ShadowStorm88

"HA!! You hear that chumps!! You cant make us kill each other!! To hay with your stupid rules" Val thought to himself cockily, tempted to shake his rear in mockery at the gamemakers just to add insult to injury. But that would be the equivliant of saying "Hit me" to a golem. Grinning at Midnight, he took her hoof as he responded "Alrighty, now we do things my way!! Like this" he smirked as he started to gallop into the jungle to locate an exit, jumping over logs, large boulders, a large gap that led to a hundred foot drop; that last one would have scared him if he couldnt fly. Basically, they were doing all the things that really should have killed them since ones luck can only last so long; yet they were passing death so many times that they may as well high five him everytime they do so!!

"Can you give me a sec actually, I think i lost a tooth or two back thier" Val proclaimed, laughing weakly as he collapsed face first in front of Midnight. Forcing himselt to his feet, he rubbed his cheeks to try and get himself awake. Turns out trying to fight that freak hadnt been the smartest thing to do!! Then again, alot of the things he did wasnt exactly the smartest things he had ever done!! Now up and about, he asked "You want us to eat posionous berries? That sound abit sucidial. I mean, IM tough, but I dont think im tough enough to survive poison" he admited softly, wondering if what Midnight was saying was true. But when she looked at him, pleading with him to trust her; he nodded simply in return. "Yeah...okay" he nodded as he agreed to her plan, knowing whatever she had in mind; it was the right thing!!

Sunlight filted into Valorens eyes as he let out a tremendous yawn!! Scracthing the back of his head tireldy, he grumbled lightly at the amount of light shining into his eyes. "Grr, stupid sun. Go away" he slurred tiredly as he shook his head in an attempht to get any of the sand from his eyes. Glancing down at Sandy, he beamed gently at seeing how peaceful she was. Deciding to give her a warm wake up call, he sat down next to her as he slowly wrapped his wing around her; providing her a nice blanket as he used the tips of his wings to gently massage her. Chuckling lightly at the sight of her face, he blinked at the sound of water rising as he looked over at his underwater friends. "Heya Moongazer" he grinned lightly as he commented "Ready to go and check out the ocean"?

Staring up in complete dismay at the monster, Valoren nodded as he responded "If you got some plan in mind on how to take this thing down, then by all means please share". Listening to how she said they had to get away, Val nodded in agreement "Agreed, I'll give you some time to get clear, and then I'll follow you". Grinning eagerly at the idea of being able to challenge himself against something so big and powerful, he flew up into the air. "Here we go" he shouted, before soaring straight at the monster. Ducking to avoid a powerful punch, Val maunevered over, under and dodgeing its powerful punches and stab attacks at him. Coming up, he than kicked it hard in the nose; smirking at the creature letting out a roar of pain; dropping its spear!! "YEAH!! THAT'S RIGHT!! YOU CANT HANDLE TH.....OH CELESTIA" He cried out in time as he was smacked out of the sky, landing in a heap. "Owww, that hurt" he groaned as he looked back to where Midnight had been. Seeing that she was off in the distance, he smiled in satifaction at being able to get her clear nad away from the creature. "And with that, away I go" grinned Val, taking off to catch up with Midnight.

"Final battle? What final battle" Val demanded as he looked around radpily for any sign of danger!! Things were just getting weirder and weirder as time went on!! First ponies were getting picked off one at a time. Next, This final pony had shown up and attacked him and Midnight!! Now a final battle was about to begin between him, and..her?? Wait, he and Midnight were the last two ponies in the game!! Did he have to fight her?!?! BUCK THAT!!! He wasnt about to fight the pony he loved!! BOOM!! A loud eruption through him off balance as he stumbled off balance and too the ground. Pushing himself off the ground, he could see fear evident in his friends eyes as she was staring right past at him..something. Gulping, he slowly turned around and found himself looking at a wall of black. Realizing it was a leg,he slowly followed the leg up and found it going all the way up to what looked like an anthro pony that seemed to be a mixture of a unicorn and peagsus. An alicorn to be honest!! In one hoof, it held a deadly spear, in another; a powerful looking sword. Its pure white mane shinned brighter then the sun itself, tempoarlity blinding Val as he stepped back and was kicked hard into a tree!!

Anger rose through Val's mind as he charged at the stallion who would dare harm his friend. Tackling him from behind in a neck hold'; Val forcibly removed the stallion from Midnight; making him let go. Turning him around, Val hoofed him hard across the jaw. Catching him, he brought him up and hoofed him again in the jaw. Catching him a final time, Val grabbed the cretin by his neck as he headbutted him twice!! Watching as the stallion fell to the ground, Val turned to help Midnight up when he felt the stallion grab Val by his hind left leg. WHirling around to face him, Val sneered "Dont give up do you"? As he whirled around and kicked him hard in the forehead; knocking him out.

"Heh, that would be something. They stole all these valuables all in the name of..being weird" Val chuckled as he tried to add some humor to the situation. Celestia knows, they needed some considering what they were witnessing was pretty..abnormal. "Look" Val pointed as a pony approahced the large crowd. The stallion was tall, was a unicorn from the looks of it. Removing the cowl covering his face, he revealed himselt to be wearing a pure white mask that covered almost his entire face save for his left eye. Looking out over the crowd, the stallion bellowed "SILEENCE"!! That seemed to shut the chattering ponies up as he demanded "WE, THE ILLUMINATED HAVE SEARCHED FAR AND WIDE!! WE ARE WELL WITHIN REACHES OF OUR GOAL!! SOON, SMOOZE SHALL RISE UP, AND DEVOUR THIS LAND!! ALL OF THE HEATHENS AND THE NONBELIEVERS SHALL BE ENGULFED BY HIS GREATNESS!! OUR TIME IS NIGH!! THEREFORE, WE MUST CONTIUE THE SEARCH FOR "IT" he called out to the others, inciting a cry from the crowd.

Val blinked as inside, he started to panic!! Here he was about to confess how he felt towards a certain attractive unicorn, and then these wolves show up!! And what did she say?? 21 wolves? But what did that mean exactly? 21 ponies were in the game to begin with so..so did that mean that 21 ponies had been taken out of the game? Maybe that ment that all the wolves here represtented a pony that had been eliminated and they were the only ones left? But how were they taken out?! Did they slaughter each other!??! "Calm down, Calm down" he urged himself softly as he did his best not to panic and therefore cause even more problems for the two of them. Eyeing Midnight, he opened his mouth as he spoke "What I was about to say was something of great detail, and very important, but I feel we'd best be in a safer part before I tell you...more romantic too" he whispered the last part.

"Son of a...you stupid wolf" Val thought furiously, angrered at the interupition. She had just started to say the magic word, and Val for a brief moment thought he was about to end up as one of the main characters in a romance novel, and then this jerk had to show up and screw everything up for him!! "Grrrr" Val growled allowed in annoynace as he followed after Midnight. Leaping over a brook, he slid next to her under a log as he let out an oof as his head smacked into the log; getting a huge bump on it. Shaking his head to get rid of any weariness, he wondered what exactly the creature was and why it was even chasing them??

Laughing weakly as he heard her story, Val blushed immsenly as he ran a hoof through his mane to deal with the shyness. As he scootched closer, he didnt realized it until it was too late that he was now directly next to Midnight. "Oh, ha ha..that umm..sounds like a very good story yes. An..and it does teach a good lesson" he nodded as he turned to face her slowly. Looking at her violet mane, as it seemed to sparkle in the daylight, Val felt his cheeks go red as he tried to focus on another aspect of her. Looking into her eyes..those..those shining, wonderful orbs he could feel his heart starting to beat faster, and faster. Leaning close towards her, he unconsciously spoke "Love can just seem to..come out of nowhere.where we..least suspect it" he said in an almost whispered tone as he leaned in towards Midnight.

Looking away from Midnight, Val tried to think of what was the best way for him to break the ice. "Weeeeeelll" he went off as he scotched abit closer to her. "A few years ago, I read a book about a couple of not only two different social classes, but two completly different personalites. Perhaps you've heard of the Equestrian Asunder books? The one about ponies, dragons, griffons, zebras, and all different animals uniting to save the land of Equestria from a darkness that was spreading over the lands"? As he recieved an answered, he said "Well...A noble pony whose rich status was just below royalty, could have any pony he wanted if he wished it..any at all. Yet the one pony he fell in love for, he couldnt have..because she was afaird of what love could do to her. In this world, ponies that could use magic were regraded as dangerous as they were susepetible to being possessed by demons that would love to do nothing more then cause pain to others. Any pony that was able to use magic, had to go to a place called the "Sphere of Magi". Any who didnt go, we're regarded as criminals". Blushing as he conintued, he spoke "Ashley was a strong, powerful independent pony who needed no one..yet Fawkes wanted to be with her. He opened his heart to her, and whilst she indugled him; she became frightined..she was a sort of pony who believed in two things: Power and Survival. Being exposed to love..scared her as she feared she would become dependent or end up with. hurting the one she was starting to care for. After the darkness was destroyed, she left..and for three years, he searched all over Equestria for her. Evetnatuly, he found her and she was prepared to leave this world forever into another world in order to prepare for a new darkness. Despite all the time that had passed, Frawkes still had feelings for her and through persuation; he finally got her to admit her feelings. Realizing she loved him, the two kissed before departing from this world to a new one, to spend the rest of their lives together". Finishing the short story, he blushed "I guess the point Im trying to make is..love is really powerful yes and..if found in the right places, then it can be...good for..certain ponies".

Hey, hows it going over here? Has it started yet or close to cause im eager to join ^_^

"No, I cant do it anymore" Val thought to himself in distress as he shook his head in denial. It was simply too much for him to handle, and if he kept in how he was feeling any longer; than he felt like it was going to explode and he would end up blurting out how he felt like a complelte moron!! Gulping, he thought to himself "Okay, Im gonna do it..but how should I proceed" he thought to himself. Trying to think about what was the best reasonable way to let himself known on how he feels; he reasoned "ALright, what if I try out something like..casually!! Yeah, Yeah!! If i just bring up the topic, it will seem to obvious. SO..alluding to it will maybe at least let her know how i feel and not give away that I have feelings for her..if what i just thought makes any sense at all" he scolded himslef in anger. Wanting to slap himself,he coughed as he sat next to her and asked "Hey Midnight? What is your opinon on..love"?

"Up there" Val pointed up to the walkway above. Flying up towards the walkway, he provided an easy access for Dazzle to follow. As the two of them approached the room, Val looked around slowly at the sight below. Ponies with the same mask were all over the place, and were bowing there heads; chanting for something;. Raising a brow, he leaned his head down to see what they were bowing towards. It appeared to be a golden statue of a..sludge looking monster with mishappened eyes, and had its arms raised into the air like it was roaring in anger. "Eew, that is one ugly statue" Val flinched in disgust at the sight of the creature. Looking at Dazzle,he asked "What do you wanna bet that this is where all the stuff they steal goes to huh? But why are they worshiping that thing"? Blinking, he tried to listen in to what they were chanting.

Val smiled lightly as he watched her leave, but at the same time was saddened and annoyed with himself. Why couldnt he bring himself to just admit it too her?! After all he had been through, one would think that this would be a no brainer. The adventurer sighed bitterly as he followed her outside. "We'll we dont have to worry about any tribes pony finding us for awhile. Out here in the middle of nowhere of this forest is as good a place as any to hide really" he admited as he turned to the unicorn. "Do you have any ideas of where we should go next since you know this book alot better than me" he questioned curiously. Thinking back to the mutants he had fought, he wondered how many more of them resided in this forest; and exactly what was there intentions and purpose.

Closeing his eyes, he pictured a vivid image in his head of where Midnight was. Somewhere peaceful, and quiet far away from all of this craziness. Where ever she was, he hopped that she was safe. Hearing her ask him a question, he opened his eyes and grinned lightly at the sight of her staring at him concerned. "Midnight" he smiled as he pulled her into a quick hug, relieved to see that she was okay. "Im sorry, but you had me worried since you looked like you were in alot of pain, like you were running away from something. So I uhh..tried helping my..saying a rhyme to help you..gain control of whatever it was you were dreaming about. I did it cause uhh..I was worried about you" he admited lightly, as he stared shyly at his hooves for admiting it aloud to her. He hopped she didnt think him a wimp for doing such a thing.

"Huh, nutjob central. Somehow that doesnt sound like a strong enough word for this place" Val said slowly, as he looked left and right at the insane looking enviorment that surrounded the two of them. The sky kept switching from day to night in a rapid pace so fast that it was hard to tell what was what really. Any water supply was spewing soft drinks rather then actual water. A donut shapped boulder was rolling down the streets, and cutting houses in two as the houses would fall over in a comedic manner; letting out a funny sound effect. Ponies that was still around, were acting even siller then before. One of them grinned toothily as he placed his mouth over soda pipe, as he completly fattened up with soda before spewing it out all over the buildings. Another laughed degrandly as she started poking holes in the houses, causing them to deflate. Truly, this entire situation was completly, insane. "You know, I know that we make our own world. But this is just ridiculous" Val grumbled.

Chuckling in amusement, he shrugged "Hmmm, it certaintly must be a wonderful thing. If only such were possible for ponies such as us" he lamented in an almost sorrowful tone. Laying his head down next to Sandy, he stared up longinly at the night sky; noticing that the stars were out. A clear night for once. They had been having alot of foggy nights for the last couple of days, and it was definatly a nice change of pace to see something new and different. Staring at the lake, he raised a curious brow to see the same familar glow appear underwater. "Heh, must be having a party down there" Val chuckled lightly as he closed his eyes and started to drift into peaceful sleep.

Perhaps the Prince could go on a quest to see if he can become a better/braver prince by going into dangerous territory?

As Val watched Moongazer leave, he called out to her "Heya, tell you what!! How about we lead you to the ocean tommorow!! Im sure you'll find that its just as awesome as the lake here!! You'll be even more free then you are now" he offered. Smiling as he turned to Sandy, Val grinned "Sure was an intersting day wasnt it? Meeting a sea pony!! I just cant believe that they actually exisct. I guess this whole time the rumors of ponies living underwater were true!! Hmm, I wonder if theres a type of magic however that could allow us to become sea ponies so we could see what the world is like from underwater. Why, its probably awhole other world beneath the water".

"Midnight, please wake up" Val insisted as he watcher her struggle in her sleep. Whatever she was dreaming about musta been horrible!! As he reached to give her a gentle tap, he was hoofed in the nose by accident. Rubbing his sore nose, he thought "Alright, maybe waking her isnt such a good idea. But umm..erm..perhaps something to help stimulate whatever shes dreaming!! If shes having a nightmare, then perhaps I can do something to change it to a good dream!! Sitting next to her, he placed a gentle hoof on her shoulder as he spoke "Midnight, if you can hear me then you need to know. What you are seeing isnt real. Its in your head. You alone have the power to turn whatever horror's that you are facing to your advantage. Deciding to see if he could help her out through another method, hethen spoke a rhyme that his mother had told him whenever he was scared as a foal; to keep the monster away. "Poor little Drizzle Droop, Even the chaplain won't forgive you. Forever lies, your pleading cries, But Sunny knows you felt her. Nowhere left for you to run, Every fault laid bare in the open. Along with your skin, splayed out from within, Once the monster has his fun. Take heed, it's not too late, Mistakes needn't haunt you forever. Though you have regret, you can't just forget, You alone decide your fate" he finished; hoping his words would give her the strength to take control of her nightmare.

Id be up for joining if allowed

Keeping himself quiet, Val was going completly insane. He was usually a pony of action, and a side of him was screaming for him to jump these chumps and give them what for, for the crime of hurting Dazzles friend. But he knew better however, that it would only make things worse. Plus, then needed to find out where she was before he did anything rash. "If only I knew where we were going" Val grumbled to himself. He just wished that these ponies were more clear about what the destination was, since whenever he asked they just grumbled "To the hideout". But where was the..oh. As the carriadge was thrown into darkness as he stepped into a giant warehouse, the ponies started to disperse towards a room with a single lite light. THe place was huge, so it would be easy to hide if needed to. "Hey, its safe now" he whispered to Dazzle.

Smirking lightly in response, Val gently ran a hoof through Sandy's mane as he nuzzled her cheek gently. "Heh heh, what can I say? I like to speak the truth on how I feel". Turning back to Moongazer, Val asked "Thats very true. I think any male sea pony would like you very much. I mean, I havent met any to be honest but I bet that any would love to be with you". Being cut off by her question, he blinked "You dont know what the ocean is? Why, the ocean is exactly like a lake except its much bigger. Much, much bigger like....thousands of miles big".

Valoren smirked as he nuzzled her cheek. "Heh heh, modest too" he chuckled lightly as he disagreed about how beautiful she truly was. Looking at Moongazer in curiosity, he questioned "Hmmmm, well she is a pretty fantastic swimmmer yes. But I have to say that your pretty lucky yourself. Must be nice to be able to swim to the deepest part of the ocean without worrying about air". He wondered to himself it it was even ppossible for other ponies apart from Sea ponies to be able to get so deep in the ocean. Apart from magic really, could a device be created that allowed them to breathe under water? It sounded so futuristic. "Yup, I truly do love her" Val smiled gently.