Burning Darkness

Flare appeared from teleportation right in front of the door to the throne room. When he opened those doors, he was horrified at the sight. Blazer was laying in front of him, beaten, bruised, and bloodied, Flare also noticed the stab wound in Blazer's stomach, and Flare also notice that both of Blazer's hind legs were broken. Blazer then tried to get himself up, using his front legs as support, but he was then pinned back to the ground by Ozore's hoof. Blazer let out a short grunt of pain from being pinned, that sound made Ozore let out a small chuckle. Ozore then caught eye of Flare, Flare had an obvious look of fear spread across his face.

" And who might this be", Ozore asked. Blazer looked up to see what was going on, and his own look of fear went across his face.

" NO FLARE, GO NOW, DON'T BE A FOOL LIKE I WAS", Blazer pleaded. But Flare wasn't moving, mostly because he was frozen in fear. Ozore took a moment to examine both of them, and his look of confusion soon turned into a wide grin.

" Ah...a son", Ozore said followed by a chuckle.

" RUN", Blazer yelled.

" If I were you boy, I would listen to daddy dearest here, who knows, I might just spare your life", Ozore said. But once again, Flare was too scared to move. Soon though Flare composed himself, got into a fighting stance, and gave Ozore a stern look.

" JUST RUN FLARE, DO WHAT I SAY NOW", Blazer pleaded again. But Flare wasn't budging.

" Sorry Dad, but this needs to be done", Flare said. Blazer then passed out from exhaustion. Flare took a step closer to Ozore. " I'm going to make you pay for what you did to him", Ozore then chuckled.

" Oh please, it's not my fault that he wanted to challenge me, he could have stayed home and live the rest...well an extent of his miserable life in peace, but nooooo, he had to play the hero card, a little lesson on being a hero boy, you always get into fights you just can't win". Flare's stern look transformed into pure rage when he spoke.

" This has nothing to do about being a hero, it's payback for what you did to my father, and I'm the one who's going to take you down", Flare then charged towards Ozore, but then was stopped in his tracks by Ozore's magic.

" Ah teenagers, so full of energy, emotions, and idiocy", Ozore said with a laugh. And then Ozore used his magic and slammed Flare against all wall, then a pillar, then the ceiling, and one last slam back to the floor. Flare then let out a loud grunt of pain, and when he tried to regain his breath, he coughed up blood. " Oh, and did I forget get to mention that they're really fragile", Ozore said followed by a chuckle. Flare slowly got back up, and was even more furious then before.

" I'LL SHOW YOU FRIGILE", Flare yelled, and then Flare unleashed a powerful fire blast from his horn point blank at Ozore. However Ozore was yet again unscathed, and just laughed. This left Flare in total shock, that blast was his most powerful attack.

" My turn", Ozore said, Ozore then unleashed his own blast of magic, only this time, it left Flare in critical condition. Flare was once again lifted by Ozore's magic, Ozore then began delivering a barrage of punches cross Flare's face and stomach. At his point even blinking his eyes was painful for Flare. " Any last words before you die", Ozore asked, he was about to laugh, until Flare spat blood on Ozore's face.

" Burn in Tartarus dirt bag", Flare said, Ozore just sighed and rolled his eyes, he began to charge his final attack, until something wrapped around Ozore's neck.

" Hey, let me go you maggot", Ozore said in frustration. This distraction caused Ozore to lose focus on Flare, letting him go in the process. When Flare went to see what had happened, he saw Blazer using his last remaining strength to hold back Ozore, and surprisingly doing well.

" I won't let you lay another hoof on my son, this ends now", Blazer said, he then begun to glow a deep orange. Flare recognized this move, it's a self destruct move that Blazer said should only be used as a last resort.

" DAD PLEASE DON'T DO THIS", Flare  pleaded.

" Yeah Dad, don't do it", Ozore said in a mocking tone. Blazer still wasn't budging, he even squeezed harder then before.

Blazer gave one last look at Flare, let out a tear and said, " I love you son", Blazer then closed his eyes and glowed even brighter, then Blazer exploded. Flare had managed to protect himself and the nine mares as well via force field, when the smoked cleared, flare didn't see Blazer anymore, but he did see Ozore, standing in the same position as before, with a wide grin on his face.

" Impressive, he managed to burn my back a little, kudos to him", Ozore said, and his back began to self heal.

" NOOOOOO", Flare cried out as he fell to the floor crying.

" Hey if it makes you feel any better, you'll die soon, so that means you can reunite with daddy once more", Ozre said, followed by some laughter.

" Why...why are you doing this", Flare said while crying. Ozore, gave it a moment of thought until he spoke again.

" The question isn't why, it's why not, I mean when you have this kind of power, who is going to stop you in the first place. Not the Princesses, not Discord, not the elements, not you, and certainly not your father".

" Then, why did you-", Flare asked before getting cut off by Ozore.

" Set up the whole competition thing, it was only a means to entertain myself. I knew that no one would ever be able to match my power, it just brings me so much satisfaction to see the looks on those ponies faces when their hopes fade away, along with their lives."

" So no matter how hard we try, it will all be in vain", Flare asked.

" Ding, ding, ding, we have a winner", Ozore said followed by laughter. Flare began to feel cold, like his very soul was pulled out of him. Time somehow began to move significantly slower for Flare as his mind was filling with thought. Was with true, was all this struggle to win for nothing, was Flare going to just accept his death knowing that in the end, all of it was pointless. It seemed that way for a short moment, until Flare'd cold feeling started to transform. This time the feeling was a fiery rage, that only grew hotter with every passing second. A feeling that he hadn't felt in a long time, a feeling that gave him the desire to hurt, the desire to destroy, the desire to burn. Flare then stood up, with hot steam escaping his body, this obviously spiked the attention of Ozore.

" NOOOOOOOO", Flare screamed, as a huge crater formed beneath him.

" What is this", Ozore thought to himself.

" I won't accept it, someone will defeat you, some one will kill you. And if it's not going to be my father, the Princesses, or even Discord, then...then...IT'S GOING TO BE MEEEEEEEE", Flare shouted. Then a huge fire aura erupted around Flare's body, this sudden burst of power made Ozore move back a couple steps. Flames erupted from Flare's eyes, as well as his hooves. Flare's mane and tail turned a plain white, with the exception of some small red streaks. Flare then began to walk towards Ozore, and with every step he took, the hoof prints began melting through the floor. And then in a deep and some what demonic voice, Flare spoke. " OZORE...I...I...I WILL MAKE YOU SUFFER"!