Dark Descent: Beginning
Chapter 13: Part 13: Control
Previous Chapter Next ChapterTwilight met Luna in the middle of the hall, her rage boiling within her body. Luna swept her sword towards Twilight, trying to hack her legs off, but Twilight jumped, the ground cracking as she pushed off of it. She had never fought before, at least not one where it was life or death but here she was, fighting against the princess of the night. This was not something she thought about, but only reacted. Her reflexes were faster, she was faster, stronger, powerful. She only watched Luna, her focus of her rage, and only wanted to erase her from this life.She was now watching Luna as she looked up and saw her in the air, just as before, but this time she would not make the same mistake before.
"I see were trying to use the same attack again. You should have learned before."Luna scoffed at Twilight, pointing her sword straight in the air, waiting for gravity to take hold and bring Twilight towards her. Twilight nose dived towards Luna, clearly seeing the blade waiting for her. She fell towards it, and raised her hoof, sending all her rage into it. A purple aura formed around it and tiny sparks of electricity danced around it. She threw herself at the the smiling Luna. Luna threw her sword upwards but it met Twilight's empowered hoof, stopping the blade in mid thrust. Tiny sparks of electricity danced around the point of the blade and Twilight's hoof. Luna's eyes went wide, confused why her blade didn't just go right through her. Twilight forcefully made her sword go to the side and plunged right into Luna's face sending her flying into the opposite wall.
Luna flew into the marble wall, leaving an imprint of her body across it, and fell to the ground. She was shocked. She expected her power to be strong, but to the point of stopping her attack with only a hoof? This was power she definitively had to have. Luna got up and positioned her sword in front of her once again.
"I underestimated the Element of Magic." She spoke out to Twilight who was now just standing, witnessing her own power against Luna. "Your much more powerful than I had anticipated. It will only make it that much sweeter when I take it from you."
Twilight was expressionless. Her eyes continued burning bright white, and her power and rage only grew within her.
She has to die...
An aura of purple surrounded her, and swirled around her like a tornado. As her rage grew, so did her magic, and she wanted to use it all to kill Luna.She looked at Luna, with her expressionless face.
"You will fail here Luna. There is no salvation to be had. I will kill you" Twilight declared, her voice now sounding of two beings, and together they sounded powerful and majestic. She was saying these words but she felt something else also guiding them. It guided her movements and now what she said. She stood on her hind legs, and put her arms out in front of her. A small white ball started to form between them, and it grew bigger as she focused more and more anger and hate towards the princess.
Make her suffer the voice repeated. She wanted to make her suffer and hurt and now she was able to make it happen, like a dream coming true. Luna watched as a white orb formed between Twilight's hooves, noticing it growing bigger. She braced herself, not really knowing what the Element of Magic was capable. of. All she knew that she would kill this unicorn and have this power for herself.
Twilight kept focusing on it, having it grow to the size of her head. She smiled, seeing this kind of power that she wielded. She didn't know how she was doing all of this, but did it matter? She had the power to take her revenge.
It's all that matters..revenge
She lifted her arms, the white ball coming up with them. She put all her strength into it and threw it at Luna. Luna watched as the white orb flew at her at a blinding speed. She threw herself to the side, the orb barely missing her, and hit the wall behind her. The orb made contact with the wall, exploding on impact, blowing out a huge portion of the wall. The shock-wave from the explosion threw Luna to the ground. There was so much magic built up in that one attack, that even Luna, who had seen many extraordinary magical attacks in her time, was in utter disbelief. If that would have hit her, her body would have been nothing but dust. She know understood that Twilight was serious about killing her. She threw her sword to the side.
"Well Twilight, you certainly have impressed me." Luna said. Twilight only stared at her, but she was smiling. A confidence had rose in her. Confident in this power that she now had. She knew she could beat Luna.
"I'm not here to impress you, only to kill you." Twilight retorted. "You are weak Luna, and the weak do not deserve to live." Twilight startled herself inside.
She is weak... Twilight suddenly realized what was happening. She remembered the other Twilight speaking to her, but where was it now? This other hateful voice...it had somehow now influenced her thinking and actions.
Luna became enraged hearing this simple unicorn mock her. "How dare you say I'm weak! I havent even begun to show you power!" she screamed at her and fired a black disk from her horn.
Twilight reacted and summoned a magical barrier to stop it. The disk met the barrier and was dissolved within it.
"I had enough games Twilight Sparkle!" Luna screamed. Her eyes turned white and her wings spread and lifted herself in the air. "Thou will die here! Thou will not stop us from our ambitions!" Luna bellowed with the royal canterlot voice within the hall. The stained glass windows shattered against her voice, and Twilight only watched as she now saw Luna rise into the air.
Kill her...stop holding back Twilight wanted to lose control, but she kept a lid on it. She had to maintain control, but the realization that her thinking and actions were being influenced by something she didn't know sacred her, but her rage was overwhelming. If whatever this was was helping her to kill Luna, so be it.
Remember how she killed them...how they screamed...and you didn't help them Twilight's eyes burned hotter than ever hearing the voice fuel her rage. She forgot all about her moment of fear of the voice, and the lid she had containing her anger from completely washing her away was weakening.
You let them die..you failed them.. The ground beneath her started breaking, bit and pieces now floating into the air from the levels of raw magic that she was losing control of. She had completely forgotten about Luna, and was becoming consumed in hate.
Luna watched below as she noticed that Twilight was becoming angrier. Her eyes glowed a brighter white than before, and she was lifting off the ground. Luna could sense that Twilight's power was drawing magic from a dark entity. She didn't know what was going within the unicorn, but she saw an advantage. Twilight would become consumed with anger, and as she demonstrated before, she would act on her rage and not think about what she was doing.
"What is the matter Twilight?! Have you lost your nerve?!" Luna called out to the unicorn. She wanted to make her angry now. She had something perfect planned for her.
She mocks you...and you let her.. Twilight shook her head trying to stop the voice that taunted her, not even noticing she was being lifted from the ground. She was losing control. Where was the other Twilight? She needed her now...
Shut up.
"C'mon Twilight!" You said I was weak before, prove it!" Luna cried to her. She wanted to see that rage take over.
Kill her! Give in! Give in to your rage!
No! I'm in control! You listen to me!
SHE IS WEAK! KILL HER!
Twilight was now completely in midair, fighting a battle within herself, ignoring Luna and the outside. She had to stop this voice. If she lost control....
"Do you remember how they screamed Twilight Sparkle?! Remember how they suffered?! I enjoyed their pain and screams Twilight!" Luna laughed out loudly.
You bitch...! The lid flew off and a wave of boiling, burning anger took her over.
"YOU BITCH! I'M GOING TO ENJOY HEARING YOU SCREAM!" Twilight screamed. She lost all control, and a tornado of magic covered her.
"I FUCKING HATE YOU LUNA! YOU TOOK EVERYTHING FROM ME!" The walls started to rip away and blocks of marble span around her. The marble floor started to rip from the floor.
Luna smiled widely. This power was fueled by Twilight's rage. And she knew exactly how to break it.
"STOP SMILING! I HATE YOUR SMILE!" Twilight bellowed. There were now bolts of electricity that shot through the spinning tornado of rage induced magic.
"Then make me Twilight Sparkle! Come and take it away!" Luna cried back.
"SHUT UP!!!!!" Twilight screamed, her rage burning her body inside. It was so hot, like lava bursting within her. She threw herself forward toward the mocking alicorn.
YES! KILL HER! END HER! Twilight obeyed. She flew towards Luna, and Luna now flew towards her. They met each other and threw their hooves together. Their hooves clashed against each other. with a loud thunderous clap. They were now face to face with each other, muzzles barely touching. Twilight looked into those hated teal eyes and Luna looked into her burning white hot eyes.
"So much rage inside you Twilight Sparkle. It gives you incredible power. It's a shame that it's being wasted with some pony like you!" Luna said. Twilight pushed against Luna's hooves, wanting to break her into a million different pieces. Her body flared into a what almost looked like a purple flame, and she gritted her teeth. She had to break Luna. It wasn't enough to kill her, she had to suffer even after this life.
"SHUT UP!!! JUST SHUT UP AND DIE!" she screamed in Luna's face. She ran magic through her, pushing against Luna's hooves.
"I'm afraid it is not me who will die this day." Luna said as her horn lit up. Twilight looked up to only find out too late. The beam of black magic fired right into her face, and sent her plummeting into the ground. She flew right into the partially destroyed marble ground, and landed on her back. She felt the impact against the ground and blood squirted right out of her mouth. Her eyes flashed back to normal, the aura of magic that had surrounded her had instantly dissapeared. She laid on the ground, her body in extreme pain. Her head throbbed like a drum, and she could only see Luna descend back to the ground. All her rage was gone in an instant, and was taken by this pain that wrecked her body.
Are you okay Twilight!? The other Twilight was back!
Unng...where were you?! Why was she just now coming back in her head. Where was she the whole time?
I was trapped Twilight. There something else in you that kept me from holding you back. I couldn't reach you, it seemed to block me out and I couldn't see what was going on.
What the hell are you talking about?! Twilight yelped as she felt shocks go through her head.
Luna went over to her sword, picking it back up with her magic, tired of dealing with this pest. She was annoying, but she got to see her power. It only excited her now knowing what she was going to take from the lavender unicorn.
It spoke to me Twilight. It said you belong to it. Twilight was confused while laying in the ground unable to move her legs and get up. Her body refused to.
What are you talking about!? I have to get up! I have to stop Luna!" She tried once more to move her legs once again, but shocks of pain ran through her.
Your dream damnit! Malum blocked me out! He took over your power! Twilight eyes opened with horror. She remembered Malum, the one who tortured her in chains, who broke her soul and will, making her beg for death and making her see the other Twilight that ripped out of her stomach. Was he real??
Malum's real?!!! It couldn't be real. She didn't want to face Malum again. She didn't want that terror coming back to her.
Luna walked over to the small crater that Twilight's impact had created. She laid her eyes on the broken Twilight, blood running down her mouth, and her body just laying there. Luna laughed inside. Twilight had all this power, but she didn't know how to control it.
Yes. He is slowly taking over every time you lose control of yourself. He was able to block me out. The voice you heard was him. Twilight felt cold inside. Malum was in her and all because she couldn't keep control. She tried to move her body once again, but shocks of pain ran through it, unable to still move.
Your body is damaged. You overexerted it using your element.
So I'm dead then? Twilight didn't want to admit it, but she was now a sitting duck. The magic she was using was too much for her body to take, and in turn, her body had shut down on her, unwilling to continue. All because she gave in, once again, and lost control.
Twilight...
Twilight looked up and saw Luna standing over her. She knew this was it.
"It's sad Twilight. Sad that you wield such great power, yet, you can't even control it without some pony pushing you over the edge." Twilight only laid on the ground, watching as Luna ridiculed her.
"But I do commend you for your effort, a wasted effort, but an effort at the least. Now, maybe you realize, that I am meant to have the elements and control Equestria."
Twilight hated how she just was laying on the ground, defeated and broken. She had done this to herself. Maybe Luna was right. Maybe this was all meant to be. What hope did she have now? Twilight felt her body being lifted. She noticed her body was covered in a black aura and completely now in Luna's magical grip. She floated up toward her body was in front of Luna. All she could do was meet Luna's eyes.
"You have lost Twilight Sparkle. You will join your friends and aid me in saving Equestria. Take heart that your death will not be wasted." Luna preached, accepting her victory over the limp unicorn.
This is it... Twilight thought about Pinkie and Celestia. She couldn't save them. She would never see them again, and Pinkie will suffer the same fate that she was about to endure.
At least she has Celestia...
"Anything you want to say before I end your miserable life?" Luna asked, taking delight that she had beaten the Element of Magic.
Twilight spat at her and a blotch of blood landed on the corner of Luna's mouth. Luna's eyes brightened and she smiled.
Stop smiling...
Luna dragged her tongue across the blood that had landed near her mouth, and licked it up, savoring Twilight's blood.
"Your a sick fuck Luna." Twilight said. If she was going to die, she was going to die defiant to the end.
"Does not matter. You are not going to live long enough to know how sick I can be. Goodbye Twilight Sparkle." Luna brought her sword to Twilight's stomach, and thrust her blade into the helpless mare. Twilight felt the blade pierce through her. She felt the steel run into her stomach and cried out in pain. Her insides were burning and she felt blood running down her coat. She felt something rush up through her throat and coughed. She felt a taste of iron and copper in her mouth and coughed violently, blood spraying out onto the floor.
"How does it feel Twilight? To feel the pain of defeat? To feel your failure to avenge your friends? You have failed them Twilight Sparkle." Luna took her bloody blade out of Twilight and threw her to the floor. Twilight landed back onto the marble floor, now laying in a growing pool of her own blood.
I lost..I failed...I'm sorry.. Twilight gave up. She couldn't fight her. She raised her head and saw the hole in her stomach spewing blood. She coughed again and more blood spattered on the floor. Luna walked to her until she was standing over her, and positioned her blade across Twilight's neck. Twilight turned her head and closed her eyes, her body in severe pain. She had now accepted it. She was going to die. She had failed....
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Celestia woke up. She felt a tingling pain in her side. She looked over and noticed her white fur was scorched and then notice something was laying against her. She looked over and saw Pinkie laying on her. Pinkie was unconscious still. Celestia looked around and only saw black around her. Suddenly memories rushed to her head. Luna sending a spell at Pinkie and her getting in front of her. She tried to cast a shielding spell but she was too late and remembered herself getting hit by it and flying into the wall and Pinkie and Twilight was alone.
Here eyes shot open with fear. Twilight was alone! Alone with Luna! She quickly rose up and looked around for an opening. She now knew where they were. They were still in the hall, but Luna had cast a restraining spell on them.
"YOU BITCH! I'M GOING TO ENJOY HEARING YOU SCREAM!" Celestia looked around, noticing her student's voice. She was angry, and Celestia knew that she was fighting Luna. She had to get out of here quickly but first she needed Pinkie to wake up. She went over to Pinkie and nudged her with her muzzle. Pinkie stayed motionless, still not able to wake up.
SHUT UP!!!JUST SHUT UP AND DIE!! Celestia was beyond worrying. She was terrified of what was happening to Twilight, hearing her angry. She took her hooves and shook Pinkie, but gained the same result. She shook Pinkie harder, but she still would not wake up.
Celestia heard a crash as if something flew into the ground. she only hoped it wasn't Twilight who was the one crashing into it.
"Pinkie! Wake up Pinkie Pie." Pinkie stirred but still did not wake up.
"Pinkie! You need to wake up! Twilight needs help!" Pinkie slowly lifted her pink eyelids, hearing Celestia call her name. She slowly got up and held her head.
"Owww, my head hurts" she said rubbing her pink noggin. She looked around,"Where are we? Where's Twilight?"
Celestia looked around looking for a way to leave Luna's magical prison.
"Were trapped by Luna's magic. It has separated us from Twilight, and I fear that they are fighting as we speak."
"Oh no, Twilight is all alone! We got to get out of here! Isn't there a spell you know or something to get us out Princess?" Pinkie pleaded. She needed to get back to Twilight.
Celestia thought to herself. She saw no weak opening in the spell, but maybe she could force it open, breaking it essentially.
"I do not see a weak spot in this Pinkie. It seems my sister has improved upon her magic. I will have to force it open."
Pinkie looked up to the princess. "What you mean force it open? Can't you make it just dissapear or something?" Celestia had to keep in mind that Pinkie had no knowledge of magic.
"No. Her spell had been perfected to where there are no weak spots. She has sharpened her mind to the point where she can split it and keep focus on multiple tasks at once. I will have to break it open." Pinkie didn't understand anything about magic but she knew enough that Celestia was simply going to blast it open.
"Stand next to me Pinkie. Were getting out of here. We have to help Twilight." Pinkie nodded and stood next the princess. Celestia eyes glowed yellow and focused. She had to destroy the barrier, she had to get to her student, and Pinkie had to help her marefriend. A bright light shot out of Celestia's horn and crashed against the ceiling of the barrier making a loud crashing sound. Celestia focused harder. She had to get out for Twilight's sake, for Pinkie's sake, and her own. A new surge of bright magic surged through and blasted again against the barrier. She looked up and noticed a the dark void cracking like glass.
"You almost got it Princess!" Pinkie exclaimed.
Celestia focused even harder, now giving it all she had. Here eyes went to a bright yellow and she shot another blast of magic at the barrier. It crashed again against it, and the barrier fell piece by piece.
"Yeah Celestia! You are the pony!" Pinkie cried and bounced. The barrier kept falling apart, until they were back in the hall, but much had transpired. The marble walls were torn apart. chunks of the floor were missing, and all the stained windows were shattered. Pinkie looked around, trying to find Twilight and saw Luna standing. Celestia also noticed Luna, and terror gripped her heart. Both Pinkie Pie and Princess Celestia saw Twilight laying underneath her, her sword next ot her neck, and Twilight was covered in blood. Pinkie's eyes opened in horror as she saw the gaping hole in Twilights stomach, spewing out blood. Before she could scream to her, she was beaten to it.
"LUNA! GET AWAY FROM HER!" Celestia screamed and fired a blazing bolt of magic towards her sister.
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"LUNA! GET AWAY FROM HER!" Twilight immediately turning her head, hearing Celestia's voice. Luna looked and saw her sister, but more importantly, a fiery bolt rushing towards her. She couldn't react fast enough and was hit smack dab in the side, sending her flying away form Twilight. Twilight watched as Luna was blasted away from her, Her body started going cold. She knew she was losing blood, and that her end was coming. Pinkie and Celestia ran to Twilight.
Pinkie looked at the blood that was still spewing from the unicorn. Tears poured from her blue eyes.
"No. no no no no no no Twilight. You..you can't be...you can't....Twilight hang on!"Pinkie didn't know what to say. She was watching Twilight die in front of her. Pinkie turned to Celestia crying.
"Can't you do something to heal her?! Use your magic?!" She didn't want her Twilight to die. This wa no longer about how imperative that they get the Element Beares back, but about her marefriend. Celestia thought quickly, her heart twisiting around watching her student laying in her own pool of blood. She could heal her, but it would take time. She would have to ask Pinkie to hold Luna off but she would just be putting another in danger, but she didn't have a choice.
"I can heal her, but I need you to keep Luna busy Pinkie. I have to act quick or Twilight won't make it." Pinkie turned back to the bleeding unicorn and put her hoof across her lavender cheek.
"You hear that Twilight? Princess Celestia can heal you,"she sobbed to her,"She gonna fix you right up. Just stay with me okay?"
Twilight smiled weakly, blood again spewing out of her mouth. She heard what Pinkie was saying, but she knew this was it for her.
"P..Pinkie...I...I'm s..so..sorry. I..I failed...our friends,"Twilight said gasping,"I..I..love you..Pinkie..Pie." Twilight felt cold, and she wanted to sleep.
"No!No Twilight! Just hang in there!"
"Pinkie! I need to treat her now!" Celestia said urgently. Her student was fading away. If there was any chance of saving her, she needed to do it now. Pinkie moved quickly out of the way, while Celestia laid on all fours pointing her horn towards the wound. Her horn glowed a soft warm yellow light, and it's aura surrounded it.
"Pinkie. I have to concentrate. You must keep Luna busy long enough for me to close the wound and regain some of her lost blood. I can fix these, but it takes time."
Pinkie only looked at Twilight, not paying attention to Celestia's directions. Her focus was on all the blood. She raised her front hooves and noticed that she had Twilight's blood on them.
"Pinkie! Do you understand!?"
Pinkie's head started to hurt.
Luna got up from being blasted away by Celestia. Her eyes were burning white, and her mane had grwon larger with her anger, now almost spectral in appearance.
"I have had enough of all this! You are wasting my time with your interruptions!" Luna screamed at them. Celstia couldn't respond. She had to focus. She had to save her student.
Pinkie was holding her head, still seeing the red blood on her hooves. She turend around, remembering she had to keep Luna occupied.
Luna caught Pinkie's eyes. "I suppose I will have the Element of Magic in time here soon. Now, for you dear Pinkie Pie, I guess your going to protect your dear Twilight."
Pinkie kept grabbing her head, it was throbbing even worse. Her hooves were shaking, and she only stared at the blood on them. It felt warm and wet, and Twilight's blood had been spilled. Her head throbbed harder.
Luna became frustrated, thinking the pink mare was ignoring her. "Speak up Pinkie Pie! Or do you wish to end up like you dear lover?"
Pinkie shot the meanest look she had ever given any pony in her life. "BE QUIET! SHE IS NOT GOING TO DIE! NOT BY YOU! YOUR A GIANT MEANY!" Pinkie screamed. Her head now shot with burning pain. She fell to her hind knees grabbing her head.
Celestia couldn't look at Pinkie, seeing what was going on with her. She had to focus. She only hoped that Pinkie was alright. The world around Celestia blacked out, and only her and her dying pupil now existed. She could not give any other attention elsewhere.
Pinkie pie shook her head. Her head was in searing pain, and only Luna watched. She was confused. She knew Pinkie was the random pony, but she did not like the fact that she was in pain because she was not causing it.
Pinkie shook her head. Where was this searing pain coming from?
"Ohhh, it hurts. Make it stop." she moaned to herself. The pain throbbed but then she heard something. A small laughter ringed in her head. It was laughing for some reason. It became louder and louder until it ringed in her head. She could hear herself laughing in her head but this wasn't her normal laughing. The laughing sounded sadistic and dark. She looked at her hooves once again, now stained red with her marefriends blood. Her eyes sunk in her head. She started to laugh quietly, feeling something rising in her. It felt like excitement. her laughing escaped her mouth and she was now chuckling to herself, and then it became full out laughter.
Luna watched as the pink pony started laughing like a maniac.
"What are you laughing about welp?" Luna demanded. She was completely at a lost for what was happening.
Pinkie turned to Luna staring into her eyes laughing. Then Luna noticed. Pinkie's pupils had become small and red. Her bouncy mane went flat along with her tail. Pinkie stood up on her hind legs, continually laughing. Her pink bright coat turned into a darker shade of itself, and a blood red aura radiated from her body.
"Why are you laughing!" Luna roared. She would not stand for this low earth pony to be laughing at her future ruler.
Pinkie ceased her laughing, smiling wickedly at Luna.
"I'm laughing because I'm thinking about how bad I'm going to hurt you. You hurt my Twilight! Now i'm going to hurt you! I'm going to hurt you real good!" Pinkie exclaimed, laughing some more.
Luna narrowed her eyes. She was becoming annoyed with this pony. She was the exact opposite of Twilight, but she was still an element. She needed her.
"You cannot hurt me. Your foolish lover already tried and now she will lose her life because of it. You will only meet the same result Pinkie Pie." she stated.
Pinkie laughing stopped and pointed her hoof at Luna yelling,"Don't call me that! It's Pinkamena to you bitch!" Her appearance was no longer of the fun loving party pony, but now an evil and dark looking pony, ready to finish what her lover started.
"And you and I are going to have one hell of a party!"
The Element Of Laughter had finally come out to play....
(A/N. Wow, I feel proud. I got two chapters out in one day. Go me. Now, I know Pinkamena is not an original idea, but damn I love Pinkamena. So sorry if anyone does not like that, but hey, I know many many stories that do the same thing. Now, the reason I have put out two chapters today is because tommorow I have a trip to go on and won;t be back until Sunday night. Soo, I won't be able to update daily like I have been for a couple days. You can probably expect Part 14 either Monday or Tuesday. Hope you enjoyed the chapter and the story thus far. Cheers.)
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