Nine Months Later

Now that I think about it, Lyra and Bon Bon were the first friends that I had in this fucked up world. They been with me through a lot of things, like the Stalliongrad Rebellion, the Assault on the Crystal Empire, and the Siege of Canterlot. No matter how many I killed, they still supported me like any true friends would. It's what kept me going through this whole thing. That, and trying to find a way home.

Coming out of the alley way, I found myself in front of what looked like some bathhouse, long since destroyed by my siege engines. Although it is mostly intact, the doors themselves seem melted and turned into goo, long since hardened.

I looked around to see if I can bypass it somehow, but it seems that the avenues were blocked by rubble from buildings long destroyed. 'Looks like I'm going have to go in.' I thought to myself. With that in mind, I went inside the ruined bathhouse, hoping that this decision wouldn't bit me in the ass.

Like every other building I went to, the bathhouse was almost destroyed. Crumbling walls that once held some art, their once golden scenes reduced to blackened ash. Statues that once held some respect were almost destroyed, some faces were crumbled while others were smashed. There was a window that depicted the caribou women, along with other females of various races, in sexual positions, but long since destroyed like everything else. The bath itself was drained of clean water, leaving an empty hole with a boulder from one of the trebuchets. On the other side of the room, I saw a neatly bronze door.

Before I could even take a step toward the exit, I saw the door open on its own, revealing to be caribou soldiers. Not wanting to get spotted, I hid behind one of the columns, my armor blending in with the shadows. I peeked my head out from behind to see what I am dealing with. I counted six caribou that were here. Four of them were in regular armor like the rest of the soldiers I killed, but two of them wore red armor with purple capes. I know them. They are the elite guard of Dainn's forces. Armed with a special spear with two mini ones coming from the sides, some said that they are fearless in battle.

'Lets put that theory to the test.' I though, a savage grin on my face. They didn't see me yet, which was a relief. I wanted to get the drop on them. Using the shadows to my advantage, I sneaked toward them.

I couldn't catch on the conversation they were having, but I heard them say my name, which was enough to strike some fear in them. I come up on the first one, how was leaning against a wall looking bored. Using some of the magic I learned from the Deadlands and from various villains that joined me, I concealed myself in invisibility. I came out from behind the pillar and pulled out my two Daedric swords, the others were unsuspecting of my attempts as they were bickering about something.

I was behind him, ready for the kill. However, before I could even commit chopping them up, a thought came to me. I used my swords a lot lately since the siege, and haven't have a chance to use my magic.

'Might as go the extra mile.' I sheathed one of my swords and charged up my magic on my right hand. Once my hand was engulfed in fire, I made my move.

I grabbed the caribou guard from behind his chest, aimed my charged hand at his back, where his heart would be and fired a small focused blast. The caribou screamed as his heart was burned to a crisp and left a hole where his heart should be. This brought the attention of the others as they heard his cry of death. I let go of his body, letting it drop to the ground. I dropped my invisibility and fired another blast at the unsuspecting soldiers. Most of them got out of the way, but the others that stood there were burnt to a crisp when the ball of fire made contact. They're screams filled the air around them, and I kind of got a hard-on by doing that.

What? When you kill people in this world for a long time, you tend to get that way. Laugh it up. I'm sure you done something in your life that your not proud of.

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Yeah, that's what I thought.

Anyway, the guards manage to dodge out of the way of my attack and drew their weapons. The first that had a sword and a shield came charging at me with a war cry. He slashed his sword downward, but I side stepped to the left and brought my blade down on the caribou, cutting his head clean off. But I wasn't done. Before the corpse fell, I grabbed it, charged my right hand with ice magic, and hit him in the stomach. His body was launched into another caribou, its stomach had a sharp glacier coming out of it. It the other caribou and impaled him on the spot.

Another one charged at me with a large sword welded above his head. I waited for him to come right at me before I countered it with my sword. Charging my magic once again, I use my telekinesis to lift the caribou off of the ground. I sensed another one trying to flanking me from behind with his axe. With a flick of my wrist, I threw the caribou toward the other one. They crashed against each other and both were sent tumbling to the ground. I formed a ball of fire in my hands and extended my hand out. A column of fire.......fired...from my hand and into the soldiers. I could see the caribous screaming in agony as they were burned alive.

Satisfied at my kill, I turned to the last two opponents in the room. The two elite guards charged right at me, both zigzag to make me confused. I pulled out my other sword off of my back and wait for them to attack me. Once they almost came close, they suddenly jumped up and came down, thrusting their spears at me. However I had one trick up my sleeve that I learned from a certain shadow king.

I transformed myself into the shadow, disappearing into the ground itself. The guards swung at an empty air right after I turned into a shadow. The caribou were confused on where I went. I went behind them and materialized. I lunged my sword into the unsuspecting guard from behind. The one next to his friend gasped as I lifted my sword up in the air with the guard on it and threw his corpse out of the way.

The last guard readied his spear, while I readied both of my swords. We stared at each other for gods know how long. He had a rightful fury in his eyes, which is to be expected. The elite guards are reserved for those 'zealous' type of caribou, willing to die for a disgusting empire.

The guard soon charged me, and I did the same.

We clashed against each other. He used his spear to block my attack from above. Disengaging with my other sword, I swung it sideways to the left. But he anticipated this and jumped back, then engaged again.

This went on for quite some time. We each exchanged blows against each other, neither one of us landing a single hit. It was almost something out of a movie, like 300.

I had an idea during the engagement, something that I needed to try. I pushed the caribou away from me, enough to give me some space. I dropped both of my swords and kneeled to the ground, looking like I was tired from the engagement. The caribou was surprised at this, but smirked, seeing as he's got a chance to kill me. He readied his spear and ran up right at me. He aimed his spear at my head, ready to impale me.

That when I made my move.

Right before his spear made contact, I grabbed it. He was surprised that I was able to do that. I smirked as I charged up my hand that was holding the spear with electricity. The caribou was electrocuted, his whole was shaking. He fell to the ground while still having a spaz attack. After a few seconds, his body laid there, unmoving.

I breathed a sigh of relief as I sheathed my swords behind my back. With the two guards and the soldiers dead, I am able to continue my quest to the palace, where I knew the king would be.

I head a cough from behind me, and turn around to see who it is. The guard that I just stabbed not moments ago was still alive, barely. Blood was sweeping out of his wound, his intestines exposed and plopped to the ground. Blood was also coming out of his mouth as well, breathing heavily with each breath. I came over to him, hoping to end his miserable life. He saw me coming and glared at me.

"Y-you think you've won?" He coughed. "You think that this demon army would s-scare us?" Coughed. "We....will never give up. We will fight until the-" Coughed, though a little longer than usual. "Until the very end. You will....pay for your crimes."

I knead to his level, to look him in the eyes before I kill him. "No. You will answer for your crimes, through blood and fire." I stabbed him in the throat with Mehrunes Razor, effective ending his life. Blood swept out from the hole in his through as I put the Razor away. I got up from my position and continued on my way toward the door and into the ruined city once again.

I couldn't help but think about what the elite caribou had said. It was true to what he said, I have killed many people, or ponies who do not agree with me, during my arrival here a year ago. I have been through upraises, Every time when I take a life, I feel like part of my soul was being torn apart. But this is what war is: People killing people, no matter who you are supporting or following. Humanity has been at war with each other since the beginning of time. We created empires through war and slavery, and those empires fell through war and slavery. It is a never ending cycle of death that we have accepted as part of life.

Now where was I?..........Oh yes. Now I remember.

After I saved the girls, we escaped the area to avoid more patrols. Bon Bon's leg was broken and I had to carry her the entire way. Again, I wasn't getting any sick fantasies in my head about holding a naked mare. Eventually, we reached a tree-like home that belonged to a zebra named Zecora. She patched us up and told us of some ruined castle a couple of miles away.

Little did I know, that's was where my destiny began.