Author's Notes:

Finally, I came up with a new chapter. The story continues! Enjoy!

The group was preparing the place for stay. The same place they spent the previous night at was their shelter again. It was beginning to dusk outside, the night will fall soon.

Andromalius ordered everyone to sleep downstairs, deeper into the tower. He blocked the exit, casting a few protective and detective spells that will greatly help him if Sombra or any other evil being comes for them.

While everyone except him were setting everything up downstairs, he just sat in the center of the upper room, meditating. He was fixing his mind after chaos that Sombra has wrecked there, and was preparing mentally for the next day.

Inanna came from behind him, walked around him, and looked him in the eyes.

"Is everything alright?" she asked with worry, sitting down next to him. "I feel that your mind is in a complete disarray. I can't even understand what you're thinking about."

"I... I am scared." Andromalius admitted. "Just think of this..." he looked at Inanna. "Sombra, this pony who is called 'monster' by others wasn't born like this. I've seen some of his early memories; he was confused and afraid. He was no threat. Yes, he looked different, but that was it. And... It pains me to know that something — or someone — made him into a monster that he is today.

"I know that monsters aren't born — they are made." he sighed. "If you treat someone like a monster... Sooner or later they'll snap, and the chances are they will become monster or commit suicide, and both are terrible things to happen to anyone.

"I must do something to prevent such things from happening again." he said. "Seeing how Sombra was broken into that... monstrosity, I see that there are many problems to solve in this world. As a ruler, I must not let monsters be made. I will see to it that no one will have to suffer like Sombra did, and I can tell he did suffer greatly. I don't know if he can be redeemed, I highly doubt he has hope for that anymore. But even if he stays a monster, I will at least try to prevent anything like this from happening again to anyone else."

Inanna was speechless. She completely agrees with the hell stallion, and he knew it.

"That is why my mind is a mess." Andromalius said. "I'm trying to... uh, to just... comprehend everything."

Inanna hugged him tightly, and whispered into his ear: "I know it may sound silly, but everything will be alright."

"I know." Andromalius nodded. "It is just... well, it's hard for me. I don't know why I care so much now, I've seen many bad people before. But..." he bit his lower lip slightly. "I feel responsible for the world now. I have much power... Power to change everything to the better. Maybe it's right that with great power comes great responsibility. I can't just stand aside and do nothing while I have the power to change everything for the better. I... I'm not selfish. While some might say that I should care only for myself, I disagree with this. If there is no one to help those in need, will it not make the world worse? Letting others be murdered, tortured, fooled, broken... It's not what I want. I can prevent bad thing from happening, and I should. I must." he sighed deeply. "Even if I have to struggle for years to change the world, I will still do this. Sitting and doing nothing will not help anyone, even me."

Andromalius looked down on his hooves.

"Hey," Inanna softly touched his chin and made him look at her. "I will be with you until the end. You believe you can change the world — I believe it, too. Combined, all of us will change it for the better." she moved her head closer to his. "This is time we stand together against the odds, no matter what tries to drive us apart, away from each other." she made a small smile. "I am happy to be with someone like you." she closed her eyes, and kissed Andromalius on the lips, expressing all her feelings towards him. He closed his eyes and kissed her back. They both knew that they can overcome whatever is thrown at them. They knew their union is unbreakable and solid, it will last forever.

And they sat in that room, embracing each-other in love and care. Love they hoped to spread across the worlds.

In the morning.

Andromalius and Inanna were lying together on the upper floor of the tower, resting. He was slowly stroking her mane as she lied on him, half-asleep. Both of them were lying on a soft cloak that Inanna wore out in the core.

The hell stallion woke up and yawned. He got up from the comfortable spot and looked at Inanna. He smiled at her, and then decided to check how others were doing.

He went downstairs, and saw that most ponies were still sleeping. However, Twilight Sparkle was awake, reading a rather old-looking book. She noticed the hell stallion and lowered the books. She stood up and walked to him.

"Um, Andromalius..." she started. "Well, I want to continue the training." she stated. "What you told me about magic... It showed me that there is much more I must learn about it. And, since we're on a dangerous adventure, I thought that I really need some additional training. Um, don't get me wrong, but we're not in a hurry as, well, there's no countdown, right?"

Andromalius nodded, and said: "Very well, I agree with you that our training must be continued. I do believe you have a lot to learn. And I can teach you some useful spells that would help greatly if something like recent events happens again. However, we should do this outside the tower. We don't want to damage it, after all, what if it goes down?"

"Yeah, that sounds good." Twilight nodded. "Though... I think I should tell my friends about it, too. I don't want them to think that I disappeared. Some of them, is, um..." she glanced at Fluttershy. "Prone to panicking."

"Don't worry, I suppose Inanna could stay here to be ready to assure your friends that you are fine."

"Yep, I can do this." Inanna replied in his head.

"Yes, she's on it." Andromalius nodded. "So, let's go."

"Um, how do you know that she's ready?" Twilight tilted her head.

"Telepathy." the hell stallion replied, walking up a stairway. "Now, come. We've a lot to do."

***

The two got outside the tower. The weather wasn't too cold, there were clouds covering the skies, and absolutely no wind. Nevertheless, Twilight was wearing the Cape of Lion's Mane that was gifted to her by Arantir. It provided her warmth and comfort.

Andromalius walked good fifty meters away from the entrance to the tower and cast a spell, forming a dome roughly eighty meters in diameter with his position as its center. Immediately, it became much warmer, but not too much for the snow to start thawing.

"So, I think we should do something practical." the hell stallion suggested. "The first useful thing you need to know is how to make a shield. While offensive spells are good, they cannot protect you from what your enemy might send at you. Good defense must always be a top priority."

"I, actually, can cast a shield. My brother taught me, and he can make a shield that can cover whole Canterlot! Well, he never did it, but I know he has the potential to do so." Twilight replied.

"Show me, then." Andromalius nodded.

Twilight Sparkle formed a violet translucent shield of magic around herself. Andromalius put it to a test, sending a bolt of low-voltage electricity to it. The shield effectively absorbed the bolt, and Twilight didn't even wince. Then, the demon sent a fireball at her. The ball of high-temperature substance hit the shield, and melted the snow around it, and yet the shield stood. The unicorn looked a bit scared but otherwise unhurt.

"Is it safe?" she asked, her voice a bit muffled from behind the shield.

"Perfectly." Andromalius nodded. "However, if you feel uncomfortable, we can do it the other way.

Twilight removed the shield, but noticed that she was standing on a column made from snow and ice. Most of the snow around her was molten by Andromalius' fireball.

"Uh..." she gulped. "Let's do it the other way. I... don't really want to become liquid."

She jumped over the newly-created chasm. Andromalius ignited his horn, and a moment later a clone of Twilight appeared.

"Huh?" the real one stopped in her tracks. "Did you just make a... clone of me?"

"It can be said so." Andromalius replied. "More like a phantom. She is just like you, but if harmed, she will disappear without any consequences. She's also bound to my will."

Twilight tried to touch her clone but found that her hoof went right through it.

"You can't also touch her that way." the demon added. "She's like a ghost but the one that can be harmed."

"That's... interesting." Twilight replied, walking around her clone.

"Alright, stand near me." Andromalius commanded, and the unicorn made haste to stand by him.

Twilight's clone turned around and faced the two, and formed a shield around itself. Andromalius cast a set of powerful offensive spells — thunderbolts.. The fifth broke through the shield but didn't get the clone, and the shield was brought up again.

"Impressive." Andromalius stated. "You have one hundred percent magic immunity under the shield unless spells are shot at you in rapid succession. You aren't tired at all, too. You have a great potential, Twilight."

"Thanks..." she blushed from the compliment. "So... does it mean the shield is good enough?"

"Yes, it does." the demon nodded. "We should get to the offensive spells now. There's a bunch of them, and you should be able to cast all of them. Well, let's begin with three basic spells.

"The first one is Magical Arrow. It is self-explanatory. You use your magic to create an arrow-shaped energy bolt, and send it at the enemy."

Andromalius removed Twilight's clone and placed a few fake imps instead.

"Those are for target practice." he stated. "Now, try to do what I've just told."

Twilight lighted her horn, and soon a magical purple arrow was formed. She sent it at one of the imps, effectively disintegrating him.

"This is the easiest spell, and the least powerful of all." Andromalius explained. "I'm not surprised you did it on the first try.

"Now, let's try one of my favorite." he grinned for a moment. "The fireball. It is area-affecting spell. You just use your energy to make a big ball of fire, and hurl it at the group of enemies." he made some imps in close proximity to each other. "It is turning energy into heat. It should also be easy."

Twilight easily made a fireball, and sent it at the imps. Upon impact, it made a small explosion that destroyed the imps and left a crater full of water. Slowly, the crater became deeper and deeper until the process stopped when all heat was spent.

"Wow... that is something powerful." Twilight said. "It felt like... I've just thrown a mini-sun at them."

"As far as I know, the sun consists of hydrogen, which is one of the elements that make air, so, you're pretty much right." the demon nodded. "And its devastating effect is what I love the fireball for. Well, it is useful up until you fight magic- or fire-resistant creatures.

"So, you've just succeeded in learning two basic offensive spells. There's one to go, and it is quite powerful.

"The thunderbolt, or lightning. It is powerful, but you have to keep it under control if you don't want a chain reaction. So, you should concentrate your energy, heat it to the temperature of plasma, channel it, and then discharge it instantaneously. I don't know the exact mechanism of this, though. All I know is that lightnings are made of very hot substance... At least that is what I remember."

"I think I can do this." Twilight nodded. "Pegasi create lightnings all the time, and I partly know how it happens... I should give it a try from the unicorn side."

She concentrated, lighting her horn. Its glow slowly changed between purple and blue, and then a lightning struck from the clouds. It hit an imp, but went out of control and spread on others. Andromalius cast a shield just in time, protecting himself and Twilight from getting hurt.

"Ugh, it just doesn't want to listen!" Twilight complained. "I mean, I did something, but it went out of control as soon as I made the lightning."

"You should learn how to control it better, then." Andromalius replied. "Do it a few more times." he said, conjuring some imps.

Twilight cast the spell, and this time it spread only on three of them. She groaned, and then made another discharge. However, it happened in a form of a ball, exploding violently, disintegrating a lot of snow. Thankfully, Andromalius kept the shield up, and the two were unharmed.

"You don't want emotions to control your spells, Twilight." he said. "I feel you are frustrated, but it doesn't mean you have to let your feelings do the job. Calm down, and try again."

Twilight nodded. She slowly inhaled, and then exhaled. She repeated it four times. Finally, she calmed down, and prepared the spell. A lightning struck from the skies, obliterating an imp. Twilight grinned and jumped in place.

"I did it!" she exclaimed. "Yes, I did it!"

"Good job." Andromalius couldn't hide his smirk. He knew he'd react like that if he was her. "So, the basic offensive spells are covered. You can combine them with each-other, creating a powerful combination. For example, if you combine fire with lightning, you'll get something that can break shields pretty easily."

Andromalius cast a shield around an imp, then performed the said spell. The shield was broken through, and the imp was destroyed.

"Wow, that is powerful!" Twilight responded. "How did you come up with everything?"

"A little bit of mind work, some knowledge, a lot of willpower, and experiments during actual combat." Andromalius listed. "Once I discovered that there is magic, I knew I could make fictional spells work. So, knowing how they possibly work, I willed them to be cast. First times weren't as easy as casting such spells now, but it all paid off in the end. I can actually resurrect the dead back to living with no bad consequences. Well, besides some minor mental trauma. Experiencing death isn't something to just dust off." he frowned slightly.

"Yes, I remember you've said that you can resurrect those who died. And... I did some research on it." Twilight said. "It is written that using magic to return somepony from the dead is impossible. There is necromancy, of course, but it alters the resurrected, making them... different, darker. Not fully alive, I suppose. And they depend on caster's mana. If it runs out, they die again. Besides, the body doesn't return to it's pre-death state, and still rots, sometimes causing enormous amounts of pain to the resurrected." Twilight flinched. "Ugh... That is disgusting to even read! I am glad I've never seen it, necromancy is banned in Equestria."

Andromalius decided not to tell her about what Luna's been studying for awhile now.

"I think the difference is that I can resurrect those who have died very recently and their body hasn't begun to decompose yet." the hell stallion scratched his chin. "I've never tried necromancy, but as far as I know, it uses magic to raise those who have completely died, and can no longer sustain themselves. That is a major difference between resurrection and raising the dead, I suppose."

"Andromalius, you could hold lectures at the Canterlot Academy of Magic." Twilight smiled slightly. "You find explanations very quickly and can lay them out for a wide public. I mean, you talk rather... simple, I suppose. I think even those who've never studied magic will be able to understand you."

"I doubt I am fit for a teacher." Andromalius shook his head. "At least, not when I have a whole class of students to teach. Individually — yes, I suppose I can. But anything beyond that... No, I don't think so.

"I suppose we return to the tower. Others might've awoken by now. We should continue moving northwards. I, of course, will continue teaching you. But we can do that on the move. I don't have to waste time by just sitting here and doing nothing most of the time."

"Well... I think you're right about that." Twilight nodded.

Andromalius removed the dome he'd cast earlier, and the two went back to the tower.