The Curse of Silence

by SleepyBear

Rating: teen
Tags: Death, Twilight Sparkle, Main 6, Gore, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Princess Luna, Original Character, Comedy, Adventure, Violence, Princess Celestia, Crossover
Length: 6119

Silence can be a blessing and a curse.

This fic is a work/ project together with , Burden of love, Curse of hatred., the characters live in the same universe.

Special thanks to Knight of Crows

Published 2019-03-07 16:50:01 UTC
Last updated 2019-03-07 16:50:01 UTC

The prologue of Silence.

Monspeet remembered very clearly the moment he became aware of exactly what he was and what was his purpose.

It was raining that day. Monspeet was only seven years old, that day the rain was so heavy he had trouble opening his eyes under its weight, beat down mercilessly on his body. Standing beside him, his father offered nothing in the way of sympathy or support. And Monspeet himself didn’t wish for any he hated that man, the only reason he ever had him was because of the legacy.

“Remember, this is a battlefield.” His father’s powerful words pushed through the roar of the rain to pierce Monspeet’s heart.

'So this is my destiny, to kill or be killed?' Monspeet thought.

Not a word for a seven-year-old boy to fix in his memory. To say still less of the scene that lay before him at that moment, nothing remotely fit for a child’s eyes or those weak of heart.

'Bodies, bodies, bodies...Is that Mom!' Monspeet thought, focusing on a particular body on the ground.

Mountains of dead bodies as far as he could see. And not a single one at peace. The corpses had stiffened, with faces twisted in pain and agony, including his mother.

“Starting today you'll start serving in the demon kings elite army, you’ll be a war machine, born to kill!. This war might end, but the reality of us the demons does not change. This is the world you will step into, remember Monspeet the moment you were born your life was own by the mighty demon king! don't forget that!.... Your mother was weak and pathetic and ultimately she didn't fulfill her role, you have to pay her debt..”

His father’s callous and poisonous voice filling his ears, Monspeet wanna to cried, he lost the only person in this world who didn't saw him as a mere tool, but instead, he stood still and endured, freedom is not something we all have the pleasure to enjoy.

Fifty years later

The end of this Holy War that swallowed up the demons and the goddess was nowhere near to its end. Monspeet was ascended to one of the ten commandments, the commandment of reticence.

Although the war had been proceeding favorably for the demons, The Goddess clan was getting some help from the humans and fairies, the giants were neutral at the moment, at the moment there were nine commandments out of ten, the last holder of purity died fighting against one of the four archangels, Ludociel to be specific. Today was the day a new commandment was being chosen, Monspeet was quite indifferent with it, he decided to not make any type of bounds with his fellows commandments, Meliodas was too dangerous and Galand was too loud, the others didn't interest him, Gowther was fun to talk to, he was always talking about peace and freedom. This was the reason that led Gowther punishment in jail, Having thoughts of freedom can kill you, at least here. Suddenly a teenager of about twelve years old came the meeting the commandments were having by orders of the Demon King, and without any type of warning the demon king bestow the commandment of purity in hear, That was the day I met Derieri.

'So like me, she's being forced to accept this destiny...poor girl'

She most has noticed I was staring cause the next thing that came was something that I would accustom to get on a daily basis, she jumped and punched me in the head really hard and said.

"You better stop staring! pervert!" she shouted making Galand to roll laughing on the floor, while Meliodas didn't even pay attention to what was happening.

"First little girl I, not a pervert, and Second you should probably wear some clothes.." I replied just get a second punch that for some reason I got twice the amount of pain.

"I'll fight with or without clothes, deal with it!." She shouted leaving the room.

"HAHAHAHA the girl has more balls than you Monspeet! hahaha I like her!" Galand said while rolling on the floor laughing like a maniac.

The next 400 years were different, Derriere was an important part of myself and for the first time in my life, I had something, a thought I couldn't share, not unless I wanted to be silenced forever...I loved her, the funny thing is that her sister had a crush on me, the luck I have.

Then one-day Meliodas simple decided to betray the demon clan for the love of his life, I was jealous, not of the mutual love they had for each other, but that he found the will to fight against everything for his freedom and the woman he loved.

Don't get me wrong I would do the say for Deriere but... she wants to win this war above everything else, I remember the night she told me Meliodas killed two commandments and left to be with Elizabeth, I told her "Maybe we could do the same"

She just punched me like always telling me to stop joking, I was not joking...I really wanted to escape this endless circle of violence with her.

Then about fifty years later we got sealed, after Meliodas betrayal the balance was in favor of the goddess clan, using Meliodas betrayal the goddess clan and the other clans united their forces to seal us, in that awful coffin, 3000 thousand years of nothing, darkness, and boredom, at least I didn't have to fight anymore..

Then by a miracle Fraudrin managed to break the seal, and we are free again...but this time without the goddess clan to stop us from taking over the world, Except Meliodas and his personal collection of monsters were there to stop us, we fought Meliodas and for some reason he was way weaker, I remember him being unstoppable in battle, but we won.

Later he resurrected with the same monstrous power he had before and was easily able to overwhelm both me and Derriere with little to no difficulty, Derriere had the great idea of going 1v1 against him while I was charging my strongest attack...magic attack...of course that plan backfired...literally...So I decided to play the possum with Derriere, and I was surprised that she accepted, Perhaps this was our time to be at peace, I was so wrong.

We decided to settle down in a human village, they had a problem with bears in the area so Derriere took care of it, which gave us a good rep with the villagers, everything was fine, I was even able to make Derriere use some clothes, she looked even more beautiful, Derriere decided to go back to Zeldoris and give him the commandment, she was tired of fighting, I told her that I also wanted to get rid of the commandment, cause without it I would be able to tell her something I been keeping for a very long time 'I love you'.

But Estarossa arrived, as always the crazy bastard didn't want to hear to reason, all he wanted to do was to kill us and take our commandments, for Derriere he was the worst possible Matchup, so I decided to take on him 1v1, I was confident that I could win and for a moment I was winning, but Derriere made the mistake of getting closer, Estarossa took the opportunity and tried to kill her, I knew only one of us was going to make it out of there alive, so using Trick star I switched places with Derriere taking the hit for her, If there's one thing I regret not doing is not telling her that I love her and not being able to protect her, with my last breath I pushed Derriere towards Elizabeth, she saved us once and knowing her she'll be doing it again.

"So that's my story... Can I go now?" Monspeet asked in the astral plane.

"Such life, how could you carry on with all that, without breaking!" the strange figure in front of him said.

"I guess the commandment forced me to, silence for your true feelings..."Monspeet replied.

"That won't do! I am feeling generous today, so I'll give you a second chance" the strange figure said getting closer to Monspeet soul.

She had long red hair, wings.....and she was a horse. with wings and a horn.

"You better get used to this time of organism, cause you'll be one soon, By the way, my name is Faust you could say I'm similar to the demon king or the supreme goddess in terms of power." Faust said laughing, "But without the sword inside my ass!"

"I can't argue with that, and what do you mean by 'you'll be one soon'?" Monspeet asked with a light chuckle.

"Well I decided to give a second chance, though that second chance doesn't come with your old body, it comes with a brand-new stallion body, and the perk that you get to keep your power, of course, this ain't free," Faust said looking at Monspeet.

"Nothing is free in this world....or worlds for the matter, I'm assuming you pretend to reincarnate me into another world right?, cause I pretty sure I haven't seen a pony talking before...perhaps in Bellauin..." Monspeet said while sighing, "Regardless I don't want to be reincarnated, without Derriere I have no reason to live."

"She died...and all she wanted before dying was for you to live a peaceful life if you ever get reincarnated, she knew moments before dying that you loved her, can you really say no to her last wish..?" Faust said in a serious demeanor.

"Well miss Faust you know how to push my buttons...I'll do it but...can you help Derriere? at least make sure she has a happy life next time?" Monspeet said in a tone that could be mistaken by someone begging.

"Of course, thought someone already made sure she got a second chance." Faust said with a warm smile on her face, "The deal is simple some dark things are happening in my world and right now there is no way anypony there can stop them, so I want you to protect Equestria and more importantly my daughters, Luna and Celestia, I have the confidence your power will be enough to stop the darkness in my world." Faust said.

"Very well thought I have some requests, First since you can't give me my old body can you make it, so I know how to use it?, the new body," Monspeet asked.

"Oh yeah of course!, I mean for starters your body is already fully grown up...I foresaw great dangers in Equus, so I decided to start planning ahead, the stallion I created is like a mindless Golem following his orders or programming to put it simply he doesn't have a soul or family or any other type of social bindings, what I'm going to do is to put your soul inside his body and once that happens your soul and the body will become one, besides that your new body will adapt to your demon physiology thanks to your soul, you won't have 7 hearts but you'll live way more than any stallion, the body even has a position inside the castle with my daughters, royal guard, isn't that convenient?" Faust replied with a huge smirk.

"Alright second and last request could you give me a blessing against curses and also one valor eye?, I rather be safe than sorry," Monspeet said.

"Of course the eye that grants you the ability to see power levels and resistance against curses! that's easy! is there anything else you want before leaving?" Faust asked.

"Not really Miss Faust, just send me to Equus" Monspeet replied and seconds later everything was black.

A couple of hours later Monspeet woke up, or to be precise someone decided to kick him really hard.

"Wake you lazy horse!" shouted someone.

"Why does everyone have to hit me...." Monspeet replied looking at the pony in front of him, it was a tall white stallion with blue hair and a shield tattoo on his butt, suddenly a name pops up on his head, 'Shining Armor - Captain of the Royal Guard' "Sorry sir, I guess I doze off, sir?."

"I understand that patrolling the halls is boring...Believe me...." Shining Armor said while shaking, "But if you sleep during an attack the result could be catastrophic!"

"Won't happen again, sir," Monspeet replied while concentrating in the magic powers surrounding him the highest power level was behind him, with 2700....and the Captain's power level is 1425..., no wonders Faust sent me here, one Albion could level this entire empire in hours.

"I know don't worry, you've been working with me for four years this is the first time you fall to sleep before, and I kinda glad cause I was starting to wonder if you were a golem or something," Shining said laughing, oh boy if he knew. "Well I gotta go, if you need me I'll be on the west side of the castle." And with that shining was gone,

'Something about this situation and this scenario was wrong...If my reasoning is correct the door I'm guarding is the door to Luna's or Celestia's room.....being that the case it should be another power of 2000 or more around, but between apart from shining everyone is below the 1100s, at least in the castle....' Monspeet thought.

"I'll check into that later...."Monspeet said while looking to his hoofs...'So I'm a pony now...', as he was checking his new body he found a tattoo with he's demon mark that looked like a three in Roman numbers, and a horn, he also a had brown coat and a darker version of his coat in his mane. "Is having tattoos a mandatory custom here? or is something ponies naturally obtain?.... I need to go to a library as soon as possible...or I'll go crazy."

'Nine hours of peace and silence... Ironic someone that suffer by the (hammer) of silence finds pleasure in it, after my shift some guards came and took over my place it was 4:00 Am, finally being on break I decided to go to the library to gather some information about this world, cause Faust thought It was a good idea to send me with no information whatsoever, I thought this body would have more info...' Monspeet thought while walking through the castle.

After walking for about half an hour I decided to ask for instructions, some guards looked at me like I was crazy, I thought the reason was cause I asked where the library was, inside the castle, I work...., but apparently It was cause I used more than five words to talk to them, and for some reason that made them happy, I'm starting to think everyone here thinks I was dead, I also notice that every says things like..'In the name of Celestia or For Celestia's sake, so this meant that the princess that was missing was Luna.

Once I got to the library, I started to read, and read, read, read, read...My routine was going to my shift and reading in the library, after reading for a while I came to the conclusion that Luna was the mare in the moon, that got corrupted by god knows what and if the book material is the truth she'll be back...Kill her was out of the question and I had no means to purge her body, I decided to keep investigating in case something would give me a clue in how to save Luna.

In one of my many visits to the library, I met Twilight she was a unicorn, at this point, I knew the names of each race in this world and their attributes, at least the ones documented.

Twilight was quite powerful for pony standards, If it wasn't for the fact that Shining Armor introduced her as his baby sister I would thought she was the daughter of Celestia, which after thirty days of my arrival I haven't since once, cause I work the night shift, every single time, my nickname is Mr third cause of my shift and my cutie mark, yeah the tattoo on my butt has a ridiculous name.

Twilight and I, kinda bonded in the library, apart from shining she was my only friend, and she was like a living encyclopedia, we spent so much time together that at one point Shining gave me the talk about if you break her heart I'll break your legs, I didn't have romantic feelings for her, though I didn't tell him, cause it was fun to tease him.

While Twilight company was more enjoyable than any other pony so far, Shining company wasn't so bad, though Twilight and Shining were complete opposites, while Twilight was calm and everything with her included Silence and books, Shining definition of fun was beer, dancing, and board games which I didn't find interesting but I couldn't say no, he was trying to bond with me and was my boss too soooo.

Years passed and Shining Armor got a girlfriend and from one point to another I got to be his BFF, I barely talked to the stallion but apparently, I was always there for him and his problems.

Cadence, like Celestia she was an Alicorn slightly less powerful than her, she was the princess of love, Celestia was the princess of the sun and Luna...the name was self-explanatory.

She was very emphatic, as soon she got enough confidence to talk to me like a friend she told me that I was always overflowing with sadness like when you lost a loved one, this made me drop a tear and smile telling her " Don't worry, nothing time can't fix."

"Mr third, "Cadence said in a sad tone.

One day Celestia order Twilight to go to a nearby town to supervise an event, though I knew something was off, I had figure out that this day was the day, Luna was returning, after four years reading I didn't find any info on how to purge darkness out of her, and Celestia's body language showed that she knew what was happening.....the only explanation I had is that she had a plan to stop her sister and save her, I knew Celestia wasn't capable of killing Luna, cause she would sing for her every year on the day of her sister banishment, so she must have a plan to save her, So I decided to play the spectator role.

Everything was going, as usual, I was reading some book in the library while eating a hayburger with Shining, he was talking I think It was about marrying Cadence and how he wanted me to his best stallion, I responded with a simple nod to which he responded with a big hug, he said he was going to ask Cadence in a couple of months, eventually Shining couldn't resist and fall sleep in the Sofa I was reading..

As I was reading I notice that the sun didn't rise as usual and that Celestia's power level disappeared completely and a new presence appear which I assume was Luna with a power of 2950, but it wasn't like she was dead, was more like something trap her, as I keep waiting to see Celestia's master plan, the hours started to pass, until I felt something.....someone, I shouldn't be able to sense.

'This presence!! this power is unmistakable!' Monspeet thought while the rage inside of him was growing non-stop.

"ESTAROSSA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Monspeet shouted making the sleeping Shining Armor jump in fright.

"What's going on!? are we under attack Third?" Shining Armor asked, but he didn't find me anywhere nearby.

As soon as I felt Estarossa presence I went directly towards him, using Trick Card is quite the useful skill it hides your presence and power for at least twenty minutes, the perfect spell for a fast assassination.

the closer I got the town the more somethings didn't make any sense....first everypony was alive, second the presence of Luna was still alive after clashing against Estarossa which alone was impossible, Estarossa was a sadist and third Celestia was also there unharmed, Luna's power went from 2950 to 1300 and her presence wasn't hostile now.

I decided to hide and see if I was being deceived I need it to know before killing the wrong person, I got the location Estarossa was at and saw Celestia, a new Alicorn with a cutie mark of the moon on her flank 'Must be luna', Twilight and some unknowns mares around Estarossa, Celestia was questioning him, and he was answering instead of killing her.

"Who are you?" Celestia asked

"There are 3 truths I can tell you, though technically speaking none of them are true," Estarossa replied.

"Hey, even though you helped us that doesn't mean you get to talk to the princess like that!" Rainbow shouted only to have Celestia raise a wing to silence her

"So I have you to thank as well fo-" Luna sprinted towards him wrapping her wings around him, both apologizing and thanking him. 'This can't be the same Estarossa....'

"Yes, and to answer your question my name is Estarossa, though all I did was stand there. Her hatred made her a victim of my Commandment." Estarossa said 'So he's Estarossa?, I gotta be dreaming...this can't be happening, he can't be so docile!'

"What do you mean? What is a Commandment?" Luna asked, 'A great pain in the ass...that's what it is....'

"The Commandments are a small percentage of a great being's power and a curse comes with it. Of the Ten Commandments, I hold the Commandment of Love, any who stand before me with hatred in their hearts shall be left defenseless, but should I hold hatred in my heart I will also be a victim of it." 'That's a pretty decent explanation...what are you planning Estarossa? you can kill them and make yourself the king of the world what can you possibly win by being friendly'

"What are these other Commandments, and what is this great being you speak of?" everyone leaning closer wanting to hear this as well

"I'd be happy to tell you in a more comfortable location." Estarossa said '...I don't know what to think anymore...'

Estarossa, the princesses and Twilight the Girls decided to go to relocate their conversation to another area.

In the way, while I was hiding the girls started to talk to each other, which helped me to know the names of each one of them.

After a while, we arrived at the location the psycho chosen.

"I believe you offered to answer some questions?" Celestia said looking at Estarossa.

"I did, ask away." Estarossa replied in a calm and chill demeanor ' he says he's estarossa, but he doesn't behave like him, illusion magic?'

"What are you?" Celestia asked.

"There are 3 truths to that, but as I know you're not in the mood for games I'll tell you all of them. I WAS a human who went to a convention as a fictional character and after buying one of his weapons I got transported here like him. This character was an archangel, but because a powerful mage used a forbidden spell to rewrite everyone's memories including his and even the gods leading to the end of the Holy War, this archangel was for 3,000 years the second born son of the demon king." everyone jumped at that and took up defensive positions" Estarossa said fast and calm

'Convention?, Archangel.....Human...My Head!!!, why the sudden headache.'

"So you're a demon prince then, and you dare show yourself here?" Celestia said raising her voice

'Why does my head hurt so much! don't provoke him, Celestia, he's way out of your league!!'

"No, I'm a mortal who was turned into an angel who was pulled from heaven and turned into a demon against his will, and is that any way to treat the one who helped save your sister?" Estarossa snapped back at them.

"What are these Commandments you spoke of?" Luna asked

"They are fragments of the demon king's power, he split his power in half then split those pieces among 10 demons so assuming they are all equal in strength they are 5% of his power which was calculated to increase a person's power level by 28,000 each. These Commandments come with a terrible curse that can only be ignored by those with divine protection and other Commandments, not even the bearers are safe from the Commandments unless they take in a second one. I'm probably the only exception because of the former archangel thing. I already told you what Love does, the only others I know the triggers and effects of are Truth, Selflessness, Piety, Pacifism, and Faith. The ones I don't know are Purity, Reticence, Repose, and Patience." Estarossa responded.

"What about the ones you do know?" Twilight asked writing everything down

'tWiLiGhT Damn it if this headache doesn't disappear I'll lose control over Trick Card.....'

"Those who lie in the presence of Truth will be turned to stone, those who stand before Selflessness with selfish thoughts or desires will have their minds wiped clean, those who turn there backs on Piety will have their free will taken from them, those who kill ANYTHING, even something as insignificant as a flea in the presence of Pacifism will rapidly age until they die, and those show faithlessness will have their eyes burned out." everyone looked at Estarossa horrified "Basically just having one Commandment on your side is enough to turn the tide of battle."

"HOW COULD ANYPONY LIVE LIKE THAT? WHY WOULD ANYPONY NEED THAT KIND OF POWER?" Twilight shouted

'Twi common! I already suffering here don't yell!'

"I can't really answer that. I was given this Commandment against my will, besides some of them aren't too bad. With Love, what better way to peacefully end a fight than making them unable to even make a fist? Or with Truth, is it really so hard, to be honest?" Estarossa said.

"While that may be the case, you're too dangerous to-" Celestia started

"Now let me stop you right there. Danger is determined not by power, but control and will to use it. I should have you know the elements hit me and did nothing but allow me to meet who I'm assuming was your mother." everyone's eyes shot open hearing this 'He met Faust!?, why arghh would she allow him to stay here.

"She gave me immunity to my Commandment's corrupting influence, gave me the ability to see power levels which the highest here is you with a little over 2,700 compared to my 32,000 WITHOUT my Commandment which is another 28,000 adding up to 60,000, and she asked me to befriend her daughter who I've 'already met' and I'm assuming she is Luna," Estarossa said while Luna's eyes let loose a tear hearing this

'Perhaps without the commandment corrupting influence he's more docile?! ARGH damn it the headache!...there is something here that doesn't make any sense'

"How can I do as she asked which I would have done anyway while I would be unable to see her? Now, what if another Commandment comes along when the weakest in their depowered base form which was around 60-70% had a level of 26,000 and could be raised for a short time to 42,000?" Estarossa said while Rainbow flew up to Estarossa's face.

"That's not possible, there's no way anypony's that strong!" Rainbow claimed

"He ain't lyin'." Applejack said quietly

"I'm sorry, but what was that?" Rarity asked

"Ah said he ain't lyin'." Applejack said loud enough to be heard, shocking everyone

"I'm not your enemy nor do I want to be your enemy, and considering the power difference and the elements just giving me a vision, I don't think you could do anything to me unless your mother allowed it. So please, don't give me a reason to see you as an enemy, if I am truly as dangerous as you think then why would Faust allow me to go free with just a promise to her? You're smarter than this Celestia, or at least I hope you are." Estarossa said While Celestia took a glance at everyone and an extended one on Estarossa and Luna

"*Sigh* I will trust my mother, but you will have to earn it Estarossa. We will depart for Canterlot shortly." Celestia stated.

'It cant! be! Estarossa killed him'

"Actually before we go, I want to check something," Estarossa said

'Mael! the Archangel of death was Estarossa....or rather Estarossa never existed but how and why!!!!!!!'

"And that would be?" Celestia asked.

"Nightmare Moon's armor." Estarossa Replied and everyone's eyes shrunk slightly 'What does he want with Luna's armor?
"Since I'm now in what was a fictional world on my world-"

"What do you mean fiction?" Twilight interrupted

"I forgot to mention that? I'll explain later, anyway I want to see if her armor has anything like a Lingering Will and see if it needs to be purged. Preferably saved." Celestia and Luna became enraged

"Why would you want to save that monster?" Luna asked surprisingly

"Nightmare Moon was just a mask, one that may have gained a mind of its own and knowing nothing but hate, rage, envy, and spite thanks to you, it was just a creation serving its purpose. Should the creation be punished for doing what it was designed to do, or the creator who should have known exactly what they were getting into and more often than not does?" Estarossa said while Luna looked down shamefully as Celestia wore a look of contemplation before speaking again

"If you are not back in within an hour you will be considered an enemy of Equestria. Understood?" Celestia stated with a firm tone.

"Thank you." Estarossa took summoning his wings "Let's see if I can stick the landing this time."

'Why is he using demon powers? he was almost unstoppable as an archangel...and he still sees himself as Estarossa what going on...I have a feeling Gowther is behind this.....'

'For the moment being I will follow him, the moment his old self brights even a little bit I'll decide what to do....what I don't understand is the part about the convention and that he's a human, demon and a goddess....at the same time'

'Days passed and he was behaving in an unusual way, for Estarossa, polite, friendly and calm, those adjectives don't mix with Estarossa, is he the threat Faust wanted me to eliminate?, I don't think so'

Monspeet keep on following Estarossa, or Jack and he called himself sometimes, every time he had a chance, He was flexing a lot trick card, but he couldn't let Estarossa know he was there, after all this situation was out of place, was Jack another fake persona Gowther or another magician created, if so everyone was in danger, is someone had the power to brainwash Estarossa it also had the power to brainwash him.

One day Galand appear, which didn't make any sense whatsoever, he died and I was sure of it, so perhaps whoever is behind his resurrection is the one I was sent to eliminate.

Galand managed to recover his full power after eating the soul of an unknown creature, I was about to go and eliminate him, but Celestia decided to send TWILIGHT and the rest of her friends to spot a dragon, stopping a dragon isn't a big deal, but Galand was a completely different scenario, though she decided to send Estarossa with them, as a bodyguard, which was a pretty good tactic, Estarossa was the best possible matchup against a brawler like Galand.

I decided to follow them anyway, just to make sure everything went down smoothly.

Estarossa and the girls arrived at where Galand was, one of Twilights friends decided to fight Galand in a one on one, by this point I know she isn't the brightest of them all.

Rainbow, the retarded pony that tried to fight an opponent that outclassed her by several leagues was heavily damaged by Galands.

Estarossa did something I didn't expect him to do, he saved her, by all means, she should have died by blood loss, but Estarossa closed her wound with hellfire, I must say the new Estarossa uses more his imagination, that application of hellfire was outstanding, after that Estarossa order the girls to leave the area, and after a bit of resistance from the girls to leave, they finally relented.

Estarossa vs Galand, I expect the battle to end in less than one minute, Galand doesn't have any magical capabilities so he relies of his physical strength to win, but against Physical Full Counter?, Galands arsenal was useless, all Estarossa had to do was to stay in one place and full counter every single swing Galand decided to shot at him.

Estarossa tried to solve the matter peacefully, telling Galand he wasn't the Estarossa he knew, but Galand didn't care, all he wanted was to kill him, Estarossa was experimenting with his powers, like he never had them before, which gave Galand a couple more minutes to live.

In the end, Estarossa won, easily, the outcome of this battle was to settle the moment Galand decided to fight him.

Not much happened after that, Estarossa and Celestia gave a pep talk to the girls about the sin of pride especially to Rainbow, Estarossa also said he couldn't heal rainbow with his demon blood, cause she would die or become a different pony, leaving the girls in a poor mental state, I wanted to hug Twilight and tell her I could her Rainbow, but sadly Estarossa was right demon blood is dangerous, and even more when it comes from a high ranking demon.

One calm day after Estarossa returned from gods know where with a power level of 72k, I was stunned, Estarossa somehow gained a big chunk of power, I was also mad at the implications this had, I had the upper hand before when Estarossa power level was sitting around 60k, but now our powers were the same, I was so shocked that I forgot to activated Trick Card to hide my presence, and for a second he noticed me, I activated my power as fast as possible, and I think that I was able to fool him.

A couple of hours later a dark figure approached me, I couldn't really tell how strong he was, the data that valor's eye was giving was broken, like random letters and number without a sequence.

"Hello, Monspeet, I have some interesting information for you" the dark figure whispered with a sinister tone, sending a chill down my spine.

"Who are you, and what do you want," I asked, glaring at the intruder.

"My name is unimportant and my desires, well I guess is to help you, see I know what happens to Derierre, and I know you have a theory too, you know she died but you don't know who killed her right?!" the dark figure replied with an evil smirk, "Well then allow me to fix that, my dear friend." as soon as the intruder said that my surroundings changed.

I was in the middle of a battlefield, and Derriere was there, alongside with Elizabeth, two of the four archangels and some of the seven deadly sins, fighting against Mael/Estarossa, everything was going well, but one of the Archangels decided to stop attacking Mael, and in that second I saw how Estarossa/Mael destroyed Derrieres, last heart.

The battle continued, while I was there just watching Derriere limp body on the ground, all I did was to buy her a few hours extra, I couldn't protect her, I was useless in the end.

"Perfect, go and kill that bastard, he's gonna be a nuisance to my master plan later on," and with that, the intruder disappeared, and after that, all I felt was like something was swallowing me.

Shadows around me, every single shadow had a mouth, and they were yelling at me, all the harsh truths of my existence.

Pathetic...

Useless...

Weak...

She died because of you!...

She died because you couldn't protect her!.

Estarossa has to die.

You have to die!.

'Maybe my demons are right, I should just lay down and wait for my punishment'

"HELLFIRE BIRD" A voice leaking anger and sadness shouted, I simply decided to ignore it.

'Kill or be killed, huh, that's the harsh reality we lived in.' I thought, letting the darkness around me swallow me whole.