I heard a scream outside of my window. It was odd, because not five minutes later a guardspony came crashing through my door.

"The Bane," she shouted, "The Bane is free!" My eyes grew wide and launched myself out of my window overlooking my city. I made a sharp right towards the gardens and saw my fears in the flesh.

He had been awoken.

And he stared down at a little filly.

As I was about to fly down and attack him, but I thought better to myself. If I would attack irrationally with no plan, I would most likely be in mortal danger. So, I decided to play his game that he played all those thousands of years ago. Hiding on the highest balcony of the castle, I looked down at him with the telescope. I saw the filly look up at him and she said something I could not make out. I saw The Bane tilt his torso to the side, to simulate a cock of the head. When I saw the filly say something again, he stopped leaning to the side and raise his sword.

Now, despite what I felt, I didn't fly down. When I saw him stick his sword in the ground next to him, and pick up the filly with his meaty hands, that was the part I could not stand. I winked away from the telescope and appeared in front of him, who still held the filly in his hands.

"Pyramid Head!" I yelled, using his real name. I saw his hands tense around the filly, who squeaked in pain and fell to the ground holding her side. He gripped at his large metal helmet before he pulled his sword out from the ground and began walking away from me. He had played this ploy before, and I would not let him escape again! Teleporting in front of him, I pushed Pyramid Head back and watched him stumble. I looked at his hands the entire time this happened. Despite his size, he was fast when it came to swinging that blade.

His hand would change position on the handle, from dragging it with his back hand up, to dragging it with his palm up. But when I pushed him back, he never made an attempt to attack me. Instead, he pushed past me. I saw the trail that the blade had been making but...

Then it hit me; the children. He didn't want to fight in front of the children. I regained myself somewhat and followed his trail that lead directly into the heart of the maze. It was an open field, mostly used for trainee sparring, but today it would be our battle field.

"That was... very modest of you, going away from the children." I said, lighting my horn. I saw him move his shoulders at an attempted shrug, and then I watch his hand move.

Palm up. He was going for an arch swing.I saw his blade rise and I stepped back out of his reach, but he caught me completely off guard as his downward swing turn into a horizontal one. I felt his blade nick my chest as I jumped back a little bit too late. I do not have a god complex, but I was very happy that none my subject were here to see me. The see me as a Goddess, so imagine how unsettling it would be to see a Goddess bleed?

He pulled his blade from the ground and swung it back around. Once again, it nicked me enough to make me bleed, but not enough to actually hurt me. I looked down at my wounds; they made a perfect "X". I looked back at Pyramid Head saw him heft his blade up and rush forward. Then it hit me again.

"X" marks the spot.

I flew up as fast as I could, but was unfortunately caught by my tail and thrown to the ground. In an act of desperation, I fired an arcane bolt at him. That was my big mistake, but I knew the repercussions. All I had to do was go through Silent Hill again...

Nothing wrong with that right?

I looked at the spot where Celestia once was. Why did she do that? She knows that if magic struck me she would go to Silent Hill. Worse, as a human. I hope she was ready to see my new improvements of the place, I doubt she'll be able to get past the Schism without getting a few cuts here and there.

Oh well, no time to ponder over meaningless trash...

Gripping the Knife, I followed my trail back to the gardens and noticed that the teacher and the children were gone. Good, a monster out of place is still monster. I let out a loud rumble before I made my way into castle via the Green House door. Mere servants were only inside, and they stood stock still at my passing. I stopped at one point and turned to my right. There was something... strange over there. My knife dragged across the tiled floor, making a loud screeching noise as I walked over to a lone flowerpot. I lifted my foot and crushed the pot beneath me, and despite having glass in my foot, which didn't hurt, I saw something I never thought I would.

It was Robbie the Rabbit.

A low groan escaped my helmet as I picked up the stuffed animal. I observed it for sometime before placing it within the pocket of apron. He hung there with that stupid smile on his face, in my blood covered apron. It was weird.

But hey, I'm a walking nightmare.

Nodding as best as I could, I turned back towards the door and slowly entered the castle. The door behind me softly clicked closed and I stopped just at the threshold. I looked down at the light coming through the door and saw four shadows, quickly turn into two.

A pony had their ear to the door.

"I think it's gone," I heard the pony say, before I let a loud howl before I hefted my blade up and stabbed through the door. I heard several screams immediately after my little stunt. So, I let them have it.

I gripped the blade with both my hands and lifted up. I heard a wet splutch as the random pony was cut in two, and the screams I heard grew in intensity.

It was a symphony.

My symphony.

I turned around once again and made my way into the Great Hall of the Pony Sisters. Here, the Elements of Harmony were stored. And fortunately for me, the Bearers and Luna were there too! I heard Luna scream something, ordering the others to leave as quickly as possible. But Rainbow Dash said other wise, commenting on how slow I must've been lugging my sword around.

What sounded like a chuckle escaped my throat.

I felt Rainbow Dash collide with my rusted helmet punching and kicking at until I stepped back some and swung my head around, knocking her off into a wall and rendering her unconscious. Pinkie came next and assaulted me with various treats, which, I will admit, very affective.

That is, until I grabbed her by the neck.

Stabbing my blade in the ground, I quickly made an example out of Pinkie. I took her first front leg and snapped in two. She screamed and I saw tears fly out of her eyes as the bone to the leg itself popped out of her skin. I quickly did the same with the other one as well. She stopped screaming after that, going into shock.

Hehehe... Where's your reality warping ability now, bitch?

Rarity I didn't need to deal with because--

*chink*

What the...?

*CHINKCHINKCHINKCHINKCHINKCHINKCHINK*

Okay, I take that back. Rarity was, indeed, going to be dealt with. Her ability to find and actually crush any type of gemstone, mineral, or just plain rock was a dangerous weapon. It was like being shot. I pulled the Knife from the ground I had previously left it and put it up against me like a shield. I started advancing and I noticed her magic faltering and I quickly took this advantage. I reached out and grabbed her by her sides, much like how I held Sweetie Belle the first time, only a lot more stronger. I heard a small pop inside her, then another... and another... I had broken at least five ribs before I was forced to drop her due to something colliding with my back.

I looked behind me and saw the might Twilight Sparkle. I bent down to recover my blade but it was quickly taken from grasp and into Twilight's magical field.

I could only stand back and watch.

Now, despite what the Season 4 opening said, that was NOT how Luna turned into Nightmare Moon. It was actually because she had tried, emphasis on "tried", to wield The Great Knife. It caused her to grow insane and make her believe the world was out to get her. Her sister was no exception.

Now I stood and watched as Twilight began to have the same effects. She shook her head, clearing her thoughts, then shook her head harder... and harder...

I heard a snap or two, signifying that she had broken her neck, but yet I was surprised to see she didn't fall to the ground dead already. I walked forward to retrieve my fallen blade and left her to her madness. Luna was no where to be found, and all that left was Applejack and Fluttershy. Applejack had already excepted that she was next and didn't fight at all. I looked at a way to harm her and I did something simple. I stomped on her hind leg, turning the bone to a fine dust. She screamed at the top of her lungs, and fell unconscious as well.

Now all that left was Fluttershy.

I looked down at her terrified form and inwardly smiled.

Then her eyes shot open.

Ahh! How could I be so stupid! I knew she could do that Stare, but I neglected that fact! Caught by surprise, I stumbled back. Her soul-crushing stare bore into where she believed my eyes were.

But the best part of believing something is the big, fat LIE in the middle of it. She was actually looking at where my mouth would be, not my eyes, so this gave me the upper hand of decisiveness. As she barked an order, my hand quickly shot out, back handing to the ground. I looked at her prone form before raising my blade.

Loyalty, shattered...

Generosity, abused...

Magic, corrupted...

Laughter, silenced...

Honesty, broken...

Kindness, punished...

Now it was time for your punishments... Before I could do anything, however, I heard Luna's voice bark at me. "ENOUGH OF THIS!"

I fell in pain at her voice. See? This is why I hate Mondays!