With horns flung to the lines of interior designing; both princesses were severely cut in power, a mad regenerating human with quite the lust and anger issues stood before them as they collected themselves before the throws of battle grasped at them again.

“Now this will be more even…” I ended into a evil laughter, Luna’s ears folded back at my outburst, they still had huge reserves of magic and of course still immortal but without magic they were limited to the magic and physical defenses the earth and Pegasus parts of them had, from countless years of training and development. Luna’s ears rolled forward as she refocused to me she took a rope from under her wing knotting it and skillfully like applejack lassoing the rope above her then towards me.

I dropped my head down while lifting my arms up allowing them to be caught but not my head “kinky… but not yet Nightmare,” I pulled the rope towards me pulling at her jaw she tripped getting close to me I dropped my hands down taking a sword from her sheaths and as she flustered to get back I cut the rope from my hands.

I swung randomly at Luna her skill showing she rolled and dodged each swing, each movement she kept her eyes locked with mine slowly closing the gap between us, unfortunately there’s only a single strike in Kendo I ever learned properly and she was in distance for it for a split second her advance stopped her eyes widen in panic as two blades churn the air like propeller blades her fur ruffled as skin and muscle is split cleanly apart as the twin strike lands onto her left shoulder silver blood drenches the sword in brilliance like a beautiful image of gore.

Tia screamed.

Luna collapsed.

I turned to Tia who had wound her legs storing energy and magic. She let rip the forces she had within her hooves I only managed to move a single step back as my body was assaulted by what sounded and felt like a artillery shell going off in my gut.

I stumbled wobbled then crumbled to the side literally – half a side of my stomach area was missing like someone has shot a cannon through it. My ribcage and lungs falling into the remains of my large intestine on the side missing, I coughed up some blood before the hole began to rapidly heal itself.

I looked up and that moment I saw true fear – a Sun goddess’s wrath coming for my very soul she placed a hoof on my kneecap breaking it slowly beneath it, then reaching for my other she broke that one in the same humbling speed there was no rush I was of little concern other that she wanted me to hurt – and that I did biting into my lip and crushing parts of my teeth were the only things stopping me screaming out.

Here stood Celestia the immortal; the one who crushed opponents and countries for a millennia alone and an unknown length of time before that with Luna – even without her unicorn might the very air arced with power even in my discordian state I felt a very real fear… but then again.

Rising from the ground my body healed;
“You know the Terrifying truth about humans?” not waiting for a response Tia lunged at me knocking us both through the solid stone wall of my house out to the hanger the wall collapsed onto Luna and us.

Tia pulled herself from the rubble first searching quickly for Luna instead she first found me and I gripped onto her wing as she tried to pull away from me,
she pulled me out at the cost of dislocating her wing; I watched with respect as she pulled her bone with her teeth and relocated the joint herself;

“as I was saying Tia, the most terrifying thing about us humans’… is our tenacious nature – we evolved from primates into pursuit predators; Imagine if you will for a moment a being,
a predator who wouldn’t simply kill you instantly it would hunt you down,
being smart enough to find you everytime you needed to rest,
when you hurt it...
It got back up and kept following you … “ I finish in a slow methodical drone.

“ we used to out last, out survive our prey...

a creature evolved to survive anywhere on our planet and out think any creature...

we are the Humans,
The species that conquered the earth with no magic and defeated all other predators, with no large weapons of our own we defeated every threat until there were no more threats but ourselves and now?...

NOW we can destroy entire biosphere’s of planets, kill others from more than a mile away, lead huge robotic armies and fire missiles of great destruction with a simple button...

WE have domesticated anything that was dangerous to our survival and we have been breed over the centuries for war and survival.” I finished my spool of knowledge of our race's evolutionary history grinning at the would be goddess.

Tia looked stunned where I looked like a predator she now looked more like a helpless prey – such hatred and tenacious breeding for war and death – nothing since the fall of the Iron Emperor had this much possible destruction within it no species she knew of had such war picked breeding or hunger for it…

“So… the question you asked? The ONLY thing brave or stupid enough to face you both? – whoa well that’s easy Tia…

HUMANS – you hear me? Intelligent, tough, predatory… WE would be the ones to challenge and WE would ULTIMATELY DEFEAT YOU!”

With the final proclamation and shout Tia’s face fell her ‘mask’ cracked her own wings flared in response to some age-old evolutionary response. The idea of billions of these creatures ravaged her mind as a land enslaved by the tenacious humans came clear – a highly intelligent pursuit predator with what seemed to be even faster healing than her or her sister’s healing prowess.
Tia juggled the train crash in her mind over killing and the obvious danger we had become.

I cracked my knuckles twisting my head readying myself for the fight to come until my jeans fell to the floor I looked down laughing at the silliness of it all I leant down to pick it up… only to raise my head into the oncoming hoof of Tia.

In what seemed eternity I could see my life flash before my eyes as the hoof inched closer it seemed to be hot from the speed and power infused into it a moment later and all was black.

I awoke to find I no longer needed my glasses blinking I felt … calm I didn’t want to kill or rape anyone anymore, I looked around until I locked eyes with Tia who was watching me with tearful eyes along with Luna who was doing the same. I think they were both watching for a reaction from me,…

“ow…” was the understatement of the universe.

“Luna… Tia are you both ok?” a wash of relief crashed over them both as I talked normally, Tia nodded but Luna showed her shoulder as the muscles slowly formed and healed it was nearly done. Luna’s eyes skimmed over to me passing me then darting back she rose to her feet quickly looking panicked before Tia got her to calm down “shh it’s ok I… I removed Discord’s changes forcibly,”

I felt confused but started to look around behind me were clumps of brain tissue and skull fragments nothing was bigger than a couple of centimeters long or wide, it looked like the entire head had been smashed and then blown up for good measure. In a corner many bits of wire and duct tape were lying bloody and gory it looked like the things discord hid in my brain but I wasn’t sure.

I turned back to Luna and Tia; Luna was nearly fully healed her skin starting to regrow fur over the old wound. “I’m so sorry… I really am,” I could only apologise to my hosts.

It would seem though to my sadness trust was gone; my outburst of how we the dominant intelligent non-magical predators of our world… kinda threw a spanner into those works.

“For now lets concentrate on stopping Discord…” we have an old saying – ‘speak of the devil and he shall appear’ and that he did.
Popping out from the broken wall Discord arrived to throw the little corner of the world into chaos once more.

“Oh I was rather enjoying that display – who broke the house and my toy?” Discord pouted obviously upset with the outcome, he looked to the items removed from my head; he started shaking his own until it fell off

“you for all that violence cannot dodge too well can you?” his disappointment dripping from the words he spoke to us.

Before I could say anything Tia charged at him slamming a hoof into his chest knocking him through my house and into my car crumpling it beyond normal repairs I reached out for my possessions as the top half of the house fell backwards discord lunged back only to stop himself halfway freezing us all, “well I’m going to fling you two around the planet and as for you my monster you have yet to pay your debt!” both Luna and Tia tried to turn to stop me but instead Tia was flung up towards the castle and Luna was flung towards the North.

Once more I find myself alone with a mad god… once more I will try to hold to my sanity… once more into the void.

“Oh don’t go all dramatic on me it’ll be fun!” Discord was elated with his work teleporting us to Ponyville where houses were floating upside down, cotton candy clouds – you name it he had done it.

He waved his hands towards the castle and almost instantly out of puffs of multi-coloured smoke his dark implements were floating close to me still dripping of my blood somehow his whole ‘aura’ felt darker “this may sting my dear boy,”

before I could even gasp I watched as each wire, duct tape, metal and stone fragment flew towards my head no placement they simply were forced through skin bone and brain mass to the places they were before. I screamed and rolled around in agony as they drilled bluntly into their positions.

“Please… let me go I don’t want to kill them,” I sobbed as the last pieces pushed into their places I could feel my mind and thoughts changing.

“We have a deal I intend to get my amusement out of you,” as he finished he clicked his fingers I felt the compassion and honour of my personality thrown into a cage all that was left was rage, pain, fear and a mixture of other feelings to call my own Anger pulled them all together to turn me into the monster he wanted.

I roared out everypony around the square turned in horror I felt my Compassion leap mentally to the top:

“By order of the royal sisters RUN FROM ME!”

I screamed as my mind fought a civil war and eventually Anger stood atop once more pushed by the mad god to do evil, I lifted my body up Discord sat in his throne watching from a distance as I began to move towards a stallion he made a defensive stance only to make my new mind smile in joy – a fight? a prey wants to die so easily?

I roared towards the prey sprinting to him he turned to try and buck me, he was out maneuvered – I swung over his back lifting my legs gripping them around his long neck and in one swift motion the momentum created plunged his head into the soft ground below thankfully for him Earth Ponies are resilient and he rose only to find my hands around his head and without hesitation I rolled his head one way then the other as he tried to resist breaking the connection in the spine killing the prey he collapsed onto the soil.

A loud and dangerous sounding scream washed over from the mountain I could just make out the boom cone around something small aiming for here it was far off for now I had plenty of time to kill more prey.

I reached out and sprinted to a mare not far off I suddenly was jerked to the side I retched awkwardly looking down to see a spear impaled in my stomach here was an Earth Pony Guard looking at me with grim determination, I smiled his, his face fell…

I pulled the spear in forcing myself closer to the now petrified guard once close enough he let go of the spear I pulled it out my hole healing quickly and the poor prey collapsed in fear his eyes crossed as the spear met skull between them.

I could hear almost the scream of a jet engine getting louder so I knew something was coming – I looked around finding a sword from the guard and picking up a mare who had foolishly fainted nearby. I took stance and waited for the goddess to return.

Not a moment passed by before the Princess arrived slamming into the ground nearly making me fall from sheer impact my hostage fell out of my hands as I balanced myself.

I noticed somewhere in the back of my mind I could feel fear… the first thing I noticed was that Discord had gone – he even left his throne, a gastly poisonous silence filled the air….

Finally she rose – her eyes ablase with the pure light from the star she owned she even without her horn was not a foe to be taken lightly. Her foot as it touched the ground crushed it making a small indentation the very air itself seemed to warm as she got closer each step leaving a hot horseshoe indentation.

“You… MURDER LOVING APE!”

I noticed to my dismay the accusation rocked my very bones, I gripped the sword tightly dragging my foot forward which felt like it was made of lead toward her starting into a slow run, she stood her ground waiting as I reached her I arched my sword and arm to cut her down – I didn’t even see her move she had removed herself from harm and I had simply cut air.

I looked around quickly unsettled by this sudden difference in capability; “gotcha,” I spun on my heels cutting air again – my eyes widen I could hear my heartbeat in my head suddenly I could see light then huge pain my hand looked like a grenade had cone off inside it – it began to regenerate as always but I looked up to find the Sun Princess still blazing like a god of fire.

I didn’t get time to move I just watched helplessly as she moved far quicker than I could think slamming her hoof into my other hand – a shower of blood staining her coat my hand destroyed like the other, she looked to the throne ignoring my strained grunts and with a mighty buck obliterated it – each hoof created small sonic boom cones before connecting…

She was most certainly my end…

A large explosion took both of our attentions – a large dome of light and rainbows expanded out from the center of ponyville as it washed over us I could feel pain as Discord’s magic began to wear and a fight within my mind took me I did little as Celestia’s horn was reunited with her and began to glow.

Pain met me like an old friend – it encompassed my body I soon couldn’t stand and was forced to lie down squashed and crushed I could see golden light and feel firey pain, I managed to open my eyes to see the Princess floating on high above me, my feet broke first I screamed in primal pain only allowed to watch as the princess showed her power – she had me pinned down by her magic simply using the strength she used each day to move the sun to destroy my body bit by bit – my feet were being crushed to the ground as if I was put in the way of a steamroller.
I cannot remember how long this torture lasted only that for some reason I couldn’t fall unconscious this invictus Princess leaned close as I felt the times my body died and came back expotentially increase over and over.

“you may be many and indeed deadly… but I am the immortal champion of this world challenged nearly every year my sister was banished by army or powerful opponent alone… none overcame me, none were given mercy and none have ever bested me,”

I felt the loop increase and my mind vanished in a sea of pain.

I awoke screaming it was dark I screamed and coughed, choked and sucked air in greedily….

Author's Note

sorry about the wait!!!

little bit of good news - we did very well this year in the business so far and I've been able to hire some people and I've kinda opened a new business... haha

I should really stick to one at a time but I think I can do it - updates will happen but I'm not sure when

hope you enjoy!

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