*P.O.V. 3rd person*

Red Dawn woke with a start and found himself hanging from chains

“Ah” Teridax said “I thought you hadn’t survived the transformation” Red Dawn glared at the Makuta.

“What the buck did you do to me, you freak?” he demanded, looking at his now mechanical arms, which ended in hands which sprouted into five talon-like fingers, Teridax growled and stepped forward, grabbing the former pegasus by the throat and pinning him against the crystalline wall with enough force to crack the crystals, he leaned in closely, so that his eyes reflected off of Red Dawn’s dark crimson and black armour

“You will show respect to your new ruler” he snarled, before yanking the former pegasus out of his bonds and dropping him unceremoniously on the floor “from now on, you do exactly as I say, without question, do that, and I won’t kill you” Teridax began to walk away

“I don’t even know who you are?” Red Dawn said, Teridax stopped and looked at Red Dawn out the corner of his eye

“I am Makuta Teridax” he said “and soon, I’ll teach the ponies what it truly means to live in fear, now, come, you need a mask and weapons” Red Dawn stood up unsteadily, he leant against the crystal wall and looked at his reflection, he was now about 10 foot tall, with angular, dark crimson and black armour, he now had wings like those of a dragon, which were currently wrapped around him like a cloak of some sort, his feet were also like those of a dragon, except they were made up of mechanical parts and metallic plates, he raised a shaky hand to touch his transformed face, which now looked like some twisted blend between a pony and a dragon, the reflection mirrored his movements.

“What the buck am I?” Red Dawn roared rather than asked, turning to look at Teridax.

“You are a Makuta” Teridax said, simply “a being of darkness and shadow, you should feel honoured to earn such a privilege”

“I-I’m a f-freak” Red Dawn said “you turned me into a monster”

“I gave you power” Teridax said “if it shuts you up then you have the power to shape-shift, now, I will not tell you again, you need weapons, and a mask” Red Dawn hesitantly walked after Teridax, he was beginning to wonder if he made the right decision, Teridax led him into a smaller cave filled with an assortment of weapons and several strange masks, Red Dawn picked up a boxy silver mask.

“The Kenohi Komau” Teridax said “it lets you control the minds of others” Red Dawn nodded and put the mask on, it suddenly glowed and changed its shape to better fit Red Dawns head, the mask changed from silver to black and red, when the mask finished changing Red Dawn picked up two scythe-like blades and grinned, Teridax put a hand on his chin in thought.

“I think it’s time you had a new name” Teridax said “how does…Sauradox sound?” the former pegasus looked at Teridax and smirked.

“Sauradox” he said “I like that”

“Good” Teridax said “I have I mission for you, complete it, and you’ll prove yourself to be a true Makuta”

*POV 1st person Vuur Koning*

We were walking through the streets of Cloudsdale, Minion had Aurora on his shoulders, and we were going to surprise her by taking her to see the Wonderbolts.

“Where are we going?” Aurora asked.

“You find out when we get there” Minion said.

“But I want to find out now” the young dragoness complained.

“We’re almost there” I said, we walked into an open area, with a large stadium in the middle, with large banners advertising the upcoming show “oh look, what’s this?” Aurora gasped.

“Are we going to see the Wonderbolts?” she asked.

“Yep” Minion said “surprise” Aurora squealed with delight.

*POV 3rd person*

Sauradox, now disguised as his pegasus form, flew into the stadium, he needed to be careful, he didn’t need to go revealing the presence of Makuta’s yet, the purpose of this mission was to cause mayhem without revealing his presence, he landed at the rear of the stadium, a stallion next to him tapped him on the shoulder.

“Pst, you wanna buy some saltlicks?” the stallion asked, showing the disguised Makuta a tied up bag, Sauradox rolled his eyes and activated his mask power, his eyes glowed gold

“You don’t want to sell me saltlicks” the disguised Makuta said.

“I…don’t want to sell you saltlicks” the stallion said, hiding the bag.

“You want to go home and rethink your life” Sauradox said, the stallion nodded and stood up.

“I…want to go home and…rethink my life” the stallion walked off, Sauradox may now work for an evil being, but he still had personal morals, he smiled, if he was here, he may as well enjoy the show, whilst it lasted at least, he smirked, and his eyes flashed red, a small amount of red mist trailed off of them briefly

*POV 1st person Vuur Koning*

We all sat down in our seats, a pegasus stallion with a spaced-out look on his face walked past muttering something, but I paid him no mind.

“The hell is up with him?” Minion asked, to no one in particular, I shrugged, we then turned our attention to the centre of the stadium, the show was about to start.

*POV 3rd person*

Sauradox watched the show, waiting for the right moment, about halfway through he saw an opportunity and he focused his power of electricity and weather control, making it look like a cloud had electrocuted the Wonderbolts and knocking them unconscious, her smirked as he watched them fall to the ground.

*POV 1st person Vuur Koning

About halfway through the show, all hell broke loose, a thundercloud discharged just as the Wonderbolts flew over it, rendering them unconscious, I watched in horror as I saw them begin to fall to the ground, next thing I knew I saw a gold flash and a green blur shot past me, too fast for me to make out the details, I turned around to see Boris missing, that explained that then, I refocused my attention on the stadium, Boris was zipping around, way faster than should have been possible, he suddenly dived after the Wonderbolts, causing a green and gold sonic rainboom, he flew to each member, grabbing him or her as he went past, when he had all of them he did a U-turn and flew back up, he slowed down and carefully placed the Wonderbolts on a cloud platform, his mask was glowing gold, the entire crowd cheered and he bowed, what surprised me even more was Princess Celestia teleporting onto the platform, Boris looked just as surprised as me, the crowd went silent in respect for the Princess.

“My little ponies” she said “were it not for the heroics of this brave hero, this show would have turned into a tragedy, this griffin is one of six guardians, a group collectively called the Toa Jörmun, made up of members of several different species, they defend Equestria from dangers that are serious, but ether do not require the elements of harmony, or the Elements of Harmony are ineffective or unavailable” I saw her horn glow and next thing I knew I was standing on the platform, the crowd gasped, I leaned towards Celestia.

“Do you always come to these shows?” I whispered.

“Yes” she whispered, she then turned to the crowd “these Toa represent unity, they each have control over a different natural element, leader of the team: Ta-Toa Vuur Koning; Element of Fire, Le-Toa Boris; Element of Air, Bo-Toa Scar; Element of Plant life, Fa-Toa Minion; Element of Magnetism, Fe-Toa Autumn Skies; Element of Iron, and De-Toa Vinyl Scratch; Element of Sound” we stepped forward when she mentioned us, the crowd gasped when she called Vinyl Scratch forward.

“What’s up Everypony?” Vinyl said, using her power over sound to amplify her voice and waiving to the crowd, the crowd began to chant ‘Toa, Toa, Toa’, we just stood there, a little overwhelmed by the situation, Celestia giggled and walked next to me.

“Considering our history with beings trying to endanger this country” she said “I’d get used to this sort of thing”

*POV 3rd person*

To say Sauradox was pissed off would be an understatement, but he didn’t show it, he calmly stood up and left the arena, he found a dark alleyway, with only a single homeless pony, he nodded to the homeless pony before activating his silence powers and changing into his true form, he then dragged the pony into a portal leading to Teridax’s lair.

“Well, that went well” Sauradox said sarcastically “hopefully this will make up for that disaster of a mission” he then tossed the pony to Teridax, who beckoned for two Rahkshi to take the pony away.

“What happened?” Teridax asked, raising an eyebrow “were you discovered?” Sauradox shook his head.

“No” he said “but those Toa saved the ponies” Teridax shrugged it off.

“I only asked for you to make sure you weren’t discovered” Teridax said “the fact that they were saved doesn’t matter to me, besides, I have another mission for you”

“Go on” Sauradox said.

“You are to stow away on their ship, assume a false identity, replace an existing crew member, stay hidden in the shadows, I don’t care, just try to remain undiscovered and relay any notable information to me, if it helps, try to get close to the Toa” Teridax said, he then looked thoughtful “the Humans have an old saying; Keep you friends close…and your enemies closer”

*1 week later*

Under the cover of night Sauradox flew onto the Jörmungandr, using his chameleon powers to blend in, rendering him almost invisible, save for his eyes, and his silence powers to stop any noises escaping, it was mostly empty, save for a few Thestrals and changelings, he looked at the changelings with disgust, he wanted very much to kill them, but he had to remain hidden, he walked to the lower deck, as he was a Makuta he didn’t have to sleep, so he could be constantly surveying the ship, first things first, he needed to familiarise himself with the ship’s layout, after walking the corridors for several hours he found an room marked ‘Minion’, his curiosity piqued and he changed his density to become intangible, he walked through and saw one of the Toa, putting a young dragoness to bed in a room located to one side of the living room.

“But dad, it’s too early” the dragoness complained, Sauradox raised an eyebrow, the Toa had an adoptive daughter (!?).

“Come on Aurora, you know the rules, 10:00 is bed time”

“Tell me a story” the dragoness, apparently called Aurora, said, the Toa sighed before getting a book off of the bookshelf.

“Very well, but only if you promise to go to sleep afterwards” the Toa said, sitting down “Once upon a time, in the magical land of Equestria, there were two regal sisters who ruled together, and created harmony for all the land. To do this, the eldest used her Alicorn powers to raise the sun at dawn; the younger brought out the moon to begin the night. Thus, the two sisters maintained balance for their kingdom and their subjects, all the different types of ponies. But as time went on, the younger sister became resentful. The ponies relished and played in the day her elder sister brought forth, but shunned and slept through her beautiful night. One fateful day, the younger Alicorn refused to lower the moon to make way for the dawn. The elder sister tried to reason with her, but the bitterness in the young one's heart had transformed her into a wicked mare of darkness: Nightmare Moon.” Sauradox recognised the story, the tale of Celestia and Luna, Aurora gasped and the Toa continued.

“She vowed that she would shroud the land in eternal night” the Toa said “reluctantly, the elder sister harnessed the most powerful magic known to the world: the Elements of Harmony. Using the magic of the Elements of Harmony, she defeated her younger sister, and banished her in the moon for 1000 years, the elder sister took on responsibility for both sun and moon, and harmony was maintained in Equestria for 1000 years, until the day Nightmare Moon returned.” The Toa closed the book and Aurora whined.

“Aww” she said, pouting and folding her wings “but I want to hear the rest of the story”

“But that would mean that I wouldn’t be able to tell you the rest of it tomorrow, wouldn’t it?” the Toa asked, the dragoness huffed.

“Yes Dad” she said, the Toa kissed the dragoness on the forehead.

“That’s my girl” he said, before standing up “now go to sleep” the dragoness sighed before shuffling further down the bed and pulling the covers up, the Toa smiled kindly before turning the ceiling light off, leaving a bedside table on, the Toa the walked out of the room, just before he shut the door he turned to look at the dragoness.

“Goodnight, Aurora” he said.

“Goodnight, Dad” Aurora said, the Toa then shut the door.

Sauradox left the quarters and entered the hallway, he was conflicted, on the one hand he wanted to give Vuur Koning what he deserved, but on the other hand, what would happen to the child if Teridax succeeded?, he would have to make sure Teridax did not find out about the child, he would have to watch over her from the shadows, even if her adoptive father is a being with control other the elements, you could never be too careful.

That night, he stood outside, stargazing and thinking things over, he would still relay information, but he would make sure that Teridax did not find out about the child. His moral compass may have skewed since he became a Makuta, but there was a line that he refused to cross, even now; never put a child in danger, he would watch over her, and any other children on this ship. If it meant going behind Teridax’s back about it, so be it, he would protect them, even from Teridax, he’d seen the things Teridax was capable off, and that scared him slightly.

“I promise” he whispered “as long as I live, no harm will come to the children on this ship”

I though I would try writing a chapter in mostly 3rd person, focusing on Sauradox and his conflicted emotions

And in case you're wondering where Sauradox stands in all of this, he's sort of like a reluctant villain, he'll protect the kids, but he has no qualms about killing anyone who threatens them

listen to the song Two Worlds by Disturbed, it's about having conflicting emotions inside of you, like two worlds are at war inside your mind, and neither side is willing to back down, kind of like the situation with Sauradox.