The Spectre of Phalanxia

All of them walked out of the Rainbow Bridge room, whilst they headed towards the dwarves’ workshop, which was luckily near the door as they spotted them.

‘Well, well, look who finally showed up.’ said Brock when he saw them again ‘Left in such a big hurry and didn’t even bother to stop by and ask how they were doing.’

‘Sorry about that Mr. Brock.’ said Fluttershy when she apologized to him.

Fizzlepop decided to ask them more directly. ‘Excuse me, if I may ask. Did any of you two know what happened to Caldor’s other eye.’

‘Oh, se well…’ said Driskle, until he gagged a bit. But every now and then, he ended up gagging whenever he tried to talk ‘A while ago Apollo asked me to……to make a……box that we could put in the……naturally I refused to make the box to put in the…’. He suddenly had enough ‘Excuse me.’

Suddenly, Driskle ran around the corner and threw up, which left them disgusted. ‘Well that was a waste of time.’ said Caldor when he saw that they made a mistake by asking him.

‘Now that, I can agree on.’ said Rainbow Dash when she finally agreed with Caldor on something.

‘You know,’ said Brock when he gained their attention ‘It was around the same time that Apollo once asked me to create a type of box to contain Caldor’s eye. And seeing that it wasn’t a weapon or anything, of which I am a master of making, I too saw fit to decline.’

‘A type of box?’ said Starswirl when he wondered what it was ‘What was its purpose?’

‘See its like this beardy, the box itself can contain even the most volatile energies, in which case the eye. Cause the last time someone ripped Caldor here’s eye out, he ended up getting blown to hell.’

‘So…where is this box?’ asked Sunset when she was curious.

‘Oh it’s in the head of Orion’s statue. Only problem was, the world serpent ate it a long time ago.’

‘Wait,’ said Merlin when he was surprised ‘Ate it? What do you mean ate it?’

‘See, long ago Orion was known as the hunter of the world serpents, that was until Galahad had to slay him for his reckless behavior. And seeing that the serpents hate Orion for what he did, they eat whatever statue of Orion that has ever been made. So my guess that leftover chunk you lot saw a while ago, that happens to be the spot where the statue used to be.’

At the same time, Driskle appeared and was relieved of his stomach being more cleared ‘Ah, there we go, much better.’
‘So,’ said Bashful whilst he realized something ‘How do we get it from inside the snake?’

‘Inside…?’ said Driskle in partial shock, whilst he quickly ran around the corner and puked again.

‘Oh, brother.’ said Brock when he got tired of his brothers’ constant stomach churns.

‘Well from the sound of it,’ said Caldor when he looked at them ‘Looks like we’re gonna have to summon the serpent to see if he’ll agree to it.’

‘Very well,’ said Invictus whilst he decided to walk ahead ‘We’ll summon the serpent. If it gets us to Adularia, the better.’

‘Twilight,’ said Merlin when he looked at her ‘Go to Princess Celestia, tell her we’ve found another way to Adularia, but also warn her that Eros might still be out there.’

‘Got it.’ she replied.

However, before she left, Merlin held onto her hoof, surprising her in the process as she looked at him. He ended up using both his hooves to hold onto hers. ‘And please…be careful out there. I’ll see you soon.’

Twilight couldn’t help but smile, and slowly kissed him. ‘You too.’

As she left, one by one, they greeted one another to be careful.

‘Y’all be safe out there.’ said Applejack.

‘For you my bright apple, any day.’ said Applebuck which caused her to smile as she left.

‘You be…uh…’ said Fluttershy when she felt too shy to say anything.

‘You too.’ said Bashful when he felt the same.

‘Get back soon so that we could throw a party afterwards.’ said Pinkie Pie with a smile.

‘We’ll party like no other.’ said Copper Plume with a smile.

Chivalry kissed Rarity’s hoof with a smile ‘Safety and peace be with you milady.’

‘You too my gentle stallion.’ said Rarity with a smile as she left.

‘You know, just well…you know.’ said Rainbow Dash when she didn’t have the words to say it.

Knight ended up grabbing her and kissed her passionately. He looked at her with a smile as he said ‘You too hot stuff.’ whilst he flew away, which made her blush in the end.

‘You’ll be safe?’ said Sunset Shimmer to Don.

‘You know it.’ said Don before he left.

‘Go a few rounds of soccer with you next time?’ said human Rainbow Dash when she wanted him to go on a soccer date with her.

‘Try to keep up if you do.’ said Atreus as he held onto her.

‘Say, when this is over, would you and your sister like to go through a normal hike with me sometime. I would really like to know both you and her, and maybe your brother when he agrees to be calm and all.’ said Bucky when he asked her out.
‘Y’all can count on it.’ said human Applejack when she agreed.

‘Do you uh, wanna go study with me at my place sometime?’ said human Twilight when she got nervous.

‘You kidding of course I do,’ said Yen Sid when he agreed ‘I’ll gladly bring over some books too.’

‘Till we met milady.’ said Duke as he greeted her with a kiss, which made human Rarity blush.

‘Uh, see you.’ said Lyon when he greeted Fluttershy.

‘Yeah, um, you too.’ said human Fluttershy when she smiled nervously.

‘When you’re done, would you come to Sugarcube Corner with me?’ said human Pinkie nervously.

‘Oh you bet I will.’ said Barry when he agreed.

Thunder greeted Fizzlepop as their horns intertwined, causing to have a tingly feeling for one another. ‘I don’t think I’ll ever get used to that.’ said Fizzlepop when they separated their horns from one another.

‘We will.’ said Thunder as he greeted her. ‘I’ll see you soon.’

‘You too.’ said Fizzlepop.

All of them left to call upon the World Serpent whilst the others went back to Canterlot to warn Celestia and Luna. Within mere moments, Caldor blew on the horn, with Invictus and his sons waiting patiently. The World Serpent appeared as it was close by them. ‘Alright, here we go.’ said Caldor as he cleared his throat to translate. ‘MAA NO DI AR, NOR ID DI A MO MIR!!’

The serpent replied as he said ‘DI CON DI AR NOR, SI DA MI MA DA DI AR SAR MAR NOR DI RA.’

Caldor looked at them as he said ‘He says we can go in, but unfortunately we have to be careful, he’s not too keen on anyone traveling inside his own innards.’

‘Good,’ said Merlin as he stood near him ‘Tell him that after we’re inside, he should get somewhere safe, for it isn’t safe for anyone out here.’

Caldor did just that, which caused the serpent to understand. They were able to get to a boat and rowed inside its mouth. Thanks to the Unicorns of the group, they were able to light their way as they rowed. Some covered their mouths when they couldn’t believe how horrible it all smelled. ‘Damn, this place is worst than Atreus’ sweat socks.’

‘Hey, they don’t stink that bad.’ said Atreus when he didn’t like someone talking about his laundry like that.

They continued to travel inside, until they were able to find a piece of Orion’s statue as Knight said ‘There it is!!’

‘Quick, retrieve it little ones,’ said Caldor when he pointed at the eye ‘The sooner we get that out of there the better.’

‘You don’t have to tell me twice.’ said Atreus whilst he and Knight quickly flew up to get it.

With careful precision, Atreus was able to smash the statue’s head open. When Knight peaked inside, he saw the box, allowing him to take it out of the statue and fly towards Caldor and presented to him ‘One eyeball, hold the box.’

Caldor opened the box and sees his missing eye. ‘Oh thank goodness,’ said Caldor whilst he was sticking it back inside ‘I thought I’d never get my other eye back again.’

‘Are we good to go?’ asked Don whilst trying to keep himself balanced.

‘We’re good,’ said Caldor whilst he was satisfied as he sat down ‘Now we can…’

When all of a sudden, things were shaking up pretty badly, causing their boat to be rocked. ‘Whoa, what the hell is happening?’ said Bucky as he tried to stay in the boat.

At the same time, back at Canterlot, the Mane 7 and EG Mane 7, along with Spike, the Pillars and Sunburst, were walking alongside Celestia and Luna whilst they told them of their alternate way of going to Adularia.

‘This is an amazing discovery Twilight,’ said Celestia smiling ‘I’m sure that we’ll be able to learn more about that world.’
‘Indeed,’ said Luna when she felt curious too ‘I too wonder what awaits us…’

They heard a loud thunder rumble. ‘Whoa,’ said Rainbow Dash whilst she could feel the quake whilst she was flying ‘What the heck was…?’

They saw something covering the land in shadow. When they looked up, to their shock, they saw the World Serpent, howling in pain as its head was in the air. But it gained the attention of every creature around Equestria and beyond. But at the same time, whilst the snake collapsed, its teeth suddenly opened a portal to Canterlot High, which surprised the students there when they were hosting a get together, even the teachers, along with Principle Celestia and Vice Principle Luna.

Twilight and many others went over to see what was going on. ‘Oh my,’ said Fluttershy when she saw the serpent falling over earlier ‘Do you think the Serpent’s alright?’

‘Don’t know,’ said Applejack ‘But from the looks of it, that thing landed near that dead giant we saw earlier.

Twilight remembered the spell Invictus taught her, which allowed her to open a quick portal to where he was. But when they arrived, they saw a portal had been opened, with many of the students and teachers from Canterlot High coming through it. They were shocked to see one another, with Twilight nearly panicking when she said ‘Oh boy, this isn’t good.’

At the same time, right in front of the princesses, both Caldor and Invictus stood up, moaning over the pain. Celestia and Luna quickly hastened with all speed to pick him up, with the Pillars trying to help Invictus up. But at the same time, the Mane 7, EG Mane 7 and Fizzlepop ran over to help the rest of their sons as they tried to get up. ‘What happened back there?’ said Celestia when she was not only concerned with what happened, but also a fact that a portal to Canterlot High had just been opened.

They saw many of the students had just walked through, whilst to their shock, all of them saw one another. ‘Oh dear, this isn’t good.’ said Caldor when he saw.

‘Not good? It’s a disaster!!’ said Twilight when she nearly panicked.

However, Principle Celestia saw both Twilight and her human counterpart, causing her to run towards her, as did Principle Cadance, Shining Armour and Twilight’s old Crystal Prep friends. ‘Twilight,’ said Principle Celestia when she stopped near her ‘What’s going on, where are we?’

‘To put it simply,’ said Caldor as he gained her attention ‘You’re in another world, and that portal is the cause of it all.’

She was surprised by what he had said, until he saw Princess Celestia. She was shocked to see her, for she instantly recognized her. ‘Wait, I’m a pony here?’ she said, trying to reel things in ‘I’m a Princess?’

‘Um, yes you are.’ said Princess Celestia when she was surprised to meet her human counterpart.

‘Whoa,’ said Tree Hugger when he saw a giant ‘Is that a dead giant?’

They heard a bird cry, which some looked up, for it had been a giant eagle. When it landed, it transformed into Singe, which shocked some of them, until human Rainbow Dash stood next to them at said ‘Uh, yeah, long story short, the former Crystal Prep Principle happens to be a former immortal goddess from a different realm.’

‘What are you doing here?’ said Caldor when he finally stood up straight.

‘I felt a portal opened nearby, so I came to see what was going on.’

‘Is that right?’ said Thunder when he stood near her.

‘What are you…?’ said Singe when she wondered why he was going on like that.

‘You can cut the crap Singe,’ said Yen Sid angrily ‘We know Eros is your son.’

‘He’s right,’ said Merlin when he felt the same way, the mists of Tartarus really have a good habit of showing a past they’re not proud of.'

Singe didn’t say anything, for she figured that there would be no point in hiding things. But just before she could say anything, Don immediately pulled out his bow, whilst he said ‘Uh, guys.’

When they looked, they saw Eros, coming out of the water, which caused the rest to quickly surround him just in case things would go south. ‘I had a feeling that hurting the big snake would bring you lot out eventually,’ he said, walking with a sinister look, scaring some of the students, but the creatures were prepared for battle, as were the Young Six when they also came to see what happened ‘Do you have any idea, any idea, what you lot have costed me?’

‘You’re not getting anything from out of us Eros!!’ said Atreus whilst he held his spear and shield ready
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‘Yeah,’ said Bucky whilst he held his rope dart to the ready ‘Y’all will never get to Adularia.’

‘Yeah,’ said Applebuck whilst he stood his stance ‘You’ll resurrect them and what, you’ll wipe us out like you lot tried to do last time?’

‘Oh, I intend to do more than that.’ said Eros as he stood still, enraged and gripping his fists.

Out of nowhere, Singe took a few steps, having no idea how much she had missed him as she replied only ‘Eros.’

Eros looked slightly to his left, but was not surprised to see her. He only replied ‘Mother?’

‘I’m here Eros,’ said Singe when she didn’t want to lose him again ‘Please…don’t run away.’

Eros was quiet, but his anger towards her only intensified ‘Oh, I’m not going anywhere mother.’

‘I know you’re still angry. I know that you feel…?’

‘How I feel? How I…’ he replied, whilst chuckling a bit. He looked at her angrily and felt like he wanted to strangle her, but had other ideas. ‘I have spent the past one thousand years, dreaming, of this moment. I have rehearsed, everything, I wanted to say to you, every word, to make you understand, exactly what you stole from me.’. Twilight and the others could see he had so much anger towards his mother, with most of the Crystal Prep, including Principle Cadance, having no idea that not only was Singe a former god, but that she had a son. ‘But now,’ he continued whilst he slowly walked towards her ‘Now I realize, I don’t need you to understand anything, I don’t need you, at all.’

Invictus walked towards Eros, with Singe saying ‘No Invictus wait…’

But Invictus only pushed her out of the way and said it directly to him ‘This path you walk; Vengeance. You will find no peace. I know.’

Eros, slightly looked at Eros angrily, but replied ‘You. I’ll deal with later. But right now; family first.’

Invictus’ sons were standing all around him, with Knight saying ‘That’s not going to happen.’

Eros ended up sighing, for enough was now enough. ‘Oh, this again?’

And within a split second, Eros backhanded both Merlin and Yen Sid, causing them to crash against large rocks in different directions. Many were shocked to see that kind of power he had, which caused Invictus and the others to engage in battle. That was however, until Singe intervened when she used her powers to ensnare some of them. ‘You will not do this!!’ shouted Singe.

‘Oh, you just can’t help yourself can you?’ said Eros when he got mad. ‘But no matter, I’m not gonna go down without a fight either.’ He looked at Bucky, whilst he still tried to get loose ‘Starting with you.’. When all of a sudden, human Apple Bloom stood in the way, which shocked human Applejack by what she was doing. ‘Move aside little girl, don’t want things to get messy around here.’

‘No,’ said human Apple Bloom when she defended a boy that Applejack really likes, even her ‘Ah won’t let you hurt him.’

Eros then sighed, not wanting to hurt a child, but went for it anyway. ‘Fine then.’ he replied, causing him to charge towards her and punched her in the chest, shocking human Applejack and Bucky when he finally got loose. The two of them quickly grabbed Apple Bloom to make sure she was alright.

‘Apple Bloom no.’ said human Applejack whilst she shed a few tears ‘Y’all are bleeding.’

‘Breathe kid, breathe.’ said Bucky when he tried to help.

Apple Bloom was able to breathe a bit, for it appeared that she was miraculously stabilized. She responded with ‘Not my blood.’

They looked at Eros, and noticed that a broken Mistletoe arrow, from what Bucky had given her earlier to help hold her backpack, had pierced through his hand, but instead began to glow. ‘What’s this?’ he replied, causing the rest of his body to glow. But he was slowly shocked when it meant one thing ‘I…I can feel again.’

‘Nooooo!!!!’ shouted Singe when she knew what had happened.

So did Caldor, for when he looked at it, he realized something as he shouted ‘Of course!!! Mistletoe magic, that’s the answer!!’

‘Mistletoe Magic?’ responded Celestia and Luna when they looked at Caldor.

‘Don’t you see, Mistletoe Magic contain so much raw and unimaginable power, they end up dispelling and break any spell that had ever been made, including the ones that can break and destroy immortality and invulnerability, even their godhood.’

‘Wait,’ said Thunder when he realized what it meant ‘So that means he can be killed?’

‘Like a helpless wounded animal in the woods.’

Atreus then got ready with a smile, as he said ‘Oh, it’s on now.’ whilst the rest of his siblings were ready to fight.

‘No!!’ shouted Singe as she got angry ‘I won’t let you do this.’

And to her shock, she reanimated the dead frost giant to live, making it move and shocking every creature when they saw the monstrosity. The dead giant then grabbed Invictus and his sons, causing them to be carried off, as well as Eros when his mother suddenly vanished where she could be controlling the monster. But thankfully, Invictus and his sons were able to free themselves, causing them to land at least ten feet away. But as for Twilight and her friends and allies, all of them watched as they began to fight.

Invictus attacked with his axe first, making a few swings whilst Eros kept dodging it, then punched him away, with his fists, until Knight flew in at great speed and punched Eros in the face, with Applebuck coming from under and bucked him in the air, whilst Barry, with the help of both Atreus and Yin Sid, boosted him up as he whacked him aside with the mace. Copper grabbed him and tossed him aide, whilst Thunder, Merlin and Chivalry using all the power from their horns to shoot him as the blast knocked him backwards. Bashful ended up tripping Eros, whilst Lyon whacked Eros with a hammer, with Bucky using his axe. Duke attacked from behind with his sword, but was slapped aside, then charged towards both Atreus and Yin Sid, but blocked him with their shields, then used their spear and sword to push Eros backwards, until Don energized the bow and arrow with all his magic, aimed at Eros, and shot it with full force, causing it to explode on impact. Eros then came out of it, but he was surely limping, knowing that he can now feel pain.

‘Enough of this!!’ shouted Singe as she used the giant’s hand to smash the ground using the large chisel.

But as she raised the chisel, Eros shouted ‘Mother!!’, causing him to grab onto the chisel to take a lift.

Having no other choice, they quickly chose to chase after him, with Knight, Chivalry and Merlin quickly flying up trying to catch up with Eros, whilst Yen Sid used teleporting magic to teleport them all towards Eros’ location. Once they landed, Eros attacked Invictus head on, and ended up pinning him on the ground. The moment Invictus was on the ground, he was able to block most of Eros’ attacks, until Copper Plume ended up surprising him with a bomb, causing him to be knocked back, with Bucky delivering a powerful uppercut. Invictus was able to punch Eros off of the giant’s arm, which caused Don to jump after him and shot a couple of arrows, whilst Knight used a Sonic Rainboom to punch Eros hard onto the ground. Eros then got up, only for Invictus and his sons to surround him. However, Eros used a shockwave to knock them back, and ended up grabbing Invictus by the throat and pinned him against the wall. The Mane 7 and all of their friends and leaders of other creatures arrived and saw how Eros had Invictus pinned against the wall.

‘I should really thank you for what you did,’ said Eros when he was happy in his own twisted way ‘You did what no one else could do in the past. Cause thanks to you, I’ve never felt more alive. It’s kind of ironic now that you think about it.’

Invictus ended up getting angry as his eyes had flared up, Invictus began to growl whilst red electricity began to surge through him as if he was a living conductoid. He then gripped his hands, and yelled in the air with rage as his shoulder, his elbows, wrists and hands were set aflame whilst his body was partially red, shocking every creature when they first witnessed it. He kicked Eros aside, plunged his hands onto the ground, lifted a large rock and threw it against him. Invictus then charged and mercilessly punched Eros over and over and over again and again and again, he eventually grabbed Eros and slammed him around as if he were a pillow. Whilst Eros was slowly standing up, Invictus pulled out his swords, whilst he focused his flames through the swords, causing him to swing them around using their chains, until it almost looked like he made a shield for them, until he combined it and with one great swing, he swung the swords at Eros, allowing him to be shot straight to the sky, with Knight, Merlin, Atreus and Yen Sid to attack from atop a mountain as they were able to knock him aside and onto the mountain.

As Eros stood up again, Invictus and his sons attacked all at one. Atreus swung his shield to the left, Yen Sid swung his shield to the right, Don whacked him with his bow, Chivalry bucked to the left, Applebuck bucked him to the right, Bashful flew and punched him from the left, Lyon struck from behind with his hammer, Thunder bucked him in the face as he jumped over, Invictus punched from the right, Knight punched him from the left, Copper punched him in the gut, Barry struck below Eros’ face with his mace, Bucky kicked him in the face, Duke struck from the back, and Merlin shot him at full power with his magic.

Invictus grabbed Eros and slammed him onto the ground, had him pinned down, and ended up beating him up savagely none stop. Eros’ face began to show much damage, until Singe summoned the frost giant and breathed heavily upon them, causing them to try to block its freezing attack. The Mane 7 and their counterparts didn’t know what to do. That was, until both Fluttershy and her human counterpart ended up having the same idea, and ended up shouting ‘OOG NIRAAG BAROOM!!!!’

At the same time, to their shock, the Serpent was much fine condition, and ended up attacking from the side, biting the head of the giant, which made them all jump from the top of the mountain. As they landed, Singe ended up falling down the hill when she finally appeared, whilst at the same time, the Serpent began to eat the entire giant’s body until there was nothing left.

As some noticed that the snow were melting, Invictus grabbed Eros and pinned him on the ground, all whilst strangling him. Eros was pinned and couldn’t be freed, and instead he wanted Invictus to end his life when he said ‘Come on, do it, do it.’

‘Stop, please.’ said Singe whilst she tried to stand up.

Thunder walked over to Invictus as he said ‘Father, it’s over. He’s beaten.’

Every creature and human had gathered near them, whilst they saw Invictus strangling Eros. He pulled Eros close to him and said to him in rage ‘You will not follow us again, you will not have what you want, and you will not hurt her again.’

‘I don’t need your protection.’ said Singe when she tried to stand up.

Invictus released his grasp on Eros, and slowly walked away, with his sons taking a few steps back, whilst keeping an eye on him. Eros slowly stood up to face his mother whilst he said ‘You just can’t help yourself, can you mother? No matter what you do, no matter what I say, you’ll never stop, interfering with my life.’

‘I was just trying to protect you. I was…’ she replied, but stopped, for she now realized the error of her ways as the others watched ‘I’ve made mistakes, I know. But you’re free now. You have what you wanted. Try to find forgiveness in your heart. So that we could build something new.

‘No, I won’t…’ said Eros to Singe, which surprised Twilight and the others, for like Gralo, there was no inch of forgiveness within him, for his thoughts have only been clouded by vengeance ‘Because I will never forgive you. You, still need to pay, for the lifetime that you stole from me.’

‘I have paid,’ replied Singe when she tried to remind him of her already paying the price for a few mistakes she made with him and the other gods a long time ago ‘I have paid. But if seeing me dead will make you whole. If it’ll mean for you to set things right. I will not stand in your way.’

Eros took a few steps forward, and finally stood close to his mother, whilst slowly reaching out to her ‘I know.’ and at that moment, he grabbed her throat as he strangled her, which shocked the others by what he was doing.
‘No,’ said human Twilight ‘Let her go!!’

Singe ended up standing on her knees, whilst she wept tears for her son, whom she had lost long ago, saying ‘I love you…’ before her life had come to an end.

However, right before her life was finished, and right before Twilight and the others could do anything, Eros was suddenly interrupted whilst he was grabbed from behind and was held in a sleeper hold with all of its strength. To many of their surprise, they saw Invictus, holding Eros tightly, not making a move as every creature began to watch, even their counterparts. ‘Why?!’ said Eros as his voice was strained, trying to get himself loose from Invictus’ grasp ‘Why do you even care?! You, you could’ve, walked away!!’

‘The cycle ends here,’ said Invictus to Eros as he whispered it in his ear, whilst the last god of Equestria slowly widened his eyes in shock, knowing that what he had intended to do, had caused him his demise ‘We must be better than this.’

And within an instant, Invictus grabbed Eros’ head, and snapped his neck as he grunted, shocking every creature who witnessed Eros’ demise. Eros fell sideways onto the ground whilst he slowly gasped for air, trying to breathe, until a speck of snow fell on his cheek, surprising him when he could feel snow for the first time, whilst he said ‘Snow.’, his life was ended in an instant, no longer breathing, no longer talking, just now a lifeless shell, whom had now been slain.
The fallen Singe, who saw what happened, ended up crawling over to Eros quickly and tried to see if he was okay as he held onto his body ‘No, no, no, no, no, my boy. My dear sweet boy.’

But the fallen god no longer breathed, he no longer spoke, for his life had come to an end whilst her head leaned over his body. Invictus walked up and said to her ‘Singe. He chose this path.’

‘I will rain, every unimaginable agony upon you,’ said Singe as she slowly got angry and looked at him in rage ‘I will parade your cold dead body, on every corner, of every realm, and feed your soul to the vilest filth of death, that is my promise!!!’
‘He just saved your life.’ said Flash Magnus to a grieving Singe

‘He robbed me of everything!!’ she shouted back, whilst slowly lowering her head as she held onto the side of her dead son’s face ‘Everything.’.

Sunset and the others couldn’t help but pity her, for even though she used Twilight and was cruel, she had just lost her son. Singe ended up looking at Invictus in tears ‘You’re just an animal. Passing on your cruelty and rage, you will never change.’

Invictus ended up looking sideways, not looking at her at all ‘Then you do not know me.’

‘I know enough,’ she replied, whilst looking at Twilight and the others, knowing that they haven’t been told the truth ‘Do they?’

Invictus realized that she was right, for he had kept them in the dark for too long. He only took one deep sigh, and confessed to them the truth. ‘Girls,’ he replied as he gained their attention ‘Listen close'.

Invictus took a moment to prepare himself. After taking a deep breath to calm down, he revealed what he should've told them all along. ' I am from a land called Phalanxia. I made a deal with a god that costed me my soul. I killed many who were deserving.’ said Invictus with gripped fists, but loosened them when he remembered those whom he hurt ‘And many who were not.’. He slowly turned around and faced the Mane 7. He finally confessed to them with a straight face as he said ‘I killed my father.’, which shocked Twilight and the others, with Twilight taking a few steps back out of fright, knowing what Invictus had done in his past.

‘That was your father in Tartarus.’ said Duke when they remembered what happened, which made Celestia and the others realize that the man Invictus had beaten up before was his father.

‘Is this why you didn’t want us to be gods?’ said Don when he had a hard time grasping the truth ‘Is this how it always ends? Sons killing their mothers…their fathers?’

‘No,’ said Invictus as he assured them of the truth ‘We will be who we will choose to be, not like those who have been or came before us. Who I was, is not who you will become or be. We must be better.’

At the same time, Singe walked by, carrying her now dead son. She looked at them for a few moments, not saying a word. For she cannot do anything, for her powers except her strength are gone. At the same time, she walked away as every creature and human began to watch. Caldor stood next to Invictus as he watched her leave ‘Well. I guess we’re all the bad guys now.’

‘In her eyes yes,’ said Invictus when he agreed ‘But she could never make that choice.’. He looked at his sons and slowly stood up. ‘We must go, while I still have strength.’

However, the other creatures were weary because of what Invictus had done and revealed, with the ponies shocked by what Invictus was. ‘Why in tarnation would y’all…?’ replied Applejack when she had a hard time grasping for what Invictus had done.

Invictus looked at Stygian and signaled him to tell them. He noticed and looked at the others, telling them the truth ‘His father is Zion.’

Some were surprised to hear that name, especially the Young Six, whilst Silverstream were shocked to realize something ‘But if Zion is his father. Then that means you’re…you’re…’

Invictus was able to finish her sentence, admitting his identity ‘I am the Spectre of Phalanxia.’

Every creature was shocked to meet the slayer of gods that everyone had heard of, including the Mane 7 and their human counterparts.