"Looks like we are now caught up from the past events to present day, and all I can say that my little monster, will bring this land, this world to a new light all in my name, that I promise you my friend, so I ask wont you join me and watch as a world of peace, harmony and friendship slowly but steadily rots and decays as plagues and dead conquer the lands all by just a simple dead pony?"

Location: ???? Basement of the Ruins Stitchings Manor POV: Dr. Stitching

What was his abusive blood family knew as Thing, Hornless, or Big blue one-eye, slowly awakened letting out a loud groan snapping his eyes wide open only to be engulfed by the darkness around him. His eyes glowed both different colors as he had a hard time adjusting his to the dim light from his eyes as he tried to stand up only to feel the weight of fallen debris over his body, his body didn't feel normal self than his, well 'normal' usual self, he felt a lot heavier. Wait, no, it can be Stitchings didn't feel anything or can't feel anything entirely, not the coat on his skin, not his only hoof touching his body or the debris or even the magic that flowed through his horn or anything, touching his face only the right side was burned down to the bone, feeling both his jaw as it was attached to his skull, but luckily his right red-eye was undamaged by the fire now just an eyeball in a hole, at least he had depth perception, both his ears were burned off but still heard some sounds just fine, placing his hoof over his chest and held his breath for a moment but what shocked him was not feeling the need to breathe as having his hoof over his chest.

He waited calmly, but he didn't feel even his heartbeat in his chest-beating anymore; thoughts rushed into his mind placing a hoof on the debris to push off the debris slowly. With several attempts and groans, he managed to push the rubble off his torso and see that his legs were charred, blacked, burnt down to the bone. He looked over his body closer; his legs were severely injured. Still, no blood leaking from the wounds or even the feeling of the burning pain his body would feel coming from such injuries, but it didn't bother him the fact he can still move his hind hooves though without the attachments of muscles, skin, or even joints holding them, yet they were held in place as if they were still connected and intact. Shaking his head and slowly getting to his hooves with the sounds of cracking joints and groans, looking around his only to see that he was trapped in the basement that his colthood spent in only for his memories to come back to him as if his skull has gotten hit in the head, hard, with a mallet, He remembered what happened, how he killed his blood sisters, his blood mother, and his blood father.

He remembered everything, which made him smile his large eerie smile; even if he couldn't feel it, Stitchings very well knew well he was smiling. Only for the smile to fade as he remembers Zara the zebra or what he would call his mother and how she died, he looked to his hooves as if he could almost feel her body as he hugged her corpse tightly before butchering his fathers body into pieces. Down on the very ground Stitchings awaken under rubble was a pile of ash a few charred bones blacked by burning.

'Well, at least she's gotten a Cremation burial.’

Stitching thought to himself how he took the spirits deal out of joy of being granted revenge, immortality, knowledge of all and to be able to bring back or create new life in hope to get back Zara from death, but seeing her body no just charred bones and ash he sigh disappointed and sorrow as the deal for this would only take the not only her soul but her body as now she cant be brought back, sitting down and picking up her burnt skull only for it to crumble in his hoof, and closed his eye clenching his teeth as he now felt a feeling in body, it was the same feeling as he used to kill his blood family, the sense of rage in what was to be his dead cold body only to feel the burning warmth of it as red and white eye glowed bright as he snarls at the dark coldness of the basement.

He the saw his broken horn glowed a teal blue light to illuminate the darkness around him as he looked around and saw the burnt remains of his blood mother, her spine was broken in two as she looked like she made little movant before being consumed by the flames, with his magic engulfing her charred bones mending them into different shapes almost into being similar to a four clawed dragon talion and arm just like what he read in the private library and with a grunt jammed the bone armed into his right shoulder the sliced forehoof using his magic to mend his bone to attach with the arm, slowly restoring his shoulder muscles connecting with the claw, within what felt like hours to several days Stitchings managed get not only full feeling but even function over his new forehoof or fore claw arm.

"A new hoo- 'claw', I guess the charred bones of my blood mother had a purpose then being just a dead foal-of-a-bitch collecting dust."

He Said to himself, glazing over his new appendage and smiled a small crooked half smile as he looked at the dust bone dust and ashes of his loved mother Zara, grabbing the dust in his hoof and hand only to rub the ashes in the wounds of his hind hooves and his shoulder of his right clawed arm in believing that he would still have her with him or what's left of her as he rubbed the ashes on his body making his dark blue blood stained coat making areas of it look ash grey and other areas having smears of his blue dark coat mixed with dried blood, after his ash bath he looked around the basement seeing the main stair entrance was caved in by debris he tried to remove it with both hoof and claw and his magic, only for it to be either continue to collapse in on itself or to not bulge entirely.

'Great not only am I trapped and entombed but in the place of both my birth and death, might as well as try to conjure my magic but nothing to extreme just as mother Zara said.'

With himself talking to his own mind he sat down and closed his only normal eye as his horn glowed and waited patiently with only one question he thought to himself.

'how long was I dead for?'

POV:Twilight Sparkle
Location: Castle of Friendship ~~Absolutely the most dumbest castle in all of Equestria~~

"NO NO NO! THIS IS TERRIBLE!"

Princess Twilight Sparkle looking over her map of Equestria and seeing it was blank empty all almost looking similar to a simple round table with the distorted purple alicorn looking over it terrified.

"THE MAP IS BROKEN?! WHERE DID THE REST OF EQUESTRIA GO?!"

She screamed out to herself scrambling over the table map and see nothing all but except an open clear area part of the everfree deep within named 'Froggy Bottom Bog' as she crawled over and looked it over snarling confused staring at the bog seeing the whole swamp was shown glowing.

"Only the bog of the everfree forest remains vexing...SPIKE!"

She looked over to the sounds of crystals breaking and crunching sound to see her small baby dragon assistant spike the green and purple dragon eating broken shards of crystals he chewed off a near pillar and breaking pieces off as he stuffed his mouth and glance at her surprised.

"SPIKE! Stop eating the castle and come help me pack up!"

"Mmft-mf-mnf dwff ght!" He responded with his mouth stuffed in crystals has he quickly chewed and swallowed handfuls before getting up and ran going over to a bookshelf and helps twilight grabbing books of survival guides and specific scenarios handlers as twilight levitated her saddle bag and some books from spike's hands as he grabbed and held them for her.

"So What do you think is going on at the swamps, somepony needing help with friendship problem maybe?"

"I can't even begin to guess. But I know It's not a problem friendship can't fix this time, showed up with there cutie marks glowing. This means all hooves need to be on deck who knows what kind of creature or even monster awaits us to face us there."

She remarks as she began to fill her saddlebag with her guide books as she held a book of 'how to travel in swamps and boggy areas guide for ponies' as she leaves her castle hall to go get the other elements of harmony as she levitate her crown the element of magic into her bag with the books as spike climbs on her back with her as she trotted out.

Location: ???? Basement of the Ruins Stitchings Manor
POV: Dr. Stitching

Dr. Stitchings sneezed regaining his smell and scowled at the scent of a decaying rot smell only to weakly raise his left forehoof sniffing himself and whipped his head back at the not only the site but smell of rot coming from his left side under his shoulder as it was a small infestation of maggots' eating away his decaying body as that was a good sign he was not alive no even knew they were there but he lowered his hoof and focused conjuring his magic to see if he could try to heal and med what's left of his dead body to feel things again.

'I guess those tales of terror and horrors were partly true, Zombies and ghouls can exists but I wonder could I control this infestation and am I a ghoul or a zombie? looks like I will have to do medical examination and probably a surgical for this infestation.'

He thought to himself as her walked over moving debris and sees that Zara's alchemy set and half of her items were still intact most looked boiled, decayed and even just burnt but it was a good site as he sat down grabbing a small rusted knife and slowly raised his left hoof and uses the knifes blade to cut off come corroded skin that the maggots didnt eat yet circling his side and saw that the infestation went inside his body seeing part of his rib cage, he quickly used his claw to hold up his weak left hoof and with his broken horn sparking lightly to hold the knife in his magic aura, slicing his chest enough to open and see in his own body. his eyebrows raised at the sight and smelled of pure decaying rot seeing that most of his organs muscles looked in various rotting colors seeing his left lung had been infested with maggots, his kidneys more dried and shriveled up than raisins, his liver was half rotted and his stomach was no were then just a shiviled broken sack in his body as his intestine looked still intact as he sighed to himself.

'Definitely a zombie pony, a big one at that well for once I'll thank that spiri'-

He stopped gripping his open chest and head falling on his back groaning in pain, he was confused and worried as he patted his body all over and even inside his body as the pain felt like a a cutting pain as he then heard the voice of the spirit that made him this way as it spoke almost as if it was around him and in his head.

"I am no simple spirit pony, I am your master, the being that the zebra cursed me to be bonded with your soul as you were born, remember that as you did swore your loyalty and allegiance to me in your name you choice to have, I gave you these gifts and I can easily take them away though it will be painful and very agonizing so remember your place or die the most slowest and painful death that a soul could bare, do you understand pony."

Hearing his voice finish talking and seeing his blue ashy coat wrinkled quickly as his body felt weaker as he screamed out a cracked shattered voice coughing blood.

"Y-Yes, My mass... Master, I 'cough cough' serve thee till... true d-death." being close to barely being able to speak he saw his body slowly recovered to his average state as Stitchings laided there rubbing his body and feeling the star brand on his chest glowed a disgusting lime green color as his masters voice spoke again.

"you will bare this mark as your sign of allegiance to me, you will mark it on any rune, mural, ore life you make and worship me as if a god, if not that day will be not only your last but your most agonizing day to breath your last breath pony, do I make self clear!

It lashed out at him making him flinch standing up to his hooves and slowly lowered his head bowing to the dark around him "I will follow your instructions to my bone and will obey your command, master I swear not to fail O' great one of conquest and decay."

"You will soon be receiving guests that will unearth you remember to mind your tongue as you've be dead for nearly over a thousands years, the lands have changed your home is gone and you are alone, I can't tell who, what or when you will be face by unknown faces, but keep in mind that this will be challenges for you to face and suffer from alone, I expect nothing but your own perfection and your prays to me, I might even grant only a few of them, and if you obey my order I may bring you back her if you be a good boy that is."

Dr. Stitchings master says as he looked at the bone remains of his mother Zara as his eyes widen and joy as he bowed his head with a small feeling of hope and faith to his master now for this. "I promise to follow your command to the last letter master, if you wish for me to kill then I shall kill again."

'I know you will Dr. Stitchings, I know you will." with that final said his master laughs echoing around Stitchings as he look around and sat down looking at the bone remains of Zara as he frowns sorely but fuel now with a goal to work for under his new masters order.

'This was and still is all for her, all of it, if the world or anypony wouldn't let me have her back then no pony can have this damned cursed bucking world not even the princess of the sun and moon themselves.'

Author's Note

Looks like a new light as be brought to the giant zombie pony, lets just hope that he knows what he's doing before twilight or the others wouldn't do anything too crazy.

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