I spread my great black bone wings and took to the sky, smiling, feeling a tear of the heart come.

Damn...I missed the taste of battle and rush of spilling holy blood...

I saw myself high above the Everfree Forest, perhaps hundred of miles between the ground and us. I had decided to summon guards, so summon them I will.

My guards are all summoned from the Underworld in the most peculiar way. A huge portal is charged by my dark energy, which I put into a core for the portal to use. I just send mental thoughts over to it and the portal uses my dark energy to outline the guards I want based upon what I requested, it also loud-speakers my voice, letting them know what they'll be fighting and how to go about it. All this was started when I asked myself hundreds of years back, 'what couldn't dark energy do?'.

I charged energy into my dark friend and slashed the ground below me apart, a black and portal line swirling door opened, the portal's counterpart ready.

Guards jumped out, wearing the mostly purple and black lined armor with grace, handling all forty-five pounds with ease and grace. They landed around it and spread to the most strategic positions when they saw the angels. I had ordered two dragon riders with carried archers to come, and they arrived on schedule. The two riders, gripping their lances tightly as they flew vertical and came to my altitude. A third dragon that I hadn't ordered for rose out, my faithful rapier wielding royal guard riding it. The dragon stopped, flying next to me.

All my dragons were skeletal, just as the dark spirit form of all living thing is. But this dragon next to me, is different. I infused him with my own powers, the first dragon, an ancient mystery for mortals. Retneguile was the name he was given by my great godly father when he was created. A black flame brewed and hungered for battle in his chest.

"Your majesty, when I heard you were flying, I brought him from his cave and got him here quickly. For your great return." Edward stated, a happy vibe coming from him.

"That's why I love you eight royals, always ready to join me in the fray and slay. The few guards who actually care for their king, even if they don't show it." I spoke and jumped onto Retneguile, taking the saddle from Edward.

"I'll go lead the lower ranks on the ground, you have fun up here, your majesty." He finished speaking and jumped to the ground, gracefully landing after the long plummet, rolling twice after.

Edward readied most of the guards with their bows, pulling back the three pound arrows.

My arrows were of the highest quality, fast as the mortals' cowardish bullets, powerful enough to slam you onto your back, and stilk able to be shot. The head was not like any arrow head, it was a hollow iron ball, covered in spikes that extend out when it flys. These were made once I started the dark energy industrialisation in the Underworld. They were propeled up, so they stay on track, with my dark energy that I supplied to the fletchers. The arrow heads didn't extend into a ball, until they were taken from the quiver. These arrows slayed many creatures, mortals, and angels countless times in our battles.

"What the hay is going on here?!" Twilight had teleported back. The angels were staring off with us, equal hatred for each other shared.

My children were all present as well, Ben and Ulric ready to fight. Anna was surrounded by a group of guards as she held her shadowblade. The other elements were present down there along with the princesses and two new ponies, Princess Cadenza Mi Amore and Shining Armor. But introductions would come at a later time.

The commanding angel, wielding a flaming sword, flew in front of me. It was time to chat before war, as all noble armies did.

"We'll only say it once, you can flee now and prevent your destruction, or stay and be slaughtered." I spoke, staring at the leader of their soon to skirmish party.

"We'll stay and defeat you, I hope that won't be a problem." He replied in a holy voice filled with some kind of justice.

"So be it..." I grabbed my specially crafted lance from Retneguile's side,"Let the battle begin!" I bellowed to all.

Retneguile was a good friend of mine, bearing four wings, six legs, and a spade tail accompanied with a spike ball tail. He was of enormous size, far greater and more powerful than the other dragons. He was, after all, the first.

"For the Underworld!" My faithful guards shouted to the sky.

"For you..." I whispered to myself.

"For the new wielder!" The angels let out their own war cry.

Some of the angels took to the ground to attack the few guards seen there.

The dragonriders that flew with me, took to their own, each carrying three archers with the rider.

I flew straight up and into the crowd of flying angels who raised their shield and began to ready their weapons.

Retneguile and I made a damn good team in battle, this statement couldn't be denied.

Retneguile dovedown into the crowd and I rose my lance, charging dark energy into it. I speared two angels onto it, swinging them off, spiraling them to the ground.

"FIIIRRE!" I heard Edward shout from below as he was fencing gracefully with his double bladed rapier, parrying blows and sending foes into their allies.

My guard's arrows bursted out of the trees and straight up into the sky of angels.

Angels grunted and shouted with pain as the spikes were lodged into their limbs and torso, sending them to the ground, heavily wounded or dead. Arrows were now shot out of the trees in all directions with no timing as they flew to the now cautious angels.

A great smile graced my face as I slapped angels about with my lance while Retneguile chewed, bit, and slammed his legs and head into them.

"Retneguile, give them a taste of darkness, old friend." I spoke to him and he laughed drawing his head back, inhaling air.

The dark fire grew aroused in his rib cage and blasted out of his mouth, scorching the air and angels in front of us.

"I forgot how much fun this is." He commented, laughing heartily as he slayed more and more.

Most of the angels in the sky were forced to the ground, injured or running. The dragons were sent back into the portal at my command. I dove off Retneguile as he headed back, leaving my lance on his side.

Landing atop an angel in the woods, I looked about, listening to the clash of steel. The forest was empty of battle and the archers were forced to draw swords as they went into the open field in front of my newly made castle.

I drew the Death Sword from my back and ran to the battle, quickly arriving even in my thick ruby armor.

"Such fun!" I bellowed, slamming my blade into the back of an angel. Blood poured from his back, gracing the ground with its great powers, splattering my helmet and chestplate, giving me more of an intimidating look.

I continued to fight, the ponies of this world wondering just how my guards were so strong.

I believe I covered their training, but in case not...they are all pushed to their nonexistence so many times while they train.

Blood was over all of us and covering the ground so beautifully, the humans did know splashing paint was good art, but blood always left more interesting shapes.

After a while, all the angels were laying face down, drinking in the blood that they seeped from their motionless bodies. My guards had gone back into the castle and left me with the arc angel, my royal guards still staying out to protect my precious children.

We had one angel captured, ready for the portal ritual.

I quickly formed a large hollow dark orb and sent it above the battlefield, blue flames already gathering in it from the fallen angels. It grew larger as more and more joined their ranks among the destroyed. I quickly ran towards the arc angel, my arm prepped to begin my slashes of dread and despair.

"Keep trying. I enjoy killing you all so dearly. My day would not be complete." I taunted, swinging quickly across, my body spinning around as he barely blocked my blow, his arm easily tossed aside.

"Such a good effort...if it wasn't me." I replied to his feeble attempt and began an onslauht of graceful slashes, carrying my essense into each one, slamming the arc angel in all directions.

After that intial blow to knock his block away, my next strike came back in a downward diagonal line, smacking his arm clear off, forcing him to drop his shield and gallons of beautiful crimson. The next I spun, building kinetic energy in my right arm, rapidly building speed and ensured it cut him deep across his entire torso. I kept my energy flowing with one more spin in my barrage of death and speared him clear onto my blade by his thick thigh, splintering his armor like plastic. I held his body to the air.

"And victory..." I smiled, silence all around me.

"We could have avoided all of this if you just went back from where you came."

I slashed out of his thigh, his body splattering on the ground, leg ripped from his body in a rain of red drops. His head was left with a large indent from his landing, a few bones broken.

"Sorry if you all had to see that...I...am the new force here. King Lucius of the Underworld," I nodded my head as I had suddenly rushed in front of all the ponies, "pleased to meet you all. I already know your names."

"Mother of Celestia, we are all doomed to die." Shining Armor mumbled under his breath.

"No, not yet, Shining...Down to business...Have you found any explanation for how I was sent here?" I turned to the princesses, my eyes still having the same battle lusted glare that thirsted for more violence.

"Yes, we actually have," Celestia responded, "we should make our way to the Crystal Empire."

"So we shall." I said softly, shrouding us all in dark mist, making all but the princesses and Rarity panic.

We had quickly arrived in the Crystal Palace from my efficient transportation, in one of the many sky blue halls decorated with rich furniture and exotic flowers.

"Show me the way. You know I do not like to wait." My tone was serious and sounded like it held an unknown threat behind it.

Without a word, Celestia led the whole group and me down the halls, an air of fear around them all as they stayed silent.

I love my passive intimidations.

With the silent trip complete, we arrived to a huge double door, one of the many here.

"Elements, Cadence, and Shining Armor, I need you to wait outside please."

"Understood, princess." Twilight spoke and nodded her head.

Celestia led me into the dark room with outlined black shapes of various castle decor.

Author's Note

It is finally up. You are most welcome.