Ashes to Ashes
What are Friends for?
Previous ChapterNext ChapterMorning came around rather quickly, though it didn't matter as I had time before Nyx wakes up. You see, I've always had a nasty habit of waking up before the sun is even up and I took the chance to find the fucker responsible for sending the Foalnapper.
Wasn't that hard, I had just arrived at area I had disposed the corpse at and found two more Dogs by the names of Rex and Rover.
They saw me and attacked. I didn't waste my time in fighting any of them, so I had snapped Rex’s head and threw him to the side only leaving Rover alive.
After a rather quick and easy interrogation, I had let him go when he swore on his life to do nothing but good. Smiling at my victory after he told me the location of his king.
So I had walked towards the location and found a makeshift door. Smirking, I had made a mortar shell appear in my hand and threw it.
Walking through the smoke, I was greeted with spears, very primitive spears. Dogs were surrounding and they thought they've won until one of them inhaled the smoke from the mortar blast.
“Intoxicating, isn't?” I asked them as they struggled to breath. Soon their eyes had turned into a sickly yellow color and they fell on to the floor, dead.
Whistling, I walked over the corpses of the Dogs and grabbed a key out of the bigger one. Traversing through the cave system, finding an iron door.
I opened it using the key and found cells upon cells of fillies, colts, stallions and mares. They looked like they haven't eaten in weeks. I walked up to a cell and ripped the door open.
I then summoned the Portal Gun again, only firing the blue portal due to the orange being back at Ponyville.
“Step through the portal, it'll take you to Ponyville.” I said the them. They didn't waste anytime in going through. I looked at the other cells and counted at least ten.
“This is going to take a while.” I said as I closed the blue portal once the current cell was empty.
twenty minutes later
Last colt go through just walked into the portal before it closed behind him. That done, I had made my way towards the throne room, or what looked like one.
On the way of course there were guards trying to stop me. Summoning a katana and cutting them down, Once that was done, I kept on walking.
Stopping in front of a set of large wooden double doors, though they appeared to look rotten, the wood I mean. I kicked them open, tearing them off their hinges.
‘Dear God, when's the last time they had a change of doors!?’ I thought as I summoned two fully automatic pistols and fired at all the Dogs inside.
As I stopped firing, I noticed that there was one left, chubby one with a crown. He was terrified, shaking where he sat to the point his throne shook as well.
“I believe you know why I'm here.” I said, smirking under my hoodie.
“Y-yes.” The Dog king said.
“I've also noticed the amount of slaves you had, thanks to Rover that is.” I said as I aimed the gun at him.
“Please, if this is how it ends, I want you to strike me with this.” He said as he pulled out a sword from behind the throne.
“This sword has been used for much evil, I want you to use it for good by striking me down. I've sinned all my life, I deserve this.” He said, handing me the sword and getting on his knees.
I looked at the sword, feeling an aura of darkness or demonic essence. Dad never taught me the difference.
I raised the sword up in the air, then struck him. The sword sliced through with ease, cutting his head clean off. What happened next surprised me, the sword had emitted a crimson red aura as the same thing happened with the body.
Then the body slowly dissolved, capturing his soul. The soul was just a spectral version of him, he had an expressionless look, but then his face changed into one of pain. He was then absorbed into the sword.
The sword then stopped glowing, leaving only a normal looking ceremonial sword.
“Take its power as your own.” I heard a voice. I took hold of the blade and began to absorb its magic. I shook my head and realized what I was doing.
I gripped the hilt and the blade and broke the sword with my knee. The magic dispersed into the air, loud demon voices could be heard heard along with screams of agony.
Soon the screams of agony faded and was replaced with joyous laughter, almost as if the souls inside knew they were free.
I sighed as I felt the little amount of the power I absorbed, it felt weird, freaky weird. I took out a piece of paper and wrote about the recently freed slaves, then sent it to mom with a breath of blue fire.
“Wait, what?” I said, now realizing what I just did. Ugh, questions for later, I need to get back to Twilight’s castle.
Arriving back at Ponyville, I could see guards guiding the recently freed ponies into chariots. The ones that couldn't carry anymore flew towards Canterlot.
Walking passed the crowd of guards and ponies, I've continued my trek back to the castle.
Finally back, I checked if Nyx was still asleep but found the bed empty. I then searched through the dining hall and didn't find her there.
Finally searching the large kitchen, I found her reaching up for a box of cereal. She stood on top of a pillar of books to reach the box but to no avail.
I walked up to her and picked the box out for her. She looked at me in surprise before having to balance herself, but ultimately the pillar of pots and pans collapsed but I caught Nyx in time.
“Couldn't you use your magic?” I asked with a smile as I placed her on the floor.
“Using my magic in an empty stomach is hard.” She answered with an awkward chuckle.
“Alright but next time, let me do it for you.” I said as I started to look through cabinets and cupboards.
“There in the left side of the kitchen, the right side is mostly pots and pans.” Nyx said to me. I couldn't help but laugh.
Walking towards the left side of the kitchen and opening the firstt cupboard I saw, I immediately found a cereal bowl.
Taking it out and placing it on the counter, I finally noticed the cereal name, Cinnamon toast Crunch ™.
It had the same little cereal monsters on the front and everything. I think this was either mom or dad's idea.
Serving the cereal in the bowl and going to the fridge with the bowl in hand, I took out the milk and poured it on the cereal. Finding a spoon wasn't as hard as I thought due to the fact that I found a clean spoon on the counter.
I then walked back to Nyx and handed her the now full bowl of cereal.
“Thank you.” She said as she took the first spoonful of cereal.
“So abouh lash nigh.” Nyx said with her mouthful.
“Don't talk with your mouthful.” I said to her. She chewed a little more before swallowing.
“About last night, thanks, for saving me.” She said without making eye contact.
“I wasn't going to let ‘em take ya. Your mom would've killed me and I wouldn't be able to live with myself.” I said to her.
“Still though, thanks for saving and comforting me. Nopony else would've cared as long as mom isn't around.” Nyx said, taking another spoonful. I placed a hand on her shoulder.
“I'll be there for you if you ever need it.” I said to her with a sad smile. She leaned her head onto my hand and nuzzled it.
“Finish your cereal before it gets soggy.” I said as she stopped nuzzling my hand went back to eating.
While I waited for her, I've noticed how hungry I was and made myself some toast, butter and toast!
Finishing up the most important meal of the day, I went to my room to change from my current attire. I was wearing a black and red hoodie along a pair of navy blue jeans.
The only thing that could bring attention to me was the logo. What can I say? I'm a big fan of the Merc with the mouth.
Taking it off and seeing that I had splattered blood on the red areas, though they were barely even noticeable. Placing the hoodie on the bed, smirking at the summoned item. I had added something for myself on the hoodie.
It was something Twilight gave me before she left Canterlot, a small vial of perception enhancements. She uses it only when she needs to do things in the dark.
It was empty, I drank the rest before entering Dog's territory. Apparently, if an item that was added to a summoned item, it stays as it was never summoned at all. No headache, No fatigue.
I opened up my bag and pulled out a red t-shirt, it had a text in red that said This sentence is hard to read. It was a lighter shade of red but it still looked it was just a red shirt
I found Nyx in the library, reading a book by herself. I frowned at this, she reminded me of myself when I was growing up. I walked up to her.
“What are you doing in here, don't you want to be out and about with your friends?” I asked her. She looked at me.
“What friends?” She asked in a sad tone. I pulled out a chair from the table and sat next to her.
“You want to talk about it?” I asked her.
“I don't have any friends, what is there to talk about.” She said to me.
“What about those three fillies, Applebloom, Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle?” I asked her again.
“Well, there nice but I'm sure they wouldn't want to hang out with me.” She stated. I looked.at her with narrowed eyes.
“Have you ever tried talking with them?” I asked. She looked down at the book. I had to raise her head back up to look at me.
“...No.” She said in a hushed tone.
“Come on then, I'm sure they'll like you. In fact, I know Scootaloo, not as well as her friends do though but still.” I said as I stood up from the table. I then took hold of her.
“But I have to study for a test.” Nyx said as she tried to stay on the chair. I started tickling her, making her lose her grip of the table.
Once I made enough distance from the table, I placed her back down on to the ground.
“You can study later, plus you're a smart filly. I'm sure you'll ace the test.” I said to her. Telling her that wasn't a lie either, I believed she could.
She looked up at me as if I had said something life changing.
“Really?” She asked. She had a sparkle in her eyes. She blinked as I booped her nose.
“Yup. Now come on.” I said as I held the door opened for her. Before closing the door, I noticed a faint yellow glow in the pedestal where Twilight placed the book.
I ignored it, thinking that it might just be Twilight worried for Nyx. Closing the door and heading out with Nyx, my objective; get Nyx some friends.
Two hours later
So, it's like eleven in the morning almost midday and Nyx had actually gotten along with the CMC.
It turned out they never talked to Nyx on the account that they thought she didn't want to be friends. I laughed at the reason but explained why I did.
Now I'm at the Apple farms far end of the Orchard. The Cutie Mark Crusaders clubhouse looked better than it did on the show.
So apparently, if I ever wanted to read that book of demons I found, all I have to do is think about it and it'll appear in my hands. I found it really weird, a book that teleports when thought of.
I sighed as I decided not to question anything and open at the table of contents. I found a large category of Hell beast, Arch Demons and Demon Lords.
Deciding to read on Demon lords, I searched the page number. I had stopped as I went back to the table of contents and saw the number again, six hundred and sixty six to seven hundred.
Shivering at the sight of the antiChristian number. Stopping at said page and seing the first Demon lord. So um, yeah Lord Diablo is a thing and he's the lord of Terror just like in the Diablo games.
Says here that he's able to feast on terror and fear. He's a patient Demon Lord, meaning if nothing goes as planned, he's always one step ahead.
No known weaknesses, though it says here that he thoroughly enjoys tormenting souls in his shadow dimension.
I've only played Diablo three and completed it, I know for a fact that he has more abilities than I could count and the fact that he could summon shadow versions of you character with equal amount of strength as yours is something to be wary of. He was one of the three Prime Evils.
Moving on, I saw Baal, Lord of Destruction. Not much is known about him. In fact, almost half of the information was either blacked out or blurred. He was one of the Prime Evils.
Last of the Prime Evils was Mephisto, Lord of Hatred. It annoyed me that all of his information were in a worse state than Baal’s. Only thing that was readable was his Name, title and short biography.
Last one that I read was a large Hell beast named the Tathamet. Having different titles, The Dragon, The Prime Evil and The Beast.
The only being powerful enough fight the Tathamet was its counterpart Anu.
Closing the book, I heard the girls laugh above me. I smiled as I stood up and stood near the window.
“Nyx, I'll be back at the castle if you need me.” I said to the filly, earning a nod from her. I looked at the other three fillies.
“Bring her back home safe and sound.” I said to them, receiving nods from the three of them.
Smiling at their answers, I started to head back to the castle. On the way I couldn't help but wonder if the book has its own counterpart.
I shrugged mys shoulders, earning a twitch from my wings. I groaned, knowing that I need to stretch my wings.
Arriving back at the castle and entering the library, I found that the book was still glowing. I decided to check what it says and opened it.
It was in Twilight's handwriting and with the way she wrote the message and the few tear stains, I could tell something happened. I know I needed to go there but that meant leaving Nyx here.
“Shade?” And here she is now. Turning around, i saw Nyx behind me.
“Nyx, I thought you were with your friends.” I said to her. She looked at me.
“We decided to spend the rest of the day to study for tomorrow.” She answered. I sighed at her study habits.
“Anyway, Your Mother had sent me a message through this book and I think she needs help.” I said to her.
“Is she in the human world?” She asked. I nodded, making her go in deep thought. I stood there, trying to laugh at her thinking face.
“And you needed me to go with you.” She said.
“Yeah, I'm still not sure that it's safe for you to be home alone.” I said to her.
With that said we headed straight for the mirror and stood in front of it, staring at our reflections. I looked down at Nyx and saw her face of determination.
“Ready?” I asked, holding out my hand for her.
“Y-yeah.” She said, stuttering a little as she held my hand.
We walked through the mirror, appearing at the other side only seconds later. My ash grey fur was replaced with ash grey skin.
As for Nyx, she had dark midnight blue skin. We both wore the same clothing we had back home.
We hea went inside the school and were greeted with stares. I wasn't affected by the stares, Nyx on the other hand cowered behind me as we walked through the halls.
Oddly enough I could actually feel hate, again I didn't question it because I lost the right to do so when I found out I was a Nephilim.
Anyway, I found the room Twilight said to go to and found the human mane five, Sunset and Twilight. They all stopped and looked at me and Rainbow was about to tell us to buzz off until.
“Hi mom.” Nyx greeted her mother as she walked up to Twilight. Twilight hugged her daughter with a smile.
“It's good to see you too, sweetie.” Twilight said as she kissed Nyx on the cheek. She then turned to me.
“Thanks for coming, I needed help and well, I don't know much about music.” She said.
“I'm here to help.” I said as I walked up to her and she showed me her notebook filled with random drawings. I looked at Twilight with a raised eyebrow.
I then sat next to her as she gave me a pencil, then began to write my own song as an example for her. All the while the human mane five and Sunset were looking at us in confusion.
That's when Twilight began to explain who I am while I wrote.
Author's Note
Yeah, Don't hate but I don't know much on Mephisto or Baal, other than the fact that they're Prime Evils from the Diablo franchise.
Baal
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