Of hunters and whores. A tale of two demons.
Chapter 9: The Prophecy
Previous ChapterNext ChapterSkri'jal walked away from the scene with a smile on his face. For once, Lerisha did something besides bitch and whine. Maybe giving her that hammer was the right thing to do. Meanwhile, Celestia and Luna studied the fallen demon, worried expressions on their faces.
"Sister, I don't think this is a coincidence. Two demons from somewhere else, now two demons from Tartarus itself? What could this mean?" Asked Luna.
"I think... The prophecy is finally coming true." Said Celestia.
"No, it can't be. If all Tartarus opens, those two, powerful as they are, cannot stop an entire army of demons!" Exclaimed Luna.
"Hold now, sister, we don't know for sure if Tartarus has finally been unleashed. But if those two are who they say they are, we will have to tell them soon."
The next day
Skri'jal and Lerisha sat at the table in the local diner, and were discussing yesterday.
"So you're telling me, that thing I killed back in the forest was this Balith guy's brother?" Skri'jal asked.
"Yeah." Lerisha's response confirmed Skri'jal's fear.
"Shit." Muttered Skri'jal.
"What?" Asked Lerisha.
"We may have to deal with papa bear soon." Skri'jal said.
"I'd hate to see him when he flips his shit." Lerisha said.
"That I can agree with." Skri'jal said. "But that also raises the question; Is it a coincidence? There seem to be a connection between the last two attacks." He continued.
"I guess the other question's What is the connection?" Lerisha said.
"We'll have to wait and see." Skri'jal said. After that, they headed for the library to see what they could find on local demons. as they arrived they found the mane six waiting for them.
"Good, you're here." Twilight began. "Celestia has requested we see her in Canterlot. She said it has something to do with you two, and you should come along." She continued.
"Alright. This won't take long will it?" Skri'jal said, assuming it was about the recent attacks.
"Not at all."
an hour later
Skri'jal and his companions entered the throne room and greeted Celestia and Luna.
"Greetings, I suppose, you are wondering what It is I have requested your prescience for. Well, I am afraid it is grave news." Celestia said.
"Is Chrysalis returning?" Twilight hastily assumed.
"No, It is far worse, The demon attacks were not a coincidence. The lord of all Tartarus has sent the demon brothers, Balith and Borahg, to proceed his invasion of the surface world." Celestia said grimly.
"But there is hope, for it has been foretold that two unlikely heroes heroes would stop this invasion. It has been said that two demons of another world would defeat him in his own domain." Luna said. Skri'jal, who was drinking out of his canteen at that moment, did a spit-take. He coughed a little then said:
"Say WHAT?" The mane six's reactions were not too different.
"Wait! Skri'jal and Lerisha are demons?" Rainbow more said than asked.
"Yes, But they are also our only hope to beat back the forces of Tartarus."
"But what about the Elements of Harmony? We don't need to rely on demons to save us! We could kill them and be done with it!" Twilight said, finding it impossible to believe a pare of demons were going to save the entire world.
"If you kill them, we will never hope to defeat the invasion force, let alone The lord of Tartarus himself. I am Afraid the Elements cannot save us all this time." Celestia said.
"Let me get this straight, we have to stop a demonic invasion from hell itself, and kill your equivalent of the fucker who owns our asses?" Skri'jal asked.
"Yes." Luna said.
"Where do I sign?" Skri'jal asked jokingly, despite the new found tension in the air.
"Follow me." Celestia said. And the group followed her to her throne, Which, with a pull of a torch-lever, slid aside to reveal a secret passage.
"Of course a prophetic wall would be in a tomb under the throne." Skri'jal mumbled. The group descended into the darkness.
five minutes later
The group wandered through the long dark corridor. Celestia had lit her horn so they could see. Finally they entered a grand cavern. On the far wall were prophetic writings, written in a language Skri'jal recognized as Old Norse. Skri'jal began to read out loud:
"When the nightmare falls, and the liars are revealed... When the Shadow of the ice is destroyed, the key will turn... From the darkness of another world, two heroes shall escape their pasts. When the world needs them most, they will answer it's call. They shall be a male warrior of unmatched prowess and a female who's skills stand in agility. One born of violence, the other of lust. Together they shall shut the gates of Tartarus and save the world from the greatest threat it shall ever face..."
"You can read the language of the Alicorns?" Celestia asked.
"It goes by another name where I come from, but yes. I can read it." Skri'jal said.
"So, they really will save the world?" Rainbow Dash asked.
"So it is written." Skri'jal said. "Where's Lerisha?" He asked.
"Over here! I found something!" Lerisha called from the right side of the chamber. Celestia brightened her horn so they could see the whole chamber. On the right was a relief carving, startlingly resembling the succubus standing next to it. Opposite the first relief was a second relief of disturbing resemblance to Skri'jal-mevix.
"This just gets better and better." Skri'jal mumbled as he approached his relief. He put his hand into a hole on the right of it. Feeling a handle in the back of the hole, he turned it left. Meanwhile Lerisha mirrored his actions on her side of the chamber. Suddenly the chambers shook and the two reliefs slid backwards and down, revealing two more secret chambers.
"Secret chamberception." Skri'jal mumbled. Inside the two new chambers were suits of armor. Skri'jal's suit looked like It was meant to protect consisting of a helmet that came to a point in front of his face. The armor itself looked segmented one one arm and solid on the other. While the pauldron on the segmented arm arched low over his shoulder, the other pauldron was a solid plate. His cuirass had one segment to allow more movement or the torso without sacrificing protection. His greaves were composed of solid plates all the way down to his boots. Lerisha's armor was composed of a revealing breast plate which did little to cover her cleavage, a revealing piece around her pelvic area, and sleek chainmail leggings with a platemail knee guard on it's left. Her boots were just glorified armored high heels. Celestia and the others encouraged them to try their armor on and gave them a little privacy, Much to Skri'jal's dismay. The two demons tried on their armor and like the metal suits.
"Me gusta." Skri'jal said. he reached for an odd object sticking out of the wall and pulled, revealing it to be a sword that matched his and Lerisha's armor. Lerisha came over to his side to see him.
"Like what you see?" Asked Lerisha sultrily. Skri'jal turned and saw her in her armor, which complemented her hammer well enough.
"No. But it suit you well, I suppose. Looks allot like your hammer." Skri'jal said, his attention returned to his blade.
"You wanna have a little fun, now that it's just us?" Lerisha asked.
"No." Skri'jal said as he gave his blade a few test swings. picked up its sheath and strapped it to his back. The demonic duo walked to the throne-door and emerged clad in dark armor.
