The Pain Goes HERE!

Celestia and her sister Luna were currently traversing the cave they have sealed Krieg in, but something was terribly wrong, the journey to his area was much shorter than now. The alicorn sisters look towards each other, fearful of the unknown. Flash Magnus was in front of the princesses instead of leading the group, in his place he had chosen a guard who had experience in spelunking, ironically, his name was Cave Dweller. As for Twilight who was next to the sisters, Celestia had told her not to bring her friends, her reason was that Twilight was the only one needed for this task.

"I'm sorry princess but that is highly impossible." The lavender alicorn spoke, her voice echoed in the cave. "I mean, how could he possibly bring down a castle on his own?"

"Krieg is an anomaly," Said Luna as she watches her bat ponies at the back in the darkness, silently following and acting as an ambush in case they encounter something strange. "he would fight for weeks without feeling any fatigue. I have witness the griffons fearing him because of that myself, it was during his assault on the fifth fort that they have taken."

Celestia nodded, agreeing with her sister. "That is not all, he had invaded the dragon lands and slaughtered dozens of his own kind, he could easily bring down a thousand year old dragon without breaking a sweat."

Twilight placed a hoof on her chin, thinking about their words. "If you say its true, then this means that he's as strong as a country of soldiers. But why erase everything?"

Celestia looks away from her prodigy. "I felt shame, I could have dealt with the war peacefully, but I had sent that beast instead. The soldiers and dragons he had killed haunted my dreams for days, their dying scream, it always echoes in my mind. After I had gotten rid of him, for the first time since he had came, I have slept peacefully... Until Nightmare Moon happened."

Luna stared at the ground, the soldiers around them tried not to listen, but they did, so their morale had slightly decreased. Before Twilight could ask more questions, Cave Dweller calls out to everyone, right ahead in the distance was a light, so they wasted no time to investigate. When they arrived, they discover six lanterns placed right in front of a strange structure that the sisters were even more troubled about, they had not seen this before. But that wasn't the only thing there, leaning against the wall was a pony wearing a very iconic mask, Cave Dweller gasps loudly as he recognizes him.

"Cookie Dough!?"

Flash Magnus quickly placed his hoof against Cave Dweller before he could run towards the pony. "Easy there soldier, who is he?"

"That's my brother in law, he went missing two years ago."

Flash shook his head. "No one get close to him, I can smell something awful."

Before anyone could do anything, the pony suddenly woke up due to the noise.

"Huh!? Who wake up Cookie!? I shank noisy alarm clock!" Cookie stood up on two hooves and took out a broken sword that was glued back together.

Luna gasps loudly. "Sister, that is the Peace Keeper!" She stops Twilight from speaking, knowing what her next words are. "It was a prototype sword, enchanted with a spell that puts anyone cut by the blade to sleep, sadly it could only work when you impale them."

"Yes," Celestia spoke. "I used that sword to put him in eternal sleep, I had thought he would have died years after, but he is still alive to this day."

Cookie looks at the sister and began laughing, the large group of soldiers readies their weapons, unnerved by his laughter. "So it is true, our god has awakened, and now Sol and Mani have entered the prison! The prophecy has already begun!"

"Prophecy?" Asked Twilight.

"Cookie, it's me! Cave Dweller!" The guard tried to calm his brother in law down.

"Cookie remember, Cookie shall go home with your head as gift for my beloved!" He said as he charges forward with the sword, before he could get close enough, Celestia quickly took hold of him with her magic and suspended the pony in air, unable to move. "Sol dares to stop blood quenching, Sol will die first by the hand of my god, as dictated by the PROPHECY!"

"Tell me more of this prophecy." Celestia demanded from him.

"Fool, this is only day one! Soon, pandora's box shall open and release it's terrors that are beyond our kind! Then the purple blight shall consume the dragon lands, leaving nothing! Our god shall finish his job and eradicate the griffons, just as destiny dictates!" He gave out a chuckle. "Lastly he shall come to strip your flesh from your bones, as for Mani, he shall feast upon her tender, and juicy meat."

"Princess?" Twilight called for her attention, she looks away from the psycho to see a group of creatures coming out from the giant doorway, all wielding weapons that the sun alicorn had only seen once. What Celestia says next had shocked Twilight to the core, it was something that she did not expect from the alicorn, her mentor.

"Kill them."

When the nine creatures had finally reached the surface, they have discovered that they were in a small forest near Carrot Top's farm, said pony had already rushed home without even saying goodbye, they couldn't really blame her since she was stuck underground for three months. As for Steve, he decided to go on a journey to see what Equestria was like, not before giving Gallus a gift. A f*cking Caustic Infinity, this not only made Krieg jealous but also Smolder, as for Gallus, he felt invincible.

After they parted ways with Steve, they all returned to their spot to discover that a bear had raided the ice box for their fish, after it ran away from Krieg, they all decided to just eat what they had. Everyone was glad that they could have a bite, especially Krieg, the dragon shovels the food and gems into his mouth, the latter made the person in his head confused. Though they had witnessed some disturbing stuff, that could not hold them back from enjoying the snacks and the moment. Gallus still wanted fish. The griffon looks over to Ocellus who was scribbling on a piece of paper with an orange and red crayon.

"Hey Ocellus, what'cha doin'?" He asks her as his friends started cleaning up and preparing to leave.

The changeling smiled and presented him her work, it was a cutely drawn picture of Krieg with orange crayon, the inside was heavily shaded with red crayon that nearly reaches to the top.

"Oh, well I was just making a Krieg chart to show how much bad level he has!" She looks at it with a frown. "His bad level is really high."

"I am a badass!" Ocellus yelps as Krieg had suddenly shouted right next to her. "Woops, sorry sweet bug."

"Its okay Krieg." She assures him that it was fine as she scribbles red crayon onto the chart. The others were ready to go home, but a certain inferior dragon had something to say.

"Alright everyone," Smolder spoke, catching everyone's attention. "next on the agenda is home. We can't keep Krieg in our dorms, so where do we let him sleep?"

"How about we let dragon live in forest?" Yona suggested.

"I don't think that's a good idea." Silverstream said as she held an empty basket. "Why don't we ask professor Fluttershy to keep him in her shed?"

"She won't let anyone in her shed, and besides, we need to keep him away from Headmare Twilight and the princesses, so that means we shouldn't let Krieg near the professors." Ocellus spoke as she packs up her work.

Sandbar thought about it before getting an idea. "I think I have a plan, follow me."

Before they could ask for more details, Sandbar had already trotted towards town, so they had to follow the pony. Krieg followed them but on a much slower pace, Ocellus saw this so she decided to keep him company, the dragon showed his appreciation by shouting something unrelated.

"NIPPLE SALADS!"

As they neared the town, Gallus decided to test out his new gun, he mimics how Krieg holds his shotgun and aim towards a tree they were getting closer to. He pulls and held on the trigger as it pushes him back with the recoil, Gallus releases the trigger when he falls on to his back, he looks up to see the damage he had done. Smolder and the others were in awe by the effect it had, the bark of the tree turned to liquid as it melts down to the roots with a green shade of slime, now the dragon was even more jealous, she wished that Steve had given her something.

Minutes went by and they have reached the town, just when Sandbar was about to tell them his plan, the young five had came face to face with the resident dragon and his guest as the two rounded a corner. Time slows down for an introduction, an erupting volcano sat at the background behind Ember as the captions slides in, Dragon Lord Ember!, Spike was poorly inserted into the picture, And Spike.

The five blinks repeatedly, still not used with the strange occurrence.

"Oh, Smolder!" Ember greeted them. "What's up?"

"Ember!" The dragon said, surprised that the dragon princess was in Ponyville.

"Hey there everyone!" The smallest dragon waved, the others gave their greeting to him.

"Wait, when did you come to Ponyville?" Smolder asks Ember.

"You don't know?" Spike spoke. "I'd imagine that Sandbar would have told you." Smolder looked over to the pony, he quickly looks away innocently while whistling a tune. "So where's Ocellus?"

Before Smolder or Gallus could answer, Silverstream answered first. "Oh, she's with Krieg!" The young four slaps their faces as their friend just mentioned the beast.

"Krieg?" Both Ember and Spike asked them.

"Krieg? Oh, t-that's uh..." Sandbar began trying to think up an answer, luckily his eyes landed on his dragon friend. "Smolder's older brother!" Said dragon snap her glare towards him with her jaw nearly dropping to the ground.

"Wait, I thought Garble was your only brother?" The dragon lord said, confused by the sudden addition to Smolder's family tree.

Smolder sent another glare towards the pony for putting her in the situation, Gallus held a claw over his beak as he snickers. "Y-yeah, I have another brother, but he likes to travel around a lot, so that's why you haven't heard of him much."

"Really? I kinda want to meet him! He probably have cool stories." Spike spoke, Ember nodded as well, curious about Smolder's supposed brother.

"You want to meet him?" Smolder and the others had expected this type of situation to happen, the residents would want to meet Krieg, so the best course of action was to tell as little as possible. "T-then alright, I think I can hear him."

When the two dragons look passed the young ones, they froze on the spot as they watch Ocellus and a large dragon walking towards them, happily laughing about something. They couldn't really understand why they were feeling fear, their hearts started beating faster as the changeling and the dragon had finally caught up with the others, only when the dragon spoke that they broke free of the strange bind.

"Bah, flame buckets!" He said, clearly having distaste for his own kind, the two didn't noticed it, but the young six did.

"Ahem, Krieg?" Smolder caught the beast's attention. "This is Ember and Spike. Spike and Ember, this is my older brother Krieg, say hello Krieg."

Ocellus was confused on why she called him brother until Gallus had fill her in, Krieg was the one that was still confused.

*I see, just play along Krieg, think of it as a bunkers and badasses game and you're playing the role of big brother to Smolder.*

After the voice had instructed him, he let out a very loud laugh before scooping the small dragon in his hands and placed her on his shoulder, she gave out a yelp as he did so. "Ha ha! Hello flame buckets, I am small flame bucket's big sibling, as we are birthed by the same tree!"

The two dragons could only nod, still feeling fear at the sight of him. The young six waited for a response from them, but all they did was stare at Krieg as he talks about how he's the best brother in all six galaxies, well, in his way. They noticed how completely quiet they were, so they gave their goodbyes and left the two dragons in a hurry, once they were out of sight, Spike took a sharp inhale.

"W-what was that!?" Spike said as he placed a palm on his chest, Ember uses the small dragon to keep herself up as her legs trembled.

"I have no idea..." She looks towards the direction where they last saw the terrifying beast. "I felt so weak and vulnerable, it feels so weird."

"But can you at least explain why we were so paralyzed?"

The dragon thought about it for a second before facing Spike. "Maybe you felt scared because he was stronger and better than you?"

Spike frowns at her answer. "Well at least you admit he's better than you."

Ember shook her head with a smirk. "No, no, Spike." She crossed her arms and walked towards the castle, she smiled as if she held the answer to the meaning of life. "I read this on a book I was burning once, it all makes sense. Me feeling so vulnerable, so weak? The fact that I was trembling on the spot? Its all because I'm in love!"

"What?"

"Don't you feel the same around that one pony?"

He stutters back. "Rarity!? W-well uh-you-she... But I don't even feel scared around her!"

"Yeah, because she's a pony. Krieg on the other hand? He's a dragon, a strong one by the looks of it."

"I still think your wrong, but alright." Spike said as they neared the castle. "What are you going to do then?"

"You know what? I think I'll extend my stay for a little longer."

"Applejack!?" Gallus said loud enough to be heard by bystanders on the street. "Sandbar, we talk about this, we can't let him near Headmare Twilight's friends."

"Just listen, we already have an identity for Krieg, so this would actually help us get him a place to stay, just follow my lead, trust me."

"Yona trust Sandbar, but what if plan fails?"

"If it does," Sandbar looked over to the large dragon who was being kept busy by Ocellus, Krieg was scribbling something on a piece of paper with a red crayon before stabbing it on one of his horns.

*And here I thought you weren't listening, this is surprisingly well written for someone like you.*

"I already have another plan in case this doesn't go through."

Soon they had arrived at the town's market, and they had luckily caught Applejack just as she was finishing packing things up, our heroes quickly rush over to her to start Sandbar's plan.

"Professor Applejack, can we talk to you about something?" The pony spoke, catching the farm pony's attention. And once again they are experiencing the same thing that happened to them again, this time the background was replaced by an old picture of a red barn surround by apple trees, Applejack, Fetishes: Apples and Ropes. The young six were caught unexpected by that, all had a slight shade of red on their faces for a second.

She tips her hat and greeted them. "Well howdy everyone, what do ya' need?" Her eyes lands upon the biggest one of the group. "And who might this be?"

Sandbar hits Smolder at her side with his elbow. "Oh him?" She said as she rubs the spot she was hit. "T-that's my oldest brother, Krieg!"

"Howdy there Krieg, its nice to meet one of mah student's relatives."

"I see meat muscles!"

The students cringes at what Krieg had said, it really was embarrassing when you have a big monster that constantly rants a lot about something, and sometimes saying random things or just being honest, which leads him to say that. Applejack checks her hind legs before looking at the large dragon up and down, examining his muscular body.

"I'll jus' take that as a compliment, not so bad yourself sugarcube." She said before giving him wink. "Now what did y'all need, and how can I help ya'."

Recovering from that interaction, Sandbar went on to answer. "Oh well, you see, Krieg told us that he have been traveling around for awhile, he came to check on Smolder here. He decided that he wanted to stay here, she's alright with it, but we don't really have a place for him to stay."

"And y'all wanted to ask if he could sleep in my barn?" Applejack said as she began pulling the cart towards home. "Well, why don't you ask Twilight? The castle has tons of rooms."

"Well, its because, uh..."

Smolder cuts in to help the pony. "We went over to ask, but Krieg here wouldn't stop trying to eat the whole thing, no matter what we do. So we decided to ask you instead."

"Well, I guess there's no harm on that then. As long as he doesn't burn my barn down, alright?"

"Don't worry, my brother promises not to light anything on fire. Right bro?" Smolder hits Krieg with her elbow.

*Say 'yes', its that easy.*

"SLATHER MY PECS TO A SHEEN AND BURN MY EYES OUT WITH THEIR BRIGHTNESS!" Was his answer.

*Keep this up and we might find a place to sleep in at the nut house.*

When Applejack stares at him strangely, Sandbar quickly steps in between them with an awkward smile. "Don't mind him, he really just like talking."

"Was that one of those fancy poems other creatures like to write? Kinda sounds like one." She said as they all have arrived at the apple orchard, time truly does go fast when you're busy with something.

At the mention of poems Krieg quickly took the piece of paper from his horn. "Oh, oh! I do have poem, ninja man taught me how to scribble hakoo!"

Everyone watched him with confusion, except for the changeling. "He means haiku, it's a form of poetry from the east but they are different from regular poems since it doesn't rhyme, you only write three lines, but there are restrictions which is that the first and third lines should only have five syllables while the second line have seven."

"Wow, you are just like my brother..." Smolder muttered to herself.

"Ooh! Can we hear it Krieg!?" Silverstream excitedly said, wanting to hear what he had wrote.

"Honestly," The griffon spoke, expecting something from the dragon. "I think it's going to be something weird."

"Well don't you just leave us hangin' partner, let us hear it." Applejack encourages Krieg to share his work.

Krieg loudly clears his throat. "I love my boomstick/ The awesome noise it creates/ It keeps me happy!"

Applejack didn't understand it at all, she barely knows what a boomstick was, but the young six understands, and it reminded them of his sadistic side.

"Well sugarcube, that was very interesting." She unlatched herself from the wagon and turned to face the large dragon. "Excuse me, but could I ask you somethin' Krieg?"

Everyone focuses on the farm pony, curious to what she wanted to ask Krieg.

"You see, since I have been busy with the school, work here at the Sweet Apple Achres have slown down a bit with Big Mac, my brother, workin' on his own. So I was wonderin' if I could offer you a job?" She pauses to think something over. "Sleeping in the barn could be your payment for workin', but I'll be generous and give you two bits a week. Sounds fair?"

The students look towards the dragon and waited for an answer from him.

*What do we say?*

"Yes, I accept your offer to sustain my thirst and hunger for action!"

*Good that you listened, but a little too much.*

"Well its Sunday tommorow, so I could teach you the ropes first thing tomorrow morning."

Sandbar walked over to the dragon. "We're gonna head back now Krieg, we'll be back to check on you. Is it okay for you to be alone?" The beast nodded. "Alright see you later."

The rest gave their goodbyes as did Krieg, after they were gone, Applejack motion him to follow her to the barn, she had also introduce him to the rest of the apple family. They were kind and welcoming to him, unlike those he first met the day he woke up on this planet, Krieg looks up to the setting sun, remembering his experience in this world, the day he had left Pandora.