Canterlot's Vigilante: Red Hood

by Zither

Rating: teen
Tags: Sunset Shimmer, Main 6, Dark, Alternate Universe, Human, Other, Original Character, Equestria Girls, Crossover
Length: 6536

When the fall formal even takes place, Daemon Wraithe goes down a road which leads him to don The Red Hood persona.

Daemon Wraithe, a mysterious boy who has always been quiet about his prior life before living in Canterlot. When the fall formal event happens he sparks the introduction of The Red Hood, a vigilante who goes through a series of event's happening in Canterlot

*Reboot of the original story, featuring a more thorough take from the original along with edited chapters in order to give it a fresher look.

Published 2016-01-09 21:00:02 UTC
Last updated 2016-01-16 01:01:03 UTC

Prologue

**He watches from the ageless Void

Enlightened Shadow of his former Self,

waiting for the time He'll take human form again...

...to avenge the victims of the War Machine,

and vanquish the Evil that gave it Life.**

Sunset Shimmer put on the crown, soon a blinding light had surrounded her. Out of view a person was at a Cafe drinking, nothing in mind till he saw it. The light reached far up to the sky, lighting up most of the darkened streets. Rushing out the Cafe while seeing the whole thing unravel, Daemon noticed as another person alike rushed out to see the whole thing. He noticed the orange tanned girl's curiosity but ignore it as he had other things to deal with. Running off to an unknown direction he made his way towards the light. As the light dispersed, appeared Sunset Shimmer in the middle who admired her new self, a demonic version of herself. She then decided it was best to show off her power and opened up a hole in the school for all too see, she made two students her minions. Then going back to the girls she grinned as she saw them still with the intent to fight back.

"Gee, the gang really is all back together again. Now step aside! Twilight has tried to interfere with my plans one too many times already! She needs to be dealt with!" yelled Sunset, soon her hand began forming a fiery glowing orb. Throwing it to Twilight's direction the girls tried to do something but weren't close enough to make a move.

"TWILIGHT!" cried the group of girls; before they knew it Twilight was pushed out of the way by an unknown figure. Pushing her off safely to the side, but being close to the blast radius led to the figure being knocked back.

"Impossible!" exclaimed Sunset before throwing more orbs at the figure only defined by his Red attire. Quickly getting up he began dodging them, and jumped over the last one but not before he shot something out of his gun.

"You Missed." taunted Sunset, Red Hood only smirked underneath his mask.

"Did I really?" taunted Red Hood back before launching himself forward in a means of a zip-kick to Sunsets direction. Kicking her in the face she managed to scratch his torso mildly though enough to cause bleeding. Going back down and grasping his chest, he was surprised when Sunset grabbed his, holding him up she extended her other arm and light started forming around it. Thinking quick he pulled out some concussive's, covering his face he threw them at  Sunset who was soon dazed off from it and threw Red Hood off to the wall.

The impact from the throw led to Red Hood breaking through it and laying there, with Sunset distracted the girls quickly made their way to Red Hood.

"Are you alright? Look we can help you against her we just need you to distract he-." said Twilight before being cut off by Red Hood who mumbled something.

"We don't have much time, look." said Twilight before Red Hood cut her off again.

"I said move." groaned Red Hood, in the background Sunset had recovered and launched another fiery ball towards the group.

"This end tonight." stated Sunset as she laughed. Attempting to stand up, he saw as the ball merely exploded yet didn't cause any damaged at all to him or the girls. They were protected by a pinkish aurora, though not himself he was glad by that intervention.

"Alright speak fast!" yelled Red.

"Ok we know how to stop her, we just need you to-" said Twilight before being cut off by Red Hood.

"Distraction. Got It just do it now!" Yelled Red Hood, he soon confronted Sunset again which wasn't really one of his most brilliant ideas considering his current state. Quickly dodging her attacks they were becoming much difficult by the increasing pain in his chest and back slowing him down. Before he knew it Sunset grabbed him again, this time holding him up to her face.

"You've been nothing but a mere distraction." said Sunset before tightening her grip on Red Hood's abdomen, she would have killed him had Twilight not intervened.

"Sunset Shimmer stop, you want us not him." yelled Twilight, Looking back at them Sunset placed her goals towards them and dropped Red Hood on the ground. Getting himself back up he, groaned in pain and grasped his abdomen. He watched the confrontation.

"Sunset Shimmer, The magic contained in my Element was able to unite with those that helped create it! Honesty! Kindness! Laughter! Generosity! Loyalty! Magic! Together with a crown, they create a power beyond anything you could imagine, but it is a power you don't have the ability to control! The crown may be upon your head, Sunset Shimmer, but you cannot wield it, because you do not possess the most powerful magic of all, the magic of friendship!" Yelled Twilight, soon the group of girls changed forms and got longer hair, pony ears similar to the ones used by the school and wings on three of them.

Red Hood watched as they unleashed massive amounts of elemental energy in a form of a rainbow in the sky. It had surrounded Sunset all over.

"What's Happening!" yelled Sunset as she was stripped of her power, soon there was a blinding light appearing. Red Hood had now noticed  that the magic was interfering with electronics as some sort of EMP since he noticed the lights around the school started flickering. Because Sunset was in the sky when the interference took place she was transformed back in the sky.

Noticing this he jumped and grabbed her before impact; sliding on the concrete floor with cause his pants to rip. He groaned as his kness got scrapped from the rough concrete scratching them, with that it  woke up Sunset who then noticed was in the hands of a stranger she had fought. Red Hood brought her to the girls who quickly started talking to her. Seeing that everything seemed alright for the mean time Red Hood disappeared out of view as the students and staff started getting near him and the girls. Getting in the school roof he watched as they surrounded them.

Twilight and her friends on the other hand were curious of the figure who had helped them defeat Sunset yet could do nothing with him being gone now. Red Hood stayed for a while before noticing how Sunset had caught him as she was rebuilding the wall, she moved away from the view as if in fear of what he'd do.

Going back to his base The Red Hood made his way to a window and entered. He looked at the mirror and noticed his gear was all damaged and some parts exposed his skin, he took  of his mask. Seeing the old thing barely keeping up he tossed it in the floor. Taking off his gear he got into his pants and watched the damage, Sunsets claws had penetrated his skin enough to leave a scar once healed, he also noticed his body was beginning to show signs of major bruises along with his face having a scar going down his eye. Poking his rib cage he howled as the pain was immense. He cleaned his open wounds in his chest and knees, wrapping a bandage around his chest and abdomen he prepared himself to go to the doctor tomorrow; He'd began wondering of an excuse about the excessive damage to his body. Removing his grapple gun from his holster, he noticed that it had been damaged from the fight. Putting it in his desk he made his way to bed.

Taking a rest from the fight, he awoke hours later to a more gruesome nightmare of the fight that took place, he was sweating and quickly got up but instantly regretted it and gently grasped his abdomen. He looked out his window and saw it wasn't early yet. Laying back slowly he made a sudden realization that the fight he had was the exact place his studies would be taking place, he had transferred to CHS and had a week before entering. Dismissing the thought he decided to worry about it in the morning.

Canterlot's Finest

Daemon jolted up as he heard the sudden sounds of his alarm sounding. He grasped his rib cage, when he went to the doctor he saw that it was nothing severe except a minimal crack on one of his ribs which had the doctor prescribe him some pain killers. Sitting at the edge of his bed his sighed, he then got up and went down to his kitchen. Going in his fridge, he grabbed a bottle of water. Grabbing the pills from the counter he popped two in his mouth and drank the water.

Going to his bathroom he looked at himself, he saw his unkempt hair so he decided on taking a quick shower before he went back to his room. Once done he re-bandaged his abdomen and torso, he then looked at himself in the mirror and saw that the scratch in his face had gotten darker and was easily seen. Going back he put on some casual clothing, a red hoodie, a white shirt, some dark brown cargo pants and black boots. Looking back at his hair, he shook it around giving it a messy look.

Having done all that he put on his black jacket, grabbing his watch he looked at the the time. '7:46, I still got time' thought Daemon. Grabbing his crimson helmet he made his way to his garage and got on his bike, looking through his helmet he noticed the cracked visor. He instantly remembered the incident involving that and frowned. Starting the engine he rode the area, heading towards Canterlot High. Making his way to the parking lot he left his bike there and took off his helmet, placing it inside his backpack it oddly had enough space to be put in there without being noticeable. He saw how the school building had barely been rebuilt with some scorch marks at the entrance, he then noticed that the impact area in the wall he had been thrown was still there. He felt a sudden sting in his back as he remembered that night.

Heading inside he made his way to the main office so that he could receive his schedule. Knocking at the door, he was presented with the principal of the school who motioned him to go inside. Sitting down in one of the chairs he looked at she went through some files and finally found his schedule.

"So you must be the new student Daemon Wraithe?" asked Principal Celestia, while the answer was pretty much summed up he replied back.

"Yes ma'am." stated Daemon, he then saw her reach into her cabinet and reach in for his ID.

"Alright so here are your items for the school, we have a school guide to show you around before you start off you day. She'll be at the main foyer with you at the moment." stated Principal Celestia, heading out the office he made his way to the main foyer. He soon heard the announcements requesting for a student, Sunset Shimmer to head to the main foyer.

'Must be the tour guide' thought Daemon, he didn't need to wait long as he saw her. He soon was confused as how things turned out for a girl seeking power becoming someone who shows the school. Thinking not much of it he was welcomed by her smile.

"Hi my name is Sunset Shimmer, I'll be showing you around the school before we start." stated Sunset, "I believe Principal Celestia already gave you your schedule right."

"Yes." replied Daemon.

"Well lets continue on with the tour...uh I didn't quite catch you name." stated Sunset.

"The name's Daemon. Daemon Wraithe." stated Daemon.

"Well Daemon, lets continue on with the tour." said Sunset. As they went by room to room, Daemon got incredibly bored and saw how inexperienced she was at it. Deciding to comment on it he spoke.

"I can see you're new to this right?" commented Daemon. Sunset looked back at him, shyly nodding yes.

"Yeah it's pretty obvious right." responded Sunset.

"No worries. Tip of advice try to add a little more excitement, maybe throw in a room or event coming up to catch their attention." stated Daemon. Sunset thought about what he said.

"That seems very helpful actually, I'll keep that in mind." responded Sunset. "You know now that you mention it our school is having an event coming up, though I don't know what it's going to be about." Continuing on with the tour, Daemon was presented with more rooms when they had finally reached the lunchroom.

"Alright so here we have the lunchroom, it seems as if the freshmen are going to be having lunch any minute now so it's best we cl-" said Sunset before the bell cut her off, soon the thunderous sounds of running feet filled the hallways. Daemon noticed that Sunset was in the middle of the way and by the looks of it the freshmen weren't stopping. Thinking quickly he grabbed her out of the way.

"Man, thanks for that. Can't imagine what it would have happened had you not moved me out of the way." commented Sunset, "How's you react that fast anyways?"

"Just pure instinct, it helps out a lot." replied Daemon. Looking towards the freshmen he saw as more and more kept coming out of the corridors before soon the halls were empty once again.

"Well thanks, guess we can continue with the tour, won't be long before it's over though." stated Sunset, she began talking about the area again. Daemon had to admit, sunset didn't seem like the same girl he had encountered a week back.

'no matter, I need to keep vigilant around this place." thought Daemon. One room had interested Daemon, the Science Lab which was open for students to use. 'Could use this for something, don't know yet.'

"Well this is the end of the tour, I hope you have an idea of what our school has to offer. Do you have any questions before you're off?" asked Sunset

"No, thanks for the tour." said Daemon, heading to his classroom he finally made his way.

"Your welcome, you should get too class. It's 4th period just so you know." stated Sunset, leaving Daemon alone in the hallway he looked at his schedule.

"Advance Trig huh, guess this'll be easy." said Daemon, entering the specified classroom he was met with a the teacher.

"Well you must be the new student, I'm Miss Cheerilee. Care to introduce yourself to the class." said Miss Cheerilee.

*Sigh* 'Why is this so cliche to me' thought Daemon. "Well my name is Daemon Wraithe  and I've recently moved here from Minnesota" stated Daemon, finding an empty seat he took out a notebook. 'Things can't go worse than this' Once Daemon was done with most of his classes he headed for the lunch room. Before he even opened the door he was tackled by a pink fuzz.

"Augh, motherfu-" said Daemon before being cut off by the Pink girl who was awfully to excited.

"OMG, I'm so sorry it's just that I didn't know you and I know everyone in here so I wanted to introduce myself." said Pinkie quickly that Daemon had a hard time understanding what she said. "Well I'm Pinkie Pie." She got straight in Daemon's face and began nudging him. "And you are..."

"The names Daemon Wraithe, now if you'll excuse me I've got places to be." stated Daemon, moving along he was stopped by Pinkie again.

"Wait, don't you want to hear about the party I planned for you?" stated Pinkie, Daemon turned around confused.

"Party? What party we just met!" commented Daemon.

"Well duh, exactly since we met what better way to meet new people." said Pinkie.

"Well that's too bad since I'm not going." said Daemon.

"Not unless I set up the party at your house which is located at 221B Baker Street." said Pinkie, Daemon then looked at Pinkie closely.

'Hmm, this is one of the girls from the event. How does she know where I live thought?' wondered Daemon. "Ok look I don't know how you know this but here if I got to this party will you leave me alone." said Daemon.

"May-yes?" said Pinkie unsure.

"Alright so where and when will this infamous party be held at?" asked Daemon.

"Tonight at 6:30 in Sugarcube Corner." stated Pinkie.

"Alright." replied Daemon, as he was about to leave Pinkie reached out to him.

"Wait you forgot to Pinkie Promise!" exclaimed Pinkie.

'Are you kidding me, what now' thought Daemon, trying to keep a straight face he looked back. "What?" questioned Daemon.

"You know a special kind of promise. Nobody breaks a Pinkie Promise. Now say it with me Cross My Heart, Hope to Fly, Stick a Cupcake in my Eye!" she stated.

*Sigh* "If I do this will you finally leave me alone?" asked Daemon, seeing Pinkie nod he began to say it.

"Cross My Heart, Hope to Fly, Stick a Cupcake in my Eye." said Daemon monotone. "There happy?"

"Very, well I'll be on my way. Nice meeting you Daemon." replied Pinkie who then skipped away inside the cafeteria. Going inside as well he had lost his appetite and instead was curious about the events.

Looking for an empty table he found one, sitting down he took out his laptop from his satchel. Connecting to the cameras around the place he looked back at the CCTV footage, he saw as Sunset and another pair of boys were with her trying to claim an object. As soon as the blinding light took place the camera started distorting and cut off before returning back to Sunset who was now a She Demon he saw as the two boys who were with her cowered into the crowds of students. He noticed how every time Sunset irradiated magical attacks the camera began losing feed before going back to normal. He was so into the video that he was startled when a familiar voice came from behind.

"Hey what's that?" asked Sunset, Daemon quickly closed the program and faced Sunset who wasn't alone but rather with the group of girls from the event although something was off.

'I remember another girl being with them, the one who seemed to know about all this. Somehow she's missing?' thought Daemon before focusing back to Sunset. "Huh, oh that was my project, you startled me so I closed it down." said Daemon. He saw as the other girls sat down along with Pinkie who was waving back at him, he then saw the other two girls he had encounters with before.

"Daemon?" asked Applejack confused in seeing him, he was looking for work and the Apple farm was hiring.

"Daemon is that you?" asked Rarity, Daemon had passed by her store in the need of repairs for his jacket which was damaged during the fight.

"Oh hey Rarity, nice too see you too Applejack." replied Daemon back.

"Wait you guys know each other!? What!?" exclaimed Pinkie who was shocked.

"Well yes, he came to my store a week earlier looking for repairs in his jacket." replied Rarity.

"He came to my farm looking for work, he's the only one I'd seen in fit condition that was capable of picking apples even with that injury." said Applejack.

"Wait what injury?" asked Sunset.

"Oh just an motorbike accident, I sort of cracked one of my ribs in the process." stated Daemon.

"And you're still capable of working in AJ's farm!?" questioned Rainbow.

"Well with the meds I was given yeah, had I not had them I'd probably be in pain right now." replied Daemon, he then introduced himself to the rest of the girls which included Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy who he saw was the quietest in the group.

"Well Daemon seems like you missed everything." stated Rainbow, this earned an interested look from Applejack and Sunset so Aemon knew what she was talking about. "Well you missed all the action, we saved the school from being taken over by a she demon! No offense Sunset." exclaimed Rainbow.

"None taken." replied Sunset.

"Wow that totally sounds believable." said Daemon sarcastically.

"Don't believe me, here's a video taken from one of the students." said Rainbow., as Daemon watched the video that same distorting happened on the phone.

"Who's that hooded fella?" asked Daemon, clearly he knew it was him but he didn't need anyone know that.

"I don't know, everyone's referring to him as The Red Hood based on his look but you've got to admit he was awesome!" said Rainbow. As soon as the video ended they began talking about Daemon's personal life.

"So where'd ya live before Canterlot?" asked Applejack.

"Minnesota, decided to stay here since I heard it's better here." stated Daemon.

"So do you like the school?" asked Dash.

"Up to this point I'm going to say yeah." replied Daemon, soon the bell had rang meaning it was time to head for class.

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"Jeez, give the broken kid a break!" wheezed Daemon, for last period he had gym and in the condition he was he wouldn't be able to do his best for now. Taking in deep breaths he regretted it as it further increased his pain in his abdomen, he had just finished racing Rainbow Dash but lost.

"Told'ya I was the fastest runner here in Canterlot High!" bragged Dash, slapping Daemon in the back he groaned in pain. "Crap my bad."

"Watch the back, anyways I caught up with you and I have to deal with this stupid rib so." stated Daemon.

"Still beat you." said Dash.

"Yeah, yeah." taking his leave Daemon headed to the locker room, changing to his normal attire he left and headed towards he locker to pick up his helmet after just recently being given his locker he took the chance to leave his helmet. Picking it up he left behind some notebooks and closed the locker shut.

Going outside he saw it was cool which wasn't surprising considering it was fall. Putting on the helmet he sat on his bike and looked afar towards the main entrance where he saw Sunset stepping out, something about her just interested Daemon a lot.

'I should be getting home, I'm starving anyways.' thought Daemon, speeding off he made his way through the streets. Finally reaching his gloomy abode he rode his bike onto his garage, sitting there for a moment he took off his helmet checking the cracked visor again. Turning off the ignition he got up and placed the helmet in a shelf.

'I'll need to get that fixed, I'll head to the hardware store later.' thought Daemon.

Headed towards his kitchen he decided a sandwich would be best considering that he would be leaving in a while. After finally finishing making the sandwich he sat on his couch. Turning on the TV he flipped through channels before something caught his eye, he then stayed glued to the TV and ate his sandwich. Soon he passed out on his couch, he would've stayed there all night had he not fallen off.

'OOMPH!' grunted Daemon, rubbing his abdomen he looked at his surroundings. 'Man, what time is it?" pondered Daemon, checking the time from his clock, it read 5:36, getting up he decided to head to the hardware store as it might help clear his mind. Going upstairs he picked up his jacket which he unknowingly knew contained his mask for his nightly activities. Wearing it he headed towards his bike, picking up his helmet he drove off. Stopping at a red light he took time to look at Canterlot and the city itself being engulfed by the fiery sunset.

"Man, if only I could get a better view from on top. Another day perhaps." thought Daemon aloud, seeing the light changed he neared the hardware store so he decided to park his bike nearby.

Finding a spot a block away he took his helmet with him before noticing an argument going about with a group of students, deciding to take a closer look he noticed these weren't any regular kids but rather one's willing to attack judging by the fact that one was holding a bat. Climbing up towards the roof he stayed hidden of view he saw how they were cornering someone into an alley. Seeing it was Sunset he listened in on the argument.

"Well Sunset you believe that a sudden change of heart will make us forget about what you've done!?" exclaimed the boy, he was slowly approaching Sunset, Daemon then searched his jacket to look for anything useful and found his mask putting it on he wore it along withthe helmet and kept watch.

"Leave me alone, I've told you all I'm sorry!" exclaimed Sunset. The boy seemed like he wasn't back.

"Well how about we find another way for you to say sorry." said the boy, soon Daemon pounced behind Sunset and stood behind her. He menacing appearance made the boy back off, moving forward Sunset was startled when she saw him.

"How about you back of before someone get's hurt." stated Red Hood.

"And what are you going to do, you think you can take us on all of us!" exclaimed the boy, "I'm pretty sure we know who's going to get hurt."

"Well then, don't say I didn't warn you." said Red Hood, soon the gang approached all onto him, knocking some to the ground one managed to behind him and grabbed him.

"I've got him!" yelled one of the guys, another tried to hit Red Hood before he whipped his head back and launched him towards the other guy. Seeing how he was distracted one member took the chance to hit Red Hood as he grasped his abdomen and swung at his head with the bat, luckily for Red Hood he had his helmet with him but the impact lead for the visor to break and a dent formed across the front.

"You're going to regret that." said Red Hood, he took off the helmet revealing the red mask which had badly cut in holes which gave off a crazed look. Grabbing the bat quickly from the member the leader and another guy tried to get near him do he did the same unto the guy and knocked his out with a swing of the bat. Taking his attention towards the last two left he took down the other one with a side sweep.

"Those guys were nothing compared to me." stated the leader.

"That doesn't change your outcome." said Red Hood threateningly, the leader landed the first hit at his abdomen which made Red Hood wince, taking advantage of it the leader knee'd Red's face and knocked him down.

"Well, seems as if I was right." said the leader as he tried to approach for another kick Red Hood grabbed his legged and brought his down, he then knocked his out with a punch and stood there. Wiping the blood from his nose he turned towards Sunset who was taken back the sudden event.

"Are you alright?" asked Red Hood, his aggressive tone changed to a more caring tone which seemed to help calm Sunset a bit.

"Ye-yes." she replied warily.

"Get out of here, they won't be a bother for you now." said Daemon, just as he was about to have his leave he was stopped by Sunset.

"Wait, who are you. I remember you from that night." she stated, Daemon had his back turned to her. Slightly glancing back he told her.

"I'm but a myth they call the Red Hood." he said before disappearing off into the streets. Rushing through he made his way towards the are where he parked his bike, putting on his destroyed helmet he sped off home. Quickly parking it in his garage he made his way upstairs. Going to the bathroom he ripped the mask off his face revealing his bloody nose, washing his face he had a scratch around his cheek from the glass along with a bruise near is temple.

Taking off the jacket he made checks around his body and noticed that more blood was coming from his nose so he stuck a piece of paper to stop it from disturbing him. Once he was down he took some of his pain killers and kept a bag of ice held in his temple. Sitting by his couch he laid back and began wondering about the situation back there.

'Jeez I need some armor or I'm going to get myself killed from all that trauma.' thought Daemon, he originally had come up with something but didn't think much of it. He was still sitting before he got a call from an unknown number.

"Hello?" said Daemon.

"Daemon you've got to come quick, Sunny's been attacked. Luckily she got saved!" exclaimed Pinkie.

"Alright, I'll be on my way." replied Daemon, hanging up he heading to the medical kit and got some bandages to cover his scratch. He then looked back and his room before shutting the lights off and going about with only his hoodie.

Last Night, Next Morning

Daemon looked up at his clock, it read 1:45 AM. He proceeded in finishing his drink before heading to bed. He was in pain and was pretty tired of what had happened earlier which still puzzles him. He saw how the bruise near his head had swelled down, he never understood why he didn't wear anything that could offer him even the slightest of protection, then again it wasn't all entirely the fights fault but rather a certain pink person.

'If only I had time...maybe this weekend or something.' thought Daemon, he then headed towards his room. Reaching the top step he decided to go in the empty room down the hall rather than his room, once he got there he looked down before having an idea. For a while he took the time to set up a small section of the room to hold his equipment, he'd been messy with where everything went so it's best to now know where things were. He picked up the mask and looked at it, a simple red mask that held a deeper meaning. While the appearance showed it's bad condition Daemon knew that a replacement would be needed in time. This time he did go to his room but instead sat by his desk, he began remembering about the call Pinkie had given him and about the events that occurred which still hadn't made sense to him.

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'Seems like Sunset decided to head to the party as well after what happened, seems reasonable considering the fact that everyone is there.' thought Daemon, since he left behind his jacket the brisk wind scrapped against his face. While the weather wasn't enough to make him shiver his face was vulnerable to the cool wind making him cringe. Since his helmet was a wreck and it'd be a huge giveaway in wearing it he decided to ditch it. Pulling up his hoodie he covered most of his face with it but still open enough to see the road ahead.

Finally reaching the place he was meant to go he parked nearby, taking out his phone he saw that he wasn't that late. Making his way to the place he saw how it was a bright colored building. Going inside he received a shocked gasp from someone before being hit with a cannon.

"Wha- plbt!" exclaimed Daemon, with the confetti in his face he moved while trying to get it off before tripping over one of the chairs and crashing into a table knocking him out.

"Dammit Pinkie, I told'ya that was too much!" exclaimed Applejack.

"Oops...he's not that hurt at least..." replied Pinkie.

"He just has a minor bruise on his head and a scratch on his cheek but that's all." said Sunset trying to reassure Pinkie while attending Daemon as he was in the floor, while normally this wouldn't have really knocked Daemon out he'd been exhausted from the whole day which relatively made him weak. Apple then proceeded in helping Sunset with moving Daemon to a chair, holding him from his arms they placed him in the chair.

"Boy, for a guy his figure he's pretty heavy." stated Sunset, this earned a sly grin from Rainbow.

"Checking him while he's out could Sunset." said Dash while elbowing her, this resulted in Sunset getting red before quickly defending herself.

"interrogating me huh... give it your best shot..." mumbled Daemon through his scrambled mind, he wasn't thinking straight at the moment.

"What!?" exclaimed Sunset, Daemon snapped out of his dead state and looked around before setting his eyes on Sunset.

"Huh... wait where am I, Jeez my head hearts." said Daemon, he tried to get up before Sunset stopped him.

"It's best you sit down for a while, you kinda knocked yourself." said Sunset, Daemon having a hard time to recollect what happened looked back at her confused.

"How? All I could remember is being shot at by something." said Daemon, looking at his surroundings he noticed the cannon located near the door and an embarrassed Pinkie Pie behind Applejack. "Nevermind, I figured it out. Anyways what was the situation with Sunset?"

"Oh, I got attacked on my towards here. It could have gotten worse had he not appeared." stated Sunset, unbeknownst to Daemon she began eyeing his injuries.

"So you got saved by a passerby, how many attackers just one?" asked Daemon.

"It was few, some kids who were angry at me but it wasn't just some guy that saved me. I don't know how to explain it, he's just that guy who appeared from the video, Red Hood as he called himself." stated Sunset, "I came here after he saved me, I knew it was best to be with a group of people."

"Well, with me here you won't have a problem with anyone." stated Applejack.

"Thanks Applejack." stated Sunset.

"Well it's great to hear that you're fine and all but I really need to get going." said Daemon.

"WHAT! We didn't even start the party!?" exclaimed Pinkie.

"Well I mean I was just blasted by a cannon and knocked out so that felt like a party, anyways I think it's best you focus on Sunset rather than me." replied Daemon.

"Come on, At least stay for some cake." said Pinkie, she presented him an ice cream cake.

"Fine, just because it's an ice cream cake. But only one slice and I'm out." stated Daemon. Soon it became apparent that Daemon would stay a while longer after the group began conversing with one another.

"Daemon I beat you fair and square, I am the fastest runner in CHS." stated Rainbow Dash.

"Fair!? I have a bruised rib which bothers me a lot, you are in fine shape right now so clearly that's a disadvantage." stated Daemon.

"Fine, I'll give you your rematch. Just know that I'm going to win that." stated Dash.

"Whatever, just know that I am." said Daemon.

"So what if you do beat me, I could beat you in other things." stated Dash.

"Oh really? Like what?" asked Daemon.

Like...like uh...arm wrestling, yeah that's right I can beat you in arm wrestling." said Dash confidently.

"Oh you wanna go right now!" said Daemon, soon they set themselves up for the arm wrestling in which Daemon turned out victorious.

"What?! Grrr alright fine so you won but I bet you can't win against Applejack." said Dash. Daemon turned to Applejack and saw that she was willing to arm wrestle him.

"Alright, but if I do happen to lose at least I still beat you Dash." stated Daemon, getting himself prepared for the battle he got in position once it started he was instantly taken back when he lost. "Wha..."

"Well it's official, I've beaten 23 people in a row and no losses yet...well not including Bic Mac." stated Applejack, soon the group had a laugh about what just happened. Soon everybody began to leave and Daemon decided to stay a while, he really had nothing to do at home so he decided on getting a coffee before finally leaving.

Waiting on the order he checked his phone, sure it was getting late but it didn't bother him as no one knew where he was or cared to know. Looking around he began noticing a sudden change in atmosphere, everything felt cold he looked and saw how a green mist began surrounding the area. He saw how his breaths were visible to him, he felt a sudden urge to release his anger and hate but he didn't understand why. Checking around he saw how people who were in the area were being aggressive to one another, he knew something wasn't right before the haunting vocals made his body paralyze. He tried fighting the urge to move but to no avail, his head rather turned on its own focusing on a group of three hooded figures. He began fighting his mind before finally being released of this control yet he saw how the others affected weren't, he stood up giving the figures one last look before leaving, he couldn't put together who they were. Of the two figures only one had noticed what happened, they gave off a devious smile towards him before he left.

"It seems like someone broke free from our control." stated the hooded figure to the other two.

"Is that even possible?" asked one of them.

"It seems like it, guess our visit to that school won't be a waste after all." stated the hooded figure.

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Going back to reality, Daemon began thinking about the state of paranoia he felt when he had been paralyzed. 'Could I have been hallucinating? No I saw that girl smile, it wasn't my mind playing tricks on me... but why was I paralyzed with all those thoughts in my head?' thought Daemon, he had never feared anything but the way the vocals made him feel vulnerable was what made him afraid. He decided it's best to head off for bed.

Sleep was but a small bliss for him as the haunting vocals returned to him, this time he awoke breathing hard except he couldn't move again. He could only open his eyes but the images of shadows all over made his panic.

'Sleep Paralysis.' thought Daemon, the way his mind toyed with him made things worse. His breathing became more panicked as he tried to move again. Once he was free from that he looked carefully around, his clock showed it was early in the morning. Going to his window he opened it and looked outside, the morning breeze wasn't as bad as he thought. Climbing up to the roof he sat down watching the sun rise, for once Daemon found himself at peace watching as everything lit up.