This morning I woke up in a very good mood for some reason. There was nothing I could think of that caused this feeling, but I felt like the King of the world and was really excited. I'm sure everyone has been through this sort of thing before.

Anyway, I am currently dancing and singing in this massive shower while my phone sat on the bench blasting a really upbeat song. I was really into it, flailing around and having a great time. I had just finished covering my body in soap when my feet were like 'nah' and I slipped over just as the song finished.

"WAAAH!" Every muscle below my neck, minus one (if you know what I mean), tensed up and my toes crunched against one wall and my back hit another. I was completely stunned about my luck, I was in a diagonal angle and there was no pain... And then my feet were like 'nah' for the second time. You know when you're walking around your house bare foot and then you kick the corner of a piece of furniture with your little toe? Yeah it was like that, but all of my toes. "OOOW!" I sat down with the water still falling over me and started to massage the pain from my temporarily crippled limbs. I guess the universe doesn't want me to have a good morning... Well, you know what I say to that? I stood back up and raised my fist to nothing in particular. "Fuck you, universe. I am going to enjoy this morning!" I started to chuckle at my own antics and got out of the shower.

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3rd Person POV

Unknown to Alex there was a knock at the door. After a few more tries, whoever was at the door, opened the door and walked in.

"Remind me why your here, Rainbow."

"Because, Rarity. I might be able to catch Alex without his shirt again." Rarity huffed at Rainbow's reason.

"Alex, darling. Are you awake?" She didn't get a response.

"Hey, do you hear that?" Rainbow asked.

They both listened, and could hear music coming from the bathroom. Rarity started to walk over to the door to knock and see if Alex was in there, but before she could, the door opened and out walks Alex with nothing but a towel around his waist. Steam was graciously lifting from his defined body. The two mares couldn't help but gawk at the handsome man.

When Alex noticed them He gave a defeated sigh. "Really? Again?" Then rushed off into his room to grab his clothes.

Rainbow had a huge grin across her face as she looked at Rarity. "Told you." She then called out to Alex's bedroom door. "Thanks Alex!"

The door opened and a fully clothed Alex walked through. "Is that seriously all you wanted?" He asked.

All Rainbow responded with was "yup" then turned and walked out.

"Tell me there is at least one thing more you wanted." Alex hoped out loud.

"Actually yes, and I'm dreadfully sorry for barging in." Rarity apologised.

"It's fine, but I think I'm going to need a Rainbow alarm soon. Something tells me that's not the last time she's going to do that."

"On a more productive note. Here's your shirt, darling." Rarity said as she gave Alex his newly mended t-shirt. "As good as new."

"I was wondering where that was... How did you get it?"

"Ah, a professional never reveals her secrets." Rarity said, putting on a proud look.

Alex started to get a little worried. "Please don't tell me you sent Rainbow in to get it."

"Of course not. Feather Duster was kind enough to get it for me while she was cleaning your room earlier this morning."

"I feel like my door has a sign that says 'please stop what you are doing and come in'." Alex joked. "It doesn't, does it?" A quick glance at the open door answered Alex's question.

"Anyway, are you ready for our day of shopping?" Rarity said with a lot of excitement.

"As ready I'll ever be." He said matching her excitement. He did say he was going to enjoy today.

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Alex POV

We caught a quick breakfast at the dinning room, and by 'we' I mean 'me', Rarity had already eaten, then headed for the castle gates.

Walking through the streets of Canterlot was easier than I thought it would be. Most of the ponies around here had their noses pointed so high they didn't even notice me. Of course there were ponies around that weren't so stuck up, but I paid no mind to it. Or tied to.

The first store Rarity led me to had a bunch of weird symbols as the name. must be a logo that's so well known they don't have to put the name up

"So, Rarity. What are we looking for in here."

"Alex, when one goes shopping you do not know what you're going to buy, until one sees it."

"Oh, okay." I had a look around all of the clothes and saw it was mostly women's clothing... mares clothing. I followed Rarity around as she searched though all of the racks and different pieces of clothing. Every now and then she would pick out something and get me to hold it. After a few things were picked out, she handed me a deep purple one-piece bikini, and with me being me, I held it up against myself. "I think maybe a white or red would suit me better, don't you think?" Rarity took one look at me and tried not laugh.

"And maybe a few sizes smaller around the chest." She playfully insulted as she took the bikini from me and placed it over the pile of about four items of clothing over my right hand.

"They aren't that small." I said, feigning sadness as I placed my free hand over my chest.

"Hello and welcome, is there anything I can assist with?" One of the store hands said from behind me. I turned around to face them while Rarity declined the help. The mare was relatively tall and slender. She had a sleek, forest green dress over her cream coloured fur. She also had a tied up mane that matched her dress in colour. She gave me a weird look and I returned it. Then she walked away and we continued on.

Rarity dragged me off towards the change rooms and asked me to wait nearby. I found a small leather stool and sat down. She was in there for a while, but I just waited patiently.

Eventually she came out wearing a white long sleeve shirt that was tight around the shoulders, but became loose as it flowed over her breasts and down her stomach where it ended just below her belly button. It was the same with the sleeves, only it was tight down to her elbow where it frilled out and hung to the middle of her forearm. Accompanying the shirt was a dark denim skirt that hugged her legs, but wasn't tight, and ended just above her knees.

"What do you think?" She asked while giving a slow twirl.

I really didn't know what to say, it looked good... She looked good. I tried to begin with that, but for some reason I couldn't speak. Come on brain, say something. Oh no she starting to look worried. "wow, you look great." whew. That was close. Her cheeks flushed a light shade of pink at my compliment. "Im no fashion master like you, but maybe if the skirt was a lighter colour it would give this summery feel while still being a cool colour." She looked down at the outfit then back at me but with a more surprised look.

She gave a small hum in thought. "Yes, I suppose you're right." She admitted before closing the curtain.

After a while she came out with a long, black singlet and tight, white jeans. She looked like she was about to go to a skate park. But damn did she look fine. "I never pictured you to wear singlets."

"Well, darling. I need to have an outfit for any occasion and it just so happens that this sort of attire is starting to make a name for itself among fashion." She replied.

It went on like this for a while until one time when she came out in the bikini. It had a diamond cut out of the stomach. The straps over the shoulders went down her back in a crisscross, twisted sort of way before they connected with a part at her lower back. I swear I was about to pass out. She turned around in a circle then asked "what about this? It is coming summer soon and that means beach season. I thought it looked nice with my mane."

Holy hot damn. That is so attractive... Oh god I'm suffering something shocking right now. "Yeah. I agree entirely. It looks great." AAAARGH she had a pleased smile plastered across her face as she went back into the change room. I gave a deep sigh and rested my face in my hands. I then pulled out my phone and checked the time. "Ten thirty five..." Just another five hours, give or take a few, of this torture. But I mean, I'm not complaining.

We left the store and headed onward to the next. This one also had weird symbols for its logo. The place was actually pretty cool, it was painted white, but had dark wood feature walls here and there. There was also a couple different sub-levels. The shop was split by gender, mare on the left and stallions on the right. I followed Rarity over to the guys section and she started pulling different shirts and pants and holding them infront of me. All I could do was watch because my hands were full of bags. Eventually she became satasfied with the clothes she wanted me to try on, so she pushed me into a change room along with everything she picked out.

"I don't get a say in what I'm wearing do I?" I raised my voice as I picked up a light blue shirt with thin, white horizontal strips... Or it was white with light blue strips, anyway. It was a nice and soft material, but still really thin. I like it already

"Of course you do, darling. But it's all going to fall on deaf ears." I heard her shout back.

I put the shirt on with a pair of white shorts that was with it. I looked in the mirror and I gotta say, I liked the shirt. It was maybe one size too small, but it was the perfect length, and I guess it being tight shows off my muscles. such a stereotype.

I walked out to find Rarity sitting on a small couch with a few more clothes for me to try. "It looks okay, but would look better with different pants, try these." She said, handing me another pair of pants. I went back into the change room and changed the pants.

In the end I had about four new shirts and three new pairs of pants. There was the light blue and white one, a black and red plaid shirt, a black long sleeve shirt and a faded yellow, almost white, t-shirt. There was the pair of grey shorts, a pair of denim jeans, and a pair of white board shorts that had a blue diamond on the right leg. Rarity was saying that she needed to get them for me because I didn't have anything to swim in and something about it being a coincidence. I had no idea what she was talking about. She even got me a couple more pairs of underwear. I have to say, I was a little embarrassing when she said I should try them on and show her. But I said I wasn't going to stand in the middle of a shop half naked, then she said that she could just go into the change room with me, but I said no again. So to get back at me, she made sure to get me a fluro pink pair.

It was time for lunch and Rarity said she knew the perfect place. I was planning on telling her about my diet, but I didn't want to spoil the day, so I kept quiet and was just going to have to enjoy the vegetarian meal. I happened to notice that all of the shops and signs we passed all had weird symbols in stead of words. I was a little puzzled at first because ponies seem to speak English, or Equestrian as its called here, but then I realised that they must have a different style of writing.

"Hey, Rarity." I started.

"Yes?" She said, looking up from her menu.

"What's this?" I asked pointing to a mass of symbols on the menu. From looking at it, I guessed that the laws of writing were the same as English, only the letters looked different.

"That's steamed carrot gazpacho. Why do you ask?"

"Um, what's gazpacho?"

"It's basically a cold soup with steamed carrots."

"Hmmm. I asked because... Well... It seems I can't read." She looked a bit confused. "It's not that I never could read, it's just that the written language between our species is different."

"That's very unfortunate."

"I know, it's like some ass hat just decided that moving to a whole new world wasn't enough for me. It makes sense though, in a way... Back to the menu, I think I'll just get whatever you get." Little did I know that was going to be a bad choice. Rarity called over a waiter and ordered two rose salads, as in the flower. We were sitting at a table outside and under an umbrella. The table and chair were a nice stained wood, and the chairs had a yellow cushion on them. I looked out to the street and saw someone familiar. It was Twilight and she seemed to be in a rush, if her pushing other ponies out of the way was any indication.

She was going to walk right past us before I called out. "Hey Twilight!" She looked around until she found us and then came over.

"Hello, Darling. What brings you out to here? Are you looking for clothes?" Rarity asked.

"No, I was actually looking for you two. Celestia wants to see us all as soon as possible."

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We got back to the castle and went into the throne room to see Spike, Rainbow, Applejack, Pinkie, Fluttershy, the two princesses and a very shaken stallion. From the way he looked, I guessed he must be farmer.

We walked up to the our friends standing to the side of the thrones while the farmer was finishing his story. Something about a farming village being in danger.

"Thank you for bring this to me, we will make sure the threat is dealt with soon. For now, return to your family. There will be a groups of guards that will patrol your farms for protection." Celestia told the stallion in a motherly tone.

"Oh thank you, your highness." He then sprinted out of the throne room with a couple guards following him.

"so what was up with sonic over there?" I asked Rainbow, who I was standing next to.

"He said he saw something in a part the everfree a group of farmers settled next to... Sonic?" Rainbow explained and queried

"Heh, just a small joke from my world. So what did he see." I asked trying to make a picture from the puzzle pieces given to me.

"What he saw was a dangerously close description to that of Nightmare Moon." Celestia answered, obviously hearing my question.

"So what was it you needed from us, Celestia?" Twilight questioned.

"I need the eight of you to go into the Everfree forest and dispel this remnants of Nightmare Moon from Equestria."

"Eight? Does this mean I get to go on these adventures now?" Spike asked excitedly.

"Yes, Spike. Because you are much more physically developed..." Damn Celestia, a dragon? Only the exotic for a princess "... It would be wise to send you to help."

"Why not send guards? They are trained for this sort of brute task." Rarity chimed in.

"Because the last time you did, they all got slaughtered. Right?" After sharing, I noticed Luna sink in her throne and adorn a very sad expression. "Alex, what have you done." I thought out loud. "I'm sorry, Princess. From what I heard, it wasnt your fault." I said trying take back what I said.

"Thou words are comforting, but what is done, is done. We can not undo what happened." Luna said returning to a neutral demeanour.

"You are correct, though, Alex. The elements were the only things capable of defeating Nightmare Moon, and now that you six are the wielders, you will need to confront this threat." Celestia finished. "There will be a carriage waiting for you tomorrow, to take you to the border of the Everfree. It will wait there for your return."

For the rest of the day we all just hung out in my room for some reason. It was sort of weird actually. After we were done in the throne room, I came back here and Rarity followed because I still had her bags of clothes. When she came in to get them, everone else came in as well and just started chilling out and talking about things that always rounded back to the 'mission'. I was sitting on one end of a sofa with Twilight and Fluttershy. Applejack, Raity and Spike were on the other one. Rainbow had take the armchair next to me, and Pinkie was lying over the coffee table.

"We should play a game." Pinkie stated.

"What sort of game could we play here?" Rainbow asked rhetorically.

"I don't think now is the best time for a game, Pinkie." Twilight said dejecting Pinkie.

"I'm down for a game." I proclaimed in efforts to alleviate my boredom. "I mean come on, anything beats just sitting here."

"Ah gotta agree. It's gettin' mighty dull doin' nothin'." Applejack concurred.

"I wouldn't mind a game." Fluttershy added.

"How about 'Domination'?" im listening Pinkie said as she pulled a board game box out of her mane and put it on the table she was lying on.

"That was cool, let me try." I said grabbing the box and placing it on my head. "Did it work?" I asked, already knowing the answer. Everyone laughed at my stupidity while I put the box back on the table... except Twilight.

"How are you so accepting of her breaking every rule physics?" Twilight questioned.

"It's easy. Anything I don't understand anymore, I just chalk up to magic." I answered.

"But she doesn't have that kind of magic." She continued while everyone else set up the game. I looked like a pony version of Monoply.

"Twilight, I don't have magic either."

"I know that."

"But how do I have your watch." I said before easing my hand and dangling Twilight's watch infront of her face. She grabbed it and put it back on her wrist.

"How did you get that?"

"Tell the story another time. It's your turn, Alex." Rainbow interupted.

We played the game for a few hours and I was desperately scraping by. I only had four properties and apparently they are the worst ones because no one ever lands on them... and it was true. I haven't collected any rent the whole game. I only had about four hundred bits left when I landed on Rainbow's place... Which just so happened to have a rent of four hundred bits.

"Awww sheeeet." I said while placing my piece on her square. "That's all I have left, I'm broke." I started to fake cry. Honestly I didn't care. It was bound to happen any moment.

"I'll let have free rent..." I looked up at her with confusion. "But, I want something in return."

"I don't have anything to give you."

"I'll take all of your properties and give you a thousand bits." I didn't even think about this could go for me, but oh well, I was having fun.

"Deal." We exchanged ours parts of the deal and I was back in the game. I did roll a double making it my turn again, but with the luck I was having, I didn't to roll them. "Pinkie, roll these for me. I don't favour my luck." She rolled the dice and got me seven spaces around the board... and right onto Applejack's property. "Are you kidding me." It was one space off collecting money. Everyone laughed at my misfortune. "I don't suppose I can stay at discount?" I asked Applejack.

"Sure, but yah have to give me the rest of your money." She answered.

"What? That's such a scam. That's more that what I'd have to pay normally." Everyone laughed again at the ridiculous offer.

"Only by a couple hundred bits." She added.

"Really? How much is the rent?"

"The same amount as all the other times yah landed on it." I sighed and handed over the fake money. Leaving me with only two hundred bits. The next few rounds went it came to Rainbow. She moved her piece around the board. I got so excited that, for the first time, I would collect money for someone else. But was absolutely crushed when she used her chance card that get her out of paying rent. Then it was my turn. I rolled and landed on Rarity's property

"I swear I can't go one turn without paying someone." The laughed again at more of my misfortune. once again I was on the verge of going broke. "Any change we could strike up a deal?"

"You can stay for free if you wear a tu-tu." Raity offered.

"Only if Spike has to wear one with me." I said

"What? How did I get dragged into this?" Spike started.

"Deal." We shook hands.

"What? No." Spike continued.

Twilights horn started to glow, a few seconds later there was a flash around myself and Spike. I was wearing a silky purple tu-tu and spike was wearing a bright pink one. He wasn't too pleased with me or Rarity, but a deal is a deal.

The game didn't last much longer for me. My next turn I had to give the last of my money to Fluttershy. I sat around watching the rest of the game, but felt the need to sleep, so I went to bed. I'm pretty sure everyone else kept playing for another few hours.

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3rd Person POV

The girls and Spike continued the game for half an hour before Rainbow was ruling the game.

"This was fun, but I'm going to bed. See you all in the morning." Spike said as he got up to leave. There was a collection of 'good nights' as he left.

"So Rarity, how did your day of shopping go?" Twilight asked making conversation as they packed up.

"It fantastic. Alex and I had so much fun trying on different outfits and going around to different stores." Rarity answered.

"Speaking of Alex. Have you girls seen his tattoo?" Rainbow asked. Twlight, Pinkie and Applejack shook heads in response. "It's like a pentagram with weird symbols inside, then covered with chains. It's pretty cool... or it would be, if it had a different meaning." Rainbow explained.

"Where is it?" Pinkie asked.

"It's on the back of his right shoulder."

There was a bit more talking about tomorrow before they all left to their own rooms.

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Alex POV

We were in the carriage that was taking us to this place. The ride was pretty squishy. Me, Rainbow, Twilight and Pinkie were on one side and Applejack, Spike, Rarity and Fluttershy were on the other. I think it was only supposed to seat three people to a side. I had a bit of a scare when I looked outside to see we were about five hundred feet in the air. I'm not afraid of heights or anything, but I wasn't expecting a carriage to be flying. I flung myself away from the window and onto Rainbow's lap, who was sitting next to me.

It was a little awkward because her reflexes made her catch me in a bridal style position. "... Hey, do you come here often?" I said as I got back into my seat. Everyone had a little giggle at what happened, but no one was hurt.

The rest of the ride was faced with idle chatter until everyone felt a jolt as we landed. We got out and had a look around. It was pretty much what was expected. A few houses, a lot of farming land and a large forest next to the houses. We started walking towards the small village and the stallion we saw at the castle ran over to us.

"I'm so glad you all are here."he started. "My name is Fast Crop, but everypony calls me Fast."

"It's a pleasure to meet you, Fast Crop. I'm Twiligt Sparkle and these are my friends: Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Spike, Rarity, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash and Alex." Twilight said, pointing to the respective pony, person and drake. We said our hellos and Twilight continued. "So what can you tell us about what you saw?"

"Well, I didn't see much..." Fast Crop began

I leaned over to Rainbow "That's helpful." I whispered.

"... But when I was collecting firewood in the forest, I saw that one of the lambs had gotten out of the pen. I went over towards it to guide it back home but it kept running away from me. I continued to follow it, but it ran out of my line of sight. When I rounded a large tree, I saw the lamb and just as I was about to step out, A large creature covered in shadows dropped onto it. The creature had large, slit pupils and teeth as sharp as knives. That's all I could see of the creature before I ran back to the village before heading to Canterlot." He said, finishing his story.

"How long ago was this?" I asked.

"It was about two days." Fast replied.

Twilight turned turned back to us as we all formed a small circle. "Slit pupils, sharp teeth. Sounds a lot like Nightmare Moon to me." She said.

"Well. If we're going after it, I think I would be more comfortable if I had a weapon of some sort... Maybe an RPG." I said. Everyone just looked at me not knowing what I was going on about. "You know, rocket propelled grenade?" I still got weird looks. "I'll just take a sword." I said in a sad tone. I would've liked to blow something up.

"I have an old sword you could use. It hasn't been used in a while, but it has been taken care of. If you want to use it." Fast suggested.

A little while later, we were trudging through a dark forest towards where Fast Crop had seen Nightmare Moon, or from what I've gathered, a reminiscent of her.

"This is the place." Fast said. "I don't dare go further, but I'm sure you've all got this under control." He said before walking away.

"Wuss." Rainbow whispered to me.

We continued around a large tree and everyone was hit by a putrid smell. "Oh dear holy mother of fuck! what is that?" I yelled out in disgust. Everyone had the same thought as they covered their noses. I went further to find the mangled corpse of the lamb. Everone else soon came over to look at the source of the smell. Poor Fluttershy nearly threw up at the sight. "That... Looks delicious." I said as I bent over to grab one of its legs. I don't know why I did, I knew nothing good could come of it. And even if I moved the corpse, the smell would remain for a while longer. But it did, and as I did, the leg I grabbed tore off. Everyone cringed at the sight. So I flicked my arm to the side and launched the leg into the forest. "Eww, I really don't know what I was expecting from that."

We continued past it in search of this Nightmare Moon character. The girls were very on edge walking through this forest, so was Spike. I didn't get it. So I thought maybe a little fun wouldn't hurt. I started walking a little slower than the group so I was behind them. I picked my target... Fluttershy. I picked up my speed slightly but quietly. When I was directly behind her, I spread my arms out ready to wrap them around her. "OH MY GOD!!" I screamed as I wrapped Fluttershy in a hug. She screamed along with a couple others, Spike was one of them. When Fluttershy calmed down a bit I let go of her. She turned around to face me. I could see she wasn't happy with me. With a huge swing, her hand came down on my arm. It didn't hurt, but the message was received.

"Alex, don't do that. You really scared me." She said as it looked like she was about to cry. oh no... My heart... It's gonna explode.

"I'm sorry, Fluttershy." I apologised. I gave her a hug, this time a real one, and she returned it. She had a few deep breath in and out before I leg go. I have to admit, I sort of regret doing that.

There was a rustle in some bushes in the direction we were heading and we all whipped around in the direct. I grabbed the sword from its sheath on my hip and readied it. I had no experience with swords. I've only ever used knives. It felt good to hold, though. It was light and sharp. It did only have one edge, so I might find some difficulty using it, but it's still better than my fists.

All of a sudden there was a huge explosion sound and we were surrounded by a ring of fire. I was quick to react and dove out before the ring had time to close. Twilight charged her magic and blasted the fire. There was a small amount of time it went out, but relit. Rainbow flared her wings and took to the air. I watched her as she was floating above everyone else, but I saw fireball heading straight for her. I yelled out to her to move, but she didn't hear me and was hit in the side. She fell towards the ground, but, luckily, was caught by Raity's magic. A figure walked out of the bushes towards us. They were shrouded in a cloak that covered everything except for their fire red eyes with slit pupils.

"HA HA HA HA." it's voice was definatly male. Deep and rough. "WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE. SIX PONIES AND A YOUNG DRAKE." He looked at each one with serious intent.

Apparently he didn't notice me. I started sneaking around the fire, behind trees. I was about 10 meters away from his side when he started speaking again. "No, none of you will do." he wasn't so loud this time, as if we was just talking to himself. "Hmm. I will just have to kill you instead." There was a large gust of wind that blew around us and he started sniffing the air. "What is this? I smell... I smell something very new... Someone that will work." I saw him starting to turn in my direction. I only had a few more seconds with the element of surprise, so I lunged out and ran at him with my sword gripped tightly in my right hand. He spun around as I swung my sword up from under my left arm and cut straight across his chest. He recoiled and stumbled backwards. I had a feeling grow inside me. I didn't recognise it at the time, nor did I register it, but it was slowing gaining control over me. I've never been a good fighter in my opinion. I lashed out with plenty more swings. I brought the sword back down on the angle it just went through, followed by a horizontal slash. I used the momentum from that strike to spin around and get even more power behind my next attack. He was able to dodge the big hit narrowly, but the sword caught his cloak and tore it off of him. It revealed a large body that had a very dark red, leathery skin. He wasn't wearing anything over his chest, and I could see the results of my attacks. They were just long scratches that barely pierced his skin. Over his lower half, he had black pants that were covered in a dark metal: over his knees, around his thighs, over his shins and feet, and around his waist. I looked up to his head and only now noticed that he was standing a good head and shoulders over me. He had a very angular face that looked slightly like a skull, only with a sharp and long jaw. He had large horns that were sticking out from the sides of his head and curved downwards where the points were next to his satanic smile.

I was temporarily paralysed. I've never seen anything like him before and any control I had over my body was lost. He used this to his advantage by raising his leg and gaving a very powerful kick to my chest. I'm pretty sure he broke any bone in that area. I slammed into a tree and he raised his right hand. There were two large staple-like things that formed infront of him and burst into flames. They went flying at me and before I could do anything, the flaming staples had pinned my wrists to the tree. I could feel the pain of them burning me. I watched as he walked over to the girls and Spike, still surrounded by fire. There were several blue and purple bolts of magic that were fired at him. He stepped back with each hit. I don't think this is Nightmare Moon.

Everything was all hazy from hitting the tree. I heard Twilight shouting about using Elements of harmony or something, but Applejack shouted back about Rainbow being unconscious. The evil guy recovered and raised both of his hands again.

I started to struggle against my restraints. I could feel them starting to loosen, but it was extremely painful as they were burning through my wrists. I kept fighting it, knowing that if I didn't, the girls would surely die. I couldn't let that happen. The restraints were very loose now. One more push and they gave way. I looked back over and saw that there was a dome of fire instead of a ring. Through the flames I could see a purple and blue glow twisting under the flames. Twilight and Rarity had a shield up. I looked at my arms and saw two very deep burns. They were almost at the bone. There wasn't much pain because my nerves had been destroyed. I picked up my sword that was conveniently beside me and changed at the demon guy. He was too focused on the fire that he didn't notice me until I lept up onto his back. From the interuption, the fire around everyone else had diminished. I raised my sword as he was trying to grab me and plunged the blade into his neck. He jumped up and fell backwards. I ended up being sandwiched between a four hundred kilo monster and the very hard ground. To say I was lucky to be alive was an understatement. He rolled onto his hands and knees while Applejack ran over and bucked him in the jaw. Twilight formed a bubble around him to contain him. He started jerking around in the bubble. Suddenly there was a massive shock wave of energy that erupted from him. It shattered Twilight's magic and blew everyone away from us. He pulled out the sword and started saying some cryptic words I couldn't understand. I closed my eyes as he crawled over to me and raised the sword above me. I opened them again to see the blade was glowing orange and had red engravings over it.

"YNCH NEH RUBOH!! He shouted out before slamming the sword straight into my chest.

"NO!!" Everyone shouted in unison. With that, both mine and the beast's bodies fell limp and everything went black.

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My eyes opened to find that I was no longer in Equestria. I was floating in darkness, but I could feel a floor underneath me. All of a sudden the demon thing appeared infront of me with his arms folded. I stumbled backwards from the surprise.

"Do not worry. We may be enemies, but we are not fighting here." he started.

"W... What do you what? Who are you? Where are we?" I asked, still very on guard.

"We are in the Realm of Nothingness. he started. "I am called Ishrahg and I am looking for someone to wield my power" he answered.

"This is like, a complete one eighty flip. I mean, thirty seconds ago we were fighting to the death."

"Yes. But now you have a choice to make..." Ishrahg said.

"A choice?"

"Yes. I stabbed you with an enchantment. One that only allows one soul to return."

"Dude. What the fuck." I said.

"I will allow you to return. But you will be the new wielder of my power." Ishrahg said.

"And if I don't want your power?" I asked.

"I will return and slaughter your friends."

"Well. That sucks..." I gave a little thought about it. "This seems awfully one sided. If I go back, I get all these cool ass powers, and if I stay, all my friends die... So what's the catch?"

"You are more clever than I anticipated, however, there is no catch. I was betrayed by my brethren and outcasted. They killed my only successor, so now I need to find a new one before my time passes.

"No shit... *sigh* alright I'll accept the deal." I said

"Good..." He pulled out a ceremonial looking knife and slit his hand. "Do the same, then we shake on it and the deal is sealed in blood." I repeated what he did. placing the blade in my palm, I sliced across. I winced as blood started leaking from the cut. We grabbed each other's hand. There was a red glow around our hands and a wind started to blow. "Ha Ha Ha. You were wise to think there was a catch, but foolish enough not to pursue it." Ishrahg bellowed. Our blood started winding it's way up my arm. I tried to let go, but I couldn't. It slowly made its way up my arm and over my chest. I could feel it crawling up my neck and onto my chin, where it made its way into my mouth. I started screaming, but I only made a gargling noise as I choking on the blood. There was a bright light that blinded me. The last thing I heard was his laughter slowly fade.

Then nothing.

Author's Note

Worst thing happened while writing this. As I was searching up for what would look good with the first shirt rarity tried on, my sister walked in and was like "I knew you were gay." then walked out before I could explain. Why did she have to visit then? Oh well shit happens.

Anyway, hope you enjoyed. Next chapter will be coming soon.