Risen ran to the door and started banging hard on the door, but the magic on it refuse to fade away as she did. She stopped for a moment to catch her breath before hitting the door one last time. How was she going to cross the gap standing between her and the rest of the Everfree? She didn’t remember how to fly, and even then the shield was weighing her down to much to even think of that as a possibility.

She heard the sudden sound of hooves behind her, and looked to see what she had heard. Behind her was a pony with her entire body cloaked saved for a light purple horn and a slightly darker purple tail with two teal stripes going through it. She could see the breath of the pony in the cold night air, but couldn’t see her face. The cloak she wore covered her body from head to hoof. It was a dull brown that seemed to have been self woven.

“It seems you block my path,” The cloaked pony said with a really scratchy and old voice, her invisible eyes trained onto the fog that had once again mysteriously risen. “I was hoping I wouldn’t have to kill you again. That being said, it doesn’t seem possible,”

She turned around to face Risen, and thanks to the faint light of the towers torch, Risen was able to catch a small glimpse of the ponies wrinkly old muzzle. She looked like she had been alive for ages, the fading color of her coat hair showed that. She looked like a sorceress more than anything else, from her age to the cloak and of course the fact she was a unicorn. Risen stepped back as she looked at the sorceress in front of her.

“Who are you?” She asked the pony, her hooves shaking at their intimidating presence.

“I won't matter will it,” The sorceress said in a rather harsh tone as she used magic to unbuckle an ax that had been invisible to Risen’s view. “You’ll be dead soon anyways, just like the way my ancestor wanted to keep you,”

That ax was all Risen needed to know what was about to happen. She watched as the sorceress slowly step towards her, ax guarding her from a strike. Once again gripping her sword she started moving away from the tower door and kept a watchful eye on the ax that the sorceress had. Risen didn’t feel as comfortable as she did when she was fighting the Alicorn, mostly due to how little space she had. She was contained to a rather small square surrounded by heavy marble and cluttered with rusted weapons and old training dummies.

Suddenly the sorceress swung the ax with full force at Risen, who barely managed to dodge out of the way of the strike. Looking back she saw her opponent ready to swing the ax straight down at her with heavy force. She rolled out of the way, once again barely dodging the attack. She finally got back up onto her feet as the sorceress breathed heavily. It seemed that even using magic drained your energy and no doubt the sorceresses age had cause her a lot of stamina to do just those to swings.

Taking advantage of her position, Risen rushed in with a leaping strike and let out a good slash. As she went for a second one she found that her opponent had disappeared in front of her. Without a moment to realize what just happened she felt the ax suddenly cut into her side. Falling down onto the ground from they blow, she looked at where she was hit to see that her armor had taken most of the hit for her.

“How rude,” She heard the sorceress mock, seeing her standing at the other end of their arena. “I thought someone like you would no better than to hit an old mare like me,”

Getting back up onto her feet she looked the sorceress in the eyes. “I’m sorry but aren’t you the one that attacked me first?” She asked hoping for an answer.

She didn’t get one, instead she was responded by the sorceress using her magic to hurl the ax towards her. Quickly moving out of the way, she kept an eye on the weapon as it stopped its motion exactly where she had just stood. Risen watched as it then changed its direction towards her, once again darting out of the way as it grazed the side of her mane. As she regain her balance she made a jump slash at the sorceress, hitting her in the face. Once again she teleported away as Risen went in for another strike.

The pattern was, overly predictable. Risen didn’t get exactly how this pony was planing to defeat her when the attacks were so predictable. Not just that but every time the sorceress went to attack she was left wide open. This couldn’t be another test, something deep inside Risen told her that this pony wanted to kill her. Just like how The Princess of the Night was being rather rough on her, this was feeling overwhelmingly easily, even with the constant teleportation.

Once again the ax swung magically at Risen in a downward strike. Easily she moved to the side and made her way back to the sorceress, not seeing the smirk the cloaked pony had on her face. Without warning the sorceress’ horn lit up and the aura turned into the shape of a great sword. Risen looked wide eyed, unable to roll in time as the attack cut easily into her armor. Risen was surprised at how real the attack was, and how much it hurt. She noticed that the magic easily cut into her chain mail and left a good sized wound on her stomach. She winced as she got up, not caring at all about the blood she was losing.

The sorceress was laughing at her, “You really think I would be killed that easily,” She managed through her laughter. “That armor won’t protect you that much,”

Risen put a hoof on the wound as it bleed, it didn’t seem to pierce any organs, but it had definitely left it’s mark. She wasn’t prepared for the magic spear that the sorceress had, and as a pegasi she had no way of countering it. This pony meant to kill her, and she wasn’t going to let that happen.

Risen gripped her sword even harder as she focused her gaze on the sorceress. The ax floated by the ponies side and she had a devilish grin on her face. Was she enjoying this? Risen didn’t want to know, and didn’t have time to think as the ax once again tossed itself at her. She dodged out of the way, wincing at the pain her wound gave her. The ax soared passed her and she quickly fumbled for her Elixir, drinking it all. The wound almost fully healed, with only a small scratch now visible to her. She was not going to be able to heal for the rest of this fight now that it was empty.

She waited for the ax as it whizzed past her, just barely missing her body as it made it’s way back to the sorceresses side. Risen ran toward her, this time noticing the glow emitting from her opponent’s horn and jumping forward as the mystical blade cut into the bottom of her hoof. She rolled as her body hit the ground and blocked an ax attack with her shield. The sorceress once again found herself out of breath and Risen took a jab at her throat, only for her damage to be stopped by metal that covered that area.

When she noticed the horn glow again, she got in idea. Just before her opponent was about to teleport away, Risen took her shield and whacked it against the sorceress’ face, stunning her long enough for Risen to shift to the unicorns side. She took a slash, finding a weak spot in the armor and hitting her opponent's flesh. The cloak ripped and Risen saw exactly where she had cut, blood already making it’s way to the wound.

As Risen connected her attack, her opponent started up another spell, her horn once again being wrapped in an aura in the shape of a sword. Turning her head the sorceress launched Risen into the air with an attack sending the pegasus flying away from her. Risen landed on the ground at the opposite side of their battlefield, getting up to feel another wound in her stomach. However, the cut wasn’t as deep as the one from earlier. The sorceress only used it to knock her away, not necessarily to damage her.

Getting up Risen once again charged forward to close in the gap between her and her opponent. The sorceress didn’t let her focus on the mystic sword go, slashing into the ground as Risen charged forward. Doing the best she can, Risen dodge the numerous attacks from her opponent, some just slightly hitting her. One of her hooves found itself on the receiving end of her attack and had been actually been sliced off, causing Risen to tumble forward. She didn’t spend long on the ground however as another attack came in not long after, quickly rolling to the side.

Her opponent collapsed, over exhausting herself with her attempts to stop Risen. Getting up, Risen charged straight forward sword ready as her opponent lied there on the ground. She felt mean fighting this way, but her opponent wouldn’t give her a chance once she woke up. With a single motion Risen jumped into the air, landing on her opponent's back as the sword pierced straight through her. The sorceress screamed in pain, eyes wide as she realized she had lost.

“You fool,” Risen looked at her as she spoke. “You will never… end the age… of the Alicorns rule,”

Soul rested

With that the sorceress disappeared, her soul finding a home in Risens body. This wasn’t like when she faced The Princess of the Night, the pony she fought wasn’t an illusion. She saw the blood that stained her sword, the blood that covered her armor, and the spot were part of her hoof had been sliced off. She just killed a pony, something that made her stomach turn in a way she couldn’t explain. It felt awful, but at the same time she knew it was necessary. That pony somehow was going to kill her, even with the lamp post lit back inside the castle. Most of all, she felt like she got revenge, revenge for something that had happened long ago to her.

Push the thought away she made her way up to the to the tower doors, blood silently dripping from the wounds she had gained in the battle. The seal that held the door shut was gone with the Sorceress, and she opened them with minimal pain to burden. The tower was in much better shape than the one on the other side of the castle yard, but most importantly there was a path for her. The stairs were actually stable compared to the state of the other towers, and the second floor was still standing above her. She made her way on up to the second floor, finding another lamp post inside of it. To the right she spotted an opening in the tower exterior, high above the ground that separated her from the rest of the forest.

After a short rest from the newly lit lamp post, which healed her wounds like the earlier one, she looked out the hole in the tower. Straight below her was the same crevasse that had kept her from the outside. Examining the distance she was from the ground, she came up with a plan. She stepped back to the end of the room, turning to the hole in the wall. She charged forward towards the opening, and jumped. She opened her wings, the armor and shield was to heavy to allow her to fly, but she was still able to glide. She crossed the crevasse and floated down onto the grass on the other side of the forest.

She was now truly in the Everfree forest...

Author's Note

Yet another chapter finished, I can't say how happy I am to see you all are enjoying this story. This thing has managed to get one hundred views in less time then any fanfic I have written! I feel like that by itself is a bit of a success. Anyways, please leave a like, comment, and follow if you wish. I'm always looking for feedback and would love it if you guys told me what boss music from soulsbourne you think would fit these bosses the most.