Killjoy

Killjoy and Luna were back in the study. Books piled onto Luna's desk, she scanned through page upon page. "Ugh, who knew there were so many of you through time..." she said finally stopping "oh wow..." she spouted. Killjoy leaned forward in her chair "what...what is it?" She asked. Luna's eyes gazed at Killjoy "well...what I'm seeing here, the very first of your bloodline, was an alicorn...and a very powerful one at that...stronger than me and Celestia combined. Apparently this ancestor fought and defeated a great dark entity, but there isn't much on it, it seems time has made this whole event a foggy memory." She said showing an illustration of the dark being. "That was what I saw...but why am I seeing it, if the being is gone?" Killjoy asked. Luna looked back at the page "unfortunately...no, it doesn't explain anything as of why this being would be seen throughout your bloodline and only your bloodline. Maybe a curse before it died?" She asked no one in particular. Killjoy sighed "whatever it is...hopefully I can contain it somehow." She said putting her head on her hand. "Agreed...well, maybe Nightmare Moon will have something to help." Luna said closing the book. Killjoy grit her teeth "I still dont like it..." she said. Luna sighed "I know, but it's the only chance we got of turning this around." She explained "though right now, you should be trying to find someone or something to get that extra training you need." She said putting a book back into one of the shelves. Killjoy nodded "right." She got up out of her chair and walked out of the room. A few moment later, killjoy walked out into the training grounds and stood beside Trax "so what's the plan?"

Killjoy sat on her bed holding her hands together as sweat headed down her face. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw shadows move and form a figure with the same red eyes that she saw in her head. Killjoy slowly turned her head hoping she was just seeing things, but there it was, plain as day, right in front of her. Her eyes widened, for the first time in her life, she felt fear as her heart pounded rapidly. The shadows dispersed as the chamber door swung open "Red wha-" Luna paused, seeing Killjoy in such a shaken state. Killjoy looked at Luna "I've faced a lot of horrors and never flinched, even feeling the overwhelming strength of the batkin...nothing...but what I just saw...is something else entirely." She said as her voice shook. Luna sat on the bed beside Killjoy "what did you see?" She asked. Killjoy lowered her head "I dont know...but when I looked into those burning eyes I saw horrors beyond all comprehension. She told me there was a darkness...but I never imagined it was like this." She said. Luna press killjoy's head to her chest " what do you mean by SHE" she asked. "While I was out...i saw my ancestor who fought the batkin a thousand years ago...and she warned about a darkness that has cursed our family since before you and Celestia were even born." Killjoy answered. Luna thought for a moment, she just held on to Killjoy tighter.

Killjoy glanced at Azure, she did wonder a little bit where his extra strength came from. She quickly cleared the thought from her mind, it did not matter. She was going to get stronger, but her pride wasn't about to let her take lessons from her student. "Yes it has Azure...I'm glad to see mine and Trax's training be put to good use, and a lot stronger than the last time I saw you..." she said trying to hold the rage she felt towards her defeat. Suddenly images of flaming red eyes flashed through her mind. A chill ran down her spine "I have to go..." she said before quickly taking her leave, nearly slamming the door behind her. Luna watched Killjoy's exit and looked back at Trax "I should probably go to...you know as well as I do that behaviour is not normal for Red. Though before I go, Azure, i must ask how you got so much stronger?"

Luna took the pendant and examined it "well however we do it, we could probably use this a catalyst of some sort to trigger the nightmare." Maelstrom stayed silent for a moment "Nightmare Moon is no longer my concern... so to answer your question, we will be ruling this world ourselves. There is no longer a reason to hold on to idols..."

Luna shrugged "even if I could, I wouldnt know where to even start..." Maelstrom raised an eyebrow to Black Star's question "first thing the mortal asked was what my main goal was..." he said taking the chalice and sipping from it. "And I simply just told him. I'm tired of living in the shadows of a worl that run by the weak, it was time for the strong to retake their place at the top of the food chain. I dont want just a vampire nation...I want the world. Let the humans be what they were meant be...cattle for us. We are gods amongst men, so it doesn't it seem fit that we should rule?"

Killjoy grit her teeth as she clinched the handle of her katana "and how exactly do you suppose we do that?" She glared at Trax "your seriously speaking about bringing Nightmare Moon back...? What speak you speak of is madness, not only that but it has the potential to pose a threat to not only us, but she could be reunited with batkin...and if that happens, we can just kiss our @sses goodbye...plus if I lose Luna...Colonal I can't allow what you are propo-" "the allowance of that proposal should be up to the one it involves." Luna interrupted. Killjoy winced as she looked back at Luna "but-" killjoy began to say "but nothing, at this point we need all the help we can get. Might as well do something stupid and crazy, for all we know, it could work...this could very well be the key to our victory." Luna said grabbing Killjoy's hand "and I'll do anything if it means to give you a chance..."

Killjoy sighed "well Luna and the doctors both said when they got to me, that d@mn near every bone in my body was broken along with a punctured lung and severe internal bleeding...all things considered I'd say feeling stiff would be a bit of an understatement, but it's not enough to stop me from my goal. I hate to admit but the both of us need to get stronger...a lot...stronger if we are defeat the top Batkin...plus we only saw what the batkin we fought are capable of... but their leader...for all we know, who could be on an entire different level. I know you felt an overwhelming sense of inferiority when you saw those d@mn eyes." Killjoy winced as she recalled the piercing gaze.

Killjoy stood staring out the window "how long was I out?" She asked strapping on her greaves. Luna, who was still on the floor covered in a blanket, thought for a moment "hmmm, a month I'd say." She replied. Killjoy quickly glanced back at Luna "a month!?" She strapped on her chest plate. "Then what have I missed...what's happening on the Front?" She asked. Luna sighed "nothing good, our forces just aren't sufficiant to battle such beings." She answered. Killjoy finished off with her gauntlets, the newly forged armor fit well, an exact copy of the armor that got destroyed. Killjoy tied her katana to her waist, the only thing of hers that was able to be recovered. Luna sat up "you should still be resting..." she warned. Killjoy shook her head hey eyes rested on Luna as the fight with Ally ran through her mind "I can't rest...not when there is so much to be done...the hundreds that died that day...did not die so I could rest. I will get stronger...and I'll kill her...she made the mistake of letting me live." She said opening the doors. Luna quickly leaned forward "wai-t" she wasn't able to finish as the doors shut. Luna slumped over "could at least say bye..." Soon Killjoy barged into the room Trax was in "Colonal...how bad is it...how bad are we losing?" For once her tone was the most serious it has ever been, her eyes filled with veangence.

Luna sat in a chair beside the bed Killjoy was laying on. Luna was deep in sleep, still recovering from exhaustion of constantly having to use her healing magic on the Captain for an entire month. Killjoy's face twitched a few times before her eyes slowly opened, she quickly winced as the light flooded her vision, her eyes slowly adjusted to light to see her surroundings, she realized she wasn't in the infirmary, her eyes widened as familiarity struck her and saw she was in Luna's Study. She quickly glanced to the side seeing Luna there sleeping beside her. An overwhelming feeling of guilt for not telling Luna how she felt before the battle took hold. Killjoy grasped Luna's hand. Luna opened her eyes to Killjoy finally awake...and holding her hand. Luna glanced at Killjoy who returned that gaze. "I'm sorry...I should've told you...I wanted to let you know for so long...I-" killjoy was cut off "I love you...I have for quite some time, but like you...I was scared you didn't feel the same..." Luna said as she caressed Killjoy's cheek. "But I-" killjoy began to say, Luna quickly leaned in "shut up." She said before kissing Killjoy who returned in kind. Luna broke off for a moment "how do you feel?" She asked. Killjoy moved her arms and legs "I'm a bit sore...but...I can get up." She replied getting up, but was pushed back down "what are you-" Luna kissed her again, her horn lit up and suddenly the doors to the Study closed and locked.

Blood poured out of Killjoy's with a little more sputtering out in short coughs "you...are...very persistant...aren't you?" She said with a weak smirk before choking out a faint chuckle "fine...I'll...tell you..." her eyes slowly met Ally's "my name...is..." she coughed "my name...is Red...Veil..." with her last words, her eyes closed, her body went limp shortly after as the life left her body.

Killjoy grabbed Ally's leg before lifting her up and then slamming her into the ground creating large cracked into the ground. Killjoy then grabbed ally by her mane lifting her back up and slicing her down across her back with her sword. The force of the hit sent Ally flying a few feet. Killjoy went to follow up but suddenly stumbled and fell to her knees as she coughed up a lot of blood, her breathing now replaced with wheezing, her vision growing blurry. Killjoy grabbed onto her sword and used it as a support as she slowly got back up on her feet, legs and arms shaking, all her strength had been used up. Once again gripping the pendant "I'm sorry...forgive me..."

Instantly Killjoy's fist slammed into Ally's face causing her to fly into a large rock. "Then prove to me you are worthy!" She cried as she rocketed up to Ally before driving her knee into Ally's face causing the rock to explode into bits "my name is not known by many, so what makes YOU so special to know it!?" She yelled as she kicked Ally into the air before sending a volley of strikes into her gut, each hit causing shockwaves. Killjoy ended her assault by landing a hard blow to Ally's face causing one of her fangs to fly out along with some blood. Killjoy stumbled a bit, her breathing became heavy with fatigue, her body weaker from blood loss. "D@mnit..." she said spitting blood onto the ground. She gripped a blood stained pendant that around her neck "I wont be keeping my promise...after all." She looked around, she noticed she was nearly the last one left, even if she did win this fight, the odds of leaving the battle alive would be nearly impossible. "Fine then...if this how it all ends..." she gripped her sword "let it be down to tooth and nail...and as I die today...they will remember MY name, the mortal who surpassed you all!" Her battle cry echoed through the battlefield.

Killjoy caught Ally's tackle as she skidded across the ground "it's not going to be the easy!" She cried before driving her knee into Ally's chest as she threw Ally off of her "you have yet to prove that your worthy of my name!" Killjoy punched Ally into the ground causing a small crater, killjoy raised her sword before driving it down towards Ally.

Killjoy swept Ally's legs from underneath her "the only name you need to know is Killjoy and nothing more..." she said kicking Ally in the stomach, the power in her blow was made obvious as a boom from the shockwave rang out, the kick caused Ally to skid across the ground creating a scar into the earth. Killjoy already recovered her sword as she lunged with a powerful swing.

Killjoy recovered quickly from the hit, but after the numerous encounters with the silent fang, she has already taken a lot of punishment. Blood trickled down the tears in her armor, hair covered what little of left was left, but her strength to fight was almost unwavering. "I'm afraid it wont be that easy for you, be it you are me who dies today, i can promise that neither of us will be coming out of this without bearing new scars." She with confidence and strength as she pointed her greatsword, stained in the blood of her enemies, towards Ally. "Have at thee...dweller of shadows..." Suddenly Killjoy rocketed toward, screaming a battle cry at the top of her lungs for all to hear. Killjoy's fist slammed into Ally's face sending her flying a few feet as Killjoy's massive sword followed to impale its target.

((So I'm thinking a good flashback would do well here, the time Kiljoy and Ally faced off a thousand years ago.))

Killjoy slowly opened her eyes, but instead of being back in Canterlot like she expected, she awoke in what looked like a blank wasteland of white. Killjoy looked over herself to find all of her wounds were gone. "Well if this is the afterlife...kinda sucks...not even anything here..." she said looking around for a moment. "Well luckily for you...this is no afterlife, right now you are in the princess's care while you are struggling to stay alive." It was her voice, but it was a more serious and straight forward tone. Killjoy looked behind her and saw herself, but taller and in heavy steel plate armor. It was her, but everything about them were the complete opposite. "Wow...ok...you are me bu-" she was cut off "I am you...but from a time long since passed, to be specific...a millennia ago, and the batpony that nearly killed you was the same one who took my life." The Ancestor said. Killjoy paused for a moment "so...that explains why I had this strange familiar feeling when I saw her, and why she had this...obsessive behavior." Killjoy thought for a moment "she kept mentioning how strong you were." She said recalling the conflict. The ancestor Killjoy sighed "I guess in many years of fighting nothing but the weak, she became bored...so when me and her finally crossed paths on the field...as she watched me cut down five of the silent fang including the former ring leader...she found a worthy opponent, and so now she must be clinging to hope that another like me comes around, and well, looks like after a thousand years, that time has come...but the path you walk will feel d@mn near endless." She said crossing her arms. Killjoy was still a bit confused about the whole situation "I saw what they could do, so how did you, a simple mortal kill five...not only that the leader?" She asked. The ancestor shook her head "it's not like it was easy to before the 10 year war with the batponies, I trained and trained every day, there was never a time i wasn't improving myself, I eventually got to the point where my physical strength was on par with the silent fang, I didn't have any special abilities or magic powers, so I had to rely on just myself." She explained. Killjoy just stood in silence, an overwhelming feeling of inferiority swept through her. "Its not ideal but it's the world we live in, and I'm pretty sure you dont want it to end. You will live through this...but it's up to you to do something about the growing threat...also...do not stray into the path of darkness like many Veils before you...there will come a time where you will face your own self, a side of you that will try to persuade and convince you by offering true power...you must not ever accept it." The ancestor said. Killjoy looked puzzled "true power, like what?" She asked. "Our bloodline is impure...long who it was tainted by the blood of a monster, and thus it lurked inside all of the Veil family...you will get power beyond your imagination...but it consume you until there is nothing left." She warned. Killjoy felt a slight hint of fear, even her very self was a threat. Suddenly a wall of darkness came rolling in with loud whispers and faint laughter. The darkness stopped only feet away from the two. Killjoy looked into the darkness for what felt like an eternity, sweat beaded down her face as a pair of crimson eyes pierced the darkness along with a chilling smile. Killjoy slowly looked back at the ancestor "that...is also you...but a lot older and stronger than me, her existence was so foul and cruel, the entire world allied together to make sure she would never be known through history. But the name Matriarch of Destruction could never be hushed out of existence. If you accept that power...you could very well be the inheritor of that title..."

Luna grasped Killjoy's hoof tightly as she used her magic to the best of her abilities to keep Killjoy alive. "Just how bad is she?" Luna said as she glanced back at one the medics, her voice shook even as she tried keeping her emotions in check. The medic shrugged "well as what I have seen, almost every bit of her body is broken to a near irreparable state, if by some miracle she lives, her body wont be functional for a while, at the least a month with continuous healing magic." He explained. "Then we will make it happen...even if it means I have to do it myself." Luna said gritting her teeth. Suddenly everyone in the room was weighed down by a strong force, though Ally got the most of it "oh you are surely right about that..." Maelstrom's tone was the same but had an definable feeling of anger "not only did your pet escape, but now it knows the location of our castle. I hope you got all the entertainment you wanted out of the insect because the next I see it, I will destroy it and nail its corpse over the castle gates." He said as the force dispersed. Maelstrom took a deep breathe before walking out.

((I think maelstrom's theme song is hail to king by avenged sevenfold.)) Maelstrom, unlike the rest of the silent fang, was not the slightest bit surprised at the fact a mortal was able to take an elite Batpony head on and win. It has happened before "it's nothing to worry about..." he glared at Azure "if need be, I'll handle that worm myself..." he said turning away "let's retreat for now, no need to drag this on any further, our goal was only to let our intentions known and that's exactly what we did. I believe a small celebration is in order."

Maelstrom quickly raised his hand to catch the halberd with ease "oh I doubt that, you see I've had a really long time to plan all of this out...I can see your moves over 15 steps in advance. Now as a reward for your valor." He clenched his fist tight "I'll make your end painless." Suddenly the sergeant disappeared into a mist of red and pulp with only one punch. "And this is the first step to a new world..."

Killjoy laid slumped over the rubble, but her eyes met Ally's "then go ahead...why keep this going any longer?" She asked as she coughed up more blood "but remember my words." Maelstrom simple dust off his shoulder from the attack "you mortals are such fragile creatures, so easily corrupted and so easy to break...maybe...just maybe." He glanced back at the sergeant "maybe I'm tired of a world that is controlled only by the weak..." his orange eyes glowed bright as a great sense of power overwhelmed the sergeant.

Killjoy coughed up ever more blood "I'm sorry to disappoint you, but no, I don't know you at all. There is no such name in my memories, only a sense of familiarity. So dont waste your breathe trying to bring up memories that never existed." She said getting back up on her feet. Maelstrom stopped as he stared at the sergeant preparing to fight him. "Well...isn't that a surprise. I must say your luck is rather terrible sense you decided to challenge me...but I'll be generous and let you give your best shot at me."

Killjoy spat out some blood and chuckled as she slowly got up to face her opponent "you insult me...I would ask "what's the point in playing?" But I know all too well what it is like." She stared at Ally for a moment "though I will say this, you better kill me before the day is done...because I assure you that you'll regret it when the time comes when we meet again." She said unsheathing her katana "but before we begin, I have an unshakable feeling that we met before..."

Killjoy stood stood beside Trax "remember when I said we might just all die...well now I think we both can confirm my statement. If I had to guess...what we are seeing are the top dogs, the elite and in the middle..." she paused as she felt bright orange eyes pierce the dust cloud, though she didn't have a sense of powers, she knew where he placed in the ranks, not only that, but the feeling she felt was familiar to her "and that is the leader..." she said pointing at Maelstrom. Maelstrom quickly waved his hand as the dust cloud instantly disappeared. Maelstrom stood silent for a moment as he scanned the soldiers that lined the walls and instantly recognizing familiar faces. "Brothers and sisters, let's us send a message..." he said as he casually walked towards the defending soldiers.

Maelstrom thought for a moment "familiar..." he paused. He pondered on how the presence he felt wasn't felt while the tournament was taking place. The presence had to have known our location for quite some time and knew of the castles layout he thought to himself. He glanced back at Ally "Ally, after the battle, I need you to muster up some of our workers to demolish the the secret passage and make a new one, and I want the windows secure. Lastly, please explain why this presence was familiar to you, and if there anyone that might have been in the same area."