Death Likes me Rough

The Gods Hide in Shadows

Somewhere in the Outskirts of Equestria and Dragon Lands, Unknown region of the World where no laws and rules apply…

A portal opened up with a single whinte unicorn wearing a cloak walked out of the portal. The chancellor gave a grunt as he closed his portal behind him, appearing inside of a dimmly lit cave of torches and glowing rocks.

He paused as he looked around, giving a few careful glances before he spoke out. “My Love? I have returned!”

His words bounced around in the cave, echoing loudly until silence. After that silence, a laughter came and soon from the shadows of the cave, his beloved came. His heart melted and he approached his lover. From the shadows, a mare in white with pink bubblegum mane and tail came out. Her figure was tall, skinny and stunning with such radiating beauty that he had no idea how she fell for him.

Perhaps it was the fact that they shared a hatred for non-unicorns or perhaps that she was such a diviant in bed and treated him like such a ruler. Or… perhaps he was an old fool who fell in love with a beauty like her.

Either way, Fluer De Lis was his lover, a secret to high and above that she deserved to be a Princess far more than the other unholy abomination that currently rescided in Canterlot. He almost ran towards her, practically skipping to her. At the last moment, he was going to reach for her, kiss her and make love to her until she begged him to stop and…

“Sleep.” Was all that she said. Her voice going from sweet, to dark then… sinister. The command was quick and Neighsay almost ran face first into the ground as he collapsed, skidding right to her hooves. His gentle snores filled the cave and she half snorted with laughter. “And yet again, this gullible idiot thinks I would ever let him touch my body. Pathetic!”

From where she stood, a flash of green fire consumed the mare, covering her in a bright blaze then… where once stood a beautiful mare, now stood a taller insectoid-pony hybrid in black chinitn. Covering her form was a thin green dress made of silk that showed signs of wear and tear. It barely covered her dark green nippes or pussy, not that she cared.

Chrysalis, former changeling queen stood tall, proud and menacing. She gave a look of disgust to the pony that has been under her hypnosis this whole time. “I wouldn’t even urinate on you, if you begged.”

“Ohhh, sounds like something of a ugly fetish, don’t you think, former Queen!?” Chrysalis snapped her head to the voice and from the shadows emerged King Sombra. The black unicorn with a red horn, sturdy armor that surrounded his body and red cape, mockingly stroded forward. “I wonder what your subjects would think if they saw you do something like that?” A mock pause, then a grin. “Oh that’s right, you have no subjects.”

A growl/hiss left the queen as she charged up her horn and fired immediately at him. Sombra turned to mist, the beam harmlessly passing through him before he reformed. He cocked an eyebrow. “Touchy subject then?”

“I’ll kill you enough times where you’ll beg to stay dead, you souless husk!”

A sharp bark of laughter came from him. “Is that your best insult?”

A snarl left her but before she could launch herself, something flew into her vision. “Oh, hiya Chrsy! You remember, lil ole me?!” A pink pegasus hovered in front of her with baby blue curls and a matching dress.

Chrysalis gave a harsh snarl at her as well, trying to swap at her but the filly ducked and hovered a few feet away. “Hey! That’s not nice! Why would you try to hurt, lil me?!” She fauxed a pouting face.

“Probably the same reason she tried to hurt you the first time.” A red centaur came walking in. Lord Tirek, came stodding in bored tone. “Last I check, you grew and are likely a bigger target now and move slower?”

A big gasp left Cozy Glow. “Are you calling me fat?!”

The adults rolled their eyes but Sombra gave a grunt. “Why is this insufferable child with us, once more? You figured the ponies would have released her from stone to try and reform her or something?”

“Well duh, Sombrero!” A sharp ‘Ha!’ came from Chrysalis at the nickname and Tirek smirked at this. Sombra was not happy. “Why do you think I aged up?” She mockingly stated. “They brought me out, tried to reform me and then… I tried to take over Equestria again.” She looked down at her form with a still thin frame but decent breasts and a longer body. “Though one of the magic doohickies I used, made me older temporarily. But when they took my magic away, I didn’t revert back and got sent to jail this time because I physically had aged like… five years.” She then gave a soft groan. “I hit puberty like a train and it sucked.”

“Enough!” Barked Chrysalis. “How did you free us from the prison?”

“She didn’t!” A deep, menacing voice emerged from the shadows. Yellow piercing evil eyes glowed as with each step, a sense of dread came upon them. Unlike Sombra, the shadows didn’t cover him, he was the one who created the darkness and from the darkness, a ram standing almost as tall as Tierk emerged.

“Grogar!?” Each villain exclaimed. The ram with two long horns, body muscular and rigid, with a toned body that makes Tirek envious stood out from the shadows.

A pause for everyone before three of the four let out growls. “Discord! You are not pulling this off, again!” Chrysalis snarled, her horn charging up.

“We don’t need your hijinks to mock us!” Tirek exclaimed, his body ready to fight once more.

“Yeah, what they said.” Gozy stated, though she stayed her distance.

Meanwhile Sombra looked at them in confusion. “Why are you saying its Discord?”

Rather than respond, Grogar merely lifted his hand and with the magic and power he wielded, wrapped all three who spoke out against him by their necks. Each one was choked, lifted in the air gasping for breath as held their breathes in his palm.

Sombra looked mildly surprise at the notion, not really caring for their well being. Grogar held them like that for a few moments, waiting for them to understand that this was not Discord. That this was the real Grogar and he is not one to take jokes likely.

Finally, when their bodies strained for air, he dropped them all to the floor, letting their bodies land harshly. Each one took a deep breath, trying to regain their air and feeling so weak all of a sudden.

With a growl to match a dragon’s, the true Grogar moved towards them. “You do not dare mention, that idiots' names around me! Do you hear?!” He barked. While in recovery, they managed weak nods, while Sombra looked passively. “He played you like the toys you were and even when you had all that power, all that strength, you all,” He even glanced at Sombra. “-lost! How pathetic and weak you spineless creatures are!”

When the trio managed to regain their breathes, he remained glaring at them as he walked towards the center. With his hand, he conjured a stone chair from the very floor and sat down.

With a growl, he continued. “He soiled my name not just in front of you pathetic lots but in front of the world! They think now that I am just a name or tale that has been forgotten! That useless chimera will rue the day he even thought of disguising himself as me!”

Chrysalis worked her vocal cords until she managed to speak up enough, though she remained steady and choice with her words. “So… if you are not Discord, and you know we have failed in the past, why bring us here?”

For a moment, Gorgar gave a small silent glare at them and registered the information. “While you have failed, I will admit that you had come close,” A small snarl. “The good that did any of you. But with my bell destroyed, I have a new goal in mind and it involves each of you. This time, you will work together and you will followed my rules. If there is any attempt to try and overthrow me, just know,” The air grew deadly cold and the very walls trembled at his tone. “Death will be a mercy compared to what I will do to keep you alive as I torture you endlessly for eons! Even then, your souls will be mine as I will burn your life force until you fade from existence! DO NOT TRY ME!!!”

The ground shook, the air quaked and their hearts were beating heavily in their chest. Even Sombra was fazed by this but didn’t show it.

An unspoken agreement was made and he snorted. “You all had your chance to take over Equestria and you failed miserably. Even combining your forces, they still ended up beating you all and I find that pathetic. However-” He conjured up a projection that displayed a giant tower of sorts with a giant center piece surrounded by petal of metallic arches. “this is where you had merely adopted some passible details in your attempts.”

“This tower will be constructed and it will do what you idiots could never dream of. It will drain the magic of everything and channel it into a single place where I will be able to control it.”

Cozy gave a small snort. “I tried that already! Your just taking my idea and-” Grogar eyed her and she ‘eeped’ before hiding behind Tirek in fear. The centaur gave a grunt to get her off him.

The ram gave another snort. “You attempted to gather all the magic in Equestria, but this will gather all the magic in the world!” The projection showed the tower drawing in all the magic and creatures from all over will falling over. Not just ponies, but dragons, changelings, griffins, even monsters he had created and other magical items!

“Everything, every little creature, every annoying little amulet, will be drained and pulled into here. Once this is done, I and I alone will contain the world’s only source of magic.” He then eyed them all with a small snarl. “Only and only if you prove your loyalty to me, will I share it enough to allow to rule your own areas and slaves.” He stopped the projection. “You will each have your own tasks and within time, your powers will grow as I grow with it.”

Sombra, for the first time eyed the ram with unconvinced skepticism. “Do you think we could hide something like that from the world?” He asked truthfully. “Surely a structure that grand will be notice, either by the ponies or other creatures.”

“I have to agree with Sombra on this one,” Tirek added with crossed arms. “To erect it would draw unwanted attention, not to mention the materials to bring it all together.”

Grogar gave a small wave of his hand. “That is where you all lack insight. Each one will take on a task to bring my project together. You already started it when each of you were given a task when you were freed.”

Chrysalis gave a small hiss of annoyance. “So you were the one who told me to manipulate this idiot,” she pointed behind her at the unconscious form of the Chancellor Neighsay. “-into a racist extreme rant on Celestia, her lizard son. He's either dead by now or weak. Though why ask me to kidnap the scientists?” She crossed her arms under her massive breasts. “Last I checked, they are still looking for most of them.”

Grogar snorted. “That is why I need you to infiltrate the castle and manipulate as many of them as possible. They will construct my machine under the guise of a new project. Canterlot will think it something for their benefit when it reality, it will destroy them.”

The ram turned to Cozy. “Despite your first attempt to take all the magic, I will say you were within adequate standards of using relics to aide in doing so. I will provide you with the materials used to make it happen once more.” Gozy slightly beamed at the minimalist praise but remained silent.

“Tirek, you are the expert of manipulating fields and drainage of magic. Your task will involve to bend and mold those materials to withdraw all forms of magic. Whether it be pony, creature or even a blade of grass, that machine will take everything.”

He then settled on Sombra. “As for you,” Sombra gave a raised eyebrow. “You will hide the machine when a section or piece is done in your shadow realm. No creature will know it is there and will not attempt to think you are alive once more to aide us.”

Sombra stayed silent but gave an optimistic shrug. “I will do it, but only if I can keep my Crystal Empire to me and control those who live it under my rule, no one else.”

Grogar gave a glare. “Do not test this alliance with patience. You aide in this, you will get what you desire. But cross me, and not even the shadows and death will protect you from my wrath.”

Both opposing forces stared at one another, trying to out glare one another and make the other flinch. It almost seemed at a stalemate but Sombra lost, though he passed it off as a scoff.”Very well, when a piece is complete, it will remain hidden.”

Grogar gave snort and stood from his chair. “Once more, this will require patience and unity through our common goal to control the world, will we remain victorious. If you follow my law, you will become gods! If you remain loyal to me, your life will remain unchallenged! And when the time comes four our foes, our enemies and every single creature who stands in our way, will feel the might of our power!” With that, he looked at each one of them. “Now, who is ready to watch the world burn?!”

Author's Note

The darkness is coming, no one sees it coming and it will be so hard to stop them.

This is nothing short of a filler and I apologize. Now, the real story has been cut down again and it will now be a three to four chapter that will time skip alot. I apologize but this story needs to end for something much more different. The characters are now going to stay on Spike and Spike alone. This is just to let you know of the plot behind the scenes and what will cause a stir in the world.
The long delay, despite covid changing its outcourse has ruined what would have been a long grand story. But I still thank you all for staying with it.