"Rune?!" Princess Luna and Dusk said in unison.

Rune stood there, his face contorted in sorrow and anger. His heart felt like it was just torn from his chest. Rune's mind was a mess. It only had one desire:

"Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...Kill...

Dusk quickly got off the bed and tried to approach Rune. "Rune? I can explai---"

Before Dusk could finish, Rune already closed the gap between them, pushing Dusk and himself across the room...................over the balcony.

"Dusk!!! Rune!!!!" Luna shouted, running to the balcony edge.

See was quickly able to use her magic to catch both unicorns in a kind of ball made of the night. But Luna found it hard to maintain, let alone control it. The magical ball erratically jerked and moved about as it fell to the ground, repeatedly striking the castle walls, until finally it struck the ground, where both Dusk and Rune kinda rolled across the ground. They landed in the Canterlot main courtyard. There was not a single guard around.

Both of them had minor scratches but were otherwise unharmed.

"Rune!!!" Dusk shouted. "Please listen to---" Before Dusk could finish, an orb of orange magic flew by him, missing his head by mere inches. A small explosion followed after.

Turning around, Dusk saw a small crater in the ground. Rune was not in the mood to talk.

Another orange orb flew at Dusk. This time, he was able to dodge it, but the ground still took the damage. Again and again, Rune fired magical orbs; all Dusk could do was run. Dusk could of easily teleported anywhere else, but he was scared, unable to think. Dusk was able to peek his head out of hi hiding spot to see Rune. Rune looked really pissed off. His mouth almost looked like he had fangs. His eyes were blank and white. And the color of the magic he was firing was getting darker and darker. But then Dusk noticed something; Rune didn't seem to know where Dusk was. Rune was attacking randomly. Hole after hole was being made with every blast.

"RUNE!!!!!" Luna shouted in her royal Canterlot voice. She was finally able to make it to where the unicorns were. "As your instructor, I ORDER you to stop this violence and madness!"

Rune turned his blank eyes towards Luna. "AAAAARRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!" Rune shouted. A magical shock-wave shot out, sending Luna flying, hitting the castle walls with a loud impact.

Dusk was shocked with what Rune just did.

"RUNE!" Dusk shouted, Rune turned to Dusk. "What happened!? You need to stop this!"

"Whhatt....happened????" Rune mumbled. "EVERYTHING!!!!"

Rune started blasting more and more attacks at where Dusk was hiding. Luckily that was a very sturdy wall.

"Since colthood you have always been the lucky one! You always had the better end! You excelled at magic, all the mares loved you and was given everything you desired!" The attacks were getting darker in color and bigger in size. "While I was left alone! Cast out of your shadow, no natural talent, no friends......NO RESPECT!!!!!" Rune raised his body. He was now standing on his hind legs, his arms raised high in the air. A small blackish-orange ball spewed from his horn. It slowly moved up to between his hoofs. In mere moments, the small orb grew to tremendous size. Rune planned on destroying the entire grounds to get to Dusk. "And now that I finally found something to look forward to, something to cherish, something to even love...... and you take it.............

Rune threw the massive attack at Dusk. Dusk couldn't dodge, didn't even think to teleport away.

BOOOOM The explosion shook the very castle. If anypony was asleep, they're awake now.

When the smoke cleared, all that stood there was a scratched and bruised Dusk, he was able to erect a barrier fast enough to save himself. But everything else around him was destroyed and in ruin and rubble.

"RUNE!!" Dusk shouted. "You have to stop this, you could destroy the castle!"

"I don't care anymore!" Rune replied, his horn charging for another attack. "There's nothing left to take, I have nothing left to lose!"

"Then I have no choice....." Dusk reluctantly agreed, his horn charging for an attack.

Both unicorns shot a beam of magic, both blasts colliding with each other, leaving each other in a deadlock. It was now a battle of who could keep their attack going the longest.

Luna regained consciousness, looking over to see Rune and Dusk in their magical battle. Looking around, she saw guards running to the scene.

"Princess?" One guard asked, running to Luna. "Are you alright? What's happening?"

"Stop this........" Luna started moving towards Rune and Dusk, her leg was slightly injured so she more or less hobbled. "BOTH OF YOU STOP THIS!!!!!!!!!!!"

Both Rune's anger and Dusk's desire to stop and hopefully help his friend caused a mix in their magic. They basically crossed the beams, empowering and intensifying the energy.

ZZZMMMMMMMMMM........BAAAABOOOMMM

The magic exploded in a massive stream of destruction.

Luna ran as fast as she could to where they were. "DUSK!? RUNE!?"

When the smoke cleared, both Dusk and Rune were unconscious on the destroyed floor.

"Dusk? Rune?" Luna tried shaking them to wake them up. "Both you wake up....." Some tears started to go down her face. "Both of you....Please wake up!"

"Sister!" Called Princess Celestia, walking through the group of guards. "What has happened here?"

Luna looked over to her sister, crying her eyes out. "Sister......Dusk.......Rune.......They won't wake up......"

Celestia walked over to both the unconscious unicorns. Quickly examining them, she let out a sigh of relief. "It is okay Luna. They are alive, but they are in a deep sleep." Celestia turned to her guards. "Get a medic to take both of them to the infirmary!" Two guards saluted Celestia and ran off. Celestia looked around at the destroyed grounds and then back to Luna. "Did Dusk and Rune both do this?"

Luna shook her head. "No, Rune did all of this."

"Really?!" Celestia looked around again. "Come sister, as those two are being treated, tell me everything you can." Celestia gently smiled while reassuringly patted Luna on the back. "It's okay, they will both be fine."