"The darkness that surrounds us cannot hurt us. It is the darkness in your own heart that you should fear."

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The surrounding void was pleasantly warm and dark. The whispers that constantly echoed through it, whispering sweet nothings to him until his heart swelled, had become a sleeping necessity. Sometimes they would grace him with myths and tales, bringing images of a lady living in a large shoe, or the Jabberwocky with it's jaws that bite and claws that catch. There was no time, or hunger, or thirst in the void. There was just sleep, tales, and warmth. Occasionally, there would be the sound of a breeze, but the void always blocked the cold from reaching him. This was home.

Alvar opened his eyes to the sight of the void's darkness before him, nothing to be seen but the yellow of his claws and the grey of his hands and feet. He let out a sigh of content and began to close his eyes, when he noticed something. He noticed something. Nothing ever appeared or disappeared. This was a void of pure darkness, so seeing something different was... Abnormal, to say the least.

Before him were two glowing red orbs, slanted slightly to make them look like they were scowling. He tilted his head to the side, slightly unfurling out of his fetal position. What were these orbs?

"Alvar," The orbs glowed and a deep, rumbling voice emitted from them, "You have failed your duty as demonic guard of the Elements of Harmony. After escaping your death and spending 6,000 years in the void, you are hereby banished from the Underworld. You served well in your time during the guard, up to the point you turned traitor. As always, try to forget us as we will try to forget you. This is goodbye," The orbs faded and, with them, so did the void.

[1st Person : Alvar]

There was a flash of light, wind rushing passed and ruffling my fur. My eyes snapped open, panic gripping my chest as I began to flail at the sight of the ground below me. Bland colors of sandy yellow and stone grey blurred together, but all I could focus on was the rapidly approaching thatch roof below me.

'Huh, I thought humans moved passed that.'

I rolled in the air and onto my back just in time, pain almost immediately erupting from splinters and dry hay digging into freshly formed cuts. The roof crashed all around me, caving in on itself and damaging my body even further. I looked up through the sizeable hole I had made, resting in the rubble and letting my body scream in agony. Letting out a small groan, gasping lightly as I struggled to sit up, I allowed a clawed, light grey hand to rest against my forehead. Looking down at myself, I took in the damage.

My gnarled, dark grey fur was covered in dry hay and small pieces of wood, some refusing to let go of my dark grey the fur as I picked at them. A large gash ran down my arm, my blood caked fur sticking into it made the wound more agitated. A few small cuts ran across my chest, but from how much my back stung it was evident that part of my body was worse. To be completely honest, I was kinda afraid to see it. My almost white horns hadn't taken any damage, thank devil. My eyes widening, I whipped my tail around to my front so I could give it a thorough examining. Letting out a sigh, I was relieved to see it had miraculously been spared any damage, and it's spear shape was still sharp as ever.

"O-Oh Celestia, what is that?!" My red eyes darted up to the source of the voice.

'Oh, great,' My entire body sagged.

Standing before me was a light purple unicorn with a dark purple mane and tail, a stroke of neon blue and light purple shooting through both. A mark of a dark purple star with neon blue streaks shooting out behind it sat upon her haunches. Her eyes were like dark blue pools of water, staring at me wide-eyed and fearful.

I inhaled the scent of her fear, suddenly realizing how hungry I was. So, I latched onto the scent and allowed almost obscure wisps of purple fear to flow from her to me. My hunger died down a bit, but the small growl it emitted told me of it's greed. Shaking my head, I stood up and stretched, hearing a satisfying pop and crack. Looking down at the four foot pony, my six foot form towered over her.

"What are you? W-why are you here?!" She cried, shying away from me.

I smirked. Time to make a scene, "Why, didn't thee summon us? Thy wished for a demon, correct? Though, we do not think the way of entry was the best. We do not have control of this, unfortunately." My smirk formed into a glare,"Since thou hast summoned us improperly and caused us such pain, we shall have to punish thee,"

Her eyes somehow widened even more and she dropped into a curled up ball of purple fluff, her shaking hooves covering her head, "N-No! I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I should have done better! I pr-promise it won't happen again!"

I kept my glare for a bit longer, before bursting into laughter, "O-Oh my Devil! You should seen the look on your face!"

She looked up, confused, "W-what?"

I dove into her shadow, popping up right in front of her face and earning a terrified squeak, "I'm not gonna punish you! I don't even know how I got here or why I'm here! But be completely honest with me, Fluff," I narrowed my eyes at her, my playful demeanor dropping, "You never denied summoning a demon. So, did you mean to summon something like me?"

She looked to the side, her blue pools shrinking slightly, "Yes, I-I tried to summon a demon w-with a spell. When nothing happened for about an hour, I figured it didn't work. T-then you came crashing through my roof. So, I-I guess it worked."

I stared at her for a bit, my close proximity causing her to fidget, "So, you wanted to make a deal, huh?"

She took in a sharp breath of air, her gaze darting back to stare into my red orbs, "Yes."

Darting out from her shadow and forming back to my original shape, I cast my playful smile back onto my face, "Well, what do you want?"

Her mouth tightened into a thin line, a light blush of embarrassment coating her cheeks, "I want you to do my bidding, like a servant. You have to do anything I order you to do," She waved her hoof at me, seeming to calm a bit, "You can have whatever you want in return."

I nodded, smiling, "What I want, is for you supply me with some delicious fear every other week. I don't care who it comes from, or where you got it, but just get me a jar of fear. I hear you ponies are terrified of almost everything so, it shouldn't be too hard, right?" a devilish smirk plastered itself on my face, "Do we have a deal, Fluff?"

She nodded and stood up, reaching out a hoof, "We've got a deal, and please stop calling me that!"

"Not a chance," Snatching her hoof in my hand, smiling at the sizzling of flesh, and pulled away to see a small pentagram on the side of her hoof.

I let go, tail absently swishing from side to side, "So, what's the first thing you want, Fluff?"

She smiled, obviously trying to ignore the nickname and her stinging hoof, "I would like a staff that allows me to take the cutie marks of other ponies, along with a vault to store them in."

I snapped my fingers and said items appeared, the 'vault' being the size of a large dresser and the staff looking like a dowsing rod, "Done."

"Good. Now that we've tested that, let's get you fixed up. Oh, could you also fix my roof?"

My eye twitched, my tail lashing in annoyance. What made me think that making a deal with a pony, was a good idea?

Author's Note

Hope you enjoyed! It took me a WEEK to write this, and I don't know why! But other than that, I promise other chapters won't be as short.

If you see any spelling or grammar mistakes, please let me know! Also, constructive criticism is always welcome!