In the shadow of a dilapidated street, shapeless beings move silently, fleeing from the men who haunt the streets in search of blood, the moon reflected in a puddle of grime-stained water.

The beings observed the world around him and saw helpless prey, he observed him and approached, hiding in the shadows, the only thing he knew. It was then that he attacked.

"HAAAA, I'm going to drink your blood !!!"

Or is it a kid who was waiting for the right moment to scare his friend.

"Hihihi, I scared you hihihi." The little joker was proud of his prank.

"Not even true, your too bad."

"Oh don't cry, let's go get some candy."

" Yes!!!"

It was then that he ran through the streets to decorate, Jack-o-lantern, Bat, and other witches were hanging on all the houses and shops.

"This is the end of Christianity, my friends, this pagan holiday corrupts the minds of our children and they become practitioners of black art." The new priests don't seem to like this holiday.

"Father, calm yourself down, this is just a holiday like any other." Say Octavia, it was her who was in charge of the Music for this Hollyday

"NO my children, this holiday is the work of the demons who wish to come back to earth and feed our souls."

then the priest returned to his church and closed it, which did not bother the people in the street.

"Hihihi ... Watch out!" The child try to prevent his friends of an imminent danger.

"What? Ouch .." The child not having looked ahead, bumped into a man.

"Ouch." He fell to the ground and his friend ran up to him but the man was already in front of him.

"Are you ok?" then the man raised him up, He was dressed in a long black cloak which covered his whole body and a white mask hid his face, although this simple custom frightened the two children.

"Y ... Yes, im okay."

"C...ome on, w .... we have more houses to visit." they expected to go away but the man held them back.

"Wait." Then the man put his hand in his coat, the children were scared for fear that he would pull out a weapon but instead he took out two chocolate bars.

"Here" He gave them to the children.

" Happy Halloween."

" Thank you sir."

"Yes, thank you very much." And they left, greeting the stranger who walked to the most popular candy store in town. The SugarCube Corner because, during this period, this shop becomes the number 1 supplier of sweets in Ponyville.

"Fallout, don't be stingy and pay me some fucking candy, man !!!" Spike yelled at his (only) friend.

"No Spike, I'm not paying you candy, you're not a little boy anymore so no candy." Fallout is not happy.

"You are a shit and I've always told you that ..." It was then that Spike looked at a bucket of candy in the store, went silent for three seconds before stealing it and rushing off.

"HAHAHAHA."

"COME BACK HERE, SPIKE !!!!!!!!" and he ran after him. But let's come back to our mysterious stranger who entered the store ... and immediately emerged with chocolate. He headed out of town and joined a campfire. He looked at the camera then took off his mask revealing our favorite hero.

"Ah, it's good to breathe, oh are you still there? So my friends, do you want me to tell you a new Halloween story?"

" No answer"

"So let's start, south of Equestria is the desert and in this desert, there is a remote place called" the devil's canyon and in this canyon, there is a cave ".

" Many rumors have circulated in this place, human sacrifices at the top of the mountains, ancient traces of an unknown race ... voices of beings who are no longer of those worlds. This is the 'devil Canyon', but a while ago I ventured there because ... I wanted to find someone, I was aware of the rumors about the voices, I knew it was only rumored but I wanted to try, that's where I saw things ... which are not of this world. "

James looked away, then looked at the camera again.

" Here is the story."

Flashback

In the desert, a cloud of dust could be seen in the distance, that it became bigger and bigger, indicating the direction of the rider, this one to move at full speed on his mount, the rider was going in a direction which was forbidden for many people, whether those are the great authorities of Canterlot or the many tribes who live in the desert all know that one should not go to this place but this rider did not care. The sky was darker and darker in the canyon, he looked for the cave, once he got there, he got off his mount and retired scarf that covered his face to protect him from the dust, revealing James Jr Kallacity.

"Wait for me here, I'll be back soon."

He was different from the James we know, his gaze was filled with determination but also sadness. James found himself just outside the entrance to the cave, it was not just an opening in the red stone that made up the mountains, James looked at her and decided to enter. James then found himself inside, he walked forward, well stopped dead and he felt that the path stopped, it was dark and the visibility was almost zero, James decided to light an oil lamp, he then looked at its feet and saw the void.

"I should have expected it, let's see if there is not another way."

It was then that he saw a path descending to the depths, this one was in a spiral, he decided to take it.

"Where is he heading?"

the further James descended, the more traces of ancient civilization appear on the walls, describing the first inhabitant of the desert fighting unknown beings.

"What was going on here? What happened to the inhabitants?"

It was then that James came to the end of the road.

"Mmmh, a dead end, I should turn around and go home, they must be waiting for me." It was then that a beam of light dazzled James, the cul-de-sac was actually a path that collapsed.

"I guess I have to continue this way."

It was then that he withdrew the stones which blocked his way, once all the stones to withdraw the light burst out.

" Impossible."

James could not believe his eyes, the path had led him to a place unknown to all, he walked through this place, walking cautiously, observing all around him, he noticed the presence of habitation digging in the stone, he was in a village.

"Surely the first inhabitants."

He stopped to take a sip of water when suddenly.

"Someone help me!!"

James spat out his water and drew his gun.

" WHO SAID THAT?!" It was the voice of a child, more precisely of a young girl.

"Who are you and above all, where are you?"

James was starting to get scared.

"Help me, I'm locked up somewhere and I'm scared."

"Don't be scared kid, I'm coming." James listening only to his courage ran through the village, listening to the girl's voice to spot her, then the ground crumbled beneath him.

"AHHHHHHH"

Sometime later

"Ah, it hurts so bad."

James relapsed with difficulty and looked around.

"Little one, where are you?"

James stepped forward when something creaked under his feet.

" What is this?"

It was then that he noticed that the ground was littered with skulls and other limbs.

" Oh my God!!!" James then fell to the ground, shock and the sight of the carnage knocking him off balance.

"Ok .... ok James, it's probably just a catacomb...Kid where are you?"

James waited a moment when a voice sounded.

"Can you hear me?"

"Yes I can hear you, I am coming."

James continued to walk into the catacombs when he came to a huge stone door, it was engraved with many ancient inscriptions and symbols, you could feel heat emanating from it.

"What's a door doing there? Who put it there?"

But strangely James only wanted to open it, He put his hand on it and it opened and James covered his face to protect himself from the heat emanations.

".... ok, I'm going to pretend everything is normal, kiddo, can you hear me?"

"Yes sir, I can hear you, hurry up, please, I am scared and I'm feeling sleepy."

The child's voice was easier to hear. Hearing these words, James' face showed an expression of fear, he had to hurry to avoid the worst. James walked through the door and now found himself in a stone path, he followed him and came to rocky plains, stone mounds were everywhere and a fine mist emanating from the ground, but the strangest thing is that James seemed to hear voices that complain.

"This place is getting more and more strange .... my god I feel like I'm losing my mind, there is the child and now I hear voices."

James continued to walk and walk, and eventually arrived in front of a colossal statue, this one representing a bearded man wearing only a white toga, a crown dressed his head but the most disturbing was the huge snake that rests on the shoulders of the statue.

James looked at it, he was intrigued suddenly the statue lowered its head causing the ground to shake.

"An earthquake here? !!!" James tried to flee but the ground slipped under his feet, he was only on a small slab of stone.

The statue spoke

"YOU DO NOT HAVE YOUR PLACE IN MY LIMBS." Then the statue swept his arm away from James, causing him to fall into the void.

"NO !!!!!!" James didn't scream for him, no but he screamed because he couldn't save the children

.....

"Hehehe"

The screams fade away then nothing more

Chapter 2: Wrath

Plic ploc plic ploc

"Hmmm"

Plic ploc plic ploc This noise was the sound of the falling rain

"Hmmm ... water?"

James awoke with difficulty, he had landed in a muddy bed, this one starting to sink slowly, then he finally stood up

"Where I am .... the child!" James looked around.

"little one where are you?" He started to run but it was difficult, it was then that the rain fell harder a real Dilluvian rain.

"Where are you? !!!, answer me !!!" James couldn't see anything anymore, he stopped running to catch his breath but he fell.

"Arggh !!!" James was going to rise up but he saw something that stopped him dead.

" Impossible?"

James saw men, women, and even children ... submerge in the water, this struggling to rise to the surface.

"... Quick, grab my hand !!!"

James plunged his hand into the water hoping someone could catch it, but he had nothing to do.

"Why? WHY CAN'T I SAVE ANYBODY !!!" James started kicking the water, throwing it in the air, he was angry but suddenly he thought he heard something.

"Mister ... help" James stopped then yelled.

"Who's talking?"

The rain drowned out all the noise but James concentrated

"Help .... me, please."

He finally heard the voice.

"Yes ... Yes, she's still alive !!!! I'm coming, I'll save you." it was then that he saw a huge wall in the distance.

"Yes, that's where she is."

James then jumped into the water and swam as fast as possible, despite the rain, despite the force of the torrent, James continued to swim, it was then that he finally arrived at the other end. The wall resembles a huge rampart like those of a city.

"Where is she?" It was then that he saw the bars at the bottom of the wall.

"There !!!"

James then rushed over to the bars, kneeling down to look inside ... and he finally saw the child.

"You!!!"

James' scream scared the child, who hid in a corner.

"No !!! don't hurt me..please!"

James saw how scared she was.

"No! Don't be afraid, it's me. I'm going to deliver from your torment." James then hit the bars with all his might.

"NO!!!" seeing that it did nothing, he decided to take a stone ... and he began to burst the wall.

" YES YES!!!!!"

James continued and he finally managed to tear down the wall, he threw the gate back and plunged into the hole. He walked cautiously, he did not see her ... it was then that he heard a noise. He turned around and saw the children, hiding from him.

"Hey, Hey it's me, look..I'm like you.

It was then that the child stopped hiding and appeared in front of James, it was a little girl, she was wearing a white lace dress with a red bow at the waist, she had curly hair ... she was in was crying and his wrists were bloody from the chains attached to them. James knelt down, he took her hands very gently.

"Oh my god… who did this to you, who's the monster that can do this to an innocent child."

It was then that this one started to cry and James hugged her to calm her down.

"Don't worry, you're free now." James tried to hide it but tears ran down his face.

"Listen to me carefully, we have to go, but we are going to have to come out through the hole I made ... do you think you have the strength to do it?"

the child nodded.

"Very well ... let's go." James got her out of jail then it was his turn. Once outside, the rain continued to fall but it was less strong than earlier.

" Take this." James took off his coat and gave it to the children.

She hesitated a moment, but she took it.

"....Thank you."

"Now we have to get out of this place."

James and the children walked along the wall hoping to find a way out but suddenly the child started to cry.

"IN THE SKY!!!!" It was then that three winged figures appeared in the sky and rushed towards them.

"QUICK !!!! WE MUST GO."

It was then that James took the child in his arms and ran with all his might, the winged figures came closer and faster and the children hugged James with all his might, it was then that they got there. an immense door which was engraved

"che the anima col corpo morta fanno".

"PLEASE OPEN US !!!!"

James banged on the door, they could hear their pursuer's laughter when suddenly a beam of light lit the door, which opened allowing them to escape. You could hear the anger of the pursuers.

Chapter 3: Heresy

James and the children barely entered the town.

"Ah ... Ah, I'm starting to get fed up with monsters and other living statues .... Are you okay?"

James looked at the children who also looked at him then smiled.

"... T ... Thanks you .... I ... It's the first time someone has treated me so kindly."

James looked at her then walked over to her and pat her head

"You don't have to thank me, it was natural for me to protect you."

The girl didn't know what to say, then James heard a noise, like growls.

" What is that?!" James looked around then looked at the child who was blushing.

"... You must be hungry."

James searched his satchel then took out a bar of chocolate which gave to the children.

"Here, I hope you like it."

The child took the tablet, took a piece of it. She ate it then she looked at James then offered it to him, He smiled then took a bite.

"I still haven't asked you what's your name? Me it's James Jr Kallacity and you?"

The child hesitated then said

"Laura ... My name is Laura."

"Alright Laura, it's time to get out of here."

And the two heroes crossed the city which seemed deserted then arrived in a big place, Laura was behind James who told her not to advance.

"Close your eyes, Laura, you mustn't see this. I… I will help you move forward."

James hugged Laura and then crossed the square ... where a huge blaze burned mounds of bodies.

".... Where is God?"

They finally left town and came to a steep ravine which was their only way to continue.

"... We're going to have to go downstairs. Stay close to me, okay."

Laura nodded

Once at the bottom, they found themselves in front of a lake, the water of this one was red, it intrigued James who approached and held out his hand.

"... the lake is boiling ... but it is not water but .... blood." James stepped back and saw a rowboat.

"... Laura listens to me, you are going to get in the boat and put yourself in the center, I'm going to push and then I'm going to get in, ok."

"Ok, James"

James carried out his plan, he pushed the boat and climbed in.

"This boat doesn't look very sturdy but it's better than nothing."

Laura then handed James a paddle that was inside.

"Thanks, it's going to help us." And they continued on the lake, all passing without problems when the boat began to rock violently.

"HANG ON, LAURA !!!!"

"I AM AFRAID, JAMES !!!" The paddle fell off the boat and James tried to catch it

" NO!!!!!" He couldn't catch it and it burned his right hand.

"AHHHHHH !!!!

"James !!!!"

"It's okay, stay where you are Laura!"

It was then that they heard the sound of a waterfall, they looked at each other and James used his body as a shield to protect Laura.

"Everything's going to be okay Laura, I promise." Then the boat fell ... They didn't scream, because they knew that was the end.

Chapter 4: Betrayal

Ice, this was the only thing that we saw for miles, then in this frozen a small shape that moved with difficulty, it fell but it immediately relaunched to join an inert mass on the ice.

"J ... James, get up .... go, it's not funny, we have to go..James?"

The small form was Laura, she shook James with all her strength but without success, James could not breathe anymore… he had left us, this world got the better of him… On his face, tears had frozen.

"James."

Laura closed James's eyes and stayed there, she didn't have the strength to move forward

"Hehehe" A shadow appeared behind Laura

"N ... NO, not you !!!!"

She tried to escape it but she couldn't ... The shadow carried her away.

A voice was heard

"James ...... James, wake up my friend ..... It's not your time yet."

"GASP !!!!"

.... James had returned from the dead, He pinched himself to check if he was really alive.

"Ouch ... I'm alive but the cascade, I saw myself fall and hit the ground but."

James stopped talking then he spoke sadly

"My friend, I heard your voice... It should have been me ... Thank you for saving my life." Then James stood up, looked around and called Laura.

"Laura !!!! ... Laura where are you? !!"

It was then that James saw something on the ground

."No..."He rushed towards the object in question, Look at him .... and recognized the red ribbon adorning Laura's dress.

"..."

James' fist clenched, his whole body shaking with rage, spasms distorted his face, he tried to pick it up but this one teared up as if he too couldn't take it anymore. It was too much for James who will finally release his rage

"AAAAHHHHHHH .... AAAHHHHHHH !!!!!!"

James then hit the ground with his fists, he punched, punched until his hands broke and bloodied the ground.

"AAAHHHHHH ....... !!!!"

It was then that James stopped dead in his tracks, he trembled and twisted like a puppet that we control, he knelt down and dug the fractured ground.

"I ... I can't stop, why?"

And he continued, tearing off pieces of ice always bigger than the others. It was then that he felt a shake in the ground.

" Oh no." The ground burst beneath James, diving him into the freezing water. James sank, he couldn't move but strangely he couldn't feel the water entering his lungs, once he got to the bottom he passed through of it and enter a new lair.

"Cough-cough, I'm sick of water "

"James !!!!" It was Laura, this one was... chained to the top of a pillar

"Laura !!!! Don't move, I'll save you."

"No, stay where you are !!!"

It was then that the walls ignited .... Is that an immense indescribable entity made of the same flames erupted from the walls

" No." Laura was shaking with fear

The entity looked at Laura and was about to grab her when suddenly James screamed

"DON'T TOUCH HER !!!!!" James pulled out his gun and shot him

BANG-BANG-BANG

It was ineffective

"Hehehe, this is the first time someone has stood up for a demon."

James didn't understand

"A demon ?! Don't make fun of me. She's just a little girl !!"

"A little girl ??? Hehehe, you are such a naive boy."It was then that the entity raised its arm and flames set Laura ablaze .... But instead of burning it down, Laura revealed her true nature.

A woman with feet blackened by ashes, a tattered white dress, long black hair reaching down to her waist, her black teeth only stood out better from her face which was as pale as death ... her right eye was normal while a huge bloody wound covered all of his left side of his face.

"So COWBOY !!!! Here's the real Laura Saltonstall, HEHEHEH"

James was silent in front of this, he looked at Laura sadly. He wanted to talk but no words came out of his mouthThe entity could guess his thought, he read "Why", It laughed even more.

"HEHEHEH !!! because once out of my hell, she needed a body that she could use so that she could live Hehehehe again !!!!"

"Don't listen to him James, he's just a liar, don't trust him !!!"

"SILENCE !!!!! Here the liar is you !!!!"

"I know this story ."James finally spoke

"What did you say?"

"I said, I know his story."

James looked at Laura

"It was my grandfather who told me everything."

James took off his hat

"The Saltonstall family were settlers who had followed a Puritan priest who was banished from his community, the parents were convinced that the priest could save their souls from the evil one ... The priest knew this and abused his power to obtain everything he wanted, the families gave all they had, but the priest wanted more ... "

Laura bowed her head

"Laura resisted him and the priest did not appreciate ... He convinced his family that Laura was under the influence of the evil one and they ... they tortured her, locked her, and made her suffer the most heinous atrocities. ..My Grandfather, as well as the rest of the village only found out later"

...
"She freed herself from her chains, recovered her father's weapon, and massacred her family, and after she decided to town."

"Stop James ... please"

Laura begged him

"My grandfather was there, he was still a young child but he and the whole village were there when the Priest tried to justify his actions and turn the whole village against Laura ... But no one moved, the priest then began to beg God and even begged Laura for forgiveness but she heard nothing of that, she slaughtered him like an animal ... before turning the weapon against her.

"Stop !!!!! You don't know anything about my story so stop!"

The entity laughed

"Hehehe !!! You understand why she end up here."

"No…" James wasn't convinced of this.

"She does not deserve to be here, she only did this defending against all that she suffered, she does not deserve that!"

James took a deep breath

".... I deserve to be here, I did horrible things too, b ... but I chose to do them. I chose to derail a train! I have Choose to take a weapon and fight ... I chose to come here and save her !! "

"And," Said the entity

"... So take me."

"What did you say?"

"You heard me, let her go from this horrible world and take me !!!"

"No James, you don't have to do that !!!"

"Silence Laura, you don't deserve this, while I do !!!"

"YOU ARE JUST A Fool, CHILD !!!!!" The entity raised his fist and was about to crush James.

"NO !, Because I know who you are !!!"

The entity stopped and said

"What did you say?"

"I know who you are .... Lucifer, the son of the One whom he banished because he wanted to take his place. You were banished from heaven but your father loved you so he gave you a new chance as a Guardian of Hell, punisher of those who have sinned ... But you don't like that. "

James stepped forward

"You even changed your Name to no longer be under the tutelage of your father, you chose the Name of SATAN but that did not change anything ... I feel sorry for you, because your father loves you and you know it. "

James barely finished his sentence that Lucifer threw himself on him and took him into the depths of the flames.

Chapter 5: Redemptions

"AHHHHHHH !!!!" James at the top of his lungs then stopped

"... am I not dead?"

It was then that a man approached him, this one resembling the statue of men made during the renaissance period, wearing a simple white toga but what shocked the most was his face, he had features like those of children, blue eyes and red curly hair like those of cherubins

" You...."

"Yes, Lucifer the first son of God and guardian of this place ... cursed to eternity .... Why do you act like that, she lied to you and you ... You forgive her? Why? "

James smiled and put his arm on Lucifer's shoulder.

"I was forgiven when I had sinned, since that day I have a debt to someone that I could never fuffil ... I forgive her."

Lucifer smiles

"The day you leave the world of the living, I will make an exception and I will take you to Heaven myself, we can talk about the life you lived on the road."

"Thank you, my friend"

"Goodbye James."

It was then that he had a flash of light.

Chapter 6: Going Home

We had left Dante's Hell to find ourselves again in the arid desert of Equestria.

James woke up in the sand

"Humphhh .... what was it going on, I must have hit my head and ...." James noticed he was holding a ribbon in his hand.

"... Laura, I hope you're free now."

James let go of the ribbon which flew in the wind and disappeared in the distance, he walked towards his horse and saw in the distance a young woman in a white dress smiling at him.

" We're going back home."

...

"It was a long time ago but I will never forget this adventure, my friends it was my Halloween story I say goodbye to you and see you next time."

Author's Note

This is the Chapter 2 of my Halloween story, I hope you like it and see you next year and HAPPY HALLOWEEN TO ALL!!!!🎃

PS: Thanks to Fallout Dude 50 for letting me use his OC