Return of Evil and A New Beginning

Twas a fine evening at the castle where Dante was in his room, sitting at a desk, and drawing on a blank piece of paper which he found in the library, when Twilight walked into his room and notices this going on.

“Hello, Dante” said the purplish lavender alicorn.

“Can’t talk, drawing” Dante responded hastily. Twilight glances at the folder full of uncolored drawings lying next to Dante’s left arm.

“What are you drawing” Twilight asked.

“Well” Dante began to explain “I am drawing some pictures of epic battles with the wild animals of the Everfree Forest fighting this epic legendary hero that I just came up with.”

“Legendary…. Hero” Twilight questioned.

“Yes, his name is Chad Goldmane. He’s the epic hero who conquers kingdoms and saves villages from wicked beasts, specifically from the Everfree Forest. I mean, it makes sense that they’re ONLY from there so, why not? Am I right?”

“Yeah, I guess.” Twilight thinks for a second while looking at what Dante is drawing. “Why is his name Chad” she asks. Dante lifts the unfinished drawing up.

“Because, well look at him. Doesn’t he look like a ‘Chad’?” Twilight gazes and observes the single drawn character.

“Yeah, he actually kind of does look like a ‘Chad’” Twilight said in agreement. “So, who is ‘Chad’ fighting in THIS drawing?”

“He’s fighting a pack of timber wolves. The only way he will defeat them is to throw rocks at them with a sling shot. But this sling shot is the most epic sling shot you’ll ever come across. But it wouldn’t be wise to be on the other side of it” Dante said with an epic tone.

“What else does Chad battle” Twilight asked, seeming interested in Dante’s work.

“Well” Dante put his pencil down to open the folder next to him to show Twilight the other drawings. “Here, he fights an alligator. Here, he fights a hydra with five heads, known as Progenious, the wisest and most evil hydra in the land, my most favorite, and best drawing in my opinion.” Twilight examines all of Dante’s drawings, interested in each one.

“You know, Dante, I was thinking of bringing in some nice decorations to the castle. Do you mind if I took some of your drawings and hang them up? That way, everypony can see them.”

“Well, I just need to color them, and then all we would do is just frame ‘em up and hang ‘em up. I just need to pick up some colored pencils. I was looking around Canterlot and found an interesting shop where they sell cool art supplies, but they were expensive, so I have to go back, since I have enough money now, and buy the stuff.”

“Is that where you got this paper from? It looks ancient.”

“Actually, I found this paper in the library within this castle. It looked decent enough that when I would pick it up or write on it, that it wouldn’t turn into dust, like half of everything in this ancient bore-house, so I thought why not do a little drawing. And here I am now.”

“Wait, bore-house” Twilight asked in disagreement.

“Yeah, speaking of which, I said I can’t talk, so, what do I not want to do right now?” Dante gave Twilight a cocky grin while Twilight gave him an annoyed look.

Later that day, Dante was standing in the hallway of the castle entrance, staring at a blank wall, when Spike walked down the stairs and noticed Dante.

“Hey, Dante” he said “Whatcha doin’?”

“Well, lately I have been drawing some pretty sick pics. Twilight saw some of them and wanted to hang them up here. So I’m just looking around to see what would be a great place to hang them.” They both observe the same blank wall for a minute, then Spike shakes his head.

“Yeah, I can see this wall being the best for a gallery” he said.

“Yeah, it would be a nice wall” Dante’s eyes glow red “To take over.” His eyes go back to normal.

“What did you say” Spike asked in confusion.

“I was agreeing with you. This wall would be nice.”

“Oh, okay then.” Spike walked away slowly.

Dante walked into the store, where they sold the special colored pencils Dante wanted to buy.

“Hello again” the store clerk said in a hushed and dark tone.

“Hey, I’m here for the pencils.”

“Ah, yes” the clerk pulled out a wooden box “The mystical pencils.”

“Whatever, I’m in it for the sweet lookin’ box” Dante exclaimed.

“Do you have enough bits now?” Dante pulled out a silk bag full of bits and tossed it to the clerk. Then the clerk slid the box, which was sitting on the desk, over to Dante, in which he picked the box up and headed for the door.

“Thank you for your purchase. I hope you can come again” the clerk said.

“Sure, why not” Dante said as he walked out the door.

That night, Dante was sitting at his desk, finishing the coloring of his last drawing. He noticed how late it was, so when he finished, he blew out the candle that was giving him light and went to bed. The next morning, Dante awoke to find the pony gang, along with Spike, surrounding his bed with a shocked look on their faces.

“Uh, hey guys, what’s up?”

“Dante” Twilight began to say “Did you do anything last night?”

“Well, all I did when I got here was put the finishing touches on my drawings and went to bed. Why?”

“Darling” Rarity began to say “Your drawings are very nice, but now they’re terrorizing Ponyville.” Dante got out of bed.

“Oh ha ha, very funny” Dante said sarcastically. Spike was at Dante’s desk observing his drawings when he noticed something.

“Uh, Dante” Spike began to say “You said that you were finished coloring these, r-right?”

“Yeah. Why?” Spike held the drawings up for everyone to see.

“Look” he exclaimed, showing the drawings with no color on them. Everypony, including Dante, looked at the drawings in shock. Everyone gasped.

“Where did you get those colored pencils anyway” Rainbow Dash asked.

“I, I got them at a shop in Canterlot called ‘Chaos-Filled Antiques and Artifacts’.” Everypony, and Spike, looked at Dante in annoyance and anger. “What, I thought it was a cool name, so I decided to check it out” Dante said trying to defend himself from any criticism.

Dante’s bedroom doors burst open. Everyone in the room looked back to see who it was. What they find is something that looked familiar, an epic hero, Chad Goldmane.

“Come with me, heroes” he exclaimed “We must protect Equestria from Progenious.”