Equestria Girls: Magic, Forests, and Hellfire
The Sins in the Present
Previous ChapterNext ChapterIt's currently 8:00pm. The neighborhood is all quiet. The town is mostly closed for the night. Some clubs are lively with people ready to get down. Most of the town's high schools are having fall formals. And the outskirts of town where the warehouses are at, there is a trade happening between gangs and a famous weapons dealer. Pablo Degada, one of the most powerful men in Everfree county. Pablo's not of the US, nor is he from Mexico despite him being Hispanic. He's actually Canadian, only he's not a nice man. The weapons he sells are either military grade or experimental. He does trade in Everfree county because he owns a warehouse there and it's actually rather peaceful, even though it has a history of being a battlefield both historically and because gangs sometimes have shootouts in the forest, fields, and swamps that are far from any town or law enforcement activity. Most of the shootouts are left unknown because of the size of Everfree county. But the history of this county is not important. What is important is that one of the gangs that was supposed to be there isn't there...
There's a rather racially colorful display in front of Pablo's warehouse on this night summer-to-fall night. There's all kinds of fun folks out here. There's Irish, Mexicans, Russians, Italians, Yakuza, white supremacists, rednecks, street gangs, and a single mercenary. They all came in black SUVs, exept the rednecks and the mercenaries. The rednecks came in big off-road diesel trucks, and the mercenary came in a dark navy blue badgeless 2011 Crown Victoria Police Interceptor with no grill. Pablo himself is sitting on the hood of his custom painted lime green C6 Corvette Z06. He's a small man with a rounded gut in a striped polo, slacks, and a black denim jacket.
"This is getting ridiculous!" Pablo says in annoyance,, "They were supposed to be here ten minutes ago. Maldita sea, mi tiempo es precioso!"
"¿Crees que podría ser por él?" one of Pablo's guys asks.
"La Mierda." Pablo tells him, "No hay forma de que supiera que esto iba a suceder esta noche."
"What in the fuck are you two saying?" An Italian in a fancy suit asks out of annoyance, "I don't speak Mexican, damnit."
"I said 'my time is precious'." Pablo tells the Italian, "And he thinks that it's because of a certain flaming annoyance."
"That 'flaming annoyance' cleaned up one of our joints near that high school Canterlot High." The Italian tells Pablo, "He cut off almost all drug trades that happened close to the town center, and killed all but one of our dealers. And even that dealer hasn't spoken to any of us since the rest of his friends were massacred. Somethin' 'bout our fiery friend takin' a double barrel and wipin' 'em out in one fiery shot. He ain't no 'flaming annoyance'. He's a flamin' problem."
"That is why my time is precious tonight." Pablo says, "I have new cryo-weapons that should put out the fires of our problem, my friends!" Pablo walks to a box and pulls out a small two handed gun with a small tank on the right side, no butt, and a short barrel. Pablo fires the weapon and a stack of empty crates, and they freeze solid. "See? He should no longer be a prob-" a flaming Bowie knife slides into Pablo's head, and he burns down to a large pile of ash and clothes. The crowd of gangs looks over to see a flaming skeleton in black jeans, black and white leather converse, and a dark grey t-shirt with multiple other piles of ash and a few charred skeletons behind it. The flaming skeleton is also holding a flaming Glock 43 that melts when it tosses it. Everyone rushes to their cars and drive away quickly, as they don't want to be caught, exept the Mercenary who grabs a crate of random ammo then gets in his car. The skeleton is Francis, who walks to the remains of Pablo Degada while most of the gangs got away, expect for three of the SUVs that belong to the Irish and the Mercenary's Crown Vic. The three SUVs are older ones that are having trouble starting, but the Mercenary seems to be waiting.
"Nice jacket." Francis says while picking up the jacket and putting it on, "Very nice. It even matches my pants." A Hispanic teenager runs from the warehouse, grabs one of the cryo-weapons runs points it at Francis, pulls the trigger, and the gun shoots a beam that causes ice to build up around Francis' skeletal structure. Francis completely freezes over with clear ice that makes him look like he's ready for some kind of storage.
"Fuck You, Freak!" The teen yells. Francis' fires relight, and the ice melts off of him slowly.
"Hmm." Francis looks at the kid, "Thomas Degada, son of Pablo Degada." Francis points at him, "Impure, but Innocent. Get out of the warehouse."
"W-why?" Thomas asks.
Francis doesn't answer. Instead, he walks out of the remaining unmelted ice, heads over to the Corvette Z06, and gets in. He starts the car without the key, and fire floods over it. The Corvette's wheels light on fire, the rims become red hot, and the car's body panels become burnt fiberglass and carbon fiber. The paint on the roof becomes cooked, but not too badly. Francis looks over at the three SUVs. Two belong to the Mexicans, and one to the Irish. Francis begins to rev the 'Vette's loud V8 engine, while the three SUVs finally start. The SUVs leave as quickly as possible while Francis does a burnout. The Mercenary starts his Crown Vic, it starts with the roar of a custom 5.0L Ford Racing V8, and rockets away with the kind of acceleration that the Crown Vic doesn't deserve.
That's a hell of sleeper. Francis thinks, as he drives the Corvette into the Warehouse and through a box marked HI-EX. As he rams the box, random kinds of explosives fly everywhere and go off, obliterateing Pablo's warehouse as Francis blasts through an unopen door and onto the streets of the warehouse district of the City of Canterlot. He spots the three Irish SUVs, and the Crown Victoria which is really far in the distance and going at a higher top speed than a Crown Vic deserves.
I don't think I've burned any potatos yet. Francis thinks as he charges for the Irish SUV. Francis drives in front of the SUV, turns around, and uses the Corvette as a ramp to get the SUV airborne. The Cady lands on it's front end, and Francis slides the 'Vette's rear end into it. The SUV explodes with the screams of Irishmen inside the SUV and large pieces of steel frame and sheet metal flying everywhere. Francis targets the next set of Irish. He accelerates massively, slams into the side of the rear SUV, and it's inside goes up in smoke and fire. Two armed guys come out of the windows of the front SUV, and Francis hits the brakes and slips behind the rear SUV. He pushes the rear SUV into the front SUV, and the two collide and spin out to the side of the road. The front SUV violently spins sideways, crushing the Irish on the inside and the rear one slides off to the right of the 'Vette to become a flaming mess in the middle of the street.
Francis drives towards the Crown Victoria next, but it turns to a road that leads out of town. This is bad, because the Canterlot High Fall Formal's tonight and Francis was RD's ride. And she promised Scootaloo a ride home. Francis decides that chasing after that Mercenary isn't worth it, and heads for Canterlot High. He doesn't want to be late. He hates being late for his gal. As Francis drives through the Warehouse district, the Corvette returns to it's clean custom lime green paint and Francis' skin returns. He speeds down the road and slides through the empty streets....
Damn, he's got every AC/DC album that ever existed Francis thinks while he slows down to only 30mph. The warehouse district was on the other side of town, and the City of Canterlot is an abnormally large town that was supposed to hold a train depot, but the initial railway company decided to abandon the project and no one picked up after them until big semi trucks became more of a thing. That's not important. What is important is that Francis has finally ended the life of criminal number four on FBI ten most wanted list. And Francis also has every single AC/DC album from High Voltage to Rock or Bust.
There. Canterlot City's been almost completely wiped clean of filth. I just need to find those last drug dealers, and I need to scare the hell out of that curupt detective. After that, I'm taking a break from punishing the sinners to Rainbow Dash. It's been a long while since I've planned something special, and she could use the relief. Without me, her popularity will go to her head.
Francis is now driving up to the parking lot when he notices that girl Sunset Shimmer being pulled into a very cloud covered part of the sky by a beam of sea foam green energy. What in the name of all things holy is going on? He pulls into the parking lot at the very back to stay hidden from what he suspects will go down. He parks next to a truck with bails of chain on racks in the bed. Francis pulls out about enough chain to wrap around himself like a bandolier, breaks it off by pulling, then he hides behind cars in the parking lot as he approaches Sunset. She's now in her she-demon form. Red skin, black eyes with cyan irises, and a dress that looks like silk rags sewn together. She also has jagged boots and hair that's the color of fire and pointing to the sky like a super saiyan. She waves her hand and clenches her fist, which removes a hole from the front of the school using a sea foam green aura. Francis sees Snips and Snails, now also demons with a similar look, fly into the hole. Francis wraps the chain around himself as he sneaks around the cars to not draw attention.
Sunset's a demon? Francis thinks to himself, I've called her a raging she-demon to her face, but this just takes the cake! And that bitch threatened to tell the school about my relationship with Rainbow Dash. Francis focus his attention on Sunset, She's enslaved the school and she plans to enslave a country... I don't care where this 'Equestria' is. She's stripped those people of their free will and intends harm on them and an entire species... I need to move fast so Rainbow's friends don't see me.
Francis books it and slides behind the statue. His skin burns away until he's a flaming skeleton, but he reduces the flames on his head to not attract attention. He waits for some time to pass, as he hears that girl Twilight say something about friendship while transforming RD's five friends during a strange light show. Twilight spits out some more words about friendship, and casts a swirl of rainbow colored magic that engulfs Sunset. Francis gets up to spot Rainbow Dash with pony ears, longer hair, a tail, and wings. Damn... I guess she really is an angel. The visible flames on Francis become blue. I have a lover that's an angel... The rainbow tornado surrounds Sunset, but does nothing. The swirl of rainbow dissipates as Sunset releases a flash of magic that freezes the humane six where they float. Sunset flies over to the magically transformed girls, and chuckles at their failure.
"What crazy thought made you think you could beat me?" Sunset said, finding entertainment in Twilight's actions, "Some student of Celestia. It should been me in your place!" Sunset atempts to slash Twilight's head off. She swings her hand forwards, but gets stopped by a red hot chain that wraps around her arm. Sunset yanks at the chain as it chars the flesh on her arm. "AAH! Who Dares Defy Me!?" Sunset looks behind her to spot a flaming skeleton pulling the chain back from her arm. "Snips! Snails! Get him!"
Snips and Snails burst to Francis, only to be flung away by a burst of fire. Francis then lassos Snips and Snails and pulls them back over near him. "You will make a fantastic addition to my army!" Sunset says as she sends a mind control wave at Francis, causing his flames flicker with green. Francis drops to one knee.
Ah! I feel her in my head! No! Fuck You! Get Out! Get Out!! "hhaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!" Francis cries out as fire erupts off of him and his flames go back to being completely orange. Francis looks over to Snips and Snails, still lassoed by his chain. He lashes the chain and the two bound by it are engulfed in fire and swung back to where they charged from. The flame blows out to reveal that Snips and Snails have been reverted back to normal.
"How do you have magic more powerful than my own!?" Sunset cries out in anger.
"I was made by no magic." Francis tells Sunset, "I am a construct of Hellfire."
Francis pulls the chain back, and it wraps around him like a bandolier. Sunset picks up Francis with green levitation magic, and flings him away into the nearby neighborhood. As this is happening, Pablo's green Corvette starts itself, and rips over to catch Francis as quickly as possible. Francis impacts the ground and loses his lower jaw bone. Damn. I've had trouble against skilled mercenaries, but this just got ridiculous. Still, I'm going to stop her. I can't kill her, but I can burn her power away. The Corvette slides over to Francis, and he gets in. He drives over to the missing bone, picks it back on, and the car returns to a burnt body with flaming wheels and red hot rims. Francis spots Sunset straight down the street, and the car's engine gets load an hot. Fire is barfed out the exhaust tips and open air scoop, and the car blasts down the road. Sunset lands on the ground, seeing the incoming supercar, and throws a ball of energy at it. The ball impacts the 'Vette and sends it flying, but it begins to fall towards Sunset. The Corvette straightens out, hits Sunset in the chest, slams her against the ground, and explodes with a massive fiery explosion in front of the humane six. The humane six fall to the ground, and remain unconscious as the remains of the chevy blow away into fading ashes. Francis and Sunset Both get off the ground in the crater made by the explosion.
"You were very unexpected," Sunset says in an annoyed tone, "But we have done nothing to each other! I don't even believe you're any more powerful than I am now!" Sunset makes herself airborne, "And you'll never catch me again!"
"Mmmmm." Francis mms as he pulls off the red hot chain. He lashes it out. Sunset dodges it. He lashes it out again multiple times, And Sunset dodges the chain every time.
"You don't have wings!" Sunset cries out in laughter, "How can you catch what's able to fly if you yourself can't fly, huh scary skeleton? Unless you if can control the weather, You Can't Catch The Wind!!"
Damn! She got smart with her flying... Wait, Rainbow and her friends pulled her into a rainbow tornado... "Time to clear the air." Francis says as the chain goes from red hot to white hot and on fire. Francis lashes the chain directly over Sunset's head and swings it under her feet then back over her head again and again until the chain was in a constant spin around Sunset.
"What are you doing!?" Sunset yells out, "The physics behind that are impossible!!"
"He-he-he-he-he-he-he-he!" A flaming tornado is made from the chain that sucks Sunset in, "Haa-Ha-Ha-Ha-Ha-Ha-Ha-Ha-Ha-Ha-Ha-Ha!" Francis continues to laugh as Sunset's demon form is sucked and burned away from her. Her normal clothes become damaged from the flames of the fire tornado, and Francis pulls the chain away. The magic that made Sunset's form continues to absorb into the tornado made of Hellfire, which continues to absorb and burn a stream magic from the school. Francis looks over to where the stream is coming, and spots several of his fellow classmates with green glowing eyes, but the glow and the green is leaving them and some of them have regained themselves. The ball begins to fade away while Francis walks away from sight, but not from sound he listens in to the crowd. He reverts back to his human self while hearing things about people having headaches. Francis peaks to spot Rainbow Dash and her friends getting off of the ground to see a beaten Sunset. Sunset's words are music to Francis as she's completely forgotten about the brawl he had with her. He goes back to hiding and waits for everything to clear...
About a half hour has passed, and Francis has been trying to wait for Rainbow Dash to be near a door. He peaks and spots Rainbow grabbing some punch. She still has the extra pony features and those angelic blue wings. Francis tries to sneak in, but a big guy in a football letterman catches him and confronts him.
"Hey man, I don't think you can come here through there." The guy says.
"Dude, I just need to talk to Rainbow Dash." Francis tells the dude.
"Then buy a ticket like everyone else." The guy says, being a dick.
Rainbow Dash sees Francis and flies over the table and tackles him with her arms wrapped tightly.
"Francis!" Rainbow Dash exclaims in excitement, "You wouldn't believe what happened tonight!"
"Wait, are you and the loser mechanic Francis Wolfgang a thing!?" The guy says out loud, being more of a dick.
Rainbow jumps off of Francis in embarrassment, and Francis gets off the ground. He lashes the chain out at the guy, pulls him in, and puts two fingers on the guy's forehead, and the guy's head starts to have a flickering orange glow under the skin.
"You are gonna forget about what you've just seen." Francis tells the guy, changing the guy's thoughts, "Forget about Rainbow Dash and I being a thing. Forget about what's happening. And forget about your chances with Octavia. If you didn't make the football team, I'd be saying otherwise. Try for Lyra and Sweetie Drops. They're looking for a big handsome guy like you." Francis lets the guy go, "Now go out there and knock 'em dead, Dale!"
The glow in the guy's head goes away, and he's clueless for a few seconds.
"What the?" The guy says, completely unaware of what just happened, "Well, something's telling me that I should apologize to Octavia. Hey! She's with Sweetie Drops! I'm gonna ask her a question!" The guy disappears into the crowd. Rainbow Dash reattaches herself to Francis.
"Is he gonna be alright?" Rainbow asks.
"He'll be fine." Francis answers, "I just saved him from a lot of heartache. Now, the bigger question. How long have you been holding this back?"
"Holding what back?"
"The fact that you're a gorgeous angel."
"Oh! I don't think that I'm an angel."
"Then what explains the wings?"
"I'll tell you on the roof." Rainbow Dash grabs Francis and flies him to the rooftop of the school. They both land on their feet. "Remember that girl Twilight?"
"The one that I said wasn't from this world? I told both you and Pinkie about that, and Pinkie just has to spill the beans."
"Yeah, well she brought us back together and her magic made me into whatever this is."
"... That doesn't make you not an angel to me." Francis pulls Rainbow Dash to the concrete of the rooftop, wraps her arms around her, and kisses her on the lips. Rainbow Dash wraps her arms and wings around Francis and puts more effort into the kiss. The two begin to pull each other closer into the embrace and also add their tongues into the kiss. Francis moves a hand down to Rainbow's waist and Rainbow uses a hand to untuck Francis shirt and slide her hand to his chest. The two disconnect only from their faces, and leave a trail of saliva between them. "You are a beautiful girl, Dash." Francis tells Rainbow, panting like he ran a 5k, "You're my beautiful girl, don't forget that... And you've got yourself a handsome boyfriend who can make his skeletal structure catch on fire."
"Well... I wouldn't exactly say the most handsome." Rainbow says jokingly, "But handsome enough for me. So, how was the hunting?"
"I got twenty guards during a trade tonight, and blew up three Irish SUVs by ramming them with a Corvette. I stopped Pablo Degada, found out that people can't freeze me, and scared off the gangs making the trade almost incomplete."
"Almost incomplete?"
"There was a Mercenary who got a box of ammo with a name on it. I think it said Fredrick Cooper? He drove a hell of a sleeper. That Crown Victoria was a police interceptor model, but damn was it quick. I tried to catch him, but he left town."
"Well, at least he fled with the other bad guys... Wait, how did you get there?"
"I went hunting in my mom's Harley. Uncle Gunther and got the Hemi for my G-Body today. We're putting it in tomorrow."
"Sweet! It's gonna be loud, right?"
"Oh yeah. Loud with a Flowmaster exhaust."
Francis rests his head on Dash's, and the two lie on the roof for a while... There's a glow of a golden white light over the library's glass dome skylight, and a man in a black suit with what looks like white robes and wings blowing off of him like dust. The man looks like Christopher Walken in The Prophecy. He looks over at RD and Francis, who are basking in the moment.
"Oh. I didn't come at a bad time, did I?" The man says, talking exactly like Christopher Walken.
"Who the hell are you." Francis says while he gets up over RD and stands in front of her in a defensive stance.
"Hold on. Are you... Yeah, you are. Did you buy your outfit from a Levi's store?"
"What?"
"The black denim's a nice touch. It really brings out the Hellfire better than leather. That's all the past Riders have been wearing. It's kind of a cliché. I remember when there were the cowboys in The Texas rangers that became Spirits of Vengeance. They looked nice in their hole-filled and mostly brown clothing."
"I got this jacket from-"
"Pablo Degada. I saw how you threw that Bowie knife into his head. Personally, I'd trick him into killing himself, but Spirits of Vengeance are typically more aggressive towards everything. You're actually visually more forgiving that most Spirits of Vengeance. Most of them like to get bloody."
"Who The Hell Are You!!!" Rainbow Dash yells, "And Why Are You Invading Out Privacy!!!"
"You talk as if the man upstairs isn't always watching." The man states, "Wait, I see where you're going with that. My apologies. I am the angel Gabriel."
"He's not lying." Francis says, assuring Rainbow "I see a halo over his head."
"Oh, that thing?" Gabriel says in surprise, "I forgot that people with similar things to Holy Sight can still see those."
"My Vengeful Spirit shows me crap like that."
"I have to agree. I also think it's better, because it lets you see deeper into people without having the knowledge of everything that ever existed. If you did have knowledge of everything, you'd screw up a lot. Trust me, us angels aren't perfect."
"What do you want."
"I'm here to tell you that you're not gonna be here for a while. There's a more experienced Spirit of Vengeance in need of your assistance down in the Everfree County swamps, where there's some unexplainable things happening that you should see for yourself. I'd recommend leaving as soon as you can, but in something nice."
"Alright. You angels are master illusionists, right?"
"Yes. In fact, I'll even show you." Gabriel hands Rainbow Dash a rainbow wallet, "Here, this is for you
"Sweet!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed.
"That's a rock." Francis says. Dash looks back down at the wallet and sees a rock instead.
"Damnit!" Gabriel reaches to Rainbow Dash and plucks a feather off of her, "OW! That hurt!"
"Why would removing a leaf from your wings hurt?" Gabriel says as he flips the feather around to reveal that it's a leaf.
"Oh, I was going to tell you about that but I forgot." Francis tells Dash. He looks towards Gabriel. "Quit harassing Rainbow Dash!"
"My apologies." Gabriel responds, "I didn't know I was bothering your Dashie."
"Hey!" Rainbow Dash yelled out angerly, "Only Francis Can Call Me That!"
"Oh. I'm sorry for saying your secret turn-on word."
"Y'know, for an angel, you're a fucking asshole!"
"Y'know that you are probably closer God than you'll ever be, right?"
"Fuck you!"
"What I'm trying to say is, you should watch your language. God can hear you."
"Suck A Cock!"
"Hey Francis, you mind controlling your girlfriend."
"No!" Francis says, giggling like an idiot who's about to say something stupid, "This is one of the funniest things I've seen this month!"
"You two suck." Gabriel spills, "I'm just throwing it out there."
"At least we're not ass kissing goodie two shoes type deals." Francis says.
"You have a point." Gabriel admits, "Just remember. Everfree Swamp after you get that thing working. By the way, good job taking care of that magic demon thing." Gabriel disappears into a winged white robed figure that disappears into dust.
"What is he talking about, Francis?" Dash asked, clueless on what Gabriel is talking about.
"... Do you remember casting out a rainbow tornado?" Francis asks in a plain voice.
"Yeah! That new girl Twilight helped us kick Sunset's ass!"
"Actually, you all failed. She was going to kill all of you, starting with Twilight. She burned along with Snips and Snails. That crater that Sunset crawled out of was made from the fight we had. I rammed her with Pablo's Corvette and made the car explode."
"So... We didn't do anything?"
"... No. Whatever magic that pony princess chick conjured up had no effect on that demon-bitch. She's leaving with the princess, right? After all she's done to this school, including the time she almost revealed our relationship, she's going back to where she came to rot in it's hell, right?"
"No. She's staying here so that me and the girls can teach her how to be a better person and a good friend."
"I get to keep watch on her. And on your friends. I don't know why, but I've got a bad feeling about the recent change of events. It seems too linked. Sunset became a new threat using a magic that's not from our world, and you and your friends happen to have horse counterparts that I'm willing to bet did what you did with that Sparkle girl. If you still have a charge of that magic, and I don't think anyone knows what it will do to this world... No. If that's true, then that's really bad."
"What, Francis? What's really bad?"
"Sunset turns out to be from another world. Twi-whoever came here to get an artifact, that Sunset stole, back... Sparkle... Twilight Sparkle. She said that you had a horse counterpart, but that would suggest that this world also has a Twilight and Sunny-B... I think I know where Twilight's counterpart is in this world. Sorry Rainbow, but I need to go out to find an old customer of Uncle Gunther's. A total cougar named Twilight Velvet. She has a son and a daughter. I need to ask Uncle Gunther if he knows their names."
"What about Scootaloo?"
"Sorry, but I think I'm headed into some pretty deep stuff that involves your friends. By the way, have I been seeing you with 'Jack earlier today? I thought she made you rally your team last summer for no reason."
"You were right, AJ's not a liar. Sunset purposefully confused out dates."
"And I told you that she did. See? It's part of my Spirit's sense. I can see through that crap. Now if you'll excuse me, I'll be leaving. I have things to find out."
Francis jumps from the roof to the ground, then whistles for something. Francis's mother's WLA drives over to Francis, only it now has a new polished black paint job, chrome wheels, chrome handlebars, chrome exhaust pipes, the shovel has a chrome head and the handle is is now stained black wood with a chrome grip, and the leather seat and the satchels are black leather. The engine has also been modified and chromed. The whole thing is a black and chrome beauty that sounds exactly like a Harley Davison should. Rainbow Dash flies down next to Francis.
"I'll figure something to tell Scootaloo." Rainbow says, "She always likes it when we spend time with her."
"And I have responsibilities to take care of." Francis tells Rainbow, "I'm sorry."
"You're alright. I mean, an angel just told you orders. You'd better go do them."
Francis nods, gets on the bike, and rides off to the street and charges down the lighted streets...
Author's Note
Good lord, I've revamped this chapter several times! The fight bit I was finally satisfied on the third try, and I've completely reworked the conversation involving Gabriel! By the way, criticism is highly welcomed! I would also like to know if there's any Harley folks who would know things used to soup up bikes like the WLA, so I can add more detail into how it's been modified. I'm a car guy, but not a bike guy.
Also: I put references to movie quotes in both of these chapters, and there will most likely be more to come. Can you point them out?
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