Hellblazer of Equestria: The Trials of John Constantine

Hellblazer of Equestria:

The trials of John Constantine

A Hellblazer and MLP crossover

Chapter 4 Whispers

She left, but not before letting me know that I would be watched.  It’s not the first time I was informed by a near deity that they didn’t like me.  I didn’t have to make this my business.  I could stay out of it, let whatever she had unknowing released cause strife, and keep myself out of it.  I could do that, but once look at Twilight told me that she wouldn’t.

“Okay, what the hay were you talking about?” Rainbow Dash asked.

“Demons, spiritual beings that love to cause strife, pain, and misery.  Them and lost souls were what we were talking about,” I replied.

She looked at me and shook her head.

“Wait, how can something like that exist?” she asked.

“Rainbow Dash, I don’t know how to explain it, but they exist.  I know what I saw.  That thing was staying inside of Scr… inside of Ruby.  It had taken her over,” Twilight replied.

“It wasn’t just taking her over.  It was feeding off of her misery.  It loved every perverse thing it could make her do, and it was showing it to her.  Anything she had done that would have caused her torment was what the demon was forcing her to do,” I said.

“It listened to you once you called it by its name.  How does that work?” Twilight asked.

“It’s part of the rules the supernatural.  If you know something’s name you have power over it.  The deeper of a connection it has to the Nether realm or the aether the more control you’ll have, but that’s also the problem.  Their names aren’t just normal names.  It’s entire titles.  If you simply stop at what one of them calls itself then you don’t have true power over it,” I said.

“That’s a bunch of horseapples.  There’s plenty of ponies that know my name, and none of them have any power over me.  I’m my own mare,” Rainbow Dash said.

“Rainbow Dash,” I said.

She looked at me.  Her explanation stopped, her movement stopped, and she simply looked at me.

“Notice how you’re attention turned to me?  Did you also notice how everything else just stopped when someone used your name.  Because of free will, and because you’re not a creature of the aether, or the nether realms, that’s the limit of the power a normal pony has over you.  They can make you stop and take notice of them.  Give that information to a demon, and they can use it to make you take notice of them long enough to whisper in your ear.  That’s something you don’t want,” I replied.

“Twilight you’re seriously not buying this right?” Rainbow Dash asked.

“Rainbow Dash, you weren’t there.  You didn’t see that thing, and you didn’t see what I saw afterward either,” Twilight replied.

“What?  What did you see?” she asked.

“I’m not sure how to explain it.  It was something that shouldn’t have existed here.  It looked… dead, and it had three sets of horns.  Its eyes were lifeless, and that voice.  I’ll never forget that voice,” she said.

Rainbow Dash looked at her and then made her way toward her.  She looked at her for a moment and then sat down in front of her.

“Are you sure that’s what you saw?” Rainbow Dash asked.

“I wouldn’t make something like that up.  I’m still trying to understand exactly what it was that I saw,” she said.

Rainbow Dash then turned toward me.

“You said that those things are here now, so what can we do about them?” she asked.

“Don’t listen to them.  They want to break all of you down.  They need you at your weakest, and when you are they’re going to climb inside and do to you what they did to that poor mare.  They work hard to break apart friendships, destroy trust, and ensure that there’s no one who will be around to help you,” I replied.

I was a little surprised that she took Twilight’s word so easily.  It was rare to have a mate like that.  Chaz had been that.  He was a true mate.  He was the kind of bloke that would drop everything to help, and that would take your word.  He was loyal, very loyal to his friends, and perhaps that was what Rainbow was.  She was a true mate, and if she was anything like Chaz she would follow Twilight straight to the very gates of hell.

“John, could they already be here?  I mean I saw those… I saw all of those other ponies out there, but could more of those things that we saw in the hospital be here?” Twilight asked.

“Luv, I don’t doubt that they’ve been here since the door’s been opened.  Everyone here is an easy target.  None of you know what it is that you’re going to be facing.  These things haven’t been able to enter your world in over a thousand years, and I would imagine that they are hungry,” I replied.

“What, they feed off of bad emotions?” Rainbow asked.

“It gives them strength, adds to their power, the more miserable someone is the better they like it, but what they only feed off that misery until they are able to collect and feed off of their souls, and they collect the soul when it’s been completely tainted.  That mare was near collecting,” I said.

That was something I knew all too well.  I’d seen men and women fall victim to these devils before.  Sorry sods that had either willingly sold themselves, or had unknowingly let themselves become open to the demonic forces.  All of this happened in a world that knew, on some level, about the dangers present in the unseen.  Here there wasn’t any restrictions.  No one knew about them, or at least on really knew about them anymore.  Star Swirl had obviously known enough to limit their access to a single room, and then he locked it off with a set of runes.

“What did you mean about the door was open?” Rainbow asked.

“Star Swirl’s book, and what that mare had told me, made me understand that Star Swirl had found a way of limiting where they could enter from.  He had limited it to a room that he surrounded the entry point with runes.  They couldn’t leave the room until a willing host entered.  The moment she walked into the room they went to work on her.  She fell victim to them, and now without that restriction they are free to enter where ever they please,” I replied.

“Then the answer’s simple!  We can just find out what it was that Star Swirl did and copy it!  If he was able to trap them then we should be able to!” Twilight exclaimed.

“Luv, whatever it was that Star Swirl did, whatever it was, they fell for it once.  I don’t know if they will fall for it again,” I said.

“What makes you think that he tricked them?” Rainbow asked.

“It was too perfect.  The way it was done was too perfect.  There was something he had, or did that they must have wanted badly, and it was enough, more than enough, for them to direct all of their attention in one place.  On top of that I’ve closed entry points before, and it takes more than one to do it.  There is a certain ritual to closing them usually, so he had to have someone helping him,” I replied.

“I bet it was Clover the Clever. She was supposed to be his assistant!” Twilight said excitedly, “I bet that he figured out what spell to use, and then told her the part he needed her to play in it!”

The answer came to me and I began to laugh.  It changed from a simple laugh to a more hysterical one.  The answer of how he was able to do it was far more present.  He had to collect enough power to close the entry points, and he needed someone at those points.  But the problem would be power.  Closing an entire world’s worth of entry points would take more enough than a single life had.  He would need to collect power straight from the aether, and he would need to channel it through a physical act.  He and his assistant must have shagged like there was no tomorrow.

“What is it?  John?  What’s wrong?” Twilight asked.

“He shagged his assistant.  That’s how he was able to get the power to close everywhere, but that one room off,” I said.

“What?!”

The way she asked was as if I had just destroyed the perfect image of someone she had some hero worship over.  The more I read over this git the more I realized that he had power, but he was smart about it.  He didn’t just rely on his magic.  He also included rituals, ceremonies, and anything else that would give him an edge.  The bastard sounded a bit like me.

XxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxPinkie Pie’s POV

Wow!  My Pinkie sense is going super crazy!  I feel a leg tremble, ear flop, eye blink, chatty teeth, itchy nose, and sprungy hair.  You know Sprungy… It’s kind of like Springy only it’s already done it’s springing so it’s more like it’s sprung, but sort of wanting to be spring, so Sprungy!  I’ve felt this all morning, and it’s weird.  I’ve never had this sense before.  There’s a soft cry and I pick up little Strawberry.  Strawberry Maud Pie, my little rock kicker.  She looks so much like her daddy.

“What’s wrong Strawberry?  Do I need to break out the flour?” I ask.

She blinks at me and then coos as I hold her.  She’s such a sweet little filly.  Ooooooo…  itchy rump!  Itchy rump is added to it!  Okay, I’ve got to go see Twilight, I know!  I can sneak in through the basement!  I love doing that!

“Cheese, do you mind watching Strawberry for a while?” I asked.

“Of course not.  Who’s daddy’s little prankster?” he said as he took her.

I handed her off to him and started to walk toward Twilight’s castle.  The first thing I noticed was that there wasn’t any guards there today.  That’s kind of sad since I like trying to sneak in around them.  It’s always fun to watch them get so flustered when they don’t know it’s me.  Oh well, it’s still going to be fun to sneak up on Twilight!

A few seconds pass by and I’m Twilight’s little lab she has set up down here.  Wow…  I’ve never seen that box before.  Ewww…  It’s all black.  Why would Twilight have a black box?  Ooooo… I wonder if it has something inside of it.  Just a peek won’t hurt.

“Open it,”

“Who said that?” I ask.

“You want to see don’t you?”

“Who’s there?”

“Open the box.  It’ll be fun,”

“I like fun, but who’s there?”

“Why Pinkie it’s me, Madam Le Flour!  Ze box, she is a secret, and friends share secrets right?”

“I suppose,” I say.

I lift the lid and inside there’s a dark red cupcake that looks so good…  It looks so delicious…  Maybe just a bite.