A Roegadyn in Equestria.

Chapter 9: Lets make a deal.

*Point of view: Brex Mith*
*Location” Castle of the two sisters*
*Time: 11:30 in the morning*

It has been roughly 30 minutes now sense Brex had last killed the dubbed, number 25 spider that had been inside the Castle of the two sisters. The search had started within the main complex that housed the courtroom and banquet hall. But there was no sign of the last target.

Then there was the building that he had considered to have been the barracks for the guard at the time this location was still in use. Unlike the kitchen, which had all the tools and cooking wears left behind, the barracks was barren of anything, that is, unless you consider the cobwebs and dust as something.

He had been considering, retracing his steps back to the tower, but that could have been left for later on. With his current sleeping arrangements. If it was there, then he would meet up with the last spider when he finally wanted to head to bed. So off he went to another area of the castle grounds. All the while wishing that his mini map had a longer scanning range so he didn’t have to run all around this large castle’s grounds today.

Luckily, the Roegadyn ninja didn’t have a shortage of stamina. He had been running almost nonstop, as well as going at an impressive speed to boot. An Olympic long-range runner would have been jealous.

After what seemed to have been his second pass around the structure, Brex had noticed his mini map showing something on it and this made him instantly come to a grinding halt. Focusing, he found out that, on the very edge of the sensors range, was a pair of yellow dots.

Brex asked Rory, using the mental communication they had, “Hay Rory, all the ones we had been hunting were all red, but these two are yellow. I doubt that these are what we were looking for. With how this place has been abandoned, I have two ideas that come to mind. First is that, these are some wild animals. The second would have to be that these two are most likely a pair of ponies.”

Brex watches the two dots move towards an area of the castle that he, himself has yet to enter, which happens to be the basement were the books are located. Brex then continues with, “If it happens to be some animals that wondered in, then maybe I’ll get a chance to see if the new options I just fiddled with are working. But, if they happen to be ponies, then some light recon won’t do any harm. Do you have an opinion on this?”

Rory reply’s with, “I believe that your right on this. Those two don’t seem to show that they are what we had been hunting down so far. Also, getting to know a little more about these ponies wouldn’t hurt.”

Brex was relieved that Rory was sounding as if she was back to normal. He wouldn’t say so but, Brex was feeling awkward ever sense he didn’t hear from her for so long. In the end, he had to yell in his head and then, ordered her to answer him. This made the big guy get a pit in his stomach and the feeling of guilt had been growing, now however that had lessened upon hearing Rory’s voice.

It was something that he didn’t understand, Rory called him, her master. She was a program created to lend a hand, but the idea of commanding one to do something, just caused the anxiety to swell up.

This led Brex to consider the idea that, maybe, just maybe, in his old life, there could have been something that is causing these depressing sensations. Did he have something done to him, or maybe, he had done something to another and this was making him have some form of guilt. These thoughts continued to pour over within his mind.

Either way, Brex looked in the direction of the two unknown’s and begins to make his way towards them. All the while the Roegadyn kept himself to the shadows and periodically used his ninja skill HIDE, now and then, as to insure he wasn’t seen.

Skill, HIDE: Blend in with your surroundings, making it impossible for most enemies to detect you, has no effect on enemies 10 levels higher than your own, or certain enemies with special sight.

Why didn’t he just continually use the skill in the first place? Well, the skill had one drawback, the one that was using it couldn’t exactly move at their top speed while it was in use. So, he only had need of it for this situation when he was in open areas.

There was no way Brex was going to let his guard down. Unlike in the game, here everything wasn’t made up of numbers. For all he knew, he could be taken out with a lucky blow to a fatal organ or a head shot. This made him aware of the fact that this was nothing like the game.

One thing was for sure, he had to play his cards close to the chest. If the princess found out about him, who knows what would happen. From all the stories that he remembered reading; a meeting would have an extremely high chance of turning into a disaster.

So, while still making his way to where the pair of dots were, Brex decided to keep as much of himself a secret as possible, as well as concealing his powers as to not let all his capabilities become known. This meant that he would have to hold back his strength and attempt to seem weaker than he really is. He was hoping that this would give him the appearance of not seeming so dangerous in terms of his skills, thus convincing Celestia to not blast him the moment he was in her cross hairs.

There were many reasons for this plan of action when it came to how the ponies would see him if word of his existence was to be leaked. As long as they didn’t see him as something powerful, then maybe, just maybe, Brex could avoid being labeled as some new villain that’s here to take over Equestria.

This led him to another thought. Just how strong was he compared to the locals of this Equestria. That right there made him realize just how important it was now that he finds out what the levels are for the average pony and creatures.

After several long minutes, Brex finally arrives at the basement entrance, this was on the far side of the castle and within the center of the second largest structure witch so happened to be the old library, or what is left of it. Most of the book shelves where empty due to the tomes being brought over to the newly constructed Canterlot.

Thank goodness that the solar princess did not take the chance of relocating the ones in the lower floors. Well, that’s what Brex had been hoping. In the television show and along with the stories that he had been reading back in his old life, showed that the older and more important ones were left there for safe keeping.

The one called Twilight Sparkle had gone to the castle of the two sisters to collect some books, so this meant if this world followed some of the show, then they should be here as well.

Brex approached the double doors and expected the runes that he had been seeing in key areas of the castle to appear. This caused Brex to pause for a moment. He then glanced around and on closer inspection, there was indeed runes in place, but for some reason they were already activated, but not him.

It was then that Brex could hear what could have been some distant voices from beyond the large wooden doors. However, it was impossible to tell just what was being said. Without any other options, Brex pushed the doors and this caused the lit runes to fade as the doors open and revealed the lower floors.

It was a long descending stair case that was three meters wide and just as tall. This caused him to whistle inside his head at just how large this place could be. He just then chocked it up to the ones that made the place to allow room for those with wings to fly within the building.

But this made him think it out more as he walked down the dark path, he then thought in a similar tone to that of a large green ogre that would have had an English accent, “Hold the phone… From what I do remember, back then the tribes where still at odds with one another. The Pegasus still mostly lived in Cloudsdale. So, then the castle’s height was designed for the purposes of accommodating the only large winged ponies in this area that had any business in the castle.”

Again, Brex felt something close to resentment, but managed to push it back down as quickly as it came. Then thought, “I should just let it go. These princesses are just spoiled rotten. A castle made with walls and a height just for two beings. Guess it’s just something to do with how they are seen as goddesses.”

It just seemed that with every time that Brex found something out that showed how the two rulers of this land were pampered, would only cause him to become more worked up. He then thought, “this explains how Celestia holds herself in such high regards. All of this could get to anyone’s head and cause them to inflate so much it could be seen from the moon.”

Right after Brex had finished with those thoughts, another sound could be heard from deeper down the walkway, along with a very dim light that could have been made by a torch. He then picked up his pace and quickly made his way down into the unexplored area.

Along the way, he made sure to have his hide skill active and as an added measure, switched out his gear using the equipment window. Fortunately for him, it worked just like in the game and the switch was instantaneous and not some slow, drawn-out sequence. The thought mortified him when he considered someone watching him change in a fashion that was similar to some kind of magical girl. This sent a shiver down his spine.

( This is the outfit but for Brex it would be on a much larger body.

The gear in question that was now currently equipped was called, the scions travelers set. This was made with an all-black theme, on the underside that could be seen was a velvet red color. The hood had a type of mask that was woven into it that successfully covered the face. This would make it impossible for another to simply remove it, much less be able to see the face of the one underneath it.

The hood’s mask was made so that the wearer could see out of the fibers perfectly, but anyone else would just see the white cover that pressed on the face just enough to give it a somewhat, vague impression of the facial structure. This style could give off a mysterious vibe.

After finishing with his inspection that all the appropriate items were just what he wanted, Brex continued his way and arrived at the bottom of the steps only to find a small lit torch that was oddly, just laying on the ground close to the wall. There were still sounds but they came from further in. Brex fallowed the sounds into the darkness.

*Point of view: Rory*

At that moment, Rory was holding her breath now and then while feeling a sense of fear. It was after half way down the steps that she realized something about the person that she had become. Her face became pale and her eyes darted around as if to try and spot an intruder.

She muttered to herself in a hushed, trembling tone, “UH OH, I should have remembered. The real Rory mercury has an intense fear of the underground. Something about another god having a sick level of interest in that Rory. So much so that she was hounded to merry said god.” She remembered that it didn’t help that one particular god was one that had power over the ground and anything under it. But her master was here so she was safe.

She then realized that her fears were in fact, fading as if they never existed and was replaced with a feeling of safety that made her smile. She was protected by her master. The very thought that another would try to take her away from him made her angry. Enough so that she wouldn’t hesitate to clock them in the face with a heavy right hook. Even if they were gods.

As long as she was with him, nothing mattered to Rory. But on the other hand, if another did try to take her master away from her. This caused the girl within Brex’s mind to have a cold, murderous expression. Her next thoughts were, “As long as I’m by his side I won’t care even if there is another. As long as my master is happy. But if they think they can kick me away…” This caused Rory’s pink lips to slowly transition to purple.

*Point of view: Shadow Lily*
*Location: Underground in the castle of the two sisters*
*Time: Several minutes before*

Shadow was looking back and forth while slowly walking in the dark tunnels along with her friend Swirl Sugar. They had split off from Break Down and made their way to the old library building and found the entrance that led to the underground section of the castle.

When they had arrived, Swirl was about to use her horn but then stopped, she then said, “I thought there was security spells. I guess not.” They walked inside and when they had only gotten maybe 8 meters down the steps, the doors that they had left open at the top suddenly slammed shut. This made them stop in their tracks and rushed to the doors and attempted to open them up again.

Unfortunately, the large double doors didn’t budge an inch. Swirl Sugar called to Shadow and said, “Look there!”. It was then that she could see that the runes on the door frame were glowing. This meant the spells had been tripped, so the entrance was now sealed.

She asked Swirl Sugar, “What’s happening. Why are the security spells active now? When we got to the door, they weren’t working right?”

Swirl Sugar responded with a confused tone, “I don’t understand. These runes, there not normal. From what I can tell they are meant to keep whoever is inside from leaving, but, but I didn’t sense them at all. I remember reading up on this place before leaving and this was not on the list of security spells.”

This only made Shadow to become scared of the fact that they were apparently trapped, trapped in the old castle which was basically abandoned. This meant no help would be coming. She began to hyperventilate, squatting down and pulling her knees into her chest while shutting her eyes tightly.

She then muttered in a fast pace whisper, “I don’t want to die, I don’t want to die. Please, some pony, any pony.” All the while tears had been cascading down her face.

Swirl Sugar, noticing this, quickly brought herself down to Shadows level and gently grabbed the mare’s face with both hands and forced her to look at Swirl Sugars face. Then she spoke in a calm manor, “It’s all going to be fine Shadow Lily. I’m sure there is another way out. The ponies that built this place would have considered the event of a cave in and installed an emergency passageway or something along those lines.”

Shadow Lily was surprised at just how calm her friend was in this situation. This caused her to regain some nerve and after a minute to stop crying, she then stood up and nodded to her friend.

When they both had gotten to the bottom of the steps, shadow was grateful more than ever that Swirl Sugar was a unicorn. Why was that? Well, if it wasn’t for the fact that Swirl Sugar had been casting a low-level light spell from her horn, they would have most likely fallen in the pitch darkness and gotten hurt on the stone steps on the way down.

She then reached up and grabbed an unlit torch off the wall and presented it to Swirl Sugar. Her friend was grateful and used magic to ignite it. With a sigh, Swirl Sugar said, “thanks for that Shadow Lily. I was starting to get a little winded with continuously casting that spell. I’m ashamed to say that my magic capacity isn’t all that great.”

Shadow just gave her a small smile and replied with, “You’re welcome, besides I could see that it was starting to take its toll on you. I just don’t want my friend to get… Um, what is it called again, Oh yes. Magic exhaustion. I hear its nasty. I may not be able to use magic myself, but I pick up a few tidbits, here and there.”

With a nod, Swirl Sugar said, “That’s right. If we magic users use too much more than we are able to handle or just cast for an extended period of time, we can suffer from that. I’ll give you the quick version. We can get a severe migraine, dizziness, nausea and could pass out. The worst of it all is the fact that we could burn ourselves out and this could cause some really bad things to happen, the least of them would be the unicorn being unable to cast spells for quite a while.”

Shadow lit out a gulp as she then recalled something she had overheard back at the barracks one day during training. Something about a unicorn suffering from magic exhaustion. The gossip was that this pony had passed out and had not awakened for a good, few days and the doctors feared that it permanently affected her ability to use magic.

Swirl Sugar noticed how Shadow Lily was looking and figured out that she was thinking on this magic talk. She then said, “Enough of that, we got a light now, so let’s find that exit. Break Down is up there but I’m not holding my breath on him helping us out of here.”

Shadow Lily then takes the torch and uses it to light another that was still on the wall at the base of the steps before saying, “how about we use these to mark our path. That way we can tell right away if we are going in circles down here.” Swirl Sugar approved and they started to make their way further into the underground tunnels.

As their hoof steps became distant, the torch was knocked off the wall and it fell to the floor. It rolled around and was a foot from the wall, the flames violently waved for a moment in a way to indicate that something had just rushed by.

*Point of view: Third person*
*Location: underground library within the castle of the two sisters*
*Time: 12:28 in the afternoon, 17 minutes after the mare’s get locked inside*

Within the underground library, the tomes held within have not had a single visitor for many, many years, but thanks to some well-placed preservation spells and a well-designed location, the papers to which held untold knowledge and secrets for future generations have been meticulously preserved even without any hands-on tending.

On this day however, there will be the first ray of light to shine with this stage, as the pitch-black shadows slowly fall back from the new source of light. The tunnel leading into this hall of written wonders produces a pair of mare’s.

One being that of the unicorn tribe, while the second is from the earth tribe. Both wearing silver armor with gold trim. The earth pony holds a lit torch and stands beside the unicorn as they slowly make their way into the large circular room, it is 180 meters long, the equivalent to two football fields wide and about, 30 meters in height.

The two mare’s look as if they are scared due to the fact that aside the multitude of long, tall book cases, the light of their torch is unable to reach the ceiling or any part of the room’s walls. This gives the poorly lit library the appearance of being nothing but a black endless void.

Their hoof steps echo throughout the endless shadows and reverberate off any surface it comes into contact with. This only had the effect of adding to the eerily atmosphere created by such a place.

The book shelves were placed far enough apart for a wagon to move easily between the rows that nearly reached the ceiling, but for the two mare’s, it appeared to fade into the shadows. Each row of books were nearly 10 meters long and there was a gap in between that was the same as the one in each row, this gave the impression that the size of the library could have been closer to a small town with how carts could have moved freely.

It had taken the two mare’s roughly 10 min of slow walking in a straight line right down the middle of this massive room and yet, they were not even a quarter of the way through it. From the outsider’s point of view, this was a void and their torch was but an agonizingly slow-moving firefly who’s light only vanished and reappeared as it passed each row of books.

Unfortunately, the two were unable to perceive the other presence that entered from the same entrance that they, themselves had used just a short time ago. This newcomer was much larger and quite fast on its feet, or should one say it’s, many feet.

Within the dark room, the new being used the shadows to its advantage and rapidly closed the distance between itself and the two mare’s. With a swift motion, it had overtaken them and circled around by turning at the end of one of the shelves and darted past without making a single sound.

It was at this point, that yet another entered this place and was shortening the distance at a slower pace compared to the last visitor but was none the less closing in. This one however was somehow concealing itself with greater effect, not even the small amount of dust that had been accumulating wasn’t disturbed.

*Point of view: Brex Mith*
*Time: Several minutes ago*

It had been a short time ago that Brex had discovered the lit torch and started to travel down the hall way. After a short distance there was a lit torch, yet another. This continued until coming across the end of the hallway and stepped into the underground library.

As soon as he had taken the first step, Brex felt a strange wave pass through his body that came from deeper within the large room. This made him examine himself and his surroundings. Nothing could be found that was done to him but when his sight landed on the arch way that marked were the room connected to the hallway, he realized just what happened.

With a sigh, Brex turned his attention back to the darkness that was deeper within and said in a low voice, “Dungeon boss territory…” Taking hold of both blades and adopting a cautious stance, The ninja Roegadyn proceeds ahead.

Rory asks in a fearful tone that was not normal for her, “J-Just W-What is a dungeon boss territory?” Brex then said, “It’s when you’re inside a dungeon filled with monsters. Within there are one or possibly up to three monsters that happen to be very strong among those that reside within.”

Continuing after taking a quick look around, “What just happened was the area getting cut off from the world. Think of it like, walking into a trap and we just sprung it. Now we are trapped and there is only two ways to leave.”

Rory then asks, “And just what are those?” Brex then reply’s with, “The first is for those that encounter the boss to have died. The second, which I am very much in favor for, is to kill the thing.”

Rory then says, “I-I hope we kill it fast… I D-Don’t do very well when I’m underground…” This reminded Brex about the anime that She was a part of. Mentally cursing himself Brex felt ashamed for forgetting how Rory Mercury has a fear of places like this.

He then tried to console her by saying, “I’m sorry I brought you down here. It slipped my mind about your condition, but I won’t let anything happen to you.” He thought about Hardy, the goddess of the underworld and ruler of hell. Then said to Rory, “I won’t let Hardy take you from me.”

*Point of view: Rory*

Rory was feeling, nonstop waves of fear swilling up from within her, this caused the powerful female Demi Goddess to turn into a curled ball within her master’s mind. She felt ashamed with how she talked just now and told herself that she can’t show how weak she is and how her master was the one that needed her.

However, when her master said those words, this made the girl let out a small giggle that was just weak enough as to not allow her master to hear it. Then she said in a low whisper with having an ecstatic smile while still hiding her face, “M-Master won’t let anyone take me, not even a goddess like Hardy. Te He~”

*Point of view: Brex Mith*

Back with Brex, the hairs on the back of his neck began to stand on end. He then thought to himself, “Why did I get the feeling that I just raised a flag?” Shaking those thoughts, he glanced to his mini map and was seeing something on it now. Just at the edge of his scanning range, was a red dot close to a pair of yellow dots and they happen to be straight ahead of him at this very moment.

He strained his hearing and didn’t notice anything. This caused him to grunt in frustration and started to make his way towards them. All the while thinking, “FUCK! If I don’t hear any fighting, then that has but two reasons.”

He made sure that there were no traps along his path just in case. Didn’t want to deal with a spell going off right now. Then returned to his thoughts, “One idea is, they just can’t see the dang thing in all this darkness. The other is less likely, with them being an ally with the monsters.”

*Point of view: Shadow Lily*

Shadow was walking beside Swirl as they continued down the seemingly endless path before them. The echoes of their hoof steps reverberated all around in such a way that it caused her to feel a little disorientated and made it rather difficult to keep track of how many rows of books they had passed by so far.

She then asked Swirl, “Just how big is this place. I can’t even see the walls or the roof. I feel as if we have been in here for a long time already.” She then clutched at her short sword in her left hand. This was to somehow give some reassurance.

Swirl then replied by giving a shrug and saying, “I have no idea. This was meant for only the higher-grade magic users. Some pony like me would have been lucky to even be within a hundred paces from the entrance.

It was then that Shadow stopped and looked at Swirl with a face full of concern. With a slow gulp, she asks Swirl, “So, just so I’m sure on this, but… It’s just us in here, right?”

This caused Swirl to give Shadow a puzzled glance, then in an unsure tone, asked, “Yeah… Um, why do you ask?” she then gulped as well.

Shadow turned her head back to the way they had come from, then back to the front in which they had been making their way. She said in a hushed tone close to Swirls left ear, “Well, it’s just that, if it’s just the two of us, then there should be only two sets of hoofs hitting this stone floor, right?”

This caused Swirl to raise her right eye brow and slowly answer, “I uh, think so. Why do you ask?” Swirl was starting to get a bad feeling as to where this line of questions was heading.

Shadow then said, “Um, so just to make sure that your aware. We earth ponies have a connection with the land. This has to do with how we can do things such as, grow food and have the strength to plow the land.”

This caused Swirl to nod her head at a slow pace. During this explanation, the unicorn was starting to sweat. Then answered with, “Umm, yes I think I remember hearing something along those words before. Just what are you getting to?”

Shadow then continued with, “Well that’s not all. It just so happens that those of us that have a stronger connection could do some, other things. As for myself, I can feel the vibrations while I’m touching the ground.”

It was then that, Swirl was beginning to put the pieces together and asked Shadow in a near panic tone, “So, then that means… when you asked about the number of steps?” She then left the question in the air.

Shadow then says, “It’s just that. *GULP* I am, feeling more than just us walking in here…” Shadows eyes were going wide and was looking at random points around them at a frantic speed.

Swirl was also on guard by this revelation and had her spear at the ready. She then said to shadow, “back-to-back, now!” Both the mare’s then stood with their backs towards one another and taken up a defensive stance. She then asked, “Just how many hoof steps did you make out Shadow?”

This made Shadow glance over her shoulder to give her reply, “I-It’s just that, these didn’t feel like hoof steps. They were odd. And I could distinctly feel that they all came from something other than a pony.”

Just as the two mare’s had finished those words, did a black like appendage reach around the book case and slams onto the ground only a meter away from Swirl. Then another came from the other end of the very same book case and repeated the action for Shadow.

Now with them being literally trapped in place, Shadow looked to Swirl and said in a scared voice, “Swirl! What’s going on here?! What are those things?”

Swirl looked to the black appendage before her then glanced at the other over her shoulder before returning her gaze to the first before replying, “I don’t know. I’ve never seen anything like this before!”

Swirl then thrusted her spear into the large creature’s limb but the spear simply scrapes along the thick exoskeleton, this causes the mare to stumble forward after not expecting her weapon to be unable to pierce the target. The mare then manages to regain her footing and stands aside Shadow once more.

The unicorn then speaks in a startled tone, “All I know is, their tough. I didn’t even make a scratch on it and I used my full body weight into my thrust. Piercing attacks seem to be no good. Try using your sword and see if that does anything”

Taking Swirls advice, Shadow draws her short sword into her right hand and jumps a few feet into the air and on the way down to the ground, attempts to do a heavy swing. As the sword came down onto the black surface of the limb, the blade made a few sparks fly but, in the end, it bounces off.

Shadow calls out, “No good. Not even with my heavy strike, I couldn’t even make a mark.” Taking a quick look at her own sword, Shadows eyes went wide before she added, “I will say that something did happen to my sword though.” She then shows Swirl that the blade now had a substantial chip taken away from the last hit.

Now another large limp was coming down from over the books above their heads and Swirl who had been able to see it coming, grabs a hold of Shadows arm and pulls her to the book shelf opposite of the one the third limb was coming from. In doing so, they avoided the new attack that had just come down on where they both stood a second ago. This caused the floor to have some of the stone shatter and send some debris into the air.

Now with them pressing their backs into the books, Shadow calls to Swirl while shaking uncontrollably, “we’re trapped. It has us and there is no way out. Swirl, what’s the plan now?”

Swirl looks to the limbs blocking both ways, then the one longer one that is at this moment lifting itself from the floor and gives an unsteady reply, “I-I-I D-Don’t know! This is something new and these are just parts of it. I can’t even imagine just how massive the whole thing would be.”

Shadow’s gaze follows the one that had been raising again and just as her eyes reached to the top of the books, she then saw a pair of large round lights, then not even a second later, more smaller lights appeared and they seemed to be getting closer.

It was then that what ever the creature was, had just gotten close enough to have its body illuminated by the torch Shadow was still holding. This revealed a large, bug like face with 13 red eyes, that at this moment were looking straight at them. Below was a set of clicking mandibles.

The creature was gigantic compared to the mare’s and was climbing the shelfs. Shadow looked at it and her face had gone ghostly white. Swirl wasn’t doing any better, in fact she was on the edge of peeing in her armor at that very moment from the intense fear.

Swirl called to Shadow with a trembling voice, “I-I’m sorry Shadow. I should have let you go with Break down. At least then you wouldn’t have had to die like this.” She then starts to sob quietly as she clutches her left hand onto Shadows right. They both close their eyes and wait for their inevitable deaths.

The creature was getting closer by the second and even the air was disturbed by its breathing. The mare’s could sense that it was very close now as the thing’s breath was filled with a nasty odor that just screamed of rot and mold.

Shadow couldn’t help but call out in a last-ditch effort for something to happen that could get them out of this, “PLEASE, SOME PONY, ANY PONY. HELP! I’LL GIVE ANYTHING, I’LL DO ANYTHING, JUST HELP SWIRL AND I!!”

The seconds passed yet nothing changed. They closed their eyes tighter and curled up on the ground and pressed themselves into the book shelf harder as if this could somehow make it possible for them to gain any distance.

They could hear a dripping sound that couldn’t have been more than a few steps away from the two mare’s. this caused Shadow to try for one last plea. In an almost inaudible whisper that was caught by swirl thanks to being right there, “please, please. I’ll give everything I have… e-even my body and soul. I don’t care if it’s a demon, Just, some pony… help…” she had a stream of tears flowing down her face and held onto Swirl for dear life.

It was then they could hear a distant, Thud, Thud, Thud, of slow, heavy footsteps. This was then followed with a masculine low voice, “Offer accepted…”

Author's Note

Well, it looks like Brex will have no choice but to talk to the ponies now.