POV: Zara
Location: Basement of Stitchings Manor

The young unicorn's eye was removed barbarically and bleeding heavily along with his eyelids on his right eye. I would believe that it was either the colts' father or mother. However, I'd suspect this type of injury was the fathers' responsibility, I thank the ancients that I was talented in the art of alchemy, but I only know little of healing brews, but all I could give this unicorn's pain and help him rest at ease, ever since he was brought to me I know I sense something within his body. Dark yet destructive force that I knew too well, the curse of my people was within him this colt we a vassal of one of the brings of pain and torment of the forbidden realm of the dead only given the name the Overlord, and I must keep this colt alive must continue the rituals time will tell when the Overlord rises. Still, I must try to contact the spirit within the colts soul.

Zara limped her way slowly to the red chalked circle sitting in its center and exhaled softly, almost in a mediational motion taking a slow breath in. Uttering in a chanting tone which slowly echoed around in the dark, dim-lit basement as the fires of the lanterns blew out as the darkness engulfed the cellar and the coldness grew, soon the red chalked drawn circle glowed in a bright red tint illuminating where Zara was. She opened her eyes to the blue broken horned unicorn colt who was standing hunched over on his hind hooves with his head facing the ground, only to hear his chuckling eerily echoing around Zara. She sat calmly, staring blankly at the colt, watching it slowly move its head up where Zara looked and felt her face twitch, wanting to look away as she forced herself to keep the blank face dead stare as she locked eyes with the colt.

His face had stretched excessively to have a large smile, and his right eyes bandages were dark crimson red as blood bled through and slowly began to small trials' of blood down his stretched-out face. His left eye was completely red except a white glowing pupil with a black center staring locked with hers as the colts smiles seemed to stretch out to the base of his ears and the smile slowly opening a gape as it continued it's echoing shallow chuckling as it spoke in a toneless voice as if a spirit of limbo.

"You wish to speak with the cursed spirit within this colt, your kin place the curse on, so I shall grant thee the honor of not only speaking but being in my presence with me Zara of the Alvaran tribe, so speak what you wish to say to me."

Zara felt fear and anxiety grow as her breath grew rapid. Still, she knew that she couldn't leave the circle as her peoples, teachers, and elders told that dealing with the art of spirits of black magic told to communicate with beings of unknown powers, from the dead, or the forbidden realms but with a quick breath she calmed her emotions and body as she stared at the possessed colt calling her nerves as it stared back still smiling its stretched out face speaking in her native tongue.

"I want to know your plans with the young colt, I remember the curse was to affect the lineage of that criminal stallion by since you are now rebirth to this young colt's body, what will you do, what is it that you're planning."

She asked in a cold tone continuing her blank dead stare as the possessed colt only chuckled, which made Zara's fur on her coat stand up a bit as faint voices from the heard in the dark speaking in a language she isn't aware of but continues to focus on the possessed.

"I can't speak of my plans, but all I will say for you is to continue to care and monitor with this colt. My power is coming by the days, and all I will tell you is that on the day of the black sun, 'two gods of this world will clash.' I will truly awaken, my power and soul will combine with the colts, and along with my being to be one and when the day comes he will be the monster that the curse was meant to be, till then, continue your care for him, bond with him treat him as if one of your kin or even next of kin till the time comes, your wish along with your peoples will come true and the price of which will be marked and taken, you remember this don't you?"

Zara glances to the ground for a bit, having remembered not only the wish when they placed the curse but along with the price and holds a hoof to her chest as she feels her heartbeat was rapid but returns her glance at the possessed, nodding at it as it chuckled and its head twisting around as it limped around her and the circle twitching rapidly yet still had that heavy presence on it.

"As you wish then, I shall treat the young colt as if it were my own blood, but what of the its 'blood family' what of they and there treatment to the colt seeing how they plan to slowly kill him that is."

It stopped behind her, and with the sounds of bone-cracking, she stood frozen in place as she could feel its breathing from its muzzles on her ear right, making it flick as it whispers silently to her with a shivering feeling as if an actual centipede was crawling up her spin as Zara takes the words it tells her.

"Don't worry over them, there time is marked as yours, but they will be punished severely for their torment and be the first to be part of my new family, for now you have your task as only time will be for now our friend, understand Zara?"

She nods as the red circles light goes out. The whispers faded, only the sounds of the possessed echoing in the cold darkness as the flame of the lantern lit up dimly, revealing the basement and the colt still asleep laying on the ground normal again and making Zara fall on her knees with a wave of anxiety but exhaustion as she breathed deep, slow breaths as she looks around making sure everything was back to normal. After a few moments to calm her nerves and recollect herself, she slowly got up, feeling her right bandage hoof was less painful to stand on, and walked her way over to the hornless unicorn colt as she placed her hoof over his head and let out a sigh of relief and somewhat contentment. She knew that the colt was not hers nor of her blood or even kind, but she knew that she would have to bond and gain the colt's trust in his eyes as his mother, even if she knew her time was limited, so his was.

Suddenly the door up the basement stairs to the manor was thrown open, and multiply hoof steps came down as Zara got up standing up as she watched Mr. Stitchings. Ms. Violet came in with disgusts in the eyes mixed with anger as Ms. Violet was holding a branding iron, and from the look of it is was burning a hot, bright yellow glow, and the heat of it was seen. Mr. Stitchings held a brown leather whip as it dragged nine tail hooked ends. She knew what she did and was prepared for it, walking over the resting unicorn colt and standing in front of Mr. Stitchings and his wife Ms. Violet, blocking their way as they smiled at her with a statistic and crooked smile as for a moment they stood staring down each other as Zara took a breath in to speak.

"If you wish who to bring this young colt harm , though I alone will be in to disarm you."

She says dead staring them as she did when the colt was possessed as the earth pony and pegasus smile turned to a frown of displeasure from her words as Mr. Stitching took the first step and raising his hoof with the whip, lashes out and striking the zebras scared body making five new cuts on over her face and neck, as she stood strong taking the whip only to whine at the stinging pain and hold out after Mr. Stitchings lashes for seven times only to fall on to the ground with her body traced in whip lashes and blood leaking out even opening some of her scars as she lay their panting heavily and groaning quietly as she tried to get up again only to have Mr. Stitchings slams his hooves down onto her back as she lets out a loud groan as the pain hits her spin almost breaking under his slam as she lays there being pinned by the earth pony, she looks up watching the pegasus walk up to the sleeping colt dragging him by the tail to have him right infront of her face and ripping off his white collared shit dark ashy vest and red tie flipping him over on his back and holds the hot glowing branding iron right over his chest as Zara can see that it was the same shape that she received the star shaped brand as it hovered over his chest.

She attempts to struggle, shaking her body as much as possible, only to be halted by Mr. Stitchings earth pony strength as she feels him twisting his hooves over her back and stinging bleeding lashes, causing her to barely even move, looking up to Mr. Violet. Staring down at her in the eyes in that crocked smug sadistic smile on her face as she chuckles nobles laugh as she holds the branding iron in her hoof as the colt slowly woke up dizzy but looks up to see the pegasus over him with the brand and looking around a bit intoxicated as he looked around.

"I'm surprised zebra, to think you'd try to protect this thing as if it were you own, but seeing how he looks it only makes sense only a zebra would treat such an abomination as if it were were their own colt. 'hahaha'"

This might be a bit hard for some sensitive folks, but its more of a heads up less of a warning, take it how you feel about it, don't quote me on that.

She laughs and slams the star shape branding iron on to the colts chest with a loud 'hiss' sound followed a sizzling sound as the young hornless unicorn colt awaken from his daze only to screaming in agonizing pain screaming over the sizzling of the branding iron burn the star shape brand to his chest as smoke can be seen from the sizzling Zara horrified by watching it all play out before her eyes as she closed them and looked away knowing the exact feeling but the truth that the colt didn't which she kept hidden for not only her life but for his, suddenly the colt's screams slowly started to turn to, 'laughter' she thought to herself looking back and seeing a smile appearing on the colts one eyed face as he laughed but it wasn't the kind of laughter that you feel when over joyed or happy it was they twisted kind that would even give those of madness fear and he just laughed, he looked at the pegasus branding the burning hot iron on his chest as looked shocked and pure horror, she tried to push the brand down harder but he just kept laughing harder the more she went event seeing his hoof reach up to grab her and the brand and push it seem to pull her and the branding iron down on himself harder and laughed out the most twisted broken words he could have ever said.

"HAHAHAHA Hurt, Hurt, HURT, HURT ME MORE, more, more, MAKE ME FEEL PAIN, MORE PAIN HAHAHAHA!"

Both the pegasus and earth pony nobles were shocked to see the one eyed hornless unicorn laugh madly to which the pegasus fearing the unicorn used tried to push herself away from is madly laughter pulling her hooves away and stomping down on his left forehoof hit on his shoulder breaking it making his forehoof go limp as he just continued his laughter grabbing the sizzling hot iron brand pulling it off his chest and pushing off the pegasus to the ground as he quickly gets up with that large twisted smile and his eye locking with the pegasus, Zara felt the earth pony's grip of his hoof get off her and tried to whip the mad blue unicorn using his whip to lash on the unicorns back making three lash marks as Zara reach out her forehooves to grab the earth pony's hind hooves and with all the strength she muster used her own mouth to bite down on his right hindhoof and bite down hard sinking her teeth into his coat then his skin as he dropping the whip making the mad laughing unicorn turn to the earth pony hearing his scream in pain and seeing Zara biting the earth pony's hoof, the pegasus managed to quickly crawl away getting up on her hooves and running up the stairs, as the earth pony bucks the zebra off his hindhoof as it left a mark that slowly started to bleed and quickly runs up the stairs leaving the now laughing died down unicorn to a madly giggling colt with the zebra watching them run up the stairs and with a loud 'THUD' the door closed and locked along with other loud sounds of things being tossed at the door.

But she didn't care as she got up and quickly embraced the giggling colt in her hooves as she hugged him tightly and gently stroked his mane as his giggles slowly turned to cries feeling him hug her body tightly and cry into her chest as she could only do his try to calm him down from what he was feeling. She knew that it was the influence of the spirit that made him retaliate, but the after-effects of it might have been trendies on the colt young mind still holding him tightly in her hooves and slowly rocked his body side to side and calmly hummed a lullaby as she stroked mane softly calming him down.

Zara, hurt, so much hurt... why?

She gently nuzzled the colt as she weakened her hug for him to look up at her as she spoke calmly to him in her zebra tongue as it was easier for him.

"I'm sorry my little one, the equestrians, most too many of them are not as kind and loving as the books say they are and sometimes to get 'their' peace, love and harmony is by doing dirty things like this or worse."

She said to him as he slowly wiped the tears off his eye and looked at the burnt brand make that made a star right in the center of his chest as the blood was hardened. It was a perfect star as he winced at the burning pain and glasses at Zara's, who had two of them over both sides of her flank. He looked up to her with anger and concern for her and spoke, his eye blood-shooted from the crying.

"Z-Za- Zara, escape, we leave damned place, go far... burn place, ground we need with all in."

Author's Note

Damn not sure if I got 'hot' headed or just 'heated' up in the moment, but I got nothing here for these notes except; thanks for reading and have a good day along with a reminder for a Happy New Years.

Cya in part 2 folks : )