The four ponies were walking though the market, going from stall to stall looking for supplies for their journey, well actually only Shadow, Cursed and Bean were looking for stuff to buy while Bloodmoon was just guiding them around the market. Every time Any of the group got distracted Bloodmoon would use his magic to pull them away from the stall so he could guide them to where they would get the most supplies, he mainly had to do this to Bean however as Cursed was too focused on thinking of a plan for when they find Lapis while Shadow would get distracted at the odd stand or two (normally containing special jars or liquids). The four where coming to the end of the market as Cursed was afraid that they won't have everything they require before Bloodmoon snapped him out of his worries,

"Ok you three, we're here." He turns towards them as he points his hoof to the left where stood a stall with maps, canteens, protective clothing you name it, and it would be there (if it is something to help you in the desert of course, no gaming consoles there), "You should be able to buy everything you need for your 'adventure' into the desert, now excuse me while I go do what I came here for." As he said this both Shadow and Bean made their way towards the stand as Bloodmoon begins to trot back though the market place. He was, however, stopped by Cursed,

"I need to thank you for helping me, I mean us, we really appreciate it." Cursed exchanges Bloodmoon a smile as he lends out his hoof for a bro hoof (if it's still called that). Bloodmoon looks at him showing a bit of annoyance before returning Curseds offer as he turns away, making his way through the market. Cursed turns round to see his friends coming back with both of their bags overflowing to the brim with equipment that can help them on their travels, "seeing as your here I'm going to guess that you brought what we need?"

"Yeah, I brought some rations and clothing, Bean just brought rations." Both Cursed and Shadow look towards Bean who was beginning to eat though his rations, which when he raises his head he notices both of the ponies staring him down which had caused him to drop his food and return their gaze with a cheeky grin. "Well I think it should be time we start going to here, " as Shadow says this she pulls out a map from her bag and points to what looks like the image of a temple, "It's the closest thing to where my cauldron map from early showed where Lapis is, so it's best to start here."

I think that's the best choice too, it does seem like I'm in some sort of structure or building. "Well according to Emerald he's in a building so we should defiantly check here." Shadow looks away from the map towards Cursed, giving him a concerned look,

"You ok, it must be difficult for you." Cursed gives Shadow a look that could only be described as the look you would when someone wishes you to be quiet, which in turn cause Shadow to retreat back into the map.

"Let’s get a move on, Bean?" Cursed looks towards the Alicorn as he sees him opening another ration,

"Yes," his reply was being muffled by another ration that he was scoffing down,

"Stop eating those and get a move on, let’s start going as soon as we can," Bean closes his bag as he began to make his way towards the desert, while Shadow had began to put away the map as she started to follow Bean, before being stopped by Cursed, "Yes, this is difficult for me, but if we don't hurry worse things will happen." The two finished their conversation as they began to make their way towards the desert, signalling Bean as it turns out he was walking in the wrong direction.

If you've ever been in a desert before ten you know that it can be harsh and dangerous, and this is what our three ponies had to face with each step. Everywhere they went all they saw was miles and miles of sand and with every few miles there would be some sort of danger, killer scorpions, sandstorms, you name it and they would face it. This didn't stop their journey however, nor their conversation,

"So, I was wondering," Cursed, covered in layers of desert clothing, turns towards Shadow, his voice sounding slightly exhausted form their journey, "early today your eye began to bleed, why is that?"

Shadow stopped in her tracks, causing Bean to crash into her, "One day you may find out why and on that day I want you two to be ready for that day, ok?" Her voice sounded shaky but also scared, as if it's a secret that she didn't want anyone to know. Cursed didn't say anything and just nodded along as Bean passes over the sand hill behind them.

"Hey you two, I've found a building, think it might be where Lapis is staying?" Cursed takes one last look towards Shadow, her face hidden away before she began to move towards Beans voice, Cursed following along.

As they passed over the hill they saw what looked like a small home made of sandstone, the building looked abandoned and rundown, the walls falling apart and the door looked old and broken down. The three made their way towards this building, each of them being slow as they were not sure if there were any traps nearby. They soon got the door as Cursed began to examine the door, thinking that it too could be a trap before Bean came from nowhere crashing into the door and landing into the centre of the room,

"where are you Lapis, I haven’t done a prank in days and it’s making me uneasy." He looked around the room, surrounding him was just old boxes gathering dust and cobwebs, a old wooden torch on the wall as well as the odd picture or two, but it was difficult to determine what they had because most of the photos were either gone or rotted away. Cursed and Shadow entered the room behind Bean and began to look though each of the boxes,

"I could have used that door to replace my old one Bean," Shadow scowled at Bean before turning towards one of the boxes in the room, opening it and rummaging though the junk inside, "Never mind, let’s just look though these, see if we can find anything confirming our suspicions or even the Amulet itself.” Cursed heard what Shadow said and began doing the same thing while Bean started moving towards the old torch, inspecting it for anything out of place.

“Give up Bean, you’re not...” Before Cursed could finish his sentence Bean tugged at the torch with his mouth and it breaks the stand behind it, which had made a section of the wall collapse on itself, “See, it’s not like it’s a story Bean, that wouldn't have opened a....” before he could finish another sentence the room began to sound like gridding metal, the sound mainly originating from Shadows direction, “or maybe it will.”

“Actually I think that was me,” Shadow began to move backwards from her box as it started to drop downwards and then slide to the left, reviling an open staircase leading to complete darkness. Cursed and Bean both exchanged looks of confusion as then made their way towards the entrance of the staircase.

“How exactly did you find this, and Bean get that torch out of your mouth,” Bean spits the torch out towards the staircase, the three of them listening to it hit off every step before hitting the bottom. The three began to make their way down the stairs, each of them no longer wearing their gear as the staircase seemed to give off a cold breeze. Cursed was first as he used his magic to light up the path, then Bean as he doesn't want Shadow to stop and crash into him again and of course then there was Shadow who was still trying to hid her face.

It had been almost an hour as the three were still going down the staircase, which was being timed by Lapis. He kept looking between the magic orb and his stopwatch, becoming more and more board with each passing second,

“This is boring, I thought at least Bean would decide screw it and fly down but nope, they all rather walk, I Regret building those bloody stairs." Lapis was sitting in front of his orb, waiting for the three to get to him before suddenly standing up and throwing his stopwatch to the side, "I can't wait any longer!" Lapis horn started to glow a dim light blue before the three ponies teleported away into a dark room.

With all that was going on Emerald seemed confused, he was unsure at who that voice was from before that had communicated with Lapis and to why Lapis was doing all this. He only knew one thing, Whoever that voice was knows about his existence in the Amulet.

Hey Cursed, there's something I need to tell you,

Could by any chance tell me what happened first,

You were transported by Lapis, he knows your here but there's something else. Earlier there was a voice that communicated with Lapis and gave him a strange device. It looks like it would be used to hold the Amulet but there's this weird addition to, which the voice had said that it would remove any foreign magic. I think he meant me.

Well that's not good, by the way it looks like there's a door at the end of this room and there's this dim light coming from under it. Lapis started to run around the room, looking for the device that was given to him by the voice. He soon found it and and then went towards the box containing the Alicorn Amulet, using his magic to hold both the items as he then cleans the room, making it empty and void. He had finished just in time as he heard voices from outside a door, a purple light emitting from underneath.

"So, you guys ready for this?" Cursed looked between his too friends, Bean looking uneasy, while Shadow looked like see was ready for a fight, "I'm going to assume you two are, lets see what's in here then." Cursed places his hoof against the door as it creaks open to reveal a empty dark room. The three enter inside, each step echoing of the walls before a sudden voice was heard,

"Finally, you three are all here," As this was said the room began to light up with blue magic like wisps, starting from the three friends and ending at the other side of the room, showing Lapis standing upon a pillar he had created using his own magic. Without hesitation both Bean and Shadow launched forward, Beans' horn lighting up with pink magic as well as Curseds' horn lighting up with his own magic. Before all three of their attacks connected with Lapis his pillar vanished and instead a force-field formed around him, repelling all of them.

The three regrouped at the centre of the room as Lapis began to laugh, floating in the air (like starlight did that once) as he began to gloat, "Wow, you three can't even hurt me, no wonder King Sombra had asked me to kill you three." Bean gives off a shocked gasp while both Shadow and Cursed ready themselves for combat, Curseds horn glowing with intense fury while Shadow, using her bat-wings, picks out a leathery looking book entailed 'Traps and imprisonments'.

"King Sombra? So that's the voice that spoke to you then!" Cursed voice echoes from wall to wall as it went towards Lapis, confused as to what was just said,

"How did you know that?" As he questioned Cursed his face began to light up with a realisation, "Wait a second, Emeralds still alive in the Amulet, isn't he?" He smirks towards Cursed until he heard another voice. It was Shadow, who was speaking in an language that Lapis couldn't decipher, "Quite you, we're having a conversation here." She was then silenced, her mouth closed by Lapiss' magic as then began to flick though her book as well as dive into her bag, which was now on the floor next to her.

"Shadow you ok?" Bean rushes to her as she signals him to look in the other side of the bag. Cursed sees his two friends look though the bag before turning back towards Lapis, anger filling up inside him as he began to charge towards him.

"So you want to fight, THEN LETS FIGHT!" Curseds voice booms throughout the room as Lapis starts to laugh at his actions, still thinking that his force-field could protect him. He was mistaken however, as the magic that Cursed was building up had released into a massive blast which contacted the bubble around Lapis and shattered it. Afraid for his life, Lapis quickly put the Amulet into the device and then attached it around his neck, right before Cursed leapt into the sky towards Lapis. The room was then filled with a flash of red as Cursed was thrown back towards his friends, both shielding their eyes as they went towards their friend, who had now obtained bruises and cuts from the explosion.

His two friends start to bandage up his wounds as Cursed looks towards the bright light. He sees that Lapis was then absolved by a white ball of light with rays of red coming out of it. He began to hear him laugh from inside it as a wave of red magic began to leave the bubble and land in-between both of them. The red magic attempted to form itself into the shape of a pony but couldn't succeed.

"Cursed...I...ne..ed your.....help!" Cursed knew that this was Emerald and, still injured, began to move towards him. Each step hurt him as blood was dripping down his body. His friends called out to him but he ignored them as he kept making his way towards Emerald, "Cur..se..d....please...help....I...Can't....stay.....together."

The bubble around Lapis had faded away as it revealed his new form. Like Cursed, his eyes were glowing a bright red but there was a difference. His fur had become Blacked and his new bat-wings were actually there, starting black like his fur and fading into a dark red. His cutie mark had changed into the Amulet and his Mane and tail had turned into a mix of dark red and dark blue. He began to look over himself, laughing maniacally as he started to attack the walls around him with his new red magic. He sees Cursed limping towards the magic wave that was Emerald and attempts to attack him with his magic but is stopped by Bean flying in and, using his own magic, creating a force-field around him to block his attack. It worked of course but the force of Lapiss' attack at thrown him back into the wall above the door.

"BEAN!" The magic that stopped her voice had faded away as she rushes towards his aid, noticing that he was thrown so hard that his head had begun to bleed, "Don't worry you'll be ok." She glances towards Lapis with anger in her eyes as she bandged Beans head. Lapis had ignored Cursed at this point as he flew towards Shadows location, his eyes burning with rage before a sudden change into laughter.

"I was only using 10% of my magic and it's strong enough to throw back an Alicorns magic, well an new Alicorn but who cares, soon you won't exist at all!"

Cursed finally reaches towards Emerald as he collapses in-front of him, "I have...an idea Emerald, but.... it's risky." His voice sounded faint due to the blood lose as his horn began to glow as it started to absorb Emerald,

"Lets...Hope...this works."

Lapis was about to let off an attack before a sudden boom erupted throughout the room, which caused him to turn and see what was Cursed who was now surrounded by an red magic bubble. Shadow notices this too and looks upwards towards Lapis, giving him a smirk as she then taunts him, "Looks like you shouldn't have ignored him, now you're the one that's going to die." He gives her a glaze of anger before flying over to the bubble.

"Well then, this is going to be interesting." the bubble began to expand until it had suddenly exploded, covering the while room in a flash of red before fading away to reveal Cursed. His fur was still Purple but had now developed light green patches, his cuitemark was now a his ps4 controller but made of Emerald and he had purple wings that faded into green. He had one blue eye and one Green and his mane was now red and yellow instead of the old red and neon blue.

Cursed looked over himself before turning towards Lapis, giving him a taunting smile as he begins to speak, his voice being a combination of both his and Emeralds, "So then, are we going to fight, or talk?" Lapis laughs under his breath at his remark before letting of his magic in his direction, which Cursed doges by launching himself into the sky. He then replies Lapis attack with his own, the magic being a combination of purple and green, as it hit the ground where Lapis used to be.

Confused, Cursed begins to look around for Lapis before hearing a sudden pop and then a pain in his left wing, causing him to plummet into the ground. Cursed gets up to notice that Lapis had teleported behind him again, as this time he used his magic to attack him. It was deflected by Cursed as he lifts himself back into the air with tremendous speed, "nice try, but your going to need to hit harder then that to hurt me." With no time wasted he rushes towards Lapis, who then teleports into the sky above him and attempts to attack him again but just misses. Cursed continues going forwards until he reaches both Shadow and Bean, who was still out from Lapiss' attack, "Shadow, can you try and trap him, like before?"

"I can try but you'll need to distract him, I'll need time to make sure Bean is still ok before I can get to reading the incantation." Cursed nods towards Shadow as she proceeds to heal Beans wounds, which Cursed only noticed now that he was centred in the middle of some ritual circle, "Before you ask, no he's not dead, this is just the best way I can heal him."

Cursed acknowledges as he turns to see a beam of red heading his way. Without hesitation he forms a force-field to repeal the attack as he sees Lapis charging up another one. Cursed starts to charge his own and as Lapis fires his Cursed does the same, both colliding into eachother creating a a light show of red, purple and green from the contact point.

"Impressive that you can withstanding this Cursed but I must burst your bubble, I'm only using 50% of my power. I think I should go all out, don't you?" Lapiss' beam of magic grew twice as large as it begun to push back Curseds' attack. Cursed was staring to be pushed back by Lapis attack before a beam of pink entered the fray. Cursed looks to his left and sees a still injured Bean helping him attack.

"Need some help there?"

"Very much, thanks Bean." Cursed gives him a friendly smile before turning back towards Lapis, him and Bean giving it their all to try and push back his attack. This worked, for a little while, as Beans attack started to fade as he collapses to the floor, "Bean!, Shadow you need..." As he calls for her he notices that she was speaking the same language as before, but this time she was able to finish her sentence. As she did, she quickly threw the book to one side and rush towards Beans aid. Cursed turns back to Lapis, still trying to hold back his attack as he sees a circle of light surround him. As it did, his attack began to fade away and soon disperse as Lapis becomes fully immersed by the light. Cursed stops his attack and smiles happily before collapsing onto the ground.

We can't stay like this any more, if we do your body could be torn apart with this magic overload!

I know, but do you want to stay in that Amulet, forever?

It's either that, or we both die.

Cursed starts to stand up and begin to fly up towards Lapis. He attempts to struggle but fails as Cursed uses his magic to remove the and the device from around Lapiss' neck, creating a flash of white before revealing the former orange and blue Lapis, still struggling.

"Why can't I my magic!?"

"Why do you think?" Shadow taunts Lapis as he still attempts to struggle out of the circle. Cursed proceeds to land and remove the Amulet out of the device and crushes it under his hoof. Cursed then places the Amulet and, with a flash of red he turns into when he first put on the Amulet.

Lets leave this place shall we?

You read my mind.

Cursed uses his magic to surround his two friends in a flash of red before disappearing back to Shadows home, leaving Lapis floating in his circle.

"Well, this sucks, I hope King Sombra will forgive me."

The three appear the Shadows' home as she quickly rushes into another room and brings out some supplies. She begins to create another ritual site around Bean as she asks Cursed to get some certain jars and viles from the shelves around the room.

So, do you think Lapis is going to try and go after us?

knowing him he might, but it will be a long time before that happens so he need not worry about him, lets just help your friend Shadow heal Bean.

Do you mean our friend?

Our friend.

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Lapis scoffs in mid-air before a voice begins to speak to him,

"YOU DARE FAIL ME LAPIS!" The voice boomed across the room, echoing from wall to wall giving Lapis chills down his spine.

"I...I'm sorry king Sombra but...."

"King Sombra? I'm not that worthless piece of dust." Reality began to distort around where Lapis was first seen as Cursed stepped out from the distortion, but his eyes were not the nice light blue but instead engulfed in a raging red. His fur was different too, instead of it being a dark purple it was instead a light blue and his mane was all purple. Behind him was another pony, Bean, but instead of looking like a Alicorn rainbow dash with pinkies tail he instead looked like a Alicorn Pinkie with Rainbows tail. And lastly their was another creature, but not a pony. Instead it was chrysalis looking changeling with long red mane with black streaks inside it and black voided eyes, similar to Shadow Pro.

"Who are you three, and why do you look like those three ponies you asked me to kill?" Lapis no longer felt scared at their presence but instead relaxed.

"Can't you tell you idiot, it's me Cursed, or well a different Cursed from another universe that is."

"So I'm going to guess that the Pinkie looking Alicorn is Bean and... who is that exactly?" He questions the Changeling who doesn't respond to his question with words but instead hisses in his direction, which caused chills to run back down Lapiss' back.

"That need not be important, what is important is your punishment for failing to follow my simple instructions, Bean, go have your fun." Cursed then begins to teleport in two bags of popcorn as he and the changeling began to eat them as they watch Bean make his way towards Lapis.

"So what are you going to do to me?" Lapiss' voice sounded scared as Bean stopped his approach towards him.

"Tell me, have you heard of a story called Cupcakes?" Bean gives a devilish smile to Lapis as he continues his approach, removing the magic circle around him and teleporting in an assortment of equipment and tools, all of them being a striking similarity to the tools used in the story of Cupcakes.

Author's Note

The last chapter in the story, but not in the series. I will be planning on the next story for the future series but for now I have got another idea for a story, one for a GRIMDARK so be ready for when it starts and have a good day.