The True Master of Chaos

The sky glowed a deep red as it swirled above the ground. To many, such a strange sight would cause panic for anyone who had seen it. For the last two months, however, the colored sky was a normal scene for the ponies and dragons that entered the dark world.

The sky belonged to the  realm of Tartarus.

After the leaders Solaris and Volvack joined together, they led their forces toward the portal which led to the great prison built by the creators. As they arrived the demon had already entered through and shut the door behind himself. Unable to do anything else, the mixed armies waited for the gate to reopen. Once it did, though, none of them were prepared for what came out.

Waves of strange beasts of different shapes and powers poured through the moment it opened, charging straight for the Facing armies. Bracing

themselves, Solaris led the counter attack as he and every other creature pushed forward, attacking every demonic being that crawled out of the gateway.

Seeing that the only way to stop it all, the allied forces had no other choice but to enter Tartarus and personally fight the one responsible for bringing the calamity upon the world.

For two months, the dragons and the ponies fought inside of the alternate world against the seemingly endless hordes of minions and titanic beasts that continuously bared down upon them. Life after life was being lost as the endurance of the soldiers began to slowly wither away, but they refused to give in to defeat.

The great plains of Tartarus were littered with corpses of beasts on both sides of the battle, but the most important conflict was set on top of the cliff that overlooked the fighting below. Here, a single demonic being stood against three figures, his silver eyes looking back and forth between them.

Solaris panted heavily as he stared at the monster in front of him. He glanced over to his left, seeing his friend Star Swirl in his demi alicorn form, but he noticed how the flames of his mane barley flickered, signaling his exhaustion. He became worried that the form was beginning to eat away at his comrades body for using it too much, "Star Swirl, power down; you can't handle much more of that."

"Don't... Worry about me..." the unicorn responded through his rapid gasps for air, "we need every bit of strength."

The the right of the alicorn king, the great dragon lord held his ground despite having his right eye ripped out minutes ago, the blood still leaking out of the open hole.  He kept his remaining eye locked onto the hybrid creature in front of him. He took several steps forward, his great body causing small tremors with each step he took. Volvack stopped two hundred feet from his opponent, his eye filled with hatred, "You may be powerful, but you will die today... Aligon."

Aligon glared right back at the dragon king, his solid silver eyes giving off their usual soulless, lifeless look. He was furious that the two clans had been able to come together so quickly after he opened the gates. He had expected the demons he now commanded to have the chance to get out and wreck more havoc than they had been able to, but all of them that did get through we're killed within three days.

Not only were the soldiers of the clans not backing down to his own army, but the three figures in front of him had just gotten through fighting he most powerful creature within all of Tartarus with their armies, but they still had I enough strength to face him for the last two hours. He could feel his body beginning to tire from the use of magic and his wounds.

After a moment, though, Aligon began to chuckle, "Now, I must say, I never expected you to still be alive after fighting my favorite monster in this world; not even I contained the power to stop it."

"Because we are not alone..." Solaris said, "we have come together to face the monster that you are. We will never give in until we see you dead."

"Ha ha ha, I may be alone on this cliff, but the three of you are exhausted from this fighting. There is no way you can beat me!"

"We will see about that!" Volvack roared out. After Inhaling a deep breath, he lunged forward, releasing an enormous fireball that rushed forward. Aligon chuckled once again, curling his wings in front of him as his gray shield encircled him. The fire struck the barrier, it's bright embers slowly dwindling away. Through the dying flames, the large dragon wings of the demon flapped as he flew through the air towards his targets.

Volvack took to the skies, the gust from his monstrous wings creating hurricane like winds as they lifted his large body. As soon as he cleared the ground, the rushing red and white figure of Star Swirl charged forward, his hooves leaving spots of fire as he ran across the stone. His horn charged up and shot out a large beam of energy.

Aligon barrel rolled around the blast, creating his own attack from his horn. The magic enshrouded the curved bone on his forehead, forming into a plasmic ball. Once it reached eight inches, the ball raced through the air at incredible speed toward the unicorn.

Star swirl barely jumped over it in time as it came at him. He took to the skies, but suddenly Aligon teleported above him and kicked him hard in the back, sending him towards the ground. Before Aligon could watch the wizard hit the stone below, the flying black form of Solaris was coming straight for him.

The bright blast of the alicorn king lit up the entire cliff in a bright light as it moved through the air. Aligon quickly shot a large blast of his own towards the king, the mixing magic causing an enormous explosion that sent out an enormous shockwave, catching both flying alicorns off guard and knocking them out of flight.

Aligon caught himself in the air before he hit the ground, casting a look to kill at Solaris, "You are going to die when I-".

Aligon was cut off when he suddenly felt enormous claws wrap around his body. He glanced up to see he large arm belonged to Volvack, who quickly lifted his arm and through the dark alicorn at the ground below.

Aligon felt his body tossing uncontrollably as he fell down through the air. He didn't have time to gain control of his body before it slammed into the hard stone bedding below. He screamed out in pain when he felt something on his back crack when he made contact. As he slowly stood up, he winced as his left wing limply hung on torn muscles.

Volvacks impact from landing back down shook the entire area. The large drake grinned in the direction of the wounded Aligon, "It seems even the all powerful demon can be killed."

"You don't have the power to kill me..." Aligon sneered through the pain in his back, "...you never will."

"He may not, but all of us together do." Solaris said a he walked forward. His horn began to glow, then out of a patch of light a large crown appeared. Encircling the top of the large head piece were six colorful jewels that gave off their own bright glow.

Aligon immediately recognized the elements of Harmony, causing a small feeling of panic to creep into his mind. He knew that in his now exhausted state that the combined powers of Solaris and the elements alone were enough to possibly kill him, and he also had Volvack and a Demi alicorn to fight at the same time. He tried to activate his teleportation spell, but felt felt something restricting him.

Star swirls restriction spell strained as the magic from his horn covered Aligon, "Hurry, I can't hold him much longer! Do it now!" the wizard screamed, the stream of his magic sputtering every second.

The crown levitated down onto Solaris's head, then all of a sudden began to glow even brighter than before. His eyes turned a bright white as the rainbow colored power shot out of the jewels, accelerating towards Aligon.

To the side, Volvack once again inhaled heavily, arching his neck back into a tight s- shape. After a moment, his head snapped forward, releasing a fireball thirty feet across that screamed through the dark sky.

Aligon felt panic now, seeing that he could not survive the incoming attacks. He tried to activate his horn, but the cast from demi alicorn restricted his weakened magic, "I will not die!" he charged up his magic, causing the restriction spell to slowly stretch outward away from him.

Star Swirl struggled to hold it, but his power was no match compared to the dragon hybrid, "I can't hold it anymore!". He the. Felt his spell break, allowing the gray magic from Aligon to come out.

Volvack smiled as he watched the attacks closing in, "Too late."

The colliding attacks created an explosion that sent a shockwave out that knocked all three of the other beings on the cliff several hundred feet. The enormous cloud of smoke rose hundreds of feet into the air above the crater that now laid in the stone. Once recovering, Solaris and the other two returned to the crater. Expecting to see the corpse of Aligon, they were surprised to to not find any trace of him, except for three strange artifacts Laying there; a staff, a mask, and a gem.