Viventis Anathema - Story of a Cursed Mare

The noble death of Sunlight was something that nopony should take so lightly. The act to protect other ponies was a sign of being noble. That came from a pony that Ambrosia treated as trash. Seeing her disgusting behavior toward the life of the others and that of Sunlight, Grimwood couldn't help but take this matter personally

As both the mares studied each other, Rainbow Dash made a few steps back, taking the filly with her and shielding her with her wings.

Ambrosia was about to open her mouth when Grimwood pointed her still revving chainsaw toward her while staring at her; glaring at her as she was locking on her own target. Despite that intimidating stance, Ambrosia smirked nervously, trying to retain her composure.

"You fool. And I thought you were so smart, but you can't fool me," Ambrosia thought. "I know you want to pull off the stretching chainsaw trick, the one that you called Raging Chainsaw. It's launching speed is 8 meters a second. Unfortunately for you, I can use it to parry your attack and reposte it with my destructive magic. In any case, you will be dead before you can even touch me."

Without wasting any time, Ambrosia channeled her magic in her Chainsword, all of the while observing Grimwood, who was still staring at her, like she was scanning her being. She felt her gaze piercing through her sight, which made her nervous and bothered; and she didn't liked that at all. Ambrosia wanted to put those feelings into silence.

In that moment, Grimwood's chainsaw glowed in a purpled light.

"Die, Grimwood!" Ambrosia exclaimed as she pointed her Chainsword at Grimwood. "Nocturnus-"

"CHAINSAW MAELSTROM!" Grimwood shouted as her chainsaw shoots multiple chainsaw blades made of purple energy that was raining down on her, causing Ambrosia to interrupt her magical charge for the shock.

"WHAT?" Ambrosia flinched. "A MAGICAL ATTACK!?" She summoned a grappling hook with her magic and use it to grasp Sunlight's shredded body. "SUNLIGHT, PROTECT ME!"

Ambrosia pulled the corpse toward her and thrown it toward the energy blades, causing them to explode along with it. Both Grimwood and Rainbow Dash were horrified by this act.

"Did you had just used your friend's body as a shield!?" Rainbow blurted.

"Tch!" Grimwood glared ferociously at Ambrosia.

"Ahahah! It wasn't just Fluttershy or Pinkie Pie! Sunlight was thoroughly helpful too!" Ambrosia declared deviously as she charged her Chainsword and released it's magic. "Noctornus Grimora!"

With a swing of her weapon, Ambrosia unleashed an axe shaped wave of destructive energy that traveled toward Grimwood. The violet mare rolled away from it's trajectory, causing the wave to destroy part of the laboratory behind her. As Ambrosia charged her claws, Grimwood rummaged inside her bag, pulled out a white crystal and tossed it toward her.

Ambrosia swung her claws, unleashing four red slashing waves that ended up destroying the crystal, releasing a blinding light that almost covered the entire factory.

"I can't see a thing..." Rainbow Dash said, covering her eyes.

"The hell?!" Ambrosia exclaimed, also covering her eyes.

In a few seconds, the light died out on its own and then silence fell upon the scene. Ambrosia and Rainbow slowly opened their eyes and noticed the floor being filled with amber colored amulets. Rainbow knows these thing were magical artifacts but doesn't know anything about their powers. Ambrosia, on other hooves, knows very well what they are.

"E-explosive amulets?" Ambrosia's eyes widened. "No, don't tell me..." She looked upwards and found Grimwood virtually flying in mid air, all of the while pointing her chainsaw as it glowed in a purple light.

"What are you doing!?" Rainbow exclaimed.

"Grimwood! You will end up getting killed!" Ambrosia said incredulous. "You can't be this crazy at this point!"

"YOU WANNA BET YOUR ASS!?" Grimwood roared as she shoot an energy blade on one of the amulets and shattered it, causing a fiery chain reaction of explosions that ovewhelmed her and destroyed part of the entire stone bridge. Grimwood was propelled away by it and ended up falling abruptly on the laboratory's floor.

As for Ambrosia, she screamed in agony as she fell down to depth of the Rainbow Shrine, with her body being engulfed in flames. Her figure disappeared in the depth of the darkness that swallowed her figure and silenced her voice, replaced by the roars of multiple explosions echoing from the bottom.

Grimwood took her time to recover and slowly stood up two legged. She turned off her chainsaw and reverted it into the metal box again. As she putted it inside her bag, Rainbow Dash and the filly approached her reluctantly, not knowing what to say.

"If you were about to thank me, then you shouldn't," Grimwood said. "I didn't have done anything heroic in this moment."

"I know that," Rainbow replied. "After all, killing other ponies is wrong. But seeing that Ambrosia thrashing her former friend's life is wretched beyond levels." Her eyes widened. "But wait, what she has to do with Fluttershy and Pinkie?"

"She killed them and resurrected them as monsters. Enough said," Grimwood informed.

Rainbow flinched in horror. ".... No... That cannot be..."

"We have no time for mourning. You have to put that filly in a safe place," Grimwood said calmly.

"I hope my mother is still alive," The filly said.

"Wait! What about you?" Rainbow halted her. "You can't fight a entire cult of pegasi by yourself!"

"Do as I said," Grimwood said imperatively.

"But-"

"GO!"

That being said, Rainbow took the filly in her arms and flew away from the laboratory without even looking back. Grimwood remained still as a flock a rainbow cultists were raining down on her. On of almost reached her and tried to sunk his claws on her skin, only to be back handed by her.

As seven of them were approaching her, Grimwood pulled out an explosive amulets out of her bag and thrown it at the flock. As it touched one of them, the amulets exploded, them in one instant. Grimwood was about to pull out another one when she got tackled by one of them and was pinned down to the floor.

The rainbow cultist, being a copy of Rainbow Dash, was about to stomp on her face. "Die, you whore!"

"Now who's talking?" Grimwood asked sardonically as she sunk her metal claws on the cultist's chest, causing her to wriggle uncontrollably.

The cultist forcefully hoovered in the air, flew toward the destroyed stone bridge and dived down to the depths of Rainbow Shrine, dragging Grimwood with her. Both of them ended up falling through the darkness of the abyss were Ambrosia precipitated.

Seeing no other options, Grimwood released the wretched pegasus from her grasp, leaving the creature on her own. Grimwood was falling down, but she had a plan. She managed to put her metal claw inside the bag and pulled out an azure crystal. As she saw the terrain approaching her, Grimwood unleashed it's power.

At that point, gravity failed her. Grimwood levitated above the bottom of the abyss and gracefully landed on the floor. She panted heavily, looking incredulous since she never thought she could survive a fall like this. As for the cultist, she leaved the scene without realizing that Grimwood spotted her with disinterest.

"At least I sowed her," Grimwood murmured.

She scanned her surrounding to see where she was. The first thing that assaulted her senses was the smog. She shielded her nose for a moment and saw the flames almost engulfing the place. On the stone wall, there are multiple banners displaying a twisted version of Rainbow Dash's cutey mark, except that the cloud was black and rainbow colored lightning has it's color being inverted. There are also the debrises of the crumbled stone bridge, destroyed machinery and broken vats. In her left, she saw an exit, which was blocked by the debris. That wouldn't be a problem for her, but she had to act faster.

"I need to get out of there," Grimwood said, fed up of what had transpired. "I have no intention to be asphyxiated."

Grimwood was about to pull out another explosive amulet when she felt a sensation that chilled her soul. A presence that she never had perceived before. Instinctively, she pulled out her metal box and turned it into her chainsaw. She looked around but there was nopony around.

"Who's there!?" Grimwood said nervously, looking around as if the presence was still there. Initially, she was convinced that her senses had gone insane until she noticed something on the floor.

A huge shadow grew on the ground beneath her.

The shadow of someone towering upon her.

"I have finally found you, Asphodel."