Tome of the Underworld

High above the ground, remaining immeasurable from the other mountains around it, stood Mount Sakrifiki. A colossal opening in the world's crust formerly dormant two-thousand years ago. Once, it was a place of sacrifice for the zebra tribes. Each tribe would bring an offering of either peace, loyalty, or forgiveness. When the dragons moved to the mountain, they believed their size and numbers alone would root them out. After they failed to acknowledge their opponents voodoo arts, the scaled creatures were forced to guard the volcano. One dragon succeeded in escaping and tried to usurp the power that controlled his people. Despite being a powerful elder, the zebra's supernatural arts reigned supreme in the end. Left with no other option, the dragon delved deep into the magma chamber and set off a powerful, volcanic eruption. Now, Mount Sakrifiki stands as an extinct volcano. With a burial ground built next to the hollow rock of it’s former self. But now was not the time for memorials, nor was it the time to lay bouquets on any zebra's grave. Coming up the mountain's trail were a pocket full of goblin druids and their captive. Fluttershy walked within the center of the group with each hoof cuffed together, her captors wielded the chains in their gruesome palms.

"So um," Fluttershy started quietly, "you don't mind letting me go, do you? I know you look mean, but I'm sure you're just misunderstood."

"Be silent!" One of the druids in front of her ordered.

She smiled tenderly, "it's okay mister goblin. Maybe I can help show every pony the good inside--"

Before she finished, a whipped, burning sensation lashed out on her sides. She screamed quietly in pain, softly rubbing her sore plot. The druid in front turned his gaze to Fluttershy, "let that be a reminder to you, wench. If you talk again, my friend behind you will strike again with his whip! Am I clear?"

"I’m sorry," the timid pegasus lowered her head, horrified by their own actions. "But... may I at least know where you're taking me? If you don't mind that is... do you?"

"We are taking you to our lord, Wendigo. He has chosen you as his next meal for the full moon tonight. Don't worry about your little friends, they are in 'good hands.'"

"But why me? I'm neither tasty or chewy!"

"Either way, you have not been robbed of your virginity. And we have made sure your animals remained 'slightly' unharmed."

"What about my bunny Angel? Is he--"

She felt poking from her rear, then turned to stare directly at the goblin who whipped her from behind. "I saw that rabbit while we chained you up."

"Really? Is he okay?"

"I ate him."

Mere words could not describe what Fluttershy felt after hearing those words. True, Angel was a jerk, but she saw him as her own son. Her sadness mustered inside her heart as tears poured down from her eyes. The sad cries from the pegasus's mouth could be heard by half a mile radius. It was nothing but torture to the ears of each goblin, being forced to listen to this kind of noise from their subdued ear drums. They stopped and covered their ears to block out the crying. But they became immobile as they screamed in pain, dropping to their knees. Her crying came to a slow stop when the howl of a wolf was ringing from the top of the mountain.

"What... what was that?"

"Oh no," the goblin in front of her was worried, "our lord is angry!" He looked behind him, "our lives are at stake because of you!"

Fluttershy did not know if he was referring to her, so she tried to keep eye contact with him. The druid behind her held the whip and stood guard to protect her. "The fault is entirely mine!"

"You do know I was referring to you, right?"

Before he muttered a word from his mouth, large footsteps shook the very ground they stood on. Their entire bodies froze in fear of what was in front of the horde. Standing in front of them was a hulking, creature measured by nine feet in height. His arms shared the form of a brown bear's arms, while his head and legs were similar to a brown wolf's. The antlers on his head were exactly similar to the antlers of a deer. And the chest appeared to look like that of a tan, humanoid male. This large creature was none other than Wendigo, demon of cannibalism.

The druid protecting Fluttershy dropped his whip, then he approached Wendigo and bowed down. "Wendigo, my lord, It was I who made your dinner shed tears. I will humbly accept any punishment you see fit."

The demon smiled, "you can start by bringing out the rabbit. At least give her something before I dine on her flesh."

"But my lord, the creature has already dissolved in my stomach acids!"

"You wanna bet?"

Wendigo opened the druid's mouth and slowly moved his hand inside it. After reaching the uvula, he gave it a tight squeeze and yanked it out of the goblin's mouth. The attempt to scream in pain was impossible for the poor creature, but he could not stop the vomit that was forced out of his own mouth. Moving from the pool if vomit, a small animal with big ears awakened and cleaned itself up. He quickly ran to Fluttershy, nestling himself in her mane as he used it for camouflage. The pink maned pegasus simply let out a squeaked smile, knowing that Angel is back with her safe and sound. Wendigo grabbed the uvula-less goblin by his throat and threw him off the mountain as if he was a football.

"All of you, get moving." He lead the group ahead to the top of the mountain, growing even more impatient as he desperately hoped to finally feast on somepony tonight.

Within the Everfree Forest, a fortified camp full of goblin warriors gathered around the tent of their own king. Inside the small setup, Luna and Twilight sat on a royally designed rug, with it’s place of origin feeling like Canterlot. which is strange, because the city never had any recorded goblin raids. Melchior sat in front of them with a mug in hand, full of ale, made with wheat.

"So tell me my little ponies, what reason do you have for wanting to kill Wendigo?" He chugged down some ale and set it next to his feet. "Do you even know how to kill that blasted--” Melchior belched in front of them, forgetting his manners around guest.

"Are you even the slightest bit drunk?" Twilight asked, concerned about his health.

"I don't get drunk until I finished my tenth mug! And I just finished my eighth one today! But that doesn't mean I'm gonna sit around and let that abomination divide the people I share a blood relation with."

"Did you just say you are related with those goblins outside the tent?"

Melchior nodded. "You may not know this, but I was not born entirely goblin. Long ago, back when the Archons once ruled Equestria, I was what some considered a half-breed. My mother was an elf, and my father was the previous goblin king. His name was Mulgomu, a terrifying creature who was mad with ambition. He raped my mother during one of his raids, nine months passed after that event, and I came into the world from her womb. She raised and treated me like I was an elf like herself. The secret of my father was kept from me until she died of old age. After she was buried, I traveled to different lands on a quest to find my father. On my travels, I extended my mortality with the aether elves. Trained in the ways of fighting among the Raiders of the Sapphire Sands. And gained knowledge from the Library of Solomon. When I was rewarded with immortality, I confronted my father and slain him with my own spear. Future goblin raids were no longer used after I was named king. Including the plot to sink Atlantis into the ocean. I lived in these woods for over five-thousand years, hunting Wendigo with the other goblins ever since. But I'm sure you're not here to listen about my past. No, you have come for this thing." He layed out a piece of paper in front of them.

Twilight got her glasses out and examined the written document. "This looks like another note Abraham left behind." Both ponies looked over it and started reading.

"One thing you must know about Wendigo is that he tends to get what he wants in life. He is one of the four, weakest members of a clique of demons known as the Ten Pagan Deities. They are demons left behind by Hell after the Genesis War shook the fabric of creation. Left with no other option, they remained trapped within Equestria. Their own power dropped to where they have limits, which can only be refilled by prayers from the mediums. Witch doctors, dark magic users and idol worshipers bowed down before them. But before the fall, Wendigo was no ordinary cannibal, for he was once considered to be a demon of gluttony. That was, until one day, he forced the Hellish Council to make cannibalism an independent embodiment. His success only led to his downfall when he was cut into pieces, and became dinner for the Obese King. His hard, black heart was the only part of him that was not devoured. A pair of goblin warlocks conjured up his heart and recreated him with parts from different creatures. What he was before is currently unknown as of today. He convinced those warlocks to commit cannibalism, and they worshiped him as their god. He can smell fear, so It's always wise not to be scared when you are around him. And in order to kill him, you must destroy his black heart. But I must remind you, a demon's heart is like stone, so land harder blows if you need to. After you kill him, grab the page from the Tome of the Underworld he is guarding. I will send you more information after my master is informed by Cronus of your victory. Depending if you survive in the end.

The unicorn folded the paper and placed it, including her glasses, within one of her saddlebags. "Well, I guess it's high time we get moving."

Melchior arose and grabbed his spear, "If there will be anyone who will kill Wendigo, It will be me and myself alone! The page to Abraham's little book is all yours, but leave the demon to me."

Both of them got up and nodded in agreement. They left the tent, rounding up every goblin warrior in the campsite. Preparing for the battle ahead of them.

After they cleaned up the mess at Fluttershy's house, Rarity, Rainbow Dash and the gang retreated to the boutique for a quick recuperation. As the Cutie Mark Crusaders and the Pie Sisters were going through preparations upstairs. Applejack, Rainbow Dash and Rarity began their personal conversation in the living room. The cyan colored pegasus, along with her unicorn friend, are currently wearing the same uniform. Black jeans with an ebony coated dress shirt with a long, black leather coat. Their gloves are specially made to carry a hidden blade underneath. And the belts carry two, rapid-fire crossbows for each hoof to carry.

"So let me get this straight," Applejack said, letting the information sink in. "You're telling me that you, and Rainbow Dash are demon hunters?"

Rarity was a little nervous to answer that question, so Rainbow Dash helped her out. "She's telling the truth! it's been passed down to us from parent to child."

"And what about Scootaloo?"

"I found, and raised Scootaloo on my own after her parents died from a flock of Terrordactyls. Do you believe what we’re telling you?"

"Oh, I believe you alright." She became infuriated, "I just can't believe you should have told me this before Dash!"

"What was I supposed to tell you? Imagine what life would be in the future if I did tell you. Then it's all my fault, because I would be putting your family in danger!"

"In danger of WHAT?"

"Of MY life! Well, the truth about my life that is. Yes, I want to join the Wonderbolts, but I also need to continue working as a demon hunter! I made a promise to my father I would carry out the legacy after he died on the battlefield. The reason this was never mentioned before, was because I didn't want you to think of me differently."

"So you’re telling me that your daily life is nothing more but a mere facade?"

Those words hurt Rainbow Dash, not physically, but it did hurt her on the inside. She tried to mutter the words, but they just didn't come out right. "Yes, I lied about it and I'm really sorry--"

"Sorry?" Her tone filled with rage as Rainbow Dash kept her head low. "You lied to me on where you were on dinner dates I planned out! Are you, or are you not supposed to be the Element of Loyalty?!"

"I am the--"

"Then why didn't ya tell me? I love ya Dash! And if ya told me sooner, hell, I would have joined your group. That way, I would be there by your side."

"But if you did, I would have no option but to tell you about the promise I made to your Fa--"

Applejack grabbed her by the collar, "what were you gonna say about my Father?"

"I can't tell you, if I did, then--"

The orange mare slapped Rainbow Dash's face. "My Father was a role model to me! Do you think I won't make you tell the truth? Cause I have many methods of making you confess!"

Rarity indented herself in between them and held the two mares back with her hooves. She turned her head towards Applejack, "darling, let Rainbow Dash speak without you slapping her about."

"No! I don't want to hear anything else from Rainbow Dash!"

Applebloom trotted downstairs to see what the commotion was. "Is everypony alright?"

"Come on Apple Bloom, we are leaving." The little filly followed her sister out of the house, heading straight back to their farm.

Rarity tried to cheer Rainbow Dash up, but it was just futile. "Darling, just give her some time and she will forgive you."

The cyan mare sniffed, "no she won't! I made a foolish mistake!"

"We all tend to do that in life, but we must keep moving if we are to save Fluttershy. Don't you want to save her?"

"Yeah but... but," she failed to contain her sadness any further. Rainbow Dash fell down on the floor, breaking out in tears, "I just want AJ back!" Her crying could be heard from the room and upstairs.

Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo, wearing the exact same uniform, moved downstairs to check the noise. Scootaloo approached the crying pegasus full of worry, "are you ok mom?"

Rainbow Dash stopped crying and tried to wipe the tears from her slightly blocked vision. But sadly failed while she paid attention to Scootaloo. "I'm fine Scoots! Applejack and I just have some personal problems right now."

"Does that mean I may not have her as a mother?"

The cyan mare got up and wrapped her hooves around her daughter. "Don't worry honey, we will work things out and everything will go back to normal."

"You promise?"

"I promise."

At the top of Mount Sakrifiki, Fluttershy laid down on a stone table, surrounded by hordes of druids. Her hooves are chained together to each corner, with her front chest exposed and covered in hot sauce. Sitting on his stone throne, Wendigo counted the time silently in his head while he observed his meal.

"Thirteen more minutes," he said, "just thirteen more minutes and dinner will be served."

"My lord," his adviser spoke, "word has been going around your disciples that she is no ordinary pony."

"She's a pegasus! Tell me something that I don't know."

"Fluttershy didn't allow herself to get chained without a fight. Fekormut said she killed a few goblins in her house."

The demon broke out laughing, "you mean that little creature killed a few druids?" He got up and slowly walked to the captive pegasus. The goblins that surrounded her made an entry for their lord without him stepping on any goblin. Wendigo got down on one knee, then smelled the terrified pony in front of him. He slowly licked the sauce covered portion of her body and observed as Fluttershy blushed with embarrassment. "I don't think you can harm a fly."

Fluttershy began pleading for her life, "Oh please Mr. Wendigo, I just want to go home with my little bunny."

"And how are you going to do that?"

"I... don't really know yet."

Wendigo laughed and walked back to his throne. "Lets face it, you're as weak as a doormat!"

"Oh no thou has not," said a familiar voice far out front. The demon looked to see who it was, only to have his gaze upon the goblin army that stood ready to charge. In front of them was Princess Luna, Melchior, and a pony Wendigo remembered.

As he saw the lavender unicorn, Wendigo only sat back and laughed some more. "Well this is going better than I thought. Twilight, look how much you have grown up. I remember feeding off your fear when you were just a mere filly."

Twilight stepped forward and levitated an iron sword with her magic. "Let Fluttershy go this instant."

"But why? You should hear the part where she killed a few of my men."

"That's not true! Fluttershy wouldn't hurt a fly!"

"Exactly the same words I said to her. But I don't think she agrees with me. Tell you what, If you can kill me, I will set her free."

Melchior shoved Twilight out of the way, "I should be the one to kill you!"

"Are you in such of a hurry to die?"

"I should be asking you the same question!"

"Then lets dance little man." Goblin armies of both factions clashed with their weapons in hand. Melchior carved a path with his spear to the demon who is sitting there on his throne. While one army is too distracted oppressing the other, Twilight and Luna sneaked around and tried to free their friend. Wendigo leaped out of his throne, attempting to stop those trying to release his meal. But is stopped when Melchior tackled him to the ground with his spear. The half-breed king gets to his feet, with the head of his spear piercing Wendigo's black heart.

"For too long," Melchior started, "I have been hunting you for many eons. But know that I finally have you, all I have to do is destroy your heart. And then, I will pass to the next world with honor to show my mother."

Wendigo lifted his right arm and shoved it through Melchior's chest. Ichor seeped down from small openings within the closed wound. "Mama’s boy! Those two words are the reason why you were never worthy to kill me!" He pulled his arm out as torrents of golden blood sprayed all over Wendigo's body. Lifeless, Melchior fell backwards, thus ending the king of the goblins time on the planet. Fluttershy stood on the table free from her bondage, but froze in fear, with her gaze upon the dead body in front of her. The demon arose and took the spear out of his chest, then devoured it whole. Silence rang through the mountain, the battle behind them sounded like it has ceased. Twilight turned and saw six, familiar ponies with crossbows, standing on top of the goblin corpses. They approached the three mares and stood by their side with weapons locked on Wendigo.

Twilight became confused, "What are all of you girls doing here?"

"We came to help," Rainbow Dash said as she kept her gaze on the target. "The smoke from Fluttershy's house had us guessing that something happened to her."

Fluttershy tapped the cyan mare's shoulder. "It's ok Rainbow Dash, I was told everything in my house was taken care of."

"That was a lie Fluttershy! Your house is a wreck, all your animals are in the hospital and Wendigo is to blame for all of it!"

After she heard those exact same words, Fluttershy slowly grew in anger. "YOU MONSTER!" She jumped off the table and was ahead of the group, giving the demon a look mixed with rage and hurt. "No pony hurts my animals and gets away with it alive!"

Wendigo laughed, "and what are you going to do about it? You're just a doormat!"

The ground shook as sparks of red energy shot out of Fluttershy's body. Surrounded by a crimson aura fueled with rage, Fluttershy looked like she was ready to burst. The gang took cover behind separate rocks to shield them from what may be a powerful blast of energy. The pegasus screamed in anger as a column of energy surrounded her entire body. When the column cleared away, the ground stopped shaking, Fluttershy was not herself anymore. Her coat no longer carried it's yellow coating, but a dark shade of grey. Her mane changed to the same color as well, except it's style was like that of a male lion's mane. The Iris in her eyes was completely blended in with a deep, blood red color. Her height was about an inch above Big Macintosh's. The wings transformed to a massive, new pair of scaled wings. And the Cutie Mark changed from three butterflies, to a black lion with a crown dawned on it's forehead.

Wendigo tried to catch her scent with his nose, but something told him this was not the real Fluttershy. "You... what the hell are you?"

She dashed forward with no answer and landed a major blow to the demon's stomach. Launching one punch after another, there was not a single thread of hesitation, or mercy. Fluttershy stopped, then dashed up to Wendigo's face in the blink of an eye and kicked the demon's mouth. The jaw shattering blow alone made Wendigo's nose ooze out black blood. Fluttershy somersaulted backwards to where she dashed off and unfurled her new wings.

Twilight put herself in front of her massive companion, "Fluttershy, you have to control herself!"

The gray mare let out a loud, lion-like roar filled with terror.

Twilight froze in fear, "What... are you?"

"Let's just say," Fluttershy said with a new, demonic tone in her voice. "I am the enemy of your enemy."

"But what did you do to Fluttershy?"

"She and I are two different souls sharing one body."

Wendigo growled, "are you two done talking yet?"

New Fluttershy turned her gaze on Wendigo, showing off a chilling smile. Before she could make a move, the pegasus felt a little woozy and fell on the ground. Unconscious, new Fluttershy reverted back to her old self and dozed off to sleep.

Twilight turned and saw the cause of it was three tranquilizer darts. She looked at Rainbow Dash, "what was all that about?"

Rainbow Dash placed the crossbow back on her belt, "what was I supposed to do? Whatever is inside Fluttershy can wait until we get back to Ponyville!"

The demon behind Twilight howled, "I am sick and tired of waiting! Do I have to rip some pony to shreds?"

Twilight turned to face him, "Why don't you look in front of you? I'm standing right here!"

"So it has finally come to this. Do not hesitate, for this will be the last time you will see my face.Let’s see how much you have grown from the past." Twilight stood ready in attack position with magic ebbing out of her horn. She levitated her sword and carried her shield firmly. Wendigo leaped towards her, but the unicorn slid down on the ground to dodge his attack. She moved her sword through his stomach, then sliced it open after she was no longer under Wendigo. The demon fell to the ground and tried to block the massive cut as gallons of his demonic blood covered his hands. Twilight jumped on top of his back, then shoved her sword down Wendigo's back. This only made the cannibal scream in pain, how could he have let his own guard down just like that? He extended one of his arms and grabbed Twilight while he attempted to get on his two feet. Twilight only watched in horror, the cut became smaller as the skin cells slowly reattached the chest to it's original form. He threw the pony forward to the stone table and watched as the unicorn was about to make contact. Twilight reacted fast and teleported herself in front of Wendigo with her magic.

The unicorn grew confuse, "I don’t understand, how did you do that 'thing' with your stomach?"

"Did you honestly think I would die that easily? Bitch, please! I was reforged by warlock magic and voodoo incantations!"

Twilight charged at him with her horn radiated with magic. She leaped forward, but sadly jumped inside the mouth of her childhood enemy. Without hesitation, Wendigo swallowed Twilight whole and felt the unicorn land inside his stomach. The demon stood triumphant, howling to signify his victory. Rainbow Dash, Rarity and their party got out of their hiding places, jaws agape from shock and horror. The demon hunters stood in attack position, with their dual crossbows pointed at Wendigo. Luna stood firm with her ax, ready to chop down the beast in front of her. Wendigo groaned in pain, almost as if something was cutting his guts open. A jagged, lavender blade pierced through and made a thin opening to his insides. By magic, the blade re-materialized into a pair of eagle talons. The talons sank deep into the cut, then forced it to spread into a wide opening. The ponies only stood in awe as a fountain of black blood flowed down. Twilight leaped out and watched as Wendigo screamed beyond measure. She unbuckled her saddle, then placed it on Luna's back for safe keeping. Twilight stood ready and conjured up a massive spear from her radiating horn. The spear was thrown, Wendigo tried to stop it while he covered his wide open stomach wound. But it was too late, the spear had already went through him. Unlucky for Twilight, she watched as the spear not only missed his heart, but the weapon sank into Wendigo's digestive tracts. From his stomach, a powerful tornado formed itself in the open wound. While the ponies held on to dear life, the goblin corpses were the only ones sucked into the powerful vacuum. The tornado expanded wide until Wendigo was completely surrounded by it. The storm of wind broke off, Wendigo came out bigger than before. Even though the wound is closed, his height has increased to fifteen feet.

The demon looked down on the little ponies and laughed once more. "Look now Twilight, how can you possibly defeat me with my new size?"

Twilight stepped forward, "we don't have to do this Wendigo! Just give us the page and we will get out of your sight."

"Even if I could, I will never let you leave with that parchment!"

The unicorn stood firm as her horn was completely bursting with magic. The overcharge of her horn was the one thing she kept hearing. Concentration was the only thing on Twilight's mind, but slowly faded away when a few sparks on her horn tossed each other around. She charged in, targeting the heart of Wendigo. Cracks spread all over Twilight's horn, she stopped, but fell to the ground and screamed in agony. Her brain pounded with an immense headache, she moaned in pain, praying that this will all be gone soon. Luna and the gang tried to assist Twilight, but the uncontrollable sparks became lightning, then the bolts targeted the ponies and they vanished to Celestia knows where. Twilight got up to her hooves while she kept it all together, ignoring the lightning being shot randomly from her horn.

Wendigo stood in doubt, "how can you still stand while your limits are breaking?"

"Because," she slowly panted, "I have a reason to continue fighting. My magic may have limits, but the magic of friendship knows no bounds! Even if I die here today, my friends will live forever within my own heart!"

Wendigo leaped with his claws ready to tear out the unicorn's tongue. The bolts of lighting shocked the demon and confined him on the ground in a state of mass paralysis. Twilight was ready to charge at Wendigo once more. She knew what would happen if her horn made contact with anything during an uncontrollable state. But at least her death will be a merciful one.

Twilight smiled as a tear flowed down from her eye. "My friends," she said with contempt, "it was an honor to have you by my side."

"Twilight!"

A mysterious voice in her head startled the unicorn, "who... who are you?"

"Your journey in life is not yet over. So why do you accept death now? Most of all, why do it when you're called by Abraham to restore the Tome of the Underworld?"

"It's just that," she stuttered, "I can't control it! Princess Celestia said--"

"You are destined to do the impossible. Who cares about what she says? I am older than her by a few eons."

"I care! She rules over all of Equestria! Just who do you think you are anyways?"

"I am the Element of Magic.”

"Wait a minute, I am the Element of Magic! But if we're both the Element of Magic, then that means--"

"I am YOU, and you are ME."

Shivers ran down Twilight's spine, "where are you?"

"Within the crystal from the tiara you use to convert my power into yours. The Ten Pagan Deities must be stopped, but you can not do it alone. Inside your friends are Elements, such as myself, we have been around since the beginning of time. I can lend you my power, but you must embrace me if you are to take a new physical form."

Twilight growled in annoyance, "why on Celestia's plot would I do that for?"

"The level of power you have just reached will destroy your body. In order to use it, you need a temporary form that will sustain that kind of magic. And, the Ten Pagan Deities can not be killed by a normal pony. They are demons left behind by Hell after all."

"I just have to embrace you? How can I do that?"

The mysterious voice giggled, "did you forget I am also magic itself? And here I thought Applejack was a silly pony."

"Right, could I forget?"

Either way, she took it's advice and began to concentrate. The lightning bolts ceased movement, including their hold on Wendigo. Her horn began to reshape into it's current state as the cracks faded away. Magical aura ebbed out of her body. She felt it within her bones, body and soul. This was actually working. The energy spread further and surrounded her in a dome of magic. Princess Luna. Rainbow Dash. Rarity. Sweetie Belle. Scootaloo. Blinky and Inky rushed back on time to see how the battle progressed so far. The round prism exploded as dust covered the whole sight of view for everypony. When the dust cleared, there stood Twilight Sparkle, but in a completely different and taller body. While she stood on two legs instead of four, Twilight appeared to have lost her tail, including all the hair on her body. Except for her mane, which reached down to the mid point of her back. She wore a hard, indigo bra with chainmail used as long sleeves. The belt she wore around the waist held the indigo skirt that reached down to her ankles. Her fur boots shared the same color coating as her outfit. And the staff she carried was made of iron, with a lavender crystal used to expel magic. The weapon appeared to be a replacement for her horn, since it was completely barren from her forehead. She held the staff not with her hoof, but something she remembered Lyra calling a 'hand.' Twilight took a minute to look at her new form, then gazed upon what she thinks are large bumps on her chest.

Wendigo got up to his feet, growling worse than before. "This is Impossible! How were you able to transform into a human?"

"Human? Is this what a human looks like?" She looked down some more to try and get a better look of her body. But quickly payed her attention back to Wendigo.

"Playtime is over! Let's hurry up and finish this."

Twilight pointed the crystal part of her staff at Wendigo. A magical, metallic hand launched itself towards the demon and sank deep into his chest. The hand opened wide, grabbed his heart, and crushed the hard organ with as much force as possible.

Wendigo dropped to his knees, his body began fading into ash. He began to mutter, "is this all you're going to demonstrate? I was expecting more from you."

"Wish I could," she said, "but I need to make a special breakfast for my assistant."

"I must admit, you have gotten stronger since I last saw you."

She nodded in approval.

"But in the end, you will never be stronger than your brother!"

"My brother? What are you talking about?"

The demon silently laughed.

"Stop laughing," she aimed her staff at him, "what do you know about Shining Armor?"

"Lets just say he made a little arrangement with us." Wendigo fell to the ground and finally became nothing more but a mere pile of ash.

Twilight searched through the remains of her fallen opponent and found a parchment with strange writing and symbols. She picked it up and presented it to Luna, "is this what we're looking for?"

Luna nodded, "there is no doubt that this is one of the missing pages."

"Some pony grab Fluttershy! We need to return to Ponyville and find out more about what we're dealing with." Twilight groaned in pain, the Princess stepped back and watched as Twilight reverted back to pony form. The unicorn was back to her normal self, wearing the same attire she received after her first humanization. "Something tells me I have a lot of studying to do."

The aroma of smoke and sulfur penetrated Applejack's nostrils in her sleep. When she woke up from the hay barrel she slept in last night, confusion finally struck her. The barn was in complete ruin, her house was destroyed and only she remained unharmed.

"What the hay just happened?" Applejack observed the wrecked environment, then she was surrounded by a red mist. "Hey," the earth pony shouted, "who the hay do you think you are?"

A thunderous voice rang out, "come to the Gauntlet if you wish to reclaim your family."

"Who are you?"

"I am Violentheal, champion of violence. Your family will be imprisoned by me until you come to the Gauntlet." The mist faded away, not a single trace of it was left behind.

Applejack grew nervous, "I better go get some help." So she rushed out of the farm, hoping she can find some pony to help in her time of need.