Hellblazer of Equestria: The Trials of John Constantine

Hellblazer of Equestria:

The trials of John Constantine

A Hellblazer and MLP crossover

Chapter 5 The Endless

I had no sooner turned from Twilight when an ear piercing scream ripped through the entire crystal monstrosity we were in.  I knew the direction it was coming from.  I had followed her down into that lab, and I saw her place that bloody cupcake into that sealed box.  Without wasting a second we ran toward the door, heading down into the room when the door busted open.  Standing there was something beyond odd.  It looked like one of the ponies I had seen before, but it appeared that everything was changing about it.  For a moment it had wings, then it had none, it had a horn, and then it didn’t.  The one thing that I did recognize, that stayed constant was a blue eye.

I stepped toward it and it lifted a small bipedial figure.  The creature was green, had razor sharp teeth in a mouth far too large for its head.  It had a mop of stringy fire red hair, and a long bifurcated tail.  It lashed the tail defiantly at its captor who simply held it in a hoof.

“HOW?!  HOW COULD YOU SEE ME?!” It screamed.

Rainbow Dash walked forward and looked at the creature.  She saw how small it was and began to laugh.

“That’s what we’re supposed to be afraid of?!  HA!” she said.

“That’s good Dashie, giggle at the ghosties,” an over and under tone set of voices said.

I studied her, knowing that I had heard the voice before, but it had been an exceptionally long time.  It had been back when I had dealt with Destiny and Death.  The demon in her grasp tried to escape before it let out a horrific growl and tried to grow larger.  Rainbow Dash backed away from it as it grew to the size of the small dragon named Spike.  The mare holding it simply pushed in on it making it groan and shrink back down.

She looked at me and her face became a frown.

“There is another voice I hear.  It’s distant, and it says that you have been a bad pony.  It tells me that you tricked a young mare, more of a filly really, into giving herself to you, and leaving behind the one that had been her special somepony.  That’s an awful thing to do,” she said.

“You ate the bloody cupcake didn’t you?  Shade you daft bastard, you miserable sod, you had to leave those memories in your madness didn’t you?” I asked.

“The voice also says that you know how to send these back,” she said.

I drew a circle, letting her drop it into it, and then connected it with my blood.  The demon screamed as it grew to an impossible size only to find that it couldn’t escape.  It then shrunk back down and looked at me.

“My mistress has already spoken of you.  She swore at you even as her father tore the flesh from her bones.  She has ordered more than me to seek out your destruction.  We shall watch you burn little unicorn,” it said.

“Not bloody likely.  So, Rosacarnis has sent a lowly soldier demon to seek out revenge.  I didn’t think that she was daft, but then again she isn’t is she?” I asked.

“HA!  If you think that I shall reveal anything to you then are a bigger fool than I thought!” it laughed.

“Tell me, what do you think would happen to an entity like you if it was suddenly forgiven and allowed to enter into paradise?  A demon in a roomful of angels, and mate, I’d love to be the fly on that wall,” I replied.

“You lie!  We cannot be forgiven!  We are created to be the damned!” it hissed.

“I CALL UPON THE GREAT ARCHANGEL RAPHAEL, MASTER OF AIR, TO OPEN THE WAY FOR THIS TO BE DONE. LET THE FIRE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT NOW DESCEND THAT THIS BEING MIGHT BE AWAKENED TO THE WORLD BEYOND AND THE LIFE OF EARTH, AND INFUSED WITH THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT,” I said in the loudest voice possible.

The demon shook, its face faltering, its eyes showing repressed fear, and finally it screamed.

“Don’t!  Don’t do it!” it cried out.

“What is your mistress’ plan?” I asked.

“I don’t know everything.  I only know that I was to begin breaking apart the bonds of friendship.  I had every intention of making her do terrible things, but… something else was there.  Something more powerful than I am,” it said.

I studied the demon, and I knew it was a soldier demon.  It would be easy to defeat on its own, but knowing who sent it was as good as knew its name.

“In the very name of your mistress, in the name of Rosacarnis, seductress, duchess, and second in command of the realm of lust I command you to return to your world of filth.  Return with this message mate.  I’ve faced the first, second, and third of the fallen and beaten them.  If she thinks that she can take me, then mate, she’s going to have to stop wanking off,” I said.

It howled in apparent pain as flames covered it.  Soon there was nothing but ash left of it, and I broke the circle.  Once I did I turned to look at the newest addition to the room.  She stood there, seemingly content to watch me work.  Once it was over she smiled, walked forward, and yawned.

“Pinkie?” Rainbow Dash asked.

“I am Pinkie, and Pinkie is me, but Pinkie is also Pinkie,” she said.

“You’re an endless, an ancient right?” I asked.

Her attention turned to me.  The smile she had was far too wide to be natural.  She neared me and then her smile became a scowl.  She looked up and down me for a second.

“The other voice, this Shade, he doesn’t like you very much,” she said.

“I know luv, and I know I did some things to earn that ire, but Shade is a nutter.  What he’s holding against me was done fifteen years ago.  Besides, he might not understand it, but Patricia wasn’t meant to exist in the aether.  Being there was breaking down her physical body.  She was dying, and he was killing her.  As it was she only lived another year once I brought her out,” I replied.

“Who are you?” Twilight asked.

I watched as she turned toward her.  The entire time she had wings appearing and disappearing, a horn appearing and disappearing. Her very shadow seemed to be a physical thing that was being dragged along like a bit of cloth.  It snagged once nearly causing her to trip before she pulled it closer to her.

“I am your friend, your inspiration, your sanity, and your insanity.  I love, live, exist, and thrive on laughter, but the laughter that brings me the greatest joy is that of friends.  I am that which I am,” she said.

“Maniae, or Delirium right?” I asked.

“I am known as Maniae here,” she answered without looking at me.

“What happened to Pinkie?!” Rainbow Dash asked as she rushed her.

“She was tempted…  Talking like this… It hurts…” she said collecting herself.

Twilight looked at me and I let out a breath.

“Where I’m from Delirium is an endless.  She’s basically hysterical laughter, and insane thought all rolled into one.  I’ve never had the chance to meet her, but Death and Destiny spoke of her pretty often.  They said that she always seemed to be smarter than she let on, and that being sane was painful for her,” I replied.

“It hurts, but you are my friend Dashie.  You are Pinkie’s friend, and that makes you my friend.  Pinkie is still here.  She is unlike the other lives I’ve lived… She exists inside of me, and she is scared.  That thing tempted her…  made her eat the cupcake…  she…  broke…” Maniae strugged to say.

A moment later a balloon floated past and her eyes darted to it.

“Something floaty!” she exclaimed as she bounced after it.

“Well, that should help her relax a little.  It could be that I showed up just in time.  After all, when I felt that presence I just couldn’t stay away,” a disembodied voice said.

“Who in the bloody hell are you?” I asked the air.

“Dipcord, what are you doing here?” Rainbow Dash asked.

“Why Rainbow Dash, I’m surprised at you.  A friend decides to stop by and offer up a little help, and you snap at him.  Somepony might think that you simply didn’t want any help,” the voice said as the owner became solid.

I’ve seen things.  I’ve seen demons straight from hell, I’ve faced vampires, hell I helped Dr. Alan Holland keep his humanity, or memory of it, when he became Swamp Thing.  I had never seen a hodgepodge being like this before.  His entire body was a collection of different beings.  I studied him and drew a blank.

“Ah, I see that I’ve stunned yet another pony, but then again, you’re not really a pony are you?  Well, not one of ours anyway.  No, you’re more of a visitor from another existence.  I felt you coming in, but at the moment I was a little busy.  Fluttershy may not seem like it, but she is quite demanding when it comes to her cuddles,” he said.

“Flutter who?” I asked.

“Oh, Dear me I see that Princess Twilight has left out a few things hasn’t she?  Well, I am Discord, god of Chaos, but I’m not giving you the rest of my title.  You know the rule, and I don’t like doing anything anyone says,” he replied.

“How do you know Maniea?” Twilight asked.

“Oh, it’s because she’s one of the endless.  There were eight of us at one time.  I didn’t like being restricted to watching the world.  After all, I wanted to be in the middle of it.  So, the eight became seven.  Well more or less.  I could reclaim my power and become an Endless again if I wanted to,” Discord said.

“What do you mean reclaim your power?  You’re as powerful as Celestia!” Twilight exclaimed.

“Before I stepped down I abilities that even an immortal mind can’t begin to understand, but it was so boring there!  It wasn’t like it was here.  Here there’s always something to do,” he said.

“So Pinkie is an endless?” Rainbow Dash asked.

“No, Pinkie is a pony.  Maniea is an Endless.  Maniea has lived in the Pie family for generations.  She’s influenced the birth of several of the more notable members of that family.  Surprise was one of my favorites.  She was a bubbly Pegasus that loved pulling pranks, and gave bone crushing hugs,” Discord said.

“She said that Pinkie is different,” Twilight said.

“She is.  Pinkie has a Destiny, a fate, and she has done part of it.  She became the emblem of her element, but to have a destiny one must have a soul.  The other ponies she’s been have merely been reflections of herself.  Pinkie has been something special.  She’s her own mare, and while she is quite a bit like Maniea she has free will.  That was something even Surprise didn’t have,” Discord said.

“Does Princess Celestia know about this?” Twilight asked.

“I don’t know…  I mean she would surely tell you everything she knew right?” Discord asked.

“You were an Endless?” I asked.

“Yes,” Discord replied.

“And you gave it up so that you could live in the mortal realm?” I asked.

“Don’t act so surprised.  Being there, in that realm, is boring.  It’s the same thing over and over again.  Oversee all of pony kind.  Ensure that they are doing what they must to survive, and make sure that the scales are always balanced.  It’s the same thing every day, but here, here it’s different.  Here I get to have all of the fun I want,” he said.

“Why is Maniea here?” Rainbow Dash asked.

“She wanted to see what it was like to be a mortal.  She’s enjoyed it so much that she’s allowed herself to be reborn over and over again, and she loves being a pie,” Discord said.

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The moment Discord left it became so quiet.  It’s not that I don’t usually like the peace and quiet, but I’ve come to enjoy having my house, well our house, being a little more lively.  I felt a kick and gently touched my swollen belly.  The doctor wasn’t sure what to expect, but I know no matter what our baby looks like she, I hope it’s a filly, will be beautiful.  I moved to the edge of the bed, stepped out of it, and moved into the living room.

“He cares more about having fun,”

“Who’s there?” I asked.

“He wants to visit Twilight.  It’s because she’ll live forever just like he will.  What makes you think that he wants to have somepony that will die?”

“Please, show yourself, if you don’t mind,” I said.

“Oh, element of kindness you are so sweet and precious.  Your little heart is so full of love, and it disgusts us!”

“Who’s there?!” I cried.

I heard something moving and watched as Angel ran in front of me.  He looked scared, and I looked around.  Whatever had bothered Angel must be exceptionally scary.  Angel’s barely had the energy to get out of bed, and here he was trying to stay near me.  I walked toward the door and tried to open it.

“It’s scary out there.  The entire world is full of ponies you don’t know, and they are all looking at you, judging you, laughing at you,”

“No!” I screamed as I opened my door and ran outside.

Angel followed me and I scooped him up into my forelegs.  I couldn’t stay here.  I don’t know what it was that talking to me, but I needed to get away from it.  I flew toward town, and headed straight toward the castle.  Once there I made it inside and found Rainbow Dash, Twilight, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie, and somepony I didn’t know.  I looked at Discord, and without a second thought he moved toward me.

“Fluttershy what’s wrong?” he asked.

“There was something… I don’t know it was, but it talked to me.  It said some terrible things, and I had to get away from it,” I said.

He narrowed his eyes and snapped his fingers.  A pair of strange red and blue glasses appeared and he put them on.

“Well, I haven’t seen any of you in well over a thousand years,” he said.

The room felt lighter within seconds.  I looked at him as I took a seat and he extended a claw to me.

“I’m glad that you came here,” he said.

“What was it?” I asked.

“Something that will never bother you as long as I am able to keep them from it,” he said.

“You have to obey certain rules mate.  There’s not any getting around that,” the pony I didn’t know said.

“No I don’t.  That’s why I did what I did,” he replied.

I didn’t know what he was talking about, but right now I didn’t care.  I was safe, and I was with my friends and my husband.  There wasn’t any reason to fear anything right now.  I settled down and felt another kick.  I saw Discord’s eyes widen as he felt it.  I felt his hand staying in place in the attempt to feel the same thing again.  A smile crossed my face as the sense of wonder filled his.

“We should go check on Applejack and Rarity,” Twilight said.

“Why?  What’s going on?” I asked.

“Something that wants its meal to be easy luv, and that means taking out anything that can stand in its way,” the pony I didn’t know said.

“Is one of these things going to be bothering all of us?” Rainbow Dash asked.

“I think so.  I think that they’re setting their sights on us first,” Twilight said.

I heard a scream, a long horrible scream, and it was somewhere outside.  All of us moved outside of the castle and followed the sound until we stood outside of the Carousel Boutique.  The pony I didn’t know looked angry as he rushed the door and slammed into it.  It held, and I wondered why he didn’t just use magic.  Twilight instead ripped the door from its hinges and we went inside to see Thunderlane standing over Rarity.

Rarity’s face was swollen, it looked like she was bleeding, and it looked like he had been beating her for a while.  I couldn’t understand it.  Why?  Why would Thunderlane do this?  He loved Rarity!  He turned toward us and his eyes looked dead.

“Hello John, John hello,” a dark voice said.

“Get away from her you tosser!”

“I don’t know…  She didn’t seem to want to be loving toward her husband.  Perhaps finding my little punching bag upset her,” he said pointing toward the closet.

The door opened to reveal a severely beaten, and barely breathing Scootaloo, and I couldn’t help by squeak in fright.  I heard Rainbow Dash growl in anger before she rushed toward him.  I watched as she hit him and drove him into the wall.  I knew seeing Rarity had made her mad, but seeing Scootaloo like that had to pushed her even further.

“Get out of him!” she screamed.

“Gladly,” it said.

She stumbled back, shaking her head back and forth.  She fell to the ground groaning in pain.

“So ripe…  So much potential!  Oh, the things I’m going to do with your body,” the voice said from her.

“Get out of me!” Rainbow Dash shouted.

“Foolish little mortal, you have no idea of what I have in store for you.  The things that I will force you do, and all of them will make you regret the day you were born,” it said.

I watched to see the pony I didn’t know, the one that the weird voice had called John, drew a circle.  He spat a little blood on it and touched it with his hoof.  The thing screamed as it slammed into an invisible wall.

“Going to exorcise me John?  Good luck.  You don’t know my name, and I’ve been waiting for this day.  I’ve been waiting for the moment that I could take this little bit of strumpet and make her do the lecherous things that’s so forbidden,” the voice said.

I watched the pony I didn’t know as he dug something out of the loose fitting yellow trench coat he was wearing.  He held up several small bits that were long gold stems.  Each one of them fell down until the voice screamed.

“Okay mate, I know your name now.  Triskelle, wyrm queen of succubi, and bloody cocksucker I command thee by thy name,” he said.

“What is your desire John?  Do you wish to have this filly?  Is that it?  I know your tastes, I know your desires.  I can smell them.  She sounds so much like the who you ache for.  If you close you close your eyes I would imagine that it would even feel like her.  I can promise you that I can do things even the little strumpet you left behind wouldn’t even know,” she said.

I watched as she flicked her tail showing her filly bits. She put her head down, holding her back legs straight and presenting her rump to him. I could see her forehoof moving up, stroking that part of her, and coxing a soft moan from her.

“Take me John.  Take me and this body.  Let me free and I will be everything you ever wanted,” she cooed.

He stood there.  His entire body seemed stiff for a moment.

“I’m sorry Pippy,” he whispered before he looked up, “Exorcizamus te, omnis immundus spiritus... hanc animam redintegra...  lustratus!  lustratus!” he shouted.

The voice screamed before it exited her.  What appeared looked so different.  It was a beautiful mare.  Her coat was jasmine, her eyes were solid purple, and there was a set of deer antlers on her head.  She leaned against the invisible wall.

“I would have made you so happy Johnny boy.  I can do things that most men only dream of,” she said.

“I’ve fucked a Succubus before, and trust me, none of you are anything special,” he said.

“I’ll swallow your soul little stallion!  I will make you regret rejecting me!” she screamed.

“Return to the pits of hell from which you came,” he said.

She burned, a fire spread across her, but she didn’t scream.  Instead her eyes narrowed at John until she was gone.  I watched as he rubbed out the barrier and Rainbow Dash stood up.  She looked around and then she looked at him.  She didn’t run, she didn’t hide, but instead she hugged him and cried.

“I know luv, it’ll be okay,” he whispered.

“What happened?  Rarity?  RARITY!” Thunderlane screamed as he ran to her.

“I didn’t mean it!  Oh Sweet Celestia I didn’t mean it!” he cried out as he held her.