Drak

Drak happily opened the door to Ditzy’s house and was greeted by both Ditzy and Trixie. The two mares looked up at him and gave him a warm smile. He was headed towards his room when he was stopped by the azure. She offered to take his work clothes to his room because the pegasus had something to say. He gave the unicorn his thanks and went to join the pegasus on the couch.

“So you were able to find yourself a job?” Ditzy asked.

“Yeah, I landed a masseur job at the local spa,” Drak replied happily.

Ditzy smiled happily as she pulled out a blueberry muffin. There was a little frosting on the muffin that said congrats as she handed it to him. He took the muffin smiling at her for the nice treat that she got for him. He ate his muffin happily as she gave him a quick hug and told him something.

“Dinky made you a picture before she went to bed,” Ditzy said.

After a few seconds of looking, the pegasus was able to find the picture. She handed the parchment to the human and he looked it over. On the paper he saw five figures standing in an open field. On the picture stood Ditzy, Drak, Dinky, Trixie, and Lotus all holding hands and smiling happily. He smiled at the picture as he turned towards the pegasus.

“It’s a very lovely picture,” Drak commented.

“She knew that you would like it. Most of her drawings involve ponies that mean a lot to her. The pictures only had me in them until I had Lotus come by and watch Dinky when I was working. Then you and Trixie came along and even though you both have been here a short while, she really looks up to both of you,” Ditzy said as a small tear fell from her eye.

“Well, she is a wonderful filly that has a wonderful mother that has always been there for her,” Drak said smiling as he wiped away her tears. Trixie walked in quietly and stood next to her as she composed herself a little more.

“Drak, if it’s alright with you, can we give you something?” Ditzy asked hopefully.

“You girls didn’t have to get me anything. I mean I don’t have anything to even give you,” Drak said.

“Well, we decided that we wanted to give you something and hope that you will like it,” Trixie said as she pulled out a box.

Ditzy moved from her seat and stood next to Trixie smiling at him. He looked at the two mares before settling his eyes on the box. With his eyes focused on the box, the unicorn opened it up to show two pony figurines. They both glowed slightly showing that they were made of some magical essence. The human picked them up and got a closer look at them.

The one in his right hand looked like Trixie with her signature hat and cape. He then looked to the one in his left hand to see that it looked like Ditzy and there was a feather attached to the back. He was shocked from the gift that he got from the two mares. He was completely overjoyed that they chose him to give their heart to him. There was a hint of nervousness though since he wasn’t sure to make of it still. He wanted to say something to the mares but couldn’t find the words since the gift left him speechless. So putting the words behind him, he did the next best thing to show his happiness.

He pulled the two mares into a tight hug, letting them know that he accepts. The mares happily return the embrace with warm smiles on their faces. During the hug though, he had a few memories flash in his head. He was met by the face of Scarlet, a woman with beautiful red hair and mesmerizing blue eyes. He pushed back the painful image promising that he wouldn’t let the same thing happen to these mares.

After hugging each other for a couple of minutes they finally broke apart. The azure mare said her goodnight as she headed for her room. The human was about to do the same until the pegasus got his attention.

“Hey, Drak, there is a special holiday coming up and I think Dinky would like it if you attended,” Ditzy said.

“What kind of holiday is it?” Drak asked.

“It’s similar to another holiday called the Sister Hooves Social. The holiday is just so sisters can compete in competitions and play some games. The one that is coming up is the Father Hooves Social and I think she wants you to go with her,” Ditzy said smiling.

“I would gladly take her to the event.” Drak replied smiling.

Ditzy was so happy that he was going to do this that she gave him a quick kiss on the cheek. The pegasus wished him a good night as she headed for bed. He was stunned for a few seconds before placing a hand to his cheek and smiled. He gladly went to bed excited to see what kind of fun games he could do with Dinky.

Blake

Blake was walking through the castle corridors trying to get away from Luna. It was bad enough that he had to walk with her everywhere in the castle and she wouldn’t leave him alone. He found the kitchen and decided to make himself a quick snack. He made himself a simple lettuce, cheese, and tomato sandwich before taking a seat at the table.

He happily ate his sandwich in peace, until Luna came walking in. The princess saw him sitting at the table and happily waved at him. Losing his appetite from the site of the Night Princess, he threw away his sandwich. He got out of his seat and started for the door to leave the kitchen. He was stopped from making his exit when the alicorn put a hand in front of him.

“Where are you going, Blake? I was hoping to enjoy your company a little longer,” Luna said with a hopeful smile.

“I’m headed for bed so I can put this whole day behind me,” Blake said as he rubbed his head.

“Was today really that terrible for you?” Luna asked with concern.

“Yes, yes it was. Not only did you walk in on one of my dreams, but you also held it against me,” Blake said slightly irritated.

“I didn’t mean to make you feel uncomfortable around me. I just wanted to get to know you a little more,” Luna said as she looked down at the ground.

“Even if you didn’t mean to make me feel that way I did anyways. I now have to live with the fact that you saw me in my dream fucking both you and your sister. I am surprised that I haven’t been thrown out or that your sister hasn’t skewered me yet. Which brings me to my next point, why haven’t you told her?” Blake asked as he tried to keep himself somewhat calm.

“I haven’t told her because she would react the same way I did,” Luna said with her ears drooped back.

“How exactly did you even react to that?” Blake asked.

“To be honest, I felt a little happy that you would have such a dream like that. Not many ponies see us as equals and fear our immense power.

My sister and I have only ever met a few stallions that showed genuine interest, but they were still weary of our presence. In your dream though, it was like you didn’t care that we were royalty or a powerful being. You loved us like we were any normal mare,” Luna replied as she looked at him with tears forming in her eyes.

“Sadly that is all it can be can’t it. Just a dream that can never become reality since I have no power,” Blake said as he fought back his tears.

“Why do you think that?” Luna asked as she got closer to him.

“You and your sister are very generous rulers. Your sister may take it out of hand sometimes but I can understand. I’m just a regular person that can’t be with you because it would be unwise for a commoner to be with royalty,” Blake replied as he clenched his fists.

“Many of our ponies think that. Truth be told, there is nothing against a ruler dating or even marrying a pony that isn’t royalty. The only reason why it never happens is because of the fear,” Luna answered as a few stray tears fell down her face.

“Then why did you hold that dream against me?” Blake asked, looking into Luna’s tear filled eyes with his own.

“The reason is because I want to be with you. I’m unsure about my sister, but I know my true feelings. I wanted you to be around me the whole entire day to see if you liked me the way that you did in your dream. I’m sorry for the pain that I have caused you and hopefully we can remain friends,” Luna said. The princess was about to walk out when she was pulled into a tight hug.

“I want to be more than friends with you, Luna. I was just afraid that you wouldn’t treat me kindly if you knew how I felt. If you are willing, I would like to take you out to dinner at some point,” Blake said as he smiled up at her.

“I would gladly go on a date with you, young Blake. Maybe at some point the same could happen to my sister, but I will let you decide when you want to do that,” Luna said as she smiled back at him.

The two of them gave one final hug before heading back to their bedrooms. Blake was headed towards his room when he decided to take a detour. He entered the celestial section of the castle and arrived at Celestia’s door. He walked over to a supply closet and pulled out a paper and pen. He wrote on the letter for Celestia to meet him at the Hooves and Garden in a few nights.

He folded up the note and slid it under the door. He knew that she was asleep but she would see it when she got up to raise the sun. He gave one last look at the large golden doors before heading back to his room. He hoped that everything would turn out okay with him and the princesses.

Purple Mist

The mist slithered along the ground heading for her target. She reached the tree that Marcus was sleeping on and went up the trunk. The mist looked over his sleeping form before using her magic to enter his dreams. Once inside the mist took note of the surroundings she was in. She was in a bleach white room, but after a few seconds it started to change into his dream.

The mist was met by the site of different ponies all smiling and talking with each other. She noticed the humans that were there and they were very happy. The mist smirked as she saw this as the perfect opportunity to get the human to work for her. She started to channel her magic to turn the pleasant dream into a nightmare. She was about to activate her spell when a torrent of flames shot throughout the dream.

The mist was able to get her bearings after the flames died out but wished that she didn’t look. She was in an unfamiliar city that was blanketed in flames and strange moaning creatures. The crumbling buildings were caked with blood and there were limbs everywhere. The mist saw no sight of her target and started moving through the dream to find him. As she traveled through the destroyed city, the limbs became more discernable.

There were arms and legs of various ponies and the most prominent were the ones that belonged to the element bearers. She continued down the street until she heard a loud scream. The mist quickened her pace towards the sound to see what was happening. She traveled through an alleyway for a good two minutes before reaching a warehouse. When she reached it though, she was horrified beyond belief.

Outside the warehouse were the ponies that the humans became friends with. Though the only thing that was left of them were their heads on a pike. Their eyes were gouged out and the unicorns had their horns snapped off. What really scared the mist though was that the heads were alive and moaning in pain. The mist fought from hurling from the horrendous site and continued towards the warehouse.

The mist reached to door to the warehouse and placed a hand on the handle. Before she opened the door she looked back to see a cloaked figure sitting on the roof of a building. She paid it no mind as the figure didn’t move from its perch or even acknowledge her. She slowly opened the door to loud screams. The warehouse was dark at first but it soon gained light and she could hear a faint song playing in the background.

The mist entered the lit warehouse and quickly averted her eyes from the scene. In the room the friends were held down on metal tables. The faint sound of knives sharpening could be heard along with a maniacal laugh following it. She turned her eyes toward the sound of the laugh and was met with thirteen other creatures like Marcus. She could barely make out ten of them but three remained silhouetted in darkness.

The sharpening of the knives stopped, but the laughter grew in intensity. Out from the shadows came an old looking man. His skin was pale and his face weathered from harsh elements. His hair was thinning and the little stubble that he had was white as snow. He grinned mischievously showing the little amount of teeth that he had. His right eye had an uncontrollable twitch as his grin widened even more.

He wore a blood tattered doctor’s coat with several fresh blood stains. He held in his left hand a bone saw and in his right a scalpel. The doctor walked towards Marcus and looked down at him. There was silence filling the room causing it to be unnerving. The mist was about to take a step closer when she heard a loud scream. She recoiled back as the scalpel cut down Marcus’ sternum to his naval.

As the doctor cut down the skin with accurate precision, he started to hum to himself. His hum was a little happy tune that added to his madness. He ignored the screams of pain that Marcus emitted and continued on with his work. With the skin and muscle cut away from his bones the doctor got to work. He teased Marcus as he slightly ran the teeth of the blade against the bone.

Marcus could feel the slight tug that the saw gave and could only grunt in response. Getting bored with playing with his toy, the doctor firmly grasped his sternum. The mist was certain that the doctor would have used the saw to cut through the bone but she was wrong. The saw was merely decoration as he pulled on the bone. Marcus screamed at the pressure being placed on him.

“You should have just given yourselves to us,” the doctor said.

“Why don’t you just go fuck yourself,” Marcus shot back through gritted teeth.

“Such language and here I was trying to make this a quick process,” the doctor said with a slight frown.

“Quick my ass. You tortured my friends for seven hours before killing them,” Marcus said looking at the doctor with fire in his eyes.

“If they just handed you over then there was a chance that they could have walked away alive. You on the other hand will not survive since we need your heart for Nemesis,” the doctor said pointing toward the horrid creature in the back.

“What makes my heart so special you crazed psychopath?” The doctor didn’t like being called a psychopath and showed that by breaking one of Marcus’ ribs.

“We need your heart because you are the only person that has bonded so well with his virus. Many subjects couldn’t handle the extra dosage and ultimately died. Your heart is the thing that we need to make Nemesis a perfect creature. He already has the powers of your friends, so all that was left was yours,” the doctor said as a smile formed on his lips.

“I will see you dead before that happens,” Marcus shot back.

“You see, that is your problem. You continue to fight it, but in the end we always get what we want. Always,” that was the last thing Marcus heard as his heart was ripped from his chest.

The mist couldn’t take the scene anymore and quickly left the building. Once outside the warehouse she slowly regained her breath. She was about to start walking off when a knife to the throat stopped her. Out of her peripheral she saw the same cloaked figure as before. The mist shook in place as she knew who the cloaked figure was now.

“Who are you?” The figure asked in a low growl.

“You have met me before, but in a different state,” the mist replied.

“Oh yeah, and where pray tell did we meet?” The figure asked.

“When you first arrived in Equestria. We never met face to face, but you saw me blasted by Twilight and her friends.” The mist replied.

“Then why don’t you show me who you are,” The figure requested, carefully pulling back the knife.

The mist took a quick breath before channeling her magic. The mist slowly disappeared to show a dark alicorn mare. The mare turned around and placed her slitted gaze onto the figure. The figure looked into her eyes for a few seconds before removing his cloak. The alicorn was met with the creature that she came for.

“So what is your name?” The human asked.

“I am Nightmare Moon and sadly the ex-ruler of the night,” Nightmare replied sadly.

“The name is Marcus and I am guessing that you were the mist that I have seen around Ponyville,” Marcus stated.

“I am,” Nightmare replied.

“So why are you here?” Marcus asked getting straight to the point.

“I came to shroud your dreams in darkness and make you my minion, but this is just awful,” Nightmare said gesturing towards all the death and decay.

“This is the reason I don’t ever go to sleep until necessary,” Marcus replied.

“How have you remained sane all this time? Stuff like this would cause a regular pony to have lost it?” Nightmare asked.

“I honestly don’t have a clue. I either stopped caring about it or I have finally snapped and haven’t realized it yet,” Marcus replied as he turned the nightmare into a white room.

He summoned a black table and two chairs for them to sit in. He took his seat and gestured towards the other for Nightmare Moon. She looked between the human and the chair hesitantly before taking the seat. A few seconds later a glass and pitcher appeared and were filled with water. The dark alicorn gladly took the glass as he enjoyed a hard cider.

Nothing was said between the two as they sat there silently drinking. The alicorn made small glances at the human as he sipped his cider calmly. Not able to take the silence for a second longer she decided to break the ice.

“So I know your name, but I don’t know what you are,” Nightmare stated.

“Well, I am human, or at least somewhat. I think that little nightmare I was having showed you what I mean,” Marcus replied.

“That is true since regular ponies would have died from something so extreme. What makes you so different?” Nightmare asked with a raised brow.

“Well, I’m infected so I am kind of harder to kill. Not so sure about my powers since I don’t use them that often,” Marcus answered.

“May I see what you can do?” Nightmare asked.

The human shrugged as he transformed his left arm into a claw and his right arm into the whip arm. The alicorn almost choked on the water that she was drinking as she stared in fascination and horror at the change. She gently stuck out her hand and touched the blade like claws, seeing if they were sharp. The claws were very sharp as she nicked her index finger.

“So what are you going to do now?” Marcus asked.

“Well, at first I was going to use you as a pawn, but decided against it. I want to know why you are being so calm about my presence here,” Nightmare stated as she kept her eyes on him.

“I thought that I would humor you. I wanted to see what you would do and now I am kind of waiting for you to attack me,” Marcus stated as he threw the empty cider bottle behind him.

“I think I will just go. You now know of my presence so it would be hard to brainwash you into doing what I want,” Nightmare said getting out of her seat.

“That would be for the best before you cause any problems,” Marcus stated.

The table and chairs disappeared as they got ready to leave. The alicorn was channeling her magic, but stopped to say something to the human.

“Before I leave I will give you some fair warning. You could rat me out to the elements and the princesses but I think you and I both know that they won’t believe you.”

He said nothing as the mare flashed out of existence. He laid on his back looking up at the expanse of never ending white. The alicorn’s words floated around his head as he tried to decide what to do. Needing something more to look at than the barren white room he summoned up his friends and the ponies that he has met.

They all stood shoulder to shoulder with expressionless faces. He passed all his friends and was now walking along the ponies. He stopped at the end of the line to look at four ponies in particular. Rainbow, Lyra, Spitfire, and Blood Rain continued to stare off as he thought about what to do. After a few minutes he gave a huge sigh as he decided on what to do.

Marcus

The sun assaulted Marcus’ face causing him to fall out of the tree. Too tired to care, he stayed on the ground until his body had fully awoken. After a few minutes of lying there, he finally got up from the ground and started to stretch. As he stretched he saw Scootaloo headed towards him on her scooter. He waved to the filly and she waved back.

The young pegasus stopped in front of the human and smiled up at him. He returned the warm gesture and gave the filly a hug. The filly was surprised by the hug at first but melted into his warm embrace. She longed for this feeling after her parents died and he was the only one that could give it to her. When the hug broke off she told him why she was in the park.

“Hey, Marcus, I was wondering if you would attend the Father Hooves Social as my father figure?” Scootaloo asked pleadingly.

Marcus stood his ground as he let the weight of the words hit him. He had no idea how to respond to such a request since she wasn’t at all similar to him. He saw that the silence was getting to her as she got ready to cry. Wanting to avoid seeing the young filly cry, he gave his answer.

“Sure, Scootaloo. I would be happy to attend the celebration,” Scootaloo immediately beamed at him as she came in for another hug.

He couldn’t help but chuckle as he messed up the little filly’s mane. As he did that, he let what Drak told him sink in. As the words sunk into his very being he looked at the filly and decided to try and be more open with the ponies. He was pulled to full attention as the filly called out his name.

“Also, Marcus, I was wondering if you knew where Rainbow Dash is?” Scootaloo asked.

“Shouldn’t she be in her cloud home like she always is at this time of day?” Marcus asked keeping the worry from his voice.

“Well, I went to her house, but she wasn’t there,” Scootaloo explained.

“Well, why don’t we head over to Twilight’s place and see if she has seen Rainbow anywhere. While we’re headed that way I will text Blood Rain to check her house again,” Marcus replied.

Scootaloo smiled happily as she got on her scooter and followed the human to the library. He sent his text to Blood Rain as they walked down the path. After a few minutes of walking they arrived at the library and entered the building. He saw Twilight and Alex sitting on the couch especially how close they were. Alex turned around to see him enter and greeted him.

“Hey there, Marcus. You are actually here at a good time. Twilight was about to take all of us to some special nightclubs where Vinyl works,” Alex stated happily.

“Well, that is very kind of her. Before I forget have any of you seen Rainbow Dash lately?” Marcus asked.

“She isn’t in her cloud home?” Twilight asked.

“No and I have Blood Rain checking to see if she is at all there before asking the others,” Marcus replied.

“Well, the others will be here in a few seconds so you can ask them then,” Alex said.

Marcus and Scootaloo nodded as they took a seat on a chair. Alex couldn’t help but snicker as the filly sat on Marcus’ knee. Marcus shot him a quick glare and that silenced him very quickly. After waiting for a few seconds the library door opened to all the friends. Marcus asked them if they had seen Rainbow, but got the same answer. He started to grow worried at Rainbow’s disappearance.

His attention was pulled from the worry as Blood Rain slammed the door open and ran over to him. She was breathing heavily, but handed him a piece of paper. He looked it over and saw his name on it. He unfolded the paper and read its contents in silence.

Dear Marcus,

We have taken your friend Rainbow Dash. If you wish to see her unharmed and alive you will come to the Everfree forest. Bring your friends if you want because it will make it that much more enjoyable.

Sincerely,

Harpies

Marcus read the note a few more times to see if it was a fluke. Seeing that there was no other explanation for the pegasus’ disappearance he lost all color to his face. He felt as his heart slowed down and all the worst possible situations unfold. The paper fell from his hands as he looked out the nearest window and towards the forest.

The friends grew worried as he remained silent. Brandon was about to see what was wrong when Marcus took off sprinting. The friends were all stunned by his sudden outburst and looked towards the paper. Ryan picked up the paper and read its contents to everyone. Everyone was silent as they let the weight of the words hit them.

They now understood why Marcus ran out of the room and they had to catch up with him. They knew very well that it wasn’t going to be pretty. If the note turned out to be true then there was going to be Hell to pay for the harpies. The friends just hoped though that they would make it before Marcus did anything outrageous.

Marcus had a good head start since his body was pumping adrenaline through his body. He was running through the forest being hit by the many branches that were there. As he ran he activated his powers and got his claw hands ready. He didn’t know why, but he felt like the clearing that he met the last harpy was in was where they were. He reached the clearing and was correct in his assumption.

The harpies all looked towards the human who was slightly panting from his sprint. There were four harpies in total and he easily picked out their leader. The harpies stepped aside to show Rainbow unconscious and bleeding from the head. He felt his blood boil as he looked at the unconscious mare. His attention was pulled towards the harpy leader as she spoke.

“I am glad that you came so soon. I was sure I would need to do a little more to get your attention,” the harpy said.

“I believe I warned you at the Gala that if you came after anyone but me then I will kill you,” Marcus growled at the harpy.

“You did say that, but I think you need to be taught a lesson. So why don’t you come along quietly or else,” the harpy threatened as she placed a claw near Rainbow’s throat.

“You so much as put another scratch on her and I will rip your fucking throat out,” Marcus said as his voice got deeper.

The harpy could only laugh as she watched the human seethe with rage. As he stood his ground facing down the harpies his friends arrived. As they got closer they saw that he had his claws out and stopped their advance. They all looked towards the harpies and saw Rainbow Dash. Their eyes grew wide as they stared at the cyan mare’s prone form. Twilight and her friends were about to go help her, but were stopped by the friends.

They looked back and saw the fear that was in their eyes. They tried to break free of the humans’ grips, but couldn’t break free. The humans’ pulled the ponies close as Alex whispered to them.

“If he starts counting down from five, then Twilight will need to put up a barrier,” Alex said as he held the unicorn close.

“You have five seconds to let her go or I will take the matter into my own hands,” Marcus threatened.

“Oh, does the human think that he can take on Razor and her best guards?” Razor taunted.

“Five.”

“You should really think about your actions here,” Razor said

“Four.”

“Twilight, you better get the barrier up and when you do you all need to close your eyes,” none of the ponies questioned him as they closed their eyes.

“Three.”

Twilight summoned her barrier and buried her face into Alex’s chest. The friends knew that no harm would come to Rainbow, but none of the girls needed to see what was about to happen.

“Two.”

Marcus got in a low stance, ready to strike if they didn’t comply with his command. There was an eerie silence as he gave them a few extra seconds to think it over before he reached the end. Sadly the harpies just stood there, waiting for him to strike.

“One.”

That was the last chance before he jumped at one of them. He quickly took out one of Razor’s guards with a clean cut across her neck. The harpies stared in shock as the head of the harpy fell off and blood shot all over him. He stared at the harpies with his eyes that were filled with blood lust. The harpies took a few seconds to gain their composure before attacking him.

The harpies let go of the pegasus as they all ganged up on the human. The friends wanted to help, but they couldn’t because they would only be in the way. There was only one time they saw this happen with him and there was no stopping him now. The two guards charged Marcus and slammed their fists into his gut and sent him flying towards a tree. He hit the tree with a sickening crack that nearly toppled the tree.

He got to his feet, but the harpies were on him quickly before he was fully standing. The two guards came at him with a flying kick and connected with his face and gut. He felt the talons cut deep into his skin and grunted from the pain. The guard that was on his face quickly jumped back and the one on his gut did the same.

The guard that was on his gut didn’t make it far as he grabbed her leg and pulled her back. When her knee came in close proximity he took his right elbow and smashed it against her knee. The harpy shrieked in pain as her knee shattered from the strike. With her knee crushed he took the opportunity to slam her against the tree.

The harpy felt as the bones in her body shattered from each strike against the tree. Razor and her other guard could only watch in horror as the human took pleasure in killing the harpy. The mares could hear the crashes against the tree and tried to see what was happening. They weren’t given a chance as the friends kept their eyes closed and turned them away from the scene. Giving the harpy a few more whacks against the tree he finally let the harpy go.

The harpy gurgled as blood filled her lungs and mouth. He walked to the head of the harpy and pulled her up by her hair. She tried to shriek in pain, but her blood filled mouth kept her from doing so. He placed the crook of his left elbow on the harpy’s throat and held the side of her head with his right arm. The harpy begged him to let her go, but he just quietly shushed her.

He held the harpy for a few seconds before giving her head a sharp twist. The sound of her spine snapping could be heard and made everyone cringe. He held the limp body for a few seconds before letting it fall to the forest floor. He looked at the last two harpies that were giving him icy glares. Rainbow slowly regained consciousness and saw the headless body in front of her.

She held in a scream as she moved a few feet away from the body. She grabbed her head in pain as she looked around at her surroundings. As she looked around she remembered what happened at her home. She was kidnapped by harpies during the middle of the night and taken to the Everfree forest. She saw her friends and the others standing in Twilight’s barrier looking away from something. She turned to see what they were avoiding and gasped at the site.

She saw as Marcus twisted the head of the harpy and let it fall to the ground. She could see the death glare that he gave the harpies and noticed the amount of blood that he was covered in. She felt tears well up in her eyes as she saw him charge at the harpies. The harpies quickly jumped to the side and kicked him in his ribs.

The human grabbed his side in pain as the harpies jumped back. He stared down at the last guard as he came up with a plan. He took out his knife and threw it at the harpy. The harpy easily dodged the attack, but left herself wide open. When she realized her mistake it was already too late. The human rammed his two clawed hands into her gut. The harpy spat up blood as she tried to pull the hands out.

He spread his arms out and sliced the harpy in half. The two halves hit the floor with an audible thud as he turned to face Razor. Razor could feel the rage boiling inside of her as she made sure that the human would pay. The harpy leader shot herself forward into the human and dragged him along the ground. She quickly turned up and headed for the skies. Once she was fifty feet in the air she dropped him.

He fell to the ground hitting every branch during his descent. He hit the ground face first and didn’t move. Razor leisurely flew down and landed next to him. She gave a few kicks to the human before smirking at her victory. She turned around with her wings spread when he grabbed her legs and pulled her down. She fell on her stomach and barely saw the human out of her peripheral.

The human smirked as he took his clawed hands and slashed the harpy’s wings off. Razor howled in pain causing many of the listeners cover their ears. He picked up the harpy by the head and slammed her against the tree. With the harpy pinned against the tree he brought up his left fist and slammed it against her gut. The harpy grunted from the impact and felt more blows hit her body.

He had only one thing for this harpy before he killed her off. He was going to make sure that this harpy suffered and begged for her own death. He released her head and started smashing his fists into her slow and hard. The harpy could do nothing except beg for the torture to end. She could feel her bones starting to snap from each hit and the blood loss from her wings was making her woozy.

Seeing that the harpy had had enough of the beating, he stopped his assault. He then grabbed her by the throat and threw her across the field. The harpy slid an extra few feet before coming to a halt. She watched as the human walked slowly in her direction before closing her eyes. She breathed softly as she waited for her death to come.

Rainbow couldn’t handle the carnage that was in front of her. She didn’t know who was the one fighting, but knew it wasn’t Marcus. She saw the harpy get thrown across the forest floor and noticed him walking towards her. She quickly shot up to her feet and ran towards him as tears fell from her eyes. He was halfway to Razor when the cyan pegasus wrapped her arms around him, halting his advance.

“Please, stop this,” Rainbow pleaded as tears fell from her eyes.

“She threatened to kill you. This bitch deserves to die,” Marcus said in a low voice.

“She is already beaten. Just let her go and give me back the Marcus that I know,” Rainbow said.

“This is the Marcus that you know,” Marcus replied.

“No it isn’t. The Marcus that I know, the true Marcus is a kind and caring person even if he doesn’t like to show it,” Rainbow stated firmly.

“Even then, I can’t let this bitch continue to live. If she lives then she will come back and kill all of you,” Marcus said as he stared down Razor. Rainbow could hear the determination in his voice and knew that there was one way to stop him.

“You don’t need to. You showed her what would happen if she hurts one of us. So please come back to us. I love you too much to let you do this,” Rainbow said as she held him tighter.

Marcus tensed up as her words went through his head. His breathing started to calm and his heart started to slow to a steady beat. His eyes calm from their blood lust as tears formed in his eyes.

“Don’t you dare lie to me,” Marcus said as he held back his tears.

“I’m not lying to you. I love you and I don’t want to lose you,” Rainbow could see that her words were falling on deaf ears.

In the heat of the moment she did the one thing that would show her feelings. She turned the human around and before he could say anything she smashed her lips against his. He tensed as the mare kissed him but after a few seconds he gave in to the kiss. They kissed passionately before having to break apart for some air. Both their faces had noticeable blushes as they stared into each other’s eyes.

He gave a warm chuckle as he placed his head on Rainbow’s. He felt his body become heavy as he fell to the ground. The pegasus kept her hold on him as she slowly brought him to the ground. She gently laid him on the ground as the others came running over. The friends looked over the human as Twilight dealt with the harpy.

When the harpy was healed from her injuries she didn’t say anything as she left them all alone. With Razor finally gone, Twilight walked over to the others to see how Marcus was doing. He was breathing softly with his head gently placed on Rainbow’s lap. He had a small smile on his face as Blake carefully healed his wounds. With most of his serious wounds healed, the cyan mare picked him up and left for the hospital.

Hospital

Marcus gave a soft groan as his eyes cracked open. He saw that he was in the hospital and gave a sigh at his predicament. The events of the day played back in his mind, but stopped when he got to the kiss with Rainbow. He rubbed his eyes as he convinced himself that it was just a dream and nothing more. He slowly took off the medical equipment so he could get a look at his body.

He was too busy to see the door open to a certain cyan pegasus. The mare walked in to see the human take off the last of the equipment before jumping him. He was surprised as he was held in a tight embrace with the pegasus kissing his cheek. The mare gave a few more kisses before pulling back and looking straight into his eyes.

“So I guess that everything that happened wasn’t a dream?” Marcus said.

“Nope,” Rainbow stated happily.

“Then I guess I better go read those books and talk with my friends then. After that would you like to go to dinner then?” Marcus asked.

Rainbow let out a little squeal of excitement before composing herself. He grabbed the mare by the hand and pulled her towards him so they could share one final kiss before she left. No words were said as the pegasus happily left the room, leaving him to his thoughts. He looked towards his necklace and decided to give it a shot with the athletic pegasus.