I froze in place seeing the pegasus stallion in front of me for the first time. The fu- I mean, the bucking mastermind behind all the demon attacks throughout my hellish stay here in Equestria.

The sliver and black pegasus' mane was short, almost stubbed, with the stripes of sliver and black. His tail was quite unique however because of its silver and black colors bleeding with each other; it almost blend themselves together smoothly in one shade. His cutie mark was in the shape of what looked like a red lightning bolt with a purple cross behind it. His purple eyes seemed odd to the colors that he was naturally born with, but reguardless he wore a strangely confident grin that plastered his muzzle.

My instincts screamed at me to avoid contact with him at all costs while my old habits kicked in. I searched more of his aura causing the back of my neck to stand on end. My fists tighten around Apocalypse. This was obviously no ordinary pegasus. Even Discord was more natural to Equis than him. His aura felt off.... and strangely familiar like Rufusdraco's. Yet, on a completely different level. While Rufusdraco had to gain power over time this pegasus obviously had his power at full capacity.

"Just as I thought. He must be some type of god like Faust, but what exactly?"

My eyes narrow as the pegasus stallion chuckled. "I see you already figured out I'm quite different from your normal opponents. Tell me, what do you fight for, Shadow?" he asked.

I didn't reply to his question keeping my blade trained on him. The mane six at this time decide to wake themselves up with a few painful groans. The stallion glanced at the mane six his face hardening in what looked like disappointment.

"Seriously. I can feel the potential you have Shadow. You could easily destroy Equestria single handedly. You saw the dark side of this blasted country. They serve their friendships above their so called 'equality'. They constantly are in need of outside help and are too naive to believe that their 'invincible' leaders are nothing more than pathetic winged unicorns," He looks back at me as I saw for the first time something I didn't see before. I saw tiny purple flames reflect themselves back at me through his pupils. "I only offer a chance to join my army ranks once. What do you say?"

A brief silence rang through the air as everybeing present seemed to anticipate my decision. I looked directly into his malice eyes with a passionate defiance.

"How about shove it up your ass. Demons are not supposed to be in the mortal realm anyways." I replied.

The stallion scuffed almost half expecting my decision before I even decided. "You seem as defiant to the cosmic rules as ever, Kerra Dovostro."

My shock only blind me momentarily as a purple flamed punch to the face sent me flying in the opposite direction. I couldn't feel myself floating in the air. What was happening? My mind snapped back into reality as I managed to teleport myself away from the field of fire. The stallion's fist soon followed straight into the ground where I once was. I readied Apocalypse without further hesitation dashing straight behind the stallion. It looked like my blade would hit its mark until a blur of a small, slender purple flame blocked my attack.

My eyes widen behind the mask of my helmet. The stallion was holding off my attack with a single flaming purple finger. Apocalypse currently rest firmly on the finger like it was made out of metal.

"It simply wouldn't be that easy to defeat me. You know this. Why fight me then? You know you can't win. Fighting a god is fighting a piece of the universe itself." he said at my confusion. He used his other hand flicking it at me as a torrent of dark purple fire engulf my chest sending me flying some more feet.

He then clenched one of his hands as the flame itself seem to morph along with his body's command. The burning agony of the purple fire could be felt even through my armor. A pained scream escaped my lips as the fire seem to eat me alive from the outside inward.

Suddenly from out of no where, a light purple beam head straight for the stallion, yet the beam harmlessly dissipated a few inches from his actual body. Twilight's eyes widen in fear and shock as the stallion turned his gaze toward her.

"Now isn't this a surprise. It looks like the Element of Magic still has enough magic to shoot beams at me. Don't you ponies know when to quit?" He said in slight irritation.

"Why won't my magic work? I was sure that there was no magic counteracting with my magic." She mummbled mostly to herself.

The stallion chuckled. "That's because I used the heat of my fire. It is capable of lessening the magical wavelengths needed in order for magic itself to work. In other words, it cancels out the attack by increasing its wave higher than the magic intercepting it."

This time, Rainbow Dash had sped behind the stallion at almost full speed. The stallion saw this at the last second, but was already too late. She managed to knock him in the mandible, his muzzle jerks to the side violently. Rainbow quickly maneuvered her other leg to kick his stomach sending even more force into the kick. He bend over as she retreated a few feet away from his somewhat injured form.

"Take that you monster! Nopony messes with my friends!" Rainbow Dash declared.

Another small chuckle escaped the pegasus stallion's lips as the purple flames were repairing the damage she dealt before their eyes. "Nice hits if I were a mortal. But unfortunately for you I am more than just a mere mortal." He seemed to disappear from thin air only to reappear behind Rainbow giving her a quick jab to her lower spine. A short pained cry came out of her before she fell face first into the ground.

"I....I can't move." She said in disbelief trying desperately to move.

The stallion grinned widely approaching her only to get sent into a nearby building. Come to find out, Applejack sent him into that same building with her famous apple bucking legs.

Fluttershy immediately dragged Rainbow back to safety. I however still had the damn flames wrapped around me tightly. All of these events happening at once is slowly breaking my concentration and as a result my armor is slowly disappearing. It seemed like the seal is reasserting itself back on me.

"This is real bad."

I tried even more fiercely to break out of the flames' grip. The sliver and black stallion jumped out of the hold that was made during the impact. A satisfied smile spread across his features. "This will be more fun than I originally thought it would be."

Applejack charged at him again while Rarity from the back was creating something in her magic. The stallion waited until Applejack was inches from striking to jump over her grabbing one of her wrists and slamming her back on to the ground. Applejack bit back a yelp before grabbing his left leg pulling it from underneath him. The stallion lost his balance has they both tumbled on to the ground. Rarity looked to have finished a magical straight jacket quickly fitting it on the stallion. Pinkie Pie cheeered the girls on through the entire fight.

That's when the stallion had enough. His entire body engulfed itself in flames shedding the magical jacket to nothing. He then flexed his fire sending all the girls flying back. None could get out of the sphere of purple fire unscathed. All except Twilight who used her last bit of magic to put up a shield around herself.

The stallion laughed in pure bliss at the scene before him. "That's right pathetic ponies. Kneel before your rightful ruler. For I am Lord Hades, the master and ruler of Tartarus! I am done with these childish games." he proclaimed.

He then looked back at me with a grin approaching me, slowly and carefully. "How about we start off by enlightening my new subjects on you, Dovostro. Now do any of you know about his past?" Lord Hades asked rhetorically.

A long pause happened before he continued. "Of course you all don't know. He deceived you all. He was no different than Nightmare Moon, Discord, or Chrysalis! Matter of fact, I would say he is the purest evil there is! Isn't that right Lord Dovostro, Lord of Darkness!" Lord Hades said.

My pain has dulled tremendously hearing those words for myself. Then it clicked in my head. This bastard was the old Greek god Hades from my universe. And he just spilled one of my biggest secrets I have tried to hide from the girls.

I felt myself go limp in the flames' grip as Twilight and her injured friends seemed to not believe what came out of Hades' mouth.

"You're wrong Hades! There is no such thing as a ruler over Darkness. That's physically impossible even by magic standards." Twilight said.

"Your schools say chaos magic doesn't really exist on its own, yet there is a Lord of Chaos that could control it almost fine," Twilight went silent. "See? Now, do you see what I mean? You have been working with the enemy this entire time."

"Surely he must be joking." Rarity said.

The others however had expressions from shock to denial. I mentally screamed in anger at Hades giving him a lethal glare of my own. The pony could only smile at my attempts to scare him off.

Lord Hades turned back to me. "Well Shadow?"

I was force into a corner right now. All my life I have been trying to keep my past hidden from the beings around me, and yet somehow it resurfaces again, but this time one of my enemies' says said secret.

I couldn't answer to the truth not like this at least. Lord Hades smiled even more in triumph. "He doesn't deny it."

There was a long pause from the Elements before Rainbow Dash scuffed. "You think we would go behind Shadow's back just because he's the Lord of Darkness? What's so dangerous about that? I don't see the big deal."

Lord Hades tightened his grip on the flames around me causing me to stifle a pained cry. "Nothing is more dangerous. Nothing else," he smile turns almost manical instantly."That's why I'm killing you first, Dovostro, permanently."

My vision blurred as the heat was starting to get too much. Yet, the pain soon turn to a cold shiver. I could feel a black ice cold flame inside me. Its hidden power and influence inviting me to touch it. I desperately tried to resist the urge with all my might. Why you may ask? Because this flame inside me is the thing that I paid the price to have this vast power. I couldn't let myself get consumed in this power. I couldn't-

I was on the verge of death before I felt my neck snap abruptly to the right. Fear quickly filled my heart as I blacked out.

"N-No.... not.... here...."

Third Person POV

Lord Hades' smile faltered hearing Shadow's neck snap abruptly. The air seem to grow even more heavy somehow a split second later. Hades' instincts reflexively let Shadow fall to the ground getting ready to attack him. Yet, he could barely will his body to even move. A god's instincts are vastly different than any mortal could ever acquire. We had the perfect skill set: Love, no strains, no death, immortality, beautiful unearthly looks, you name it. All except one major thing the gods made sure to install into the very mortals they govern: Fear.

However, that didn't seem to matter in this case. Rarely any god has things to fear. Mostly it's other gods, but somehow this stallion could shake his entire being to the core. It was like this.... monster was fear incarnate.

Lord Hades kept his brave face strong though revealing his flaming purple halberd. It had been a long time since he found an opponent worth fighting. Other than one of the gods that governed this realm of existence which he effortlessly slaughtered reguardless.

A sick, manical smile spread across Shadow's lips as he rose from where he stood. Lord Hades immediately noticed something extremely off about his appearance. That being his eyes..... The pupils themselves widened so large that all was replaced was nothing both pure blackness; his iris' seemed to have completely left back into his skull.

The armor immediately disapeared into nothing as he retrieved Apocalypse not even caring about the fearful stares he was receiving from the ponies and demons around him. The blade under his claws just felt.... right to wield in that moment. It called out to make any who impose pay with its life blood. And Shadow obliged.

He charged at Lord Hades with speeds that seemed to cause light itself to split in half toward him. However, Hades dodged his charge as Shadow sliced the space Hades had originally been in.

Lord Hades knew that this level of magic was not even close enough to defeat this monster, but he knew something like this would happen. And so he began his back up plan.

Hades teleported toward Tirek with a strained smile. Tirek's eyes widen in realization only for the Lord of Tartarus to absorb all the magic Tirek required beforehand.

Tirek's form slowly but surely returned to its original size before kicking the useless being quickly into a building nearby.

Now he stood a chance. And plus he controlled now everything this world had to offer: The sun and the moon, two celestial bodies of the universe.

He smiled also reminding himself that he became a master in magic and... love.... as well. Even if he considers love to be useless. Especially against the Lord of Darkness. The latter regardless is magic power, so he can figure out a use for it later. Lord Hades focused back on the main threat to his entire plan.

A feral shout echoed from Shadow's vocals while Hades snarled. "You think your so tough? You'll regret ever coming to Equis once I'm done with you!"

Then the two unstoppable forces collided with each other. To say that the world shook in the might of the pure power was a severe understatement. The earth below them reached its breaking point as Equis ripped itself open. The ponies and demons around them immediately panicked searching for a safe place to flee from.

However, the two Lords simply didn't care now for the environment damage They caused. They were too absorbed into the fight to notice. Dovostro just grinned even more breaking out into fits of laughter.

Hades' angrily glares coming into action using his halberd to slice his face in two. His victory was short lived as Shadow's face mended itself together before his eyes.

Shadow gripped his giant sword tightly as a strange black substance incased his sword's blade. Hades' actions proved to be adequate his halberd clashing with Apocalypse.

Dovostro jumped into the air as Hades realized a giant boulder hovering and hurtle toward him. He slid underneath the pile of earth just to meet Apocalypse's blade once more. The Lord of Darkness managed to twirl in midair using the momentum to kick the side of Hades' face in. He was thrown back into said boulder splitting it into many more pieces then it originally was.

Lord Hades quickly recovered just in time to catch Shadow jumping along nearby floating rocks. Apparently, the force of their powers was too much for the planet to handle properly, so physics no longer applied anymore.

Hades briefly felt disappointed about that, but a swift punch in the gut reminded him of his current predicament. The force sent him directly into a floating rock which he gracefully repelled off with his hooves back at the Lord of Darkness.

He stabbed the halberd into his stomach pushing Shadow and himself straight into another rock that broke up under the impact. The monster however showed no signs of being in pain. The only thing that escaped his lips was fucking laughter.

Hades then realized the severity of his mistake. He released a side of him that almost had no weakness. Where was he getting all this strength from? Not even a god can last this long against his purple fire. He didn't know, but he did know that every creature had some form of weakness. And to Hades' shame to admit he had a weakness of his own. Whispers bouncing within his head echoing a prophecy, or more of an ancient fact of the multiverse, that the three old hags of fate had once said to him.

The truest sense of fear is something that you can't normally see at first glance. One day, fear will claim us all.

Hades' breath quickened as he stared into Shadow's soulless eyes for the second time. It was so unnerving just for Hades to look to them intently. Yet his eyes held a endless void that made Hades' imagination feel numb to expand on. His body involuntarily shuttered as he froze under his gaze.

He leaned over as a soft chuckle escaped his lips. "Only the cowards are stupid enough to mess with things they don't understand. Now it is your turn to pay the price into oblivion." Shadow said his voice somewhat distorted.

Shadow moved lightning quick digging his claws into the god. Hades cried out in unimaginable agony as a black substance replace his precious blood making his veins grow increasingly blacker by the second.

At this point, Hades struggled to even breathe. His entire body felt like it was drench completely in the River Styx. He could not hold his form for much longer. Shadow removed his claws from Hades' limb body watching him fall into the planet's molten lava. His body slowly getting absorbed into the planet's mantle.

Lord Dovostro then teleports back on to the broken up solid ground before his head twist violently once more snapping his head sickly again.

Shadow's POV

I was finally able to tame the quench that I need as I felt the flame soon disappear figuratively in my body. I laid there breathing on the ground only to find out that the ground I laid on was not solid at all. My panic set in as I realized the very planet itself looked to be unstable. I knew the force of two almost-entities would be too much, but I didn't expect the planet to do this...

With great strength, I picked myself back up feeling my strength in magic is really low. I am physically drained at the moment. My brain screamed at me internally to find any solutions before the damages become permanent.

Then I realized if I can find the Equestrian magic, I could potentially save this planet from total destruction So I lit up my horn and spread my dangerously low magic reserves throughout the area to find the source. When I found nothing I spread the scanners further and further.

The air shook violently almost throwing my magic off. It was all I could do to not pass out. Thankfully I caught myself continuing as best as I could. Then my magic finally grasped what I was looking for. The wisps of Equestrian magic escaped from a nearby crack in to the mantle itself. I ran to the beacon of equestrian magic as fast as possible.

I made it to the source overlooking that the source of the gathered up magic resembled a corpse. The source of the magic was too deep in the crack to reach physically and the magma would surely burn me alive. So, I carefully sit down and concentrate sucking in a long stream of air. A thin wisp of what looked like rainbow dust slowly exit out of the source. It wasn't enough to force as much magic out as possible.

Plus, I realize that there is a lot more raw magic than I originally thought. My horn lit up helping the flow. Something went wrong, however, when the magic eagerly rushed in waves of power pushed itself into my horn. I coughed abruptly seeing the magic flow transfer to my horn instead. A sharp pain immediately entered my skull simultaneously after.

I screamed in agony as I felt two appendages coming out of my sides of my back. I didn't care at the moment, nor the intense thumping in my skull. I needed to save the planet first before it was too late. I pushed through the agony in my skull and strain on my body. The magic of Equestria wrapped itself around my growing horn as it spread itself around the entire planet. I then forced the equestrian magic to reverse the damages done on the planet.

The process were almost soul shattering on the pain spectrum, but I realized my efforts were working. The ground, lava, and the chunks floating in the air were mending itself back to the earth from where it was once torn itself away. The ponies and demons all around were confused by the sudden shift. Almost like time was being reversed on an exploding egg. I still had a little more to go... Just... a... little more!

With the last bit of my effort the entire planet mend itself back into its original state. My body, not being able to hold the equestrian magic anymore, purged the remaining foreign magical force out of my mouth. It willfully forced its way out of me. While in the process of expelling said magic I felt the things that sprout from my sides earlier to disintegrate while I felt my horn grow back down to its normal length.

Once it all left I could barely keep myself from falling over on to the ground. I saw that the mane six had a variety of expressions plastered on each face. Some more malice then others. However, they didn't attack my defenseless form. Instead, they all pitched in to help me to stand up.

My surprise obviously showed through my weak expressions somehow as Twilight gave a sly smile toward me. "It's ok, just relax."

Applejack gave a hard glare toward me, but it slowly softened seeing the critical condition I was in. "You do have an aweful lot to explain to us, but that can wait for a later time. Right now you need rest. We'll take you to the doctor's."

I smiled weakly all around me feeling the dam behind my eyes almost break loose. Why are these ponies so understanding toward me now? I had turned into a complete monster a few moments ago, yet they didn't go for the kill when they had the chance.

"Did they somehow understand me?" I thought to myself, but I ignored that train of thought for the time being.

Reguardless, I felt my body burning dangerously low amounts of magic. At this rate, my entire body would pass out. I needed a good rest......Maybe for a while.....

My thoughts jumbled up as I felt my body relax itself. I felt my body slip from the grasp of reality and time. For the first time in years, I felt free.

Third Person View

A Week Later

The General Ponyvile Hospital was one of the biggest hospitals Equestria had to offer. Some of the best medical gifted ponies resigned in the hospital itself. This general hospital was known to have the most advanced medicine and best doctors on this side of Equestria. Matter of fact, only the General Canterlot Hospital could top them. Yet, the Worldquake had tested the medical field almost to its limits. News about the massive quake spread across all of Equis. Even a nurse working in the General Hospital named Nurse Red Heart knew of this matter.

She had gone through it. Red Heart was sure that just about everypony across the globe had similar experiences too. Although she was lucky enough to not lose anypony she held dear, that same matter could not be said for other ponies. Many Equestrians lost at least some type of blood relative during the natural disaster. Keeping the hospital extremely busy today, Red Heart walked quickly through the different rooms in the complex that made up the hospital. She carried a clipboard in her grasp scanning through the labelled rooms to check the state each patient was in currently.

The first one she entered was relatively an easy check up. Hard Hammer: a construction worker for the company HoofTap. The pegasus stallion's left ulna, humerus, and coracoid were all fractured in various degrees due to a large boulder falling upon his wing. She estimated that it would take a month or so for the bones themselves to mend properly for flight again.

She checked the heart monitor to double check on his internal state. Red Heart wrote down on her clipboard the information she needed before moving on to the patient next door.

When Nurse Red Heart entered, she first noticed the tip of the unicorn mare's horn seem to be broken off. As a result, it formed a lengthy crack almost down the middle to the base meeting her skull. This mare is named Radiant Jewel. She was originally a model for one of the Canterlot boutiques. The only reason why we even got this patient was because of the money offered for her repairs. She's no scientist, but it takes forever to move anypony from that distance, especially on carriage. Red Heart checked the heart monitor, doing her normal routine before moving on.

Next up was an older patient. He goes by the name Shadow Faze: the famous Hero of Equestria. The Elements of Harmony didn't give specific details, but they said that he overexerted himself taxing his magic too much. He appears to be still in a comatose state and strangely enough has a low heart beat. This state has lasted for about a week so far and it seems like it won't change today.

Nurse Red Heart sighed.

She personally felt bad for the stallion. According to the results that came in a few hours ago, the fire damages he received may never heal again. He may even become a vegetable for the rest of his life.

She wrote her data down before exiting the room a tingle of sadness tugging at her heart for the reality of his condition.

.....Not even the gods can save you now.......Shadow....

Author's Note

Sorry for the long wait this took. I had trouble finding what I needed to continue.I was planning on ending it here. This chapter is not the last of Shadow's adventures though. I decided to do another chapter with a sequel tied to this book.

Thanks again for the support that you guys have for my story and see you all later. Until next chapter......