Chapters "All power demands sacrifice.."
Those words where wispered trough the immaterium while Sindri's soul was flowing trough.
After his recent defeat on Tartarus, Sindri did not regret any bit of defeat he sufferd.
The daemon was free, even tough Sindri din't knew its purpose at first, he did know it held great power, and releasing it would end up dooming not only the Blood Ravens, but the universe as well.
During his train of toughts, Sindri suddenly noticed a bright flashing light that was blinding his vision.
And then evrything went dark....
Sindri did not know for how long he was unconscious, but one thing was certain, he was longer in the warp.
It seemed he has regained his mortal body, yet it also seemed like his daemon prince state was gone, wich surprised him greatly.
Taking that aside, Sindri took note of his surroundings, he was in a forest, a forest that seemed to contain to much life for his taste.
He did not know on wich planet he was, it all seemed so happy, peacefull... Those toughts made Sindri disgusted 'So this planet is rich with life it seems, there may be some fun yet after all' Sindri tought.
He started to walk a bit trough the forest, when out of nowhere he heard growling.
He stared at where the sound was coming from, and what he saw surprised him.
It seemed to look like a Wolf, but it was made out of wood.
'Are you kidding me? It is almost like Tzeentch made this planet his own playground' Sindri tought while chuckling
The wooden wolf growled at Sindri with a angry expression.
'I return to the mortal realm and my first enemy is a creature made out of wood? pathetic.' Sindri tought.
He decided to deal with this joke and threw a firebolt at it, completely incinirating the creature.
Then out of nowhere Sindri heard screams 'What is that i am hearing in those screams? Fear? How delightfull.' Sindri smirked with the tought.
He walked to the source of the sound, he saw more of those wooden wolves growling at something, but what he saw next actually surprised him for a moment.
Close to the wooden wolves where 3 tiny creatures, they looked like the ancient terran horses, altough they where way to colorfull and to cute looking to be one of them.
'Perhaps my theory about the Tzeentch wasn't far fetched.' Sindri tought.
"Apple Bloom, we have to do something instead of just standing here!" Shouted the orange one.
"Well what are we supposed to?! We are cornered, there is no way to run for us!" Shouted the yellow one.
"Allow me to help you advance this obstacle." Sindri said in a sinister voice.
He launched a bunch of doombolts that utturly destroyed the wooden wolf, leaving a pair of small coal pieces.
"O my celestia, thank you sir! You saved our lives!" said the yellow one with happiness.
'You are celebrating to early tiny xeno.' But then something came up to Sindri's mind.
'Hmm, i could infact have some fun while i am on this blasted planet, there are bound to more of these unknown xenos around. The screams of the warp will tear their civilization apart' Sindri tought with a evil delight.
"Hello there tiny xenos, could i ask what kind of species you are?" It disgusted Sindri to talk in such a manner, but if he played his cards right, he could have big use of those tiny xenos.
"Ofcourse sir! My name is Applebloom, i am a earth pony, the pony next to me is Scootaloo, she is a pegasus, and the pony next to her is a unicorn, her name is Sweetie belle."
It was hard for Sindri not to gag at those cingry names, but he pushed those toughts aside.
"What is your name?" Asked the one called Scootaloo.
"Very well xenos, my name is Sindri Myr, my origins and species are not to be known to your tiny little minds, for now that is."
"Follow me, and i will bring you back to your civilization" Sindri said while trying surpress his disgust.
"Thank you very much sir! We tought we where done when we where cornered here in the everfree forest!"
'You are going to wish you would have perished there after what i am going to do to you 3 now' Sindri tought with a evil smirk.
"Children, have you ever took time to listen to the wispers of the warp?"
"What the hay is the warp?" Scootaloo asked with a questioning expression.
"It is the place you are going to be wishing you could stay there after what is going to happen next little xeno." Sindri's tone turned from mild friendly to a evil sinister tone.
"Umm what do you mean by that si-" Before Sweetie belle could finish her question, Sindri attacked their minds with his powers, flooding them with the horrors of the warp.
The 3 fillies where screaming in agony while Sindri was taking his mind assault a step futher.
"Feel the might of the Immatirium!" Sindri said.
A few moments later, the 3 fillies stood there, having a emotionless expression, their eyes had this empty feeling while emetting a red dark glow.
"My fun will start now" Sindri chuckled.
"What do you wish of us Lord?" all 3 fillies said at the same time.
"It is time for you 3 to spread the word of chaos young ones" Sindri said.
"As you command" The fillies headed towards Ponyville.
'Normally when i breach someones mind it takes time and alot of patience, but these 3 creatures where child's play, with their current nature, i doubt it will take much effort to control the adult's of their species' Sindri tought.
Sindri then started to use his powers to see what the fillies where doing at the moment.
He was going to enjoy evry last bit of this.
The cutie mark crusaders where heading towards to their club house, while still being in their controlled.
Still looking trough the visions, Sindri noticed a village very close to the current location of the 3 fillies.
'Hmm, there is more of their species there up ahead, i might as well use this oppertunity to learn about these wretched xenos' Sindri tough.
He let the fillies walk trough ponyville like nothing was happening.
Sindri observed their surroundings.
'These xenos are the most pathetic species i have ever seen, if these xenos where known to other races, they would the laughing stock of the galaxy' Sindri tought.
The fillies where walking trough ponyville when they spotted a familair pony that was waving to them.
Sindri looked closer and looked at her with a mixed expression of disgust and annoyance.
Infront of the fillies was a purple pony who possessed both a horn and wings, and had a weird marking on her flank.
'This one seems to have both a horn and wings, and she has a weird marking on her flank, what could be reason for that? I must find source of information, but where? Asking anyone would be to suspecious.'
"Hey there girls!" The purple pony said
'Time to see how good my speech skills are' Sindri tought with a smirk.
"Hello there" all 3 fillies said in unison
Twilight felt something was odd about them.
'Their expression seems really off, and the way they talk, it seems so out of place, and emotionless' Twilight tought with a grimace.
"Is something wrong girls?" Twilight said.
"Evrything is alright here miss." the 3 fillies said in unison.
'Miss? Where did that came from all of the sudden? The fillies would never say something like that.' Twilight tought.
"That is flattering but you can just call me Twilight, even tough i am a princess doesn't mean you have to call me by my title in such a fashion"
'A princess? So she is royalty, this makes things more interesting.' Sindri tought
"Nevermind that, do you know where we could find a source of information lady Twilight?" said scootaloo, with the same emotionless tone.
'That does not sound like scootaloo at all, something is not right here' Twilight tought.
"If you girls could follow me, i will lead you to the library in my castle, after all, i am a expert when it comes to books."
'Would you look at that? That is one of the traits most sorcerers have, their desire to gain more knowledge about the warp and the universe, its a shame she won't be there to share her knowledge for me in the end' Sindri tought with a cunning smile.
When the 4 ponies arrived at the castle, they where greeted by a small baby dragon known as spike.
"Hey guys! Whats up?" Spike said.
"Out of the way, you lesser warp entity." Applebloom said with a cold voice.
"Applebloom! That was not very nice!" Twilight said.
"Shut it you horse reject" Sweetie Belle said.
Twilight and Spike stood with mouth agape, trying to process what had just happend.
"Lead us to your library Twilight" Sweetie Belle said.
"Umm, alright then fillies, follow me..." Twilight said while having a distrustfull expression"
Sindri's patience was growing tin with these xeno's, but he knew he had to keep it togheter if he wanted to get the information he wanted.
When Spike and the 4 ponies arrived at the library, Scootaloo suddenly asked.
"Do you have any books on the history of this planet and your species?"
"Your species? What are talking about Scootaloo?" Twilight knew something was terribly wrong when scootaloo said *your species*
"O umm.. She ment our species! Scootaloo somethimes tends to mispronounce words!" Sweetie belle quickly said.
"No Sweetie belle, something is not right! And i want the truth right now! Twilight said with a stern tone"
'I guess the time for talking is over, now it is time to please the blood god' Sindri tought with a evil smile.
"You want to know the truth xeno? The truth about the warp? I will show you." Sweetie belle said with Sindri's voice.
Twilight looked at her with a horrified expression. 'What in Equestria is going on?! That was no doubt a imposter, his voice has this feeling that sends chills down your spine. And those words where mentioned, the warp? What is the warp that he is talking about?'
But before Twilight could finish her tought Scootaloo came flying at her with a insane speed, crashing them both inside a bookshelf.
"Scootaloo have you gone mad?!?!" Spike shouted
Scootaloo slamned her hoof in twilight's weak spot, causing twilight to fall unconscious.
"Twilight!!!" Spike tried to run towards twilight but was suddenly lifted in the air by Sweetie belle's magic.
"Sweetie belle what are you doing?! Let go of me!!" Spike shouted.
"ohh i will let you go. When you are begging for mercy while i rip your mind apart!" Sweetie belle said with Sindri's voice.
"You are not Sweetie belle! What have you done to her?!" Spike asked
"She is right here infant, i can hear her screaming" Sindri's voice said.
"If you want to have the real answer, your 3 pony friends are under control by the chaos sorcerer known as Sindri Myr."
"And your pathetic race will feel the power of the dark gods!"
Spike's bone where starting to shatter while he was screaming out his lungs because of the enourmes force that was crushing his body.
"Spike!!" Sounded trough the room.
Sindri looked to the source of the sound when he a pink pony with purple hair standing in the doorway.
It was Starlight Glimmer.
Sweetie belle let go of spike while he fell unconscious on the ground.
"Atnother poor soul. ripe to be devoured by the horrors of the warp!" Sweetie belle said with sindri's sounding voice.
Starlight was in total shock at wat was currently going, that she had no time to response when Applebloom came from behind and started to hold Starlight in a grip whole slowly trying to choke her.
But then voices could be heard from outside the castle, closing in.
"Come on evrypony! I heard it comming from the library in twilight's castle!"
'It seems that is my que to leave' Sindri tought.
The 3 fillies suddenly got encased in warp energies and teleported back to Sindri's location.
Just a few moments later for the rest of the mane 6 to arrive at the location and stare in shock at the sight.
Spike and Twilight both where laying on the ground unconscious. Spike's body was in a very bad condition, you could see his body has been bleeding very badly from the insane force that was put on him when he was getting crushed by Sweetie belle's magic.
Starlight glimmer was having trouble with trying to stand, she was still recovering from the whole choke struggle that had happend a few moments ago.
But one thing shocked them the most.
On floor was a giant mark that seemed to have been burned to the ground.
The 8 pointed star of chaos
There a mass panic in Ponyville, evrywhere ponies had heard of the thing that had happend inside twilights castle.
The mane 6 however, where the ones who had it most difficult with the situation.
"This is madness Twilight! My little sister would never resort to violence in such a way!" Applejack said in disbelief.
"Yeah! The only thing Sweetie belle can currently do with her magic is basic levitation, there is no way she could have done something so horrible to spikey wiky!" Rarity said with her *THIS IS THE WORST THING!* tone.
"I know Scootaloo has learned from the best, that doesn't mean she would attack someone like that, what has gotten in to you to think that Twilight?!" Rainbow dash said.
"I know its hard to believe girls, but this is what really happend, but when they attacked us they weren't themselves! They where acting like someone was controlling them, they showed feats that not even the strongest filly of their age could achieve!" Twilight said with a serious tone.
"She is right you guys, when one of the fillies said something to me, the voice sounded nowhere near that of the cutie mark crusaders, it sounded very sinister and evil." Starlight Glimmer added in.
"I would like to know what happend here as well." Came a voice from the doorway.
The voice came from Celestia and Luna who entered the castle.
"Princess Celestia! Thank goodness you have come! Something awfull happend here!".
"I know Twilight and i would like to hear the full story from you, as well as Starlight Glimmer."
After Twilight and Starlight told the whole story, both princesses where shocked to hear what happend.
'Mind control has happend in the past during the changeling invasion, when Chrysalis mind controlled Shining armour with a spell. But according to Twilight these 3 fillies also possessed powers that where off the scale.' Celestia tought grimly.
"Perhaps it could have been dark magic" Luna said.
"You could be right Luna, altough it still worries me that there is somepony out there with this level of dark magic to be able to mind control 3 fillies and giving them abnormal strenght." Celestia said.
"Um princesses, you might want to take a look at this" Starlight said while pointing to the ground.
Celestia and Luna where surprised what they saw, on the ground there was a marking, some sort of ancient symbol wich they din't knew its meaning.
"Sister this is no normal marking, it seems to have been created with dark magic becus the marking seems to have burned to the ground instead of drawn. Not only that but i can also sense a deep dark magic coming from that marking, altough i have to admit this dark magic feels diffren't then that we know of." Luna said.
"I share your toughts Luna, whoever made this marking and controlled the fillies, he is certainly someone not to be underestimated."
"Guys, that is not all, he mentioned some things, he said his name was Sindri Myr, and things about something called the warp. What does the warp even mean?" Spike said questionly.
"That is a name i have never heard of before, but i can already tell by that name that he might be as evil as Sombra." Luna said with a troubling expression.
"Princess Celestia, is there any way we can find more about him? Like his location, or how to cure the fillies? Any spell for that?" Twilight said with a hopefull expression.
"I am afraid not Twili-"
"You are wrong sister, our time as Nightmare moon may have been a really terrifying experience, but it also increased out knowledge on dark magic and its meanings. I might be able to trace its current location if we follow the trails of where the fillies where teleported to." Luna mentioned.
"Just give me a moment and i will try to track down this *fiend*". Luna said.
'When we find him, he is going to pay dearly for not only foalnapping but also harming my subjects' Celestia tought with anger.
A few minutes later, Luna completed his spell.
"I have found his whereabouts, or atleast, the fillies location."
"Where are the princess Luna?" Twilight asked.
"They are at the old castle of the 2 sisters, the same location when i was freed from my nightmare moon transformation by the elements."
"That would make sense, its a place that is easy to fortify." Starlight commented.
"Now lets go to that monster and kick his flank!" Rainbow dash said while making striking poses.
"We will soon, that is something i will promise, but for now, we will have to wait until the next of the royal guard reinforcements arrive." Celestia said.
The marking also had a purpose as some sort of spying device.
Sindri had been watching them for quite some time now and when 2 new ponies arrived, he was not dissepointed by what he saw.
There where 2 of them, they where bigger then the average pony and also possessed both wings and a horn like the one called Twlight.
Sindri also noticed by their crowns and necklaces that they must be royalty to, wich actually made it more excited for him.
He also noted that compared to the other ponies, their level of psykery was way above average, he could feel their magical powers flowing trough their veins. 'I may yet have some worthy opponents at last' Sindri tought with delight.
"So it seems the horses have decided to pay me a visit, how foolish of them, i can tell by their current plans that they have no sense of warfare in any sense." Sindri said out loud.
"Even tough i could take em all on at once, i rather make it a bit longer so the fun won't be spoiled so soon" Sindri chuckled.
'I may not have my warband with me to back me up, but i have other ways of.. *Gathering followers*...." Sindri tought.
Sindri teleported away a few moments later.
Somewhere outside the borders of the everfree forest, 2 ponies, a male unicorn and a female pegasus where picnicking.
They where having a conversation when suddenly they saw 3 fillies walking up to them.
'What is up with their eyes? And why are they having this emotionless experession? Its creeping me out..' tought the unicorn.
"What can i do for you 3 fillies?" the unicorn asked friendly.
"Shackle the soul and forge the flesh. Bind the machine and butcher the rest." all 3 fillies said in a very disturbing voice.
the 2 adult ponies looked terrified at the fillies.
"You 3 are insane!!" said the pegasus mare.
"Sanity is for the weak." said the 3 fillies in unison, their emotionless faces starting to grow in scary smiles.
the adult ponies suddenly heard footstepts coming from behind the fillies, and what they saw next freakt them out.
There was a big biped standing behind them. wearing some sort of metal armour that was impossible to properly describe.
It was holding some sort of staff and a small metal box in its other hand.
Its eyes where glowing a dark red color that was staring into their souls.
"Have you listened to the whispers of the warp xeno? The sound of hungry daemons wanting to eat your worthless flesh...".
"Rejoice! Prove yourself worthy into the eyes of the dark gods! Give them the sacrifice they desire!" Sindri said with a sinister voice.
The female pegasus was to terrified to answer or move, her face was totally pale.
"G-Get away from us your monsters!!" The male unicorn shouted, to scared to do anything else.
Sindri then teleport infront of the Unicorn male, stabbing into the stallions heart with his staff.
It was piercing it body like paper, and it went so fast the poor pony was already dead before he could even sream in agony.
Blood was dripping from the body of the dead pony, while Sindri was chuckling. He hasn't killed anything with this much enjoyment in a while.
The female pegasus screamed out of her lungs and tried to fly away.
But Sindri held her still in the air with his powers, holding her in a tight grip.
"Are you so eager to waste your husband's sacrifice just like that? Your kind is full of delusional cowards and weaklings. I will enjoy sacrificing this planet to the dark gods." Sindri said.
The mare was trying to get her body free with all the power her body possessed, but it was for naught.
"You are no worthy of such a sacrifice, you will have enough time to lose your sanity, and perhaps one day. Will you be joining us?" Sindri suddenly removed his grip on her and teleported away with the 3 filles and the body of the dead pony, leaving the pegasus mare alone.
She was in such a shock she just flew there for hours, trying to comprehand what has just happend to her husband.
"We have aquired a body, and now, it is time to aquire the gear of a old aquantince.
I once again will have use of you.
Lord Bale
