Fallen Angel

Chapter 3: Horrors of the past

Location: Ponyville Library/ Equestria

Date: Present day

*Warning the next chapter contains scenes of graphic and violent nature. If you do not wish to read those things, kill yourself now*

I woke up breathing heavily. Something was wrong, very, very wrong. I could feel it in my bones. It was early morning, probably around six o'clock. Getting up I walk into the kitchen. Turning on the water I splash some on my face and neck. I had been staying at the library for about a week now, teaching Twilight various forms of magic. She was an extremely fast learner. In fact she I was running out of things to teach her.

"Hey you okay?" I heard Twilight ask as she walked up behind me.

"No, something's wrong." I said turning to look at her.

"What do you mean?" She asked as she started pulling out items to make some breakfast. I was about to answer when a frantic knocking came from the door. Opening it both Applejack and Rainbow Dash burst in.

"Big... Mac... gone... can't..." Applejack gasped breathing heavily.

"Whoa slow down and take a breath." I said. AJ takes a couple deep breaths and the says, "Big Macs been missing for about two days. No pony can find him." Twilight looked at me and ask me if my bad feeling might have anything to do with it.

"More than likely. C'mon AJ think. Where was he seen last?" I ask squatting in front of her.

"Well he did say that Zecora wanted to see him for some reason or another."

"Then we will start there." I said standing up.

It took about fifteen minutes to get to the edge of the Everfree forest. The closer we get the worse my bad feeling became. When we enter my feeling turns to dread. It felt very odd in the forest, like we were constantly being watched. I could hear the crows calling out to each other.

"I'll be glad when we leave this place it creeps me out." Rainbow said.

"The feeling is mutual." I said looking around. Then up ahead a wooden hut appears in front of us. Suddenly a certain smell assaults my nose.

"Wait here." I said as I continued to walk forward, my wings slightly unfurled in anticipation.

"Why?" both Rainbow and Twilight asked.

"Smell that? There is only one thing in the world that smells like that... death." I said grimly.

"You don't think...?" Applejack said trailing off.

"I hope not." I said as I walk forward and knock on the door. Getting no response I test it to see if it's locked. It wasn't. Pushing the door open slowly I slip inside and shut it behind me. It was pitch black inside. My eyes instantly adjust and I think to myself 'Now I am in my element.' I heard an insane laughter coming from a corner of the room and then a voice says, "Ah yes my revenge has started. They will all suffer, starting with her."

By now my natural night vision kicks in and I could see everything clear as day. Looking in one corner where the voice came from sat a mare. She was a bright pink with bright blue eyes. Her mane and tail were also pink and straight. Only one pony came to mind.

"Pinkie Pie." I said as slowly the shadows of the room started to pool at my feet.

"Oh look who the cat dragged in." she said turning towards me.

"You should be dead." I said menacingly as slowly she shadows started to creep up my body.

"I made a deal with a certain pony. You should know him, his name is Lucipher. Also known as Satan." she said standing up.

"I will kill you." I said as I started to enter my shadow form. By now my skin was covered in the shadows. It was a matte black and my eyes glowed silver. The wings on my black appear to be made of a black fire.

"Oh you silly filly I can't die now I'm immortal."

"You should have made a deal with Death. He is so much more fair." I laughed insanely and smiled evilly as I slowly walked towards her.

"What do you mean?" she said nervously starting to back up in fear.

All immortal means is that you can't die of natural causes. The key words are Natural Causes." I said as I brought a shadow tentacle up and wrapped it around her neck and lifted her off the floor. As she started to choke she tried to loosen the grasp of the tentacle with one of her hooves. With the other she stared to grasp something on a nearby table. Then there was a flash of silver as she hurled something towards me. I felt it imbed in my skin and cut my jugular vein in half. Reaching up I grasp the handle of whatever it was and rip it out.

Tossing it to floor I pick up a scalpel off a nearby table and I say, "Its going to take a lot more than that to kill me. You don't deserve what I am going to do to you... you deserve so much more." I said insanely. I brought her up close to me so we could see eye to eye. By now she had started to gag and choke.

I place the scalpel in her flank and slowly start to drag it down her flank. When it reached her cutie mark she screams what little air she has left in her body. Loosening my grip so she will last longer I repeat the same procedure on her other side. Bringing up another tentacle I place it between her shoulder blades.

"You know some say that if you destroy the heart of a body you destroy the pony's soul. I have always doubted this lets test it shall we." I said and I started to laugh when she starts to shake her head frantically.

Thrusting the tentacle through her back her chest explodes in a fountain of blood and gore. The tip of the tentacle was shaped like a claw and in that claw laid Pinkie's heart. She still had a couple seconds to live so I picked up her heart and the crush it in my fist. After a second her body goes limp. I drop it and as I slowly return to normal I look around the room.

In the corner were two bodies and they freshly killed. One was white with black stripes and similar colored hair. The other was red and had dirty blonde hair. Both were missing their Cutie Marks.

"Oh Celestia. Big Mac?" Applejack asks as she walks by me.

"I'm sorry Applejack." I said sympathetically.

"No... no... NO!" she screamed. I walk outside to give her some time to herself. When I step outside Rainbow and Twilight gave me a worried look.

"What...?" Rainbow Dash started but I cut her off as I shake my head with a sad look on my face.

"Give her time."

"Mace can I speak to you for a second?" Twilight asks. Walking to the side with her, out of earshot of Rainbow she asks me what happened, besides Pinkie Pie being alive.

"Well I walked in and Pinkie ata..."

"I'm going to stop you right there. I want you to tell the truth Mace." she said with a serious look on her face.

"You saw didn't you?"

"Unfortunately."

"Well there is this thing Endoriri have. We call it our Shadow Form. When in this form we become nearly unstoppable. We physically can't feel pain, we can survive wounds that would have killed us otherwise, and we become magically supercharged. We can vanquish entire armies by ourselves. For lack of a better term we become the ultimate badass. But there is aside effect. While in this state we become unpredictable and psychotic. Excuse me but I'm heading back for some help."

"Wait!" I heard Twilight yell as she runs after me.

"I want to be alone right now." I said angrily.

"You're feeling guilty. It's not your fault."

"No I'm not. I'm just angry because I had to go into my Shadow Form. There is something you should know. No one understands why, but sometimes the Shadow Form literally develops a mind of it's own. This happens very rarely, but when it does no pony is safe."

"So your saying you have no control over when you enter your Shadow Form?" she asked a worried expression on her face.

"No, I can normally choose when I enter my Shadow Form. When this happens I have more control over what I do, but when the Shadow Form forces me to do it, it has complete control over what I do." I said as Ponyville came within sight. It was still early morning and there weren't very many ponies wondering about. We soon reach the library.

"I-I-I-I need to send a message to the princess." she said shakily as she walked up to her room when we enter the library. The reality of what just occurred probably finally catching up to her. I was confused on what I should do. If she was an angel I would try and comfort her, but since she wasn't I didn't know what to do. So I just sat there.

After about and hour Twilight walks into the living room, her face tear stained and bloodshot. We sat there awkwardly until a knock came from the door. Twilight stands up and walks to the door. When she opens it I see six ponies standing in the doorway. One was a pastel white and only a couple inches shorter than me. She had both wings and a horn. The other was about a foot shorter than her and was a deep royal blue. She was an alicorn. Behind them stood two pegasai guards and two unicorn guards.

"Twilight, my most faithful student I am so sorry." the princess said as she stepped into the room. She nods to the guards and they turn to walk to the Everfree. The pegasai were carrying coffins on small carts behind them. It didn't take a genius to figure out were they were going.

Before any of us could say anything a certain cyan colored pony with a rainbow mane walked up. At this point I kind of zoned out as I remembered what I had planned on doing some time ago. Different thoughts start to race through my mind.

"Mace... Mace!" Twilight raised her voice trying to get my attention. I had probably zoned out for about an hour now.

"Princess may I speak to you alone. I have an Idea." I ask. Stepping off to the side I whisper my idea in her ear. Celstia's face went from sullen and depressed to bright and happy.

"Miss Rainbow Dash can you come here please?" she said. Rainbow Dash slowly walked over to us and bows to the princess.

"Yes, Princess?" she asked.

"Mace here can help you." she said with a slight smile on her face.

"It is a surprise." I said as I sat down in front of her, my legs crossed in front of me. My hands started to glow black and I shut my eyes as I started to enter a trance. This trance like state was peculiar. I could see everything and nothing around me at the same time. I couldn't see with my eyes. No, I saw with my mind. Nothing could escape my scrutiny. I could hear every breath taken, every whisper spoken, every sound. In this state I could control anything. I could control matter, space, time, even the laws of physics. Knowing this I started to change the world around me.

Exiting my trance I look around myself. The Princess of the moon and Twilight stood there with shocked expressions on their faces. They were staring at the spot right in front of me. Where the unconscious Rainbow Dash lay. Her body was still the same color, her hair was the same, she was even the same size. I started to doubt that what I had attempted had failed, when I saw a bit of movement coming from her back. Smiling with satisfaction I looked at my handy work...

...At her new wings.