Author's Note

Just to warn you before reading this chapter, I did say religion will be in this story. It was in one of my blogs, but there will not be alot of religion, just enough to make a clash of beliefs.

Anyway, hope you enjoy this chapter.

Chapter VI

Leo clapped Faust on her shoulder hard enough to draw her attention from the pink pony that's been giving him a big smile. "Mommy, I don't like the way she's looking at me. She keeps smiling and smells like bubblegum." He whispered as the alicorn perked her ear to listen, his hand tightening around her hoof as indication of how uncomfortable he felt.

Faust giggled to Pinkie Pie as the rest of the group took their seats at the dinner table. "Honey, she is just very eager to have some fun with you," She replied angelically. "Pinkie Pie is a kind and gentle filly that loves making new friends. You should give her a chance before assuming bad things."

Leo tried not to mull it over, but the way Pinkie Pie kept closing in made it impossible to think and feel differently. His tails swished and flicked as the Element of Laughter grabbed her chair and hopped in it to scoot closer to him. Inch by inch the pink pony made her way towards the Kitsune with a look of pure innocence—if that is what you would call it.

For the first time since she'd made real friends and found acceptance with them, one for the many ponies that love her but cannot handle her infinite energy, Pinkie Pie had a reason to unleash all of her joy and giddiness. She looked down as if she might fall out of her seat or accidently sit on the queen's tail. A mere gaze to reassure herself that nothing bad is about to happen.

Leo moved his hands to his head and scratched in confusion of the filly's actions. He covered the small bump from falling in the bathroom, as if he had a huge nail stuck in him. He half expected to feel a terrible headache to rush him when he touched his bruise, but nothing of the sort came to him.

He sniffed the air around Pinkie Pie, after catching a sweet scent, something unfamiliar yet very ensnaring to his childish mind. Why does she smell like bubblegum?

His fingers bunched the material of his shirt into fist and he looked around slowly, carefully, wanting to know how much room he has to run in case things got worse. Unfortunately he felt his breath caught in his throat after looking back up to find Pinkie Pie starting at him from a very short distance.

"You are so cute that I can just snuggle you all day." Pinkie Pie cooed excitedly.

Leo felt his inner fox leap forward as if to protect him. He was startled to the point of yelping when the pink pony's eyes were inches from his, and it was impossible to protest the jump in his heart when she startled him. He found it easy to shoot out of the alicorn's wings with a simple leap to her other side.

"Back off bubblegum head!" he barked while changing into his fox form again, his little paws carrying him as fast as they will.

"Hey, I just wanna hug you!" Pinkie Pie yelled, while sprinting for the boy. Considering it would be another twenty minutes before dinner arrived, she kicked her legs into high gear and made a speedy burnout as the little fox ran to the other side of the table.

Applejack—bless her heart—sighed into her hoof while the two circled the table and leapt and dived under it. She didn't know what to think about this. "Ah never thought a small critter like him would make me pass out. Darn change he did was somethin' else."

Rainbow Dash nodded. There was note of guilt in her voice that mixed with her hidden desire to cuddle Leo, but no one knew that; at least not yet. "I can't believe that Discord knows what he is. Usually he beats around the bush with telling us stuff, but he went straight to the point."

Discord tittered his amusement in the welcoming gazes of his friends, his seat being next to Faust, who just so happened to be blushing while looking at him. "I know many things, my dear Dashie. A god like myself has near-infinite knowledge of the many things that are both in our universe and outside of it. And Leo just happens to be something I've known for a very long time."

"I'm quite surprised of his existence," Twilight admitted. She looked the chamber, drawing most of the attention to herself. "None of the books say anything about an animal or thing known as a Kitsune. And from what Discord spoke of, it makes me eager to study a little more about him."

"Leo is not an animal or a thing, Princess Twilight," Faust said calmly, although her feelings spoke opposite towards Twilight's words. She held a steady gaze at the purple alicorn, but underneath those warm eyes were many forms of spite for hearing how she degraded the boy as a mortal creature when he is the son of the First Nine Tailed Fox. "He is a young spirit of great things and a rarity that is more honorable than ascension to an alicorn. A Nine Tailed Fox is a powerful and loyal spirit that will love you, follow you, and protect you with its life. So please remember that research should not get in the way of befriending my new son."

There was silence when Faust finished speaking her mind. She held up her tea cup, needing to wet her whistle, and sipped as the purple alicorn took her words to heart. Twilight had nothing to say to the mare. She was speechless and very embarrassed to have assumed that Leo is a wild animal or a foreign object than someone with feelings. Her eyes moved back and forth as the little fox scurried across the floor, dodging the Earth Pony every time she leaped at him for the most powerful hug her hooves can give.

Leo's eyes went wide, almost bugging out when Pinkie Pie recovered from sliding into a column. It's official. That pony is not normal!

"Come here, you little fluffball," Pinkie Pie giggled, her hooves leaving tread marks as she sprinted towards the panicking boy. "Give your Aunt Pinkie a big hug!"

In that instant, a small current of magic ignited from within Leo and travelled to his tails, as if it were a spirit crawling his skin. His heart raced and his eyes dilated as the spark bloomed into a full-fledged aura of pure yellow, There was a stirring of the alicorns and Draconequus when this happened. Faint sensory of his fear activating his hidden power. Faust wrapped her mind around this and immediately reacted with angst and worry of her son making the biggest mistake in his life.

She gasped softly. "He's about to use his chi on Pinkie Pie."

Discord leaned back in his seat and smiled again, inhaling the scent of the power that is not magic. "Oh this is going to be good. I wonder what technique he will use."

Leo tipped his tails into a the shape of a cross and yelled at the rushing mare. "Rai Sen Zogra!" And with it came out a short burst of yellow energy morphing into a glass-thin barrier.

Faust's eyes widened to saucers, her heart racing as she instinctively rushed between the two. "Oh shit, he knows how to put up a barrier!"

She sprinted at lightning speed and stopped faster than anyone in the room could blink their eyes. Her wings sprung forth and caught the pink mare before she could touch the barrier that had yet to fully close around Leo. Said barrier glowed a strange, blue lightning through the tense air, and the Mane Six all thought how insane it was for the child to produce something of unknown caliber.

"No, Pinkie Pie!" Faust barked, before tossing her to the ground and rearing up to intimidate her into ceasing her actions.

Pinkie Pinkie looked up to the almighty alicorn shimmering great magic before her. She studied the aura lapping at the shore of the mare's horn and lost all of her determination to hug the little fox. She did not think the queen would ever act so aggressive with her little ponies, but this said differently, and it was not in a positive manner.

Faust remained on her hind legs for a few more seconds before lowering herself to move beside her. She relieved herself of the tension with a loud sigh and stood next to her for a loving nuzzle, looking a little like a mother that loves all of her subjects, as if they are her children.

"I am sorry, Pinkie Pie," Faust cooed, removing all fear within the Element of Laughter. "I had to stop you from touching the barrier Leo made. It would have electrocuted you, maybe have burnt you, if you were to touch it."

The logical response from Pinkie Pie was cocking an eyebrow at the alicorn. "Huh?"

"That was interesting," Discord said, tapping his chin as the room fell heavy on Leo's shoulders. "A young Kyuubi No Kitsune using ancient techniques. Now where do you think he learned such powerful chi?"

"Chi?" Twilight and her friends questioned, their eyes darting the frightened boy, who happened to be backing away as the queen silently approached.

Faust nodded and ran her magic through her feathers, dissipating what she channeled on accident. "Yes, Discord, it is strange that Leo is able to use such techniques, especially one that is a class three of the Lamia Clan." she stated ever-so fluently. Finally she backed him into a corner, one with no openings whatsoever, and laid on her stomach to meeting the boy's sparkling gaze. "Leo, where did you learn to use the Rai Sen Zogra? That technique is only known by the Lamia Clan, and I do not recall you speaking of someone teaching you."

Leo looked away and whimpered. Faust did not follow his gaze to the wall, spreading trouble around the fox. She covered his back with a soft wing and pulled him close. His cheek became coated with her muzzle, loving nuzzles to help him speak the truth.

"Leo, who taught you such powerful chi?" Faust asked calmly, although the burning stare in her orbs said otherwise. "Did this 'Mr. Mole' teach powerful chi, or was it someone else?"

Applejack at this point leaned towards the pink haired princess and whispered, "Uh...princess, do ya have any idea wha' yer mother migh' be talkin' bout?"

Celestia shook her head. "I have no idea at all, Applejack. Chi is something new to me." she answered. "I only know of magic, and I'm thousands of years old."

"Clearly our mother is still keeping secrets; wouldn't you agree, sister?" Luna asked.

"The man with the red horns taught me," Leo answered. His eyes became beady with tears as the alicorn quirked her eyebrow at the boy, uncertain what he meant by 'the man with the fork'. "He taught me stuff while Mr. Mole went out in the woods to get vegetables."

"The Man with The Red Horns?" Faust said to herself. It took her a brief minute to think about what he meant, and when the light bulb above her head flickered, so did the blazing fury and terror of a thousand hot suns. She gasped at the cowering Kitsune and darted her glare to the only god that understands what he just said.

Discord, Master of Mischief, God of Chaos, leaned up from his chair and glared hatefully at the alicorn. His blood ran cold and the hairs on his skin perked at the one name that matches such little description. Only he and Faust knew exactly who it was that Leo spoke of, and by the gods did it infuriate them to know that the greatest evil has been seeing the boy.

Their eyes locked together, and thus came their unison of the word, "Lucifer."

"Lucifer?" Luna questioned her mother, "Who is Lucifer?"

Discord turned to the blue alicorn. "A fallen angel that now rules a place known as hell. He is known as Satan, and he is my disowned father."

"And he's been seeing Leo," Faust reminded him in a harsh tone. "Discord, you know there is only one reason why that bastard wants Leo."

"Yes," Discord said with a nod, "He must have been preparing Leo so he can possess him."

"Possess my darling Leo?" Celestia and Luna said in unison. "How?"

Discord nodded at the Alicorn Queen, understanding the only way it was possible for such a monster to be near Leo. "Are you able to perform such a feat?" he asked.

"I can do it. I am one of God's thumbs after all," she said quickly. "Just have the Castle Gardens cleared within the next hour, and retrieve a Bible from earth. I trust you to be swift with ripping open a dimensional rift and coming back before anything can come through."

"As quick as your daughter scarfing sweets." Discord chuckled, before snapping his fingers and disappearing in a flash.

"Queen Faust, what are you and Discord talking about?" Rainbow Dash asked. She'd had enough of intrigue and mystery of their strange behavior.

Faust, with Leo now in her wings, scooped him up and turned to the blue Pegasus. "Forgive me for the confusion, but I must go do something that is done on Earth, something that should have been done to Leo when he was born." she replied.

"What?" the entire crowd asked.

"...I'm going to baptize Leo."