The Legendary Terrarian of Equestria

by TheDisplacerOfEquestrias

Rating: teen
Tags: Gore, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Dark, Alternate Universe, Main 6, Romance, Tirek, Original Character, King Sombra, Cutie Mark Crusaders, Adventure, Crossover
Length: 4567

Terrarians... human-like beings with increased speed, strength, and bravery beyond that of ordinary men... however, none are more deadly than the legendary Lord Darkness of Darkno... read on to see his adventures on the planet of Equis...

Legends... beings, events, or places that are incredibly well known and historic for battles, deadly endings, or unnatural phenomenon...

... and yet they are all proven to be true, one way or another.

However, Equestria, nor Equis, for that matter, is ready for the newest living legend...

Who is this legend, you ask?

(Chuckles darkly...) YoU'lL hAvE tO sEe FoR yOuRsElF, wOn'T yOu?

((Note: Listen to "God Syndrome" by Madame Macabre and put it on repeat while reading.))

Published 2016-08-31 08:40:02 UTC
Last updated 2016-11-27 23:09:24 UTC

Chapter 2: The Beginning

3 days later...

The reconstruction and repairing of Ponyville and Canterlot was a long one after the return of Lord Tirek...

Alicorn Princess of Friendship, Twilight Sparkle, and her friends, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, Rainbow Dash, and Applejack, along with Spike the Dragon, Twilight’s adopted baby brother, and Discord, the reformed Lord of Chaos, were helping in the reconstruction and repair of Ponyville while the other three Alicorn Princesses of the country of Equis, Princess Of the Sun, Princess Celestia, also known as Princess Solaria, Princess of the Moon and Dreams, Princess Luna, also known as Princess Selena, and Princess of Love and the Crystal Empire, Princess Mi Amore Cadenza, also known as Princess Cadance, helped in Canterlot...

On the third day, one of the Pegasi Guards noticed something in the distance and called for Princess Twilight to see it...

"You called, Lieutenant Flight Knight?" Princess Twilight asked, as she trotted over to the guard...

"Yes I did, Princess Twilight. This is something you must see." The guard, a mare with a silver coat, dark grey eyes, an iron grey mane and tail, and finally, a Cutie Mark of a sword and shield with wings on her flank, said, as she handed over her binoculars...

Twilight took the binoculars with her magic and peered into them, looking in the direction of where Flight Knight was looking...

She didn't notice anything at first, but she noticed something in the distance coming up out of the ground and going back in, like a worm...

She then noticed that wherever it went, the ground became purple and creatures began to appear from the ground, before going the opposite way that the giant worm went...

She handed back the binoculars and said "Lieutenant, gather up a platoon of Pegasi Guards and head over there. Make sure it isn't a threat..."

Flight Knight nodded and flew off to get a platoon...

Twilight then flew off back to her new castle, the Castle of Friendship, to meet with her friends...

When she got to the throne room, she noticed the others looking at the Cutie Map, but it had an arrow pointing down onto an area not far off from Ponyville... the same area Twilight saw from the binoculars.

"Girls, what's going on?" She asked, as they all turned to her, before Rarity said "Oh, we didn't hear you come in, darling! Please, sit. You need to see this!"

She did so and veered towards the location, as she said "What's the situation, girls?"

Rainbow spoke up and said "We don't know... all we know is that this thing went crazy when it picked the purple stuff up..."

There was suddenly a poor, as Discord appeared and said, serious, "Purple stuff, you say?"

They nodded and pointed to the area the Cutie Map was pointing, as Discord peered towards it, before it clicked into his mind and said "Twilight, send a message to Tia... She needs to see this."

She nodded hesitantly and wrote a letter to Princess Celestia...

A couple minutes later, Celestia, Luna, and Cadance appeared in a brief flash of light, as Celestia said "Discord... what's going on?"

Discord sighed and said "He's back, Tia."

Celestia trotted forward and saw the purple ground on the Cutie Map, making her gasp...

"Princess, what in tarnation is goin' on?" Applejack asked.

Discord then set the Cutie Map back to over a thousand years ago... specifically, 1,111 years ago...

They saw a battle take place, between a bipedal male in black, Purple, and red armor wielding a sword that was big for him, as he battled Celestia, Luna, and surprisingly, Discord...

The male had a black beard and black eyes, and he also had odd, glowing dark red eyes, as his eyes momentarily flashed with dark magic, dark, tattered fairy wings coming out of his back, as he cackled, fighting the three with such finesse, such power, such strength! ... it made Rainbow GREEN with envy.

Author's Note

Nothing.

Chapter 3: The Reawakening

In the Jungle of the Terrarian Temple...

The Eater of Worlds: The Guardian of the Corruption and one of the strongest bosses in the Terrarian World...

The Eater of Worlds, also known as the EoW, was currently making it's way to the Terrarian Temple, hidden away in the Jungle...

The Terrarian Temple was a bunker of sorts that kept all creatures from the Terrarian World safe from the Wrath of the beings of Equis... However, the Damn Temple sealed them inside... but thankfully, today would be the day that they escape.

The EoW dug through the ground... until it hit bricks... Lihzahrd Bricks.

The EoW let out a squeal of joy, as it dug out the dirt and stone around the temple, before it found a switch and accidentally brushed up against it, making the entire temple shake before it began to rise...

The EoW rose with it and the entire temple reached the surface, looking like that of an Egyptian Pyramid, before the World Eater noticed that the doorway was caved in...

It growled and began to dig away the rubble, revealing an empty room...

It slithered in like a snake, only to be grabbed by a mechanical appendage...

The one that grabbed it was none other than the Eater of Worlds big brother... The Destroyer, a mechanical worm like creature.

The Destroyer looked at the Eater of Worlds, narrowing it's gaze, as the Eater of Worlds gave it a happy expression with it's eyes...

The Destroyer let out a sigh and patted the Eater of Worlds on the head with it's tail, before it motioned for it to follow...

The Destroyer led the World Eater to another room, where the other mechanical beings and the non mechanical beings were, along with the normal creatures of the Terrarian World...

They all appeared to be playing Poker... Texas Hold'em, specifically.

Skeletron Prime, the older brother of Skeletron, a giant floating skull with two disembodied arms, unlike Skeletron Prime's four disembodied arms, was playing, before he then said "Four Kings, boys.", making them all groan in anger...

The Destroyer then let out an "Ahem.", gaining their attention...

The Destroyer had a deadpan look, before it said "Boys... we're free."

This made their jaws drop, before they all let out cheers of the excitement and relief...

"Come on, we gotta see the outside!" The Brain of Cthulhu, which is referred to as the BoC, and sometimes the Brain of CaChooChoo, for some reason, said in a deep, sick voice, as it floated out of the room, the others following it...

The World Eater and the Destroyer looked at each other, before they sighed and followed them...

They soon made it outside, as the beings all covered their eyes due to the sunlight...

The Twins, which were the older, mechanical brother and sister (Spazmatism is the brother, Retinazer is the sister) of the Eye of Cthulhu, or the EoC or the Eye of CaChooChoo, and we're connected by a bit of flesh, let out roars of excitement, as did the others...

The Eater then slithered out and motioned for them to follow, which they did...

Meanwhile, in Applelossa...

Sheriff Silverstar was currently playing Poker with his deputies... again.

"Four Princes, Colts." He said, grinning, as his deputies groaned in anger and annoyance...

"So, that's... what? 6-2-3? (6 = Silverstar, 2 = first deputy, 3 = second deputy) ... best out of 10?" His second deputy asked.

Just as Silverstar was going to answer, Braeburn, Applejack's cousin, galloped in and said "SHERIFF! YOU NEED TO SEE THIS!"

Silverstar got up from his chair and asked "What's the problem, Braeburn?"

"There are a bunch of creatures demanding to be let into town, but they definitely ain't ponies... and they ain't any creature I've ever seen before." He said, as he led Silverstar out, while the his deputies followed...

When they arrived, they saw two, dark purple mummified creatures (one showing it's skull), standing there, and they were bipedal, with a couple, rotten, weird-ass creatures floating behind them, some with more spikes than others...

The Mummy showing it's skull growled and said, with a dry, deep voice "Finally! We can be let in!"

Silverstar trotted up to them and asked "Alright, who are ya'll?"

The Mummy that wasn't showing it's skull walked up and said, with a dry voice, as well, but not as deep, and with a Texan accent, "My name's Darkin. That Skull-shower is Shadrow... we're 'ere to spread word that one of the Terrarian Lords 'as returned, Sheriff."

Silverstar looked at them all and asked "And who is this Terrarian Lord... and what is a Terrarian?"

Shadrow growled and said "A Terrarian is one of the former dominant species of the planet... besides the Changelings, that is..."

Darkin knocked Shadrow upside the skull for that, before it said "Sorry 'bout that... Shadrow bit of an idiot 'ometimes... trust me on 'hat... 'owever, 'he 'errarian Lord is 'he Ruler of 'he Corrup'ion... Lord Darkness."

This made a near by Buffalo's eyes widen, and almost made him choke on his food and drink...

They all turned to the Buffalo, before he sheepishly rubbed his head, before he got up and he cleared his throat, then he said "Lord Darkness is a legend, though... he's a legend that only the Buffalo and the Changelings know!"

Darkin laughed and said "He ain't 'ust a legend... he's a livin' legend!", as the others laughed with it...

The Buffalo's jaw dropped, before he calmed himself and said "Excuse me for one moment...", before he turned around and sped off to find Chief Thunderhooves, the Chief of the Buffalo...

"CHIEF THUNDERHOOVES! THE LEGENDS ARE REAL!" He yelled, making them all deadpan as he ran...

Darkin facepalmed and said "'His is goin' ta be a long day, ain't it?"

Silverstar nodded and facehoofed, as he said "Yes... yes it is, Mr. Darkin."

Chapter 5: The Changelings

The sound of feet walking in the sand is heard...

"It's about damn time I found this place..." The Terrarian Lord said, smiling as he wore his original outfit's color palette, but he was now wearing a more... desert-themed outfit, fitted to the desert and the desert alone.

Where was he? The Badlands.

Why was he there? ... you'll find out soon enough.

He began to walk towards a little town, known as Capgras... one of the last 10 Changeling settlements (besides the Capital).

He then used some of his magic/mana, before his appearance changed to that of a Changeling... or what HE would look like as a Changeling... same black beard and hair (yes, Changelings have hair, it's just that the ones Chrysalis has for her guards and soldiers were... mutated, to say the least), but he had glowing, purple eyes, a longer horn (by a couple inches, almost the length of Chrysalis's), taller body (almost Chrysalis's height), and he had purplish, slightly transparent, insect-like wings, along with omnivorous teeth (Changelings can either be herbivorous or carnivorous)...

He walked into the town, as he noticed that the town was bustling with Changelings, some Grphyons, a few Minotaur here and there, and surprisingly, a couple ponies...

He smirked and noticed the guards, but, he noticed one with a scar going down it's entire left side, going across it's eye, and making it look like a cat's eye...

He was shocked to recognize this Changeling as his old friend, and one of his Generals, General Abiku, the Changeling of the Corruption...

He then saw Abiku walk into the Town Hall, before he followed Abiku, quietly...

When he got inside, he saw a normal Town Hall interior... normal desk, normal room, normal secretary... besides the fact that the secretary was a pony, but still.

He walked up and asked, his voice changed (think something like djsmell1's Sans voice during the Megalovania Piano cover), thankfully, "Excuse me, but I have an appointment with the Mayor?"

The secretary looked up and got out a file, as she then began looking through it... He panicked a bit and made his appointment appear in it somewhere, though.

She nodded and said, with a monotone voice, "Go ahead. Mayor Abiku's office is upstairs... mind the trophies in his office... He likes to scare those that make appointments with."

He nodded and walked down the hall and up the stairs, as he noticed some other offices with plaques, with one saying "Captain Imburche", "Doctor Korrigan", and another saying "Miss Spriggan", who he assumed was the secretary, before he saw Abiku's office, and he knocked on the door, as a deep voice, with some hints of snake-like speech, as if a Basilisk were talking, said "Come in."

He did so and saw Abiku reading some of files on Missing Changeling reports, reports of Changeling Rape, etc...

"Be ssssseated." Abiku said, not looking up...

"Well, I never thought one of my most powerful Generals would become the Mayor of one of the 10 last Changeling settlements..." The Terrarian Lord said, making Abiku freeze up and drop the files...

"Imposssssssssible!" Abiku said, as he slowly looked up to see the Terrarian Lord in Changeling form...

The Terrarian Lord chuckled and said "Did you really think that Discord, Selena, and Solaria could defeat me for good?"

Abiku slapped himself with his own hoof, before he said "Of courssssssse not! I jusssssst never thought you'd be out ssssssso ssssssssoon, Lord Darknesssssssss!"

He smirked and transformed back into his original form, as he said "Well, 1,111 years felt like a eternity... that, and I was worried you and the others wouldn't still be alive and kicking ass."

Abiku smirked back and said "Of courssssssse! However... I am not kicking asssssss much assssssssssss as I ussssssssed to..."

"It does not matter to me, my friend. You are the Changeling of the Corruption for a reason." He says, smirking, before he added "However, I need your help."

"What do you need my help with, sssssssssire?" Abiku asked.

"1 word... Chrysalis." Lord Darkness said, making Abiku do a double take...

"Ssssire! We're sssssssstill ssssssearching for her! SSSSSSSHE WASSSSSS BLASSSSSSTED AWAY BY THE BUCKING PONIESSSSSSSS DURING THE WEDDING IN CANTERLOT!" Abiku said before it became a yell...

Lord Darkness was not affected by this, as he said "Then allow for me to give you the last piece you need.", before he put a piece of Chrysalis's mane on the table...

... Abiku deadpanned as he said "... How long have you had thissssss?"

"Ever since you and the guards tried oh-so-desperately to get me and Chrysalis together... you accidentally shot a Love Spell Beam at us, but you missed and singed her mane, as well as cutting this off. I grabbed it and attempted to give it to her, but then the battle happened and... well, you know the rest." He explained...

Abiku sighed and said "Alright... I'll get the other Changelingssssss to processssss the genetic material of Queen Chrysalissss'ssss mane, and then, we may be able to finally find her..."

Lord Darkness nodded and said "Oh, and by the way, I need you to come with me to the new capital of the Corruption... the temple I was sealed in... Skeletron will be bringing some Pegasi and Thestral Guards that were near the Corruption there... but we won't be torturing them like last time."

Abiku nodded and said "Ssssir, yessss ssssir."

He nodded back, as he then began to walk out, changing back to a Changeling, but before he closed the door, he added "Oh, and by the way... send a message to the current Grphyon King and tell him to spread around a message... 'Terraria is reawakening.'...", before he shut the door...

This made Abiku pale a bit, before he quickly got a paper and quill out and wrote a message to the Grphyon King, King Gryf Donfir...

Author's Note

So, it appears as though he has ties to two of the most populated and territorial (and frightening) species of Equis... Makes you wonder as of to how old they are, and how old they WERE back before the imprisonment of Lord Darkness and the fall of the Corruption Empire, all those years ago...

Well, here's the answer.

Abiku was about 256 years old when he joined Lord Darkness, which makes him 1,367 years old...

King Gryf Donfir's great great great grandfather was 21 when he joined, however.

Chapter 6: The Terrarians

"Come on, Sophia... we need to get back to the temple." A female, mature voice said, sounding ever so slightly earthy, as the owner of the voice helped her friend.

"I know, Isis... just, help me carry this." Another female voice said, being a bit younger and a bit more childish and carefree, as the owner of the voice carried a fossilized bipedal being, looking like that of a... steampunker.

The two females were a Dryad and a Mechanic, respectively, named Isis... and Sophia. They were Terrarians, but not Terrarian Lords.

They were carrying the wife of the Terrarian Lord of the Purity to the temple the Terrarian Lord resided in... encased in Amber, with all the Purity mobs and fellow Terrarians inside, having lived for over 1,111 years... actually, 1,099 years. They got out 2 years early, probably because of the massive blasts of harmony that go by every so often... like that one 10 years ago, then that second one that appeared a year ago, and THEN that third one that came out of nowhere just a couple months ago.

Since then, they've been scouting out the other Terrarian Lords, the other biome mobs, etc... However, their main goal was to find the Lord of the Purity's Queen... Queen Phoebe, the Steampunker.

And they finally did, after all these years...

... There was just one problem.

Queen Phoebe was encased in a giant piece of Amber... apparently, Lord Discord thought that Queen Phoebe was the wife of the Terrarian Lord of the Corruption, Lord Draken Darkness... however, this was not the case, as when the Terrarian Lord of the Purity, Lord Blanka, came along, Lord Discord had his ass kicked and eventually sealed into stone by the Princesses. The Princesses then gave the Terrarian Lord of the Purity a spell that would get his wife out of her prison, but he could only do it on the night of a blood moon, every 100 years... Considering blood moons only happened every 50 years, they were on a tight schedule.

The two females made it to the temple, as they were let in by two Goblin Warriors, who opened the doors for them.

The two carried the fossilized Queen Phoebe in, as two Goblin Sorcerers led them in, with the Goblin Tinkerer, named Dalek, was with the Goblin Sorcerers, but was mainly there to make sure Sophia was alright.

"I'm alright, Dalek." Sophia said, as Dalek checked up on her.

"Are you sure, Sophia?" Dalek said, worried.

"I'm sure, Dalek." Sophia said, smiling warmly at Dalek.

Dalek was still worried, before he took a deep breath and breathed out, only to then say "Alright..."

Sophia nodded and then kissed Dalek on the cheek, making him blush slightly, before the Wizard, Merlyn, said "Come on, you two! We got only three hours to do this!"

Sophia, Dalek, and Merlyn then caught up with Isis, who was in the room where the Lord of the Purity, Lord Blanka, was, encased in Amber.

Merlyn then began to mutter what sounded like a spell, before he got his Ice Rod and one of his Spell Tomes out and casted a spell at the Amber-encased Lord Blanka... making the Amber start to crack every few seconds.

The Amber finally shattered, Lord Blanka falling out of the center of it, groaning in pain.

Two Goblin Thieves then walked over and helped Lord Blanka up, as he said, with a deep, yet surprisingly... electrifying... voice, as he huffed in pain, "... What... Is... It?"

Sophia and Isis stepped out of the way, showing Queen Phoebe, encased in Amber, making Lord Blanka snap awake, his eyes glued to his Queen.

He then stood tall, surprising them all, before he walked over, without any problems, as Merlyn then handed over the spell, Lord Blanka taking it carefully, before he got his Amber Staff out and began reciting the spell.

When the spell was ready, he cast it on the Amber-encased Queen Phoebe, making the Amber crack and shatter, freeing her.

Lord Blanka, as Phoebe groaned in pain and coughed, trying to breathe, picked her up and said "Hunny, are you alright?"

Phoebe looked up to see Lord Blanka's face, as she wheezed and said, her throat dry and her voice hoarse, "H-Hunny?"

Lord Blanka nodded and smiled warmly at her, as she then said, wheezing, "W-What ha-happened? All I-I remember i-is Lord Di-Discord appearing a-and...", before Lord Blanka stopped her.

"Shhh... just... just relax... alright?" Lord Blanka told her, holding her close and hugging her, but, he was also looking at the two Goblin Thieves before he silently began to mouth the words "go get Hannah", making the Goblin Thieves nod and walk out to go get the Nurse, Hannah.

Author's Note

There's an update. Now, let me go at my own pace, God Damn it.

Chapter 1: The Living Legend

"... it's about Damn time." A man said, his voice deep and dark, as purple smoke came out of his mouth and his red and green eyes...

Light began to shine through a wall, before the wall crumbled down before the man, revealing his body, but not his head...

He was tall, about 7 feet and 7 inches tall, he wasn't muscular, but he could definitely kick some ass if he wanted to...

He wore red clothing, specifically, red pants made out of silk, dark red shoes made out of stone (painted), a blood red undershirt, and a bright red robe of sorts...

He smirked, before he grabbed a purple and pink sword, with the hilt being pink and the blade being purple, as the sword, which was a couple inches taller than him, was shimmering and glowing green and yellow every few moments...

He then pulled the hood of his robe up and he hid his face as he walked out of the room he was in... but thanks to the light, it looked more like a tomb... or a prison...

As he walked out, a black beard could be seen under his hood, as well as black, slightly shaggy hair...

He soon found himself within a mix between a jungle, a forest, and a swamp, as he said, his eyes and mouth (when talking) still producing purple smoke, "The world has changed over the last 1,111 years... Solaria must still be alive with Selena, then... but now is not the time to worry about that..."

He then began to quicken his pace as he walked, now lightly running, before he went to full running, before he THEN went to sprinting, as he jumped over a large gap, with black, tattered fairy-like wings springing from his back momentarily...

He chuckled and soon saw what he was looking for... the Centaur known as Lord Tirek...

He growled and grinned viciously, as he saw Tirek battling an Alicorn... but this one was purple, not white or blue...

"A new Alicorn... well, this'll be interesting." He said as he then began laughing...

He then stabbed his sword into the ground, only for the green grass to suddenly become purple, emanating small, purple particles, which began to corrupt the ground further, corrupting the trees, the animals-everything, before he pulled his sword up out of the ground...

He then noticed flying creatures beginning to appear from the ground, with worm-like creatures coming out of the ground, before he said to the creatures "Your Lord is back, Corruption... did you miss me?"

They all roared in agreement and excitement from their ruler's return...

"Good... Corruptors, spread the Corruption to the other regions of the world... Eaters of Souls, scout out the world and come back to tell me what has changed... Eater of Worlds... awaken the other biomes and guardians. The Terrarian World is reawakening." He ordered, as some flying creatures, a couple that spit and a couple that didn't, flew off to spread the Corruption and scout out the world, before a giant worm-like creature dug through the ground, speeding off to the biomes...

A lone, corrupted, purple slime with demonic wings hovered by him, appearing to speak in gurgles and incoherent languages, before he said "I know... but I must show them that you cannot seal us away forever... Now... go awaken the army."

It gurgled in response and flew off...

Author's Note

A new story... hmm... who could this being be?

Chapter 4: The Skeletron and the Pegasi

"Dark Bolt!" Was heard as the Terrarian Lord of the Corruption spared with what looked to be a female, bipedal being, made of green, forever burning flames, with it's/her Ichor eyes open, looking at the Terrarian Lord...

The Terrarian Lord held out his hand when he spoke/yell, as a Dark Bolt of Lightning shot out of his hand and towards the female being, as it/she sidestepped out of the way of the bolt, letting it hit the wall, creating a crater in the wall...

"You are getting better, Darkno... but you still need to use physical attacks more... not just Dark Magic and spells." The being said, obviously female...

"I know, Curseioux... I just need practice... perhaps I could fight one of those Hydra's in the forest..." He said, as he walked out of the room, the female, Curseioux, following...

"Or the Manticores." She said.

He nodded and said "Or the Manticores... wait a minute..."

He then noticed something when he got out of the temple (he uses it as a makeshift base of operations)...

He saw Guards... specifically Pegasi Guards... and Thestral Guards.

He growled, as Curseioux sighed and turned to Cursed Flames and Ichor, going into the blade of his sword, the True Night's Edge, as he then said "Skeletron, come over here."

A giant, disembodied, floating skull with disembodied, floating arms and hands hovered over to him, before it said, with a dry, booming voice "Yes, Milord?"

"Go to the Guards over there and bring them to me... alive." He said, as he then proceeded to walk back inside...

"Understood, Milord..." It, Skeletron, said, before it chuckled and it flew towards the Guards...

With the Guards...

"Private Night Might? Lieutenant Flight Knight?" One of the Guards asked.

"Yes, Major Metal Medal?" Private Night Might, a black-as-the-night Thestral with an ink black mane and tail with stripes of regular black in it, with a Cutie Mark of a full moon with red demonic wings behind it, asked...

The Major, Metal Medal, a half-Pegasi, half-Thestral mare with iron-looking fur, silver mane and tail, and a Cutie Mark of a Metallic Medal, with an orange eye on it, looking straight ahead, then pointed to the right and said "Shouldn't we focus on the GIANT BUCKING SKELETON HEADING TOWARDS US!?"

They all looked in the same direction as Metal Medal was pointing, and sure enough, there was a giant skeleton heading their way, but, it was just a floating skull with disembodied arms...

... may Faust have mercy on their souls.