Bang! Bang!

Click Click.

Bang! Bang!

Click Click.

Bang! Bang!

Demons fell left and right as unholy buckshot splattered their blood against the walls of Sentinel Prime. Try as they might, there was no stopping of the force of nature they were contending with. One Imp had his head blown off by the spewing hatred of this unrelenting monstrosity.

Click Click.

Bang! Bang!

Click Click.

The Doomslayer loaded another pair of shotgun shells into Lucifer's Bane and slammed it shut. 'For all their talk about gilding my entrails with the slurry made from melting this gun, they sure do run in fear when they see this beauty.' He thought to himself as he unloaded his two shells into a Cacodemon. After he had killed the Cacodemon, he looked up at a large pair of doors barred with iron, steel, and chains, all of which had demonic runes meant to keep whatever was behind that door locked up tight. He used his shotgun's claw, which was connected to the gun by a chain so that it could be used as a grappling hook, to pull down the bars and chains that he couldn't reach, and used his bare hands for the rest. He soon pushed open the large pair of double doors to find thousands of demons pouring into what looked like a Hell Gate. A giant arm suddenly grabbed him and was pulled into the Hell Gate as demons kept pouring through the portal to invade another world.

Rainbow Dash's head swam with visions as she looked at her friends and family weeping at her grave. Freddy, Bonnie, Chica, Foxy, Bendy, Alice, Sammy, Norman, Detective Pikachu, Tim Goodman, Hal, and the remaining Elements of Harmony were all at the graveyard, giving their final goodbyes as visions of a black sludge rose from a coffin, a giant wielding a large two-handed cleaver stood up, and others rose from what seemed to be their graves.

"I'm sorry that the Puppet couldn't save you, Dash. She brings dead beings back to life, but in the form of animatronics. Goodbye," Freddy said.

"Yes. Indeed."

"I've never seen true love before. When you and Fluttershy had a family, I knew that true love was real. Goodbye", Bonnie said.

"It is called Lothric"

"Rest in peace, Rainbow Dash. Goodbye," Chica said.

"Where the transitory lands of the Lords Of Cinder converge"

"Yar, you're the soul is as pure as the sea itself. Swim on, Dashie. Goodbye," Foxy said.

"In venturing north, The Pilgrims discover the truth of the old words."

"I'll never forget you, Rainbow Dash. Goodbye," Bendy said.

"The fire fades, and the lords go without thrones."

"I'll never know what heaven looks like. If only I could go to heaven with you. Goodbye," Alice said.

"When the link of fire is threatened, the bell tolls."

"Goodbye, my friend," Sammy said.

"unearthing the old Lords Of Cinder from their graves."

"You are more than just a moving picture. You have a heart and soul. Goodbye", Norman said.

"Aldrich, Saint of the Deep."

"You've been met with a terrible fate. Goodbye," Hal said.

"Farron's Undead Legion, the Abyss Watchers."

"Goodbye, Rainbow Dash," Tim said. "Hang on, where are Pikachu and the ponies?"

"And the reclusive lord of the Profaned Capital."

"Huh?" the others said in unison. Only Verdana remained.

"Yhorm The Giant."

"Mom? Where are you?" Verdana called. She looked up. "Holy shit!"

"Only, in truth..."

"Pikachu, use Thunderbolt!" Fluttershy shouted. "Bring my love back to life!"

"The Lords will abandon their thrones."

"Pika pika? Pikachu! (Are you crazy? This'll never work!)", the detective said.

" and the Unkindled will rise."

"Just do it!" Fluttershy shouted.

"Nameless, accursed undead, unfit even to be cinder."

"Pika, chu! (Agh, fine!)", the detective said.

"And so it is"

"WAIT!" a specific voice said. It was Scootaloo. "Don't do it! Rainbow Dash lived a long life. Now, she's at peace."

"That ash seeketh embers."

Rainbow's eyes awoke with a start, and she surveyed her surroundings, no longer seeing her friends and family, but only ashes and graves. She spun around to see her own grave right behind her, to her right a tomb belonging to 'Anri' and her left a grave belonging to 'Siegward.' Rattled to her very core, she stepped forwards, cringing as she stepped on dry, brittle bones, tears streaking down her eyes as she continued onwards. She didn’t notice the knight’s armor she was wearing, nor that it was fitted for her. She collapsed onto the ground and cried out in wailing pain, scared, and afraid.

The Ashen One stepped from his grave, sword in one hand, shield in the other. He knew his duty. Link The Fire, and if need be, kill the Lords Of Cinder. He stepped forward, seeming not to be noticing the dry, brittle bones he stepped on, or if he did, he didn’t care. Atlas continued, monsters occasionally getting in the way, but being slain with a professionalism that no one had seen an Unkindled possess. He was on his way forward when he saw a cerulean blue pegasus in knight’s armor laying on the floor and crying. He pulled out his sword, ready for a fight, but another Unkindled marched towards her. The Ashen One could already tell this Unkindled was hallowed, and that hallow Unkindled always attacked Unkindled that aren’t hallow. Atlas immediately strode forward, breaking into a sprint when the Pegasus saw the Hallow marching towards her, and she scrambled back in terror. The Hallow raised his sword and brought it down, The Ashen One managing to block the Hallow’s blade with his own just in time.

The Hallow grumbled as The Ashen One proceeded to kick the Hallow back and get into a defensive position so that the Hallow would have to kill Atlas if he wanted to kill the mare. Any sensible enemy would run away. However, the Hallow were anything but sensible. So the hallow ran at The Ashen One, who blocked him and ran at the Ashen One again. The Hallow dodged out of the way when the sliced at him, and tried to cut him down, but was forced into a gridlock by Atlas.

The sound of battle called to the Doomslayer, who ran as fast as he could through the piles and piles of dry, brittle bones. When he arrived at the scene, he saw a cerulean blue pegasus mare in knight armor as two other knights fought one another. One of the knights was protecting the horse from the other. The Doomslayer knew that the mare was innocent and was in trouble. The knight protecting her was doing everything in his power to keep the other one at bay. The Doomslayer pulled out his chainsaw and ran towards the two knights, who had their swords gridlocked. The other knight kicked the knight protecting the mare, and the knight raised his sword to deliver a killing blow to both the knight and mare. But the Hallow cut off when the Doomslayer shoved his Chainsaw into the knight’s chest and pulled it up, killing the knight. The Knight fell in a pile of ash and metal. The knight protecting the mare stood up and pointed his sword at the Doomslayer. “Relax, I just killed that guy because he was going to kill you two.” The Knight lowered his sword and sheathed it. “I’m the Doomslayer, who are you two?”

“The Ashen One, and what you killed Mr. Doomslayer, was an Unkindled like me, except that one was Hallow.” Atlas then gave a detailed explanation as to what the Unkindled were. It was like he had done all of this before. The mare stood up shakily.

“I-I’m R-R-Rainbow D-Dash.” After introductions happened, everyone was to the entrance of the Firelink Shrine by Ash, the Ashen One's nickname decided by Rainbow. On the way, everyone explained their weapons, what kind they were, what they did, and other things about their arsenals. Rainbow didn’t say anything, and kept to herself, only sharing her life story and only that.

“What was that. You acted like Fluttershy! I know you miss her, but it doesn’t mean you have to act like her! You don’t want another Wonderbolt identity fiasco do you?” Rainbow scolded herself, trying to hide the fact that she wasn’t acting like Fluttershy when she said her name to make up for her loneliness. Instead, she stuttered because she was afraid of the two humans, one was undead, and the other cut someone in half without a second thought. She couldn’t help but admire the two humans, though, as they saved her life. She followed Ash, hoping her family wasn’t facing the horrors she was, as Ash gave Rainbow a Shortsword, alongside a UAC EMG Sidearm. These were the two most basic weapons that Atlas and The Doomslayer had, but she was thankful for the protection.

“You ready, Dash?” Ash said calmly, the Doomslayer surveying the surrounding area and shaking his head, sighing. The Doomslayer thought that the demons were entering this world, but decided against it when he didn’t see any telltale sign of demons being nearby. The Doomslayer mag-locked Lucifer’s Bane, Ash sheathed his Broadsword, and Dash holstered her pistol and sheathed her sword.

The three walked up to the entrance of the Firelink Shrine, where Iudex Gundyr was found kneeling. Dash pulled out her pistol and sword using ethereal hands, which she had gained by some unknown means, as Ash pulled out the Coiled Sword that was embedded in Iudex Gundyr. Iudex Gundyr then started to stand up as the three of them backed away. Gundyr grabbed his halberd, and the fight had officially begun. Gundyr lunged at them with his Halberd, and Dash rolled out of the way, nobody was hurt, and the Doomslayer started shooting Lucifer's Bane. Still, when Gundyr attacked the Doomslayer, he got as far away as possible, which only made Gundyr more aggressive.

The Doomslayer launched an explosive bolt from his Ballista at Gundyr, and it exploded. Gundyr seemed to be down for the count until a gigantic Pus of Man exploded out from Gundyr's body. The Pus of Man then lunged at Dash with Gundyr's Halberd. The Pus of Man infected Gundyr stopped to rest, which Ash and Dash took advantage of Gundyr's vulnerability. The Doomslayer caught up when Gundyr swiped his halberd, knocking The Doomslayer and The Ashen One off their feet and into a wall. Gundyr then lunged at the prone warriors but was interrupted when Rainbow took to the skies and fired an entire clip into the Pus Of Man's eyes. She then went into freefall and drove her shortsword into the Pus Of Man's head.

Gundyr fell to the ground as Dash stood on his corpse and violently ripped her sword from his head, then taking Gundyr's ashes for herself. She equipped the armor and Halberd as the two males stood up. They looked into Dash's eyes and saw that she had changed significantly. There was a raging fire in them, and she snarled in annoyance. "I thought you two were strong warriors that didn't get hit. It seems my naivety clouded my judgment of you two." She said with a hint of disgust. She was a scared little filly before Gundyr, but now, she was a monster on the battlefield.

Author's Note

Lucifer's Bane

The sting of the Slayer's abominable arsenal casts fear into the lowest of our kin. Its blazing barrels of brimstone spew his vitriol and loathing upon us, and cast our brethren to the dirt. Mark the venom of his chosen apparatus of agony, the Diabolical Musket, Lucifer's Bane, it's claw of pig iron gouging the flesh of the martyr and hurrying him upon us. Curse the name of his beloved treasure. Curse the Hell Walker's device of torment. We shall cast it to the smelter and gild his entrails with the slurry.