The 5th Alicorn

Part 10

"You do?" I got up, looking at her through the bars in my cell.

"Yes!" She said, confident. "It's fool-proof!"

I raised an eyebrow, skeptical. "Well, it may be fool-proof, but is it darkness-proof?"

"Yes! Well, at least I think so..." I opened my mouth, about to say that I don't like the sound of this, but she cut me off. "Oh come on Colorwing, just hear me out!"

I rolled my eyes, sitting back down in my cell. "Fine." I said, leaning an ear towards FireHeart.

I was skeptical at first.

And I still was as she finished telling her plan.

But as she said her plan with full confidence in her voice, I could not help but think - "We might just get out of here."

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I screamed as loud as I could, clutching my head and sounding as if I was in pain.

Soon, Happy Mark came bounding around the corner. "What the heck?!"

"She's hurt!! Something's happening!" FireHeart yelled, fake worry in her voice. "Help her!"

"Why would I help filthy color ponies like you?" He snapped at her.

"Because if she dies, it will be on your watch!" The fierce mare glared. "And will the king be happy with you about a color pony's death?"

Terrified at the thought of the "king" being mad at him, HappyMark instantly threw open the door and walked inside. Before he could finish saying "What hurts?", I stood up and bucked him in the chest, making him fall down.

I ran out of the cell, grabbing HappyMark's keys and unlocking FireHeart's cage. Then, both of us grabbed some rope that was nearby and tied HappyMark up. We then put him in my old cell.

"You won't escape!" He yelled. "You will be stopped by the king, you heathens!"

That made me stop in my tracks, just when I was about to lock him up. "HappyMark, why are you acting like this?"

"Color, don't. Were wasting time - " I pulled away from her, walking farther into the cell.

"How do you know my name?!"

"Because I know you, remember?" I slowly walked toward him, hoof step by hoof step.

"I've never seen you before!" The blue stallion glared at me.

"Yes you have! We - we met the train station! You were working there and we... we had a moment..."

"How could I have a moment with you, you ugly color pony!" He spit on the ground.

"Stop it Happy, stop it!"

"Don't you dare speak my name, you evil thing." HappyMark scowled at me, making my heart break. "And stop saying you know me too! I have never, ever - !"

Suddenly, before I could fully comprehend what I was doing, I kissed him. Maybe it was because I needed some love right there and then, or maybe it was because I needed HappyMark to be with me - but as soon as our lips connected, a zap of electricity went through the stallion on the other side of the kiss. Then, I pulled away, startled at the sight before me.

Happy Mark was shaking, but not as if in pain, but as if energy was taking control of him. As sudden as it was when I kissed him, the stallion started turning back into color. It started from his hoofs - blue as summer's sky - and ended at his mane and tail - red as fire.

And the thing that made me most happy was the shining bright light that when it disappeared, brought back HappyMark's cutie mark in it's place.

He stopped shaking. "C- colorWing?"

"HappyMark!" I lunged forward and hugged him, the stallion hugging me back. I pulled away and smiled. "You remember me!"

"I do, but... What the heck happened??" HappyMark frantically looked around. "Theres no color, and I-I remember that the dark king did something with Luna and Celestia - "

"Happy, calm down." I untied him, and helped him back up. "We will explain everything later. But now, we have to defeat the dark king!"

"What?!" HappyMark's eyes grew wide. "How are we gonna do that?? The evil king put Twilight Sparkle, Pinkie Pie, Apple Jack, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, and Rarity into the asylum! How are a weak earth pony, a weak pegasus" (FireHeart let out a "HEY") "and a powerless Alicorn gonna defeat him?" He said with no confidence at all.

"I don't know," I smirked. "But I do know that it's going to be epic."