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Gargos sprinted through the forest, chopping down any vines that dared to stand in his way as he rushed back towards the place where he and Fulgore first appeared in this land.

It wasn't long after his brief encounter with the 'rulers' and despite it being a short exchange, he already disliked the natives of this realm.

'Pathetic creatures, I swear they will pay dearly for this. They will die slow and painful deaths for their actions towards me, a god. Fulgore too, he will pay for challenging my might, when he should've known his place like the puppet he is. First thing's first, I need to return to the site of where we first appeared and see if there's anything left of The Rifts energy. If I can find just a fragment of energy, I may be able to use my own to create another Rift and return to Earth.'

As the dark spirit continued to sprint through the crowd of trees, several wolf-like beasts made from what looked like timber lunged out from the shadows and started pursuing him.

"HAHAHAAAA!!! FOOLISH CREATURES!!!" Gargos drew his sword and held it out to his side as he continued to run, waiting until one of the wolves made their move.

The first granted his wish and lunged at him, but Gargos jumped into the air and twirled around, his sword still held out managed to easily cut its way through the wolf and sliced it in half.

Landing back on his feet, the dark spirit continued running through the dark forest, waiting for the next Timberwolf to make a move. He didn't have to wait long as two more managed to sprint ahead of him and got some distance before they stood in his path and growled at him.

Smirking, Gargos put his sword away and thrust his hand forward. "ENDOKUKEN!"

Two dark fireballs shot forth and struck the wolves where they stood, lighting them ablaze as they howled in pain.

The other wolves saw what he did to their pack members and some slowed down to a halt, letting the dark spirit get away, but a few more continued to pursue him, eager for a meal or intent on revenge for his attacks.

"Persistent creatures." Gargos chuckled as he looked over his shoulder.

Looking back, he saw light cutting through the shadows just up ahead and increased his pace, eager to escape the dark forest and its feral inhabitants.

However, even after leaping out of the shadows and landing out into the opening in front of the ancient castle, the wolves still followed, and quickly circled around the dark spirit as they growled fiercely.

Gargos, still smirking, quickly rose up to stand at full height before opening his hands up, shadow energy surrounding them as he looked at his opponents. "Who's first?"

One of the wolves lunged at him from behind, but Gargos, having the heightened senses that he has, quickly spun around and delivered a swift uppercut to the wolf, sending it flying far into the sky. "Let's play a game. I'll finish you all before your friend comes back down here."

Growling at his challenge, the remaining wolves all lunged forward. Gargos spun around and swiftly drew his sword, slicing two of the wolves in half, while the rest were smart enough to pull back at the last second.

Dashing forward, Gargos delivered a series of slashes to one of the wolves, cutting it apart piece by piece before spinning around and swinging his leg into the pieces that were left, kicking them all aside and into the other wolves.

-9 Hits=Blaster Combo!-

The remaining wolves growled and rushed forward in an attempt to put the dark spirit down permanently but he was once again too fast for them, as he jumped backwards and flew over them.

Just as the wolves turned to face him, his sword had already separated their heads from their bodies.

As they all dropped to the ground, the first wolf from earlier came into sight and landed hard next to its dead pack members.

Smirking, Gargos put his sword away and turned to leave. "A nice warm up for what is about to take place soon."

Just as he was about to leave, the rustling of leaves and movement at the corner of his eye caught his attention. As he turned to see what was going on, the dark spirit's eyes widened slightly as he watched all of the pieces of timber slowly levitate in the air. All pieces floated towards one another and started merging together, leaves taking their place at the front as the new giant Timberwolf took form before the dark spirit.

Gargos narrowed his eyes at his new challenge. "Impressive, so these Timber creatures merely join together to create an even larger one once they have been reduced to bits. I admit, I am quite intrigued now at what other types of creatures inhabit this land, but I am in quite a hurry so I'm afraid I will have to make this quick."

As the giant wolf howled and prepared to lunge towards him, Gargos leaped into the air and flew over the creatures head. The wolf looked up at him with its glowing green eyes, but before it could make a single move, Gargos channelled his energy and shot forth a massive dark fireball from his hands. "ENDOKUKEN!"

Landing back on his feet, the dark spirit watched as the giant wolf was engulfed in a blue fiery inferno, howling and roaring as it ran off into the forest, its blazing form slowly vanishing into the shadows. "Hm, only now have I realised that my full power is being held back by this mortal form. For now, I will have to make due with what I've got."

Now that he was able to relax easier, Gargos slowly wandered about the open area he was in as he looked around, putting all of his concentration into finding any remaining fragments of energy from the Rift.

Unfortunately, despite his best efforts to locate any, he found none. "Troubling...unless I find something, I will be stuck here, and I can't open a Rift myself due to my powers being held back by this mortal form I'm using right now. There has to be..." He stopped as something shiny caught his eye.

Approaching the object that lay next to a tree, Gargos' eyes widened as he got a better look at it. Yanking it up quickly, the dark spirit let out an amused chuckle as he examined the Ultratech Device he found. "Strange, what is Ultratech equipment doing here?"

As he tried to find an answer to his question, his attention was grabbed by the sound of flapping wings.

Gargos looked over his shoulder and narrowed his eyes as a large group of Royal Guards, Celestial and Lunar, landed next to the bridge that led to the old castle. "Gargos! You are under arrest for assault and attempted assault on the Princesses! Turn yourself in immediately or else we will use deadly force!" A golden armoured Pegasus said as the rest of the guards pointed their spears at him.

Gargos merely continued to look at them, unfazed by their numbers or their warnings. "So the rulers of this land believe simple peons have what it takes to defeat me? That's quite an insult in my eyes...I'll have to make sure they suffer tenfold for this disrespectful display."

A few Pegasi flew over him and landed on the opposite side so they had him cornered. "This is your last warning!"

Gargos closed his eyes and slowly lowered the Ultratech device next to the tree. After standing back up to his full height again, he opened his eyes and smirked evilly behind his face mask. "And this...is your last day."

With that, the guard who issued the warning watched in horror as the dark spirit moved at monstrous speed, already at his face. As he stared into those empty pupil-less eyes, he felt a cold feeling in his chest, it didn't take long for his eyes to find the beating heart in Gargos' hand, before darkness took him.

After they arrived in Canterlot, the Princesses had rooms prepared for each of the Ponies that were present during the conflict between the two unknown creatures.

It took a little while to calm Twilight down after she had quite the mental breakdown, but the gravity of the situation and the realisation that she had to help settle it was enough to bring her back from the brink of insanity.

Sweetie Belle was taken to the castles medical ward, along with Rarity, Apple Bloom and Scootaloo, who all insisted they be by the Unicorn filly's side. Rainbow Dash had a few minor injuries so she didn't require too much medical attention and was one of the Ponies present in the throne room at the moment alongside Twilight, Fluttershy, Applejack, Pinkie Pie and the Princesses.

"I already sent out a team of guards to find and apprehend Gargos, with luck, their numbers will be enough to give them the advantage they need. I can only pray they succeed..." Celestia said as she sat down next to the outside balcony.

As Twilight opened her mouth to ask a question, Luna spoke over her. "They are on their way to the old castle near the Everfree Forest, that is the most likely place he would have retreated to."

Rainbow Dash hovered in the air as she looked at the saddened expressions on her friends faces. "I say we go out there and find him ourselves! Then we-"

"And then what? Put yourselves in danger yet again?" Luna said, interrupting the cyan Pegasus who slowly lowered herself to the floor. "The last few foes that you have all faced were dangerous yes, but this one is far more lethal than all of them. We saw for ourselves just how powerful he is, and we know that the power he displayed was only a fraction of what he is capable of. For now, you will remain here and wait until we have planned our course of action."

Rainbow Dash looked at the floor and remained silent, not willing to question the lunar Princess.

Luna turned to her sister. "There's also the matter of the other creature, the metal one that Gargos clashed with."

"Fulgore." Twilight said.

"Hm?" Luna cast a glance down at the young Alicorn.

Twilight looked up at the dark blue Alicorn and repeated herself. "Fulgore. I heard Gargos call him Fulgore."

Luna narrowed her eyes at Twilight. Before she could respond, Rarity walked into the throne room. "How is the little one doing?" Luna asked.

Rarity wiped a few tears away before giving her friends a relieved smile. "She will be okay, she just needs some rest."

"That's good to know." Luna said with a slight smile.

Applejack then spoke up. "So what are we supposed to do against those things? We all saw for ourselves jus' how strong they are, they're really strong!"

Rainbow Dash nodded. "Yeah I know! That metal dude just brought down an entire castle! It was awesome!" Noticing Twilight's blank look, Rainbow chuckled and added, "I mean...it was...really awesome, but also showed just how...dangerous it is."

Pinkie Pie bounced around her friend with a wide smile on her face. "Oh it's no big deal! We can just put it back together again and once we put it back together again we can prepare a 'Welcome to Ponyville' party for them because there always has to be a party thrown for new Ponies! But they're not Ponies so we can throw a 'Welcome to Ponyville Strange Creatures' party for them instead but first the big mean one Gargos has to apologise because he hasn't apologised yet for hurting my friends and if he doesn't apologise then he won't get a party thrown for him and I never not throw parties for-"

Applejack put a hoof over her friends mouth. "Ah think we get the idea Pinkie."

Twilight looked up the Princess of the Night and asked, "Princess, where do you think they came from? I've never seen creatures like them in my life, they're not even listed or referred to in any books."

Luna shook her head. "We...I myself am still trying to figure that out Twilight Sparkle, until we obtain more information, all we can do for now is wait. Like my sister stated, with luck, hopefully our guards will be able to apprehend Gargos, and hopefully we will be able to figure out where he and Fulgore came from."

Rainbow Dash hovered in the air again as she gave the Princess a curious look. "They are gonna get punished though right? I mean come on! Look at what they've done already! They hurt Sweetie Belle, they hurt Rarity, they tried to kill us and they even tried to attack you and Princess Celestia! In fact, all of us should be out there right now so we can kick Gargos' butt and take down that metal monster Full Bore or whatever its name is!"

"Well I never...!"

Rainbow and the other Ponies turned to Rarity, who was giving Rainbow a stern look. "I believe it is only fair that I remind you that that brute Gargos is the one who harmed my sister and the rest of us! He was the one who threatened us and he was the one nearly killed us! And his name is FULGORE! He was the one who stopped Gargos from inflicting any further harm on the rest of us, and indeed he is responsible for the destruction of the castle, but that was during an attempt to protect the Princesses from Gargos himself, you saw it with your own eyes! In fact, I know, I know it in my heart now that those energy attacks back there were his doing, he was the one who stopped Gargos from harming you Rainbow Dash! You would be dead right now if it wasn't for him! We would ALL BE DEAD if it wasn't for HIM!"

With a wave of her hoof to emphasize her point, Rarity turned and ran out of the throne room.

As the rest of the Ponies watched the throne room doors slowly close, Rainbow Dash hovered down to the floor, processing everything Rarity said as she started to think back to everything that happened earlier.

Twilight exchanged worried looks with Applejack, who couldn't help but nod. "She does have a point sugarcube, it DID seem that big metal guy was doin' nothin' but tryin' ta stop Gargos from causin' any damage. And we DID see him put himself in front of the Princesses to protect 'em from Gargos' attack."

"I...I agree Applejack, Gargos did give off an aura of nothing but put pure evil, but I didn't feel anything of the sort from Fulgore, even if his appearance says otherwise." Twilight Sparkle replied.

Fluttershy finally spoke up. "So...he's...not evil...?"

"I don't know Fluttershy..." Twilight said as she looked down at the floor. "But if he was...then he wouldn't protected us like he did not too long ago..."

Luna turned Celestia, who remained silent throughout the whole conversation. "Sister? What does thou think of this?"

Continuing to look at the vast land before her, Celestia let out a sad sigh as she turned to face her sister. "Didn't you sense it Luna?"

"I'm sorry, but I was too focused on watching their movements to use a scanning spell." Luna said.

Celestia nodded and looked away. "I saw nothing but evil in Gargos." She said as she recalled her brief encounter with the dark spirit.

Remembering the metal being who defended them and her little Ponies, Celestia opened her eyes and looked up at the bright sky. "Fulgore however, I saw nothing, nothing but a lost soul, a lost soul in pain, suffering, confused, seeking answers, and a purpose."

Captain Star Shield watched in horror as the last of her Guards was torn apart by Gargos. There was no hesitation whatsoever, the way he moved, how he ripped them to pieces, it didn't take a genius to tell the Pegasus guard that this creature enjoyed the bloodshed, and it was only the beginning of more to come unless he was stopped.

Too injured to stand however, Star Shield just cursed under her breath and accepted defeat, knowing that even if she were to stand, there was no way in Tartarus she'd be able to fight the dark spirit.

Gargos chuckled evilly as the Pegasus guard in his hand gasped for air, air that he wasn't willing to allow it and instead tightened his grip around the guards neck. A loud sickening crack followed and the guards body went limp.

Done with the Pegasus, Gargos threw the body aside like a ragdoll and looked around the bloody mess he made. Various bodies littered the entire area, some guards lay dead with just broken bodies, others were literally ripped apart, some dead bodies had missing limbs, allowing the blood to pour out and stain the bright green grass.

"If this is the best this worlds military force can offer then I can already foresee an easy victory in the future." Gargos said with a disappointed scowl as he looked at all of the corpses.

"Y-You...you...monster..." Star Shield muttered out.

Hearing her words, Gargos turned around and eyed the wounded mare before slowly walking towards her. "Oh so one of you is still alive. I have to say, even though your species is weak, you sure are persistent. I suppose, maybe you're not all as weak as I believe, after all, if you managed to survive up to this point, you may all have atleast some sort of strength within you." He said as he stopped at the head of the golden armoured Pegasus. "The sad thing is however, that that strength just won't be enough to help you against me, a god. You're all nothing compared to me, you'll see soon enough."

"T-The Princesses will stop you...just like they have stopped their foes in the past...!" Star Shield spat.

Gargos chuckled and raised his hand into the air, shadow energy engulfing it as he spoke. "Unfortunately my dear, I'm not like any of your Princesses foes. Now, disappear." As he pulled his hand further back to deliver the finishing blow, Gargos saw a barrage of Energy Bolts shooting towards him.

Growling in frustration, Gargos leaped backwards and dodged the Energy Bolts with ease, landing next to the tree where the Ultratech Device was as he glared at his attacker with pure rage. "How many times must you get in my way?!"

Fulgore teleported in front of the injured Pegasus and stared down the dark spirit as he readied his Plasma Blades.

Gargos quickly moved to pick up the Ultratech device and showed it to Fulgore. "You see this Fulgore?"

Looking at the Ultratech device in Gargos' hand, Fulgore lowered his arms and began to wonder how the device was there in the first place.

Knowing he was also wondering the same thing he did when he stumbled upon it, Gargos let his dark energy surge through his hand and into the device as he raised his other hand to press the button on it. "During my sad excuse of a battle with these weaklings, I came to the conclusion that this Ultratech device played a part in our being here, as there was no other possibility for its presence. Which means, with just the right amount of energy..." He pressed the button, and in a bright flash, a purple dimensional rift, just like the last one, appeared behind the dark spirit. "I can reopen the Dimensional Rift at will."

Growling, Fulgore clenched his metallic fists and pulled his arms back as his chest opened, charging his reactor as quickly as possible so he could unleash his ultimate attack.

Smirking, Gargos pointed a finger at the cyborg and said, "Fulgore! Know this, I will return! The energy within this realm is beyond any I have ever felt before, and it will all be mine! Rest assured, I will not be gone for long! I will return, and this time, I will have help to assist me with that goal! FAREWELL FOR NOW!"

-Reactor 100%-

With his entire body engulfed by a blood red glow, Fulgore unleashed his Devastation Beam at Gargos.

But he was already too late. Gargos had disappeared through The Rift, with the Ultratech device in hand, and with a flash of light, the Rift itself disappeared, forcing Fulgore's beam to rip apart several trees in Gargos' place.

Growling in frustration, Fulgore closed his chest and looked around at the carnage caused by Gargos, the sight would have made even the bravest human vomit, but he, again, was no human, as far as he knew anyway, and remained unfazed.

Hearing the Pegasus behind him whimper in pain, Fulgore turned and looked down at her.

Star Shield could only stare back up at him in fear, knowing full well that he was just as dangerous as the dark spirit that tore her fellow guards apart.

Fulgore stood motionlessly as he assessed his options. The better option would be to give the Pegasus a quick death, but he didn't care for whether it suffered or not.

Even so, Fulgore was willing to grant mercy and decided a quick death would be fair. Charging up one of his Plasma Blades, Fulgore raised his arm into the air as he let out a metallic growl.

Star Shield could only cover her head with her forelegs and trembled in fear as she waited for the cyborg to finish what Gargos started.

No strike came.

Star Shield slowly and nervously moved a foreleg away to see what was going on. Fulgore was still standing there, looking down at her with his blood red eyes, his arm still raised and yet to strike. Why hadn't he finished her off?

Fulgore continued to look down at the Pegasus, wondering why he was unable to deliver the killing blow.

Suddenly, much to Star Shield's shock, the cyborg lowered his arm and deactivated his Plasma Blade.

With one last metallic growl coming from him, Fulgore turned his back to her and started walking towards the old castle.

"W-Why..." She muttered weakly as Fulgore walked away.

Getting to her hoofs, she took a moment to breath deeply before asking again, "Why didn't you kill me?"

That stopped Fulgore in his tracks, causing the cyborg to look over his shoulder at her slightly. No answer came however, instead, the cyborg turned and continued his way towards the castle.

Star Shield merely continued to watch him leave, wondering why the 'metal monster' of the two creatures would spare her life. He could have easily done what Gargos had done, probably ten times worse in fact, yet he just let her live.

It took her a moment to realise she was still staring and quickly snapped out of her thoughts before looking back at all of the corpses of her fellow guards.

Knowing the Princesses will want to know what happened, Star Shield gave one last glance at the cyborg in the distance and took a moment to regain her strength before taking flight to return to Canterlot.

Author's Note

It only took me until today to realise just how much of a hell it is to try and get to the Shadow Jago secret boss let alone beat him, and beat him I haven't, for trying to beat this game is like trying to beat Skynet. I refuse to put myself through that hell again until I've found a much more appropriate approach on how to reach said goal again. Anyway, had some time, so I decided to get this done and posted, though I'm thinking about putting it on hiatus for a bit because I have way more important stuff to do. Also, I've seen everyones comments and I appreciate the support and whatnot, to answer a most recent comment about other characters appearing, well, that may happen, my question now is, if more do appear, which characters exactly would you all like to see appear?