Chapter 2: 8 years later, the Devil hunts us.

“C’mon, Isaac! We’re gonna be late!” Twilight shouted, now fully grown. 8 years had passed since Isaac first came to Equestria, and now he had a job, a good friend, and a place he could call home. He had also grown significantly, now standing at an impressive 6’5”, with a healthy, muscular, yet lithe frame comparable to Shining Armor’s.

“I’m coming, Twilight! It’s not ‘my’ fault that Spike overslept, now is it!?” Isaac said, holding the sleeping dragon in his arms. “I’m half tempted to drop him, actually, just so he wakes up. I swear, the kid is lazier than Guppy sometimes.”

“Yeah, he sure does like to sleep… I just hope that nothing goes wrong” Twilight said.

“Oh, c’mon Twi, what could possibly go wrong?”

(2 hours later)

“What could possibly go wrong, huh?”

“Hey, I didn’t know there were timberwolves down this road!” Isaac roared, fighting off the closer wolves with his fire magic.

“This road is right in the middle of the Everfree Forest!”

“Well, YOU were the one who wanted to see the old castle before we get to Ponyville!”

“... Toche.” Twilight said, blasting away 3 wolves with her magic. Isaac then saw something off about the wolves.

“Hey Twi, is it just me, or do the timberwolves seem rotten… Oh crap…”

“What is it Isaac?” Twilight asked, before hearing something behind her, which seemed like a wicked laugh coming from a sick person.

“Twilight, get behind me, NOW.” Twilight rushed behind Isaac, and turned to see a sickly person with pale, rotting skin, a starved abdomen, and a wicked grin on his face. He was atop of what Isaac would later describe as a toy horse, which also looked very sickly. Next to the horseman was a diseased horseman, who’s skin and horse were a sickly green. “What do you want, Famine, Pestilence?”

Famine laughed, and started talking in a strange language. “So kasshin cac krak gathem, nocre matakas, Esoc.”

“WHAT!?! You wanna get to her, you’ll have to go through me!” Isaac said, pointing at himself.

Famine seemed to grin wider, and rushed at Isaac, a lance drawn in its hand. Isaac fired a brimstone laser at the horseman, tearing of its head from his body, which rotted away. “I’m stronger now, Famine, so go to Hell, and tell the Devil, I’m coming for him NEXT!” Isaac then threw an Ipecac bomb at the sickly being, blowing up the abomination. Then Pestilence coughed up a line of creep, making Isaac turn nearly green due to infection, forcing him to move. “So, you took some tips from Sloth, huh? Well, I have a few tricks of my own!” He then shot a large boulder at the horseman, killing him. “Good Riddance!”

`“Isaac, what’s going on?” Twilight asked, shaking from fear. “It seems that Nightmare Moon will be the least of our problems tomorrow, Twi. The devil’s coming after you and Celestia.”

Author's Note

DOOODGE! *COUGH, COUGH* Sorry, what do you think? Be kind, but honest