Rise of the Angel of Death

The three sirens gaped at the angel in front of them. "You killed Star Swirl." Adagio said pointing at the soul in his hand.

"Sort of, Star Swirl here put his being inside a soul gem so he could help ponies of future generations." Mal said making sure to emphasize ponies.

"Still, I suppose we should thank you for what you did. We've been stuck here for quite some time because of him.” Adagio replied with a smirk directed towards the soul.

"Malthael, you really should do something about them now." Star Swirl's soul whispered. "The more strife and conflict these three create, the more powerful they become. If you let them go on for too long they could even outmatch Celestia.” Mal rolled his eyes and winked the soul out of existence. He had already figured out that much and was letting Twilight deal with that.

Besides he too had his own plans, actually. He figured Twilight would try to do something so he had a backup plan to her plan.

"So I take it you’re from another world then?" Adagio asked.

"Sure, if you call a world where angels and demons wage war and yet I somehow stumble on the powers of death another world, then yes." He said. "Honestly all I did was save a village over a thousand years ago then had those two rulers come after me."

Sonata Dusk asked, "Celestia and Luna?" Mal chuckled a bit. He started to remember how he did almost kill them too.

"No, their parents, they kinda put me to sleep and then I was sent to Tartarus, they kinda were decaying in our fight so they died, I broke out of that prison while I killed everyone and everything in it."

The three sirens backed away slightly from the angel, completely unnerved. If he was powerful enough to kill two alicorns then they didn't stand a chance against him now. Not to mention how casually he had said it. "Well what are you doing here?" Aria asked. Mal just shrugged at them.

"I was just wondering what this world was like." He lied. "Right now, I'm going to play around on the internet." That part was true. "So, I'm guessing there was more to the three of you coming to see me than all this small talk." Mal finished with a smirk.

Sonata Dusk gathered what courage she could. "Well I actually wanted to know, are you single?" The siren asked. The other two just looked at her. Mal moved close to her as she blushed. He placed his hand on her face doing a basic soul scan. He then did so to the other Dazzlings. While it was shallow he could tell a few things.

"Well if you want to go out.... I see no harm in it. See you tonight, Sonata" He said with a smile. As he walked away he summoned Star Swirl’s soul again.

"What just happened?" The old mage asked.

"You’re right, they can cause strife, but I'm afraid your idea is not one I care for. So, I have an alternative. And guess what buddy, it involves you." Mal said with a smirk.

"You’re a monster letting them...." He unsummoned Star Swirl’s soul. He started to wonder if he could find a way to muzzle souls before shrugging and continuing on his way.

The other two sirens turned to the last one.

"Did you really just ask him out?" Aria asked Sonata.

"Yup and he said yes!" She cheered.

"Still, I think there was something more to him touching us like he did. I felt a faint magic coming from him. There's something odd about Malthael. We'll have to be careful with our plans." Adagio warned.

"Fine, but I'm still totally excited for my date with him." Sonata beamed. Adagio and Aria rolled their eyes as they watched the angel walk away.

Mal finally found the library and walked inside, he didn't have to look very long to find what he was looking for. Right in the center of the room was the computer stations. Mal took a seat at the closest one and cracked his knuckles out in front of him. "Alright, let's see what the internet in this world is like." Mal said before opening up the browser.

Back with the others in Mal’s group and the humain five, they went to see the principals who were this world’s Celestia and Luna. Needless to say, Solar Flare had passed on meeting them, as had Nightmare Moon. Chrysalis sighed and followed her lover and her lover’s sister. After they had spoken to the principals, which had done nothing except reveal that they had been manipulated by the sirens, Sunset went to find Mal, which she did in the library.

"So what have you been doing?" She asked.

"I've been looking up the internet.... it’s not what I thought it was actually. It’s different yet oddly similar than the internet from my old world… I think." He said.

"Ok then what about the sirens? I saw them follow you." Sunset said.

"Oh that? Turns out they figured out what I was, sort of, and that blue one asked me out on a date." Mal said. Sunset rolled her eyes.

"What is it with you and bad girls? They seem drawn to you like lost puppies." Sunset said with a smile.

"Coming from the ex-bad girl who constantly tries to redeem herself," Mal replied with his own smile.

"You're such a jerk sometimes." Sunset said with a playful punch to his shoulder.

"And yet you love me." He shot back.

"Yeah because when you want to be you can be one of the kindest souls I've ever met. So, why aren't you really doing anything about the sirens?" Sunset asked.

"Like I said, I figured I'd give Sparky a chance to solve the problem this time."

"Mal, I know you better than that. You're planning something, I can tell." Mal sighed.

"I can't hide anything from you, can I?"

"No you can't. So, what are you up to?"

Mal looked at his girlfriend/lover. "Well I kinda have my own plans. If I told you it then it would be a huge mess, not for me and Sparky, but one of them." Sunset sighed at his answer, but decided to accept it... for now. "So what is the alicorn princess going to do?" Mal asked Sunset.

“She’s probably planning on just trying to use the Elements of Harmony on them now that her and her friends’ counterparts are together. Kind of like what they did with me… you know when I was kind of a megalomaniacal bitch.” She admitted sheepishly.

“Oh, that sounds like a great plan.” Mal said, laughing as if he knew something that no one else did. Sunset arched an eyebrow at Mal’s actions, but didn’t question it. She figured this was part of what he wouldn’t tell her.

Meanwhile, Sonata was having an episode of happiness. While this was done the other two sirens spoke to each other.

"Ok so we know Malthael’s an angel, the Angel of Death, he holds Star Swirl’s soul, meaning he most likely can control that, and he killed the princesses’ parents and the way he spoke about it was very casually, as if he either found it easy or that wasn't his best."

"Yeah, or he could be lying through his teeth about killing Celestia's parents." Aria offered.

"True but he was still able to kill Star Swirl, who was able to take us out when we were at our strongest."

"Okay, if he's as strong as all that then why hasn't he made a move to stop us?" Aria asked.

"I don't know." Adagio conceded. "I can't get a good read on Malthael's personality. In general he seems to act like a fool, but then there was that moment in the cafeteria. Like I said we should be careful around him."

"You'd better tell that to Sonata, he did agree to go out with her." Aria said pointing at the ecstatic siren.

` Adagio looked at Sonata and then at Aria. "Well Sonata could help us understand Malthael more." Adagio pointed out. Aria nodded at this.