When will it end?

      "So how do these curses work? Asked Celestia as she stared at the shriveled hand.

      "Simple." Hevlium stepped back, and crouched down. This strange aura surrounded him, and covered his form. "As simple as that, I am now cursed. But only partially. If I wanted to be cursed all the way, then I would fight a basilisk. This allows temporary engagement with the ghosts." As he said this, Twilight realized something crucial.

      "Hevlium... why's the fire out?" Hevlium snapped to attention, staring at the now un-lit bonfire.

      "Twilight, Celestia... hide. He's coming." They waited with baited breath. Nothing could be heard except the light breaths coming from the group. As they waited, a couple of thoughts entered Twilight's mind. Will I see my friends again? Who is coming? What happened to those people? As these thoughts raced through her head, Hevlium slowly crept around the corner. Celestia tried to follow, but Hevlium pushed her back. She and Twilight watched Hevlium approach the bonfire. As Hevlium approached the bonfire, a voice rang through the air.

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For too long, the pony race has ignored the signs. Your planet is nearing destruction. Salvation is reserved for those who pass the test. If you survive, an elevated existance awaits. Initiate phase one. Power up the base cannon. A red circle appeared in the middle of the clearing, next to the bonfire. It started to glow ominously, and the ground began to shake. A figure with a strange golden mask appeared, and looked around, until it spotted Hevlium. They stared at each other for several seconds until...  FIRE! The figure removed a giant sword from its back, and leaped at Hevlium. He jumped back as the sword smashed the ground where he was standing. As the figure pulled the sword up from the ground, a huge crack was left in its place. The figure dashed at Hevlium, swinging the sword in a huge arc. Hevlium span in a circle, his Halberd following. The halberd connected with the edge of the sword... and shattered into a million pieces. The figure grasped Hevlium by the neck, and threw him to the other side of the clearing, Hevlium smashing multiple statues as he flew. He smacked into a wall, gasping as the wind was knocked out of him. Hevlium fell to the ground as the figure approached. He panted, his weapons gone. The figure kicked Hevlium in his side, rolling him onto his back. The figure stood over Hevlium as he turned, raising his arms into the air, as if asking a question. As he stood arms raised, Hevlium stood up slowly. He reached behind his back, grabbing a dagger. He plunged it into the figures back, shoving it as far as it would go, before ripping it out of his side as he lept back.

      The figure grasped at his chest, then stood up, and just turned around. He gaped as the figure just walked back over. He lept for his shield, picking it up as the figure swung again. It smashed into the ground, the shock of the hit causing Hevlium to stumble, and drop the knife. Hevlium backed up, but stopped as his back hit the wall.

      (1:56) Time seemed to slow down for Hevlium. He raised his shield as the figure swung again. The first blow knocked the shield away, but Hevlium raised it just in time to block the second blow, which smashed the shield from his hands, knocking it to the far side of the clearing. Hevlium stared as the figure picked him up again, and prepared his sword. Hevlium grasped at the edge of the blade, stopping it moments before it plunged into his chest. As he struggled to keep it from plunging into his body, the figure threw him onto the ground. Hevlium again had the wind knocked out of him. He grabbed again at the blade as it cut through his gauntlets into his hands. They began to bleed, which caused Hevlium's grip to get weaker. The blade inched closer and closer to his neck. The figure raised his blade again, and stomped on Hevlium's elbow, breaking his left arm. Hevlium cried out in pain, causing Celestia to act. The figure was about to plunge his sword again, when Hevlium disappeared in a flash of white. The figure looked across the clearing, where Hevlium now lay. The figure began to run as Hevlium stood up, a shard of the Halberd in his hand. The figure lept at him, sword plunging down. Hevlium waited, and time seemed to slow down again, because just as the sword was about to hit, he lifted his left arm, and pushed the blade to the side. The force of the blow being redirected caused the sword to fling from the figures hands, causing it to shoot past Hevlium and imbed itself in the wall. As the figure turned forward again, Hevlium raised the shard of metal... and plunged it into the mask. As blood spurted out, he removed the shard, and shoved back into the figures chest. As the figure again felt the blade enter its chest, its legs went limp. Hevlium pushed it onto its knees, before he kicked it onto the ground. Hevlium stood up slowly, and walked over to the blade. With a fierce tug he pulled it from the wall. As he turned, he swung it to his side. He walked back to the figure, and plunged the sword into its body, causing it to disperse in a white mist. Twilight and Celestia rushed over to Hevlium as he fell onto his knees. They then watched in awe as he drank from an orange flask, and doing so caused his arm to heal and his hands to mend. After doing so, Hevlium fell unconscious.

      In another timeline, someone complained very furiously about lag.

      Hevlium sifted through his memories. His arrival, who he met, who he saved. He wondered if they were alright. As he sat in the dark, he heard some voices. Looking around, he saw a bright orange light. He ran towards it, and was engulfed.

      "Princess, I think he's waking up!" Hevlium cracked open his eyes. He was lying by the bonfire, which was warming him with its healing glow. He glanced around, and saw Twilight and Celestia staring at him with concern. He sat up, and they moved back to give him some room.

      "Are you two okay?"

      "We're fine," said Celestia, as she breathed a sigh of relief. "How did you survive that?"

      "That beating?" Hevlium reached into a pouch on his belt, and pulled out the orange flask. "This is the Estus flask. It is a flask that contains the essence of the Bonfire. Whenever I rest at a bonfire, the bonfire replenishes the flask. Although, only the Undead can use them. So it's pointless unless you're undead. Anyway, we should get going." Hevlium rose, along with Celestia and Twilight. "Have you decided if we're going to fight, or run. Celestia shared a look with Twilight.

      "Fight."

      "Alright then. Take two curses each. To use, simply will it to work." As he explained, they both took two curses. "If your going to attack, then make it single use. We don't want to be here to long." The two ponies nodded, then prepared themselves.

      "Alright, who's going to count us off?

      "I will." Said Celestia.

      "Alright then. Prepare curses." As a group, they all used there curses, a sickening glow surrounding each of them. "Begin countdown."

      "Five." Twilight lit her horn.

      "Four." Celestia ran through each spell she knew."

      "Three." Hevlium got out a large scythe.

      "Tw--"

      "Let's do this. LLLLEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOOYYYYYYYY JJJEEEEEEEEEENNNNNNNKKKKKKIIIIIIIINNNNNNS!!!!!!!!!" Hevlium ran forward into the dark cave that led out of the clearing. Celestia and Twilight stared at the cave as the sound of yells and moans rang out.

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      "Oh my god he just ran in." Said Twilight as she closed her hanging jaw. She and Celestia both ran in, unaware of the chaos inside.

      Inside they found carnage... everywhere. Hevlium had run in slicing everything in sight. He had most likely been spinning, for there were scratches across all of the walls. Ectoplasm was everywhere. They could see him further down the hall, slicing through each ghost they saw. They began galloping to catch up. Ghosts began to rise out of the floor around. Twilight began to fire magic bolts that hit the ghosts, causing them to dissipate. Celestia did combo of spells, and slicing through them with with her horn. They galloped down the hall, cobwebs falling down with how fast they ran. They past classroom after classroom, each one in shambles. They eventually caught up to Hevlium, who was eating a green herb. "Have one." They both levitated one to there mouths, and gasped in shock as their stamina was almost instantaneously replenished. As they reclaimed their stamina, ghosts swarmed them. With a nod from Hevlium, they charged the ghosts. Hevlium cut down those behind, while Celestia and Twilight shot those behind. They began running again, and after several minutes of fighting, they saw the exit. "Over there!" Hevlium pointed towards the end, and they all dashed. But as they were nearing the end, one of the ghosts shot out of the wall and clipped Twilight's legs. She fell forward, and smacked the ground. Hevlium saw what happened, and pushed Celestia to the exit. "Go! I'll get her!" Celestia dodged and kept running, the ghosts close behind. Hevlium ran to Twilight, slicing the ghost as he was about to strike. E slung her onto his shoulder, and began to run again. His scythe was cracked along the blade, in dire need of repair. He slung the scythe onto his back, and kept running. Ghost after ghost sliced out at him. More and more kept coming, and they began to overpower him. He was hit over and over, but he had been to New Londo so many times he was used to it. He ran Twilight the rest off the way, literally smashing through several ghosts in the end, before he burst of the school, into midair. He began to fall with Twilight, smashing into a slope it seemed. (It was pitch black.) He slid down with Twilght, until they were again over open air. As he began falling, he knew he wouldn't survive the fall. Just as he sensed he ground approaching, something snatched him out of the air.

      "Yet another who can't see. Don't worry friend, nothing bad shall happen to you." The strange being let them onto the ground, Twilight unconscious from the pain. As Hevlium hit the ground, he spotted a bonfire lying in front of him. He set Twilight on the ground, and lit the fire. Next to him was Celestia, who had fallen asleep from shock. But the figure above them, was one he had only heard of in legends.

      "Hawkeye Gough?"