Author's Note

For the enemies mentioned in this Doom/MLP Crossover, I'll describe some of them in demonic pony versions of themselves (Not every demon will be explained in a pony style due to common reasons, however). I'll be bringing out more of them in the later chapters. So, enjoy reading every pony.

Canterlot Palace Apocalypse

At the city of Canterlot, a battalion of unicorn Royal Guards were seen raising combined shield barrier over the palace while the rest of the earth pony and pegasus guards were lined up behind the unicorns in keeping the terrified crowd away from the area. The moment Spike arrived near the Palace, Gallus makes a full report on the situation at hand.

"Sir, we've lost contact on the rest of the nobles that were trapped inside the palace walls!!" Captain Gallus announced. "Several of our teams went in to find Queen Twilight but they haven't returned!! I think they got butchered up too along with the palace garrison. Did you did what her majesty just told you?"

"I have!! Luster and her friends will be here very soon!!" Spike acknowledged.

While the pegasi and earth pony guard were trying to disperse the crowd, most of the fillies, mares, and gentle colts couldn't help but worry about what's happening in the palace since some claimed that their loved ones are still in there. As the clamoring started to intensify, Gallus went back to his formation to help keep the crowd from coming closer to the sealed-off palace. As for Spike, he stood there in front of the palace feeling concerned for his elder sister's safety.

Meanwhile, inside the Canterlot Palace, after a few hours of fighting against the demons, before her time to rise the sun, Queen Twilight is starting to get tired every time she used her magic to send them back to Tartarus. No matter how hard she tried, one demon that she obliterated was replaced by two more. As for the guards that were possessed, they were shooting magic spells at their beloved Queen without even realizing the error of their ways, while those who don't use magic were hurling spears and crossbow bolts at the adult alicorn. Feeling outgunned by such odds, Twilight took flight and zoomed right past the demons and her possessed guard ponies into another room away from the palace foyer. The moment she descended from her flight, Twilight shut the doors behind her and sealed it off with her magic before using what's left of her power to raise the sun. After that, she dispelled her magic on the door but cautiously looked both left and right to make sure none of the demons or possessed guards are nearby. The moment she left the room, Twilight flew up in the air in silence as she glided through the hallways without flapping her wings too often, rather just with light flapping. She may have gotten away from the palace foyer, but the horrors inside the Canterlot Palace are still far from over.

While navigate through the palace corridors in mid-air, Twilight sees more dead ponies, laying on the floor bearing both noble and royal guard attire. She was felt even more worried of what will ever become of the palace staff right now since demons are invading the area from the inside. Thankfully, none of Twilight's friends are here to see this. Even though Twilight is on her own, she still did her best to get the other ponies who are still trapped inside her palace to safety. Since the rest of the nobles aren't aware of the hostile incursion, the least she can do is rescue her ponies before the demons find them. So far, Twilight wasn't able to find anymore survivors. Ultimately, she saw Fancy Pants running out from a nearby door along with two exhausted royal guards. They see Twilight come down from her flight before they could say anything to her.

"Your majesty, thank Faust you're here!!" Fancy gasped in fear. "I need help trying to find my wife Fleur. She's no where to be found when those monsters started wreaking havoc here!!"

"I'll find her, Fancy!!" Twilight told the frightened noble. "For now I have to get you and your men out of here."

"Good luck, then!!" Fancy said before Twilight used a teleportation spell on him and his remaining guards.

After Fancy Pants and his men disappeared thanks to Twilight's spell, the purple alicorn moved on and headed down to the guard quarters to see if any pony is still there. As soon as she arrived outside of the guard quarters, Twilight saw several of her remaining guard ponies still fighting against the encroaching demons and their corrupted, possessed brethren from a door window. So far, only a score of unicorn guard ponies were fending them off with their magic shields and rapid-fire beams.

"EVERY PONY THIS WAY!!! HURRY!!!" Twilight shouted to her guards as she opened up the door.

Upon hearing Twilight's royal command, the unicorn guards fled with their lives as they made their way out of their quarters, rallying under Queen Twilight's wing. After the guards got out of the quarters, Twilight slammed the door shut. The moment the door closed on the encroaching demons, they were screeching very loudly as they made futile attempts to break down the door with their claws and fireballs; likely when Twilight put a shield wall in front of the door. After seeing the demons run off, Twilight turns around to see her remaining guards trying to catch their breath.

"Is every pony okay?!" Twilight asked, trying to check up on her remaining guard ponies.

"We don't know for sure, your highness!!" A female guard sergeant unicorn responded, feeling traumatized from fighting against the unknown demons. "Those bastards just came out from the ground and causing a lot of damage under our roof. At least me and my squad were all at the mess hall during our night shift when we heard screaming coming from our quarters. By the time we head down to our quarters, it was too late!! Every guard pony sleeping there was already dead. Instead, we were fighting for our lives only to get cornered by the entrance behind us. They just keep coming!!!"

"We've got to get the buck out of here!!!!" Another guard shrieked while panting underneath his breath.

"Was any pony else in the mess hall?!" Twilight asked.

"Lady Fleur di Lis was there trying to get an early breakfast before the screaming started." The sergeant explained. "We ordered her to hide in the mess hall before we took off to the guard quarters, along with the rest of the noble ponies and staff there."

"Let's head down to the mess hall!!" Twilight ordered the guard ponies. "There is an escape hatch that will lead you and Fleur out of the palace!!!"

"Yes, your majesty!!" The female sergeant said, acknowledging Twilight's orders.

With Queen Twilight in the lead, the guard sergeant and 8 guard unicorns are following her from behind, grabbing their spears with their magic before heading down to the mess hall. Along the way, they quietly moved through the hallways when they saw the demons and possessed guard ponies standing idle from a mere distance away, unaware of their presence. The moment they went up to the two large doors of the cafeteria, the guards formed a line behind Twilight readying their spears. As for Twilight, she slowly opened the doors up with her magic by a mere inch of line. When she looked through the small gap between the doors, hoping that none of the demons or possessed guards are inside the mess hall. After surveying the area, Twilight felt thankful that none of them are in the mess hall.

Unfortunately, by the time Twilight turned around to signal her guards that the coast is clear, one of the guards accidentally knocked a nearby vase off a small table with his spear. In a blink of an eye, the vase shattered into a million bits, alerting the demons and possessed guards!!

"Shit!! Every pony!! Move!! Move!! Move!!" The sergeant ordered abruptly as the guards all went inside the mess hall along with Queen Twilight.

As soon as they're in the mess hall, Twilight sees an mob of demons running towards her group from the hallways. In a fast reaction, Twilight slammed the doors shut in front of the demonic mob with the guard ponies barring it with tables. Once the doors are sealed, Twilight finds Fleur di Lis, five noble ponies, and the chef hiding inside the cafeteria. The moment Fleur saw Twilight, she felt very frightened into thinking that her husband Fancy Pants didn't make it. However, Twilight told the frightened unicorn noble that Fancy is outside waiting for her. Feeling relieved for a bit, Fleur was hoping to escape the palace as soon as possible. Without further a due, Twilight found the escape hatch behind the kitchen counter. The moment Twilight used her magic to open the hatch, the Guard sergeant ordered Fleur and the escapees down into the hatch as they made a run for it through the underground passage leading away from the palace. By the time the chef pony went down through the hatch, Twilight and the guards heard violent banging coming from the doors that they just barricaded. Realizing that the doors are not going to hold for long, Twilight and 7 of her remaining guards turned their attention towards it.

"Sergeant, get the ponies out of this place!! I'll hold them off!!" Queen Twilight ordered. "The rest of you guards with me!!!"

Just as the Guard Sergeant went down the hatch, Twilight immediately sealed it off, ensuring that the demons will not follow them from behind. As the doors are slowly opening up after every intense banging, Twilight makes her final stand against the demons inside the mess hall.

"SPEAR FORMATION!!!" Twilight shouted in a royal Canterlot voice as she went into another battle stance, with her horn charging up with her magic once again.

Upon hearing Twilight's command, all of the guard ponies formed up in front of her and aimed their spears at the doors.
In just a few seconds, the doors went sent flying as demons and possessed guards started pouring out into the mess hall, charging straight at Twilight and her guard squad.

"FOR EQUESTRIA!!!!" All of the ponies shouted in unison!

The moment the demons got closer to the guards, they lunged at the demons with their spears, piercing their hearts and killing them. As soon as they let go of their spears, the guards unleashed every bit of battle spell and shield spell at them without holding anything back. While the guards were engaging the encroaching demons, Twilight unfurled her wings and flew up above the demons, unleashing a powerful chain-lighting spell from her horn, zapping most of the demons from entering the mess hall. However, it wasn't enough to keep her remaining guards alive as they fell one by one.

In just one minute of shooting out a lighting bolt from his horn, a demon came behind one of the guards and slashed at his neck with its claws, killing him as blood came out of his neck. Out of the remaining six guards, another one was getting hammered by a barrage of spears, hurled by his possessed comrades. Eventually, as soon as his shield went down, one spear punctured him in the skull before he went down instantly. Two were trying to hold the demons back with their spears, thrusting and whacking them at will. Three of the guards are continually casting battle spells at the encroaching possessed guards, without any more remorse. As the bodies of the enemy fell, two tall, tough, bulky-looking demons came into the mess hall and whacked away the two Royal Guards, who were armed with spears, with their bare hands. As they were both sent flying, the two guards slammed into the back of the wall and with full force, making them fall on the floor lifeless. Before they even knew it, they hurled a few huge blue fireballs at the three remaining guards only for Twilight to raise a shield wall with her magic, blocking the fireballs at will. Queen Twilight hovered above them and fired a barrage of magic missiles, vaporizing a group of possessed guards and demons, stunning the two huge demons as well. Before the huge demons are able to snap out of their stunned effects, Twilight used her magic to lift both of them off the ground and slammed them into each other's skulls, killing both of them at once as blood started spewing out of their brains. As soon as Twilight landed on her hooves after seeing the mess hall clear, a huge hellish, swirling vortex opened up right below her. Much to the guards' horror, they see Twilight get restrained by a group of tentacles that came from the vortex. The moment they see their alicorn queen getting dragged into the vortex, the three remaining guards ran up to her without thinking.

"YOUR MAJESTY!!!" The guards shrieked in horror as they tried to pull her out with their magic.

"Stop, guys!! You've done enough!!" Twilight ordered. "I'm not going to let any more of my guards die in vain. So, just get out of here while you still can!!"

"No, your highness!! We can't leave you here!!!" One guard said in a panic.

Before long Twilight sees another group of demons coming in from the hallway hurling fireballs blindly at the unicorn guards. Not wanting to take anymore chances, Twilight lit up her horn once more when her lower half gets sucked into the vortex.

"Just tell Luster and her friends to come find me in hell!!!" Twilight ordered as she fired her magic at the three unicorn guards.

As the guards both gasped, Twilight used the last ounce of her magic to lift the guards up in the air as she felt the lower half of her body disappear into the vortex. At the same time, Twilight was struggling to hold on while her muscles are getting tightened by the pressure of the vortex's tentacles.

"NOOOOOOOO!!!" The guards screamed in fear for the queen's life.

With just one flash from Twilight's horn, they both disappeared from her sight before the demons got to them.

"Forgive me, every pony!!" Twilight smiled weakly as she closed her eyes with tears coming down her face.

As the tentacles completely wrapped around the rest of Queen Twilight's body, she gets pulled down immediately, disappearing into the vortex.

The moment Twilight vanished into the floors, a flashing pillar of light spewed out from the vortex. After the flashing stopped the vortex disappeared without a trace as the demons and possessed guards moved into the mess hall not know what to do anymore since the surviving guards ponies have all disappeared.

After spending several more minutes in keeping the crowd under control, Spike sees that Luster Dawn and her friends finally arrived. The moment every pony turned their attention towards them, they see Luster and her friends all wearing strange marine armor with their helmets hanging behind their heads and their with weapons mounted on their armored backs.

"It's about time you guys showed up!!!" Spike said, feeling a bit impatient.

"Sorry, Spike. It was hard for some of my friends to decide what weapons to bring for our mission in Canterlot." Luster said, feeling a bit ashamed for their awkward behavior.

"Did you make sure that tome and the key are safely hidden?!" Spike asked grimly.

"I have!! I put it in a safe place in my room back at the Castle of Friendship." Luster answered confidently.

"Good. Anyway, your mission right now is to help retake the Canterlot Palace and look for any survivors still trapped inside its walls. While you're at it, I want you guys find Twilight and......"

"LORD SPIKE!!!!" One of the guards shouted as he came from behind the dragon, along with two of his comrades.

"What is it?!" Spike asked, seeing that the two guards were exhausted after trying to make a run for it outside.

"Queen Twilight got dragged into a vortex leading down below the surface!!" The guard exclaimed.

"WHAT???!!!" Spike gasped in horror. "Oh Faust. NO!!!"

"She wanted us to have Luster Dawn go find her!!" The guard added in.

"That's exactly why I'm here guys!!" Luster said, understanding the situation at hand. "First we secure the palace, then we find a way down to the demon realm to save Queen Twilight Sparkle. Is every pony and creature ready?!"

"We're ready for anything Luster!!" All of her friends said in unison.

"Let's go!!" Luster said as she put on her helmet, with the rest of them following suit.

When Luster's group approached the shield barrier, she took out her combat shotgun before proceeding into the palace; on her side, Luster had the strange, big energy gun with a huge holster whom she calls it the BFG 9000. As for the rest of Luster's friends, Vecra drew out her chain-gun; on her armored back, she is carrying a mounted rocket launcher. Spring Light armed herself with a plasma gun with a small flamethrower turret mounted on her right shoulder pad. For Rubeth, he took out a super shotgun and held it up with his two claws while hovering in mid-air. Bright attached the sword grip on top of his right hoof; the next thing they saw from the armored earth pony was having a mounted assault rifle on his back.

The moment Luster and her friends met the guards holding the shield barrier, they used their magic to lift it up 10 feet above them before they proceeded into the palace. From that point on, Luster's new mission starts now as she sees her group disappeared into the side entrance of the palace v.i.a Memorial Gardens. For Luster, she looked back one more time to see Spike and Gallus. Both the dragon and the blue griffon waved goodbye to Luster, wishing her luck in bringing back Queen Twilight and saving the Canterlot palace from the hooves of the hostile demon army. As Luster waved back to the two, she turned back towards where her friends disappeared into and head inside the Memorial Gardens.

For a few minutes of trotting through the gardens, Luster and her friends all held their guns up to their face as they proceed slowly into the garden maze, preparing to face whatever threat will stand in their way. With Luster right behind her group, she activated her identity scanner with her right hoof, which is one the left side of her helmet. In an instant, Luster left the scanner on automatic just in-case she won't have time to analyze her foes before dealing with them. Spring went ahead first, with Bright and Rubeth staying very close to her. For Vecra, she readied her chain-gun, turning on its laser-sights in hopes of maintaining her aim. Through the garden maze, most of Luster's group felt pretty shaken since it was too quiet and foggy to see. By the time they reached the palace square, Luster felt a sinister, cackling noise coming from somewhere in the fog. She felt her blood turning as cold as ice, feeling that they'll be fighting against the horrors very soon. In a fast response, Luster held up her hoof, ordering her group to halt in silence.

"Listen!!" Luster whispered as she held her combat shotgun with her magic close to her face.

After one minute in silence, Luster felt the silence and the suspense scaring her. Before Luster or her friends could go a step closer into the fog, a grotesque earth pony figure came out, grunting horrendously. At first, Luster thought it may be one of the ponies that were trapped inside the palace when the incursion occurred. However, just when Luster cautiously approached the pony, it revealed to have a scary, pale-looking face. His eyes were bright as red, he was speaking in a scary gibberish tone, his skin was totally pale with green veins running through his skin, and his mane was missing. He was still wearing his Royal Guard armor and helmet while carrying his spear around. Unfortunately, without warning, the guard pointed his spear directly at Luster's face. When the scary-looking guard pony snarled at Luster, she yelped in fright as the unicorn jumped away from him. It was one of the guard ponies that were possessed.

"Sir!! It's me Luster!!" The pink unicorn exclaimed only to be met with act of aggression from the pony guard.

"RRRAAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGHHHHH!!!" The crazed guard roared as he lunged at Luster with his spear.

Without thinking too much on what to say anymore, Luster suddenly fired her shotgun at the possessed guard. With just one blast, the guard's brains blew out from his head, killing him in an instant. After the guard was sent flying backwards and fell flat on the ground, Luster started sweating over the fact that she just killed a pony that used to serve as a guard in Equestria, or so she thought. After seeing what Luster just did, the rest of her friends have all gasped that the guards somehow turned hostile without showing any sign of consciousness.

"They must've been the possessed guard ponies that Spike was warning us about!!" Rubeth muttered in shock as he held up his double-barrelled shotgun close to his chest.

Before any pony or creature could say anymore, they heard distant roars coming from all sides in the garden maze. As the screams get intense, Luster realized that they'll be fighting for their lives inside the Canterlot Palace. When her group aimed their guns at the fog, Vecra was the first to see the possessed guards in her sights.

"HEADS UP!! HERE THEY COME!!!"

Much to Luster's horrified surprise, more possessed earth pony guards came out from the fog. They were all bearing similar, grotesque-looking features like the one that Luster just brought down. They were all carrying spears and swords posing to strike at Luster's group without hesitation and without mercy.

"Open fire!!!" Luster shouted as she unleashed more firepower upon the possessed guards with her combat shotgun.

At the same time, Rubeth and Vecra fired their double-barrelled shotgun and chain-gun, spraying a barrage of bullets at the charging possessed guards.

For Spring, she transformed herself into a Nirik the moment she started opening fire with her plasma gun. While spraying a barrage of energized heat at the possessed guards, she ran right through them and unleashed a small spray of flames, causing several of them to scream in agony as they felt their flesh being burned away. In addition, Spring let loose a flaming roar at a nearby guard, turning him into ashes in a blink of an eye; even his spear was totally vaporized by Spring's Nirik powers.

After Luster fired off 5 more blasts with her shotgun, she attempted to reload her weapon only to see three possessed pegasus guards fly straight into her direction. In addition to their grotesque appearance, the possessed pegasi guard are now seen with their wings mutated into horrible bat-like appearance with spots of exposed flesh showing on their wing-spans. As soon as the possessed pegasus guards hovered above Luster, they opened fire with their crossbows. In one quick swing with her horn, Luster let loose a magic shield to block off their fire while she finished reloading her shotgun. After her shotgun gets loaded again, she returned fire by firing several shots at the possessed pegasus. In just five seconds, all three of them exploded into a mangled, bloody mess as they fell down from their flight and crashed into a nearby garden hedge.

"Let's head to the palace guys!!!" Luster told the group as they all ran through the maze gardens shooting down every possessed guard that popped out from the shadows.

Along the way, every possessed guard pony that Luster's group shot down left behind massive blood stains all over the trees and plants inside the palace gardens. Just when Luster and her friends were sent to Canterlot to secure the palace, they just couldn't do that without getting their hooves and claws dirty nor leave behind so much destruction in spilling blood in their wake. Their fight with the armies of hell was apocalyptic in the Canterlot Palace.

As soon as they reached the side entrance of the palace, they were greeted by another group of hideous creatures. They started making a very loud screech as they made their full appearance. They were seen with brown skin, glowing red eyes, and have spikes coming out of its back. From Luster's dna scanner installed in her helmet, she received data from their first demon encounter the moment she sees them in her sights:

Imp: The low-class ranked demons that serve as foot soldiers of hell. They shoot out fireballs and sometime leap at their prey like hunters on the prowl. When they get closer for the kill, they lash out with their claws and teeth.

"Watch out guys!!" Luster told the group. "These imps look really vicious."

"Me handle this!!" Vecra growled as she charged forward, aiming her horns at one imp. "YAK SMASH!!!"

In such fast movement, the imp didn't have the chance to claw at Vecra as he was met with a horn impale straight into its jaws. When Vecra's horns came out of the back of the imp's head, it let out a gurgle before the demon fell limp. After Vecra flung the dead imp into the air, she jumped on top of another Imp, crush its body to a pulp before shooting out her chain-gun at the other imps on her left.

For the other imps that aren't close to Vecra, they hurled a dozen of fireballs at the rest of Luster's group before they were met with a duo shotgun blast coming from Luster's and Rubeth's shotguns. Just when one of the imps tried to leap at Bright, he activated his mounted assault rifle from the back of his armor and sprayed a hail of bullets at the imp, killing it. With Bright's mouth, he pulled out his sword grip that was holstered on his right side. As he held onto it tightly, the sword grip spewed out a long, energy blue lighting up in a purple, blue hue. With just one swipe of Bright's energy sword, he cut one leaping imp in two before it fell on the ground behind him. Seeing himself awestruck by the sword's power Bright couldn't help but feel so excited in wield the energy sword at will.

After all of the imps are taken down, Luster's group finally went inside the palace, opening and closing the side doors behind them. For just a few minutes, they explored the entire room to see if any pony or creature is still hiding nearby. Seeing that there is no one else here at the moment, Luster and her friends decided to take five.

"Wow, that was brutal!!" Bright Vermillion exclaimed.

"You guys should seen the look on that Imp's face when I send him flying into the sky!!" Vecra laughed.

"I can't believe I was spread flames already even before I start shooting out my mounted flamethrower." Spring grinned, insanely.

"Well, we still haven't seen anything yet, guys." Luster pointed out with her hoof. "Spike already told me that the demons came from a chasm that is in the palace foyer. We need to head to the foyer if we were to save Queen Twilight and this palace."

After taking a breather from their first fight with the demons and possessed guard ponies, Luster's group made their way into the great hall. However, as soon as they reached the great hall, it was full of dead ponies both left and right. The floor was completely covered with the blood of the pony corpses. Several chandeliers and statues have already fallen and shattered into pieces from the demon incursion. Just when they think that great hall is clear, they see something ghastly flying above them. When Rubeth took a closer look at the ghastly figures, he spotted a group of floating pony skeleton heads flying around screaming with orange flames protruding from their backs. As soon as Luster's DNA scanner activated itself again, she received new info for their new foes in the great hall.

Lost Souls: They happened to be undead floating spirits that have been damned to roam the depths of hell after they fell as original beings in the mortal world. Although they're fragile undead beings, these spectators can move around and strike very fast when they see their target in sight.

As soon as Rubeth got a little too close to one of the Lost Souls while taking flight, it started snapping its jaws at the griffon. The other Lost souls started chomping at Rubeth as well, forcing him to lose his flight as he makes an immediate, rough landing.

"ARRGGGHHH!!! GET THEM OFF ME!!!" Rubeth screamed hysterically as Luster's horn charged up.

With just one flash, Luster's spell immediately disintegrated the Lost Souls attacking Rubeth. After Rubeth catch his breath Luster makes a remark in front of him.

"Whether these creatures are big or small, we still shouldn't underestimate them!!" Luster scolded the griffon.

"Easy for you to say!!" Rubeth said, feeling a bit embarrassed of himself.

"Uh, guys!! I think I see a swarm of Lost Souls coming down from above the ceiling!!!" Bright Vermillion gasped as he pointed his hoof upward.

The moment Luster and her group looked up, they see like 50 Lost Souls getting ready to strike at them.

"You've got to be kidding!!!" Spring shrieked as she transformed into a Nirik once again.

Before the lost souls could even bite any of Luster's friends, Spring unleashed a massive torrent of purple flames. In just one second, the entire group of lost souls have all been vaporized by Spring's dark, nirik spell. Unfortunately, before they could they could even thank Spring Light for her immediate efforts, more possessed guard ponies came through the other side of the great Hall, barging through the doors from both sides. The moment the guards see Luster's group in their sights, they start firing their spells at them.

"I think I know why a kirin's anger will get us into trouble!!" Rubeth thought to himself as dodged the incoming spells while taking flight again.

As Luster raised another shield wall with her magic, Bright let loose another spray of bullets at the possessed unicorns with his assault rifle. But not only did Bright fired his assault rifle, he activated another weapon mod attached to it. The assault rifle also fired a short barrage of small missiles at the possessed guard ponies. When the missiles stuck their armor, the guards exploded into a bloody mess, followed by a small chain-reaction of explosions.

When the possessed unicorn guards started attacking Luster and her friends, they were unleashing all sorts of magic similar to what the imps had in store for them. They were shooting out not just fireballs, but rather all sorts of hellish fire-like spells from their horns. They were unleashing firebolts, red-energy beams, inferno spells, and blazing shield barriers. When Rubeth got too close to one of the possessed unicorns when they were raising a blazing shield barrier, both of his wings got caught on fire as his armor started burning up from the inside, making him lose his shotgun aim as he crashed into the pavement, screaming in pain while getting burned. At the same time, Rubeth looses his grip on the double-barrel shotgun; thankfully, Spring Light was able to retrieve it with her magic and strapped it next to her praetor armor. Upon seeing Rubeth getting burned by the possessed unicorn's spells, Luster moved in and protected the griffon as she fired her shotgun at the possessed unicorns, right in front of him.

After Luster took down all of the possessed unicorns, she picked up Rubeth with her magic and carried him on top of her back.

"Rubeth, are you okay?!" Luster asked, showing concern for the burnt griffon.

"I think my wings got roasted!!" Rubeth said, coughing up smoke from his beak. "I don't think I'll be flying for a while."

"We may need to get to the palace hospital wing!!" Bright suggested. "I know there has to be a map somewhere here!!"

"Vecra, cover me and Rubeth!!" Luster told the female yak. "Bright, you and Spring go on ahead and make sure there are no monsters that are going to get in our way this time."

After they left the great hall, they went down a corridor filled with rubble. At one corner, they see a dead guard pony laying up against the wall, with his lower half ripped apart from the rest of his body as blood was split all over the floors of the corridor. With Bright and Spring taking the lead, they forced themselves to bear witness to the nasty horror of the bloodied corridors. Not wanting to vomit at such a horrid scene, Bright did his best to not look at the guard corpse even by a mere inch. However, the earth pony couldn't help but feel nauseous from that fact that he, along with the rest of Luster's friends, are getting caught up in a bloody fight for their lives. He just wished such problems like that didn't have to be this scary, not when they were forced to spill blood belonging to their new enemies. He felt pretty shaken that they will be experiencing a situation similar to that of a horror-action movie, not to mention that they were all forced to put the afflicted Equestrian Guard ponies out of their misery. However, Spring slowly held onto Bright's arm, gesturing the earth pony that everything is going to be fine. Just when Bright is starting to get a hold of himself, they made several more turns in the corridor as several entries were blocked with ceiling rubble. Eventually Luster's group is finally able to reached the hospital wing without shooting down anymore demons or possessed guards. Unfortunately, three more imps are seen dawdling at the hospital's entrance, along with 6 more possessed pegasi guards.

As they thought about what to do them, Vecra and Spring decided to move in and mop up the demons, with Luster and Bright watching over Rubeth. After delivering several shots from their weapons, Vecra signaled Luster, telling her that the hospital is clear. Upon noticing this, Luster brought Rubeth to the infirmary inside the hospital wing. As soon as they entered the medical room, they were all surprised that there has been no blood stains or any corpses lying anywhere in the infirmary. When they closed the doors behind them, Luster had Rubeth sat on top of the stretcher and had him remove his burnt armor from his wings, letting the pink unicorn examined his burnt injuries. After some careful studying, thanks to Luster's good knowledge in medicine at Twilight's School of Magic, she confirmed that Rubeth needs to be treated for 3rd degree burns on both of his wings.

"Bright, I may need several IV fluids from the medicine cabinet!!" Luster told the orange-mane earth pony.

Without saying another word, Bright went up to a nearby cabinet that is in front of Luster and Rubeth. As soon as he saw an IV fluid bag inside, he immediately took it out and hooked it to a nearby post next to Rubeth's stretcher. Luster helped administer the IV fluid before injecting it into Rubeth's burnt wings. After taking a breather from Luster treating him of his injuries, the griffon felt more relieved that he may recover very soon. However, since this is the beginning of their new mission, Luster reminded Rubeth that he needs to take more precaution staying away from the demons.

While Rubeth is getting rest in letting the IV fluids flow through his wings, Luster turns to face her friends as she takes off her praetor helmet before making her announcement to the group.

"Since we have just made our first battle against the monsters from the underworld, we cannot do anything reckless here. What those demons did to this palace and to the guards stationed here is just only the beginning. We may not have seen anything from them yet. So once we head down into the Demon Realm to rescue our Alicorn Queen, they'll be throw at us more than just spears, or fireballs. So, we must always stick together no matter the odds!!! We won't burden ourselves with too much resources; we will only take what we need to stay alive down there. I was already reminded by Queen Twilight that without the support from friends, missions like this will be impossible for me to accomplish. So, as long as we are here together, I expect full cooperation from all of you. This isn't a game guys. When you have the chance to kill your enemies, do it!!! We all have to survive together if we were to succeed. Is that clear, guys?!"

After hearing what Luster had to say, they all responded in a positive tone. Next, Luster's group decided to remain in the infirmary until Rubeth is fully recovered from his burn injuries as they aimed their guns at the doors leading back into the corridors. In just half an hour later, Rubeth finally doesn't feel anymore pain from his burnt wings anymore. The moment the IV fluid is depleted, Luster picked up a bottle of pain medication for Rubeth to use in case the pain from his wings act up again. After taking the bottle of pain killers from Luster, Rubeth put his armor back on his wings

"Just remember not to use this pain killer until you feel the burns again."Luster reminded the griffon as Spring handed back his double-barrel shotgun.

"I understand, Luster!" Rubeth said after taking only one pill from the capsule.

"Let's move guys!!" Luster said. "The palace foyer is not much further!!"

As soon as they entered the corridors, Rubeth followed Luster's group from behind while walking on foot, sparing himself from any painful flapping from his wings. With Lusters now in the lead, she aimed her shotgun in front of her with the barrel pointing straight ahead. While cautiously moving forward through the corridors, the darkness within the palace continues to give Luster and her friends the chills. Nevertheless, they still keep true to Luster's suggestions during their mission. In just several meters ahead of the palace foyer, they heard more screeching and grunting coming from out of the corridors. As the darkness finally faded away, Luster was the first to enter the palace foyer from the left wing.

Down the grand staircase, the palace foyer is finally revealed to have a huge chasm on the palace floors right in front of the end. The rift was stretched out wide in front of the main entrance of the palace, with a 15 foot length reaching from the front of the flight of stairs all the way to the two huge doors leading outside of the palace. Shockingly, the rift's width reached towards both walls, considering that no pony can cross over it unless they can fly or jump over the gap. Surrounding the rift was a large mob of imps feasting on all the dead ponies that they have killed at the main entrance, the very same scene that Queen Twilight saw earlier. As for the possessed guard ponies, they were all just standing in front of the imps not doing anything. Shock at seeing such a horrible sight, Luster couldn't help that the only way to enter the demon realm is through the chasm she sees before her. With no other option Luster decides to clear out the entire palace foyer, destroying every single demon and possessed guard pony in the vicinity.

"Let's get e'm!!!" Luster snarled as she readied herself on top of the grand staircase right in-between the left and right wings. As soon as she aimed her shotgun, the rest of her friends all aimed their weapons at the demon mob before they turned around. The moment they see Luster's group above them, they all opened fire.

After several minutes of gunning down the imps and possessed guard ponies, Luster's group finally secured the entire palace foyer. However, before they could proceed into the rift, Spike and Princess Flurry Heart appeared at the palace's main entrance on the other side of the rift. As Luster turned her attention towards the purple dragon and the young teenage alicorn started to feel a bit worried of Queen Twilight's safety. Much to Luster's shock, Flurry is seen wearing strange, praetor armor too except that it is made of crystals, filled with purple shadings and blue linings. On Flurry's back, she has a rail gun strapped to her.

"I just received a letter from Spike about what happened to auntie Twilight." Flurry said in a worried tone. "It's not true is it?! She's not really down there is she?!"

After hearing what Flurry Heart just said while pointing her hoof at the chasm, Luster reluctantly admitted that Twilight is somewhere down below the surface with the demons. Feeling horrified and enraged, Flurry was feeling eager to blast the monsters to kingdom come with her railgun as she held it with their magic.

"There's no way I can take over after my mom and dad if I can't defend my family!!" Flurry growled as she hovered in mid-air, flapping her wings in anger.

"Are you saying that you want to come with us too, Flurry?!" Luster asked, thinking that she might have another teammate fighting by her group's side.

"I know this is against my mom's and dad's ideas, but I want to prove myself that I can do something brave and independent for a change." Flurry added in.

"I was trying to stop Flurry from doing this because I thought for sure Shinning Armor and Princess Cadence wouldn't agreed with it. However, I received a letter from them, claiming that Shinning already taught Flurry on how to use her magic for self defense. He insisted that this will be her final test to prove her bravery to deal with the demons that took her sister." Spike said, feeling lost that he is about to let his niece enter the Demon Realm. "Just don't let Flurry out of your sight."

"Very well." Luster said, before turning towards the young, white alicorn. "You're going to need to stay with us, Flurry!! Because one of my friends almost got burned to death because of his recklessness not too long ago."

"I'll do my best!!!" Flurry said with determination as she held the railgun with her two hooves.

"Let's go everyone!!! The journey in the Demon Realm is just beginning!!" Luster said as she, Flurry, and the rest of her friends went down the trail below the chasm.

As for Spike, he watched Luster, her friends, and Flurry walk down the path inside the chasm as they all disappeared into the red fog down below him.