Ahriman's POV

“Okay, so our scouts have located three Blood Alicorn facilities to the north, near the Crystal Empire. Maybe setting up for an assault to reclaim the city. Zhufor, your thoughts?” I explained, pointing at the map before looking at the Chaos Marine.

“I think your logic is sound. They probably will be expecting a fight from the citizens, as everything else has so far. The Crystal Empire, however, will most likely assault the few soldiers we have guarding the city and welcome the Blood Alicorns. We cannot allow them to make a permanent hold on the Crystal Empire.” The massive soldier said, and I stared back at the map, before sensing a portal open up not far from here. Maybe another Displaced.

“Portal breach three miles from here. Zhufor, grab Khârn and Khadeth. I've already signaled Midnight, who is getting Rainborg. Meet at the front of the camp in five minutes.” I ordered, and he went to complete my task. I sighed, before switching to my Warmaster armor and stepping towards the front of the camp.

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Five minutes later

After everyone had gathered, I teleported us to where I could sense the Displaced’s energy. It felt familiar…

No one else was there. I glanced around, before noticing a small scroll. Unrolling it, I gazed at the contents.

Hello Ahriman,

If you are reading this then I am replying to the challenge that was set when we met previously. I will be with you momentarily, I hope for fair fight, but sadly I know you well enough to not expect that.

See you soon, Craig

“Well, I didn't expect him to appear. Or this soon. Then again, a hero’s tenacity knows no bounds… everyone, prepare for combat. It's Craig.” I muttered to myself, before pulling out my power mace and extended my Lightning Claw.

A voice from above us then laughed and said “Am I really that much of a threat?”

“Not really. But all Displaced are to be considered major threats. Even you.” I replied, glancing up.

“Ah, you wound us Ahriman” Craig then lands in front of us and says as smiles towards us, clearly feeling cocky.

“What do you mean, ‘us’?” I inquired.

Craig then smiled and said “Well there is me, Disord, Bii and someone new, but I’ll leave you to figure the last one out.”

“Meh, possession. Not exactly the most common thing Daemons do, but it's around there.” I sighed.

“Nah, I ain’t been possessed, but I ain’t gonna lecture you on what's new.” Replied Craig.

“Well, I suppose the time for talking to end.” I stated, before activating my Mangekyo Sharingan and raising my Lightning Claw. The built-in bolter popped out, before opening fire on Craig, the massive rounds flying straight towards the Displaced Hero.

In that moment, he threw down some sort of smokescreen and hid inside it. Seconds later it dissipated and he was nowhere to be found.

“Midnight, use your eyes.” I ordered. She nodded, before her eyes switched into their Tenseigan mode and began examining the area.

Seconds later there was a flash of light as something smashed into her horn, and it was severed from her head as Craig reappeared a few metres beside her wielding a scorpion Chainsword.

Midnight smiled. “Ah, there you are.” She said, before using her Tenseigan to crush Craig into the ground with gravity. The destroyed remains of her horn dissipated before reappearing upon her head. “I'm not some mortal unicorn, you know. Daemon Princess and all that.”

Seconds later there was an ominous laugh from behind her as a voice said “Not bad, Princess, but you really should watch where you aim.”

“Predictable, Craig. Really.” She sighed, right before her staff glowed with raw energy, forming an energy field around her. “I expected you to have known about Byakugan, and come up with a way to counter it. Leading you right into our trap.”

“Are you sure about that? Maybe I have already made a plan? maybe it’s already in motion? how do you know what I am planning?” Said another voice from a different place.

“Daemon Princess of Tzeentch, God of Schemes. That's how.” She raised an eyebrow. “All futures are seen by him. As well as plans.” She teleported next to us. “So, shall we take him out all together? Or all at once?” She asked me.

Craig then laughs and said “I so called that that was going to happen.”

“What, her being used to test if you worth the effort? If so, then good job. You got smarter since the last time we met.” I replied.

“I got smarter since two days ago? That is a surprise.”

“Indeed. Though, I must admit, you surely must realize that we have already learned your location by now.” I smiled. “I mean, we can sense your soul, after all. Add the Mangekyo Sharingan and the Tenseigan, and we could probably still locate you from across the planet.”

“Oh my, you really got us in a corner, whatever shall we do.” Mocked the voice. Seconds later what sounded like a gunshot rang out but seemed to do nothing.

“Sarcasm isn't very becoming of you.” Rainborg muttered, mimicking Rarity perfectly, eyes scanning the area.

There was no reply as a second gunshot rang out from a separate location to before and yet again, nothing seemed to happen.

“Rrggghh, face us you coward!” Khârn shouted, annoyed.

“Fan out. Don't let him mess with you.” I ordered, walking forward. The others nodded before spreading out, weapons at the ready.

Seconds later three gunshots rang out and yet there was still no reply from Craig and nothing happening.

“This is getting ridiculous…” Rainborg growled over the vox, getting annoyed. I simply stopped moving, closing my eyes and breathing deeply. Within my mind's eye, I examined the swirling eddies of The Warp for a sign of Craig.

Seconds later another wave of gunshots was heard, and still nothing was happening.

“Silly rat.” I chuckled in my mind, the thought floating out into the vast Warp. I added a bit of the Rinnegan’s energy to the mix, just to be sure. “Even if you hide your presence, I can still feel your little outputs of energy.”

Seconds later four more gunshots were heard then seconds later a loud explosion that caused the ground to collapse creating a giant chasm below us. From what was able to be seen there were multiple tunnels etched into the sides that seemed to lead into a large underground network of tunnels. Right then a voice shouted that seemed to come from all the tunnels at once “I’m done hiding come and get me!”

I stared at the tunnels in disappointment. “Do you believe us stupid enough to try to navigate your little labyrinth, little mouse?”

There was then a loud bang from below us as a voice said “Not all of you… but maybe there was never a choice in it for any you?” Seconds later the ground beneath us disappeared as a strange gravitational force pulled us through the holes and then sealed above us, dragging us to different locations in the cave.

“You continue to show your cowardice.” I sighed, shaking my head. I activated a vox channel. “Everyone report.” I ordered, waiting for Craig to attempt to cut the feed.

“I'm ok, Ahriman.” Khârn's voice replied, swiftly followed by the others.

“For now, try to navigate the tunnel. If it all goes to hell, Midnight, then bring down the tunnels. All of them.” I ordered, before cutting the feed. Sighing, I began walking forward, making sure to keep my mental guards up. Remembering a spell I learned from Nightmare, I wrapped myself in shadows, becoming invisible to eyesight. Then I hid my presence in the Warp, and continued on, my heavy boots silent on the stone beneath my feet.

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Khârn's POV

“Jeez, and here I thought I'd get an actual fight out of this.” I growled, activating my night vision.

A moment later a condescending voice whispered “Did you really expect me to fight you all at once little mouse?”

“No. I'm not an idiot. Still, I would have thought a hero to be above little labyrinths and mind games. Isn't that what people like Midnight and Ahriman are for?”

“Does my token say Hero for Hire? No, I never said I was a hero, everyone just assumes I am because I like helping people. But you all forget, I have Discord with me and he’s just the person who likes this sort of thing, little mouse.” mocks the voice.

“Discord? Please. We have an entire planet of his species in our solar system aligned to us. And as funny as you think you are, I've got business to take care of.” I chuckled before walking forward again.

“Well done, Just follow the path in front of you and you will find me little mouse.” said the voice once again. “you will get the fight you crave, that I promise you.”

“You know, I'm not an idiot. I know it isn't going to be you, but some little monster. Just because I'm a Khornate doesn't mean I'm a moron.” I growled.

The voice then sighed before saying “I Pinkie Promise that I will be there, the real me, I came her to accept a challenge from a great warrior and I wanted a fair fight, kind of hard to get when you're being attacked from multiple directions.”

“Pfft, I've met ponies with more spine than you. But fine, if you want a fair fight, then we will fight.” I snorted, but continued walking forward. “At least that fucker Jason fought us all at once. Too bad he left.”

“Well i’m no Ben Ten knock off, I’m either leaving victorious or in a body bag.” said the voice.

“I expect you'll be in a body bag by the time I'm done.” I muttered, before walking on.

“We shall see… You know what because I want this to be fair, The area you will be in is made to look like the Everfree Forest. I let you plan what you’ll do beforehand. See you soon little mouse.”

“Oh sure. ‘Let's have a fair fight. In the Everfree Forest, where I have lot's of places to scuttle around, while my opponent has to trudge through a bunch of plant life in power armor.’” I mocked. “That's about as fair as fighting Madara as a normal Earth Pony.” I unhooked my plasma pistol before walking forward.

The voice then sighed and said “Well then I will let you choose the environment we shall battle in, as a gesture of good faith. Where do you want to fight?”

“Well, let me think. Hmm…. Maybe the frozen tundra outside the Crystal Empire? Just an open field with no cover. Perfect for a fair fight.” I answered.

The voice then laughed and said “you shall have your chosen location, I will wait for you just follow the annoying music.” moments later some dreadful music rang out through the tunnel.

I chuckled before walking towards it. Turning off my speaker in my helmet I chuckled again. “Let’s see if this plan bears fruit.” I muttered to myself, while outside of my armor it seemed like I was completely silent.

From what I saw, I guessed I had arrived. Probably the snow that gave it away. “Alright, you fucker, let's end this!” I snarled, honestly annoyed at having to walk all this way. And listening to the music the whole time. I could feel the Nails digging into my brain, demanding a fight.

Moments later Craig appeared in front of me then smiled and said “Welcome little mouse”

“You know I am taller than you, right?” I raised an eyebrow in my helmet. Thanks to Rainborg, a mechanical eyebrow raised outside of my helmet.

“Oh I know, but Discord wanted to have some fun with you, so I let him take control whilst you were on your way here… Sorry for that by the way” Replied Craig.

“Sure you are. So, are we gonna fight?” I asked, getting bored.

“When you are ready” Craig then draws two swords from his sides and lowers himself into a deep stance with one sword in front of him and another behind.

“I believe you already know the answer to that, Craig.” I growled, pulling out Gorechild and Gorefather, the massive chainaxes dwarfing his smaller swords. And his body. As my grip tightened, my fingers pressed into the activation button. The twin axes roared with bloodlust as the Mica-dragon teeth blades began tearing through the cold air. Before Craig could blink, Gorechild’s whirling teeth were in his face, hungry for a taste of his blood.

“Just because I'm a giant with two almost equally giant weapons, doesn't mean I'm slow! Astartes biology at it's finest! And also, Power Armor bitch!” I taunted.

Craig then just stepped back as one of his swords collides with the Axes but strangely didn't break. He then smiles and says “gift from another Displaced, Scorpion Chainsword adapted to break anything” He then throws his second sword around in an ark knocking my arm slightly upwards as he quickly disappeared into the ground.

“Too bad for you then.” I growled, jumping back. “My axes can't be broken!” He put back Gorefather and replaced it with his plasma pistol. “Now then, little coward, come out!” I roared loudly.

Seconds later a gunshot rang out but this time my plasma pistol fell from my grip and disappeared from sight.

My eye twitched. Putting away my other axe, I growled. “You. Are. Dead.” I growled, the Nails ushering on my rage and coloring my sight red. I felt my armor begin to steam. Or maybe burst into flame. Yeah, that's definitely fire.

Craig voice then sighed as I heard him speak “Khârn, you burning up, if you don’t calm down you won’t see what's right in front of you.”

“Khorne-Damned psykers fucking with me…” I cursed, forcing myself to calm down. Not easy with the Nails egging on my rage. “I swear, you fuckers are all gonna burn from Khorne's wrath.”

“Khârn look at the floor, your gun is in front of you”

I picked up the plasma pistol. “Focus…” I muttered, reaching out to my mind. I felt the edge of the Blessing of Khorne, activating it. “Well, at least I learned how to do that. Alright you fucker, come out and fight, or else I will find you myself.”

I felt something touch my back as Craig said “you just needed to ask.”

I ground my teeth in anger as I pulled out Gorechild. Putting away the pistol, I reactivated the axe, before jumping back to deflect whatever attack was coming.

Craig then smiled as his hands smashed into the ground and an arena appeared around us. Craig then looked at me and stated “I don’t ever use the full extent of my powers, but I will fight with all I’ve got from here on out, I wanted this to be a fight that's worth it, a fight between two swordsman… but it’s clear that you are stronger in every way, I know that but I chose to never give up. So come at me with all you’ve got. Give me a battle to remember.”

“I doubt you will remember anything. Everyone who has fought me so far has died.” I grinned, tearing off my helmet. “I'm gonna tear you to shreds!” I leapt forward, plunging my axe into the ground. The teeth tore everything under it to shreds, and I swung at Craig, launching a wave of high-speed rocks flying towards him.

Craig then threw five objects to the sides of the arena that dug into the walls as he disappeared and then seconds later reappeared near the wall behind me. He then brought two fingers to his head and said “ you are truly one of the most powerful people I have ever had the pleasure to meet and I know that you will do your friends well but if you can’t calm yourself easily you have no hope of tracking me… if you want to win this you need to follow my movements carefully… I have no issues with helping my enemy to understand their flaws it is what a teacher does.”

“You'd think that, wouldn't you?” I grinned. “But you forget, I have the memories and experience of Khârn The Betrayer, and he won every battle he faced for ten thousand years.” My arm shot up, lobbing the frag grenade high over my head. I immediately switched around, running behind the explosive as it flew towards it's target. Adding to my assault, I tossed five more explosives to the left and to the right, trapping Craig in a small area.

Craig then sighed as he quickly teleported to another side of the room using the same method as before and then said “You still are not getting the point to this. If you keep running in without considering what I will do next you will not be able to plan the next move.”

I only grinned as I pressed the button in my hand. The ‘grenades’ from before twitched, before flying towards Craig. I placed an extra behind me, then chucked more to each side of the arena. “Who said I was running in without a plan? I just wanted to test how you were vanishing.” I told him.

“So you think you’ve figured it out. Okay then how am I doing it?” Asked Craig.

“Well, it's obvious you're using that teleportation method from DBZ.” I answered, rolling my eyes. “I was the only one who didn't lose my memories, if you remember.”

Craig then laughed and said “Try again, I didn’t use instant transmission, but you are on the right line with teleportation… don’t forget I had to adapt after the no long range teleportation in the war rule.”

“Oh yeah, that reminds me. I haven't tested the teleporter Rainborg made me.” I said, remembering my time in her facility. Sending a signal into my armor through the carapace under my skin, I began to feel all tingly. In a flash, I relocated to one of the corners. Turning around, I chucked a live grenade at it, destroying the wall. “My second guess was the stuff you threw at the wall. Kunai with Naruto stuff I take it?”

Craig then smiled and replied “Well done… you finally understand how i’m moving around, and it only took you four minutes since I placed it down. You are finally looking at the larger picture and thinking about what i’m going to do next.” He then disappears and says “Okay what am I going to do next? You know how I’m moving around so what will my next move be?”

“Duh, you're going to change it around. Do something different. And don't treat me like a dumb recruit. If we were to take memories as an example of age, I'm older than you.” I shook my head. “By the way, are you ever going to react to the flying bombs I sent at you?” I asked as I pressed the detonator. The little bombs had swarmed to the sides of Craig, and now exploded in his face. “Oops, too late.”

Seconds later, there was a laugh, and where Craig was standing was a flicking image that looked like him as Craig said “yes I did react to them… I reacted the second you threw them and oh by the way… five minutes.”

“You know, I am a Space Marine. My senses are greater than an average human. Better eyesight, better smell, so I can tell when an opponent moves. Even after the little after image. Now, stop treating me like I just learned how to hold a sword and actually fight.” I growled, punching the after image behind me.

“I have been, but I needed to charge this stupid attack, so I was just buying time, I never stopped fighting you… So here is what I had planned from when I started five minutes ago. Special Beam Cannon!” In that instant a purple beam of energy erupted from his fingers and charged towards me. Seconds later I felt something strike me in the back as I heard Craig say “And I learn’t a few other tricks along the way. Rasengan Barrage!” Second later I was catapulted towards the oncoming beam.

“I don't know why, but for a moment there I thought you were going to use the Spirit Bomb. This is much easier to stop.” I swung Gorechild in front of me, splitting the beam in two. “And I've got to say, that little trick was bad. I've had that same trick happen to me for ten thousand years.” I blinked. “Oh, wait, that's the memories talking. Memories aside, I have seen every trick in the book.”

Craig then looked around then began to applaud me and said “well done… I’m actually impressed… but what did you think about the Shadow Clones?”

“I've fought Daemons that did stuff like that. Many times.” I replied. “Plus, Ahriman knows pretty much every Jutsu known, thanks to his Rinnegan and that book from Madara. He practiced it on me plenty.”

Craig then begins to laugh and points up then says “oh I never said that they were fighting you directly, and you did predict the Spirit Bomb so well done.” He then quickly disappears as a large ball of energy begins to fall towards me.

“Remember when I said that the SBC was easier? I meant it.” I snarled as I pulled out Gorefather and raised both of the axes. “Alright, let's see if this works!” I jumped up at the ball, my weapons hacking at the energy. The axes tore at the energy, disturbing it's usual flow and redirecting it upwards. Then, switching out for my pistol, I fell back before firing a few bolts of plasma into the hole I somehow made. It made a vwoomp, but did nothing.

“Oh Khorne dammit!” I cursed, putting both weapons away. “Guess it's time to see if that blessing accounts for Ki, or if Khârn has some sort of super endurance!” I was about to close my eyes, but noticed that it was moving upwards. “You have got to be kidding.”

I then heard Craig start cursing as his hands were placed above his head near one of his clones as he was absorbing a second Spirit Bomb.

“Oh like hell you will!” I shouted, firing off shots from my Plasma Pistol, plus a grenade or two. I mostly hit clones.

Craig then smiled as a portal opened in front of me as five blue spear like tendrils lashed out at me almost trying to slice at the unprotected parts of my armour.

“Haha, no. BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD!” I screeched, my axe slicing through the tendrils while firing at Craig with my other hand. Mostly firing in a circle.

Craig then looked around as a dark blue shield rose from the ground deflecting the plasma away from him and instead colliding with some of the incoming plasma canceling each other out.

“Alright that does it. Time to finish this.” I growled, pulling out a grenade. Pressing the button, I threw it at Craig as fast as I could, before flipping around the portal and teleporting to the entrance. The grenade dinged off the shield, before hovering in midair. “Sorry about this!” I called out. “But it seems I have no choice but to use that Vortex Grenade!” The grenade folded in on itself before erupting in a massive portal of Warp Energy, destroying everything that it touched.

Craig then looked around as he muttered whist abandoning the remainder of the Spirit Bomb “This is getting ridiculous” and with that he teleported once again as he disappeared from view.

“Welp, I guess I should evacuate.” I pulled out the Homing Beacon, activating it as I ran.

Craig then appeared next to me as he grabbed me with one hand and we both teleported out of the room and back onto the surface just in front of where we all fell from originally. He then let me go and landed a few metres away before asking me “are you OK?”

“Oh please, it's not like I just activated the one thing that could kill us all as a last resort. Oh wait, I did. Oh well, nothing to complain about.” I replied, stretching. “I'll be back aboard my ship in a few minutes anyway.”

Craig then sighed then says “no sense of loyalty to your allies” A screen then appeared in front of him as Ahriman's staff appeared in his hands.

“Oh please, the Homing Beacon in all of our suits get activated after one goes off. They will be pulled along with me. As a side note, because they wouldn't go out and fight, the original Khârn slaughtered most of his own legion, earning him the title, ‘The Betrayer.’ it's in the job description.” I chuckled.

“That’s not why I grabbed the staff” He then smashed it into the ground as a large pulse of energy shook the ground below us. “I am trying to siphon of energy from the vortex grenade into my version of the warp”

“Can't be done. At most, it will take your energy. Do you really think we would use the Grenade as a last resort if it could be siphoned by any old psyker? It'll wear out in a few hours. On that note, I wonder if there's a Multiversal law against destroying or altering another Displaced’s world….” I pondered. “Multiversal Lawyers, now that would be something….”

Craig then sighed before stating “At the moment I don’t need to think about a lawyer” He then smashes the staff down as a small portal appears in front of him as he says “Discord… I can’t believe I’m saying this but we need to… lose control in god mode and fly into the center of the storm.”

I just stared at him incredulously before bursting into laughter. “You can't be serious! Ha ha….” My laughter trailed off as I realized he wasn't joking. “Your serious… you really don't know much about these things, do you?” I sighed, putting a hand to my head before continuing. “Look, when a Vortex Grenade is activated, it opens a ‘hole’ to the Warp in realspace, which destroys any troops it comes in contact with. It is a highly unstable Warp Gate, destroying everything it comes into contact with. All matter and energy is drawn through the vortex and consumed by the energies of the Warp, Empyrean, and many more names. Entering that is to not only see the Warp, but to become nothing in it's endless currents. In other words, it's more suicidal then detonating a nuclear bomb five feet away from you.”

Craig then smiled, before replying. “Maybe… but you don’t know me as well as you think you do” Seconds later he jumped into the portal and disappeared.

“Well, at least we no longer have to deal with him, should the need arise. Now we just need to get Jason to jump in one…” I shook my head, before the faint tingle of teleportation came over me, and I reappeared next to the others on our Chaos Battle barge, The Scion of Prospero. Ahriman looked over at me.

“Did you really have to set off a Vortex Grenade?” He asked, and I nodded.

“He just kept teleporting all over the place, and nearly dropped a Spirit Bomb on me. What else could I have done?” I replied, shrugging.

“I don't know, maybe you could of ran?” Rainborg snarked.

“He warped our planet to his purposes. Which Tzeentch will be very pissed about, I'm sure, but how exactly could I have gotten out of there? He could just lead me back to the arena. Plus, Khornate Pride.” I puffed out my chest a little. Zhufor just sighed, shaking his head.

Moments later there was a dark creepy laugh that then said “Khornate Pride… what a joke, Pride, what a waste, all that will ever do will cause you to make mistakes.”

“Ok, Craig, or Craig’s Discord, or whatever. First off, fuck off, and secondly, how the hell did you survive jumping into a unstable Warp Gate produced by a Vortex Grenade?!” I growled.

The Voice then laughed and said “Wouldn’t you like to know and nah I’d say you’ve got more to worry about than me surviving that pathetic excuse for a grenade.”

A whistle blew out from nowhere. “All right, that is enough!” A zipper appeared in the air, before pulling down. A small portal to some unknown dimension without form opened, and a Draconequus stepped out, wearing a police officer uniform. “Mr. Discord, my boss Tzeentch is pretty angry at you at the moment. Let's see here...violation of his planet, playing mind games in his universe, and insulting one of his more powerful weapons. What do you say to that, little guy?” Discord asked, pulling out a clipboard and reading the contents.

The voice then laughed and said “You think I care you try to do anything and you put Craig who is unaware what's happening by the way in danger… so are willing to risk the life of an innocent boy to get me to say that I’m sorry… you have no chance.”

“Okay, little boy, here's the thing. I may bear the same name as you, maybe the same form, but here's where your real problem is: I'm from a alternate universe from yours, mostly influenced by the Warhammer 40k universe. And this universe saw fit to make me a Greater Daemon of Tzeentch. So, as one of the greatest types of Daemon, I could honestly care less about the life of one little boy from a different universe. Also, as part of your punishment, my boss Tzeentch has seen fit to remove all your powers in the Immaterium. As a side note, your universe no longer has the Warp present.” The Draconequus raised an eyebrow, casually flicking his baton while chewing bubblegum.

“So you're going to make it so Craig can't use the Warp, because I chose to make you suffer… he’s had little control from the beginning he barely knows what's been going on.” Mocked Craig’s Discord “And besides removing my magic will just cause him to kill himself during a power overload.”

“Firstly, we aren't removing your magic, just your link to the Warp. That goes for his too. And even if we were, Tzeentch couldn't care less about one displaced human, as entertaining as they are. He also decided to just consider you both as guilty of these crimes against the Immaterium. And I should note that he wants you put in a bottle for the next few centuries. As a fellow Discord, I asked him to remove that punishment.” The Daemon Discord replied, casually playing basketball with his own head.

Craig's Discord then collapsed as a voice shouted “Discord stop! You’ve caused enough trouble!”

“Screw you Craig I’m taking your body then I’m gonna kill everyone you love maybe your child and then destroy your parents statues and force you to watch, and there is nothing you can do about it”

“Well, he might not be able to, but I sure can. Because you are in my boss’s universe, and he has just decided he has had enough of your bullshit.” Daemon Discord raised his claw, and a empty bottle appeared in midair. “This bottle is impossible to break, and any soul trapped inside can never escape unless Tzeentch allows it. Guess where you're going!”

Craig’s Discord then began laughing and said “You're gonna subject Craig to a life of torture… Ha this is even better, he will never see his daughter again and I will be able to torture him forever. I win.”

“Poor, misguided Draconequus.” Daemon Discord chuckled, waving his claw in a ‘tsk tsk’ motion. “This bottle can remove a parasite like you from his soul, and then seal only you in. Craig will remain in his body, while you spent an eternity in a bottle.” a dark purple mist began pulling out of Craig’s body,

“No anything but that! You don’t understand what you’ll do to him… without me you're sentencing him to death. I’ve already told you what will happen…. you can’t do this!” screams Craig’s Discord whilst attempting to grab Craig's token to escape.

“Hah! You forgot to notice something, I'm afraid.” Daemon Discord removed the token from the area. “You see, unlike your universe, and many others, where the Draconequus Race has gone extinct, this universe is different. On the planet below, an entire civilization of Draconeqi escaped Equus and began a new life on this planet. I'm certain one will be willing to assist Craig in your place. Toodles! Tell Tzeentch I said hello when you meet him!” The purple mist began collecting inside the bottle, which expanded to take in the rest.

Discord then laughed and said “well looks like you win… but you won’t find one in time to save him… not when he’s already overcharged, he’ll die before someone can save him”

“Poor little guy, you forgot something else! Tzeentch can see every possible future! He had me retrieve one before I arrived!” As Daemon Discord said that, another draconequus appeared, a light smile on his face, before turning into a blob and sinking into Craig. “You lost the moment you got here!”

Craig’s Discord then laughed and said “One day, I will escape and when that day comes I will find Craig again and he will wish he was never born… I swear on my mother's grave”

“Well, even if you do break out somehow, you will be stuck in the Warp, filled with unnatural horrors who would love to get a taste of Draconequus Soul. And even if you somehow survive that, you will have to find a Imperial vessel traversing the Warp, which will have Geller Fields to keep you and any other Daemon out. and the moment you slip through somehow, they will have soldiers ready to destroy your soul and send it right back to Tzeentch, and back at Step One. Oh, and you'd also have to learn how to traverse the Warp. And plus, the Warp in Craig’s universe is gone. Sooo.... your kinda screwed.” He explained as the remainder of the purple mist slipped into the bottle, which then sealed shut.

Seconds later Craig's body collapsed on the floor and he curled up into a ball and says “No, please no, not them anyone but them, please don’t hurt them.” over and over.

“Ah, little buddy, you don't need to worry about him!” Daemon Discord patted Craig as the bottle fell through a Warp tear. “He is meeting a God who is very angry at him. And don't worry about going crazy, we got a replacement who is much better than that old fart.”

Craig then shivered in fear and asked “what do you mean?” Before noticing who was talking to him and screamed as a blue skin covered him as he faded away into the ground.

“Oh please.” Discord grabbed the air, and Craig rematerialized in his paw. “I'm not the smelly old demon who had been trying to mess with you. I'm from Ahriman’s universe. As for the draconequus we put inside of you as a replacement, give him lot's of time to play around during the night, and you'll be fine.”

His eyes then turned to pinpricks and said “God no… not him… he’ll kill me. ”

“Look kid, I'm only saying this one more time. The guy messing with you is currently in trial for fucking up my universe. The guy we put inside you is a carefree and mostly lazy draconequus who will keep your powers from going wild.” Discord sighed.

“It’s not the old guy I’m scared off… It’s Ahriman.” whispered Craig

“Him? Please, he has no reason to try to kill you. I read his mind to make sure. And also, he doesn't kill Displaced unless they either have declared war on him, it's in the War of Shadows, they seriously fuck up the universe, or if it's Jason. And you haven't done any of those! Well, you did fuck up the planet, but he knows you didn't really do it.” Discord nodded at Ahriman. “And while you didn't consciously do anything, Tzeentch wants some form of punishment. And that is the removal of the Warp in your universe, and the staff… mostly because of misuse of a special artifact.”

Craig then sighed and said “It’s no less than I deserve for what I did… but there is one thing I’d like to do to apologize for what happened.”

“Well, alright. Though it had better be quick. Tzeentch's mood tends to swing.” Discord huffed.

“Thank you.” Craig then turned to the area he destroyed before opening his hand as it began to glow and the damaged area began to change and revert back to how it was before the fight. He then turns back to Discord and says “Look I'm sorry about everything that happened you shouldn’t have had to save me from him… I should have been stronger, I should have never trusted him from the beginning.”

“Do not get all sentimental! The Warp reacts in a negative way to a Displaced’s emotions! And I have to clean it all up!” Discord flicked his fingers, sending Craig back to his own Universe.

"Well, now that that's done, we should get back to our assault on the Blood Alicorns." Ahriman sighed as he stood up. I began walking towards the hangar to return to the planet.

"Good job, Discord." Midnight stated as she walked by. Suddenly, I felt a tingle, right before being pulled into another universe.

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After War of Shadows Empire Chapter
Third POV

As the Warriors of Chaos returned to their universe, Khârn and Rainborg began walking towards the Factory, the stump showing where Khârn had lost his arm.

"Alright, I'll be about....five hours, give or take, to rebuild his arm." Rainborg called back to the others. "Now, I wonder what is in that message...."

"I swear, we get pulled into things way too much." Ahriman sighed, walking towards the bridge.

Author's Notes:

Hope you enjoyed! I had no idea where any of this was going. Also, for any explanations for the last bit, you will have to wait until BP uploads the next Empire Chapter in the War of Shadows.
This crossover was made by me and The Dark Brony. Be sure to check him out!
I need a multiversal lawyer for the next guy who messes up the universe. I really do.