My Little Hell Correspondence: Vengeance is Magic

"Excellent. Now, come with me. Don't worry, you can shift between forms at will, as you've always done." Discord said, smiling. With a flick of his lion paw, he magically lifted the group of nine into the air.

A portal opened up and everyone braced themselves for the possible worst. Onikiri was lifted from Flora's body.

The portal emitted a bright light that nearly blinded all nine.

Next thing everyone knew was that they were laying stomach-side down on clouds. Clouds that were the color of Discord's bat wing.

Ren was the first to attempt to get up, only to find that his arms and legs became pony-like. As a result, he nearly tangled them thrice in a row. He tried again and got it right this time. Now, he saw that everyone else was a unicorn.

Wanyudo had a brown pelt with charred hooves and horn. Given the fact that he was bald, he naturally had no tail either. On his flank was a black straw doll with a scarlet thread fused with a chariot's wheel.

Hone Onna was sickly white, and her horn was cracked. Her cutie mark was a blue straw doll and red thread as well as two bones crossed together.

Yamawaro was a light tan-green color with a short mane and tail, and there were bits of fungus growing out of his horn. His cutie mark was a yellow-green straw doll with a mushroom for the little head.

Broken Love was a snow-white unicorn, and his tail was long. His cutie mark was a rose-pink straw doll with two hearts formed from the red thread.

Flora's wings were exposed, and her tail hung in tangles. Her cutie mark was a white straw doll outlined in a pool of blood that was shaped like hellfire. There were also three black feathers in this pool, and they looked like they were made of black blood as evidenced by the drips they looked like they were created.

Kikuri had a third eye on her flank, which would indicate she was possessed when that same eye appeared on her forehead right where her little hornbud was. She had an off-white coat.

Ai had a dark grey pelt and her cutie mark was a black straw doll with a portion of it cut out. And that portion looked like the mark of the covenant. There was also a boat paddle being held in one 'hand' of the straw person.

Ren then looked at his flank. A red straw doll with a green third eye on its little torso was there, and one arm was like a katana. He then had to look upwards cross-eyed. His horn was also a katana...or rather, the front of it was. It sat on a pale canvas.

Onikiri had a silver body, and her horn was a dual-edged sword. She lacked a cutie mark, and her mane and tail were black with blood red highlights. Her eyes were grey.

"My, you all are certainly unique." Discord said, smiling.

Blood Raven was the next to get up. She had nowhere near as much difficulty as Ren had when he got up. "Ren, you fail." She taunted, flapping her wings once to ensure that they worked.

Tsuyu got up next. She eyed her surroundings.

Wanyudo followed.

At last, everyone stood up and tried walking around, save for the twins (both of whom smiled deviously.)

"Take your time to get used to it. No rush." Discord said, floating in the air.

The Raven looked under the cloud and saw many towns dotting the landscape. There were straw-roofed houses, there was a castle, there was even a ponified Statue of Liberty somewhere. "Pretty." She gasped.

"Indeed, it is pretty." Discord agreed. "It just needs more Chaos is all. But Celestia put moderation on me, which is a bummer. But it's not that big a deal."

"Uh....how do we get down?" Ren asked, staring down the landscape.

"Well, this is the cloud that you need to jump realms if a request in your world pops up. It's a precaution, actually. You do the same old same old." Discord answered.

"Ah." Ren replied with a grin.

"How about this: I scout the landscape just so we know what the hell we're getting ourselves into. Once I get a good idea of this place, then we start. How's that?" Flora asked, raising a hoof.

"Why not? I have no objections to that." Ai answered, raising her hoof as well.

"My, we sure are smart about this. Do you have an invisibility spell?" Discord asked.

"Closest I have are illusions and phasing through things." Answered the Raven.

"You're not aware that the illusions can be broken?" Discord asked again.

"I had them broken before. I only use them when necessary, since I usually keep to the shadows like everyone else." Answered the Raven again, this time with a sigh.

Tsuyu looked at the sky to tell what time it was, since she didn't bring a watch. In fact, nopony brought one to begin with. The sun was slowly setting to the vast south.

Kikuri had curled up on the cloud and fell fast asleep.

"Do you wait until night?" Discord asked.

"Yes. Since even before the Raven was recruited, we've basically been on a night shift but often carry out the vengeance during the day. And the reason behind that is because it's not only makes it easier to hide, but calling us to aid in vengeance can only be done at the very stroke of midnight." Ai answered. "Though, we have made some rare exceptions to that rule for the sake of the clients involved." She then pointed a hoof at the Raven. "She's a prime example of that."

Discord picked Flora up and looked all over her body. In front of her tail was the mark of the covenant aligned perfectly with her spine.

"Can I get back on the cloud now? This is getting kinda awkward." Flora sighed.

Discord put the mare down, making sure she sat on her haunches.

"Horns. Can't live without em." Broken Love chimed, pointing a hoof to the protrusion on his head.

At once, everyone looked at him save for Kikuri. Flora stifled a giggle with her hoof.

The sun had fully set. The moon was slowly rising from the north. Flora saw this, spread her wings and jumped off the cloud. She rapidly shot towards the land...or, more accurately, a small town just south--or was it north?--of the castle in the mountains.