Overkill: The Shifter

by Emerald Shield

Ch.9 The Week of a Lifetime. Day four, part two

Previous Chapter

"It's quite funny when you think about it" Epoch said.

"What is?" I asked as I popped up from behind him.

Epoch and I were in my workshop, I had him hooked up to a supercomputer running diagnostics as I was tinkering on some systems in his back.

"The fact that princess Twilight said that I should be locked up in Tartarus"

"Haha! I know right, it really shows that she doesn't know anything doesn't it?" I said as I continued my tinkering.

"It really does, but then again. We can't expect everybody to know the prison is IN Tartarus, while Tartarus is a world of its own" Epoch reasoned.

"I guess"

"I don't see what's wrong. Everything's completely fi-... wait, what's this?" I thought.

After some more close looking I saw that an entire module was missing, it was a small but VERY important module; the digi-struct module, it's what allowed Epoch to change frames, weapons, grenades, rockets and boosters on the fly.

"Now that's a problem" I said out loud.

"What is?" Epoch asked.

"Did you know you're missing the digi-struct module?"

"The what?"

"...Goddamnit Gaige, you just had to do it didn't you?" I asked to nobody in particular.

"Do what?" Epoch asked with confusion.

"Nothing buddy" I said as I tore out the cables that connected the computer and Epoch.

"Wait what are you-" Epoch tried to say before I turned of all of his main and secondary systems, in other words, I turned off Epoch.

"...Now where the fuck am I gonna find a new module?"

"You could use Tritanium?" C.R.O.W. suggested.

"Indeed I could, but what if Dash walks in whilst I'm doing it? I'll have to explain myself big time"

Let me explain, being hit with the Elements of Harmony did three things, it gave me the ability to take any form to the next level, that level being Apex. It also gave me two other abilities: Tritanium Generation, the ability to generate Tritanium - and Tritanium Melding, allowing me to mold Tritanium anyway I want.

"It's not like I have any other choice" I concluded as I walked over to a part of the workshop less... filled to the brim. Sitting down I concentrated on generating the precious metal within my body. I raised my right front hoof as slowly but surely a silver stream of liquid metal began seeping through the skin, the streams all came together and formed a lump of metal in front of my hoof. The streams stopped and now a lump of silver metal about the size of my head floated in front of me.

I then absorbed basically everything back into me, now all that was left was a small, two inches in diameter sphere, taking a look at my handiwork I concentrated even harder on the sphere as intricate lines began appearing all over it. Soon after, the sphere started to become more of a cube as the inside gave way for complex circuitry.

"Done!" I said, glad that it was finally finished, the entire process took about a half hour.

Most machines I could make a LOT faster, but considering the weak and complex machinery that is the Digital-Reconstruction, digi-struct for short, module, I of course took my time.

I then slowly walked over to Epoch's unmoving form, module in hoof. The back panel was still open. A quick look allowed me to spot the small square hole that the module was supposed to go in.

"Okay, here goes nothing" I nervously said as I fitted the module into place.

I then quickly hooked Epoch up to the super computer next to him.

"Everything seems to be stable and ready to go" I concluded from the mass of binary code.

"Now all I have to do is write the program to allow Epoch to use the module" I thought as I quickly started pressing buttons left and right on the keyboard, five minutes later the program was done as I implemented it into Epochs core programming.

"Finally" I said as was about to re-activate Epoch, but hesitated. "I'd better double check later" I concluded before I walked out of the workshop, by now it was about 12 am.

"I'd better check on Luna" I said before I teleported to Luna's room, startling the princess of the moon with my sudden arrival.

"Is something wrong?" Luna asked.

"I think it's about time we start with rehabilitation" I confidently said.

"... This soon? Shouldn't we wait a little longer?"

"No chance, I want you back up and runnin' by the end of next Tuesday"

"Why then?" She asked with a confused expression.

"I received a letter from my boss saying that I have to catch a vampire hiding in Ponyville and bring her to HQ next Wednesday, I have to bring you and the Elements as well" I explained.

"There is a vampire in Ponyville!?"

"Yes there is"

"Dear Faust... wait, who is this boss of yours?" Luna asked.

"The Grimm Reaper"

"You work for the Reaper, then you must be a part of White Rabbit"

"Yes, I am" I said.

"Well, I suppose we should get started then" Luna said as she slipped out of bed, wobbling a bit as she stood on the ground. When she regained her balance she looked at me confidently.

"Good" I said as motioned for her to follow me as I walked out of the room.

(Around that same time, Ponyville library, 3rd person POV)

The mane six (minus Pinkie who ran of a couple minutes ago saying that there were 'robot party' emergencies) were sitting in the main area of the library, conversing on what they saw not even an hour ago.

"I can't believe Overkill and that thing know the Grimm Reaper!" Twilight frustratedly yelled.

"His name's Epoch" Dash deadpanned.

"I don't care! Both it and-"

"His name's Epoch" Dash persisted.

"Fine whatever, both Epoch and Overkill defied not one but two princesses! And then they say that they only answer to the Grimm Reaper! I mean who knows he even exists, in all the time I've been by Celestia's side I never once saw him conversing with her! That's just preposterous!"

"That might be so darling but wouldn't it cause quite a ruckus if a walking talking skeleton started walking through the streets of Canterlot?" Rarity suggested.

"That might be so but it doesn't mean he can't come in secret! Rulers of various countries should talk about trade agreements right?" Twilight said.

"Well, that doesn't matter because you're seeing the Reaper next Wednesday anyway" Dash said. "We all are"

"What, why?" Applejack asked.

"In the letter Overkill received his Boss, the Grimm Reaper, gave him the task of bringing not only princess Luna but the six of us as well, to White Rabbit HQ" Dash explained.

"White Rabbit?" Fluttershy asked.

"The organization Overkill and Epoch are both a part of. They're stationed on Nidhogg Island" Dash explained again.

"Okay then, that makes it clear that the Reaper does exist. But it can't be true that ALL of his warriors can beat us right? I mean Overkill okay he demonstrated it but... yeah" Twilight said.

"Also wrong, Overkill said even he's not the most powerful of them all, there are four others stronger then him"

"Okay... we're doomed" Twilight said sighing.

"Most likely, but heck if it won't be awesome" Dash said with a smile.

"Where is Overkill actually?" Rarity asked.

"I think he's home, Epoch had a couple problems so he's probably fixing them"

"I hope he's alright" Fluttershy said.

"Hmm, me too, he seemed like a cool guy, weird, but in a good way" Dash said. "By the way Twilight, do you know what a Lynx is?" She continued.

"A Lynx?" Twilight replied.

"Yeah, the number four most powerful being is a Lynx Overkill told me"

"Well, Lynxes were a larger then average and sentient species of cat that lived hundreds of years ago, before they mysteriously disappeared, most of them were nomads who lived alone and traveled the world leaving many healthy in their wake. Of course that's all speculation as many never even got to talk to one of them. They'd appear, treat the sick, and then vanish, never to be heard of again" Twilight explained.

"That doesn't sound very nice, leaving without telling anypony" Rarity said.

"Although they do sound kind, helping all those people, I mean" Fluttershy added.

"I guess" Twilight said.

"Well, I guess it's best if I return to Overkill's place, so I'll see you all later" Dash said as she stood up and walked over to the door.

"Wait!" She heard all her friends say. "Be safe" Twilight continued.

"...I will be" Dash replied as she walked out the door.

(Canterlot Castle, a couple minutes later)

Celestia was worried, sure she knew that Death's warriors were powerful, but to see that they were also super loyal... it... it scared her.

Death only had to give the command and all of Equestria would burn under the onslaught of his super-powered attack force.

Knowing this she had to do something to protect her little ponies. She just didn't know what.

At the moment she was sitting on her throne listening to some random noble complaining about petty things like how a 'commoner' should be locked up in the dungeons for coughing near him.

Of course she had spoken to the Reaper in her long life, the last time was about two-hundred years ago, and when they spoke to each other he said, quote "each of my warriors are hand picked by me and are at least as powerful as your pathetic Elements of Harmony, they are prepared to kill, and will not hesitate to send anybody to what lies beyond life" end quote. That majorly frightened her, up until then she was living in the illusion that the Elements, even though they lacked ponies who could harness their power back then, were the strongest force in the world. And to find out that those warriors listened only to him was eye opening.

"So I want you to lock that filthy commoner up in the dungeons!" The noble finished.

"I'll see what I can do" Celestia replied out of habit, things like this were a little to common for her taste. With a smug grin the noble walked out of the throne room.

Celestia sighed as she dropped her stoic mask.

"Are you alright your majesty?" One of the guards next to her throne asked.

"I am fine thank you, could you get some tea for me?" She replied.

"Of course your majesty" The guard said as he walked out the throne room.

"These guards are no fun, always so silent and frozen like a statue" Celestia thought to herself.

"I bet Luna's having a ton of fun, training with her new abilities, not having to deal with stuck up nobles" She continued thinking.

(Roof of Overkill's house, Overkill's point of view)

"Darn it!" Luna yelled as she once again fell on her ass after another failed flight flight attempt.

"Well, this isn't working now is it?" I deadpanned.

"Why is it so hard to fly!" Luna yelled as she jumped into the air once again, flapping her wings and staying aloft for a couple seconds, only to lose her balance and face plant into my roof.

"Your center of gravity must has shifted to a lower spot due to the rather heavy leg prosthetics" I mused.

"It doesn't seem like I will be flying anytime soon" Luna said, looking rather downtrodden.

I merely hummed in response. Walking she picked up on rather quick, as with running. But flying just wasn't working.

Quickly enough Luna made another attempt.

As I continued thinking about the issue an idea came to mind.

"Don't flap your wings yourself! Just, mentally command them to!" I yelled at the currently airborne, but about to fall, Luna.

She nodded as within a second or two her flight stabilized and the wings did their job perfectly, flapping in perfect synch with one another. Making Luna hang perfectly still aside from the flapping prosthetics.

"Finally I'm flying!" Luna yelled before she blasted of into the air doing a back flip and landing upon the roof.

"Do you get it now?" I asked.

"Yes, I have to let my wings do the work for me. Not flap them myself" Luna still breathing heavily from the excitement.

"Perfect! You're an even better student then I imagined!" I said, causing Luna to blush.

"Oh I'm sure you've trained ponies better then me" She humbly said.

"Oh I have, but to pick up on this so quickly, unheard of!"

"Hey could you quit it down a little I'm trying to sleep!" A voice yelled from our right, on the side of the workshop closest to the Everfree Switch Kick was trying to nap.

"As soon as you stop napping so much Switch!" I yelled back at the lazy changeling.

"Never in a hundo years!" Switch yelled back.

"Ha! Sure thing you lazy piece of chitin!"

"Are you friends?" Luna asked.

"Sort of, I taught him how to use his changeling shape shifting abilities" I replied.

"Then why do you insult each other? Friends don't do that right?" She continued.

"Well, I wasn't always this... curse-happy" I decided. "Before I discovered my powers I was just as normal as everybody else, only when I came to Nidhogg Island did I start cursing this much" I explained.

"And why do you say everybody, instead of everypony" Luna continued asking.

"Also a tic I developed on Nidhogg. The island is full of different species, not only ponies, but also minotaurs, griffons, changelings and Nightmares of various types, along with many other species seen only on Nidhogg Island" I explained thinking back at all the fun times I had on the island.

"Nightmares!? You don't mean-"

"Yes I do. Nightmares, as in the same type of entity that possessed you a thousand years ago, although you don't have to worry, they aren't evil or anything, just really, really creepy sometimes. Especially Slenderman and Rake" I reassured her while shuddering at the end.

"Hey Overkill!" I heard Dash yell as she came in flying.

"Oh hi Dash" I said turning around.

"What're you doing?" She asked as she landed beside me.

"I'm teaching Luna how to use her new limbs" I replied. "She's already re-learned how to walk, run and fly"

"Cool, what's next?"

I hummed in response as I thought what I could teach Luna next. "What do? CQC of course!!!" I yelled in my head.

"Dash I want you to get the girls and bring them here, I've thought of the perfect thing!" I said with a smile.

"Uh, sure thing, what exactly are you gonna do?" Dash replied.

"You'll see, you'll see" I cryptically replied.

"Oookaay" Dash said as she took of towards Ponyville.

"What do you have in mind?" Luna asked.

"Do you know what CQC means?" I cryptically replied.

(About a half hour later, in front of Overkill's house)

"Okay what do you have in mind?" Dash asked as me and Luna stood across from each other, about fifty feet in between us.

I chuckled darkly at that. Which unsettled the mane six.

"Oh, we're gonna do something I've wanted to do for a long time" I replied.

"And what might that be?" Applejack asked.

"Yeah if I didn't know any better I would say you wanna fight Luna" Dash added.

"Oh Dash, you might not know me for very long but you already know me so well" I replied with a creepy grin.

"Wait you don't mean, are you going to..." Twilight said not wanting to finish that sentence.

"Yup" I said as I dashed at Luna punching her in the face with my right front hoof sending her flying. "Me and Lulu are gonna have a little sparring match"

"Lucky shot" Luna said as she got up, wiping a droplet of blood from her mouth.

"Oh my goodness" Fluttershy said as Luna launched herself at me.

Soon enough Luna and me were exchanging and blocking blows left and right.

"I seems we're about even in normal fighting" I said blocking a right uppercut.

"So it seems, then we might have to abandon hoof to hoof" Luna replied as she charged up her magic and fired a lighting bolt at me.

I screamed as I flew backward. Landing on my hooves I quickly recovered before smiling as I Shifted into a Stalker and I charged back at Luna.

When I came within striking range I slashed at her.

Out of instinct Luna raised her left hoof as a black blade folded out of the side, for a split second she was surprised before she used the newfound blade to parry mine.

"Is that a sword!?" Twilight yelled.

"Seems like the cerebral implants are working as intended, altering her instincts like this" I thought with a sense of pride.

Both me and Luna smiled as we tried to overpower each other, sparks flying left and right as our blades clashed.

"They're smiling!? Why, they're fighting! They could die!" Twilight yelled again, looking at her friends for, well, anything.

"Because they are fighting for fun. You know, I think I'm starting to understand Overkill more and more the crazier I think he is" Dash said.

By now a small crowd was gathering around the battle field.

"Looks like we've attracted a crowd" I said breaking away from the power struggle.

"Then let's give them a show they won't forget" Luna said smiling.

I returned the smile as I went Apex, my blade crackling with electricity as I charged at the cybernetic princess. Cybernetic princess, that might my favorite combination of words ever.

More instincts kicked in as Luna's wings detached from her back and transformed into two spherical hover drones firing lasers at me.

This took me by surprise as I raised my blade to block the lasers.

"Why the fuck not!" I thought as Tritanium seeped through my skin forming a silver layer over it. I then lowered my blade and charged again.

Then a second blade folded out of Luna's right hoof, she formed and X with her two blades to block mine, but the electricity flowing through it did the job as Luna was shocked with a couple hundred volts of pure static. She screamed as she was launched backwards, halfway through her fall her wings-turned-drones returned to her and set themselves back in their sockets. She flapped her regained wings and flew into the air.

"So you what an ariel battle huh!?" I yelled after her as a set of bright red leathery wings sprouted from my back. Taking of after her I saw she was hiding on a cloud. I flew up to and landed next to her.

"Is she here?" Luna asked.

"No not yet, I don't smell her" I replied thinking about the plan Luna and I made.

/flashback\

"Do you know what CQC means?" I cryptically replied.

"Sure it means Close Quarters Combat" Luna answered.

"Good. Now I have a plan to literally sniff out the vampire"

"Oh?"

"Yeah, you see, my idea is to fight each other. The commotion will cause a crowd to attract to the scene and with that I'll sniff the little blood-sucker out"

"How?"

"Well, I'll strengthen my sense of smell. You see, vampires smell like blood and hot sex, and seeing as ponies are naturally very innocent, they don't. Then when I smell the vampire coming within acceptable range I'll end the fight and openly challenge her to a duel. Simple as that" I explained.

"Hmm, sounds like a good plan. Let's do it" Luna said with a smile.

\end flashback/

"Well, I guess we're not finished yet" Luna said.

"Yup" I said as I grabbed her and threw her to the ground and jumped after her.

Luna crashed into the ground with a loud bang, a spiderweb of cracks appearing around her. She was fast enough to jump out of the way before I slammed into the place she was lying not five seconds ago, which kicked up a large dust cloud.

"Oh my goodness!" Fluttershy said.

"This can't possibly end well!" Rarity said.

"Why are they fighting this isn't fun!" Pinkie yelled with a straight mane.

Standing ready on her hind legs Luna gazed into the dust cloud.

For a second all was quit, everybody thinking something's happened.

Then out of nowhere I burst from the ground below Luna, sending her flying. She quickly regained her balance as she hung in the air as she looked at what threw her. She was surprised.

Out of the hole where she once stood a gigantic blue sandworm, me, was visible.

I quickly Shifted back to normal as I smirked at the floating cyborg.

"How do you like that!" I yelled as I jumped straight at her, punched her to the ground and slammed into her chest. I swear I could hear a few ribs crack.

Luna coughed up blood as she lay there. With a daring smirk she said. "Is that *cough cough* the best you got?"

"Oh. There's a lot more where that came from" I said as I crouched down to were my mouth was right next to her ear. "She's here, play dead" I whispered as I jumped off of her and punched her in the side making her skip across the ground all the way to the massive crowd.

She didn't get up.

Everybody, minus Dash, screamed as they tried to run away from me, the thing that just, as far as they knew, killed their princess.

"BE QUIT!!!" I yelled at the top of my lungs, making everybody present freeze and stop screaming. "Now" I said as I flew to the crowd and hovered there. "Dash!" The rainbow mare in question complied as she flew over to me.

"Yes?" She asked.

"Take a look at that crowd, what do you see what they don't?" I asked.

"...I don't understand" She replied.

*sigh* "Of course you don't" I said, my voice sounding kinder then the statement itself.

"Everybody present! Do you know what blood smells like?" I yelled over the crowd.

Negative murmurs sounded through the air as the ponies looked to each other in confusion.

"Right, you're the most innocent species on the stupid ball we call Equis" I murmured. "Do you even know what sex is!?"

The entire crowd just turned a couple tints redder.

"Of course, oh so innocent, one of you isn't though" I said.

"What? What do you mean?" A random stallion yelled.

"I'm talking about the fact that a vampire has been hiding in Ponyville!" I yelled.

"You're lying! Vampires don't exist!" Another stallion yelled.

*sigh* "And who told you this!?"

"Princess Celestia!" A mare yelled.

"Well I'm here to tell you she lied! Everything the Crown has ever told you! Most of it was lies!" I yelled.

"No YOU'RE lying! You're just a mindless monste-"

"If you finish that sentence I will kill you all!"

All was quit.

"Good. The vampire is a unicorn mare early twenties, smells like blood and hot sex! So, who is that mare! I won't hurt you all I want to do is bring her back to Nidhogg Island!" I yelled.

I faintly heard the shuffling of hooves to my left.

"You!" I yelled at a mare trying to flee the scene, she was indeed a unicorn mare, early twenties, I recognized her as Vinyl Scratch from three days ago.
"Why are you walking away" I calmly said as I flew over and landed ten feet behind her as she turned to me.

"I got stuff to do, I ain't got time for this bullshit" Vinyl said as she started walking away again.

I gathered my courage. "...Yeah run on home! To that stupid sex slave in your basement!" I yelled after her.

She froze. "...Octavia isn't a slave" She whispered just loud enough for me to hear.

"I never said she was called Octavia did I?" I said with a smug grin.

She froze even more.

"Got her" I thought.

She lowly growled before she whipped around and yelled. "And why should I go back to Nidhogg huh!? All we could do there was walk around! Nothing exciting ever happens and as soon something does, Death and his stupid posse always take care of it!"

Silence reigned supreme as everybody took three steps back.

"Look, I know Nidhogg isn't the most exciting place in the multiverse. But enough stuff happens there to keep it fun. All I want to do is bring you back there, and if you cooperate I can maybe get Lord Death to allow you to continue living here. Sound good?"

"You... you'd do that?" Vinyl carefully asked.

"Only if you cooperate" I assured her.

...

"...NO!!!" She yelled as a blast of pure sound waves threw me a couple feet back.

"You're gonna regret this you know?" I said.

"I don't care I'm not going back!" She yelled.

*sigh* "So be it" I said as I charged, grabbed her by the throat and lifted her up.

"I'm not going back!"

I looked around seeing all the scared eyes stare at me. "Well!? What're you staring at, scram!"

They all screamed as they ran as fast as their legs could carry them, a minute later all that were left were the mane six plus Luna.

"You can get up now" I said.

"Oh thank you I almost fell asleep" Luna said as she stood up.

"She's alive!" The mane six all yelled as they ran to and hugged Luna.

"Well of course I'm alive, it takes a lot more then that to kill an alicorn you know" Luna said.

Vinyl, having kept quit so far started squirming in my grasp.

"Let me go!" She yelled.

"Now we can't have that can we? Cause if I'd do that Death will get you personally. And that can't end well" I replied.

"You White Rabbit people are all the same, just mindless pawns ordered around by the reason people die at old age"

"And that's where you're wrong. We aren't mindless pawns. We. Are. Family. And that's why we blindly follow Death. Because he would never, never make us do something that's not right" I said, a lot of rage seeping through my voice.

"Do you really think I'll believe tha-" Vinyl tried to say as I tightened the pressure around that pathetic little neck of hers.

"No, I don't, I just hope you'll understand them"

"Do it... kill me... I know... I know you want to... Monster"

In a blind rage I slammed her into the ground as I raised my right hoof into the air, where it Shifted into a single razor sharp dagger, my eyes glowing bright red.

"No Overkill don't do it! You're not a monster!" Dash yelled. The others could only watch in horror.

"He wouldn't" Luna thought with a stern expression, something the other five severely lacked.

"I know I'm not a monster" I said as the dagger Shifted into a razor sharp blade instead.

"I'm something much worse" I finished as I lowered the blade to right at the point where Vinyl's horn met her skull.

"Wait what are you-"

SHINK

"AAAAAHHHHH!!!!!" Vinyl screamed as her severed horn landed on the ground with a dull thud, her scream filled with high pitched sound waves causing all windows in town to shatter.

"Oh shut up already" I said as I made two quick stabs into her neck, immediately her scream malformed into a low gurgling, her vocal cords having been cut.

Fluttershy and Rarity promptly fainted as Pinkie started crying rivers of tears.

Soon enough Vinyl fainted from shock.

I panted as I stood away from her unmoving body.

"Was that really necessary?" Luna asked waking up to me.

"If only she didn't attack. *sigh* If only" I said falling on my haunches. My eyes stopping with their glowing, both good old red.

"I repeat, was that really-"

"I HEARD YOU THE FIRST TIME!!!" I yelled in her face. "Sorry, I didn't mean to yell. I just... Now the entirety of Ponyville is gonna run at me with pitchforks raised high"

"I... I'm sure they won't" Twilight said.

"Do you know why - PINKIE SHUT THE FUCK UP!!! - do you know why I travel the world? It's because as soon as I settle down in any given place Lord Death asks me to do something for him, which are often fetch quests, which causes me to have to openly fight the damn thing and be chased out of town afterwards"

"It can't be that bad right?" Dash asked.

"Oh it is, ponies are the most xenophobic species on the fucking planet" I said.

"Xeno- whatnow?" Applejack said.

"Xenophobic, afraid of what's alien to them, the unknown" Twilight said.

"Well whatever. I gotta tell Boss that it's done" I said as I picked up Vinyl and threw her over my back, I then walked back to my house.

"What are you gonna do with her?" Dash asked.

"Lock her up in a cage n' hope she doesn't wake up. Then write a letter to Boss in which I ask for permission to return early" I explained.

"But what about the damages! Those have to be fixed!" Luna asked.

"Not my problem. All I did was follow the FFF plan"

"FFF?" Twilight asked.

"Find. Fix. Finish. It's a military tactic" I said as I opened and walked through the door to my house. As I walked into the workshop I said. "C.R.O.W. cage construct in the corner now!"

"Certainly sir" The friendly AI said as a blue glowing cage digi-structed in the corner.

I opened it and roughly threw Vinyl in it, after which I closed it with a bang.

"Make it ultra sound proof, even though I cut her vocal cords I don't wanna take any chances" I added.

"Certainly sir"

I then walked to my room and grabbed a black piece of paper out of a drawer. I then walked outside again.

"And?" Dash asked.

"She's locked up in a sound roof cage" I said.

"How is she still alive? You stabbed her in the neck twice" Twilight asked.

"I simply cut her vocal cords" I said as sat down and lifted the piece of paper in a red aura. I then coughed up a bit of blood.

"Overkill are you alright?" Luna asked.

"I'm fine" I said as I dipped my right hoof in the blood now lying on the ground. I then wrote a couple lines of text onto the piece of paper.

"What're you writing?" Dash asked.

"I have successfully captured the vampire.
Permission to return early?" I said.

"Why so little? I always right my letters pretty long" Twilight asked.

"It doesn't need to be long as long I get the point across" I said as I rolled the letter up and set my hoof down on to seal it. When I raised my hoof a crimson seal in the form of a skull was sitting there. "I, agent Skull Reaper, want to send this letter to his highness, Lord Death"

"And why would I do that!" A voice boomed from everywhere.

"Not now Cerberus this is important" I said.

"Do I look like I care! I got better stuff to do then send some stupid-"

"SHUT UP CERBERUS OR I WON'T GIVE YOU ANYTHING WHEN I GET BACK TO NIDHOGG!!!"

"Okay okay sorry! Please take something back for me!" Cerberus said as the letter went up in hellfire. "What?" I said as I got a look at the shocked faces of everybody present, Rarity and Fluttershy having only just got up.

"You know Cerberus!?" Twilight yelled.

"Well of course I do. He protects the gateway to Nidhogg Island after all" I said.

"But... But..." Twilight tried to say.

"If you're mouth says open like that sooner or later a ghost will put his dick in it" I joked.

"W-what!?" Twilight yelled red as a cherry after which she snapped her mouth shut.

Both me and Dash burst out laughing. "You are so easy to mess with for somebody who's supposed to be smart!" Dash yelled.

With a small pop a black mist appeared above me and a black letter appeared.

"That's fast" I said as I snatched the letter out of the air and read it. "Looks like we'll be going to Nidhogg tomorrow!"


Author's Note

Sorry if it feels a little cut of,

Emerald Shield out