As the sun went to hide behind the horizon, Applejack couldn’t help but feel a chill as the train headed north. She had been called to the Canterlot little over two days ago, to be told an absolute bombshell, they were heading to a lost kingdom that hadn’t been seen in over a thousand years and were expected to defeat the evil that now was believed to be threating the place. Not only were her and her friends heading their but the Cutie Mark Crusaders and Princess Luna were joining them.

“Is thou okay?” a concerned Princess Luna asked as she sat down next to Applejack “You look a bit shaken”

Applejack paused before saying “It’s just, princess, this will be the first enemy we have faced without…”

“Twilight” Luna finished for her as Applejack raised a hand to cover the tears that were overtaking her “Listen I only came along in case things turned for the worse but Celestia seems to believe you’re all capable with or without Twilight”

Applejack however looked over to the others who were sitting and chatting “I don’t know if I can even do a tenth as well as Twilight” she said as her hands grasped the edge of her seat “I suppose I should…I don’t know”

Luna shook her head “In the end you are you and no pony is going to judge you for not being Twilight” she said as she patted Applejack gently on the back “I once use to compare myself to Celestia and you know how that turned out”

Applejack stood up and walked out the back of the coach, she needed her space but there was something else bugging her. As she reached the end carriage she stopped to look out the window, the snow storm outside the train whistled with new found strength and Applejack felt empty as she watched the snow batter against the window.

“You want your friend back don’t you?” said a voice out of the darkness “I can get her back but I demand payment”

“Who are ya?!” snapped Applejack as she turned looking for the source of the voice “What do ya want?!”

“Want? I want to see you reunited with the friend you have lost and see justice return to Equestria” the voice sad as if the question was outrageous “You know I ask one thing in return?”

Applejack paused what if this was all in her head but what if it wasn’t “Who are ya, please?” she asked

“I’m darkness, there does that help?” the voice answered “I’m the darkness that creeps into every ponies mind and soul. I can see your darkest secrets, I can see into all dark places and I can reach places few others can”

“Um…that’s great and all but I was hoping for a name” Applejack said bluntly.

“Oh of course a name but may I ask you what is there in a name? I mean I have one but in all this darkness I must have misplaced it…Oh no I remember my name its Erebus” he said as the figure of a tall pony began to form out of the darkness, he was black from head to foot all except his eyes which were a bright yellow “See I’m just like you”

“Erebus are ya a god?” Applejack asked as the pony drew closer, making her uncomfortable and with good reason. There was an energy emanating from the pony that made the room feel cold “Why would you do ya want to help us?”

Erebus smiled “Yes, I am the god of darkness and I only wish to see her returned to her home. Is that so hard to believe?” he said as he pulled out a small notepad and pen “Tell you what if you’re interested in my offer meet me in a week at the place you call the Golden oak library” handing a small piece of paper to Applejack “one week” with that the pony disappeared and Applejack was left alone with her thoughts.

Meanwhile…

Outside the borders of the Chrystal empire a deep shadow waited from word from its master “Where is that little pink idiot” the shadow fumed as it stared hungrily at the Chrystal empire “I could have been in there by now! I’m supposed to just sit and wait till I freeze”

As the show storm whipped around the shadow, the shadow’s frustration grew to be unbearable and it was becoming more like a pointless effort to reframe from retaking what was once his. What possible harm could be done attacking early?

Suddenly there was a pop of pinkish smoke and small pink demon appeared “Ah…Sombra I hope you haven’t been waiting too long” Pain asked as he turned towards the empire “Now you remember your orders?”

Sombra groaned “Retake the empire and hand over our master’s newest plaything’s friends but the rest are mine!” he roared as he took on a solid form “DO NOT ASSUME MY MIND IS AS WEAK AS YOURS!!”

“Take it easy” Pain said with a small smile “I was just checking. There is one more thing, Master stated, that you are to hand over the Chrystal heart to him and I’ll be back next week for our master’s prizes!”

“Understood” Sombra snarled as he thought about the best way to defy Hades, keeping not only the Chrystal heart but all his future slaves. As Pain disappeared Sombra licked his lips “Soon all before me will be….mine!”

Sometime later…

The train finally came to a stop, as the ponies disembarked they couldn’t see anything except the constant barrage of snow and then they heard a cough. Behind them stood a tall black male Pegasus with a white mane. He was armed with a heavy looking golden shield, sword and a spear.

“Princess Luna! Guests of Honour it’s a pleasure to see you!” he said as he brought his hooves together and saluted “I’m to take you to the castle!” the pony turned round.

“Where’s Shining Armour and who are you?!” Luna asked clearly annoyed that this Pony was the one to greet them “I was told Shining Armour and one guard would greet us”

“I’m sorry your highness, Prince Shining and I were attacked on route here. He ordered me to get you to the Chrystal Castle, while he gets rid of the enemy but don’t fear I intend to go help repel the attacker once you’re at the castle. I’m afraid we don’t have much time” the guard explained as he stood at attention “Please follow me”

Applejack then snapped “How about a name, Bucko!”

“A name of the attacker?” the stallion said somewhat confused as he scratched his head “It’s Sombra but I was told you would know that”

“Your name” all present yelled at once.

“My name? I’m Private Bravesteel” Bravesteel said giggling sheeplessly “Sorry I forgot”

Pinkie giggled as the stallion turned “He’s funny” she whispered to Rarity.

Rarity sighed shaking her head “He’s a bit absent minded”

After a long walk they finally made it to the Chrystal Empire, walking through the barrier all were amazed by the beauty before them. The Empire seemed to glow bright as the stars in the heavens. The castle in the centre stretched up to the heavens above and seemed to show to all the power held within.

“I hope you can get to the castle on your own but I need to go see if my commander needs assistance” Bravesteel said as he turned to leave “Please go straight to the castle”

Princess Luna stepped forward “You know that if Shining Armour hasn’t met with us by this point he’s unlikely to be….” She began but the look from Bravesteel made it clear he wasn’t willing to believe the worse “Be careful”

Rainbow Dash suddenly stepped forward “Let me go with you!” she demanded “You may need my help!”

Bravesteel shook his head “I was given orders to make sure you got to the castle and I won’t go against them” he said sternly as he ran through the barrier and with that he was gone.

“He’ll be alright” Luna said with a small smile.

As the ponies headed towards the castle one thing was clear, Shining Armour being missing was doing little to bolster confidence and the group remained silent. Not helping as well was just how deserted the empire appeared to be, except for Bravesteel they had not run into a single pony and the quiet of the place was creeping everypony out.

“Where is everypony?” Applebloom said finally breaking the silence.

“Hiding?” asked Sweetie Bell turning her head quickly towards a purple house “This can’t be how it is normally right?”

Applejack shook her head “It ain’t right, that’s for darn sure” she said as she hurried her younger sister on “We should find Cadence as quickly as possible”

Rainbow growled “I should have gone with that guard and helped” she said as she put a hand on her sword’s hilt “What if he’s running into a trap?”

Luna sighed “Then there is little you can do for him now” she said with her voice failing to hide the concern she too felt “We have a mission here that we’ll need to complete and Bravesteel seemed clear about the importance of our mission”

“Does that make it right to let him go to certain death?” Fluttershy asked meekly.

After a few minutes they finally reached the base of the castle, all were tired but were hopeful to meet with Princess Cadence. It was then that they spotted a guard pony, a tall white unicorn mare with a long yellow mane, at the moment thou she looked a little less than pleased to see them but she did bow low.

“Honoured guests! It’s a pleasure to see you made it here safely! I’m Captain Lightspeed” she said as she looked around the group “Pardon my rudeness but where are the Prince and Bravesteel?”

Luna shook her head “We were greeted by Private Bravesteel who said they had been attacked on root to the station, he then showed us to the barrier and was very clear who had attacked them but once he saw us beyond the barrier he flew back to reinforce the Prince” she explained to the captain “Please take us to Princess Cadence”

Lightspeed however lost her composure “Damn it! I wish we had more guards but none of the crystal ponies remember what their jobs were so the token guard force we had was far less than what we need!” she yelled in frustration “Bravesteel was my last Private, the rest of my guards fell in an earlier attack to Sombra!”

“Wait! So Sombra is that powerful at this point?” Luna asked clearly concerned “He shouldn’t be strong enough to launch an attack let”

“I’m sorry Princess we started the day with twenty guards but after the first attack we had our numbers cut to just Bravesteel and myself”

Spike finally spoke up “We should go and reinforce Shining and Bravesteel!” he said as the clear desperation entered his voice “If those two fall then our job will be all the harder”

Lightspeed shook her head “It looks like that won’t be necessary” she said with a grim look towards the direction the group had come. As the group turned they saw the weakened forms of Shining Armour carrying the shape of a black Pegasus in his magic “Prince Armour! Bravesteel!”

The group ran towards the two stallions, one thing was clear something terrible had happened, as Shining Armour gently put Bravesteel upon the ground and held his head “Braves…Braves…look at me!” he screamed tears flowing down his face “Please…Open your eyes…Braves!”

There was then a weak whimper from Bravesteel as his eyes weakly opened “My Prince…Are you alright?” he said his voice incredibly quiet. It was then he coughed and spat up a small amount of blood “…funny…I thought…I’d die closer….closer to…home”

“NO…NO!” Shining screamed trying to press down, to stop the blood leaking from injuries on Bravesteel’s stomach “You’re going to…make…it! Remember your promise…you promised me….you’d live to see the Chrystal…empire safe!”

Bravesteel weakly smiled “I’m…sorry” he said as he let out a weak laugh “You’ll have to…save it…without me” with that Bravesteel’s eyes fluttered shut and the stallion was still.

“Braves?” Shining asked as Lightspeed used her magic to levitate the form of Bravesteel away.

“He’ll be alright, sir” Lightspeed said as she walked towards a door and disappeared with the body of her solider.

“Come on, Shining” Spike said helping his friend to his hooves “If I may ask you seem unusually close to that stallion, why is that?”

“He saved my life” Shining said simply “I owe him and he promised he would help as best he could”

Elsewhere….

Hades watched events unfurling on the screen in front of him “Soon all will be mine” Hades said with a simple look at the orange pony currently walking on the screen “And then you honest Applejack will help me secure my rule” he turned his head towards a door where a tall figure stood “Ah, so you’re ready?”

The figure smiled with a twirl of her hand she flicked her hair “So I capture the orange one?” she asked “Then we’re all square? I can leave the underworld for good and see my love?”

“Indeed but if you fail…you’ll join her” Hades said simply pointing to Twilight was sitting before Hades with a defeated look upon her face.

The women in the door way shook her head “Don’t fear my lord!” she said visibly shaken “I won’t fail!”

Hades released a sinister giggle “Twilight, be a dear and show my servant the reward of failure!” he said as he stood Twilight up “Now servant observe the life of a slave” with a snap of his fingers, Twilight’s revealing clothing disappeared and left Twilight naked. Twilight didn’t even budge as Hades stood in front of her and began to fondle her breasts “Now Twilight, show our guest how to beg for cock”

Twilight sighed and moaned “Please master grace my pussy with your cock” she said as she parted her legs, Hades pushed his member past her vagina’s lips, Twilight wrapped her legs round Hades and began to push her hips against the cock as it filled her “Oh, yes…fuck me!”

“Tell our guest how it feels to have my cock inside!” Hades said as he gave Twilight’s nipple a cruel twist.

Twilight moaned “It feels sooo good”

Hades turned his attention to the female agent in the doorway who was unusually quiet as she watched the show before her “As you can see, when I decide to enslave someone, it isn’t too long before they’re singing for me but let us hope you succeed. Now go!”

“Yes, my lord” the women said as she left.

Hades smiled as he gave Twilight’s breasts a squeeze which caused them to release some milk “Soon you’ll be too delicate to fuck” he said as he licked up the milk “But for now you’re mine to enjoy”

Twilight moaned “Master please keep fucking me!” as she wrapped her arms around Hades and threw her head back as Hades started to play with her citreous “Master that feels amazing!”

Hades pushed forward as he felt Twilight’s moist vaginal walls clamp around his member “So eager to please today aren’t you?” he said as he paused “Your hoping to please me so that I don’t enslave your friends?”

Twilight shook her head “No, Master I just…AHHHH!” she screamed as Hades slammed his cock cruelly into her “Please don’t be so rough!”

“Face it! I own you and soon all your friends will be mine!” Hades snapped as he pulled out of her and sat down “Now suck me off!” Twilight knelt down as she was forced to take Hades member into her mouth “Now know this, you’re my prized slave and your friends will be perfect as my seconds”

“MMMM!” Twilight moaned as Hades forced her to take more of his length down her throat.

Hades smiled down at his beautiful slave “You know what’s funny? I was just going to settle for one slave but after times like these I decided you weren’t enough” he said as gently stroked Twilight’s head “If you helped me, I could give you anything your heart desires and more!”

Twilight raised her head “Never” she snarled before Hades pushed her back down.

“Fine. I’ll get what I want either way” Hades said simply as he suddenly got a cruel idea “You know if you help me then I can return your father to life?”

“MMWHATMM!” Twilight gurgled through the full feeling of Hades member.

“You want your father alive again? I can grant you it and even return you to Equestria as my servant” Hades said simply “Think about it, no more days spend sucking me off and your father back from the dead” he then lifted Twilight’s head up “What do you say?”

Twilight went silent for a moment, all she had to do was do as Hades asked and her father would be alive “What’s the catch?” she asked

“Well you need to do as I say for seven days and without question” Hades said as he pulled out a black scroll “You’ll return to Equestria for these days and get what I desire”

“You want my friends?” Twilight whispered

“Oh well yes, but I’ll accept five replacements” Hades said cupping Twilight’s chin “After the seven days are up, you’ll return here and your father will return to Equestria free as a bird. Think about it your father alive and you free to roam Equestria until your job is finished”

Twilight looked up at her tormentor “Why would you want me to do this for you?” she said through gritted teeth.

Hades smiled “It’s simple really, I don’t trust Sombra but with you I know what drives you and what’s more, your trustworthy” Hades sat back “As you know I can’t free you entirely, your too valuable to me but I know your nightmares have been filled with your father’s death and how much you wish you could have stopped it. So it’s the perfect deal”

Twilight let out a long breath of frustration “There has to be more to it than just that?”

Hades laughed “I knew you were smarter than that. I suppose I should go over the price of failure, if you fail, I’ll capture three more mares from Ponyville and your friends” he said his tone growing darker with every word “However if you succeed I’ll move you to a fabulous quest room, as well as give you free run of my palace and my library. You’ll still need to obey me but you’ll do it in comfort”

Twilight sighed, her father’s death was her fault and if she managed to get to Equestria she could get Celestia to help her to freedom “Well I…”

“Oppsedoopsie, I almost forgot, you cannot talk to any Alicorn while you’re up there and you’ll be in competition with my other servants so if you have to capture five mares. Just so you know Sombra and field agent Plant N are up there. Sombra has to bring me all your friends and N has to capture sweet Applejack”

“Why send three servants?” Twilight asked in a small voice

Hades giggled “It increases the chances for success and reduced the costs to me. You have no idea how much magic it takes to revive a being from the dead and give them a new body” he said as he said this he pulled out from under his throne a collar like device “Anyway what do you say do we have a deal?”

Meanwhile….

Princess Cadence had just finished explaining all the developments since the advanced guard had arrived earlier that day. The news of Bravesteel’s condition had certainly come as a bitter blow to her. It was clear with all the loses they had taken things couldn’t be much worse.

“We need to call for reinforcements” Spike said as he looked out the window “If things remain the way they are we’ll be overwhelmed”

“Spike is right” Rarity nodded as she sat down “There has to be a way to call for help”

Shining shook his head “The closest town with a garrison is Edinhoof but after the fate of Glasflank. I doubt they’d send any reinforcements” he said as he looked out the same window Spike was “Besides getting word to them is almost impossible”

“What about just sending a letter to Princess Celestia?” Applebloom suggested

“Yeah, with Spike it would be easy!” Scootaloo exclaimed happily

Princess Cadence smiled at the excited foals “I admire your optimism, I’ll write a letter right away and we’ll send it. However you all you tired get to bed”

As everypony was shown to their room by Shining Armour one thing wasn’t right “Anyway Rainbow Dash this is your room” he said as he pointed to a room “And Princess that’s your room”

“Wait can’t I switch with Pinkie?” Dash asked choosing not to point out that her room was the second furthest from Fluttershy’s room.

“Surely thou your room shouldn’t matter?” Luna asked as Shining Armour disappeared “Unless you want to be near gentle Fluttershy?”

“WHAT!?” Rainbow burst out surprised that Luna would know “I didn’t say anything about Flutters”

“Thou does not need to, I have seen you stroking her leg on the train and playing with her mane. However even without those signs your dreams tell much” Luna said as she wrapped an arm around Dash “They show that you love her but you desire others. Three nights ago you had a fantasy about kissing her, while grinding against…me. Of all the dreams I have seen your dreams make me the most….curious”

“Princess, I…I don’t mean any disrespect!” Rainbow stuttered “I should be loyal to my ma…mmm!!”

Luna interrupter with a gentle kiss and as she kissed the struggling Pegasus, she dragged her into Dash’s room but then pulled away “Sweet, Celestia thou has sweet lips but one wonders if thou’s fantasies are as good in practise as in dreams”

Luna whispered into Dash’s ear as she pulled Rainbow’s sports top down “Hmmm, thou’s breasts will serve me well. Tell me should we invite kind Fluttershy?”

“What! No!” Dash said horrified as the princess took a firm hold of her breasts and gave them a gentle squeeze “P…P…Please stop”

“Dashy looks good being submissive, Princess” a voice said from behind them, as they turned they saw Fluttershy standing naked and she was masturbating with her fingers deep inside her marehood “I’ll just watch you two”

“Flutters?!” Rainbow said horrified “You planed this!”

“I saw into her dreams, she wants more than just sex and until you commit” Luna explained as she pulled Rainbow’s shorts down to reveal her damp marehood. Placing a hand onto Rainbow’s marehood and began to pump a finger in and out “She says your mine to do with as I see fit”

“Shy, didn’t you enjoy our fun time together?” Rainbow moaned as she felt the princess gently lick her neck “I thought we had som…ahhh!” it was then Dash felt the cold touch of a dildo push into her flank “P…Pl…Please don’t!”

“Dash, for the last two months, it’s just been sex and I want more” Fluttershy said walking forward and cupping Rainbow’s chin “I love you but it feels like, you’re just going for a ride and using me for a quick pleasure rush. I need more than that”

“Shy! I swear I love you!” Rainbow moaned as she felt Luna thrust the dildo into her “What will it take to convince that I love you?”

Luna grabbed hold of Rainbow’s wings “It’s not about the love, it’s the next step thou needs to think about” she said as she began to play with Rainbow’s feathers.

“Well, Flutters, come here so I can tell you” Rainbow moaned as Fluttershy bend down so her ear was next to Rainbow’s lips.

“Well, what do you have to say?” Fluttershy asked as she continued to feel her marehood and Rainbow whispered in her ear “I…oh” she couldn’t stop herself as she took the moment to kiss Rainbow and then pulled away “Yes”

Dash smiled as Luna pulled out and she wrapped her arms around Fluttershy “I’m glad you’re happy” she said as she saw Luna smile at her “Thank you, Princess”

“As long as the two of you are happy, I’m pleased to help” Luna said as she took the strap-on off “Plus it’s something to look forward to, in your dreams” as she walked out of the room.

Rainbow smiled as sleep overtook her and her love as they lay on the bed.

Author's Note

Okay this chapter was tricky to write and I'm not entirely happy with what is there. Also I wish I could have been a little less obvious with who Hades secret agent is. I however need some advice, should Sombra fall easy while Hades secret servant does something devastating? Or should the secret servant be discovered and Sombra gets a temporary win? I will say I hate Sombra and Hades secret servant will be more enjoyable. I hope this chapter wasn't too dragging. I tried my best but life at the moment is very difficult.