To say that Ponyville had been ruined would be an understatement. The houses were destroyed, some more than others. There were large, masses of flesh growing from the ground, and sticking to the walls of houses, some of these had eyes, and teeth. The town hall's top had been broken off, creating a huge opening, and the whole town now smelled of sulphur and smoke.

As the trio arrived, Harry's sensitive bear nose immediatly picked up the horrid smells, causing him to recoil in disgust.

"Oh no...! Harry, are you ok...?", Fluttershy asked her bear friend, in an attempt to aid him. The bear just nodded, while covering his nose.

"Oh, good, gracious heavens!", Discord said, looking at the destruction around him. "It's even worse than i thought... Oh, my dear, precious chaos, what have these fiends done to you?"

Fluttershy just looked at Discord with an expression that could best be described as "Really now?", while Harry just face-palmed.

"Oh! And of course! How could those foul abominations ever have done this to sweet, sweet Ponyville?", he said, dramatically.

Fluttershy became distraught at the sight of the ruined town. The town in which she lived, and made friends at, reduced to a destroyed landscape. It was an awful sight.

Then, they saw something emerge from an alleyway.

It was a familiar face. A grey Pegasus mare with a blond mane, and bubbles for a Cutie Mark. It was Ditzy Doo, the town's delivery mare, but something about the way she walked, was... Wrong...

"Ditzy...?", Fluttershy said, in confusion. Despite being somewhat far away from her, Ditzy seemed to hear her. And once she turned to look at her, Fluttershy saw what was wrong. Her eyes.

Ditzy's eyes were already somewhat unusual due to a health condition, but her eyes were white with yellow irises, and black pupils. But now, they were completely red. And most bizarrely, they were glowing.

"You... Intruder...", "Ditzy" said, her voice distorted. "Must... GET...!", she yelled, as she flew rapidly towards the trio!

"Eeek!", Fluttershy said, grabbing the Solar rod, and immediatly firing a beam of light towards "Ditzy". The beam hit her, causing her to fall on the ground, stunned.

Discord, seeing this, grabbed his Lunar rod, and shot a few beams at "Ditzy" as well. Then she got up, and a dark smoke escaped her mouth, as her eyes turned to normal once more, and she collapsed.

"Ditzy?", Fluttershy said, running towards the unconscious mail mare. Discord found himself also going, though at a slower pace.

"Well, hopefully she isn't... You know, dead.", he said.

Fluttershy pressed her hoof against Ditzy's neck, and she still felt a pulse. It seemed Ditzy was fine, just unconscious.

But then, she twitched, and she slowly woke up.

"Hmmghh... Where... Ah! Get away you-"

"Wait! Calm down Ditzy... It's me, Fluttershy... You're ok...", Fluttershy said, as she calmed Ditzy down.

"F-Fluttershy? You saved me!", Ditzy said, hugging her yellow friend. "Oh, thank you so, so much!"

"Awww, now isn't that cute!", Discord said. Harry just watched as Ditzy simply continued hugging Fluttershy.

"O-ok Ditzy... I think that's enough...", Fluttershy said, causing Ditzy to stop hugging her.

"Oh, i'm sorry... It's just that i was happy to not be a puppet for those creatures anymore... It felt horrible...", she said, looking down.

"No, no... It's fine...", Fluttershy said. "Wait... What do you mean... Puppet?"

"I don't know really...", Ditzy tried to explain. "They tied me to a pole, then one of them just... Jumped into me... And then i couldn't control my body, or even speak... I could only watch... Oh it was awful!", she said, starting to tear up.

"Oh no...", Fluttershy said. "Did you... Harm anyone?"

"N-no... Not that i remember, but... I remember chasing others, and bringing them... There...", she said, pointing at the ruins of the Town Hall.

"Ok, and then what, little grey pony?", Discord said, holding a clipboard and a pencil, seemingly taking notes.

"Well... I don't know... But i do remember who i was chasing before you guys saved me...", she said, as tears formed on the corners of her eyes. "It was... Doc..."

"Doc...?", Fluttershy asked. "As in... Doctor Hooves?"

"YES...! *Sniff*, him! They made me take him there... Oh... *Sniff* I just... Don't know what to do...", Ditzy said, now crying.

"Oh, Ditzy...", Fluttershy said, comforting her. "We're sorry about that..."

"*Sniff*, i'm sorry but... Could you please... Save him...?", she said, trying to fight back the tears. "And tell him i'm sorry...?"

"Oh...! O-of course!", Fluttershy said. "We promise you we will find him... Right Harry? Right Discord?"

Harry just nodded to say yes.

"Oh, great...", Discord thought to himself. "More useless filler, just wha-"

Then, the words that Fluttershy had asked him started repeating in his head again, causing him to sigh in defeat.

"Alright, fine... I promise, we'll find your friend for you..."

"Oh, thank you!", Ditzy said, hugging Discord. At that moment, he hugged Ditzy back, as if to reassure her. He didn't know why he hugged her back. Maybe it was out of pity? Whatever the case, it didn't matter, as it filled him with a determination to help her.

"*Ahem*, alright, little grey pony, we're gonna find your friend, but you simply can't stay out here in the open!", he stated, before putting a hand on his chin. "But where to put you... Hmmmm..."

Then they heard a shriek.

Upon the roof of a house, stood another demon. This one looked similar to the Shadow ponies that they had faced up to this point, only, it looked like a Griffon with a vulture head instead. It was eyeing them down, as if sizing up the situation.

"Uhhh... Hello? Can we help you, my good sir?", Discord yelled out.

The Griffon demon stood on it's back legs, and produced an unholy screech. And then, several demons appeared from behind the buildings, alerted by the Griffon's call.

"Oh, oh shit..."

There were many of them, most were Shadow ponies, but others were strange, Octopus-like demons with only four tentacles. They slowly approached them, ready to rip them to shreds.

"Oh goodness... There's too many of them!", Fluttershy said, looking at the large amount of demons in front of them. "What are we gonna do...?"

"Relax, Flutters, i have the best plan to deal with this...", Discord said. "All four of us will have to use our legs for this little trick."

"Uhhh... Why?", Ditzy asked, confused.

"Simple, my little grey friend!', Discord said. "First step, we turn towards the opposite direction."

Confused, Fluttershy, Ditzy, and Harry all turned around, now with their backs facing the demons.

"Ok... W-what now?", Fluttershy asked. She could hear the demons getting closer.

"Now...", Discord said, before taking off running like a madpony. "WE GET THE FUCK OUTTA HERE, FLUTTERS!"

At this, the two mares and the bear also started running away. The demons, not wanting to lose their quarry, started chasing them.

"W-where are we going?", Fluttershy said, as they ran through the town's ruined streets.

"As if i know!", Discord said, his legs moving so quick they looked like wheels spinning. "I'm just trying to get away!"

"How about my house?", Ditzy said.

"Your house?! How could your house ever possibly be safe from those horrid freaks?!", Discord said.

"I don't know! It's just the safest place i could think of!", Ditzy said. "And Lyra and Bon Bon are there, they can-"

Suddenly, a group of demons appeared from the path to their left, spooking them, and forcing them to turn right, only for another group to appear right in front of them, causing them to turn to an alleyway. Unfortunely however, that led to a dead end.

"Shit!"

The demons, seeing their prey cornered, now slowly made their way towards the group, like wolves, ready to pounce...

"Well, it sure was nice knowing you folks!", Discord said, ready to accept his fate. "Now to see my dear gram-pappy again... *Sniff*"

Suddenly, Fluttershy had an idea.

"Discord! C-can you teleport us to your house?"

"M-my house?! Why?", he asked.

"S-so we can get away!", Fluttershy answered, as the demons prepared to pounce.

"Are we sure there's not a better option here?!", Discord asked. "I mean, i could just-"

"JUST DO IT!", she screamed.

At this show of pure terror from his friend, Discord grabbed at the wall like it was a sliding door, and opened a portal directly to his living room.

"Alright, get in everypony!", he said, urgently. "And you too, bear!"

As the two mares and bear entered the portal, Discord entered last. A Shadow Earth Pony pounced at the portal, in an attempt to enter it, but Discord slid the "doors" shut just in time, and by complete chance, sliced the Shadow's head clean off like a guillotine. The head fell to the floor, and shortly after, disintegrated.

"Well, this sure does give a new meaning to "losing your head", eh?", Discord joked.

"Wow... that joke sucked.", Ditzy said.

"Oh, hush now.", he said. "You just can't appreciate comedy."

"So, this is your house?", Ditzy said, finally taking in her environment.

To say Discord's house was something else would be an understatement. It was just as mismatched and strange as the Draconequus himself. There was furniture on the ceiling, a couch that looked like a piano, a swing that either looked like or was a donut, and one of the walls just had a stairway that led to nowhere. It was like an abstract painting came to life, and that was just the living room...

"Yes, yes, very nice, isn't it?", he said. "Thank you, i know. Now, you're only staying here until those foul abominations go away, until then-"

"I-i have an idea! W-why don't we... Ummm... take anypony we save here...?", Fluttershy said.

"Uh, *ahem*, EXCUSE me?!", Discord said. "Fluttershy, my house is NOT a fun little summer camp for ponies! I can't just-"

"Yeah! That sounds good!", Ditzy said. "This place is kinda weird, but i think i can stay here!"

"You can't possibly be serious...", Discord said, facepalming.

"But i am being serious!", Ditzy said.

"Discord, please...", Fluttershy said. "Your house is the safest place we have...! We can't just leave any survivors out there!"

"Well yes, but...", Discord tried to come up with an answer, but fell short.

"*Sigh*, fine then, but if you want to stay in my house you'll have to read the house rules!"

He then summoned a sign with some rules written on it. They were:

"Rule 5: No organizing my stuff (i like my place unorganized)

Rule 0: Don't go outside (trust me, there's some crazy beasts out there)

Rule 8: Don't enter my room (i like my privacy, you know)"

"Alright... I think i got it...", Ditzy said, before her stomach grumbled. "Say, do you have some muffins? I'm feeling kinda hungry..."

"Well lucky for you, i have a fridge that can summon any food you can think of out of thin air!", Discord said. "Allow me to show you..."

As Discord showed the house around to Ditzy, Fluttershy and Harry couldn't help to notice how nice he was being to his new houseguest.

"...And this door here is the bathroom.", Discord said, opening it to reveal that the bathroom was upside down. "Don't worry, i have a booster seat in case the seat just so happens to be, a bit too big."

"Ermm... How am i supposed to poop upside down?", Ditzy asked, confused.

"Oh don't worry, you'll figure it out."

After he showed her the other places of the house, such as a library with living, talking books that constantly told their contents , and an endless hallway full of guest rooms, all four of them went back to the living room.

"Alright, little grey pony, we have to go save your friend now. You better not try any funny business while we're out!", Discord said.

"Ok...!", Ditzy said, stuffing a muffin in her mouth. "Igh woum'th!", she said, as she chewed her most preferred snack.

"Very well, Fluttershy! Bear! It's time to go.", he said, as he opened the portal back to the Pony world. The demons had gone away, so this was their chance to go.

As they stepped through the portal, and the doors slid closed, Discord turned to see Fluttershy looking at him with a proud look.

"What? Is there something on me?", Discord said, confused. "If there is, it better not be an insect, or something..."

"That was very nice of you...", she said.

"Oh, pshhh! That was nothing...", he said, waving his hand. "I only did it cause you asked me to anyway..."

"Hmmm... I'm not so sure about that...", she said. "Are you sure?"

"100% confident on it, Fluttershy.", he said. "Not a single trace of doubt in my mind."

"Right...", she said, looking at Harry, who looked at her with the same look, as if to say "yeah he's lying".

"Alright, our next stop is the Town Hall.", he said. "This should be fun... I think, i don't know i've never been there."

As the trio reached the Town Hall, they could hear something happening inside.

"What's going on...?", Fluttershy said.

"Let me take a little looksie...", Discord said, before grabbing one his eyeballs, and shoving it and his arm under the doors.

The inside of the building had seemingly been converted into some sort of chapel. There were rows of benches, and several demons sat on them. Some were the Shadow ponies that they had seen before, but others looked different. Then, at the very back of the room, a tall bipedal demon, with the head of a pony, claws, and a huge "X" shaped scar on his torso appeared.

"Daemones! Ecce nova corpora dominorum!"

As soon as the tall demon said that, four glowing circles with upside down stars appeared on the floor. And from them, monstrous figures started to emerge.

"Oh... Good heavens...", Discord thought, as he saw who the figures were.

"Magister Joroth, daemon aranea... Magister Amoronzon, daemon arbor... Magister Zebos, daemon vespertilio... Et Magister Ramias, daemon serpens...! Veni...!"

From the circles, emerged... Fluttershy's friends. Except, they were seemingly all turned into monstrous versions of themselves.

"Thank you, Bishop...", "Rarity" said. She had seemingly been turned into a spider-like monster, and her voice was now distorted and demonic. "Now, before we commence the ritual, we'd like to thank our glorious master, for these new bodies for us to inhabit..."

"W-what's going on...?", Fluttershy asked, as Discord looked on in a mixture of shock and horror.

"Grr... These bodies... Are those of this realm's heroes... Grahaha... Pathetic worms... That's what they are...", "Applejack" said. Her body had seemingly been fused with a dead, crooked tree, and her voice was similarly distorted.

"You can say that againnnn... Amoronzonnnn...", "Rainbow Dash" said. She had seemingly been turned into a gargoyle like being with a large, thin, floppy tongue. "They were weak... And pathetic... But now... They are so... Much... Moooooore..."

"OH! This so fun!", "Pinkie Pie" said. She looked like a twisted Jack-in-the-box, with tentacles coming out of the box, and a long neck, which split at the middle, turning into two necks, with two heads. The left head was the one speaking in a distorted version of Pinkie's voice. "Haha, imagine the look of horror and despair on their faces when they see that we are using their precious little heroes as puppets! AHAHAH! How fun it will be, when i use this little pony's body, TO BRUTALIZE THE WEAK! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

"I... Don't want this...", the right head spoke. This voice was less distorted, but sounded sad.

"OH, what's this? Sad little old Jokey doesn't want to have FUN? Awww, what a shame... CAUSE YOU'RE GONNA HAVE SOME ANYWAY! HAHAHAHAHA!"

"Enough, Ramias...", "Rarity" said to "Pinkie's" left head. "And tell yourself to be quiet as well..."

"You heard Sister Jorooooth~", the left head said, in a sing song voice. "You better shut your mouth! Or eeeeeelse~..."

"Now, it is time for us to pray...", "Rarity", or rather, Joroth, said. "Repeat with me... Per Capram Malitiae..."

After witnessing such sights, Discord pulled his arm back from under the door, and placed his eye back on his face.

"Well, that was horrifying!", he said, slightly traumatized.

"What was...?", Fluttershy asked.

"Nothing! Nothing at all!", Discord replied. "Say, do you know if this place has a backdoor or something?"

"I... Believe there is?", Fluttershy said.

"Great! Because i simply REFUSE to open these doors", Discord said. "Because if you saw, what i saw behind these doors, you would not believe it..."

"O-okay...?", Fluttershy said, a little confused.

As the trio made their way to the back of the building, they saw two figures, seemingly trying to pick the door open.

"Come on, Bon! We have to hurry, before those things spot us!", said one of the figures, a mint colored Unicorn mare with a Lyre for a Cutie Mark.

"Damn it Lyra, i'm trying!", said the other figure, a light yellow Earth Pony mare with a pink and blue mane. "But this door's being really stubborn! I should have already unlocked it by now, yet it won't open!"

"Lyra and Bon Bon...?", Fluttershy asked mostly to herself. Unfortunely, she said it just a little too loud.

"AAAAAAAAHHH-Oh wait, it's just Fluttershy... Hi Flutters!", Lyra said, waving her hoof.

"Lyra! What was that scream for-Oh. Hey Fluttershy.", Bon Bon said.

"Umm... What are you two doing?", Fluttershy asked.

"Oh, just trying to save some captured ponies!", Lyra said. "What about you?"

"Well... We were going to do that... Also...", Fluttershy responded.

"Oh nice! Maybe you can help us open this door, since Bon Bon's lockpicking isn't!", Lyra said.

"Wait, why, oh why, does a simple candy vendor like you know how to lockpick?", Discord asked Bon Bon.

"I'm an ex-retired secret agent.", she responded. "Picking locks is like, one of the first lessons they teach you."

"Really now? You? A secret agent? Heh, sure.", Discord said, crossing his arms. "Next thing you're gonna tell me is that your little friend there is also one."

"Well actually, i'm in training...", Lyra said.

"Eh, close enough.", Discord thought.

Bon Bon then pulled out her lockpick, which was now bent beyond recognition.

"Oh, great. There goes our lockpick...", Bon Bon said. "How are we supposed to open the door now?"

Suddenly, Harry stepped up, and, with all of his ursine strength, punched the door open, knocking it out of it's hinges.

"Finally, the bear does something useful this chapter...", Discord thought to himself.

"Thanks Mr. Bear guy!", Lyra said.

And so the Ponies, the Bear and the Draconequus entered the building. They could hear ominous chanting coming from the main area, and the place reeked. Eventually, after sneaking around, they reached an area that looked like a hallway full of jail cells. Each cell was guarded by a Shadow Pony.

"Alright, as expected, the place is guarded...", Bon Bon whispered. "Luckily, i have just the thing for this situation. Lyra, did you pack the smoke bombs?"

"Yeah, they're right here.", she whispered, using her magic to grab a grenade-like object from her saddlebags.

"Great! Ok, you three stand back, because-"

"Hey, what about me?", Discord whispered a bit louder. "I can help you two, ya know..."

"Well sorry, but i am simply more experienced in battling monsters like those.", Bon Bon said. "Besides you two are technically just civillians, i can't just let you-"

"Well, does THIS mean anything to you, little pony?", Discord said, pulling out his Lunar Rod.

"Is... Is that a Lunar Rod?", Bon Bon asked. "Where did you get this?"

"Well, i'm not going to summarize the previous chapters for you, but to make a long story short, old Sunbutt and Moonbutt gave us these so we could fight off those demons."

"...Very well then.", Bon Bon said. "On the count of three, Lyra will throw the smoke bomb to disorient them, and then we strike. Got it?"

"Whatever you say, "secret agent".", Discord said.

"I... I guess...?", Fluttershy said.

Harry just nodded.

"Ok.", Bon Bon said, grabbing the smoke bomb.

"3..."

Fluttershy grabbed her Solar Rod, and held it tightly. Discord had to hold himself as to not try anything funny. Harry emitted a low growl.

"2..."

One of the Shadow ponies standing guard sensed something was off, and looked towards the entry to the hall.

"1!"

Bon Bon threw the smoke bomb, which detonated into a clump of smoke, obscuring the demons' vision. She then jumped at one of the Shadows, and proceeded to beat the crap out of it, courtesy of the martial arts she learned during her training as a secret agent. Lyra pulled out a combat knife from her bags, and slashed at one of them, barely dodging its spear. Fluttershy used her Solar Rod to shoot beams at the Shadows, and Discord did the same, while also teleporting around to dodge the spears. And Harry used his brute bear strength to crush and maul the demons.

Meanwhile, in the chapel...

As the demons finished praying, one of the Archdemon's noticed something.

"Do any of yoooou... Hear that...?", Zebos, the Archdemon possessing Rainbow Dash, said.

"Grrrr... Yes... It sounded like it came from the cells... Grrr", said Amoronzon, the Archdemon in Applejack's body.

"Indeed...", said Joroth. "We must go... Now.

"Sit tight, folks!", said Ramias, as he and the other Archdemon's made their way behind the stage. "We'll be back, soon enooooough~! HAHAHAHA!"

When the smoke cleared, all the demons were gone, defeated by the three Ponies, the Draconequus, and the Bear.

"Alright everypony! We're going to get you out of here!", Bon Bon said, to which the captured ponies rejoiced.

"Uh... Bon Bon... We only had one lockpick. How are we supposed to-"

"Well, just leave that to little old me.", Discord said, interrupting Lyra. He then snapped his fingers, and the bars were gone. The rescued ponies all exited their cells, and cheered for their rescuers.

"Discord...", Fluttershy said, as if to remind him of something.

"Do i reaaaally need to?", he asked.

"Yes, you do...", she said.

"*Sigh*, alright, everypony!", Discord said, sliding open the "doors" to his house. "Remember to read the house rules when you enter! Trust me, it could save your life!"

As the ponies all entered his realm, a little white colt, with brown spots on his coat, stopped in front of Discord.

"Thanks for saving us, mr. Discord!", Pipsqueak said.

"Oh. Ummm... Thank you, young pony.", he said, taken by surprise.

"Pipsqueak! Come along!"

"Coming ms. Cherilee!", he said, running towards his teacher.

Discord looked inside, seeing all the ponies trying to make themselves comfortable in the chaotic mess that was his home. That's when he heard something.

"Doc!"

He saw as Ditzy tackled and hugged a brown Earth Pony stallion with a hourglass for a cutie mark.

"Ditzy? You're... You're fine?", Doc said, as he hugged her back.

"Yes! I'm sorry i did that to you! I couldn't do anything! Please forgive me...", Ditzy said, as she started crying.

"Hey hey, calm down Ditzy, i know you weren't in control of yourself...", he said, comforting her.

"Welp, that takes care of that!", Discord thought to himself at the sight of the two friends reunited.

"Hey, guys...?", Lyra said, pointing at the cell in the back. "Nopony's exited this one..."

"You sure it's not empty?" Bon Bon asked.

Lyra entered the cell, but what she saw in there made her blood run cold.

"Oh... Dear Celestia...", she said. "Bon Bon, get everyone in here, and tell Discord to bring his portal!"

As the rest of the group entered the cell, they saw what Lyra had seen. There was a pole in the back of the room, with a pony wrapped up in chains around it. The poor stallion's front hooves seemed to have been ripped off, exposing the bones. Judging by the small stump on his forehead, he was a unicorn, although, not anymore. What stood out the most, aside from his injuries, was his clothing. It was the same as the one Fluttershy and Discord were wearing. That pony was a Demon Hunter.

"Oh. That's a corpse.", Discord said. "That's just straight up a dead body!"

"No wait... Look closer...", Lyra said.

Discord looked closer by stretching his neck up to the tortured pony, and noticed something. The stallion's chest was moving. Was he... Breathing?

"Wait... What the fu-"

Suddenly, the pony coughed, and looked at them. He was, in fact, still alive, despite his horrible injuries.

"Who...*Cough*... Are you...?", he spoke, his voice pained and weak.

"Oh my goodness...!", Fluttershy said, in shock. "You're... Still alive?"

"*Cough*... Yes... Unfortunely...", the stallion said. "Wait... I recognize you... You're... Fluttershy, right...?"

"Y-yes... I am...", Fluttershy said to answer him. "Why...?"

"Oh thank- *COUGH*... Goodness...", he said, coughing up some blood. "It's good to know... That at least one of the elements hasn't been... Possessed..."

"P-possessed...?"

"Uh oh...", Discord said to himself.

Suddenly, Harry let out a roar of pain, as a long, sharp, red... Thing... Stabbed him in the shoulder from behind. The rest of the group looked towards where the direction of where the red thing came, and as it turned out... It was a tongue. Her, or rather, HIS tongue.

"Well, Well, Weeeeell... Look who the cat brought innnnnn...", a sinister, distorted, yet familiar voice said.

The owner of the tongue, and his cohorts revealed themselves. Fluttershy gasped in horror.

"G-girls...?!"

"OH! Look at that! She thinks we're her friends!", Ramias said. "Haha! We're not your friends, SILLY! We're just using their bodies for our own needs! HAHAHAHA!"

"So... You are the pony our master told us about... Interesting...", Joroth said. Fluttershy vould tell it was Rarity's voice, but it wasn't her speaking. "I expected a bit more..."

"Graaah... Fresh meat! That's what... Grrr... She is...", Amoronzon said, in a corrupted version of Applejack's voice.

"Please... Leave her alone... She's done no-", the right head of Ramias said, before being slapped by one of his own tentacles.

"SHUSH, JOKEY!", the left head said. "You stay out of this... Hahaha..."

Zebos, the demon inside Rainbow Dash, then pulled out his tongue from Harry's shoulder. The bear once again roared in agony, and fell to the ground, seemingly losing all strength.

"Hmmmm... Delicioussss...", he said, licking his stolen lips.

"H-Harry!", Fluttershy yelled out, as she went to help the bear. "W-what did you...?"

"Oh, i just stole his vitalityyyyy... And i have to saaaay... It's taste is quite uniiiiique...", Zebos said. "And nooooow... I'll steal YOURSSS!"

Zebos' tongue lauched towards Fluttershy, ready to impale her! She braced for impact, but before it could hit her...

*pew!*

A blue beam of light hit the tongue, and Zebos was forced to pull it back. When he and the other Archdemons saw who it was, they were shocked.

"HEY, YOU FREAKS!", Discord yelled out. "Why don't you pick on someone your own size?"

"Is... Is that...?"

"Grrr...?!"

"My, Myyyy... Look who it issssss..."

"OH! Now THIS is interesting! HAHA! How unexpected!"

"Hey, why are they all looking at me like that?", Discord asked to Bon Bon, who just shrugged.

"So... If it isn't Discooord...", Zebos said, nursing his tongue. "The so proclaimed "Lord of chaossss"..."

"Why are you speaking like that, are you a snake or something?", Discord asked.

"But i think... A better title for you... Would be "The Failuuuure"...", Zebos said, ignoring his question.

"*Ahem*, EXCUSE me?", Discord said, offended. "You dare call me, the master of all things nonsensical, the one who laughs at logic, a FAILURE?!"

"Give... Me... Back..."

Everyone, even the Archdemons, looked at Fluttershy. She now looked really pissed.

"GIVE ME BACK MY FRIENDS!", she yelled out, as tears of rage formed in the corners of her eyes. She pulled out her Solar rod, and aimed it, ready to fire at the deplorable monstrosities using her friends' bodies.

"How interesting...", said Joroth. "It appears that pony isn't so pathetic after all..."

"Indeeeeeed..., said Zebos.

"If you want your friends back... You'll have to take them from us...", Joroth said. "That is, if you even CAN defeat us... Ohohoho!"

"HAHAHA! Her?! Defeating us? HA! What a joke!", Ramias scoffed.

"Grrr... That weak and pathetic pony... Graargh... I'll crush her if she tries...! Graaaah!", Amoronzon said, snarling.

"She cannot beat ussss...", Zebos proclaimed. "She will die tryinnnnnng..."

"Please don't let her die...! Please don't let her die...!", Ramias' right head thought.

"Very well... Let us go, for we must tell of this to Master Grogar at once...!", Joroth said, as she and the other Archdemons summoned large circles with a upside-down star on each, and sunk into them.

Fluttershy slowly lowered her Solar rod, and proceeded to cry. Mostly out of anger, but also out of fear. Her friends had been turned into monstrous puppets for forces of pure evil, but she needed to save them. Could she do it? She didn't know...

Discord sat down next to Fluttershy, and put his hand on her back, trying to comfort her. "Don't worry, Fluttershy, you can cry all you want.", he said. "I'd say, it's perfectly reasonable to cry, given that... Uh... Unpleasant encounter we just had... Trust me, i'm just as angry at those bastards as you are."

"Hey... Fluttershy...", the Demon Hunter spoke as Lyra and Bon Bon unrestrained him from the pole. "You can't just fight those freaks and save your friends with just that rod... I'm going to give you something..."

"*Sniff*, hmmm?", Fluttershy muttered, as the Demon Hunter pointed with his mangled hoof at something in a shelf to her left.

"That there... Is a Solar Crossbow...", he said. "It's mine, but... Seeing that i can't use it anymore, i'm willing to give it to you..."

Fluttershy approached the shelf, and grabbed the Crossbow. It was golden, with a orange hilt, which had a mark similar to the sun stamped on it.

"Thanks... But i don't know how to use it...", she said.

"I can teach you...", the Demon Hunter said. "Let's go...", he said, limping towards the portal to Discord's house, with Lyra and Bon Bon following him.

"Ummm... Discord?", Fluttershy asked. "Could you... Please bring Harry imside? Since he's too weak to walk...?"

Discord looked at Harry, and then sighed. "Alright, big guy, let's get you inside..."

Harry just growled in discomfort, due to his injury.

Meanwhile, in Grogar's Castle...

Twilight's laboratory hadn't been left untouched by the demons. There were papers scattered everywhere, books thrown about all over the place, and several bottles and test tubes lay broken on the floor. But one thing that ha been left untouched, was a strange mirror. Suddenly, the glass started glowing, and from it, emerged a yellow Unicorn, with a gold and red mane, teal eyes, and a sun for a Cutie Mark.

"Hey Twi! I'm here!", Sunset Shimmer said, before taking notice of what happened.

"Woah... What happened here?", she thought, as she looked around the room. She slowly trotted towards the door, opening it slowly, to find there was nopony in sight.

"Twilight? A-are you there? It's me! Sunset!", she asked. "Err... Nice paintjob you did on your castle...", she said, noticing how the walls were a different color than what they once were.

Then, she heard something.

She looked around, only to see a dark creature, somewhat similar to a pony, with red glowing eyes to her left. It was growling at her, like an agressive dog.

"W-what the fuck...?! Who are you?!", she yelled out, only for another noise, a screech, to catch her attention. She looked behind, only to see a Griffon-like creature producing a horrible sound, as more creatures seemed to appear from both sides.

Sunset ran back inside the room. Luckily, the key was still in the door, so she turned it, locking the door.

"What the hell are those things?!", she thought. Then they started pounding on the door. She backed off, and started running towards the mirror to return to her world. But then, she thought of something.

"Wait! I can't just leave, Twilight's probably in danger! And what if those things follow me into the human world?!", she thought. "Oh goddamnit, i need to think!"

She then had an idea.

"Here goes nothing...", she said, as she charged a beam.

The creatures kept pounding, and pounding at the door. It sounded like the lock could break at any moment!

"Come on... Come on!", Sunset thought, before a beam shot out of her horn, and onto the mirror, shattering it.

"Well, there goes my only way of getting out...", she thought. Then, the door bust open, and the creature's got in.

"But at least my friends in the human world will safe...", she thought, as the creatures got closer.

"Alright... I don't know what you monsters are, but if you want to get me, you'll have to fight me!", she said, rearing up on her hind legs, and holding her front hooves like a boxer.

The creatures charged at her, and she, in turn, charged at them.

"BRING IT ON!", she thought, as she prepared to fight for her life.

Author's Note

I unfortunely ran out of ideas for Harry, so for now, he's going to be "benched".

Demon profiles:
Bishops
Threat Level: Medium
Class: Corrupted Spirit
The Bishops are the souls of murderers, which after being transported to the Underworld, became even more corrupt. They have the ability to summon fire from their hands, and can heal other demons (ironic, given their origin)

The Horrors
Threat Level: Medium
Class: Hellspawn
These demons are the result of the evil energy that exists in the Underworld being given a physical form by Grogar. They resemble Octopuses, and are extremely territorial.

Shadows (Griffon variant)
Threat Level: Medium
Class: Corrupted Spirit
Shadows are not restricted to only being ponies, and shadow Griffons are the proof of that. They are able to call for the assistance of other demons during battle, which can prove to be a problem.

Who are The Followers?

The Followers of Grogar, as their name implies, were a Grogarian cult that existed around the time Celestia and Luna rose to power. They were known to commit atrocious acts, such as the destruction of sacred sites, and ritualistic sacrifices, all in Grogar's name. They were eventually found out by Starswirl the Bearded, who, along with the other Pillars of Equestria, attempted to bring them to justice. But before the leaders of the cult were caught, they fully gave their souls to Grogar, transporting them to the Underworld, and turning them into Archdemons in exchange. It is possible that they were the ones who cursed Stygian with the parasitic Hellspawn once known as the Pony of Shadows, though this is but a rumor.