[A/N] I'll try and discribe the ponies a little better than I have in the past, but here's a video for reference just because I'm lazy.

.....on a dark night.

Old Castle of the Royal Pony Sisters

I tossed the dead manticore off of my arm like I was dusting myself, "So, I'm an even more deadly weapon? This just gets better and better," I said, not really talking to anypony.'...wait...did I just...' I ignore my own thought and focus back to the task at hand, "Not bad, not bad at all, and my height ain't nothing to sneeze at either. I mean, here I've got a ripped bod that'd make the Rock piss himself, talons, fangs, and the height to match." I look at my 7'6" Earth Pony body as I say that.

"Do you like it, I really went all out on this." that familiar voice clarified, "But I thought you'd be a unicorn or even a pegasus."

"Is this what you wanted, for me to look like a Demonic Night Guard and fight the Elements because of a misunderstanding?" I confront Discord as he fades into view. " Or is there a point to this other than you having fun?"

"As fun as that would be, none of the above, I just decided to give you a second chance, as thanks for the fun you gave me back there," Discord replies, referring to the slaughter I made in my world. "But don't think this for free, as I'll bring one other to really shake things up!" He shakes himself as he says that, "Oh, and before I forget, the reason you look like that is because of your personality, how you became an Earth Pony, even I don't know, maybe because of your past life, you now have the power to change things."

"So what now?"

"Simple, go out and live for once," he readies to teleport, "Wait." He looks at me questionably, "I know enough from the show, but even I can tell this isn't that reality. Is there anything I should know?" I ask, trying really hard to not piss off the chaos god, "Oh, of course, how could I forget," he snaps a taloned hand, and minor pain in the center of my skull flares, "There, you have the basics in your noggin, the rest is up to you. TTFN, ta ta for now!" And with that I was alone again.

"Oh, Discord." "Hmm?" his voice coming from nowhere. "What's your opinion on the Element of Kindness?" I ask, not saying her name on purpose, incase he's not reformed.

"She's shy, a bit of a pushover, but she's my best friend." Sighing in relief, I start with my strength, wanting to get that out of the way first. I walk over to the manticore body to try and lift it. 'Ok, let's see if I can do this.'

I place my hands under it and lift with little effort. "Huh, I thought that would've been harder." As I said this, I finally noticed my voice, "What in the nine rings of Tartarus...?!?!" I grab my throat, dropping my load in the process. "I sound like Raze from 'Underworld'!!!" Then I remebered what Discord said, "Really went all out, so that's what he meant."

"Oh well, I guess I should start praticing with my new body," I stretch out my arms and legs to get all the kinks out.

3 minutes later

Sweat drips off my face from my workout. I wiped it off before wanting to test my speed. But before I could I heard a loud growl from behind me. I turn around to find five slightly smaller manticores converging on me.

I just smile.'This is getting more fun by the minute!'

5 minutes ago, Ponyville Outskirts

"Now Twi, are you sure we need the elements for this, I mean it's probably just a dragon, or somthing," Rainbow Dash inquired as she believed this wasn't a big deal. She wore her dark blue sports shirt and shorts with a light blue jacket .

"Yes, the princess said a great magical surge was felt coming from the forest." Twilight replied. She wore violet-blue jeans and a light blue sleeveless strapped shirt.

"Then how come you didn't feel it?"

"I told you, I was drained from doing some tests on time-travel to see if I could recreate that spell Pinkie, Spike and I found a few weeks ago and I kinda overdid it," Twilight replied sheepishly.

"O-o-oh, d-d-do we r-r-r-really have to g-g-go in t-t-t-there, i-i-i-it's so s-s-s-scary." Fluttershy, living up to her name, asked. She wore a green turtle-neck sweater with a long light brown skirt.

"Ah know ya don't like it in there sugercube, but we need all the elements in case whatever's in there wants to hurt somepony." Applejack reassured her. She was wearing a white tank-top with a brown jacket and brown denim pants

"O-oh, o-ok."

2 mintues later, in the Everfree Forest

"Oh, I can't wait to meet whatever we're looking for, do you thinks it likes parties, of course it does, I mean what doesn't like to party?!" Pinkie, being Pinkie, bounced down the trail while talking, while the others walked. She was wearing a white and blue striped tank-top blue shorts.

"I don't know darling, if the princess sent us the elements, I doubt it's friendly," Rarity explained. She wore a black designers shirt and pants, having white linings to highlight the edges.

"She's right, Pinkie," Twilight continued, "We don't know what it is, so we have to-"

The mane 6 jumped at the sudden roar. "What the Hay was that?!"

"I don't know Rainbow, but we're going to find out!" Twilight claimed as she darted off towards where the voice came from, which was the old castle, with the rest of the mane 6 behind her.

As they came to the castle ruin, they could hear fighting coming from within. "Anypony else hear that?" Applejack asked with narrowed eyes.

A deep yell rang out, prompting the mares to move, with Rainbow Dash picking up Fluttershy since she froze in fear.

When they came inside, they were meet with the surprise of their lives.

OST

There, in the middle of the old throne room, an armored black stallion was fighting off three manticores, with three already dead. One had it's lower jaw ripped in half and one half embedded in it's skull, another had a hole in it's chest, and the last didn't even have a chest, it's spine exposed for all to see.The stallion kept fighting, not showing an ounce of quit.

But though out the fight, the girls made a startling discovery. He was bearing Nightmare Moon's Cutie Mark, making him a Nightmare guard.

While they were focused on the possible enemy, they didn't notice that one of the maticores had broken off from the fight for easier prey.

But they did notice the stallion snap towards them and charged.

Rainbow and Applejack stood up to intercept him, Rainbow taunting. "You think you can take us?! Well just tr-" She never finished as the stallion made a leap past her and the girls and collided with something heavy.

They turned to see that he had one of the manticores by the head, his hands in it's mouth and pulling the mouth wider. He kept pulling till the mares heard a cracking sound.

Twilight spoke first. "He's not..." Her question was answered when the top half of the maticores head went flying off.

The stallion turned to them and they got their first real good look at his face. He had massive scars, fangs, and an aura that could silence a wailing foal, but the most terrifying, were his eyes. He had red draconian irises and his whites were the purest black.

He moved his gaze from the mane six and back to the remaining manticores. He walked past the girls and, once he was past, charged back into the fight.

It wasn't much of a fight.

As if earlier was only a game, he took the two by the manes and slammed their heads so hard together, they exploded in a gory mess. He released them and let out a much louder roar than earlier, but it was the same roar.

Twilight and the girls were still frozen in fear from the carnage that happened in front of them. When the stallion turned to them and walked towards them, Twilight panicked and fired off a random spell, hitting him in between the eyes. He stumbled back before appearing dazed, then fell to his knees and landed on his chest, the spell having knocked him out.

After a few minutes the girls let out a breath they didn't know they held. Twilight was the first to catch her breath. "Girls, let's get him to Ponyville, the princesses have to know about this." The others nodded and took the stallion to Ponyville with Twilights magic, all the while trying to avoid looking at the dead.

OC's POV, unknown location

I awoke feeling a slight pain in my head, like I hit it and it's just now easing up. I tried to open my eyes, but had to shut them from the bright light. Once they were focused and used to the light, I opened them again to find that I was in a bland room with a light shining right into my face. I could feel my hands and legs tide to something, maybe a chair, if what I'm sitting in is any clue. I began to quietly sniff the air, and sure enough, there's three others in the room with me.

I mentally smile to myself, having been in many interrogations. Let's see just how far these ponies are willing to go.

I hear hooves clopping against the floor in front of me. A white unicorn in violet and gold armor stepped into the light, bearing a deep scowl. "I honestly didn't think anypony still served that monster. Now, how many more of you are there?"

I remain silent, much to his displeasure. "I asked you a question! Now answer me!" He swings his fist into my face, making my head jerk to the side, but still, I stay quiet. "Fine then, why did you attack the ponies that were at the castle ruins, and for that matter, why were you there?" Again I stay silent, but I raise my head enough to see his face, but not enough for him to see my eyes. I decided to mock him by smiling not showing my fangs just yet. That got his goat, as he struck me again, this time using a piece of my armor. That made me notice just now that I don't have my armor on, meaning they must have removed it while I was out.

But even though the hit hurt, I didn't even let out a grunt, I won't give them that satisfaction. I just kept my smile, knowing I was moving this in the way I wanted. The pony bared his teeth at me in an attempt to unnerve me, which failed badly.

I chose this time to finally speak, but not before faking a big sneeze right into his face. "Sorry, I'm allergic to 'Sun Mutt', so you'll have to back off for a while." I could hear a few snickers from behind a one way window on one side of the room, but the pony in front of me got red in the face and took a hold of my mane slammed my face into his armored knee. When he released my head, I was still holding my smile.

I then heard a voice that was familiar. "Captain, could you please see me for a moment?" I knew who that was, but before the pony left, I wanted to mess with him one more time. "Now don't you be cheating on me, you hear Shiny?" That almost made him snap right there, but he righted himself and left the room, leaving me with the other two.

I could hear the conversation on the other side of the window, but they didn't need to know that. The female voice from earlier spoke again. "Captain, I know he's nerve grating, but we must be patient. If we don't handle this right, we may never get anything from him." I now knew, that was Princess Celestia, and I can assume that Princess Luna was in there with her, along with the Elements of Harmony if my luck holds true.

"Don't worry your Highness, I'll find a way to break him, nopony can hold out forever." He sounded so sure. Well, time to really mess with him.

"You know guys, I have to admit, Shining almost had me." The voices behind the window ceased. "I mean, all that hitting, I didn't know how much longer I could hold out if he kept going." I could hear shuffling. Time for the nut-punch. "I almost creamed myself."

That did it. I suddenly heard a loud scream from the window, loud enough to make the other ponies in the room jump. I bust out laughing, laughing harder than I have in years. I could hear Celestia tell Shining Armor something, but he was screaming too loud for me to make out what. I guess he was being relieved, because the ones who came into the room was three of the ponies from the castle, Twilight, Rainbow Dash, and Applejack. I guess Twilight was here for a more peaceful interrogation, and the others were there in case I tried anything.

Not that they could stop me, but it's the thought that counts.

Twilight begins. "Sorry for how you treated earlier, but please allow me to introduce myself. My name's Twilight Sparkle, and these are my friends, Rainbow Dash and Applejack." I nodded to tell her to continue, but she stayed silent. We waited for a minute before she spoke again. "Um, and you are?" So that's what she was waiting for.

My smile faded instantly, but I decided to tell the truth, seeing as how the Element of Honesty was standing here. "I abandoned my name years ago. Anyway, I wouldn't have a name to give to somepony who attacked me after I just saved them from manticores." I said with a scowl, making her flinch.

Rainbow got in my face. "Hey, you were the one who attacked us first!!" She snorted hot air. I deadpanned and countered her logic.

"Oh really? And what, pray tell, did I do to attack you? Was it when I saved you from being ambushed by that one manticore, or was it when I was coming up to you to ask if you were alright?" I could tell my words hit home, since she didn't have anything to counter with.

Twilight regained her composure and continued. "Well, can you please tell us why you at the castle? And how did you end up fighting manticores?" She asked me sweetly, but I wasn't budging.

"I know what you're trying to do." The girls surprised. "You're doing the 'good pony, bad pony' act. It won't work."

Applejack got a little peeved. "And how do you know it won't if we don't try." She asked with a smug look.

I look in her direction before responding. "Because, I've been subjected to the worst kinds of torture imaginable and that couldn't break me. If the love taps that Shining Armor gave me were the best you can do, I'm very disappointed." The girls turned a little green at that.

Twilight then held a smug look of her own. "Well, since we can't get you to talk, I guess there's only one way left. Princess?" She said looking at the window.

I could hear a defeated sigh before she spoke. "Very well. Do it."

I had a hunch on what she was going to do. This was confirmed when Twilight's horn began glowing. When the glow was at it's brightest, a beam shot out and hit me dead center in the head. I could feel her moving through my thoughts, but I wasn't letting her see anything. The doors in my mind were locked tight. The only way anything could get in there was if there had my trust, which Twilight didn't have.

After a few minutes of silence the beam broke, leaving a shocked unicorn panting hard and me feeling rather smug. "I...I don't understand!! It didn't work?!" The were a few gasps behind the window.

"Now that your little spell has failed you, I'd think it would be better if you just killed me." More gasps.

Applejack was the one to speak. "W..why would you say that?"

I raised my head so they all could see my face clearly, earning a few winces from the mares. "Because the only thing that kept me going is now meaningless. I have no more reason to live."

I heard a few sniffles from the window. "So just kill me, it would be a blessing. I have nothing left."

I saw that the mares in front of me had a few tears of their own, though Rainbow was trying to hide hers. Twilight spoke up. "Listen, no pony deserves to be killed. How about I make you a deal. If you tell us what we want to know to the best of your ability, we'll give you a new reason to live."

I sat there, thinking about it. I could decline, but I've only live for my death for so long that I haven't even considered a new start. Maybe this was it, like Discord said. "Fine, what do you want to know?"

Applejack was the next to speak. "Where did you come from? I don't think anypony's ever seen somepony like you before."

I looked to her, thinking if I should tell them. But then I thought that they were more trust worthy than some others. "Fine, if you want, I'll tell you. So sit for a spell, as I tell you my tale."

Author's Note

The next chapter is out, YAY!!! Would've been out sooner but I've been reading other works for ideas, and also had to take care of any questions before I got on his life story, which is what most of the next chapter is gonna be. Just so we're clear, his past will be typed like this, and the present will be normal. Sorry if the characters weren't right, I try to them justice, but I could still use the help. Please? Otherwise stay tuned for the next chapter! [EDIT] Redone!!! Tell me what you think.