I was sitting on a train heading towards the Crystal Empire for Flurry Heart's Crystalling which was a forgotten event till now and Shining and Cadence wanted to hold one for Flurry Heart. This celebration is held to celebrate a new life in the crystal empire and many things were required the ponies that were with me were the mane 6, Spike the stallions, Mitta, Ruby, Gilda, Starlight Glimmer and Dust who was sitting next to me. Some of the group had brought gifts for Flurry Heart and as everyone enjoyed the ride Rainbow Dash and I were resting our eyes.

"*yawn* Um Applejack what is that?" Rainbow asked as she woke up before she gestured to a blanket that had something under it and was sitting beside Applejack.

"Oh just a little something for the young'un," Applejack said as she removed the blanket that reviled a wooden crib. "Made from genuine Sweet Apple Acers apple trees we make them for all the apples and anypony related to Twilight is practically family."

"Yeah but its okay but it's no Cloudsdale mobile BAM!" Rainbow cried as she pulled out a baby mobile that had clouds rainbows and lightning bolts on it.

"Ohh pretty," Pinkie said touching a piece but causing said piece to fall off gaining an annoyed look from Rainbow.

"Well a mobile is real nice as long as you have something to lay in so you can look at it," Applejack said.

"And a fetching blanket to keep you warm," Rarity said as she placed a blanket in the crib.

"And a stuffed toy for some company," Fluttershy said as she placed a stuffed rabbit in the crib as well.

"I'm sure Shining Armour and Princess Cadence will love all our gifts but I think they'll be happier we're attending Flurry Heart's Crystalling," Twilight said.

"Hey Ash what did you bring to the Crystalling?" Comet asked.

"*yawn* Sorry...What's going on?" As I rubbed my tiered eyes.

"Goodness Ash did you not sleep well last night?" Rarity asked.

"Very little sleep for the last three days actually *yawn* Midnight has been pretty restless," I said.

"Oh you poor thing you should be resting at home," Fluttershy said.

"Nah it's important that I be here besides I can go for a few more hours," I said as I stretched my limbs. "So what was the question again?"

"We were wondering what you were bringing to the Crystalling?" Pinkie said.

"Oh yeah well I was planning on going with something special this time," I said.

"And what's so special?" Gilda asked.

"I haven't finished it yet but you'll all find out soon," I said.

"And why haven't you finished it?" Twilight asked.

"Hey cut me some slack for getting this far anyway I need Cadence's help for the last bit," I said angrily causing the others to look at me in surprise. "Sorry guy’s lack of sleep affects my mood."

"Oh think nothing of it Ash we understand," Caramel said.

"Doesn't mean its ok for me to yell at you," I said.

"You just rest sugarcube we'll let you know when we get to the Crystal Empire," Applejack said.

I gave the group a smile and closed my eyes and drowned out the others voices before I drifted off to sleep I managed to get an hour’s sleep before I was shaken awake. I looked and saw Spike gesturing to the others who were walking out the door so I grabbed Dust and walked out and saw Shining was at the station and my first glance showed the poor guy looked like shit.

"Whoa who’s the one that released the hydra that ran you over?" I asked with a smirk.

"Oh yeah you look like you've been in Tartarus," Shining said with a smirk equal to mine.

The pair of us laughed and shook the other's hand before we hugged each other.

"Luna has told me about Midnight causing sleep problems doing okay?" Shining asked.

"Yeah but what about you I can only guess little Flurry is doing the same," I said.

"Yeah both me and Cadence are out of it. I'm not sure what's going on but she seems to have calmed down with Midnight being here but we could still use a bit of a break," Shining said.

"Oh of course I don't know what I was thinking you two probably need all kinds of help. I'm sorry Starlight but I guess combining you're first lesson with this visit wasn't such a good idea," Twilight said as she looked at Starlight.

"Oh don't be ridicules you're an aunt now that's way more important than some friendship lesson," Starlight said.

"I just wish there was a way to do both," Twilight said.

"Maybe there is you've already done the work for Starlight's lesson with this list all we have to do is follow it," Spike said.

"Spike you're a genius," Twilight said.

"Yeah...genius," Starlight said in an annoyed tone.

"Then it's settled Shining Armour will head straight to the castle and you two can head straight to Sunburst's," Twilight said.

"Aye-aye princess," Spike said with a salute before he and Starlight walked off.

"I'm still surprised you've taken her in as you're pupil," I said.

"And I'm still surprised Spike is you're student," Twilight said with a side on smirk. "Alright big brother let's go see my niece," Twilight said as she looked at Shining but saw he was asleep.

"I've got it," I said as I wrapped Shining in my magic and lifted him up before we began the trek through the empire while I led Shining around like a balloon.

The walk to the castle was filled with ponies bowing to both Twilight and me and some even let out cheers with my name.

"Looks like somebody is popular," Mitta said.

"You kidding Ash is a celebrity here along with Spike when they saved it from Sombra," Thunderlane said as gestured to a fountain with me and Spike, Spike was holding the Crystal Heart in his hands while I was dressed in my robes. I had a boot on Sombra's chest and had Whispering Wind ready to impale Sombra on it and my shield held out in front of me.

"I just remember it being a demon I had to kill to make sure it didn't anymore trouble and because of that the ponies of this place are worshiping me," I said.

"What do you mean worship?" Soarin asked.

I simply gestured to the street lamps that were shaped like Whispering Wind and the toys of both Spike and me kids running around pretending to be me or Sombra and where I slay him. there were also a couple of flags with my mark and a mark for Spike.

"Fair enough but isn't a little worship okay?" Soarin asked.

"*sigh* Let’s just get inside the castle," I said before we walked inside.

I woke Shining up and he led us to Flurry Heart's nursery where we saw the entire royal family along with Rage, Pip and Midnight, Midnight was in the same crib as Flurry Heart and the two were playing together while Pip watched and everyone was talking.

"Looks like everyone is here," Discord said when he noticed us.

"I trust the trip was comfortable?" Celestia asked.

"As comfortable as it gets but I'd take a proper bed then a train seat any day," I said with a small yawn.

"I can see Luna's words weren't exaggerating you look like hell," Rage said as he stood on the side of the room with his arms folded over his chest.

"You should see the other guy," I said as I gestured to Shining who was leaning against the doorway while asleep and snoring.

I then heard Flurry Heart let out some gibberish before she started sucking on her hand.

"Enjoy it while you can cause as you get older I doubt you'll be able to stick your hand in your mouth anymore," I joked causing a few to chuckle.

"Even when exhausted you have the energy to make jokes," Cadence said.

"Y'know with those wings and horn she could be a really strong flier and have crazy strong baby magic maybe Midnight could have it too," Pinkie said.

"Well I know all about super strong flying," Rainbow said.

"And I can help keep tabs on both their magic when it starts happening," Twilight said.

Suddenly Flurry Heart looked like she was about to sneeze and when she did a massive burst of energy was released from her horn that created a hole that went through ten levels.

"Whoa ok that woke me up," I said as I shook my head and looked back at the two alicorn foals I saw Midnight was clapping his hands while Flurry Heart rubbed her nose and yawned.

"It appears that the young princess is beginning to learn how to use her magic," Faust said.

"The crowds have already started to gather," Luna said as she looked out the window.

I then saw Pinkie then blow up a balloon before she tied it up and held onto it and began to float upwards. But I watched confused on how the balloon was able to pick her up despite being filled with air.

"This Crystalling is going to be some party," Pinkie said before the balloon popped and she fell back to the ground.

"Oh ho tell me about it with this one's magic this place will be bubbling with chaos," Discord said.

"Do you think we should call it off?" Cadence asked while Flurry Heart sucked on one of her mother's fingers.

"Uh we've all faced a lot worse than baby magic Ash especially," Rainbow said.

"It's true," I said with a shrug.

"I can't imagine cancelling such an important ceremony over something so potentially adorable," Rarity said causing everyone voice in agreement.

"In light of the little one's ability's this Crystalling might more important than ever perhaps you should address you're subjects and remind them of that," Celestia said.

Cadence nodded before both Luna and Cadence kissed their children goodbye.

"Ash do you think you'll be able to look after the foals for just a little bit longer?" Luna asked.

"No problem," I said as I gave Luna a quick peck on the lips before she and the other royals left.

"Shining Armour do you have everything you need for the ceremony?" Twilight asked stirring Shining from his slumber.

"Oh no I still have to interview the honour guards, choose the purity crystal and pick a Crysteller," Shining panicked before I slapped him across the face much too both babies amusement.

"Would you quit it already look we're all here to help you Shining you're not a one man army ok. Twilight, Pinkie, Mitta, Ruby and I will watch the foals while the rest help you with the last few items you need," I said causing everyone to agree before Shining collapsed into slumber.

"That is if he can stay awake long enough to tell us how," Rarity said.

I was sitting in a meditation position where my fists were pressed together and were held at the same height as my stomach and I was taking calming breaths as I tried to think on the situation around me. Pinkie Pie was holding onto Flurry Heart who had started flying when she saw Midnight doing it which was the cause of my lack of sleep and Mitta was running around trying to grab Pinkie. Flurry Heart was also setting off blasts of magic and Twilight was trying to stop them from destroying the rest of the room while Pip and Ruby were sitting in a chair watching the event unfold. And finally I was keeping Midnight in a shield bubble I made and was also in to protect us from the random blasts of magic from Flurry.

"Ash...can you please help...Pinkie hold Flurry Heart?" Twilight pleaded as she stopped more magic bolts.

"Okay hang on," I said as I got up and walked out of the bubble and looked at Midnight who was looking at me. "Stay there Midnight I just need to help your aunt Pinkie and Mitta," I said before I looked at Pinkie. "Alright Pinks let her go."

Pinkie then did as instructed and the little foal flew around the room at great speed but I kept my eyes on her and when she came close I leaped at her and grabbed her. I then pulled her against me chest and landed on the ground.

"Nice job Ash," Twilight said with a breath or relief.

Suddenly I head gibberish next to me and I saw Midnight was out of the bubble and before I could ask how he teleported to the other side of the room.

"Oh great this make this way easier," I said sarcastically before I teleported over to the other side of the room but Midnight teleported again and when Twilight, Pinkie or Mitta tried to grab him he teleported again or dodged. The chase went on for a few minutes before I had had enough I watched as Midnight kept teleporting till he appeared in front of me and I grabbed him and placed a single finger on the tip of his horn stopping him from using magic. "Finally."

Suddenly Midnight and Flurry took off while I was still holding onto them and they managed to fly me all about the room.

Ash can you do something?" Twilight asked.

"I'm...trying," I said holding onto the two foals carefully but tight enough not to lose my grip I then made a bubble appear around us and the two flew around the bubble with me still holding on. "Uh Twi I can't move like this and we need to get these foals back to their mothers."

"I'm on it," Twilight said before she ignited her horn changing it from grey to magenta.

Twilight then led us out and I was struggling to get these two under control and Pinkie was bouncing down the halls and Pip, Mitta and Ruby were running next to her till we made it to the entrance. I looked around and saw pink curtains going around all the entrances preventing anyone from seeing us.

"We're here!" Twilight shouted announcing our presence.

"She's a reeeeeally strong flyer," Pinkie said.

"They both are actually," I said as the two alicorn foals flew in separate directions making me feel like I was on the rack.

"Wait is the mighty King Ash having trouble babysitting," Rage asked with a snicker before the babies flew in a loop but made a quick turn causing them to slip from my grasp and hit the bottom of the bubble.

"Alright smarty if it's so simple you try," I said as I stood up.

"Nah I'm good looks like you got it covered," Rage said.

"Any how can someone help these two are making me dizzy by watching them," I said as the babies flew around my head like moths attracted to a light.

Luna and Cadence then lit up their horns and the bubble changed colour before it split into three Flurry Heart was in Cadence's bubble Midnight Star was in Luna's while I remained in Twilight's till she set me on the ground. I then gave a nod to Twilight before I looked at the two babies and saw they were reaching out to me like a toy that was taken off them and I saw tears begin to fill their eyes.

"Uh oh," I said.

"This ain't gonna be good," Rage said.

Suddenly both Flurry Heart and Midnight screamed breaking the bubbles around them and blowing both me and Rage off our feet before we managed to get some footing again I held my hands against my ears and screamed in pain. I then saw my body was making phantom like doubles of myself and Rage was in the same position as me it was like his soul was trying to be torn from his body. But it also looked like something was stopping it and when the scream stopped my body slowly became one again.

"Epsilon what was that?" I asked mentally.

"It appears both babies combined their magic into their scream which caused a small magic rupture in both yours and Rage's body which is similar to your scream when you were a child Ash," Epsilon said.

”Anything bad we need to worry about?” I thought.

"Negative as far as I can see both your bodies will return to normal soon but we don't know who else had heard that call," Epsilon said.

Suddenly, I the heard cracking beside me and I turned and saw the crystal heart shatter and a small piece flew into my cheek forcing me to my knees. I then held a hand over the wound and looked to see Rage was still turning into one body but he let out a twitch every once in a while. Suddenly, my eyes were filled with snow and in the distance I the Crystal Empire surrounded by dark snow clouds and suddenly I hear the sound of crunching ice and the back of a figure's head steps into view. The head then turns and I saw a face made of rotting flesh and bone with a crack in the skull going from the forehead down and over the eye. A blue glow coming from the eye sockets and mouth and it looked human the face then let out a scream snapping me out of my thought and Mac, Shining and Pierce grabbed me.

"Easy Ash," Pierce said as he, Mac and Shining held me.

"Ash are you alright?" Applejack asked.

I then looked over at Rage and saw some of the group was checking on him.

"More or less," I said before I reached for my cheek and pulled out the shard of the crystal heart before I looked at the shattered remains of the heart.

"Ah'm guessing that's gonna make it hard to do the Crystalling," Applejack said.

"It's worse than that without the heart the Crystal Heart is about to be buried under a mountain of ice and snow," Twilight said as she moved the curtains showing the dark storm clouds I saw in my vision.

"So not only can we not take part in a fabulous ancient ceremony but we're also about to be frozen solid?" Rarity asked.

"Without the crystal heart's magical protection the entire city is about to become a winter wasteland," Twilight said.

"But what about when King Sombra ruled the Crystal Empire and the crystal heart was missing the city wasn't covered in snow then," Applejack said.

"The heart wasn't missing it was still in the castle King Sombra had just hidden it," Twilight said.

"I'm afraid Twilight is correct and the storm clouds are already forming," Celestia said as she gestured to the clouds.

"I can totally fly up there and bust those puppies no problem," Rainbow said but the curtains closed.

I wouldn't advise it Rainbow Dash those storm clouds are not like the ones you know," Celestia said.

"This far north the weather has a will of its own," Luna said.

"It will be like going up against the clouds of the Everfree you wouldn't be able to make so much as a dent," I said.

"Faust can't you just fix the heart?" Rage asked.

"No the crystal heart was around long before even the Demonic Angel period I have very little knowledge on it," Faust said.

"Well the storm's getting worse and if we don't do something...," Rage started.

"It will envelop the Crystal Empire," Cadence said.

"And us along with it," Twilight said causing everyone to have scared looks on their faces.

"Uh everyone I hate to be the bearer of even more bad news but you need to know this," I said.

"Oh come on what else is there that could make this worse," Gilda asked.

"There is something out there that arrived at the same moment the storm cloud did and it's something dark," I said.

"How do you know this Ash," Faust asked causing me to hold up the crystal fragment that cut me.

"This piece showed me a glimpse of what's out there," I said.

"What did you see Ash?" Chrysalis asked.

"I think our business with the undead isn't over yet," I said causing everyone to look at each other in worry.

"Are you sure Ash?" Faust asked.

I then made a screen and showed them the same image I saw.

"Could be a coincidence or something else but I recommend we use caution," I said.

"Ash thank you for bringing this to our attention," Faust said.

"No problem," I said before I looked at the picture in concern.

"Ash is something wrong?" Fluttershy asked.

"Well that corpse it just looks familiar and yet I've never seen it before," I said as I dispelled the picture.

"You see a lot of stuff Ash maybe it just reminded you of something completely different," Rage said.

"Maybe," I said.

"So what do we do now?" Dream Catcher asked.

"All of us are going to try and hold back the storm for as long as we can meanwhile the rest of you should look in the library for an answer to fix the heart," Faust said as she gestured to her children before pointing at us.

"Okay but what about the possible threat of undead marching in on us?" Comet asked.

"I've got an idea," I said as I walked over to the curtain.

"And what is it?" Celestia asked.

"Can't say it cause you'll all say its stupid and reckless you'll say I can't go," I said.

"When you say it like that then yes but I'd like to know what you're planning?" Faust asked.

"I'm gonna fly into the storm and heat my blood up enough to keep me warm and see what's going on out there," I said as I summoned my armour.

"Ash we don't know how vast these clouds span," Faust said.

"You let me worry about that besides I've destroyed ten Nuckelavee with a simple snap of my fingers and if things go south I've got my Hellish Booster as a backup," I said.

"Y'know Ash makes a good point if there's anyone who can do what he just suggested it's him," Twilight said.

I looked at the alicorns and saw them all give me a nod so I gave them all a nod back before I turned around and extended my wings before I took off I then flew at the storm and began heating up my blood. But when I entered the clouds I felt like I was tossed into a freezer so I heated up my blood drastically till I felt warm again but I could see ice forming around the edge of my visor and the only thing I could see was dark clouds. I felt the wind pushing against me but I continued forward till I came out of the other side of the storm and hit the ground.

"Burr now that's one way to wake you up," I said before I stood up.

I then looked around and saw nothing but the icy wasteland the storm left behind I then heard some giggling down on my left and I was shocked to see Midnight.

"What the...Midnight you can't be here," I said as I picked up the foal.

I then saw the poor colt was shivering so I quickly summoned some blankets and wrapped him up in them.

"Oh gods Luna is not going to be going out of her mind right now because you're here," I said earning a laugh from the foal.

I wrapped my wings around me to protect my colt from the snow that continued to fall around us and I looked around but continued to see nothing. I then felt my colt squirm a bit and I looked down and saw him looking at my wing or was trying to see through it and I saw he was scared of something so I turned back to the wastes and saw a figure standing alone out in the frozen plain. The figure was skinny and from what I could see its clothes were in shambles which flapped in the snow filled flurry winds. I then summoned my weapons and drew Whispering Wind before I walked up the figure as I got closer I saw the figure had a circular shield in its right arm and a broken sword dragging behind it in the snow. As I got closer I saw the figure was frozen and nothing but bones wrapped in old chainmail and cloth that looked like someone had used a sword to cut at the shoulder and go down.

I then noticed the figure's tunic had a faded image of a shield and a knight's helmet on it this sparked a memory in my head I suddenly remembered a battle where I was fighting against an army of men who wore the same mark as the one on the skeleton's body. Suddenly, Midnight cries out bringing me back to my senses and I managed to dodge an attack from the skeleton which had come to life.

"Oh you wanna fight you just had to ask," I said before I stepped to the skeleton's left and stood next to it to avoid its next attack before I drew Whispering Wind and slashed the skeleton in two and let it crumble to the ground. "Now why and how did you get here?"

Suddenly I feel a great presence on my right and I turn to see a thick wall of ice and snow I gaze into the blizzard and I hear the sound of snow crunching beneath something. I stood silent and still and waited for what was making the noise till I see shadowy figures in the fog of snow and when they step out of it I see all sorts of undead beings each in different armour. Many of them were human's like the ones in the samurai Oni armour, British red coats from the American Revolution and Persian soldiers from Thermopylae. I also saw some faces from Equestria like the ones from the Griffin arena and Templars I then got a creeping fear running up my spine so I flew upwards and saw a vast army many of them wielding different weapons and some carrying banners. I then realized staring at an undead army made up of people I have killed during my entire existence.

"Good lord," I muttered before I looked at Midnight and saw him looking back at me in fear before I looked back at the army. Suddenly, I hear a large heavy sound and I see a colossal shadow behind the army about the size of a mountain but I recognized the shape of the shadow and it caused me to place a hand on my heart. "Tirek."

"Well if it isn't the knight of Equestria I'm impressed you survived," Tirek said as his form came into view showing all his injuries have healed and all the limbs I severed off have returned.

"How did you escape Tartarus?" I demanded as I pointed Whispering Wind at him.

"I believe Heartless is the one you should be thanking along with all the magic he has so generously given me," Tirek said with a grin suddenly Midnight made his presence known by letting out a large whimper. "Is that an alicorn baby?" Tirek asked as he looked at my child with a hungry grin but I moved Midnight to my right arm away from Tirek. "If you hand over that baby maybe I'll cons-."

Tirek didn't finish his sentence before I silenced him with a blast of demonic magic from my left arm which had become demonic.

"Silence your tongue Tirek I'm going to give you one chance to go back to your cage if not I'll take your life right here and now," I said.

"Well it appears that much has changed about you since I last visited but no matter once I'm done with you I will devourer all the magic in Equestria starting with that foal," Tirek said

"I WILL NOT LET YOU HARM MY SON! I roared before I flew at Tirek and dodged an attack of his before I hit him in the face right between his eyes knocking him onto his back.

I then flew upward and drew Whispering Wind before I slammed into the ground right in the middle of the army and my impact onto the ground tossed some of the undead warriors into the air. With lightning quick skills I slashed at the warriors several times causing them to all to be cut up into several pieces before I cut into more of the army several times. I still had to be mindful of Midnight being with me so I kept a wing shielded over him and made the feathers turn to metal as an extra defence. But, I still had to make several dodges to make sure he wasn't hit and as I fought the massive army Tirek began to get up.

"It appears you have some new tricks up your sleeve how interesting," Tirek said.

"Tirek you've been warned not to underestimate him," a deep but old voice said

I looked at where the voice was coming from and saw a ram with dark purple fur and even darker curved horns his attire consisted of a few golds and reds but was mostly made up of bones and he had a massive thin skull that went over his right shoulder and reached his elbow. He also wore a thick brown necklace with gold discs on it and on the necklace was a small gold bell with words etched onto it in the necromancer tongue. The ram also carried a staff with a donkey's skull mounted on the top and finally the ram's mouth was filled with sharp teeth and he had glowing red eyes.

"I'm gonna take a wild guess here but the description in the story seems to match you're Grogar Heartlesses little necromancer," I said.

"I am not just any necromancer I am Grogar the greatest necromancer to ever have existed!" Grogar said boomed.

"Figured I've seen some of your work reviving Nightmare and then sending a lich of all things," I said.

"And you’re the one who destroyed my pupil Sombra," Grogar said.

"He only has himself to blame for underestimating me yes I managed to rip his soul out with my hands but I know he was much stronger then when we fought but he decided to hold back," I said.

"I always knew that flaw would be Sombra's downfall someday," Grogar said.

"We Are Not Hear To Have A Pleasant Chat With The Enemy We're Here To Destroy Them!" Tirek roared.

"Patience Tirek let me get reacquainted with this one," Grogar said.

"Reacquainted?" I asked.

"You don't remember we met when those old fools brought me back from my banishment and you tried to intervene," Grogar said causing flashes of the memory to appear in my head and I saw the eyes of the darkness matched Grogar's.

"You...you did that to them...you were the one that made them perform that ritual, It was you who showed me that vision and it was you who brought back all those poor souls and turned them into puppets not the lich," I said.

"That is correct and I must congratulate you on defeating it that lich in particular was devastatingly hard to conjure," Grogar said.

"You sick creature the dead are not meant to be servants of the living," I said.

"Like what you did?" Grogar said causing my eyes to widen. "Yes I know what you did now be honest with me how did it feel?"

I let out a roar of anger before I charged at Grogar determined to end the necromancer's life.

Third Person P.O.V.

"This is getting ridicules!" Rage shouted as he chased Flurry Heart through the maze of shelves.

"Not so easy is it," Mitta said as she tried to cut Flurry off but the filly just teleported onto the ground floor giggling all the way.

"Just help me catch this kid," Rage said before he leaped over the side of the balcony and after the flying filly.

"Isn't there some way to stop this filly?" Soarin asked as he dived bomb at the filly but Flurry Heart let out a blast of magic forcing Soarin to evade.

"Well when we think of something I'll let you know," Comet said as he made a grab at Flurry but she teleported behind him and fired a beam of magic at Comet's tail setting the end on fire which caused him to run around trying to put it out.

Rage then teleported right in front of Flurry and she flew into his chest and grabbed her gently.

"Got ya now you little nuisance now do your uncles a favour and stop acting so crazy," Rage said as he held the filly who just laughed.

"Thank you Burning Rage," Cadence said as took hold of her daughter again.

"It's alright but honestly I don't envy you I can't even begin to imagine how you and Ash have the energy to keep this up," Rage said.

"Well I think Midnight is a bit more mature then his cousin," Comet said as he glared at Flurry Heart while he held his smoking tail.

"Speaking off has anyone seen Midnight?" Caramel asked.

The group then looked around and listened for anything but no noise came to them.

"Oh no this is bad this is really, really bad," Rage said.

"You're right Midnight could be outside in that weather for all we know," Twilight said.

"It's worse if we don't hurry and find him we'll have to tell both Luna and Ash that their son may be lost out I that blizzard," Rage said causing everyone to gulp.

"All of you must go and find him while Twilight and I remain here and remember the spell we'll let you know if we find Midnight," Cadence said.

Rage then gave a nod before he led everyone out of the castle all the while all of them were calling out for Midnight. They then looked beyond the curtains that hid the empty altar where the Crystal Heart once stood and saw the civilians running to the train station.

"Damn it we have they forgotten what Ash said we have to stop them before they get to the station," Rage said before he lead the group after the citizens.

The group ran as fast as they could trying to avoid slipping on the ice and the one who had wings flew until the ice and snow grounded them. When Rage saw Shining Armour and the rest of the mane 6 leading the civilians he teleported in front of everyone and held his hands out stopping them.

"Shining what are you doing?" Rage asked loud enough to be heard above the storm.

"We're trying to evacuate to the station!" Shining yelled.

"No good don't you remember the thing Ash saw in his vision?" Rage asked.

"He said he wasn't sure," Shining said.

"If there was nothing out there don't you think he would be back by now?" Rage asked.

"Maybe he's lost in there," Shining suggested.

"Well if that's the case how do you expect to get everyone out there's only one train and not enough cars for the entire empire and I doubt it will get through the storm," Rage said.

"We need to do something Rage!" Shining shouted.

"I know but we have another problem right now Midnight is missing," Rage shouted.

"Oh no the poor dear can't be out in this storm who knows what could happen," Fluttershy said.

"Fluttershy's right and I don't really want to be the one to tell Luna and Ash that," Rage said.

"Tell me and Ash what?"

Everyone then looked up and saw the royal family was there and they were all covered in snow and ice.

"Uh heh, heh hey Luna it's just well uh...well...," Rage said nervously.

"Rage where is Midnight?" Luna asked but Rage was rubbing the back of his head nervously. "Rage are trying to tell me you lost both Ash and my child?" Luna asked with cold fury that would freeze the very air they stood in.

"I wouldn't say lost it’s just Midnight misplaced himself," Rage said.

Luna glared at Rage and opened her mouth to speak but a terrific boom echoed above the sound of the icy winds and out of the storm clouds appeared a burning object that crashed through several houses on the side of the road they were on causing everyone to go and investigate.

Ash's P.O.V.

I opened my eyes to the sound of Midnight wailing I looked at my child who was still safe under my left wing and in my left arm. I then looked around and saw I was in a crystal house with a massive hole in the roof and walls and the ground was made of wood. But, my body’s impact made a hole in that too and destroyed a lot of furniture and it also made a shallow crater in the crystal ground. I got up and used Whispering Wind to aid me in supporting myself before the door opened and I saw Rage and Celestia were there.

"Ash!" Celestia cries out when she sees me.

"You alright?" Rage asks as he stepped closer to try and help me.

"We both are," I said as I moved my wing to reveal Midnight.

"Whew thank the god's he's safe," Rage said.

"Yeah but what I want to know is how did Midnight get onto the other side of the storm?" I asked.

"He and Flurry teleported away from us after you left," Rage said.

I just let out a sigh before I walked outside and saw Luna I showed her Midnight and she immediately came over and grabbed Midnight and held him close.

"Ash are you alright?" Faust asked.

I then looked at my left shoulder and saw an arrow in-between two plates of my shoulder armour so I grabbed the arrow and gave it a yank successfully pulling it out. I then saw the arrowhead was made to pierce through armour and the edges were serrated to cut deeper into the body and also make it hard to remove.

"A little worse for wear but I'm still kicking," I said as I snapped the arrow in two.

"Hey I've seen that arrow before," Rage said.

"You should Rage last time I saw this arrow is when I killed the person who fired it," I said.

"Ash what do you mean?" Faust asked.

"That vision I had Faust it was a warning I knew I saw that corpse before because I was the one who gave it that scar and it isn't just one corpse it's an entire army of them and each member has a grudge against me," I said.

"What'd you do to tick off so many?" Dream Catcher asked.

"I killed them," I said simply as I folded my arms over my chest causing everyone to stare at me in shock.

"Well that is something I didn't expect," Shining said.

"And they're not alone we've got some old enemies from Equestria out there as well," I said.

"Like who Templars?" Rage asked.

"Yeah and guess what Tirek’s back," I said causing everyone to gasp.

"How did he get out!?" Twilight shrieked.

"Heartless got him out and he's got enough magic that makes him the same size after he stole all the alicorn magic," I said.

"This doesn't make sense why would Tirek work for Heartless and how would he know how to do necromancy?" Celestia asked herself.

"He's not Tirek is here to try and conquer Equestria by getting rid of us and he's not the one who's manipulating the dead. That stunt goes to a necromancer that goes by the name of Grogar," I said.

"Grogar are you sure Ash?" Faust asked.

"I saw him myself and as it turns out he was the darkness that manipulated the eight men who mentored me he turned them into his puppets so they could bring him back from his banishment. It was also him who showed me that vision with the old fortress and summoned that lich," I said as I clenched my fist.

"Ash I'm sorry," Luna said placing a hand on my shoulder.

"We have to go back!"

I looked at the voice and I saw Starlight, Spike and an orange coated male unicorn with white fur on his muzzle that could be mistaken for sunscreen. He had a darker shade of orange for his mane and tail and goatee and he wore purple robes with silver stars on it and a pair of silver glasses on his face.

"I know how to stop this," the unicorn said.

I was about to speak up when suddenly the sound of a motor faded in over the wind I looked around and I saw a familiar shape fly overhead I focused on the object and saw it was a World War 2 German ace Luftwaffe and the makings on the plane told me who the pilot was.

"Peter Drack," I said before suddenly, the plane came back around and began to fly at us. "Off the street!" I yelled.

Suddenly Peter unleashed a hail of bullets on us I tried to get as many ponies off the streets but many of them were hit by the barrage. I then put up a shield to protect everyone else and watched as Peter ended his attack and flew past us.

"Those that aren't injured help the ones that are get off the street leave flyboy to me," I said as I took off.

Peter's plane was fast but I had greater speed, skill and maneuverability then he did I caught up with him and landed on the nose of his plane in-between the propeller and cockpit and glared at Peter through the glass. I saw his body was full of bullet holes and the part of his face that wasn't as damaged as the other glared at me.

"War's over Peter you lost," I said as I drew Whispering Wind.

I slashed at the engine below me cutting it in two and causing the plane to tumble out of the sky but I leapt off the plane and landed on the ground and saw the plane belly land in the road. I walked over to the plane and sheathed Whispering Wind and saw Peter crawl out of it part of his clothes burning. But, he got up and drew a pistol and fired it at me but the bullets bounced of my armour and this continued till I was in-front of Peter. I then drew Salvation and aimed it at his head but he just stood straight and stared at me.

"You don't belong here Peter you were brought here against you're will and for what revenge? I know you loved you're country I did too but understand that Germany lost it's time to let go of your grudge," I said as I removed my helmet to look at him. "Auf Wiedersehen Peter Drack it was truly an honour to have you as my rival."

I saw Peter nod at me before I pulled the trigger and released his soul I then walked back over to the group but I saw a different group of faces that blocked my path and made my blood boil. They were all ponies and all of them had dark coats and unforgettably terrifying red eyes that glowed in the blackest of nights which screamed evil at anyone who saw them.

"Grey Hoof and other members of Sunny Town I see," I said.

"You!" Grey Hoof screamed.

"You seem surprised how's hell?" I asked.

"Where are we Ash?" Grey Hoof asked.

"You're in the Crystal Empire and I must ask you not to use my name again cause we're not friends," I said.

"Grey Hoof there are other ponies here and they're all cursed," Gladstone said as he pointed at some ponies that were in the buildings watching us.

"You brought us to a place filled with cursed ponies," Grey Hoof said as his eyes got brighter in anger.

"Why would I want to see you’re ugly mug again and if you know what's good for you Grey Hoof you'll leave those ponies alone," I said.

"You care about them?" Grey Hoof asked causing me to raise an eyebrow at what he was getting at. "Then maybe it will be difficult for you to kill them."

Suddenly Roneo and Starlet ran over to a building but before I could do anything Mitta appeared and kicked the two in the head. The force of the kick was enough to send the two flying back towards the group of cursed ponies.

"What the?" Roneo said as he recovered from the blow.

"I most certainly wasn’t expecting you lot here today," Mitta said as she walked over to me.

"Mitta what are you doing here and why are you so...?" one of the blanks asked.

"Alive...It's because I was forgiven for what I had done unlike the rest of you," Mitta said.

"Mitta don't be so mean aren't we your friends," Grey Hoof asked.

"I'm not that bitch shot me!" Three Leaf yelled.

"You all stopped being my friends the day you killed my beloved daughter," Mitta seethed.

"Yeah," Ruby said as she walked out from behind me causing the rest of the blanks to hiss at her.

"Oh and another thing," Mitta said as she showed them her shoulder revealing a cutie mark that showed a pair of black padded fingerless gloves normally seen in MMA or kickboxing. "Like it? Turns out my special talent is kickboxing,"

"You're cursed too," Grey Hoof growled.

"Wrong I've been blessed you all are just to ignorant to see that and I hope every last one of you burn in suffering," Mitta said.

"I hope you're ready to die whore," Tree Leaf sneered.

"Ash leave them to me I've been wanting to do this for a while now," Mitta said.

"Alright but just in case," I said as I handed her Damnation. "I'll also get Rage just so they don't do anything funny."

"No need."

I spun around and I saw Rage was behind me along with Gilda and Rainbow both armed with shotguns.

"Came over to see what's going on and it looks like this party is getting crazy," Rage said.

"Alright you lot take care of everything here and fix the heart I have a score to settle," I said cracking my knuckles.

"Go nuts Ash I'm sure you'll know when the heart is fixed," Rae said.

"Thanks," I said.

"Hey Ash be careful we all know what happened to you last time Tirek was here," Rainbow said.

"True but you seem to forget I'm not a human anymore," I said with a smirk as I put on my helmet before I selected a song on my IPod.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwJj2EpC8vg

I then flew upward and looked for the seal in my body and found it before I unleashed my Eclipse Breaker I then flew into the storm and decided to use the trick I saw in the codex where pegasi drew lightning into their wings. I then spun around and began charging my body and at once lightning struck my wings but it didn't hurt but instead it felt like a thousand doses of adrenalin being injected into my body. I burst out of the storm and flew into the army and held the point of Whispering Wind out in front of my while my electrified wings took care of the rest. I saw Tirek let out a blast of magic so I flew left to avoid the attack and saw Grogar shoot at me with black lightning forcing me to land. I charged my way through the undead till I stopped and used Whispering Wind to fight them all.

Tirek sent another blast at me but I used Whispering Wind to send it back at him hitting Tirek in the face I then saw the ground begin to turn into a grey void so I jumped into the air because said void will suck the life from anyone who touches it. I then flew at Tirek and charged both strength and magic into my demonic fist to the point it had a flaming aura around it and smashed it into Tirek's gut causing him to fly backwards a good distance. Tirek then hit the ground and I just stared at him while he got up with a snarl.

"What...are you?" Tirek asked.

"I am Ash Blade king of the Demonic Angels," I said causing Tirek to stare at me in surprise.

Suddenly, a large deep purple spectral hand grabs me and I turn to see it was Grogar and in his hands was the Necroidion which was open and was the source of the hand that had grabbed me. I then used holy magic to break the hand and shot a blast of it at Grogar but a dome made of dark energy blocked my attack. I was then shot to the ground by Tirek who had gotten up and I looked at my surroundings and saw I still had an army to deal with I then looked at my hand and clenched it closed before I gritted my teeth and looked at the army opposing me.

"Ethen, mother, father, everyone forgive me for what I'm about to do," I said before I created a dome shield around myself and made my armour disappear I then kneeled and began drawing a single word in the snow.

"Do you plan to surrender?" Tirek asked.

"Not exactly my intention," I said as I felt a dark but familiar power consume my right eye.

My clothing then turned into dark robes and a dark purple tattered cape full of holes and tares appeared on my back that just reached the back of my knees there was also a mish mash of armour on my chest and a single pauldron on my right shoulder that had fur underneath. I also had furs on parts of my robes and there were chains then appeared around my body and a mask appeared around my neck. I then pulled it up and the mask covered my right eye and the right side of my face and both my mouth and nose. I then held out my left and a black staff and at the top were three prongs in a triangle formation and an orb that was both pulsing and glowing blue was in the middle. Tirek then launched an attack a me but I just twirled my staff around and didn't bother looking directly at the attack and saw the blast disperse Tirek's magic blast shocking him while Grogar watched with interest.

"How?" Tirek asked.

"I've got a lot more tricks then that Tirek," I said as I stopped spinning the staff and slammed the end of the staff on the ground causing thousands of spikes of ice to grow out of the ground and destroy many of the undead soldiers around me.

I then held the end of my staff out in front of me before I aimed it towards the sky and a rune appeared out of nowhere and a dark substance came out of the portal. With a single swipe of my staff the substance flew into the army of undead causing the entire army to shriek in pain and crumble into pieces.

"Impressive truly impressive the null element is difficult to control even for angels and demons," Grogar praised.

"I have plenty of tricks that would amaze you Grogar but it's time I ended this," I said as I summoned my scythes to my hips.

Suddenly I felt a large surge of magic coming from within the storm before an aura borealis burst through the clouds and sent out a shockwave sending me flying and causing me to black out.

Third Person P.O.V.

"Whoa man that's sparkly," Rage said as he looked at himself and saw he looked like he was made of crystal as the group walked behind the curtains.

"What happened to my look and how do I get this crystal stuff off its too girly," Gilda said trying to wipe off the crystal.

"It'll fade on its own G won't take that long," Rainbow said.

"Oh but I still wish it was permanent," Rarity whined.

"It look as though the injured are recovering from that...um," Shining said.

"It was a World War 2 Luftwaffe a plane that was used in Germany for air combat against the allied forces," Twilight said causing everyone to stare at her while Celestia smiled. "What I ask Ash about things from earth."

"Yeah but didn't any of you notice the markings of the plane that was Peter Drack," Gilda said causing everyone to stare at her. "Hey I'm allowed to know some things and besides we all saw Ash fighting him."

"Oh yeah I remember guy had some moves but it's not cool when he shot at us like that he nearly killed us," Rainbow said.

"Guess that explains why Ash said he should have killed him sooner guy must have been shooting a lot of people that were on the ground," Thunderlane said.

"In any case I'm glad the threat was dealt with swiftly," Faust said.

"And I managed to do what I wanted to do the day my curse happened," Mitta said as she handed Rage Damnation.

"Glad you're feeling better about yourself," Rage said.

"Hey where's Ash knowing how he flies shouldn't he be here by now?" Soarin asked.

"You're right we'd best go and check on him," Faust said before she teleported everyone to the grass filled field.

"Nothing absolutely nothing there's not a trace of battle or Ash," Rage said.

"Do you think he's alright?" Luna asked.

"If he is he's putting up one hell of a fight," Spike said as he pointed to the mountains in the distance that showed light's dancing across them.

"Good eye Spike," Twilight praised.

"Ya'll think we should help Ah mean Ah know Ash is strong but Ah'd rather not have a repeat on when he fought Tirek," Applejack said.

"Agreed because Grogar is also there," Faust said.

Faust then teleported everyone to the mountains and had a look around and saw the flashes were coming from a different part of the mountains before she teleported everyone onto a ledge that looked over onto a valley. everyone looked and saw both Grogar and Tirek were behind a shield and Grogar was healing Tirek's injuries. The group then saw Ash was fighting a creature taller than him and almost covered in black tendrils that were pulsing with dark chaotic magic that made Discord cringe. Its left arm looked like it was made of hard crystal while the rest of it had pale grey skin and it carried a large axe in its right hand that was made of crystal and corruption.

The group watched as Ash held both his scythes in a reverse style but were a little confused about the attire Ash wore suddenly the two charged again and the creature sent out a wave of energy but Ash slid under the attack and attached the hilts of his scythes together. Ash then flung the scythe at the creature and it acted like a saw blade against the creature before it flew back to Ash who caught it and disconnected the scythes and leapt into the air and was prepared to bring the blades down on the creature. but the creature blocked with one of its tendrils and used another to slam Ash into the ground.

Ash looked at the creature but slammed its Axe into the ground and a dark circle grew from the ground and more tendrils knocked Ash away. Ash was about to get up when a tendril wrapped around Ash's leg and yanked him towards the creature where it used the side of the axe to knock Ash away again but Ash got up and stared at the creature.

"It looks like that thing is toying with Ash," Chrysalis said.

"Well that's a mistake it shouldn't make," Rage said.

"Come now creature I'm growing bored here!" Ash yelled in a taunting way.

The creature let out a roar and leapt into the air and was about to bring its axe down on Ash but Ash stepped to the side and let the Axe wedge itself into the ground. Ash then connected the hilts on the scythes together again before he brought the blade around to impale it into the creatures face but a tendril blocked the strike again. But, Ash disconnected the weapon and slashed at the creatures face but the creature managed to free its axe and swung it horizontally at Ash but Ash jumped and barrel rolled over the weapon just missing it. But, the creature followed up its attack with its claws but Ash rolled under the attack before he leaped at the creature and dug his blades in its chest and pulled himself up so he was above the creature. As Ash was airborne he connected his scythes together again and brought the spear end down on an area between the crystals on the creatures left arm and neck before he leaped over the creature and landed behind it.

"Whoa that attack would have made that arm useless now unless that thing has a healing ability," Thunderlane said.

And Thunderlane's word was indeed true the creature tried to move its arm but it hung to it limply and swayed with the creature’s movement the ferrel beast then let out a roar and charged at Ash. But, Ash stayed still and as the beast brought its axe down Ash knocked it to the side with his scythe and then used the blade to sever its left arm off before he teleported behind it while the creature was gushing out black blood and corruption. The beast then threw its axe at Ash and charged at him but Ash cut the axe in two and tossed his scythe at the creature where the main blade impaled the creature in the chest where its right lung would be. But, it did not halt its advance so Ash ran at the creature and as it used its other hand to grab him but Ash leaped over it and used it as a step to leap for his scythe. Once, Ash grabbed the scythe he pulled on it causing the blade to rip right through the creature’s body.

However the creature refused to go down so Ash disconnected one of his scythes walked over to the creature while it tried to get off its knees and once it was up and turned around Ash drove the scythe into the creature’s neck and whatever was left of its chest. Once that happened the two remained still before Ash ripped the scythe out with a roar and let the creature fall dead before Ash put his scythes away. Suddenly, the creature disappeared and a slow clapping sound filled the lonely air and everyone looked and saw it was Grogar clapping and beside him the Necroidion closed.

Ash's P.O.V

"Well done quite a show you put on," Grogar praised.

"Show's not over till I take your life Grogar," I said as I summoned my staff.

"Isn't it quite a sight to see watching as things die only to be resurrected?" Grogar asked.

"You speak as if the dead are nothing more than playthings," I said.

"And yet you are gifted with the power to do just what you said," Grogar said causing me to place a hand over the fabric that covers my right eye.

"I wasn't gifted with this it was forced onto me and what I did with it what I am doing with it is making sure others like you won't ever be able to control the damned," I said.

"That may be but in case you can't see it yet you cannot defeat me and save Equestria without forever damning your soul and yourself," Grogar said as he appeared in front of the shield.

I stood in silence for a few minutes with my head lowered before I looked at Grogar I then banged my staff on the ground and three coffins shot out of the ground and pulsed with dark magic. The coffins then exploded leaving behind three spectral ghouls who let out horrifying shrieks and an orb sparking with black magic formed in the palm of my left hand.

"Then so be it," I said.

I threw the ball of magic at Grogar and as it impacted the ground black crystals the same as what Sombra used shot out of the ground but Grogar teleported to another part of the valley of ice we were in. I then sent the ghouls to attack but Grogar blasted one with the magic in his horns destroying it before he then hit another with his staff also destroying it but the last tackled Grogar and started beating Grogar with its fists before I summoned another orb of dark magic. Grogar then then blasted the ghoul off him and he got up but I tossed the second orb at him but he teleported in-between the two stacks of dark crystals.

"Please Ash you'll need to come up with something better than my student's little tricks," Grogar said.

"I have Grogar," I said before my staff sparkled with electricity.

I then slammed it on the ground suddenly the two stacks of crystals sparked with lightning when black coloured lightning shot out of the tips and struck Grogar shattering his shield and bombarding him in pain. I then dashed forward and used the bottom of my staff to thrust it at Grogar hitting him in the chest sending flying backwards and as he was recovering I sent a blast of magic to the summit of the mountain on my left while Grogar got up.

"Quite impressive no one has ever caught me of guard like that before," Grogar said.

"You're gonna feel a lot worse after I'm done with you," I said.

The ground started rumbling and Grogar looked and saw an avalanche coming down so he set up a barrier to stop it but I placed a spell on the avalanche that fired icicles down on Grogar. This forced Grogar to either stop the avalanche or save himself from the freezing spears raining down on him and he chose the latter and was swallowed by the avalanche. I then looked at the mound of snow in silence when suddenly a beam through the snow and hit me in the face knocking me of my feet and backwards before I tumbled to the ground and let out a groan as I got up.

"Don't forget weakling there are two of us here."

I looked at the voice and saw Tirek and next to him was Grogar but I just summoned a bow and I made an arrow made of ice and placed a curse on it that intensifies pain. When I made the arrowhead I decided to go with a design from the hobbit.

"Oh it appears we have company," Grogar said as he gestured to something on the right of our battlefield.

I had a look and saw all my friends were here and staring at me in shock but none more so then Luna and Faust. I then made a small mirror and looked into it and saw the mask I was wearing had been destroyed enough from Tirek's blast to reveal my right eye which wasn't the same as when I last saw it. Instead the eye was amber coloured and the iris was a darker amber colour and the pupil was slitted and black.

"Tell me Ash Blade will you be able to live with yourself now that you revealed to them that you have the eye of a nether lord?" Tirek asked.

"Tirek do us all a favor...and shut the hell up!" I yelled as I grabbed the arrow and placed it in the bow and fired it at Tirek.

The arrow spun through the air like a drill but Tirek moved out of the way but my arrow cut across Tirek's shoulder causing mass amounts of ice to grow all over his shoulder causing Tirek to roar in pain. But, while I was distracted a monster made of dark magic tackled me before I threw it off and stood up I then held my left hand out in front of me and a cyclone of wind flew out of my palm and shredded the beast's midsection leaving a gaping hole. But suddenly, a blast of magic hit me in my back causing me to fall to my knees before something grabbed the back of my head and picked me up and threw me away and into the snow.

"No let's get serious here," Grogar said.

Dark magic then began pulsing out of Grogar making him bigger and bigger and bigger till he was about the same size as Tirek I then saw the Necroidion had opened and dark tendrils emerged from its pages and wrapped around itself. More and more tendrils appeared and the thing began to grow and take shape but it did not stop growing till it was the same size as the other two foes and its shape was one of a giant wrapped in broken armour and wore a chainmail hood. But, instead of a face there was only darkness and where its heart wold be was the Necroidion and in the giant's right hand was a blade that had a large thick blade and on the blunt side of the blade was a massive spine. So taking a breath I drew power into my demonic arm and dispelled the eye of the nether lord before I began to change as well.

"You wanted serious Grogar very well then HELLISH BOOSTER JUGGERNAUT DRAGON! I yelled as my body changed into a colossal dragon.

I then charged at Tirek and knocked him off his feet and before the Necroidion could make a swing with his blade I used my tail to wrap it around his wrist and threw the giant into the air and slammed it onto the ground. I saw Grogar was about to attack thanks to the glow of the bell around his neck and I prepared to unleash a blast of flames from my mouth but Tirek hit me in the side of my head knocking my attack off my target. So I balled my hand into a fist and smashed it into Tirek's face but before I could deliver another blow something grabbed my tail and threw me into the air before slamming me to the ground.

I got up and saw the giant was the one who did that and he made an attempt to sever my head from my body but I raised an arm and the blade bounced off the armour my body wore before I released a blast of magic that sent the giant flying at Tirek. I then saw Grogar glance at my friends and I saw him about to use his magic on them I then charged at him like an angry bull and he charged magic into his horns and was about to fire at them. Suddenly, he turned to me and shot the magic at me causing me to take the blast and trip stoping my charge I then looked at Grogar and saw he was about to use his enlarged staff on my friends. But I got up and grabbed the staff in by teeth and threw it and Grogar into a mountain.

I then stood in front of my friends and took up a defensive stance before I extended my wings making me look bigger and I then let out a challenging roar that could be heard for miles. My three enemies then stood in front of me while I glared at all of them Tirek then attacked using a massive broadsword but I caught his fist and his other when he tried to punch me. But suddenly, a blast of dark magic hit me in my side and I felt something cut into my shoulder so I turned to see it was the giant and his blade had blood dripping from it. But, what I failed to realize my distraction of the giant allowed Tirek to wretch his hand holding his sword from my grasp and impale it into my side this caused me to let go entirely before I collapsed to my hands and knees clutching my side.

I then looked at my friends and saw they were watching me in worry but I just gave them a sad look before I turned to see both Tirek and the giant were ready to finish me off but I just lay there accepting their blows. The giant then smashed his blade along me back and Tirek impaled me causing me to roar in pain before my body shut down and shattered leaving me lying in the snow while pools of red grew around me. I was about to push myself up but saw a shadow over me causing me to look up and see Tirek's hoof hovering above me before he brought it down on me.

Third Person P.O.V.

Everyone watched as Ash disappeared under Tirek's and when Tirek removed his hoof everyone saw Ash was lying on the ground prone and unmoving while red snow slowly expanded around him.

"We have to help him!" Rainbow shouted.

"Are you nuts we don't stand a chance against them," Twilight said.

"Well what do you want to do miss magic sit here and let them kill Ash?" Rainbow asked.

"No," Twilight said.

"So let's go do something," Rainbow said.

"Rainbow is right we can't just let them do this," Rage said.

Suddenly Tirek began punching Ash further into the ground causing everyone to grow more worried.

"Mother please you have to save him," Luna pleaded as she gripped Faust but Faust could only just stare with shock plastered upon her face.

"Luna you know what the nether lords did to us all those years ago," Chrysalis said.

"Are you implying that Ash had something to do with that?" Luna asked.

"No it's just having that is...well questionable," Chrysalis said.

"But you all know Ash would never do something like that," Luna said.

"But Luna Ash used dark magic," Celestia said.

"So?"

Everyone looked and saw it was Spike who spoke

"I mean sure what Ash did back there was...bad but still we can't just abandon him like that yes he used dark magic but he was using it for the right reason's just like me with my shadow magic. Sombra also used shadow magic as well so am I just as bad as him? It's just like Ash once told me it doesn't matter what type of magic you use it's how you use it that defines you" Spike said.

The group then looked at each other but was interrupted when the ground shook beneath them and they all saw Ash was thrown into the mountain they were on suddenly Tirek charged magic into his horns prepared to finish Ash off. This, caused Luna to let out a scream of worry and Tirek unleashed a powerful beam of magic. But, the blast was stopped by a crimson circle that had a white rune circle on it. The, group then looked and saw Faust with her horn glowing and her hands outstretched and with the same aura as her horn.

"Mother!" the alicorn siblings and Discord cried.

"I'm not happy about a nether lord eye being here however Spike is absolutely right I can't judge Ash without knowing why," Faust said.

"Hello Faust and I see you brought my queen along too," Tirek said with a grin.

"Luna will never be yours you creature and if you what's good for you you'll stay away from Ash and surrender," Faust said.

"Or you'll do what?" Tirek asked.

Faust just gave a snort before she fired a blast of magic at Tirek's shoulder that was still coated in ice which destroyed the limb and caused Tirek to let out a roar of pain.

"I'll do that," Faust said.

"Hey Spike I think it's time we tested our abilities," Rage said.

"You mean the one Ash has been helping me with?" Spike asked causing Rage to nod. "I don't know do you think I'm ready?"

"What's the worst you could do out here?" Rage asked.

"Uh if you're planning on sending Spike against those three than I'm not going to allow it," Twilight said.

"Well that choice is up to Spike to make Twi," Rage said.

Spike then went into thought before he looked at Twilight then Rage then Twilight before he looked back at Rage.

"Alright let's do it," Spike said.

"Spike don't even think about it," Twilight said.

"Trust me Twi," Spike said before both he and Rage jumped of the cliff.

"Spike get back here this minute!" Twilight yelled as she ran over to the edge and looked at the foggy abyss alongside the others. "SPIKE!" Twilight yelled in hopes of him hearing her but there was only silence. Suddenly, a massive roar filled the air which blew Twilight away from the edge and two large forms rose up one was made of black and the other was metal with bright flames coming from gaps in it. "Spike?"

The two forms then looked at each other than at the group one of them was Spike and his shadows coated parts of his body except and face and the shadows on his face had a white glowing eye. And the other figure was wrapped in armour and with a massive scorching hot sword that looked like the blade was made of a heated rock.

"Rage is that you baby?" Eris asked.

The armoured behemoth just gave a slow nod before the two of them face the three giant foes while Grogar healed Tirek's arm.

"SPIKE...WANT!" Spike roared over the howling wind before both he and Rage both charged at the opposing monsters.

"Wait a sec did Spike just say Spike want?" Rainbow asked.

"He's using his dragon greed but how?" Twilight asked.

"Maybe you should ask him once this over but what must we do now mother?" Celestia asked.

"Perhaps it's best if we aid Ash I'm worried his body has taken too much damage in this fight," Faust said.

"Oh well I'm afraid that Ash Blade isn't going to survive this time," Tirek said interrupting the conversation this time.

"You're wrong Tirek Ash is a fighter and he's not someone to simply give up," Luna said in anger.

"After that may blows I laid on him you think he has a chance of life? *evil laughter* Allow me to show you that he's dead by showing you his beaten and broken body," Tirek said as he reached for the hole Ash was beaten into only for a chunk of ice to hit Tirek in the eye.

"I'd back off from my sister's boyfriend Tirek," Discord said as he levitated another ball of ice in his hand that had spikes growing out of it.

"Discord I can see you've warmed up to the knight," Tirek said.

"It's because he kept his promise and also I owe it to both his brother and my daughter for setting things right," Discord said.

"Then you can die with them," Tirek said before he fired at the group with his magic. But, Faust put up a shield to protect everyone but the shield was beginning to crack and soon the other alicorns added their magic to the shield to protect everyone.

"Girls use your harmonic it will seal Tirek again," Celestia yelled.

"No I'll be damned if I go back!" Tirek roared as he used his sword.

"Princess watch out!" Twilight yelled.

The warning arrived too late as Tirek's blade smashed the ledge causing the royals to lose their concentration and the shield to shatter. Faust then flew towards the beam and took the damage of the blast.

"Mother!" The siblings screamed as the fell.

Discord and Celestia grabbed Faust while the rest used their magic to help the others and set them on the ground.

"Is she alright?" Dream Catcher asked.

"She's breathing," Celestia said.

"Not for much longer," Tirek said as he raised his sword above his head. "This is the end for all of you!"

The group of friends huddled around each other in hopes of protecting one another and shut their eyes. Suddenly, they felt the ground move beneath them but they didn't open their eyes till they heard a mighty sound of something impacting against something else. Rarity looked around and saw none of them had been harmed and she looked at the supposed ground they were on and saw it was glowing. She then felt a presence behind her and looked and gasped at the sight.

"Um darlings you might want to look at this," Rarity said.

Everyone looked and saw what Rarity was talking about and gasped because there before them wearing a glowing white glowing hood with a golden trim was a massive horse face with small blue glowing eyes that brought viewers comfort. The face also had a horn coming from its forehead and suddenly movement came from behind the massive figure and everyone saw they were wings with runes on some of the feather tips that were glowing blue. And the figures attire looked like something you'd see on a paladin robes covered the figures legs but thick plated armour covered its torso and arms and the group noticed they were sitting on the figure’s right palm.

"That is the largest alicorn I've ever seen," Rainbow said.

Faust then regained conscious and was surprised by the figure before them the figure then set the group down on a mountain top before the figure stood up from its sitting position and looked at Tirek who was getting up. The figure then looked at the other two enemies who had stopped fighting Rage and Spike so they could watch the spectical and the two allied giants had moved to the alicorn's side.

"Who is that guy a god?" Pierce asked.

"Close but I believe that's Ash's Heavenly Booster," Faust said.

"Heavenly Booster but I thought you can only activate either Hellish Booster or Heavenly Booster," Pinkie said.

"As did I but I forgot that Ash isn't an ordinary Demonic Angel he's the most powerful of them all," Faust said.

Ash glared at the three enemies before him before he looked at Spike who was wielding a kukri made of shadow and nodded to him and Spike nodded back before Ash did the same to Rage who also nodded before Ash created a massive spear.

All the giants the charged at each other Spike was taking on Tirek while Rage faced the Necroidion and Ash fought Grogar. The battle between the six mighty forces was worthy of a permanent place in history and the group of bystanders could only stare as they watched the battle. The battle lasted awhile till Grogar made a thrust at Ash with his staff but a cross appeared on Ash's left arm and he used it as a shield to block the attack before Ash cut the staff in two with his spear. With the staff broken Ash slammed the cross into Grogar knocking the giant ram onto his back and left a burn from where the cross hit him Ash then stood over Grogar and held his spear downwards and stared at him while Grogar stared back. No words were said between the two they both just glared at each other before Ash pulled his spear upward before impaling it into Grogar right through the bell around his neck. Suddenly, thousands and thousands of souls to be released and once they left Grogar let out a smile before he began to rot and wither away until he was nothing but dust in the wind.

With Grogar gone all the damage that had been done to Tirek returned and which gave Spike and open shot to drive his blade through Tirek's heart and with its master gone the Necroidion began to lose power giving Rage an opening to strike at the book itself. But before Rage could land the ending blow the Necroidion used as much power as it could to make the magic go critical which turned into a massive bomb that blew away the remaining three giants.

Ash's P.O.V.

I woke up with snow half covering me and I saw I was in a blizzard I then remembered the events that led me here before I stood up and looked around only to see faded white surroundings and thunder rumbled overhead along with lightning. I then decided to fly around a random direction in hopes of finding someone so I took off and sent out a pulse of magic for any life signatures but instead I got a massive dark magic source so I flew towards it and found the Necroidion laying in the snow. I flew towards the book but remained in mid-air the book then opened it's eye and it's pupil shrunk when it saw me.

"Well...It's been fun you piece of undead shit but I say it's time I got rid of you," I said.

I then summoned Whispering Wind and drew it before I flew upward and raised Whispering Wind upwards and lightning struck my blade before I twirled around and plummeted back towards the ground. The Necroidion then appeared in my sight and I could see it was trying to do something but it wasn't working and as I headed to the ground. I then made black lightning coat my blade along with the regular lightning before I drove the blade of Whispering Wind into the eye of the accursed book which let out a shriek of pain.

I then withdrew Whispering Wind and I saw blood leaking from the book and it continued to scream and shake uncontrollably. Suddenly, the stitched that held the cover together burst into flames and I backed away until finally the book exploded throwing me backwards and I felt a searing pain in my gut. I landed in the snow next to a boulder of ice and I looked at where the book was and saw a massive purple tornado filled with wailing souls several of which flew around me. But, they did nothing to harm me so I crawled my way over to the boulder and rested against it and watched the ghosts.

I then looked down to inspect the pain in my gut and saw I received a wound from a the Necroidion it was a bone fragment that was once attached to the spine of the book so I pulled it out and dropped the fragment before I held a hand over the wound. I then looked up and saw the sky was clearing up a bit and the ghosts had left but I was slowly fading out of conscious. Suddenly, I hear voices calling over the wind and I look to see a group of shadows through the settling snow before all went dark.