The Shattering

“Now you are alone,” The Hulking brute said as color faded from my vision. “oh great prince of friendship where is your power now when you are all alone?” The minotaur finished smiling a cruel smile. I say nothing as I continue to stare at my friends cooling corpses. “what power can stand against the Minous Horde!” The general of said horde continued to yell their blood still dripping from his ax, as he turns to his precious army. I feel a quick pain in my head and twitch. Just as he begins to speak again I the darkest of magics and rip his soul from his body.

Ignoring his men shouting around me I turn to his corpse and animate it ordering it to guard me as I incinerate my bindings to walk over to my friends. Without hesitation the walking corpse raised his ax and charged his men. Ignoring the fighting behind me and levitate the seven bodies to my still bound fellow royalty. “D-dusk what are yo-” Celestia began before I interrupt “silence” I command, sealing her voice. Looking over to Luna I set them down in front of her and state “ Bury them in Ponyville” With that I surround them in a barrier and turn away.

Striding back over to the Generals soul I begin “Those seven were the only thing keeping me sane you know.” Lighting my horn I pull the growing pool of blood from fighting around my zombie and use it to carve ruins around his soul. “I was pretty good at dealing with just Spike before Celestia sent me to Ponyville, but after being whole... after happiness to go back to feeling nothing..., being nothing. No” I continue. Glancing over to said princess I give her a sad smile. As the ground began to blacken underneath me. “I can never thank you enough for sending me to them” I say to her. "They took a closed off bookworm and led him along as he bungled his way into alicornhood. Made life enjoyable instead of just getting in the way of my studies"

“Congratulations you broke me.” I finish, completing the circle around him. Summoning dark crystals into the air I place them at the four cardinal points and start another circle using clear crystals to link them. The air around me beginning to crackle with potential. “you took away the only people that stopped me from truly exploring magic.” Finishing the crystal ring I activate the first slowly ripping his soul apart. “ The only thing stopping me from from being a sociopath really.” I say simply, ignoring his screaming. Powering the second ritual with his pain I spread a spell across his horde. Magic swirled and twisted the air, crackling and groaning as reality bent to my will A course of screams poured from them as they melted like wax, the flesh slowly sagging and falling from their bones. Muscles contorting as they withered and snapped.

After a but a few moments the spell failed as his ethereal form collapsed. His army soon to fallow their commander from their wounds. Dispelling the barrier I walk over to the princesses. Summoning my crown I gently place it on the ground in front of them. “I will be in the badlands If you need me. I am not fit to rule, but if Equestria ever has need of me I will come and remove whatever problem you have.” With that I unseal Celestia's voice. The three royals just stare at me in horror. “Now you must banish me from Equestria.” Saying that startled Luna from her silence and she asked, understanding in her voice. “So Equestria can point to you and say not us?”

I nod and turn to Candance “Keep little Flurry safe wont you? She is the only blood I have left.” I ask and then turn to Celestia. Not knowing what to say to the mare who has been almost a second mother to me. After so thoroughly defile everything she had tried to teach me. In the end I merely bow low, my horn in the dirt and my wings spread out. Slowly standing I turn and plod through the still dying and dead, heading south. Collecting the leftover emotional power left over from so many painful deaths I rip a portal into reality and walk through Once again ignoring the sounds behind me.

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I open my eyes to the barren landscape of the badlands and cast a quick detection spell. Nothing sapient within the nearest hundred miles. With that confirmed I finally release my rage. My body self immolates and boiling tears run down my face, The atmosphere catching fire as flare my wings. A guttural scream rips itself from my thought as i slam my fore hooves into the melting earth. Again and again I stomp and scream. The scenery going from barren to hellish. The magic around me shattering and reforming from the forge of my fury.

Eventually i look up from the bottom of the molten lake I had made, I lift my self to the top and call up the happiest memories I could remember from them and let it seep into to the lava. The compassion of Fluttershy, The strength of character of Applejack, Pinkie's joy for life, Rarity's helpful nature, Rainbow's loyalty. I fed it my love for spike and my pride for Starlight's progress. I force my raw emotions into the still bubbling pool and slam al of my magic into it. Slowly a mass rose from the depths rapidly cooling the remaining liquid i focus on the blazing ball and begin sculpting. A long trunk sprouted, followed by roots squirming into the still soft ground. Branches sprouted in mass followed by an explosion of color as crystal leaves of every color unfurled. Finally flowers bloomed an abyssal black. The scent of apple blossoms and ozone permeate the air as i plod to the door. Stepping inside I look at the familiar sight of the golden oaks library, The first true home I ever had. Nearly falling up the stairs I fall into the bed and wait for the darkness of slumber to take me

Author's Note

Well lets see what happens with this