Enter: The Witch [Closed]

Wow. There were a lot more rules to these readings than Spirit originally thought. The rules to her magick were 'don't put too much energy,' and 'learn what makes things explode.' Or... those were the rules that Spirit went by, at least. But... she was never exactly a /huge/ fan of rules imposed by others. Thankfully, the laws and stuff typically coincided with her moral code. After all, she felt like there really shouldn't be a law against murder. After all, it's... a pretty screwed up thing.

Wait! Stop! She was doing it again. Getting lost in her own mind. Forcing herself back into the moment, she smiled, "I think I would have loved to meet your father, as well. I'd love to actually have a formal teacher on this stuff. I mean, I can only do so much from what I've gleaned from here and there around Equestria. And I think I'm starting to hit my limit..."

At that, she fell silent for a while. Maybe she was just a very introspective mare? Unbeknownst to Midnight, that was not true. If she didn't need all her brain power right here, she'd be happily chatting with the other mare. But, she didn't want to get them lost in the woods. After all, the 'path' they were following was hardly even visible. Overgrown with weeds and roots, outside the actual ruins proper. They had ventured into the forest.

Spirit took a few turns here and there, but overall, it only took about ten minutes for the ground to begin clearing up, and stones starting to slowly dot the dirt, before becoming a solid path once again.

Directly ahead of them, was a massive temple. A large stairway lead up to an open air atrium, held up by various pillars, most of which were thankfully intact. To each side of the stairwell at the base, there were twin statues, though they had mostly fallen into disrepair. No discernible faces could be made out, nor could most things about them. (Hell, one of them was missing a head) But, it was clear that they were, indeed, bipedal, and that they once held massive stone weapons.

"I'll be honest, I didn't think I'd be able to find this again."

//I offer no excuse to being late other than I kinda suck.

Spirit shrugged, "A teacher would be nice, but I honestly don't see myself going out of my way for one. And I don't necessarily want to get to such a big city without a guide. Like, out here, its small. I can handle small. But..." She pursed her lips trying to think up a good way to put her thoughts into words, before settling with, "Nyeh."

Taking the first steps up the stairs, she smiled and shivered with excitement. Sure, she had been here, before, but honestly, she hadn't really looked at much. She had a feeling in her gut that this was not a place to go alone. And that was coming from a mare with literally no self preservational instinct! Clearly, there must have been so egging fun in here! And having a pony that could 'see' spirits would be absolutely fantastic! After all, the Witch wasn't even attuned to other planes, and she could feel an... Aura coming off the place.

Stepping into the temple proper, Spirit scoffed, "Romantic? Please. I don't get cheesy until at least the third date."

Inside the temple, not much could be seen. The sunlight coming from the front soon faded away into shadows, enveloping everything save vague shapes which were assumed to be more statues, given that they lined the walls before fading into blackness. These ones were very similar to the ones outside, except for their size, which let them stand nearly at the size of one and a half ponies. Reptilian eyes stuck out from scaled faces, and each one seemed to have a helmet adorning the top and back of their heads, leaving their faces fully exposed.

"What did I say? Super lizards."

Spirit was starting to get a feel for how exactly this excursion was going to go. And she knew just about exactly how to set it in motion. Which clearly begged to question: was she going to? Granted, if Midnight knew Spirit at all, really, she would already know the answer: hell yes, she was going to. But, as of yet, that was to come.

When the area was brought into light, Spirit smiled, "Did you want something? How about this: we'll find you a necklace or something. Better than a cheesy dinner date, isn't it?"

Spirit made her way to a statue further back. Upon its chest (and the chest if every other statue) was a crystal. Spirit was honestly tempted to take it now, but decided against it. Wouldn't he nearly as much fun, would it? So, she left it, returning to Midnight's side, looking towards the back of the temple. It was quite large, with easily a score or two of statues on either side. Which was absolutely fantastic.

At the very back of the room was a door. Small, just hardly large enough for one of the beings the statues were made of to fit through. Assuming that was actual size, of course. But, still. Above the door was a symbol of a large golden sun, with an eye at the center. Probably a family crest or something.

"Regardless, the sarcophagi are right back there. Shall we go?"

"I have my theories about these statues, but I'm gonna keep quiet on them until later," she claimed, heading towards the back, ignoring the stone gazes of the lizards, "But I'll be sure to tell you if I'm right." Of course, Spirit knew she was right. This was just too simple to be able to pass up. But, regardless, that was for her to know at the moment, and Midnight to learn in about.... ten or so minutes.

Shaking her head, she made her way through the back room. Sunlight flittered down from above, casting yet another eye centered sun on the ground and illuminating the room dimly. Not too horribly much was visible. Another zap of Midnight's magic would probably do the trick. But, before she could, Spirit closed her eyes and various sigils of light brightened on the wall, casting the room in a ghostly, blue light.

Coffins lined the sides of the room. Honestly, there wasn't anything else they could have been. Near the back wall, there was one final stone prison centered in front of a final statue, though this one wasn't a lizard.

It was bipedal, again. Its body was covered in armour, and it held the head of a wolf. Clawed hands held onto a sword and shield, emblazoned with the family crest once again.

"Well, if there's earring in that thing, I'll make sure you get them, alright?"

Spirit didn't completely hate this mare. Which was good. Maybe it was best to give her some forewarning on what was to come. And why the spirits were probably silent, "I don't mind what we do second date. I'll try not to nearly kill you, though. Does that sound better?"

She didn't await anything to come from Midnight before she continued, "Did you know that crystals are fantastic houses for energy? Perfect as batteries for a Golem. Originally, that was what I assumed these statues were. But if your other worldy friends are being quiet, I have some news for you. You're finally gonna get to see some necromancy in action!"

She placed a shoulder to the coffin lid, and began to push with no luck, "S-So, yeah," she grunted, "They a-are keeping something in h-here. Us, after we touch these things."

"I don't think it's coming out that was the problem," Spirit claimed, her eyes flicking to the familiar sun sigil, "I think they didn't want a couple of grave robbers to get /in!/" with the last word, she gave another mighty shove, and the slab moved. Slightly.

Yet, even that movement was enough to give her renewed vigor! She kept pushing. Until the slab was half off. At which point, it overbalanced and gravity took over, hitting the ground with a thud that slightly shook the ground under their hooves.

Inside was... Well... A mummy, various pieces of jewelry adorning the outer layer, "Yep. This was probably the family head," spirit panted, leaning her hooves on the side of the sarcophagus, "Chances are if we touch the guy, all those guards of theirs will get angry at us. And do you know who hard it is to fight a giant, living rock?"

"Harder than you would expect. So... Should we just go, or do you want to tempt fate?"

That was probably smarter than what Spirit planned on doing. Granted, her idea revolved around grabbing stuff and running. She should have probably laid a few traps and the like before they came in here. That would have worked wonders, and saved them quite a bit of trouble. But, Spirit didn't operate on that level, "That's... actually really smart. If we remove the gems, the golems have no power source! They won't awaken! And then we can loot - I mean pilfer - I mean permanently borrow anything we want out of here!"

Taking her hooves from the side of the coffin, she pushed off, sending a hoofful of pebbles scattering about inside the case. Chances were neither of them saw this happen, but apparently the Fates hated the duo. On particular chunk of stone impacted a medallion laid across the mummy's chest, depicting the sun-and-eye (which Spirit was starting to grow sick of) though, the pupil on the thing was a small red jewel. Said jewel began to glow, along with a sinister red light coming from the main hall. And the cracking of stone limbs moving after years of being sedentary.

"Oh shit..."