The Life Of Blitz

The door slammed behind him. Azure panicked for his life, not knowing what to do at that brief period of time. This was one of the scariest events that he had ever seen and for it to happen about five feet away from him, it must have shook him. He spent a couple of seconds worrying, before he took a deep breath and looked around.

The first idea on his mind was to get help. Azure spread his wings and took a deep breath, before flapping his wings and launching himself into the sky like a rocket. He then leveled out and tried to gain some speed by angling down a little and straightening his body. He picked up some superior speed and pierced some noise into the air as he flew past ponies.

Azure was heading in the direction of the guard barracks. He needed to get all the help he could and he wasn't going to leave it to chance. He rolled past buildings and trees until he got to the barracks. He took in another deep breath and released all of his nerves and tension, through one deep exhale.

He opened the door to the barracks and was face to face with two guards. Azure's ears folded back in worry as he looked at the two guards. He thought back to Blitz being in trouble and then stood up strong and proud. He pointed past the guards, towards some paper and a pencil. The guards looked at the paper and one of them walked over to grab it. They passed it to Azure and saw that he was writing something with the pencil that was with the paper.

The message was clear to the guards when they saw it and they happily escorted Azure to Shadow's office. Azure kept the paper and pencil, as he walked with the guards to the General. The guards knocked on the door for Azure and then they both stood behind him. Shadow opened the door and was surprised to see Azure stood there.

"Is there something I can help you with Azure?" Shadow asked, being slightly concerned by Azure showing up here, as he had never done so before. Azure wrote something for a little while and then paused. He looked up at Shadow with a tear in his eye. "Azure, are you okay?" Shadow asked comfortingly. Azure looked angry next and then finished writing. He turned the paper to Shadow, as she began to read it. She looked at Azure and then the guards.

"Is everything alright General? You don't look too happy." One of the guards stated. Shadow glared at them and wore a blank expression with pride. She shook her head.

"I need all guards to my home address! Private Blitz has been taken hostage by Chrysalis!" Shadow shouted. The guards nodded and then ran off. Shadow grabbed Azure and teleported them both away. The pencil and paper were left and floated to the floor. The pencil rolled over the paper and kept the paper open. Azure wrote 'Blitz is unconscious and has been taken captive by a large changeling at home'.

Shadow teleported to the castle, Azure still with her. This was Azure's one chance to see the castle in all of its beauty. He took one look around and was mesmerized by the scenery. It was so beautiful, but there were bigger issues to attend to. They went through the main halls and into the main room. Luna was the only one there and she was in the middle of a conversation. Luna looked past the ponies she was talking to and paused the conversation on a mediocre note.

"Shadow! We don't see you here very often. What do you need?" Luna asked. Shadow bowed and then looked angrily at Luna.

"Thorax, we need him for something that has happened." Shadow commanded.

"I'm afraid that that won't be…" Luna announced, before getting cut off by Shadow.

"It's about Chrysalis! She has Blitz!" Shadow called out, being a little upset and then cowering a little. Azure held Shadow and comforted her. Shadow appreciated that, Azure was sure of it. Luna went wide eyed and looked visually shocked. Azure took in the sight the princess and was a little scared that somepony with that much power and authority, was wide eyed. He thought that she would just handle it and that there would be nothing more of it.

That thought alone made him worry just that little bit more. Shadow looked at Azure and noticed the sudden change in his expression. She placed a hoof on his shoulder and rubbed it a little. Azure looked at her not with a smile, but with a look of guidance. With that, Shadow wrapped a hoof around Azure and squeezed him a little, making a little 'eeek' escape from his mouth, which he then covered with his hooves.

"Thought you were trying to stay silent?" Shadow chuckled, trying to distract Azure as best as she could. It worked a little, but not as much as she hoped. "He's going to be alright, I can assure you little Azure." Shadow added, making him smile. He looked up at the roof and then closed his eyes. Shadow just looked at him as he did and rubbed his fur with her hoof, comforting him.

Azure opened his eyes to see another royal princess approaching them both. Celestia was walking down the carpet, towards the ponies.

"Can you all leave us to talk for about five minutes?" Celestia asked the ponies and creatures that were talking to Luna originally. The group all nodded and began to walk out of the room. As they left, Thorax entered through the door and looked back at the other ponies. He was mildly curious to know what was happening.

"Shadow and umm… You! Can you please leave me and my sister to talk about these issues? Take Thorax with you and a couple of guards. This is serious! You need to get back ASAP!" Luna commanded. Shadow turned to look at Thorax and then nodded as she looked back at Luna. Thorax did as he was told and came with Shadow and Azure, as they both exited the room and closed the door behind them.

"Alright, what the hell is going on?" Thorax asked in a direct manor, just wanting an answer. Shadow stopped mid march and turned to Thorax and stopped.

"THAT PSYCHO BITCH HAS BLITZ!" Shadow shouted from the top of her lungs. She was sure that the two princesses heard that and really didn't care if the whole of Equestria heard it. Azure placed his hoof on Shadow's shoulder again, calming her in an instant. Shadow sighed and looked down at Thorax. "Sorry that I shouted Thorax, but as you can see, I'm a worrying mother." Shadow added, smiling at Thorax.

"It's ok Shadow! You don't have to apologize to me, I understand that you're frustrated and all, but we have enough ponies here to outmatch lonely Chrysalis a hundred times over." Thorax calmly admitted to Shadow. That made her nerves go away a tiny amount and made her smile a little too. That made Azure smile a little too.

"Thank you Thorax! I needed that boost to boost my confidence. Now, let's go to the barracks and gather some guards." Shadow ordered with a stern smile. Azure wasn't smiling as she said that. Instead, he was thinking about Blitz in general, wondering if he was ok. Azure just worried too much when it came to worrying about certain ponies that he liked. He was too nice and caring.

Shadow, Thorax and Azure travelled to the barracks. Shadow asked some guards to escort them all and for them to help with the situation. They all agreed to help as much as they could.

"Azure? I'm sorry to tell you this, but can you go home?" Shadow asked, making Azure look at her with angry eyes. "Just so that you don't get hurt!" Shadow added, blurting it out as quickly as she could. Azure nodded and began to fly back to his house in the clouds, watching as Shadow, Thorax and a couple of guards proceeded down the streets and pathways. Azure looked forwards and flew up into the sky, towards his home.

Azure travelled through the clouds, touching each cloud he passed, with his wings. Each feather brushed against the cloud, as if he was trying to tickle them all. Azure did a little spiral and dove below the cloud level, then above it again in an instant. He smiled as all of the badness flooded out of his mind and was replaced by the best parts of his life.

He landed on the porch of his house and unlocked the door. The house was structured clouds, that were molded together to make a house and a floor. It was nice. Azure entered the house and closed the door behind him. He sighed happily and then went to make himself a hot drink.

He walked around his house, as he held his hot drink with his wings. It didn't burn them, because they were just feathers covering the fur he had. He looked under his wings and sighed. He regretted not telling Blitz that he was a zebra first, but Blitz was now in trouble and he couldn't do anything to help. He kept walking around and stopped to look at something.

He placed down his hot drink down and picked up a framed photo. It was a photo of him and Blitz. They were out at a club, with Emination and Shadow. Shadow was there with some of her friends from the guard, same with Emination, only her friends were from school and work. Azure's friends were there, next to him, but as for Blitz, he didn't have anyone with him. That made Azure feel a little sad. In the photo, Azure was hugging Blitz and Blitz was enjoying it. That made Azure sit down and think.

He constantly thought about Blitz and right now, Blitz had nobody but Azure by his side. Azure picked up his drink and gulped it down, burning himself the littlest he could as he took the initial sip, before placing the drink down on the table and rushing back out. He grabbed two scarves and a hat for himself. He wrapped the scarf around his neck and placed the hat on his head. It was getting a little chilly, so he thought that somepony would appreciate a nice warm scarf, once he saw them.

He opened the door and closed it behind him, flying straight down with the extra scarf in his muzzle. He saw Canterlot within a matter of minutes and raced down lower and lower until he was striding on the ground, travelling towards Blitz's home. He was running for a tiny bit, until he came to a load of guards surrounding the area.

Azure looked past and saw Shadow in the distance, with Thorax next or her. She had a weapon out and was pointing it in the direction of… Blitz! Azure barged by the guards as they used magic to bring him back. He got dragged back and then flew back up into the clouds, before getting teleported by Thorax.

"I got you Azure!" Thorax stated, keeping Azure behind him. Thorax had cast a shield to protect them all. Blitz had bright red eyes. Azure instantly noticed that the changeling in front of him, was not Blitz. It was Chrysalis! She changed back into her usual form and then laughed.

"He's such a boring changeling, nopony to feast on and just so… bland." Chrysalis stated, annoying all of the ponies in front of her. Shadow kept her cool, but Azure could see that she was stressed. He watched every move that Chrysalis made, just wanting to see Blitz again. Chrysalis teleported Blitz to her, making Shadow tense a little.

"Oh? I felt you tense there! You want me to make you cry by hurting your most precious boy? It seems that he is the only thing you have left." Chrysalis announced, making Shadow wince a little. Chrysalis smiled evilly, making Azure get a little mad at her. Blitz sat down, feeling a little light headed. Azure extended a hoof, hoping the impossible, to hold Blitz steady.

Chrysalis was just wasting time at this point, making all the ponies angrier and angrier, but they all had to keep it cool. They had to make sure that Blitz was out of harm's way, before they could do anything to Chrysalis. Chrysalis saw that Azure held his hoof out to Blitz and took Blitz's neck with her magic. Azure went wide eyed at the sight.

Chrysalis bit lightly into Blitz's neck and then bit down hard, making not only Shadow break, but Thorax and Azure too. Thorax dropped the shield and charged at Chrysalis with thunderous speed! She put Blitz in the way and Thorax, Blitz and Chrysalis went tumbling. Shadow dragged Blitz out of harm's way and growled at Chrysalis. Azure placed the scarf around Blitz's neck, covering the wound as best as he could and dragged him away a little bit and then wrapped his wings around Blitz's body, keeping him warm.

Blitz opened his eyes slightly and booped Azure's muzzle lightly. That made Azure blush and kiss Blitz on the head. Azure closed his eyes and rested his head against Blitz's. Blitz kissed his cheek as Azure did this. Shadow yelled as Chrysalis zapped Shadow with her magic. Shadow went into a defensive stance as Thorax zapped Chrysalis with her magic. Chrysalis yelped in pain as she tried to hold off Thorax.

Blitz got up and held Azure around him. Azure slowly let go and Blitz charged his horn, making a dark blue aura envelope his body. He lifted himself up as he watched something that would scar him for life. Chrysalis walked up to Shadow, while she was on the floor and charged her horn. As Chrysalis was about to end Shadow, Azure flew into her with full speed, knocking her over and cancelling her spell on Shadow. Chrysalis charged her horn again and shot a bolt of beaming energy at Azure. It hit!

Azure was sent flying and was dragged along the floor, burning his fur and hurting his wings. He winced in pain as Blitz looked at him, speechless. Blitz lit his horn and sent a beam of magic at Chrysalis. It hit her with force as she too, was sent flying across the way. Blitz rushed to Azure, hoping that he was going to be ok. He wasn't.

Azure was conscious, but he was hurt. He had cuts and scratches all over his body. It looked painful, but Blitz tried to help as best as he could. He got a medkit from his magic and opened it. He then proceeded to wrap bandages around some burnt areas of Azure. He had multiple burns and marks under his wings, on his stripes. Blitz proceeded to wrap Azure up, making Azure wince loudly.

"It's ok bud! I got you!" Blitz whispered into Azure's ear, making it twitch. Blitz stroked Azure, giving him comfort and affection. Blitz turned to Chrysalis, being angry as ever. He walked over to Shadow and checked that she was alright, then went over to Thorax to check him too. Once he was happy with all of that, He turned to Chrysalis. She charged at him, magic flickering about as she rammed him. He dodged her charge and zapped her with a piercing bolt of lightning.

She turned and teleported behind Blitz, charging her horn for a blast. Blitz turned and got a face full of electricity, as Chrysalis let loose a stream of energy from her horn. It burnt his face! Azure saw the events that unfolded in front of him and wore a look of uncertainty. Blitz fell to the floor as Azure shouted his name, in his own head.

Blitz looked lifeless as Azure slowly crawled over to him. He held his hoof and rubbed his side, with the other hoof. Azure tried to wake him, but Blitz wasn't stirring. Azure sighed quietly, a tear running down his cheek and landing one Blitz's chest.

Shadow pounced onto Chrysalis, making her fall over and stumble. Thorax joined in and catapulted himself into her, making her wince in pain. Azure looked back up and watched as Chrysalis' horn lit up, under Thorax and Shadow. She let out a bolt of energy from beneath them, spiralling up around the air, before landing on the floor and forcing Chrysalis up.

Thorax got sent across the road, spiralling out of control and hitting a wall with full force. He ached for about a good ten seconds, before pulling himself up with as much energy as he could muster. He got up and stood, ready for Chrysalis and her next move. He looked over towards Azure and Blitz and saw that Blitz was unconscious. He looked pissed!

Shadow got launched so far, that she got catapulted through a window. The window of their home! No pony could see Shadow, as ponies tried to get to Chrysalis. Shadow was most likely hurt, but no pony was able to get to her, without distracting Chrysalis. Azure stood up and reared up onto his hindlegs and stood still. Chrysalis turned to him and watched as Azure balanced on one hindleg. She was a little amazes, but that was shortly lived as she sent a bolt of energy towards him. He dodged it!

Azure jumped into the air and disappeared into the clouds. This made Chrysalis angry, but also allowed a couple of medical ponies to get into the house. They were finally able to treat Shadow. Chrysalis roared as she looked down at Blitz, still unable to move, even unable to open his eyes. Chrysalis picked him up with her magic and threw him across the road, smacking the curb on the opposite side and making a loud crack noise, coming from his back.

Azure plunged down and smacked Chrysalis with his hindleg, ripping a hole in the air around him and shaking the ground. He landed softly, as Chrysalis flew a little distance from the force of the hit. She was pissed! She roared as she flew towards Azure, hitting him with stray bolts of energy. Since she wasn't firing charged shots, she did little to nothing to Azure as he kept her busy.

Thorax saw Shadow limping as she came out of the building, so he rushed over to help her. Some of the guards began to shoot charged bolts of energy, up a Chrysalis. They ceased fire when Shadow roared at them, ordering them to stop.

"Don't be stupid boys! You might hit the pegasus!" She called out, being slightly interrupted by a cough. She looked up at Azure and then looked over at Blitz. She screamed! She rushed over to him, tripping over twice or three times, before getting to his side. "Blitz?" She called out. Nothing! She checked his heartbeat and was relieved to feel the familiar beating in his chest. She sighed angrily, knowing that Blitz was probably unconscious at the worst of it.

Out of the corner of her eye, Shadow saw the princesses walk towards her. They both saw Blitz on the ground and gasped. Princess Celestia went closer to Blitz's body and used a spell on him. Shadow was sceptical about the spell that she was using, but knew that Celestia knew what she was doing. Luna placed a hoof on Shadow's shoulder and stood next to her.

They were interrupted by Chrysalis charging her horn in front of them. Princess Luna tried to shoot a shot at Chrysalis, but she didn't have any magic to do so. Chrysalis laughed evilly, eyeing them all. Celestia tried too, but her magic failed too. Shadow tried next, then fell to the floor from lightheadedness. Celestia and Luna held their hooves out, to catch Shadow before she hit the floor. They all looked at Chrysalis, ready for what she was going to do.

Chrysalis turned to grab Azure with her magic and let a bolt of energy out at him, locking onto him and following him, hitting him in the wing, directly! Azure fell to the floor from the pain and Chrysalis dragged him into the pile of ponies she had in front of her.

Chrysalis threw Blitz out of the group, making him hit the wall of the house and lying limp, like he already was. The knock against the wall made him conscious again, but he was smarter than Chrysalis had thought. He waited for Chrysalis to speak, before he would make his move.

"Hahaha! I've been ahead of all of you! I was using that little rat over there, to drain your magic dry. An absorbing spell works well on unconscious victims! Now I can dispose of all of you in one charge. Any last words?" Chrysalis spoke, putting herself into a bubble of magic, to protect herself from anything else.

"G… go fuck yourself!" Shadow stated, under her breath. Chrysalis lit her horn and Blitz teleported in front of all of them, eyes glowing blue, due to all of the magic that he possessed. He turned to look at them all and smiled.

"I'm not letting anyone else get hurt!" Blitz roared at them, before placing them all in a protective shield, like Chrysalis had done to herself. Blitz smiled at he turned back to Chrysalis. "So, Chrysalis? Where were we?" Blitz asked, snarling at her, showing his dark red fangs. She winced as she noticed that he was bleeding from nearly every part of the body.

Blitz's eyes turned bright green and his horn bubbled with magic. Luna and Celestia were yelling in the background, but everything was being muffled. Chrysalis released a torrent of beams, hitting the protective shield and doing nothing to it. Blitz stepped through the bubble, exiting it's protection. He launched himself at Chrysalis and stuck his horn in her neck. She screamed out in pain and then pushed Blitz off of her. She looked at Blitz's horn and looked… Worried.

"W… What do you just do?" Chrysalis roared, making herself a little shaken. Blitz didn't answer. He turned around as Chrysalis was about to zap him and unleashed a beam of destruction. It blistered the air around it, making it seem stretched and non life-like. Chrysalis unleashed her own beam, trying to split Blitz's beam. It didn't work. Chrysalis disappeared in a cloud of smoke. Blitz wasn't done with her. The smoke cleared and revealed Chrysalis, with Azure in front of her. Blitz paused.

He thought about all of the good times that Azure and him had had. He didn't want any of them to go to waste. Not a single one! He didn't want Azure being in the way, so he teleported him away, before tackling Chrysalis. Blitz pinned her down, making sure that she wasn't able to get away. It worked for him!

Blitz lit up his horn again, bubble after bubble of dark magic closed his vision, mind and soul. All the noise, was just drowned out. Blitz became light headed, as his vision darkened. He needed too end this insufferable torture. He needed to end it now! His eyes went bright green and he released the magic he held, straight into her face. The magic backlashes and sent Blitz spiralling out of control. Blitz flew backwards and impaled himself onto a large jagged piece of glass. The reason this happened was because Chrysalis struggled and messed up his focus, making the spell ineffective.

Chrysalis was flung into orbit, vanishing out of sight. Chrysalis needed to learn not to mess with pony's families. Blitz closed his eyes as his vision faded to blackness, a sight that he was familiar with. Azure opened his eyes, having been in pain for a long while and looked around. He noticed the Chrysalis was not there and that Thorax was looking him over.

"Since when were you part zebra?" Thorax asked aloud, sounding surprised and excited. He laughed softly. Azure joined him a little, before stopping dead in his tracks, as his eyes rolled over Blitz. Azure forced Thorax off of him and rushed over to the war-torn changeling. Blitz was unconscious and scarred beyond belief. Blood trickled down the glass that he was impaled on and Azure could only sit and watch. He didn't know what to do. He fell to the floor and let loose a steady stream of tears, quietly crying.

Blitz didn't deserve this! This all shouldn't have happened! Those two thoughts kept echoing within Azure's head, making him sink lower and lower into the ground. Thorax placed his hoof on Azure's shoulder and sat down beside him. Azure didn't look at Thorax, because that would only make the pain in his heart worse. A magic aura wrapped itself around Blitz's body and pulled it off the glass slowly. Celestia placed his body on the floor and walked over to him.

Celestia realised that Blitz was doing something, when he held all of the magic from them all. The discharge that he just outputted was actually meant to do that. He released all of the magic that he absorbed and returned it to all of the ponies that he had taken it from. That was a smart move, using the blast to catapult Chrysalis away and launching him into the glass, purposefully. The glass impaling him would have slowed his momentum down enough to not be lethal, not as lethal as him breaking his bones on a brick wall. He must have made himself get knocked out or something, to make the pain not an issue.

Celestia just stared at Blitz's body, lifeless with a pulse. Luna was taking care of Shadow and Thorax was taking care of Azure. Celestia teleported over to Luna and talked to Shadow. Shadow listened to Celestia, but was sceptical about her response. Shadow nodded and teleported away. Azure looked at Blitz's body and walked over to him.

He hated seeing anypony like this, especially his best friend, his special somepony. Azure turned to Celestia and listened to what she had to say. He nodded and looked back at Blitz's body. He placed a kiss on the top of Blitz's horn and got teleported away by Celestia. That kiss from Azure sparked something in him. It lit a path in his mind.

Inside Blitz's mind, it was black. No light to guide him, until he felt something kiss the top of his horn, then a light appeared, approaching his position slowly. Blitz walked towards the light that the kiss had made. The blackness rippled and changed into the same texture as sand paper. This made Blitz uneasy and made him fall over. He sat on his rump and held his head, as it kept spinning. He was now walking through a sea like feeling of the path. He didn't want to give up, so he kept going. He got up!

He began to pick up his pace, making his journey harder, but he kept it going. He paced down the path that was pulsing with light, like a heartbeat of some sort. It was regular intervals that the light illuminated the path. Every five seconds it would show the path, which for right then, was straight. Blitz rushed down the path, making no progress towards the light. It was almost like he was trying to… die!

He thought about that as he moved down the path, still concentrating on where the path was taking him. It was still darkness and nothingness around him, as he continued to pace himself. Surely, if he was dying and sprinting towards the light, the light would be getting bigger, but it wasn't. This was surely something else. As he thought about this, the path rippled and became more of a wave.

Blitz took one step into the area away from the path. He was met with nothingness in front of him, but a different feeling of loneliness and guilt. This was a weird feeling for him, so he moved back onto the path. This reverted the feelings that he had and swapped them both for motivation and emptiness. Blitz looked off into the distance, as the blackness still enveloped everything.

As he continued to follow the path, it became apparent that the path was changing, just like he did. The emotional trauma had changed. It was no longer emptiness, it was tiredness. He continued to walk down the path, despite all of the feelings. The pulse of light got a tiny bit quicker, flickering every four seconds. This also brought some memories to light. Very faint memories played in the background of the blackness, almost faint enough that if he didn't look and focus, he wouldn't have noticed them.

The path ran to one memory and stopped. Once the light flickered, the path behind him ceased to exist. Blitz looked up in amazement and watched a memory play out. It was at the hive. Blitz was getting bullied for being himself. Out of nowhere, Shadow came over and just stared at the other changelings. They slowly backed off and then ran in the opposite direction. Blitz looked up at Shadow and smiled.

"Thank you miss!" Blitz happily stated, not knowing the truth about Shadow. The look of happiness she wore on her face, made Blitz smile. Not the Blitz in the illusion or memory, but the actual Blitz, trapped in the darkness. The memory faded and then vanished into the blackness that was so apparent in this dimension. Blitz looked down at the path as it flashed and saw that it lead somewhere else.

Blitz began to follow it again, trying to think to himself what was happening. It was probably his mind playing tricks on him. It was something that dark magic had an effectiveness on. It would corrupt the user into thinking that it was good to use it, corrupting their mind and thoughts, just like doing drugs. Blitz kept that in mind, as he continued to follow the path.

The path was starting to loose pieces of itself and Blitz had to jump over to the next segment of it. It was only little cracks missing, not full jump lengths, but it was holes nonetheless. Blitz made sure to not put a hoof onto the darkness, as he looked around for any sign of another memory or something. There was nothingness, until the speed of the flashes changed from four seconds to three seconds. Blitz was about to pace down the path, when he saw a brighter vision to his right. He looked down at the path and saw as this one didn't end the path, only that the path behind him was fading away slowly. He had to keep moving, but watched the memory unfold.

Shadow was looking after him in the hive. She was keeping him occupied while he was doing schoolwork. Blitz had homework to do, so he locked himself in his room. Shadow was always happy to help and spend time with Blitz. Blitz asked her for some help with the work and she happily complied. She helped him with the work and allowed him to rest his head on her. She was so happy to do anything for him. Little did he know that that was her motherly kindness kicking in. She wanted to spend all of her time with her secret son. That was all she wanted to do, to please.

The memory faded away and he began to make out outlines of ponies in the darkness. This gave him a paranoid feeling, like something or somepony was deciding what happened, based on his feelings or what he was doing. It bothered Blitz a little bit, because he had used to care about his appearance and hated being different to the other ponies. This hit him a little bit, but he continued to follow the path, flickering enough times to give ponies a headache. He continued to march into the unknown, not knowing the next move that the darkness would take.

The path was being removed from his eye, massive chunks disappearing from view, leaving the inky blackness to envelope his vision. He looked around at the path and saw that the path was slowly trying to catch him. He smiled as he thought of a time that Shadow would try to chase him. He envisioned Shadow being the darkness and wore a smile as he jumped from platform to platform, keeping an eye on the gaps.

Sadly, he was not in control of his wings or magic in this place, but that didn't stop him from enjoying the fun that he could achieve in the darkness. He cleared all of the gaps and saw that the darkness was getting faster at removing the path. Blitz did the most suitable thing. He ran! He followed the path, making sure that all four of his hooves were touching the path. Three seconds became two seconds, as the light flashed repetitively, blinding Blitz every time it did.

The path stopped! Blitz turned to see the path climb a wall. He wanted to try something, so he approached the wall and then touched it. It was solid. He then proceeded to place his hoof against the blackness. There was no wall. Blitz then grabbed the path and then looked behind the wall path. There was no path on the opposite side. That was trippy as fuck! He ascended up the wall, treating it like a rock climbing wall.

He got to a point that the path flattened out, allowing for a little bench to appear. Blitz didn't know what to do, so he sat on it. It was sturdy and nice. Another memory played out in the blackness. This one was significantly brighter, almost as good quality as it would be in real life. He looked around as he thought. This was all in his head, so he could make all of the decisions. He teleported some popcorn to his hooves and began to munch it. He did all of this without his horn.

The memory was a bad one. It made Blitz slow down on eating the popcorn and think. It was in the new house. Blitz was lying in his bed and could hear some commotion downstairs. He got out of bed, being curious to what was happening and slowly crept downstairs. He looked at the only two he could trust, arguing. It wasn't something that brought joy to his heart.

As soon as Shadow and Copper weren't looking, Blitz flew across the room and hid in the corner, able to see them both normally. He changed into the colour of the wall behind him, to make himself harder to spot. He sat down and listened to the conversation.

"So that's all we did, was it? We came here so that you could spend more time away!" Shadow roared. Coppers ears folded back and he looked down at the floor.

"I wanted to give you and Blitz a better future. I've done that now! You're in the guard and Blitz is at school and you're both extremely happy. That's all I've ever wanted and if I have to sacrifice myself for you two to have better futures, I would!" He admitted. Shadow looked slightly upset, as she folded her ears back.

"I… I just don't want to lose you!" Shadow cried. She hugged Copper and Copper hugged her back, swaying back and forth slowly. He smiled at her, a tear in his eyes.

"I will never leave you! I promise…" Copper whispered, before the memory flickered off. Blitz thought about that and felt bad. Sad for Shadow crying and sad for Copper, because he failed to keep his promise, but it was not his fault for not keeping it. Accidents happen all the time and he was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Blitz got up, popcorn vanishing from view, as he continued following the illuminated path. Flashes were getting harder to stand and he made out brief memories escape from each flash. It was a certain memory that Blitz couldn't escape, even though he had been running from it his entire life. Chrysalis calling Shadow a terrible mother! It was originally shouted at Shadow when she was talking to Chrysalis.

The words 'Terrible Mother' echoed with each flash. He saw different ponies with each flash. First it was Chrysalis, then it was Emination, then it was Azure, then Celestia, then Luna, then Thorax, then… Copper and then after all of them, it was himself! He had never called his mother a bad one. She wasn't a bad mother, she was an amazing mother. Shadow was born a mother! She was perfect for it all. This was how he knew that the dark magic was behind all of this. It lied to him and slipped up!

The path vanished and appeared on the opposite side of a dark pit. The blackness separated the path that Blitz was on and the path on the opposite side. It was a long jump to attempt and the path on Blitz's side was rapidly catching up. He placed a hoof onto the darkness and felt that it was solid. He still didn't want to risk it! He ran backwards and turned around, before galloping forwards and jumping. He landed on the other side, narrowly avoiding stumbling back. The light flickered every second.

The final memory played in from the area in front of him. It was Copper's funeral. It wasn't a moving memory, like all of the other ones, it was just an image. No voices or anything, just silence! It was Shadow stood in front of Copper's coffin. It was open at the time, that he remembered. It brought a tear to his eye. He tried to move his hoof, but he couldn't. He tried to look away, but he couldn't. He tried to breathe, but he couldn't. He couldn't do anything while this was happening.

The image changed slightly, to Shadow being in the coffin and Blitz looking at her. This creeped Blitz out, but not as much as the next one did. Instead of Shadow being in there, Blitz was in the coffin and Chrysalis was looking at him. This didn't scare him, it was the fact that Shadow and Azure were dead at either side.

Blitz screamed, but no voice was present in the world. Blitz wanted to wake up, to make sure that everything was alright. He turned and ran across the gap, not noticing that the light of white was now below him. The moment he crossed the gap, he fell! All there was, was an inky, oily darkness above, trying to catch him and a bright calming light that he was now falling closer to. He realised this and then gained control of his wings and horn. He was gonna do what he was best at, running!

Blitz opened his wings and used his magic to boost himself upwards. The light covered the entire room, showing the pathway. The dark magic and corrupted his mind, enough to bring him to death. He was now running literally for his life. The bright light crept closer with each step Blitz took, so he began to fly. That too wasn't enough to make him escape the grip of the light. He needed more speed.

He turned around and blasted his horn towards the light, following the path as he flew backwards, picking up so much speed. Eventually, he got to the start of the journey and had nowhere to go. The light crept towards him, like an animal hunting its prey. Blitz closed his eyes and then brought up several memories.

One of those memories was when Azure and Blitz found each other. They were inseparable from the start! Shadow said that death couldn't keep them apart, so he was going to test that water. Motivational memories flooded Blitz's mind, making him smile. He lit up his horn and created a magical barrier in front of him. The light hit the barrier and got stuck. It wasn't death, it was the dark magic of his mind. It was trying to force him to think that he was dead, when in reality, he was unconscious. Blitz narrowed his eyes and smiled evilly.

One thought came to Blitz's mind that overwhelmed him. It was a memory from his dad, Copper. It rang out in his ears over and over. He could physically hear it. Copper physically appeared next to him, placing his hoof on Blitz's shoulder.

"I'm proud of you son!" Copper admitted with pride, as he walked up to Blitz's barrier and pushed against it. It was amazing! It was like battle of the minds. Good versus evil! Shadow appeared next to Blitz and kissed him on the cheek.

"I need you here with me Blitz!" Shadow shouted at me, lovingly. Blitz smiled more and Shadow went up to Copper and kissed his head. "I miss you Hun!" She said to Copper as she held Blitz's barrier in place with both her magic and her brute strength.

"I know Shadow, I know." Copper said lovingly resting his head on Shadow's neck, as he continued to hold the light. Emination appeared next to Blitz on the left and Azure on the right. Emination quickly ran up to the barrier and held the line with her horn. Azure didn't move. He stood next to Blitz.

"Azure! You got to go." Blitz said, a tear coming to his eye. He didn't want to say that, but it had to be done. Azure nodded before kissing him on the head and looking him in the eyes, before mouthing 'I love you too' to him, before flying over and pushing against the shield.

They all kept the light at bay, as they began to have a casual conversation.

"So Blitz? I see that you have gotten pretty close to Azure recently. Care to tell me why?" Copper asked, shortly followed by Shadow hitting him in the shoulder, making him wince. "Sorry, hehe." He added. Blitz smiled and walked towards them, before sitting down.

"I missed your humour dad, but can I ask you something?" Blitz asked, being scared for the question that he would ask next.

"Sure son! Anything!" He stated, turning to Blitz, but still keeping all of his strength on the barrier.

"Are you real?" Blitz asked, a tear running down his cheek. Copper sighed and then looked down and then at Shadow. Shadow looked back at him, sorrow building up in the air. Copper sighed as he looked up at Blitz's bright blue eyes, not harnessing the Princess's powers this time.

"Well, all I can say is that you are the one to decide that. You have gotten to know everyone here well enough to know what everypony would say, making it hard for people to determine reality from… this! It up to you to either believe I'm here, or that I'm not here, but just a part of your imagination." He complexly admitted. Blitz smiled.

"Thanks dad, at least I know that this is all in my head, because you would have just said no or yes!" Blitz laughed, breaking down a little. Shadow lifted his head up, as she continued to hold the line.

"Blitz, you know that us three are imaginary, but I can tell you one thing. Imaginary or not, that is your father at his best! I'm just glad that you allowed me to have a chance to see him again." She stated truthfully, her eyes flooding with water from her happiness as she held his hoof. He smiled and kissed her on the lips. Shadow and Copper! How it should have been.

That was enough for the light to overcharge the shield and break. My vision flooded with light as a smooth transition brought me back to the waking world. I was awake and I had some things to sort out. I was motivated. I had to do it. For Copper!