Author's Notes:

Attempted Rape warning.

“You lost them!”

“I didn't lose them you lost them!”

“Well we better find them our it's our tails on the line!”

In the crowded market district of Canterlot, two ponies, one mare, one stallion, clad in golden armor looked around the sea of ponies in a panic. The two guards were frantic to find their lost charges. They knew without a definitive of a doubt, that their tails were on the line if they didn't find the princesses and the star student soon, trouble would find them. In the form of a raging ball of flame called a 'very pissed off princess.'

Just down the street, a certain pink princess, a one eyed princess, and a nervous student weaved their way in and out of hoof traffic. Ponies either shouted their complaints of annoyance or happily greeted the young royals. The three gave their greetings in passing when necessary or ignored the insults and protests.

“Did we lose them?” Cadance questioned as she glanced over her shoulder, trying to see if she could spot the guards that were assigned to them for the day.

“Certainly looks like it!” Raven confirmed as she peered through the crowded streets. As soon as the trio felt safe enough, their frantic pace turned into a more relaxed one. Cadance sighed in relief.

“Finally,” Cadance breathed, tossing her hair over her shoulder. Raven panted as she glanced over her shoulder. “I just wish I could get some time to myself other than at the castle and at school!” the teenage mare grumbled in annoyance before sighing.

Ever since the mare had ascended, she had been thrust into the limelight at such a daunting pace that quite frankly, she hated it. As a foal, Cadance had always wanted to be a princess. Perhaps it was a dream for all young fillies. But now that she was here…

She loathed her old life.

She grew up poor and now that she was rich beyond her wildest dreams, but she saw the corruption that followed with it. Along with the wealth, came the security. Guards were at her side constantly. Even when they weren’t at her side, she knew they were within sight somewhere. If her first date with her new coltfriend was anything to go by. She was able to pick out the few ponies that had been following her and her date all day.

She didn’t want to even talk about the mess her little bout of happiness created.

It still bothered her, even weeks after the whole incident had passed. Sneaking away from her guards was her only reprieve. She just wanted to be herself. She didn’t want to be a princess, she didn’t want to deal with anything, she just wanted to be Cadance. A young teenage girl without a worry in the world!

Raven, on the other hand, was indifferent. Whether she was being followed or not, she always had Frost to connect to. She was always safe now that she had that connection. Along with that, she never cared about wealth, Tenno were paid in bulk for their services. Especially by the Corpus if you kicked their asses in the Index or aided them against the Grineer or the Infested. Those morons basically threw money at everything until it either paid off in profit or went away. Shit, they coveted it more than their own lives more than often than not.

All Raven cared about was that she had been given a better second chance at life. Even though her old life had not gone away completely, it was a nice balance of the two. Being a princess had its perks and its downsides. Adjusting to a new life, with new laws, and new people had been struggle, but she was doing her best to adjust.

Twilight, on the other other hand, was extremely nervous. The little filly stepped closer towards her foalsitter and grabbed the elder teens hand. Twilight hardly ever went out alone. She had always been with her parents or Cadance, or her big brother when he was home. But even when she was with Cadance, there were guards nearby. Same went with Raven. There was always an adult with them.

Now they were alone… in Canterlot…

Alone…

“We-we should go back,” Twilight whined meekly, sparing a worried glance over her shoulder.

Raven stretched her arms over her head. “Relax, Twily,” the girl dismissed by rolling her neck, cracking it loudly. “We just want a little time to ourselves. We’ll be back at the castle in no time!” Twilight still felt uneasy, but didn’t voice her concerns further.

Over the course of the next hour or two, the three teens hit the town running! They bought some jewelry here and some clothes there. They splurged on ice-cream and other unhealthy snacks unfit for their positions.

Pretty sure their dietitians had heart attacks.

Twilight had eased up with her bout of nervousness and had relaxed when the trio started going around to some her favorite places. She had found a nice little hair clip that looked like a book and couldn’t leave without it. Cadance was sporting a new pair of earrings that she believed Shining would absolutely love! Raven wore a new, custom eye patch that the jeweler that sold Cadance her earrings, had made. The stallion behind the counter had insisted that he improve the princess’s image. This patch was bright white, with a golden halo surrounding an aggressive looking raven. It was much better than a jet black hunk of metal. She still kept the old one, but this one looked nice. She would probably have more made, so that she could swap them around from time to time.

At the end of the day, the three girls laughed and giggled their way back towards the castle. In the distance, the sun was starting to set on the horizon, bathing Canterlot in a gorgeous orange and red hue that glistended off many of the expensive homes and buisnesses in the area. The trio rounded a corner on their way home, as they did, a lone stallion in a hooded cloak blocked their way.

“Excuse us,” Cadance politely asked, but the stallion didn’t budge. The pink mare gave him a look of annoyance, while Raven felt her hair stand on end. Something was off and they needed to get out now!

“Come here!”

“What the!?” Cadance shouted as a pair of arms wrapped around her torso and lifted her into the air. The teen mare squirmed and kicked wildly as she did her best to fight back. She grunted and groaned as she tried to fight back. She only had enough time to activate her magic before a hand grabbed her horn, clamping a magical suppression ring around it.

Twilight screamed as somepony aggressively and painfully grabbed her right arm, she was forcefully lifted into the air, a hand and a ring grasping her horn and she was held in place. The young filly sobbed as she was stallion handled, begging for Cadance to help her.

Raven was the only one to successfully fight back. She ducked under the pair of arms that reached for her from behind. Elbowing the aggressor in the gut, she spun and kicked him in the crotch with all her strength. To the side, another one of these punks reached for her, forcing her to Void Dash backwards and travel threw his form. Leaping forward, she roundhouse kicked the stallion in the jaw, knocking him off his footing ad his jaw cracked loudly. Turning around, she blasted another stallion off his hooves with her Void Blast. Just as she was about to connect with Frost when somepony grabbed her by the back of her collar and covered her mouth and nose with a rag that reeked of something horrible.

She could feel herself fading.

The last thing she saw was a thestral stallion smiling wickedly down at her before everything went black.

Raven blinked groggily when she finally regained consciousness. Her vision was fuzzy and her mouth was gagged and hands binded. Based off the rough and itchy surface of what was rubbing agaisnt her bare skin, it must have been a rope tied around her wrists. As for her surroundings, the room was dark and packed with cardboard boxes. She moaned into the rag that gagged her mouth as she sat up with a wobble. Her eye went wide as the blood rushed from her head, making her moan painfully as a terrible headache set it. Resting her head in both hands, her head throbbed and vision spun. Whatever she was drugged with was very unpleasant.

She also felt uncomfortably cold. Probably from lying on the stone floor for who knows how long. The place was damp too, which didn’t add to her comfort. Slowly, she opened her eye and inspected her restraints. The rope tied around her wrists was taught and it scratched and burned her skin with each little movement she made. Looking down as far as she could, Raven did her best to see the gag in her mouth. It was a type of clocth, but unsure as to what type. Reaching up, she grasped it with both hands and pulled, forcefully trying to remove the object, but it failed to budge. Groaning in frustration, she quickly gave up. As she tried to push herself into a standing position, she felt something tug at her ankle, which was followed by the jingle of a chain. She surmised that that was probably was attached to the floor.

As she stared at the restraint, she could hear a heavily locked door rumbled and open within the room. The passage to her escape was hidden somewhere behind the dozens and dozens stacks of boxes. She must have been in a warehouse. Three ponies entered the room, based off the series of offset hoofsteps heading her way. She watched intently as three thestral stallions came weaving around from behind a series of boxes, the stallion in the center holding his arms wide. “Welcome Princess!” he greeted rather merrily. “So glad you could join us!”

Raven glared at the stallion as he approached, his two lakys taking up guard not to far away, each armed with a spear and shield. Raven adjusted her positioning by sitting on her knees, continued to glare at the stallion while also ignoring the rattling of the chain tugging at her ankle. The grey thestral’s fangs and overall cheery smile was so off putting it was disgusting as he approached. “Sorry for the restraints,” he apologized, kneeling down in front of the girl and running a hand through her short hair, moving it out of the way of her bad eye. “But we can’t have you running off now.”

She only narrowed her eye slightly in response and snorted like an agry bull through her nostriles.

“Oh don’t be like that!” the stallion said, as though he were addressing a rowdy foal. The way he seemed to be treating the whole situation like her was have a casual converstaion at a reastraunt only made her more angry. “It’s not very often you run into not only the princess’ prize student, but the two youngest princess’ in all of Equestria!”

Raven didn’t respond.

The stallion rolled his eyes and wiggled a finger in between Raven’s gag and her face,. She winced as his fuzzy finger worked its way between the gag and her cheek. Out of the corner of her eye, Raven caught a shimmer of magic as the gag relaxed and came free. There was enough room now that the gag gave way and slid down her face without further assistance as the stallion removed his finger, resting his arm on a knee. “See? Isn’t that better?”

Raven glanced down at the gag, then at the guard to her right, then her left, and finally, the smiling stallion in front of her. “What do you want?”

The stallion leaned back and sat on his hoof, looking towards the ceiling in though. “What do I want?” he repeated. “Well I want a lot of things, actually. A good mare, steady job, maybe a foal or two.” He glanced down at her, his happy demeanor fading into a scowl. “What do you think we want? Power you fuck-whit! That’s all anypony wants!”

The stallion stood up and held his hands behind his back as he slowly paced around the girl as he stared up at the ceiling. “You want the throne. Don’t you?” Raven questioned.

The stallion chuckle loudly. “Almost.”

Raven lifted a brow. “What do you mean ‘almost’?”

The stallion chuckled again as he came full circle. “This isn’t some petty story from the foals section Princess.” He bent at the waiste and leaned uncomfortably close towards the human girl. She refused to budge, even powering through the gusts of air that peppered her face with each breath he took. “Why would I tell you?” he whispered into her ear. Leaning back, he smiled the same welcoming smile he had when he entered into the room. “Any questions?”

Raven glared at the guard on the right… then the left. She was going to get out of here Void be damned. While she didn't have any questions, she did have something to say... “I'm going to kill you… and you…” Both stallions glanced at each other nervously at the declaration. “But you…” she said darkly towards the third. “I’m going to gut you like the dog that you are. You best starting counting. You're time is near…”

The stallion smiled even wider before he broke out laughing. In all honesty, he found that very comical. The guards couldn't find him here and the princess was tie to the floor! Like Taurtarus she could kill him! He continued to laugh for several seconds before he regained his composure. “You’ll be fed here pretty soon, and we’ll make sure to get you a bed. Goodbye princess!” he waved, dismissing her comment as though she never said it. He replaced her gag securly back on her face before departing back the same way he came. Seconds later, the sounds of that heavy set door closing filled the air…

Yet again, Raven was alone.

She had to get out!

This guy clearly had a plan, but she was going to have to cut it out of him when she got free. Right now, she needed to find Twilight and Cadance! Closing her eye, Raven concentrated hard. There was a bright flash of red, indicating the hell that was about to rise…

The two stallions tasked with guarding the strange looking princess had one of the most important missions of their career! Both were on edge, but more bored than anything. But the words of the captured princess echoed throughout their minds the longre they stood guard. Was it really true? She would kill them? Bah, impossible! She was in there, chained to the floor and they were out here in the hallway! But, because of that comment, both were still a little on edge. As they stood, both stallions failed to notice as wisps of mist permeated from underneath the door. Ice started to form and spiderweb its way across the doors surface, chilling the air around it.

One of the stallions shivered before he looked towards the door. “What the!?” he shouted with a jump.

The other stallion turned and did the same, but before he could say anything the door exploded off its hinges. Both stallions were forced to cover their faces with an arm as a cold mist bleed into the hall like a plaque, obstructing their vision and overwhelming their senses. Their throats burned with each frozen breath and their skin became numb. But it mattered little when the stallion to the left grunted and gagged when a sword pierce through his abdomen and out his back.

Like a shot from a gun, the other stallion grunted painfully, dropping his weapon when a hand gripped him around the throat and slammed him against the wall, lifting him high into the air. He could only stare at the demonic helmet staring back at him.

“Where are they!?”

Twilight Sparkle was terrified. She was cold, miserable, bound and gagged. Two long streaks of tears ran down her cheeks, matting her fur thanks to what felt like hours of sobbing. She wanted her mother, she desperately wanted to go home and the two stallions staring down at her only made the filly curl up tighter as they spoke about what they were going to do to her! She wanted her friend, she wanted out of here!

“No! You are not going to touch her, that's final!” on of the bat ponies shouted at the other.

“I'm not going to hurt her,” the second defended. “I just want to have some fun!”

“You're sick Tantabus,” the first said with a disgusting tone as he glared at his partner. “She's not even old enough!”

The stallion known as Tantabus gave his partner a bemused expression. “Do I look like I care, Denarius?”

Denarius scowled. “I hope you get what's coming to you!” with that, the stallion turned away from his companion. He didn't sign up for this shit. He wanted to start and win this war just as much as everyone else did. But he still had some standards! Tantabus rolled his eyes and gave Twilight a creepy smile as he too turned away as he went back to his post. Twilight for her part, was thankful he looked away, but she still sobbed and sniffled loudly into her gag.

The two stood in silence for several seconds before they heard the door to the room rattle loudly. Somepony was trying to work the lock and failing miserably. Didn't help that this was the only door in the entire building that required some finesse to open. “Get the damn door!” Denarius ordered loudly.

Tantabus growled and mumbled something under his breath. “Hold on!” he shouted, but the rattling continued. “I said hold-” just as he was about to reach the door, the large hunk of metal shot off its hinges colliding violently with the perverted stallions chest. The force of the impact was so violent, it not only killed the stallion on impact, but threw him several feet into the room, where he collided with a stack of boxes. Twilight screamed in horror into her gag and closed her eyes shut.

Denarius could only stare at the door and boxes that now covered his now former partners corpse. “Well… I warned him…”

The heavy sounds of boots entering the room caused the stallion to go tense. Nearby, Twilight still had her eyes glued shut. She could hear the hoofsteps as they got closer, followed by the pleas and screams of terror by the remaining stallion. She further whimpered, whined, and winced at the sounds of bones breaking, followed by a loud smashing noise as something was smashed into the wall.

There was a warping sound. It sounded kinda like magic.

“Twilight!” the fillies eyes snapped open at the sound of her friend!

“Mmhlh!?” she cheered into her gag, struggling to get closer towards Raven.

“Frost, watch the door!” Raven order the Warframe. The large horned suit nodded, taking up position near the door and holding his Detron at the ready. Raven came to a sliding halt in front of Twilight, gently grasping the fillies wrist with one hand and pulling a dagger from behind her back, furiouslycutting the rope. “Hang on Twilight, I'll get you out!”

Once the bindings came free, Raven carefully worked the blade between Twilights cheek and the cloth before she cut the gag free, Twilight lunged forward and hugged Raven, fearing as though her friend would leave her yet again as she sobbed into the girls dirty shirt. “I got you Twilight,” Raven cooed as Twilight continued to sob loudly into the human girls collar. “Frost! I need help here!”

At the door, Frost held off the numerous thestrals that had come to investigate the noise. Turning his massive horned head, he surveyed the hall one last time for anymore threats before he entered the room. Kneeling down behind Twilight, he grasped the shackle around the fillies ankle with both hands. He froze the surface until the metal became brittle before tearing the shackle in two.

“Come on!” Raven said, a clear sense of urgency in her voice. “We have to go!”

“What about Cadance?” Twilight said, her tone more panicked.

“She's next! Come on!” Raven answered. Transferring back into her Warframe, ~Raven~ pulled her Javlok from her back, extending the spear-like blaster. Stepping out of the doorway, she stepped over one of the many responders that Frost had gunned down. Twilight followed apprehensively, feeling rather ill at the cold and soulless stare of one of the corpses that littered the hall.

The duo weaved their way through various halls, ~Raven~ striking down any unsuspecting thestral that got in her way with an explosive blast from her weapon. Once she was where she needed to be, she could hear grunting and pleading, muffled whines from under the door.

Grabbing the mighty lock to the door, ~Raven~ was caught off guard when she found it unlocked. Stepping through the threshold, she was horrified at what she saw…

Cadance screamed into her gag as she did her best to squirm away from the only other occupant in the room. The stallion had whispered soft nothings into her ear as he covered her eyes with a blindfold. It was from there that she feared the worst. She wanted out of here! She wanted her guards! She wanted her cousin! She wanted Shiny! She continued to hope that he would bust through the door and save her!

She tried to kick her hooves as hard as she could when she felt a pair of hands grab her pants and pull them down her legs. Once they were off her hooves, two fingers went down the front of her panties, violating her as they were pulled them away, leaving her lower half bare. She tried to use her legs to cover and protect her delicate flower, but her aggressor was to strong. He pried one leg away and tied a rope around her ankle, then again with her other.

It was when she heard him unzip his pants that she sobbed and pleaded into her gag, frantically shaking her head for him to stop!

“Relax,” he cooed, which was followed by the sound of his belt and pants hitting the floor. “Trust me… it'll make it all feel better in the end."

The stallion was so preoccupied with his pleasure he failed to hear the door open behind him. He also failed to notice the large guard enter the room...

The stallion made it one step when something dark flashed in the corner of his eye, followed by a sharp pain in his crotch.

The stallion blinked, then looked down.

Where his erection once was, was nothing left than a bleeding stump, his stallionhood laying on the floor not to far away. Shock immediately set in. The horrified stallion's mind went blank before a horrible, agonizing pain started to set in. He had enough time to take a single, deep breath before an ice cold hand grabbed his shoulder and spun him around.

SHING!

The thestral stallion blinked, then coughed, blood splattering the helmet of the guard staring back at him. His gaze drifted down to the ice cold sword buried halfway to the hilt in his chest. He could only stare in awe at the blade before he lifted his gaze back towards the guards lifeless helmet.

~Raven~ adjusted her grip on the weapon and rested her palm against the hilt. With a mighty shove she hilted the blade in the stallions left pectoral. Stepping back, she lifted her right hand and bitch slapped the sack of shit, knocking him off balance and onto the floor.

And even though she couldn't see anything, Cadance could still hear.

“Cadance!” she heard Twilight scream. The little filly rushed into the room and grabbed onto the blindfold, causing the pink mare to wince in fear. When the blindfold was removed, only then could Cadance see her saviors. Twilight was at her head cutting through the gag while Raven worked the knots of her leg bindings. Looming over her would be rapist was Frost. Standing up, Raven hurried over and grabbed her sword from Frost's hip before returning to the trapped teen.

Lifting the blade over her head, Raven swung the sword downward and snapped the rope. She repeated the action with the other rope. Once free, Cadance curled into a ball as she sobbed into Twilight's ragged school uniform while Raven was doing her best to come up with a plan.

While her cousin and friend embraced wach other, Raven frantically searched for the teens mares pants.She already suffered a horrible fate, she didn't need to further embarace herself. Unable to find what she was looking for, Raven opted to unbuck her belt. She pushed her pants down to her knees before pulling one pant leg off, followed by the other as she bounced on one leg. “Here,” she offered. Cadance, looked towards the offered clothing, then towards Raven, who was now wearing a shirt, her panties, shoes and socks. With a shaky hand, Cadance took the pants and started to put them on. “Sorry if their a little small,” Raven apologized.

Cadance waved off her cousins concern as she slowly slipped her cousins pants over her bare legs and pulled them on. They were tight in the waist and many centimeters short, but they covered as much as they needed.

A shadow entered the room, causing everyone to turn and face the door. In the doorway, stood a wide eyed thestral stallion. “Alarm!” he shouted down the hallway. “Everypony on alert!”

In one swift motion that would put most guards to shame, Raven grabbed her blade off the floor and spun, throwing the weapon with all her might. But the stallion disappeared just as the weapon went sailing through the doorway, burying itself deep inside the opposite wall.

“Shit!” Raven cursed. Turning around, the girl ran over towards her friends. Still scared, but unharmed, she needed to get them out of here! “Frost! We need an exit!”

The warframe turned and examined the room with his advanced optical sensors in search of a weak spot. There weren't many options, so he opted for the obvious. The suit approached the far wall before placing both hands against the hard, metal surface. Flooding himself with power, the sounds of cracking ice filled the air as crystals of frozen water spider webbed their way across the wall from his flattened palms. The temperature began to drop significantly with in the room, causing Twilight and Cadance to shudder as they watched on. After several tense seconds, the wall was thoroughly coated in a sheet of solid ice. Pulling his left arm back, Frost slowly curled his fingers into a fist before driving it home. Ice shattered loudly as the Warframe pummeled his way through the wall with as eries of rapid punches. Little shards of frozen water sparkled and danced through the air like fireflies in the darkened room. Once he opened up a sizeable hole, the Warframe stepped back.

Through the hole, thelast wisps of daylight could be seen.

Raven grabbed both Cadance and Twilight by an arm, pushing them towards the hole. "You guys have to go!"

"What!?"

"Raven no!" Cadance shouted as she turned around, grabbing the human girl by the shoulders. "I'm not leaving you!"

"Cadance you have to go!" the human pressed, pushed the teen forward.

"Raven!"

"I said go!" Raven pushed the pair out and into the street. She didn't say anything more as she turned away from the concerned looks of her family and friend, turning around and transferring into her Warframe. Who ever this guy was and whatever he wanted, she was going to make him talk. She would tear him limb from limb to extract that information if necessary.

If it was a war he wanted, a war, she would bring.

Several thestrals ran for their lives from the ice demon that had released upon the land! One stallion stumbled through a pair of thick steel doors as his companions began pushing with all their strength. On the other side, two thestral stallions screamed and pleaded for their companions to keep the door open just a little longer! As the doors were closed with a resounding clang, the screams of the dead were muffled by the thick steel door.

Lord Umbara could only ground his teeth and anger as he watched his subjects try to hold back that demon. He wasn't going to let centuries of work by his family be brought to waste! He was so close to finally bringing forth the revolution his family had sought for so long! The queen would return by his hand!

CLANG!

Umbara was knocked from his thoughts when the doors buckled slightly. The air was thick with tension as all eyes watched intently. Umbara's stallions clutched their spears and shield tighter as they stood guard. There was another loud banging noise, followed by a very loud cracking sound of bone breaking.

A cold mist, bled through the cracks in the door...

Ponies felt a chill run up their backs. All of them shared the same thought.It wasn't enough. It wasn't going to be enough. The door wasn't going to hold! All of them jumped when there was another resounding bang against the door, followed by another before silence fell over the hallway. Seconds were tense as it felt as though the demon had finally given up?

Until the doors exploded and buckled in!

The left door was torn from its hinges and collided with a couple of guards, crushing them below its gargantuan weight. The right hand door banged loudly against the wall, cratering the sheetrock from the forceof the impact, sending dust and bits of debris everywhere. In the center of the left hand door, a thick, metallic spear stood upright, smoking from the explosive impact. The remaining door moaned as the demon pushed the thing out of its way as though it was never there.

Umbara swore he heard drums.

Ten powerful beats followed the monster.

"Kill it!" Umbara ordered before turning around and making a run for it.

Drawing her sword, ~Raven~ attacked. The first stallion swung his blade wildly, uncoordinated. Parrying the attack, she grabbed the stallion by the throat and smashed his form into the right hand wall. Bone broke and buckled as his body bent at an odd angle. Pulling her arm back, she backhanded the next stallion and thrusting her blade into his back. Shouldering the body off her blade, she dodged another sword swipe from one of two attackers. Reaching up, she caught the wrist of the second attackers and twisted his arm. With her pommel, she bludgeoned the stallion's face three times before lifting her leg and kicking the poor sod in the knee with enough force to shatter his kneecap. The stallions knee bent at a very odd angle as his weight collapsed his form as he screamed in agony. He didn't have time to scream when he was slashed across his neck. His hands went straight to his bleeding neck as he gagged in a pittiful attempt to breath.

Just as the first stallion was recovering from the parry, he gagged when ~Raven~ plunged her blade through his abdomen. Taking his sword from his grasp, the warrior girl pulled her blade free and turned. Two more stallions charged her. They shouted their warcry as loud as they could as they attacked, but their show of intimidation did little as ~Raven~ impaled both of them right through their chests, lifting them off their hooves and slamming them against the ground. Pulling her ice sword free, she left the other where it lay, buried in the concrete.

They just kept coming.

Standing up, the girl held up her left hand and channeled her power into it. A ball of ice appeared in her palm before she lifted her hand and slammed it against the ground. A wave of razor sharp stalagmites of pure ice radiated out from her palm. Ponies screamed in surprise and terror as most of then were impaled by the attack. Many were pierced their abdomens and pinned to the walls, some were torn to pieces and one poor stallion ended up being pinned to the ceiling.

Those that survived had taken shelter around the next hallway.

As she rounded the corner, she could see down the hall as ponies ran for the next safe area. She could even see that son of a bitch in the back. Just as she took a step forward, ~Raven's~ armor clad head bounced forward when something hit her. With a slight drop of her shields and a flash of sparks, she spun around and raised her sword in preparation for a counter attack.

"Oh…"

She lowered her blade and stared at the now frozen statue of her aggressor. The angry expression of the stallion as his sword sat just in front of his chest would be forever cemented on his features. Reaching forward, ~Raven~ pressed her palm against the ice statue and pushed it backwards. It tipped back before gravity took hold and it fell to the floor, shattering on impact.

Turning around, she stared down the remaining soldiers in her path.

"What are you waiting for!?" the baby ordered with a point of his finger. "Kill him you fools!"

The ten or so remain stallions hardened their grip of the swords and spears. One of the spear ponies charged towards the titan of a guard. He cared little of his safety as he continued forward.

He didn't make it far.

Grasping the shaft of the spear, just below the point, ~Raven~ lifted the thing and pulled. The stallions moment suddenly increased as he jolted forward. He gagged in shock when he felt the frozen blade of the Tenno's sword bury itself to the hilt in his lower abdomen. Pulling the spear free from his grip, she leaned to the side and placed her foot on the stallions chest and pushed.

With a disgusting wet slick, the stallion slid off the blade and fell against the ground, bleeding and left for dead. Flipping the longer weapon in her grasp, the knight threw the spear with all her might. The weapon sailed true, impaling one stallion with enough force to punch through his abdomen and impale another poor sod standing not to far behind him.

The drums were getting louder.

The hall was getting colder.

Umbara felt a chill run up his spine as his eyes locked with those of the demons.

He ran.

He had to ignore the scream of one of his stallions as he was thrown down the hallway, impacting against the wall. His pleas could be heard as he begged for his life before he was impaled through the throat by a rogue spear, gagging around the weapon. Umbara was so close to sanctuary, it's not like he would let somepony like this get him. He always had a backup plan. He just needed to get to his office.

His hooves impacted loudly against the floor.

He didn't care about sound, that thing was on his tail.

The drums were even louder!

The stallion grunted as he pushed against the heavy steel door of his office. Metal grinded as the hinges came to life for the first time as he heaved the door shut. He didn't dare look past the door, just taking that little bit of time to acknowledge the creature would bring him death. With one last burst of adrenaline, the heavy door closed with a thunderous click, as locks and tumblers closed him inside.

He did it!

Umbara smiled as he rested his forehead against the cool steel of the door. He was safe. He didn't have to worry! Princess… no, that Witch could drop the sun on this bunker and wouldn't leave so much as a scratch. He smiled. There were enough wards to last a millennia.

But it did nothing against the Void…

There was a loud bang from outside the door. Umbara stepped away, but smiled as the door held.

"You'll never punch through that!" he taunted.

Another bang.

"These wards will last long after you die!"

Another clang.

"Give up while you still can!"

There was no bang.

Only silence.

Umbara smiled as he watched the door. All he had to do was write a letter and wait for his soldiers to set him free. He had enough food and water to last a year. Full amenities, bathroom, bed, and kitchen that would put the castle to shame. All he needed to do was get that letter going! Stepping away, the thestral stallion relaxed as headed towards a desk in the center of the room. Pulling out the tall, regal chair, he sat down, opened a drawer, and pulled out a sheet of enchanted paper and a quill. He dipped it in the ink pot and started writing.

He smiled, humming a little tune at his victory.

He failed to notice the ice crystals forming on the inside of the door. They spread out like a spider web across the surface. Little crystalline crystals worked their way into cracks and deformations within the metal. They ignored the wards and runes as they crackled along. The spells didn't know what to think. The strange energy was there… but also not there. It existed, but at the same time… did not.

This, was a power stronger than most magic…

It was even more powerful than dark magic…

Umbara screamed and covered his form with his arms as the door exploded, shards of ice and frozen metal peppered his frame. As he looked up, he was petrified from fear.

The drums were overwhelming…

The demon stood like a shadow in the dooray.

"No…"

It took a step.

Umbara fell backwards out of his chair.

"No!"

It grabbed him around the collar.

"NO!"

It lifted his as though he was nothing.

"LET ME GO!"

He was nothing…

"PLEASE! I'LL TELL YOU WHERE THEY ARE!"

Umbara was dragged away by a cold, armored glove by his face.

Death… was going to be painful…