My Little Destroyah: Rise of the Crystal King

Ch.05

Destroyah slammed open the doors to the crystal mines and trotted out in victory. But at the very entrance something or rather someone caught his attention. The dark grey pegasus general, Scorpia. He stared at Destroyah with that ever calculating look, like he was and always will be in total control.

"I see you bested the great scorpion."

Destroyah scoffed. "And the thought of telling me didn't cross your mind?"

"Where is the fun in that?"

Destroyah chuckled seeing the General's darker sense of humor.

"Come then I will lead you back to the city, your charges may notice your absence. A draconian pony is hard to miss."

Both spread their wings and ascended into the sky and made their way back into the gleaming city. Destroyah took a deep breath enjoying the clear blue sky. It never ceased to amaze him the feeling of flying. As both Destroyah and Scorpia landed the demonic pony slid the crystal into a pouch behind his breast plate. He led himself down the hall toward the throne room. He slid the doors open and regarded Cadence before turning his rather cold gaze to the elements his expression softened somewhat, they had grown on him like an infectious fungus. Not entirely unwelcome but odd.

"I leave for Canterlot."

"Why?"

Destroyah focused his attention on the confused Twilight. "We have a package to deliver." The statement did not clarify anything more but Destroyah extended his wings and took to the air regardless. He spun in the air and flew out the balcony. The wind whistled around the kaiju as he sped out of the freezing north. As he went towards the warmer parts of the planet the weather became more visible. Destroyah crossed the frozen border and came to one of the outskirt villages. Stalliongrad was utterly decimated. Not just because of the Griffons occasionally stopping by to take what little supplies where there, but the place went to hell with Godzilla's nuclear pulse. Most where either dead or dying of nuclear fallout. Those alive could only do so much for the sick before they inevitably died. Destroyah did not think it was a pleasant way to go and it made his flesh crawl. Even as a sociopathic monster he tended to kill quickly. Not a slow poisonous death, but then again back then he simply didn't care about life. The kaiju smirked, he wondered what his dark half would say about him if it could see him now. He traveled along a dirt path and could feel loathing eyes on the back of his neck. He turned his head the dark helmet glistening in the sunlight. Destroyah did not see a soul but he knew they where there hating him for what he caused the world. The death of their sun princess and the destruction that ensued. Sending he was as welcome as the plauge he extended his wings and raised from the ground. He made haste and sped all the way to ponyville before resting down again. This town was only a little better than Stalliongrad. The damage was less severe and all repairs where already complete but many where still dying of fallout. The ponies had gathered around him all bearing hateful looks. A few chucked stones at him which simply bounced off his armor and exoskeleton. He cared not for these ponies but it still stung him inside being persecuted for his crimes. It was fair but he didn't like it one bit. Destroyah walked into the library protected by Twilight's magic keeping the other ponies out. Destroyah gazed at the various books. He needed to study up on these power surge crystals. Perhaps they had shown up during Luna's banishment and Twilight had a book on them.

"Spike."

Destroyah sat on his haunches and felt the temperature in the room drop at a frightening rate. A blue spectra sat on the edge of Destroyah's vision. He turned his head and was the little misty form of his victim.

"Perhaps you want to be useful to me for once rather than a pain in my armored ass?"

The dragon put a claw to his forehead. "I told you that I will only leave you alone when Twilight stops hating you for what you did to me and forgives you."

The demon scoffed. "Well at least you are less annoying than that celestial pain in the ass who keeps saying 'make peace with yourself'."

Spike rolled his eyes. "If you are looking for a book on the power surge crystals there are none. These are as new to us as it is to you. Now if you will excuse me I have an appointment with your darker half. He despises being beaten by 'an inferior life-form' even in his nightmares."

The little dragon fluffed out of existence, and Destroyah hissed in annoyance.

"That little dragon has a point you know. You will never find peace if you keep this up."

Destroyah wheeled around and hissed at the ghostly image of the celestial princess. "What does peace mean to me Celestia!? I am a creature born from the death of others! Your elements have disrupted my natural instincts! I feel horrible feelings of pity now! Simple things used to bring me joy but that is watered down now! This is all the fault of this world!"

"But whose choice was it to come here I ask?"

Destroyah's head snaped back like a viper about to strike. "How do YOU know that!?"

Rather than answering the princess faded from sight and was replaced by a bright purple flash of light. Standing in Celestia's stead was Twilight sparkle with a steeled face.

"We need to talk."

To be continued