At last it took me a year of hard work but I have done it. I have a fully working Iron Lich Asphyxious cosplay!. But there one down side. I needed help putting it on.

"Thanks for the help guy's, There was no way for me to get this costume on by myself." I said to my friends. By the way my name is Mark William. I'm 23 years old and this is my 8th Con I've been to. "No problem mate, now come on we're going to miss the opening."

We're all waiting outside of the sci-fi con as we get the last bit of my costume on. One of my friends hands me the last piece, a large skull that was hollowed out so I could fit my head inside. I then turn on the small light in the eye piece.

I ask my friends how I look and they all say it looks cool and then we all head on inside. Looking at my staff I smiled to myself; It was a wooden prop of Soulsplitter and I had put a lot of work into it. Running my gloved hand with the plastic claws over its wooden blade. I then follow my friends inside as we all go off on our own.

We had already made plans to meet up later anyway. I was having a good time looking at all the things for sale. Dvd's, Manga, Video Games you name it they had it. As I was lost in thought I saw a interesting stall with all kinds of things on display. Walking over carefully so as to not bump into anyone or get in the way of everyone else that was walking past.

The stall had some of the most realistic weapon's I have ever seen. "Oi lad, see something you like?" I look up at the guy behind the stall and reply. "No I'm just looking around." He nods at that before looking at my costume. "If I'm right thats a... Cyrx costume of Asphyxious the Iron Lich isn't it?. We don't get many cosplayers of Warmachine and Hordes characters." I was a little bit surprised that the stall owner knew about Warmachine. Not many did. "Thanks." I say behind my mask with a smile.

"Say... You know that staff is not half bad, but you know I may have something even better." He said from behind his stall. Looking at him with interest. "What do you mean?." I ask as I'm looking at the stuff. He reaches under the table then pulls up a staff that looks a lot like my Soulsplitter.

But unlike mine it looked real...and it was beautiful... "Thats not all I'll even throw in this lovely book. Its a book of all the Cryx secrets, magic and blueprints on how to make their cool warjacks. Everything you want to know is in here." He taps on the cover that had a drawing of the Dragon Father Lord Toruk. It was nothing more than the drawing of a dragon skull.

"Wow..." staring at the book with big eyes. "How much?"...little did I know that would be the biggest mistake of my life. The beginning of my story, and the start of...my new found freedom.

1000 Years...

I was trapped for over 1000 years, well more like 992 years but who's counting... and for what? I didn't even do anything!. I was still trying to understand what was happening to me at the time, just trying to defend myself!, I turn to her for help to get back home and what did she do?. What did Celestia do? She locked me away without hearing me out!, and stole my book!.

No light, no hope, and no one to talk to! I was left in this dark abyss to be forgotten!. What I was before was human, but being locked away gave me one thing, time to think, to learn... but just because I could not talk didn't mean I was alone.

The souls of, what were they now?... ah yes I remember, Timberwolves mostly, and one manticore that I killed rest within me... let's just call them vassals for now, but I could feel their souls by my side. It took them over a hundred years to calm down to the point where they could at least try and understand me.

I'm not even sure if they can hear me or understand what I'm saying. But it was better than nothing, what I am now is no longer human. What I am now is a Cryx, Asphyxious The Iron lich…

I lost my skin, My flesh, My bones, My life and everything else that made up my human body and my hope... But not my mind, Not my Soul, time and time again I fell into madness before pulling myself back together again. It took a lot of work but Celestia fucked up. She didn't think anyone would try and look for my prison.

My tomb within the crystal mines, or as there more well known Canterlot caverns. The diamond dogs had been digging me up for a long time now. They thought my prison was some kind of large gem, oh how wrong they were and then I felt something... from underground as my prison was being dragged away. Something powerful... something very strong and moving fast…

What was it some kind of... Magic, Power, Emotion. Love... It. Was. LOVE!.

They didn't care they blocked off the way to their prize over eighty years ago. To think it took them that long to dig out this one large gem. Diamond dogs have been working hard just to free the gem from its rocky tomb for so long once it was free they had another problem. The tunnel they used to get here was too small for them to drag the gem out.

They had worked for years just to make the tunnel larger so they could move the gem through. Their day to move the gem got even luckier when they heard that a wedding was happening at Canterlot. They thought the princesses were putting all of their time into the wedding and planning. So they would not have their eyes on them when they stole right from under their noses.

The diamond dogs stopped when they felt the tremors from underground. Something must of happened on the surface. "Take cover!." All the dogs lay on their belly's and covered their heads with their paws. One dog looks back and see a pink wall of energy, Covering his eyes with his arms as it washed over them all.

Only for nothing to happen to them, one diamond dog opened his eyes and looked at his paws to see nothing wrong with him. He looked to another who was patting his body to see if anything was missing, they were all fine, They then started laughing.

But then one of the dogs who was at the back of the gem stopped laughing when he saw the gem glow, the rest quickly following. All the dogs started to look to the gem when they noticed the glow and saw pink lightning dancing over the gem, the gem then turned a sickly green with flickering dark shadows inside of it.

As they slowly one by one got up off the floor they moved closer to the gem as the pink lightning was being eaten away by the green glow. Then from out of nowhere the inside of the gem turned blue and exploded in green flames.

Once they recovered from the blast they saw what looked like a staff-like spear poking out of the shattered gem. A clawed metal hand moved up and grabbed it, black smoke poured out with a soft blue glow from within. As something tall slowly rose up they noticed the soft glow was coming from inside of its chest showing off its ribcage.

With a puff of blue fire flickering out of what looked like its ribcage and the head... the head was nothing more than a skull with what looked like an eye patch over its right eye. But the eye patch had what looked like a glass lens on it that started to glow blue before its other eye socket opened in blue fire. It started rising into the air hovering a few inches from the floor as it then looked at them.

The diamond dogs who were pulling the gem with rope ran away screaming “Metal monster!” as they ran leaving the other diamond dog's who were pushing the gem to most likely die by this thing. "I don't want to die!" One of them whimpered as it stared into their eyes.

***Asphyxious pov***

Once I got on my non-existent feet I saw four diamond dogs running away in to the dark tunnel screaming about some metal monster. Oh right they was on about me!. I adjusted my eye lens over my right eye to see deeper into the tunnel. All I could see was the back of one of the dogs heads.

I sigh as I turn back to the other four diamond dog's sitting there with looks of terror on their faces two of them were hugging each other in fear. Another one was on the floor with his paws over his head with his eyes closed, and the last one was looking right at me almost as if giving up and waiting for me to take his life.

I could see them thanks to the blue glow of my...wait?, blue?. I look at myself and see the green glow from my soul furnace, as I like to call it, was now blue. Why did that happen?, could it be that somehow that what felt like love blast that set me free had changed me?. I then hear the dogs begging me not to kill them.

Well... that was not happening any time soon, I had no plans on killing anyone if I could help it. I try to talk but all that come out is growling, just my luck, all that time locked away and I still can't talk!. I try again only this time I try and saying a letter with some luck.

"A..."

Not bad but the voice could use some work I sounded like some kind of dragon or soundwave from transformers. I then think of the words I wanted to say, But say the letters before making a sentences. "T... K... E... Take. M... Me... O... To. Y... U... R... Your. P… C... Pack."

The diamond dogs just nod at me in fear as they help each other up. Once they were on their feet they started to slowly walk down the way the others ran and I followed them. As we made our way through the tunnel. After that talk if you can even call it that I found I could say the words I wanted once I said the letters. So I started going through the alphabet. " A,B... C,D... E,F... G..."

I then found I could say the letters I already knew a lot faster than the ones I had not used yet. One of the dogs was hugging himself in fear, the one next to him was trying to not look back at me. But it would start to turn its head slowly to see if I was still there, then it would turn away as if I would eat him if he looked at me for too long. "H... I... J... K, L... M, N... O, P..."

The two diamond dogs who were at the front were talking. Saying stuff like “What are we going to do?” and “Should we make a run for it?”. I don't think my little song was helping them calm down at all. Something tells me we're in for a long walk. But on the way I should be able to talk by then...hopefully.

***diamond dog beta pov.***

"Calm down, I said Calm Down!. Now what happened?, was there a cave in or something?."

I was getting nothing but panicked gibberish from them. The Alpha was not going to be happy about this. He and their father's before him put a lot of work into both finding and digging up this gem. It meant everything to them.

As far as I can guess there must of been a cave in and these fools are trying to not get the blame for it. Eighty years of hard work and it's all gone, Oh well it not like we can't reopen the tunnel. Then once we dig out all the rock and dirt we can get that gem.

This was just a set back, I'm sure the Alpha can wait another week. Hopefully... he heard the yelling from a guard at the tunnel well more like a look out really. Just what was going on?. "I'll deal with you four later." The Beta said as he made his way up to the tunnel opening.

Once there I see the other four diamond dogs slowly walking down to me. With something tall following them. It was made of metal with black smoke coming out of it back. But the really strange thing that was coming from it deep voice was, It was... singing?.

***Asphyxious pov***

"Yo ho yo ho a pirate's life for me!."

Singing was really helping me get use to using my new voice and it was making me feel better as well. To top it off the tunnel took me to a large underground cavern with diamond dogs everywhere. It must be their home. I then saw a diamond dog who looked a bit bigger than the rest. He must be their boss or something. The four diamond dogs who were showing me the way here ran up to him, he looked like a Rottweiler.

Two of them were even hugging him and crying. A bit over the top if you ask me. Its not like I was threatening to take their lives if they didn't do what I ask them to do. Must be the deep voice that scaring them. I floated my way over to them with Soulsplitter in hand and looked down at them.

The diamond dog boss was wearing a blue collar with some kind of blue coat. He also had what looked like maps in a bag over one of his shoulders. I give him a short bow. "Greetings I am… Asphyxious The Iron Lich. It is indeed a pleasure to meet you oh humble Alpha. I must thank you for freeing me from my prison."

If I had a mouth I would be smiling to myself. Asphyxious was kind of a mouthful I just hope they don't ask me to repeat myself over and over again for them. Plus if these dogs are as dumb as they look in the show, I think I could use them to get me as far away from sun butt as they can. "I'm not the Alpha I'm the Beta umm..., Asphyxious was it?."

Damn so he's not the boss then but on the other hand I need that tunnel closed as soon as possible. With or without the Alphas help. "Oh I'm sorry its just, You have this look of... a professional. I'd say even a leader."

I can see the look in his eyes. He cared about the diamond dogs. He wanted to keep them safe. But from what? me or something else?. "I know you're just trying to sweet talk me. But what I don't know is why... If you don't mind me asking?." He's trying to size me up I can tell. Maybe to see if he can take me on in a fight. I look to the blades on my staff. I would smile if I could if I still had a face, I was both faster and taller than him. But I had no idea how much of a hit this body of mine can take.

"What are yoo all doing!, Get to work you runts!" I and the Beta was trying to look up to one of the many tunnel openings in the stone walls. I could see a big diamond dog wearing a black coat, It also had what looked like a bone necklace around it neck. "Yoo Beta!. Don't move if yoo know what good for ya! I'm coming down!"

The dog sighs as I look back at him then to the four other diamond dogs who looked more afraid of this larger dog than me. "Go and hide, I'll say you all died in a cave in or something. Get the others out of here to." I hear the dog who was called Beta say that. Odd name if you ask me. I then see the other dogs run off to the others before going off into some random tunnel.

"I take it the Alpha is not a...kind dog..." I ask and the Beta nods at me as I turn back to see this so called Alpha. I then saw him push a smaller diamond dog over the side of a stone bridge to get him out of the way. I follow the smaller dog with my eyes. Then see him land painfully into a mining cart full of gems, not sure if he's alive or not. I then see two diamond dogs who were pushing the cart go and have a look inside the cart to see if he's okay.

"We all hate him so much, But there nothing we can do about it. No one is strong enough to take him on in a fight and win." I hear the dog next to me say as I look at Soulsplitter. I then run my metal fingers over the blade of my staff. Hearing it almost sing at the sound of metal on metal. After doing this I then look back to the dog called Beta who was looking at me. "I could help you if you help me."

The dog just stared at me for a time, he looked like he was thinking. I turn away and see the Alpha screaming at some dogs who were digging with pick axes at a wall. I then saw the large dog take the pickaxe from one of them. Then impale one of them with the pickaxe after seeing this I then see the other dog working faster after seeing his friend meet his end.

I then lean back over to the dog ear who was standing next to me. "A true Alpha would not kill members of his own pack." He growls at me but I can tell he's thinking about it. I then hear a scream, I turn back in time to see a dog who looked like he was flying through the air. I then see the poor dog land on his belly with a big black eye. The dog I was talking to looks at the diamond dog on the floor then back at me.

"What do you want." I look to the tunnel where I came in from and drumming my fingers on my staff. As I hold it in both hands I think for a time as I tap my fingers on it. "I need the remains of my... Prison brought to me. Then I want you to collapse the tunnel after I… Find something of mine."

The dog eyes widen at me, I could see his ears go down as well. "You want me to do... wait what do you mean?, Find what yours?" I move closer to him as I stare into his eyes. "Who do you think locked me in that gem in the first place?." The dog didn't get the chance to talk as the larger dog they called Alpha stands before us growling at me. Man was he ugly.

"Where my gem?." He asked with a bit of drool coming out of out of the side of his jaws.

Before the smaller dog could say so much as one word I talked for him. "I broke it, sorry about that." I look at the smaller dog who looked at me with wide eyes. I would say in shock by the way his jaw was hanging open. I looked back to the Alpha who looked really angry, no not angry the word I'm looking for is absolutely livid.

"Yoo. Broke. My!. GEM!." He roared at me but I didn't care I was more angry at this so called Alpha.

You gotta love angry enemies they lose all control then try and beat the hell out of you. But they always forget one simple thing, never fight where you're enraged it only blinds you. As I was thinking this he lifted both arms into the air ready to hit me with them. Most likely to try and crush my skull but I'm not going to let that happen. I move forward at the same time and stab him in the chest with Soulsplitter right where his heart should be. If he was human.

I could see the larger dog eyes widen in pain as he looks down at the blade in his chest. He then slams both of his paws down into my shoulder's only for me to feel nothing and look back at him. The dog growled at me as he holds on to my shoulders. "I am... Bone Churcher!, I is strong!. I'm the Alpha here!. I ain't done with you yet!, Metal thing!." Yells the dog as I can not help but feel sorry for him.

But the one liner for this was just too easy, but at the same time so perfect for this, what the hell I'm saying it!. "But I am done with you, Dog." I then pull soulsplitter out of his chest then with one swing of my staff I cut his head clean off. His body fell to the floor dead in a growing pool of blood.

I looked at the dog with the map's who looked like everything he ever known was just turned up side down and inside out. I look around to the other diamond dogs and saw they were all looking at me with slack jaws. "Will anyone else attempt to fill his shoes?." I ask as I look to them all. One of them spoke up.

"What did he say his name was?." I just could not help but smile at the dog at making an unknowing reference. I look back to the dog I was talking to who for the most part was... Smiling at me?. That big dog must of been really bad for the others to be happy that he's dead. Huh well then can't keep them all waiting.

"Asphyxious." I call out to them all with my arms out to my sides. Nothing happened till I heard the dog who was called Beta yell out behind me.

"All hail the new Alpha!." I turn back to the dog standing their looking at him with surprise. I was half thinking he would order the others to attack me or something. I then hear them all cheering and chanting my new name.

"Asphyxious!."

"Asphyxious!."

"Asphyxious!."

"ASPHYXIOUS!."

"ASPHYXIOUS!!." Something tells me I'm going to like it here. It was better than being alone...

Author's Notes:

This is a side project I'm doing for fun. Here me taking part in the fun that is the multiverse. I hope you all have fun reading this as I did making it. ^^.

I going to be re-reading this story tell I fix the grammar. As you can most likely see grammar kind of my weak point. ^^"

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Edited by Sejoran. thanks for the help man. ^^

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