It was now the first night of the group’s trip to Manehattan. Everyone was off doing their own business as the nightlife in the large city had much to offer. Kalfu was walking along the sidewalk toward that building that had his symbol on the sign he had noticed earlier when he first arrived. He had planned to spend the evening with Rarity, but she was mentally exhausted from the day’s events. And who could blame her? Especially with the asshole who was hounding her because she said ‘No.’.

Kalfu was making his way across a small bridge in Central Park when he suddenly got a sharp pain in his chest, like his heart was being directly attacked. He collapses to his knees and leans against the railing as he goes into a coughing fit, his eyes widening as the pain continues to strike him. The feeling was best described as one’s heart being squeezed by a vice to the point of bursting.

“Daddy…please hurry…please help…” was all that he heard being whispered in his mind. Kalfu slowly stood up and regained his balance before whispering back to Scootaloo ”Scoots? What…what is going on..?. There was no response, only the continuing pain hitting his body in every vital part imaginable. This feeling was all too familiar…it was the same feeling he got on that night he almost lost Rarity. “I will be damned if I will let her meet the same fate…” he growled before he lifted into the air as high as he could go, soaring above many of the buildings before his eyes started to glow a bright white.

Out of the thousands of souls in this city, he was seeking out his daughter’s. Which wasn’t too hard to do. She did have her very own special soul that the man cherished beyond all. Not only did he find her soul, but the soul of Sweetie and Applebloom as well. So, not only did they take his daughter, but it would seem that whoever is responsible for his daughter’s distress call also took his beloved students. The sky suddenly began to darken even more so than it already was. Once a beautiful stary night, now cloaked entirely in cloud cover before the rain began to pour heavily as Kalfu’s anger grew exponentially. He suddenly flew forward at a blinding speed as he homed in on his daughter’s location. The Voodoo King’s wrath was imminent for the poor, unfortunate souls who would dare stand in his way that night.

Scootaloo and her friends, beaten and bruised sat in the uppermost room of the large skyscraper in the middle of the city. Their hands and ankles were bound by thick rope so that no matter how much, they struggled, their bindings wouldn’t become loose anytime soon. It would seem that while the other two were fading in and out of consciousness, Scootaloo was still holding on like the strong willed girl she was “Y-You have no idea what you have just done, asshole…my dad is going to find out I am missing eventually. And when he finds us in the state we are in now…you will know the wrath of the Voodoo King…” she groaned out in pain, but fought back the tears like the brave filly she was.

“Oh please. The Voodoo King is your father? Yeah right. The ‘Voodoo King’ is an absolute nobody. Just a delusional stallion who thinks they are this almighty being. Well, he is nothing but a fucking loser. After I kill him, I am going to pay Rarity a visit and show her that no one says no to me.” said the stallion that was currently being obscured by shadow. Scootaloo narrowed her eyes in anger before spitting blood all over the fancy carpet in front of her in disgust at the stallion’s words “Pft..you only wish you were as cool as my dad. He accepts me as his own flesh and blood even though he isn’t even a pony. I am sure your own father absolutely despises you for the stallion you have become. I bet you don’t even know a parent’s love to begin with, you spoiled son of a bitch…”.

The stallion stepped forward and brought the back of his hand to the filly’s left cheek with a slap so hard that it caused her mouth to bleed. She was in great pain at this point, but not giving the stallion the satisfaction of shedding one tear to make him feel like the superior pony “You got a fucking mouth on you, bitch..I may enjoy using it…” he said in anger as he grabbed her mane and slowly started to lean in. Scootaloo shut her eyes tight as she tried her best to lean away from his advance, it wasn’t until agonizing screams could be heard throughout the building that made both Scootaloo and the stallion looked toward the double doors, a low and growly roar coming from several floors below “Scootaloo!!!” the voice rumbled and shook the building. Scootaloo smiled smugly before scooting back away from the stallion “Heeeeee’s fooooound meeeeeee~.” she coed in a mocking manner.

The double doors at the main lobby on the first floor suddenly fly off the hinges and across the marble floor as Kalfu floats several feet off the ground with his hands out to his side, his eyes sharp and focused with hatred as he gazes around the room, his coat and hair whipping around as the lightning behind him strikes fiercely. The goons that were waiting for him on the first floor flew back as the doors impacted them before they got a good look at who they were dealing with. “Oh..fuck…” they said collectively as they were frozen in fear as Kalfu flew towards them, letting out a loud ghostly wail as he flies through their bodies one by one before making them all explode into gore and viscera.

Kalfu did this to each and every single one of the ponies that chose to stay in his way. Those who were smart enough to run or didn’t hold Kalfu’s attention ran past the now murderous ghost for their lives. It wasn’t until he came across two distinctly dressed unicorns who appeared to be rather powerful magic casters who guarded the halfway mark to the upstairs inn a large room who wasted no time in flinging all the offensive magic they had at him.

Kalfu sidestepped and dodged every single one of them as he got closer and closer to them before he backed them up into a literal corner and placed his hands upon their heads before tearing off their horns with his bare hands, the man was in no mood to be dealing with magic of all things from another source. So he immediately went for their means of channeling their power. After that, he simply continued his way further up without a word.

The onslaught continued on every single floor he was on until he had finally reached the top floor “No, no, noooo-!!!” was all that was heard on the other side of the doors before a muffled gorey explosion was heard on the other side. Suddenly, the doors swung open and fell off the hinges before Kalfu came face to face with Razzle who was holding Scootaloo with a sword to her throat.

Kalfu growled in anger before he didn’t even waste time darting forward. But, was suddenly stopped by a binding circle that held him in place and began sending powerful electric currents through his body, effectively beginning to char him alive. He lets out an agonizing scream of pain as he drops to his hands and knees. It would seem in his angered haste, he had stepped into some kind of magical binding circle that was triggered if anyone but the caster would step on it. “Daddy, no!!!” Scootaloo cried out as she watched the lightning current start to destroy her father before her. Razzle laughed like a maniac as he watched his forbidden spell work its magic on Kalfu “Hahahaha! Do you see?! All talk! What a fucking weak, pathetic waste of space! Does that hurt, cocksucker?! Does it?!” Razzle shouted as he threw Scootaloo to the ground and approached the struggling ghost. Whatever this spell was, it was doing a real number on him.

Just as he was about to impaleKalfu, the ghost’s screams suddenly became more guttural and demonic before his eyes turned pure black, the green fiery aura that once surrounded him turning black as well. The stallion rears his arm back but is suddenly sent flying into the rather expensive office desk, the force causing it to break in half as he now lies on the ruined pieces of wood. Kalfu continues to scream in anger as he thrusted his hand onto the ground and began to destroy the circle that was binding him, using a rather powerful hex to slowly eat the circle away entirely.

“No…that’s not possible! That spell can’t be broken by anyone! Not even the royal sisters!!!” Razle shouted in disbelief before he got up and began to run for his life towards the exit. However, several skeletal arms reach up and lock him in place as they grab and claw at his legs. No matter how many times he swung the sword and cut the arms, more would appear to hold him in place. Once the circle was completely gone, the spell that was harming Kalfu vanished completely, the man stood up slowly and began to limp towards Razzle, Kalfu’s features looked more undead than he already had been before. With charred patches of skin and half of his face now a completely skinned skull on one side, the stallion screamed and begged for mercy as Kalfu got closer and closer.

“S-Stay back! Help, please! ANYONE HEL-!” He was cut off by Kalfu's skeletal burning hand that wrapped like a vice around his throat before he was lifted well above Kalfu’s head “I had…planned to let you live…so that you may learn a lesson and redeem what pathetic shreds of a soul you have left. But there is no redemption for you…your only solace from my wrath…IS DAMNATION AND OBLITERATION!” He roared as he reached up and grabbed at Razzle’s shoulder and began to literally tear him in half from the top, all the way down like a zombie would with its fresh victim. Luckily enough, the girls didn’t witness this final act as they all had been passed out from their injuries and exhaustion.

Kalfu looked towards the three of them before holding out a hand and forming portals under them to send them back to their room where they’d later be found by the others. He then brought his attention to the tattered and worn soul in front of him. “You will forever be tormented in the lowest depth of the hell of my making for what you have done. Even beyond time itself,” he said as he grabbed the soul and began to unravel it slowly and painfully until there was nothing left.

Once he was finished, he walked over to a wall mounted mirror and looked himself over before his body finally started to slowly regenerate what was destroyed. The muscle and skin started to slowly string back together as he looked down at his hands “So, I can regenerate ... just not at a favorable rate. I will take this into consideration next time I run into a situation that requires force…” he said as he walked over to one of the couches and collapsed on it for a moment. “I need to remember that while I am a god, I am not all invincible…” he said as he closed his eyes for a moment.

It wasn’t until he heard the sound of hoofsteps coming from outside the room that he stood up and disappeared into a portal underneath his feet just in time for the authorities to see his portal close up, leaving it a mystery for now. Will the ones who survived talk? Or will they be too afraid of the monster that destroyed their colleagues? Either way, Scootaloo and the others we safe now, that’s all that mattered to Kalfu.

Kalfu returned to the three fillies’ room who were now being looked after by medical personnel and their sisters. It wasn’t until they saw Kalfu step through his portal that they all stood up and charged him with the biggest hug they could muster “MASTER!!!” they all shouted and they wrapped their arms around his waist, the man wincing in pain but offering them an exhausted smile in return for their affection. “Hey there, girl. I am glad to see you three in high spirits even after the ordeal that you have just gone through…all three of you are quite the strong little fillies.” he said as he turned his attention to Scootaloo “Especially you. I heard you telling him off properly. Atta girl. You did well to protect your friends.”.

He took a step forward before collapsing on his knees, the three of them catching him before he fell completely as they looked him over with great concern, seeing the injuries that were still healing up “Sweet Celestia…what did that jerk do to you…?” asked Applebloom as she took notice of the hole on the side of his face that was still closing up “I am not sure…it was some kind of binding spell that was destroying me from the inside out..with a spell like that, he could have really caused a lot of problems. He said that even the royal sisters wouldn’t have been able to break free of the spell. So something tells me…that he had future plans to use it on them at some point.”.

One of the medical personnel noticed Kalfu and immediately leaped up and began to make their way toward him, but he put his hand up to stop them “It's not as bad as it looks now. Don’t worry, I am self healing…just takes a few minutes is all…” he said as He watched Rarity fly up from where she was sitting and charges him with a hug of her own, kneeling in front of him “You were so reckless…charging into something like that alone. I could have lost you…WE could have lost you.” She said as she gently cupped his cheeks while gazing into his eyes which were their usual green now. He reaches up with one hand to place on top of one of hers “Oh please, I may have been nearly charred to hell and back. But there was no way he was actually going to kill me. Not that pieces of living garbage. Let’s just say…he won’t be causing us any more trouble.” he said as he looked back to Scootaloo “Kidnapping my students and my daughter. Not a very smart move on his part.”.

Rarity sighed in a mixture of relief and exhaustion as she helped Kalfu to his feet, bringing one of his arms over her shoulders as she walked him to the room where He and Scootaloo were staying, the orange filly trailing behind her father as the others stayed behind with the others, even though they didn’t want to. Once they got to the room, Scootaloo was quick to open the door and help guide Kalfu to the bed and helped Rarity lay him down gently before crawling up next to her father and holding onto him tightly.

“I will leave you two to rest for now, master. I need to make sure that Sweetie is taken care of as well. I will whisper you later.” she said as she left the room. It wasn’t until they were alone that Scootaloo suddenly broke down in tears and clung to Kalfu with all she had “Daddy…I was so scared…he was going to…he was going to…” she said before she buried her face into his chest, grabbing at the back of his coat tightly and sobbing hard into him. Kalfu rolled on his side to face her and wrapped her in his arms, cradling her close “I know, sweetheart…but luckily I made it just in time. My sweet little filly.” he said as he gently kissed her forehead as he held her close for the rest of the night, doing his best to comfort his daughter.

Author's Note

Sorry I have been out of touch for a while. Life and all that. xD

May the darkness grant you peace.