Heavenly Crusaders

A year later, True Heart is walking to the Stronghold as his grandfather trims the rose bushes around the lone statue and lowers his voice, saying, "I don't know why, but lately I feel like I'm being watched since this past week."

Snipping off another piece of the rosebush, Thunder Magic snorts out a laugh, saying, "Gee, I couldn't tell you why either. Perhaps it might be the fact that you have been drawing unnecessary attention to yourself these days? Like, for example, using that Seeking Truth spell successfully, or could it be because you saved a mare's life after stopping her heart with that ridiculously large siege weapon of yours, perhaps it could even be because the princess found out you can understand Latin..." He then looks over at him with an extremely sarcastic look before returning his gaze to the bush with a huff, adding, "Bah, don't let my aggravation get to you lad, perhaps it was only a matter of time until we drew attention to ourselves after working in the background of Equestria's history for so long."

Leaning over to sniff one of the roses, he then asks, "Should I do anything about it, or just lie low and mosey around town?"

Thinking it over as he examines the bush closely, he says, "Well, since you have finished your training and gained control over yourself, I think that you have earned the right to strike out on your own." Pulling out a hefty sack of bits, he hands it to him, saying, "Here's a couple thousand bits, why don't you go wander around and find an adventure to go on. Perhaps it might be good to brush up on any sort of predictions or past foes that might make a comeback. That Sparkle friend of yours just got in a new assortment of books today, perhaps she would have something that could help since you can't enter the Sanctuary."

Cocking his head at hearing that, True Heart accepts the bits and puts it away, then sighs and says, "Thank you, but she hasn't been accepting visitors lately as I have been turned away every time I tried to talk to her, I wonder if I've done something to upset her."

Smirking, he then pauses in his trimming to look at his grandson, saying, "Then it might benefit you to learn that as of late, she has spent nearly every waking hour underneath the Golden Apple Tree. Her assistant Spike should be able to help you find what you need..."

Looking over to see the lavender unicorn in question with several books around her below the tree, he nods, saying, "It just might, thank you for the tips, brother."

Taking his leave, he heads out of the gardens and makes his way to Twilight's tower, which overlooks the Statue Garden. Upon knocking on the door, the purple dragon with green spines and eyes, having a pale, light green underbelly answers the door then mentions Twilight is not there. As he goes to close the door, True Heart uses a hoof to stop the door part way, saying, "Actually, I didn't come to see her this time since she spends most of her time with her head buried in a book and not caring about what is going on around her.

Spike pulls the door open at hearing that and cocks his head, asking, "Really? What did you come here for if not for her?"

With a genuine smile, True Heart says, "I came to ask you for a little help finding some reference material to brush up my memory on a few things. Would you care to find a few books about some topics for me?"

Happy to finally have some company, he opens the door wide, saying, "Of course, come on in!"

Making my way inside, I look around at the piles of books with a soft chuckle, saying, "I will be going on a journey soon, Spike. Since Twilight isn't accepting visitors anymore, you are going to have to step up and start learning to help take care of her. Unfortunately, that means you are going to have to pick up the slack for cleaning up her messes and making sure she can find what she needs, which also means tucking her in if she falls asleep while reading a book or even making her something to eat."

Spike stands straighter, saying, "I can do that!" then asks, "Now what sort of books are you looking for?"

Sitting in an area clear of books, he considers it and says, "Reference materials that make any mention of foes defeated long ago and anything remotely mentioning any sort of future predictions."

Putting a claw to his chin in thought, the baby dragon then gets an idea, saying, "AHA, I know just the ones you need, one moment!" then dashes off to get them.

When Spike begins laying book after book before him, True Heart opens the first one while pulling out a stack of papyrus, a quill, and an inkwell to take notes. As he spends a few hours going through them, he stumbles upon a brief mention of the Elements of Harmony, saying, "Spike, could you please fetch me a book that further talks about these Elements of Harmony?"

Darting off to a stack of teetering books, Spike calls out, "Of course! I saw something with Elements in the title from today's delivery of books, just give me a moment to find it."

Nodding his head, he then resumes reading about the mare in the moon and pulls out a new piece of paper to begin writing details down on it when he sees Spike set another book before him and says, "Would you mind finding me a book about myths and legends?"

Going off to find the book, he brings it back, asking, "Are you expecting a lot of trouble to happen soon?"

Not wanting to alarm the dragon, True Heart shakes his head, saying, "Not at all, Spike, but trouble always comes when you least expect it. It is sort of predictable that way, however, I am just preparing for whatever may happen. You can never be too prepared for when trouble does strike you, one can only be as prepared by what knowledge they possess."

Looking down in thought, Spike stands proudly and thumps his fist against his chest saying, "I will be sure to help Twilight in every way available so that trouble can't stand against her!"

Chuckling at his behavior, he nods and says, "Now there's a good dragon. Remember, a dragon is only as good as his word and heart are." Looking down at his notes, he sifts through them and nods his head, saying, "Thank you very much for finding all these books for me, Spike. Would you like help in putting them all away?"

Looking at all the stacks of books, he taps the forefingers of his claws together, saying sheepishly, "I would greatly appreciate it, this is an awful lot for me to handle alone."

After helping put away most of the book stacks on the empty shelves, True Heart looks at Spike and puts his things away, saying, "Take care of yourself and Twilight for me, will you Spike?"

Spike nods his head and walks with him to the door, saying, "You can count on me, my friend! I look forward to hearing all about your adventures when we meet again!"

Remembering the gift he made for Twilight he pulls a box out of his saddlebags and sets it on the floor, saying, "Could you be sure that Twilight gets this on Hearth's Warming? I've been meaning to give it to her in person, but I haven't been able to get any time with her."

As he walks out the door, the baby dragon salutes him, saying, "I will be sure to do that for you!"

Turning around to look at Spike, True Heart says, "There's a good lad, keep yourselves out of trouble, you hear?" then faces forward once more and continues on to go on his first adventure.

Three years pass as True Heart finds himself in a small town on the southern edge of the Everfree Forest called Saddlem, nestled against the outermost edge of the forest's boundary. As he passes through town, hearing the townsponies talk about the foretold return of some evil unicorn sisters with the last name of Sandstone. Getting some time alone with the elders and young ponies, he learns quite a bit about how they turned evil one day and began stealing infants from their cribs at night so they could steal their essence and live forever. Their attempt is only partially successful as they only absorb the essence of three infants when they are caught by the furious townsponies and burnt at the stake, but not before cursing their town with their reappearance on one Nightmare Night to unleash their revenge.

After learning all he can about them, he makes his way to their shack just inside the forest on Nightmare Night. Upon entering the shack, he approaches a tall, ugly candle that emanates with a foul magic when something lands on his back and begins clawing at it. Throwing himself over and onto his back, her rolls back onto his hooves after hearing a pained rowl from whatever attacked him. Illuminating his horn, he sees that it is a black lynx with tufted ears and bright orange eyes, causing him to smirk and say, "Candy Banks, I presume?"

The lynx gets onto its paws with a low growl, saying in a male voice, "What was your first clue, genius? Care to explain why you were about to light that accursed black flame candle, you idiotic virgin?"

Letting out a sigh, True Heart says, "Because I feel it my duty to grant these souls their just rewards and bring them their eternal rest."

Unable to hide his laughter at how outrageously funny it is to hear one say that, he snickers out a hissing laugh, saying, "You think of yourself rather highly if you think you stand a chance against the Sandstone Sisters, Winter Frays would squish you like a grape after Sandy Scrawl turns your guts into garters. If that isn't enough to sway your mind, perhaps I should mention that the third sister, Merry Rays would sew your corpse back up and reanimate you to be a lover for all three of her sisters."

Raising an eyebrow at hearing that, he shrugs it off and says, "I will not make an easy target for them, as I have knowledge and faith on my side."

Jumping on his head and grabbing the stallion's horn to keep him from using his magic, he rowls angrily and says, "Hmm...you can hope in one paw and crap in the other, do you realize which one fills up faster?"

Sighing and looking around the room for a way to deal with the nuisance, he spots a large cage and says, "Oh just bite me already and get off my head."

Candy Banks snickers out a hissing laugh, saying, "I did earlier, and I shall do so again if you don't get away from that candle..."

Tilting his head to his side suddenly startles the cursed pony into digging his claws into the sides of his neck, wanting to be rid of him, he violently hurls his head in the direction of the large open cage. The motion dislodges the cursed pony from his neck after raking his claws up the length of it as it is sent through the air and slamming into the back of the cage, hitting its head on the metal and knocking itself out. Using his magic to slam the door closed, he puts an old paddlock onto the cage door to lock it tightly, saying, "You will thank me for this later, I promise."

Making his way to the candle after looking up at the sky, he prepares himself to put on his act and takes a breath. Lighting the candle, he watches the wick sputter out sparks before becoming a yellow flame, which quickly becomes black. A cackling soon sounds from outside, making him stand tall with a smile on his face as the door bursts open as a light brown mare with large upper teeth, a bright orange curly mane and tail, along with a pair of soft brown eyes trots triumphantly into the room.

Upon seeing the silhouette of a pony in their shack, Winter Frays uses a flash of magic to illuminate the candles around the room, gasping and saying, "Sisters! We have company..."

At hearing that, the other to jump out from behind their sister as Sandy Scrawl coos with delight, "It's a handsome stallion! Can I PLEASE PLAY WITH HIM!?"

Merry Rays hops out to the opposite side of her oldest sister, landing on the wood floor with a heavy thud, saying, "Can we kill him so he can mount us later?!"

As one, the three mares walk across the floor as a hungry pack of mares and encircle the stallion black as night with a silver mane with azure streaks and glittering green eyes, sniffing him curiously as they stalk around him in a circle. Seeing that he has no mark still, Winter Fray stops suddenly in front of him and cackles, saying, "Look sisters, this fool still hasn't gotten his mark yet!"

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As he feels Sandy lick his flank curiously, he swats her away with his tail playfully, causing the reddish brown mare to pull back with a playful giggle and sending her long, curly blonde mane and tail bouncing lightly. Turning his attention to the mare matching the description of Winter Frays, he says, "No I have not, but I have heard the tale of a trio of witches so evil and vile, they were cruelly burned at the stake." Taking a chance, he steps closer to Winter Fray and looks her up and down with pretend interest, adding, "I have brought you back to aid you in getting that which you most deserve." Then moves his head beside hers and brushes his cheek alongside hers, adding, "However...I was not expecting you all to be such beauties."

Winter's eyes flutter as she takes a heated breath in as her tail rises eagerly, licking his ear before asking, "Why do you wish to help us destroy this town, stranger? What hath it done to earn your ire?"

Playing with her ear lightly, he then says, "Nothing at all, though I do harbor some disappointment at how Princess Celestia allowed some friends of mine to be forgotten to the history books." Pulling back, he then smiles at her and trails a hoof along her cheek, saying, "Winter, it would be wonderful if we could all work together and bring Equestria into a new era...without Celestia as its ruler. Will you help me bring her down? Before I forget, here is a little incentive for you three to think on..."

Her breathing hitches in her throat at hearing that, caught by surprise when she feels his lips meet hers. As she feels his mouth turn and opens hers in response, she slips her tongue into his mouth as he does the same while letting out a husky moan of desire.

Wanting some attention after seeing their sister being prenched passionately, Sandy and Merry sidle up along either side of the stallion, nipping at his neck, begging, "Please give us some affection too!"

Taking his time to end his kiss with Winter on a wet, loud smooch, he sees her tail fully flagging and turns to Sandy to do the same to her. To his surprise, he watches as Winter shudders violently and creates a wet spot just behind her legs while Sandy wraps her forelegs around his neck and seems intent on shoving her tongue down his throat while a scent fills the air around the room.

Seeing Sandy's tail waving from side to side, spreading her scent, Merry whines and prances in place, saying, "Oh come on, don't leave me waiting here!"

Once he makes Sandy shudder and fall to the ground, he moves onto Merry, saying, "Awe, don't you fret, little dear. I wouldn't do that to a treasure such as you, after all, each and every one of you is precious to me in your own special ways." then takes her mouth with his as she starts to devour his mouth and tongue desperately.

After having to take time to recover from her orgasm, she watches as Sandy struggles to stand on wobbly legs with a wide, dopey grin on her face. Turning to see her other sister's body convulse and spray her orgasm everywhere, she raises an eyebrow as her body wants more from the stallion, saying, "What's in it for you should we decide to help you out?"

Walking away from the twitching portly grey mare with a very curly brown mane and tail, True Heart walks around to Winter's right side, saying softly, "Why nothing at all but the satisfaction of helping another soul." then moves his mouth beside her ear and saying gently, "If that isn't enough to convince you, then let me give you a little taste of what I have in store for you..."

When he pulls away from her, Winter turns her head to watch him curiously with an eyebrow raised in keen interest as her tail is still flagging. Seeing him move behind her and lower his head under her tail, she gasps and widens her stance saying, "H-Hold on! I-I'm not ready yet!"

Sandy looks at her sister through hazy eyes while hearing her moan loudly and widening her stance, attempting to make her way over as she giggles ever so softly, muttering, "That looks like fun..."

As he works Winter Frays towards a second orgasm with his tongue alone, he notices Sandy standing beside him as she starts to slip her tongue into his sheath to draw his member out. The teasing slowly manages to draw it out as he thinks, 'Uh oh...I didn't think this through that well if these three were this pent up...'

When he starts to stiffen, he worries it might go to far as Sandy takes him into her throat, sucking on him even harder. Needing to get Winter over the edge now, he shoves his tongue as far in as he can, then sucks one side of her lips into his mouth while nibbling softly.

Sandy feels him twitch in her throat as she hears her sister let out a wailing cry of pleasure, feeling warmth flooding her stomach which makes her silverish blue eyes close while she hums happily through her nose.

Once Winter Frey collapses into a shuddering heap on the floor, he pulls away from Sandy and hears his member slip out of her mouth with a sucking wet pop, saying, "As much as I would love to continue this and leave you all in a sticky wet heap on the floor, I'm afraid that we must hurry because I lit the candle a couple hours past midnight and dawn is less than six hours away."

Attempting to get to her hooves, Winter Frays cries out in alarm, saying, "Why didn't you lead with that first you foal, we must hurry to prepare potions to steal the life from the infants!" Scrambling to get off the floor, she groans in annoyance, saying, "Sisters! Get the book and start preparing the brew while I learn to walk again!"

As the other two grab a creepy book wrapped in skin that is stitched together with a green eye that looks around the room, True Heart lets them work as it takes a half hour for Winter Fray to get to her hooves with a lopsided smile at every step she takes. Ignoring the disgusting variety of ingredients required as an eerie green glow illuminates the boards around the room, he asks, "Is it ready yet, time is against us."

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Hissing through her teeth, Winter Frays silences him, saying, "Almost, we must chant a final incantation before it is ready."

After chanting the incantation together, he leads the three sisters out of the house and casts a shield over it, saying, "Now anyone can't get in and destroy your hard work."

Nodding her head in agreement, Winter Fray says, "Good idea, darling, now lead us to every infant in town!"

Hearing mad cackling laughter outside, ponies wake up with a start and rush outside to find that the Sandstone Sisters have returned, crying out in fear, "They have returned to doom us all! Protect your infants with your lives everypony!"

Turning his head to the sisters, True Heart says, "Gather around the fountain and I shall summon them up through the waters for you all to snatch away." When they flock to the fountain like moths to the flame, he pulls out a silver aspergillum he made and closes his eyes to offer up a prayer in his thoughts, thinking, 'Oh holy light, please forgive me of thy sins tonight for it is necessary in my battle against evil this very night. Lend your aid to me so that I may come out victorious and return the darkness to where it belongs.' Feeling renewed, he walks around the fountain, swinging the aspergillum towards the north, south, east, and west, saying, "Salvation shall come upon uniting the four directions, delivering its grace to those deserving of its attention."

Sandy Scrawl sniffs the air, saying, "Umm...the water he uses smells funny, Winter."

Looking at the glinting coming from the object in the stallion's magic, Merry Rays blinks a couple times, saying, "That silver thing he's using has a dangerous glint to it when the light hits it."

As he watches Winter start looking at him and the area around him, he remains calm as he is nearly finished when he hears her cry out in alarm, "IT'S A TRAP, WE MUST FLEE!" then turns to run away.

Winter takes a few steps before hearing the stallion shout, "CONSECRATION!" Bright light erupts all around them as a large circle of golden light forms a ring around the outer perimeter of the fountain, watching as the spots where he showered with water glow brightly as golden pillars rise out of the ground. Turning her head to the stallion and seeing his horn surrounded by the same golden glow, she screams out in anger and blasts a magic beam at him to kill him.

Continuing the spell, he remains calm as the magic strikes the inside of the golden ring and dissipates in globs of wet goo onto the ground below when he sees the cross beams appear upon the pillars towering above the town's homes, saying, "Your struggle against me is all for naught, evil ones, for I am a warrior of the light!"

Sandy takes a step back towards the fountain as strange letters appear in gold light on the ground around them with crosses appearing in certain places, saying, "Winter, I don't like this spell...it looks scary!"

With the spell manifesting itself, he stands just outside the barrier and says, "Hear my words, Sandstone Sisters, for after learning of your wicked deeds, I have come to trigger your curse upon this town for the sole purpose of sending you to where you belong." Standing tall, he focuses on them as his spell fully manifests itself, dropping his magic and saying, "For the lives of the infants you have so wrongfully stole, the light deems you...guilty."

Just then, a wall of golden light shoots up from the outer circle, blocking their view of the town outside it. As they hear the stallion say, "For cursing a pony into living for eternity after having failed to save his sister, the light finds you...guilty."

Having come outside to watch, townsponies jump back at seeing golden light shoot up into the sky from the inner circle as they gasp in shock at such a powerful spell.

With one final verse left, True Heart looks at each of the three sisters, saying, "For the intention of spreading your wicked ways upon this world, the light finds you...guilty. With three guilty verdicts deciding your fate...may now the chains of punishment drag you down to where your cursed souls belong!"

When Winter sees silver chains shoot up from the inner circle and connect to shackles around their necks, horns, and legs, Winter screams, "NO! I DON'T WANT TO GO! PLEASE DON'T LET US BE DRAGGED AWAY!"

Letting out a sigh, he shakes his head, saying, "I'm sorry, but you all have made your choice in life from your actions, now you must pay the price for them in the afterlife."

The villagers watch in stunned silence as a silver light pools on the ground around the sisters within the inner circle, with the chains pulling taught around their bodies and starting to pull them down into it. The sisters scream desperately as they continue to be pulled into the silver light very slowly, until their screaming falls silent as their heads slip into the silver and disappear altogether.

When the silver light fades away, the golden runes, crosses, and rings shatter and dissipate in a flurry of golden sparkles, causing True Heart to let out the breath he didn't realize he had been holding, saying, "I can't believe that actually worked..."

After having been woken up by the powerful pulse of magic, Celestia steps away from the telescope with wide eyes, asking herself out loud, "Just who are you True Heart?" then makes her way back to bed to think over the massive spell she just witnessed.

True Heart watches the villagers come out in full force, cheering wildly and surrounding him to ask him all kinds of questions. It takes him a long couple of hours before he can slip away, having had to turn down many gifts and rewards while requesting that his name or description not be shared to others outside of the town to ensure his anonymity.

Making his way back to the shack and passing through his shield, he looks over at the cage to see a light grey earth pony's spirit tapping his front hoof annoyedly, saying, "Will you let me out of here already, you dolt! I can hear my parents calling me to supper!"

Trotting toward the cage door, he grabs the key off the wall and slides it into the lock before turning it. Once it opens, he pulls the lock off and tosses it to the floor, opening the door, saying, "Happiness waits for you."

Candy Banks hops out of the cage and onto the floor, trotting around the furniture and towards the door, saying, "Although I am not happy with how you locked me into that cage, I must thank you for helping me find peace. See ya later!"

When he vanishes through the door, True Heart turns back to the book sitting on the stand with narrowed eyes, saying, "You may have intelligence, so I am offering you the choice between three options. You can either choose to let me burn you in holy fire, or be sealed shut by an enchanted silver band of my own making and sleep for eternity. Please choose one of the two, and if you should try to escape, I will stop you and forcibly seal you."

Hesitantly, the book looks back and forth before blinking its green eye slowly and floating over to the stallion and landing before its hooves.

Nodding his head, he says, "Wise choice, I promise that I will never let any creature use you for evil again. In fact, I think you might like your new place as it is really old and sort of creepy in a charming way." He then searches for the band he spent months working on and pulls it out, saying, "Aha, there you are." then holds it up for the book to look at it, asking, "What do you think about it, isn't it nice? This is my first attempt to make something experimental like this."

Opening its eye and looking at the silver bands with chains linking the upper and lower rings, the book rises off the ground and looks at it for a moment. Making its decision, it tilts from side to side as if to say, "Eh...so so." then remains floating above the ground.

Rolling his eyes, he says, "When I get better, I will make you a much nicer one with a few gems on it, alright?"

Rocking forward and back, the book agrees and rotates vertically for him to put the band around him.

After putting the band around the book and securing it in place, he watches its eye slowly flutter closed and drift towards the ground, saying, "May you have a nice, long, rest filled with happy dreams."

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Picking up the book and tucking it away, he decides to cleanse the entire house with holy fire and turns around to head outside when he spots a tall, smooth skinned, reddish black bipedal creature with claws having three taloned toes on each foot. He then sees that the feet are attached to a pair of slender legs which run up to a wide hips connected to a narrow torso with a large bust, having a pair of long, slender arms with long-fingered, clawed hands. When he looks at the body, he sees that the creature is wearing a blood-red leather, corsetted short skirt with a long, slender tail swaying behind her with a diamond shaped tip. Looking up at the head finally, he sees a pair dragon-like horns extending out the top of her head towards the back that bend down before lifting up towards the sky. Looking below the horns, he finds medium length, black hair slicked backwards.

When he finally looks at the face, he gulps nervously and takes a step back when he sees the scale free creature's black eyes having yellow, vertically slit pupils above a slender nose that sits above a thin pair of lips drawn into a playful smile. Not knowing what to do, he asks, "Uh...may I help you, miss?"

Moving her hands to her hips, she cocks her hips at a slight angle and speaks with a smooth sultry voice, saying, "Hello there handsome, I came here on behalf of my dark master to thank you for the new wicked souls deserving punishment." Sniffing the air, she smells something delicious about him and rushes forth to find out what it is.

The creature stops just in front of him and stoops forward really far to smell him, granting him an unobstructed view down her constricted cleavage, saying, "Would you mind telling me what you are and where you came from?"

Shuddering with delight at smelling the divinity coming from him, she moves one clawed finger to her lips, saying with a light moan, "I come from the place that opposes the light that some of you humans fight so zealously for." Taking her other hand off her hip, she leans down and puts the tip of her claw under his chin and lifts it up to look into her eyes, saying, "I am a demon, sweetheart. Just so you know, zealots like you are our most favorite toys when you go too far for the one you follow so blindly." Keeping in mind the reason she came here for, she lets go of his chin and turns around to saunter around him. Snatching the end of his tail and loosely wrapping it around her left wrist, enjoying the softness of it and the shininess of his tail hair. Letting it slide off her wrist, she slowly circles around him, saying, "My master sent me up here for a specific reason, would you like to know what that is?" while biting her lip as she stops in front of him.

Knowing he shouldn't talk to demons, something in him is drawn to her as he asks, "What might that reason be, oh devilishly charming temptress?"

Smiling widely at the flattery, she giggles lightly and watches shivers run up and down his spine when he notices her pearly white set of fangs, saying, "To offer you a gift."

Not having to think about the answer to that, he opens his mouth to say no, and to go back down with her gift in tow but she closes the distance in a flash and locks lips with him before he has a chance to speak. Able to feel her long tongue slide around his, he suddenly feels her breathe out into his mouth. As he smells smoke and feels fire rolling down his throat, he tries to push away but she buries her fingers into the back of his mane and keeps him there.

Unable to help herself due to the strange attraction she has to him, she pushes forward and knocks him onto his back and lies down between his hooves, turning the gifting kiss into one of heated passion as she thinks, 'Oh, my daddy is going to be so irritated with me over this...but oh well, I was bored in hell.' Without warning, she pulls herself away and cuts her tongue open with the tip of her fang before sinking her fangs into the meatiest part of his throat, drinking a mouthful of his blood while licking the holes closed with her bleeding tongue to bond herself to him. Moments later, she feels the bond starting to take effect when her body forms a home for herself inside his body, pulling away a moment before the bond forms from his end.

Having trouble catching his breath due to a fiery sensation building within him, he tries to cough, but it only comes out as black smoke with occasional glowing embers. Unable to think clearly, he turns to the demon that did this to him and growls, getting to his hooves and jumps on her, taking her to the ground and making his way down to her legs. Shoving his mouth against the furless slit she has there, he shoves his tongue inside and twists it around violently before biting it hard and sucking on it even harder.

Arching her back in pleasure, she rewards him by locking her legs around the back of his neck and then going over her peak, squirting her juices down his throat. In the bliss of her orgasm, her body shudders and goes into a second, which causes her eyes to become unfocused.

Once he is able to tear himself away from her death grip on him, his flank hits the floor as he gasps and coughs up some residual smoke, asking, "What in the world did you just do to me demon?"

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Unwilling to move from her spot, she giggles and says, "I just gifted you a spell through a kiss called hellfire as my master intended me to give you. The second part, however, wasn't planned. To speak plainly, I bonded myself to you...which is only breakable when one of us dies. Til death do we part indeed, dear fleshy husband of mine..."

His eyes grow to the size of saucers as he processes what she just said, staying silent for several long minutes before finally saying, "WHAT IN THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU!"

Laughing at his words, she slaps the floor with a hand, saying, "Too much if you ask my fath-oops, I mean my master."

Catching what she almost said, True Heart narrows his eyes and asks, "The devil is your father? Why in all that is holy would you marry a crusader devoted to serving the light? Won't my beliefs cause you pain or something like that?"

Looking over at him, she chuckles and says, "Of course not, though I will growl or hiss at any mention of my father's creator. Well, to be honest...for some reason beyond my understanding, I find myself really drawn to you."

Groaning at the headache that is rapidly building within his mind, he says, "I need to purify this place of any trace of evil before moving on to another place and do my part to protect Equestria from falling to the darkness."

As he gets up, she sighs and rises to her clawed feet to follow him out, asking, "How do you plan on cleansing the stench of evil that pervades this place?"

Looking around for any hidden compartments or secrets, he finds nothing and heads outside, saying, "You'll see shortly." then pulls out his aspergillum and showers every wall with holy water, seeing the demon dart around to catch a few stray drops on her tongue, which disappear with a flash of azure flames similar to holy fire. Shaking his head, he says, "Don't blame me if you burn to ashes after catching holy water on your tongue."

With a seductive giggle, she dances around, saying, "Worry not, for grandfather had a twisted sense of humor when he created us and those winged pigeons called angels. The force keeping us alive is divine itself, and that which keeps them alive is the opposite. Would you care to hazard a guess as to what demon blood consists of?"

Thinking about it while continuing to shower the shack with holy water, True Heart takes a wild guess and asks, "Quicksilver?"

Laying down along the top of her new husband's back with her hands interlaced over the base of his withers, the demon nods and says, "Got it in one guess, I'm impressed." Knowing the sun will be coming up in a few hours, she yawns and says, "Since I've had such a busy night, I am going to rest for a bit inside my sanctum residing within you. Just so you know, others won't even realize its there unless they have divine powers and scan for it, however I shall let you know if any are around by being a voice within your head. Goodnight dear, I'll see you when I wake."

Before she can get away, he asks, "How rude of you not to grace me with your name, demon. Have you no respect for your so-called husband you hoodwinked into this arranged marriage?"

Floating around him in the form of a black mist with glowing cinders, she giggles and brushes against his ear, saying in a soft whisper, "There is a power in knowing a demon's name, so we must be careful for who we share ours with. My given name is Lillith, I would appreciate it if you respect it and not tell it to others or I would view it as being unfaithful to me, and have to punish you for doing so."

Nodding his head hesitantly, he says, "Thank you for gracing me with your name, my darling wife, I will be sure to not mention it around others. I will see you when you wake." As the smoke filters up his nose, it causes him to jerk his head back and sneeze. Rubbing the funny sensation out of his nose when he hears Lillith's playful giggle in the back of his mind, he focuses back on his task and uses his magic to call forth holy fire, saying, "Oh light, please grace me with a gift of holy fire to consume this dwelling and everything within until all is naught but ash on the wind, for the evil taint left behind here may adversely affect the innocent."

Just then he watches a flicker of fire appear from within the house that quickly turns into an inferno, staying nearby to watch the flames eventually die out when nothing is left but a dug out hole in the ground where there must have been a cellar, saying, "Good. Now I can go back to my temporary room and pack my things up to head somewhere else that needs my aid."