: it’s been exactly two hundred and seventy five years and three hundred and forty five days. As I expected the filly was born with heart and lung problems he skin is ale my goodness princess Esmerelda cried for hours. I of course am preserving her filly in a stasis placed her in my orb and told princess Esmerelda that I created it in case of this very problem. This is my last entry in this journal I remember when I wrote to Harmony. I actually have to thank her I used all that bullshit she taught me for my own gain turn to love to jealousy, turn trust to distrust turn magic to power, turn generosity to greed, turn loyalty to betrayal, kindness to rage, and turn joy into sorrow. I am the opposite of what Harmony tried to turn me into. Do I regret what I have done? No I don’t, using magic to help others that makes you weak and vulnerable. If you have no connections no emotions, you can’t be harmed. You cannot lose. You can kill without feeling anything, use others, and laugh as they stumble. This is my destiny to kill and destroy to create a better world. The old has to be burned and buried the age of the Alicorn will end. I swear to that.

Prince Sun Dancer closes the journal then Sunset sat there and said, “Tell me something why was he helping Omega if he hated Alicorns so much?”

Prince Sun Dancer shrugged then said, “I don’t know, but what I do know is that we no longer have to worry he’s dead. However, the journal it doesn’t say anything about where his other lab is.”

Then a dark shadow started to filter in the room and then everything started to become black.