Naga arrived home late that night having had some matters to attend to as a result of the latest incidents involving the changelings, he had taken on the responsibility of monitoring the situation after the incident involving the royal wedding. He found Cerulean in his usual position on the couch Flare under his arm watching a scary movie as she cowered under his arm while the monster rounded the corner. Getting an evil thought he walked up behind them and cast a voice alteration spell. He opened his mouth and groanedeww like the severed head monster in the movie.

Naga left the library smoking and bleeding from shards of ice but all the same laughing. He decided to leave the two love birds in peace partly because he wanted not to wake Twilight Sparkle and invoke her wrath, and the other half because he wanted to take a walk to his birth place. The castle that now resided abandoned in the Everfree. smiled

He pondered his time and smiled, he had had a good time here well... anything is better than bleeding out for an indefinite amount of time. He cursed the cult of Discord and swore that he would kill every single one of them, then he thought better and continued on his way. In a way he owed them his new life with Twilight so he decided to let them live, for now. Thoughts like this had played through his head many times all ending in the same result, no killing the bastards just enjoy you time with Twilight. His thoughts drifted now to the lavender mare, he had loved her even before he knew her, or so he liked to believe. He remembered their wedding day, the birth of their foal, he brother beating him savagely until Candace pulled him off. The last time Naga had seen Candace she had been a toddler but she remembered him, she was always his favorite relative.

In time he arrived at the ruins of his former home, he looked at the walls overgrown by moss and vines. He imagined the splendor of his childhood, the elaborate murals and colorful tapestries. He smiled and walked onward. He ascended the flight of stone stairs to the throne room, the room lay in shambles partially from age, and the rest from the battle Twilight and the rest fought against Nightmare Moon. He looked over the ground and remembered the times when as a foal he would laugh and play while his mother and aunt watched from their thrones.

A shift in the air caught his attention seconds before he discovered his arm severed from his body. A series of compressed air blasts riddled him painting the floor with his blood. A pure white stallion emerged from the shadows and looked at the mangled corpse a few feet away. "So this is Naga, son of Luna the heretic who sealed away master Discord. Pathetic." He spat in the direction of the body before turning away. However as he started to walk a chilling laugh echoed throughout the chamber, spinning around he looked for the source of the noise. Naga's bloodied corpse rose and the enormous holes that filled up most of his body began to heal as the blood on the floor rose and flowed into him. Re-attaching his arm Naga looked at the stallion before him, "Nice try but you'l have to do better than that to kill me." And with that he proceeded to walk away.

The stallion enraged by this shouted "Don't turn you back on me don't you know who I am. I am Zephyr master of wind and high commander to lord Discord.." Naga kept walking but said "I don't care do as you wish you pose no threat nor interest to me." At this the stallion sneered and said, "Well if you wont take me seriously then i guess I'll just have to take a visit to that mare of yours and see how you like that?" Naga stopped in his tracks, "And ma-by then I'll deal with that pathetic brat of a son you have and..." his last words were cut off by a scythe nearly cleaving him in two, just barely managing to draw a short sword from his side. Wordlessly Naga withdrew his scythe and stood his ground a few feet away from Zephyr, Naga's form flickered at the same time as Zephyr's and a flurry of blows were exchanged at speeds to fast to comprehend they appeared a few seconds late side by side both weapons in a downward position. Naga bleed slightly from a wound on his head and smiled as Zephyr coughed up blood and fell to his knees. His body was surrounded by a torrent of wind that made it impossible to see through and exploded violently tossing Naga across the room. Re-approaching Zephyr he found instead a black stallion with a green mane and tail barely conscious, "Thank you..." he croaked before falling down to the cold hard stone.

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