Legacy of Death Belle: The Cursed Crusader

A barren, cruel red desert laid before the young filly, the age of twelve. She had white fur with a mixture of pink and purple locks for her mane and tail with a small nub of a white polished horn of her forehead.....beautiful sap green eyes were widen in terror as she looked upon the two creatures that stood before her.....and her sister.

Her sister was the same white furred pony but full grown, and curled purple locks caressed down being her mane and tail, azure colored eyes were narrowed at the pony that stood before her, a pure white colored sword strapped across her back hidden in a green colored sheath and a large, green diamond rested on the center of her chest on a large, firm sliver chain.

The mare's flank held three blue colored diamonds, telling that she had a knack for finding jewels, as proven by the one around her neck....or perhaps she had earned the jewel herself, through hardship and lost while the filly's flank was blank.

The mare stomped her front hooves to the ground in rage with a snort from her nostrils all the while glaring at the unicorn before her, while a light but dusty breeze blew pass the four creatures awaiting for the battle that would take place before all the land.

"So....the rumors are true......you're the one they call Diamond Slayer....the Mare of beauty....the bearer of the number one jewel....or is that merely a title stamped on you to assume that you had whore your way through the ranks?"

A lilac colored mare spoke as she tossed her black mane from her eyes, a very enticing color of purple that were her eyes showed but her face was set in a frown with a single strip of pink for both her mane and tail completed her body.

On her flank was a large purple star with five stars around the main, respecting her cutie mark as one of magic.

A large, red diamond was on the center of her chest with another large, firm sliver chain holding it around the unicorn's neck as a grown, sharp purple horn was in the center of her forehead.

Twin, large curved sliver swords stained with blood with strapped by a brown sheath on her back as the other creature to the left of her was a male teenage dragon, his purple scales were stained with blood as he sighed loudly, wishing for this to be over and done with, he had a light shade of green on his stomach and harsh, annoyed green colored eyes but was without wings.

The dragon rolled his eyes as he watched the mares glare at one another, knowing that the female known as Diamond Slayer would never answer his partner's question....she seemed to smart for such a stupid trick.

As such, the reptile reached with his left claw behind him and grabbed a freshly packed, tight roll of tobacco from his tail and chuckled as he breathed green fire on the item, before putting it into his mouth and inhaling deeply then exhaling a large amount of gray smoke from his nose.

The mare next to him breathed in the smoke and coughed hard, glaring in annoyance at the one who was like a brother to her....one she wish should could have exchanged for another creature by now.

"Spike....I told you to stop smoking....it's bad for your lungs and...*cough* it's a really nasty habit you know? Why won't you ever listen to me, damn it!" she growled darkly at Spike who merely rolled his eyes once more.

"Because, Twi.....I'm a grown adult now, I don't need you telling me what to do all the time....and in case you have already forgotten....I get bored when your not fighting....so as to not be in ocean of blood myself, I smoke....now if you don't mind....you got a legend that looks like she really wants to kick your ass, Magic Blades." the dragon replied with a smirk as the mare known as Magic Blades turned back to her opponent.

"Rarity....please....don't do this." the small filly pleaded looking at her sister who looked back over her right shoulder and smiled half heartedly.

"Don't worry Sweetie Belle....it will all be over soon.....I promise. And in any case, I don't have a choice....it's tradition....nothing can stop that....the goddesses themselves forbid it." Rarity spoke calmly as she stepped forward by four steps then turning her head to the left over her shoulder, she drew her sword, the handle held so tight in her teeth that it made her jaw ache, but she had to win this, she knew she could fight with her magic, but she preferred this style of fighting to any other.

Magic Blades closed her eyes and chuckled before opening them and turning her he to look at her assistant.

"Spike....give me a drag...for me to do something worth wild....if nothing else." she ordered causing the dragon to grin before taking another drag and putting it into the unicorn's mouth as she inhaled.....then exhaled out of her mouth violently tossing it to the ground and stomping on it as she continued to cough, ignoring the protest of the dragon before frowning and then lighting her horn with a purple hue.

She brought out her swords then took four steps forward towards her enemy.

"I did not seem to introduce myself....I am Twilight Sparkle, and while I may not be legendary like yourself I am the bearer of the number two jewel.....the jewel of pain and suffering, while you yourself have the jewel of godhood and heartache....I have the title branded to me known as the Elemental Mare....also known as Magic Blades." Twilight said with a large, confident grin, her eyes shining with darker intent.

Rarity made no reply, she did not have to...she felt the rush of adrenaline in her blood as she breathed deep, trying to get a calm sense of the fight to come....she had no choice in the matter.

Sweetie Belle looked on at the mare who would take everything in her life away.....would force her to take up a name that would be known

to every creature across the land, forever more.

Without further ado Rarity ran straight, eyes narrowed, muscles anticipated for a final fight and mind calm of all, this was just another fight of one who wanted the number one jewel....nothing more, she would fall like the rest.

Swinging her head to the right, Twilight dodged swiftly before counter attacking with her left blade, but she had not counted on such amazing reflex from Rarity and watched as the mare stopped the blade aimed at her face with her left front hoof as she blocked the right with her sword, grunting at the strength of the unicorn before pulling her left front hoof back and punching Twilight hard in the right jaw, forcing her to drop her blades for a second.

Rarity did not pause as she slashed her sword at the mare who ducked then caught her blades with magic and swung them at the master swordpony  as she ducked and blocked with her blade, the three swords creating a shower of orange sparks blinding Rarity for a second as she turned away then turned back to see a sharp, purple horn come at her face that she could not dodge as the object impaled itself deep into her right eye.

She screamed in agony forcing her body away and slashing at the mare enraged, Twilight herself being caught off guard by the will of Rarity and took a deep slash to the left jaw that ran up to her her eye before she forced the blade away with her own, stabbing at Rarity with her left while breaking contact with her right and stepping back two steps, her face dripping with blood.

Twilight slammed her right hoof into Rarity's face as she gritted her teeth in rage before turning her head and stabbing her horn deep into Twilight's left shoulder causing the mare to scream and pull away, a small stream of blood pouring from the wound as Twilight looked at the now one eyed mare with rage.

Rarity could not see out of her right eye anymore, the organ useless, so she felt hot white steering pain in her chest as Twilight's left blade slashed into her, causing a large stream of blood to poor from the wound before she blocked mare's right blade with her sword head on, and despise everything that she had been through with the sword that her own father had given her, she heard a slight crack as Twilight's other blade collided with her own and with a large, glass shattering crack, her sword was broken into a million pieces before her eyes.

The remains of the legendary sword known as Memories was littered to the ground, the sight was so sudden that even Twilight had pause looking at the weapon fall before her as she felt her mouth open in surprise....before it closed and she  allowed a small grin to form on her face.

Rarity's heart broke when she saw her blade fall before her....that sword had been with her more then half her life, and now...now it was destroyed...lost to a bearer of the number two jewel.

Without her sword, she knew it was over.....Rarity, The Mare of beauty,  the one known as Diamond Slayer.....has lost.

Twilight closed her eyes, her cruel, evil grin never leaving her face as she spoke the last words that Rarity would ever hear.

"Such a shame....Diamond Slayer......rest assure.....I'll take good care of the number one jewel, you have my word." she laughed softly before causing her horn to glow with magic and with her two blades floating into the air, she sliced off Rarity's head.

Sweetie Belle watched with absolute horror as her older sister was slain before her eyes, the body dropping to the ground and her head rolling towards her, stopping only when they touched her front hooves as she was to numb from the shock to turn away.....after the hundreds of lives she had taken to protect the number one jewel and her family....she had been killed by a female unicorn.

"Ha, finally....damn, that felt like it took forever...so what now, bearer of the number one?" Spike asked shaking his head and lighting another roll of tobacco with his breathe, holding it in his left claw but it was taken from him before he could put it in his mouth by a purple magical glow and placed into it's owner's mouth as she inhaled deeply before exhaling the gray smoke out of her nose making her cough but not as hard as before.

"Now none shall dare challenge us....ever again, Spike....ever again." the unicorn replied with a grin before floating the tobacco from her mouth to her best friend's.

"Whatever...I like a scrap every now and then though, you heard me? What about the filly though? Want me to end her?" Spike asked looking with narrowed eyes at Sweetie Belle who had not moved one inch from her spot, her eyes frozen on the head of her sister.

"No.....she's of no threat to us....matter of fact," Twilight replied as she took the green number one jewel off of Rarity's body and placed it around her neck with a loud sigh of relief and tossed the number two towards the filly, the red jewel landing to the right of the child, but she had not even flinched before snapping her eyes up brimmed with tears at the shout of the unicorn in front of her.

"Listen well to me, kid......don't follow me....you don't want to join your sister in an early death, but I got a good feeling about you so I'll let you live.....I suggest you get yourself a weapon....carrying that jewel around your neck is no joke.....see you around when your older and ready to challenge me, filly." Twilight laughed darkly as she took the  smoke from Spike once more and took a long drag before turning around, putting her blades on her back in her sheath, and walking away, leaving Spike to turn back to the small unicorn who had tears sliding down her face as he shook his head and followed after Twilight.

Sweetie Belle watched as the one who had killed her sister was walking from her sight.....looking at the red jewel that laid on the ground, she picked it up with her right hoof and put it around her neck, the heavy chain weighting down her head as she held Rarity's calm and almost peaceful looking head in her hooves and wept for all she was worth.