Chain of Hearts
Chapter 9: Chain of Hearts: Becoming Free
Previous Chapter Next Chapter"Each passing second, my heart beats for you
Waiting for the chains that bind us together to be slash
Waiting for you here, waiting for our final clash"
It was raining today, as I headed to the outskirt of Ponyville. The weather team did an awesome job with the down pour today. Nopony was out during this time, since it was also night time. So, nopony saw me carrying my sword in my mouth, since weapons aren't allowed to be unsheathe in public.
It only took me a while before I arrived to the hilltop. That's where I found her. Maybe my eye was playing games with me but I thought I saw WindStar as she stood there in the rain…but it was HopeStar as she turned to me…with those red eyes…
She quickly drew her sword and dash toward me with great speed. I was able to block it with my sword but we were face to face now. "I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!" she screamed as her inner eyes started to spin. I quickly broke our clash and dodge coming magic spell, I knew too well.
"Each night as I stay awake, I pray for freedom
My heart is burning with flames as our bond still grows
My eyes are crying red as anger fills them and makes them glow"
I look down from the sky, where I escape too and saw half of the hilltop burning with black flames. I was amazed and scared that she was able to learn the "Black Heaven Ashes" and reuse it very quickly as she shot the spell at me again. I was able to dodge it once more but something was different about the fire, as it soar pass me. It smelled like…blood? I turned and was shock to see it wasn't the same spell but the "Blood Cage" spell. Before I could do anything, the blood made a u-turned and covered my body.
She watched as I fell to the burned ground, since the spell made my body feel five times heavier. As I tried to rise from the ground, I watch as she stomp the ground and summoned a rock pillar. "This is for killing my mom, you monster!" she cried as the pillar fell toward me.
"Daddy!"
I heard her voice as I closed my eyes. Her voice turned my black mind into a white void.
"Why are you doing this?" her voice said as her body took form in front of me "Why?"
"I WANT TO BE FREE! STARRUNNER!" I shouted to her as my right eye started to hurt "I'm been…"
"Mom is right about you, daddy. You are dumb sometimes." She said as she sighs and continued to speak "How are you lost? You hate living with mommy and I?"
"What! NO!!" I quickly yelled as my eye filled with tears "Never! You two are my world…I love you both so much…"
"Then did you felt lost when falling in love with mommy?"
"…"
"Or hearing from her that she was carrying me?"
"…"
"Or holding me in your arms after I was born?" she said as she started to cry and was getting older "Don't die daddy, I want you around after I get knock up…"
"WHAT!" I screamed with anger as I flew in front of her but my anger faded as I saw her giggling and smiling.
"You can't take a joke, can't ya."
…she…she was like Net. She had that warm smile and…humor…
"…Don't die…" she whispered to me as she hugged me "…Don't let this cycle go on."
"…but…"
"…I don't want to become lost…." She said as she started to fade away and the rock pillar returned "…like my big sister…"
I quickly stood up and opened my bad eye as the pillar crush me. Those words made me use WindStar gift…I used the gala wall spell as WindStar innereye was active.
"Deep within my heart, there rusted out chains
Even deeper within my heart is that forgotten bond
That lone chain that's still in the beyond"
I watch as HopeStar started to cry and screamed at me how I dare to use WindStar eye. She took off at me as she used her sword but I quickly dodge it as time slowed down and I punch her away. As she felled, I used a healing spell and removed the "blood cage" from my body but as soon as I healed, HopeStar tackle into me and dragged me to the air.
As we soared into the sky, thunder started to flash near us as we went deeper into the storm.
"After I kill you, I'm taking what you took from her!" she cried as her eyes started to bleed. I couldn't believe it. I just couldn't believe it. She acquired the outer eyes. A more powerful version of the inner eyes but to reach this level is unheard of. Her symbol for the inner eyes faded and was replaced with her cutie mark.
"Five Element Dragons of Outer Heaven!" she spoke as five dragons, each made of wind, lighting, water, earth and fire, surround us as they appeared from the clouds. They fuse with us as HopeStar did a u-turned and we soar back to the earth. As we soar to the earth, I saw a Sonic Rainboom circle and I knew with this magic spell and the force we're going, we wouldn't….no, I stop myself from thinking that and I knew there was one way out.
As we slam into the earth, we created a large crater and I stood up with my inner eye bleeding. I active WindStar outer eye in time but in doing so, it quickly drained my strength. As I fell on my plot, I could see a blue flash among the smoke. In seconds, I saw a blade covered with lighting, coming toward me and with my last strength, I was able to dodge it but as it pass me, I saw it was my sword and HopeStar wasn't holding it but instead she must of toss it.
…then I felt a sharp pain in my chest. Soon, it felt warmed as something drip over it. I slowly look down and saw her blade through my chest. I turned around and saw her smile and those red glowing eyes…
"RAYNOR!"
HopeStar and I turned to see Netrunner. I started to black out as she said something to us. Before I know it, I heard "daddy?" from Hope as she laid me down and her eyes returned to her inner eyes.
"…I wanted freedom…I wanted you to be free as well but I was a fool. I kept this cycle going and took your freedom away, while I was too blinded to see I was always free…" I told her as everything started to turn black "…and not lost…"
"Beyond of the darkness of the void and trapped in the light
Only Hope remains for our hearts. Chains of Hearts"