Grunting in annoyance, Moon turned in her sleep as something bright was shining down on her eyes. Getting even more annoyed as the light seemed to be everywhere she went, her mind eventually started to wake up. With enough mental awareness, she finally pulled her blanket to cover her eyes and fall back to asleep.

Though, having already moved once, she found herself unable to recover her sleep.

"Ugh." She groaned once more after she realized she could not breathe.

Finally sitting up, she first checked her leg, which was slowly recovering before getting up for tea. During her imprisonment, it had become a daily routine for her to quench her thirst with some Remedy's warm tea.

"Huh?" She let out a confused sound at the sight of remedy still asleep. "Well that's rare." Without anything else, she decided to settle for some water.

Becoming slightly proud at the fact that the stairs let out no creaks of pain, she groggily walked to their pot of water. After checking to see if there were bugs or not, she scooped up some with a cup and confidently gulped it.

"PFFT!" Spitting out in complete surprise, she was fully shocked as an extremely sweet taste assaulted her mouth.

Almost puking from how sugary it tasted, she began coughing as her mind started to work in overdrive.

"What the fuck?"

"Now, now, that's quite the harsh language." Hearing those words, she jumped away from her cup, that had grown eyes.

"Who the fuck!" Moon yelled as she glared at the cup.

"Oh, cool off." She heard the voice and was doused in ice water.

She stood still for a few seconds as ice cubes fell from the air and bounced off her head. "Ow." She said in a blank tone.

In a second, all of the ice cubes melted together and an ice statue was created.

"Oh. You." Moon was not impressed.

"You know me? Why, I'm quite flattered that such a high ranking Nocturnal knows of me." The statue was giggling about. "Wait, wait, let me get something." He said and reached into his ear.

"Stop messing around, Discord." Moon was already tired from his acts.

"Oh, come on. Please just sign this." Discord said with a bright smile as he suddenly appeared beside Moon, dressed up in pretty much any merch you could get her.

"I'm not signing your stupid shirt." She replied and spilled everything in the water pot to the ground.

"Ugh, you're so boring. Just like Celestia." Discord said in an annoyed tone and snapped his fingers, causing his merch to disappear. "That doesn't really work on me, by the way." He said in a bored tone.

"Tch." Remedy clicked his tongue and put his dagger down. "What do you want?" He asked coldly.

"Remedy, forget about this bozo. His entire existence is a joke." Moon called out. "I'm gonna go and bring some water." She said and walked away.

"Agh, that's so hurtful." Discord said mockingly and grabbed his chest.

"Still true!" Moon's voice echoed from the woods.

Hearing that exchange, Remedy proceeded to lose all interest in the draconequus.

"Wha-? That is all you need to start ignoring me?" Discord asked in an insulted tone.

Remedy gave no response and started his breakfast of fruits and lettuce.

"Ugh. Fine, you two were boring anyway." He gave one final insult before walking through a door.

Hearing the door closing, Remedy had a vigilant eye on it until it disappeared. With that, he gave a single sigh and bit into an apple. Then he felt something tap his shoulder.

His gaze traveling without his head moving, he was taken aback as a thick vine hung from up high. The vine was pointing at him, until it started to sway from left to right. Then, it pointed towards the place Discord disappeared to, and swiped its supposed neck swiftly.

"No." Although not fully understanding what was happening, he declined almost instantly.

He may not be scared of Discord, but he fully knew that he could not kill him. He didn't want to make a powerful enemy just because of some random vine.

The vine shook in anger. Remedy took it as a sign of aggression as he fully prepared himself to dodge or attack. But, to his relief, the vine simply went back up, disappearing out of vision in the thick treetops.

Seeing this, Remedy sigh wearily. "This, might have been a mistake."

"The fuck is up with this river?" Moon worriedly commented as she stared at the glowing river.

Intrigue somehow winning over worry, Moon tapped the river. Surprised to find that it was somehow solid, she placed her hoof there. Slowly putting more and pressure, she fully stepped onto it.

"Ok. This is just weird. Discord! You still fucking around or something!?" Not hearing a response, she decided to go back to the camp and inform Remedy.

*Crack*

Hearing that single sound, she full on sprinted away. Which seemed to be the right decision as she soon heard heavy thumps coming from behind her.

Remedy was bored. Without anything to do except wait for Moon to come, he bit into a banana with the peel on as a fire was started. Though, there was still a nagging feeling at the back of his mind like something was about to happen. Which was the reason he had the dagger sitting right next to him.

He took another bite. The thought about what the vine was just doing still worried him. He found himself worrying over Moon. Which came as a sort of surprise as he thought about the ponies he had worried over during his entire life outside of the Crystal Empire, but before he was jailed in the barrier, which came to an astounding three ponies. Though, that number very quickly changed to only one.

He had another bite and finished the entire banana.

"Ugh." He groaned in realization. "There are way too many problems lately." He mumbled and decided to go meet Moon halfway.

It was cut short as he heard a scream.

"-medy!"

He squinted into the direction he heard the scream from.

"-emedy!"

His ears tensing from trying to hear more, he prepared to act.

"REMEDY!" Moon was screaming as she jumped over some bushes and came running over.

"Moon?" He asked a bit confusedly.

Then it quickly disappeared as he felt tremors.

"What type?" Remedy asked and tensed up.

Moon was panting from her sprint as she tried to recollect herself. "A rhino, definitely." She heaved and caught her breath.

As she said, three horns tore through the woods as a giant came running over.

Fully prepared for battle, the two rolled away as the rhino barely missed by an inch, destroying their campfire and the pots and pans they had there.

Remedy carefully analyzed as the rhino stopped about a hoof's reach from the big tree and turned around.

"So it was special." He mumbled to himself.

"What?" Moon asked.

"Later. You take the dagger." He said and tossed the knife to Moon before charging ahead.

As the rhino charged back, Remedy waited until the last seconds before jumping, easily reaching its horns as he held on tightly.

Getting annoyed, the rhino instantly started to jump around, almost making Remedy lose his grip before it started to ram into trees. Realizing this, Remedy started to climb up the horns.

"Agh." He grunted and almost fell off.

Taking another grip, he started to climb again.

Moon, however, was quickly starting to become exhausted as she tried hard to dodge the rhino's stomps. The knife in her mouth, she attempted a few times to cut the leg that landed on the ground.

Though, it didn't seem to do much as blood barely became visible through the thick skin.

"Remedy! The knife isn't long enough to reach blood!" She shouted and jumped back, dodging another attack.

Hearing this, Remedy changed his direction from the top of the rhino's head and onto its eyes.

"Just hold it off a bit longer!" He yelled and jumped upwards.

Jumping away, Moon grunted as she landed on the ground roughly. "I don't think I can hold it for much longer!" She yelled and rolled away from another stomp.

Hearing this, Remedy picked up his pace, almost falling off several times on the process. Breathing heavily as he got into position, he got a good grip on the highest horn.

"There we go." He muttered and threw a punch at its eye.

The rhino let out a pained sound that ringed in Remedy's ears before it started to sway from side to side. Remedy grunted as he held another grip whilst the rhino swung him from tree to tree. Then, before he could do anything else, he felt himself accelerating as he turned around.

The rhino was now full on charging ahead through the woods, breaking through wood and stone alike as Remedy bared the brunt of plenty little rocks and branches hitting him. Seeing this, Moon was panting before groaning and running after them.

Holding a good grip on the horns, Remedy threw punch after punch as he tried to blind the rhino. Although not much, he was making some progress as the area around the eye seemed to get more swollen after every punch.

Until the rhino suddenly raised its two front legs. Holding on tightly, Remedy tensed up as the rhino slammed into the ground, successfully launching Remedy to the air.

As he started to fall back down, he analyzed the rhino, watching its patterns as it stared right back at him.

"Shit." Knowing exactly what it was planning, Remedy barely pushed a tree, allowing himself to change directions as a horn missed him by a breath.

Landing one the ground with a grunt, Remedy stayed low as he thought up plans.

"Hah, hah. I'm here." Moon came running over.

"You're a bit late." Remedy commented. "Give me the dagger, I'll try to stab its head. You distract it." He commanded and took the dagger before running into the woods and disappearing.

"Wha? FUCK YOU, REMEDY!" Moon shouted after him and jumped away.

Already losing track of time, Moon pushed herself to her limits as she leaped and ran from place to place as she dodged as best she could.

"WHERE ARE YOU?!" She shouted upwards before almost falling down.

Remedy responded by falling from the sky and landing perfectly on the rhino's head.

"Woah." Moon was impressed slightly.

Finding a good landing, Remedy started to repeatedly stab it into its head. The rhino trying to retaliate by starting random movements, making Remedy sway from side to side.

But Remedy knew better as he rotated the knife slightly before stabbing in, allowing his swaying movements to slice clean through its skin and create a giant gash. Blood sprayed like a fountain as Remedy simply dug deeper in, reaching the brain.

With one final thud as the body fell down, Remedy jumped off.

"You good there, Moon?" Remedy asked tiredly.

"Hell no. I feel like I ran a marathon twice." Moon was drenched in sweat as she sat down whilst catching her breath.

He gave a few chuckles at the response before sitting down next to her.

"Next time, you be the distraction." Moon suddenly said.

"Why?"

"Cause it's so damn tiring to keep dodging."

Remedy laughed it out as he laid down on the grass. "Sounds to me like you need to work on your stamina."

"Fuck off, I can last longer than you." She said with a mock punch.

"I've had much more than you. Pretty much just to get info though." Remedy said casually.

"Wha-ew." Moon was not impressed.

"You started it."

"It will take at least, the entire universe resetting itself before I find you attractive." She said in a disgusted tone.

Remedy yawned loudly. "Yeah, that's something I agree on." He said in a tired tone as he stretched.

Moon stared for a few seconds before shrugging in acceptance. "You're still sleepy?"

"Unlike you, I'm a pretty light sleeper." He said and closed his eyes.

She tried to retaliate, but ultimately stopped before lying down herself. Staring at the leaves and the light piercing through, she was starting to get pretty lazy too as she felt like sleeping. The constant running and dodging didn't do much to help her situation either.

She was then woken up by Remedy sniffing the air slightly.

"What're you doing?"

"It smells a bit damp. We should head back to the camp, it might rain soon." Remedy suggested as he got up with a groan.

"Alright." Moon accepted and was getting up. "Huh." She let out a confused sound as three horns were closing in on her.

Time seemed to slow down as Moon didn't even have a chance to react before feeling something push her sideways.

Getting up as quickly as possible, she tensed up and was ready to go before seeing something.

"Agh." Remedy was struggling as the rhino from before pushed against him.

Vines were growing out of its head as blood stopped leaking out from it. Remedy stuck on its horns as one had already started to draw blood from his stomach area. A constant green glow came from behind him as the barrier showed no signs of struggling against the rhino.

Moon picked up the knife from the ground and started sprinting at it.

The rhino let up just a tiny bit, before smashing forwards once again. Moon stopped in her tracks as blood started to flow to the ground, creating a small pool. Remedy just barely clutching onto life as he weakly smacked the rhino's horns before his body went limp.

The rhino simply threw his corpse at Moon as she was collided.

Rolling on the ground from the impact, she felt weak as she moved Remedy from atop of her. Preparing for another attack, Moon laid low and decided to wait for Remedy to get back up.

Yet, the rhino didn't move. In fact, it just kept staring at her with the intent to charge, but never actually doing it. Minutes passed with nothing happening as Moon started to realize something.

Turning her head with a desperate gaze, she saw Remedy's lifeless corpse, unmoving. Nothing happening. No vines, no magic.

Instantly forgetting about the rhino, Moon turned around fully and started to shake Remedy.

"Hey, hey, asshole. What the fuck? Are you not dead yet? Why aren't you getting up." She started to mumble as a deep sense of hopelessness started to settle in.

Millions of words and questions formed in her mind as she struggled to process it. An intense stare as every last of her focus was directed at the unmoving Remedy.

Then she went quiet.

Not a single thought in her head.

A ringing sound coming from somewhere. Her heart felt like it was trying to jump out through her chest.

In that void she had created for herself, a single thud woke her up.

Turning to the source of the sound as she felt liquid coming her eyes, she knew exactly what she had to do. Full darkness took over as the previously sunny area had started to turn dark. The sun was still high in the sky, but for this area only, there was a true eclipse covering it all.

"You." Moon spoke softly, but her voice rang through the dark world as a heavy pressure seemed to crush the vicinity.

Her body slowly dissolved from a shade of black to true darkness. Her eyes were now glowing the fearsome teal blue as her beast like pupils seemed to cut through everything.

"You're dead." She uttered and she disappeared.

The rhino tried to charge forward, only to be met with resistance on its legs. Not understanding why he couldn't move, it tried to look around, but there didn't seem to be a single light source.

*ROAR*

It screamed in terror and pain. It felt like it was being stabbed from a million places as it felt a wet substance pour down from every last part of its body. Then its bones started to scream in anguish as the sounds of snapping came constantly. It felt its skin, like it was being boiled and shredded at the same time, until it finally stopped.

The light from the sun started to invade the darkness as the rhino became visible. What best could be described as a pile of flesh, all its skin was torn off as every single bone of it was smashed to shards.

Moon, however, ignored it completely as she appeared over Remedy. Needing to know what she could do, she ignored all the blood and focused on his organs.

"Nothing's gone." She muttered as she felt a shred of hope coming to her.

The shadows off of her body climbed away and went inside Remedy. It managed to block off the blood loss as she started to squeeze his heart in a rhythm. She put a hoof over his neck and felt a small pulse.

Distracting her slightly, she puked out a mouthful of blood as she fell down. Crawling just a tiny bit, she forced her body as she bled internally, a heavy pressure falling on her from her overuse of magic.

"Come, on." She tried her best.

With her doing everything she could possibly do, she was forcefully hardening her shadows and plugged the hole in Remedy's chest.

"This'll hurt like hell." She mumbled as a pure dark orb slowly crawled out of her chest. "Thanks for teaching dad." She mumbled once again, and cut out a tiny piece of it and held it in her hooves.

Instantly vomiting blood again, she was starting to lose consciousness. With one last struggle, she plunged it into Remedy's chest before losing all sensations from her body.

"Don't die." She muttered as she finally passed out.

Author's Note

Alright people, done with this one.

I know some of you might have noticed that I'm starting to post chapters at a faster pace. But that's mainly because I finally have some free time to myself since I finished pretty much everything I need to do. But a word of caution, I can tell for sure that I'll be starting to post at a slower rate once September comes around. Preparations for college and all that.

As always, I thank thee for taking thine own time to gaze upon this simple story.