The Soul Reaver

A/N: Here we are ladies and gents. The end of the first arc. This is where shit gets crazy!

The Road So Far...

Dean has remembered his life when he was alive revealing himself to be an infamous mobster. While he has been continuing his adventures though, he has been hearing strange voices everytime he befriends someone. What could this mean?

Tech has destroyed the sentiment of his sister, leaving a dark hole in himself that he wishes to ignore through training. Will he be able to face these thoughts on his own?

Jay has revealed himself to be older than originally thought, and being one of Deaths lieutenants. He has also revealed to have wiped Deans memories of Nex when he was a child. Will this come back to haunt him?

We'll find that out eventually.

(Dean's team - Noble Sector)

You know, getting my ass kicked is actually rather new for me. Puts things into perspective, so to speak. Here I am, being helped by Twilight as we head back to the square. I couldn't help but actually grin at the scene as it played in my head. Maybe I should have given her more credit then I originally thought. She actually sent the friggin' attack back to him as if he was Ganondorf!

"Dean, how are you feeling?" Twilight's concern interrupted my thoughts. I stared at her a few seconds, not blinking, before grinning.

"I'm feeling better, I can tell you that much." I answer. She smiles back and out a sigh of relief. "Twilight..." I began. She looked at me with her full attention. "I've been a little harsh, and I understand that..." I began. Honestly, for most of the time, I pretty much bummed around the library and read, doing nothing else since nothing really came up. I look to her with determination

"But understand this. I'll do everything I can to make sure that we get through this. You have my word." I promise her. She giggled a little, which threw me off.

"Dean, you don't have to promise anything! I know you'll do it, just like I know that you acted harsh because you had my safety in mind." She nuzzled my side, which actually brought a soft smile to my face. I chuckled lightly before I petted her head, which brought a sigh of contentment from her.

We finally arrive at the square to see Rainbow Dash flutter around impatiently. She saw us and zoomed over. "Geez, what took you guys so long?!? I was already done in ten seconds flat!" I sigh with annoyance and smack her upside the head. "Hey!"

"What, you don't see me limping here?" I snap back. She looked closely, before chuckling nervously and rubbing the back of her head with her hoof.

"ehehe, sorry 'bout that..." She apologized. I waved her off to let her know that she was fine.

All three of us headed back to the center square to meet up with the others, and found Jay and his team there, but Tech was still missing.

"Jay, did you find anything?" I ask him as we approach the fountain. He nodded and showed me a giant sword hilt in his hand. I nodded and we waited for the others.

Off in the distance, I spotted Applejack and Rarity, but no Tech.

"AJ! Where's Tech?" I shout to them. They got closer, and Rarity stood in front of me. She looked down with a depressed look upon her face.

"Tech... He... he had to fight the other sentiment on his own. He won, but the sentiment turned out to be his sister, So death allowed him to back out to collect his thoughts and train." Rarity told me. I nodded grimly, but I couldn't help but feel slightly annoyed. That leaves us two for two, if you count Zachary's unknown employer.

"well shit... how the hell are we going to fight off those renegades? We're rather even, but they're more powerful than us!" I exclaimed.

"Perhaps I can help you with that." We turn to find a Brazilian man in a grey business suit complete with a fedora. His eyes glowed yellow, hiding a vast amount of power.

"Mr. Cress? I thought y'all would have left!" Applejack exclaimed in surprise. I raised an eyebrow, but didn't ask, since I'll take what I can get.

He smiled in amusement and shook his head. "No, I still have unfinished business with Nex." he turned to me with a serious expression on his face. "Pandillero, if you wish to know where they are currently hiding," he points towards the castle in the distance. "They are there waiting for us. Do you wish for me to help you?" He asks. I nod my head, despite him saying what I was in spanish. no one gasped or looked shocked, so I'm guessing they didn't understand him. He smiled and chuckled. "Very well. Lead the way hijo." He tells me.

Before we could continue though, Death appeared before us in his human form. "Cress, I see you decided to help my wraiths. I may just let you go after all..." He says with a rather dark undertone. Cress chuckles.

"Yes, I guess you could say I want to reconcile my short comings." He replied. Death nodded and looked to both me and Jay.

"Okay, I'll need the weapons so I can return them to their owners." We both nod and hand him the weapons we recovered, I was a bit worried because Tech was missing. He must have saw my worried look and placed a hand on my shoulder. "Do not worry, Tech already gave me the weapon he collected. you just worry about taking care of the Renegades." He commands. I nod with grim determination and he disappeared before I could get a word in, leaving me with the others.

"Geez, he could at least say thanks..." Rainbow dash grumbled. I chuckle lightly and pat her on the head.

"Trust me Dash, being a wraith is a very thankless job." I tell her. With that, we head off towards the castle. It was a rather large place, even from a distance. I saw Twilight look nervous, but was still excited to see the forgotten castle in all its glory. I can't say I don't share it, I mean, friggin Avalon! Come on!

(OST)

It was a few hours before we were before the gates to the castle courtyard. Surprisingly, the gate was already risen and off in the distance was three figures seated around a table. As we got closer, I was able to recognize Zachary amongst them. The other two I didn't recognize was a rather tall man in an all-black suit with a slicked back set of pitch black hair and crimson eyes. The other man had long hair tied into a pony tail tied by a black ribbon and and wore a butlers outfit with coattails.

"Full house." the man in black laid his cards down. The butler laid down his hand.

"Royal flush." He then grabbed all of the poker chips in the middle.

Zachary threw his cards into the air. "GOD DAMN IT!" He shouted and pointed at the two accusingly. "How are you two doing this so easily? I can't even see a facial muscle move!" he exclaimed.

"Years of practice." The strangers droned out at the same time. However, their expressions were entirely different. The one with the ribbon held a bored expression, while the tall one had a goofy grin on his face.

Zachary then glared at the tall man. "Damn it Tom, I know you're cheating! I understand Nex here," He gestured towards the pony-tailed man. "to be good at poker, but you are just cheating!" He exclaimed.

"Tom" simply waved it off. "Oh calm down Zachary, your acting like a horny Incubis." He sighed. He then looked in our direction, and his grin grew even wider.

We all stared at him, myself with an eye twitch, Cress with a bored look, and Jay with a blank expression on his face.

"What... The... Hell...?" I mumble. "Tom" Turned to me, and the once wide grin grew even wider.

"Ah! Dean! How good to see you!" The tall one got up from his chair, and I pulled out my wraith blade hilt in preparation. Jay activated his... battle ax? Wait, I can't think about that now, and Cress pulls out a... gunblade? Seriously? MUST. NOT. SNARK! "Tom" looked amused. "Well, that's a nice welcome. My name is Mot, nice to meet you." He introduces himself. He gestures to the ribbon man, who for some reason, was looking very fidgety. "This, is Nex. Dean, I do believe you two know each other." He says. Whoa, what?

"Have you been playing with your titties too much? I don't know this guy." I raise an eyebrow. Jay snickers at the joke, and I can't help but smirk a little. Nex's face looks grief stricken for a moment, before it comes back to a look of determination.

"Dean, I know those memories are there somewhere! Please, just try to remember!" He was practically begging at this point.

"Dean, why are you wasting your time with this? You don't know the guy, so what's the point of this?" Jay sounded slightly panicky, but I don't bother with it. I try to think back, but nothing really comes up.

I shook my head. "Nope. Nothing." I say with a bored look. Zachary and Mot look at Nex with a cautious look, and I couldn't blame them. He looked absolutely crushed.

(Team Wraith  V. Team Nex)

REBEL 1, ACTION!!!

But then he laughed.

His tiny laugh turned into a giggle, then into a chuckle, until finally it was full blown insane laughter. His purple eyes pupils dilated into pinpricks as his grin was just feral and predatory. Hell, I could feel the fear that the ponies were radiating!

"OF COURSE! Being betrayed isn't enough for Death! He must take away the only person that I held close to me, and wipe his memories!" He then pulls out a foot and a half long knife that was glowing with a purple aura. "But don't worry Dean! tu, ut meminisse me! Domino chaos! Enim Discordia!" He shouted with an air of insanity.

Wha- FUCK! I began to feel this horrible headache as soon as he spoke in latin, it nearly brought me to my knees, but I held strong and remained standing. It felt like something was trying to crawl out of my head! The grip on my Weapon tightened, and immediately activated.

"GRRRAAAHHHH!!!!" The blade roared to life, which caused air to dance around me in a circle. The pain was pushing me over the edge, forcing me to become much more aggressive then normal.

"So, you wish to fight?" Mot smiled menicingly. He began to glow black and gold. "Very well." with a blinding light, his form changed into a monster hiding in a coffin.

Mot... Shit, it's a Canaanite...

Mot is the Cannanite god of Death, that means he must have a lot more power than any sentiment. Cress smirked and pointed his gunblade at Mot.

"You. You're mine demonio." Cress stated. Mot's teeth flashed behind the shadow of his coffin.

Zachary prepared his diseased nails. "Well, I can't let Tom here have all of the fun!" His smirk turned predatory. Jay activated his aura around his battle ax.

"Alright sickness, I got you. Let's dance you dirty limey." Jay taunted. Zachary's eyes flashed with anger, but his smirk remained anyway.

With the pain already subsided, I was ready to fight Nex. I look to the mares. "You six! Get out of here, this shit is going to get ugly!" I warn them. As soon as I said that, the other four disappear, leaving me and Nex with each other and the ponies. We immediately teleport at each other and collide. The deadlock held for a few seconds before a frustrated snarl escaped from Nex's lips.

"Get out of my way Dean!" He pushed me away and sent a powerful kick to my sides that sent me flying away from. As I soared, I could hear explosions rocking the very foundation around us. Out of the corner of my eye, I could see Cress dodge chunks of gold being sent at him. I landed with a thud, and I got up as fast as I can. I saw Nex ready to cut Twilight in half, she was cowering as he must have teleported in front of her. I teleported in front of her and lashed out my own attack.

"INFERNAL RAPTURE!" I sent him high into the air, except this time I teleported above him and did an axe kick and sent him crashing into the ground. "KEEP THEM OUT OF THIS, YOU SONOFABITCH!" I shout at him as I landed. He gets up with a growl, and begins to glow with a purple flame. wait, he isn't...

"Restriction level 1, released!" the fire that surrounded him blasted off as he crackled with purple lightning.

Two can play at that game jackass! Blue fire gathered around me as I prepared.

"Restriction level 1, released!" I heard myself and the other wraiths shout. We must be thinking the same thing. Perfect.

Nex's purple soul wavelength gathered into his knife. "CHAOS PEELER!" A wave was sent after me, I jumped over it, but Nex teleported above me and threw me to the ground.

"Impure air!" He let loose a breath of purple air into my face. I coughed, and tried to wave it away. I felt my muscles lock up and became paralyzed.

"There..." Nex's voice whispered into my ear. That... is just creepy...

"Now you'll stay here without getting in my way." With that, he teleported away. Shitballs, I've got to fight this off!

'The next level is open...' Death's voice rang in my head.

What?

(Cress V. Mot 5 minutes earlier)

"Well Cress, it certainly has been a long time!" Mot shouted with a deranged tone. Cress smirked as he dodged another wave of golden shrapnel.

"Aye Mot, I haven't seen you since I traveled the underworld." His gunblade glowed a golden hue.

"Satan's slash!" Cress created a wave of pure power from his blade that soared at Mot, who quickly hid in his coffin to defend himself. The wave crashed into the coffin, but it did little to no damage.

"Come now Cress, you should know that my coffin protects me from all outside attacks." Mot taunted. Cress frowned.

"Now isn't that just unfair..." Cress grumbled. Mot laughed.

"Yes,well I'm afraid I'm going to have to end this." The area began glowing a bloody red hue. "Wrath of babylonia!" Coffins and tombstones bursted from the ground and floated in the air. Cress stared at the gathering of stone, and couldn't help but chuckle as he prepared his legs. The coffins were all sent after him.

Just before they could hit him, Cress leaped onto the nearest coffin and began jumping off of the them to get closer to Mot as the rain of grave markers continued.

The Canaanite was growing frustrated. The Brazilian just wouldn't take a hit! His hand glowed red as the area once more took on a crimson shade. "Netherworld Pull!" before Cress could counter, he was floating in the air with no control.

"Shit!" he cursed. Mot then brought his arm down, forcing Cress to crash into the ground. the business man quickly jumped to his feet and prepared to continue the fight.

(Jay V. Zachary)

"Come on Sickness, you can at least try to hit me!" Jay laughed as he dodged another swipe of Zachary's nails. Zachary was growing more and more angry at the other wraith,

Jay was then knocked backwards from a kick that Zachary sent to his chest. He balanced himself, and observed Zachary prepare a green flame around his body.

"Ah, so you want to play like that, huh?" Jay grinned. And olive flame danced around him.

"Restriction level 1, Released!" Both wraiths shouted.

"Well then Mr.Jolek, are you ready?" Zachary asked. Jay grinned and silently nodded. They charged at each other, and collided with an audible boom. They then teleported away from each other and charged once more.

This continued for a few seconds before Zachary had enough. He snapped his fingers and a small green flame erupted from them. "Plague's grip!" Rotten hands sprouted from the ground and held onto Jay's feet, effectively preventing him from escaping. The Englishmen then charged at Jay with glowing nails. "Tainted Blood!" The attack slashed Jay across the face, sending blood to the floor.

"SHIT! I CAN'T EVEN SEE!" Jay shouted. The attack must have caused an ailment. He felt the hands of Zachary's attack let him go, giving Jay enough time to recuperate.

'Damn it, if I leave myself open for anything, this'll happen! Wait, I could...' He then slammed the pole of his battle axe into the ground and felt the earth rise around him. "Diamond Dome!" Jay was then encased in a dome of diamond that protected him from all angles, giving him time to think up a plan.

'looks like level two is needed...' Jay grinned.

(Dean V. Nex)

'The hell is level two? Restriction level two?' I thought, trying to get Death to answer, but heard nothing in reply. Okay, I'm just going to have to assume...

I braced myself for the rush of power as I saw a brighter blue fire gather around me.

"Restriction level 2, released!" The fire bursted off of me, and I felt even more powerful than before. I looked at my wraith blade, and noticed that it looked much more sharper, and it actually was straighter than last time. The blade itself was actually flowing off of the hilt!

Oh~ yeah... say goodbye to those titties...

I teleported where Nex was and noticed that he was about to strike at Rainbow dash. I charged at him and slashed once.

And say hello to these titties.

"Icicle Disaster!" I saw Spikes of Ice trail after me as they struck Nex, easily freezing him in a large chunk of Ice. I then slashed upward, shattering the Ice into a million pieces. I kicked Nex in the chest and sent him flying into the building.

"What part of 'leave them alone' did you not understand!?" I shout at him. Nex exited the hole with a look of rage on his face.

"Restriction level 2, released!" he shouted. Now the field is even! an idea came to mind, and I snapped my fingers, creating an intricate seal at my feet. Ghosts then warped into existence, all of them mobsters with loaded tommy guns.

"Hail mary!" Nex noticed the guns, and placed a palm on his knife.

"Lords will." a pink glow covered him. My ghosts unloaded on Nex, creating a smoke screen from all of the bullets that were fired at him. I thought I had won, so I turned towards Rainbow Dash with a grin that she returned.

"Ain't that something?" I tell her, but her face turns to horror as she looks past me. I turn back and notice Nex standing there with the same glow around him. His smirk was feral as he dashed forward. He slashed downward, I moved to the left and lunged forward with my sword and he dodged. He stabbed forward, and I parried it to the left. He kicked forward and sent a few feet back. I saw him place a glowing purple hand on the floor and began his next attack.

"Geyser!" Light erupted from the ground below me, sending me into the air. Above me, I saw Nex prepare an attack to send me to the ground with an axe kick. When the kick was about to land, I quickly grabbed it and countered. I spun in the air and threw him to the ground and trailed after him. I then stomped down on his back, getting a growl of pain in return.

"How's that you ass monkey!" I taunt. I heard a growl from as he lifted me off of his back with ease. He gripped my leg and threw me into a building.

"Chaos Peeler!" a wave of energy shout forward and crashed into me, putting me in a world of pain.

I get up from the rubble, and look to see that everyone is in the same area as the rest of us. Cress was fighting off Mot with a little bit of difficulty, and Jay was holding his own. jay noticed me in the rubble, and dashed to my location and helped me up.

"You okay man?" He asked with concern. I growl in anger.

"That bastard is going down..." I say under my breath. He gave me a headache, and now he's trying about as hard as my nipples on a cold winters night to kill Twilight!

I felt Jay's grip on my shoulder tighten. "Dude, don't let anger help you fight. It won't end well." He warned. I glared at him, but lightened it when I saw the concerned look in his eyes. I grinned at him and laughed.

"Don't worry, I'll be fine." I tell him. I noticed Zachary heading this way, and returned my gaze to Jay. "You might want to get ready." I tell him as I gesture towards his oncoming opponent. He looked and smirked as he prepared his ax.

"Heh, they just won't give up." He looked at me. "Want to take care of the both of them?" He asked deviously. I smirked in response and nodded. His grin got wider as he charged at Zachary and I moved towards Nex, who was trying to find the ponies.

I had an Idea, and gathered Ice into my fist and ran towards Nex and gave him an uppercut. Under him, a giant fist of Ice erupted from the ground and launched him towards the direction that Zachary is in.

"Gaia's wrath!" Jay launched Zachary with a giant fist of the stone floor coming up and knocking him into the air. Jay followed up with a smack across the chest with the axe as if the Englishmen was a baseball.

Nex and Zachary collided into each other and created a shockwave that made a dent in the floor. They both proceeded to get up, and Mot teleported next to them as Cress appeared on our side.

"Well, we seem to be doing fairly well." Cress commented smugly. I chuckled. He was right, we were originally getting our shit slapped by them, but in the end, we won.

"THAT'S IT! NO MORE PLAYING AROUND!" Nex shouted as he rose from the ground. A ball of purple energy began to gather in his hand. "Zachary! Mot! Cover your ears!" He exclaimed. Mot closed his coffing, while Zachary began to glow a dark green and gave the all clear to Nex.

"WAILING SOULS!" As soon as those words were uttered, my ears fucking popped. I could vaugely hear the screams of the dead, just like I could when I first entered in equestria.

We were all on the ground holding our heads, blood leaking from our ears as the screams continued. The screams just wouldn't end!

(Death and ???? - five minutes earlier)

Death, in his human form, stood and watched the fight with interest. He observed how Dean had used his training and guessed correctly when he told him to use his second restriction, so he couldn't help but feel a little proud.

"Hmhm, so this is where you bide your time Death." Death turned to see an old familiar face. The man wore a regular three piece black suit. His hair was a light blonde, and his eyes were the purest blue.

Death's eyes narrowed. "Louis. I thought you weren't allowed to interact with the mortal realm." Death replied. Louis chuckled as he scratched the back of his head.

"Well, dad does tend to forgive sometimes. He gave me some leniency, and I have learned my lesson." He said. He then turned his attention towards the fight and noticed someone. "So, ol' Mot is at it again, huh? Haven't heard of him involved with anything since that fog incident with Izanami." He asked casually. Death snorted. He remembered that upstart. Always about philosophy, those ones.

"Those your boys down there?" Louis asked. Death nodded, but quickly grabbed his shoulder.

"There are some mortals a few ways out. do you think you can get them?" Louis thought for a moment, before he smirked.

"Why not? Besides, that'll mean you owe me." He laughed. Death facepalmed, but nodded. With that, Louis teleported away.

'Fuck my immortal life...' Death thought to himself with a sigh. He felt that this was going to bite him in his boney ass later...

(Team Dean and Team Mot)

FUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCK-

"Primal force." I heard a muffled explosion, and looked up with blurred vision and saw a man in a cheap black suit. The attacks stopped completely as we all gazed upon the stranger. Mot actually held a look of surprise and fear as he gazed upon him.

"Mot." The stranger had a deep rich voice. it held the air of authority and danger, along with mischief. Mot, surprisingly, nodded and grabbed both Nex and Mot as he reverted back into his human form.

"Zachary, get the carriage. We need to get out of here." Mot commanded. Nex immediatly began to struggle.

"NO! I'LL KILL THOSE FUCKING ELEMENTS! DAMN IT, LET ME GO!" Nex was practically screaming as Zachary and Mot held him back.

"Damn it Zachary, get the carriage!" Mot yelled. Zachary nodded and summoned a familiar mode of transportation. They got in and immediatly took off into the distance. The stranger looked at us with a small smile. It wasn't reassuring, nor was it malevolent.

"Well, Death wants me to help you three." He explained. Well, that certainly does help. But wait, what about the others? The stranger must have noticed my worry, because he chuckled with mirth. "Don't worry, I got them first before I came for you three. they're a safe distance away. Right at the edge of the forest I believe, So I think I'll teleport you three there as well." Before I could get a word in, a white light engulfed us as we appeared in front of the ponies.

Twilight lunged forward and gripped me in a tight hug. The others looked over Cress and Jay, while Twilight was fretting over my condition, But there was still one thing on my mind.

What did he mean when he said 'safe distance'?

(Louis & Death - High above Avalon)

"You know, this place can still be used for the wrong purposes." Death told himself as he floated. He turned to his side to see Louis next to him wearing a grin.

"Are you saying what I think you're saying?" He asked with very minor glee in his voice. Death sighed, knowing he'll hear about it from his boss, but he nodded.

"Destroy it." Death commanded. Louise's grin grew so much, it almost split his face in half.

"With pleasure." Louise growled bestially. Death disappeared and left Louise to his own devices.

Three sets of majestic wings sprouted from his back. A single feather floated to his hand. It was pulsating with pure power. He held the feather to his lips and whispered a few words of power before blowing it out of his hands.

The lone feather floated down to the city, slowly but surely making its way down to the ground.

"Megidolaodyne." Louise's voice echoed through the wind. The Feather glowed brightly, before erupting.

The world was then on fire.

(Dean)

Holy shit...

A mushroom was seen from the distance, in the general direction of Avalon.

Avalon was gone.

Forever...

End Of Sententia Arc...

A/N: And thus ends the first arc of the story.