Unchained

The Devil's Due

•Canterlot•

•Celestia P.O.V•

Me, and my sister sat in our bubbles watching helplessly as Tirek began to tear the whole place apart destroying everything in his path.

Until I hear Luna speak up next to me.
"Thou vile knave thy shalt never get away with thine treachery".

Tirek stopped, and turned towards her with a laugh.
"Hahaha foolish mare you can't stop me none can not even your precious elements of harmony because when I see them I'm going to suck the magic out of them until they are just dried up corpses, but if you two behave I'll keep you as pets the deal I made will make sure of that".

I looked at him in horror at his words.
"You wouldn't dare you'll never get away with it"...
I stopped mid sentence when I felt a very familiar aura from the forest, and a loud series of booms.
I looked over at Luna, and she beamed with a bright smile.
I noticed that Cadence was in what could be made out as pajamas the best assumption was she was still asleep when he kidnapped her.

Tirek however looked towards it, and grinned for a different reason.
"My, my, my Celestia I didn't know you were so kind as to send your beloved student to bring me something with even more magic than you two let us go visit them".

Me, and Luna looked at the large centaur as he turned making his way to the everfree forest.
"No don't do just let us go, and return the stolen magic you took".

"Oh what are you going to do stop, and I when I retrieve what is mine, I will kill you two, and any other who dares try to oppose me".
Tirek began walking towards Tirek's knowledge, a powerful artifact.

•The everfree•

•Prisoners P.O.V•

I ran up to an open meadow, and looked around. The air was so clean, and so cool I could feel it in my bones,
Then I saw where it all began, the spot where I first arrived I walked over, and felt the grass the wound now healed.
I held Gungnir in my hand, and felt the electricity in my body, the flow of the blood in my veins, and everlasting fires of hell burning in my soul demanding for blood, demanding for death.
I can still hear the pained shouts of my past enemies, their screams of pain, and the sounds of gunfire over the years the wars I was in.
Then it stopped. I looked up, and noticed the ground started to shake a bit. I looked up, and saw a large centaur walking up towards me.
It stopped, and looked down at me with a big smile on it's face, then a look of pure disgust.
"Give me that artifact, what does a monster like you think you're doing with that".

I looked at him, and chuckled purely amused with this one's sense of humor, then proceeded to just plain out laugh at him leaning on my spear.
"Son you're somethin' else let me tell ya you're just plain precious what makes you thing I'm givin' you my spear"?

He just clenched his fists, and tried to smash me. I ran to the side, and noticed he had Celestia, and Luna in bubbles, and some other mare who appeared to be asleep. I stopped laughing, and stood straight as he spoke.
"Fool what makes you think you can stop me Lord Tirek".

I walked up to him, and never broke eye contact.
"I can, I am James Smith, former United States Marine, now Demon King of Equestria now what's your major malfunction"?

Tirek as he introduced himself as he tried to swing at me again.
"That makes no difference, a freak like you could never stop me from taking what rightfully was to be mine".

I put Gungnir in my storage dimension, and jumped aside.
"Want to know something Tirek? This will never be yours I forged it myself it only answers to me I am it's one true master".

•Third person P.O.V•

Tirek stood up, and tried to use his stolen magic, and attack the demon he managed to get close to hitting him, but again it was dodged.
Steel pulled out his axe, and shield, then charged Tirek with no regard for the six ponies, and the draconequus that stood, and watched as he stood against the mad tyrant.

"I can't believe he is facing off with Tirek, is he insane"?
Twilight asked no one in particular just saying it.

"Twilight darling, I think he is crazy. Tirek is almost as tall as the trees".
Rarity stood behind Twilight watching the events unfold.

"Oh please I could take Tirek on myself too, and with one arm tied behind my back".
Rainbow Dash sat lazily in a tree yawning.

They all returned to watching until they saw the demon do something they didn't expect at all when Tirek's arm came down.
He ran up, and brought the axe down on his hand cutting deep into the flesh, Tirek yelled in pain attempting to throw the creature off of him, but to no avail, as it sank it's boney fingers into his flesh, and began to scale his arm. Tirek brought his freehand up to crush him, but was met with the axe cutting a deep gash into his hand instead.
The demon stood when he had the chance, and brought the axe down slicing through the muscle like a hot knife through warm butter, and through the bone like a breeze through a open window. Tirek's arm dropped limply the stolen magic starting to heal his wounds the little man still scaling him as fast as he could straight to his head where he raised the axe high above his head, and brought it down right on his massive horn what the large blade couldn't cut through the sheer force was enough to crack it part of the way through before one more swing made the crack go completely through severing it from his head leaving only a stub.
They all watched in shock when he went to the other side, and did the same after a long battle Tirek no longer had his stolen magic, but he wouldn't accept his defeat, and punched the demon sending him flying into a tree, he picked up the fallen axe, and rushed him.
But a large tree branch flew from out of the forest straight at Tirek without stopping, swung at the branch, and sliced through it with ease, but stopped when he heard the sound of laughter, and not just of one, but of multiple people laughing at once.

The sky turned dark as the clouds began to blanket it, casting their ghostly shadow over all present, the air felt like it had static charge, and it began to rain, lightning flashed overhead, and only a few words were spoken.

"We hope you aren't afraid of the dark".
The next thing everyone knew a flash of lightning blazed in the sky for, but a moment, and he rushed from the trees the long sword in hand, and shouted one word.
"Valhalla"!
Tirek raised the axe to block, but didn't realize what the true target was until it was too late his fingers on his right hand were severed by the sharp blade.
He dropped down on his knees holding his hand, screaming in pain, he grabbed the axe in pure rage, and started swinging wildly, the axe being blocked, parried, but a few times Tirek would get a lucky strike would leave a nasty gash blood, and sweat came from both as they fought steel clashing against steel. The lightning flashed every so often showing the great battle before them before they watched the recently introduced demon get into a low stance holding the sword in one hand, then charge the mad tyrant, and in one swift move it stopped, the lightning flashed again, this time the demon was facing away from Tirek with the sword at his side blood dripping from it, everypony watched as Tirek's head dropped to the ground and his body soon after some blood squirted out, then stop as his heart beat it's last beat.

Everypony watched, in horror not knowing which was worse that he slaughtered Tirek without hesitation, or that he defeated him single handedly.
Fluttershy had vomited in the back discord tried to comfort her, and he forced himself to turn away from the scene.
Twilight, Rarity, Applejack just stared just stunned at what just happened that he clearly had to have done this before for him to do it, so easily.
Rainbow Dash was almost in the situation as fluttershy, Pinkie just stood there her usually pink hair flat, and her pink face was now white as a ghost.
Princess Celestia, and Luna ran over to him from the darkness, the clouds slowly clearing up as the moon shines through showing the blood, and slash covered bodies of the two competitors, Celestia, and Luna hugged him like it was nothing, like he didn't just kill someone just moments earlier like he wasn't a monster.

•Steel P.O.V•

When I felt that Punch I was more than just pissed this guy just attempted to kidnap my wives, and then had the balls to try to steal my shit.
There was no way in hell i was going to allow that, I stood up just filled with so much anger I almost changed.
But I laughed it was funny that now I'm going to have to kill him, I looked up, and saw the storm conjuring up, and I spoke up the others speaking with me in unison.
"We hope you aren't afraid of the dark".

I reached to my back, and pulled up my longsword, and held it up before running out, and jumped raising it over my head I knew instinctively one would raise their weapon, or such to block a obvious strike to the head, but I'm not everyone, I waited for the perfect moment, and cut his fingers off.
His cries of pain, and the smell of his blood, just made me more hungry he raised the axe, and started swinging with recklessness not even watching his steps I blocked no problem, but I got too cocky, and he sliced me a couple times.
When I found a opening I moved forward, as fast as I could, and swung the heavy blade right through his neck.
The lightning flashed, then it was followed by a thud, then a second flash there was one last thud.
I gave one last swing of my weapon, and resheathed it putting back with the rest of my things, then I felt Celestia, and Luna run up to me, and give me a hug.

I heard them crying, as I hugged them back, and attempted to comfort them.
"It's alright I'm back no one will ever touch you two ever again I'll be here for you two now".

"We know it's just been so long James".
Celestia cried into my chest, as Luna cried into my shoulder.

"I know it it has honey, but don't worry I'm here to protect you two again from now unto forever just like I promised".
I looked to the treeline, and saw the ponies who set me free.
Luna, and Celestia moved more into my body my black blood staining their coats, and dresses. I gave them both a kiss on the forehead holding them closer not wanting to let go of them the feeling of their warm bodies against my own bringing peace to my mind until I heard a feminine voice speak up.

The purple one spoke first, as the others stayed back.
"Princess Celestia, what's going on, why are you hugging that, that thing"?

"Well well well princess I didn't think you two would be so willing to marry especially a monster of which you swore to protect equestria from".
The weird child's toy experiment thing spoke up next I glanced up giving him a pissed off glare, but before I could say anything Celestia left my grasp.