Rise of the Angel of Death

Twilight and Celestia were sickened by what they had just witnessed. Only a monster would eat something while it still drew breath.

"Even if you kill us, Sombra, Malthael and Discord will stop you!" Twilight declared. Sombron simply laughed, almost sounding like a blade drawing across a whetstone.

"Oh, I never planned on killing you little princess." Sombron clarified, approaching Twilight. "I'm going to have you both enter my thrall, and feed off your hate to further increase my strength." He continued inches away from her face. "And if the two of you behave I may take you as my concubines. I can smell that you've never felt the touch of a stallion. Don't worry, I'll show you the joys of more carnal pleasures." He finished, placing a clawed hand under her chin.

"You monster, we'll never submit to you!" Celestia cried, her horn glowing gold. Before she could cast whatever spell she wanted to, Sombron threw up his other hand and slammed her into the closest wall. He let go of Twilight and started to laugh again.

"Who said that you had a choice in the matter? Oh, you'll resist to be sure, but you'll give in to the darkness in time." He stated, a dark grin spreading across his face. "And yes that Malthael, I remember him. I defeated him easily when I was Demise. I'm sure that he has his own fears that I can exploit. I'll leave him a whimpering babe, facing his worst nightmares for all of eternity. And as for Discord, well, I have my own plans for him. Once the two of you have been broken I'll move on to the other element bearers. Then, all of Equstria will be mine." Sombron declared.

Suddenly the wall broke open. There was Malthael himself who was glowing with soul energy. "Oh yeah! Someone order death?!" He said with a smile. Landing next to him was Sunset herself. Sombron dropped Celestia. Malthael looked at Sombron. "Boy Sombra, did someone hit you with the ugly stick then set your face on fire?" Malthael said with a laugh. Sombron glared at him. "Well, time to remove your soul" He finished. He readied to change souls with Pegasi. Pulling blades out, he rushed Sombron, slamming him against the wall and put his blades in Sombron. The glow did not happen. Sombron fired a blast at him and Malthael recovered.

"Fool I have no soul!" Sombron boasted. As he ran Malthael unleashed his death cloud. Sombra’s power coursed through him, his body healing with darkness as he grabbed the Angel of Death’s neck. "Let's see what you fear."

Inside Malthael’s head Sombra saw many images... A huge demon murdering beings. Malthael using said demon’s soul stone for something. He saw several souls including the former rulers'. Several being from Tartarus. One of them almost terrified Sombron.... The eyes. He finally found Malthael’s fears.... It was one of his girlfriends burning.

"Well that was interesting... Your mind’s a mess. I almost felt my mind consumed by your will." Sombron said shaking his head. He pointed a hand at Sunset. "Burn." A vortex of fire covered her. Sombron threw the Angel into the wall and walked up.

"No!" Malthael’s hood started to form up as he picked himself up. Sombron looked into the flames.

"You are nothing...." Suddenly a red hand shot out and grabbed him by the neck. Burning, it was burning. Two demonic eyes could be seen. The flames gave way to reveal demon Sunset. "Die!" She screamed as she tossed him against a blade, Malthael’s blade. The Angel tossed him with all his strength into the wall.

Malthael rushed Sombron again, his sickles moving in a flurry of motion. Malthael put every bit of his anger into his blows. On one swing, Sombron caught Malthael's sickles and looked at him with pure rage. "None may strike me!" Sombron boomed, blasting Malthael into the nearest wall with a beam of dark magic and then attempting to trap him in crystal like he had done when he was Demise. Demonic Sunset growled, seeing her "mate" attacked awoke her primal urges and her entire body glowed with her magic. She rushed Sombron and delivered a powerful blow into his sternum. She then proceeded to claw at Sombron, aiming for any part of him that looked sensitive. Sombron retaliated by grabbing Sunset's throat, trying to choke the life out of her.

However, behind him a shadow was seen. Before he could do anything the arm around Sunset’s throat was cut clean off! The pain was massive. Sunset unleashed more flames right into his chest, sending him into a wall. As he got up a hook in his side moved him up as Malthael cut right into his neck and tossed him. The "Blood" came out. Suddenly he started to realize something. Sunset smashed his head into the ground she kept at it as the crystals creaked and cracked and slowly Sombron’s broken face was shown. Two blades were behind him. Sombron managed to throw them both off of him. As he finally got his sight back, he cried out as his arm was cut off. The king cried as Sunset drop kicked him in the face he felt his skull almost break. As he got up a blade pierced right through his face!

"Die!" They both boomed as Sombron’s body suddenly fell limp. His body slowly became shadows as the crystals started to give way. In the end a single black crystal was all that was left of Sombron. Malthael picked it up his hood finally falling.

Mal glared at the crystal in his hand. "If you can hear me in there you bastard then know this: if you ever lay a hand on one of the girls I love again then I won't just kill you, I'll make you suffer for all of time." Twilight and Celestia shuddered from the threat, even though it wasn't directed at them. Mal's demeanor changed, and a wicked grin spread across his face. "Then again, I don't think I have to worry about you trying anything again. Once Discord shows up we'll find a more permanent place for you to call home." Mal closed his eyes and formed the seal around Sombra's crystal, just as he had done before. This time though, he tried to make it stronger, to avoid another incident like this. Just as he was about to check on Twilight and Celestia, a voice called out to him.

"Mal! What's wrong with me?!" Sunset cried, her mind back to normal, but still looked like a demon.

Everyone turned to her. Twilight was finally able to get a good look at her. She looked just like she did when she had put on the Element crown. Finally her form returned to normal as she sat crying. Mal dropped his blades and hugged her as she cried. In a flash of light Discord popped into existence.

"Sorry I'm late, heard about Sombra..." He looked to see a crying Sunset and the crystal rubble. "What just happened?" He asked. Twilight turned to face Discord.

"Sunset turned into her demon form. I thought that was only because of the Element of Magic?" Twilight said. The God of Chaos flashed and appeared next to her in a small form. He looked over her. He then popped away. After a few seconds he popped back into existence.

"Well I've just confirmed it." He said. He had a kind of low head as he knew it would crush her. "Sunset Shimmer... You are of demonic descent through your mother." The girl paused as did Celestia.

"What do you mean?" She asked.

"You have a recent family member who was a demon in disguise, it’s remained dormant inside you, fuelling your ambition, the Element of Magic caused you to unlock it when it rose you into alicornhood the magic’s been dormant because you didn't wish to unleash it, didn’t even realize it was there." Discord finished.

"No, that can't be right. I can't be like that thing.” Sunset said, clearly not taking the news well.

"Sunset," Mal started, tightening his grip on her.

"No! Let go of me!" She cried, pushing Mal off of her. "Don't touch me. You shouldn't be anywhere near me. I'm a monster. I've always been a monster. It's only a matter of time before I end up just like Sombra." Sunset concluded, breaking down sobbing. Mal's heart nearly broke at the sight in front of him. But one emotion thrust its way to the forefront, anger.

"Sunset you idiot! You're nothing like Sombra!" He thundered. Sunset stopped sobbing, but didn't look up at him.

"You heard Discord, I'm a demon. It's only a matter of time before I show my true colors again. Just forget about me Mal. You shouldn't be around something like me."

"Do you really think I care if you're a demon or not?!" Mal continued, grabbing her shoulders, and forced her to look him in the eyes. "Sunset, you could be anything and I'd still love you, a pony, griffin, or anything in between! And you will never end up like Sombra." Mal said, his voice finally softening. "I won't let you become anything like him. Anytime you think you're going to give into the darkness inside you, I'll be right there to bring you back. Just like you've always done for me. This changes nothing about how I feel for you. I plan on seeing the end of time with you." Mal finished, wrapping his arms around Sunset again. Sunset weakly returned the hug, and cried softly into his chest.

Discord wiped a tear form his eyes. Said tear ended up sprouting flowers. "That was beautiful, the only other time I saw love that strong was long before I became the God of Chaos." He came up to Mal and Sunset. "You do know what the type of demon Sunset is, don’t you? Well let's just say that Sombra was facing a mad female and her mate." He said. Sunset was a bit confused. "Basically on an instinctive level you’re married to Mal here." He said. Sunset blushed at this. "Besides, despite the who law or whatever it’s known as says, being part demon doesn't make you evil... Actually a few demons are 'good', of course their version of good is more like a light grey, but still." Discord looked at Sombra’s crystal. Well Sombra, seeing as how you have no soul.... I now know the perfect place to send you." In a snap Discord entered space. And hit the FTL button. After about a few minutes he returned. He was a bit winded. "Well that's over with." He finished. "I had to time travel a bit to get it done." He finished.

"Where did you send him?" Mal asked.

"A black hole the only thing I could think of, the crystal’s been well destroyed, Sombra is gone forever now." Discord finished.

"Yeah, you said that last time and look what happened." Mal shot back at him. "Also, I'm pretty sure that there are theories stating that black holes could lead to alternate universes." He finished. Discord just chuckled at Mal's response.

"Oh Mal, I think you've been reading too much science-fiction. I'm an immortal god of chaos, I think I know what I'm talking about."

"Uh huh, and you weren't a god when you made this exact claim before?" Discord shot Mal an irritated look.

"Touché."

"Still, the next time you and Luna go on an interdimensional road-trip, leave a way for us to contact you. That way these threats can be dealt with quicker."

"And what about you, Malthael?" Celestia asked. "I sent you that letter days ago. Why did it take you so long to respond?"

"We were on vacation to this tropical island." Mal said blankly. Discord rolled his eyes.

"Hypocrite," Discord retorted.

Twilight herself looked around.

"We all have a few things to do now, free the slaves and give the ponies who lost their lives to their family members." Twilight said. Discord however had a fun thought.

"Actually Twilight you know there's more to me being a reality warping god than making the laws of physics into my play things." He gathered what magic he needed. He was happy he was an avatar of chaotic force because he regenerated his magic faster. With a snap of his figures the dead ponies arose. Alive, and not undead alive, normal alive. Celestia and Twilight didn't notice it until A few of the dead guardponies came up to them totally confused. "I actually can truly bring the dead back to life." He had a bit if a smile.

"Ya know, as an aspect of death I should either be jealous or offended by this blatant disregard to natural laws, but I'm not, weird." Mal said with a shrug.

"Oh this wasn't so hard, now if you had brought me some of the dead that you'd used your death fog on, then I'd have a little trouble bringing them back. Also, I can't just go doing this all willy-nilly. The more I bend the laws of a reality the greater the chance I have of causing it to collapse."

"What would that be like?" Twilight asked.

"Imagine every molecule in your body simultaneously exploding at the speed of light." Discord deadpanned.

"Yeah, that's bad, never let that happen." Mal replied.

"Well it’s a good thing reality can heal itself then." Discord said.

The guards not knowing much after their deaths were highly confused. In a flash Discord Celestia and Twilight popped into the hospital treating Cadance. Discord was now wearing a doctor’s get up. “Paging Doctor Discord.” He said, snapping latex gloves into place.

"Discord what are you doing?" Twilight asked. He showed her his card. Somehow he was a doctor.

"Well as you can see I'm a doctor." He said with a smile hidden over his mask.

"Discord you know you could easily have just created this right?" Twilight responded. Discord rolled his eyes.

"So let’s see here, fractured wings, a few cracked ribs, some minor head trauma, some muscle damage and a cracked horn that won't heal properly." He looked at the nurses there and Celestia. "Honestly you have to learn not to use magic for medicine every time, you down played how serious this was, the damage to her is way more severe than you originally thought." He finished. He gathered his magic pointed it at her in a flash of light she was good as new. "There we go all better, well except for emotional trauma.... and she may have a few shadow pains from what her body was originally like." He concluded.

Shining Armor was a bit awed by that. "I didn't know Discord could do that." Shining said. "Isn't it amazing?" he asked. Twilight rolled her eyes.

"We just saw Discord refuse death, Shining."

"Seriously? So, the ponies in the Crystal Empire are better now. Thank you, Discord, for everything." Shining Armor said, feeling odd saying it.

"Oh, it was no trouble really. Honestly, I'd never hear the end of it from Luna if I avoided doing anything for her precious niece, and said neice's dominion." Discord said with a chuckle. Everyone in the room a little surprised by his admission, but before they could say anything, Cadance started to wake up.

"What happened? Where am I?"

"We're in Canterlot, honey." Shining answered, placing a comforting hoof on her carefully. Cadence suddenly remembered what had happened and shot upright.

"And what about the Crystal Empire? Sombra was stronger than ever, and he..."

"Don't worry Cadance." Twilight said. "Malthael and Sunset Shimmer took care of him

Cadance let out a sigh of relief.

"So was he destroyed or imprisoned?" Shining Armor asked. "Or did Malthael reap his soul?" He continued Discord rolled his eyes.

"I threw him into a black hole." Discord simply said. "He’s gone forever." Discord finished with a smile.

Sombra paused for a moment. He woke inside nothing but darkness and felt pain. So much pain. And he was spinning. Sombra tried to heal himself, do anything, something. He was trapped. Trapped at the heart of a black hole. Then he finally screamed!