Guardian

CHAPTER 20 - REPOSESSION

Stepping into the circular room, Eiza felt the same energy from before pass by him. The room was grandiose, opulent with red carpets, tapestries, and a few stained glass windows that allowed the light to shine in from the eclipsed sky. In the center of the room, sitting in a throne at the end of the largest red carpet was the specter that Eiza had fought to reach.

Terror clapped his hands slowly a few times in amusement. “That was quite entertaining. You have done well.” Sitting at the top of the pedestal upon which the throne was placed, Terror looked down upon Eiza with an evil smile. “It's good to see you back in your true state.”

“You know why I'm here.”

“Is it because I threw you into the gorge?”

“Well, yes. I didn't take too kindly to that. However, I cannot allow you to make our kind look so bad anymore.”

“Excuse me? Make us look bad? There isn't a single thing I could do that could make the Emata look bad. Nothing will make us look even remotely evil in comparison to what the other races did to us.”

“Wrong. Emata are a race of love, of true tolerance. All we had ever wanted was love, right? So what makes you think killing all of these innocent creatures will make us attain that?”

“Idiot. Innocence is a term used by fools. There is no such thing.”

“There is such a thing.”

“No, Eiza Borealis, there is not. In this multiverse, there is no such thing as innocence. There is only ignorance. And ignorance must be punished.”

“Not so long as I live.”

“Do you honestly think you can stop me at this point, boy?”

“No. No I don't think I can defeat you.” Eiza smiled, “I know I can defeat you. I have to.”

“You? Defeat me?” Terror stood from the throne and jumped into the air, slamming down on the floor in front of Eiza, who took a readied stance. “All by yourself?” Terror waved his hand in front of Eiza, “You are nothing. And I shall destroy you... WITHIN THE BLINK OF AN EYE!” Terror snapped his fingers and the walls of the tower around the two fell open, making the floor much larger under the eclipsed sky.

Eiza bounded backwards as Terror released a green blast of magic.

“It's a little bit annoying, honestly. I had planned on all of you coming at me at once. That's why I so strategically placed each of the wielder's fears in the critical path. But you just had to go and screw it up.” Terror fired another beam of magic at Eiza, who dodged out of the way, allowing the beam to part the clouds around them. “I haven't read you enough to know what your greatest fear is, Eiza...”

“My fears are irrelevant.”

“You say that, but are you telling the truth?” Terror fired another green ray at Eiza, who dodged out of the way, coming face to face with the shadow as it appeared before him. Eiza jumped backward as the specter laughed. “Still running, Emata?”

“I'll stop running when you stop using stolen goods against me.”

“They are my powers. I will use them as I please!” Terror fired another green ray at Eiza. This time, however, the man caught the blast in his right hand, spun about, and threw the blast back at Terror. “What-!” The shadow was hit directly by the blast, which shuttered through his body and appeared to peel a figure from him slightly. The vision of the dieing woman flashed through his mind again as he staggered to keep his balance, forcing the magic and the figure to stay within his body.

Steadying himself, he looked up at Eiza with a scowl. “Clever, Emata. But it won't work a second time!” Terror surged forward at Eiza.

“Wow, they're really going at it up there...” Rainbow Dash stated as she stared up at the top of the tower, watching surges of green energy fly out into the sky. Twilight continued to apply a bandage to Dash's wing as she looked over at Fluttershy.

The yellow pegasus was intently watching the sky with tears in her eyes, obviously scared about the outcome of the battle.

“Fluttershy,” Twilight called out to her. The yellow pegasus quickly turned and looked over to her, “Don't worry so much. Eiza can handle himself.”

“How do you know that?” Applejack asked, “He doesn't seem to be usin' his powers up there.”

“Remember what he said right before he kicked open the door?”

Applejack thought for a moment. I'm invincible.

“Yeah, so what? He was just tryin' to keep us from worrying.”

“Yeah. He was. But you felt it too, right?”

“Felt what?”

“When he said that... Didn't you get this feeling that he really couldn't be defeated?”

“I... Well, yeah...”

“Then there's nothing to worry about. I'm sure he'll be fine.” Twilight smiled as she continued to apply the bandages to Rainbow Dash's wing.

“Sheesh, Twilight.” Rainbow Dash spoke up, “Before you met the guy you were scared to death that Terror was gonna wipe us out. How come you're so lax now?”

Twilight thought for a moment, then stopped applying the bandages. “You know...” She began, “I think I've come to a conclusion. It's a bit dark... But it's true. If Eiza can't beat Terror, then we have no chance at stopping him. Zero. We'll all be killed.”

“Uh...” Rarity shuddered, “Yes, that is rather dark...”

“So,” Twilight continued, finishing the dressing of Rainbow Dash's wound, “There is no point in worrying, right? Either we believe in Eiza, believe that he can save us, or we live uncomfortably until this is over. If he wins, that's wonderful, it means we can live our lives out to the fullest and repair the damages done to Equestria. We can go on like this never happened. But if he loses... Wouldn't you have rather had hope for a better tomorrow instead of living in fear up until your fate?”

The group sat in silence, taking in Twilight's words. Fluttershy broke the silence after a few minutes.

“I... I'm not afraid...” The group looked over to her, watching tears stream down her face, “I'm not afraid that he'll lose... But you said that you felt something when he told you he was invincible. You felt that he wasn't lying, as if there were no doubts in your mind... Did you forget what he said just before that?”

“What?” Twilight said, thinking back. Be careful, Eiza. He's dangerous.

So am I.

Twilight suddenly felt a sense of dread hit her. Eiza wasn't lying when he said that, either. Her nightmare flashed through her mind again, forcing her to hold her forehead in pain.

“He said that he was dangerous... And he didn't lie...” Fluttershy began crying harder, “I told him not to die. I didn't mean physically, I meant that I didn't want him, the good part of him, to die in a fight to save us...”

“Fluttershy...”

An explosion on the top of the tower drew the attention of the group, who faced upwards. A figure flew through the air and slammed into a lower building of the castle, crashing through the roof.

Eiza shook his head like a wet dog, sitting up in the rubble. “That hurt...”

“You still think that you can win. Laughable.” Terror crashed to the floor in front of Eiza and lunged forward at him. Eiza turned and began darting through the halls with Terror in hot pursuit, breaking and shattering walls as he continued his rampage towards the silver-haired man.

The two rounded a corner and entered a long hallway adorned with multiple detailed stained-glass windows and tapestries along a red carpet. It's at the end of this hall, whatever it is. I can feel the Psi. Eiza continued charging down the carpet, making it a short distance from the throne at the end before a beam of green magic slammed into his back and sent him flying into the throne, shattering it.

“I see what you did there... Trying to get me close to the Elements of Harmony so that you could use them against me. In case you were unaware, they don't work unless you're a wielder.”

Eiza stood up from the rubble behind the pedestal that the throne once sat on. He looked down at a large chest decorated with gold, then opened it. Inside were five necklaces and a tiara, each bearing a symbol that Eiza remembered seeing on the six ponies' flanks. The amount of Psi he felt emanating from them confirmed to him that they were indeed the Elements of Harmony.

“Put the chest down and face me, Eiza. The Elements will not work without their masters. You are not one of them.” Terror continued towards the pedestal, glaring at Eiza as he fiddled with the tiara. “Face me, coward!” Terror fired a beam of green magic at Eiza, who turned and held out the tiara with Twilight's cutie mark upon it. The green magic directly hit the tiara and absorbed into it, releasing a large amount of Psi alongside it. “What?”

“Huh. I didn't think that was going to happen. I wanted it to fire Psi at you.”

“Fool. I've told you already, those will do nothing without their wielders! Now die!” Terror held out his hand and fired another ray of green magic at Eiza, who dodged and held the tiara out again, this time focusing his Psi into the tiara. The green magic that was absorbed suddenly shot out with amplified force at Terror, hitting him directly.

The shadow leaned forward, bracing himself against the blast as an orb suddenly tore from his shroud alongside an abundance of green energy. The magic poured through the orb, shattering it and entering the body of black and white insectoid creature that hit the floor and slid a few feet before its colors returned, turning its body gray. Terror looked back in shock, Eiza did the same, then the shadow turned towards Eiza in fury.

“You worthless peon! I will have your head for this, Borealis!” Terror fired a violet ray of magic at Eiza, who held the tiara again. This time, though, the magic simply deflected off of it.

“Aw man... I should've guessed that wouldn't work.” A second blast of violet magic caused Eiza to dive and roll out of the way. “What happened, Terror? Where's the green at?”

“Shut your mouth!” Another blast of violet magic flew at Eiza, who held up an amulet bearing a balloon. The magic entered it and Psi exited.

“These things are neat!” Eiza said with a laugh, “They hold magic or Psi energy! Cool!”

“Your baubles mean nothing!” Another wave of violet flew at Eiza, who jumped out of the way again.

“I think I've got these things understood. They're some kind of special mechanical device. I've never seen anything like this before... Heh, Metzger would have loved to see these things.” Terror responded with a roar and another violet wave that Eiza absorbed into the amulet. “Yup, looks like I've got it correct. It can hold basically a limitless amount of Psi or magic, but not both at once. I wonder how it works...”

“I'll tear you apart!” Terror hurled another wave of violet magic at Eiza, who absorbed it again and laughed hysterically.

“Man this thing is great! I don't even have to move now!”

“You imbecile!” Terror fired a massive blast of golden magic at Eiza, who attempted to absorb the magic into the amulet. However, the blast instead threw him backwards and into the wall behind him.

“Ow... Maybe not...” Eiza popped himself out of the niche formed by the impact and looked at the amulet again. “I guess it can only hold one kind of magic at once too. Oh well.” Eiza allowed his Psi to flow into the Element of Laughter again and aimed the device at Terror, watching a massive violet ray fly forth and hit the specter directly. Another orb peeled out of his shroud and flew back, shattering and releasing an Alicorn that colored from the magic before hitting the ground beside the insect creature.

Terror keeled over for a few seconds, breathing heavily before standing up again. “YOU INSOLENT WRETCH!” Terror released a blue wave at Eiza, who erected a Psi shield to deflect the attack around him.

“What happened?” Spike asked as the group rushed to the building housing the throne room.

“Eiza got thrown into the building like a ragdoll and Terror jumped in after him!” Rainbow Dash stated as she ran, “He's getting the snot beat out of him!”

The group stopped as the back wall of the throne room erupted outwards near them. Standing in the middle behind a yellow shield of energy was Eiza, holding the Element of Laughter.

“Eiza!” Pinkie Pie jumped forward, “What are you doing with my necklace?”

“Pinkie?” Eiza glanced over before being blown away by a blue blast of magic. Smashing into a statue in the garden, Eiza stood up and looked around at his surroundings. Topiary, huge hedges, flowers, and statues of random creatures adorned the area. “Interesting...”

“Eiza look out!” The Emata looked back in time to see another blast of blue energy flying at him, which he jumped to the side of before lifting a statue with Psi and hurling it at Terror. The specter caught the object in his talons and crushed it.

“Step forward and parish!” Terror rushed forward at Eiza, who hurled another statue at the shadow. The rock shattered against his form, causing him to stagger back momentarily. Eiza glanced over to the group of ponies and threw the Element of Laughter to Pinkie.

“Would you kindly get to your Elements, please? I have an idea that requires them.” Eiza was hit by a blast of blue magic and sent flying backwards into a hedge.

“Everypony go!”Twilight shouted, “Get to your Elements!” The group rushed through the hole in the wall and Twilight immediately caught sight of two bodies lying on the floor a short distance away. “L... Luna?” She mumbled in shock, “Princess Luna!” She quickly rushed over to the side of the dark sapphire Alicorn.

Kneeling down and holding the Alicorn's head in her front hooves, Twilight jostled the princess for a few moments, attempting to get her to open her eyes. “Luna! Luna wake up!”

“Twilight!” Rarity called out to her, “She needs to rest. I'm sure she's been through a horrible turn of events recently.”

“We can't just leave her here!” The group staggered as a massive shockwave resonated through the castle walls. “I'm going to pull her outside.”

“What about Chrysalis?” Fluttershy asked concernedly.

“You can't be serious,” Rainbow Dash spouted, “After everything she did to us?”

“No, she's right.” Twilight replied, “It would be wrong to leave her here to die. She's just as much a victim as the rest.”

Lifting the two bodies with magic, Twilight carried them out with the rest of the group. Setting the two down outside in the garden, now void of the two combatants, Twilight looked over as Spike neared her with the Element of Magic. She placed the tiara on her head and looked over as a shockwave surged forth from the opposite side of the garden maze.

“My power...” Terror hurled a golden ball of magic at Eiza, who jumped out of the way. “Shall not...” He followed up with a second orb that erupted close to Eiza, but still did not manage to hit him. “Be retaken!” Terror fired a massive golden beam from the palm of his hand at Eiza, who considered moving, then remembered that his armor was still present. He held his arm in front of his face defensively as the beam made contact with him.

Watching the magic deflect off of his arm, Eiza smirked, but then quickly became shocked as the metal began to melt off of him. He quickly dove out of the way of the magic and watched it incinerate a path into the maze.

“That's... How did you melt my armor?” Eiza shouted as he got back on his feet.

“Logic has no place here, Borealis. Magic knows no sense. Your impregnable armor cannot withstand magic who's power rivals the Sun!” Terror fired a wave of golden magic at Eiza, who began to move before witnessing a polychromatic beam surge forth from over his head, overpowering the golden attack and hitting Terror directly, sending him flying backwards through the air.

The Emata turned around to look at where the beam had come from, and was met by the group of ponies, armed with their Elements.

“Wow, those things really can do some damage.”

“How did you get Chrysalis and Princess Luna away from Terror?” Twilight stepped forward.

“By tampering with your Elements.”

“Tampering how?”

“They suck up magic like a sponge. They attune themselves once they do, though, so once they absorb one kind of magic they can't absorb another. And I had to re-replace the magic with Psi once I did that, because the magic forced all of the Psi out.”

“So how did that free the Princess and Queen?”

“If you fire the magic back at him and hit him with it, it shoves the source of the magic out of his body. The Element replenishes the magic or Psi that's in it, so you can use the magic again. It can't hold both at once, though.”

“You figured that out that fast?”

“I have a quick brain.”

An explosion of golden energy from behind the hedges blew back plants and statues as Terror stood up, furious. Gazing upon the six ponies beside Eiza, he grimaced.

“To think... You call yourself an Emata, but you stand allied with these abominations of nature? You're no better than they are.”

“The only abomination in this universe is you.” Eiza turned and faced Terror completely, “The order here, as far as I am aware, was completely peaceful until you came along. You're the one disturbing nature, not the equines.”

“Your verbal diarrhea is getting on my nerves, Borealis. You need to learn your place!” Terror fired off another golden beam, this one intercepted quickly by Rainbow Dash, causing the magic to suck into the lightning-bolt amulet on her neck. She hovered in the air, glaring at the shadow.

“I don't think so, shadow-man! If you think I'm gonna let you harm my friend, you've got another thing coming!” Rainbow Dash surged forth, “I've been waiting to do this all day!”

Terror braced himself as Rainbow Dash continue to fly forward, accelerating drastically in an instant. A huge shockwave of multiple colors suddenly erupted from a point in the air in front of Terror as Rainbow Dash collided with the specter, flying forward through the air with him at hypersonic speed.

“Interesting, Rainbow Dash...” Terror whispered to the pony as she continued to push him through the air, “Such speed is of use to me.” A rose-tinted orb suddenly expanded from Terror, causing the rainbow pegasus to recoil off of the barrier and fly backwards. A golden aura caught her and rapidly threw her back at the shadow. Before she could react, Rainbow Dash found herself in the clutch of Terror's talons.

“Element of Loyalty... You are far too headstrong. Let's see what fears you have hidden in that ignorant pony brain of yours...” Squirming, Rainbow Dash attempted to get out of Terror's grip, but suddenly found herself locked in a stare with his piercing red gaze.

The rainbow mare sat up in her bed, looking out towards the window. She stood up, feeling an urge to look out, one that forced her legs to move on their own accord. Walking to the window, she felt as if time was slowing. Upon finally reaching the window after what felt like an hour, she looked out upon the outside world beneath her cloud home...

“Wrong choice, Terror!” Eiza's voice echoed throughout the world and shattered the vision.

Rainbow Dash suddenly snapped out of her daze as the shadow dropped her on the ground. Reeling back in pain, the specter growled and looked up at Eiza, who had finally caught up to the two.

“You dare interrupt my work a second time?” Terror lifted his claw again and fired the golden beam of magic. Rainbow Dash instantly reacted from the side and activated the Element of Loyalty, releasing a ray of solar magic upon Terror, burning him intensely. With a painful roar, an orb tore itself from his shroud and flew back, the golden magic crashing through the gray ball and recoloring Celestia's unconscious body as it fell before being caught in raspberry magic.

“How many is that now? Three?” Eiza chuckled, “You should stop relying on that magic. Fight me with your true power.”

“Never!” Terror released a rose-tinted shockwave that scattered the group, blowing them back into bushes. “This world will fall at the hands of the powers meant to protect it! There is a message to be sent through this. I will not allow you to destroy all that I have trained for for two millenia!”

“Hey Terror!” The shadow looked over at a pony wearing a leather hat, “Show me what good that trainin's done for ya!”

“Arrogant orange harlot!” Terror released another shockwave, which was quickly absorbed by Applejack's element. “Your Element is nothing!” As he released another shockwave, Applejack activated the Element, which shot forth a beam of rose-colored magic that impaled the expanding sphere and lanced the specter directly, forcing a gray orb out of the back of his shroud.

Terror caught himself as he was pushed backward, watching as Shining Armor was recolored by his lost magic. Looking forward with a growl, Terror fired off a blue beam of magic that was intercepted by Rarity and fired directly back, blowing out an orb containing Cadance.

Struggling to stand properly and breathing heavily, Terror glared up at the ponies and Emata surrounding him. This cannot be happening. They've almost completely drained my magic... Everything I do gets stolen... With an enraged roar, Terror released a shockwave of yellow energy that forced the ponies backward. Eiza stood his ground against the wave of Psi.

“Finally using Psi?”

Terror snapped his fingers before the ponies could react, throwing silver magic into the ground and causing multiple monsters composed of rock and dirt to form from the ground, all rushing forward at the ponies.

Bracing themselves fearfully for the oncoming impact, the ponies opened their eyes and witnessed the monsters struggling against an invisible force to strike the mares, but could not overcome the power holding them back.

“What is this? Kill them! Do it, you fools!”

“You couldn't have possibly made a worse decision.” Eiza's voice caught the specter's attention. He looked over at the silver-haired man, who's eyes glowed a gentle blue as he stood still, his arms crossed over his chest.

“This is impossible! How can you overcome Discord's magic?”

“Are you sure you're an Emata like me?”

“Do not toy with me!” Terror caused another mass of earth to upturn and surge forth at Eiza with an animalistic form. The result was the same. Alongside the other earthen creatures frozen in place, the new ones met the same issue. “What trickery is this?”

“You didn't read my mind, either. Otherwise you would have known from the start.”

“You're a Geomancer. I already knew this.”

“Yes. I am. But you obviously didn't know just how skilled I was.”

“Your skill in Geokinesis is not of my concern, you coprolite.”

“Ha. Funny. But it's actually much more of a concern than you could ever imagine.”

“You can overcome my magic if I use it on the ground, so what? I'll just manipulate something else-”

“There's a ton of uranium in the ground on this planet for some reason. I still don't know why. But uranium is a fun element to work with. Do you know what happens when you split an atom, Terror?”

“Even if I said I did, you'd explain it.”

“A few things. Number one: A chain reaction occurs. It is difficult to contain and very dangerous. Normally. But I can contain it with Psi. Number two: You get two smaller, less massive elements. Number three: Energy is released, en masse, in the form of Photons and kinetic energy. Heat and light.”

“Yes, yes. Nuclear fission. Is there a point to what you're wasting my time by telling me?”

“Basically, I'm going to split that atom of uranium by your feet there and blow your shadowy butt to kingdom-come.”

“You what-” Eiza snapped his fingers and the air illuminated to the point that the nighttime sky emulated the day. Contained inside of a yellow sphere, an explosion occurred that shook the air and ground for miles as the protons and neutrons of the uranium atom were fissured by Psi from Eiza. Caught in the sphere was Terror, who was at the mercy of the explosive power.

After a few seconds, the explosion stopped, leaving the orb full of smoke. Eiza released his focus on the orb and watched the smoke quickly spread into the air. What remained stunned him. An evil chuckle greeted him.

“Is that the best you can do?”

Eiza sighed after calming himself. “I should have known your magic would protect you.”

“What!” Rainbow Dash jumped up, “How did you survive that?”

Terror peered up at Eiza. “It seems that I cannot use my Psi just yet with you, Borealis. You're a level beyond the Geomancer I knew in the past.”

“I'm not one to toot my own horn but I'm pretty sure I'm more than just a single level higher.”

“It does not matter. You could be a thousand times more powerful than any Geomancer and still be weaker than me.”

“You keep saying that, but there you stand with under half of your stolen magic remaining. You're losing foot.”

“Do not mock me, worm!” Terror created a silver ethereal mass of rock over Eiza that fell upon him. The man jumped sideways, his strength allowing him to easily clear a distance away from the crashing magic stone. Instantly after his evasive maneuver, a barrage of silver lightning hit him directly.

Though his body was more attuned to withstand electricity, a natural ability of Emata, the pain of the unnatural magical lightning proved to be searing and impossibly horrible to him. Screaming in pain as the lightning continued to bombard him, but unwilling to pass out, Eiza gritted his teeth and glared up at the shadow as it walked closer to him, laughing maniacally.

“All it takes is the correct ammunition and no opponent can stand before you. In this case I had to bind Discord's strange magic to my will, but I think that using his power in a more predictable way is more efficient. Don't you agree?” Terror's question was met by another agonized cry from Eiza, who lay pinned to the ground by the magical plasma as it barraged his body relentlessly. Wracked with spasms, Eiza found himself fading out of consciousness. “What a shame, Eiza Borealis. To die like this after you had sworn to defend these disgusting ponies. I will take great pleasure in killing these six once your life is void.”

Filled with frustration and rage at Terror's words, Eiza pushed himself, forcing his sore body to fight against the physical agony placed upon it by the unrelenting electrical cascade. Growling and gritting his teeth, becoming more attuned to the pain and more resilient, Eiza slowly got to his feet and continued to glare at Terror with fury.

“I should have expected the Emata's advanced adaptive ability to make you resilient to my pain. Let's see just how much punishment you can take!” Focusing more energy into the lightning, the silver glowed brighter and forced Eiza to the ground again, causing him to let out another cry of agony. This is it... I'm gonna die... How worthless of me...

A shadow dove in front of the lightning, shielding Eiza from the bombardment and taking the entirety of the silver magic into its body. Absorbing a massive charge of the magical volts into its body as it passed through the center of the ray, the yellow pegasus managed to capture lightning inside of the amulet around her neck as well before she hit the ground with a clumsy thud. Terror stopped the barrage and glanced over at Fluttershy as she lay unconscious on the ground. Eiza stopped breathing out of surprise, turning his head to look at Fluttershy with widened eyes.

“Idiot. You thought you stood a chance?” Terror turned towards the yellow pegasus and began stepping toward her slowly. Eiza, filled with anxiety and an urge to protect Fluttershy, begged for his body to move. His hopes were in vain. “Did you honestly think that you could save this man, yellow pegasus? Did you really think that your kind action would solve anything? Now there are two casualties on your side rather than one. Fool.” Terror stopped as he reached her, looming over the yellow pegasus' body menacingly as Eiza gritted his teeth and struggled to make his sore muscles move. “But you cannot even hear me. I'm speaking to deaf, unconscious ears. When you awaken, you will see just how foolish your actions were when you look upon the body of the man you tried to save.” Terror turned and faced Eiza again, taking a step before hearing movement behind him.

“You...” the specter turned in surprise at the voice of Fluttershy, coming into direct view of her petrifying Stare, “Leave... My friends... Alone!” A silver ray of magic erupted from the Element of Kindness, hitting Terror directly before he could react. The chaotic magic of Discord, mixed with the inadvertent Psi ability of Fluttershy's Stare, reacted in an inharmonious symphony that pierced through Terror, exiting him with two orbs rather than one – an orb containing Discord, the other containing King Sombra.

Terror let out a cry of fury and despair as the orbs ruptured, the bodies were recolored, and the two unconscious beings taken into a gentle raspberry magic, carried to the sidelines beside Twilight and the other elements. Shocked, Terror looked down at his hands.

“You...” The air began to vibrate around the area, the atmosphere thickening and condensing, “You worthless lymph-tinted maggot...” The ground cracked, bits of rock raising into the air as electricity danced about carelessly, “You will pay... YOU WILL PAY!” Terror turned his gaze to the yellow pony, his teeth now fangs sharper than razors and his grimace a scowl that pierced the soul. His eyes brighter than a furnace and his body shining as a mixture of darkness and yellow energy, Terror turned and reached down to Fluttershy with a massive talon, gripping the weak and unstable pegasus in his hand, squeezing her with immense force that allowed for her to only cry out in pain.

“Fluttershy!” Twilight fired a magical beam at Terror, which ricochet off of the yellow aura surrounding him. The shadow turned his gaze at the flock of ponies advancing on him in fury, then released a powerful wave of Psi at them, blowing them back into the rock and rubble left over by the creatures created before. The ponies, unconscious, could no longer help their friend.

“You dared to defy a God, Fluttershy?” Terror growled as he squeezed the yellow pony tighter, causing her to let out another pained yelp, “YOU DARED TO DEFY MY POWER?”

“Flutter... Fluttershy... No...” Eiza, forcing his hand to reach up for the yellow pegasus, felt tears stream down his face as his body still refused to cooperate.

“YOU ARE NOTHING, YOU YELLOW WRETCH! YOU HAVE DONE NOTHING BY STEALING THE MAGIC BACK FROM ME! YOU CHOSE THE WORST ROUTE! NOW YOU WILL KNOW MY UNHINDERED POWER!” Terror continued to squeeze the yellow pegasus, who whimpered weakly in his grip as he snarled upon her.

“Fluttershy...” Eiza managed to raise his voice to an audible level, one that caught Terror's attention. He turned and faced the paralyzed Emata, then changed his fang-ridden scowl into a malevolent smile.

“Look here, Element of Kindness. Look upon the man who you could not save, and who cannot save you. Before I crush your mind, is there anything that you would like to say to him?” Fluttershy, focusing all of her remaining strength to look at Eiza without blurred vision, saw his weeping eyes and smiled to him.

“Don't you worry about me...” She gasped weakly to continue as Eiza's eyes widened, “I'm invincible.”

Terror turned Fluttershy to him, his gaze piercing her soul. Eiza let out a cry of torment as he watched Fluttershy's body begin to spasm and shake violently in Terror's grip. The yellow pegasus, unable to move or save herself, continued to shake violently for three minutes before she began to foam at the mouth, her eyes rolling back into her head. Eiza, completely stunned, continued to stare blankly in disbelief at what had just occurred. Terror turned and threw Fluttershy's unconscious body into a shrub, facing Eiza.

“Three minutes. She lasted three seconds. Too much? Too bad.” Terror slowly walked to Eiza, the sun and moon above slowly beginning to move away from each other. “You didn't even try to save her. You are worthless!” Terror kicked Eiza, sending him flying backwards and landing on the ground a fair distance away. Turning his vision upward, he looked forward and was met by a blank, lifeless stare from Fluttershy, who lay just next to him, having fallen from the shrub. “I wanted to use less potent power, magical power, to enslave this world. I am somewhat nice in that sense. But you could not allow me to do that. You had to continue trifling with me. You stole the shackles from me.”

Terror knelt down to Eiza, who continued to stare into Fluttershy's eyes, and whispered harshly to him. “I am a God, Eiza. You think that you could defy a God? You, who would help such worthless beings? You, who cannot even save his friends? You, who killed your own family...” Eiza's irises shrunk in shock at Terror's statement. Seeing this, Terror smiled. “Oh yes, Eiza. I know all about you. How you caused the death of the entirety of your friends and family. I've read it all out of your head now.”

Terror turned and walked a few paces away. “Once I'm through with this world... I'll kill your precious Ailain next.”

A sudden fury filled Eiza. No. No... No! He took the friends I made here from me... He will not take Ailain from me! Eiza, entirely numb, stood up to his full height with a growl. Snarling in fury, taking on a primal stature, Eiza glared forward at Terror.

“Good, Eiza. Stand up and die like a man.” Terror turned and faced the Emata with an evil smile. Eiza held out his hand towards the ground as a yellow glow enveloped him, the glow reached to the ground as his eyes began to glow a bright blue, the ground responded by sprouting a black sword split down the middle by red. Eiza grabbed the handle and threw it up over his shoulder, resting it there as he scowled viciously at the specter before him.

“How animalistic of you, Eiza Borealis. To become so infuriated with me that you would enter a berserk state... Do you hate me that much?” Eiza responded with a roar augmented by his Psi that shook the ground beneath them. “It seems that words are no longer a commodity for you and I... You've thrown civility out the window entirely. So be it. Die like an animal instead of an Emata!”

Surging forth, two massive auras of yellow energy colliding violently; A silver-haired man, his face a huge and blood-thirsty smile, and a pitch-black specter with glowing red eyes came forth and began a battle that shook the earth.