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The Fire in my Heart

by Nightblade64

Chapter 8: The End of a Era (edited)

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Author's Notes:

Another chapter, wooo! also the last of Blood Cleaver for now. she will come back but I have to get to that point first. Also if anyone knows a sad song From Blue Exorcist that is a perfect tune for remembering something can you please tell?


----Two Weeks later.----I was standing there, my eyes closed, my sword raised high and my breath as calm as if I was sleeping. I heard a few leaves rustle, No. I thought to myself, that wasn’t it. I heard another rustle, still not it. But when I heard a third one I knew that it was the signal. I quickly spun around and opened my eyes, my sword ready and me already moving towards Blood Cleaver who had leapt out of a bush nearby. My sword clashing with her knife and the entire clearing lit up from the sparks that flew when our weapons met. I then heard clapping. Blood Cleaver now stood a fair bit away from me with a smile on her face.

“You’ve done well Silver. You should be able to continue your training without me from now on. Just keep doing like you have the last two days and you’ll be powering up faster than a super-saiyan on steroids.” Blood laughed at her own joke.I laughed with her. “It’s thanks to you that I’ve been able to do it.” I said as I put the sword back in its scabbard. “I may not have full access to my powers when it’s not drawn, but I can do a lot more without it now.” I say after recovering from my laugh attack.

“Yes, you’ve been a brilliant student. But now it’s unfortunately time for us to part ways. It seems your universe doesn’t take kindly to me staying here for so long. It even slowed the passage of time around me, so while we’ve been training here for two weeks it’s been less time outside of the forest. Stupid theory of relativity, makes no sense and works at the same time. Oh well, I’m really not one to complain.” Blood said before looking around the completely obliterated remains of the clearing. “I’ll come with you into town and say goodbye but then I’ll have to go.” she said, making me feel a bit sad about our time together coming to an end.

“Awwwww, I’ll miss you. What if I need your help with anything?” I asked. ‘No! You're lying!’ “The hell was that?” It was a voice but not my own.

“Huh, I didn’t hear anything.” Blood said, while looking around. “But I do feel an unusual power level from Ponyville. Let’s go check it out.” Blood said as she started looking towards Ponyville. “Here.” She said and threw me a senzu bean before getting up and was suddenly in her regular clothing instead of the training clothes I’d seen her wear all the time during my training.

‘Where did she get those? You know what, I’ve been asking that question ever since I met her.’ I nodded and took of in the direction of Ponyville, jumping onto a branch that can hold my weight. “I’ll race ya!” I shouted before jumping onto the other branches.

“Too easy!” I heard her shout back as I felt her brush past me. “Not fair, you know I can’t move that fast.” I reminded her. She stopped and looked at me. “Then what’s the point of the race, you want me to let you win?” She asked me.

“Trolololololol!” I shouted as I ran past her at full speed dodging small branches as I went. “You should know by now that I trick others!” I could literally feel the daggers in my back as I ran. But as I turned to look back at her I saw the disappearance of her after image technique and swore to myself. “And you should know I don’t fall for them.” I hear Blood say from over my head, looking up I saw her flying.

“Ha! You think that you're the only one that can fly now!” I dropped from the log that I was on and concentrated on forming wings. I shot from the forest and flew higher than her, spreading my fiery wings to block the sun. “Now, it’s a race!” I shouted and we shot in the direction of the town.

As we landed on the outskirts of Ponyville we were no longer competing as the race had turned into normal flight and we had both just enjoyed it to the fullest. But as we began moving towards the town the sound of bells filled the air.

“Oh, that’s my phone.” Blood said before taking out an old flip phone and looked at the screen and frowned. “Seems I have to go just a bit earlier than planned. You’ll be alright now, won’t you?” She asked me.“Well you never know, I might just burn something down again.” I stated, remembering that time I misfired one of my powers.

“You should be fine. I’m sure Twilight would be able to help if that happened, besides you know how to put the fire out.” She said before rummaging in her backpack and took out her knife. “Here, this is my token. If you ever need my help again you can use it to call me. And…” She trailed off before her eyes widened and she looked like she remembered something very important. “I almost forgot. Your token, we haven’t made you a token yet!” She exclaimed, reminding me that we had in fact forgotten about that.

“Ah, crap. I forgot. So, what do I do?” I asked her before accepting her knife.

“Ok, I’ll be quick. First off all you need to choose something small, something that either means something to you or something you have a strong connection to. Then you’d have to put a part of your own energy into it and say something you want the one who finds your token to hear. Once the process is complete there should be a natural portal to accept your token and spread it over the multiverse for others to find. That’s about it, I can’t believe I forgot to tell you earlier. It just completely slipped my mind!” She finished her explanation.

“Heh, same here. What should I use?” As if by magic, which it probably was, I felt a burning sensation in my left pocket. I reached in and pulled a small pendant that I swear wasn’t there before. I opened it and there was a picture. A picture of me and Shiro. ‘How did this get in here?’ I pondered. “Will this do?” I asked pointing to it.

“Yeah, it should work. Just pour some energy or other kind of power into it and speak what others should hear.” She told me, taking another look at her phone and then back to me.

“Hmm, okay.” I closed my eyes and concentrated on the pendant and focused my power on it. Since my power is basicly my energy it will work, I hope. It glowed a deep blue before I said “To those who hear my voice, I am Silver. If you hear this and are in trouble or if you want to talk to someone. Wish and you shall receive.” I finished and looked towards Cleaver. “What? It was all I could think off”

She shook her head. “No, it was alright, I’ve actually heard worse.” She said before a hole in the world opened up before me, just about as big as my fist.

“So I just pop it in?” She nodded and I dropped it in. The Portal snapped shut and vanished as if it was never there. “So, what now?”

Blood opened her mouth to answer, but before she got even a sound out of her throat another portal opened up in front of her and dropped an exact copy of my pendant into her hand. “Well, this.” She stated, showing me that she had received my pendant. She reached out with it and I took it from her. “And now I can not delay my departure any longer. I will miss you Silver, we shall see each other again some day.” She said before the air around her began to ripple and she started waving goodbye before there was a loud *POP* and she was gone, the air returning to it’s natural state.

I smiled as she vanished. “Goodbye...my friend.” Wow, I've made so many friends on this world. Which is also strange because I don’t usually care about friends. ‘No! It’s not true! He’s not dead’ And just when I was enjoying the peace. I sighed before slipping the pendant over my head and hanged it around my neck.

I ran towards the town’s center. Everyone was either inside or running around. Then I saw it. Or should I say, him. It was Kuro, Rin’s familiar. A demon cat called a Cat Sidhe. He was large and black with a gray muzzle, white paws, chest and a patch on his right front leg. He had two tails and two large yellow horns on his head. He also had a collar with the exorcist badge on it.

The royal guards were there, probably making sure that he didn't kill anyone. “Silver!” I heard my name being called out. I turned to see my friends. Fluttershy was the happiest to see me but she was hurt. Her whole right arm and wing was in a cast. I rushed over to them with a smile on my face.

“Girls! As happy as I am to see you, I’m guessing we’re in trouble?” I asked nodding towards the giant damn cat. ‘Your liars! You're all liars!’ Kuro shouted in my head.

“Yeah! This cat is rampaging through town!” Twilight shouted at me. I had to clutch my ears to protect them.

“Ahhh! Watch the ears Twi! God, so do you know why it’s rampaging through town?” She was about to say something before cutting herself off to think about it. Fluttershy decided to jump in.

“Umm, well I don't know much but he asked me about Shiro. But when I told him he was dead he got angry and attacked us. I got the worst of it but my friends only got a couple of scratches.” She said rubbing her arm. “Ahh, crap. Listen, leave him to me. I know how to deal with him.” I said before pausing. “Without violence.” I added. I walked to the front of the guard. They denied me but I told them I knew how to handle him. After an approving nod from Twilight they granted me access. I stood a few meters away from the cat. The cat in question was growling at me from behind a broken apple cart. “Hey!”

“Don’t shout!” Twilight shouted at me, growing nervous. She and rest of them had entered with me but backed away as soon as I shouted. “I am Silver! Shiro’s daughter!” ‘Shiro’s…?’

“Shiro’s dead.” Kuro stopped growling for a moment. “Silver!” Twi shouted once again. “He’s dead.” I spoke again. Kuro snapped out of his trance before growling at me again while talking in my mind. ‘That's a lie! I don’t believe you!’

“He’s dead!” I said. My friends looked between both me and Kuro, worried for my sake ,but I know what's going to happen. Kuro began to shake with anger, his emerald eyes reflecting mine. He roared with hate and charged at me. ‘Liar! Don’t lie to me!’ I braced for the impact knowing full well that I could have dodged out of the way. He aimed his head at me, I did the same. Craniums bashed against each other before Kuro fell to the ground howling in pain. A small trickle blood dripped from my nose. I’m pretty sure that if I could hear twilights thoughts, it would be something like ‘She used her head!?’

Kuro lifted his head while grunting in pain. I walked over to him, he looked up to face me. “Listen, you… You really loved my dad, didn't you?” His eyes widened. “Thought so. All this was just because you're sad, isn’t it?” He slowly got to his paws and got face to face with me. “Know what? I’m sad about it too.” Wow, I must be a devoted fan to know this part of by heart. “So how about we be friends?” I asked as I lifted my arm out.

At this part I guessed that he was remembering all the things that Shiro did with him. Kuro’s eyes began to water. ‘Shiro...’ a tear formed on both eyes, but instead of trickling down his cheek it just hung there. ‘Shiro...’ The tears under his eyes grew bigger and bigger and finally began to roll down. ‘So, I’ll never see you again, then? Shiro...’ He closed his eyes before growling, which turned into steady crying as he shrunk down to normal size. ‘So, you're dead?’ He stifled a another cry and let the tears roll down. It didn't last long as he started to cry again.

He howled in the day as doors and windows opened as the ponies gathered around to watch as I walked closer and crouched down next to him to let him climb onto me and cry into my clothes.

My friends walked over to us as I picked up Kuro and cradled him in my arms. I stood up with him and turned to them. “Silver! That was amazing! How did you do that?” Shy ask me she scratched behind Kuro’s ears. ‘Mm, I like that.’ He moaned in bliss.

I chuckled before answering. “One of the things that I learned in my training is to understand your opponent. Kuro was Shiro’s familiar, a demon that moved passed that and became peaceful. And when a familiar loses the one they trust most, they revert back to the demon.”

“But how did you know what he was saying?” I shrugged as i made up a lie.

“I don’t know. My father just said that I had connection to him as a kid.” Right, I've made up my mind. He may not be my ‘father’ by birth but he is the best damn one I have. “Anyway I’m sure you have a lot of questions and I know that Pinkie wanted to throw me a party, yes Pinkie I didn’t forget, and I have a few to ask as well.” They all nodded and we made our way to the tree.

---Above Ponyville---

“So, how was the show, my friend?” A figure in the darkness said. The ponies were completely oblivious to their presence.

“Hmm, she certainly seems powerful. Possibly stronger than father.” Another asked biting on a candy cane. “I can wait to test her out myself.”

“Later perhaps, I shall also thank the merchant that sent her here on your behalf.” the first figure asked, his red and yellow eyes peering into the others small green ones.

“Yes, thank you. Discord.”

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