The unknown

It has been 5 months now spike has barely grown in size but Azazel grew wings and larger teeth he was the size of me now with sharper scales on his back and bigger claw’s he breathed red flames but could not cast magical flames like spike I can only assume it is because of the different race of dragon’s they were I didn’t know anything other than age named differences not races of dragons. When spike and Azazel are alone we find them fighting but now spike knows not to attack him because of the wings he can fly and has a far better advantage.

I and Azazel always work out and practice dueling each other occasionally I have to heal our wounds. Teachers always asking where the scars come from I tell her how I am training with my companion who is now guarding the entrance since teacher won’t let him in. Occasionally I get glances from the cutie mark crusaders but they don’t talk to me anymore I sometimes talk to applebloom when I am helping at the farm to earn some money we only talk about the work though. I finally got the courage to talk to them on a trip to Cloudsdale with twilight and the group of children when suddenly the church priest from the castle he saw me and followed us to our seats to watch the young flyers competition. Azazel and I sat as we watched pony after pony fly even a few griffons flew in it but when Rainbowdash did a sonic rain boom and saved the wonder bolts along with rarity.

But while that was happening the priest touched my shoulder and whispered “move and ill annihilate the entire cloud box.” I nodded and went with him I whispered to the dragon. “Stay here guard the box.” I noticed scootalo tell the others in the class they all saw me and the priest leave the box. Apparently twilight noticed as well and they all followed after me as they finally saw me sitting there with chains and guns pointed at me with vanguard priests aiming straight at me as I saw my old friends looking at me a sudden gusts of wind knocked up and blew the capes off of the priests and showed me their faces and there a face so familiar it hurt my heart “You… You… foul evil being you should be flailed for a thousand years after what you did.” When the anger inside me finally peaked a presence I hadn’t felt in a long time awoke inside me. A shadow of the king appeared “Ahahaha look at you little prince have you forgotten the promise we made not so long ago?” He asked looking at me inspiring fear in all the church loving ponies around us. “I have not forgotten I am only set back a little.”

As I spoke a shot went off and the bullet went through the king and he was angry beyond belief but I kept him from killing the idiot who fired. Than before I knew it I had lost control and the fighting between factions began and it was me against the church. Guns and armor and magic filled the sky as we were attacked I sided with an evil king. He flew towards the edge where my friends or ex friends came to see when I went to the ponies sat there as the vanguard priests turned to the fillies and the friendship elements saw I smiled Azazel came straight out of nowhere and took off towards ponyvile. I looked at my friends and then at the ponies who challenged me. I said to everyone “I am no longer a threat to the church just to you leadership for destroying my clan and the circle of sage’s I Salem will never let you put my clan down.” I looked at the cutie mark crusaders smiled and said “I am sorry.” Then I jumped off the cloud with the church crusaders following after me. Bullets whizzing by me and magic spells trying to catch me I shot at the foul magic casters as I was about to hit the ground a rainbow pony was trying to catch me I smiled and dived forward where the trees of Everfree forest sat I saw her about to perform a sonic rain boom I chanted the words to a slow motion spell as we fell bullets whizzing by almost as fast as when I was originally falling.

I yelled in dragonite “AZAZEL!!!!” he flew underneath me as I released the spell and watched my enemy’s fall I grabbed dash and she un slowed and turned upward the church ponies were riding griffons trying to catch me I held onto my friend as he flew faster and faster through the forest but the bullets didn’t stop I had to shield us both with my power but these bullets were tearing my magic apart. I had to think quickly as royal guards tried to intervene I blew them away the ponies of ponyvile watching me I decided it was time me and Azazel flew straight up till we started to freeze then fell back down. I chanted as fast as I could to command the clouds to split as they did me and Azazel fell through the street. When other Pegasai chased after us I grabbed onto my friend and before we touched the trees my friend awoke and spun around and took off breaking the sound barrier the sound of what may have been a net cannon tried to catch us Azazel burnt the net as I was trying to shoot down the crusaders dressed in their red armor and cloaks.

I told him to fly back to the city I dropped my cape as I saw them rounding up my friends I told Azazel to run and find me when night had come and if he couldn’t to go tell Luna. I jumped onto the cloud stepping towards these horrible ponies and griffons who dared take my friends and schoolmates hostage I waved to my friends who looked over towards me I smiled picked up a rifle and shot the first armored pony I saw the rest of them started to give chase as I ran towards them I flipped a table diving under it firing my gun on all sides using my magic. When they attempted to capture me I put my gun to the ground smiled at my teacher and everyone and whispered “Goodbye everyone.”

I dropped to my knees and stood back up head butting the first pony taking his gun using him for a shield I fired at the rest who took cover and killed their commander I fired my magic destroying the ponies untying my friends and cheerlie I told them to run the other church griffons were heading straight for us I decided to split off and take them to the other side of the street I could hear twilight yelling for me worried when I appeared from an ally I smiled as the griffons grabbed me and knocked me out the last word I heard was Azazel screaming and burning my enemy my true friend now was trying to defend me I opened my eyes and screamed in his tongue “Run you fool take my friends and run!” Blood dripping from my mouth and head he took some rope and grabbed the ponies and flew towards ponyvile. It made me happy that my friends were finally safe. As the church griffons took me past the clouds Azazel appeared again one of the griffons stabbed me my world was slowing down as I saw Azazel and some Pegasus ponies fighting the church dash the rainbow colored one picked me up and tried to carry me but it was too late so much blood was leaving my body we landed with Azazel next to us.

My eyes grew darker and darker my world turning gray I saw twilights horn it had an aura and my friends surrounding me and the only thing I could mutter up to say is “Fools” with a cough my final breath had left my body and I saw my friends and Azazel sitting around me when I was watching Azazel looked at spike with tears in his eye’s I saw my dearest friend speak magic older then pony magic it was a dragon sharing his life energy with me every pony watched as an aura of black surrounded me. Azazel was aging into an older dragon once he had hit his late teens he wouldn’t fit in his nest or my house anymore.

I was saddened that it didn’t help so I returned his life and he shrunk back to what he was he cried and howled my name in dragonite when he did an old spirit came to me asking me one question. “Are you ready little one?” I turned to him and said no he then shot me a surprised look “Is your heart so full of hate you can’t even accept this gift.” She whispered “When your wish is fulfilled you will meet us as the last of our circle king we will wait.” When I returned to life my hoof touched Azazel’s nose and I whispered to him “I will not die here.” He grabbed me by my neck and threw me on his back every pony tried to stop him I let my horn glow to show I was alive when I reached through to everyone they let him pass and twilight tried to follow us so I told him “Don’t let them find us brother.” As he flew faster and faster I saw dash take off it was my last bit of energy I cast a spell to teleport us miles away.

He turned toward the sun and took me to a dragons nest he smelled he then took me to an elder dragon and put it’s soul into my body the elder dragon I turned to bowed and I bowed in turn and thanked him he started to turn to ash which is what happens when a dragons life energy dies out so that their bodies can’t be used against their own kind by hunters. I gathered the ashes and use Azazel to blow them away we then flew towards our home where we entered and packed everything I had the trotting of a lot of ponies I took the crystal and packed it in crate that I shrank as I was about to take off a great amount of ponies saw my Azazel’s shining black scales we took to the skies where I teleported to manehatten where the popes own son was a priest the ponies ran from Azazel as the police ponies tried to stop us I moved them with my magic and bound them with rope.

As I approached the steps of the church its crusader guards attacked I turned them to ash and watched the city wind blow them away I rammed through the door Azazel took care of the guards as I took the priest by the throat I lit him on fire and watched as he ran like a chicken without his head anymore and when he fell to the ground I looked at all the ponies in the church and yelled “This is what will befall the pope as well for the death of my sisters and brothers and all of the circle of sages!” when they asked who I was I told them that I was the pony who would burn this organization to the ground.

From that moment onward I was the worst enemy to a quarter of Equestria. The howls for my head rang across a nation and even the war I was about to start would reach my friends soon so I called upon him the dark one. The one who not only could end this world but the pope as well. “I am ready king Sombra.” He smiled and gave me the look of my old self and gave me power beyond imagining. Azazel looked at me and I patted him and sent him to be with Luna I went to the old tower of sages and summoned my friends “I am sorry friends I will join you soon I promise but for now can you lend me the power to fight an army?” As I said it they spoke back “We will be your army to end the evilness of that mare even if we can’t return to what we were summon us and we will be there.”

I went to Canterlot where the pope met with the princesses and met old friends on the way with their wings flapping we flew towards the city where a massive amount of ponies loyal to the church sat outside the gates watching as it appeared to be a migration of dragons but I flew down to the castle where guards of both Equestria and the church tried to grab me I froze them and walked angrily towards the stallion he had no fear in his eyes and I sat there next to him the princesses were stunned I looked at him and said “Hello bastard.” “Hello king of sages.” “I must apologize for interrupting Luna Celestia I am only here to tell him this (I Salem King of the sages do hereby declare war on the church and all those who would ally with them.) That’s all goodbyes are in order but I will never see any of you again so that’s all.” As I stepped out on the balcony Azazel came down and laughed with and elder dragon known as Edgar “My King you do have such an interesting taste in making entrances and making statements I eldest dragon of the tribes do swear my loyalty to you my king.

All the ponies who side with the church but do not hold up arms against me shall be spared but those who fight will die and I king of the sages do swear this to all of you I am what you hate not those who mistook me as a friend it is me you hate no one else and I will kill all those who attack me or my friends. A voice came from the crowd a group of unicorn with hoods on “Aye and we stand with you our king.”

The group grew larger and larger and the disappeared in an instant the army of dragons and unicorns and Pegasai stood in the sky looking down at me screaming “Salem!” I picked up the pope and lit him a blaze and threw him to his men and flew down with the army where we fought for days magic bullets and cannons and arrows flew in the air and bodies of ash and ponies were what remained and I the king of sages stood atop it all looking down I accepted an offer I can’t refuse now I set my own body a blaze so the king couldn’t use my body for his own evil deeds as I saw my body blow away and the evil king screaming I flew with my sisters and brothers towards the sky finally where my father and mother waited with open arms.