Silver Haze got up, groning and rubbing his brused and battered body, he had worn himself out over the last few days, he was going to spend the last couple of days to recover, but he had been forced to keep up and fighting on Celestia’s every little worry, he would say no if he didn’t know Celestia would just complain to Luna or Twilight until they got him to do it. He was a bloodluster for his fathers sake! He was built to fight and then bath in the blood of his foes, not carfully make sure not to harm things TRYING TO HARM HIM.
Silver rolled out of bed, floping around on the floor (like a dignified prince of the greatest calliber) and eventualy rolled his way down the stairs, wincing as he reached the bottom. Twilight walked into the room and levitated a cup of coffee over to silver, which silver took and drank down happily. Twilight smiled.

“Well Silver, I see you are up finally. “ Twilight chuckled as silver layed his mug on the floor and groaned as the coffee seemed to be useless. Silver decided to take a chance in asking.

“Say...Twilig-” Silver didn’t even finnish before Twilight cut him off.

“No.” Twilight said simply.

Silver groaned “PLEASE, Please Twilight! I don’t need much...j-just a cup, n-not even that, just like, a quarter, and eighth! ANYTHING, I just need some Battlebrew!” Silvers words fell on deaf ears.

“No Silver, That stuff is dangerous, even to you alicorns, half the stuff in those drinks would kill a normal pony. I don’t know how half of Alicornia got hooked on that stuff, it tasts disgusting and I had the shakes and couldent control my magic for a week!” Silver sighed, not being able to look her in the eyes.

“Look, I said I was sorry!” Twilight glared at him “you spiked my morning coffee with a potentaly poisonous drink that was designed to create an artifical rage and enchance natural powers! and you were drinking upwards of three cups a day!” Silver sighed and looked down.

Battlebrew was traditionaly a cerimonal potion in Alicornia, normaly drunk before a fight, all it use to do was cause anger it had to be made by hoof, eventualy though, the Warmongers Forbidden divition started distributing a magically enchanced form of the drink that created a high sense of rage, and pleasure, but also greated magicaly enchanced powers, stronger, faster, tougher, it was the best way to really make sure you pounded your foe.

The original idea was to create an illegal substance to distribute to the ponies who would take what was essentaly the ultimate Euphoria and gave you the mindset to hurt others and take what you want (Bloodlusters most likely) and once they were hooked, cut their supply and root them out because of the obvious withdrawal symtoms, the problem came when it came time to pull the plug and every Alicorn in Alicornia started mysteriously showing withdrawal symtoms. The Warmonger deemed the substance, called Warbrew, illegal and dangerous and forbade anypony from ever taking it again, due to how bad the substance could mess one up. On a compleatly unrealated note, a few days later, the Warmongers in association with the King released a lawful-safe-totaly-different-drink called Battlebrew, regulated heavily by the Warmongers untill the crown told them to step off, again.

Silver had been drinking it since he could remember his father legalizing it, he had actually gotten lucky dieing ironically, once he came back to life, it seemed to repaire his body to almost perfectly healthy state, meaning that he had avoided most of the worst physical symptoms of Battlebrew withdrawal. The mental ones still tormented him though, he had gotten back to taking it once he had settled down in ponyville, but once twilight found out she quickly cut him off and forbade him from taking any more of the stuff, silver coulden’t do anything, he coulden’t talk twilight out of this one.

“Fine, watch me wast away then! When I’m dead and gone all you will think will be OH WHY COULDN’T I JUST GIVE HIM A LITTLE SIP.” Twilight just groaned.

“Well when you DON’T die of being poisoned by yourself, you can thank ME, so you might want to start now” Twilight rolled her eyes at him and walked away, leaving a tired grochy prince behind, Silver was starting to become anoyed by twilights dissmisive aditude and lack of care for him. It was fun at first, now it was just annoying.

“Silver! Come eat! Its the big day of the GGG! You don’t want to be hungery on the train ride up their right?” Spike called from the kitchen, Silver grunted as he got up and began walking towards the door, he should get eating, he’d have to get dressed afterwards and get ready to go, him and the main six were going to the GGG, where they were to be the guests of honor, it was a change for once, onece he had been dressed he and twilight and spike were to meet up with the rest of their friends and go to canterlot to enjoy the GGG!

So silver walked towards the kitchen, geting his food, and sat down to eat at the small table with spike and twilight, and began to eat, getting ready for the big day ahead of them.

Silver was sure this was going to be the best night EVER!

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Elsewhere
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A sickening crack was followed by a loud thump, as a giant bloody warhammer crashed onto an even more blood soaked wooden floor beside the Alicorn, causing a spiderweb of cracks to form. A mere second later, the body of the recently deceased he had hit smashed into the wall.

Hope continued forwards, there were seven of them to start, now just two.

The last two, the Unicorn who he wanted and some poor earthpony mare who was obviously attached to him, he had no time to spare, he had wasted far too much already.

“Please miss, if you have even the slightest hint of self preserva-” He saw her leap for him before he finished, it was worth taking a shot.

Now it was worth taking a swing.

Then there was one.

His target was mortified, very few of his targets ever saw it coming, after all, who would think to check the barrels of alcohol for poison? Who would think that as their friends choaked on their own spit that a Warhammer wielding Alicorn would charge in and start finnishing them off?

“...M-Meriwether?” His target spoke, his voice hushed, he was not talking to him...but rather the dead body that had now landed beside him.

Hope stepped forwards, he had no time to watch this fool wallow in his grief.

The pony’s grief turned to rage, he watch the pony turn to him, magic on the tip of his horn. “YOU BASTARD!” He screamed as he fired off a spell, a large bolt of energy, pure emotions.

He almost felt bad when he sidesteped the clumsy attack.

Hope wished he could just crush his head, but he needed something more, so he aimed his swing with a brutal purpose, the scream could be heard for miles.

The pony dropped to the ground, clutching his broken and twisted limb that was once a leg, traped underneath the massive warhammer.

“Talk.” He deserved no pleasentries, keeping him alive this long disgusted Hope already.

“...Wh-WHAT ARE YOU!” The pony screamed as Hope twisted the warhammer ontop of the poor unicorn’s leg.

“Bloodmagic, Fog. TALK!” He commanded, twisting the hammer with each word.

The pony seemed to snap “OK OK! I-I’m the bloodmage! I-I learned how to do bloodmagic...I-I mean I’ve always known, I was born with it! It was always usefull for helping out with chores, and making money, and uhh, healing ponies, it was tiring but h-I used it to save so many ponies! Um, yeah, the fog...ever since I used the magic its been getting closer...I stoped using it I promise! When I relised what was happing and how it was making the fog come faster I never used I single spell!” The pony spilled it out, everything.

Hope listened indiferently, he cared not what promises a filthy Bloodmage made, he didn’t care who’s life he had saved, each bloodspell drew the Fog closer, the only way to ward it off was to cut it off from its sorce. Standing at his full hight, Hope growled down at the pony, who seemed to be… at...peace? So few bloodmages accepted their fate, he cared not either way, it was not his place to juge them, the Warmongers did that, he was just the tool that carried it out. Hope used his magic to begin to unscrew the handle to his warhammer, after a few turns, he pulled on it, deataching it and revealing the ceremonial blade favored for the exicution of Bloodlusters hidden inside the hammer.

“Das’vaultu, May the gods damn you, may they see you in your full, filthy form, may they judge your crimes as they are and bring mercy to us, the few who become condemed in condeming you. Let the blood that brings you life, be the thing that brings you death-” Before he could finish, Hope grunted as a blast of pure blood and rage crashed into his side, his armor under his cloak buckled as he stumbled from the blow, his warhammer forgoten and only his blade in his grasps. He turned to the sorce of the attack.

A filly, not even old enough to understand anger, much less weild it, a protege blood mage...he had never seen such raw potental, raw POWER, to break his barrier and sneak up on him despite all of his wards. But he saw that the filly had given that attack all she had, and she was running on empty. The ‘blood mage’...her father? started talking.

Hope only began to mutter muted words to himself, his eyes never leaving the fillies, two wills fighting one another, daring the other to make a move.

“...please, she can control it right? Sh-she’s never even hurt a fly! She’s been bulied and the worst she ever did was call them meany-pants...you can tell she’s harmless right? Right?!?”

Hope only continued to mutter, his volume increasing ever so slightly.

“...I get it, shes got power, just- just take her ok? Keep her safe, train her or whatever, kill me instead! I clame responciblity, she doesn’t even like to use the magic, for Celestia’s sake she calls it SCARY RED magic! I was the one who made her do it...please...sir, just say something!”

Hope stoped his muttering, his eyes still locked, when he continued, his volume was just hearable.

“...condemning you. Let the blood that brings you life, bring you...Death.” Hope finished. The filly’s father was quick to call out a warning, she was even quicker to charge up a spell.

Hope was quicker then both of them.

Another body hit the floor.

The target had been eliminated.

He had boughten...Weeks? Hours? Seconds? Who could know, but one more bloodmage was dead, he was still alive. A victory.

The empty feeling didn’t take much confort in that.

Hope picked up his warhamer, sheathing the blade and screwing the handle back on, before steping over the bodies of the dead and still-dieing, innocents, caught in the crossfire, casualties of a war far greater then they knew.

Hope’s plan was still in motion, he had always planned on eventualy finishing off the filthy Bloodluster he was sworn to protect, planned being the key word, never to act upon it, never to break his vow, until now, when what were once musing fantasies of pointless vengeance became necessary, if the world was to live, Silver would need to be gone, for now, they sought the same thing, a stop to the fog as an imidate threat.

But Silver was playing it by ear, Hope was going by the plan.

Hope pretended not to hear the father screaming at him as he held his dying child in his hooves. He felt his heart skip a beat, he felt the dark thoughts snake his way to his mind, evil, heretical doubts that conflicted everything. Threatened to topple his careful balance of indiference to the world around him.

He let his mind wander his thoughts, finding the memory that turned that doubt to purpose, a reason for him to keep going.

The same words over and over again, in that voice of the pony he once loved and called brother.

“...Oh don’t be a ‘monger Hope, this whole bloodmagic thing is totaly safe, the prince taught it to me himself!”

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Ponyville Train station
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The train to chanterlot quickly lurched to a stop. as it had finally reached it’s terminus. a minute afte rit stopped, seven ponies dressed in grand dresses left the train on their way to the rebound Grand Galloping Galla. their dresses were similar to that of later year but with alterations courtesy of rarity.

“oh darling, chanterlot looks simply amazing at night, it simply twinkles like a star, and i can only imagine what the nightlife is like.” said rarity.

“i agree” twilight starkest “living here pretty much my whole life, i never stopped enjoying looking over the city after a midnight study session and seeing the dazzling lights around the city.

while the others were talking, silver meanwhile was trailing beside, thinking about rose nova from that one night,. he kept his eyes peeled for her as they walked to canterlot castle.

After a long walk the seven ponies reached the castle, and it was even more dazzling than the town. magic lights floated around the castle, giving lights in white, blues, reds and many other colours, giving a general magicalness to the castle. on the ground ponies walked about in their own fancy dressed an suits, talking to other ponies in even fancier suits. silver could only imagine the hoity-toity things they were walking about like the economy of unicorn accessories in vanhoover or something strange and boring lke that.

the six walked up to celestia who was greeting ponies in the main plaza as she does every year, who who knows how many decades.
“welcome everypony, glad to see you could all make it” said celestia “i hope you’ll find this year’s gala to be a bit more… normal than the other gala” said celestia, with a giggle, and the other ponies giggled at the in-joke as well.

“this time we’re all a bit more grounded in reality, so that’s likley not to happen this time” said twilight, and they let out another laugh “isn’t that right silver” twilight added, looking at silver, who had been a bit distant from the conversation. “oh.. yeah” said silver bellowing out a synthetic laugh.
“well, i hope you all enjoy yourself this year, and hope that it isn’t too boring” said celestia
“you too” they wished celestia and all went away into the bounding to have a great night.
silver and twilight walk into the dance floor. and sees other ponies dancing their fancy royalty dances. silver turns to twilight “care to dance?” he says with an eyebrow wiggle. “oh.. i don;t really know how to dance” says twilight “just follow my lead and you’ll be fine” said silver. twilight shrugged and agreed,

silver grabbed one of twilight’s hooves and put his other hoof on her shoulder, twilight did the same to him. they both began to move to the must twilight was really begging to get the hang of it as she felt the music and the moments of silver “you’re a natural said silver” twilight blushed “well you’re a good teacher” she said. “thank you, i learned from my instructor back in alicronia, as a prince needs to learn how to dance.” silver finished as he allowed the music to fuel him. Twilight and silver;sdance began to get a bit more elaborate, with adding some dips and such here and there. soon enough the other ponies had stopped and wachted silver and twilight dance, they had stolen the show.

“wow silver, you dance divinly!” Twilight said, Silver chuckled “I had many years to practice.”

After the song and the polite stomping that acompanied it, silver decided he was going to go get some drinks.

Silver walked away towards the refreshment table, ready to get some drinks.
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Twilight POV
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Twilight smiled as she watched Silver go, suddenly, she felt a carful hoof tap on her shoulder to see that many young nobles were politly waiting in line to dance with her, she had forgoten that the princess, should she dance, normaly danced with the nobles who attended, granted no princess had been on the dance floor for hundreds of years, but it seemed many poines wanted to dance with her...well, she knew that the younger nobles were more spoiled then pompous yet, and probibly just wanted to say they danced with a princess...well, Twilight knew that a few dances woulden’t hurt, she’d save the last one for silver though.

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Silver POV
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Silver was angry.

no, angry wasn’t the word, it was jelous. why would someone dance with my Mare? do they not know she’s mine… no, they must know, it’s been on the paper multiple times.. that must mean that it was twilight who asked to dance.. and she didn;t even ask for my permission to dance with other ponies.

silver was infuriated, but then he stopped letting the spicey rage, simmer into a bitterness. it was at the moment silver saw who she was looking for all night, it was Nova. silver slicked his mane back with his magic and put on his best smile and walked over “if twilight’s going to play with my heart behind my back, so will i” said silver. “glad to see you’re okay” said silver. “thank you, i checked up with the hospital and they said it was nothing major, and i should be healed y the time the gala begins” said nova, as they both seemigly unknowingly walked towards to bedrooms. “so what do you do for a living” asked silver

“i invest in the flower market” said nova. silver looked suprized and confused “the… flower market, i didn’t even know we had one” said silver.

“in fact, we do, it’s surprisingly profitable” said nova in her sexy refined, seductive yet old sounding somewhat bored.

silver and nova managed to reach the floor where most of the rooms are, including silver’s room. “would you like to come in” said silver, looking into nova’s eyes, and she into his, both seeing the passion wanting to be freed by each other.

“if you insist” said nova, and the two walked into the room. silver became a bit nerous, worried she might come in to see a mess of bottles, and an awful smell, but he was happy to see the maninence had come in since his absence and the room was sparkling clean. “care for a drink” said silver

nova leaned into silver and whispered “where you’re going, we won’t need liqueur” she said, giving silver a passionate kiss, meanwhile using the magic to lock the door in case in interutions. after she backed away slightly, silver came back in, and they began to furiously make out “my my silver, you are sure an animal” she said with a playful grin, she glasses begining to fall off, but she pushed them back up. For some reason, the simple act drove silver crazy, he was drawn to her, he needed her more then he needed...anypony...whoever, he just needed HER.

Silver was deadlocked into her lips, his tongue fighting for domination over hers, he wanted to close his eyes to let the lust fuel him, but he coulden’t take his eyes off of her golden, echanting eyes. As he practicly threw her onto the bed, silver wasted no time climbing ontop of her as they continued to make out, suddenly, rose pushed him away slightly, knocking him out of the kiss, a thin trail of spit conecting his mouth to her’s, she began to suck the sliva in, closing the distance between them before, suddenly reaching down and wraping a petit hoof around silvers...private area. Silver shivered as his eyes stayed locked onto hers.

“You know, silver.” she began “The reason i was in the forest was because i was searching for a flower that a client had told me was super rare and worth tones in the market, but when no one volenteered to go look for it, i had to go myself, which is when you found me and saved me, so i just wanted to… repay the favor” she said the last thing with a bit of mischeif in her broight golden eyes.

She began to move her hoof up and down, traveling his long cock with a soft yet experienced touch, speeding up and slowing down untill silver was ready for action, she rested one hoof down on silvers chest, he noticed how cold it was, but he also noticed more how pleasureable this hoofjob was, silver wanted more though, he wanted everything. He suddenly felt himself thrust upwards as his cock exploded in a white mess of cum. Cum was all over Rose’s face and on her glasses and in her hair. Rose was suprized “i didn’t expect that much that fast” she said, licking the cum from around her mouth. “i’m just getting wamred up” said silver.

Silver shifted positions so that he was now on top of rose, silver thrusted his huge cock into her wet pussy and began to thrust back and forth. Rose let out moans as waves of pleasure crached over her like a beach. silver began to thurst harder, and the waves soon merged together to become one constant state of increasing love and passion. Silver was suprized how long she was able to last without orgasming, by now luna and twilight would have done it multiple times, perhaps she was more experienced. silver now reaching his maximum speed, thrusted even faster and deeper, and just like he guessed, she orgasmed, spraying warm juices all over silver.

Silver gasped, feeling, tired? Yes, so tired, he could feel the energy seep out of him...any thoughts that told him this were wrong were silenced or drowned out by the overwelming sense of tiredness that plauged him.

Silver forced his head up to see Rose standing up on shaky legs, before walking over to him and laying down beside him, moving his head to look once again into those perfect golden eyes. Suddenly, silver felt the warning bells go off in his head, something was wrong, off, why would he cheat on twilight, he loved twilight, why would he do this to luna? Why? she had nothing to do with this...He haden’t even been drinking...but how tired he was and how big those soft golden eyes were behind those glasses, they just pulled him in…
...He just found himself lost in those eyes...

Silver staired into those eyes as he felt himself drift off to sleep, when suddenly, an explotion sounded from the Gala, Silver jolted himself awake, Rose Nova looked just as worried as he was.

“What was that!” Silver exclamed. Rose just shruged as the two of them ran into the gala to see…

“Oh...Sweet Alicornia!” Silver horificly said as he saw the Fog pouring in from every window, grabing onto ponies and swinging them around as they devoured them, eating ponies on the refreshment table...it was horrible! Silver summoned his blade as he changed forward, the fog seemed to turn to him, and as one of the creaters steped in front of him, he swong, his blade hit the shadow’s armor causing it to crack as the shadow flew into the croud which began to his and yell at him, he payed them no mind as he swong wildly, his anger and bloodmagic combining to destory them all, he smashed threw and sliced at the shadows as he fought his way through the gala, he had to get out of here!

Suddenly, Silver saw two...no THREE corrupted alicorns fly at him at once, silver screamed as he charged three powerfull blasts and knocked them all out of the sky, trapping them on the ground, tired and wounded, silver needed to excape, as so with a mighty teleport spell, Silver grabed onto rose...who had somehow gotten beside him? Nomater, he grabed onto her and teleported, leaving the cursed Gala.

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Twilights POV
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Twilight stood tears in her eyes from pain, and confution, at the events that just took place, medical staff rushed around the Gala trying to help and heal the ponies who had been attacked by...by Silver.

She had no idea what had happpened to silver, he had disipeared suddenly, when she went looking for him some ponies said they saw him walk off alone to one of his bedrooms, they assumed he might have been grabing something, but just a few moments ago, he ran out into the gala like a mad-pony, drew his weapon, and began to attack everypony in sight, thankfully, nopony died thanks to Celestia using her magic to dull silvers blade as much as she could, when Luna and her interfered, but after silver disarmed them with a blood-spell, he fled.

Suddenly, she was shooken out by Celestia making an anouncement. “Ponies! We must not panic, we have sent the guards to find the...dispicible pony behind this attack, rest assured Silver Haze will be brought to justice for this senseless attack against Equestria!” Twilight was shocked at how quickly Celestia lept to the conclution that Silver was guilty, she did have all the facts yet!
Twilight walked up to Celestia as she walked away from the crowd to meet with the guard “Celestia!” Twilight said, Celestia turned to face her fellow princess

“Yes Twilight?” Celestia said, a sad undertone in her voice.

“Why are you already trying to villify Silver! We don’t know if that was even him!” Twilight desperatly said, Celestia mearly shook her head.

“Twilight, that was Silvers Magic, with Silver’s fighting style, with Silvers weapon, if that was not Silver then he has an Identical Twin running around. I’m sorry Twilight but the only possiblity I can see is that silver finaly turned on us like I always suspected he would.” Twilight bit her tongue to fire back about how Celestia always disliked silver, but decided it wouldent help.

“Alright Celestia, but I am going to find Silver and clear his name of this whole thing! And then you will see that he would have never tuned on us!” And with that Twilight turned around and walked away, leaving a sad Celestia to dish out the orders on how to find Silver.

Twilight made her way to Luna and her friends, “Alright Girls, we need to go find Silver Haze, without him, Equestria has lost one of our best defences, without the Elements we were in danger, but Haze kept us safe from the worst of it, without Silver, all of Equestria might fall!” Everypony nodded in agreement, the understanding of how important haze had become not only to them, but to the safty of all of equestria was finally put into persepctive, they alll knew that Silver Haze had to be saved, for the good of all of Equestria!

“Boy Howdey’ Gurls Lets do this” Applejack shouted as she reared up to her back legs.

“Yes, Let us go save silver!” Rarity said with just as much conviction, but with a more ladylike physicality.

“OHHHH I’M SO NERVICITED!” Pinkie Called as she hopped up and down.

“Um- Yeah, Silver saved me so I...should return the favor…” Flutershy said quietly.

“AWWW Yeah! This is gonna be Awsome!” Rainbow dash cheered.

“For Thou and Myself we must save our mutrual Beloved Silver!” Luna exclamed

“Alright girls! Lets do this!”

~~~~~
Canterlot Palace
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Celestia watched over the Map of equestria, time was running out, and Hazes betrayal had been unexpected, if she didn’t hold him in such low regards, she would have been hurt, but she had no time to spare, she had to get Equestria ready, time was not on her side.

and the race was on.

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Equestrian Border
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The shadows coiled around the tree, the Fog advanced towards equestria slowly, Called by the blood of an Alicorn, the border was crossed.

the race was on.

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The Badlands
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A shatered Fragment of an anchent Crystal began to Glow, deep underground, in a ruined city buried by sand, dust, and death.

The Fog had finally arived, the second coming had begun. The anchent words of dead prophets of the end times rang off of the walls through piles of dust that were once their bones.

The race was on.

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Western Equestria
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Under the Sweltering heat, A lone blue Alicorn walked with purpose, a cleaned warhammer at his side and a worried look on his face, the Aicorn had felt the weight of his failure, his bid for time was pointless now, he had waited far too long, he knew that he would have to fight, who he would be fighting was still a question he was asking himself.

His musings were pointless, after all he’d have to hurry up.

The race was on.

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“Mmhh Silver Love...you were so brave for saving me…”

“...Yes...I...was...my love...I would do anything for you…”

“Well thats good love, now then, just look in my eyes…”

“And say that you love me”

“I Love you”

“Say that you want me”

“I want you”

“...say that you would KILL for me”

“...ah-ehhhh....”

“Oh...Love...don’t resist, just look into my eyes...thats right...just like that...now what is your answer?”

“...A thousand ponies would fall to my sword if you asked my love”

“Good, now go to sleep, and think good dreams...after all, you need to regain your strength”

The twisted Brown and Gold pony stood over the body of Silver Haze who was now fast asleep chuckling with an ungodly twisted melody that burrowed into your skull. She smiled revealing rows of sharp teeth, and her empty fog filled eyes with golden lights flashing within them.

“After all...the race is on…”

Author's Notes:

BOOM, Another plot twist chapter coming out of nowhere, A long specal, get ready to experience a silver haze adventure like never before! More to come soon, what is YOUR favoret part of silver haze so far? Leave a comment below!

Love you all, see you next week!~

-Silver Haze

(Thanks once again to my BF helping me out with this chapter, woulden't be able to do it without him, send your love his way!)