My vision returned and I was still in the chamber, but the glass had rotted away. I felt like I had been asleep for quite some time. My friend, the dark blade, had told me that I was gone for three thousand years. I stepped out and onto the rusted metal floor. I saw my children in front of me all still inside their chambers. I blasted them all open, shooting corrupt lighting from my hands. They didn't come to, but I sensed they all had life. I went through the huge gaping hole in the wall that my chamber was attached to. Black mist appeared on my right and with it came five of my skeletal guards.

"You five are to stay and protect my children at all times until I say otherwise." I ordered them and they nodded before entering the ancient building.

I observed my surroundings. I saw nothing, but tall grass and a village of some kind far off. I made my hair into its slicked back position. My royal red silk robes, studded with gems of all kind was untouched from all the years I had spent in a dormant state. I bounded off with such fast speed that I easily broke the sound barrier. I was approaching the village fast.

I zoomed past a creature filled cottage that exploded with cries of many animals as I started to slow. I wondered how my exotic and rare animals were as I dug my heels into the life filled grass. I cloaked myself by shifting into the spirit realm. Many ghosts live here, but...for some reason...it was empty. At least I was hidden from everything mortal. As soon as I entered the village I was struck with such a sight I lost some mental focus and left the ghost realm. I was slowly becoming a solid physical form as the eyes of many...pony citizens laid upon me. I figured I might as well make an entrance since this wasn't the same Earth.

"Good evening, citizens," I started with a bow,"you all have the honor of standing in front of royalty."

Many whispers were heard among them. I hung my head in despair. I thought I might be able to change things.

"Might as well live my life as I had been for the last two thousand years..." I said quietly,"alone wallowing in my sorrow and dread." I pronounced the last part with a low volume.

I turned around, my robes rose up in the wind created from my movement. I was almost free from the judging eyes when I was stopped.

"Wait!" a female voice called from behind me.

"Have you come to mock me?" I asked, not turning.

"Who would make fun of a gentleman?" the pony responded.

"May we go somewhere else to speak? I would love to chat with such an understanding individual, but I don't like being stared at." I finally turned and looked slightly down to meet a white coated unicorn with a curled violet mane and tail.

"Of course. Let us go to my place." she answered.

We made our way to a circular home/boutique. I had eyes upon me the entire trip. I was used to it since my people would do the same, but with smiles. Upon arrival to this high class unicorn citizen's dwelling, I closed all blinds of the windows.

"Why did you close the blinds?" the unicorn asked me.

"Trust me, please. I am going to tell you everything about me." I stated.

"A-alright, I guess I can trust a gentleman." She said worried for herself.

I then focused a small ball made of my energy. I formed it into strings and attached one end to my forehead and the same to her with the other end of the strings. She flinched at first, but her body fell limp same as mine did the minute the strings touched her forehead. I was sending information to her and also receiving knowledge. Lumps would shoot through the purple and black strings that carried the information.

After a few moments of information passing through my perfect method, she knew everything I wanted her to know about me and I knew everything I wanted to know about her.

"What did you do!?" Rarity demanded an answer.

"I gave you the information about me and got some about you. You are Rarity, a fashionista and this is the Carousel Boutique.Your friends are Twilight Sparkle, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Applejack, and Rainbow Dash." I stated.

"And you are Lucius, single father of two sons and a daughter." Rarity said. I took that for proof that she got the information,"But why couldn't we just talk-". She was quite rudely cut off.

The door then slammed open revealing Rarity's friends. I was lifted by a purple magic aura and flung against the wall violently.

"Rarity, run!" a purple unicorn shouted. This is Twilight Sparkle, a lavender unicorn with a matching purple mane highlighted with a streak of magenta. I stood unharmed. It was and always will be extremely hard to harm me.

"Twilight! That man has been through a lot! He's lost a wife and a child, and he has no friends." I was surprised Rarity defended me. She knew most of my past which isn't all that good,"You are the one of us who knows most about friendship, show us that then!" Mmm, psychology.

"Didn't even hurt." I said and stood,"but don't damage this robe, it means a lot to me." I had broken free from her magic so easily.

"How did that NOT hurt!?" Twilight screamed at me,"And how did you break free of my spell?"

"When you're immortal and me, nothing tends to harm you." I said with a sly smile,"And your magic has no will...it is just from a book or a teacher and practice until you know how to properly do it. Now power...whether is be a blessing or a given right or power, has your will as its power."

"Twilight! What in tarnation's goin' on in there?" an orange pony asked on her way in and she stared at me.

Two puffs of purple dark mist appeared on my right and a white holy puff of clouds appeared on my left. My seventeen year old, tan skinned daughter, Anna, came from the first dissipating dark mist, her brown hair reaching down to her lower back, brushed into an almost perfect group of parallel lines, while my fifteen year old son, Ben, with neatly combed black hair, came from the second. Ulric, my blonde haired son with holy powers came from the white light energy filled clouds, his pale skin matching the whiteness well. Anna and Ben took after me while Ulric took after his deceased mother.

"Ulric, Anna, Ben, so glad you all could join us." I said and hugged all three of them, receiving loving hugs back from all of them.

Anna was wearing a purple dress that faded to white at the bottom and frilled elegantly. A silver lace was throughout it as it cloaked her whole body. Ulric was wearing his pure white armor, designed with stories of his conquers that he had already done and trimmed with the greatest of gold. with a long silver sword on his side, no shield in sight. Ben adorned black armor, half as thick as my own armor, crafted from obsidian and symbols of much meaning to the Underworld were etched in, with a black sword that was zigzagged down to the tip laid rested on his back., the thick long blade was made from jet, a specialty of mine that I crafted for him on his fifteenth birthday. Both of my sons wore the symbol for death upon their chest plates.

"Um, Dad, where are we?" Anna asked me once I released them.

"Yeah, this doesn't look like Earth." Ulric remarked.

"This is Earth, but it is now called Equestria. It seems the planet has gone under a rebirth. We were in those damn chambers for three thousand years." I answered.

"Next question, who and what the are they?" Ben asked pointing to Rarity, Twilight, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, and Rainbow Dash. They had come in and were staring at my children and me.

"From the information Miss Rarity gave me, that is Twilight," I pointed to the purple unicorn in front of me in a defensive pose,"that is Applejack," I moved my pointing finger to the left of Twilight who was also in an attack stance,"Rarity," I pointed to her directly in front of me looking at me with a friendly smile,"Rainbow Dash," I pointed at a cyan pegasus with a rainbow mane and tail flying above Twilight,"Pinkie Pie," I moved my finger to the right of Twilight at the pink puffy maned pony,"and that is Fluttershy," I pointed under the couch.

"How did you know us?!" Pinkie screamed.

"Yea! Are you a spy!?" Rainbow dash said coming close to my face, pressing her nose against mine. I saw Ben grip his sword and slowly take a battle stance. I laid my hand on his shoulder and he relaxed, but still held the sword tightly.

"If I was a spy...well, I wouldn't need to be one, I can know most information anytime I want." I turned around and walked four steps.

"Why wouldn't you ever need to be one?" Twilight asked with curiosity.

"I could kill anything I please or look into its mind." I said turning back and throwing my hands in the air.

"Good thing ya called the princess, Twilight. We could be in trouble here." Applejack said and like clockwork I heard some rumbling outside.

"Ulric, Ben, Anna. Stay in here and don't harm them." I said and they responded with a nod.

"I assume this must be some welcoming committee." I said as I jumped over the ponies and walked outside.

"Interesting..." I said aloud as many black pegasi with bat wings in purple armor and white pegasi with feather wings in gold armor stood behind two alicorns.

The first alicorn was a deep blue with a matching, sparkling mane and tail, this is Luna who wore sliver attire. The second was a pure white with a flowing pink, green, and blue mane and tail, this is Celestia who wore golden attire. The guards flew into the air, hovering and all holding spears that pointed at me.

"I'll attend to you two princesses later. I have a party to get to and I shan't keep my guests waiting." I said with a small bow before I jumped into the air.

I dropped my illusion midair to bring out my wings. In my true form I am a black-boned skeleton. I clutched into a ball and started to put out my wings. The flaps in the back of my robe opened to allow my wings out. I stretched my limbs and uncurled as my wings shout out. Each of them were black bones with no shin and had a length of two yards each.

"I'd be glad to show you all had to waltz..." I said aloud as I took a battle pose. I quickly counted that there were roughly two hundred guards, all flying and ready for battle.

I didn't need Mortis Lamina at all for this fight, it would make it too easy. I formed dark fire and lightning around my body, clasping it to my shape. I gusted my wings once and bursted with great speed, becoming a bullet of pure terror. I busted straight through them all, making a little more than half hit the ground injured with some broken bones. I stopped for a moment while the guards were trying to regain their composure after seeing their comrades so easily defeated. I took this time to look down, the ponies and alicorns were staring up with opened mouths. My children, on the other hand, were smiling. They hadn't seen me fight in forever.

"Is that all you have!? My weakest trainee could wipe my castle floors with your faces!" I said with a smirk and they all surrounded me, excluding the ones lying on the ground, injured beyond battle.

The guards that circled me attempted to stab me to which I simply flew higher and quickly formed a dark orb in my hand and exploded it upon the closest below me. All the rest crashed out of the sky and landed all over ponyville from the explosion.They were alive, but far from being able to fight.

"You call yourselves guards? So shameful." I said as I drew my wings back inside my bones. I formed my illusion before I started to fall. I landed and slowly went into a crouch. I stood proudly. All of the ponies mouths were open. The few remaining guards landed, putting their spears on the ground.

"That was only about three percent of my power, I didn't get to have any fun." I said, smiling. They were all about to run except Rarity.

" Do not flee. I have no intend to harm any of you, especially Miss Rarity, the first to welcome me here." I said, I really didn't want to be branded that dreaded name again.

"Don't worry, Princesses. He's telling the truth." Rarity said and they all calmed.

A friend...standing up for me. How I longed for this to happen. Those years of resentment, hatred, beration, and sweet dark darkness.

"Would you mind explaining myself to them, Miss Rarity? I have some business to attend to." I asked.

"Of course, darling. Go tend to your business." Rarity replied. My head drooped and I felt like I was impaled on a holy blade that burned of hatred to the darkness.

"Don't..Don't ever speak like that..." I said with dread and despair in my voice.

"Why not, dearie?" Rarity asked and nudged my side.

Her...she talks like she used to...Violet...

"Just don't..." I lifted my head and dug a lightning bolt shaped whistle from my robes and blew it, I needed to know that all of my special friends were okay.

Author's Note

I hope you are starting to see what the extent of Lucius' power is.

I know I wrote this well, so I expect many comments.

(Note: Red moons usually help his power increasing its maximum output 10 fold, his emotions also control how much dark energy he pours into things)