5 Months After Hearth's Warming, Ponyville Field, 5:28 p.m.
P.o.v- Lux Tennebris

"Damn it, I can't hold them off for much longer, need some help over here!" I heard Bee yell, tossing and cutting up more demons coming out the ground. I rushed over to her and began helping her cut down the hordes of living filth.

I grabbed one and tore it's head off before grabbing it's broken sword off the ground and rammed it down another bastards throat as I summoned Excalibur and cut four more in half rushing towards us. I gripped the sword in both hands, letting the ancient power surge through my body and controlled it by sheer will.

I lifted my left hand up with my blue aura surrounding it, and lifted about a dozen of the creatures then threw Excalibur towards them spinning it as it left my hand and let it act as a buzz saw cutting up all the demons into pieces before calling it back to me. Not even a moment had passed and I was already slicing up an endless amount of demons, Bee was holding her own, Steel was holding off that giant centaur with Father and Brigid, and the guys were fighting with everything they had to protect the girls who were charging up their Harmony Magic.

"Everyone, just hold out for a bit longer!" I instructed before getting tackled to the floor.

"LUX!" Bee screamed slowly cutting her way to me. I was trying to push the fuckers off, but it sunk its claws into me locking itself in place, then the other's started dog piling me clawing at my body, leaving deep scratches and tattered clothing.

"GET BACK!" I yelled at Bee who jumped a few yards back. I gritted my teeth and charged up my ki gradually letting it fill to the brim then I let it explode with a blood curdling roar, blowing off all the demon's on top of me. I rose to me feet in my super saiyan form, covered in wounds and blood, my armor was destroyed and all that hung from my torso was broken and torn chainmail. "HAAAAAAA!" I roared once more throwing balls of Ki towards the demons around me, killing them all.

"Lux, oh my god, I thought I lost you" Bee said rushing over and pulling me into an embrace, not even flinching at the blood coming out of my wounds. "I don't know how much more we can handle, there are to many"

"We... We have to hold out-ah!‐ till' Cinder and Lullaby get here" I stated, I tried to take a step forward, but I fell to my knees. "We have to-"

"You're already at your limit Lux, please stop before you get yourself killed!" Bee begged helping me to my feet.

"I-I have to... keep going, even if my body is turned into a hollow shell, I have to keep fighting... if I'm already at my limits, then I have to go further beyond!" I exclaimed forcing myself to get back up and beckoned Excalibur to me.

"But you'll die!" Bee cried, I chuckled catching Excalibur.

"I was prepared to die the day I was born," I said.

"DAMNED APES!" The centaur roared just as Steel, Father and Brigid crashed right in front of us, beaten mercilessly, we quickly helped them to their feet and they looked utterly worn out and drenched in blood. "I SHALL RULE ALL OF EQUESTRIA, BUT FIRST, I WILL START BY KILLING EVERY LAST BEING STANDING IN MY WAY! He roared out charging up a beam of chaos magic.

"We're done, boy's, run!" Twilight shouted and the Girls rose up in the sky, each having new clothing and different hair, shining as bright as their elements. "Give it everything you got!" She shouted, the guys quickly moved out of the way and girl's shot the rainbow beam just as The centaur shot his own blast.

As they collide with each other, it looked as though the centaur was winning the power struggle. The girl's were straining to keep up their end, while he was laughing at their attempt.

I suddenly felt time come to a halt, I took in my surroundings to try and find a way to win this fight, but there was no way. The demons had stopped rising, but myself and everyone else took a great toll from it, Twilight and the girls were at the limit of their harmony magic and I was completely at a loss of what to do.

"Tick… Tock… Tick… Tock" A man mimicked. "Seem's my prediction was right Mr. Tennebris, how oh how will you ever recover from something all your friends will die from?" the man asked with a big twisted smile, showing off his sharp white teeth.

"I… I don't know" I admitted in defeat, the man just chuckled coldly. "You said… there was a seventy-five percent chance of winning" I said making him raise a brow and tilt his head while keeping his smile. "What if… W-What if I told you I can do the other thirty-five percent!?" I exclaimed, there was absolute silence between us, then he hummed.

" What did you have in mind?"

4 Days Earlier, Steels house, 12:30 in the morning

"Kid's, you know I love ya, but Uncle Lux and Aunt Bee are trying to relax" I said laying in my bed with Bee, and my new niece and nephew. "I understand you love us, but we wanted, *ahem*, adult time"

"Awww, but I wanted you to hang out with us today and see Logan!" Pipsqueak pouted and so did Scootaloo. "Pleeeeease~?"

"*sigh* Lux, you know you can't win against their puppy dog eyes, why fight it?" Bee asked me as I combated their pleading eyes.

"Because love, I wanted to lay with you all day!" I whined a little, slowly losing the will to keep fighting. "Arrrrrrrgh!.... *deep sigh*.... give us twenty minutes" I said in defeat and the two hugged me before leaving the room.

"I told you~" Bee said in a sing song tone and I grumbled. "Oh come on ya big baby, you can play with the cookie jar later, for now, we have to babysit those two" Bee said giggling as she got up revealing her naked form to me.

"Still beautiful, not that their was any doubt" I said getting up behind her, also naked.

"Still handsome, some doubt" Bee teased and I wrapped my arms around her. "Lux, we can't right now, the children will hear"

"I swear, today is the day I finally get in your pants" I said remembering how we couldn't do anything since other's were around, a few problems occurred here and there, especially with the girls. Save for twilight, the other's have been saying that objects that they've received are glowing slightly. Because of this, we've been searching and studying what it could mean.

Honestly it could mean anything, but it caught Steels attention so much that he asked both myself and Bee to watch over Scootaloo and Pipsqueak, they were a little shy at first but soon warmed up to us, even started calling us Aunt Bee and Uncle Lux.

"Okay, okay, but not right now" Bee stated breaking free from my hold. "Let's get dressed, the kids are waiting so let's hurry" She said and we both went towards the closet to pick out some clothes.

"Im thinkin longsleeve and sweats today" I said putting on a cream colored longsleeve and black sweats that hugged my ankles, I slipped on some white running shoes and put on the necklace Steel gave me. "How do I look?"

"Comfortable, go wash up and head downstairs, I'll be a minute" Bee said still choosing what to wear. I did as I was told and did my morning routine before heading down stairs, joining Scootaloo and Pip.

"Where's Bee?" Scootaloo asked.

"Ah, she's figuring out what to wear, I just went for something plain" I answered, I stretched out my bones letting a few pops out. "Don't worry, she won't be long" I assured them.

"Hey Uncle Lux, how'd you meet Aunt Bee?" Pip asked and I gave a little whistle.

"That, my friend, is a looooong story, filled with violence, betrayal and lots of lovey dovey stuff" I answered making Scoots pretend vomit at that last part. "Besides, you're too young to hear this story" I told them and they whined.

"He's not wrong kids, our love story is a bit brutal compared to your parents" Bee said hugging me from behind. "But let me tell you the ending, your uncle wrote me a song expressing his love to me on hearth's warming-"

"We know that part" Scoots interrupted only to get flicked on her forehead.

"That's a warning little missy, now as I was saying, he sang it to me and we shared our first kiss in the gardens, and at that moment" Bee sighed in delight. "We knew nothing could keep us away from each other, the end" Bee finished and grabbed my hand.

"That's so sweet" Pip cooed while Scoots rolled her eyes. "Do you think I can find someone one day?"

"Of course, cause if I found love, then anyone can find love" I said making pip smile.

"Well I don't want none of that lovey dovey stuff, I have myself" Scootaloo said with a 'hmph'.

"You know Scootaloo, I thought the same thing at your age, even stood by it for many, many years... but destiny will always find a way to bring two people destined for eachother together, trust me" Bee told the young girl and held out her hand to scoots, but she was hesitant to grab it. "To old for hand holding Scootaloo, my you kids grow up so fast" Bee teased and let pip hold her hand.

"Alright you lot, let's go see Grandpa Logan" I said and we headed off towards the Everfree waving to Rok on the way out, along with Steels other Timberwolves. The journey itself was relatively peaceful, but as we walked through ponyville, I could see mare's and couples looking at us and 'aw'd' quietly as we walked by.

"What a lucky man to have such a beautiful family" I overheard a group say. I couldn't help but smile hearing this, for the first time in my life, I actually had people to call my family.

"You look happy love" Bee said bringing me out of my thoughts. "You say you were created from darkness, but all I see is light coming off of you"

"That's because, I have you, I have Pip and Scoots, my siblings, my friends, my father... my life as of right now is beyond perfect" I told her and kissed her cheek. "I wouldn't trade it for the world" I said and noticed we were being full blown watched by couples.

"He's so... golden"

"He's perfect!"

"I never heard anybody say such beautiful words before"

"Why can't you be like that?"

One after another, mares were talking about me and I felt my cheeks heat up. Bee grew a big devious grin, then she pulled me in for a kiss, making all the mares around us get jealous.

"Sorry ladies, but he's mine and mine alone!" Bee exclaimed before she had us walk faster, quickly having us get to the edge of the Everfree.

"Was that really necessary Bee?" I asked.

"No, but I want them to know who you belong too" She answered before picking up Pip and walked onwards. "C'mon you two, don't get left behind!"

"C'mon Scoots, Logan ain't getting any younger" I said walking a couple of feet, then stopped when I didn't hear Scoots footsteps. I turned around and saw her with a scared look on her face. "You okay kid?"

"Y-Yeah, I-I'm just a little-"

"Scared?" I interrupted and she tried glaring me for saying such a thing, to bad her fear was keeping her from doing so. "You know kid, there's no shame in admitting that you're scared"

"I-Im not!" Scootaloo shouted then squeaked when she felt a leaf gently graze her hair. "I-I'm not scared!" She said almost on the verge of tears.

"Hey, hey, hey, it's alright kid, no crying ya hear" I said, quickly coming over and picked her up, comforting her. "You know, I remember when I was as scared as you when I was brought up against the darkness, I was afraid for my life... how about I teach you a song I sang with Bee when I felt scared" I said and started walking forward. "It'll make you feel better"

"Okay" Scoots choked out wiping her tears away.

Sing along when you can" I said. "In the light of the day, in the dark of the night, when you're rarin to go, when you're tired from the fight, when you're losing your mind, let me give you a thought" I sang walking through the trees of the Everfree. "I'm gonna be right by your side no matter what, c'mon Scoots" I beckoned her to sing along, she started relaxing a bit, and soon she was singing along.

Scoots smiled as she sang with me, completely leaving her fear behind, now she was laughing and smiling. As we continued walking through the forest, singing our song, I didn't noticed how close we had gotten to Zecora's hut.

"Through whoever you been, through whoever you'll be, through whatever you lose, you'll always have me" I sang reaching hut. "At the end of your road, I'll be holding you taught, I'm gonna be right by your side... no matter what" I finished and set Scoots down. "Feel better?"

"So much better!" She exclaimed causing me to chuckle.

"I'm glad, now let's see what everyone's doing inside" I said and knocked on the door. A few seconds passed before the hit door opened up revealing Zecora wearing some new clothing consisting of a striped shirt, black legging shorts and flat white gladiator sandal boots going up her calf, and her hair was no longer a mohawk, but silky smooth and straight hair tied in a ponytail. "Wow Zecora, you sure did change since the last time I saw you"

"I have to thank Rarity, she told me I should get a bigger wardrobe and made me more clothes, even these beautiful sandal boots, even gave me a makeover" Zecora said. "Come inside, I'm sure you two are thirsty" she said and we went inside, joining Bee, Pip and Logan.

4 hours later, Sapphire Lake

"How are you adjusting to life here Lux?" Father asked as we sat in front of a crystal blue lake, not that far from Zecora's hut. "You can be honest with me"

"*Sigh*... I'm adjusting fine, I couldn't ask for a better life to live" I said making him snort softly. "Ever since the voice's have stopped, I've been nothing but happy since"

"I'm glad you're doing good, that woman of yours keeps you in check huh" Father joked.

"More like tortures me with her endless teasing, but that's one thing I love about her" I said laying down, staring at the clear blue sky. "Who knew love was this... wonderful"

"Hmm, I know what you mean Lux" Father said. "When I met your Mother, it was like the whole world lit up, and all the darkness shrouding my heart, completely vanished" he said cracking a smile.

"I bet she was great," I remarked.

"More than you know... Lux, I know you and Brigid are entities created from Steel's mind, but I want you to know that... you and Brigid, are my children" Father struggled to say, unable to find the right words. "What I mean is... you're my son and, I'm sorry for not seeing that till now, whether you accept it or not, I will always be your father and I'll always see you as my son" he said patting my knee.

"I, uh, wow... that means the world to me dad" I said sitting up. "Thank you"

"Don't go telling other about this soft side, ya hear" Father said and I chuckled.

"Sure dad, by the way, are you and Zecora-"

"Nope" He interrupted.

"I didn't even finish" I said making him scoff a little.

"I knew what you were going to say, and no, I am not mating with that woman" Father said grumbling a little. "Yes she's attractive, strong, speaks her mind freely, and can take down a manticore in a few seconds... but it could never happen" he stated.

"Uh-huh sure, Dad Im just gonna throw this out there... are you in love with Zecora?" I asked, nothing was said and nothing needed to be said, because the blush told me everything. "Called it"

"I-I am not in love with her, are you crazy?!" Father shouted and I laughed. "She's a completely different species!"

"Yeah, but look at Steel, Brigid and I" I countered and he crossed his arms. "Who knows Dad, maybe she feels the same way about you"

"Yeah right, I'm not exactly the ideal candidate for a mate!"

"Aw, and Zecora was about ready to confess, ain't that right Zecora?" I said making Father snap his head in every direction, only to see no Zecora, but his son laughing his ass off.

"Never do that again boy" Father growled making me laugh. We continued to talk for awhile after that, seems like dad was a chatterbox, because the second he started talking, I couldn't get a word out. "And after I killed them all, I came back with a net full of fish for your Mother" he finished saying and sighed.

"Yeesh, all that for some fish?" I questioned, to which he nodded and laughed. "You sure do like talking about Mom huh?"

"Am I not allowed to like that?" He asked.

"I'm not saying that, like whatever want, but for real, you killed a pack of wolves to get Mom fish because she requested it?" I questioned with a chuckle. "Seems a bit excessive old man"

"Just you wait Lux, you'll do some crazy things when you're in love" Father said with a chuckle of his own. "Anyway, we should be heading back, it's about 4:30" He said getting up.

"Something happening at 4:30?" I asked following suit.

"Ah, that woman gave me a curfew for training so I don't damage the forest" Father explained making me snickered at this. "Something funny?"

"No, nothing funny, but it seems Zecora wasn't only just worried about the forest getting hurt" I said making him raise a brow, then blushed a second later.

"Shut up boy, now get your ass moving!" He barked before stomping off, I shook my head at the stubborn man and started walking.

"Lux"

"Huh?" I hummed, I turned around expecting someone their, but all I saw was lake, the sun shining from above and the giant tree of the Everfree. "Must've been the wind" I muttered turning back around then barely got one step in before a giant hand made of water shot out of the lake and grabbed me. "OH SHI-" was all I could say before getting furiously dragged into the lake.

"I've been searching for you master, for a whole year I was patiently waiting for you to come get me, but it seems you've forgotten me back at the Island" A voice rang in my head, it sounded female and a little bored as well. "Do you have any idea how boring it is, just sitting on your butt for generations, only to be wielded once, then go back to waiting for a whole year?" she asked, though the only thing coming out of my mouth was oxygen being ripped out of my lungs.

My vision started getting blurry, and the feeling of rushing water beating my body was making me lose consciousness faster.

"Don't worry master, I have someone who can help you when you get here" The woman said before the last bit of my consciousness faded and I blacked out.

???

"Great just great..... barely..... ugh!" I heard a muffled voice say as it faded in and out. "Lion.... the flower" they said and a few minutes passed before I felt a warmth flow through my body, it was soothing and soon I heard... singing?

Hearing this song, it started bringing back memories, the one's I lost in the king's realm, I was suddenly being over flooded with the memories then I suddenly shot my eyes open. I sat up in a blink of an eye then threw up the water I acquired from being dragged under a lake.

"What the *cough*, what the fuck!?" I coughed out, my throat being ripped apart and my chest pulsing with what seemed like endless pain. "Jesus fuckin christ, I thought I was a goner!" I exclaimed calming down a bit.

"As did I when Alicia brought you here" I heard a familiar voice say, I turned to see Vine. "Nice to see you Lux"

"Vine?" I muttered then looked around my surroundings, it the Island of the two sisters, except this time, it was flourishing with life. The trees were green and healthy,and the grass regrew back to its former glory, the wildlife even sprouted up again most likely thanks to Vine. "This... this is beautiful" I said in awe.

"Im glad you like it, it took me ages to get everything back in order, but thanks to Steel and his friends, I was able to finish my work uninterrupted" Vine said with glee, I was so caught up with the beauty of the island, I didn't take notice of the Lion I was petting. "I'm sure you remember Lion, he sure missed you"

"Oh yeah, Lion!" I exclaimed. "How's it going buddy, been a while since I've seen you"

"Yes, it has been awhile" Vine said standing up.

"Wait, I thought Lion only knew Steel... how does he know of me?" I asked.

"Yes he knew Steel, but he was also aware that you were inside of Steel as well" Vine said. "You see Lux, Lion isn't a normal animal, he's what you call a Familiar"

"What's that?" I asked.

"A highly powerful magical beast that is summoned by another who is also very powerful" Vine explained walking over to me. "It took me awhile to realize that Lion here, was summoned by you the day you manifest in Steel's head" she said making me do a double take.

"I, summoned him?!" I asked in shock, already knowing the answer. "Wow, I-I had no idea, when Steel and I first saw him, he looked like a regular lion" I said playing with Lion's ears. "Who knew we'd be Master and Servant, though I think I'll just call you my friend instead of servant" I said to him to which he purred.

"He seems to really like you, must've grown a bond to you when Steel was here" Vine said. "But putting all that aside for now, there is someone else I want you to meet" she told me then raised her hand, allowing the ground to part and up came Excalibur back in its stone.

"Excalibur, but isn't that Steel's sword?" I questioned, I got up to get a better look at it. "I thought he pulled you out?"

"Well when I have no master for a long period of time, I go right back to the stone, awaiting another person worthy of holding the blade and blah, blah, blah" The sword echoed making me jump.

"A... Alicia?" I asked slowly.

"Perfect, you remember me, now if you will be so kind as to pull me out, that'll be great" Alicia said, slightly annoyed.

"Is she okay?" I asked Vine.

"She's fine, a little mad she was forgotten, but fine nonetheless" Vine answered.

"Okay then, one more question, she does know I'm not Steel right?" I asked once more. "Because if it's not Steel who pulls the sword from stone, then no one can"

"Lux, just pull me out, I'll explain everything once you do so" Alicia said a bit annoyed at this point.

"Fine, if it'll show you that I'm not worthy, then I'll pull you out" I stated before gripping the sword. "Watch as I grasp Excalibur and pull the sword-" I announced being as dramatic as possible, but soon stopped once I gave Excalibur a good yank, causing it to slide out of the stone. "From... stone" I finished in utter disbelief

"Told you"

"All hail King Lux" Vine joked and giggled seeing my shocked expression. "Now to explain why you're able to wield Excalibur" she started, but Alicia stopped her when she popped out the sword.

"I got this Vine, you see Lux, the reason why you're able to pull out the sword from the stone, is because you were chosen to wield the sword since day one" Alicia said confusing myself disbelief self even more. "To put it simply, Steel was never the one to wield Excalibur, it only came out because it sensed you instead of Steel. I to thought Steel Fox was supposed to wield the sword, imagine my surprise when I discovered it was you instead" Alicia said.

"So I'm-"

"The rightful owner of Excalibur, the legendary sword held by King Arthur and King Jonathan" Vine said and I swear I heard a choir singing an angelic song and the sun cast a beam of light unto me through the gray clouds. "Raise the sword so it may regain its original form" Vine instructed, still a little confused I did as I was told.

Once I raised the somewhat rusty and old sword in the air, it glowed a bright blue from tip to the butt of the sword. After a few minutes, it crack then exploded into dust, leaving the new replenished Excalibur.

"Whoa, it's amazing" I mumbled bringing it closer, it was so clean that I was able to see my own reflection, and it looked so sharp, I'm sure it could cut even the thickest of armor. "Wait, the first king of Equestria held this sword?"

"Yup, and I must admit, he was a very handsome man, he wielded Excalibur in some of his most historic battles, such as The Battle of Dragonstone" Alicia said. "A thousand to one, Jonathan drew Excalibur in one hand and a shield made of the strongest metal known to Equis. Jonathan charged towards the hordes of the heavily armed dragon's all by himself, he only had his wit and strength, the battle fought was long and hard for hours upon hours, other's living close by could hear the battle wage, but in the end, Jonathan came out on top with nothing but his sword and shield" Alicia said making both Vine and I silently question that last part, then she sighed. "A magnificent sight… t-the battle I mean, *ahem* anyways, Jonathan won the great war after that battle and it was then did he catch the eyes of both Queen's of Equis, and soon married them both years later" she finished.

"Whoa, this guy was no joke" I said in awe, I looked at the blade I now held in my hands, and I smiled. "You know, I remember complaining to Stardust and Faust about how I'm never going to be chosen for anything... who knew I was chosen for so much without me knowing" I muttered, smiling as I held the blade.

"Ah yes, I need to get something from my Sanctuary, I acquired it when Steel was in his demonic form, but first" Vine started, she waved her hand slightly causing rocks and root's from the ground to come up and twirled around Excalibur creating a sheath with a vine strap to hold it on my back, it was also surprisingly smooth to the touch. "You're going to need something to hold that sword of your's, come along now" she beckoned, letting the ground go back to how it originally was.

We traversed through the Island, passing streams and ponds, animals and insects and various fruit from both the bushes and trees. This island was more beautiful than I could've ever imagined, no matter where I looked, I saw only life. I felt at peace as we walked towards the Sanctuary, something I thought I'd only feel with Bee.

"Here we are, home sweet home" Vine said with a happy sigh. Once we had entered the Sanctuary, I was greeted with the sight of two old friends. "Ladies, our guest has arrived" vine announced seeing Stardust and Faust sitting at her table.

"Welcome young Tennebris, it's been quite some time" Stardust greeted, raising a cup of tea from her seat.

"You look well, considering you were trapped in our husband's realm for a few thousand years, giver take a few" Faust joked. "Come, sit down"

"How are you two here?" I asked walking over them both and took a seat. "I thought y'all were trapped in between the space of reality?" I questioned.

"We are, but this is also another space between reality" Stardust explained. "And Vine has been a good friend of ours for many years"

"It is true, how long has it been?" Vibe asked. "Ninety thousand years?"

"I believe so, but enough about us, Lux, tell us how you're doing" Faust said and I was drawn for a blank.

"Uh, well so far, I'm pretty happy right now" I replied slowly. "I meet this amazing girl named Bee, she's basically my whole world, she makes me feel happy and loved, not that I don't already get love. I can't really explain it, but I know for sure that I love her with all my heart" I ranted a bit.

"Sounds like you met a lovely girl, hopefully she keeps you out of trouble" Stardust teased. "It's funny, just two years ago, you were manifest from literal darkness then changed your ways completely after meeting this woman, was love the only thing able to stop you?" She asked.

"I guess so Star, I never felt truly loved before until I met Bee, the whole world became brighter when we met... I think she felt the same way" I answered the goddess. "Oh yeah, apparently I'm the rightful owner to Excalibur, and I have a pet Lion!" I exclaimed making said Lion plop his head on the table. "See"

"I always knew you were going to be great, who knew this would be what you'd be" Faust chuckled seeing me get all giddy. "The number of your age may have changed, but you're still that cute little boy in the armory"

"Still waiting for those grandkids huh Faust" I teased the woman who gave a fake offended gasp. "Well good news, you have two" I said making them go wide eye.

"Yeesh, must've slept for awhile, we missed two births" Stardust said.

"Not birthed, they were adopted, little Scootaloo and Pipsqueak" I said making Faust squee. "Calm down there Faust, I know you're excited-"

"Excited is an understatement, I wanna meet them, I wanna spoil them, I wanna squeeze them in my arms!" Faust rapidly listed off, it was after number fifteen on the, 'I wanna' list did she stop. "*Ahem* Apologies, I haven't been this excited since Jonathan proposed"

"Must've been one helluva proposal" I chuckled.

"Well when you have quite literally made two goddess like entities fall head over heels in love with you, it's kinda hard not to get excited when your lover proposes with rings made from the rarest metals in the world engraved with our names" Stardust nonchalantly said as she sipped her tea. "But I'm glad Steel and Luna adopted these younglings, they'll make great parents"

"Uh, speaking of, y'all kinda dragged me away while I was babysitting them" I pointed out.

"Won't that make your lover worried?" Faust asked.

"Nnnah, besides, what's the worst that can happen?"

Back at ponyville

People were screaming, buildings were collapsing, the ground was shaking and flames roasted a few houses.

"RUN! RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!"

"WHERE IS HE, WHERE'S MY BOYFRIEND!" Bee roared as she began tearing up half of ponyville up. People began running for the hills once they glanced at Bee, she was setting fire to building's, flipping houses and even tore apart the ground looking for me. "I WILL RIP THIS WHOLE PLACE APART IF IT MEANS FINDING HIM!"

"Uh, hey, have you seen Uncle Lux?" Scootaloo asked Applejack and Greenie who were both mortified by the acts Bee was committing. "Because Aunt Bee has been tearing the town apart for three hours and-AUNT BEE, NOT THE BAKERY!- and she's upset about him disappearing"

"Really upset" Pipsqueak threw in, as Bee threw another building.

"U-Uh...... Let's uh, let's go ask me mate" Greenie said and the four quickly sprinted towards where Steel was.

Back at the Island

"I bet she went to sugarcube corner to get the kid's some treats to calm down when they noticed me missing," I said. "Oh yeah, Vine, you said you had something you got something from Steel in his demon form?"

"Ah yes, one moment please, Stardust, Faust, if you will help me" Vine looked to them and they nodded. "We'll be back in a moment Lux, look around a bit, there's a bookshelf in the other room if you wish to read" Vine told me and the three left the room. Doing as she suggested, I got up and went to the other room to pick out something to read, to my surprise, it had some books from earth as well, all the harry potters, all the witches, game thrones, even had some manga.

Searching around a bit more, I saw something sticking out the side of the bookshelf from the corner of my eye. I turned my attention to the object and was surprised to see a scroll, I looked back to the kitchen making sure no one was there and grabbed the scroll.

"Alrighty then, let's see what's in you," I said, I opened it and felt a chill run down my spine. "Huh, weird, now let's see here... Hurt Incantation, hmm, ominous" I said aloud. "Looks like an edgy poem... Wither and decay, End this destiny, Break these earthly chains... and set the spirit free" I read in a bored tone then stopped when I thought something would happen, but nothing did. I reread it in my head and thought for a moment.

"Maybe I read it wrong... Wither and decay, End this destiny, Break these earthly chains, And set the spirit free... the spirit free" I read out, I suddenly went as stiff as a board and my breathing turned into ragged and hollow.

I dropped the scroll as I instinctively clawed at my shirt then without warning I dropped to my knees and vomited black ooze violently. I stumble to my feet once I stopped throwing up and took notice of my skin color, it changed, I looked around for a mirror, but once I found one, I was horrified. My skin had turned pale gray and my veins turned as black as coal. Both of my eyes were as soulless a starless night, and finally the tips of my hair turned inky black before it began to spread across my hair until it reached the roots then flowed slowly but wildly up in nonexistent wind.

"Lux!" I heard Vine cry out, I looked at the three and held out a hand.

"HeLp Me" I begged before suddenly giving out an unearthly screech that made the whole place rot at my feet, what scared them the most was how fast I stopped my screeching and stared blankly at the ceiling, unmoving.

"L-Lux?" Faust questioned hesitantly jumping when she heard the sickening snaps of my neck when I looked right at her, she became as pale as I was seeing this horrific transformation. "Lords above" she breathlessly gasped.

The room itself started decaying as I sang, the haunting melody echoed through the sanctuary, scaring Lion enough to run off, the three goddesses stared at me with utter horror and a loss for words. Black ooze came out of my eyes and ran down my cheeks, I reached out to Vine causing the ooze to cover my hand and shoot a spike towards.

"Watch out!" Star shouted, pushing the woman out of the way, almost impaling them both. "VINE, DO SOMETHING!"

"Im on it!" She said and began singing her song, slowly but surely bringing back the life that was dying all around us. Vine quickly ran over to me and let the magical incantation course through me, bringing me out of the hold the hurt incantation had me under. "Lux, oh gods, are you okay?!"

"Wh-what w-was that?" I stuttered feeling my whole body shake violently, Vine pulled me into a hug to calm me down, but I couldn't stop shaking. "I feel so cold" I told her.

"I know, we need to get you somewhere warm and fast" Vine stated, Startups and Faust were quick to come back to their senses and help Vine take me to her indoor hot spring, I didn't even remove my clothes as I stepped into the hot water. The water itself was enough to warm me back up, but I still felt kinda traumatized by what I had just seen and done. "How are you feeling Lux?"

"Better... Vine?" I called. "What was that?" I asked her, Star and Faust also wanted to know.

"It's... it's an incantation that's the polar opposite of the healing incantation, it's supposed to kill and decay anything nearby when its sung" Vine answered making us look at her in shock.

"What possessed you to write such a thing, and I want to know now!" Faust demanded.

"... When the island was taken over by Blue Lanch I became furious, to the point were I as willing to kill him myself... that's when I wrote the Hurt Incantation, but when I used it... I killed every living thing without realizing, and it didn't even matter either because Blue wasn't even on the island, but so many children were here..." Vine choked on her words. "I found so many bodies lying lifeless across the island, and it was all my fault" she said and broke down crying. "I killed those... I vowed to protect"

"It wasn't your fault Vine, you were in pain, you had no idea it would come out to be like this" I said grabbing her hand. "You saw an opportunity to take your island back and you took it, it's not your fault" I assured her.

"Lux is right, but why did you not simply destroy the scroll?" Star asked.

"I hid it away for so long that I... forgot about it completely... but today I will destroy it, it has brought nothing but suffering" Vine answered with determination in her voice. "Lux, will you help me destroy it?" She asked and I was more than happy to get rid of that abomination.

Once I was fully recovered, I pulled myself out of the hotspring and we headed back to the room the incantation was in. Vine grabbed the scroll and opened a deep hole in her home.

"Lux, if you please" Vine instructed, I raised my hand and conjured a black flame, the hottest flame I've ever created.

"With this flame, it will leave nothing behind, not even ash" I stated just as Vine put the scroll in my hand, igniting it. "You will harm others no more" I said and let the burning paper fall into the abyss.

"Bravo Mr. Tennebris, if the Golden Globes existed here, you would've surely won best actor" I heard a man say behind me, his voice as smooth as honey. I spun towards the voice, but I was met with the wall, "Wrong way Mr. Tennebris, I'm right behind you" The man said this time yanking me around to face him, his skin was as white as snow that complimented his devilishly good looks, eyes as golden as the sun, smooth charcoal black hair that was combed back, and he wore a plain red shirt with black dress pants and dark red sneakers. "Soooo good to finally meet you in the flesh, I must say, you're a helluva lot harder to find than your brother" He said as he grew a large smile showing off his sharp paper white teeth.

"Who… are you?" I asked feeling a strange ominous aura from him. "And how do you know my name?" I asked him to which he clicked his tongue a bit.

"You're asking the wrong question Mr. Tennebris, you should be asking, WHAT am I" He corrected me and gripped my shirt before hurling me out of the sanctuary, flying threw trees until I reach an open area where I skidded across it until I hit a boulder, stopping me in my tracks. " So disappointing Mr. Tennebris, I expected more from someone of your, *ahem* history" he said appearing in front of me.

"You, ugh, caught me by surprise is all" I said getting up off the ground. "It won't happen again" I said and got myself ready for a fight.

"Oh my dear friend, even as strong as you are now..." He started waving his hand and tore a chunk of the island off. "You are centuries away from ever beating me" he finished now having my full attention.

"Okay, if you're not here to fight, then, what are you here for?" I asked him and he chuckled.

"To tell you that your friends will die of course" He told me without any hesitation.

"... What" I said slowly letting the realization hit me.

"Blasted to smithereens, quite a spectacular show I must admit, but sadly my friend... all that will be left, is their chard bone's laying beneath your feet" He continued dodging my fist with no effort. "Why so serious Mr. Tennebris? "

"How should I react to being told my friends will die in front of me?" I asked the man getting even angrier by the second. "Should I be dancing for joy?" he growled as I glared at the man.

"I thought you would, since you despise every last one of those people" He answered. "Do you really see those people as your friends, or do you wish you could burn the world they love oh so much?" He questioned.

"Easy, I see them as-"

"Useless fleshes of grotesque meat" He interrupted making me reel back a bit.

"N-No, they're my friends and I-"

"Wish to gouge out their still beating heart and destroy anything and everything they've come to love in front of their lifeless bodies" He interrupted again and it seemed like they were getting worse by the second. "What's the matter Mr. Tennebris, can't handle you deepest, darkest thoughts that you've so unfairly trapped inside your head?" He asked tilting his head making me flinch.

"W-What are you-" He silenced me with a finger to his lips.

"Shhh... very disappointing indeed, I expected more from you" He said chuckling to himself a bit more. "Born from darkness itself, yet you fear it more than the death of your own family, how utterly pathetic" he antagonized dodging more swings from me.

"SHUT UP!!!" I screamed at him continuously throwing punches. " YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT ME!" I screamed some more.

"Oh but you see my dear friend... I know every aspect about you" He said stopping my fist with his finger. "Allow me to illuminate something for you, the darkness that surrounds us cannot hurt us. It is the darkness in your own heart you should fear" He told me then vanished only to reappear behind me to kick the back of my leg's, forcing me to get on my knees.

"But I changed my ways, I'm no longer evil, I love my family, my friends!" I exclaimed making the man burst out laughing. "But it's true... right?" I mumbled.

"If you hide from your own darkness shrouding your heart, you'll soon be consumed by it" He said patting my head as I thought to myself. "I believe I've broken you enough with your own thoughts, now then, to begin torturing your soul beyond recognition"

"You said my family and friends would die... when?" I asked not even looking at him.

"... Today" He answered causing me to gasp.

"What!?" I shouted.

"Your family has a seventy-five percent chance of surviving, the number my seem good on paper, but in reality, they will die" The man continued and grasped my hair, making me look into his cold dead eyes. "First will be those six girls, next will be those boys, then the twins, then the royals, then the frostmights, then the chaos beings" He listed off making my eyes well up. "Then your brother, and sister and father... then finally-"

"Stop... please" I begged, knowing who was next.

"Those two adorable children, and your true love, in that order" He finished and I was already crying my eye's out. "And there is nothing you could do stop it" he said, throwing me to side almost making me go over the edge.

"No..."

"It's because you are weak and fragile"

"Stop it..."

"A pathetic excuse for a man, if you can even call yourself that"

"Shut up..." I muttered as I got on my hands and knees.

"A mistake that wasn't erased, but told he was special" He ignored me and continued.

"I said ShUt, arrgh, ShUt Up!" I screamed my voice cracking and my anger spiraling out of control. "Leave mE!" I growled trying my best to push down the anger.

"A waste of space" He finished and finally broke me.

"I SAID SHUT UP!!!" I screamed at the top of my lungs finally letting my anger run free. I felt something explode inside me when I saw his smiling face, and pure rage consumed me. "Hnng.. ggrrr...RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!!!" I roared out and started transforming.

"Yes, YES!" The man excitedly cheered. "Let the anger loose, and harness it as your own, do not fear the darkness, CONQUER IT!" He shouted and I let out a big explosion of energy creating a crater underneath me, the force made the air violently blow back anything near us, even made a few rocks fly.

"I'm going to beat you, until there's nothing but pulp left on my fists" I said in a very calm tone.

"By all means... give it a shot" The man said and I took one step before I was in front of him and threw a fist. He dodged like before, but this time a cut appeared on his cheek and his big smile grew even bigger. "Incredible" he muttered and we started throwing fists to one another, either blocking or landing, we kept going no matter who was around.

"Lux!" I stopped and snapped my head towards the voice and saw Vine along with the Queens looking at us both, until Vine focused her eyes to the man across. "LUCIFER!?"

"Hello my dear, it's an honor to finally meet you Ms. Vine" Lucifer said appearing infront of her. "Might I say, you look just as beautiful as the morningstar" He snickered as he caught my fist with little to no effort.

"W-What are you doing here!?" Vine asked the man who just chuckled.

"To watch this world burn my dear" He answered all the while keeping his smile. "You know Viny, bringing the dead back is a sin worth the ninth circle, to be tortured endlessly by my hand" Lucifer told her and grabbed my face before hauling through the Island.

"I-I didn't have a choice!"

"Oh my beautiful goddess-" Lucifer started and turned back to her, giving her a kiss on the cheek. "thats what all new sinners say" He whispered to her and snapped his fingers, vanishing without a trace, save for a blushing green goddess.

"Where is he!?" I shouted the second I got back to the surface.

"H-He's gone" Vine said and rubbed her blush away. "More importantly, why was he here?!"

"That bastard wanted to patronize me, and he succeeded, I swear I am going to rip that smile off his fuckin face!" I growled clenching my fist so hard it made my nails break skin and blood ran through my fingers.

"Dont think I forgot" Lucifer said landing the hardest punch Ive ever felt across my face when I turned around. "Hm, some peoole die after getting hit with that punch" he said chuckling as I hit the floor unconscious.

3rd P.o.v

"Lux! Lords above!" Vine cried out and kneeled down to Lux's unmoving body, making sure he was still alive. "Oh thank the gods, he's okay... ish"

"Oh please, that was just a love tap, if I hit him as hard as I could then, well... your beautiful shade of green would turn red in a mere second" Lucifer told Vine who gulped hearing that statement. "I also need this little bundle of sin, so death for him is something even I cant allow for yet" he said kicking his body until he was on his back.

"Why are you here Lucifer, it better be good" Star demanded from the man.

"Why my dear Queen, I came here for the fact of causing torment for this boy. Honestly Stardust, how you haven't killed him is beyond my understanding... unless you think he can serve as a means for your escape's" Lucifer threw out, eyeing the two guilty goddesses. "Well smack my ass an call me betty, I just guessed and that was the right answer" Lucifer exclaimed right before laughing.

"He can help us escape and see our land once more, to see our family" Faust said.

"Well that's too bad really, because your only family will be nothing more than ashes to the wind when Tirek returns to full strength" He said and they all went silent.

"TIREK RETURNED!!!!" The three screamed alomst causing waves to turn into tsunamis.

"That is the other reason why I am here, to put that pile of wasted air back in his cage, and to make sure that he never kills my subjects again because once I get my hands on him, Im going to rip his spleen out of his withering body, tear every piece of flesh off bit by bit, and make him watch as I feed his chopped off ball's to my dog's then restore him JUST TO DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN, FOR ALL OF ETERNITY!" Lucifer roared, singeing the ground with light green flames and scaring the three.

"Wow, and I thought I loved my subjects" Faust whispered to her sister.

"Well if you know he's here then why haven't you personally thrown him back into tartarus?" Vine asked and Lucifer sighed.

"Because he stole the ring of eternity" Lucifer said losing his smile.

"Thats... Thats impossible!" Vine shouted. "You've had that ring under lock and key ever since you took it back from the God's, how did he even get close!?" She asked wanting answer's as to why he was so careless.

"Well... you see... I was doing some extensive research for a certain type of organic life, he used that opportunity to take it when I was in the middle of said research and the pile of filth used it to escape" He said coughing into his fist.

"And what was so important about this research that you just left the ring of eternity open for the taking?" Vine demanded and Lucifer was silent for a moment.

"Roses" He stated.

"Roses... you're kidding me" Vine said utterly disappointed.

"I have to say, that's a really disappointing answer" Faust said.

"Especially when it's to guard a key that can grant you unlimited power from tartarus" Star said, each response felt like a knife hitting Lucifer in the eyes.

"You'll do some dumb things when you're in love, but aside from all of that, I need some extra help with Tirek since him and I will just destroy the planet if we ever crossed paths, but if he was a bit weaker..." Lucifer said gesturing to Lux's unconscious body. "I can take the ring back, and send the bastard back to hell" he explained, gaining his smile back.

"But why did you patronize Lux so much?" Star asked and the man shrugged.

"All sinners must be properly punished, dead or alive" Lucifer answered causing a chill to run down their spines. "In three hours exact, Tirek will be at full strength and will have the power to call upon demons and summon the dark powers of hell, so when I leave, give the run down to this boy and tell him to get an army ready" Lucifer told them as he began walking away from the goddesses.

"Will Tirek be that powerful?" Faust asked Lucifer, he just turned and smiled. "Oh..."

"We'll tell him, and once this is said and done, we are going to have a very long talk about your carelessness" Vine said in an angry tone, Lucifer just chuckled.

"It's a date then" Lucifer said and vanished into thin air, leaving the three to plan.

2 Hours Later, P.o.v- Lux

"Lux.... don't.... NOOOOOO!"

"Bee!" I awoke with a start, scaring vine who was sitting next to me. "What happened-where's Lucifer!?" I demanded quickly getting up from bed.

"Lux, calm down!" Star said quickly setting me back down. "Lucifer is gone, he knocked you out and left" she said and I clicked my tounge.

"Lux, now is not the time for sulking, we have a very big problem on our hands right now" Faust stated getting my attention. "An old has shown its ugly head once more, and we don't know how bad it could"

"What is it?" I asked and she sighed

"His name Tirek, a powerful centaur that almost took over equis and almost defeated our daughters by stealing their magic and using it as his own" Star said. "He was defeated of course by the elements and banished to tartarus for all eternity, but he's escaped and not only that, but he stole the ring of eternity" she said, finishing her piece.

"The Ring of Eternity?" I questioned, rather comfused.

"It's a very powerful ring worn solely by Lucifer himself as a means to create his demon arm and use them to keep others in check. With this ring Tireks possession, he now has the power over the entire army of the underworld" Vibe explained, quickly after I suddenly felt something draining from far away.

"He may have already started while you were here, I don't know if Steel can handle Tirek by himself , he needs help from everyone if he is to make him weak enough to push him back in tartarus" Faust stated then gasped before becoming wobbly.

"What, whats wrong?" I asked the mare and she used her sister for support.

"He's taken my daughter..." Faust mutter breathlessly. "Lux, you must go now and help your brother"

"He's take Luna, Lux, go!" Star exclaimed and I was running out the sanctuary as fast as I could, grabbing Excalibur on my way out. Once I was out, I shot in the air and started flying as fast as I could towards the castle. "Do you think all of them will be enough?" Star asked her sister.

"I hope so, because if they aren't, then it's the end for all of us"

Canterlot City

"Jesus christ" I muttered as descended down to the destroyed city, almost every building was on fire or broken beyond recognition. I saw ponies limping down the streets trying to flee from the city, helping eachother as best as they could.

"Someone help, our mom is trapped!" I heard familiar voices, I quickly rushed over and saw pitch lime and ashy roses sister covered in soot next an unconscious Ashy Rose trapped under a wooden beam. "Lux, please help us!"

"Stand back!" I told them and quickly rushed to Rose's side and lifted the beam off her then threw it away. "Rose, speak to me girl!" I exclaimed, checking her vitals and seeing if she was breathing.

"Is she okay Lux?" Lime asked and I gave a sigh of relief.

"She's alive, hurt, but alive nonetheless" I said getting sighs of relief from them. "We gotta get you kids somewhere safe"

"Lux, is that you?" I turned to see Regal and Fleur, disheveled and dirty.

"Regal, fleur, thank god your both okay" I said. "Listen, I need you two to get these kids and mare out of the city as fast as possible, I need to find out what Im working with here"

"Consider it done my boy, come along children" Regal beckoned as she and Fleur picked Rose up and quickly left. I looked at the castle and sprinted as fast as I could, making it to the destroyed gates in no time at all.

I traversed inside the broken castle, helping injured guards and guard mares, maids and butlers, cooks and so on. I finally made it to the throne, gritting my teeth seeing all the shattered thrones and glass laying on the ground, a giant hole was where Celestia and Luna sat and Im hoping nothing to bad happened to them. I walked up the steps to the thrones and stared out unto the now blood red sky.

"This Tirek guy seem's pretty powerful if he took down a couple of highly trained magic users like the royals" Alicia said and I had to agree. "I know it's obvious he's not here, but where could he be?" she asked and that's what Im trying to figure out.

I stared intently out the giant hole and then I looked at the shattered glass on the floor. It was the stain glass window of Twilights ascension to becoming an alicorn.

"If he was after the royals to begin with... then he must've only known about Celestia and Luna, thats why their's such a big mess around, they didn't go down without a fight. Knowing he had no knowledge of the other royals, then that means Tirek didn't know about... Twilight" I said and it finally clicked, I snapped my head towards ponyville and I already saw the explosions and a giant red minotaur blasting the town. "I need to go, now" I said hastily, almost forgetting about gathering an army.

"Lux, thank the gods your alive!" I heard Lullaby exclaimed in relief, carrying an injured guards mare. "Something big just destroyed canterlot city and kidnapped the royals out of nowhere, what the hell is going on!?"

"Something evil Lullaby, listen, I meed you to go and gather any able guards and soldiers willing to fight to get their princess's back" I said and she looked at me like I was crazy.

"Lux, how imam I suppose to command an army when I have no idea what we're fighting" Lullaby said and I groaned, I grabbed her arm and pulled her towards the giant hole. "Oh" was all she said, seeing the minotaur wreaking havoc on ponyville.

"Get everybody, and I mean everybody" I stated. "I'm sure Cinder is helping you with the other guards as well, so get her and anyone else ready to fight for their land" I said, not wasting another second I blasted off towards ponyville at high speed, hoping that Bee and the others were okay.

Ponyville

"Oh my god" I said breathlessly as I stared at the half destroyed ponyville. Ponies laid here and there unconscious, buildings either collapsed, on fire or both and children looking walking around in a daze trying to find their parents. "That bastard" I growled through clenched teeth.

"L-Lux?" I heard some call out weakly, I turned and saw Sunny in scrapes and bruises leading a group of kids behind her. "Thank the god's you're here, the other's went off to fight that giant beast that came here with Discord" Sunny told me.

"Discord was here- nevermind that, you look exhausted Sunny I'll gather up the kid's and lead the people out of the town where its safe, go to the edge of ponyville and stay there" I instructed to the mare who nodded.

"Lux, give that bastard hell for what he's done here" Sunny told me beforedoing as instructed.

"Alright, let's get to work" I said to myself and made my way towards the children walking about. One by one, I had all of them following me from behind and even carrying a few who got injured from the attack, I looked around for more, but it looked like I gathered them all. "Okay kid's, follow me and I'll get you to a mare named Sunny who will take care of you until I find your parents!" I said and they all followed me towards the edge of ponyville.

"Mister, what's happening?" I heard a little girl ask me, she looked terrified beyond belief. "Why did that monster destroy our home?" She asked, this time with tears welling up.

"I dont know little one, I'm sure my family is handling the monster as we speak, once I get you all safe I'll join them and we'll send that monster packing" I told her, offering the warmest smile I can muster. "Don't worry, I wont let anything bad happen to any of you, as long as Im still here, nothing will harm you ever again" I said and this seemed to make her feel better, along with anyone else losing hope.

Once we made it out of town, I saw Sunny trying to calm the children down as best as she could, although she seemed to be at her limit since her legs were wobbling.

"Sunny, I got the rest of the kid's from town" I announced, letting the children join the others and putting the injured in the center. "Please rest, you look like your about to faint at any second" I said, but she shook her head.

"One of us has to let these poor children know they're safe, and since I know you're going to fight that beast after bringing the others here, Im the only one that can keep them calm until this is over" Sunny said and I wanted to stop her, but she was right. "It's okay, now go get those people in need here and get rid of the bastard" sunny ordered.

"Yes ma'am, but once you get a few more people here then take a break" I sternly said and took off, heading right back into town helping anyone I can. As I was helping people out of town, I felt rumbling beneath me and loud wails coming from somewhere not to far from ponyville. "Seems the party started"

"You're running out of time my friend" Lucifer said as he appeared right next to me. "Why help these people, you could just leave them here and fight with the others, you could save them" he said with a chuckle.

"Because I know my friends and family will hold out long enough for me to get everyone to safety before I show up" I stated, helping someone up. "Head towards the edge of ponyville, you'll be safe there, and if you find anyone else in trouble, please help them" I told the mare who nodded and walked off.

"You're so much more different than what the file's have told me, but I still believe you're a heathen in disguise" Lucifer said and I shrugged.

"Think what you want Lucifer, but I know Ive changed my way's, I like being the good guy for once... I finally dont feel alone anymore, so you can say or believe anything you want about me" I said, turning to face him. "Nothing you say matter's to me, I only care about what I think of me" I said.

"We shall see, but first, I think you might wanna hurry up and head to the fight" Lucifer said, walking past me with his smile still up. "Also, you might need this" he told me as he snapped his fingers and I felt something heavy on my body appear.

I looked down to see myself in a full set of armor. The entire thing was completely silver and had chainmail hanging from the torso and the neck area giving me more protection around those vital areas, then there was the armor itself. I felt like I could really move in it, no restrictions at all from what I can tell, though the helmet
and the cape looked like it's seen better.

"Been a long time since I've seen this hunk of junk" Lucifer said, feeling a little nostalgic.

"This is amazing, why would you give me this?" I asked the man and he dismissively waved his hand.

"Let's just say you're going to need it, I dont expect it to come back exactly like it was, but try not to ruin my armor" He told me before taking his leave without another word.

"He gave me his armor..." I muttered, going into deep thought but was brought out by violent shaking and booming laughter coming from the open field just a little ways off from ponyville. "No time for that now, I think everybody got to safety so I gotta go help the others in the fight" I told myself and put the helmet on before racing towards the fight.

As I ran through the small forest, I began thinking of ways to prevent everyone's death. The more that I thought about it, the more I couldn't stop thinking about what Lucifer said to me.

"Lux, don't worry about it too much, Im sure that everyone is going to be fine" Alicia said to me, trying to comfort my mind a bit.

"You're right... I gotta think positive and trust in my friends, Im sure they are doing just fine without me" I said, but just as I finished my sentence, hands started popping out the ground like daisies. "What the hell" I said to myself and drew Excalibur.

The hands soon gripped the floor and ripped the bodies attached to said hands out of the ground. I was mortified as to what I was watching, these inky black thing's came out of the ground looking like bones dipped tar. They had no eyes or ears, only broken horns a top their heads and shark like teeth in their mouths.

"K... Kiiiiiiillll... Theeeeeeem.... AAAAAAAAAAAAALLL" One of them screeched at the top of their lungs and immediately, they all gave a bone chillin howl that made even the tree's shiver, and if it couldn't get any worse, they dug into the ground and pulled out broken swords and sheilds.

"A-Alright you ugly son's of bitches, if you want a fight, then you sure as hell got one!" I exclaimed and rushed forward, the charged after me and I quickly dove under one attack then swiftly spun around, cutting the disgusting thing in half, killing it.

Two more rushed at me with their wespons up, but I as they brought the swords down I blocked it with Excalibur and blasted them both with a key blast. Once they turned to dust, I quickly grabbed their fallen weapons hurled them at a whole group charging towards me. I only killed two out of what I believe was fifteen in total, I took a deep breath before giving out at battle cry and charged forward.

"Lux, use both your hands!" Alicia instructed me, trusting her instructions I jumped up and gripped the blade with both hands. I felt incredible amount of power coursing through my body once I did and the second my sword hit the monster, I was on the other side, with all their bodies crumbling to nothing. "You did it, I cant believe you harnessed Excalibur's power!" Alicia shouted in glee.

"That power... it was incredible, King Jonathan and King Arthur weilded this power... and didn't go mad from it?" I asked in disbelief, it was hard to believe I didn't either.

"Excalibur cannot be weilded by those who are not drivin by power, but only those who seek power in order to protect others" Alicia explained to me. "So should I call you King Lux or is that something we should talk about later?" Alicia asked and I chuckled.

"We'll talk later, but for now I have to get to my friends and quick" I told her and raced off again. "Be honest with me Alicia, do we stand a chance against whatever my family is facing?" I asked and she was silent.

"It's funny, that's what Jonathan asked me right before... I believe in you Lux, no matter what, I believe we can defeat this beast if we work together" Alicia said, I wanted to ask what she meant about King Jonathan, but she seemed like she was traumatized by it, so I decided not press her for details.

"Thanks Alicia, I know we've known eachother for a short while... but I want you to know that no matter what, I am your friend to the very end" I told her as I finally reached the open fields. "Holy-"

"Shit" We both said as we saw Brigid, Steel and Father fighting a humongous minotaur, who I assume is Tirek. The guy's we're fighting off the monster's I killed earlier and the girl's along with Discord, Bee and the kid's were running towards the hills that had the tree of harmony.

"Shit, everybody's in trouble but I don't know who to go help first!" I exclaimed and looked around. Steel, Brigid and Logan are holding their own with Tirek and the guy's seem to be doing just fine if they kerp working together, so that just leaves the girls, Discord, Bee and the kid's. "I gotta help the girls, everyone seems fine right now so Ill protect them until they reach the hill" I told myself and fly towards the others, swiftly killing the monsters or demons getting my way.

"Lux?" Bee questioned as she crushed a demons skull, she saw me running towards them and killing off these things. "Guy's, its Lux!" Bee shouted to the others and they all grew smiles on their faces, and a glint of hope in their eyes.

"Are you all okay!?" I asked as I finally reached them, I took off my helmet and used it to back hand a demon breaking its neck by the sheer force. "These thing's are fuckin persistent" I groaned for a bit before getting a hard smack to the face by Bee.

"You insensitive, cock sucking, arrogant, stupid, piece of goddamn shit!" Bee screamed at me while continously slapping me. "You vanish out of no where the second sl this shit happens and you come back just when shit hit the fan, your a little fuckin late oh boyfriend of mine, "Dont worry Bee, I'll fight with you through anything", fucking horse shit!" She screamed at me more, the other's took a generous step back from this one sided argument.

"Bee, Im-*slap*- Bee- *slap*- damn it woman will you let me speak!" I snapped a little pissed off with the slapping, but all that anger went away when she buried her face in my chest. "Bee... I-Im sorry, I wish I could've been here I something happened and it took longer than I expected"

"You damn jerk, making this poor girl worried, and when that son of whore came I thought he hurt you or worse" Bee said and cried into my chest. "I thought I lost you"

"Im sorry I made you worry, but I'm here now and I will not leave you or anyone's side so long as I breathe" I asssure her and wiped her tears away. "Now c'mon, we have a monster to stop, does anyone have a plan?" I asked.

"Well, we were on our way towards the chest where the tree of harmony is because Twilight got the last key when Discord finally became her friend" Rainbow told me and I shot a glare at Discord.

"I-I know I can never be forgiven for my actions, but I never wanted any of this... my daughter is trapped with the other royals, and all I want is to have her back" Discord said trying not to cry his eyes out, he also looked completely out of everything. "So if that chest has a way to bring her back, than I will pry it open with my bare hands if I have to"

"We will talk later, but for now I need all of you to get to the tree as fast as you can" I ordered them and they nodded. "Discord" I called too and summoned a sword. "Take this" I said, tossing the sword to him.

He caught it and looked me dead in the eye, knowing what he was being told to do. "On my life, nothing will harm these girls and the children" He said sternly and proudly.

"Good, kid's I need a word" I said and the two came over to me, they looked absolutely terrified and completely drained physically and mentally. "I need you two to be brave for a little while longer" I said. "Me, your Dad, Aunt Bee, Aunt Brigid and Grandpa Logan are going to send the ugly back to its hole before you know it" I said and Scootaloo still looked scared.

"What if you cant win?" She asked.

"We will" I simply stated and handed her my helmet. "Protect your bother and dont fall behind, no matter what you hear, dont stop running okay"

"Yes sir" They both agreed.

"Alright people, I got an army on the way to help us even everything out so we have to hold out till then, you got your jobs, now lets get to work!" I exclaimed.

"Yes sir!" They saluted, and we all rushed off to do our jobs. Bee was with me in killing the demons around the surroundings area, while Bee was handling the demons on the outside I handled the one's on the inside. It looked and felt like I was fighting and endless horde, and I wasnt to far off from the truth, but the guy's we're holding their own still which was a hoid thing and Bee seemed to have everything under control as well.

"Lux, I hate to say it but if you and the other's keep fighting this endless battle then you'll be dead by either exhaustion, being killed or both!" Alicia told me and she was right, no matter how many times we kill these things more just keep popping up. "Hey, maybe that Ring of Eternity is still in Tireks nose, they said it has the power to control Lucifer's demon army" she said and I looked at the big bastard and saw the black and blue ring dangling from his nose.

"Great scott you're Alicia, I gotta my hands on that damn ring" I said as I killed off a few more demons. I stared intently at the battle between my family and waited for an opening, even the smallest windows would be enough for me. "C'mooooon you damn bastard, let your guard down" I muttered and just then I heard an explosion from the hills where the the girl's, Discord and the kids went

The girls were all glowing and they all looked completely different than what they were before. New clothes, new hair styles, hell they were all floating in the air. Though the main thing I was concerned with, was the giant window that opened up for me.

"Lets go!" I shouted and fly at Tireks nose ring at break neck speed, catching him off guard slamming right into his face, putting him in a daze and I was able to grab the ring, but it was really stuck in their. I dug my feet into his face and began pulling as hard I could to get the ring out, but as I was pulling, my armored boots dug in too deep and with a hard yank, I ripped the key a bit loose but I also tore Tireks upper lip in half. This caused the giant minotaur to wail and roar at the pain, he shook around violent from the excruciating pain he was feeling and was able to shake me off.

I was hurled to the ground with enough force to make a small trench as I hit the ground, I even lost my grip on Excalibur on impact. I groaned a little as I lifted myself up to my feet, though I wasn't given a second to breathe as a demon tried to plunge it's broken sword into my chest. I grabbed its arm and elbowed it before ripping the blade out of its hands and shoving it through its skull, britally killing it.

"Lux!" I heard Twilight call to me, I turned to see the girl's being protected by the Steels friends. "We need time to charge the attack so hold them off for a few minutes!" She told me.

"You got it!" I shouted back.

"Damn it, I can't hold them off for much longer, need some help over here!" I heard Bee yell, tossing and cutting up more demons coming out the ground. I rushed over to her and began helping her cut down the hordes of living filth.

I grabbed one and tore it's head off before grabbing it's broken sword off the ground and rammed it down another bastards throat as I summoned Excalibur and cut four more in half rushing towards us. I gripped the sword in both hands, letting the ancient power surge through my body and controlled it by sheer will.

I lifted my left hand up with my blue aura surrounding it, and lifted about a dozen of the creatures then threw Excalibur towards them spinning it as it left my hand and let it act as a buzz saw cutting up all the demons into pieces before calling it back to me. Not even a moment had passed and I was already slicing up an endless amount of demons, Bee was holding her own, Steel was holding off that giant bastard with Father and Brigid, and the guys were fighting with everything they had to protect the girls who were charging up their Harmony Magic.

"Everyone, just hold out for a bit longer!" I instructed before getting tackled to the floor.

"LUX!" Bee screamed slowly cutting her way to me. I was trying to push the fuckers off, but it sunk its claws into me locking itself in place, then the other's started dog piling me clawing at my body, leaving deep scratches and tattered clothing.

"GET BACK!" I yelled at Bee who jumped a few yards back. I gritted my teeth and charged up my ki gradually letting it fill to the brim then I let it explode with a blood curdling roar, blowing off all the demon's on top of me. I rose to me feet in my super saiyan form, covered in wounds and blood, my armor was destroyed and all that hung from my torso was broken and torn chainmail. "HAAAAAAA!" I roared once more throwing balls of Ki towards the demons around me, killing them all.

"Lux, oh my god, I thought I lost you" Bee said rushing over and pulling me into an embrace, not even flinching at the blood coming out of my wounds. "I don't know how much more we can handle, there are to many"

"We... We have to hold out-ah!‐ till' Cinder and Lullaby get here" I stated, I tried to take a step forward, but I fell to my knees. "We have to-"

"You're already at your limit Lux, please stop before you get yourself killed!" Bee begged helping me to my feet.

"I-I have to... keep going, even if my body is turned into a hollow shell, I have to keep fighting... if I'm already at my limits, then I have to go further beyond!" I exclaimed forcing myself to get back up and beckoned Excalibur to me.

"But you'll die!" Bee cried, I chuckled catching Excalibur.

"I was prepared to die the day I was born," I said.

"DAMNED APES!" Tirek roared just as Steel, Father and Brigid crashed right in front of us, beaten mercilessly, we quickly helped them to their feet and they looked utterly worn out and drenched in blood. "I SHALL RULE ALL OF EQUESTRIA, BUT FIRST, I WILL START BY KILLING EVERY LAST BEING STANDING IN MY WAY!" He roared out charging up a beam of chaos magic.

"We're done, boy's, run!" Twilight shouted and the Girls rose up in the sky, each having new clothing and different hair, shining as bright as their elements. "Give it everything you got!" She shouted, the guys quickly moved out of the way and girl's shot the rainbow beam just as Tirek shot his own blast.

As they collide with each other, it looked as though the centaur was winning the power struggle. The girl's were straining to keep up their end, while he was laughing at their attempt.

I suddenly felt time come to a halt, I took in my surroundings to try and find a way to win this fight, but there was no way. The demons had stopped rising, but myself and everyone else took a great toll from it, Twilight and the girls were at the limit of their harmony magic and I was completely at a loss of what to do.

"Tick… Tock… Tick… Tock" A man mimicked. "Seem's my prediction was right Mr. Tennebris, how oh how will you ever recover from something all your friends will die from?" Lucifer asked with a big twisted smile, showing off his sharp white teeth.

"I… I don't know" I admitted in defeat, the man just chuckled coldly. "You said… there was a seventy-five percent chance of winning" I said making him raise a brow and tilt his head while keeping his smile. "What if… W-What if I told you I can do the other thirty-five percent!?" I exclaimed, there was absolute silence between us, then he hummed.

" What did you have in mind?" Lucifer asked, more curious than a cat.

"I'll sing the hurt incantation, and use it to weaken Tirek enough so you can grab the ring and have the girls send him back to his cage" I said and Lucifer was genuinely surprised by my plan.

"A very risky plan mr. Tenebris, but that does improve your friends survival rate... but that also mean's something like that will come at a high cost" He said and I sighed.

"If sacrificing myself so my friends and family can be safe, then I'll gladly do it" I said then felt something holding me back from doing this. "I just want one thing in return"

"I don't do favors... but I believe I can make an exception for this one" Lucifer said, already knowing what I wanted to do. He snapped his fingers and brought Bee into the pocket of time Lucifer created.

"Huh, whats going on, where am I?" Bee asked rapidly then saw me quickly pulled me in for a hug. "Lux what's going on, e-everything is completely still and who is that guy but most importantly, are you olay?" She asked me.

"Bee..." I started, I looked deeply into her eyes and cupped her cheek.

"Lux... I know that look, whatever it is I wont let you do it" Bee said and I chuckled. "I-I mean it Lux, you better not go and do something stupid, I swear I'll kill you!" She threatened with tears welling up.

"I love you, more than anything in this world" I said, brushing away her tears. "You know I would do anything to keep you safe and happy" I told her.

"Lux... please" Bee cried. "Don't do whatever it is you're going to do" she said.

"It's the only way love, to keep everyone safe and to keep you safe as well" I said, holding her more tightly now. "I-I don't want to leave you, but knowing you'll be okay is enough for me"

"But I want to know if you will be okay, I want you to be with me, I just want to be greedy this one time and keep you to myself forever" Bee choked out. "Promise me you'll come back" she said.

"What?"

"Promise me, that you will come back to me, just the way you were" Bee said. "I want you to promise you'll come back as the same old adorable Lux, as a matter of fact" she said and grabbed my right hand then cut it to the point where it bled, then she cut her own.

"Bee, are you sure you want to do this?" I asked her.

"Lux... you're the second man I've ever loved, but your the first man I want to be with for the rest of my life and a blood promise makes whatever the promise is come true" Bee said and gripped my bloody hand with her's. "Now promise me" she said.

"I, Lux Tenebris, hereby promise to return to your side no matter what, I will keep fighting until the day I come back to you" I said and I felt a sting from my hand, I turned it to me and saw it burn shut. "This is goodbye for now Bee... I love you" I said, one last time.

"I love you too, remember your promise" Bee said, I nodded before rising into the air flew right at Tirek. Time resumed as I flew towards him and without anything holding me back anymore, I began singing the hurt incantation.

My body transformed into that horrible being like before, but this time I had a set target for this horrendous song. The moment I grappled onto Tirek, his body started instantly decaying slightly, each muscle getting weaker and weaker, along with his magic.

"What is this, NO THIS CANT BE HAPPENING, I'M JUST ABOUT TO WIN!" Tirek cried out now struggling with his magic. Seeing the minotaur in a weakened state, the girls pushed out every magical power they had into their blast, cutting right through Tireks blast and hitting us dead on. "NO, NO, NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!" He roared as his magic was torn out of him and sprung free to go back to it's original owner's.

"hctib a fo nos uoy rehtegot lleh ot gniog er'eW" I screeched out and just as planned, Lucifer opened a portal back to hell and appeared infront of both of us.

"Well color me suprise, you actually did my friend, now... I think you deserve a break" Lucifer said, ripping the ring out of Tireks nose and threw us all into the portal.

P.o.v- Bee

When the blast had subsided, the sky was returned back to its bright blue color, the sun shined down on us and the demons we were fighting collapsed and turned to dust. Whatever Lux did worked, he saved us all.

"It's... it's over" Logan panted out and finally collapsed to the floor along with Steel and Brigid. "We did it"

"I cant believe we did it!" I heard spike cheer as everyone rushed over and started celebrating.

"Bee!" I heard and saw Lullaby and Cinder with tired and worn out soldiers surrounding residents of ponyville. "Im so sorry we're late, but these weird disgusting things popped out of the ground and started attacking the ponied around her so we stayed with them to protect them" Lullaby explained.

"It's okay Lullaby, the important thing is that nobody else was killed today" I said, then looked down.

"That's good to hear at least, so, where's Lux?"

Hell, P.o.v- Lucifer

"Dont worry my friend, you dont belong in this realm anymore, but I will allow you to rest here untill you recover from that hideous incantation my sweet goddess had created" I said to the man who lay naked in the middle of a pond I created as a means to heal major injuries. " Make sure he stays alive and well until he awakens, understood?" I told one of my demons and they saluted.

"Yes sir, I will keep him alive and well" She said and I nodded before heading to my chambers.

"Do not worry ms. Breaker, I wont allow him to die just yet, Im beginning to this boy more and more, so you'll have him back" I mumbled to myself and chuckled. "Just as promised"

Author's Note

Kinda rushed it at the end, its 2:50 am when I wrote this so Im sorry for the rushing.
Stay frosty, later