Aku continued to stare up at Celestia while holding the blade right up against his jugular vein. Celestia tried to maintain her angered expression, but she knew that she wouldn’t have the stomach to kill someone who was dealing with what kind of ordeal Aku was facing. He spots her hesitation right away and knocks the sword from her hand and gets right in her face, growling as he raises his voice”You see?! You don’t have the resolve to get rid of me even though you know it would fix your fucking problems in an instant! If you don’t have the balls to do so, you can at least order one of your guards to do the job! But you won’t. Because you know I was doing what you couldn’t do. I took up the sword and slayed the enemy! I made the move that you are too weak to make!”.

Celestia’s fierce expression soon wavered before a hurt and crushed expression came across her features. “How dare you speak to our princess in such a manner and treat her like that! We should just-!” Celestia then lifted up her hand to silence the guard that was speaking. “Leave us. I need to speak with him alone on this matter.”. “But..princess!”. “Leave us!” she commanded. The guards sheath their blades before hesitantly agreeing with their ruler’s demands. Once they had all left and it was just the two of them, Aku didn’t break eye contact with her even for a moment. “Think about it. There are enemies like that who will try to kill you or your loved ones to get what they want. It's a fact of life. Everything can’t be all sunshine and rainbows all the time like you are striving for in this world.”.

Aku stood away from Celestia, leaving her with that same expression on her face and hands balling up into fists before she responded back to him. “Don’t you think I know that? I know that you are going to cause trouble for this world. But despite what you did, Twilight still believes in you. Even when you struck her down when she was trying to keep you from slipping down that violent path any further.”. AKu turned his head with a light ‘tch’ and then looked back at her with a look of contempt. It was clear that the princess was trying to guilt trip him. But, he wasn’t going to give in. EVen though he did feel rather bad about what he did to Twilight. “So what became of the bug and her hive of maggots? If you are here, I assume everything was already taken care of.”. Celestia simply nodded to his assumption. The way he was acting towards her put the mare on edge. If he wanted to, he could drain her of her magic if he was so inclined, not just a small bit of it, but all of it till there was nothing left.

“Yes, they are gone from our land. And the wedding went on without any more problems. By the way, I noticed the way Chrysalis acted towards you when you approached her and how she froze in fear once you started killing off the other changelings. What exactly did you do to her?”. Aku narrowed his eyes at her and crossed his arms”Turns out I eat more than just magic. I eat the evil in every person’s heart when I consume their magic. All that evil that I eat up has to go somewhere,princess.So why not take it out on evil itself? Seems a rather fair trade. As they say, fight fire with fire. Except one type of fire is completely resistant to the world’s magic it is burning through.”.

Aku then turned his head to look up at the cell window that had the late afternoon sun shining through.”I suppose that you are going to leave me locked up here for the next few days, weeks even?” Celestia went quiet for a moment before answering him with a bit of nervousness in her voice. The last thing she wanted to do was give him a reason to bring any harm to her or her subjects. But the law was the law. “I am afraid we will be keeping you here for at least a week. All I ask is that you please don’t cause any of my guards any trouble. Please…” Aku could hear the desperation in that ‘please’. He knew he went out of line by their standards, and that they weren’t used to someone like him dealing with the situation from before. “I am going to assume the nobles and other big wigs twisted your arm on this decision?” Velestia was surprised at his guess, but nodded silently before answering back. “They wanted longer. They are afraid of you, Aku. Though, they hide that fear with disgust and bigotry. This strange ability you possess, it reminded them of a foe that my sister and I had faced a long, long time ago. But, that is a story for another time. Just...do your best to not use it on anyone else here.”.

Aku sighed and plopped back down on the bed and leaned against the wall.”They are afraid of me huh? Seems like the government in this world has some similarities of mine. They don’t understand a rogue element and decide to try and shut it down as soon as they possibly can.” Celestia became even more nervous as she prepared the next batch of bad news.”They want to make an example of you as well...they want you put on trial, in chains.”. Aku lifted his head and narrowed his eyes at the sun princess.”Oh, so they want to make me a spectacle do they? Then I will give them what they want…” He said with a wicked grin before he falls onto his side and closes his eyes”Fine, I won’t cause your guards any issues. Just make sure that they don’t give me any grief either.”.

--A Week Later--

Aku sat in his cell, his clothing dirty and his long hair now fully straight and greasy from the lack of a shower which he had been denied by the guards over and over again. Suddenly there was a pounding on the cell door before the guards came in brandishing those chains that Celestia had talked about.”Your trial starts now, peasant. Get on your feet.” Said one of the royal guards who seemed to be relishing the fact that Aku was going to be facing this trial; with no support from anyone. Aku said nothing but merely stood up and allowed them to shackle his wrists and ankles. As they walked to the trial room, there was a crowd on each side of the walkway of ponies who had mixed feelings about this trial. Some on his side, some not so sympathetic to him.

Some shouted “This is not fair!” while others shouted “Filthy creature, go die!”. Aku simply kept his head down with a wicked smile on his face. His left hand glowing and sparking subtly for now. Once he was brought into the trial room, his chains were hung in an x position so that his legs and arms were held apart. The sound of the gavel hitting three times echoed through the room as they crowd within quieted down and the judge spoke. “The one known as Aku will hereby be judged for his gruesome display of violence which happened eight days ago. One charge against striking down one of our princess’s students and another of taking the law into his own hands and insulting the princess, questioning ehr power.”.

Celestia’s eyes widened at this before standing up from her seat above the judge as she presided over it. “Judge Stricthoof! These charges are not valid as both I and my student have not wanted to press charges against him! He was under the influence oof the evil that he had eaten from the changelings!”. The judge looked up at Celestia with a cruel smile of his own and pointed the gavel at Aku”This...creature violated the law not once, not twice, but three times in one day. The other judges and I have spoke thoroughly on the matter with the nobles in office and we have decided to put this creature to death. After all, the lives he took must be repaid. He is also a great danger to our world and must be dealt with accordingly. You know our laws as any ruler should. Celestia glared at the judge and thrusted her right arm to the side in anger”This is NOT what was told to me when I got the official report! I hereby call this court off immediately due to falsified information!”.

The judge chuckled lowly as the guards surrounded Aku with their blades drawn and readied their attack. “As I said, princess, someone like him needs to be dealt with immediately.”. Aku stood there with his head lowered, a smile slowly forming across his face as hje spoke”I was right, you are afraid...all of you noble scum are afraid of someone who has power you can’t control. You even go against your ruler who you handed falsified documents to get rid of me? Some fair court system you are operating.”. The judge turned his attention to Aku who looked down at him in disgust and a smile of satisfaction that he was going to be rid of someone like Aku..or so he thought. “Commence the execution, now!” The royal guard who was selected by the judges to perform the killing blow walked up to Aku with a twisted smile. And with one swift thrust forward, plunged the blade all the way through Aku’s torso, Aku lets out a pain filled cry before coughing up blood, making sure that he got it all over the guard before smiling “L-look at..that. All over your..shiny armor..” he said as he closed his eyes and went limp. “What have you done?!” Shouted Celestia as she glared in anger at the judge and the nobles on the stand.

Aku was now in a deep dark void, floating there in a sea of nothingness. All was quiet until that familiar voice which ahd brought him into this world spoke with a chuckle “Oh nononoooo. I can’t have you dying this soon on me. The fun has only just begun~.” He said before a flash of white light brings him back to the world he was just taken from. As half of the crowd cheered and the rest remained in shock, Aku’s limp hands suddenly balled up before he started to breathe again “Ngheheheheh...ahahahaaa..GAAAAAHHH!” He roared as he started pulling on the chains with great force, his eyes having changed back to how they were that day as the fiery purple aura radiated from them.The guards staggered back in shock and immediately dropped their weapons at the sudden return to life. “Nghaaaaaaaaaaaahhhh!” Aku shouted again before finally breaking the chain that binds his left wrist before holding his fist in front of his face as the open magical wound in his hand glowed and sparked fiercely. Celestia knew what this meant. He had consumed enough magic to begin another magical discharge. “Guards, get the citizens out of here now!” she ordered before turning her attention back to Aku had finally broken out of the other chains. With anger and hate filling his heart, he charges forward before giving an inhuman jump towards the judge who screamed like a girl in fear. Aku took hold of the judge’s neck before tossing him off the stand and picking him back up while holding him in front like a meat shield.

“You want me dead right? Well, looks like you are going with me…” he said in a lower growling tone with an evil toothy grin on his face and wide eyes. I have consumed enough magic to turn you into nothing but a grease stain on this floor...a fitting end to a corrupt judge such as yourself!”The judge struggled and thrashed about as he started begging for his life like a coward. But Aku had him locked in a martial arts hold that prevented any escape unless he let go. As Aku’s hand started to pulse and spark faster, he could feel the pain building up more and more “I am going to blow this damned castle sky high along with every single pony in it. You drove me to this point, so their blood is on your hands now!”

“No, no let me go! Let me go, I don’t wanna die!” the judge shouted as he pathetically begged for his own life. Aku only tightened his grip more before saying “Fuck you, you piece of shit. Burn in hell.” before the charging sound of his hand sped up before the explosion released. While it didn’t destroy the whole castle, there was enough force to destroy the entire courtroom. Once the smoke and dust settled, there was nothing left but a crater and one person. Aku stood there with injuries to his body, but far less severe than what had happened the first time. Was his body getting used to the magical discharges already? Or was he saved by some other force that decided they weren’t done with him yet? Whatever it was, Aku needed to make his escape as soon as he could. He needed to get out of Canterlot and quickly. He knew he couldn’t stay in Ponyville either. He had to get somewhere far, far away. There was nothing here for him anymore.

Author's Note

I just might have him go evil. With the way he has been treated, it is gonna most likely push him to that point entirely. Never made a fully evil character before. But, we will see what happens.

May the darkness grant you peace.