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by Blaze Fury

Chapter 13: Chapter 10: Picking A Tittle For A God

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I awoke to the sound of birds chirping. I rose from my bed causing the sheets to fall down. I stretched my arms as I got out of bed and yawned. After that I went to the bathroom to get ready for my day. I walked in the bathroom and looked at myself in the mirror. My white hair was a mess and I looked like I hadn't slept in a few days. I noticed that my wings looked fine, nothing was wrong with them. So there was only one way to kill two birds with one stone, so I decided to hop into the shower after I took my clothes off. After cleaning myself I got out and started to dry off. It took a little longer than the last time I did this. Im not going to say why it took longer, all i'm saying is it took longer. When I was finally dry I put my sports bra and shorts back on. I walked out of the bathroom and headed to the stairs, then to the kitchen. When I entered I saw that Evan was in there cooking breakfast. He had cooked eggs, grits, bacon, sausage, and toast. Evan stood there while moving the bacon around in the pan as he cooked it.

"Good morning Ethan. How did you sleep?" he asked.

"I slept as good as it gets." I said as I grabbed a piece of toast and put in in my mouth and chewed on it as I sat at the island. "What time is it?" I asked.

"It's a little after eleven." he said as he flipped some bacon. I watched him as he cooked. It always amazed me how well of a cook he has become since our time on Earth. Whenever he would cook then, he would some how figure out how to burn orange juice. After a minute or so I heard knocking and I looked at Evan to see if it was him but it wasn't. I saw him looking at a holographic screen, "Ash is here at the front door. You may want to go get it." he said as he made the screen disappear. I got up from the chair and headed to the stairs and went down. When I reached the end thee was an option to either go into the garage or leave through the front door. I went to the front door and opened it. I saw Ash standing there.

"Morning miss I was told there was a tour on today mind if I participate," he said.

"Well come on in." I said as I motioned my hand for him to follow. We walked up the stairs in silence until we reached the door I started to walk back to my seat. I a growl and looked back at Ash.

"Sorry hadn't had breakfast," Ash said.

"Help yourself then. Theres plenty for the three of us." I said as I sat down.

"Much appreciated how've you been Evo?" Ash asked.

"I've been good." he said as he flipped some bacon.

"So anything happen while I was out cold?" Ash asked.

"Yea Evo installed a security system along with a room to go with it. A training room, a weapons room, and a room to practice battle in." I said as I reached over and grabbed another piece of toast.

"I see sounds like you guys have been busy," Ash said as he sat down and loaded up a plate of food and began to eat.

"So what are we doing today?" Ethan asked as let the toast hang from her mouth.

"Actually I'm going back to Sunny Town today," Ash said.

"Why would you want to go back?" I asked confused to why he would want to go back there.

"Well...There's a mare back there who saved me she warned me about the curse and got me out in time even though she was also cursed herself she wasn't a monster like the others she was kinder she was more intact then the other blanks which I found out from Epsilon while I was unconscious the more decayed you were the more of a monster you are and them mare Mitta was perfectly intact." Ash said before he placed a hand on his head and grimaced in pain.

"You okay?" Evan asked.

"Yeah...fine but anyway back to the main topic I'm going back today to help Mitta escape that curse maybe even find out why it was set up in the first place and I'd like you all to come along I've already asked Rage and he should be there soon and if you guys came this would go along much easier," Ash said.

"Sorry I can't. I have to work on the security systems." Evan said.

"I understand and you Ethan? Ash asked.

"Yea Im good. I just have to get dressed." she said as she got up and walked to the stairs. "Do you want to see the forth floor?" she asked.

"Sorry I need to get back and set up some toys you might like. I'll even be happy to show you how to make some of your own later if you wish," Ash said.

"Sure. I need to get ready anyways." I said as I got up and headed for the stairs.

"See ya later then," Ash said before he placed his plate in the sink and washed it before he gave a nod to Evo for the meal and left. I watched him leave before I went up to my room to change. I walked into my room and proceeded to go into my empty closet. With a snap of my fingers, the closet was then filled with clothes. I decided to wear my sports bra because it covers up the hole in my chest. So I grabbed my white and stripped jacket and jeans. I conjured a mirror and gave a nod at how I looked. I then snapped my fingers summoning Senbonzakura and Shi and placing them on my hips. I also conjured a carry holster and my two magnums I got from the convention a thousand years ago. When I got everything on I walked out of my room and shut the door behind me. When I got back to the kitchen I didn't find Evan standing there, but I did find he left me a note on the counter.

If you find this Im under the house in the security room troubleshooting. Don't kill too much.

I crumbled up the not as I walked towards the stairs and headed out. When I was outside I looked around and saw that it was nearly noon, and that we had plenty of time before we had a repeat of last night. 'Plus I think we are going to have a rehap of Alex Mason here.' I thought grimly. I snapped my finger and conjured up the Argus and KRM-262 from Black Ops 3. Both are shot guns, but the KRM gets one shot kills in close quarters. I snapped my fingers causing my wings to vanish from sight as I strapped the shotguns to my back before I tied sensing for Ash. I found him at the entrance to the everfree along with Rage. I blinked about a mile or two form the entrance before I blinked again a few yards away.

"Alright when do we leave?" I heard Rage asked.

"Soon as Ethan get's here," Ash said.

"Did someone say my name?" I asked them.

"Well speak of the succubus," Rage said with a laugh.

"Hey Ethan nice toys you got," Ash said.

"Hey to you too Rage. And yea these shotguns are from one of my favorite games. Black Ops 3. They're the Argus and the KRM-262." I said after I pulled the guns off of my back and had one in each hand.

"Oh that explains why those two look familiar but also I brought you a gift don't need to worry about reloading and also it has three sets one for each barrel you've got the blast set, stun set and destruction set all accessible by a flick of a switch next to the trigger problem is the last one's blast heats up the barrel so needs a few seconds to cool down," I said as I tossed Ethan the shotgun.

I snapped my fingers making the Argus disappear. I caught the gun and looked it over, turning around and inspecting it. "Nice toy." I said with a smirk as I placed the guns on my back. I glad I had enough time to put the Argus in my pocket dimension before Ash tossed that gun to me.

"Glad you like it cause it's yours now also I have some other nice things for you and I also want to give you something back that my guards confiscated off you," Ash said as he tossed me a satchel back full of springrazors and other goods before he summoned a stylish belt that made my eyes light up in surprise.

"Whoa cool belt," Rage said before he snatched it out of Ash's hand only for it to hit the floor and crush the ground. "The fuck
how can you wear this thing!"

"Same way I can when I'm wearing my armor were both strong enough to wield it," Ash said as he grabbed the belt Rage was struggling to lift with ease and handed it back to me.

"I was wondering wear my belt and satchel went." I said as I put the belt on and clicked my tongue, causing the satchel to disappear into my hammer space. I proceeded to hop in the air a few times before giving a nod. 'Good. I can still work with this weight.' I thought.

"Y'know I was actually confused as to why seven guards were carrying that thing like a sacred treasure till I held it almost weighs as much as my helmet alone," Ash said.

"Yea it weighs about two tons." I said causally.

"I know but the chest plate weighs twice that or more and the rest of my armor is the same so imagine trying to carry all that around all day," Ash said. 'Well damn now I feel weak.' I thought with a frown.

"Okay we get it you're both got the strength of gods now can you both quit showing off and go save this zombie mare that saved Ash?" Rage asked.

"Yeah he's right we're wasting daylight c'mon," Ash said as he gestured for the us to follow.

"Allons-y!" I shouted as I ran in front of them. After that we traveled in silence as we walked trough the forest. After a while Ash spoke up.

"Hey Ethan," Ash said.

"Yea," I said

"Luna tells me that you're Luna hasn't modernized herself just yet and I was wondering what your Luna is like?" he asked.

"oh, uh she still uses the royal we and the olden English. Our timeline isn't where your is, we just got through the wedding invasion." I said with a sad look on my face. 'I'll be back sooner or later and I WILL fix my mistakes.' I thought with determination.

"I see...Ethan I want to make you a blood oath," Ash said.

"Why?" I asked.

"Does it matter?" he asked as he cut his right hand with a hidden blade.

"Guess it doesn't." I said as I brought my hand to my mouth and bit down on my thumb and drawing blood.

"Ethan I promise you that you will be seeing your Luna again, alive and well and when I do figure out a way to get both you and Evo back I will come along with you and help bring an end to the caribou and I will not fall to anything until this promise is kept," Ash said as he gripped my hand and shook it.

"Got it." I said with a nod.

"Also I've also been meaning to ask but how did you become a god of death?" Ash asked.

"Believe it not, it was handed to me by god. Though I never told anyone about this, during our imprisonment in stone I went to the astral plane and found this giant rock wall with a depiction of a man In a stetson and a trench coat would be the death of everyone. Then a man came up behind me and said that I could change it. When I turned around that man was Morgan Freeman. I asked him who he was and he said that he was God. Of course I didn't believe him, and he said that the only reason he was like was because that was my interpretation of what he looked like. We talked for a little while and he said that it was depicted that a young man from a different world would one day come to their world and kill them all. I wasn't like that and I could never kill the Innocent." I paused. "No one in my Equestria knows of this prophecy because it came around before it was even created, forgotten in time as they say. So he gave me the power of death and said that I had to keep track of everyones death and help them into the after life. I haven't heard from him in a hundred and fifty years."

"Whoa that phew that's deep," Rage said.

"Y'know I'm constantly told that I have a prophesy of my own but I don't know what it is and it's said I could die before it's complete," Ash said.

"I know, I said the same thing to him, evo did too. And Ash how is it a prophecy then?"

"Doesn't make sense I know but somehow it makes sense to both The Outsider and Heartless,"

"I can't stand The Outsider, I hate his riddles. Now who's Heartless?" I asked having no idea who that was. Unless it was the Heartless from Kingdom Hearts.

"Don't we all and I would have thought someone would have told you but anyway Heartless is a problem around here he's the demon king I even had a small encounter with him which ended with him beating me as if I was a rag doll after I lost conscious I promised myself to get stronger so that I won't fall that easily again and that when both Heartless and I fight again I will either win or take him down with me," Ash said.

"Lovely talk you guys are having but I want to know something Ethan if you're a god of death then where does the reaper come into it," Rage asked.

"Are you talking about taking peoples souls or my scythe?" I asked having no idea what they meant.

"That would be the one that only wears a black cloak and hood that conceals the face in darkness," Rage said. 'Oh lets what Rage meant.' I thought with a frown.

"Oh, well as a shinigami I can break parts of my power off to go and collect the souls. And in the future, don't say that all death's wear a black cloak and hood. It's offensive." I said.

"Ouch sorry," Rage said with a dismissive wave.

"Sorry about him he's been like that since he first got in here," Ash said as he tapped himself on the head

"S'fine. Im used to it, but it was just a warning for if you meet your grim reaper here. Now anything you two want to ask me?" I said while looking back and forth between them.

"Uh actually yeah and this going to sound very stupid," Ash said.

"Go ahead." I said with a sigh.

"In you're opinion what god would both Rage and I be?" he asked but I only stared at me. "I know pretty dumb thing to ask just forget it." 'That's it, that isn't stupid at all.' I thought.

I stood next to them as I brought my right hand up to my chin and started to stroke it. I was quite for a few seconds as I tried to think of what gods they would be before speaking. "I can't think of one for you Ash but Rage, with the way you act you could be the God of Vengeance." I said as I placed my hands on my hips.

"God of Vengeance I like that title goes with the other title Knight of Vengeance but I wish you luck on figuring out a title for Ash cause he ain't a god or a devil so what do you call a guy whose both?" Rage asked as he ruffled the top of Ash's head hard.

"Shove off Rage and I think the word would be deity although I could be wrong," Ash said.

I walked in silence for a few minutes trying to think of what you would call someone whom was god or a devil, mainly because nothing has ever come up that I had to answer. "In all honesty, I can't think of one." I said with a shrug.

"It's not a problem Ethan after all it's not very important to me or...," Ash started before he began to look around.

"Do you hear that?" I asked.

"Yeah...company," I said before I turned around. "Alright you lot come on out we know you're there." One by one the mane 6 plus Celestia and Luna revealed themselves from behind the trees.

"Why were you following us, how did you know we were coming out here and how much did you hear?" I asked with crossed arms. I was really hoping that they didn't hear anything we said.

"Didn't here much and to answer the other questions is because you weren't honest with us yesterday and Ah gotta say you're pretty decent liar but you need to make sure your voice don't go up half an octave Ethan," Applejack said.

"Well I wasn't always a good liar. Now tell me why you lot followed us out here?"

"We became suspicious of your behavior when Applejack told us about you lying about what happened to Ash," Celestia said.

"Now come clean why are you all out here," Twilight demanded. Ash looked at both Rage and I and saw us looking at him before he gave us a nod.

"Well Twi the reason why I was actually out here is because I heard the Templars were chasing an old mare tale called The Blanks," Ash said.

"Oh not this again I keep telling Apple Bloom that the story is just a dream," Applejack said.

"Same with Sweetie Belle," Rarity said.

"Well I came to learn that the legend is actually true," Ash said causing the group to go silent. "I stumbled across a place called Sunny Town that's where the blanks live during the day everything seems happy and full of smiles but when night roles around...Well you don't want to be there when that happens."

"Yea, you really don't." I said.

"Then why are you going back," Luna asked.

"Because there's a mare in that town that warned me to leave before it got ugly even though she was also cursed she also did the same for Apple Bloom as well," Ash said.

"Ash curses don't exist," Twilight said.

"Just like ghosts huh Twi," Rage said.

"Your gonna bring that up whenever I say something doesn't exist?" Twilight asked.

"Yep," Rage and Ash said.

"Do I even want to ask?" I said as I looked between Twilight and Ash.

"She kept saying the first Knight's of Equestria's ghost's weren't real and I ended up proving Twilight wrong but anyway we're wasting daylight we need to get a move on and you guys need to go back," Ash said as he pointed to the new group.

"No way Ash if you're going were going," Gilda said stepping forward.

"Fine but I'm only allowing you to come because we can't waste anymore time here and on our way there you lot need to work o your stealth skills cause you all clearly suck at it," Ash said before he turned around and began to walk further into the forest.


6:30 pm On a Ledge Overlooking Sunny Town


"Couldn't get here any sooner could we," Rage said.

"We would've if Rarity wasn't complaining about the mud every time she stepped in some and insisted that we stopped," Rainbow said

"*scoffs* I simply cannot allow myself to get my hooves dirty in front of the princesses," Rarity said.

"Oh Faust, women. No matter what universe you go to they don't change." I said with a huff.

"Excuse me miss but I am a lady and a mare at that," Rarity said.

"Rarity Ethan here is actually the guy with the Stetson who crashed here with his brother and he became a guy after he resurrected himself," Ash said.

"Well that explains his terrible sense of fashion the only thing decent on him is that belt," Rarity said. 'Ouch, Rarity. Words hurt, they hurt.' I thought. I was about to tell her off but I was stopped by Ash before he spoke.

"Rarity I highly suggest you watch what you say in front of Ethan otherwise I'll sew you muzzle shut," Ash said causing the unicorn to shudder.

"Resurrect yourself how in the hay can you resurrect yourself," Rainbow asked.

"Ethan here is basically a god or in this case goddess of death," Ash said causing the mares and Gilda to stare at me in shock.

"Im not bragging." she said.

"Hey changing the subject here how are we supposed to see what's going on there are too many trees in the way to see a lot," Rage said.

"Calm down Rage I can teleport us down there no problem but you all need to follow my directions perfectly am I understood," Ash said causing the others to nod but Applejack raised her hand.

"So how do we find this mare that saved you and my sister?" Applejack asked.

"She has a grey coat along with a red mane and tail and when the curse takes affect she's the only one still with a mane and tail and her coat would be lighter then the others and speaking of the curse it should take affect as soon as the moon comes up," Ash said as he looked at Luna.

"I'm afraid we are out of time Ash we have to preform our duties immediately," Luna said.

"Then do so but I'm not leaving Mitta here for another night," Ash said.

"Awe shoot I kinda owe this Mitta too for saving Apple Bloom," Applejack said.

"We'll if AJ ain't backing down then I ain't either," Rainbow said.

"Yeah we handled zombies before bring em on," Gilda said.

"We're all with you," Twilight said earning words from agreement from the others.

"Rage, Ethan you both still wanna come?" Ash asked.

"We're walking right into a undead nest to save a pony and we a greatly outnumbered...I'm so in," Rage said.

"Im game." I said with a smirk. Ash gave a nod before I teleported us all behind a house in the town we looked around the ruined town.

"Seriously these guys are having a party again what's the deal," Ash said as he looked around the wall we hid behind.

"Did someone say party?" Pinkie asked before she zoomed around the corner.

Ash managed to grab Pinkie by the tail and yank her behind the wall again and held her there.

"Pinkie what did I say about stealth if one of these guys so much as see you we're dead," Ash said.

"Heh, heh oops," Pinkie said.

"So where now Ash?" Celestia asked

"I heard that Mitta spends her time in front of a house on the outskirts of the village which means there should be a path somewhere around the edge that leads into the forest," Ash said.

"You mean like that one near the party," Pinkie asked. Ash and I peeked out from behind the wall and saw a small opening in the trees with a path on the ground.

"Good eye Pinkie," Ash said as he gestured for everyone to follow him before we ran behind buildings to avoid being seen until we came to the last building before the path. Ash was about to look around the corner but stopped when he saw a shadow approach. He gestured for everyone to stop and I watched the shadow turn to it's left, away from us before he peeked out and saw Three Leaf with an empty punch bowl.

"Appears this year's donators were quite good," Three Leaf said.

Curious about what these donations were I peeked around the corner again and saw the punch bowl was on a table and on closer inspection I saw rotting pony flesh and a few mane or tail hairs all different colored and I think a hand Three Leaf then wringed out the flesh causing blood to fall into the bowl before she added the hair and chopped up the hand and tossed it in as well the sight of this was disgusting and made furious at the mare for doing this. It seemed to infuriate Ash too seeing how his right hand became demonic and Death Fire burned around it. I saw Rage set a hand on Ash's shoulder causing him to stop. I watched as he breathed calmly and his arm returned to normal and the Death Fire fizzled out.

"And how is my undead bunny?"

I looked around the corner again and saw Gladstone had arrived and he began kissing Three Leaf but not a simple peck but a full on tongue battle how could I tell the holes in the sides of their mouths showed their tongues sliding into each others mouth and if it wasn't bad enough I saw their tongues go up where their eyes would be and down the others throat it could be considered swallowing them. What I just watched wasn't the worst thing I've ever seen. Trust me when I say this, i've seen far worse.

Ash ripped himself away from the scene and covered his mouth and puked into it. Rage also clamped a hand on Ash's mouth as he swallowed his vomit but kept his hand over his mouth and nodded to Rage in thanks.

"We'd better get back to the party I just finished the batch," Three Leaf said.

I saw the two walk away and once they were out of both sight and earshot I watched Ash spat the vomit in his mouth on the ground.

"That was the most disgusting thing I've ever had the horror of witnessing I swear it's going to give me nightmares for weeks and I won't be able to drink punch for awhile after that," Ash said.

"Oh it couldn't have been that bad," Rainbow said but Ash gave her a glare. "Ok maybe it was."

"So shall we continue?" Rage asked.

"Yeah just let me get myself together first," I said as I took a breath and walked into the forest.

We walked for a few minutes and I saw a dark house that had seen better days and looked abandoned and I saw Ash stare at it for a few seconds before he placed a hand on his head.'What are you seeing?' I asked internally.

"Ash are you alright?" Luna asked in worry.

"Yeah...I'm fine," Ash said.

"Are you sure we can take a break," Celestia said.

"I'm fine besides there's the mare I came to rescue," Ash said as he gestured to Mitta who was sitting in front of the door with her head looking up at the starry sky above through a hole in the trees. "Stargazing Mitta?"

Mitta then looked at Ash and smiled before she got up and ran over and gave him a hug.

"Ash I am so relieved that your safe," Mitta said as he returned the hug.

"Hey no Blood Hooves can take me down so easily but I did have some help," Ash said.

"Um who are they?" Mitta asked before Ash steeped out of the hug.

"Oh allow me to introduce you Mitta I'd like you to meet Twilight Sparkle, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, Rarity, Rainbow Dash, Gilda, Applejack, Ethan, my brother Burning Rage, Princess Celestia and finally my marefriend Princess Luna and everyone I'd like you all to meet Mitta," Ash said gesturing to everyone.

"Howdy miss Mitta I wanna thank ya for saving my little sister Apple Bloom," Applejack said.

"Oh you're Apple Blooms sister I'm sorry that she got mixed up in this," Mitta said.

"Don't fret none she's perfectly fine as well made it out thanks to you," Applejack said.

"No offence but I don't feel worthy of your gratitude miss Applejack...Wait a second why are you all here the curse is in effect how's you get past everyone?" Mitta asked.

"Oh we snuck behind the houses." I said as I pointed to the houses in question.

"And as for why we are here is because we're going to get rid of this curse on you," Ash said.

I was expecting her to have an overjoyed expression however Mitta just bowed her head sorrowfully before she looked back up to Ash with bloodied tears.

"Ash...Do you...Do you know why we were cursed in the first place?" Mitta asked.

"It was for some kind of crime yes?" he asked.

"Yes but do you know what we did?" Mitta asked.

"No the book wasn't very clear on that,"

"The evidence is inside you'll find the answers you seek there," Mitta said as she pointed to the house.

Ash walked over to the house and gestured for the others to follow and once I reached the door I saw several kick marks on the door from either hooves or other objects as if someone tried to break inside. I watched Ash place a hand on a mark and he stood there for several seconds before he pushed open the door and it let out a groaning creek. We walked inside and I had to let my eyes adjust to the darkness and the moonlight coming through the cracks and holes in the house showed the cottage was one room with two overturned beds and an overturned table.

Ash summoned an orb of light to get a better view of the room and I saw a large blotch of stains in the corner and on the walls. Ash and I carefully walked over to the strange blotch and, he knelt while I stood behind him, in front of it and saw it was black in this light but when he brushed his hand against it and brought it up to his face I saw the color had changed to dark shade red and when I figured it out my eyes widened in shock.

"Ash is that..." I said trailing off.

"Blood," Ash said causing the others to let out small gasps.

Ash noticed a trail of dried blood and followed it over to the fireplace that was on the left side of the cottage. He then knelt down in front of it and saw something mixed in with the ashes. They were scorched black with carbon residue giving a clear sign they had been exposed to intense heat and flames, however it seemed that a fire had not been set here in quite a while. One piece seemed a bit off to him cause It was somewhat round, so taking a deep breath Ash reached in and picked it up to closely examine it. I looked over his shoulder and found the shape odd and saw that it had cracks in it and a jaggered hole, but one thing about it that did catch my eye though on one side there were two surprisingly large perfectly shaped holes in it almost like a pair of…eye sockets. I realized that Ash was holding someone's skull and the rest of the chunks in the fireplace was the rest of the skeleton. I brought a hand up and placed it over my mouth, 'By Faust! How disgraceful!' I thought in anger. Being a Shinigami, it is a high disrespect when and if someone does that to someone's dead body.

Suddenly the fireplace came to life with fire causing Ash to land on his butt in surprise. I looked at the skull that was on the floor and saw it was still as stone I then saw a flaming hand reach out of it I then picked up the skull and handed it to the flaming hand and saw it was placed where he picked it up before the flaming hand reached out to Ash once more. Ash held out his hand and a flaming finger touched his hand, and I watched for a few seconds in silence before Ash scrambled to his feet and away from the fireplace up against the wall. He placed a hand on his chest while the everyone crowded around him. We helped him sit down against the wall and when he looked at Mitta who was sitting on the ground looking at him in sorrow.

"Mitta...Was...Was that R-Ruby?" Ash asked pointing to the fireplace causing us to look at him in confusion except for Mitta.

"Hang on who's Ruby?" Rainbow asked.

"She was my daughter," Mitta said in a sad tone.

"Wait that was your daughter?" Twilight asked.

"Miss Mitta what happened here?" Celestia demanded.

"It was a long time ago the day was like any other and we were preparing for a party my daughter Ruby was looking for something a friend of ours named Roneo lost who he was going to give to his love Starlet but when she found it a mark appeared on her shoulder," Mitta said.

"A cutie mark oh what was it?" Pinkie Pie interrupted causing us to glare at her before Mitta continued.

"Anyway in our village there were no cutie marks and the only time we got them was when the cutie pox struck killing many members of the town so to avoid contamination we sent the infected away however when my daughter got her mark many feared that the cutie pox disease had returned but when everyone gathered to send her away but Grey Hoof then ordered to get rid of her to stop Ruby 'from ruining the party Ruby fled to the house and everyone followed Grey Hoof who is in charge of the town ordered the door to be broken down but it was too strong Grey Hoof then asked me for a second key and I gave it to them on condition that they wouldn't hurt her but I was a fool for believe them when the door unlocked they all ran in and...beat her to death and *sob* tossed her body in the fireplace and burned it...I could've stopped them but...I was afraid and after that Queen Faust cursed us all to this fate till we've all repented for what we had done," Mitta said earning a few gasps from the royal siblings and others. All the sympathy I had for the ponies of Sunny Town had just burnt up like the fires of hell.

"Well aren't you a wonderful mother huh allowing your own foal to be beat-," Rainbow never got to finish before Ash teleported next to her and punched her in the jaw knocking her to the ground while we stared at him in shock.

"You don't get to fucking say that Rainbow imagine if you were in Mitta's place and Scootaloo was in Ruby's while one of us was beating her to death what would you do?" Ash asked while Rainbow stared in shock. "The same goes to Rarity and Sweetie Belle, Applejack and Apple Bloom even me and my sons the choice would be an extremely hard one to make so don't sell it off as if it would be easy."

The room was silent as everyone processed Ash's words before he looked at Mitta.

"You see why we deserve this punishment Ash?" Mitta asked.

"I see why They deserve this punishment and more but not you Mitta cause you see I was in a similar position as you around 1888 London I was just a boy looking for a place to sleep when I heard a scream and a woman running and I saw a figure chasing her I ran after the pain and saw the two struggling over a knife and the figure wore a mask over his face but I knew the killer as the mass murderer Jack the Ripper I saw a way I could help but I couldn't move because I was scared and in the end I saw the Ripper gut the woman and began ripping out organ after organ from her body and I heard him laughing the entire time managing to pull myself together I ran but I couldn't run from the nightmares that plagued me night after night till finally I decided to take my own life to make it stop but before I could I was visited by the spirit of the woman who was murdered and three little words from her seemed to make everything better 'don't blame yourself' and after that I woke unsure if it was a dream or reality but I know those thee words freed me from my guilt and so I'm going to say the same thing as I'm sure Ruby would Mitta don't blame yourself," Ash said. Mitta then sat in silence before she looked at him with blood tear eyes.

"Ash...Do you really think I've done enough to be saved?" Mitta asked.

"First you saved Apple Bloom then honestly Mitta would I have bothered going out of my way to come out here to the middle of the Everfree Forest if you weren’t?” Ash scolded her.

“I guess that goes without saying…” Mitta said as she slowly climbed to her hooves, “OK… I’ll…go with you but do you really think there’s somepony out there who knows how to lift the curse?”

"We can go see the mare who cast it in the first place Queen Faust herself,"

“But…The Queen was furious that we did such an unspeakable act!” Mitta panicked clearly showing some fear when Ash mentioned the name.

"Leave that part to me, okay? I promise we can straight this out easily,"

"Very well," Mitta agreed hesitantly.

Ash gave a nod before he looked at the fireplace and thought.

"Mitta would you like me to quickly make a coffin for Ruby's remains for a proper burial later?" Ash asked

Mitta seemed overjoyed and quickly nodded and Ash made a coffin out of a few pieces of wood and some magic while I used my magic to fix the broken bones and clean them before I placed them inside the coffin. Once we were done Ash placed a sun and moon rose over Ruby's skeletal ribcage and sealed the coffin before we walked out of the cottage and Ash led everyone to the town and we all stopped before we left the shadow of the forest.

"Hey guys you mind taking care of the coffin for me," Ash asked as he used his magic to set the coffin on the ground.

"Wait a sec are you going out there to fight them all?" Gilda asked.

"Your damn right I am after what I've seen can you honestly say I'll sit by while they celebrate day after day of them killing Ruby?" Ash asked.

"Just who the hell do you think I am? I'm not sitting around while someone who doesn't deserve to be cursed is." I said with a smirk that showed my canines.

"Same here for something like this to happen and as the Knight of Vengeance I can't let this pass by unpunished," Rage said.

"*sigh* Looks like you all have you're minds set you'd better get going before I change my mind," Celestia said.

Luna gave Ash a kiss on the lips for luck before Ash and Rage summoned their armor and weapons but Ash held his helmet in his hands and walked out into plain view of the party. It wasn't long before we were noticed by everyone and they all looked nervous of all the armor and weapons we were carrying.

"Oh hello again Ash I didn't know you were here," Grey Hoof said.

"I was actually here to collect Mitta not that it's any of your business," Ash said in a cold tone.

"Oh I'm sorry for sticking my nose in your business," Grey Hoof said before his muzzle fell off and he reattached it to his face. "But who are your friends and will you be joining us for the party?"

"This is my brother Burning Rage and this is a friend of mine called Ethan and we were actually leaving along with Mitta and we're never coming back to this place cause we don't want to hang out with sick twisted monsters like you," Ash said with enough venom to kill at least two hydra's

"Monsters now that's a bit harsh Ash," Grey Hoof said genuinely shocked by Ash's words.

"I believed you all earned that title when you beat an innocent filly to death!" Ash growled.

“Oh, Ruby what a shame what happened she was cursed with the mark it came outta nowhere so we had to take swift action she had the mark so she had to go before she could ruin the party,” Grey Hoof said with a care free smile that made Rage growl and I placed my hands on my katana while Ash placed his helmet on his head.

"It appears that you're beyond redemption now but before I do anything I have something to show you," Ash said before he aimed his right shoulder at them and his magic moved the armor around his shoulder out of the way and I watched as he cast a see through spell on his sleeve revealing his cutie mark to the cursed ponies earning cries of shock from the undead killers.

"Ash...You have the mark...," Grey Hoof said in shock.

"He's not the only one I have one two," Rage said he revealed his.

"Don't forget about me." I said as I pulled my jacket down far enough to see my cutie mark. It was a black shield with a silver lining, and it had two katanas crossed across it.

Ash glared at Grey Hoof as he put his armor back in place along with Rage and I watched The Blanks eyes get brighter in rage it was almost intimidating.

"Deceivers...You come into our village with that curse!" Grey Hoof shouted in anger while I could only laugh.

"Oh that's real funny coming from someone who's been cursed to walk the planet as an undead," I said.

"Well we certainly can't let you go now when we're done with making you're new body you'll be creating new ones for your friends back there," Grey Hoof said.

I looked behind me and saw the others had revealed themselves before I looked back at Grey Hoof.

"Rage...sick em," Ash said.

"Finally!" Rage shouted before he charged in swords blazing but Grey Hoof ran off.

"Go wild Ethan," Ash said.

"With pleasure." I said with a sadistic smile that seemed to unnerve Ash.

I watched as Ash walked forward and all the blood the pair I used to create a Gatling gun on my left arm after he selected a song on his IPod.

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After he started the song I paid no heed to the world around me as I snapped my fingers causing the shot guns to go into my hammer space and for my wings to appear once more. I let lose the spells that I had placed on myself to restrain my power, and I could feel it come back to me. The ground around me cracked and broke apart from the magic I was giving off and the I could feel my fox skull form on my head along with a pair of fox ears. To any other they would have the feeling of death wash over them. I walked away from everyone and looked at the ponies from the town follow me. When I was a good distance away I drew Shi and placed my hand at the hilt.

"You ready do rip some flesh Shi?" I internally asked.

'Yea!' Shi yelled.

"Scream, Shi no sakebi!" I yelled as I ran my palm down the blade, transforming Shi into a scythe with black flames along the blades edge. When I did that the zombies rushed me but before they could get close I hit the ground with the end of the scythe causing black flames to rage out in a circle. I watched as the zombies burn and I couldn't help but let out an insane laugh. When the were brunt to a crisp I went for the next group of zombies, but before I could a house flew right in front of me. I looked to my side and saw Ash there, and I gave him a 'what the hell' gesture and all he did was shrug before he put his scythe away and formed chain blades on his arms and legs before he zoomed off to kill more of the bastards. I turned away from his fight and looked behind me and saw a horde of zombies.

"Well shit. Thats not fair at all." I said.

"Well we don't give a damn." one zombie said in a raspy voice before they all charged me. I swiped Shi to the side as they came onto me. A few clamped their jaws on parts of me, but before they did I activated my Hierro causing their jaws to break. I chuckled as i let out a blast of magic killing all the zombies around me and when I was done I noticed Ash lifting his boot over Grey Hoof. As I walked to him Ash stomped his foot down, crushing Grey Hoof's skull in one strike. Everyone else walked over to him. I watched as Ash took his helmet off and spat on Grey Hoof's corpse. Normally I would be mad at someone for doing that but he deserved it.

"Trash," I said with a sneer as I looked at Grey Hoof.

"Okay what was that a halo!?" Rage asked.

"Truly a powerful weapon Ash," Celestia said.

"Yeah I'm amazed on how I did all that," Ash said.

I saw Three Leaf jump off a roof and was about to jump on us. I charged up my magic, but before I could do anything I saw Mitta yank Ash's shotgun off his back and aimed it at Three Leaf before she pulled the trigger and blew Three Leaf out of the air, blowing his head up but she also blew off her arm.

"Dumb bitch," Mitta said before she retrieved her arm and handed me my shotgun.

"Okay I'm beginning to like her," Rainbow said.

I could feel a strange sensation around me and what I saw were all the souls that were absorbed into Ash before with our earlier encounter with the Blood Hooves. They had appeared around us but each one was in their original form before they became Blood Hooves .

"Okay what's going on," Gilda said.

"They're the zombies we encountered yesterday and they're the one's I obliterated," I said.

"And each ones soul was absorbed into me yesterday causing me to black out and they were all whispering desires for vengeance against the Blood Hooves and The Blanks," Ash finished. The souls then bowed to Ash before they faded into nothing. 'Have a safe journey to the afterlife young one's.' I thought as I looked at the place they were at before fading.

"Whooaa trippy," Rage said

"We'd better get out of here the residents of the town will be back by morning," Mitta said.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa they'll be back as in they'll all back when?" Rage asked.

"Sunrise tomorrow and only the ones that were truly cursed meaning I'll also be dragged back here unless the curse is removed," Mitta said.

"No worries I can have us in Canterlot as fast as you can blink," Ash said before he teleported everyone to the throne room and luckily the only ones in there were part of the royal family and Amalthea who all happened to jump in surprise when we appeared.

"Oh by Aephoceria don't startle me like that," Faust said.

"Aephoceria what does that mean your highness?" Twilight asked.

"It's the name of my kingdom Twi," Ash said.

"Oh I can see you brought someone new...although she could use a bath," Discord said as he appeared from behind Mitta and gave her a whiff.

Mitta recoiled in surprise from Discord but then exposed herself to Faust's line of sight and when Faust saw Mitta her eyes narrowed dangerously.

"What Are You Doing Here!" Faust shouted causing Mitta to cower in fear.

"Hold on Faust listen Mitta we were wondering if you could help lift her curse,"

"Ash I placed that curse on Sunny Town for a reason only to be removed until the whole town has repented for what it's done so if she's still like this it means the town has not repented for their sin," Faust said.

"Look I know but listen Mitta here saved my life also Applejacks sister Apple Bloom," Ash said causing Faust's face to soften.

Ash seemed to be about to speak again but he was cut off by a new voice in the room.

"Please your majesty please undo this curse for my mommy."

I looked for the source of the voice and found it peeping out from behind my fox skull and saw Ruby.

"Ruby...is...is that you?" Mitta cried.

"Hi mommy," Ruby smiled as she waved from behind my head.

"Uh Ruby you mind hoping off my friends head?" Ash asked. 'I don't really mind at all.' I thought to myself.

"Sure Ash," Ruby said before she hopped onto the ground and ran through my legs and embraced Mitta who was crying.

"My precious daughter I'm so, so sorry," Mitta cried.

"It's alright mommy I'm not mad at you," Ruby said.

Ash looked at Faust and saw her stand up and walk down the throne stairs and stopped before Mitta and Ruby and with a wave of her hand and a bright light later Mitta's form changed from undead to the living.

"I can see now that you were innocent in what had happened Mitta and for that I am sorry can you forgive me?" Faust asked with a bow.

"Please don't your highness you don't need my forgiveness," Mitta said causing Faust to straighten out.

"Hey Ruby how'd you know we were here?" Ash asked.

"Well I could feel my body being moved so I followed it here?" Ruby said while she pointed to the coffin that was in Celestia's magic.

"You'd be glad to know that the bones have been fixed and cleaned so it we be like it never happened," I said making Ruby to smile.

"Mitta tell me are the residents of Sunny Town any closer to redemption?" Faust asked.

"I'm afraid they haven't changed since the day you cursed the town and they were using the curse to curse others," Mitta said.

"Gods above what have I done?" Faust said.

"Don't worry Faust you couldn't have known the question now is how do we deal with it?" Rage asked.

"I made the curse so that if there was a stray resident they would be pulled back to the town by dawn," Faust said.

"Then I have the solution to your problem," Ash said.

"And what would that be Ash?" Chrysalis asked.

Ash teleported everyone to the entrance of Sunny Town and we looked at the carnage. Apart of me couldn't help but smile the death around us.

"So much death," Dream Catcher said.

"Ok Ash what's your plan?" Rage asked.

"Easy but I need you all to stay back cause I never done this before on my own and I've ever done one this big," Ash said.

Everyone backed away from Ash and he took several deep breaths before he raised his left arm at the town and made his arm become demonic and a pit appeared in the center of the town. Next he made the pit expand and arms began to grab bodies buildings and anything that was in it's path was dragged into the pit, and once the town was gone the pit disappeared and Ash collapsed to his knees.

"Okay I just exhausted my power," Ash said.

"Ash...when could you do that?" Faust asked.

"It was awhile ago but I learned today I can do a lot more...but I can't show you now," he said.

"I think I know what your the god of Ash," I said with a smile.

"Really then what would I be the god of?" Ash asked.

"Your the God of Balance," I said as my smile softened.

Author's Notes:

Hey guys and gals, here is the next chapter and I hope you like it. In this chapter I would like to see if you can find the three references I placed and tell me what they are in the comments. I would love to see if you could find them. Well I best be going, but before I go if you haven't already could you slap that like button and post a comment telling me if I could improve at all. Anyway as always guys, I'll see you in the next chapter.

'PEACE!!'

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