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Chapter One. “A strange man lands on Equestria.”
A big portal opens from the skies letting a man fall from it smashing himself on the dirt sending instant pain to his body.
This man is all dirty and has a long beard that has been accumulating through the years. His clothes are nothing but rags that makes him look like a vagabond. Despite this, he is well shaped because of his years of fighting the evil.
Trying to calm the pain. He rubs his only hand through his entire head feeling his dirty, greasy and long hair; grumbling, he says, "Ouch... Damn portals, they always make me fall from the skies."
The night is coming quickly and the sun leaves room for the moon.
He regained himself by standing up and looking to his surroundings, "oh, for god's sake...", as his previous summons have given him any hint; for one, it always will leave him far from civilizations and his summoner; two, he will fall right into action. This was really bad luck, indeed; he was in a cemetery... A god damn cemetery, where the evil usually took his bloody army.
The fog was covering the graveyards as the moon got into its final movement. Only then, is when the tombstones began to fly into the skies while the familiar sound of the undead started, assuring him that he'll not be alone for the time being. He quickly turned on his hand-chainsaw to be prepared. To his surprise the first deadite was not a human but a horse rotten to the core.
The pony standing now in front of him said in a menacing way, “I’ll munch your soul!"
Normally, he would be surprised but along his journey through the dimensions, he even had to deal with talking bunnies. So, he did what anyone would do in his position.
Shoot the damn thing.
So, Ash took his trusty sawn-off shotgun and pointed it directly to its face, he deadpanned, "Munch on this."
As expected the horse's head exploded in a hammer-watermelon fashion.
He puts himself in fighting stance waiting for the un-dead to come.
Another perk that his travels unlocked is the one of developing a unique fighting style called 'The Chainsaw', yes, perhaps being in all those years of fighting and rotting his brain almost to insanity let the good part of him go. His cleverness started to fade along with his hope, finding almost a psycho along the way.
A deadite was approaching him with all the bad intentions, so he made this move called 'The Bloody Tornado' which consisted on him spinning with the help of the blood on the floor to twist rapidly and cutting most of the heads if surrounded; cutting the deadite's head instantly with a raw of the chainsaw.
Ash quickly stopped in the action eyeing the monsters ahead, "Come one, let's dance."
The deadites stared at him wide eyed and one of them questioned, "Who are you?"
Ash shrugged, "Your worst nightmare."
Ash's patience faded away as his bloodthirst started to become evident in a warcry that the deadites feared.
He runned at full velocity and using a tombstone to gain altitude made this movement called 'The Hammer' on the air; he aim at the deadite with his chainsaw to cut him on half.
Quickly taking out the shotgun from it's resting place he aim for the closest deadite on sight, blowing his head off in a tomato-sausage way making the corpse kneel before the king.
Another one of the deadites attacked Ash so he received him with a movement called 'Slaying Neck' which consisted on him jumping to an inclination of 45 degrees with his hand-chainsaw aim for to the neck; slaying it like butter falling to his closest feet on the ground kneeling to lower the impact on the floor.
Almost instantly. A deadite nearby took advantage of his position only to find himself with the movement 'Stabbing Boomstick' which consisted on Ash stabbing his chainsaw on the enemy's belly finding itself face to face with the man who nodded; afterwards, receiving a shot to the head with the shotgun.
The deadites started to roar in anger, there was no need to keep waiting. So all of them charged against him. His counterback was this movement called 'The Dancing Chainsaw' that was a combination between the movement 'Slaying Neck', 'Bloody Tornado' and 'Stabbing Boomstick'. Needless to say, that the heads rolled like marbles and no deadite stands.
Heh, you may wonder why he didn't reloaded his shotgun or why the hell his chainsaw didn't run low on gasoline after all this years as well as the ammo. The thing is; he indeed ran out on this two for a while. Those were dark times were he seemed to die; only surviving from the weapons the deadites provided him with. But a magician from another planet enchanted his weapons so he don't needed to worry about his primary weapons.
Ash twisted his shotgun from the holder after the last movement and place it back on it's place shrugging at the death corpses, "Never mess with the king, baby."
After this words. A dead pegasi took him from behind elevating him 20 feet.
Ash always hated when someone sneaked behind him; made him feel weaker. So, he invented this other movement to counter the action:
'Blind Slaying' which consisted on him focusing all his strength and speed on his hand-chainsaw, spinning his torso so the hit cuts instantly the attacker.
He found himself falling again but this time he was ready when landing he instantly rolled on the floor making the weight balance.
Ash looked on the direction where he once was but he didn't like the sight. Before him was an army of pegasi. So, he facepalmed, "Oh, god..."
There was only so much he could take. Even, an army was too much for him. He was no immortal. So, he did what any man would do.
Run like a little bitch.
He runs as hell entering some nearby forest to hide, turning off his chainsaw in the way. He stayed still on the shadows in some bushes.
The pegasi looked around in frenzy for the man. One of them was getting close to Ash's hiding spot founding him. Immediately the deadite turned around his head to alert the others but Ash won't let him covering its mouth with his only hand wrapping the other arm around its neck; he made a quick spin breaking the neck in a crack. He hides the body in the bushes after the moment.
Eventually, the pegasis left flying. So, he left his hiding spot allowing a breath he didn't know he was holding.
"Damn! That was close!"
Ash wiped the sweat from his forehead and began his journey to find his/her summoner. Maybe, if he headed towards the deadites direction he would find something.
So, he did. The journey was at the least... comfortable. Nothing interesting happened. Except for the occasional wild-life running down the bushes, predators staring at him but no daring a movement because they watched the whole fight between the deadites and Ash.
Five minutes passed and he found himself in the most habitual scenery. One of chaos, pure chaos; Buildings burning, deadites killing innocent ponies, ponies fighting back, pegasi using lightning to burn deadites... and one in particular; a pink pony with fluffy hair using a cannon to explode the deadites like a tanking support. She was the most capable of them all so Ash made his move and went to help the mare. But when he was almost near her; she fired to him and with the reflexes of a cat he ducked and throw himself on a special-agent fashion with sawn-off on hand directly looking for the mare's head.
Ash was not amused but it was pretty normal for them to try and kill him when he first approached, so he just gave her a warning.
"I'm on your side... but try that again and you may not be here next time"
The pony merely nodded with a big grin.
A deadite was heard by Ash when he was pointing his gun to the mare so he immediately turned around his shotgun and aim at the deadite in front of him and pulled the trigger in the last second making it explode in a potato-petard in fentom camera way-ish. Ash smiled and turned to the mare.
"You better listen, baby."
The mare nodded and listened as another deadite was coming and she out of nowhere got an apple pie to throw it on the deadite's head making him fall to the ground as the sweet exploded along with the head. She smiled and looked at Ash in the eye.
"You'll never know. I'm full of surprises."
Ash was impressed but would not admit since he saw it like the fourth time in his travels. Randomisers as he would call them; beings capable of breaking their world's physics rules. Naturally, they were geniuses since they could predict almost the future. Normally, they would have shenanigans and antics no one would understand but Ash actually understands them since he knows parallel dimensions actually existed; making the impossible, possible.
"Not bad, baby, not bad."
The mare smiled once more and extended her hoof in a shake-hands fashion.
"By the way, my name is Pinkie Pie!"
Ash grabbed her hoof and made a strong shake.
"Name's Ash, pony-girl."
Pinkie Pie replied coyly.
"Ha-ha, I know silly. I read the introduction."
Ash shrugged and let go of her hoof.
"Ah, so someone is writing about me now, great..."
Pinkie Pie replied playfully.
"Oh, don't worry. I'm pretty sure everything is gonna be alright!"
Pinkie narrowed her eyes and stared at the narrator.
"Or is it, Mr. Narrator?"
Not gonna spoil anything, Pinkie...
Pinkie made the 'I'm watching you' gesture and stared at a now laughing Ash. He always enjoyed when someone fought with the current observant.
They didn't notice but when they were meeting each other a bunch of deadites have been crowding around the two of them all confused and angry.
Ash looked around anxious and Pinkie too. They were just too many maybe meeting each other in the heat of fight wasn't a good idea...
Pinkie narrowed her eyes again and looked at your humble narrator.
"You better watch your step, buddy. You might find something crawling around..."
Yeah, sure, Pinkie. You have no power in here!
Pinkie had venom in her voice.
"Will see about that, creep. I know were you live."
*Gulps*
Ash interrupted Pinkie from her arguing.
"Pinkie, it's been fun and all... but we really should kick some ass, right now."
Pinkie came back to reality and apologised.
"Oh, yeah! Sorry about that. I went just a little-tiny-bit about that."
You damn right!
Pinkie facehoofed.
"You're not helping!"
Not my problem!
Ash pointed his shotgun at...
*BANG*
*Sound of a body falling to the ground*
God dammit! Tim! What have you done, monster!?
Ash pointed his finger at the crew.
"Now, you listen and listen god damn right! I had enough of your antics so you better keep doing your job or I'll show you a world of pain!"
Alright, alright... Jeez, why you so mean?!
Okay... Timmy! Is your time to shine!
What?! For real, Tom?! I was waiting for this like, forever!
For the actual narrator to die?
Well... yeah! Finally, I can narrate!
You are one messed up kid, you know...
Ah, that's what they all say...
Ash snapped.
"Alright, cut your bullcrap and start working!"
Alright, alright.
*coughs*
*Hears somebody being drag on the floor*
Oh, god... Juan! Please, clean this mess up!
Si, señor!
*Hears mop being used*
Ash was tapping his foot on the floor as Pinkie was too; both crossing their upper limbs in a waiting-for-your-bullshit-to-be-done fashion like way.
Ash asked; impatience evident in his voice.
"Are you done?"
Yeeesssss.
Pinkie smiled.
The deadites were totally confused so Ash and Pinkie took the opportunity to blood splatter their asses all over the town.
She was using explosives and a pink canon as the man was using his shotgun and the chainsaw. With a boom over here, a flying piece of a deadite over there. Heads exploding making lots of brains go everywhere. It was a massacre all over the place! I think a pony somewhere revealed the secrets of her stomach, nearby... *Searches for said pony* Oh, yeah! She did! Groooss!
Ash slashed a deadite in half while shooting in another direction to a hellspawn!
"I miss the other narrator"
Pinkie nodded in agreement.
"Yeah, at least he described the fights."
Oh, fuck off. I'm doin' mah best!
Pinkie shushed him.
"Shush you!"
Aaah... but I wanna talk!
Ash stabbed a deadite with his turned on chainsaw as he boom-sticked the bastard!
"Now, now. We don't want to lose another narrator."
I and Pinkie replied as she delivered a present to a confused deadite who then proceeded to open it just to found a boxing glove removing his head from the power of the hit.
"Okay..."
Okay...
Eventually, they got rid of the pest and they continued their journey to Twilight's.
Apparently, he managed to get in time before everyone got killed. The remaining ponies were walking all confused and staring with horror at the massacre. Ash looked at all of them and they looked really terrified. Some of them were staring at him exchanging some glances and quick commentaries. Like:
"What is that thing?” Or “It has to be the responsible for this, we should kill it!”
Ash was getting very mad so when the said pony who said the last sentence. Ash did what any man would do.
He 2nd amendment the poor bastard. Bare handed...
Ash directed his anger in his voice towards the ponies.
"Listen, now you little suckers. I'm here to help you but if I wanted to. I could just do nothing and let you rot! So, here are your options. You let me handle this without trouble or I could just sit here and drink beer. Don't doubt for a moment that I haven't did the same thing in another dimensions just to see if I could break free."
The ponies in front of him stared at him struck dumb, scared, incredulous, some were unfazed like expecting the worse.
Ash smiled and waved them goodbye.
"Come one, Pinkie. Lead the way."
She was incredulous as well. He just murdered one of his own without remorse so that calls for being extra carefull to not make him angry.
Just as they were heading towards the town's library a little filly approached the body of the pony who was dumb enough to face Ash's wrath.
"Daddy!"
The filly yelled as she buried her face on the death corpse and started to cry.
Ash turned his head towards the commotion and stared unfazed. Sure, it wasn't the first time he had to prove his power in order to get some respect but it wasn't like it was the right choice always. But most of the times... it was!"
Pinkie stared at Ash for a moment when they were in front of the library.
"Do you really have to be such a meanie-pants?"
Ash didn't liked when someone questioned his judgement.
"Mind your own damn business, honey."
Pinkie got mad.
"This is my business! This are my herd and you have no right to just murder them!"
Ash had an insane grin on his face and stared at her slowly coming closer to her face.
"But I didn't asked to be here. So, your argument is invalid."
He deadpanned at the last sentence.
Pinkie sighed.
"Okay, okay. I get it! I really do! But you gotta stop being so mean. It's just not right! You know?"
Ash stared at her like thinking about it.
Pinkie pressed with puppy eyes.
"Pleeeease!?"
Ash shrugged and petted her mane.
"Sure, but if this happens again I make no promises."
Pinkie sighed once more.
"Fine by me."
Then, Pinkie proceeded to knock the door a couple of times and scream in a cartoonish way.
"Twilight! Open, it's me Pinkie Piiiiiie!!!"
Twilight opened the door so used to Pinkie's antics and received her as best as she could.
"Oh, hey Pinkie. I see you managed to keep alive and…"
Twilight noticed Ash who was on the right of Pinkie and she stared incredulous.
"Who are you?"
Pinkie said quickly before Ash could talk.
“His name is Ash!!! He is the chosen one the book was talking about when you recited the spell to summon him!”
Twilight now in a more welcoming tone but with a suspicious way of speaking started to introduce her.
"Oh… I see. Well, my name is Twilight Sparkle. Can you tell me what is going on?!? I’m a bit of confused. A bunch of zombies began to attack our village!!! And…"
She got interrupted by Ash who was getting annoyed already.
"Hold on. Don’t get mad. I pass through this all the time. First of all. Where’s that damn book?"
Twilight answered very upset. She really didn't enjoy getting interrupted.
"It’s upstairs. I’ve been studying it. Trying to get a solution and the only solution appears to be YOU! Whatever the hell are you?!? Who is claiming to be the chosen one!"
Ash got really angry now, pointing his index finger at her and then his fat finger to him starting to argue.
"Hey! Don’t be a pain in the ass lady. I don’t ask for this life you know! Besides, If I wanted to; I could just do crap for your cause!"
Pinkie interrupted the arguing before it extended into something more serious and extending her arms. She putted herself in the middle of her friends.
"Everypony! Stooooop!"
Twilight opened her mouth to keep fighting but some consideration pass her spirit. She looked at Ash as she talked to Pinkie.
"You are right, Pinkie. We have to get a solution and argue will not get to anything."
Ash looked to another side in annoyance trying to make Twilight lose her nuts as he replied.
"About time, lady…"
Twilight got angry but then again she calmed herself and with a fake smile, stared at Ash.
"I’ll hear, Ashley. What shall we do?”
Ash looked at her with a carefree attitude and answered. He just loved making someone else angry just for the amusement.
"I don’t know. Usually when I land on another dimension a bookworm has already the solution. I’m only here to kick some ass."
Twilight tried so hard not to get mad but she failed so she began to scream.
"PRICELESS!!! He is the chosen one and don’t know what to do! This is fantastic! Why are you even here!?! You are useless and you don’t even care for us!"
Ash started to argue again and pointed to Twilight.
"You damn right I don't care about you. But if you keep going that way I will let you rot."
Twilight was really pissed.
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"What! You are the chosen one! You’re supposed to stop the evil and your only job is already a failure!"
Pinkie with some hope in her eyes to see her friend happy again interrupted.
"Twilight, please. We have to stop this. Apparently, Ash is our only choice here. We should give him a chance."
When Twilight turned to see the floor to think about it. Pinkie immediately looked at Ash in the eye and made an expression of 'are you kidding me?!'
Ash with a playful expression answered with another expression 'I was just testing her, don't you worry.'
Twilight turned to see him in anger. He quickly deadpanned.
A voice in Twilight’s head said.
"Come on. You are Princess Celestia’s protégé. You’re one of the most powerful unicorns on all of Equestria and you’re giving a bad show here. Let’s give a small step and see what happens.”
She cooled her temper.
"Okay, Ash. We have to do something and fighting will not get to anything. Please help us, what can we do in this situation?"
Ash staring at her in a 'was about time' started to formulate.
"In all my travels to other worlds; I happen to notice that some of the solutions are in the place the Necronomicon was found. So, we can always check there."
Twilight brought a hoof to her face as she thought for a moment.
"The Everfree Forest. I found it during one of my visits to Zecora’s. I got lost and when I was walking to found a way out. I founded this particular tower. I felt attracted to it; like if it was calling me and when I got in. A book was sitting in an altar. I was feeling very excited because I founded a book, a new book! And with my magic; I took it quickly and starting to gallop all the way out of the forest and when I got home to read the book..."
Twilight stopped for a moment to summon a glass of water which she proceeded to drink. I didn't mention it. But she was a mess. Her mane was all dirty and bloody as her coat and she had a tired expression. Once, she gulped the last drop of water she cleared her throat.
"I couldn’t understand a word but with a spell I translated it. Apparently, it was some kind of new magic that only uses words and stimulate the magic that surround us and when I pronounced the words something happened; a bunch of crazy ponies started to attack the village! I freaked out as I started to read the book as fast as i can trying to get a solution."
Twilight dropped a tear and looked down and up to Ash, she continued.
"It took me about a day to found something but only made it worse and... I had to..."
Pinkie saw what was coming; she knew that Spike didn't make it so with all the velocity of breaking physics she hugged Twilight which started to cry and between sobs she finished.
"That’s when I found the spell to summon you and I really hope you help us, Ash."
She wiped her tears as a new fire reborns on Twilight's heart.
"I really don’t know what to do; I’m new to this magic... I would really appreciate if you helped us, Ash."
She stared at Ash with a pleading face and a spark on her eyes that screamed justice.
Ash was not the type who makes a girl plead for help; specially, when they were this brave and strong. So, he started to give indications.
"Okay, but we’re going to get prepared. This is not a child’s play and we’ll need all the help we can."
He pointed to Twilight.
"Make sure to bring your finest warriors"
Twilight nodded and disappeared on a spark of magic.
Ash stared at Pinkie and nodded; she galloped out of the door closing it behind her.
Ash was all alone and he didn't remember the last time he was this alone. Maybe, he would take a nap? It's been long since he didn't sleep very well. So, he started to walk on the living room as he sat on the couch. And exhaling he started to fall asleep. Until, he heard a noise upstairs. He was startled. Maybe, he wasn't alone after all.
Ash began to go upstairs as the wood began to squeak each step he would go. The room was poor lighted with a candle and the place was a mess with papers and books all over it. But what really caught Ash's attention was the Necronomicon standing in Twilight's bed.
Ash was confused.
"Huh?"
Then, the book started to pass pages as fast as a money counter only to fall again in the bed.
Ash began to feel weak and his vision was turning all blurry. He tried to comfort the pain in his head with his only hand as he started to have a mind-trip to god only knows where; falling to his knees. The world started to spin around him as his vision blacked out.
Ash waked up all of a sudden and looking around he tried to decipher where he could be.
"Where the hell...?"
Ash knew well this place and he started to panic.
"Oh, gaawwd... No..."
He was in the cabin of his first encounter sitting on a rocking chair. But he quickly got up and screamed to the skies.
"Noooooooooooooo....!"
But Ash was interrupted as a noise that came from the basement startled him. This was not good. Ash looked at himself and he didn't have his chainsaw but only a double-barrelled shotgun. Did he just returned in time to that point? What was going on? He really started to freak out.
That basement didn’t bring very pleasant memories. But, apparently, he didn't have much of a choice. So, he started to walk carefully pointing his shotgun at the basement's entrance which was open.
The head of the moose on the top of the fireplace stared at him in expectation.
Ash stared at the moose back with fear reflected on his eyes.
What was happening? Why was he there, again? Was all a dream? A really, bad dream?
He was getting closer and closer to the basement as the moose followed him with its eyes all the way long. Getting finally there and standing in front of the little wooden door. He hesitated to step inside since nothing could be seen.
There was darkness.
When he started to descend to the darkness; the moose started to laugh maniacally. Ash tried to ignore the gloomy prediction it meant and started to descend. The little door closed behind him startling the man but It was too late to go back. He couldn’t hear the moose laugh anymore.
Ash descended and descended. But there was not end. Darkness, pure darkness. Not a sound, not a light, not a pain. Like dead.
Suddenly, a light appeared out of nowhere in front of him and he decided to follow it.
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An orange pony with a Stetson was poking Ash’s body to search for a response.
Ash opened his eyes and started to yell at the full of his lungs and standing up with a boost of energy attacked the orange pony trying to asphyxiate her with his only hand. Her eyes were fighting his in a dominance fight. But he was hit by a fry-pan delivered by Pinkie. Ash made a goofy grin and collapsed on top of the orange one.
Pinkie tried to remove Ash's body.
"Applejack! Are you okay?"
Applejack answered between pants.
"I'm... okay, Pinkie Pie. It just..."
She was on four again and looked at Ash. She was really pissed. So, she delivered a hit with her hoof after spitting at the floor where he lyed.
"This piece of shit! Here tried to choke me!"
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Ash opened his eyes.
He was in the cabin, again. Sitting on the chair he looked around the bloody mess of the living room. This was starting to get annoying so he decided to leave this shit-hole. And directed his movements to the door.
Slamming the door Ash started to run into the forest watching as some trees moved and some deadites started to move in his direction. That was the least of his problems because he heard the only noise that chilled his spine.
The evil spirit was after him.
The spirit was faster than Ash and he was insanely running from it; avoiding evil trees trying to block his way, deadites that somehow managed to jump from the trees. But it was not enough. It took him and started to move him very fast through the forest twisting him past the darkness as deadites praised to the hells; until, it smashed Ash on another tree. Ash stayed still on the ground for a moment as the deadites started to surround him. He began to feel power on his body. He stands up and looks around the deadites.
Looking at his only hand he saw a spark. So, he closed his eyes and let the power take over...
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The six ponies around Ash started to look at each other.
The white pony asked to Twilight.
"What is it Twilight?! That foul beast just tried to choke our friend, Applejack!"
Twilight answered with a sigh.
"His name is Ash and he is the chosen one. The one is supposed to stop the evil."
Twilight looked at Ash's body for a moment and bit her lips.
"I really don’t think we should put our hopes on him, Rarity. He just attacked our good friend, Applejack, for no reason."
Pinkie defended him against her friends.
"No! Don't be too harsh on him! Sure, he made some mistakes but we really should give him a chance since he knows how to deal with this kind of situations!"
Applejack didn’t agree.
"How can you be on his side after what he done to me, Pinkie?!"
Rainbow Dash flies in front of Pinkie in protection mode.
"Now, now, Applejack. Don't take it on, Pinkie."
Applejack yelled at Rainbow's face spitting little drops.
"Don't you defend that thing too! He just tried to kill meh!"
Rainbow Dash was not amused.
"I'm not defending it. I was defending Pinkie from you, Applejack. What's wrong with you, girl?!"
Applejack continued her yells.
"What's wrong with me? WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME?! A freakin' alien just tried to KILL ME!"
They were all arguing between each other. Except for one pegasus that didn't liked trouble. But she noticed that Ash's body was emanating some sort of power and as a member of their circle of friends it was her duty to let them know.
"Uhmmm.... Girls?"
But she failed since her voice was barely audible for anyone to hear. That, however, didn't stop her from trying louder.
"Uh... Girls?"
Another failed attempt. But she was losing her patience as well.
"GIIIRLSS!!!"
All of them turned their heads to she and putted some attention. She was terrified by the sudden change of heat that was directed at her.
"Yes, Fluttershy?"
However, she got courage and pointed to Ash's body.
"Look at him!"
All of them now turned their attention to the red aura surrounding him.
Applejack screamed in perturbation.
"What in Tarnation?!"
No one else had the time to say a word because as the last word left Applejack's lips an immense power send them flying through the ceiling and into the bottom floor.
The only strong enough to maintain herself on that floor was Rainbow Dash struggling to not get pushed by the release of Ash’s power. Her face cheeks were moving furiously as she struggled with her wings to not fall the ceiling while the air moved at an impressionable velocity
Once the release stopped. Rainbow Dash was the only pony who could watch what happened so she noticed Ash’s transmutation.
Ash was looking red, ripped and some lightings of power crossed all over his body. Rainbow Dash stared at him in awe and confusion. So, she started to call for her friends.
"Uhmm... guys? Come over here! Quick!"
Twilight could hear Rainbow Dash’s calls and with heaviness she started to stand up to recover from the hit the fall caused.
The other ponies were doing the same.
Pinkie felt backwards and with a quickly movement she put herself in four again. Rarity was being helped to stand up by Applejack and Fluttershy couldn't be seen anywhere.
Pinkie noticing Fluttershy was missing. She let the other ones know and with worry on her voice said.
"Oh my sugary, lord! Where’s Fluttershy!?"
All the ponies around Pinkie took notice as well and they started to look for her between the mess of the library.
Rarity approached a vase and sticks her head in it.
"Fluttershy! Where are you darling?"
Applejack was walking around the library in search for her lost friend.
"Fluttershy come out wherever you are!"
Pinkie was on top of a mountain of books and she perceived a little voice asking for help. She puts inside the mountain of books her hoof and like a rabbit in a trick show she got out Fluttershy.
Fluttershy was heavily breathing and with a smile on her face she said.
"Ah, thank you very much, Pinkie! I don’t know what could have happened if I kept down there!"
Pinkie laughed and replied.
"You would probably choke to death. But you are welcome!"
Once she finished the last sentence in a sing-sang voice. Fluttershy stared at the reader with a face saying. 'She is kidding, right?'
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Ash in anger and courage started to destroy the deadites around him with his bare hand; taking them by the throat and ripping it like a watermelon piece. Others, he just ripped their spine and started to use it as a weapon swinging it around like a mad man.
They were a lot, even more than his first encounter with them on the cemetery.
This time he got all the power he needed to deal with them
His double-barrelled was looking very demoniac and it had a lot of strength. Even it was capable of shooting lightnings every time he pressed the trigger. The power made multiple dead-ponies explode and make every piece of them go everywhere in a rain of blood like in his first encountering with the demons. Evil trees didn't stayed out of the battle as one of them grabbed him by the torso in a menacing way looking to destroy his ribs. But Ash took its fingers and broke them one by one until it let go. As he landed he aimed his trusty double-barreled shooting the tree as evil savia started to rain. Now, the deadites was the last of his problems. The forest itself started to attack.
But he would not give quarters to this son's of bitches. He started to shoot his shotgun as if of a Winchester was. Destroying every tree, leave, little moving stick. Even the deadites received their dosis of pain.
Finally, while fighting the last horde in awe. He finished the last one putting it on the floor while he started to punch it furiously until the deadite's head was nothing but a bloody bulb.
Demonic Ash was in exhaustion and heavily breathing with his face covered in sweat and blood. He let of the deadite go and screamed to the heavens in challenge. The transformation ran out after the scream.
Ash was looking confused at his environment. In surprise and curiosity he looked at himself as he grabbed with the tips of his fingers his clothes. He was covered in blood and on his surrounding there were lots of dead deadites. He was disgusted.
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Twilight was carrying a glass of water with her magic. She was taking it to throw it at Ash who abruptly waked up.
Ash was breathing like he was missing the air. He looked terrified at his surroundings. The six ponies were looking at Ash but this time in surprise, hope and expectation. Was there something he missed?
Twilight taking the lead with a question asked.
"What was that Ash? Why didn’t you tell Pinkie and me that you could do that? You gave us a good scare!"
Ash was confused by her question and looking at her asked.
"Say what again? What did I do?"
Rainbow Dash in excitation yelled in awe.
"The thing! The transformation you made while you were sleeping! It was so cool! How did you learn it?!?"
Ash was very confused right now and trying to look for answers, he asked.
"Hold on a minute. Are you saying I transformed?"
Twilight explained the situation to clear it once and for all.
"Ash, it appears that you somehow managed to steal some power from those demons as you clearly transformed into one."
Ash looked at her in realization.
"Now, that you mention it. I appeared at the cabin were all began. The first time; I was descending through a basement with no end."
He looked down for the piece of memory as he went into rambling mode.
"And the second time. I didn’t know what happened but I was surrounded by corpses and I was covered in blood."
All the six ponies were terrified by his declaration.
Ash was staring at them in expectation as an uncomfortable silence was involving the environment. Fluttershy was trembling; Twilight had a worried expression; Applejack was looking at him in distrust and getting at the defensive by any movement he made; Rarity was disgusted; Rainbow Dash was looking at him in fear and expectation; Pinkie had a gloomy expression.
Ash trying to disperse the heavy environment talked.
"Heya… listen…"
All the ponies exalted. Applejack got in a defensive position; Fluttershy got behind Rainbow as she put herself in a defensive mode; Twilight prepared her horn; Rarity summoned a diamond sword and Pinkie got her canon out of nowhere.
Ash putted his hands on the air and with a not-do-any-harsh-decisions on his face; he removed his chainsaw and shotgun far away from him as he tried to stop the treat of the ponies with his only hand.
"Wait, hold on a minute."
Then, he pointed to himself to make a declaration.
"I’m not the enemy. I would never hurt anyone without a good reason. I’m not the bad guy and you know it!"
As the second statement left Ash's lips he pointed to them furiously.
The ponies were looking at him examining his words and face.
He looked in concern and was heavily respiring.
Twilight stared at Ash for a moment and in an accusation tone she started to deliver her response.
"Do you? How can I trust someone that turns into a demon?"
Ash tried to convince them again.
"I don’t know what happened. Honest."
Applejack talked this time.
"That’s more reason! How can we know for sure we will be safe if you turn again in that thing?!? Even in your straight head you tried to choke me!"
Ash didn’t know how to answer that and he proposed.
"If you don’t trust me. Then, let me go to the forest alone to resolve this situation and I'll disappear forever from your lives. You won't worry about me, anymore. Deal?"
He extended his hand for a shake to close the deal.
Rainbow Dash slapped his hand with her hoof.
"How do we know that you don’t work for them and you are going to tell them our secrets!?!"
Ash was starting to lose his patience as he made his hand a fist to let them know he is frustrated.
"I don’t know anything about you other than you are talking horses! For god's sake. Just let me go!"
Pinkie corrected.
"Ponies! We are ponies!"
Ash in annoyance and with his hands trying to back her out because she got too near.
“Okay, okay. Talking ponies! But please! You got to listen to me! I’m not the enemy here.”
And pointing to the window added.
"Those things out there, are. And they are not going to stop until all of you are dead or worse!"
All the ponies exchanged some glances as Ash waited in expectation.
The ponies finally took a decision and taking away their defensive positions stared at Ash in resolution.
Twilight took the word from there and tried her best to comfort Ash.
"Okay, Ash. We will believe you. For now..."
She changed to a gloomy expression as she said the last statement.
"We have better business than trying to figure out if you are one of them."
She summoned a pipe with tobacco as she lit it with magic and took a deep inhalation and exhale the smoke into Ash's face.
"For now, we are going to take you with us and you’re going to follow our instructions. But if you try anything funny... "
Ash dismissed the idea with his hand in annoyance.
"Yeah, yeah... You'll kill me. I got it."
Twilight smiled at him with her awesome pipe on mouth.
Ash stands up and searched for his weapons finding them and putting them on their respective places. He licked his lips and putted a serious gaze.
"Alright, let's go."
Twilight took the lead and asked to everyone.
"Okay, is everypony ready?"
Every one had serious expressions and nodded in confirmation as they stared at Twilight in expectation.
"Good."
She looked at them with a grin.
"Let’s go to the forest. A long trip... await us."
Chapter Two. “The EverFree Forest”
Twilight was leading the way into the forest while the other ponies were covering Ash in an organized formation.
The forest was creepy before this started. But this is worse.
The moving shadows and evil looking trees looked horrible.
Ash got a bad feeling about this… The trees were moving and he could hear the sound of the deadites around. From the bushes dead ponies started to appear as all the ponies present freaked out.
One of the deadites said.
"Give us the Necronomicon!"
Ash going in front of the ponies said.
"Come and get it"
As he quickly took the sawed-off shotgun out of the holder and a quick shot to the head was the ending of the arrogant one. After that, the deadites begun to attack.
Pinkie took her cannon out of nowhere ready to blow to pieces those zombies as Twilight made the magic flow from her horn ready to make some powerful spells. Dash and Applejack ran into the horde bucking like crazy bulls. Rarity with no other option than fighting; took a crystal that turned into a sword with her magic and with a war scream she joined the fight. Fluttershy didn’t know what to do; they were fighting already and she was being saved by the others as they saw her in danger. She was being useless for combat.
Dozens of them exploded to pieces by Pinkie’s canon and quick sparkles destroyed multiple ponies, courtesy of Miss Twilight. Rainbow Dash couldn’t be seen anywhere but a quick dash was ending with dozens of them. Applejack was removing heads with her bucking abilities. Swings of chainsaw breaking bones and multiple booms of the shotgun made skulls explode.
One of them nearly took Twilight from behind but Ash managed to bump into him with the chainsaw while the shotgun blew its head.
Twilight looked at him with surprise.
She couldn’t believe it! Ash had the perfect opportunity to get rid of her and instead of doing it, he saved her life.
Twilight stared for a moment to Ash's eyes. He did the same. Until the sound of a deadites interrupted.
After minutes that felt like hours of fighting. The deadite-ponies were killed.
They were exhausted and when they were recovering some air Twilight formed a question to Ash.
"Do you really do this all the time?!?"
Ash answered with a smile of irony.
"Yeah! What I tell ‘ya?!? This isn’t easy as it looks like."
Twilight smiling back answered.
"You were god damn right, back there. I think we can really trust you Ash. I hope I’m making the right decision."
And looking to her friends everyone nodded in agreement.
Ash felt really relieved. Now, he got their trust.
Pinkie quickly took cupcakes out of her pockets.
"Here! Eat this! It will restore your energy!"
She gave one to everyone and she ate one herself. Everyone ate it quickly to restore their energies. When they ate the cupcakes. They felt revitalized. Ash yelled to the skies
"Come for me, you maggot horses! I’m not afraid of you!"
Rainbow Dash joined the yell hugging Ash with her hoof.
"Yeah! Come here! We are gonna beat the manure out of you!"
Pinkie yelled too.
"Yay! Come, we’re waiting!"
Twilight joined them.
"Yeah. I will destroy you!"
Applejack didn’t stay out of the play
"I’ll smash you like apples for my breakfast!"
Rarity got excited by the moment.
"You brutes! I’m going to slash you with my sword!"
Even Fluttershy got the spirit of the fighter.
"This time I’m going to make you pay!!!"
All the others got really surprised by Fluttershy’s statement.
Fluttershy saw them with a cute frown.
"Yeah, they’re gonna regret the time they tried to hurt my friends!"
Everyone laughed as everyone followed Ash who walked leading the little group.
A while had past and in laughs everyone was forgetting the rough time Equestria was having but the objective was still clear.
On the distance a spooky looking structure shows itself.
At the eyes of Twilight this was seen. Opening her mouth to talk got interrupted by Ash.
"That must be it. I recognize an evil looking Tower when I see it."
Twilight got angry.
"Hey. I’m trying to talk here. I was the one to find the book, remember?"
Ash argued.
"No time for talking. I want to get out of here. I can’t stand you anymore."
Twilight made a rage spell.
"ME NEITHER!!!"
Pinkie tried to stop them once more.
"Come on guys! We have a world to save here!"
Ash looked to Twilight in a cynical expression.
"Pinkie is right. Shut your mouth or I will make you!"
Twilight in rage argued.
"What?!? Who do you think you are?!?"
Ash stood in an arrogant pose and answered.
"I am the chosen one, baby, and I’m telling you to shut up."
Twilight with all her anger began to attack smashing Ash with her horn. Ash received the attack on his stomach. Quickly, he grabbed her head with his right arm and started to punch her with his left fist on her sides. She gave a quick buck with her free hoofs hitting Ash’s head causing him to bleed while he felt backwards. Ash rubbed his head with his left hand and saw the blood.
"This is serious business."
He turned on his chainsaw and posed a fighting style.
Twilight prepared herself as her horn started to spark.
"Bring it on!!!"
Pinkie stopped the duel putting her between them.
Applejack holds Twilight and Rainbow Dash holds Ash.
Pinkie talks with a pleading expression on her face.
"Please. Stop guys. I don’t want my friends to fight. Or to lose them."
Applejack still holding Twilight from the imminent fight agreed
"Yeah partner. That’s no way to treat a friend and a lady."
Rainbow Dash holding Ash added.
"Yeah, Ash, not cool. I think you’re a great pony… or whatever the hell are you. But if you’re hurting my friends. Then I’m not gonna hesitate on finishing you."
Rarity and Fluttershy were watching in a passive mode but their eyes were expulsing the poison and hate Ash’s action provoked.
Ash turned off his chainsaw as he stopped the struggle. Rainbow Dash left her effort for holding him as he walked his way to the tower.
"It’s better for me to do this alone. I can’t risk another fight like this. Besides, I always end up alone lately."
Twilight quickly talked to Ash with an apology.
"Stop! I am so sorry. I don’t know what got into me. Please. Don’t go on your own. We can be useful on the way and you just saw the amounts of zombies out there. Now, imagine the quantity of them in that Tower!"
Ash looked at the ponies for a moment. All of them had serious expressions on their faces.
He looked to the skies as memories of his first encounter with the evil started. The book, His girlfriend dancing as he touched the piano… and her return from the dead, people that died without mercy on his travels around the universes and different enemies he encountered at the end of the world.
He got his feet on the ground once Twilight got close enough to touch him and with consideration on her eyes said.
"I can’t possibly know the pain you been for all this time but I can assure you something. We are getting through this together and if we die; will be together as it should be."
Ash stared at her eyes for a moment and then looked at everyone else. He saw determination and courage on all of them. Then, looking at Twilight again, he added
"Okay. It’s okay. If you really want to come with me. Let’s go."
He started to lead the way to the tower in silence.
Chapter Three. “The Castle of the Dead”
They were close to the tower but something stopped Ash from going any further. He made some instructions to hide quickly into the bushes as he pointed to the two big, dead and angry-looking Minotaurs that were guarding the entrance.
Twilight with calculating eyes made an observation.
"That’s weird. They were not there before. In fact the Tower was empty and it was on ruins."
Ash said sarcastically.
"What were you expecting? Some fancy welcoming?"
She got angry.
"NO! I was just saying. You have to improve your manners, mister."
Ash looked to another side.
"Whatever."
Rarity made a suggestion.
"We should make a plan to get in without alerting anyone."
Ash ignored the advice as he began to run towards the Minotaurs. Twilight screamed
"Hey, wait! You can’t just go like that!"
She started to gallop into his direction. Rainbow Dash got excited and exclaiming.
"Oh yeah! This is my kind of action!"
She flew in the way Twilight and Ash were running now. Applejack and Pinkie without saying anything joined. Only Rarity and Fluttershy stayed for a bit in confusion but watching each other made them react as they ran too.
Ash jumped as he turns on his chainsaw and stabs the Minotaur on its chest taking out the boom-stick to shot the Minotaur’s head. But the Minotaur is still standing.
Ash got surprised and nervous.
"Hey, hello pal. You are not angry, are you?"
The angry Minotaur looked at him. Eyes on rage and with a guttural voice, it said.
"I’ll swallow your soul."
Ash quickly started to hit the Minotaur multiple times with his shotgun with the hope it just got weak but instead of it, the Minotaur took him from his torso as the Minotaur smashed him to the ground.
Ash yelled in pain on the ground. The Minotaur was about to finish him but the Minotaour saw another destiny. A nasty one.
First, Twilight got there, takes it with telekinesis and with great force she smashed his head on the ground. Followed, Rainbow Dash took it from there and with all her velocity she hit its head with all her force too. Applejack got there and jumping bucked so hard the Minotaur that his head almost got out of place.
Pinkie who was behind Applejack got her cannon as she finished the job with a great boom that made the Minotaur’s head explode.
The other Minotaur was about to attack watching this but it got slashed by Rarity’s sword cutting him in half and Fluttershy used something that no one of her friends saw she could do.
Fluttershy made the stare on the Minotaur’s dead eyes and made it explode with all the force she could make.
Ash was on the ground with his mouth open in surprise then he closed it slowly with his hand, getting up he stared at the ponies in awe.
Twilight noticed this and making a sarcastic smile she said.
"What? Surprised?"
Ash tried to not appear surprised and he said coughing.
"Yeah. Not bad."
Rainbow Dash got really excited.
"Are you kidding?!? That. was. AWESOME!"
Applejack got excited too.
"Yiiiiiiiiiijaaaa partner! That’s how we buck the trees on the farm!"
Pinkie said in excitation.
"It was super-duper-mega-ultra-fun!"
Rarity said in her accent.
"Oh, darling, you didn’t expect me to be a useless lady, did you?"
Fluttershy in a kind tone.
"Oh mister, we are the Elements of Harmony after all."
Ash just smiled and with pleasure on his soul he said.
"Okay, I'll admit it. It wasn't that bad."
Rainbow stared at him and exclaimed.
"Are you kidding?! Because..."
Ash puts himself in front the entrance
.
"Enough of celebration, we ain't done yet."
Rainbow stared dumbfounded and looked for Twilight support with a glare. Twilight shrugs and declares.
"He's right Rainbow. We can't afford to loose more time, every second counts."
As Twilight followed behind then she searched for Applejack's support,
"She's right, sugarcube, sorry."
She tried for Pinkie's but she only followed behind, Rarity's neither she says.
"Sorry, darling but they are right"
Fluttershy tried to avoid Rainbow's eyes with a sorry, defeated she followed behind.
The structure was immense. Twilight opened her mouth in surprise and in exclamation she said.
"Oh, Celestia. This was not this big before!"
Ash was now disturbed.
"Hold on. Don’t tell me you got it on the top of it."
She answered with annoyance and resignation .
"Yes! Oh, no. This is going to take forever!"
Ash frowned at the statement.
"Great! What now smart-ass?"
Twilight answered annoyed.
"Stop that! We’ll find a way."
Before Ash could say anything, Pinkie pointed with her hoof.
"Look guys! An elevator!"
Everyone looked at Pinkie’s pointing hoof. It was a huge door. Enough to fit an elephant inside it. Twilight looked at it and sarcastically she said.
"How convenient! It must be a trap…"
Rainbow Dash said in resignation.
"Well. I don’t see any other option, Twilight. Besides, every second counts, isn't it Twi?"
Twilight stared at Rainbow with a pokerface.
"Touché"
They were about to get in when a dead Manticore flies in front of them making an intimidating pose and looking very arrogant. The Manticore said with a playful grin.
"Where are you going fellas?"
Fluttershy answered hesitating.
"Umm… upstairs?"
The Manticore apologized.
"Sorry but you are not going anywhere."
Twilight started to get pissed and looking to the Manticore, she said
"Then, why you even bothered to ask?!?"
The feline started to laugh in amusement.
"That’s not the point now. Prepare to die."
Before anyone could make a movement Ash pointed to the Manticore’s face.
"Hey, what’s that in your face?"
The Manticore stayed still and with his claws started to pat randomly on his face nervously.
"What? Where?"
Then, Ash jumped to Manticore’s head chainsaw started to cut its brain. The Manticore moves angrily looking like a rodeo. Everypony is surprised as Ash is resisting the movements. He begins to scream to snap the ponies out of it.
"Any time you feel like it! I will not last longer!!!"
Only Twilight and Pinkie could do something because their specialities were throwing power and destruction.
Twilight started to prepare a spell with all her effort and Pinkie was preparing some quick mix ups to make better explosives. Once, they got it they shot their power to The Manticore’s limbs. It's pretty effective as it makes the Manticore loose its limbs. In agony the Manticore managed to say.
"You cheaters!!!"
Ash looks at his funny.
"Ha-ha. In the war and love everything is permitted, baby."
Ash shoot his boom-stick in the little hole he made with his chainsaw on the Manticore’s head ending the dialogue and its life.
Everypony stares at Ash in surprise. Apparently, he has his own As on the sleeve. He says as he puts the shotgun in the holder.
“I know. I’m a quick thinker.”
Twilight replies exasperated, “Yeah, It was amazing but we have to keep moving. I don’t want any other creature coming out of nowhere.”
Pinkie agreed with the statement, “You got it Twilight!”
Ash nodded as they walked in to the elevator.
It was enormous. Everyone seemed to be amazed by it, How could it be so big!?
Twilight looks at her surroundings, “So this is it! How do we get this started?”
Rarity got close to a lever and pulling from it some chains that seemed to be holding the platform began to move as it started to go up, “I got it. Well, I think we should rest a bit. This seems like a long, loooong way.”
Ash looking up said, “Not so fast Miss fancy-pants. Look” as he pointed up
Everyone listened to Ash’s observation watching dead Pegasus fly over their head and the quantity of them that seemed without end.
Rainbow Dash said in annoyance, “Oh, man. Not this guys again...”
Twilight with questioning eyes said to Rainbow, “Did you fight these creatures before?”
Rainbow looked at Twilight to answer, “Yes, at Clousdale, a swarm of those things attacked the town.”
They were interrupt when one of the flying deadites almost slashed Applejack’s head making her hat fly away along with the deadite. She got really angry, “Hey come’re you bastard! That was my most valuable object!” She tried to chase it but it was out of reach. She was angry and frustrated but Twilight got it by shooting a spark that destroyed the flying deadite along with her hat.
Applejack looks at Twilight funny as Twilight looks everywhere with her eyes for a route of flee, "I'm so sorry, Applejack. I..."
Applejack just stares at her, "We talk about this later. There are other matters at hoof."
Twilight just gulped.
Ash snaps out of their conversation giving instructions, “Twilight, Pinkie. You can shot things to far away objectives. I want you to destroy the most deadites you can. I count on you to make the job easier for us since you are the most heavy fighters” They saw each other and nodded.
He pointed to Rainbow, "You, go and fly from a good perimeter that lets Twilight and Pinkie shot in liberty and do your thing." Rainbow salutes and leaves a rainbow dash.
Ash finishes, "Rarity, Fluttershy, Applejack, I need you to defend Twilight and Pinkie from the deadites, they are intelligent and will try to stop them.“
Everyone followed the instructions as Twilight shot to the targets making them ashes. Pinkie made them explode and some of them got seriously injured with some third grade burns.
Rainbow flies with amazing pirouettes, hitting the deadites as she moves them to the explosions and Twilight’s shots.
Rarity slashed the deadites that tried to get near Twilight or Pinkie. Fluttershy watching at the distance making their heads explode.
Applejack was bucking them so hard because of her anger. She was leaving them completely dead.
Ash was moving very fast his chainsaw cutting in half, the middle or simply stabbing to shot to the heads making them suffer before dying.
That was one hell of a waiting. Those dead Pegasus never ended. It was like if they just spawned ready for more! And the fighters were getting tired. They couldn’t make this forever.
Twilight was destroying with her horn some deadites and stated, “Ash! We can’t do this any longer! We have to think about something!”
She got protected by a Rarity on rage covered in blood, she said, “Yeah, I don’t know if I could be like this any longer!”
Fluttershy still in concentration making the heads explode made an observation of her situation, “My head is hurting a lot. We have to do something!”
Applejack still in rage said, “Don’t complain. Keep fighting! We have to endure!”
Rainbow could only be seen making the deadites fall to their dead or hitting them near the danger. Ash exhausted and still breaking bones managed to say, “I know but can’t you see they are a lot!”
Twilight made a sarcastic joke, “You don’t say! It’s what we are trying to communicate to you!”
Ash was thinking what could they do while fighting. They were a lot, the ponies were already exhausted and it appeared the end of their existence.
Twilight suddenly noticed an aura coming from Ash. So, she made some connections with her memories and came up with an idea.
“The thing, Ash! Do the thing!”
“The what?!”
“Turn into a demon and slay all the deadites!”
“I don’t know how!”
“Concentrate; remember what happened in your dream!”
Ash stopped fighting for a moment while the other ponies were covering him. He tried to remember his dream. Some flashbacks came to his mind; the basement, the sudden run into the forest and… the power.
He concentrated as hard as he could. He was beginning to sweat and to get covered in red mist. The inevitable happened and he levitated between lightnings and power as he changed aspect into a demonic one. All the ponies around stopped their actions, even the flying deadites stayed still.
Ash looked around in anger, selecting a victim, looking for an enemy. A deadite dared a move and his life ended as Ash took a shot with his shotgun making the deadite explode by the power of the lightning. The deadites didn’t wait for more so they started to fight back. But their chances on surviving were zero.
Ash was stronger, quicker and madder. Cutting in half some of them with the chainsaw, breaking some heads with one hit from the butt-gun, lightnings making blow to pieces the deadites. A spectacular show of blood, a blood bath, a vampire would be so happy to see so much blood.
Even, if Ash was making the most of the massacre, the mane six didn’t stay out of the game making their part eliminating the most they could. Rarity slashing like a crazy swordsman on drugs; Pinkie was making the roll of a bomber; Twilight making her spells and watching the full destruction it caused; Applejack smashing like pumpkins with a hammer some heads; Rainbow killing with one hit her adversaries because of the speed and Fluttershy making heads explode like balloons.
After some time the deadites didn’t show up. Leaving everyone very exhausted. Demonic Ash looked to the skies and screamed as he came back to normality. Ash was dazed and confused. Without any advertisement he passed out.
Between shades and fuzziness, Ash woke up feeling better now. He looked around. The mane six were surrounding him, talking and joking. He stared in confusion, how could they be so happy after a massacre when they are the authors of said atrocity? He tried to forget.
Twilight saw him incorporate, “Oh, hello, Ash!”
“Hey, Smart-Ass. How is it going?”
Twilight tried to ignore the first words.
“Really fine, these are fun times. We were waiting for you to wake up! So, we could go for the last boss. Because according to the books I’ve had read. A final boss is going to be next and we really need an ‘extra hand’, if I may, to help us out!”
Ash laughed for a minute, “Daawww, how cute, playing with the words like a child.”
Pinkie joined the fun!
“Yeah! It’s super fun, you see! Parangaricutirimicuaro. If you want to parangaricutimicuarizar, you have to parangaricutimicuarizar. Before you go parangaricutimicuaro.!”
Applejack saw in a disoriented mood, “Say what again?”
“Oh you silly, It’s Parangaricutirimicuaro. If you want to parangaricutimicuarizar, you have to parangaricutimicuarizar. Before you go parangaricutimicuaro.!"
Rarity tried too, “Oh, darling it’s pretty simple, Parangaricutirimicuaro. If you want to parangaricutimicuarizar, you have to parangaricutimicuarizar. Before you go parangaricutimicuaro.!”
Applejack tried with no success, “Parangaracutimivicuaro, ehmmm, no, paragaricutimivicuaro, NO! Dem fancy words!”, Applejack covered her ears on shame.
Pinkie laughed in her silly nose laugh as the others joined in guffaw.
Ash was happy now. He knew the reason of life. Dat Pinkie, is so damn good at her thing.
Twilight stood up, “Okay everypony! Let’s move, we have a train to catch up and the time is running out!”
Rainbow Dash smirked, “Really? A train analogy? BWAHAHAHA!”, She ended up in the floor laughing to dead. The others did too and Twilight felt ashamed.
Rarity tried to give her some cheers, “Oh, come on Twilight, we are all having a good time here!”
Twilight relaxed for a moment and smiled to Rarity, “Thanks…”
Rarity gave her a warm smile, “You’re welcome, dear, anytime.”
Ash retreaded the lead, “All right, let’s move. I feel like kicking some ass now.”
Rainbow joined the statement, “You listened to the boss. Let’s bounce.”
Twilight saw the opportunity and smiled, “Really, Dash? Your guetto words are very offensive”
Rainbow couldn’t help but sole hoof, “Twilight… That’s like the stupidest joke I’ve ever heard.”
Twilight tried to defend her ‘joke’, “Oh, come on! It’s a good one.”
Fluttershy disagreed, “I mean, no offence, Twilight, but It kindy, little, messed up.”
Twilight frowned in her place.
Dash tried to cheer her up, “Just stay with the sarcastic jokes. They suit you better, Twilight. But I think we are moving from the real thing. Let’s move! Before, Twilight, tries to kill us with bad jokes!”
Twilight smiled in a sarcastic way, “Very ‘funny’, Dash. But you are right. We have to move.”
Ash was almost at the giant door near the end of the corridor, some steps farther than the ponies, “It was about time, lady. I’ve been waiting for years for you to come.”
Pinkie exclaimed in an exaggerated exclamation, “Oh, come on! What a party pooper…”
Ash apologized, “Sorry, lady. I’m here just for business now” As he opened the great door, letting a smell of rotten corpses involve the environment.
Rarity quickly covered his nose letting reclamation go its way, “What a terrible smell! I’m not going inside, not even for all the gold of Equestria!”
Applejack quickly pushed her inside the room making her fall near a corpse of a pony obviously rotten to its brain. “Oh, don’t be so girly now. We have a job to finish.”
Rarity stood up quickly and exclaiming, “How rude of you! I felt near a corpse! Do you know how disgusting that is?!”
Applejack defended herself, “Come on, Rarity, we just left thousands of bodies in the elevator, and you were covered in blood before we got here.”
Rarity realized, “Yeah! I know! What a horror!”
Ash got mad, “Oh, come on! Could you two cut it out! We are in some serious business here!” Ash pointed to the pony who was sitting in the middle of the room, surrounded by the bodies. It looked black, slim and it had a bug kind of form. All the ponies felt nervous and angry. It was only one creature they met before that had these characteristics, The Queen of the Changelings. No mistake. She was in the middle of the room sitting in loneliness expecting for some one.
Ash interrupted the heavy silence, “Hey, you, ugly! What are you doing all alone?!” There was no response. Ash approached the Queen who was looking to the space, smiling in an evil way.
The Queen was now looking at Ash in a scary dead face.
“Hello, Ash. Long time no see.”
“I have never seen you in my entire life. I would remember someone as ugly as you.”
The Queen smiled in awe, “That’s so rude of you. Remember, that time I used the TV show to expand my little army of deadites?”
Ash smiled sarcastically, “Yeah, how could I forget. You interrupted my happy time and I had to kill the bartender.”
The Queen laughed in a voice combined with a guttural and an after dead sound like, “Hahahaha. I see you didn’t forget me.”
Ash felt pissed, “How could I forget! You used that fine girl to manifest!”
The Queen laughed her ass off, “Hahahahaha… Poor little, Ash, in love of another girl. Whatever happened to, Linda…?”
Ash was in anger now and he pointed to the queen, “Don’t you dare to bring, Linda, into this conversation!”
The Queen smirked.
Ash was so pissed, starting the fight with a quick swing of the chainsaw after turning it on. The Queen only laughed more. The chainsaw appeared to be hitting the objective. But the Queen was not even a little hurt.
The Queen putted in front of him at a high speed, “You are so slow little, Ashley. Too SLOW.”, the Queen then bucked so hard Ash in the mouth making him lose some teeth and making him fly to the other side of the room, only to be catch by the Queen’s horn, drilling his heart.
The Queen smiled cynically, “Oh poor little, Ashley. Are you in pain? Let me help you with that.”, then the Queen prepared a fatal spell that would make his body blow to pieces. But Twilight teleports just in time to tackle the Queen with a shield made by her magic, “Leave him alone devil spawn!”, Ash’s body went limb to another direction.
The Queen smiled in shadows, “And I haven’t forgotten about you little, Twilight”, then the Queen quickly gave her a buck breaking the shield and smashing her head on the ground in a blood bath, leaving Twilight out of combat.
Rainbow Dash then flew to their direction at full velocity ready to hit with all her force the Queen. But the Queen was faster, so she bucked hard Dash sending her to the skies only to throw at her a greenish laser that were blocked by Fluttershy’s mind in an effort to stop the imminent dead of her friend.
The Queen seemed fascinated, “You used your mind, huh? I cannot let you live for longer. But you’re going to be interesting:”
The Queen moved to Flutteshy’s back in a blink and then backstabbed her with her long and black horn, “Well, I didn’t expect this to be so easy.”
Applejack, Rarity and Pinkie, attacked in anger. Applejack bucked the Queen and Rarity stabbed the Queen with her sword as Pinkie shot the canon so near that everyone’s view went black as a dense smoke surrounded everything, “You are so slow.”
The Queen came out of nowhere returning Applejack a hard buck, Rarity a stab to her belly and Pinkie, the last one standing…
The Queen smiled in a devilish way, “So, you are the last one…” She prepared her horn as a green light and a black aura surrounded the Queen. Pinkie was static; the fear left her without a movement.
A lightning came out from another direction hitting the Queen directly making her magic fade away for a moment. She looked around with a wound on her face, “What the buck! Who dared to attack my beautiful face!?!”
Ash was standing at some distance, already in the demon form.
The Queen saw him in hate and venom, “YOU! YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO BE DEAD.”
Demonic Ash answered with a guttural and demonic voice, “I am”
The Queen quickly went to Ash’s direction bucking him so hard, his head turned on his own shaft. Ash answered with a quick stab to the Queen’s black heart, shooting once more to her head.
BLAM!
Half of her head blew to pieces.
The Queen was really mad, “Come one! Raise my minions and help your Queen!”
All the bodies in the surroundings started to incorporate. They were thousands, the wastes of the Queen’s food. All the bodies screamed in an ugly way letting their pain be felt. Ash started to hit with the gun’s butt the, now visible, Queen’s brain.
The Queen laughed in awe, “You are so desperate!”
Ash was now smashing the Queen’s head into the ground creating craters where it was hit. Pinkie was very terrified. This was a monster’s fight. She could not do anything. But some bravery floods her heart and with resolution she started to attack the deadite army. She had to do it alone so Ash could take care of the monster. The deadites were ignoring Pinkie. But her explosives were really giving some devastation.
Ash was now even hitting to dead some deadites with the Queen. She was laughing of their effort to keep alive, “Hahahahaha, my little ponies! You’re my toys now! There is nothing you can make to beat me! Bwaahahahahaa!”
The Queen then with her horn made some powerful magic that involved her being making Demonic Ash lose his hand setting free the Queen. Ash screamed in pain and rage as the Queen was flying to another direction in awe and screaming in happiness, “Bwahahahaha! Poor little, Ashley... Do you need a hand?” she got a direct explosion from Pinkie’s canon, causing more damage to the Queen. But the Queen didn’t take this very well…
“Do you like to play dirty… eehh little, Pinkie?” The Queen was already in front of her, Pinkie could smell her decomposition state and she was really scared of her look, “It’s my turn to play with you!” Pinkie didn’t like the sound of that. Then she gave her a strong buck that sent her to the deadite army. “Minions, play with her too!” The deadite army was smiling in a devilish way. But Ash managed to catch her in the middle air as he embraced her starting to spin like a twist with his chainsaw turned on making all the deadites to stay dead once and for all.
The Queen didn’t liked the watch, “You bastard! Pinkie is supposed to die!” Ash managed to answer, “Not on my watch”
“SON OF A PIG!”
This blood twist was now expulsing explosions, by Pinkie’s courtesy, making even more devastation killing to the instant all the army left, “YAY, this is super fun!”
The twist stopped letting see Ash untransformed holding under his left arm Pinkie who was happily laughing. “It’s over Queen, I have won.”
“BWAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHA, THIS HAS JUST BEGUN.”
She wasn’t kidding, her other brain half started to regenerate at a high speed as a greenish aura involved her body while all the blood involving the room started to move on her direction, “I not only feed on love, but the blood and flesh of the fallen!”
Pinkie yelled, “Oh, come on!”
The Queen not only was regenerating but her body was changing into a bigger and stronger one, “You’ll see my final transformation! You should feel honored”
Ash only laughed, “hahahahaha, you’re uglier than before, I think I’m going to throw up!”
“How dare you!”
“I’m gonna beat your ass in any form you have.”
“Let’s see!”
With that the Queen now in the form of a disgusting and ugly monster started to shoot power from her mouth. Ash dodged the attack jumping to another side, “Ha and you’re slower!”
The Queen really got mad, “I’m going to murder you!!!!”
“You don’t have a chance, Pinkie, go and fabric the most powerful and dangerous explosive you ever made. I’ll distract the Queen. We’re going to see some fireworks tonight.” Pinkie nodded and saluted Ash, “You got it!”
Ash started to move his arms up and down capturing the Queen’s attention, “Hey, ugly! I’m right here! You can’t hit a target even if it were at your ass!”
The Queen got really mad, “You’ll pay for that!”, Sending a lot of mist, corpses, green power and blood. Ash managed to dodge every single attack. Meanwhile, Pinkie was on an unpacked laboratory creating something nasty, something that would blow to pieces the whole Canterlot! She was at the final steps when Ash screamed to her, “Is it done already!?”
Pinkie answered, “Almost done! Aaaaaaandd… It’s done!”
Ash answered happily, “It was about time! Quick, use it on her!”
Pinkie didn’t agreed, “I can’t. This is so powerful and dangerous that could destroy the entire tower and leave a crater on the ground once it was standing!”
Ash yelled in frustration, “Pinkie, you took this very far! How are we supposed to beat this witch!?”
Pinkie thought for a moment.
Ash was really agitated and the Queen was still trying to hit him.
Pinkie was now thinking with a hoof on her chin.
Ash dodged a green power that almost hit him.
Pinkie was now thinking with a bubble-pipe.
Ash screamed impatient, “But for today!” He dodges another green power.
Pinkie now with a spotlight on her head screamed, “I got it! A timer!” Then she got out of nowhere one that connected quickly to the bomb, putting twelve minutes, “We have twelve minutes to leave or we are going BOOM!” Pinkie extended her arms to the sky imitating the explosion.
Ash got really freaked out, “Pinkie! What have you done?!”
Pinkie got excited, “Ahhh, Duh… I just condemned us all! Wait a little, tiny minute…” Pinkie took a hoof to her chin creating some connections, “Oooooh… Sorry.”
Ash had to think quickly, “No time for a discussion. Quick! Take everyone and let’s get out of here before we blow to pieces!” Ash takes the body of Twilight that was the nearest and Rainbow Dash. Pinkie got on her back the other three ponies left. “OOuuuhh. They are heavy!”
Ash replied, “Don’t complain! This is your entire fault!” Running he dodged some attacks of the Queen who screamed in rage, “You are not going anywhere!”
They got out the room closing it behind them. Ash ran at his full limit, “Run, PINKIE, RUN!” Behind them the door blew to pieces letting see an angry Queen, “COME HERE MY LITTLE TOYS~”
Pinkie got freaked out, “Holy BUCK! She is just so creepy. It gives me the chills~! Brrrrr~”
Ash replied at the knowledge, “Tell me about it!”
The long corridor felt really endless. The Queen was hunting them without a rest on the hall destroying everything at her step. When finally the light at the end resulted on the elevator, “We’re here; shoot everything you got against the Queen to back her down!” The other ponies that were unconscious were let aside as Pinkie and Ash shoot their arsenal. The Queen had to stop; Pinkie’s explosions were hurting her really badly. Ash quickly pulled the lever to descend.
But… the elevator didn’t work. Ash was very upset, “God, this was working not ten minutes ago!”
The Queen entered the lair were they are and with a face that let know her blood thirst, said, “Oh, what’s that little, Ashley? The elevator is not working?” The Queen laughed in delight after her questions.
Ash and Pinkie looked at each other with worried glances. Pinkie said with her eyes, “What are we going to do?!” Ash answered, “I don’t know!” The Queen was still laughing, not to her joke, but to her victory.
Pinkie, suddenly without wasting time got out of her pocket some cupcakes that she put on her mouth starting to chew them at full velocity and after that she started to kiss her unconscious friends making them eat what she was chewing. Ash was looking in surprise and the Queen stopped her laugh.
Like if it was a miracle the unconscious ponies started to wake up looking around confused by what was happening.
First Rainbow, “What’s that? Mom, is time for school?” Pinkie held her head squishing it in excitement, “It worked! It really WORKED!”
“Huh, Pinkie? Where’s mom? Where are we? This is not home!”
Pinkie laughed, “Hhehehe, you silly, we are fighting the Queen of the Changelings, remember?”
Rainbow looked around in confusion seeing first Twilight who was now standing on her own, pawing her head from the buck the Queen gave her. Then to Rarity who was standing all confused and holding her belly stopping the bleeding; Applejack was all dazed like on alcohol: Fluttershy was crying in pain on the floor trying to stop her bleeding; Ash was looking at her in hope.
The Queen then laughed again, “Bwaahahahaha, I was worried for a moment there, but you don’t even know where you are! Hhahahahaha!”
Twilight stopped her pawing and looked at the Queen in annoyance. Rainbow got angry so she flew on the Queen’s direction only to be smashed against the floor with one of the Queen’s big meaty hoofs, “You are one annoying fly”
Everyone got on their senses, Dash was not moving a muscle and her bones seem broken. Applejack got very angry, “How dare you to crush Dash! We are going to avenge her!” Now, she was running to her. Rarity got mad and got two other crystals that turned into swords as she screamed in rage. Twilight started to shoot sparks despite her headaches. Ash ran into the Big Queen’s direction with resolution too. Pinkie shoots her canon screaming in rage too.
The Queen laughed harder, “Bwahahahahaha! You are nothing but cockroaches!”
The explosions and the beams were getting on the Queen’s head inflicting great damage. Applejack, Rarity and Ash despite their intense combat they seemed so silly trying to inflict damage to the Queen. She was so gigantic that it was like punching a wall. The Queen was trying to squish them without success; she was becoming slower by Pinkie and Twilight’s attacks.
Fluttershy who was still crying on the floor looked at the fight from the distance feeling useless like a used cloth. But some resolution, rage and power inundated her heart making her stand up. She got closer step by step helping herself with the wings.
Twilight and Pinkie saw her moving to the combat when she got closer, “Fluttershy! Where are you doing? You can’t go with those wounds!”
She saw Twilight to the eyes in rage feeling the power of ‘the stare’ she was accumulating. So, she didn’t argue no more.
She was getting closer and closer, and then flying to the Queen’s eyes she made the strongest stare she ever made. She even got to a whole new level. The Queen was feeling the most incredible of the pains, “Can you feel it?!” Fluttershy said in rage, “It’s the pain of all the innocent ponies you murdered to get that power!”
The Queen was screaming in horror, “NOOOOOO! MAKE IT STOP!”
Fluttershy was still looking at her as she started to laugh, “That’s what they said. But what did you do? You gave no mercy. That’s what I’m giving to you. No mercy. You don’t deserve to even breathe.”
Everyone else was looking in horror and awe.
“I’M SORRY!”
“No mercy.”
The Queen’s dead corpse felt apart leaving behind all the other corpses.
Fluttershy then at full velocity managed to get Rainbow’s body and holding her in the arms got her ear near Dash’s mouth. She was still breathing. That was a relief.
Then, she got near all the others that were together now.
Twilight still in shock managed to say something, “That… was… amazing, Fluttershy!”
Applejack agreed, “Yeah, sugarcube! You save us all!”
Rarity nodded, “Simply delightful my dear!”
Pinkie in a burst of energy hugged Fluttershy, “That was super-duper incredible! Where did you learn that!? I’ll throw you a party to celebrate!”
Ash said smiling, “Yeah, well-done! But we gotta get our asses out of here”, then he pointed to Pinkie, “This smart-ass over here made a bomb that is going to explode in about…”, He looked at his timer, “Two minutes. So we better leave, now.”
Everyone looked at Pinkie in disapproval.
Pinkie felt ashamed but she didn’t lose her jokes, “Upsie…”
Twilight moved the lever with her magic, “Well then, we better leave.”
The elevator started to move as Ash and Pinkie dropped their mouths ‘in what?’
Ash mumbled, “Stupid elevator…”
The descending wasn’t long as before. Apparently the entire tower was under the evil power of the Queen making it bigger and full of atrocities. But once she was dead. The tower was even falling apart slowly.
They got out running like hell, there only was one minute left for the great boom. Plenty of space was between the tower and them when it made what everyone was expecting. A sound of a great explosion was heard next to a big wave of dust and air that pushed away the running ponies and man. Twilight screamed to Pinkie, “You went too far, Pinkieeeeeee!”, the explosion got them dispersed. Pinkie answered, “I knooooooooww….!”
Everyone blacked out.
Twilight suddenly awakened. It was daylight. Her body was so injured and she was in so much pain. She could barely stand up. She looked around to find Ash and the others but there was not signal of them. In the floor, next to her, Pinkie was sleeping peacefully. Twilight thought, “Hah, Pinkie and her crazy ideas”, she awaken Pinkie from her sleep and Pinkie looked surprised. She moved her head in all directions to see what wake her up. Then, she saw Twilight smiling weakly.
Pinkie returned the smile, “Oh, Hi Twilight! Are you feeling OK?”
Twilight answered weakly, “No, Pinkie. I’m in a lot of pain right now. Could you help me get to the town?”
Pinkie nodded and helped Twilight, “Sure Twilight! But… where is everypony?”
“I don’t know, Pinkie. But I can assure you that we will find them on the road.”
Both ponies walked to Ponyville. One seriously injured by the explosion and the Queen’s buck and the other with her body hurting.
They started to encounter the others. Pinkie almost flies with emotion, “Applejack, Rarity. You are alive!”
Applejack was helping Rarity to stand still, “Yeah, sugarcube. We are!” Rarity joined the talk, “Of course darling. You didn’t expect us to die that easily, did you?”
From the bushes Fluttershy appeared with Rainbow Dash on her arms, “Yeah, Pinkie, did you?” Rainbow was smiling.
Everyone said in unison, “Rainbow Dash!”
“Yeah, that’s my name, don’t waste it.”
They were reunited once more. But they noticed something was missing and Pinkie was the first to know what it was, “Aaand… where is Ash?” Twilight made an observation, “Probably travelling to another dimension.”
“Daaawwww… That’s too bad. I didn’t even have a chance to make him a welcoming party…”
“Believe me Pinkie. It’s for the best.”
They saw each other once more.
“Allright everypony! Let’s head to PONYVILLE!”
“Yeah, I could really use some rest.”
All the ponies walked slowly to their beloved town.
They were entering the Town and they saw all ponies working together to get the mess clean. Putting corpses on a part of the town to deal with them later, recollecting the broken parts of the houses, brooming with magic. Most of them looked at the mane six with odd expressions. From all of them they were the most injured. One of them adventured to question the six ponies.
“What the heck was all that?”
Twilight answered short and concrete, she wanted to rest and get healed, “Dark magic invoked by an evil book…”
Pinkie joined, “Yes! And we stopped it with the help of the chosen one!!!”
The stallion said in confusion, “The chosen one?”
“Well, dah, the man who stops these messes all over the dimensions!”
Lyra popped out of nowhere, “did someone say ‘man’?”
“Yeah, do you know what is it?”
“YES! I knew they were real! LISTEN, BON-BON! The humans are real!!!” She left trotting away.
Twilight tried to disperse the uncomfortable silence, “Well… yeah… Listen. I’m kind of tired and I nearly got killed. I would like to go and rest, please. I’ll explain this later after sending to the princess a letter and getting healed.”
The stallion stayed alone and confused with his questions without answer. His wife gets close and makes him keep cleaning with a stare. He obeys without hesitation. There is satisfaction on her face after her command being obey.
In the tree-house Twilight looks at her treehouse. A total mess. And the feeling that something was missing... Spike. That silly dragon didn't make it after all.
Fluttershy got near Twilight feeling her feels, "Don't worry Twilight, everything will be fine, don't get too sad it makes us feel bad."
Rainbow Dash managed to say, "Yes, Twilight. The little dragon was brave and managed to save you after all."
Twilight looked from the floor to them, "I know... but I can't get the feeling out of my chest."
Everyone group hugged Twilight except Fluttershy who was carrying Dash.
Twilight felt pain and wanted to be left alone, "Please, girls. I need sometime alone."
Rarity looks at her and says, "We understand, Twilight" she turns and looks at the girls, "Come one girls, we must let her alone this time. There is nothing we can do right now."
Everyone stared at each other and left after Rarity through the door.
Twilight watches as Pinkie closes the door and sighs, "What a day..."
Then she heads for the kitchen to start making some tea with magical herbs to alleviate her pain and restore her mana.
Just when she is done she returns to her living room, all scattered with books and blood. She takes a paper and starts writing with the pen and ink from the table.
Dear, Princess Celestia
I'm here to inform you:
The evil is gone and all thanks to this particular character that literally comes out of the book. This book is the one that caused everything and even if this mistake is all on me I want to apologize. The name of the character is Ashley, i don't know his last name he never mentions it all along and we have him to thank for. With his guidance we managed to beat the evil. All was Chrysalis doing. Somehow, she managed to acquire this power and trick me onto reading the book. Everyone is okay... except for Spike... the heavens forgive me but I couldn't do nothing and he gave his life to protect me. Heavens, I'm so sorry. I'm getting emotional. But it's just so painful Princess.
Right now as we speak, my friends are headed for the hospital all badly injured but regardless very fine. I on the other side I have my tea. I know you told me to quit it and seek real medicine but this is just the thing I needed. You know Zebras medicine is equally effective if not most powerful so forgive me for not following you advice.
And you may wonder what happened to Ashley, well, I don't know. He just disappeared like if his work was far outdone. So, we can only hope he is okay wherever he is.
Your faithful student, Twilight Sparkle~
PD. We must talk in person and figure out the destination of the book I have now on my power.
The portal was too strong…
I’m going through this god damn portal again.
The thing is. All I wanted is to spend a good weekend with my girlfriend, Linda, and instead of that I got this curse. I can’t stop being processed to another dimension, world, planet. Because some random freak will summon me to solve their problems!
That book, that god damn book. The one that appears to exists 'literally' everywhere. You mean to say what book? Well, let me give you a small introduction.
The Necronomicon Ex-mortis. A book made in human flesh and written with blood which contains the recitations of spells capable of awaking antique Sumerian demons, rituals, summons, opening time vortexes, etc.
Yep, that's pretty much about it and you know what? There is a god damn spell to invoke me. I tried always to burn the book when I got the chance but there are other dimensions and it begins to annoy me.
My only joy is kicking some ass and saving the day. But someday... I will break my rusty cage.
