"Wake up Nathan. I need you to listen to me. Everything you know about everything is lead by those who are blinded by misguided faith. I am the good guy. God is the bad guy." The devil says in a deep monotone voice.

"Yeah.... Sure you are. After the deal you made with me I'll never believe that you're the good guy! You are a FUCKING ASSHOLE!" I shout at him.

"Open your eyes. I will prove to you that I am the good guy."

I open my eyes. I see nothing but darkness.

"Blow away the darkness Nathan. Show yourself the truth."

I blow as hard as I can causing the darkness to be blown away like a cloud of smoke. In front of me is a man who appears to be 6ft 1inch and is wearing a pair of black jeans with rips at the knees and a grey T-Shirt with a red flannel overcoat which casually unbuttoned.

"You're not.... Anything like I'd thought you'd look like." I say with a confused look on my face.

The devil smiles at me then takes a step closer to me.

"You're right. I'm not. I've seen how those that blindly follow 'gods book'. They have everything in reverse. God is the evil one, in fact he's not even the original god. He killed the original one and took his place. It's a long story that I'll explain to you in the future, but for now I want you to understand what I've done and why I've done it." The devil says as he pulls a pair of wooden chairs from out of the darkness. "Here. Sit and I'll explain it all."

I take the chair and sit down.

"Two thousand years ago the original god was watching over as his creations roamed around, living as was intended. Asastramas was his name. A kind soul. I'm his son, Ferititus. The new god was his assistant. His name was Oestericus. A suspicious man from the start..... My dad was the god who believed everyone deserved a chance. So, he gave the man a job as his assistant. Oestericus took him up on the offer and sat by his side watching the world as it developed. That was until the humans arrived." The devil says with a sigh.

The devil reaches into the darkness and grabs a pair of mugs filled with coffee. He hands me one and proceeds to take a sip from his mug.

"All was well in the land of god. Leseros. The people where happy, everything was like heaven. In fact, Leseros IS heaven. The idea behind heaven was built by Oestericus and is an exact copy of Leseros. That man. He was evil from the start. *Sip* He saw how humanity was evolving. He saw something that must have sparked something inside of him or something, because as he watched humanity fight he took his chance and while Asastramas was putting a stop to the fighting Oestericus.... The fucker killed my dad while he worked. *Sigh* He killed him and forced his position as god by sending me here. An eternity to solitude. Or so he thought. I rule over Loseros, or as you know it to be. Hell. *Sip*" The devil explains.

"Wow. So what you're telling me Ferititus is that the god we know now. The one who answers no ones prayers and leaves everyone to starve and whither away.... Ferititus. Why did you make the deal so broken? Why did I have to suffer?" I ask taking a sip of coffee afterwards.

"I needed to test your resolve and to see where your heart lays. Luckily you are on the side of good. Which is why you're here. With me. The one true human who gave everything to help and protect a race of creatures he'd never met before. They banished you to the forest yet you still helped them. That's why I took away the doll. I wanted to see if you'd follow through with the healing, even if you knew you'd never heal. You went a step further. And healed even though you knew you'd die an agonising death. That's why I removed all of the pain and made your body parts just melt away painlessly instead of breaking or ripping themselves off. Nathan. You're keeping your powers. You need to help them. Oestericus is coming after them. I will be there to help when the time is right. But YOU must protect them and keep them alive. Nathan, I'm removing the doll from you. Instead you will still feel the pain of the injury but it will go after 10 seconds. If you where to take their emotional pain. It would be everlasting. I'm sorry. No amount of magic will ever change that." The devil says as he takes another sip of his coffee.

"I'll protect them. Oestericus will not win." I say as I stand up.

The devil stands up as well and makes mine and his mugs disappear.

"You ready to go back?" The devil asks with a smile.

"Yeah, let's make Asastramas proud." I say as I ball my hand up into a fist and extend my arm out.

The devil smiles and fist bumps me before clicking his finger causing me to pass out again.

I wake up. I take a look around to see that I'm in the forest. I look at my body to see it glow black for a second before the glow fades away.

"Why did he have to give his life. He was a cool stallion." I hear Scootaloo's voice through the bushes followed by a set of three crying ponies.

I stand up. I'm still weak so I stumble a little but I catch myself on a tree stump. My hand gets coated in a liquid. I look at the tree stump. It's the tree stump where we died. The three girls first, then me. I push myself off of the stump and balance myself before making my way towards the bushes.

"Ah wish he was still here. He saved my life twice." I hear Apple Blooms voice cry.

I push myself through the bushes

"And I'd do it again and again." I say with a smirk as I watch over the three fillies.

"NATHAN!" The three girls shout as they jump towards me tears pouring from them.

I catch them to my chest hug them.

"How are you alive? We saw you die!" Sweetie Belle says as she wipes away her tears.

"I'm here to help ponies. For as long as I'm needed. I'll be here for a long time." I say with a smile as I hold them tighter.

"Don't ever leave us again!" Scootaloo shouts at me.

"I won't. From now on. I'll be right here. Always here for you." I say with a smile as I lower them to the ground.

I then ruffle Scootaloo's hair then stand back up.

"Come on. It's time for us to play in the lake don't you think?" I say with a wink.

The three girls then smile and press themselves against my legs. Apple Bloom to the right, Scootaloo to the left and Sweetie Belle in the middle.

"Last one there is Rarity's assistant for a week." I say as I start running.

"HEY!" The three fillies shout before running after me.

Author's Note

What do you think? It's far from the end and the journey is just beginning.