Chapters If We Don't End War War Will End Us.-H.G. Wells
Mirage walked through the ashes of Ponyville, former ponyville i should say. Things had happened so fast One day Luna was, well, Luna and the next, she had retaken the form of Nightmare Moon, one that had happened she sought out revenge over Celestia, over Equestria, the battle for Ponyville had been lost, along with many other battles. The Lunar Republic had almost every Major city now, Manehattan, Fillydelphia, Cloudsdale, Los Pegasus, and now Ponyville. The Solar Empire had been forced to retreat to Canterlot a while ago, due to many losses in the battlefield. Canterlot was there only hope, this is where they were to make their final stand. Mirage noticed a Shadowbolt piercing through the sky at breakneck speed, right towards him, he quickly dashed inside of what used to be Sugarcube Corner, hoping the Shadowbolt wouldn't find him. Luck seemed to be on his side today.
The inside of Sugarcube Corner had become a miniature battlefield, tables flipped over, glass broken, even a few dead bodies lied on the ground, decomposing in its place. The once pink paint on the walls had now been coated with the crimson color of blood. He opened the door to go behind the counter, accidentally ringing a very loud, cheery bell.
"That's gonna attract some attention" he thought.
He flipped out his switchblade and strapping it to his hoof with the hoof-made strap, almost similar to a belt but with a lot of different attachments, the blade was given to him by the blacksmith in Canterlot. He was quite skilled with it too, it had an engraving in the sword like dagger that was requested by Vinyl. The engraving said "Honey, remember that no matter where you are, im always there with you, in your heart." Every time he read that, he got a little more happier than what he was, he read it when he knew he was in trouble to calm him down.
He heard the door creak open, somepony was in the building with him, they got closer and closer to the counter door, Mirage braced himself for what would come through the door, but the door never opened, instead the other pony had jumped over the counter and flipped him onto his back, pressing their own switchblade to his neck,
This is It he thought, closing his eyes, waiting for the end. The thought of choking on his own blood made him whimper a little.
His opponent breathed heavily on the top of him, finally speaking
"Mirage?" the mares voice asked,
Mirage opened his eyes to see Spitfire, the former Wonderbolt, pinning him to the ground.
"Spitfire?" he asked, trying to move,
"Oh sorry" she said getting off of him,
Once Mirage had gotten up Spitfire looked over at him snickering.
"Whats so funny?" Mirage asked, frowning
"I could have taken you out right there... how did you even pass training?" She asked,
"How'd you manage to get the skin tight Wonderbolts suit off?" Mirage said sarcastically while grinning a little.
"Shut up" she said, turning around, instantly losing her smile, looking at the old building.
"Look at this place... Only a couple weeks ago i came here for a quick bite with Rainbow, but now... I just cant believe that it changed this much, over this short of a time period." she said, breaking the silence.
"I know... It was only a three months ago when I came here for the first time" he said, looking at the run down building
"How are you and Vinyl?" she asked, still studying the building,
"Were Getting By" he said, lamely
"That doesn't sound too hot" she said,
"I mean, with the war and her being pregnant, It's just too much for her right now" he said,
"and? what about you?" she asked,
Mirage sighed, "I'm here" he said,
A long silence was between the two, but finally Mirage spoke up,
"How are you and Rainbow?" he asked,
"We're good" she said,
"When you two first admitted you were fillyfoolers, I was pretty shocked" Mirage said, "I mean, you had a pretty big fan base full of stallions that would date you in a second"
"Every time I was with a stallion... they could never please me, I mean I could please myself better in ten minutes, than any stallion could in ten hours" she said, she wasn't embarrassed to talk about herself like that around stallions after all, she was attracted to mares
Mirage was glad his body armor had pants because he could feel himself bulging from the thought, but cursed himself in his mind thinking of Spitfire like that, over Vinyl.
Mirage hadn't noticed but he had never responded making another silence between the two,
"You okay?" Spitfire asked, knowing what she had caused
"What? Oh! yeah I'm fine!" Mirage said, fumbling with his words
"Yeah. Sure" she said smiling to herself,
"What's with this new body armor?" Mirage asked, poking at the scaly leather armour
"Celestia would usually give them to Elite soldiers, or spies, so they could sneak up on their opponent and..."
Mirage felt a hoof on his chin and the back of his head
"Snap" Spitfire said, whispering in his ear, and moving away from him
"How'd you get so good at this?" Mirage asked, looking towards her,
"I... I used to get bullied a lot in flight school" she said,
"That's something your not alone with sister" Mirage said, patting her on the back
She looked towards him, and her pupils suddenly shrank,
"Get down!" she yelled, tackling him to the ground, before Hoof guns lit up the building, spraying old icing and cracking wood throughout the building,
"You hit?" Mirage asked Spitfire, after the guns stopped
"No, you?" she answered
"No" he replied
"How many do you think there are?" Mirage asked,
Spitfire leaned up and peered through a window where the bullets had come from,
"Three, maybe four" she said,
"Clear the building!" A soldier outside yelled,
They could hear hooves coming around to the entrance of the building, their armor clanking as they walked,
"Get upstairs" Mirage said, pushing Spitfire towards the stairs,
"What about you?" Spitfire asked, while being pushed up the stairs
"I'll be up in a minute or two, okay maybe a couple more than that." Mirage said, grinning trying to shine some happiness on the situation.
Spitfire trotted up the stairs, leaving Mirage who had already flown up and latched to the ceiling above the door, ready for a surprise attack, the three unaware soldiers walked in one by one.
First Mirage dropped behind the last and jammed the switchblade through the back of his head, ending him instantly and quietly, after hiding him behind a table Mirage attached to the ceiling again, The two ponies looked behind them noticing their missing teammate, the mare in the middle started to Panic, Mirage could smell her fear, and loved it, Mirage took the stallion up front next, dropping down next to him and shoving the blade up through the bottom of his jaw until it came out of the top of the stallions muzzle, not letting him speak, slipping out of the switchblades strap, he used the knife handle as a target and bucked it with his back legs, snapping the stallions neck. Mirage knew there was no use in hiding now, for the last pony had watched him preform the kill, and was cowering below the powerful pegasus, begging for mercy. Mirage could almost feel his eyes want to change colors, but stopped them, he had figured out what the two meant, purple to feed, black to infect. While the mare below him sat and begged and cried for her life Mirage almost felt pity for her, almost. he leaned down and whispered into the mares ear,
"Where's your Princess now?"
The mares pupils shrank, this was the end for her, she had picked the wrong side, and she had to pay. Mirage sank his teeth into the mares neck, making her unleash a bloodcurdling scream, which Spitfire heard, The blood was fresh, having only drank out of blood bags before, this was something new, and much better, giving him a short blood lust, he wanted more, and he wanted it now! Hew was shortly stopped by a voice, one with terror and realization.
"Mirage what in Celestia's name are you doing?!" Spitfire shrieked, having never see him feed before,
Mirage took his teeth out of the mares neck and watched the light leave her eyes, then pushed her down, before facing a very shocked Spitfire,
"I'm feeding" he said, with an evil, bloody smile, "Would you like to join us?"
Spitfire had been told what to do in these situations, Mirage was a good pony when he wasn't in a blood lust season which is what they called when he had to feed constantly for a week, but when he was, he was extremely overpowered and ruthless. She took a bottle filled with garlic soaking in water from her pouch, which was specially given to her from Celestia in case of such certain occasion, and splashed him with it, making him back away and emit an ear piercing hiss, until he finally calmed down and fell to the floor, his muzzle dripping blood.
Spitfire sighed and took out her radio
"Yeah, Celestia? It happened again. Don't worry, I got him to calm down." She said this shakily but sturdy at the same time, she didn't think she would have to do this, nor did she want to but, she had to after witnessing the whole scene.
Big thank you to Rebelpony1997 who edited the first chapter!!! go stalk him!
An eye for an eye only makes the whole world blind.-Mahatma Gandhi
Mirage woke up, he had been tied up, beaten and had all of his armor removed, he was being dragged by an Orange and Black stallion. Spitfire, who looked like she had been beaten unconscious, was being by dragged by three fillies, One was Scootaloo, the other two were two ponies from her school, Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon.
"Rainbow Dash has been looking for you Scoots" Mirage said, "She must be real proud of you"
Scootaloo stopped and looked back at him,
"Mirage... maybe after what happens next you'll learn this: when a war presents itself you join the side that is going to WIN, not the side you respect, not the side you love, and I always win..." she said looking away.
"What of Applebloom and Sweetie Belle?" he asked,
"Those two idiots could never have helped me get my cutie mark, I mean look at it now!" she said,
he looked and spotted a symbol of a knife in someponys back,
"Real Cute" Mirage said, sarcastically
We continued in silence for a few minutes until Spitfire had started to wake up, coughing as she opened her eyes,
"Spitfire I wish you wouldn't have woke up for this" the pony dragging Mirage said,
"What?" She asked, coughing
They dragged Mirage and Spitfire into a large room, where two tables with restraints waited,
Spitfire was locked onto the table first, her wings through two holes in the back just for wings, clips were applied to each bone of the wing, spreading them out, Mirage was put on the same kind of table but it was made out of silver, not just metal, and It burned him to the bone.
"Goodbye Mirage, Goodbye Spitfire" Scootaloo said as the three fillies walked from the room leaving only the Orange and black pony.
"Any last words?" he said looking at Mirage,
"Yeah, Fuck You" Mirage said,
The pony pulled a silver knife out of his pack and tied it to his hoof
"Classy" Spitfire said, taunting him
"This your mare?" He asked Mirage, pointing the handle of the knife at Spitfire
"No..." Mirage said,
"Well then, don't mind if I do" he said leaning in and kissing her,
Mirage could see Spitfire's face turn ruby red, she didn't like stallions and was probably extremely uncomfortable, after kissing her for a few minutes he broke the embrace and punched her across the face, hard. Spitfire cried out in pain, just making him hit her again, and again
"Why don't you pick on someone your own size?!" Mirage yelled, electricity coursing through his body,
"Fine" he said, making his mane and tail catch on fire out of thin air,
"How did you?-"
"I'm an Elemental Pegasus" he said "My name is Aero, Guardian of Fire" he exclaimed,
"Sweet Celestia, you sound like Trixie!"
"I'm an Elemental Pegasus" Mirage said, raising an eyebrow,
"Oh please, a little Vampony pegasus like yourself couldn't possibly-"
his voice was cut off by Mirage sending a ball of electricity into Aero's head, causing him to back away,
"That's all you've got?" Aero asked, putting his hooves on Mirage's chest, making it feel like his blood was boiling
Mirage looked around desperately for an escape route, only spotting his switchblade on a nearby table, reading the engraving as he baked from the inside out, he had only one choice, he pulled on the restraints, only being powered by adrenaline, a few bones of his wings breaking as he did, right now, he could feel no pain, just hate towards his torturer.
Spitfire watched in amazement as the stallion broke from his restraints, landing on Aero, pinning him down, Finally he let all of his energy into the other stallion frying him like a fly in a bug zapper, Aero had passed out from the current running through his body, Mirage however, had other plans for him, he bent down and bit the stallions neck, drinking his blood.
"Your strapped to a Fucking table and he's in the middle of a blood lust!" Spitfire thought in panic,
Mirage subsided, turning his attention to Spitfire, who had no chance of defending herself,
"Help! anypony help!" she shrieked as Mirage walked in front of her, eyes blood red
"Shhh..." Mirage said, "We don't anypony to hear us!"
Spitfire took this remark the wrong way, "Please don't kill me Mirage, please" she said,
"What?" Mirage asked, releasing the straps and taking the clips off of her wings,
"Your not going to kill me?" she asked, almost hyperventilating,
"Nah, I'm not very thirsty" Mirage said, helping her down, "lets get out of here"
Spitfire went to her bag and pulled out the bottle of garlic, which Mirage noticed
"Oh come on!" he said, "I told you I wasn't thirsty!"
Spitfire looked down at the bottle, then back at Mirage, who was backing up, he really hated when she did this and was aware of it,
"Sorry Mirage, the Princess told me to-"
She was cut off by Mirage landing on top of her, pinning her to the ground, knocking the unopened bottle of garlic to the side,
"I don't care what the princess said, Keep that thing away from me" Mirage said quietly, staring Spitfire straight in the eye, "You got that?"
Spitfire only nodded in response, scared for her life.
"Good" he said, getting off of her, checking his wings
"Will you be okay?" Spitfire asked, in a shaky voice, while putting the bottle away
"I'll be fine" he said, "I'll be great when we leave" he finished,
The two walked out the door of the small shack and looked at the burning, wasteland of a country, remembering what Celestia had said before the first battle,
"Your world as you knew it is gone." she had said, looking to the other team for a moment then back at us, "How far would you go to bring it back?"
This is how far it had gone, to killing other ponies with no mercy, to making them suffer as they watched their friends and family be tortured and killed, Even enslaving captured ponies to fight for the other side, it was almost like Celestia was the same as Nightmare Moon, just in a different way, there was no Good, no Evil, we were all the same, ponies just needed to notice.
I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought,But World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.-Albert Einstein
Vinyl lie in bed waiting for Mirage to come home, gripping her stomach, one from the foal, another from not being able to stomach the feeling of Mirage never coming home. They had gotten a small house close to the castle and Mirage would hold Vinyl down to keep her from leaving to go to war because of their foal, he didn't want to lose either of them, she was almost ready for birth,
"just one more month" Vinyl thought,
The filly in her belly was squirming and delivering hard kicks every few minutes now, making Vinyl unable to get out of bed, Rarity and Fluttershy had found her that morning, collapsed on the floor next to her bed, crying from the pain, they had stayed with her the whole day, to stay with her Rarity had ended up getting Twilight over and she was able to subside the pain with her magic.
"Are you feeling any better darling?" Rarity asked, patting Vinyl's shoulder
"A little" Vinyl said, "Why does it hurt like this?" she asked,
"The foal is just active today" Fluttershy said,
Vinyl didn't reply, just looked down at her swelled belly that carry Rain Whisper, At the beginning Vinyl thought this was going to be easy, before Ponyville was destroyed, she would stay up late and read books to the foal while in a rocking chair, The cutie mark crusaders had tried to get their cutie marks by reading stories to her as well, she cold still remember their cheery voices,
"CUTIE MARK CRUSADERS FOALSITTERS YAY!!!" they yelled, that was before they were forced to take sides in the war, Scootaloo, an Alicorn who had claimed to be a guard of Mirage for Celestia had guided her there, trying to recruit Vinyl and Mirage as well, They declined and had been almost regretting their decision.
She could only think of Mirage right now.
"Soarin send backup!" Spitfire yelled through her earpiece,
"I'm sorry Spitfire, I can't" Her captain said, he was keeping the army on it's feet along with Shining Armor,
"What about me and Mirage?" she asked, fighting off a new enemy,
"Your team is Expendable ..." Soarin said,
Spitfire gasped, hearing her former teammate call her Expendable
"What?" Spitfire asked, her voice cracking as she teared up,
"What about Vinyl and Rainbow?" She asked,
"I'll tell them myself" He said, "Blame no pony but me, I made these orders"
"If I get back... You better run" Spitfire said, taking out the earpiece and smashing it on the ground,
Soarin thought about the two, fighting for their lives and destroying all available contact ways with Canterlot, and that last remark...
"Sir?" a pony next to him asked, ready for new orders
"They've gone Rogue " he said, practically turning the war towards the two,
"What do you need us to do?" the soldier asked, looking at his captain,
"Kill them"
"Where's our backup?" Mirage asked, taking his mask off biting a pony on the ground, killing him, but not drinking any blood
"Not coming" Spitfire said, "Were... Expendable"
"What?" he asked,
"Don't worry, we'll get back to Canterlot" Spitfire said, coldly
Mirage finished off the last pony, snapping his neck
"How? I can't fly" Mirage said, looking at his broken wings, the pain finally starting to seep in
"I'll carry you" Spitfire said, flying above Mirage, gripping his sides
"Am I not too heavy?" Mirage asked, seeing Spitfire pick him up with no strain
"After flying so many years as a Wonderbolt, I could probably pick up a buffalo and fly with it" she said,
The two sped off, leaving almost two dozen soldiers behind them, all dead
Soarin washed his mane happily in his shower while humming a little tune he had heard a few months ago that had just reappeared in his mind. He had just rinsed the soap from his mane when he heard his bedroom door opened, along with hooves moving around, then a few moments later he heard the bathroom door creak open, along with four steps. He was then flabbergasted to see Spitfire slip into the shower, she stood up on her hind hooves like him and got close, putting her chin on his shoulder, laying her hoof on the front of his neck, putting her muzzle close to his ear and heard her say,
"You didn't Run "
His pupils shrank as he was shoved into the wall of the shower her hoof crushing his windpipe, he flailed his arms, coughing and gasping for air. After a few seconds of choking him Spitfire threw him through the glass door of the shower, shards of glass stabbing his back as he landed on the marble flooring, making him shriek and fill his lugs with air, Mirage stood above him with an evil smile,
"Remember me Soarin?" Mirage asked, showing his fangs
"P- Please" Soarin begged,
"Your not so great at being a Captain Soarin." Spitfire said, stepping out of the shower
"Nightmare Moon has cursed you both" Soarin said, reaching up to a cabinet where he kept a blade hidden
Mirage slammed his hoof down onto Soarin's arm, snapping the bone, sending it through his skin, emitting a loud crunching noise,
"Nightmare Moon hasn't cursed us, Celestia has cursed you" Spitfire said,
"This war doesn't help anypony" Mirage said,
"Who's side are you on?!" Soarin asked, confused
"Neither" They said in unison
"We've come to take our belongings, and leave" Spitfire said, "But we had to tell you this, and I had to teach you a lesson"
"Goodbye Soarin" Mirage said, knocking him out
The 6 mares were with Vinyl trying to calm her down, after Celestia had insulted her and Mirage
"Quit whining" she had said, "This is your fault"
Vinyl tried to block out one memory that hurt her most but couldn't
"An abortion would be easier..." she mumbled as she left the room, leaving Rainbow Dash, Twilight, Applejack, Rarity, Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie to hold Vinyl down to keep her from lashing out on the once gentle, loving Princess Celestia.
"Why is she being such a bitch lately?" Rainbow asked,
"You should have heard what she said to Applebloom!" Applejack said,
,
"She said... that I wasn't useful..." Fluttershy said, with a tear rolling down her cheek
all of these ponies were hurt, but none more than Vinyl, she had been crying for over an hour, the girls had no luck trying to calm her down, all of the stress was really getting to her, she needed Mirage.
Mirage broke down the door to the room, taking an unconscious guard with him, close behind, Spitfire ran into the room tackling the 6 mares all at once, Spitfire rose her hoof to attack but stopped, realizing who they were, after she had gotten off she tried to explain what was going on,
"Girls! you need to come with us, we have to get out of Canterlot! Soarin has declared us as war criminals after me and Mirage had cut off communications with him!" She spat out
"What?" they all asked,
"Just come with us!" Spitfire said,
Mirage had slowly helped Vinyl up, fully aware of her condition
"Mirage?" she asked through teary eyes,
"It's me" he said smiling and tearing up himself, "Hop on my back"
Vinyl didn't argue, just climbed on, where she got strapped down so she couldn't move,
"Don't worry, once we reach our destination I'll take them off" Mirage said, "I'll explain everything there"
Spitfire went and kicked a huge window, causing it to shatter.
"Wait, we can't fly!" Applejack said,
"That's why we got these" Spitfire said, throwing down four pairs of metal strap on wings
"Alright!" Pinkie Pie said, putting them on, and giving them a test flap,
The others took a few minutes to get warmed up to the idea but eventually put them on, Twilight had just finished tightening the strap to hers when Celestia walked through the doorway,
"You aren't going anywhere!" she screeched,
"Go!" Spitfire said, jumping out of the window
Everyone followed, including Celestia, spreading her huge wings and darting after her once loyal subjects.
Mirage's wing was in so much pain, his speed was limited, and the extra weight hadn't helped,
"Mirage guide them there, I'm gonna go stop Celestia" she shouted over the wind,
Spitfire moved back, doing circles around Celestia, slashing at her wings with her hoof, Celestia reached out for the Wonderbolt, grabbing her tail with her magic, she lifted her up by it, finally she engulfed her with with all of her magic, swinging her around like a puppet, Spitfire had finally broke free, drawing her switchblade and cutting her enemies right wing, causing her to plummet towards the ground.
"That was a close one" Spitfire thought, flying back towards the ponies
Mirage was leading the pack, pushing his wing to the limit, he could see his destination though, he was almost there.
"Is that?-" Rarity asked before being cut off,
"Appaloosa" Applejack finished,
In peace, sons bury their fathers.In war, fathers bury their sons.-Herodotus
It had been a week since the eight rebels of war had retreated to Appaloosa, No problems had revealed themselves yet, the war had raged on without them, The Lunar Republic had began their first attack on Canterlot and were pushed back after losing over three hundred soldiers. The Solar Empire only losing less than fifty, Canterlot being their most guarded city ever.
The eight ponies thought they were safe. Thought
"When do you think they'll lose Canterlot?" Spitfire asked Mirage, who was standing on the tip of a spire outside of town, the wind blowing his mane out of his face.
"Not sure exactly when, but they will lose it, the Republic quadruples their soldiers" he said, staring off into the untouched land
"What happened to everyone?" Spitfire asked, walking to his side,
"War gets to the best of us" he said, frowning
"I guess so..." Spitfire said,
"What are you guys doing?" Rainbow Dash asked, lounging on a cloud above the two,
Spitfire looked up, seeing her Rainbow maned lover and flying up to meet her on the cloud.
"just talking about all of this" she said, nuzzling Rainbow, who was now ruby red,
"Why- why are you doing that?" Rainbow asked, pushing Spitfire off and pretending she didn't like it.
Spitfire looked at Rainbow with a seductive look,
"If today is my last day, I want you to know that I love you" she said, nuzzling rainbow again,
"Oh please, were in Appaloosa no pony is able to find us out here-"
Just as Rainbow finished Mirage was tackled off of the spire and slammed into the ground.
"Mirage!" Rainbow and Spitfire yelled in unison,
Mirage was being attacked by his former captain, who was attempting to stab him anywhere he could, along with crushing his windpipe, cutting off all air from his lungs.
"Remember me?!" Soarin screamed, mimicking Mirage from last week,
Mirage only smiled, and his eyes began to change into a familiar blood red, his fangs extended, and he began to easily push Soarin off of him, just before the sky went black.
"What the?" Soarin asked, "What are you doing?"
"I'm not doing this..." Mirage said, his eyes easily adjusting to the darkness, being a vampony had it's advantages.
Mirage looked to the side after throwing Soarin off of him, seeing a Alicorn landing in the middle of town, along with the other eight, scrambling for Mirage's house, checking on Vinyl, who was probably still asleep,
The Alicorn bowed it's head, his body broke into three new ponies, An earth pony, a Pegasus and a Unicorn, all mimicking his color scheme, blood red mane, blood red tail, blood red wings or horn.
"Spirit Element" Mirage mumbled, knowing what a Spirit element could do.
"You're right Mirage" A voice said,
"Who's there?" Mirage asked, looking around, seeing Soarin was gone but no pony else
"I'm a Spirit Element remember? I can speak to you through your mind" Night Flash said, remembering the young stallion who he used to watch over
"What did you just do?" Mirage asked,
"Oh I preformed a Blackout, It's like a Sonic Rainboom but instead of light, it makes darkness" he answered,
Mirage ignored him, he was more worried about Vinyl than the darkness
"Rainbow!" he shouted, seeing the pegasus trying to fly in the dark, "Sonic Rainboom!"
Rainbow didn't need to be told twice, she flew up, got to the right altitude, over the Blackout and flew down, Preforming the Sonic Rainboom easily, evaporating the darkness around them.
"No matter" Night Flash said, still in Mirage's head
Mirage got his mind straight, Two factions attacked their tiny rebellion at the same time!
Twilight, Applejack and Rainbow Dash were guarding Mirage's house from the three spirits, Spitfire and Soarin were eyeing each other in town square.
"It doesn't have to be like this" Soarin said, "Come with me"
"And fight for what?" Spitfire asked, irritated
"Eternal glory" Soarin answered, smiling to himself
"look around you Soarin, will killing our friends really give us Eternal Glory?" Spitfire asked,
"Yes" Soarin said,
Spitfire shuddered, Soarin was gone, replaced by this bloodthirsty soldier that stood in front of her... he had to go
"Goodbye Soarin" Spitfire said, a tear rolled down her cheek
"Goodbye" he said,
Spitfire had no time to react, he was over to her in the blink of an eye, pressing a hidden hoof gun against her head, releasing a bullet into her brain, letting it blow out of the back of her skull onto the ground behind her.
Mirage watched in horror as his friend collapsed to the ground, he was expecting a long, drawn out battle between the two, but it had ended that fast.
"NO!" Rainbow screamed, dashing towards Soarin, who just slapped her out of the air, he had no business with Rainbow.
He spread his wings to fly, Mirage was gaining on him fast but not fast enough, Soarin flew up ready to leave, Mirage threw his switchblade into the air, hitting Soarin in the wing, causing him to crash through the top of his house.
Mirage was in the house in a split second, but Soarin was up to he had taken the blade out of his wing and put it to Vinyl's neck, they were both on their hind legs, and Soarin was behind her, holding her in a hostage position. As Mirage entered the color left his face,
"Put it down Soarin" Mirage said, sweating heavily
"I cut her in one of two places" Soarin said, pointing the blade to each part "Her neck... or her belly"
Mirage saw liquid coming from between Vinyl's haunches, her water had just broke
"Or..." Soarin started, "I cut her in both if you don't hurry up"
"How about this" Vinyl said, grabbing Soarin by the wrist and flipping him onto the bed, the blade still in his hand,
"Now!" Vinyl said, looking at Mirage
Time stopped, Glowing red eyes came to Mirage, along with a Glowing red mane and tail, Red electricity built around him, Soarin's pupils shrank in fear, Mirage's father was standing before him, a tamed version, A version that Mirage used in times of Extreme hate, of Extreme Anger, Mirage began that blood curdling scream and sent Soarin through the back of the house, shocking him as he flew him into the ground, both of them rolling and breaking bones that Mirage couldn't feel until he stopped, Mirage stood up and waited, Electricity still surging around him, Soarin finally got up and stabbed Mirage in the shoulder, one of Mirage's eyebrow rose up, the knife felt like he was being tickled, he picked up a jagged rock and stabbed Soarin in the shoulder with it, making him scream like a filly breaking off what he used as the handle and leaving the blade piece in his shoulder, Mirage's body floated up carrying Soarin with telekinesis, with the flick of his wrist he sent Soarin through a mountain, knocking him out, but not killing him.
Twilight spotted Mirage flying back to the town still covered in red lightning, with Soarin on his back, Rainbow was on top of Spitfire screaming and crying, which Mirage saw. When Mirage landed he walked to Rainbow and threw Soarin on the ground in front of Spitfire. Soarin, who was now regaining consciousness noticed Rainbow, who had pure hatred in her eyes.
"He's all yours" Mirage said, his voice sounding like a mixture of his, his fathers and a robot
Mirage collapsed to the ground, his color returning and the pain finally coming to him, the last thing he saw was Rarity, carrying a small foal with a Red and Light blue mane,
Rain Whisper.
He who starts war raises the first sword, but uses it last.-BlackMirage
Rarity watched in amazement as Mirage got up, broken leg, bruised ribs, a knife in his shoulder, even his kneecaps were blown out, but he was still walking towards her with a big toothy grin on his face, showing his tongue was bleeding.
“Are you… okay?” Rarity asked stupidly, holding the tiny foal
“Does it…” Mirage swallowed some blood, “Does it look like I’m okay?” he asked, sarcastically
“Somepony help him!” Applejack shouted, running to his side
The other 4 ponies helped him inside and laid him down on a bed close to where Vinyl was, Rainbow Dash remained outside, staring at the helpless murderer Soarin, who was now begging for his life.
“Mirage?” Vinyl asked, looking towards him
“Can you heal those wounds Twilight?” Applejack asked, trying to see what all happened
“Maybe, let me see if it’s severe” Twilight said, her horn starting to glow,
“Oh my” she said, turning away,
“What is it? A party?” Pinkie Pie asked, not knowing anything of what had happened,
“No, it’s three broken ribs, a broken leg, all of his kneecaps are blown out, a knife is in his shoulder which cut an artery, his skull has a small crack in it, his heart is barely beating, his jaw is almost broken, and I’m not certified for this!” Twilight yelled,
The four ponies stood in shock of all the damage done, and Twilight’s sudden outburst
“Fuck certification! I got this” Fluttershy said, pushing the ponies aside
“What?” Rarity asked in shock, Fluttershy had never cursed before, let alone raise her voice.
“Fluttershy!” Twilight yelped, almost as shocked as Rarity
“Shut up and stand back” Fluttershy said, going to work on Mirage.
“Told you Mirage” Mirage’s father said, in Mirage’s unconscious mind,
“Where am I?” Mirage asked, seeing only darkness
“Your back Home” his father said, almost cooing
Mirage was suddenly in an old room; he looked around, seeing foal toys and empty cups,
The door to the room opened, and he saw a Purple and Black colt walk in, sobbing
“It’s just a sprain, grow up!” A Red and Black stallion said, as he swung opened the door and grabbed the colt,
“Ow! Dad that hurts! Stop!” The colt said, flailing his good legs around
“You wanna feel pain Mirage? Here you go!” the father said, twisting the colts good leg,
Mirage’s vision slowed, he could see inside of the colt’s leg, he watched the bone snap in half, and felt pain in his own leg,
Mirage knew what he was witnessing, it was him and his father, but, his father had died when he was born, hadn’t he?
Just as the colt shrieked, the stallion threw him up against a wall, Mirage’s vision could now see a little crack form on the colt’s skull, and next his father picked him up and punched him in the ribs, again, Mirage could see three of them break, he raised his hoof again and punched him in the face, almost breaking his jaw,
Mirage could feel all the pain coming from his past self, he charged at his father, only to go right through him, you can’t touch a memory.
The little colt, screamed for help, only to be stabbed in the shoulder, silencing him.
“Your mother’s gone, and no pony can here you” His father said with a smile,
He grabbed the colt again, and flew into the air, breaking through the roof, and then dropping him at a high altitude; the little colt flapped his tiny wings and tried to stop the fall, but was only greeted by the ground, blowing out his kneecaps.
The stallion walked over to Mirage and faded into a mist, entering Mirage’s body.
Mirage was jolted from his dream, waking up screaming, the surgery was over, and it was nighttime, he woke up Vinyl, who was asleep next to him
“Mirage! Calm down!” she said, putting her hoof in his mouth,
Tears streamed from his eyes, he couldn’t help it, Vinyl noticed this and took her hoof out.
“Did I kick you in my sleep?” she asked in a panicked voice, “Are you okay?” she asked, pulling up the blankets and checking him over,
Mirage just closed his eyes, gripped his head and screamed, cringing at the pain from the pressure on the broken one.
“Did you have a nightmare?” Vinyl asked,
Mirage nodded quickly, opening his eyes to look at her,
“Oh sweetie” she said, holding him in her embrace, “What happened?”
“It… It was my dad… he tried to… kill… kill me” he said between sobs,
“Your dad wasn’t around when you were a filly” Vinyl said, trying to calm him down,
“Lies, the books are lies” Mirage said, panicking
“It’s just a night-“
“No! No it’s not, it was real!” Mirage said, cutting her off,
“Mirage… How can you know?” She asked, stroking his mane,
"I- I just know..." He said, slowing his breathing,
"Mirage, are you okay darling?" Rarity asked, snapping Mirage's mind away from the previous night.
"Oh, Yeah I'm fine" He said, looking towards her "How's Rain Whisper?"
"Oh she is just marvelous, do you want me to bring her to you?" She asked, her eyes lightening up
"Yes Please." Mirage said, trying to get up
"Mirage, don't get up!" she yelped, almost pushing him back down
Mirage got to his feet easily and managed to walk around.
"How are you-?"
"Vampony" He said, cutting her off, "Only three things can kill me, Silver, Sharp Wood and Garlic" he explained,
"Really?" Rarity asked, "Does it still hurt when you break bones?"
"Oh yeah, it still hurts, I just heal a lot faster than anypony" He said, showing the now minor bruises on his ribcage.
"Mirage?" Rainbow Dash said from the entrance to the room, holding Rain Whisper
"Oh... Hi Rainbow..." He said, still feeling bad for her,
"How are you sweetie?" Rarity asked,
"I- I'm fine" Rainbow said, bowing her head to fight back tears "I brought Whisper"
"Thank you" Mirage said, holding out his hooves for the foal,
"Can I talk to you in private Mirage?" she said, giving Rain Whisper to him,
"Sure... Rarity can you step out for a second?" He asked,
"Sure" she said, narrowing her eyes at Rainbow Dash
Rarity walked out of the room, leaving Mirage, Rainbow Dash and Rain Whisper alone.
"What do you want to talk about?" Mirage asked, cradling the foal
"Princess Celestia" Rainbow Dash said,
"What about her?" Mirage asked,
"Something about her changed" She said, looking serious
"Yeah, and?" Mirage asked, meeting her gaze
"It makes me wonder if she was ever the right one to fight with in the first place"
"Me too" Mirage said, looking at the foal, her bright red eyes stared up at him, she smiled, showing off two tiny fangs
Her being a Vampony didn't surprise him, just confused him, they had intercourse before he was bit, not after
"Do you think we should go to Luna's side?" she asked,
"What?" Mirage asked, looking up with a shocked look on his face
"I got in contact with an Alicorn after the fight; we flew to their hideout-"
"What? How did you escape?" Mirage asked,
"I was let go, I brought them back here-"
"You WHAT?!" Mirage shrieked,
"C'mon were all getting ready to leave to there" She said
Was Mirage dreaming? Did Rainbow Dash just invite him to go to an enemy side?
"You’re going to have to kill me first" he said, defensively
"I knew this wouldn't work" Rainbow said raising her hoof,
Mirage's world blacked out. He fell to the floor, knocked smooth out.
An Alicorn and Pegasus were positioned behind him, the Alicorn had the foal wrapped in Magic, keeping her from falling.
"Don't worry, He'll be fine" Aero said, rubbing his hoof.
Sometimes, we think we are the Heroes when we truly are the Villains.-BlackMirage
Mirage woke up with a black bag over his head, all four of his hooves were restrained and he had a terrible migraine.
"Is he awake?" A Voice asked from in front of him,
"He should be" Mirage recognized Aero's voice, he started panicking
"Where's Vinyl?" Mirage asked in a raspy voice,
"I'm right here" Vinyl said from his left,
"And the others?" He asked,
"We're all here" Twilight said, also from his left
Mirage could feel his muscles tense, and a sudden craving emerged,
"Uh, Princess" Vinyl said,
"Yes Vinyl?" Mirage knew now it was Luna,
"You might want to take the restraints off, Fast." Vinyl said,
A restraint snapped, but no pony heard it.
"Guards, Help Mirage out of his restraints"
Another snapped, Applejack saw it,
"Princess, y'all better get a move on" Applejack said,
"Why whatever for? No pony has ever escaped from-"
Princess Luna was cut off by two loud snaps, the final restraints were snapped off and Mirage got to his feet, taking the bag off of his head, he revealed two blood red eyes.
"Is he a-"
Luna was cut off again by Mirage pouncing onto one of her guards, biting and pounding at the steel armor.
"Mirage No!" Vinyl screeched, digging into her backpack,
"There is no need for that, Miss Scratch" Luna said, pulling out a needle and levitating Mirage over to her with the power of her horn.
"Let me go!" Mirage roared,
Luna stabbed him with the needle, injecting a blue liquid into his stomach.
"What are you doing?" Vinyl asked, seeing Mirage's thrashing calm down,
"Calming him down" Luna said smoothly,
"Luna could you let me down?" Mirage asked, looking over to the princess
"Yeah sorry" She said, putting him down easily,
"I feel a little funny" Mirage said woozily,
"It's just the medicine" Luna said, chuckling a little from seeing him try to walk, he started laughing hysterically when he fell right on his face.
"Luna... Why is there three of you?" he said rocking back and forth,
"Just close your eyes Mirage" Luna said sweetly,
Mirage closed his eyes and fell over, passing out.
Night Flash snickered a bit at the Pegasus, remembering the night Mirage was drunk with Vinyl... when things were normal.
Luna levitated Mirage into a bedroom, and laid him down in bed.
"I have designated rooms for you all, Vinyl you will be with the foal in that room... and if I may ask, how did you acquire this foal?" Luna asked,
"She's mine and Mirage's" Vinyl said proudly,
"What? You had a foal with Mirage?" Luna asked, not knowing about their relationship
"Yes ma'am" she said, smiling
"Very well then, you will be with Mirage" Luna said, "As for you six"
Luna spread out the rooms accordingly, and held Twilight, Rarity and Applejack back
"I have a surprise for you three" Luna said, "Come out girls!"
Sweetie Belle and Applebloom ran out of a room, hopping towards their big sisters with big smiles.
Twilight was confused, she didn't have any siblings other than shining armor, and he was still at Canterlot
Spike walked out with an angry look on his face,
"I'm not a girl..." He mumbled,
His face suddenly lit up, "Twilight!" He shrieked, running towards her
"Spike!" She said, embracing him
"I have only one rule" Luna said, "Do Not Leave the castle at night, No matter what."
The Seven mares, the two fillies and the baby dragon all nodded, understanding the conditions.
Vinyl lay awake in bed, tossing and turning, trying to get comfortable. It was very warm inside the castle and she couldn't sleep, she looked towards Mirage and the foal, who were sleeping soundly, side by side.
"Maybe I'll just open a window for a bit" Vinyl said to herself, looking towards the large window,
Vinyl got up out of bed, walked silently to the window and slowly creaked it opened, the moon was full and it was cool outside, the nice breeze hit her and she shivered, the warmth being the only feeling she'd known for at least an hour.
Vinyl pulled a few pillows from the closet and made a pallet for herself near the window, she fell asleep easily and accidently left the window opened.
Two golden eyes stared in through the window, seeing the two ponies and the foal, all sleeping soundly.
He looked to the nearest one and extended his arms, ready to grab it, his hands gripped around the white and blue pony, he watched her awake in his hands and stare into his eyes, then emit a loud scream
Vinyl swung her hooves and hit the huge creature a few times, only making it angrier. Mirage was out of bed and charging towards the beast, he jumped up and was batted down by the huge hands, Vinyl saw claws on the hands, she saw the monster put his face closer to hers, his snout with a wet black nose on the end, his ears perked up, his tongue hanging out of his mouth, the panting... It was a Werewolf.
Vinyl screamed in realization just before the creature sunk its canine teeth into her side, silencing her, he dropped the pony and jumped out of the window, Leaving Mirage and her alone.
Princess Luna and Twilight rushed through the door, stopping to see Mirage standing over Vinyl,
"Stand back fiend!" Luna yelled, using her magic to throw him into the wall, and then close the window.
Mirage struggled to stand back up, but Luna had picked him up again and thrown him into another wall, sending him through it and into Applejack's room
Twilight rushed to Vinyl's side, picking her up and taking her out of the room.
Mirage noticed the foal was crying but he couldn't move, Luna had hit him hard, thinking he was the one who had bitten Vinyl, The world around him spun, he once again tried to get back up but Luna, again was there picking him up and smashing him through the floorboards, making him fall into the floor below him. Mirage couldn't even move and Luna was already there, standing before him.
"Please stop... I didn't bite her" Mirage said,
"Then who did Mirage?" Luna asked with a threatening face,
"A big... BIG dog" Mirage said, breathing slowly
"Yeah right" Luna said, her horn beginning to glow again,
"Really! Check my teeth! They’re not as big as the bite" He said,
Luna lifted up his lip, seeing the fangs; they were good sized but not huge
They both returned to Vinyl, The Six Mares positioned themselves around her, glaring at Mirage
"Stand down My little Ponies, There is no need" Luna said,
"He bit her though!" Twilight barked,
"We cannot just assume he was the suspect" Luna said, looking over at the beaten Mirage
"Great assumption by you, Luna" he said,
"Thanks Smartass" Luna said,
Luna examined the wounds, the teeth marks were large, and went much deeper than Mirage's fangs could go
"It wasn't him" Luna said,
The Six mares all sighed in unison,
"It was something much, much worse" Luna said,
They now gasped,
"What was it Princess Luna?" Twilight asked,
"A Werewolf" she said, without hesitating
"A WHAT?" Mirage asked,
"Fluttershy can you help her?" Rarity asked,
"Um... sure... if you want me to" Fluttershy said,
"Yes help her please!" Mirage said,
No pony slept, except Applebloom, Sweetie Belle, Rain Whisper and Spike.
Around 4 a.m. Fluttershy had finished, the bite mark was stitched and bandaged.
The moon had reached the side of the window which served as the only light in the room, Mirage was the only pony left in the room other than Vinyl, who laid basking in the moonlight.
"I'm sorry Vinyl, I couldn't stop it" Mirage said, a tear rolled down his cheek and dropped to the floor, he closed his eyes and waited.
He heard rustling in the bed and opened his eyes quickly, looking up towards her he was met by a pair of golden eyes, like the Werewolf eyes, only on Vinyl's face.
"Luna" he whispered, trying to call out to her as Vinyl sat up in bed, snarling
"Luna" he said in his normal tone of voice, seeing Vinyl get up and start to twitch,
"LUNA!!!" He yelled, seeing her coat turn brown, her snout extend, a black nose appear, hands grow along with feet with long, dagger like claws, she looked like a wolf, A Werewolf.
Luna barged in and stopped, looking at the horrific creature that was once Vinyl Scratch.
Vinyl let loose a heart stopping howl, hundreds of golden eyes Illuminated from outside of the window, Mirage's blood went cold
They were surrounded .
Mirage pulled the bottle of garlic from Vinyl’s backpack and splashed her with it, Vinyl simply raised an eyebrow and smiled
"Uh Oh" he said,
Vinyl roared into his face, blowing his mane back
Luna pulled out another needle, and charged towards Vinyl,
Vinyl put her arms up in defense, but was jabbed in the stomach, which made her roar in pain,
Luna jabbed a different kind of needle into her, instead of blue liquid it had green, which only made her roar louder, she wobbled around for a bit then fell down, returning to her normal look
"Vinyl!" Mirage yelped in relief,
"Wha-?" Vinyl asked, before being locked into a tight hug from Mirage
"What happened?" She asked, trying to wiggle from his grip out of confusion,
"You turned into a Werewolf" Luna said,
"What?" Vinyl asked, she was now even more confused
Luna and Mirage explained what happened, and Luna explained to the both of them that the new needle she used partially cured being a werewolf, partially meaning that she could no longer take the form of a Werewolf, but had some of the traits on a full moon, like the speed, agility and strength the Werewolves have
"Do you have anything like that for Vamponies?" Mirage asked, hopefully
"Unfortunately I don't, Vamponies don't take any special form other than eye color" Luna said,
"Damn" Mirage said, hitting his hoof to the floor
"They surround the castle" Luna said, pointing to the glowing eyes only inches from the window, "We must wake the others"
The three went to all of the other ponies and woke them up, they boarded up all of the windows and waited at the top of the castle watching the clock slowly tick by...
Glass shattered, followed by pounding and the splintering of wood, they were breaking in.
Another window shattered, followed by a second and a third, and a fourth.
"What do we do?" Fluttershy asked, hiding under a table
"We fight" Rainbow Dash said aggressively,
The clock started to chime, it was 6 a.m. and the sun was nearly up, just a few more minutes.
There was a sudden bang at the door, then scratching, along with a long howl.
"They're calling the others up here" Vinyl said, her eyes still golden, "Let me try something"
Vinyl let out a few short howls,
"What did you say?" Mirage asked,
"That the ponies escaped" She said,
More howls from outside,
"What did they say?" Applejack asked,
"They said- they said they know I'm lying" Vinyl said, her voice sounding shaky,
"Great" Applejack replied sarcastically,
The bangs continued, along with the door handle shaking a few times,
It was around 6:30 a.m. when the scratching stopped and Vinyl started to moan,
"What's wrong Vinyl?" Mirage asked, holding her up,
Her eyes returned to the normal magenta and she smiled,
"They're Gone" She said,
The others all sighed in relief.
Luna checked the castle, finding nothing but broken windows, she returned to the ponies
"Vinyl, come with me" she said,
Vinyl didn't argue, just followed,
The two ended up outside in the warm sun,
"How am I going to handle this?" Vinyl asked, staring out into the green hills
"Just like Mirage did" Luna said, also staring, but not at the hills, she was staring at Canterlot, "You really should ask him"
"It's not the same!" Vinyl shouted, "He doesn't turn into a bloodthirsty Monster!"
Luna looked towards her, and Vinyl met her gaze
"You're right..." Vinyl said, realizing what she said, they were almost the same now, they were both big bloodthirsty monsters.
"Vinyl, you’re going to have to get used to it" Luna said, "Everypony has an Inner demon"
She was right, Mirage had two, his father and the Vampony, She had the Werewolf, Luna had Nightmare Moon and Princess Celestia had the Solar Empire
"This Is Unreal" Vinyl said,
"I know, but, maybe someday, Equestria will be a place of Happiness and Harmony again." Luna said,
"When do you plan to attack Canterlot?" Vinyl asked,
"I don't, if Tia wants the war this bad, she'll come to me" Luna said,
"No pony over there knows who they are really fighting for..." Vinyl said,
A tear escaped from Luna's eye,
"I hate to say it, but Tia is gone, and I don't think she's ever coming back" Luna said,
"Don't worry, It will all be okay" Vinyl said,
"How do you know?!" Luna shouted, tears now streaming from her eyes,
Vinyl didn't know, she had no way of knowing what would come of this,
"I- I don't" Vinyl said, backing away a bit,
"Well that’s just fantastic isn’t it?" Luna said, Flying off,
Vinyl stood there alone, she swallowed hard, what would come of this war?
"Vinyl?" Mirage's voice came from behind her,
"What?" she asked, coldly
"I wanted to check on you two" He said, walking to her side, "Where's Luna?"
"She took off" she said, not turning towards him,
"What's wrong?" he asked,
"What do you think is wrong Mirage?"
"Hey I was just trying to help-"
"That's all you can do Mirage, You can’t even protect your own family!" she yelled, backing him up, "You always TRY but you never can DO anything, you don’t have to go through anything I do, you're fucking useless!"
The words hit Mirage like a ton of bricks, he tried to tell himself that it was just the Werewolf talking, but couldn't.
"You think I don’t go through the shit that you do?!" He screamed in his own defense, "See these fucking fangs? Where did those come from huh?! See these fucking bruises? See these stitches? Remember those broken bones? I earned all of this shit protecting you and Rain! So don't you DARE accuse me of not protecting you!"
Vinyl was taken aback from his outburst, he had only screamed at her once, and it was in good fun, a tear streamed down her cheek.
"Motherfucker!" Mirage yelled at no pony as he put his hoof through a stone wall
"I'm sorry..." He said, "I know this is a lot at once for you."
"No... I'm sorry" she said,
She was going to say something else but was cut off by his lips against her own,
"I'm sorry... I'm so sorry" she sobbed, while kissing him back,
They cried together and for the first time in a while, they both felt loved.
When we lose friends or family their faces fade from our minds, but what they did for us stay in our hearts forever.-BlackMirage
Mirage and Vinyl lie in bed napping, both sharing Vinyl's headphones, Vinyl thought of how the war would end and how she could help her relationship stay alive, Mirage dreamed of the war, and the events of it.
"Celestia Please... Don't" He said in his sleep
In his dream a large shadow covered the battlefield, Celestia had what looked like Vinyl in a magic bubble, stopping all air from coming to her lungs, she screamed, cried and pounded on the bubble, never doing any kind of damage. She wobbled back and forth, she was suffocating, and Mirage couldn't do anything about it, he lay helplessly restrained to the ground with no chance of breaking them, he begged for her life
"Take Me instead..." He said in his sleep again
In the dream he heard screaming and crying, but it wasn't coming from Vinyl, or himself. He watched as Vinyl fell to the bottom of the bubble and slowly stopped breathing, Celestia dropped her to the ground and released the restraints, he was only a few hoof steps away before he was snapped out of the dream.
The foal was crying, the screams had found a way into his dream.
"It's okay sweetie, shh, shh, shh..." He said to the crying foal,
"Mirage?" Vinyl asked in a sleepy voice,
"It's okay Vinyl, try to go back to sleep" He said,
Vinyl nodded in response and burrowed back down into her pillow.
Mirage got up out of bed and went to the kitchen, making the foal a bottle, he was looking out the window, the sun was starting to go down, they had slept for too long.
Mirage didn't notice that Twilight had walked in; she watched him for a moment then went to the window with him.
"Remember when you first came to Ponyville?" she asked,
"Yeah, I met all of you girls in the hospital" He said, "Then I met Vinyl"
"How did it all turn out like this?" she asked,
"Well, everything was Sunshine and Rainbows, then... I just don't know what went wrong"
The two stared out the window for a long time, Mirage was feeding the foal, who had gone back to sleep, he watched her little tail swish back and forth, the light blue and bright red looked really good together.
"Mirage" Twilight said in a panicked voice,
"Yeah?" He asked, looking up to the window, his pupils shrank and his blood went cold, The Leaders of Solar Empire were marching over a hill in the distance.
"Wake Vinyl up, get everypony ready" Mirage said,
Twilight ran off, Mirage just stood there, watching the Ponies march towards the castle
Mirage took off; he had to find a safe place for the foal,
"Fluttershy" he said under his breath,
He ran to her room and found her hiding under her covers,
"Fluttershy! I need your help" He said,
She poked her head from the covers "With what?"
"Rain Whisper" He said, showing her the foal,
She nodded and took her,
"Just go to the Top of the castle and we'll come get you when this is all over"
"Okay..." she said,
"Thank you!" Mirage shouted as he ran out of the room
The ten soldiers they had gathered in the top of the castle and went over their plans
"I'll go over their names," Luna said, "Celestia, Shining Armor, Trixie, Blackblood, Big Macintosh, Gilda, Soarin, Octavia and Two of their greatest assassins"
"Soarin escaped?" Mirage asked,
"Barely" Rainbow Dash said, "If he didn't have that hoof gun he'd be 6 hooves under"
The team thought about their new rivals,
"and now for our team," Luna said, "Luna, Rarity, Twilight, Mirage, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Vinyl, Night Flash and Aero
"You can pick who you’re going for, but otherwise... Good Luck My Little Ponies" Luna said
"The Life you knew before is gone. Today, we fight to bring it back" Mirage said, remembering what the Princess said
The ten soldiers of the Lunar Republic stood outside of the castle, waiting.
The first over the hill was Shining Armor, followed by Blackblood, Gilda, Trixie, an assassin, Octavia, Soarin, Big Mac, another assassin and finally, Princess Celestia.
All of the ponies met face to face, Mirage on Blackblood, Rarity on Shining Armor, Twilight on Trixie, Pinkie Pie on Gilda, Rainbow Dash on Soarin, Night Flash and Aero on The Assassins, Applejack on Big Macintosh, Vinyl on Octavia and Luna on Celestia.
"I didn't want it to come to this" Luna said,
Celestia leaned in to her little sisters ear and said,
"I did"
Luna pushed her away, "If this is what you want, then so be it!" Luna said,
"Hello Mirage" Blackblood chuckled,
"Hello Blackblood" Mirage returned,
"How do you like the fangs?" Blackblood asked, grinning and showing off his own,
"Let me show you..." Mirage said, grabbing the pony by the head
The two ponies locked together, not making any noise, Blackblood was younger, but his experience as a vampony made him just as strong as Mirage.
"Vinyl... Why?" Octavia asked, looking at her old roommate and friend,
"Octavia, you’re on the wrong side" Vinyl whispered, she had no intention of hurting her best friend, but had every intention of hurting her enemy,
"No you are" Octavia argued,
"Have you not seen any changes in the Princess?" Vinyl asked,
"Well... Yes but-"
"Has she gotten more aggressive? Has she been hard headed?" Vinyl asked, cutting Octavia off
"Yes, but that doesn't mean-"
"Is this the Princess who invited you to play at the Grand Galloping Galla?" Vinyl asked, cutting her off again,
"No..." Octavia said, coming to realization, "I AM on the wrong side" she said, joining her friend
"Good job, now if we can get everypony else to-"
"Octavia what do you think you're doing?" Celestia asked, cutting Vinyl off,
"You are not the Celestia I once knew" Octavia said, "I am not your lapdog"
"Then you are my enemy" Celestia said, aggressively
"Celestia help!" Blackblood yelped, Mirage had overpowered him and they started to fight.
"ATTACK!!!" Celestia roared, signaling the war
The Ponies clashed together, some were already down, Applejack had turned around and bucked Big Macintosh in the chest, sending him flying backwards, the two hadn't even tried to reason with each other, just started fighting.
Blackblood had bit Mirage twice in the arm, sending the Venom like liquid into Mirage's bloodstream, Mirage hadn't noticed, the venom had almost no effect on him because he was already a Vampony, just a little numbness.
Vinyl and Octavia had started to help Rarity with Shining Armor; the unicorn could barely hurt him alone.
Pinkie Pie had Gilda by her wings, snapping the bones like toothpicks, disabling any means of flying, While Gilda screamed in pain Pinkie Pie only laughed and giggled, she thought it was some kind of game.
Rainbow Dash had been pinned down by Soarin, she protected her wings but he was interested in her chest, striking her ribs over and over again, finally her chest made a loud cracking noise, indicating one of the ribs had been broken.
Luna and Celestia tried all they could to damage each other but were always blocked by one another.
Mirage tackled Soarin off of Rainbow Dash, striking his face with his hooves, finally picking him up and throwing him.
"Applejack!" Mirage called
Applejack Bucked her back hooves and hit Soarin in the chest without looking.
Mirage held a hoof out for Rainbow, helping her up, She held her ribcage as she stood up and walked over to Soarin, he wasn't getting away this time.
She struck his chest over and over, never stopping when she heard his ribs cracking or when he screamed, she eventually got bored and took his head in her hooves,
"Say hello to Spitfire for me" she said, snapping his neck
Applejack was pinned by Big Mac, he struck her head with his own, he broke her nose, her jaw, he eventually started hitting her in the side of her head, trying to smash her skull.
Mirage tried to help but was bucked away by Blackblood, he saw Applejack's Cowpony hat fall to the ground,
She was gone.
Mirage slashed at Blackblood with his knife, drawing blood from the side of his head and his front right leg,
Blackblood fell down and yelped when the knife entered the side of his neck, the same place where he bit Mirage.
Blackblood choked on his own blood, coughing and spitting it out, he tried to get up but was pushed back down by Mirage, he gurgled the blood in his mouth, drowning in his own blood.
Thunder storm clouds built above, casting a large shadow over the battlefield.
Lightning flashed and it started pouring down rain.
Big Macintosh charged Mirage, putting his head down and Guiding Mirage into the side of the castle,
Mirage fell down into the dirt; Big Mac towered over him,
"You gonna kill me or what?" Mirage asked, spitting his own blood onto Big Mac's hooves
"Eyup" Big Mac said, raising his hooves,
Out of nowhere Applejack tackled Big Mac, sending him into the side of the castle,
She held her hoof out to Mirage and helped him up,
"Get inside, have Fluttershy check out your head" Mirage said, pushing her towards the door, "I'll take care of him"
Applejack darted inside leaving her big brother and Mirage,
"Sorry about this" Mirage said as he shocked Big Mac, ending his life.
Night Flash and Aero were having no trouble with the Assassins, one was already dead on the ground, he was outnumbered 4 to 1, Night Flash had split into three, letting all of them take turns hitting the helpless Assassin, Aero burned him with his hooves every time he touched him, lighting his mane on fire,
Vinyl, Octavia and Rarity stood above Shining Armor
"Is there any dirt in my mane?" Rarity asked,
"What about mine?" Octavia asked,
Vinyl just rolled her eyes, "Yes your mane's look like bird nests"
The Two ponies shrieked and ran towards the castle,
Twilight was having trouble with Trixie, they were shooting Magical daggers at each other, making large cuts in each other’s bodies, the both stopped to catch their breath.
"Trixie... Stop" Twilight said, between breathing
"The Great and Powerful Trixie will not fall for your-"
Vinyl had come up behind Trixie and picked her up, throwing her to the ground and pinning her down.
"These aren't tricks" Twilight said, making a magical knife and holding it to Trixie's neck
"Please, Trixie won’t hurt you anymore" Trixie begged,
"Trixie, how can I trust you?" Twilight asked, putting her face close to Trixie's
"Please, I- I-" Trixie stammered,
"You what?" Twilight yelled, putting more pressure on the knife
"I Lo..." Trixie whispered,
"Speak up" Twilight said,
Trixie didn't speak, just put her lips onto Twilight's
Vinyl was a shocked by Trixie, She loved Twilight? But, why?
"Since you showed me what you could do with the Ursa Minor, I always admired you, I just didn't know how to tell you" Trixie said,
Twilight blushed and loosened her grip on Trixie, taking the knife away from her neck
"You lie, you die" Twilight said, kissing her back
"I promise I'm not lying" Trixie said, tears streaming from her eyes,
Vinyl let go of Trixie and let the two go back inside, Pinkie Pie bounced past her following the two,
"Pinkie? Where’s Gilda?" Vinyl asked, holding her back
"Oh! I shoved a cupcake down her throat; she liked it so much she started coughing and fainted!" Pinkie said, smiling and giggling "Well see ya!"
Vinyl stood in shock, Pinkie killed somepony with a cupcake... Damn
Vinyl looked around; Rainbow Dash was heading inside, along with Aero and Night Flash,
Mirage stood alone, watching Luna and Celestia
Vinyl walked to his side,
"Should we help her?" Vinyl asked,
"I tried, she told me to back off" Mirage said, "She told us to go inside when we finished who we were fighting, did anypony get killed?"
"No... Just a few cuts and broken bones" She said,
"Let's go, this could last all night" Mirage said,
The two started walking; they were almost at the castle when Mirage was stopped,
"You're not going anywhere!" Celestia called, wrapping Mirage in a magic bubble,
"Mirage!" Vinyl called, trying to reach out to him as he floated away,
"Vinyl!" Mirage yelled, his voice distorted by the bubble
Celestia floated Mirage in front of her, showing Luna
"You let me leave or he dies" Celestia said, backing away,
"Wait no!" Mirage said through the bubble, it was just like his dream
"Fine. Leave you coward" Luna said,
Celestia smiled and flew off, never releasing the bubble
"Celestia! Release him!" Luna called,
"Sorry sis" Celestia said as she flew towards Canterlot,
"No!" Vinyl yelled, running towards the bubble which concealed Mirage,
The air inside of the bubble disappeared, Mirage couldn't breath
"Celestia Please... Don't" Vinyl said,
Mirage realized what was happening, it had never been Vinyl in the bubble in the first place, it was him. He just watched from Vinyl's Perspective
"Please... Take me instead" She begged
Vinyl watched in horror as Mirage screamed and pounded on the bubble, never doing any damage to it, He was suffocating, he wobbled back and forth, no air was reaching his brain, she watched as he fell to the bottom of the bubble, and slowly stopped breathing.
The bubble finally disappeared, dropping his body to the ground.
His eyes were closed, he had no pulse, nothing worked, Not Twilight or Luna's spells, Not Fluttershy’s doctor skills, nothing.
He was Gone. Forever.
Vinyl wailed over him for hours, she wouldn't let anypony touch him, she beat on his lifeless body, begging him to wake up, eventually, she spoke.
"What do we do?" She asked,
"We bury him" Luna said, wiping her own tears away, "Not here, He Wouldn't want to stay here"
"Then where?" Vinyl asked,
"We could go to Zephyr" Trixie said, "It's not in Equestria, It's where I came from"
"Okay" Vinyl said, never taking her eyes off of him.
The last of the Lunar Republic took a boat to Zephyr, leaving Equestria forever, nothing was left for them there just painful memories.
They got to Zephyr early one morning, two days after they left Equestria, they headed to the capital, New Zephyr, and buried Mirage there, it was time to start over, to start new lives, everypony stayed close, The cutie mark crusaders were reunited after Scootaloo had taken her "Cutie Mark" off of her flank, it had turned out to be fake.
Twilight and Trixie got a small cottage next to Vinyl and Rain Whispers house, which was next to Applejack's, everyone stayed as close together as they could, trying to remember the good memories.
End of Book 2
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Credits (Not Part Of The Story)
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