Unchained

Twilight's

He made my way back to Twilight's home holding his new wardrobe in his hands. He looked up to the stars looking at the beauty that Luna had made the stars sparkled like a million jewels he stood, and watched the shooting stars overhead streaked by in their beauty.
He stepped up to Twilight's place looking it over before he pushed the door open he stepped in, and saw that Luna was there, but is wasn't just her, but also Celestia sat on a small couch talking to the draconic midget version of Barney. As he walked in all eyes locked on him Luna, and Celestia's cheeks blushed as they saw his new shirt pressing up against his skin. He gave a small smile, and flexed some making the shirt press more up against his torso in turn also making the two blush even more, and their wings involuntarily spring out. He unflexed, and walked up to them setting his things on a nearby table he sat between them stretching his arms out, and around them pulling both of their bodies up against his holding them close as he dropped his glamor showing his real body again practically scaring the soul out of the scaled .
"What's wrong with the oversized grape"?

Twilight rushed over, and began fanning him with her magic while Celestia started not so subtly sniffing him.
"Twilight Sparkle hast thou not told thy assistant about our husband"?

Twilight continued to fan Spike while Celestia kept sniffing me.
"No princess Luna I didn't I was going to try, and break it to him little by little about him, but I've been so busy I haven't had the time to fit it in my schedule, and princess Celestia why are you sniffing him"?

Luna's head shot over towards her sister now seeing what she was doing.
"Sister why art thou sniffing James"?

She never moved her eyes even when her student started squirming, and trying to not look at her other mother figure/mentor sniffing a living corpse.
"Luna is it me, or do you smell cherries"?

He started sweating knowing he was about two seconds from getting caught.
"Now that thy mention there does seem to be a hint of cherry in the air, and vanilla by what our nose can detect, but why do thou ask dear sister".

"Because Luna it seems as though our dear husband has been baking, and not just anything either"...
She stopped for a second taking a deep breath in before finally locking eyes on the bed of sweat slowly running down his face.
"Cherry crumble cake, and a chocolate cake too".

He looked around trying to not make eye contact trying his best to think of something.
"Uh wwwell how have you two been you both still look great, and Luna the stars are almost as beautiful as you. Celestia I see you've still got that glow to your fur still using the bottles of lavender, and rose oil I gave you"?

Both of their cold gazes never left his body as he heard the one thing he never wanted to hear from either of them.
"James Ernest Smith, why do you smell like a bakery"?

His defenses instantly left camp leaving him to answer.
"Because I was baking a Cherry crumble cake with a cherry juice, and wine reduction glaze today for a few girls, and one of your students' friends".

The two both raised their eyebrows at his statement before he broke down even more.
"And I may have baked a Kladdkaka on my first day here".

"Yeah it was so good".
Spike was instantly shot a dirty look by the man in question literally in no position to run given he had two mares on his lap currently.

"Shut up you I swear one more peep, and I'll eat you for breakfast éntree".
He was quickly met with a smack to the back of the head by two hands forcing his head forward.

"So you have been baking cakes, and you don't even tell us".
Luna crossed her arms looking away.

"Look, come on, it's not that bad. I mean at least I never shared the special pumpkin spice cake that you love, or the apple cream cheese cake that Luna loves with anyone".
The two gasped, and pulled him into a hug with big smiles giving a big kiss on his face.
He returned the favor, and gave the two a kiss of his own, running his long snake-like tongue on their cheeks. He enjoyed the moment with the two until a small gag caught his attention. Noticing the two owners of the place one looking at them in horror, the other in pure awe.

"Oh I almost forgot you two were here you Sparkler what's with the face never seen a man show his wives affection, and what's with him"?
He pointed at the intrigued dragon looking at him.

"I've never seen another species that has a tongue like that. I thought only dragons have that, are you like some monster, dragon hybrid"?
He was going to answer, but was cut off by Celestia.

"Demon, he's a demon actually, and let me say first that's not the only remarkable thing about his body there are many wondrous things about him".
She looked him up, and down with a blush as well as her sister as he snaked out his tongue waving it in the air hissing, then retracting it back in his mouth with a grin.

'Twelve inches of fun that's not including the other thirteen, and a half".
He sat, and tortured the four others in the room with him having a fun time with messing with their heads.

Chrysalis' hive at the same time

Changelings ran around to, and fro doing their jobs maintaining the hive while their queen sat in her throne room looking deep in thought trying her best to think of a plan to take over equestria until her thoughts were disturbed by one of her children.
"My queen, there is an intruder in sector eight".

She opened her eyes, and looked at the open doors of her throne room. She stood up making her way to meet the intruder until she was alerted by another.
"My queen, there is an intruder at sector three near the mining tunnel".

She started to move faster telling them to call for backup, and try not to engage them right away. Before she got to the door her attention was grabbed by the sound of laughter behind her.
She spun around to see some unknown creature sitting in her throne, its clawed hands in the light, and a set of yellow eyes looking at her through the shadow, it's cold voice making her uneasy.
"Ah if it isn't the changeling queen herself. Chrysalis".

She turned around powering up her magic for an attack before a clawed finger shot up, and began moving in a disapproving motion.
"Ah ah ah I wouldn't do that if I were you I would think you would want your subjects to stay unharmed right"?

She snarled, showing her fangs to the uninvited guest sitting on her throne.
"How dare you sit on my throne you cretin why are you, and two others in my domain, I command you to leave at once"!

The creature moved it's hand back down on it's lap holding a royal-like posture while chuckling at her comment. She got ready to try, and attack him again, but was stopped when her changelings started reporting more, and more unknown creatures in different areas of her kingdom.
"Impossible".

She listened to them start to report more, and more intruders appearing all over the place she smirked looking up at the intruder that was with her.
"You think a few hundred can defeat thousands of changelings in their own hive, you must truly be joking".

The intruder made no move, nor a word she got more agitated. About to voice her annoyance her words were quickly cut short when all she heard were blood curdling screams, and could feel her guards being slaughtered.
"No this can't be that's not possible".

She heard blood chilling laughter coming from the intruder as it's fangs gleamed, reflecting some light.
"It is possible, and if you don't comply I will have your entire kingdom slaughtered, and leave this to be yours, and your peoples tomb, or you can comply we can come to an agreement, and I will end the slaughter your choice".

Chrysalis could still hear the bloodshed. She nodded her head in agreement to the new changeling ruler. She instructed one of her changelings to do something she never thought she wanted to do. She had one of her songs escape using a secret escape route to leave, and go to the equestrian kingdom for help.
"I will submit to you".

The creature stood up stepping into the light for Chrysalis to see it's scaled tail, and it's contorted face, its fangs pointing subtly under it's lip.
"Good, I want to propose a deal in exchange for yours, and your people's help. I want you all to work under me as my army. Of course I'll keep you as a general, but you know something I don't".

Chrysalis looked up at the male monster before her. And asked the one question it wanted to hear.
"What would you like to know my king"?

He grinned at her cold dead words before he answered her one last time.
"Where is Umbra"?

Twilight's place

Twilight, and spike were being subjected to the worst torture they could imagine well Twilight mostly spike was taking notes. They were being made to take dating advice from the three.
"So the way I wound up just letting loose I just finally was able to relax, and be me I didn't need to use the glamor given we just said I was a creature from tartarus that was requested to visit to act as a envoy of peace between them, and as a guard to keep away any everfree beasts. I helped out every so often I planted flowers, helped build homes which to be honest carpentry is not quite my thing I never really had a hand for that".

Celestia, and Luna chuckled at that remembering a few mishaps he got into for that.
"I remember that Lulu, do you remember that time James was helping build that shop, but managed to make it very uneven, so it had to be taken apart, and rebuilt".

"Yes we do remember that incident dear sister he wasn't allowed to help in the town construction anymore, so he was left to other affairs for the time".

He blushed as they brought up the embarrassing story.
"Hehe yeah I remember that now if you two would please don't bring it up anymore"?

Twilight perked up, and suddenly had an idea that would possibly benefit both her, and spike.
"Oh princess, why don't you tell us about how you all met"?

The three looked at each other, and shrugged.
"Hey Celestia, how fast do you think you can poof your fine ass to the castle"?

She giggled at the flirt towards her, and leaned into him.
"Almost as fast as I can get your pants off, why"?

Twilight, and Spike audibly grimaced at the show of affect between the two.
"Because I want you to pick a barrel with this logo on it, and a couple wine glasses, Twinkle would you happen to have some snacks you could spare"?

Twilight nodded her head as he handed Celestia a piece of paper with the Delta insignia with an x over it. Taking her leave, proofing off to retrieve what was asked of her while Twilight, and Spike walked into the kitchen getting something ready for a long story.
Celestia popped back after a short while with what was asked of her, setting the glasses on the coffee table made of crystal, and with three different symbols hand carved in them one holding the moon, another the sun the last bore a flower.
The siblings walked in holding a pair of trays with various different things, and a pair of plain cups setting them down on the table.
"Um, can I ask why we need these"?

Her question was quickly answered with no words, but by the sound of a cork being popped, and a strong fragrant scent that was quickly traced back to the barrel with a bright red liquid also quickly identified as wine being dispensed to the two sisters, then to his own glass.
"James, did you make this, it smells wonderful"?

Luna had already taken a sip of the cool liquid relishing the taste.
"It's marvelous, it's still so sweet, and so strong".

He sipped from his own glass, then looked over to Twilight offering some to her.
"Oh I couldn't I'll just stick with juice like Spike".

He shrugged his shoulders, picking up his drink to his lips, and starting off their story.
"Well I guess I should start with my backstory, to explain a few things.
First off, I'm an orphan . My parents abandoned me at birth, so I grew up in an orphanage that used it's children as a way to make money. I of course didn't like it, so I would hide away what little money I could, then ran away, bought a small place, and started working when I was shit ten, twelve maybe I can't remember either way, I started working doing stuff like working in different places like a bakery, autoshop, candy shop, glassmaker for a while I even worked at a steel mill where I would sometimes take scraps that would be repurposed, and make things on my spare time selling that. Time passed, and I jumped from job to job until one day at the age of twenty two I joined the armed forces in 1914 during a war that lasted a long time I watched friends die in front of me, and saw things no one should ever see, and I saw it three more times Vietnam was the worst of them all so many died for no reason blood spilled for political crap, but even through it all I had a job, and that job was do whatever I was told, and I did".

Vietnam

March 7, 1975

The air was humid, and hot the sound of boots, barefoot, and gunfire could be heard for a long distance bullets whizzed by narrowly missing their targets as they ran to freedom.
"Move, move let's the fuck out of Dodge"!

One of many voices shouted out to the rest of the group of fifteenth ran with full intent of getting out of there, but eight of the group were weak from being mistreated for so long.
"Shit they got dogs move faster"!

Gunfire was being returned back towards the enemy that was tailing them one broke past some trees, his shots getting dangerously close. Until a pair of rocks tied onto the ends of a piece of chain came flying towards his head, and wrapping around his neck securing him to a tree before a bullet struck his head while he tried to struggle free.
"Nice throw Steel, now get moving there's a rice field just ahead we can make our move to the extraction point there".

The trees started to thin out some until they reached the rice fields the sound of a vehicle started getting close and the team members started yelling out to the others.
"The trucks are catching up, keep going, we're almost there".

The large military vehicles started coming into view rounding a bend as they got to the fields.
"Private Smith we got vehicles inbound take them out"!
The commander of the team saw a confirming nod when he saw the last few pieces of stolen chain being thrown in the incoming vehicles followed by the sounds of screeching, and grinding metal. Things started to look up for them until they started hearing the sounds of loud pops, then increasingly loudening whistles coming their way everyone present immediately started trying to move faster than they have in their entire lives as mortar shells fell to the ground exploding sending shards of shrapnel, rock, and other debris everywhere some hit their targets, or close enough to them causing devastating damage to anyone near them.
They managed to get to the other side of the field more than half of the group was dead. One p.o.w had started to struggle getting over the incline heading to the road. They had collapsed, but had been met with a fellow soldier who had stopped and tried to pick him up, but heard an incoming mortar. With two choices he took the initiative, and grabbed his comrade, and threw him over onto the road. He turned around, and saw the shell impact the ground followed by the explosion, and a pain that erupted from his legs, left arm, and his chest as he felt his body get raised from the ground. His friends watched his body fly over them as they helped the others get to the trees before they heard a sickening crunch, and a thud.

Everyone looked over seeing his limp body laying on the ground with a piece of metal in his chest, and his stripped limbs in front of them one of the members of the rescue team ran over to check him to hear he was alive, but his breaths were just cold wheezes of air. The medic flipped him over seeing a large piece of shrapnel in the middle of his chest, and a few ribs sticking out. The team leader ran over as the medic tried to pull it out, but was stopped by a bloodied bone hand.
"Go… don't… worry… about… me".

The leader tried to tell him he would be fine, and make it home, but they all knew he wouldn't make it. A enemy soldier came around the bend gun raised, but was stopped by a shot to the head making them drop to the ground.
"I… won't… make it… I'll… only… slow… you down".

None of them wanted to leave, but knew there was no choice the one he saved stumbled up to his dieing friend his wheezes, and gasps filling his chest with pain. But was given a smile as the others started running to their extraction point his hand was grabbed. By the lone soldier, and only four words were spoke between the two.
"Take… care… of… Matty".

With those words the last of the survivors left, and he sat against the tree he had hit holding off the enemy the best he could until his gun had nothing to fire, and his heart beat it's last beat the world slowly went dark, and the world became nothing more than a dream. Until what felt like hours he woke up a world in flames, and a dark shadow loomed over him he opened his eyes seeing a monster of great size was looking down on him towering from the fiery inferno. It's loud voice boomed at a deafening volume.
"Welcome to hell sinner of earth your mortal soul now belongs to me".

He looked up at the towering beast, and closed his eyes with no fear, or worry in his heart, or mind.
"I accept my eternal punishment I know of what I have done, and I accept that I have sinned many times, and against many people".

The great beast looked down upon him as he was among very few who had entered it's domian that showed no fear, and so came up with a proposition.
"I see you have no fear of what awaits you here, and it would be a shame to throw away one with such promising talents, so I give you a offer join my army join as one of my commanders, or suffer your eternal damnation".

He thought over his choices, and after a short time he let out a sigh.
"What is it that you ask in exchange for your generous offer my lord"?

The beast smiled, and snapped it giant fingers the new member of his army currently was having his mind filled with information of his kind, and of his troops curses, and many other forms of supernatural powers, and abilities that he will need.
"You will leave your old life, and identity behind you are no longer James Smith of earth you're name will be your old call sign a will of steel, and iron justice of a knight of old. Son of hell leader of one of my legions. SteelSquire arise for your master. And as my price I command your undying loyalty if you disobey me I will have you erased from all existence".

He stood in his new form his body tall, and strong before his master his new demonic form pleasing the one who had given him his strength supplied with weapons of his choice
"I kindly accept my loyalty goes only to you I will carry out any, and all orders that you may give without fail".

The king of hell snapped his fingers sending off his new commander to his post to get ready for the great war that would change the change the course of a worlds history forever.
And when the war came it came swiftly, and lasted long great balls of fire erupted from volcanoes demons, and angels fought mortals, and immortals alike slaughtered in the great divide between the balance, of good, and evil until a great explosion had come forth from one of the demons who had had killed themselves to try, and turn the tides of the war only to catch two others in the blast, and both were enemies from the same team fighting for the same cause bring hell to earth.