***992 Years Ago And 7 Days.***

I screamed for help for who know how long. I was being pulled underground by what looked like skeletons with glowing green eyes. There was green fire everywhere and screams. I hear a roar from something. I felt pain as if my body was being burned away by the fire. Then darkness.

I had no idea what time it was, all I did know was I was somewhere else. I try and open my eyes only for the light of the sun to pierce them. I move my hand to block it out but I heard the sound of gears, hydraulics and pistons.

Then I saw not my hand, but metal fingers. What? I slowly try and move my fingers one at a time only for the metal fingers to move with my command. What the hell happened to me?! Slowly I try and get up only to find I had no legs. Okay, panic! I try and yell for help but all that came out was a garbled roar.

I try to cover my mouth only to find I didn't have one. Okay let just calm down and think about this. I looked around till I saw a book laying on its side with what looked like a spear next to it. I didn't know why but I felt drawn to them as I crawled over to the book then picked it up. Once I had it in my hands I started to read.

That guy was not kidding when he said this book had everything on the cryx, Even some things I've never seen before. I then found the blueprints for Asphyxious body and how it worked. I look at my hands again then back at the drawing of Asphyxious. I have somehow been turned into Asphyxious the Iron Lich. How and why I have no idea.

I kept reading as I start to read over his spells and a number of other notes about him. Well then let see if I can learn to... walk?

***Present Day. Asphyxious pov***

DAMNIT! DAMNIT! DAMNIT ALL TO HELL! She took my book, I can't believe it! Well I can but that not the point still where could she have put it? It not likely she would put it with me in my tomb where I can find it oh no. Believe me I've looked under every rock I could fine in that place.

So I had to move onto other things. Like dealing with these diamond dog's for one. After I had my look around the diamond dog who everyone called Beta did as I asked and closed off that tunnel. Now that there was no way for Celestia to get down here in a timely manner. I needed to think on where she would hide my book…

Her and Luna's old castle in the everfree forest? Not likely, too many bad memories for her I think. Canterlot archives? Maybe but I don't think she would leave it where even Twilight Sparkle could get her hands on, I mean hooves, On it. So what that leave us with... I really don't like where this is going. But the only place I can think of is.

Canterlot Castle. Or more likely a vault within their castle. So I know how I'm getting in. But the hard part would be getting there unseen. "Hay Beta is there any way to get inside Canterlot Castle without anyone seeing me?" I ask as I was looking around this underground place.

"Well... We could get in through the pony dungeons. They haven't been used for a really long time and we have a tunnel close by we can use to get in there." He sounded surprised. I guess no one asked him something like that before.

Before I can ask something else. I hear something like a penny drop on to the stone floor. I look around the floor tell I see what looks like a gold coin? I slowly pick up the coin giving it a look over.

"The hell?"

I stare at it before another item drop from out of no where to our left. It looked like a small bell with a skull on one side. I slowly turn to the dog who looked just as lost as I was. I then hear something like metal drop on the floor. I turned to the sound the saw what looked like a blue vial with a metal cover both ends that looked a lot like DNA wait... Is that the T-virus!? What the hell is going on!?

"This happens a lot here?" I ask as more random stuff falls from out of nowhere around us and gave the coin to the dog.

The diamond dog took the coin then shook his head no as I turned back to watch this randomness. I just sigh and go to rub my chin. Only to remember I have no jaw. So I scratch my head.

"Okay just put it all in a bag and I'll deal with it later. I'm going to the canterlot archives." I turn away only to remember that I have no idea where I'm going.

"Maybe you should wait a few days for everything with the changeling attack to calm down. I got word from one of the dogs they lost." The diamond dog said as I start to walk off.

I stop and think about that. So thats where I am time wise from the show. You know a few days rest could do me some good. I still remember a page or two from that book to work on making some spell's, maybe even make new one's!

"Good idea. By the way what's your name?" I asked as I look at him. I never saw the diamond dog look so happy before. He must not get his name asked a lot."My name is Rex, Alpha." Rex said with a big smile on his face. I could not help but feel myself smile. That is If I still had my face. I guess its true what they say. A dog really is a man's best friend.

"Nice to meet you Rex, but please. Call me Asphyxious." I say as I pet him on the head.

***Canterlot Castle. Two days after the wedding.***

I was moving down a tunnel following the diamond dog called Rex. I used the past two days to try and remember my spells from my book however. I was not happy. I only remembered seven spells, but I had to remain calm. I was also playing with some spell idea's using the spells that I know.

A new spell I had come up with took an old one and turned it into a beam of fire. I look to Rex who was doing a good job getting the dogs organized. I could not help but let my mind wander.

Just how did I get to equestria anyway? How did I turn into this thing? How did I get sent into a tv show? So many questions, and no one to answer. Say I wonder if something like this has happened to anyone else?, probably not.

I was interrupted from my thoughts when Rex held his paw up stopping everyone. "There." He said and pointed to a wall that was not made of dug out stone. I moved closer to it and ran my clawed hand over it. The wall was made of brick and mortar.

"Let start digging!" one of the dogs from behind called out, turning back to see them pulling out pickaxes. I hold my hand up to stop them. They look at me confused and all turn their heads to one side. Oh my god how can they all look so adorable like that? That is the power of the confused dog!

"I'll go on a head if I need help I will call for you." I say as I get ready to cast a spell called Ghost Walk, if it works I should be able to walk through the wall.

I can see Rex scratching his head, confused at my words. "Okay Asphyxious but how are you going to get in the pony dungeons if we don't open the wall?"

"Watch and learn. Ghost walk." I say then take a step into the wall and come out the other side into a dark, dusty cell with the door halfway open in its frame.

Oh wow Sunbutt really let this place go.

I looked around, dust was everywhere and spider webs hung in the corners of the cell. I go over to the door then cast Ghost Walk again only for nothing to happen and bump into the door.

"Huh?. I guess my spells have a cool down or something. I'm just lucky that Ghost Walk worked at all." I slowly blinked at this then facepalmed.

And now I'm talking to myself. Oh who am I kidding I've lost my mind more times than I can count. I then try and make my way through the small doorway, careful not to make a sound. slowly lifting my free hand up to the handle of the cell door and wrapping my fingers around it. I try and open the door slowly only to hear a groan from the door before I hear a sharp snap.

Oh crap...

Looking down at the now broken cell door in my hand then back at where the door used to be. I could see the door hinges had rusted all the way through. I was about to slowly and carefully put the door down on the floor only for the handle to give way.

KABOOM!.

The sound of the cell door hitting the floor was all I heard as it echoed throughout the dungeon. I waited, and waited. Sticking my head out of the doorway and looking both ways. I saw down the hall to my left was a staircase going up and to my right is a staircase going down.

"Shit..." Was all I said as I moved into the hall and looked both ways again.

Hearing nothing, not even guards coming down the stairs to find out what going on, just...nothing. I was thinking this was odd. I would think Celestia would have at least someone watching over the dungeon but nothing? I look to the staircase going down, Some small part of me wondered what was down there.

"Well seeing as there are no guards I guess it can't hurt to look around." I said to myself, walking out the door and trying not to hit my exhaust pipes?. I think that what the two things sticking out of my back are called.

I then started my walk down the hall. I look down the staircase to see it spiralling down and started walking down it. I walked deeper, the only source of illumination was the blue glow from my chest. The deeper I went this strange feeling started to grow. Something I just can't seem to put into words.

I guess it was a good thing I didn't have any feet. I made no sound as I made my way down. I slowly came to the end to two large doors. I walk up to them then put one hand on it. I then felt something familiar but at the same time not. It was like deja vu but I had never seen this place before.

Pushing the door open to look inside. I see a large room, rows upon rows of stone tables. I had a bad feeling about this. I go over to one of the tables and look at it. I saw dried blood and what looked like notes on paper. I picked one up and gave it a read.

I had one drawback. I could not read fancy hand writing. Looking to the drawing in the middle of it all. It was some kind of lizard creature that was being dissected. It had claws and what looked like armoured plates with spikes on its body, some kind of dragon?.

Dropping it to the floor after losing interest. I walk deeper only to find bones on the floor. I feel something bad happened here. I kept walking till I get to the other end of the room. Then I saw it. My book on a large stone table with what looked like some kind of alchemy lab.

Just what was this place?. I really don't think Celestia would have something like this down here. But what were they working on?.

I think to myself as I pick up my book, it shook slightly in my hands, power surging through it. It felt like meeting an old friend but something was wrong, something missing. Opening the book, i looked through it stopping as my eyes widened, if I still had my old ones that is, in horror. I saw a page was missing!. I started looking frantically through the book only to find more and more pages missing!.

No. Nononononono!. NO!. This can't be happening!. Do they have any idea what this book really is!?. They have no idea what kinds of monsters they could make with the spells and knowledge from this book!. It was bad enough they had my book for this long but if any of them try to use this knowledge...

I then hear a hiss from all around me. I close my book and look into the darkness that was the room. I could not see deeper for I was the only light source in the room. Using a spell called Occultation i hid myself in the darkness. I can hear the sound of something bereaving.

Slowly making my way back to the two large doors that I came in by. I could hear something like claws walking on the floor. I was trying to stay calm but that was hard when you didn't know what was down here. I then started thinking.

I can't believe there something still alive down here. That can only mean one of two things someone must of used my book and made something, or something else is living down here. I just have to move carefully and I should be fine.

I then stop at what was standing in the doorway. I was shocked by it, there was no way it should be here, a minion of Everblight. I was more shocked by the exhaust pipe that was sticking out of it back. Its chest and head were covered in metal armour as well. The minion turned and ran out the door.

"Oh shit, OH SHIT!. What a minion of Everblight doing here!?." I yelled in panic.

I looked for something to tie my book to me and see a chain hanging from the ceiling. I grab it and pull it free taking a brick or two with it. Using my magic to link the chain to my book and around my waist. I then went after that beast, there was no way I'm letting that thing loose in Canterlot no matter how much I hate Celestia.

***Canterlot Castle. East wing. Guard pony pov***

I was just a simple earth pony doing his part for Equestria, what I didn't think I would be doing was standing in a hall all day. I mean no disrespect to the princesses but I was thinking I'd be doing more. I guess it can't be helped after all we live in peace after all. I can't expect excitement everyday now can I?.

Hearing the wall cracking behind me, I go to check it out but the wall explodes in front of me!. My training from the royal guard kick in and I jump away into a roll from the explosion. Landing back on my hooves I could barely see a big hole in the wall through the settling cloud of dust.

I saw something move. "By the name of the princesses of Equestria I order you to come out!" I yelled at the dust cloud.

I then saw something as the dust started to clear then I saw a maw full of sharp teeth. I quickly back up as I try and understand just what I am looking at. I think its a dragon but it don't look like any dragon I ever seen. I never even saw a dragon before until now. It was drooling as it looked at me but I couldn't see any eyes. I didn't know what to do as it started to slowly advance. I saw it had armour on it head and body but they looked rusted as if no pony had looked after it in years.

"Halt!, I say halt in the name of the law!." I yelled at it but all it did was growl at me.

Panicking now! I was by myself with no help, I was alone to face this thing. My eyes widened as its tail lifted up into the air showing off the spiked tip on the end. I saw that this thing was just as tall if not taller than the princesses. I close my eyes thinking this was the end for me. There was a animal like scream then something wet splattered across my muzzle and eyes.

I wiped a hoof across my eyes and face, coming away with the fluid smeared across it, opening my eyes i look at it"B-blood?." staring at it in shock. I’d never seen so much blood before... a sound that was like a fish that was out of water hopping about trying to stay alive drew my attention. I look to where the sound was coming from and found on the floor was the end of the creature's tail.

I look back to find it was not facing me anymore. Looking up and past it I saw another creature, a towering and imposing figure. Its eyes was glowing blue, black smoke poured out of two thin chimney stacks sprouting from its back. In its right claw was holding a staff with two spear tips on both ends, the one on the bottom was smaller but that didn't make it look weak.

The other end of the staff had what looked like a blade that had a thin gap in the middle of it going down that stopped at some kind of blue gem, but just under that were two spike like blades sticking out it all looked like it was one part of the blade. Blood dripped from the large blade.

I hear the armoured creature roar then leap onto the other metal figure. I saw the monster bite into the metal ones shoulder. The metal one then stabbed its staff into the monster's gut. I hear both creatures let out roars of pain but the monster jumps off and goes through a window. I look to the tall metal figure that had a large hole in its shoulder that was spewing out blue fire. Just before it got back up and went after the monster through the window I hear it yelling. "Get back here you ugly bugger!"

I just stand there in shock for I don't know how long then I felt my training kick in again and ran. I had to tell some pony what just happened!.

***Canterlot gardens. Asphyxious pov***

Crap I should of known that thing was faster than me. I remembered from the books back when I was human this thing is called a Raek. But what is it doing here!? If I remember right from the stats the Raek has more speed and was stronger than me but I have more attack power thanks to my staff. So if I can get it to face me and fight I should be able to kill it.

"Hay!, I didn't know minions of Everblight would give up the fight from just getting their tail cut off? I mean Everblight must be getting old and weak if you're the best he can come up with?" I saw it stop in it tracks then slowly turn its head at me and give a menacing snarl.

"Whats wrong? did I hurt your feelings come on now, you know what I am, we are enemies. You should be trying to kill me with everything you got! Come on show me what a minion of Everblight can really do!" It then roared and charged at me.

I get ready for its attack. It lept into the air like a lion right at me and pinned me to the ground. I got a good look in to its gob as it snarled and roared in my face. I rammed my staff right into its side. It roared into my face again. Using my free hand I grab its lower jaw to stop it from trying to take a bite out of my head.

Thinking at this point it would be good idea to test out a simple, yet dangerous spell. I focused my magic into my staff and cast fire from the blade directly into the Raek. It screamed and writhed in pain from having its insides set on fire. I pushed it off of me and started to stab it in the chest a number times. I stop once it stopped moving and it body started to melt.

Okay I think I need a rest. I think to myself as I ‘sit’ on the grass covered in blood.

I then hit my hand on the ground in the hope Rex can hear me. "Guys I hope your there, I need a way out of here and fast."

I felt a rumble under me. My only guess is the diamond dogs were digging their way to me. Hearing shouting from somewhere. I look around then saw the guards running over to me with spear's.

I pull my staff out of the Raeks body only to find that I was very tired. I just sit there and rest as the guards surrounded me. I heard the sound of wings, Large wings. I slowly turn my head and saw her…

I saw Celestia land with her guards who were ready to attack if just given the word. I so wanted nothing more than to punch her in the face. I then saw her look at me with that daft look on her face, that look of indifference. I wanted nothing more than to fight her right here to the bitter end.

"I see you have gotten free from your prison, I didn't think the spell that would drive away the changelings would set you free as well. Now I know that spell will not keep you locked away, I will have to use the elements this time, something I didn't want to do. I'm sorry...but I can not have you run free and hurt my little ponies." She said sounding serious.

I can't help but think this was funny. I was trying not to laugh but I'm not sure how much more of this I could take. "I will only ask this once, please surrender to my guards willingly and I may be willing to have you turned to stone. If not then I will send you to tartarus. What say you?." I couldn't help it. Her sheer self-righteous arrogance was more than I could take. After she was done speaking, I burst out cackling not unlike a corny cartoon villain and/or an obnoxious twelve-year-old

Once I calm down I just look at her and spoke. I'll never forget the look on her face for as long as I live. "My name is... Asphyxious." I said the last words she would hear from me for a long time then the ground under me gave way. I fell deep in to the darkness again. I will be back just you wait…

Author's Notes:

Well I'm happy I got that out of the way. The next chapter if everything works well will have a crossover with Devilish Intervention. I really hope we can come up with a good crossover wish us luck.

Here what Asphyxious the Iron Lich looks like.