Midnight Sun (A My Little Pony Fanfiction)

Chapter Eight - Timberwolf

Starlight woke up early the next morning and headed out to the Everfree forest, where the last time she had seen Rainius was. Maybe that could cure the hole in her chest. But it was all in vain, or maybe it wasn't because somepony was there. A bat pony. His golden yellow hair with the brown streaks through it seemed to really bring out his turquoise eyes. He wore a green bandana that matched the color of his coat. "So, you're Starlight Glimmer?" He asked.

"How do you know who I am?" She questioned him, wanting to know how he knew her. Was it because of Rainius? She thought for a second.

"You were the protege of the Princess of Friendship. Who doesn't know who you are?" He said laughing.

"Who are you?" She asked, just trying to get the conversation off of the subject of her.

"Oh, my apologies… my name is Latenighter. Latenighter Dirt. I was just looking for somepony you might know. He goes by the name Rainius Songbird." He said, looking her straight in the eyes. "But, he doesn't seem to be around… it's funny that he would leave without taking you with him. Weren't you like some pet of his? Does he still visit?"

Just before Starlight was about to speak to object what Latenighter was saying, a ghost-like image of Rainius had appeared. "Lie." He told her.

"Oh, he comes by all the time." She lied.

"Lie better!" Rainius said, or at least the illusion of him said at least, then vanished into thin air.

"In fact, I'll tell him that you wanted to see him next time he stops by." She lied again. "But then again… I don't really know if I should tell him. He's kinda overprotective."

"But he's far away now, isn't he?" Latenighter asked, turning the tables on the subject.

Starlight didn't know how to respond to that, so she decided to turn the tables of the conversation herself. "Why are you here, Latenighter?" She asked him.

"I came as a favor to Silvertail." He began. "She asked me to see if you were still under Rainius's protection… Silver only feels that it's fair to kill Rainius's mate, which is you… given he killed hers."

"Fury Flight." Starlight said, remembering when Rainius had fought his uncle to save her life.

"Yes. Fury and I were very good friends. After Silver had lost him she was furious. And she wants revenge. An eye for an eye." He sighed. "Silver won't be very happy about my killing you… but I just can't help myself." He said, coming closer to Starlight.

"Then please, don't…" Starlight begged.

"No, no, no, no, no! Don't be afraid… I'm doing you a favor of pure kindness. See Silver wants to kill slowly and painfully. Whereas I will do it quickly and painlessly. I promise you won't feel a thing. Do you have any last words?" Late asked her.

"How exactly will you kill me?" She asked, curiously. "You don't look like one that would be the killing type."

"There are two different kinds of bat ponies. The ones that feed off of fruits… and the ones that feed off of pony blood." He explained.

"Well, which one are you?" She egged on.

"Well, I don't eat fruit, so what do you think?" He said before he revealed his fangs.

"The bloodsucker kind." She stated.

"Indeed." He grabbed Starlight and was about to sink his teeth into her.

"Rainius, I love you!" She announced. Then there was a rustle of the bushes and trees.

"No, I don't believe it… Timberwolves!" Late said as what came out of the woods was a huge timberwolf that stood even taller than him on even on all fours. "Dammit!" A pack of smaller and normal-sized timberwolves followed. The larger timberwolf looked at Starlight and all she could do was just stare back as Latenighter began a daring run to get away from the beast. The timberwolves chased after him, once the big one got close though, Latenighter swung his hoof, punching it in the face and knocking it back. But it just got up and darted back towards him. Then all of a sudden the timberwolves were all until of him and chewing him to bits. The sight was a horror, so Starlight decided to gallop out of the forest as fast as she could to get away from the timberwolves.