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Phantoms Of The Truth

by SilentSlender

Chapters

Chapter 1 In The Beginning (Edited)

Chapter 1 A NEW BEGINNING

Legends...

Stories that are so great, can fade with time

As years and centuries go by the legends fade becoming nothing but myths and fiction

Even the mysteries of the universe can fade into nothing

But sometimes even the smallest spark can light up a whole other world

And that is where this story begins...




It was a bright day; as the sun's heat was survivable by the cool wind that blew in the air. the trees blew in the wind and rustled; flowers were as colorful as ever; As the rays of the sun high in the blue sky reflected off nearby shop windows and houses; the heat from the sun radiated off the tarmac road and as the almost quite street stood in the heat  the quite day was sadly disturbed by the sound of running and a cocky voice shouting…

“Come catch me if you can suckers!”

Followed by another "you’re going to run out of places to hide at some point!"

As the sun shined brightly as ever the shadow of a person that looked no bigger than an average person was running not to something but from something. As shadows of 2 other bigger entities where chasing after the shadow in their sight.

the shadows danced over and under objects that passed by; they then stopped as the smaller shadow ducked into an alley and turned as it stood at the end of a brick wall

“Alright really you’re going to kill me. I mean come on look at what happened to last person who tried that and honestly do you think you have a chance?”  Said the person as the two chasers stopped "not like you had a chance to begin with"

the person wore a black jacket with a red shirt underneath, he also wore black trousers along with red shoes that had a red strip running along the bottom and he wore a glove on his right hand. but his face was covered by a hood but his left eye had a bandage of sorts wrapped around.

“Look you got in the way and need to pay for interfering you brat”

Came one of the voice sounding a lot deeper than the other one that spoke with a higher pitch.

“Yea so you better stand still and make this easy or else” Threatened the voice

"ohhh come on guys i only wanted to completely screw your little robbery over that's all but then again i don't want to fight people who can't fight back. plus i don't really give a shit about any of you”  Said the person with a cocky grin

"oh yea coming from the loser that hangs around with girls" laughed the higher pitched person

"yes the one who actually has friends, so if you excuse me ive got things to do so... let's do this" The boy said as the two boys rushed him

Just as the 2 thugs almost grabbed the boy he leaped into the air, spun and landed over the other side of the thugs with a thud. He then ran up and spun one of the guys into the air and kicked him just before he hit the ground. The other brought his fist towards the kid's face but soon winced in pain as his hand vibrated with pain.

"Ghaa what the hell did I hit!? steel?" He yelled in pain before seeing a hand rest on his shoulder

"Close-" The boy then knocked the guy out with a single punch as his boy dropped "-But steel melts too quickly, Titanium on the other hand is perfect, Bye now!" He said before walking away as he whistled to himself

Later…..

As a dim lilted room was illuminated by rays of the sun cracking through a window

The room was an average room a bed with a T.V, droors, a cabinet beside the bed with a little lamp. On the other hand there was a chair sitting by a computer. The black appendages moved quickly but accurately across a keyboard and the the appendages began to remove the glove and bandage around the figures head then the figure became clear in the light reflected from the screen.

He was a tall but skinny person. His hair was a dark black and his eye was brown. The only strange thing about this teen is his right arm, left leg and left eye.

His arm and leg were a shiny metallic grey and as they moved the turning of a gear could be heard and faint red lights glowed in between the joints of the limbs. They were also reflecting the glare of the monitor off his metal limbs.  His eye was grey with a crimson pupil in the center.

As the focused person let out a sigh he looked around his room but all that greeted him was darkness.

“Well another day of almost getting killed, another day in this dark and creepy room” thought the boy "like really can i not get one day without slander oh wait no because it's a crime to hang around girls. well then all the more reason to get them back!"

Then as he continued typing it was short lived for what broke the silence was something no one could comprehend?

The room lit up As electricity shot around the room and a purple vortex opened up and began stretching to almost half the room until it began to suck in any matter that was loose.

“Ah what the hell is this!!?” As he held on for dear life he started to slip ever so slightly.

“Of all things to happen this is the 2nd strangest… well maybe a close 3rd but” Thought the boy  “Really even with these metal limbs I can’t even get a grip on this bloody table also what the fuck is going on!?”  Thought the boy as he panicked

As the scraping of nails; was cut off with the person falling into the vortex.  

“WHAT THE FUCK IS HAPPENING!”  Shouted the boy

As his voice echoed into nothing so did the vortex and with that the vortex and the person was gone to wherever the other side is…

It was a cold wet day in equestria; a storm had appeared over a gloomy village surrounded by towering mountain peaks that gave a grim vibe thanks to the looming storm. And shadows of the peaks flashed as lighting clashed in the sky.

But an object could be seen falling from the center and it looked alive but too weak to move. it then landed with a thud in the mud as it slowly opened its metal eye.

"ugh... ow my leg, well actually my everything; alright legs don't fail me now" said the crippled entity as he slowly rose to his feet but fell as the pain shot up his body

"OK never mind i'll just lay here and slowly freeze to death" he said sarcastically to himself

as he lay there slowly freezing to death on the cold wet ground as the rain poured down apon him a figure ran up beside him and lifted him up. he only managed to say one thing before passing out

"hey what's with the skittle colored hair" he joked before everything went black

note to self never fall into portals of unimaginable power and expect to land in a nice, beautiful, peaceful place. but expect to find a world of pain, suffering and darkness... wait where am i exactly? oh yea passed out... well then time to wake up

Later…

“Uhhh…my…head. Where… where am i?” asked Blaze as his vision began to clear

“You were caught in a terrible storm but my friend saved you from a terrible fate.” came a calm male voice

“A... a storm…. WAIT i... I was sucked into a vortex and then I only felt cold and the wind passing through me. ; Then after that nothing.”  A confused look was shown on his face then a more WTF look

“Wait a minute… please tell me your not the one talking right now?” asked Blaze as he tilted his head

“Well i'm the only one here so yes?” came the voice from a grey pony that had blue eyes and a dark grey mane and looked relatively young

“OK that’s it I am so dead there’s no way your talking right now! “Blaze said in alarm” “OK this is number one on the list of WTF shit that’s happened to me!” said Blaze in panic and confusion

“Right you know what just roll with it and see what the hell is going on” Blaze thought

As Blaze adjusted his eyes to the light. What he saw was a dimly lit cave. More homely looking than any other but scattered around was furniture and other essentials and a waterfall glistening in the light as well and a temple built into the mountain.

As he looked around a giant open arch peered down to a beautiful village that looked lively as the sky above with not a single cloud to be seen.

“Anyway where am i? (Thud) Ow...? What the hell why can’t I st…” Blaze froze

As he realized he could not stand up because as he ran or tried to run over to the waterfall what he saw sent chills down his spine as he felt his gut sink like a rock.

What he saw was a small pony with a black mane and tail, peach fur, one brown eye, one cybernetic leg and arm and one red cybernetic eye and metal wings; he saw that he had bandages wrapped around parts of his body then he looked into his eyes.

“What, what the hell has happened to me!!?” he said in alarm

“I’m a… pony. What the hell is going on? OK this is all just a bad dream right? Wait it cant it all felt so real.” “He looked in disbelief at what he was seeing; his eyes then became sad "i-i-i just can't believe it..."

“Are you OK you seem shocked…? Are you saying you aren’t from this place?”

“I…I don’t know everything is just so hard to remember. The only thing I remember was my room and then a portal and zap i’m here and to answer your question do i sound all cheery to you!?" shouted Blaze

”where the hell am I and why the hell am I talking to horses or ponies ugh I don’t know?”  He thought "I really must have hit the ground with a fucking mallet landing on top of my head"

“Well you are welcomed to stay as long as you like. I’ve got enough room you also seem to not know where or what you are or are just odd. But before that you mind telling me your name?”

“Well OK thanks are you sure? but i just can't wrap my head around this and iv'e seen a lot of weird shit” Blaze said as he sat down

“Yes I would say there’s a lot of space on a mountain" He said sarcastically at the pony

My name is Desmond. This is my friend Rainbow Dash.” he then pointed towards another cave entrance

“I’m Blaze Hawk; nice meeting you two Desmond and  i guess ill be dealing with this for now.” said Blaze as he pointed to himself

As he said that a cyan colored pony came around the corner. She had a rainbow mane and tail and her eyes were magenta colored and glistened in the light as well as a symbol at her sides that resembled a cloud with a rainbow lighting bolt coming out of it.

“Hi my names Rainbow Dash best flyer around and soon to be best all over Equestria and you’re the crazy kid with the weird limbs and the one that made fun of my hair.” she said with a hint of annoyance

“Um hi Rainbow nice to meet you, I’m Blaze and for the record I’m not crazy! and rainbow colored hair isn't exactly common where i'm from! well if you count the other friend with rainbow hair i have” Said Blaze as he rolled his eyes

“OK you know what i’m just going to roll with it fuck it” thought Blaze

  “Sure that’s what everypony says” said Rainbow with a grin

“Ha, ha, ha very funny” said Blaze unamused at the comment

“Anyway Rainbow didn’t you say you had some flying lessons to do?”

“Oh yea well then see ya later then Blaze.” With that she flew off letting a gust of wind trail behind her

“Well I feel odd and annoyed not to mention the fact that she broke the sound barrier in only a second” said Blaze as he stood just staring towards the village below before turning

“So you said you were a sensei. What do you practice?”

“What the hell can something with no hands do exactly?”

“I master the art of combat. Why did you do anything like that where you are from?”

“Yes a bit and still do but now that i’m like this I don’t know how or anything about this place.” Said Blaze

“Really? You can actually fight?!” Thought Blaze as he smirked then Blaze thought and then asked

"can you by any chance teach me?"

"sure and before that do you have any other questions?" asked Desmond

"yea that mark on your sides" said Blaze as he pointed

“This is a cutie mark it symbolizes your special talent. For instance mines a yin-yang symbol for balance and peace. Maybe your talent might show if you train with me but I must warn I won’t go easy.”

“OK that just summed up my time here god I’m ready to go now… please” thought Blaze “Hmm maybe I might learn also how to get back to where I came from?”

“OK then i’m ready when you are.” Blaze responded with some enthusiasm

“Alright then let’s begin…” Desmond said before walking over to Blaze

"Wait now?" asked Blaze with a hint of worry before getting sent flying over the edge "Son of a Biiiiitch!

7 Months later…

It has been a long time since Blaze had come to this world. Throughout his time he has learned not only about the world but has made a best friend and a great teacher. Blaze’s martial arts skills have gone beyond his teacher’s and Rainbow’s expectations.

Even tho he has not gained his cutie mark Blaze continued on with his training not letting that stop him. For he was determined to get it and to find a way home.

As Blaze was busy training on his own Sensei came up and told him this. A saddened look apon his face.

“Blaze I need to go away for some time even tho you have become the best pupil ever I don’t know how long I maybe gone. Even for a long time.”

As he said this Blaze could tell he was very upset about doing this but could not do anything about it. Just as Sensei was about to leave Blaze ran up and stopped him.

“Don’t worry I know for a fact you will return one day until then don’t be worrying about an annoying pony OK Desmond ?”  Said Blaze with a reassuring look and held out his hoof to him as they shook.

“Ha fine then ill not worry. Anyway your training is complete though there will be times where you maybe unsure of who you are. Let your friends guide the way for you. You’re the best ive seen in a long time so please continue to teach others not just martial arts but also friendship. Well then Blaze goodbye.”

After that he trotted off down the peak. After that Blaze was getting ready to pack and leave for a home he could find in the village for he had known about the mountain home collapsing cracks along the wall could be seen even from afar. Whilst packing up something came rushing past Blaze almost talking him off the mountain.

“Hehehe sorry about that. I just came to say hi and what are you doing exactly?”

“Alright if I want to get executed ill ask” Thought Blaze with an unamused look “Moving, this place is going to fall apart I have to move.” Said blaze as he pointed a hoof at the large cracks that intercepted around the wall

“But where would you go there’s nowhere for you to go. At least that’s what you told me.”

“Still I have no choice. Either that or become a pancake.”

“Maybe move to Ponyville. I will be moving there when i’m older but you might be able to instead of being on the street.”

“Yea because a kid can get a home at my age” thought Blaze “Hmm maybe. Just need to find a way of getting a home or just a roof over my head. I think that would be a good id…” (KAPOW!!!)

Just as Blaze was about to finish his sentence a large explosion echoed up the mountain shaking the cliff and nothing but explosions and screaming could be heard and the sound of metal clanking and the sound of laughter of a mad man.

“What was that?”

“I don’t know but it came from the village.”

“Well then I’m going to help.”

“No you can’t you could be injured.”

“Danger’s my middle name.”

“NO WAIT!!” Blaze interjected "ok skittles wtf are you thinking?" thought Blaze as he face hoofed

But it was too late Rainbow had already gone to the village, and after grabbing his things he was about to go then before Blaze turned away he hared Rainbow’s voice shouting.

“GET OFF ME YOU CREEP!” Shouted rainbow

“DASH!” Shouted Blaze “That’s it here I come you freak you hurt my friend I’ll make you pay! This is my dumbest idea yet but hell with it!” Thought Blaze as he shook from fear

As Blaze made his way down to the village he ignored the cold air and the occasional bump at the side from the mountain and headed to the ground.

When he got there he was met face to face with…it.

It was a mechanical serpent. At lease 100 feet in length. It had 6 arms 2 were giant blades that gleamed in the night and were as sharp as an archer’s eye. Its face was a like a grinder, spikes covered all around the outside of its gaping maw. I the top of its face was 1 crimson eye that glowed in the darkness and smaller one’s lining down its metal body. The Giant mechanical like worm then shifted towards Blaze then it spoke with a crackling tone.

“So this is what my sensors indicate but really this, this right here is what stands in the way of Mettalix. I could easily crush you without even trying hahahaha!!!”  Laughed the huge mechanical serpent

“Let my friend go NOW!!!” shouted Blaze

“Oh i’m screwed” thought Blaze

“So you think you have a chance maggot then come on lets see what you can do. Come get her you bloody worm!”

"You honestly don't know how much i want to bury myself in a cave right now"

“Fine then”  “We will see whose left standing after this even tho he is hundred feet high and has the crushing power of a mountain but I’m crazy enough to try” thought Blaze

As Blaze readied into a stance and looked more determined that ever. Even tho he new this would not be easy and his opponent was more powerful than anything Blaze has ever battled with he didn’t care he had to save Rainbow his only friend.

“Let’s Dance!”

As Blaze flew towards Mettalix he threw a dozen punches but nothing worked then a giant sword crashed down apon him sending him flying into a wall with a crack and rubble fell around him. After recovering he flew, dodging missiles but still getting hit as well, but then a missile blew up directly in his face sending scorching pain though his face as it sent Blaze into a daze and just before he recovered from the blast giant hands and blades flew towards him. As Blaze struggled to hold up agenst the massive blade weighing down on him he managed to slip free but not without getting half of Mettalix’s body scrapping up the right side of his body and with that the worm returned into the ground and borrowed back out to the surface with the cracking rock and buildings as he shook the earth beneath him…

After 10 mins a hand smashed Blaze’s small body into the ground. All that was heard was the impact and a giant scream of pain. As Blaze’s metal leg made a slight cracking sound and as he attempted to stand; then Mettalix began to slowly apply his talon like hand apon Blaze as he struggled to keep it from crushing him.

“No not yet you bloody mechanical bastard” Blaze grunted as he struggled to hold the arm back

“I’m… not...Going …to …die.” Gowned Blaze as he struggled to stop the claw as it inched closer and closer.

“This is it I guess it’s over for me, atleast i have no regreats”. Thought Blaze

With a final breath Blaze braced for the impact.

“This is the end for you worm. Now DIE!”

As the hand crush what was left of Blaze all that was hared was.

“BLAZE!!!” Shouted Rainbow looking utterly mortified

"so here we are i'm most likely dead and my body his a flat as my metal limbs and when i said armor i meant whatever protection these useless limbs offered so yea i'm done..."

“Don’t give up and fight or ill kill you; it’s not over” came a voice “stand up.”

“HAHAHAHA the pest crushed under my hand. Now for you, you little pest!?” Said Mettalix before he stopped to look

All attention was brought to Mettalix’s hand as a blue aura was forming around it; it shined as bright as the midnight sky. As Mettalix’s hand lifted.

“It’s not... over... YET!!!” Shouted a voice from under the arm

“WHAT IS THIS…HOW!?” Mettalix shouted in disbelief

As the hand was lifted Blaze stood but something was different. The sides of his legs shone brightly as a sword showed up out of nowhere. He had found his talent.

“Operator command activated. Activate armor enhancement?”

“What the hell. Screw it”

“Ye- yes…activate NOW!”

As soon as the words left his mouth 2 ports opened on his arm and leg then metal started to encase his body as plated armor some parts having faint red glows coming from the cracks, as the armor continued to encased Blaze’s body his stature became more human giving Blaze hands and human like feet. As Blaze’s face was encased and two big eyes glowed a crimson red as Blaze finally spoke his voice a lot more metallic.

“Now feel my wrath you pest!” Said Blaze angrily

Ok that was the worst line I've ever spoken anywho

Instantly Blaze lifted and threw the colossal arm to the side and leaped on it then as he lifted his arm and then the darkness of the night crept away into the shadows as brilliant light sparked in his had and a blade of red and black appeared, glistening in the light it emitted. Looking the same as Blaze’s cutie mark.

“OK this is more like it!” Thought Blaze as he grinned

“Now let the true fight begin.” Said Blaze sounding like his cocky self

Blaze then raised his right hand and plunged the sword into Mettalix’s arm. As Mettalix roared in pain Blaze then began running straight up Mettalix’s arm as he dragged the blade with him. By the time he reached the joint Blaze then swiftly drew the blade out of Mettalix’s arm and completely amputated the arm off of the metal monstrosity’s body. As the arm crashed to the ground with a “thud” blaze then flew over and landed, then turned to face Mettalix as he held the blade to his side.

“Well then Mettalix let’s see what your made of!” shouted Blaze

“YOU WILL PAY FOR THAT. NOW TASTE EVERYTHING IV’E GOT!!!”

Said Mettalix angrily

"really because all i see is something that should be on the end of a fishing hook but nah" mocked Blaze

As they charged at each other a colossal blade came crashing down on Blaze it was blocked by Blaze’s blade. But then Blaze grabbed the blade and pulled with all his might and with the sound of metal bending and wires sparking he ripped the blade straight off Mettalix. As the blade smashed into the ground Blaze then leveled it diagonally towards Mettalix as Blaze than ran up it and flew in a spinning motion and became a moving razor as he sliced through another arm with blinding speed…

Then as both blaze and Mettalix hit, slashed, punched and smashed each other with bruit force the same thing on their minds. “One of us will die here”.

“Yea you show him whose awesome Blaze!” Shouted Rainbow with a grin

LATER…

After what felt like forever Mettalix was left with only 2 arms. One held Rainbow the other severely damaged as it sparked and parts fell out from their once perfect welding place. Even tho Blaze looked like the one who would win even he felt he was beginning to tier.

“No not yet” Thought Blaze as he gowned in pain

Blaze then charged straight at the arm holding RD. as this happened Mettalix swung his arm and clipped Blaze‘s right arm but Blaze managed to cut straight through the arm holding Rainbow. but could not escape the blast of the arm exploding causing the 2 of them to crash into the ground, grinding Blaze’s back into the dirt making a curved marking but he still managed to stop serious injuries to Rainbow.

“Are you OK Dash?” Blaze asked trying to ignore his injuries

“Yes but what about you?”

“I could be doing better and my left leg is still damaged but still I have to finish this.”

“Yep that’s a broken leg ow, ow, ow” thought Blaze as he stared at what still remained of the robotic serpent

As he said this sparks came from several places on his body. But he ignored them and faced Mettalix.

“Now let’s end this”.

“OK kick his flank back to hell.”

“Grr that’s it time for you to burn you pathetic worm!!

Mettalix then began to worm his way through the ground and as his body arched through the area he fired off from his eyes a volley of lasers. His head rested at the end of the carnage as he glared at his prey.

“Alright then bring it!”

“Oh and don’t worry Dash I’ll be fine.” He said trying to sound fine

“Alright um computer?”

“Yes Operator?”

“Target a weak point on Mettalix.”

“Found aim directly on the back of his head. Best course of action is to enter through his mouth.”

“Well that seems totally safe and easy well then here we go!!!

“This is it if I fail- no i won't” thought blaze as he readied to fly

As Blaze flew directly towards the lasers they started to move in random directions.

Blaze then ducked under an arched piece of Mettalix, as he dug his sword into its hide and began spiralling around until he sliced through the eye then jumped out of the way of a volley of lasers as some hit him but did little as Blaze threw his blade into the next eye and shot towards it and began sliding down the length of the machine as he reflected the red beams and continued to move closer to the heart of the machine.

with an ear piercing screech from Mettalix he brought his arm hurling towards Blaze but did little to stop him as he swiftly ducked and jumped towards the mouth of the beast and managed to clog the grinder as Mettalix coughed but soon felt the pain of a thousand needles as Blaze tore through his head and shattered his remaining eye. Blaze then fell off the beast as it crashed to the ground, silencing the world around them.

“It’s… over… computer deactivate armor.” Blaze said faintly

“Acknowledged.”

"see just a walk in the park" laughed Blaze as we dazed around until he felt his strength fade as he fell and soon the world faded to black...

1 Day Later…

The room where Blaze lay was small but a crack of light through a window glared through bringing light to the near empty room. All that laid was a bed, a stool and bedside cabinet. And then the figure under the covers moved.

“Ugh… my head again. “Next time plan things out brain” thought Blaze as he sat up

“Hmm I’m not injured in anyway?” “I guess that armor protected me from major injuries”.

“Well I guess I should go see what the damage is outside.”

When Blaze got outside most of the buildings where intact, besides the ones caught in the crossfire that engulfed around the battle. As well as the body of Mettalix was nowhere to be seen, no parts, no arms or anything as if he was never here.

All of a sudden a group of ponies gathered around Blaze and started to cheer for him. The tone of their voices said that even tho damage was done they where thankful to be alive.

“Thank you so much young one you saved all of us we can’t begin to say how grateful we are”. Said a pony with a smile.

“I can get used to this” thought Blaze as he smiled

“as much as i would love to stay and chat i just need to know where my friend Rainbow Dash is and if there's anyway i could get a train to a village called Ponyville ?”

"she’s over there; she helped clear the roads around the village and thank you" Said the pony with a smile on his face.

“Thanks.”

“Hey Dash!”

Before Blaze could even say his next sentence rainbow swooped in and hugged Blaze before saying anything and then let go.

“OK just knock me out again while you’re at it.” Blaze said with a grin.

“Well still that’s for saving me. And you were so awesome as well as you got your cutie mark!”

As Blaze looked down to his flank he noticed the red and black sword that also matched his real sword strapped around his waist still.

“Well at least it matches my sword” thought Blaze

“Cool, so I guess my talent is with this sword or something?" He said with a small smile.

“But I had no idea about the armor so I guess there’s still secretes to unlock about it?” Said Blaze looking with a questioning look “those idiots didn’t even tell me about the armor” Thought Blaze as his expression tuned into an annoyed look

“Anyway the villagers help me clear the way to the train station as thanks for saving them. They said a train to Ponyville was leaving soon.” Said Rainbow

“Anyway at least we still have a way to get to Ponyville. So then I’ll grab whatever I need and I’ll meet you their OK?” said Blaze "i rather get moving than to stay and ponder on where a 100 feet serpent with terrable threats went" Blaze said with a laugh

“Fine but don’t be late.” Said Rainbow sternly

A While Later…

As blaze showed up at the station he carried a bag on his back containing whatever he owned.

“OK i’m ready to go when you are.”

“Cool let’s hurry on before it leaves.” Dash said as she dragged him towards the platform

"Calm down you know we can fly right?" Blaze asked but got no answer

As the train began to come alive some of the villagers where there telling them that there welcomed back anytime. Blaze and RD thanked them and sat down as the train began to move towards their new destination.

4 Hours Later…

“Where here!” Said Rainbow excitedly

“So this is Ponyville? This looks nice but where would I be living you said you lived somewhere else and I don’t think a young colt such as myself can buy a home. Even with the amount of bits I have.” Even tho Blaze was concerned about where he would live the village itself was lively.

There were ponies everywhere doing what they would normally do throughout their day. Shops and stalls of all colors where busy as ever and the clear sky and warm atmosphere felt like the world Blaze came from, just more happy.

“This is amazing Dash.” As Blaze’s robotic eye scanned the area as they walked through.

“I know, cool place ” She said with a grin.

“Yea sure” said Blaze with a smile

“So here my plan on how you’re going to get a home.” Said RD with a determined tone to her voice.

“You are going to activate your armor and ask to buy this property, that and its the only one in your price range.” She then handed Blaze a piece of parchment that had all the details of the land.

It showed an overhang with archways lining the front and a home built into the cliff. Tho it looked run down the price was low and hardly anyone lived close.

“So how is me showing up in my armor going to help?” Asked Blaze with a confused look.

“Well you are going to look a lot bigger in it and your voice goes robotic so they can’t tell that there’s a small fry under the suit.”

“Good idea and really “small fry”. Said Blaze with an annoyed look

“Right then here goes nothing. Um Computer activate armor?” Blaze asked expecting no answer

“Acknowledged activating armor…” the thing responded

After that the armor enclosed Blaze RD got a good look at the armor. It matched the rest of his actual limbs and had a red glistening core on his chest as well as a head piece that covered everything but his mane.

“Alright let’s go.”

1 Hour Later…

After sorting out and almost scaring off the agent Blaze and RD arrived at the home and began to look around.

“Alright next time activate closer and don’t get caught by paranoid ponies” said Blaze with an unamused look

“It wasn’t that bad” said Rainbow with an annoyed look

“Yes because ponies yelling a screaming *help, help crazy monster on the loose*is not bad” said Blaze looking very unamused

“Well this looks promising. It could use a major clean up tho but on the bright side there’s a shack of sorts built into the wall.” Said Blaze.

“Still it’s a home. Said rainbow positively. Well I have to get going are you sure you will be fine cleaning the place up until I get back tomorrow?”

“Yea I can manage and I do hope to see you soon.” Said Blaze with a smile

“Goodbye Crazy metal pony” said Rainbow

“Goodbye skittles” Said Blaze as he sniggered

Rainbow grew a tiny bit red in the face and flew off. As the beautiful sun began to set over the green hills Blaze said before walking towards his home

“Wait was that? Ugh never mind “note to self stop talking to self” he noted to himself

As Blaze walked over the withered bridge and into the shade of the cliff he sat down and sighed

“How am I going to get home and why was Mettalix randomly attacking a town or was he there for… me?” Said Blaze as he pondered the idea

As the moon rose a crackling fire was glowed in the darkness under a cliff and a small pony sat there staring at the flames as they danced in the air and then back at the black sword with the glowing edge of red near the top and pondered.

“I know a cutie mark represents your talent but why give me sword, why me?” thought Blaze “Grr why so many questions but no answers!” Shouted Blaze before he then talked again this time towards his right arm

"hey um computer thing are you there?" asked Blaze as his eyebrow rose

"yes operator what is it that you require?" said the robotic voice

"why is it that you only began to talk now?" asked Blaze as he began to ponder

"well first i can read your thoughts due to me being physically joined to your occipital lobe which allows me to connect to the rest of your functions including memory, thought and muscle control" responded the computer as through Blaze robotic eye he saw all these targeting symbols and other readings show up

"well that's just weird and stay away from my thoughts when i don't need you thank you" said Blaze as he became more defensive

"also try giving yourself a personality as well as refer to me as Blaze every once in awhile"

"why would i need a personality, i don't have any memories of ever needing this or any memory banks at all" responded the computer

"well then consider this your new life with me; and that is not exactly a peaceful life" said Blaze

“Well then let this be the start of my new life in Ponyville and with an A.I in my head…” said Blaze as he laid down and closed his eyes

And as the glowing fire slowly faded from sight and the night grew; little did Blaze know his life here in Equestria was only just beginning to unravel...

“Well this might just be fun…” said a voice

To Be Continued…

Chapter 2 The Missing Element

CHAPTER 2 THE MISSING ELEMENT

A Few Years Later…

It was a normal day in Ponyville piece had returned after the defeat of Nightmare Moon from the help of 6 ponies which whom carry the Elements of Harmony.

Ponies all across Ponyville now enjoy another clear day as the sun shined as bright as the ponies around. Even tho no evil disturbances have occurred recently no one could prepare for the storm on the horizon and a pony whose destiny will only just begin to unravel.

“You know you could be more… dynamic, like have you seen the comments on the last one?” said blaze

“Fine then” said the narrator

As another peaceful day began a rainbow colored figure shot its way over the village and towards the outskirts of town until a voice called from bellow.

“Hey Rainbow you mind coming down here.” Shouted Twilight

“Yea Twi what’s up?” Said Rainbow who’s eyes where darting in different directions.  

“Um so I was wondering where you were going. I mean you have been heading out here to the middle of nowhere for a long time. Why?” Said Twilight with a curious look

“Oh you know just homing my already awesome flying skills in piece.” Said Rainbow trying to pull a smile

“You sure it’s nothing else?” Questioned twilight

“NO I’m not doing anything OK, goodbye!”

Shouted Rainbow as she flew off

After RD flew off 4 other shadows came out from around the side of a building.

“Well that could have gone better darling” said Rarity who looked very disinterested

“I say we just say out of it” Said Fluttershy in a whisper

“But don’t you want to know what crazy, awesome, amazing, scary, horr... mmm.” Pinkie said before being cut off with a hoof

“Well we ain’t gonna find out just by lying around.” Said Applejack

“OK then let’s go. I don’t want to spy on Rainbow but it’s just to know why she has been coming out here all the time.” Said Twilight with a concerned look

Meanwhile…

“Here is the location of the library sir.” Came a voice

“Good we move out to Ponyville and find that map. Soon it will be mine... hahahaha.” Came a voice as its chilling deep voice echoed through the cold misty mountains.

Rainbow Dash had been coming out here for as long as her friends could remember but she would never say why she headed out here and avoided the topic entirely.

After a bit of walking the 5 found themselves on the top of a hill and across the beautiful landscape there was an overhang with a bridge going over a river that came down over one of the arches. And on the inside there were red stained glass windows and a metal door. The place had cables and wires hanging out of the place and went along the walls like twisting vines.

“Wow this looks amazing” Said Twilight in astonishment. “Well then let’s go what’s up with Rainbow Dash.”

“WAIT!” Shouted Pinkie

“What is it pinkie?” Said Applejack

“Lookie what’s around the area” said Pinkie as everyone looked at what the happy mare was talking about?

As the others looked around the perimeter they almost missed them. What they barley saw were thin wires running across the area.

“Well great how to well all get across now?” Said Applejack

“Easy just get Twilight to teleport us over silly.” Said Pinkie

“OK then hold on ive never teleported so many ponies at once” said Twilight

Then as magic enveloped her horn everyone was instantly teleported in front of one of the windows. And as Twilight came out of her daze and she joined in on what the rest stared at.

What they saw was RD in front of a metal thing standing on its back legs and was facing RD in a fighting stance and its eye glowed as crimson as blood.

“You ready?” Said Rainbow

Then the metal thing nodded in agreement. Then they both charged at each other and locked hooves with fists and as they struggled for dominance.

Then rainbow flew up and brought a hoof down on its head and then to the chest knocking it back. Then the thing hit rainbow back and to the ground she quickly regained flight just as the machine brought a arm down. Then it managed to grab Rainbow by the tail and slammed her into ground but as this happened Rainbow spun bring the machine crashing onto the ground. But just as it got to its feet the door into the arena slammed open.

Then 2 back hooves from AJ smashed in the machine then its arms where held in place by Twilight’s magic. But before anything else could happen the machine broke out of the magic like it was nothing and lowered its guard then Rainbow spoke.

“Uh what the hay are you doing to my friend” said Rainbow with an annoyed look

“But you where being attacked” said twilight defensively

“No we were sparing and you all interrupted it and I was just about to win to” said Rainbow with a bored look

“OK now that’s a lie” said the machine which began to dust itself off

“Yea whatever” said Rainbow with a grin

“Also are you… friends with it?” Said Rarity in disgust

“Yes and he doesn’t like others barging in on him correct?” said Rainbow smiling

“ yes and how you got passed my defenses is beyond me but anyway next time knock and two you mind not attacking me next time because its bad enough trying to fix this without getting more dented parts to replace. Also IT? really?” Said the metal figure sounding unamused

“Sorry” said them all looking disappointed

“No worries I get chucked around a lot but still don’t do it again” said the metal figure. “Well then I guess we will continue tomorrow then Dash?”

“Aww why?”

“Because ive got some errands to run so unless you want to be caught in a black hole i suggest you go OK?”

“OK ive got something’s to do. Let’s go girls” said Rainbow walking off

As all 6 friends walked across the bridge and across the now clear field were trip wires once were; they made there way back to Ponyville passing the beautiful landscape as they walked.

“So dashy who is he? Is he your colt friend?”

Said Pinkie with a wide smile

“N... NO he’s just a friend!” Said Rainbow blushing slightly

“Sure” said Applejack with a grin

“Look he’s just somecolt whose my friend from awhile ago that’s it” said Rainbow harshly

“Well why did you never introduce him to us?” said Rarity

“Because he wants to introduce himself when he feels like it. I swear how I put up with his whinny attitude is beyond me” said Rainbow *sighing*  she noticed the looks she was given “what?”

“oh nothing” said the rest whilst giggling

As all of them laughed it was beginning to become noon and as they continued to laugh it was cut short as the sound of people panicking.

“What the hay is going on?!” Said Applejack shocked at the sound

“Let’s go quickly everypony!” Said Twilight as they ran

As they approached the town what they saw was utter chaos cyborgs were raiding the town for something but they stood upright and were just like the metal person back at the overhang. And as shutters were closed as ponies ran the 6 of them looked around in shock of what was happening to the once peaceful town; one of the bots stood at the end of the road much different than the rest. It was bigger around 6 feet in height and had 2 swords in its hands and then its red gleaming eyes turned to face the 6. And spoke with a deep rich voice.

“So you 6 ponies are the ones I heard about. Then that means you in the front must be Twilight the Element of Magic correct?” Said the cyborg

“Explain what you’re doing or else you will answer to us” said Twilight with an angered look

“Hmm not very welcoming are you? Fine then.”

“My name is Krux I’m looking for the missing element you see and I require your cooperation now tell me were is it!” Said Krux forcefully

"A 7th element; there another element?" “Said Twilight confused “even if I did know about it I wouldn’t tell you.”

“Nice try; men get them!” shouted Krux as he pointed a finger

As cyborgs uncloaked and grabbed the 6, one pointed a blade at the neck of AJ it smirked at Twilight.

“No don’t hurt her” said Rainbow angrily at the bot

“Then tell me where it is” said Krux

“I don’t know just don’t hurt Applejack” said Twilight worried about her friend

“Don’t worry sugarcube ill be fine” said Applejack

“Well then if you don’t know…”

As Krux nodded to the bot slowly raised the blade to her neck. And as her friends watched as their best friend was about to be killed… (SMASH!!!)

The bot then looked down as an arm impaled its chest and then as the bot was lifted it was sent creaming into the ground as it smash from the impact.

“Now its one thing to threaten someone but to actually almost kill them is going too far for my taste and really another one well at lease it isn’t boasting.” Said the metal figure as it wiped the leftover shrapnel on his arm

“Who are you to intervene with my plan” said Krux angrily

“My name is Blaze and i’m the one who’s going to begin smashing your face in. Now who wants some?”

“GRR GET HIM NOW!!!” Shouted Krux

“Right then lets go.” said Blaze who readied up

As the remaining bots swung in different directions towards Blaze he flew into the air dogging the blades then with a resounding crack a bots head was caved in with an arm; then the other 2 swung again but Blaze grabbed one by the arm and batted the other into a  building with a smash; the other stabbed in the face with its own sword and fell limp.

“Is that it? That was very pathetic” said Blaze turning towards Krux

“Like really sad and ive had more trouble from rodents then you.”

“Fine then fight me you fool but no armor” Said Krux smirking

“OK if you say so” said Blaze “Computer deactivate armor.”

“Blaze what you are doing!” Said Rainbow in shock

“Don’t worry ill be fine; plus I want a fair fight” said blaze as his face was revealed with a smile

And soon after the rest of his peach body has shown with the sword cutie mark and black mane. Along with cybernetic arm, leg, wings and eye.

“So this who I will be mounting on a pike” laughed Krux as he drew his two swords at his sides” lets go.”

As Blaze balanced himself upright and drew his black sword with a red trimming on the sharp end that gleamed in the light of day.

“Right then… lets dance.”

They both then charged at each other, Krux then swung both swords at Blaze but where blocked. Then as Blaze pushed one away the other came at a fast speed catching Blaze off guard; knowing it would kill him Blaze quickly flew his metal leg in front but sent him flying and smashed head first into the ground.

Before Blaze could recover his stomach felt compressed as a leg stomped on him, letting out a gasp but then he was lifted and thrown into a building.

“Ow well I didn’t need that kidney anyways or… rips” said Blaze as he held his chest

As Blaze flopped to the ground a steadily got to his knees he only managed to block one blade trimming his fur but the other cut him across his side and metal wing; with the force it sent him rolling into dirt and this time he struggled to get up.

“Hahahaha this is what protects these pathetic ponies laughed Krux what a joke. You’re too slow.”

“Oh great he’s out” said Applejack with a sigh

“Oh, oh, oh wait Lookie” said Pinkie excitedly

As they all looked they saw Blaze smirking.

“Too… slow huh… Hahaha” said Blaze in between breaths “fine then try this.”

“Try what.. Ahhhh!” Said Krux before he stumbled back and looked at his metal arm lying on the ground as it sparked

Everyone looked in shock as Blaze looked towards Krux looking like nothing happened.

“How, HOW DARE YOU!!” Shouted Krux as he ran towards Blaze with one blade and arm. But before he knew it his Blade was in pieces

“How did you do that?” Said Krux in disbelief

“Your attacks are strong but you leave yourself open for attack. Now it’s over give up! Unless you want to be humiliated more?” said Blaze grinning

“Never! Grrahhh” shouted Krux as he charged towards Blaze swinging frantically

Easily Blaze dogged left to right and then Blaze swooped in to strike

Just as Krux swung his leg was in pieces and he crumbled to the ground.

“Sir! Shouted a bot we have the location it’s in the forest!”

“Good we move out then….. This is not over Blaze” said Krux before flying off

“See you soon Krux.”

After that Blaze holstered his sword and trotted over to the other 6.

“That was awesome!” Said RD looking very amused

“So who are you and what’s with that armor?” Said Twilight

“Well first my name is Blaze Hawk the best swordsman around. Two that was my computer” Said Blaze

“Acknowledged a pleasure to meet you all” said the computer with a plain tone

“Three is it always this crazy around here or is that just me?" asked Blaze as he pointed towards the bots

“Well um thank you for saving us Blaze” said Fluttershy with a smile

“Yea I owe you one for saven me” said Applejack

“No problem, for if someone try’s hurting my friends they will regret it.” Said Blaze

“Well thank you again” said Applejack

“Anyway what was that thing saying about a 7th element?” Said Rarity

“I don’t know ive never came across anything that says about a 7th element. Said Twilight. Well there bound to be something in the library; Blaze you want to help us; we could use an extra hoof?”

“Sure lets go; plus I need to pay Krux back for damaging my wing” said Blaze pointing at his slowly repairing wing

“Doesn’t that hurt?” asked Fluttershy worryingly

“No; unlike my other limbs my metal one’s have more resistance to pain; now lets go”

As the 7 of them looked around the library, overtime the mane six asked blaze how he managed to avoid ponies for so long and why his limbs where cybernetic but he avoided that question saying its not a pretty story. As they searched ,twilight then noticed dust coming from the table in the center of the library.

“Hey everypony look” Said Twilight

As they all looked at the center Twilight began to use her magic to lift the table. What they saw was a whole, moss and dust covered book that had not been touched in years. A page was ripped as can be seen by what remained of the page a said.

From a place not one, the way of metal not bound by hate, one of inspiration not fear, a forest intertwining the 6 that hid the 1 that remained…

“Well that’s helpful” said Blaze rolling his eyes

“This must be the page or what’s left of it that said where this element is”

“Well they mentioned a forest most likely being the Everfree forest.” Said Twilight

“Well the rest does not make any sense it’s all cryptic.” Said Rainbow Dash confused and bored as she yawned

“Hmm… I don’t get it” said Blaze in a monotone voice

“Well the more time we waste the closer that tin man gets to succeeding” said Applejack

“Well it’s about time I get back into slashing moving targets. So then who’s ready to bash some metal heads?” Said Blaze with a smirk

“Me, me me, me, i’m in, lets do this, um OK i’m in.” said all of them.

Meanwhile…

“Sir the AC 1220MG as you requested” said a bot

“Good, now nothing will stand in my way and you are all no longer of any use to me” said Krux as he flicked a switch

“No wait… Beep”

As all the bots dropped like flies as the short circuited Krux smirked to himself.

“Soon the element will be mine hehehehahaha…”

Later that evening as the sun began to set apon the land and the shadows of objects grew bigger 7 ponies stood at the edge of a great wall of ever twisting trees. Erie sounds echoed from the forest as it started to come to life. And as the sun got lower the darkness in the Everfree forest grew colder…

“Well then lets go” said Twilight

“We better stay on guard; we never know what to expect in here” said Blaze as he withdrew his blade and balanced his metal leg in a defense

As they walked down the ever twisting path the sound of howling could be heard echoing through the twisted trees. As they walked shadows danced in the darkness and the only thing between their freedom from the forest was the dirt road beneath their hooves.

20 Minutes Later…  

As they entered the clearing as magnificent castle stood, untouched by the forest and with the moon’s reflection it gave a most breathtaking look and what used to be a grand monument was now a ruined building of the forest.

As the 6 walked up to the doors of the castle a look of fear, dread and despair loomed over them…

“So how far did you say the castle was twilight?” Asked Blaze

“About a 30 to 40 minute walk why?” Said Twilight

“OK really who thought putting a castle in a forest like this was a great idea?” Thought Blaze

“Well I knew it was in the forest but to put it this deep.” Said Blaze as he looked around the forest

“It’s also where we mopped the floor with Nightmare Moon” said Rainbow with a smirk

“Now it’s just a filthy place for beautiful tapestry to rot away” Said Rarity in disgust

“OK one is boasting the other is complaining yay” thought blaze as he sighed

“Twilight.” Whispered Fluttershy “Twilight… Twilight!!!” Shouted Fluttershy

“What is it Fluttershy?” Said Twilight

“Look out!!!” Shouted Blaze as he shoved Twilight out of the way of a vine

“What living vines!?” Said Rainbow in shock

As the vines began to circle the 7 they were cut in the blink of an eye as Blaze cut through them at a high speed.

“Alright Go, Go!!!” Shouted Blaze

As 1 of the vines began to ensnare Rarity she was then pulled out by Fluttershy. Then both of them were thrown in front by Blaze.

“Hurry everypony!” Shouted Twilight

Then as they all began to run 1 vine caught Blaze by the back of the leg. Before he could react another wrapped itself around his wings stopping him from escaping.

“Oh no Blaze!” Shouted Twilight

“OK can I go 1 day without getting caught by something?” thought blaze

“Go ah… Go now or else no one can stop Krux!!!” Shouted Blaze as he swung at the vines

“No were not leaving you!” Shouted Rainbow

As Rainbow started to run over the vines began slithering their way towards them.

“GO NOW!!!” Shouted Blaze

“Come on girls lets go!” Said Applejack

“I’ll be fine” said Blaze, a worried expression on his face as the vines ensnared his front legs

“Good luck… because I’m going to have to do some gardening” thought Blaze as his face seemed completely oblivious

LATER…

“I regret leaving him” said Fluttershy

“We had no choice or else we would have been caught” said Twilight

“Well now we can’t keep dwelling on what happened; we just have to keep going” said Rarity looking away from the path behind them

“Rainbow you alright?” Said Applejack “rainbow?”

Oh yea i’m fine said Rainbow

“Are you sure?”

“Yes just thinking.”

“OK then”

As they opened the door they all felt light on their hooves as they were met with a sharp pain as they were chained to the wall.

“Hey what gives?!” Said Twilight as she struggled to break free of the shackles

“Well we can’t have you ruining the ritual can we?” Said Krux menacingly

Before anymore could be said all of them looked towards the towering mech. They saw Krux in the center of the machine and the mech held in its hands to towering blades and had sharp talons as feet which glimmered in the moon light.

“Wait... those parts there” said Rainbow as her eyes grew wide in fear

“What is it?” Asked Twilight

“There from…Mettalix but how?” Said Rainbow

“Oh well that waste of scrap didn’t need them so now I own his blade and parts that were left from that mechanical brat. Good thing he’s hanging around elsewhere ha-ha.” Said Krux as he laughed

“Now let’s not waste time and let the ritual commence”

“Ohohoh is this a party!?” Asked Pinkie “because its not very fun”

“Yes this one is one you will all remain apart of.. Forever said Krux

Thanks to this inscription it tells that every full moon it will appear just as the moon reaches the peak between the two spires for 10mins. And with its power nothing can stop me!!! Hahahaha” said Krux as he began to laugh psychotically

“Please someone help us” said Fluttershy in her head…

As the vines encased Blaze completely

“Please help us” “… huh Fluttershy?” Blaze thought  “Alright first I talk to myself and now i’m hearing voices I give up I’m crazy. Well then I guess I need to escape... Let me GO!”

As the vine strained and turned by the strength of Blaze they snapped and then Blaze shot upward into the midnight sky and saw the castle in the distance.

“Well then that’s the last time I get man handled by vines”

“Aright here I come” Said Blaze

“We are going to die” said the computer

“Yea but I wouldn’t have it any other way” said Blaze as he darted in the direction of the castle

As the moon began to almost reach the peak Krux brought his sword up.

“Now time to say your farewells” said Krux with a grin

Then as the six closed their eyes and gritted their teeth, preparing for the inevitable.

“It will be over quick girls don’t worry” said Twilight as tears rolled down her face

*Smash, crack, crack, crack thud*

As the six opened their eyes they saw Blaze standing there on his back legs.

“OK never fly into a wall and expect it to fall like dominoes” said Blaze as he stubbed around then he focused on Krux

“So you arrived. But instead of fighting join me and gain a power, no one could stand in your way. Just forget these worthless ponies!” Said Krux with a grin

“I Swear why the crap of come to my side shit” thought Blaze

“Hmm let me think no” Said Blaze

“What how can you care about these worthless ponies!?” Said Krux

“Well first you harm innocent ponies then smash me around like a rag doll then proceed to have me go through a hellish forest just so I can play hero well no just no, And the whole evil laugh suites Pinkie better for crying out load! And also these ponies are my friends and if I have to face a mechanical monstrosity like you then so be it!” Shouted blaze

“Consider that your last words” said Krux but then a bright light shined in front of them

“Well sorry I have a few I would love to say” said Blaze as he focused

“From a place not one”

What are you saying?! Demanded Krux

“The way of metal not bound by hate”

“One of inspiration not fear”

“That’s the torn part of the page!” Said Twilight surprised

“No that means” said Krux in surprise as his face twisted into an unamused look

“A forest intertwining the 6 that hid the 1 that remained… The Element of Inspiration!” Shouted blaze as the glow encased him and formed a golden necklace with a ruby sword on the front

“You know you should really plan your ideas out more next time or not. Plus do you think you can take something of harmony and use it for your own freewill. Well you’ll have to take it from me first you metallic bastard!” Said blaze as he activated his armor but leaving his face visible and then began to draw his sword

“Fine then i’m going to bury your corpse in this bloody ruin forever” shouted Krux

“Yes because that's totally going to happen, very well then let’s dance…”

As Krux swung both his blades at Blaze 1 was blocked with blazes sword and the other with his foot.

“Ha now taste this!”

Just as blaze pushed the blade on his foot away an electrical wire wrapped around him and began to send jolt after jolt of electricity up his leg which caused him to grunt in pain.

“Ah dammit… ahh!”

Blaze was then struck with both blades sending him face first into the ground before he could react he was then electrocuted again sending his nerves into a fritz.

“Ahh… stupid robots!” Groaned Blaze

Just as Krux lifted his Blade and began to swing it down on Blaze he was teleported out of the way by twilight.

“You OK?” Said Twilight worried

“Yes just a bit cooked” groaned blaze “OK that’s it i’m taking a vacation; what about the rest?”

“There fine there safe behind the far wall.”

Just as Twilight got up a giant mechanical arm smashed her into the wall where the rest lay and hit the wall with a crakling *thud*

“Twilight!!” Shouted everyone

“Stay out of this you pest!” Shouted Krux

“How dare you… HOW DARE YOU!” Shouted Blaze as his voice became more crackled and psychotic

“Well what are you going to do?”

“Hahahaha ill show you a fun time by burning your corpse and dancing in the ashes Hahaha” laughed Blaze with a large grin

As Krux sent a blade heading towards blaze; blaze blocked it with his hand and then lifted the blade and krux’s power armor with it and

Flung it across the room. Krux then landed with a smash and then before he could get up Blaze diced what was left of Mettalix’s blade, but not without getting shocked then punched into a pillar.

“Hahaha how’s that you pile of scrap” smirked Blaze as his voice returned to normal

“I told you never hurt my friends but then again your hearing is about as bad as your fighting”

“You’ll pay for that you vermin” Said Krux as he began to stand “ill end you!”

“I like to see you try” said Blaze as he began running forward

Just as Blaze and Krux’s blades connected and as they struggled agenst each others strength, battling for the upper hand, Krux brought his fist with electrical wires around to Blazes side. But just as they where about to connect the wires and fist were in pieces, clattering to the floor.

“What’s this?” Said Krux in surprise

As the pieces of what remained clattered to the ground; in Blaze’s left hand was a secondary blade; as black as the night with a handle of red and had 1 name carved into the side “Vengeance”.

As they both traded blow for blow Blaze then slid under Krux leg shattering it then jumped on his head making a large gash with his swords; but then he was grabbed by a wire and trashed across the room whiles being shocked; then after being flung across the room and smashing into the ground with a crack Blaze rose to his feet.

“Now to end this”

As Blaze ran back to the entrance Krux closely followed sending a flurry of attacks with his blade at Blaze

“Now!” shouted Blaze as Applejack brought 2 hooves to Krux’s injured leg which sent him into the wall.

then as he got to his feet he ran swinging like a blender towards blaze but then blaze flew directly towards the blade and slamming into it which stunned Krux into stuttering back a few feet leaving his real body open as Blaze spun into a torrent of blades and began to slice right through Krux and as sparks flew a robotic cry could be herd

“Ahh no this can’t be happening ahhhhhh!!” Roared Krux as he was cut into pieces and a massive hole where his chest once was; then an explosion engulfed Blaze and what remained of the mech in a fiery blaze. And with that all that could be herd was the sound of crackling fire as the area around the castle glowed and with that it was over.

“Blaze are you alright!” Shouted Rainbow as the rest followed as they carried a limping twilight

“Ow, ow, ow never again… I need a break from being sliced, electrocuted and pummeled” groaned blaze as he walked out with his swords hilted and out of his power armor

Then as he stumbled around all of them were spooked at the sound of the burning mech falling to its side as Krux crawled out his legs were nothing but wires and scrap that hung on to the rest of his battered body; half his face was exposed and the rest of his body was either burned or smashed to unrecognizable shapes as machine crawled in agony towards the mane 7 he then groaned in a glitching voice

“Mettalix was only a proxy for us; to learn of you” said Krux with half a smile for the other half of his face was gone “he will rise from the Everfree and seek his vengeance… there is more to your power than just a sword; he... he will show you all…”

And with that Krux sparked and fizzled and his body became limp; just another lifeless proxy of whoever created him.

“Goodbye Krux” said Blaze bowing his head

“Anyway thank goodness your OK” said twilight happily

“Well it would take more than…” Blaze said then wobbled and fell unconscious and was grabbed by Applejack and Fluttershy before he face planted the ground; the last words he herd before blacking out were

“You’ll be fine just rest”

LATER…

As the sun crept into the wooded home that happened to be carved into a tree; it reflected off the shiny and dull books that hung in shelves across the room. A large wooden stair case which led up to room as also carved from the same tree and as the sun rose 2 more ponies sad around a table, talking with each other and in the background lay a half pony, half cyber pony, slowly he began to rise up from a couch that sat agenst a wall.

“Agh my head Why, why is it always my head and am I in Twilight’s library? Oh hi; i’m still alive before anyone asks.” Blaze said as he rolled onto his feet

“Oh how are you feeling Blaze?” Asked twilight

“Yea you we out for a pretty long time sugarcube are you sure you OK?” Said Applejack

“Well I could be better but what about you Twilight you were punched into a wall pretty hard. Also where’s my necklace” as blaze stared down at his neck

“Yes i’m fine but my back still hurts a bit and your element is in a safe place” said Twilight with a reassuring smile

“Where are the others?” Asked Blaze

“There fine there all at Sugarcube Corner” replied Applejack

“Well then shall we go meet them? Mean i’m fine its just i’m a bit tired out from the fight.”

"That and i feel as if i could pass out at any moment"

As the 3 of them walked out into the sunny day a warm breeze passed them and twilight began to ask.

“So before you arrived Rainbow said something about Krux’s Blade and claws being part of Mettalix? Or something?” Said Twilight as she pondered

“Well in my past when I was about 4 to 6 I battled a giant mechanical serpent called Mettalix who threatened my town, but after I beat him and awoke I found out his body was just gone and no pony could explain what happened to it.” Explained Blaze

“WAIT you fought a giant mechanical do hicky by yourself?!” Said Applejack in shock as well as twilight

“Yes that’s also how I got this sword and my cutie mark and yes its pretty hard to believe” said Blaze as he gestured to his sword and mark “look ill explain more later but right now i’m Hungary, tired and I want to see how everyone is doing.”

“Anyway what I meaning to ask was what’s with you and rainbow?” Asked Applejack “if you ask me its like you 2 are together or something?”

“WHAT NO-NO-NO-NO IT’S NOT LIKE THAT SHES JUST MY FRIEND!!!... Or my first friend when getting to this world.” Said blaze who began to blush slightly

“Sure that’s what rainbow said” said Twilight as a smirk rolled up her face “also not from this world?”

“Please drop this I hate when any pony does this to me and ill tell you about that later" Blaze responded trying not to have another breakdown

"so what's with the new blade?" asked Twilight

"oh I made it for an extra edge in battle" said Blaze as he glanced at where it would be

"but where is it then?" asked Applejack

"it seems there's materials in this world that even i can't explain so it tends to show up when i need it" said Blaze "oh and by the way where here" Blaze finished pointing a hoof

Just as Blaze said it they were greeted by a large gingerbread house which was decorated with lots of colors with made it standout from the rest of the village and as ponies left the bakery they caught a glimpse of pinkie.

“Well then let’s go…”

As the 3 entered the bakery they were greeted with the smell of freshly baked goods that lingered in the air and what stood before them were Pinkie, Rainbow, Fluttershy and Rarity as they shouted at Blaze.

SURPRISE!!!

“AH… um what’s this for?” Asked Blaze raising an eyebrow

"Warning heart level increasing" Blaze's A.I rang out in his head

“OH it’s your welcome party! Since we never really gave you a proper party I though better now than never plus it’s like a celebration for beating that party pooper Krux.. So yea!” Said Pinkie as she jumped on the spot

“Plus you deserved it for saven us back in the castle” said Applejack

“Is this normal for Pinkie?” whispered Blaze to Twilight

“Yes just roll with it because she won't kae no for an answer” she whispered back

“So what do you say are you in or are you too scared of a little party” “said Rainbow with a smirk”

“I battled a giant serpent and a crazed robot…ah what the heck! Plus I do need a break from all the pain ive been put through” Said Blaze with a smile

“so many people are probably cringing right now” thought Blaze

“Let’s get this party started!” Shouted Pinkie as she fired off a party cannon scattering colorful streamers that began to endlessly fall around them and with that another beautiful day began in Ponyville as the sun beamed down on the colorful world....

As Blaze walked back down the same road he walked day in, day out he just kept smiling more than usual as the twilight of night grew and grew then he was interrupted by a cybernetic voice

"what's got your happiness on the rise?" KAI asked

"just the fact ive had many fun memories in my old world but this time around; with everypo-body around made me feel like my normal life again" responded Blaze as he looked back towards the town than back "I mean i can't stay alone in that cave forever right?"

"Yes, very well then let this be a day to remember then?" Responded KAI

"yea well besides from that KAI? what's that name for?" Blaze asked

"It stands for Knowledgeable Artificial Intelligence that and i like that name" KAI responded somewhat happily

"Well then good to put a name with the voice" blaze concluded

“So the human is getting better…” said a voice

TO BE CONTINUED…


Chapter 3 Ascension of Darkness

Chapter 3 Ascension of Darkness

Darkness, that’s all that greeted the gloomy cave as the water dropped to the floor from stalagmites onto the cold rocky surface. Shiny glistening gems jutting up from the ground, walls and ceiling which reflected the cracks of light that entered the cave. The only thing wrong was…

“Ok is it still following us ah? Yep run, run, run, run!” Shouted Blaze as he and Twilight’s assistant Spike ran up, around and down rocks and crystals as what followed was something odd

“Oh just before you continue let me take over.” Said blaze

“Um ok?” said the narrator

“Right, for all that don’t know I am Blaze Hawk a human or was until I was warped into this world of talking ponies. Yea I know weird but anyway over the years ive spent here fighting the occasional robot or 2 never have I encountered something this evil nothing could prepare me for what came.”

“There how’s that!?” said blaze

“Um fine now let me continue.” Said the narrator

“Yea, yea I’m leaving. Anyway back to… this.”

“Why did I agree to help you?” Shouted Spike as he struggled to keep up

“Hey you get something out of this to you ahh!” Shouted Blaze as his back was struck by a crystal

As they both glanced back they saw a giant, towering Topaz, Crystal with smaller gems that glistened in the darkness floated around it and as it hovered towards them it fired small jagged gems which narrowly missed them by inches.

“Is your wing fixed yet!?” shouted Spike as he glanced at the slowly repairing wing as it sparked and locked up in certain places

“Um computer status report!” Shouted Blaze as he gasped for breath in between his words then a giant growl echoed from behind them that sent shivers down their spines

“Wing is fully operational and is ready to go” responded the computer

“Ok Spike jump on and hold on for dear life!”

“Ok just go!” Just as the words left his mouth; spike grabbed hold they were off darting around rocks until they shot into the beautiful sky and in the distance was a colorful village that was as lively as ever

“Hahaha we made; told you we be fine” said Blaze with a grin

“Sure just lets get back on the ground please” Said Spike gripping for dear life

“Sure let’s go…” said Blaze as he darted to the ground

Later…

As Blaze and Spike walked up the path Spike asked Blaze what the gems where for again. Blaze explained they were needed to power a machine that could make it possible for him to travel back and forth from his world to equestria.

“But they require a high magical source and one of the sources where those Earthen Topaz gems which sadly where guarded by a hulking beast on glass which was not part of the plan or was part of it since we had to break the gems off it’s body so yea.” Explained Blaze as he gestured a hoof in the air and began to dust his metal wings

“Yes I know this means a lot to you but didn’t you say you had something planed for the rest since you haven’t seen them since Tirek attacked which all happened a month ago and we haven’t seen you since.” Said Spike

“Well you say it like i’m a shut-in which I am. Didn’t you recall all those months ago where the only social activity I had with anypony was with Rainbow Dash for Celestia knows how long.” Said Blaze with a disinterested face

“True, but” Spike said before he was interrupted

“But nothing” Blaze interjected “I have a plan and don’t worry it’s a good one.”

“Oh no” said Spike with a gulp

“Hey I make good plans!” said blaze as he narrowed his eyes in Spike’s direction and stomped his hoof

“Sure you do” said Spike rolling his eyes

“Grr whatever I know it’s a good plan because my A.I agreed with me.” Said blaze with a smirk

“Error, Error no memory banks severe this agreement” said the computer

“Great now my a.i is agenst me.” Said Blaze unamused

5 hours later…

As the evening approached and the streets began to become quieter as the minutes went by. Lanterns glowed in the streets and alit the roads whiles leaving the dark corners of the alleys dark and gloomy and the sky started to become doted with stars that shined ever so brightly.

As Blaze walked with a small smile on his face as he hummed to himself a brightly lit castle which was shaped like a tree and made of blue crystals and had purple building formed in the center of the crystal branches; with glistening gems hung from under the castle that glowed in the night began to come into view as Blaze opened the door and began to walk its magnificent halls that shined with crystal pillars and had doors leading to all sorts of rooms.

“Ok now where’s the damn main hall, I mean seriously who makes these castles?” questioned Blaze as he grew more and more annoyed with finding the one particular room until he found what he was looking for.


As Blaze entered 6 other ponies were gathered around a table which showed an entire map of the country and then there attention was brought to Blaze as he walked in.

“Hi Blaze” said Twilight with a smile

“Hi everypony” Said Blaze with a smile as he sat down with them “by the way someone needs to make a map for this place; ive had a more easy time in a maze than this” said Blaze who let out a sigh

“So what’s this all about Blaze?” Asked Applejack

“Well you’ll have to follow to find out” Said Blaze as he got up and began to walk to the door

“Oh is it a surprise type of get together?!” Said Pinkie as she hopped towards Blaze as the rest followed

“Yea and not some lame surprise; like an awesome one” said Rainbow

“Well it’s a small walk and then we will be there” said Blaze as him and the rest started walking off, and as they exited the castle they began to walk into town

“So have you had any luck with the portal?” Asked Twilight

“(Sigh) no not yet; I don’t even know if it will work” said Blaze as his ears drooped

“Well don’t worry we’ll  help however we can” Said Fluttershy

“Yea no matter how long it takes” said Rainbow with a smile

“Thanks it’s just it’s not the portal something has been interfering” said Blaze puzzled

“Interfering?” Said Applejack “what you think could be causing it?”

“I don’t know but if its anything to do with how I got here then side effects could occur. Mainly including mutation, loss of limbs, time displacement, ever lasting life” said blaze before he was interrupted

“Wait mutation?” said Twilight with a shiver

“Don’t worry nothing major but… ah never mind that were here now” said Blaze who shrugged the thought off


As they all stopped in front of the Everfree but not the pathway; instead a part of the great wall which seemed a lot darker than the rest and as the sun sunk lower the shadows of the forest grew bigger.

“Um what are we not doing at the entrance to the Everfree?” Asked Rainbow in confusion

“Wait for it” said Blaze

Just as Blaze said that the trees in front began to twist and hum with magic as a path soon formed in front of them. All but Blaze were amazed at what had just occurred. Well except for Fluttershy who was hiding behind Rarity.

“Oh Fluttershy its fine” Said Rarity reassuring her

Um Blaze what is this? “Asked Twilight unnerved at the sight”

Oh it’s only just begun “Said Blaze with a smirk”

Then they all entered.


Just as they entered the dark forest; as the darkness creped around them lights of all colours stared to glow of neon blues and greens. Humming reds and yellows glowed like intertwining wires. It seemed to be an endless amount of colour agented the bright stars that shone in the moonlight.

“Oooh pretty lights is this the surprise” said Pinkie ecstatically as her eyes grew wider and wider.

“It’s simply extraordinary!” Shouted Rarity as she could not help but dart to one plant to the next almost like pinkie

“Wow is there any animals that glow like this here Blaze?”  Asked Fluttershy as she two scanned the area

“Yes; ive even seen some glow an array of colors” Said Blaze as he walked with his eyes closed and smile on his face; then his eyes opened to twilight nudging him

“So how did you find this place?” Asked Twilight

“Oh well I was out collecting supplies for my creations and then I was out until the sun set then this opened in front of me. But when I checked with my computer he said that this is a mystical place that will only open when the sun sets and the moon rises and will not close until all ponies are completely out.” Explained Blaze; and he went on

“But when ever I left and flew up to see it; it was gone like it was never there.” said blaze

a week ago...

the sun once again began to make its descent as the shadows of objects grew and grew. Blaze as he whistled to himself and continued to walk through the dark shade of the everfree. he then spread his metal wings out wide and flew out of the forest's grasp as he then landed on the other side in one a few seconds. then as the sun finally descended and the moon rose Blaze was then startled out of his daydream as the forest behind him began to twist and grown as bark and vines twisted away reveling in front of Blaze a path that led back into the dark forest but a faint glow could be seen just around the corner.

"ok that's new and now we will now do the "Smart thing" and walk straight into it" said Blaze with a positive look on his face

"are you sure that's a logical idea?" questioned the A.I.

"no but what's the fun in making any sense like Discord said" responded Blaze as he walked back into the not so dark forest...

Flashback over...

“Wow that’s so cool” said Rainbow “so your saying this hidden area can’t be found anywhere else even if dove into the forest were it was?”

“Yea that’s correct” said Blaze

“Hmm I might want to look into this when I get back to the library in the castle” said Twilight

(Snap) “Um what was THAT!!? AHHH” Said Blaze before he fell into a dark pit

“Blaze!!!” Shouted everyone as they all peered down the hole in shock

After falling, thumping off walls and sliding Blaze fell to the solid mossy brick with a (thud)

“Argh just once; that’s all I ask for…” He stopped and looked around at what he saw  

What Blaze saw was a ruined circular room with a pool in the middle; giant statues covered in moss and hardly recognizable were broke and tiled at the room’s edge and the rainbow collared light from the surface gleamed into the room and was reflecting off a silver dish which now looking the room had dishes in all directions and the last pointed at an alter which pointed into the pool but was covered in moss.

“Whoa what is this place?” came Twilight from behind Blaze and the rest followed

“I don’t know but I think those dishes have something to do with it.” Said Blaze looks around in amazement

“Well what are we waiting for” said Rainbow as she began to dust off the one at the alter which was out of place

“Wait we don’t know what it would do” Said Applejack looking concerned

“But we came for a surprise and this adds to the fun” said pinkie in amusement

“Well what can directing silver plates into water do?” Said Blaze “plus if anything happens we can handle it.”

“Um Twilight I don’t think it would be a good idea” Said Fluttershy warily

“It will be fine Fluttershy; we have each other so we can handle it; Ok then let’s see what happens then” Said Twilight

Then as Rainbow redirected the dish the pool ever so slightly began to turn… black as ink.

“Um what?” Said Blaze in confusion

Then as Pinkie and Rainbow got closer the water it began to move towards them.

“NO LOOK OUT!!!” Shouted Blaze as he shoved them into a wall but then the water stuck to Blaze

“AHH Grr ahh it burns!” Said Blaze as he rolled in pain but then the thing grew from his leg to his other then halfway up his stomach “what the fuck!” blaze shouted in pain

“Blaze!!!” Shouted everyone as they ran to him

“Come on hold on Blaze” said Rainbow panicking

“Ahh… no get back” Said Blaze as he shoved them all back

Then the organism grew till his face was all that remained

“Blaze fight it!” Shouted Applejack

“It’s not easy you know it is quite clingy and how do you suppose i fight it! Ahhh Run NOW!!” Shouted Blaze as it fully engulfed him

“Blaze?” said Rainbow looking very scared

Then as Blaze rose with the organism on him; he had the body type of a human; its shirt was grey with darker lines and had light grey trousers which ended in grey shoes. His eyes were red and his hair was white. Then he spoke but his voice was different.

“Well this is… strange; I haven’t had a body in a while but then again it’s not everyday you come across a new one that owns the element I was looking for but.” Said the figure which looked at the six in fascination

“WHAT DID YOU DO WITH BLAZE!” Shouted Twilight looking angry

“Oh you mean him oh he’s not here anymore not that it matters for I am Omega and I’ve waited to long for this. Now let me show you what your friend has offered me.” Said Omega as he grinned; then his hand began to glow red as a cape appeared out of thin air with Blaze’s cutie mark and gold shoulder plates on it and strand of his hair turned red “Ah much better I did need more power after all that time locked away. Now then who wants to play a game?”

“What game?” Said Applejack as she readied into a running form

“Oh just THIS!” Said Omega who then shot magical projectiles at them all in a flurry "As you can tell i like to keep introductions short so sit still and die!"

“Everypony run!” Shouted Twilight as they all ran for the exit which seemed to have formed behind them

It was a long corridor which led back to the path and so they ran except for Twilight and Rainbow.

“Go we’ll slow him down!” Shouted Rainbow

“No we’ll help!” Shouted Applejack as she dodged projectiles

“No you help get the rest out; we’ll be fine!” Shouted Twilight as she flew around avoiding the magic bolts

“Ok then good luck” Said Applejack as her and the rest ran for the exit

“Oh fine then let’s see what Magic and Loyalty can do. I mean besides being an energy beacon” Said Omega as he smirked

“We don’t want to fight you Blaze now tell us your still here!” Shouted Rainbow

“Hahaha you still think you can save him, good luck” said Omega who then sent a flurry of attacks at Rainbow, but they were blocked by Twilight using a force field

“Come on Blaze fight this we know you can here us!” Shouted Twilight who was beginning to struggle agenst the attacks

Please… go he’s going to “Said a Blaze in a weak voice”

Then when Rainbow and Twilight let their guard down they were caught in a magical grip. Then they yelled in pain as the elements were drained right out of them.

“Argh no Blaze stop” Yelled Twilight in pain

“Please” said a weak Rainbow

“Hahahaha your friend really screwed you 2 over this time well then congratulations you just lost your power and your life to me. When I’m done with you all the rest will follow the same fate no matter what.” Said Omega with a grin. “That was a very short lived attack but still enjoy your last moments of living.”

Then Omega began to form more strands of colored hair and a gauntlet with twilight’s cutie mark formed on his right ankle. Then last he ripped Blaze’s sword off his belt and replaced it with is own golden blade.

“Much better without that trinket of a sword and now more power means more fun” Said Omega as he began to grin and raise his hand to blast the 2 weak ponies into paste

But before he could continue the attack Omega’s arm began to shake and then the rest of his body began to shake.

“Hurry… run I can’t… hold him for long” Said Blaze as he struggled to keep a hold

“No let me go!” Shouted Omega as he tried you gain control

“Blaze” said twilight with a worried expression”  

“I’m sorry Twilight just keep him from gaining the rest of the elements now… GO!” Shouted Blaze as began to struggle even more

“Do not worry we’ll find a way to save you” said Rainbow as she grabbed Blaze’s sword then her and Twilight flew for the exit

“Grr this is not over!” Shouted Omega as his voice echoed around them

As Rainbow and Twilight reached the end off the Everfree they fell due to still being weak from getting their elements stolen but as they looked at the forest the entrance was gone as the sun rose above the horizon and the light started to creep into the world. But the world felt darker.

Later that day…

“Hmm now what?” Thought Omega “let’s see I need to get out of this forest… THAT’S IT! I can wait for the path to reopen then the fun can begin.”

“What…are you…planning Omega?” said Blaze in his head

“Well look around my head you’re bound to find the answer” said Omega smiling at the dark forest as everything was silent; not a single sound could be heard as the air grew colder.

“So you mean to tell me, there is no way for us to save Blaze and he’s coming to take all of our elements!” Shouted Applejack

All 6 of them lay there in the castle as they pondered on what to do next.

“Yes and no I haven’t found a way yet but right now we need a plan to stop him” said Twilight

“Yes but what can we do darling?” said Rarity

“We fight” said Rainbow as all eyes turned to her “look I’m not good at this inspirational speech thing but I know Blaze would want us to fight and if we don’t many ponies will be hurt. Plus we have his sword which can take anything down.”

“Yes but I don’t think we can beat him with brut force” said Applejack

“Oh I know we can prank him” said Pinkie with a smile

“I don’t think that would be good idea pinkie” said Twilight with a “really” look

“No, no, no we trick him into to chasing us we could tire him out and get him” said pinkie as she banged her hooves together

“Um wow that actually might work” said twilight in surprise

“Yea will show Omega what for” said Applejack who was confident in the plan

“Alright um I’ll help however I can” said Fluttershy

“For Blaze” said Twilight who then outstretched a hoof then the rest joined in unison “for Blaze!”

As the path out to the Everfree grew Omega began to walk out with a smirk on his face then 2 tattered wings appeared on his back and then he was off towards Ponyville…

“Elements of Harmony here I come”

"Ugh i just got a cringe vibe" said Blaze weakly

4 hours later…

It was later in the day they planned to go through with the plan of stopping Omega and saving their friend. Now that the plan was set Rainbow waited at the edge of town.

“Hey Omega come and get me you freak!” Shouted Rainbow has she had a makeshift Holster for Blaze’s sword

Instantly Omega was in front of Rainbow with a grin

“So the hero returns for round 2” said Omega as he smiled “hold still and I’ll make it quick.”

“Come get me then” said Rainbow with a smirk and with that she flew off”

“Huh fine then it’s not like i’m pressed for time” said Omega as his wings appeared and he followed rainbow right into the plan

Just as he was about to catch up with her a flash of light blinded him and he yelled in pain then looked toward the ground to see rarity and then he grinned and flew towards her but she quickly moved and soon Omega followed.

Then as rarity rounded a corner he was greeted with pinkie balancing her self on a ball with a grin.

“Hahaha your fun try to catch me” said pinkie as she jumped on Omega’s head and ran

“Grr stand still” Omega growled

Then they were both out in the open but before Omega could grab Pinkie she was gone then behind him, then in front and then she just was showing up everywhere.

“How, how is this even possible?” Said Omega baffled but then grinned as he caught her off guard “got you!”

“Aww no fair” said Pinkie looking down then she was in discomfort as her element was also taken

Then another gauntlet appeared on Omega’s arm and then green was added to his hair and then laughed.

“Really was this you plan ha” laughed Omega who then felt a strong burst of magic at his side but it did nothing but made him smile more

“Hello”

Then he dropped the earth pony and teleported behind rarity and absorbed her magic also.

“No” said Rarity as she also was dropped to the ground

“Yes well next time you may want to try a more practical approach instead of trying to tire me out” said Omega as another gauntlet appeared on his left leg and another color was added to his hair”

“But…” said rarity before she was interrupted

“How” Omega interjected “well as I was making my way here I saw you were all darting around the place so I knew instead of fighting you would try to tire me out so I pretended to only show up later.”

“So what now I mean…Argh!” Said Omega as he was struck in the back by 2 hooves from Applejack which sent him flying into the dirt

“You back off from her omega!” Shouted Applejack as her, rainbow and Fluttershy followed

“Wait where’s Twilight?” Said Fluttershy

“Oh right here” said Omega as he clicked his fingers and twilight appeared shaking and struggled to stand

“Twilight!” Shouted Rainbow as she put a wing over her friend to balance her

“What did you do?” Said Rarity growling at Omega

“Oh nothing I just saw a lonely pony and helped her have fun by just blasting her around like leaf in the wind” said Omega as he smiled then he clicked his figures again making all but Applejack and Fluttershy disappear

“Wait where’d you send them!?” said Applejack angrily

Omega then pointed at the castle in the distance “you have 1 hour to bring me your elements in exchange for your friends or else… goodbye” said Omega in a serious voice as he to faded into the darkness and air fell silent

“Fluttershy we have to tell Celestia now!” Said Applejack as Fluttershy followed her in the direction of the train station

“But what are we going to do?” Asked Fluttershy

“I don’t know but we’ll see” said Applejack as they ran into the sleeping town as the night sky seemed to grow darker than ever before…

40 minutes later…

In the moonlight a magnificent castle of white and gold with spires that towered into the sky came into view and as the castle sat apon the cliff a most breathtaking waterfall streamed down the mountain’s side and into a lake which split into different sections that either led to a pool or off the cliff to form another waterfall.

As Applejack and Fluttershy ran through the palace the eventually entered the great hall and at the end 2 thrones lay both had banners above them; 1 of the moon and the other the sun and sitting on the sun throne was a white Alicorn, bigger than any other pony and its mane shined green, blue, purple and pink. As she pondered her magenta gaze fell apon Applejack and Fluttershy and she spoke.

“Omega… I never thought I would here that name in a long time” said Celestia unnerved by the thought

“Wait you knew Omega; but who is he?” asked Fluttershy in surprise

“Yes; he was actually 1 of the first holders of an element of harmony” said Celestia

“You mean he owned” Said Applejack before saying wearily “Inspiration”

“Yes” said Celestia who closed her eyes and continued “one day he found something that told him it could help fix this world, make it whole again and required the other elements but when I refused he tried to take them by force but Omega was defeated and before he left he said”

“One of these days the Elements will be mine; you’ll see Celestia”

“After that he ventured to the Everfree and was never heard from again” said Celestia opening her eyes again to face the 2 ponies

“But what can we do princess; if he give up he wins if we don’t our friends” said Applejack trailing off at the thought of what might befall her friends

“Well as far as I know if I show up he would begin going back on that deal so I can’t help sorry” said the princess who then said “I can give you time to think of what to do and then I can warp you both back to Ponyville but then the rest is up to you”

“But what can we do?” Asked Fluttershy

“Well I’m sure that if any of your friends have taught you 2 anything is that even if there’s no guarantee of winning but you keep going to the bitter end, no matter what” said Celestia before walking down a separate hall before saying “you have 10 minutes I know that whatever you 2 decide to do will end in good intentions”

10 mins later…

As the night continued to stretch endlessly a bright light flashed; illuminating the houses surrounding the are and after subsiding Applejack and Fluttershy stood there. After they talked over what they were planning they ran as fast as they could towards the castle and with every step the air grew heavy but just as they crossed over the hill at the end of the village they saw the castle and saw on top of  the large opening was some sort of machine and 4 orbs which most likely contained their friends.

As they reached the balcony they were met with the 4 orbs which showed their friends in fear and Omega himself grinning as he spoke.

“So you came; I was beginning to doubt you would come. But now that you are here a deal’s a deal” said Omega who’s grin never seemed to fade as he began to drain Applejack and Fluttershy’s magic as they groaned in pain  they fell to the ground.

And with the click of his fingers the others were released.

“Now you can all be the first to witness your world become nothing but ash and dust in the wind” as Omega said this he began to walk towards the machine which looked like 2 black spikes that jutted into a point at the top and at the bottom 7 smaller spikes waited to be energized and end the world became ever so near until Applejack began to laugh softly.

“I guess you never heard Blaze say anything about it” said Applejack as her and the rest grinned as they got to their feet

“What could you possibly” said Omega before a voice in his head cut him off

“Ha…ha…ha Hey Omega ever heard of Rainbow Power?” said a weak Blaze

“What rainbow power?” Asked Omega then his eyes grew wide with rage “no, no, NO THIS CAN’T BE!” said Omega for once angry and baffled

“Alright girls lets give him something he’s never seen before!” shouted Twilight as her and the rest began to glow and then a bright light broke through the night and then as it died down the mane 6 changed as they all smiled down at the smiling Omega

“Well then I guess now I won’t feel bad about crushing all of you; ok then show me what 6 girls and a pathetic excuse of a weapon can do!” Shouted Omega as his golden sword appeared and he readied into a stance

“Alright then” said Rainbow “let’s dance!”

Omega then warped in front of the 6 and began slashing is blade with brute force but missed as they scattered then as Twilight appeared she and rarity began blasting magic bolts towards Omega but where easily blocked with is sword as he deflected the shots.

Omega then back flipped to avoid a slash from Rainbow who darted around trying to clip Omega with Blaze’s sword and then the both clashed and sparks flew.

“You aren’t worthy of that blade you wretched pony” Grunted Omega as he began to push forward but they both broke off

Then 2 hooves from Applejack smashed into Omega’s back as he was sent back a few feet; he then plunged his sword into the ground to stop himself as Pinkie appeared in front of him.

Omega then brought his sword down on nothing; as Pinkie appeared behind him and again he missed as somehow she just seemed to avoid his attacks in the blink of an eye.

“Haha you have to try harder than that silly” said Pinkie with a cocky smile

“Grr stand still you ahh!” said Omega as he was struck in the back by Twilight’s magic bolt as it burned into Omega’s cape

Then as Omega looked around the balcony; burn marks scorched the walls and slash marks were visible in the floor but there was no sign of the 6 until Omega looked outwards to the town and saw them all surrounded by a globe of energy.

“Omega will now show you the most powerful magic of all!” shouted Twilight

Then a beam of Rainbow light shot towards Omega; as he began to block it with his hand he began to bombard it with his own magic which began to push the multi-colored light back. Then Omega’s concentration began to dwindle as he began to quiver.

“This is… for possessing…me you freak” said Blaze as Omega swore he could imagine seeing Blaze smirking

Then the beam of light encase Omega as he yelled

“No dammit Noooo!” shouted Omega as an explosion engulfed him…

As the dust settled Omega’s crippled body lay there unconscious as the 6 approached him

“Yes we did it; we finally defeated Omega!” said Twilight looking happy as the rest of her friends also smiled

“Yea but how do we free Blaze?” asked Fluttershy

“I don’t know but I’m sure the princess… (Click) huh?” said Twilight before a clicking sound interrupted her and all of them were held in the air as laughter filled the air

“Hahahaha you really think you beat me; not yet you all still have something I require” said Omega as his hands began to glow

“No!” shouted Rarity

The 6 watched in horror as their magic was then absorbed by Omega; their rainbow power faded into nothing as they all dropped to the ground and watched as a black entity began to reject itself from omega as it hit the wall with a thud and then Omega spoke.

“Now bare witness to me; Master Omega, the key to this worlds end!” shouted Omega as then levitated the entity by the wall and held it in place as its eyes opened.

“Good to see my puppet awake for the reckoning; Blaze the so called hero left to watch this” said Omega he turned

He then lifted Twilight and blasted her straight in the face with a magic bolt sending her sliding across the floor. He then grabbed Fluttershy and Rarity and slammed their heads together and threw them into the same wall where Blaze was held watching in horror as his friends were brutally beaten.

“Stop this you bastard!” shouted Blaze as he strained agenst the magic restraints to break them but to no avail.

Omega than picked up Pinkie and spun her like a turbine a rolled her into twilight and the rest with a crash. Then he lightly threw Applejack into the air a brought his leg out connecting it with her side as she let out a gasp of air as she dropped to the ground.

“Now for you” said Omega as he grabbed Rainbow Dash in his hand and wrenched the Blade still grasped between her hooves and chucked it towards the others then he smirked.

“Now you have been a thorn in my side of a while now so it’s only fitting” he then repetitively punched her in the gut. Then with I final blow rainbow was sent sliding across the floor towards the rest as she chocked up blood.

“Now that’s that out of the way, let the fires consume this world and from the ashes it can begin anew” said Omega as he walked over to the machine and began to channel his energy into the spikes as the machine began to hum to life.

Then a sharp pain shot from Omega’s left cheek as a black blade striking the name “Vengeance” shot passed his face and jammed itself into the machine as it sparked and hissed.

“No this can’t be!” shouted Omega as he turned to see Blaze standing with his Black blade in hand as Omega turned but was met with a cloud of black smoke.

He then turned, coughing and faced Blaze, Blaze’s face was different, instead of his normal cocky smile Omega saw nothing but anger and hate; Blaze’s eye borrowed deep into Omega’s as he spoke.

You used me to hurt my friends, you then tried to destroy this world; I don’t know what happened in your past but I’m not going to let it affect the world now. That and when I’m done nothing will be left.

“Quite bold words coming from a weak human; plus if they couldn’t stop me how could you possibly be any different, your no hero” said Omega looking very cocky as he said this.

“Because I’m not letting my actions be the death of others and if there’s one thing I know its how to get reckless. so how bout it you and me. We end this right here and prove who’s right?” Said Blaze as a small smile began to form on his face.

“Fine then we end it here puppet” said Omega as his golden blade appeared in his left hand and stood unblinkingly at Blaze

“Blaze is that you?” asked Twilight, confusion on her face

“Yea I’m not much to look at hehe” said Blaze as he lifted his other blade and walked away from the rest before adding “if all else fails, Twilight you know what to do so prepare for it and I know I can trust all of you”

“Alright now then Blaze lets finish this” said Omega

“Right then” said Blaze as he held his 2 blades at either side of him “let’s dance!”

“Here we go; no games this is a fight to the death; that’s right I’m going to kill him” thought Blaze as he charged forward

As Blaze swung his blades towards Omega he was gone and a sharp pain erupted up his leg as a blade sliced the back of his right leg. Blaze then quickly spun and connected 2 blades with Omega’s golden blade as they both fought for the upper hand.

Blaze then brought vengeance around towards Omega’s side but missed and noticed he was floating in the air as Blaze was sent flying into a pillar with a crack as he yelled in pain and fell to the floor.

“Ok that’s just not fair” thought Blaze as he gritted his teeth agenst the pain and stood; he then holstered his blade “vengeance” and readied his main sword which seemed heavier than usual.

Omega then fired a volley of blasts towards Blaze; Blaze then slashed away at some of the attack but a few where to fast and his body was already beaten and broken as 3 blasts hit him and sent him flying across the balcony.

“Just give up you can’t win. Oof” said Omega as he was punched across the face with Blaze’s slightly broken arm; Blaze then spun and brought his blade spinning round as it crashed into omega’s wrist  sending the golden blade flying

“No you ahh!” said Omega as his chest had a new diagonal slash running across it then Omega was sent flying into a wall by a metal leg and then he  impacted the wall with a thud.

“How’s…that you freak” said Blaze as he grunted agensted the pain in his left arm and leg but he then noticed a black hand grab his face as his head was sent into the ground and he dropped his blade.

Blaze tried to find it but he heard it being kicked away as he felt a fist connect with his stomach as a muffled gasp escaped his mouth.

His vision was then nothing but red as his face heated up and Blaze was sent flying across the ground as he hit a wall due to Omega’s attack.

“Now it time to end this, I may not have my machine but I can at least end all of you at the same time” said Omega as his fists began to glow red and the area glowed with it.

“Alright everypony we need to channel our elements directly at Blaze” said Twilight as she got to her feet

“Wait what that means were going to hurt Blaze also, I mean you saw what happened when we used it on Omega” said Rainbow in surprise

“No trust me, me and Blaze both know what were doing and he told me before that if any of you doubted this he said to trust him no matter what” said Twilight with a smile “and I trust him to win”

As they all pondered they looked over at Blaze who was staring back giving them all a smile that said “I know you all can do this”

“Alright were in” said Applejack as her and the rest nodded in unison

They then readied to channel them, they all began to glow magnificent colors as beams of all colors darted towards Blaze as he channeled their energy into himself. He then fell to his hands and knees as he absorbed the last of the energy.  

“Blaze drop it, it’s too much!” shouted Twilight who began to panic

“I would listen; your body can’t handle that amount of power, so give up and except your fate!” said Omega has he began to ready his attack

“Come on I can do this” thought Blaze then with a flash of light the energy dispersed around his right arm in a sight of all colors; red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet. He then weakly stood and grabbed his sword which gained a faint glow off the colors as he stood facing Omega but didn’t move an inch as all over his body tiny particles burned off his body.

“Ha your body is actually chipping away at itself, now… DIE!” shouted Omega as a beam of red shot its way towards all 7 of them but as it connected with Blaze it was halted as Blaze held his blade up agenst the force of the attack as he slid back and struggled to hold the line as the energy whiplashed around Blaze in red wispy lines

“Alright…I’ll show.. You what a human can do” said Blaze as he push forward and swung his blade faster and faster as he began to chop his way forward with every swing. “Even faster” thought Blaze

“What but how?!” shouted Omega as he increased the strength of the blast

As Blaze continued to swing and every swing became weaker and weaker his blade glowed completely red as he slashed forward a red wave of energy shot out from the blade bringing down the blast completely. Everyone was confused and surprised by this as Blaze shook it off he ran towards Omega who brought his Blade down as well. Then they were both once again fighting for the upper hand but  Omega saw the smile on Blaze’s face as he noticed his golden blade was being held firmly by the multicolored hand and before he knew it a red wave of energy engulfed him sending Omega flying at the speed of sound through a wall with a yell of pain that soon died with Omega as he was gone.

As Blaze stumbled back he extinguished his glowing arm and the particles coming off his body disappeared, the rest came over.

“That was amazing, no, wait I thought you said you would stop if it did that!” said Twilight who had a look of annoyance

“Hey it worked didn’t it besides it’s over now” said Blaze holding his hands up defensibly and then he looked at himself with a smile “I can’t believe i’m my normal self again”

“Yea but how’s that possible?” asked Applejack

“I don’t know but still i...” said Blaze but he then stumbled forward then he saw it, a golden blade was shoved through his chest as blood soon started dripping out from around the blade.

Then Blaze looked at the others, his eyes in utter terror as he trembled the words “um I feel… cold (cough, cough)” said Blaze as he the blade slammed onto a nearby pillar which caused Blaze to let out a gasp as he  coughed up blood followed by more blood oozing from the wound in his chest as he stood their staring at the blade not a word escaped his mouth until he looked up and saw Omega broken and burned; his hair singed and out of place and dragging his left leg behind him as he limped towards the others with a red scar burned into his face.

“You, all of you are going to die before this night’s done” said Omega as he stared daggers at the rest; as he lifted his arm and it began to glow “no one can save you now and you can stick around Blaze for the show”

As Blaze stood their he thought “so this is it game over”

“Are you giving up, tell me are you giving up?” came a voice

“No i’m just accepting fate” responded Blaze still in utter terror and defeat as he bled out staring at the floor

“So you are giving up, so all those other times you fought where what a joke?” came the voice from an unknown location

As Blaze looked around time seemed to slow as he thought to himself about how he would never get back home, never actually feel the warm air on his face or the cool grass on his back as he laid in the same tree he would normally relax in back in his own world. Never admit the truth…

“You have fought for your friends for so many years and have you ever once given up on hope no matter how slim?” asked the voice as Blaze search around for it

“Fight Blaze, show him what a pony, a person can do and what it means to do something crazy” said the voice as it faded

“Hehe Alright then if i’m dying, its not here; I’ll show him how reckless a fucking person like me can get” Said Blaze as he smiled

He then grit his teeth and slowly pushed his way up the blade as the pain flared and his breathing became more ragged he then saw his own sitting their on the ground and moved towards it. As he continued to move up the blade he saw Omega beginning to say his goodbyes to the mane 6.

“Sorry but only 1 can remain; see you in Tartarus” said Omega as he grinned

Then Blaze yelled with all his might as he threw himself off the blade and ran towards his blade then darted at Omega as he yelled again with all the power left in his lungs.

“Omega!!!” shouted Blaze then as Omega turned around a Black and red blade pierced his chest as he gasped “if I’m dying your coming with me!” shouted blaze as he pulled the blade out of omega’s chest, as red wispy smoke left the hole that was made he managed to say his final words.

“No… not possible…” said Omega as he disappeared in a cloud of red wispy smoke and as he faded the elements stolen returned to the 7 in a glow and then his blade clattered to the ground and the air fell silent

“Well that was…stupid and painful, ugh” said Blaze as he fell agenst a pillar as continued to bleed out

“No!” shouted Rainbow as she ran over and tried to stop the bleeding and rest circled around them

“Twilight can’t you heal this?” said Rainbow who her and rest tried to hold back on breaking down. Twilight just closed her eyes and shook her head.

“No she can’t do anything I’m long past any help now” said Blaze as his face grew pale

“No you can’t” said Rainbow holding back tears

“Still is there anything we can do?” said Rarity with a sad expression

“No, but anyway I don’t expect you to cry Rainbow; you know the “bravest and coolest pony ever” or at least that what I heard hehehe (cough, cough)” said Blaze who smirk a tiny bit as tears fell down his face

“I need to say at least one thing and that’s thank you all of you; you have all given color in my once boring life and have given me something I never realized I had. Friends and so that were never apart, Rainbow here” Blaze then held his sword out to Rainbow who took it

“Continue my fight no matter what… please” said Blaze

“I will, I promise” said Rainbow as a small smile grew on her face two

“I’m sorry that you couldn’t even return home; now anyone who knew you won’t even know what happened to you; sorry Blaze” said Twilight as her ears drooped

“No I… I am home and my friends do know what happened to me and I’m glad they do” said Blaze as he smiled

As Blaze’s hand weakly fell; rainbow then grabbed it and tightened her grip around it as a tears fell on his hand. As Blaze tightened his grip all 5 of them layed their hooves on Blaze’s hand as he said

“Hehe the stars look so beautiful tonight… so beautiful…” said Blaze as he closed his eyes and let out one word “goodbye”

“Well then… it’s.. It’s over” said Twilight as she just stared at Blaze uttering not a single word

“Yea I guess the right thing to do is let everypony remember what Blaze did; he was a hero, whether he likes being called that or not” said Applejack lowering her hat

“No he was our friend and my best friend” said Rainbow as she held the blade in front of her as a thought shot through her head “its not over!” shouted Rainbow as she flew upwards as a rift opened up in front of what remained of Omega’s machine, then Twilight was sucked in and it closed

“Twilight!” shouted everypony for where their friend ended up was beyond what they know…

“Ahhhh oof ow” said Twilight as she got to her feet and looked around the grey but illuminating room that stretched endlessly

“I've only been here for 10mins and already a wonder why its felt like 10 years then again deciding weather I should go to Olympus or Tartarus must be difficult” said Omega or an transparent Omega as he stare at Twilight

“What Omega but how?” said Twilight surprised “wait answer me this; why?”

“Well i guess you deserve an answer; long ago I thought that a machine could help me but I was mistaken; it knew far too much and got rid of me” explained Omega

“But why attack us and why… why kill Blaze” said Twilight as she chocked on the last 2 words

“Because if I could destroy this world he would have nothing left to work from but it seems that it would not be the case mainly to do with all of you getting in the way which ultimately meant my end in this place” said Omega as he looked around the endless room

“But where are we exactly?” Asked Twilight

“Well it looks like you were sucked into limbo the borderline between the living and the dead only long term effects can kill you so you best move out of the way so I can return thank you” said Omega as he made a few steps towards Twilight

Twilight then looked behind her and saw a portal back “i’m not letting back thought and you won’t stop me”

“Oh really well then I’ll just blast you out of the way” said Omega as he charged his attack again

“Great what can I do now even my rainbow power can’t stop that” thought Twilight

“Yes you can just give me time” came a voice; as Twilight opened her eyes she saw another transparent figure, this one was Blaze

“Blaze; but what are you going to do?” asked Twilight

“Can you trust me one last time?” asked Blaze

“Ye, yes i can” said Twilight with a determined smile

“Alright then attack, then on my mark hit him ok” said Blaze

“Ok Blaze lets end this together!” said Twilight

“Together”

“Say goodbye” said Omega as he fired his attack towards Twilight as she sent a purple beam back a held back the red beam

Then as Omega started to gain the upper hand a fist smashed into his face as he was punched repeatedly and then was held in a lock from behind from Blaze

“Ga no what are you doing?!” shouted Omega as he tried to break the lock

“Finishing what we started, NOW TWILIGHT!” shouted Blaze

“Ok ah!” Twilight then shot a purple beam which pierced both Omega and Blaze and as the purple light faded Blaze pushed Omega off him.

Then as Omega fell to his knees he said to Blaze with a look of defeat as his body began to disappear “well played Blaze well played…” and with that he was gone

“Blaze!” Shouted Twilight “why didn’t you tell me he would disappear now you’re going to disappear too”

“Because then you wouldn’t do it knowing I would permanently die” said blaze

“What now, I couldn’t save you now I can’t save your soul” said Twilight who began to except defeat as she lowered her head but then a near invisible hand raised it up

“You did do something; you helped me set my wrongs right again and I cant ever thank you enough for that” said Blaze with a smile as his legs completely disappeared “ well died twice today; I think I hate Mondays now hehe” said Blaze who laughed slightly

“Only you could laugh at this” said Twilight who smiled a bit

“you and all the rest our my friends and I thank you all for all the fun memories ive had so please spare me the tears I hate it when people or ponies do that” said Blaze rolling his eyes

“I think its time for you to go before you die also” said Blaze as 2 purple hooves wrapped around him and squeezed tightly; Blaze then returned the jester

“Goodbye blaze my best friend” said Twilight as she unhooked him and turned away as she walked towards the portal; she then looked back on final time to see Blaze standing there with a smile on his face and as she walked through Blaze uttered these final words to her

“Goodbye Twilight my friend, till we meet again” as with that he disappeared…

LATER…

So as the sun rose above the mountains the village below came to life once more as some spoke of what happened last night and some not even realizing what happened and some just ignored it and went about their business. But 6 ponies never forgot and continued as normal never forgetting what their friend had done and know that he has made them stronger for his sacrifice; for his friends. But all what not set and done as a shadow perch itself on a house hiding in the shadows.

“Leaves fall from trees, life ends to begin anew and death is only the beginning” Came a voice as the shadow disappeared and joker cards lay where it last stood…

TO BE CONTINUED…




Even if my back is agenst the wall and all hope for victory is slim and the shadows creep in from all corners there is always the light at the end of the road to guide me.

Blaze Hawk




Chapter 4 Shadows Of Former Selves

CHAPTER 4 Shadows of Former Selves

No one controls me and no force on earth and no god to great can stop me; for if I was meant to be controlled I would have been a puppet

Unlike all other days in the land of Equestria this day was gloomy as the grey blanket of clouds over any sun the may try to break through. As the rain plummeted to the ground stones jutted out of the ground some old that were eroded and cracked and some new showing their define smooth features with their writing easily more readable. On this gloomy day the graveyard was empty except for one grave which was occupied by 5 ponies. They sat around the stone covered by umbrellas as they sat there not saying a word just thinking to themselves until one purple mare talked.

“I can’t believe its been a month and yet it still feels like this only occurred yesterday” said Twilight, saddened and not even bothering to look up at the rest just staring at what the stone said

“Here lies Blaze Hawk, a pony who gave his life for the one’s he cared for, may celestia watch over him”

“Still he doesn’t want us shedding any tears over him remember, only that we keep smiling” said Applejack who kept a straight face

“Yea smiling always helped me and I pinkie promised Blaze I would do just that” said Pinkie who stood as stiff as a statue and pulled a serious face then flopped back to her normal happy self

“Hehe yea Pinkie almost nothing can put you down” laughed Twilight a bit as she finally looked up at the rest

“Oh um Applejack what did Rainbow Dash say when you asked her to come with us?” asked Twilight

“Well I went to her house but when I mentioned it she became more stubborn than anypony ive ever seen” said Applejack as she shot a hoof into the air in frustration

“But I can understand why; Blaze was her very first friend besides Fluttershy and I guess she can’t help to think about it” said Applejack putting a hoof to her chin

“Still I hope she will visit him eventually” said Fluttershy with a smile

“Yea i’m sure Rainbow Dash will be better in no time; now I really must get going I have a lot of orders to fill out” said Rarity

“Yes ok well thanks for coming girls I’m sure Blaze liked our company” said Twilight

“Yea he probably shouting at you saying (oh it’s not like that!) Hahaha!” said Applejack before bursting into laughed as she tried to mimic Blaze voice then the rest joined in the laughing

“Well then I guess we should go so I’ll talk to you all later then?” said Twilight as she began to separate from the group

“Yea seeya Twi” said Applejack as she walked off in her own direction

“Yes goodbye” called Rarity as she walked away as well

Then Twilight was alone walking back to her castle in the rain. As she tracked through the mud and avoided puddles she was just into the main market until a voice sounded out from behind her.

“Greetings Alicorn”

Just as Twilight turned around she instantly leaped out of the way of a cloaked figure as it jumped and landed it a thud where Twilight once stood.

“Who in the hay are you and why would you almost try landing on top of me?!” shouted Twilight who was not amused at the figure

The figure then removed its cloak revealing a robot this time it had jagged and broken pieces of metal and wood which twisted and snapped into place to form a timberwolf; its bright blue claws and razor sharp teeth along with a thick wire tail that held a neon blue chainsaw as it whipped around in the wind; the shiny coat that stuck out with pieces of scrap like twisting branches and vines as it glistened in the gloomy air as the rain pelted off its body and then it spoke

“I am a TW Prototype 1” as its green pupils grew and shrank as it scanned its target

“Why are you here?” asked Twilight, nervous at what the answer maybe

“I am here to acquire a relic of an old partner and my scanners indicate you know where its location is, it is a blade of gold and its owner was recently delt with” explained Prototype

“No i’m not giving you that sword; that thing should just be left to rust away and never seen again” said Twilight who began to prepared to go on the offensive

“I wish to avoid any unnecessary violence so just cooperate and nopony needs to be injured” said Prototype as he continued to just stare

“Why can’t you just go I don’t wish to harm you” Said Twilight sympathetically

Not all of us can be given a freewill for if I don’t I would be disposed of so I’m not given a choice” said Prototype as if walked back and forth and continued to pierce Twilight’s soul with his stare

“Yes you do no one can control another… I've seen that… choose your own path and not the shadow of others” said Twilight as she began to calm

“I’m sorry please forgive me but… exterminate!” said Prototype as he let out an ear piercing howl that felt colder than the air around them

He then began to dash toward Twilight as she began to bring up a shield

(Slash, slash) nothing but a metal mass as it glitched in front of her and slowly shut down and then Twilight noticed the grey stallion standing there staring down at the wolf before looking up. His eyes were a cyan blue and his mane and tail were a dark grey and his cutie mark was that of a yin/yang symbol then he spoke with a calming voice

“Are you alright miss?” asked the grey pony as he slid the black sword with the word

“Vengeance” back into a leather holster

Twilight shook her head and then realized the sword he carried and then she bore an angry look as she asked in an angry tone

“You robber, how dare you take my friend’s sword, that.”

“calm down it just appeared one day, that’s why I’m hear; there’s more to this sword here than my friend Blaze let on to, figures he tends to do that” interrupted the grey stallion as he rolled his eyes “now can we get indoors and I’ll tell you everything Twilight; unless you want to talk now?”

“But, Um ok then?” said Twilight confused at what had just transpired. They then walked off towards Twilight’s castle once again into the gloomy weather.

“Oh and if this is all a bit much for you to take in I understand if you want to talk later” said the grey stallion

“No I’m fine just a lot on my mind at the moment; also what’s your name?” responded Twilight

“My name is Desmond”…

As the empty streets continued to stay grey and dull the metal wolf glitched as the rain seeped into the holes made in its shiny coat as it then looked up slightly and saw a figure standing there

“Huh I guess I have to do this myself then, hehe at least he can’t stop me this time. You on the other hand are of no use to me; you worthless mutt you failed as my slave now I’ll leave you here to rust”

As the figure walked towards the castle Prototype said softly to himself

No… I am no…no Sla…slave

Later that day…

As Twilight who was now accompanied by Rainbow sat in the map room as the 3 of sat and as Desmond Blaze’s old friend and teacher explained everything about the sword and answered any other questions Twilight had Rainbow interrupted them with a yawn and said

“Anyway besides you two boring me to death why did that timber wolf thing want Omega’s blade?”

“Well when I tell you, you won’t like it” warned Desmond as his face was very grimmest about it

“Please we need to know Desmond” said Twilight

“Alright he wanted it to… to bring back Omega” said Desmond as his voice trembled at the thought

“WHAT!?” Shouted Rainbow and Twilight in unison

“But his soul was destroyed along... Along with blaze so he can’t come back” said Twilight as she shook her head in disbelief

“Well his sword is apart of him, Omega and the sword are one. And to answer your next question a soul that is spiritedly connected to an item can only return in a catalyst and during an eclipse” explained Desmond

“Oh perfect and an eclipse is suppose to happen tonight” deadpanned Rainbow

“That’s most likely the reason no other major operations have been carried out for a long time; they knew it would be pointless to grab it all that time ago knowing there luck of survival; at least that’s what ive gavered from you two” said Desmond as he sat an pondered on what to do

“So we destroy the item the soul’s connected to can that stop this reawakening?” asked Twilight

“Yes that might work” said Desmond in amazement “but we have to act quick before they try to take it again”

“I can use Blaze’s sword to destroy it, it should be powerful enough to beat that jerk into the dirt again” said Rainbow with a grin

“Ok let’s go, follow me” said Twilight

As the 3 of them walked the endless halls of the castle they finally ended up in the library. There were books as far as the eye could see, reaching as high as a 2 story house and long halls with endless amounts of books. But Twilight brought them to face one specific shelf.

“Ok wait right here” said Twilight as she walked over to another bookshelf and pulled a book which in turn opened a secret doorway in front of Desmond and Rainbow.

“Alright let’s go” said Twilight as the 2 followed down the flight of stairs

“So Twilight what is this place anyway?” asked Rainbow as she just staired in confusion at how the dark abyss below them seemed to stretch endlessly

“Well this was created as a way to store powerful items or other oddities that were deemed to unstable or powerful for anypony to control, so naturally we stored Omega’s blade down here and the entire room stops any unwanted personal from entering” explained Twilight

“Um you mind giving me the non- egghead version” said Rainbow who eyes were low to signify her point

“(sigh) fine, it keeps intruders from entering ok?” said Twilight in an unamused tone

“Yep anyway I wouldn’t know but I think where here” said Rainbow

It was a circular room with midnight blue torches lining pillars around the area and in the middle was the Golden blade, as light reflected off its shiny surface Rainbow then began to unholster Blaze’s sword and gripped in her mouth as she slowly approached it

“Come on Rainbow Dash unless your scared to go near it?” said Twilight with a cocky grin

“Me scared? Yea right I’m not afraid of some trinket” said Rainbow as she quickened her pace but something was wrong

“Um Twilight?” asked a muffled rainbow as she continued to hold the blade in her mouth “is the sword suppose to be moving?”

“Wait its moving?” said Twilight who was just as confused as Rainbow but then Desmond almost instantly bolted towards Rainbow and tackled her to the ground as 3 daggers just narrowly missed both of them.

this starts

“Oh so close but so far” came a very familiar voice

As Rainbow and Desmond rose to their hooves a figure began to appear out of thin air. But as the figure became clearer its metal hand was around Omega’s sword and as he turned everypony saw who it was.

He was at least 6 feet tall, he had a red line running along where its eyes would be; with his signature massive blades that hung on his sides and his voice ever so rich and clear but had a hint of disgust as he talked.

“Long time, no see you 2, did you miss me?” Said Krux tho he had a metal plate covering his mouth they knew he was grinning.

“Well besides from that you like the new improvements since our last encounter”  

His body had changed significantly, his body was skinnier not a signal joint was exposed. Its new shiny armor glistened in the dim room as it began to walk around the pedestal

“Look for once I can get it you don’t want me to get away with this because all that rat worked towards would have been for nothing but it’s not my problem I’m just following orders” said Krux as he shrugged

“But why? Why do all of you let them walk over you like that? Why not follow your own path?” asked Desmond

“Why; well freedom is not as easy as you would think; you don’t know what it’s like to be killed as a cyborg. We feel pain much more slowly and with great intensity and if we don’t listen we will be punished so too bad so sad you neutral pest” said Krux as he began to walk

“You’re not getting away with this, I’m going to cut you down a notch before you even realized it” said Rainbow as she flew up into the air, grasping her blade

“Oh really well then come get me and trust me I’m a lot stronger now” said Krux as he began to walk towards the stairs

“Oh no you don’t!” shouted Rainbow as she brought the sword down with all her might but realized that Krux had already caught the blade in his hand. Then with a twist of his arm he flung Rainbow in the opposite direction and he continued to walk.

“Hehe I thought that you were going to cut me down a notch; I guess not” mocked Krux as he continued to walk

Krux then was hit with a flurry of attacks from Twilight as she shot magic bolt after magic bolt at him but all it seemed to do is disintegrate as soon as it touched him

Desmond then attempted to attack with his black blade but Krux managed to avoid all his attacks and landed a single punch on Desmond’s side sending him rolling across the floor as he dug the blade into the ground to stop his rolling.

“Ugh what power could such a machine uphold” said Desmond as he climbed back to his feet

Rainbow just watched as Twilight and Desmond tried to do something to stop Krux but nothing seemed to work and she swore that she knew he was giving them all a mocking grin right now

*FLASHBACK*

“remember everything has a weakness you just have to look past the obvious” said Blaze as he stood in front of Rainbow as she once again got up from the floor of the dojo as she said

“Well not all of us have an eye that can see an attack coming a mile away”

“Yes but look beyond what you see and detect the finer details; like my eye scan your target, find something different in their movement, how their body moves ECT”

Rainbow then lunged forward but just as Blaze went to block her frontal attack she darted upwards and connected a hit on Blaze’s right leg as he skipped out of the way

“See always a way”…

*FLASHBACK ENDS*

“Alright time to see if this works” said Rainbow as she focused

As Rainbow scanned every possible weak point she found only 1 and that was Krux’s single eye and as she thought to herself she grinned at the idea she got “time to show you why I’m the fastest flyer around tin head”

Then as Krux was about to reach the stairs Rainbow shouted at him as she darted from left to right and everywhere else in between “hey Krux let me show you something I like to call the rainbow whip!”

“The Rainbow what?” “AHH MY EYE AHH!!!” just as Krux finished his sentence Blaze’s sword was plunged deep into his eye. Then as Rainbow flew away whiles ripping the sword out with her Krux flailed about in pain as he cursed “Your dead you bitch!”

“Alright Blaze let do this” said Rainbow then as she shot towards Krux from his blindside she held Blaze’s sword in between her hooves as she used all the strength in her body an plunged the sword deep into Krux’s back and through his chest. As she wrenched the sword out of his back wires sparked and hissed and pieces of metal were turned to unrecognizable shapes. Krux turned and fell on his back as the sword fell to his side with a clack

“Hehehehahaha” laughed Krux as he glitched as sparked

“What’s so funny Krux?” asked Twilight as they all faced Krux

“There’s 1 more improvement to this body and that’s” said Krux as he disappeared and he appeared at the top of the stairs with Omega’s blade in hand “doppelgangers, well it was nice meeting you all but I got to go and reincarnate a psychopath” said Krux as his voice echoed though out  the chamber.

“Quick we have to go get him!” shouted Twilight

“You two go I’ll get the rest and explain to them what happened” said Desmond

“Alright Twilight you ready?” asked Rainbow

“Yes let’s go” responded Twilight as her and

Rainbow both flew into the air and darted their way towards the exit of the castle making sure not to slam into the sharp turns.

As they finally reached the outdoors it was sunny once again and the remains of the downpour were slowly drying up into nothingness and in the distance heading into town was a metal behemoth. And then a purple and blue blur shot there way towards the Mechanical freak.

As Twilight and Rainbow both avoid hitting anypony or anything they desperately tried to gain ground on the surprisingly fast Krux as he shoved and threw anything that got in his way.

They then heard an almost silent voice of Krux saying “prepare teleportation in 2 minutes destination the BoneYard”

“Rainbow I don’t think will be able to catch him in time” said Twilight who was beginning to slow down

“Wait what’s that on the roof?” said Rainbow as her and Twilight saw a mechanical Timberwolf running across the roof tops as tiles cracked and fell due to its weight and then without warning it pounced on top of Krux as he yelled in annoyance

“Wait what?! Prototype?” said twilight in confusion as her and Rainbow both landed only a few feet away from the 2 robots.

What they saw was unreal. As TW Prototype lashed its claws towards Krux, Krux kept blocking the attacks with Omega’s blade as they both fought to take it

“You dare disobey me you mutt I’m your master!” shouted Krux as he swung the golden blade towards the wolf but he proved he was too agile for Krux to keep up with.

“I was never your puppet, I have realized I had gone back on an old friends word and I’m my own master for there are no more stings attached to me like you, freedom must be earned for one's self” said TW Prototype “and my name is Dark Oak”

“Well then consider this your deactivation” said Krux as he disappeared and grabbed Wolf by the neck and plunged Omega’s blade twice into his body then he Dropped the now severally damaged cyborg as he began to warp away but not without getting one slash to his chest by Oak. Grunting agenst the pain he said one last thing before going

Then others than showed up as Krux was teleporting “you all can’t stop his return none of you can” and with that Krux was gone along with the blade and that only left one thing to do and that was to get answers (song ends)

Later that day…

As all 7 of them staired at the metal-wooden wolf some gave it angry looks and some listened intently on hearing what he had to say about what had transpired this day. They sat in the map room as the wolf finally reconfigured itself and spoke, its eyes slowly moving around the room.

“Well that could have gone better” said Dark oak as he sat and just staired

“You have some explaining to do or else your firewood” said Rainbow giving him a glare

“Yea like why you attacked me just to help us in the end, why?!” shouted Twilight before Fluttershy walked towards Oak and looked back at her friends with her usual calm expression

“You all should at least give this poor thing a chance to explain before saying such mean things to him” said Fluttershy before she faced Oak and smiled “I’m sorry for what you have been put through, even if you are one of those metal monsters”

“Thank you your kindness is appreciated, even if all of them don’t agree. That and I still have feelings I’m not all metal remember so watch it” said Oak as he glared towards the rest

“To make an enemy a friend is the most challenging task, well done” said Desmond to Fluttershy

“Thank you I just know that no matter if he’s done some horrible things in the past he shouldn’t be harmed for it. It’s not his fault he’s like this” said Fluttershy as she saw all the rests faces become friendlier as Applejack said

“Sorry Oak we just thought you were tricken us but I guess we judged on your appearance, sorry” said Applejack

“It’s fine I’m not one to get mad over precautions to insure the safety of others” said Oak as he continued “now you are all wondering why they want to bring Omega back besides to most likely get his revenge on any and all ponies that interfered with his plan, correct?”

“Yes can you tell us about why and where this is all happening Oak?” asked Twilight eager to hear the answer

“Well before he perished he sent one message out stating that if he were to be revived he would reward the one’s who did so the same powers as him, so naturally all personal including me were on the search but” said Oak as he paused

“What is his true intentions my friend?” asked Desmond who’s eye showed fear for what the answer may be but remained serious

“He sent out to only 3 others this message, me being one of them” said Oak as the words he spoke chilled all in the room down to the bone as he said

“Death is only the beginning; they shall be nothing but charred bones when I awaken”

As the air fell silent they all just staired at each other before Twilight spoke up

“Alright everypony we can’t let what he says get to us if we work together we can stop this from ever happening. I know that we are all freaked but together we can stand strong agenst him once again” said Twilight as her grim expression formed into a determined look

“Alright I’m in since you’ll need all the help you can get” said Desmond as he stood up

“Same here I really want to show that metal bucket what happens when you mess with me” said Rainbow as she flew in the air throwing 2 hooves forward in a punching motion

All the rest soon agreed then Twilight said

“Alright some should stay behind to prepare for the worse and…” said Twilight before she was interrupted by 3 voices

“I’ll go” Piped up Rainbow

“Same here, somepony got to stop you from doing anything stupid” said Applejack with a smirk

“I will accompany you two on this mission for I wish to pay a friend back” said Dark Oak as he stood up as his tail wished around in anticipation

“Are you sure?” asked Twilight with a concerned look

“I have protocols built in to insure that if anything jeopardizes are safety that I can fallback if necessary” responded Oak “you should all begin acquiring safety protocols and prepare the civilians to stay off the streets as we head out”

“Ok then good luck to you 3 then and please be careful” said Twilight

“We will, now then Dark Oak where we be headin?” asked Applejack as they began to walk down the endless halls

“The point of interest of which they plan to reincarnate Omega would be in plains of this part of the country next to some ruins called the BoneYard; it is about 2 miles east of this location” said Oak as his eye began to bleep and as they reached the exit he said “keep up”

“Yea right me keep up” said Rainbow with a grin “I could get there in 10 seconds flat”

“Yes but do you know the exact location?” said Applejack with a smug look as she raised an eyebrow

“Umm?”

“Exactly” said Applejack as they set off into the day not knowing what lied ahead was something much more sinister…


“Alright we should be almost nearing the location” said Oak as he walked beside Applejack whiles Rainbow flew ahead

They walked across a massive plains, the grass blew in the little wind in the area as trees were scattered in the distance. The hill rose and fell like waves on land as they continued to walk then Dark Oak asked

“I have detected through out our journey that the one in front of us called Rainbow Dash; her emotional levels have risen every time ive mentioned how close we were getting”

“Yea she’s been dealing with the fact that this monster was the one that killed her friend and that he could come back” said Applejack as she turned to glance at Rainbow then turned her head back to Oak as he continued

“Not just that but something else has been effecting her which due to her current metal state is not normal” said Oak as he saw a odd look on Applejack who kept glancing at the ground to not fall

“Why what could be out of the ordinary wolf?” asked Applejack

“In her metal state I scanned…” Oak then paused as if to ponder on the right words to say “delirium?” responded Oak

“What now how in the hay is Rainbow crazy?!” snapped Applejack as she piped down as she saw Rainbow glance back at them then back in front of her

“I am a more highly technologically advance Timber Wolf but even I struggle for the answers that are clouded in mystery” responded Oak “a pony of the same problem told me that”

Applejack then perked up at that and asked “wait does this pony have metal.”

“Yes, if you are referring to last owner of that sword your friend keeps glancing at then yes” interrupted Oak as Applejack asked in response

“How did you know him? Did he turn you into.. This?” asked Applejack in a worried voice

“No; knowing him is more interesting; he was the one who showed me that life is always precious even if it’s a monster…”

*FLASHBACK*

A timber wolf then leapt towards the one that was injured and bled sap as it lay agenst a tree but was knocked back from 2 hooves connecting with his face

“Alright come on fight somepony your own might!” shouted Blaze who was cut and had splinters sticking out of his now messy (or messier) mane as he stood in front of the injured timberwolf, then as the timberwolf approached it backed off and ran back into the darkness of the forest as its howls could be heard ringing out from afar.

“Are you alright?” asked Blaze as he sat beside the wolf and mended its wounds as they began to snap and heal back into place

It just looked at him with big green eyes that seemed to say “why?”

“Well you could be a monster or a pony but no one deserves to suffer like that not for anything; so I hope will meet again someday umm…?” said Blaze as he put a hoof to his face and said “Dark Oak; is that fine?”

The wolf then wagged its tail in agreement and began to walk off into the darkness as the last words it heard were “seeya Oak! Ok I really need a physiologist, I’m talking to wolves now”…

*FLASHBACK ENDS*

“After that I was captured and made into this thing but I still stand by what he said for his motives were odd but justifiable” said Oak as he finished telling the tale and then said as he saw Rainbow had stopped just in front of them “were here”

They all staired at the ruined monument, their features gone bare and moss covered the cracked stone path on the ground. This all lead to a crumbling staircase that lead to an open space but as the 3 walked up the stairs and reached the top symbols were faded and seemed to just about make out a lunar dial and then they noticed the shadow moving ever so closer to the peak as the moon rose. They completely lost track of time as the night rose higher and higher.

“So you finally arrived; took you all long enough?” said Krux as he stood off to the side and a body of a bot lay in the center, its body a lot more high tech than the rest

“Don’t do it Krux he just playing you for a fool” said Applejack as she steadied encase of an attack which seemed to come

As if on cue they were surrounded by magical spheres as robots began to appear around the edge of the platform but Oak was electrocuted to the ground like he was tasered

“Normally you would be able to get out of them but by that time it would already be too late and I hope you like your new restraints but don’t worry the electricity will cut out soon but not in time” said Krux as he place Omega’s blade in the center of the platform

“Your clouded by your own vengeance that you don’t even realize that he’ll just throw you away; that’s what they all do” said Rainbow in response

“Oh one of… oh what’s his name oh yes Blaze the corpse of a hero’s lines hehehe” said Krux as he looked toward Rainbow as he seemed to anger her

“You better watch it you freak” warned Rainbow as she began slashing at the bubble around her

“Well then you have fun using a dead mans sword but for the rest enjoy the show” said Krux as the Eclipse began

The symbols began to glow blue as they snaked around the platform and then finally meeting the body in the center. As the energy surged the body began to move and soon its red eyes opened as it began to hover in the air like a puppet on strings.

Then it began to laugh, that same cold, dark laugh as it echoed around the area then flesh began to form over the metal construct as it spoke before being engulfed in a black light

“Physical form don’t mind if I do!”

Then as 3 in the bubbles looked back as well as Rainbow breaking out of hers only to stop dead in her tracks as the fear washed over all of them. There he stood; his tattered wings with no cape, his gantlets, gone. The rest of his grey attire remained thow his rainbow hair glowing in the moonlight. And those crimson eyes as they showed nothing but anger and vengeance; his smile ever so cold.

“Ahh it feels good to be back; so long since ive actually wanted someone dead just for the heck of it” said Omega his eyes pointed directly at Rainbow Dash as she stood there, holding her blade

“Sorry but I’m putting you back in your grave Omega” said Rainbow as the bots along with Krux stood in front of her

“Sorry but killing him won’t bring your maggot of a friend back; oh sorry did I say maggot I meant degenerate, fool, weakling...” said Krux before he was interrupted

“Shut up you fucking piece of scrap!” shouted Rainbow as her voice plus another more psychotic voice could be heard in sync with her own “you want to have fun well I’m going show you something you won’t forget hehaha”

“This is bad; my scanners indicate that feeling again but… stronger” said Oak as he managed to stand up and shook his body followed by Applejack’s shield coming down and she staired at oak

“What should we do” asked Applejack who was still taking in the fact that Omega is back

“Back up NOW!” shouted Oak as they just stood and watched

“Alright boys get her” Said Krux as he pointed a finger in her direction

“Ok then hehaha time to let er rip” said the distorted voice of Rainbow

The bots then jumped forward only to be cut into pieces in the blink of an eye. Before Krux could react his left arm was torn off followed by his leg and half his face. He then began to crawl with all his might away from the monster only to have hooves smashed into his back with such force that it tore through the other side

“No… no please” begged a scared Krux but all he saw was magenta eyes, soulless and a smile almost as big as her face and with that Krux’s world faded to black as he shut down

“Aww looks like he kicked the bucket, oh well-Wha. What happened?” asked Rainbow as she stumbled around

“It seems his arrogance led to his downfall oh well. Now where was I… oh yes this” said Omega as he soon kick Rainbow flying towards the others as the wind was knocked out of her

“Now tell me how many corpses dose it take to send a message?” asked Omega as he slowly made his way over to the 3 as Oak spoke

“None as far as I’m concerned”

“Well then let this send the message; activate now!” shouted Omega as a huge shadow loomed from behind him as 2 massive claws came crashing onto the platform

The rest of the machines body grew and grew as a large hulking body appeared and with it a long snaking head with only one eye staired back at them and then let out an ear piercing roar that echoed all around them; then its red claws and spines began to glow

“MD-173 Head to Ponyville and… kill” said Omega as he leapt onto its back; they watched as the ground erupted as it began to walk away the back legs now visible and its long tail witched ended in an array of spikes

“I would love to stay but ive got a village to burn into ashes along with its residents!” shouted Omega as he and the dragon road off

“Alright activate directive 0127” said Oak as they were surrounded by a blue aura and before they knew it they were back in Ponyville

Then Twilight approached them as the rest soon followed then they saw what was wrong without even asking. Timber was fine as well as Applejack and Rainbow say for the burse that formed where she was kicked. But the look of fear, dread and despair on their faces gave them all the answer.

“So what do we do now” asked Twilight as she too just sat there in defeat

“My processors indicate that we have a 10.71% chance of success” responded Oak

“That’s good enough” said Applejack as she got up and began to talk to the rest “alright everypony we got less than an hour before he arrives so going to need everyone to pull their weight here got it?”

They all nodded

“Alright Twilight; you, me Rainbow, Oak and Rarity will take on Omega; Pinkie and Fluttershy will keep all the civilians from panicking.

“Okey dokey lokie!” said Pinkie as her and Fluttershy ran off into the town

“Ok now Oak how much do we have?” asked Twilight

“We have approximately 20 minutes” responded Oak

“Alright everypony lets get ready!” said Twilight as the rest scattered and prepared for the fight except Oak and Rainbow Dash who just sat, staring at the ground

“Why do you blame yourself?” asked Oak as he sat beside her

“What are you talking about?” snapped Rainbow

“I’m a highly intelligent A.I. stop lying to me” said Oak in a calm voice

“Why do you care your just a machine”

“A machine that knows that feeling guilty for something that was not your fault is no way to help yourself move on” said Oak sounding offended from the retort

“…(sigh) well I feel like all I did was stand there and watched him die how could I not feel responsible for that?” said Rainbow as her ears flattened Oak then lifted Blaze’s sword in his jaw and held it towards Rainbow who just staired in confusion

“keep fighting, no matter what, pain can last for and minute, hour, day or more but it will last forever if you don’t stand agenst it” said Oak as Rainbow lifted the blade and holstered it

“Th… thanks Oak I needed that” said Rainbow now beginning to smile “you ready Oak?”

“Affirmative”

15mins later…

As they stood there all but a giant shadow loomed over them as the hulking machine stood and let out an ear piercing roar that rattled their bones

“Now then you pathetic ponies prepare to burn Hahahaha!” shouted Omega as he jumped off the dragons back and walked towards where a lone mare stood holding a blade in her mouth

“Well, well, well the prodigy returns now then shall we finish this feud once and for all?” asked Omega as his golden blade appeared in his left hand

Ok here it goes, I made a promise to keep your fight going and here I’ll avenge you

“Ok then Omega… lets dance!” shouted Rainbow as they charged towards each other as their blades struck

“How in the hay are we suppose to beat it if we can’t even hurt it!?” shouted Applejack as she backed up from a massive tail that swooped in and almost pancaked her

“Error no possible signs of weaknesses; probability of success very low” responded Oak as parts of his body where broke and snapped

Twilight kept the beast from moving any closer to them and rarity kept a shield up for cover but then the beast’s mouth opened and the entire street lit up in purple light. As the dust settled a new curved out mark was in the dirt and the 4 of them struggled to lift themselves off the ground as the thing slowly began to lift its massive tail

“Can... can we block-” said Rarity

“No; even with my power I can’t” said Twilight as she looked around at the rest of her friends as they were unable to move and then she looked at the metal dragon as it held its tail in the air and turned its tail around so the spikes faced downwards.

Rainbow then dodged 3 magical blasts as she swooped in and connected with Omega’s blade but he easily threw her away giving her another slash this time across her cheek. She then landed as her injured right wing gave way.

“Look as much as I want to burn your corpse; just give up; I admire your bravery-” said Omega as a blade connected with his arm witch did nothing for only a small bit of strength was behind it and he continued “its over; so give up and except your fate!”

As he blasted the earth In front of him an attack caught him off guard as his arm was slashed and the metal skeleton below could be seen.

Unfazed he turned to see Rainbow using the blade to balance herself as her right eye was closed due to the pain she felt

“I’ll never fall to a monster like yo-” said Rainbow as she was kicked into the dirt and spat blood as she layed their and weakly attempted to get up.

"shut up you pest, vermin, bloody worm" said Omega as he continued to enjoy every kick he connected to he body

As the 4 looked around time for what they saw seemed to move slower around them but they still move as normal as they noticed 6 objects moving slowly towards the dragon. Apon closer inspection 3 words were written over the joker cards

“You are fucked” and a voice could be heard in the background

“Fuck, bitches get money!”

Then as time resumed to normal the 6 cards implanted themselves in the body of the beast and before anyone could say a word they erupted into a fiery explosion. Then as the smoked cleared the dragon’s metal body look like it had rotten for over a millennium as it struggled to move towards the rest.

“Dark Oak now!” shouted Applejack  

As soon as she spoke Oak leaped onto the row of buildings and ran towards the Dragon. He then jumped toward the beast as it lifted a claw to attack; Oak then spun like as buzz saw and diced through the scrap arm like paper.

Oak then latched his whip blade into the next building and spun again into its other leg bringing the beast down with a smash. He then jumped onto its back and began to swing left and right then as “X” marked the spot Oak turned into a buzz saw and began to cut deep into its back and with a final strife he had completely cut through its chest as the thing was up in a blaze of glory.

“You are now free” said Oak to the now dying dragon as it finally switched offline

“Are all of you alright?” asked Oak

“Yes we are fine but what the hay was that?!” said Twilight as she inspected the holes where the cards landed but nothing

“Well whatever it was it saved us” said Applejack then she remembered as she eye grew wide in fear “oh no what about Rainbow Dash?!”

As she ran off in the other direction the rest soon followed

This began to play

Rainbow knelt, the sword 15 feet behind her and she knew her legs have lost all the energy in them as cuts and bruises dotted her body and the form of Omega looming in the sky  

“Well now look at this” said Omega as he saw the rest appear “Looks like were all here bar 2 for the grand finally!”

The rest just stood back as they already knew that they would only anger him if they did

“Why? Why are you doing this? Why all this; just because we stopped you?” asked Twilight as she looked up into his eyes

“You all took much more than just my victory; my body, my mind and soul; now I can’t feel anything, I’ll always feel the metal gears turning in my head no matter what. You all took my life away and now I’ll take yours” said Omega as he readied to attack with his crimson blast

Blaze I’m sorry but I couldn’t do it; you know I’m strong but i just can't. To him I’m just a mare holding a metal stick

As rainbow prepared herself for the imminent death she remembered all the fun memories she had and of all the times that her friends were always there by her side; never did they give up on her. Then I hit her like a brick; they never gave up on her so she would not start giving up on them now. Then she began to rise to her feet

“my friends have always been by me and I’m not going to let them down; so hit me with you best shot you freak of nature!” shouted Rainbow at the top of her lungs

“Well then all I have to say is… goodbye” said Omega as he released the energy towards her

As it inched closer and closer she closed her eyes and waited for the attack… that never came

As the rest stood watching in otter fear as the last words exited Omega’s mouth. Twilight saw out of the corner of her eye something was heading their way and fast. Before she and rest knew it the thing shot passed them at blinding speed, and picked the blade up and jumped straight in front of the blast as the energy shot back in all directions; then it died down as they staired in disbelief. Then Omega whose face was that of anger and shock said

“No, no how is this possible!!!”

As Rainbow opened her eyes the figure stood in front of her; it was much taller than her and seemed to also have wings, a tail, a longer mane and pony ears as it spoke which echoed in Rainbow’s ears forever

“Hey Omega, looks like we got here in time”

“I know but maybe if you flew faster we would be here sooner”

Blaze stood there with that same smirk and oblivious eyes not saying a word only the words he spoke as Rainbow was lifted by her friends as they backed up. Then out of nowhere Pinkie and Fluttershy appeared or well Fluttershy hid behind Pinkie in fear

“Hey did you all see that, Blaze just came in from the sky out of no-” Pinkie stopped as she knew that her friends had already gotten that far

“Twilight?” asked Blaze his voice sounding calm “I need you and the others to do that attack again”

Twilight paused then bore an angry expression

“What No I’m not helping you do that again not after all that’s just?!-” shouted Twilight as she stopped and noticed Blaze’s smile, that same smile from before. Then he said them same words from before

“Do you trust me?” asked Blaze

“Um… I ugh… oh ok, but if you die I’m going to” said Twilight as she shut up and told the rest what to do...

In an instant they fired that same cursed beam towards Blaze as he began to absorb it and once again he struggled to hold it in

“Really this again? When will you learn that you can’t just absorb the energy and hope for the best; what kind of person do you think you are?” questioned Omega as he teleported to the ground, 10 feet away from the rest

“I’m just doing what’s right; ive seen things and done things that would be considered crazy but that’s just it; I am crazy and if that means that I can save my friends and every other pony then so be it; I’m never giving up and now I’ll show you what I’m really made of Ahhhhhhhhhh!” said Blaze as he finished he yelled at the top of his lungs and began to rise as the energy surged around him then he was engulfed by the power as the darkness was pushed back by the light. Blaze’s hair and tail turned an array of colors and his eyes turned out the same way as a cloth mask covered his face up to his nose and with that the energy subsided as he stood holding his blade in hand.

“No… no way” said Omega as he brought his sword out ready to attack

Blaze then walked over to the others his entire body pulsing with a rainbow aura. He then knelt beside Rainbow Dash and raised his hand over which healed her in an instant. Blaze and Rainbow just stared at each other until Rainbow hugged him which out of just the edge of the mask Blaze’s face was turning red. Then Blaze returned the jester before they let go. Then as Rainbow, she was blushing a tiny bit also Blaze pulled his mask down reviling a smile and after putting it back in place he then walked back to his prior position and then he became more like his usual self

“Holy Jesus i’m glowing I mean look at me this is so awesome!” said Blaze as he looked at his now multi-colored wings and tail then he turned to see that a hole was through his chest but before he could react it began to regenerate.

“Ok now that’s something I can get used to!” said Blaze then he faced Omega and his eye narrowed but the mask over his mouth moved indicating he began to smirk

“So then shall we finish what we started old friend?” said Omega as he two smiled

“Once and for all” said Blaze as he held his blade to his side

“LET’S DANCE!”

They stood there staring at teach other waiting for the other to make a move. This time only one will remain

This time I not dying; my friends need me and I need them; besides I’m the only one crazy enough to do Soooo…

“Ahhhhhh!!!” shouted Blaze and Omega as they charged towards each other

They both clashed as their swords sparked and the ground around them cracked under the sheer force of the attack.

“Now I’ll show you what happens when you force someone to become a monster” grunted Omega as he stared directly at Blaze

“And ill show you that I’m never alone” grunted Blaze as he too stared back then they broke off

Blaze then flew into the sky as Omega darted out of nowhere slashing at ever inch of his body and soon Blaze did the same as they shot around the black sky as they clashed and sliced away at each other. More of Omega’s cybernetic body was revealed as Blaze just slowly regenerated and bit agenst the pain as it flared in his body.

Omega then fired a volley of blasts towards him but as Blaze raised his hand to block a beam of rainbow light shot from his hand, blowing up the blasts

“Ok now things are getting goo-” said Blaze who was drop kicked into the ground as he dug into the dirt. Then before he could react another volley of attacks ensued blowing up the entire area around him. Then as the dust settled Blaze was gone.

“Hmm where’d he go?” pondered Omega as he looked around

Omega then holstered his blade as he blocked a punch from Blaze. Then they began to trade blow for blow; Blaze’s left leg then connected with Omega’s face as he slid back. Then Omega and Blaze both threw a punch (blaze right and omega left) with connected with both their faces as they fell back. Blaze then ran up and right-hooked Omega followed by a roundhouse kick to the side and finally an uppercut which sent Omega into the dirt.Omega then lifted parts from the mecha and began to form a massive blade about 50 feet in length as it managed to create a shadow. As he swung the blade down Blaze didn’t think he acted and blocked the blade with his arms. The ground beneath him began to crack and burrow inwards and sparks from the distorted metal sounded out

"ill put you under" said Omega as he applied more force

Hehe alright lets do this

Blaze then began to lift the blade with all his might and then began to swing it around and around until he let is slide freely in the air.

Now then time to see if that game was lying

He then jumped apon the blade, brought out his sword and began to swing as he ran then his target was in sight. He then latched the sword around Omega’s left arm and began to spin him around and finally threw him head first into the ground with a smash. Then as the pieces of what remained of the blade fell around Omega he looked around but couldn’t find Blaze anywhere

Then as he continued to look; above him in the stratosphere Blaze shot down at an alarming speed as he headed directly for Omega and then Omega noticed this and began to fire his red beam

“This is it say goodbye!” shouted Omega as his blast turned the sky red as it shot towards the incoming target

Alright KAI are you ready to show him our new move?

Yes let’s break his bones; increasing speed to mach 3

“Alright Metal-Sonic-Boom!” shouted Blaze and KAI at the same time

Then as they went faster and faster towards the beam of energy Blaze then shot towards it as he became a red light of electrical energy as electricity surged around him and he connected with the attack. As Omega kept the attack up slowly Blaze made his way closer and closer, the energy wisped around them and with a final strife the world was blinded by a sheer amount of light as everyone was blinded

“Ga! Wait where is he-” said Omega before he realized Blaze just stood just opposite of him holding his blade to his face

“Let’s end this” said Blaze as he prepared to dash forward

“One attack” Omega did the same then the charged

They yelled at the top of their lungs and finally connected as the wind whiplashed around them. Crimson eyes stared into rainbow as they continued to fight each others might

“Grr no I’m- i’m not losing to you!” grunted Blaze as he began to slide back

“You will die like the rest of your pathetic friends” said Omega as he pushed forward

That seemed to strike Blaze and his eye then seemed to burn with anger as he pushed back with all his might as Omega’s blade began to crack at the top where they connected

“You will never hurt my friends again; it’s over ahhhhhh!!!” shouted Blaze as his blade shattered Omega’s and Blaze shot forward due to the amount of power he put behind his blade

Omega then stared at his broken blade and the piece of the ground before turning and seeing only the spectrum of colors. He then began to block it but slowly his body began to turn back to the metal construct beneath it

“No, no, noooooo!” shouted Omega as the blast engulfed him and he erupted in a spectrum of colors and with that their fight subsided. (song ends)

As blaze holstered his sword he stood there as he continued to glow staring into space until he saw it Omega’s almost destroyed body beside the broken blade. As Blaze walked over to it Omega’s body moved and rainbow eyes stared into red

this starts

“It’s over Omega you lost” said Blaze

“Hehehe no; for now; but I’m just the beginning” said Omega as what was left of his face smiled

“Why who else is there?” asked Blaze his voice low

“I won’t tell but; there are others, more powerful than me and you; not only that you will soon show your true colors Blaze”

“What do you mean?” asked Blaze confused

“You all think your so perfect, so good, so… kind; evil lurks in all things, it’s only a matter of time; count on it” said Omega with a pain filled smile

“Well I’m not going to stop fighting; count on that” said Blaze in response

“Hehehe we’ll see; you all will see; death... I. is only the beginning...” said Omega as his systems failed and he shut downed for good

“He is dead” said Oak as he walked up beside Blaze the rest all just staring “was this outcome necessary?”

“I don’t think any real right answer exists; he was clouded by hate and now his fate ended up in my hands again” said Blaze as he picked up the two pieces of the blade

“A golden titanium broadsword; its craftsmanship directly links it to the original weapon; making it a very powerful weapon” responded Oak as he grasped the broken top in his mouth

“Wait” said Blaze as he held the rest of the cursed blade in his right hand

He then stood upright holding the blade to the center of his face then slashing it down to his right side and then he spun the blade around and placed the broken part of blade into the ground and spoke

“Goodbye Omega; I know that your past is not great but you fought with honor” whispered Blaze

He then lifted then blade and gave it to Oak; then Blaze powered down and turned back into his pony form and stretched

(song ends)

“Oh god some times that can be annoying ah” groaned Blaze as he walked towards the others with a smile on his face  

All of them were smiling as he was bombarded with questions which began to make his head spin

“Ok calm down; I can’t exactly answer you all at once” said Blaze throwing his metal hoof in front of him

“Well then answer this” said Twilight with a puzzled look on his face “how are you alive?”

Blaze then laughed and sat down rubbing the back of his head then after brushing his long-spiked hair out of his face he said “well trust me when I say this you will be confused by the end”

“Wait but before that did you throw those cards into the metal thing?” asked Rarity

“Um what?” said Blaze raising an eyebrow

“Error last I checked where not the sort to play 52 pick up” responded KAI

“Well then who did?” asked Applejack

“I don’t know but I’m sure its not the last time it will happen” said Twilight “alright who wants to go inside and talk about this?”

Everyone piped up and began walking but Blaze hung back with Oak

“Anyway long time no see Oak” said Blaze as they walked

“It is nice to meet you again friend” responded Oak

“Hey do you know what happened to Desmond?” asked Blaze

“I do not know; one minute he’s here the next he was gone; also he left this for you” said Oak as his tail flicked a black sword in Blaze’s direction as he grabbed it

“Well it’s good to have my sword back, thanks” said Blaze as he holstered the blade and it disappeared

“Anyway we’ll most likely see the dude again but besides from that let’s catch up with our friends yes?” said Blaze

“Indeed let’s go” said Oak as him and Blaze ran to catch up with their friends as the sun began to rise on another beautiful day in Equestria.

TO BE CONTINUED…

Even in good people evil exists and in Evil people good exists. The strongest one is whichever we choose to feed.

Blaze Hawk

Chapter 4.5 For God Sakes

Chapter 4.5 A Blessing For God Sake

White that’s all there was for miles and miles. Blaze had been wandering this place for what his A.I he now named KAI for 20 days. No sleep, no food or water and no weapons.

“Yep I’m pretty sure this is where souls that don’t exist go now” said Blaze as he continued to walk, his legs not feeling tired

“How can we be sure of that? Its not like we’ve seen anyone here and I highly doubt were alone” responded KAI now having a different tone of voice

Did I forget to mention he has a conscience?

“Well either that or we are stoned to no end” said Blaze with a smirk as he finally stopped and sat there and sighed

“Now what genius?” said KAI breaking the silence

“I don’t know; want to head east next?” asked Blaze as he blew his spiky hair

“No we headed east 7 days ago; lets head west” responded KAI

“Ok begin travelling music” said Blaze but they were both interrupted

“I think I can help with that” came a voice from behind them

Blaze then jumped up and turned to see a white figure with no facial features but eyes that glowed a beautiful golden color as it spoke again

“Well what is it you want to do?” asked the voice

“Um who and what are you? And why are we in a coliseum of sorts?” asked Blaze as he saw that the surrounding have changed to that of what he spoke but still as white as the world around him

“Well I am God to put it plainly” said God

“Yea and I’m an Alicorn” said Blaze with a (I don’t believe you look) before feeling something on his forehead

He then lifted his hoof and felt… a horn!

“ok what the fuck; no, no, no, no I do not want this sort of responsibility nope; ok I believe you just what the hell do you want?!” said Blaze as he felt it disappear and he let out a sigh of relief “oh thank celestia; never will I ever want to be a alicorn”

“Well I know what you did and why you are here but tell me why?” said God as he stood there staring

“But your God you know everything” questioned Blaze

“Yes but only what ive seen I can’t and won’t pry on the minds of others unless I need to” responded God

“well I guess I did it because I couldn’t just stand by and watch as the world fell apart due to me; and if that means I die so be it” said Blaze as he remembered the pain of death and the loss of life as he layed there bleeding out then his face was lifted towards God as he spoke

“There is no need to explain your reasons Blaze; the ones who love you understand and people with good intentions make promises but you have good character so you keep them and you never let them die; with that you have my respect”

Blaze looked at his eyes which showed compassion and understanding. Blaze then got up and smiled once again and said

“Well then I’m not going to stop being myself; besides if I did stop I wouldn’t annoy every person with my cocky attitude and that’s no fun”

“well then let me make you a deal” said God as he warped a few feet back “if you can show me your resolve and ambition and land a single punch on me I will grant you your life back”

Blaze’s eyes widened at this and began to studder then he closed his eyes and thought

I can’t believe I can return but then again I won’t be easy; hehe I like a challenge anyways; you with me KAI?

Yes let’s see what a so called God can do; activated air quotes

Watch it KAI he can read minds you dumbass

Oh ok then I’ll just keep up being annoying; activated don’t give one parameters

  “Alright I accept; but what’s the catch?” said Blaze as he could have sworn that’s what the God wanted to hear

“If your resolve fails you will be left to wander this place forever” said God

“Alright then… let’s dance!” said Blaze as he began to run then he felt his entire body drop to the floor as he struggled to lift his body

“I forgot to mention every time you make a move I’ll be increasing the gravity more and more” said God

“Oh ok that just made things interesting” said Blaze as he made to his feet and made 2 steps before collapsing as the air left his lungs “ok there goes a rip or two hehe…he”

As Blaze once again tried to stand he was thrown back to the ground by the shear force of gravity as his breathing became more jagged. Again and again he tried but was forted by the one thing that can hold him back gravity

10 Days Later…

Blaze laid there motionless and the God stood there and watched, eyes unblinking

“(sigh) I guess your resolve finally met its match; well if you can here me this is about as far as my gravity shifting can go; I’m sorry but looks like your done” said God as he was about to stop until Blaze moved, only a tiny bit then he began to slowly move his legs

“If there is anyway of me returning to my home, my friends then I will jump headfirst into hell itself. I still have questions that need to be answered and I will get them… even if it kills me!” shouted Blaze as he began to stand up

“Nobody, no God is going to stop me, No One!” shouted Blaze as he was completely up shaking and his breathing was ragged

“And now that your at your limit I can stop pulling my punches” said Blaze as he looked at the surprised God

“You, you were holding back?!” said God in surprise

Then Blaze began to move faster and faster, his bones feeling like they would shatter into pieces a million times over if he fell, but he kept going "not yet; im not going down yet"

As God's eyes widened more and more due to how close Blaze was getting he then forced as much energy from his hand as he could causing Blaze to slide back but Blaze planted his hooves firmly into the white void as he kept going, closer and closer then he somehow managed to run causing sweat to trickle down his face and he bit agenst the pain

“Bite this!” Said Blaze as his left hoof connected with God’s face then almost instantly the massive weight was lifted and his body felt… fine like nothing had ever happened, then he began to stand up from the fall shaking a bit

“I am never going to get use to feeling or seeing this weird shit” said Blaze as he cracked and stretched his limbs

“You said it; my circuits felt like they were going to rupture your insides” responded KAI in a positive tone

“well like I said a deal’s a deal” said God as he began to lift his hand and said “one more thing because of your sheer will power alone saving your soul I will offer you 1 answer to any question you may want”

Blaze stood there like his entire world came down on top of him like a meteor

This is it i… I could finally know who I am, why was I sent here, the truth… alright I know

“Ok then my question is… why? Why me of all ponies or people in this case? Why me and not someone greater than me, better than me?” said Blaze as he stood waiting for the answer

God seemed surprised by this question like he wasn’t expecting it; then he spoke

“Well your right why not someone else, why you of all others… well you may not agree but you are a hero; not for your strength or sword, not your armor or mind but what you believe in your heart and soul. That’s what makes you the pony and person I chose. That and I’m going on a whim”

Seriously Gods go on whims yea ri- actually I’ll just take his word I don’t want to be turned into something else; oh yea he can read mind if he needs to, shutting up now

Then as God’s hand came down Blaze began to disappear then Blaze spoke

“Well then let’s see what my heart’s made of”

Then as Blaze opened his eyes he was falling; the air felt cool and the moonlight was as beautiful as ever then one thing ran through his head

“Unite the elements; unite your heart; that is true power”

“Alright KAI are you ready to set things right?” asked Blaze

“Let’s do this mother f*****” responded KAI

Then Blaze began to fly and hover then he shot in the direction of Ponyville the wind now blowing his mane and tail in the air as his grin grew bigger and he shouted into the midnight sky

“LET’S DANCE...!”

Chapter 5 Twivine's Reign

Chapter 5 Twivine’s Reign

“Finally I found it” came a ghostly voice

As the cave let in a fraction of light, it was not was illuminating the cave but the pool in the centre of the massive cave. As a shadowy figure stood in front of it he levitated out a book and began to read the manuscripts and then the pool began to glow brighter and brighter until it stopped

“Wake up your time has come to twist this world and take what was rightfully yours” said the figure as he then dropped seeds into the pool then the pool began to move

Then a body came out of it but as soon as it saw the figure a plunder vine shot towards it and stopped

“Why did you release me?” came an all too familiar voice

“To help you make this world pay for defying Omega” said the figure, sounding worried

“Oh forget him that we have alicorns to hunt down” said the alicorn

Her color was purple and her mane was black except for the 2 strands of hair that were mint green and purple; the same on her tail. Her cutie mark was a mint green 6 spiked star with smaller black ones surrounding it. And her eyes were purple with predator like pupils; she also wore a tiara on her head and then she spoke again

“The reign of Twivine Sparkle has come ahahahaha!”

Her voice echoed through-out the forest; but as Twivine began to prepare the one thing standing in her way was enjoying his time on a sunny summer day.

As the sun shined on another day In Ponyville; ponies were enjoying this day like no other as the sound of laughter was heard through the park and Ponies sat around talking with each other as the day went by. The flowers bloomed a variety of colors and the trees where as bright as the sky above as birds chirped in the leaves. Then a certain Pegasus was walking through the park his mane blew in the calm wind and his metal limbs lightly clanked against the ground. But all was not so great as a certain earth pony gave him a disgusted look then the Pegasus took notice and rolled his eyes as the pony approached.

“So you going to slander me some more or can you just move please?” said Blaze as he gave an unamused look

“Well, well, well the traitor returns; I thought I told you to stay away from theses ponies?” said the pony

His mane and tail were gold and his coat was grey and had a cutie mark of a golden bar; as his angry brown eyes looked towards the obvious cyborg as he spoke  

“Well first the princess told you to well in my terms fuck off but I guess you have trouble hearing my friend so please move” asked Blaze as he began to try and walk around then he was blocked again

“Just because you slap wings on a weak and utterly useless horn head does not mean she can tell me what to do. I work a lot harder and I consider that keeping a monster around the town is a bad move” said Goldenbar then he noticed Blaze’s expression, it was calm but his eyes weren’t

“Let me through or else” he said in an angry tone “and if you ever call my friend useless again I’ll make this scene you pulled more remember able”

“Just like a mon-“then he noticed that Blaze was already behind him as he continued to walk off and everyone went about their business

“(Sigh) I really need to get something sorted with him” said Blaze as KAI spoke

“Well next time just show him why existence is so irrelevant to him” said KAI in a positive voice

“Yea I guess I could but until then lets just get what we came to get” said Blaze as he continued to walk

He continued to walk through the town as some ponies called out to him and others waved as he then continued to smile again.

As he continued to walk through the market a certain earth pony came up to him wearing a hat.

“Howdy Blaze; watcha up to?” asked Applejack as she walked beside him with a smile

“Nothing much just going to get a certain book from Twilight, why?” asked Blaze

“Well I was wondering if you could come by later and help me out with a task” said Applejack

“Well I just need to do a few things but after that I could come help” said Blaze as he began to think but shrugged it off

“Hey what is it Blaze? Something bothering you?” asked Applejack with a concerned face

“Oh nothing just…” said Blaze but he stopped and continued to just walk, then he felt a nudge at his side to see that he was about to be questioned. Great

“Was it him again?” asked Applejack

Blaze nodded not wanting to face her as he faced down

“Why don’t you just get Twilight to deal with him sugarcube?” said Applejack

“Well unless you want me to make a scene again; no” said Blaze as he remembered back to a day where he insulted Rainbow Dash

*FLASHBACK*

5 days after Blaze’s return

“How dare you interfere you wrenched Pegasus; you’re just as bad as him; you could have gotten us killed when he attacked you winged freak!” shouted Goldenbar as he stood in front of Rainbow as she began to get angry from his comment

As the crowd of ponies formed around them Blaze then stepped in front of Rainbow as he stared directly into the jackasses face

“If you ever insult my friend again I’ll make you pay; now go you grounded worm” said Blaze in a grim voice as his eye shown a glimpse of purple but then he looked around confused

“You. You freak you’ll pay for that next time” said Goldenbar as he took off

“What the hell just happened?” said Blaze as he looked around confused

*FLASHBACK ENDED*

“Hey now don’t let that so in so get into your head; you’re better than that” said Applejack as she noticed Blaze smile at this

“Thanks just it’s not him but who ive been acting lately; ive become more violent but I don’t seem to remember what” said Blaze as he face hoofed

“Arg so many questions! I’m not cut out for this! And where did the ground go aha?!” shouted Blaze before he realized that they were now heading down hill and he began to tumble

(Thud, thud, thud)

“Ow why me?”

“Hahahahaha you alright Blaze!” laughed Applejack as she came down the hill and found Blaze face down in the dirt as he grumbled in annoyance

Applejack then helped into his hooves as he stood rubbing the dirt off his face he then turned to see Applejack still laughing slightly before he smiled also. Then without warning he tripped up Applejack who then impacted the ground and then it was Blaze’s turn to laugh his ass off. He then realized that was a bad move as she rose she had a cocky grin as she held in her teeth her lasso then Blaze began to run towards the castle as he was almost caught each time she whipped that thing his way

“You better hope you keep running or else you varmin!” shouted Applejack as she noticed Blaze had stopped in front of the castle door and was holding a note and a book

As she began to catch her breath she asked

“So what’s the book and where’s Twi?” asked Applejack

“Well she said that she’s away practising magic somewhere and the book is about all thing tech and magic and thirdly to avoid getting my backside handed by you I will just disappear” said Blaze as he began to warp away with a grin on his face “see you later”

“Bye you jerk” said Applejack as she turned around and began to walk back to town

As Blaze walked the long road back to his home he pondered on what he said before about the angry personality he developed and why he acted that way. As he continued to walk the dirt path over the hills he approached his outcove of a home; the house built into the cliff and the falls heading over the cliff’s edge and as he crossed the bridge he felt something deep within himself and if felt dark and cold.

As an empty library sat dormant; the endless hall of archives collected dust but one pink alicorn with a mane of pink, yellow and purple sat there reading. But as the minutes went by without a sound only pages turning the loose pages began to fly around the area as it lit up in aura of white light and as it subsided an alicorn fake, Twivine stood there with a grin of delight. The other alicorn stood up surprised but then her expression became one of confusion.

“Uhh Twilight is that you?” Asked Cadance is confusion  

“Hehahahaha hello Princess of Love ive come for something that belongs to me” said Twivine still giving her that crusade grin

“What would that be?” asked Cadance now feeling more weary

“Oh nothing just THIS!” said Twivine as plunder vines shot up from the ground and ensnared her and as Cadence tried to escape she just felt weaker and weaker until they dropped her to the floor

Her eyes became cloudy and he cutie mark gone completely then she stared up at what she thought was Twilight but felt something was certainly wrong-

“Ok seriously of course something is wrong the only comparison to Twilight is well… hardly anything; there colors are completely different. Please don’t do that again” said Blaze as he shouted at the narrator

“Hey I’m telling the story now be quite and wait your turn”

“Fine whatever just don’t be pointing out the obvious…dumbass” said Blaze as he walked away

“Thank god”

“Who- who are you?” said Cadence weakly

“hahahaha the real Twilight now if you excuse me ive got 3 more to find; see you real soon” said Twivine and then she was gone and the vines retreated into the ground leaving Cadence to stumble around towards the exit

“I need to warn the others”

As Blaze walked around the multiple desks in his home he kept glancing at the holographic screen that floated there. He was in the mechanical part of his home; the floor, wall and ceiling were a grey but along the walls a red stripe ran across it.

The tables were covered in books, blueprints and parts as Blaze continued to grab and walk over to the centre as a metal suit stood, suspended in the air as parts were exposed showing the wiring and circuits; other parts plated.

As his metal leg continued to weld and bolt parts together he spoke

“Right we need a hydraulic stabilizer and 2.75 grams of Uranium for the ports”  

“Well don’t you think it would be safer using fire crystals?”  Said KAI as his voice echoed around the building

“Well I guess but if I catch alight again you’re being burned as well” said Blaze as he continued to modify his armor

“Fine but how is the armor coming?” asked KAI

“Well the modifications will be finished by the end of today; I added the ability to negate any magical projectiles and fields that try to encase it” said Blaze as he added the chest plate back in

“Oh and something will be here about now” said KAI as a body teleported in front of Blaze as he flew up and hit the ceiling with a thud

“Ah god dam- wait what’s this?” said Blaze as he flew down a checked to see a letter

Blaze then walked down the hall and began to read

Dear Blaze Hawk

This is very urgent and I require you and Twilight Sparkle to come to Canternlot to meet with me and my sister concerning a threat to Equestria. I wish for you and Twilight to avoid mentioning this to the rest for I can’t risk them being involved. A warp crystal shall be arriving soon to take you here

Sincerely Princess Celestia

Blaze looked over the note one more time his expression never changed from his usual oblivious face and continued to walk before saying

“Note to self make better security for some dumbass A.I’S can’t seem to intercept teleportation” said Blaze with a disinterested voice

“Note to self hit you through a brick wall” said KAI

“Yes well notify me when that crystal gets here I’m going to catch some z’s” said Blaze

“Noted have a painful sleep” said KAI

“Still I get why the rest can’t be involved?” thought Blaze out load “meh more head smashing for me”

*Location Unknown*

“Well sir the plan is falling into place it’s all ready for your arrival to-” said the dark figure from before but he was interrupted

“No; let them have their fun but your job starts now Trumpet” said a figure in the darkness

“But I don’t understand” said Trumpet in confusion

“I mean go have fun, fuck with there heads and such I don’t care GO” said the voice clearly unamused by this

“Ok as you wish” then he disappeared and the grim voice became more sarcastic and laughed

“Oh that moron is going to have his entrails around his throat and he doesn’t even know it hahahaha and the name is so perfect; who knew a guy whose crazy enough to build a wall around Mexico would be such a funny name ahahahaha!” said the voice as it echoed

*Location Ponyville*

As the night approached Ponyville; the sky had turned an array of purples as they wisped across the sky becoming darker as the night began to grow. Lanterns lit the streets and the town became quite but 2 entities walked through the still town. One an alicorn with black and mint green hair and purple fur along with black crown and eyes of mint green and purple with purple vapour trailing out from them; the other a black humanoid creature, skin of black and the only features on its face was its blue eyes, void and empty but full of mystery it then spoke

“How much longer before we get to have fun? Like seriously I’m here to cause trouble not lag around with you” as his voice sounded bored and disinterested in the company

“Look you may have brought me back but you have a job to do after that you wait until the rest come then you can have as much fun as you want. All I care about is the last 3 princesses” said Twivine as he scowled at the spiritual entity

“Yes, yes mom I’ll get started with that spell now you just go play princess with the other ok” said Borrower with a sarcastic voice

“You watch it, I can easily break you; limb by limb so I suggest keeping you mouth shut around me darling” said Twivine as she patted him on the head a teleported away

On the other side of town a dark blue alicorn with a mane and tail that glowed like the clear midnight sky; her eyes were a cyan blue and had the cutie mark of a crescent moon. She slowly walked the streets checking every dark corner of the village intent on finding Twivine

“I must keep a look out for Twivine” Luna said to herself

Then a sinister laugh echoed around Luna as a flash of light shone behind her as she turned but seeing that an orb hovered around Twivine which held a heart with a golden bracket surrounding it

“Hello Luna” said Twivine who continued to grin “Now that Cadence is out of the way your next on the list”

“So you are the one who attacked her you shall pay for your crimes” said Luna her voice sounding threatening

“Hahahaha oh please your no match for me!” said Twivine as her voice echoed and then out of thin air vine coiled around Luna grasping her legs

“Grr ah let me go Twivine!” shouted Luna as she struggled against the restraints

Then Luna fired of blue magic towards Twivine but seemed to only be blocked by a forcefield  

“Oh so sorry but I have a job to do and now you magic belongs to me” said Twivine absorbed her magic also

“No Sister help me ahhhh!” shouted Luna but her voice was reduced to a whisper then it was over and she lay there too weak to move and only managed a few words “Sister she’s coming for you…”

“Don’t worry you will all be together soon but for now 2 down 2 to go” said Twivine as she warped away leaving Luna to lay there in the cold night as the darkness surrounded her

On another side of town Celestia stood in the middle of the street her eyes closed; the lanterns groaned as they swung slightly in the night and then Twivine appeared and Celestia opened her eyes revealing the pink eyes and seeing the monster just a few feet away from her as another orb this time of a moon hovered around her.

“So Twivine its you” said Celestia a hint of anger in her voice

“We meet again after so long Celestia did you miss me?” asked Twivine not expecting her to answer “the princesses of the Moon and Love can’t help you now; their magic belongs to me and I've become much stronger now”

“You may have taken their magic but I won’t go down so easily” warned Celestia then she fired off multiple shots towards Twivine just to be blocked by a barrier

“What did I just say?” mocked Twivine

“No this can’t be… I have to get back to twilight fast!” said Celestia

Celestia then spread her wings and flew off into the night then

“Plunder vines grab her… Now!” shouted Twivine as the vine once again appeared and grabbed Celestia by the wings and began ensnaring her and bringing her to the ground again  

Celestia then tried to bring up a forcefield but failed and then felt her magic being drained from her inch of her body

“No, let be go Twivine!” shouted Celestia

“This is the end for you Princess of the Sun” said Twivine as she continued to drain her magic

“No, No, Noooooo!” yelled Celestia as she fell to the ground utterly weak and struggled to rise to her feet

“Finally, I've consumed Celestia’s magic; now only 1 remains… Twilight Sparkle!” said Twivine “oh and I've left you all some energy to make 1 teleportation became I'm feeling generous” then she was gone

*Back at Canternlot*

“Soooo when do you think they’ll be back? I mean I hope they defeated Twivine but why leave us out of it we could help” said Blaze as he sat on the floor rubbing his hoof in curricular motions on the ground, completely hypnotised by the action

“I don’t know but they should have finished Twivine off by now and also if we headed down there to help we may end up messing up their plans, and by us I mean you” said Twilight as she pointed a hoof towards Blaze as he looked up

“Hay I don’t muck up all the time” said Blaze pouting his lip

“Name one” challenged Twilight narrowing her eyes

“How about, um ah, well that one time i-… um Shut up” said Blaze crossing his forelegs in disagreement

“Not so remember able mister cyborg” said Twilight smirking

“I hate you” said Blaze bitterly

Then as they continued to argue a flash of light caught their attention it was the three princesses; they all looked weak and tired and their eyes where cloudy, their cutie marks were gone

“Oh no” said Blaze in surprise

“Celestia!” said Twilight in shock as she flew over followed by Blaze

“Twilight, thank goodness you and Blaze are alright” said Celestia in a weak voice

“Did you defeat Twivine?” asked Twilight

“No we didn’t” said Celestia in defeat

“She is too strong for us” said Luna in response

“She drained us of our magic” said Cadance

No, how could she do this?” said Twilight who fell to her haunches and bowed her head; Blaze just stood there his expression now one of depression

“Do not worry you could still beat her with your rainbow power” said Celestia

“Yes, of course, I have rainbow power!” said Twilight in surprise and felt like they had one last chance

“Yes but be careful she has the combined power of all 3 of us it won’t be easy” warned Celestia

“Don’t worry I have Blaze to-”

“No” said Celestia interrupting Twilight “I need Blaze to handle her helper”

“And who might this be?” asked Blaze

“He is from another dimension and has been toying with your friends, I thought they could handle him that why I asked you 2 to come alone but it seems there’s more to this creature than even we know” explained Luna as she noticed Blaze’s expression become one of anger

“Well then I guess I have some crazy things to do” said Blaze with a grin

“Don’t worry Celestia will beat Twivine and return your alicorn magic” said Twilight as she felt they had a fighting chance

“The fate of Equestria is in your hooves you two” said Celestia “also if the time comes, Blaze you must fight Twivine”

“Wait…WHAT!!?” shouted Blaze in shock “Ok I know I’m strong but Omega was strong but Twivine? She nearly has the power of all of you!”

“Yes but I know that you will prevail for as soon as we can we will come to fight along side you” said Celestia reassuring Blaze

“Alright then… let go kick some flank!” said Blaze in excitement then they were both gone in a flash of light

As Blaze walked through a part of town he wondered who this person was, why is he helping Twivine? And the most important what has he done to his friends?

He continued to walk until he noticed figures in front of him lying on the ground. At first he wondered why but then he recognized them, his friends

“Hey you ok Applejack? Come on wake up” said Blaze as he shook her awake but what he saw was fear not his friend

As he glanced around he seemed to have woken the rest the same fear and dread on their faces

“What happened?” asked Blaze now on edge

“The Burrower he, he did something to our heads” said Applejack as she shook the feeling off “he can mess with your head”

“Well then that’s new” said Blaze in surprise “Ok help the rest and keep your distance”

“Why?” asked Applejack

“I know you’re here show yourself!” shouted Blaze as he saw Applejack move the rest out of the way then a ghostly voice sounded out

“So you finally arrived; I was afraid you won’t make it to your… awakening” said The Burrower

“What are you talking about?” asked Blaze with his smile still on his face

“Oh still refusing to admit the truth that hides behind that smile?” said Burrower as he appeared in a cloud of smoke his black body and void eyes looked towards Blaze

“Let me put it in perspective killer; you refuse to let your sword do what it yearns for, what it drives for… blood” said Burrower grimly

“That not what it’s meant for it’s meant to help me protect everypony” objected Blaze

“Oh spare me the lies you knew what you felt when fighting the cyborgs now you feel the adrenaline pumping, you enjoy their pain; even now your acting more erratic are you not?” questioned the Burrower

Blaze began to quiver a bit as he shook his head his smile gone replaced with fear

“Blaze don’t let that bozo get to you” said Rainbow as she looked at Burrower in anger

“You stay out of this unless you want to still be a hero and risk the lives of thousands just over a petty grudge you weakling” snapped Burrower

“Shut up; don’t bring her into this and get out of my head” said Blaze as he felt the voices begin echoing in his head as he clenched in pain

Murderer, executioner, killer, monster, psychopath…

The voices got loader and loader as Blaze finally yelled in anger and fell to his knees and the voice stopped

“Don’t fear it’s only what your true colors are; and now its time to pay” said the Burrower

Then 4 cyborgs appeared 2 moving closer and closer to Blaze as they began to prepare for an attack. Time grew slow and a new voice echoed in Blaze’s head

Come on let me help you, let me be your wrath, your power, your vengeance, let me free

As time resumed the cyborgs stopped dead in their tracks as they heard Blaze speak his head low, unable to see his face

“Your right, about me” said Blaze in a gloomy voice

“No” whispered some of his friends behind him

“I knew something was off, for while actually” said Blaze “I thought I could continue being myself, my cocky, dimwitted self… but now I’m just waiting to die”

“So you finally came to terms with yourself?” asked Burrower

"You know i really have to thank you; you've shown me that no matter the person they always have a limit... and you just broke it" said Blaze grinning wider than thought possible

“As the days grew on It started to feel good, really good, the carnage the pain from wounds the… fun” said Blaze as an aura of dark purple faintly glowed around him “but now I see who I really am meant to be”

“Who?” asked Burrower

“I say its time for Neckros to have some fun” said Blaze his voice changed to a raspy more demonic version of his own as he stood up

Then before the bots could get an order Blaze slowly upholstered his blade and then what happened next sent panic and surprise thought everyone

Blaze stood upright and plunged the blade straight through his chest, as he fell coughing up blood and the blood oozing from the wound he shockingly stood up making a slightly gargled laugh

"Hahahahaha who knew this would be so much fun; the pain and suffering is sooo good hehahahaha i had strings... But. Now. I'm. Free..." said Blaze in fits of laughter

His friends said nothing

“What the?” was all Burrower could manage  

Blaze’s body then turned to his human form as his hands became black and his figures were like knives, his feet the same, his clothes changed to a cloak with a small cape coming off the end near his waist, trousers black with stitches.

Up the middle the cloth was stitched, he also gained a red belt and to red bands around the end of his arms along with red stripes on his shoulders. As more stitches appeared on parts of his clothing and the high sides of his collars surrounded his neck. He then began wrenching the blade out of his chest

“Hate, lies, fear, sadness, greed, disloyalty, cruelty these full my wrath” said Blaze as he relieved the blade from his chest splattering blood as he threw the blade towards his friends.

As a flash of purple light shone for a second and subsided they all saw… something not blaze. It had to tendrils snaking around his sides and a tail as well, spiked at the end. 2 massive black wings with 4 scythe-like spikes sticking out, the size of real ones.  

Then his face was revealed, black as the night and hair of black but his eyes were just purple, no other features just purple circles glowing in the night; but his smile was white as day and as big as his face would allow it

“This is my true nature” said bla- no Neckros "So like i said i must thank you ive been waiting for him to let go"

“No ki- kill him” stuttered Burrower

As the 2 cyborgs rush Neckros, he then dropped down and spun his legs slicing the 2 in half. He leapt up and crushed one’s head under his foot, the other was lifted and its head was crushed between his hands as he laughed

Neckros then taunted the others as they dashed forward, the first lost both its arms and then diced in half and kick flying into a building and the other was impaled with Neckros’s 2 tendrils and with a grown of metal it was ripped in half and each piece thrown away like trash

Neckros's Song

“Hehehehahaha your next for the slaughter” said Neckros as he pointed a finger towards Burrower

“I no you, you monster!” shouted Burrower now feeling fear instead then he stood his ground a staired towards the thing

“oh come on now that’s harsh but then again your anger and the other negativities just fuel me inch by inch so please just give me some ideas” said Neckros sounding cocky

“I’ll kill you! So come on you necromantic demon!” shouted Burrower as he prepared to fight his void eyes narrowing

“Ooooh Necro demon I like it but instead of just fighting I'm going to do what this dimension does and that’s in song! And in the end you will only see my face as I rip your lungs from your chest. So sit back and relax everypony for it’s time for Neckros to let er rip!” shouted Neckros as he laughed…

As Neckros began to sing he was struck with multiple attacks, ripping and slashing away at his body and then one completely took off his right arm only to be back where it belonged in a matter of seconds along with the other slashes. He then teleported behind Burrower and grabbed his arm and in one twist he broke his arm forcing him to let out an ear piercing scream only to be silenced by a hand as it threw him by the jaw into the air. He then felt a sharp pain erupted from his back as he felt it break from Neckros’s legs smashing into him as he plummeted into the ground, even without a mouth his yells of pain echoed in the night and the only other thing begin heard was Neckros singing

Burrower then got up and held his arm in pain and tried to attack and was just shoved to the ground and as he looked for a way to escape purple flames surrounded the area making it impossible to flee.

Neckros was then sliced in half by a spike jutting out of a building but he just regenerated and kept going, his smile never fading.  

Then as he saw Neckros fly towards him he saw his moment, his lifeline, he jutted a spike from the ground impaling Neckros through the heart as he stopped only inches from Burrower’s face. He then began to laugh as he spoke when he heard Neckros’s voice die down as his head fell downwards.

You think you can kill me, no one can kill me, no soul too great, no blade too sharp, and I shall be your reckoning

“You foolish monster you thought you could beat me hehaha” said Burrower as he was about to walk over to the rest but something moved in his vision

He stood there unable to move for the darkness crept around him feeling like it shackled him to the spot he stood as he saw Neckros raise his head with a grin on his face but only said

“This is the end of you…; you could not get the best of me…, now justice will be served…, oh well live and learn…” Neckros sung sounding grim

Before he could react he felt pain explode in his stomach as he noticed a tendril impaled in his body, then another and then Neckros’s two hands. He screamed in agony as he saw the hole in Neckros disappear and he then began to feel his flesh ripping and tearing until his world went black. The last thing he heard was a song ending and the evil grin of a demon as the blood showed around them and not a single drop on Neckros…

“All I see is purple instead… Hahahahaha!!!” laughed Neckros in the cold night

(Song ends)

As Applejack and the rest watched in horror, Fluttershy turning away as well as the rest only Rainbow Dash and Applejack facing “IT” as it tore Burrower in 4 pieces and chucked them away like it was nothing but an obstacle in his way. Then the fires died down and the pieces of Burrower disappeared forming into an orb of light which was crushed in Neckros’s hand then he turned still smiling away like it was normal

“Hahahaha I haven’t had that much fun in a long time, plus I guess I have to “cut him some slack" Hahaha oh that’s good” laughed Neckros as he saw the 2 just staring at him with fear and anger

“Bl- Blaze?” asked Rainbow in fear of what happened to her friend

“No, not Blaze, Neckros and besides I’m done… for now” said Neckros bluntly “Oh and before I go let me just clarify, I can’t be killed by any means and pain just makes it more… enjoyable”

“What are you?” asked Applejack wearily

“I am Neckros the Necro-demon and I. Am. Your. Reckoning!!” said Neckros before flashing purple and leaving only a wobbly Blaze in his place

“Oh god I think I’m going to be sick” said Blaze holding a hoof to his mouth he then put I down and noticed the 5 staring at him

“What?” was all that the 5 could manage

“What happened Blaze?” asked Rainbow sounding more concerned that anything

“I don’t know? All I could do was watch like I was being controlled and after stabbing myself I just felt the world around be disappear as I could only see darkness and laughter?” said Blaze as he shook his head in confusion then pinkie piped up

“Oh you went all loco and turned into some weird demon thing that sung as it beat the Burrower guy until he disappeared and turned into a weird orb which was gone in seconds, then he spoke about being unkillable and then disappeared and then you’re here now” said Pinkie at a rapid pace as she smiled

“Well look I rather forget about it and go help Twilight” said Blaze who began walking past the rest

“Why what’s Twilight doing?” asked Rainbow

“She’s fighting Twivine without any other help” said Blaze in a normal tone

“Wait what!” shouted everyone

“Let’s go everypony!” shouted Applejack as they ran down the street into the night but what they heard was their friend yelling in pain…

As Twilight ran towards her castle, now covered in plunder vines she slid down the hill and saw Twivine wait for her, smiling. Twilight did not share this emotion

“Hahahahahaha, your time has come Princess of Friendship” said Twivine

“Twivine, its you” said Twilight angrily “You’ll pay for what you have done

“Once I drain you of your magic I shall gain. My Ultimate Form!!!” said Twivine

“I will not let you get away with this!” shouted Twilight preparing to fight “Are you ready?”

“For your defeat yes” mocked Twivine

“This ends here Twivine!” shouted Twilight

As Twilight blasted a ray of magic towards Twivine she did the same and they clashed but it did not last long Twilight could not withstand the power of Equestria’s most powerful magic wielders and was shot back by the bolt. And then 2 plunder vines almost caught her off guard but she flew up and avoided their grasp

I got to be careful when she summons those plunder vines

As Twilight fired bolt after bolt it was just avoided or blasted by Twivine’s attacks, Twivine then fired half a dozen blast towards Twilight 3 were blocked with a shield the other broke through sending Twilight crashing to the ground with a thud

“What why can’t I lay a hit on you!?” said Twilight in disbelief as she heard Twivine laugh

“I’m more powerful than you can handle” said Twivine in a normal tone

Its no good she has their alicorn magic there’s no way I can beat her… no pull yourself together Twilight you can do this!

“Alright then it’s time for Rainbow Power!” said Twilight as a bright light flashed and she turned into her form

“Rainbow Power? Really? HA!! My turn” Said Twivine as she two transformed into the same form “Ha how do you like that Twilight?” mocked Twivine

“No you got Rainbow Power as well!” said Twilight in shock her glimmer of hope gone

“Now you will know true pain!!” said Twivine “Now it’s my turn to attack!”

As Twilight prepared to defend she was caught off guard by a blast and almost lost her head had it not been from her reaction to put a shield slightly up but caused her to tumble back. She got up but had to fly out of the blast of a purple orb but it became clear it was worse than what she saw. 20 orbs waited for an order that came and they darted In Twilight’s direction as she attempted to dodge but was hit several times in the back knocking her to the ground with a thud.

As if togging with Twilight, Twivine then levitated Twilight and threw her in the air and ordered a plunder vine to lash out grabbing her back legs and slamming her into the ground with such violence and with every impact she cried out in pain.

Twilight was then dropped like a rock in water to the ground as she laid their in pain her cuts and bruises littering her body

“Sorry Twilight but I've got to save me energy for the real fights, its over” said Twivine

“No, Celestia, Luna, Cadence where are you!!?” said Twilight now panicking whiles trying to stop her ragged breathing

“Don’t worry Twilight Sparkle by the time they get here your magic will be apart of me!!” said Twivine smirking menacingly as her horn charged with magic

“No Twivine don’t do this!!” pleaded Twilight but that just seemed to make her smile more

“Now you shall be nothing but an empty shell” said Twivine

Then as Twivine’s dark purple beam connected with Twilight’s horn she yelled in pain as she felt every muscle tried to pull back but became weak and powerless

“NO TWIVIIIIINE!!!” Screamed Twilight “Noooooo!!!”

As the magic subsided Twilight grunted against the pain as she lay on the dirt ground unable to move, her eyes cloudy and cutie mark was gone, her face only showing defeat

“Yes I finally obtained Twilight’s alicorn magic!” said Twivine in glee “Now Equestria will bow to my will as it should have been long ago Hahahahaha!”

I feel so weak… Celestia…I failed…

“TWIVINE!!!”

“Huh what?” said Twilight as she looked towards the road seeing Blaze and the rest standing their, then before she knew it she had already been teleported by Rarity to the group

“Twilight are you alright?” asked Blaze in concern

“Yes but she did it, she won” said Twilight as she lowered her head

“No it’s not over yet Twilight” said a calming voice as Twilight looked up she saw the other 3 princesses standing there

“But what can we do as far as I can see she’s got all your magic” said Rainbow bluntly

“If you don’t mind I have an idea” said a voice that sounded all too real

“It’s… Neckros” said Fluttershy almost saying nothing  

“Ding, ding, ding, Now if you want to beat her just use your sword” said Neckros as he spoke from nowhere

“I can’t” said Blaze knowing the voice was emitting from his head

“Why can’t you?” asked Twilight

“Because she’s protected by 4 magical orbs my sword can’t cut through magic that strong, sure a lot of things but not that” said Blaze

“Then just unite the souls tin head” said Neckros “Look listen to me that’s if you want to be janitor until you die”

“Fine what” said Blaze annoyingly

Neckros then explained that if he focuses on sensing his own soul he can then sense the souls of others with Neckros’s help. Blaze sat down and focused his mind but asked

“Why are you helping me?”

“Call me a friend” said Neckros

As Blaze blocked every sound out he concentrated and then felt something, he didn’t know what but it was there

“Can you feel it?” asked Neckros

“Yes now I just leave it to you?” asked Blaze

“Yes”

Then after what felt like forever Blaze opened his eyes and saw his Blade glowing and morphing shape in front of everyone as they just stared.

What was left was a blade with a grey hilt and black stone with 2 spikes surrounding it at the bottom, the blade had to light and dark purple spikes poking out the sides pointing towards the blade. The rest ended in a slight curve at the top with a semi-circle missing from the side of the blade and it glowed the colors of the rainbow

Blaze lifted it and felt the power of every living thing beating through it in a rhythm

“I give you the soul blade!” said Blaze in excitement “right I need all of you to stay out of this”

“Why we can help, you don’t have to fight alone” said Applejack

“No I need all of you to recover your strength for the big finish to end this, for once I bring her power down and return your alicorn magic we can beat her together!” said Blaze  “trust me I’ll be fine”

Blaze then crossed his hoof across his chest and covered his right eye “Pinkie Promise”

“Ok then is everypony ready?” said Twilight with more determination

“I am!” said Pinkie putting on a serious face

“Ready for anything Twilight!” said Rainbow Dash

“You better hope you get your magic back because Twivine’s coming right this way!” said Applejack

“Ready when you girls are!” said Rarity

“I’m also um ready” said Fluttershy

“Soon I shall have the power to conquer equestria hehahahaha!!”  Said Twivine before hearing a voice

“TWIVINE!” Shouted Twilight  

“What Twilight Sparkle!” said Twivine in surprise

“Don’t forget the princesses and my friends!” corrected Twilight

“Hahaha what a lovely reunion for these cute little ponies!” mocked Twivine

“Oooooh… what are those thingies?” said Pinkie in fascination  

“These are the 4 orbs Pinkie Pie that contain the magic of the princesses” explained Twivine

“You may have our magic but we’ve got somepony who can stop you and that Blaze!” said Twilight

“Ok you say it like that I feel like the fanbase is going to kill me more for my OC but anyway I see you’ve got some new tings Twivine” said Blaze with a grin

“Blaze Hawk, did you have fun with my slave?” said Twivine but it seemed to go right over Blaze’s head

“Look I’m just going to say your gunna have a bad time now that I’m rocking this new blade!” said Blaze as he walked forward

“HA! With the alicorn magic I possess I can’t be beaten, you can’t win!”

“Don’t worry Twivine he will!” said Cadence

“You just wait until he turns the tides of this battle!” said Luna

“What makes you think he can win?” asked Twivine

“He holds onto the power that everypony has and that’s the magic of friendship!” said Twilight

“That and a sword with the power of gods but yes” said Blaze

“We’ll see about that!” said Twivine as she began to change getting bigger and bigger. She looked like herself only the size of a 2 story building and her hair like the literal empty space; the 4 orbs surrounding her had become slightly bigger

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“Alright” said Blaze as he activated his armor and held his blade to his side “Let’s Dance!”

“Prepare to feel my wrath Blaze Hawk! Hahahahahaha!!!” shouted Twivine as her voice echoed

As Blaze dashed forward he began trying to strike at Twivine but a forcefield kept him from getting closer only to end up with a plunder vine grabbing his leg and smashing him into the ground. He let out a grown of pain as he flew upwards and began to slash faster and faster at the bubble of light but failed and instead he was gifted with an explosion of magic engulfing him and sending him into the ground once more.

Blaze kept trying the same tactic but the same outcome occurred leaving him kneeling in pain as certain parts of his body flared with pain, the suit could take hits but he could feel them.

“Really? I thought you were smarter? I really don’t understand how Omega had such a hard time with you” said Twivine as she stood waiting for Blaze to make a move

“Well to answer that its because I don’t give up” responded Blaze “Now ill show you why”

Blaze then shot towards her Once again she prepared for his obvious attack but he teleported left, right, up, down and everywhere in between as he smashed into one of the orbs that began to shock him and as he yelled in pain and anger he plunged his soul blade into the orb making it crack and burst with a flash of pink as the Cutie mark inside returned to Cadance. Blaze slide across the ground as he grunted

“You didn’t think I would use the same attack again did you? Actually don’t answer that” said Blaze sarcastically  

“You- you dare!!” shouted Twivine as her eyes flared with anger and used her levitation to grab Blaze

Blaze was then slammed repeatedly into buildings and the ground as she began to laugh then she dropped him like a rock. Blaze laid there unmoving as the others watched but did nothing as they knew he would never break his promise.

“Oh maybe your not worth my time after all” mocked Neckros in Blaze’s mind

Ok then who about I end this in 5 moves

“Ok then deal” said Neckros as an image of his smile and purple eyes appeared

Blaze then stood up and faced Twivine as she smiled but it was short lived as she saw him dart towards her his blade in hand as he spun in a whirlwind and began repeatedly hitting the forcefield

“Seriously!? This again?” mocked Twivine as 2 plunder vines shot upwards but hit nothing but air

Then she saw Blaze dicing away at Luna’s orb and like the other broke it sending it back to its rightful owner.

“No! Stay away!” shouted Twivine as a dozen blocked Celestia’s and another dozen shot towards Blaze holding him in place as he grunted to break free

“I’ll crush you!!!” hissed Twivine as the vines grip tightened

As they applied more pressure pieces of Blaze armor broke off or were crushed completely and then his helmet broke in half reviling half his smirking face as he then said

“Time to see what my soul and blade is made of!”

Then he began to twist one direction causing some of the vines to twist and snap then he spun faster. Blaze then broke out in a burst of colors as he shot around the sky as a beam of colors and completely slashed through the vines and the orb once again sending it back to its owner

Blaze then landed in front of Twivine

“I call that Rainburst!” Blaze said with a smirk as he then noticed the 20 or so purple orbs hovering around him “Oh um Soooo I guess there’s no saying how very sorry I am?... No good I hate saying that anyway”

The mass of orbs shot towards him then everyone’s eyes went wide as they saw what happened next was just… well I don’t know let me explain

“Hey get back on topic!” yelled Blaze as the memory went grey “I’m about to do something awesome”

Yes whatever now go!

“Yea, yea” said Blaze rolling his visible eye

As Blaze jumped upward he landed on one orb then in a chain reaction he leaped from one to the next at blinding speed getting closer and closer to Twilight’s orb. Then a vine grabbed his leg but was quickly slashed into ribbons. He then plunged with all his might, his blade into the remaining orb as it began to crack as it spread like wildfire then with one final push it shattered sending it back to Twilight

Twivine then yelled in defeat as the shield plus her vines disappeared completely and Blaze landed as his armor disassembled and Blaze holstered his Blaze and walked over to the rest

“No you dare! Noooooo!!!”

“Yes we have our magic back!” Twilight said with joy

“Yes well I do feel like a Bus shaped strangely like a Banana and driven by a pig fell from the sky and crushed me but besides that yay!” said Blaze obviously in pain

“Now we have a chance to defeat Twivine” said Twilight but then…

“You… haven’t beaten me yet!!” Snarled Twivine as Thunder sounded out and she once again glowed white

“Looks like it’s not over yet everypony” said Luna grimly

“Ive got a bad feeling about this” said Fluttershy

“Well this could be bad” said Blaze rubbing the back of his neck

“Brace yourselves everypony!” warned Applejack as an more sinister laugh sounded out

As they look up they saw Twivine who was now as tall as Twilight’s castle her legs were that of a horse and the rest human with a black dress and massive wings of mint green, lavender and purple and horns that twisted to a point that held a orb of chaotic power and the black crown that laid on her head

“Know my name everypony, for I am Queen Tirevine Sparkle, the Goddess Of Dark Friendship!!” Said Tirevine as she looked towards the others like tiny ants “I have never became so strong before, it feels amazing that now I know how Tirek felt”

“It’s not over yet Tirevine. We have enough magic to stop you!! Blaze you ready?” said Twilight

“Yep ready as always!” said Blaze he transformed into his super form; his rainbow wings, extended hair, cloth covering his face and tail also appeared

The rest soon followed as they turned into their rainbow power forms and with the princesses behind them as well; they then flew into the air and hovered in front of Twivine

“Alright let’s finish this together!!!” shouted Blaze as his jacket blew in the wind

“No matter I’ll end all of you once and for all! Take this!!!” shouted Tirevine as she shot a massive bolt of mint green-purple-ish energy towards them

It was then blocked by a golden orb of light surrounding the group with caused Tirevine to curse

“No how- how is this possible!!?” questioned Tirevine

“Your dark magic is ineffective Tirevine, without the alicorn magic you stole your now one step closer to defeat!” Said Twilight

“NO! I can’t believe this is happening!!” shouted Tirevine “NO, I wont lose to all of you! Ive came too far to lose now take this!!” shouted Tirevine

As she shot another bolt the group yelled in unison

“TOGETHER!!!”

Then they shot back a bolt of golden light which connected and then it was the fight between dark and light as there bolts lost and gained ground in order to win then Tirevine blasted with all that was left into the bolt causing the golden bolt to fall back to the point of failure

No, we won’t lose not whiles there’s blood in my veins!

Blaze then shot his arms forward forcing the blast to gain more ground then more and more as the rest soon copied his actions then they all smiled as they shouted as one

“TOGETHER LET’S END THIS!!!” Shouted all of them as the bolt gain ground and shattered the purple beam and engulfed Tirevine who yelled in pain and defeat

“NO, NOOOOOOO!!!”

Then as the energy subsided they all stood around Twivine her now drained figure standing there in fear there forms gone and back to normal as she spoke

“All I wanted was Equestria for myself” said Twivine in a depressed tone of defeat “Why couldn’t I defeat all of you?”

“Yes because Twivine, Friendship is Magic” said Twilight

“Yea cause that doesn’t sound cheesy” Mumbled Blaze

“If that’s the case then I… surrender” said Twivine in defeat “Ive got nothing left to throw at you, I guess I’ll go back to where I came from”

“Oh yea the Magic Mirror Pool, yea” responded Twilight

“You know Twilight I really enjoyed being in this world” said Twivine

“What? But you tried to destroy it” said Twilight with a confused look

“Yea I know but if I ever come back you think you might be able to reform me?” asked Twivine her face a normal tone

“Hmmm… Nah” said Twilight with a small smile

“Oh Fiddlesticks!!” grunted Twivine

“Well now here goes nothing” said Twilight as her horn glowed magenta and engulfed Twivine in the same color

“Goodbye Twilight Sparkle” said Twivine, as she floated away back to the pool her laugh sounded out for awhile

“Oh just shut up already!!! I’m tired of you laughing!!!” yelled Blaze as he rubbed a hoof on his forehead

“Well I can’t thank all of you for stopping Twivine and especially you Blaze” said Celestia as she turned to face Blaze who just smiled

“Well I’m glad I had friends who could fight with me or else I wouldn’t have lasted long, then again I have been know to do stupid things” said Blaze laughing a bit

“Well then how about we celebrate at the Castle!” suggested Twilight as the rest agreed

Pinkie then brought out a party cannon and fired off confetti into the air as the rest laughed. As they began to walk away Blaze stood where he was and looked towards the now rising sun as It creeped over the horizon. Then he felt something grab his attention as he saw Rainbow standing there with a smile

“Hey you going to just stand there or are you coming?”

“Yea just thinking” said Blaze as he shrugged off his thought

“Oh boy that’s not good” said Rainbow jokingly

“Hahaha amusing Skittles” said Blaze with a grin

“I hate to interrupt your bickering but I’m back” said Oak as he stood their his wooden- metal frame glistening in the sun

“Well is it almost complete?” asked Blaze

“Yes just a few more components and were ready” responded Oak as he saw Blaze’s smile grow then he flew around with glee

“Why what is it?” asked Rainbow puzzled then she felt Blaze hug her tightly before letting go as he flew towards the entrance of the castle

“I’ll tell you and the rest for what it is, is something totally awesome!!!” shouted Blaze “You coming”

Rainbow stood there for a moment blushing and then shook it off and flew off “You coming oak?”

“Yes, might as well” said the wolf

And as he joined the rest the sun gleamed over the rustic village and the plains surrounding it as another day began but…

You said you would bring me back or did you forget out deal you freak!” snapped Twivine as she stood in a throne room, the red carpet floor and the stone brick walls and wooden ceiling ever so smooth and clean to the point it looked new.

A figure sat on the throne his figure covered in the darkness as he spoke

“Well I said I would bring you back but you didn’t say when” pointed out the figure

“Why you!!” snarled Twivine as she charged her horn but the end of a cane poked out and with a blast she was gone

“Oh whoops I slipped, oh well... everything is going according to plan…” said the voice in the quiet room

“Things have only just started getting interesting”

TO BE CONTINUED…

If I let my anger control me I will become the puppet not the master of the game.

Blaze Hawk














Chapter 6 Eye for an Eye

Chapter 6 Eye for an Eye

Oh come on isn’t this fun!?

No… please don’t… oh god! NO-AHHH!

“AHH!” yelled Blaze

Blaze awoke and then realized where he was. He was in a hospital bed and the light shined into the room. Blaze then sat there trying to calm his breathing down as sweat trickled down his face. He then remembered how he ended up here.

As Blaze walked towards the castle doors with a smile on his face he soon felt the world around him become distorted as he fell to his knees then the rest of his body copied after and the last thing he heard was someone calling his name before his world faded to black

“Soooo… that’s what happened?” said Blaze as he rubbed the back of his neck as he jumped off the bed and headed for the door

“Really how could your dumbass not realize you would faint after a fight like that?” insulted the positive KAI

“Hey I’m naturally gifted in being oblivious” said Blaze with a smile

*dramatic pause* “fucktard” said KAI

“We really need to change your voice I can never tell when you’re being angry” responded Blaze as he walked down the hall

“It was your idea and it’s not like you complained before” retorted KAI  

“But still you don’t decide to change it yourself?” responded Neckros from deep within Blaze’s mind

“No one asked you, you waste of atoms” said KAI

“Oooh the A.I knows what a threat is” mocked Neckros

“Both of you shut up I can’t think straight!” shouted Blaze as he began rubbing his temple

As Blaze walked passed the front desk he noticed that Dark Oak was sitting there wagging his tail as he waited. Blaze approached the metal/wooden timber wolf as he smiled

“So you do care?” said Blaze with a caring voice

“Yes and no, I cared for the wellbeing of my friend and I stayed here because I need to run through the diagnostics of the portal” said the wolf in a robotic voice

“Oh well then what robotic or mystical baddy is interrupting us now?” asked Blaze sarcastically

“Well everything is ready for use. It’s just a matter of getting it started” responded Oak as him and Blaze walked through town

As they walked down the street out of literally nowhere Pinkie appeared, a smile permanently plastered on her face as she asked in a rush

“Oh hi Blaze, oh if you see a pony whose not from around here tell me ok because I’m looking for him, also how you feeling from your crash?” said Pinkie rapidly as she hopped up and down

“Oh um fine? And didn’t you say-” said Blaze before he was interrupted by Pinkie gasping and darting off at the speed of sound

Blaze and Oak just stood there and then continued walking

“Well that was” said Blaze

“Weird” finished Oak

As Blaze and Oak continued to walk Oak said that he had something to do and would come back later, he turned and walked the other direction as Blaze stood there. He was about to start walking again until somepony bumped into him.

“AH!” They both grunted

“Oh um are you alright? Sorry, zoned out” said Blaze as he looked at the stallion

He was brown with red hair, his eyes gold and had a cutie mark of a skull with a crack in it

“Oh sorry I’ll just be heading on my way” said the stallion

“Oh um…ok?” said Blaze in confusion as he walked away

As he shifted his gaze he saw a metallic object lying on the ground. It was a round orb with a green trimming though the middle of the orb. Blaze was about to turn to call the pony back but he was no where in sight.

“And they say I’m quick on my feet, this pony like a fighter jet crossed with a ninja” said Blaze before KAI responded

“This is a quantum stabilizer and for some reason I think we need it for the portal”

“And how can you be sure?” questioned Blaze

“My I.Q is 300 and I work like a computer on speed” said KAI

“Ok whatever you say” shrugged Blaze as he continued to walk home then he paused

“Wait is he the-” said Blaze

He saw confetti fire off in the distance and a voice shout “OH GOD, JESUS TAKE THE WHEEL!!!” Blaze stood for a moment eyes wide and then he turned and kept walking “well he’s gone”

“Did his voice sound familiar?” asked Blaze in confusion

“Error, no recognizable voice detected” responded the positive A.I

As Blaze stood in a silvery-grey cube he watched as the numbers decreased and a ding sounded out as the doors in front of him opened revealing a hallway with grey walls and a big red line running across the middle of the walls. Lights illuminated the halls as the only sound that could be heard was that of hooves on concrete.

  As Blaze opened a door at the end he entered a massive room and on one side a massive, hexagonal, mechanical gateway stood with wires trailing from the bottom and parts that glowed and hummed. About the only other thing in the room was a control console with all the wires leading into it

“Are you sure it’s a great idea to be activating this without telling the others?” questioned KAI

“Well I’m just going to activate it to see if it works then shut it down, quick and simple” said Blaze as his metal hand worked away at the console

Blaze then placed the object he got from that guy he ran into, into the console and then the wires began to glow as the magic and electricity powered through then the portal began to project blue lighting as a wall of blue swirled in the frame. Blaze then smiled brighter than ever before.

“I’m finally-” said Blaze

“Screwed” finished a cyborg behind him

Before Blaze could react he was punched towards the portal as the bot jumped on top of him and began to punch Blaze but he quickly moved his head out of the way each time. Blaze then brought his metal hand around and punched the cyborg off him as it rolled. It got back up and this time caught Blaze off guard as he tried to stand back up then without warning he was drop kicked into the portal, as this happened he hit a button on his arm which as he disappeared into the vortex it shut down the machine.

“You escaped for now Blaze but it’s far from over” said the bot as it disappeared

As Blaze spun around and around he yell out as his body stretched.

“Why does this keep happening to me!!!” shouted Blaze as he kept falling seeing a light in front of him

Actually when does this not happen to me (sigh) wait is that concrete?

“Oh come on just cooperate and everyone goes home without a fuss” came the voice of a thug as he stood their with a katana in hand

The rest of his gang consisted of 4. 2 held bats and the others had their bare fists. They stood on the grounds of a school with a statue of a house behind them as the people that stood agenst them where a rainbow- haired girl with cyan colored skin, one with a stenson and blond hair and slightly orange colored skin, a boy with blonde messy hair and slightly yellow skin and one with light grey, spiky hair and white skin.

“Sorry we ain’t going anywhere with you boys!” shouted Applejack angrily

“Sorry but it’s not up for discussion” said the ring leader, Carnage as he swung his blade around  

“How about I come over there and put that blade in its rightful place?” threatened the white skinned boy, Raiden as his grey eyes stared upwards

Just as he said that one of the guys with a bat walked over and stood in his way as they both glared at each other

“Right one last time give-” said Carnage but was interrupted by yelling

“Why does this keep happening to me!!!” shouted Blaze as he smashed into the ground and rolled into a bush as he groaned in pain

Everyone stood baffled for a second before Carnage yelled

“Ok enough stalling! Come with us or else I’ll be forced to do some inhumane shit!!!”

“Over my dead body” Rainbow said angrily at him as he smiled

“Well that’s what she wants” shrugged Carnage as he stepped closer and closer to her, making Rainbow more unnerved

He then raised his blade only to feel a fiery pain erupt in his chest as he was kicked back. He then saw a boy with spiky, messy, black hair. He wore a black jacket with red stripes up the arms and a red shirt along with black jeans and black and red shoes to match. His brown eyes burrowed into Carnage’s own

“Oh so you have the balls to hit me fine then” said Carnage as he readied to attack

“Wait this seems unfair it’s five people versus all of me?” said Blaze with a calm voice

“Is he crazy?” said the blonde haired boy with blue eyes, Xero in disbelief then his eyes widened “Bl-Blaze?”

“Hahahaha you’re stupid to think you can get out of this alive” mocked Carnage “fine then”

“Ok I say the cops will be here in 5 minutes? So I’ll just have to be quick” said Blaze as he readied his hands

(Oh yes his metal limbs and weapon is cloaked)

As Rainbow looked at the boy more closely her eyes went wide as she realized who it was

“Blaze?”

“Alright…Let’s dance!” shouted Blaze as the 4 besides Carnage ran towards him

Blaze then duck and rolled out of the way as one of the batmen knocked the other out cold.

“Wow that lasted longer than I expected” said Blaze blankly as the other swung but Blaze jumped and connected his right leg with the guy’s head in turn knocking him out.

Then a fist connected with his side but he wasn’t fazed as he grabbed the dude’s arm and threw him into the ground with enough force to knock him out

The other thug grabbed a bat and swung towards Blaze’s head but it shattered as his connected with Blaze’s right arm. He stood their in fear as a punch from Blaze knocked him out cold. Leaving Blaze agenst Carnage as he gritted his teeth in rage

“You little fuck” snarled Carnage as he brought his sword down on Blaze but was too slow and Blaze side-stepped, as Carnage kept swinging but missed then Blaze put his foot out and tripped Carnage up.

“Just go your boring me” said Blaze unamused “unless you want to be like Omega and split”

Carnage looked at him confused but ran for it leaving Blaze to stand and scratch the back of his head as he turned to the others

“Soooo are you guys going to talk or-” said Blaze as he was ensnared into a hug by Rainbow Dash and Blaze returned the jester smiling a bit, then as they both let go, both of them slightly red, she then shouted at Blaze

Why is everyone I know so clingy?

“Where the hay did you go!? And don’t just say that you don’t know!”

“Um well, I um?” said Blaze unable to say anything as he held his hands up defensively

“You’re dead” said KAI in his head

Well we had a good run

“Trust me I don’t know myself” said Blaze truthfully “let’s just say the matrix makes more sense than what happened”

“Well its good to have you back dude!” said Xero happily as Blaze and Xero fist bumped  

“Same here” said Raiden with a smile

Did anyone get the number of that portal?

“No but the landing could have been worse” responded KAI

Still…

As Blaze stood there trying to answer what questions he could he then spoke up

“Alright can we discuss this later? I did just fight and fell into a bush so give a guy some space” said Blaze as he sighed

“Oh well before we tell you what has happened after you left we are waiting on a friend” said Xero

“Oh and whose this?” said Blaze but he soon got his answer when the wall of the statue glowed and a certain person came out

She had purple hair and lavender skin and her eyes were a dark purple-

Look you all know what they look like I’m not explaining it!

“Well someone blew a fuse” said Blaze the scene was grey behind him

I’ll just get back to it…

Applejack noticed Blaze was not shocked but rather happy but not in a good way as they saw him walk forward and even the lavender girl became surprised

“Oh hey Twilight Sparkle! Nice seeing you here! Tell me how did you do that!?” said Blaze his voice becoming more dangerous

“I-” Said Twilight as she realized that she was about to face the wrath of a cyborg or crazy lunatic

“No, you know what tell me later! I just got back here after so FUCKING LONG I rather enjoy it” said Blaze as he let out a big sigh and returned to normal as he saw Xero in front of him

“What was that about!?” Xero shouted at him before he was silenced by Twilight

“It’s ok just some past problems” she reassured

“Fine” said Zero who calmed a bit

“Well… shall we go in then?” said Raiden

“Yea let’s, it’s been a while” said Blaze as he began walking

“Blaze what about them” said Raiden pointing at the thugs

“They’ll be fine” said Blaze waving him off

*A Few Hours Later*

The rest said for Blaze to say hello to the rest which once again ended in disaster as he was once again bombarded with questions making his head spin. He once again did what he would normally do and that’s go to class and finish that class nothing much else. Then lunch came, as he walked towards the cafeteria he could hear voices arguing inside. The only problem is that they were all too familiar.

“So you going to try enslaving me with you mind tricks again or maybe blow up part of the school again?” mocked the bully known as Clockwork

“Yea or maybe one of your weird friends?” said the other known as Victor

Blaze noticed that the rest of the boys were holding Xelor, Sea blue eyes, dark blue long hair, light grey skin and Blaze’s BFF as he grit his teeth in anger, than they noticed Blaze walk up in front of Sunset and Clockwork his face calm as usual

“What do you think you’re doing kid move!” said Clockwork as he brought his hand around but Blaze grabbed it and tightened his grip

“Sorry but seeing someone being threatened is when I draw the line” said Blaze dangerously

“Really you defend a demon like her!? Oh wait no one told you?” said Clockwork as his grin grew

“Told me what exactly?” asked Blaze raising an eyebrow

“No don’t tell him” begged Sunset her sea blue eyes showing fear making Blaze tick slightly

“Oh the fact that she turned into a demon and-”  

“I don’t care what she did in her past, she’s different now and that’s all that matters” said Blaze interrupting Clockwork making him mad

“You fucking dare interrupt me!” shouted Clockwork as he clenched his fist but was stopped as he saw everyone staring and backed down

“Oh and ive done some things in my past that are far worse and trust me I don’t think you want to know so go” said Blaze his eyes glistening slightly purple when he said it

“Are you ok?” asked Blaze as he brought Sunset over to where he saw the rest of the Hu-mane 6 sitting

“I’m fine but why did you do that?” asked Sunset as they both sat down and Blaze noticed that the others where waiting to hear the answer

“Because people should not be blamed for their past mistakes if they are willing to change. That and no one disrespects my friends also I’m Blaze” said Blaze with a shrug as he held a hand out to Sunset as they shook

“Well thanks” said Sunset smiling

“No problem”

“So Blaze where did you go?” asked Rarity

“(Sigh) well If I told you, you would not believe it” said Blaze as he looked away afraid to say it

“You don’t need to say if you don’t want to” said Twilight, this caught Blaze’s attention as he smiled

“Thanks” said Blaze

“No problem” said Twilight as she winked    

“Well then tell us where you learned those awesome moves” said Rainbow with excitement

“Now that I can explain and I can show you later if you want?” said Blaze as he began to explain but a voice in his head cut him off

“Aww can’t you tell them about me?” cooded Neckros

No and be quite

“Whatever kill joy” said Neckros unamused by this

“Blaze, You alright?” asked Applejack

“Oh yea just spaced out” said Blaze

“Like that doesn’t happen often” mocked Rainbow

“Hahaha funny” said Blaze unamused

“Oh and ive wanted to ask you about…. Um Medic?” said Twilight confused as she saw Blaze calm as he said

“Well we kept calling him that for he’s a doctor and eventually we forgot his real name” as he rolled his eyes

“How could you?! Can’t you just ask him?” said Twilight in anger as she saw the other girls sitting waiting for the answer they knew was coming

“Hey Medic tell them your name and reason behind it!” Blaze shouted as the Combed black hair kid with red eyes and peach skin boy turned as he adjusted his glasses

“Oh my name’s Medic and I can’t remember my actual name because I didn’t want to be difficult; so we changed it to Medic! That and even I forgot” he said in a normal tone as he turned back around

“See” said Blaze “Just except it trust me it’s easier than trying to understand Pinkie’s logic” as he pointed to Pinkie

Blaze was then punched in the side of the arm and as he turned his eyes went wide as he saw his coolest and bestest friend in the world.

“Blaze bloody Hawk! Long time no see” said Xelor as they both shook each others hand and sat down

“Xelor the non- time lord, it’s been a while” said Blaze as he laughed at the insult

“Says the crazy one” retorted Xelor “Hey ive got something to do but will catch up later” then he took notice of the girl sitting on the other side of the table, Sunset “Oh hi Sunset you alright from those bullies?”

“Oh yes and I knew you wanted to help so thanks anyways” said Sunset as Xelor got up quickly

“Ok see you Blaze” he said as Blaze caught just before he turned him blushing

“Wow he is really bad at this? Well then that makes one of us” said Blaze as the rest nodded all but Sunset

After their conversation they all went to prepare for Athletics but as the rest walked on Blaze and Twilight stayed back as they talked but where unaware of Xero’s presence

“YOU MIND TELLING ME WHY YOU KEPT THE PORTAL A SECRET!!!” Yelled Blaze as Twilight backed up

“Because I” said Twilight stuttering

“Oh and don’t say that you only just knew about this being my world you know I can sense bullshit!” shouted Blaze “Or did you forget I fucking died trying to get back here!”

“Because I was afraid that if you headed back to your world you would just forget about us” said Twilight as she felt tears begin to form

“(sigh) you know I could never forget all of you for fuck sake, I know Pinkie would just find me again” said Blaze as he calmed down “Look I forgive you just don’t do it again”

Twilight smiled back as nodded

“Alright lets get going, also you can quit trying to hide” said Blaze as Xero came out from the corner

As they walked Blaze nudged Xero and said

“If you mention this to anyone your dead alright?”

“Not a word” responded Xero

“Good”  

As they all finished getting ready except Blaze as he just waited. Then Medic, Raiden and Xelor approached him

“Hey why aren’t you getting ready?” asked Xelor

“Well I don’t exactly have anything with me, that and I prefer my clothing” responded Blaze as he kept staring into space smiling before he saw Raiden grin

“What?” asked Blaze

“I’ve seen that look, it’s the same Xelor gets when he stares at Sunset” said Raiden

“Hey I don’t!” said Xelor trying his best to hide his face but failed

“Yea, yea, lets here it who are you thinking about?” asked Medic

“No- no one!” said Blaze trying to as well to hide his face

“Come on we won’t tell” Persisted Medic

no.

yes.

no.

“(sigh)You won’t let me go until I say?” said Blaze in defeat noticing them all nod

“It’s…(sigh)… its Rainbow Dash” said Blaze as he hung his head in defeat

“Called it!” Xelor piped up then received a punch to his arm from Raiden

“Why? If you don’t mind me asking?” asked Raiden

“Well not just now but…” said Blaze before trailing off

“Yes I think we know the answer and don’t worry your chance will come” assured Medic “right lets get going”

They all the walked out into the sunny field seeing everyone doing something Blaze not knowing what to do he follow the rest as they stopped in front of the 7

“So what bets do you guys want to lose today?” asked Sunset mockingly

“10 bucks says we beat you at soccer” said Xero

“10 bucks says we beat you into the dirt” said Rainbow as Blaze swore he could see lightning sparking between them

“You’re both very persistent” said Blaze sighing

“How about I bet you all combined couldn’t beat me and my friend” said Clockwork

This familiar person drew the last straw in Blaze’s head as he said

“100 bucks says me and one other beat you both” this alarmed everyone and some people around them as they all started talking and whispering “unless you’re scared?” mocked Blaze as people started ooooohing

“Alright then which freak are you picking?” asked Clockwork

“Rainbow Dash” said Blaze as he glanced in her direction she shared the looked and nodded

“Well then everyone get a seat this is going to be good!” shouted Clockwork

*Location Changeling Base*

“I’m sorry my queen they managed to beat us all” said Carnage trebling as the darkness surrounded him showing nothing but eyes in the darkness as a elegant female voice spoke

“Don’t worry you and your girlfriend will have a new task but the 2 targets remain the same” said the voice

“But how can we if they got that fucker with them? Uh my queen” said Carnage with a hint of fear

“Come out” she called out

Then in front of Carnage was a metal thing that looked to be armor and its eyes glowing with a hint of anger

“There is another one so prepare and don’t fail or else” said the queen with a touch of bitterness

“My Queen” he said as he bowed

*Location Canternlot High*

The score was now 4 v 4 and besides making a mockery of Blaze and Rainbow they kept up

“They are surprisingly good” said Blaze as he looked completely fine  

“Don’t compliment the enemy” said Rainbow angrily

“Well I have one more trick up my sleeve, for I may not be a good player but I have an idea” said Blaze smirking as he whispered it to Rainbow who began grinning to

“You think it will work?” asked Rainbow as she helped Blaze up

“Nope, just I’m crazy enough to think of it” said Blaze as he laughed a bit

“You done talking to your girlfriend?!” shouted Clockwork

“Yes are you two ready to lose?” said Blaze as he got ready “hey Rainbow you alright?” as he saw her tranced as he knocked her out of it

“Yea, yea just… thinking” said a puzzled rainbow

As they both charged forward Clockwork and Victor but they both stood confused as they saw them jumping around the area as they ran kicking the ball between them earning cheers from the others watching.

“Ready?” they both said “NOW!!!”

Rainbow kicked the ball forward as Blaze slide under Clockwork’s legs still kicking it then Blaze kicked the ball upwards as Rainbow jumped off Victor to gain height and Blaze jumped also and then they both roundhouse kicked the ball into the net a blinding speed as they landed.

The crowd of people cheered as some of the 6 and boys came over to congratulate them but as Blaze walked he fell as he noticed his laces tied with Rainbow’s as they fell on top each other

“Ow why me?” Blaze groaned in pain “Um you mind getting off me please?”

“Oh yea sorry about that” said Rainbow as she got off and untied the lace blushing slightly as she saw Blaze hiding his face also

“Maybe I should have mentioned that this could have happen but then again I’m an idiot” said Blaze apologizing

“Noted” said KAI

“Hey you two were amazing!” said Xelor as he helped them up

“I know and what was that interesting move you pulled?” asked Rarity

“Noted again” said KAI

“I just made it up” said Blaze as he rubbed the back of his neck

“You 2 were like the most amazing, coolest duet ever!” Pinkie exclaimed

“God oh mighty positive overload!” said KAI now glitching

“Yea well we are pretty awesome” said Rainbow as she bragged

“Bravo Blaze Hawk” said Clockwork as he began clapping “Yes now I remember you little fuck”

“Oh you only found out now, well sorry I didn’t kick you two the curb before I left soz” said Blaze sarcastically

“Well now they can handle you” said Clockwork as they both ran off

“Losers didn’t pay us!” shouted Rainbow but then she noticed Blaze looking around them

“I’ve deposited 200 bucks from their accounts” said KAI

“Everyone quiet NOW!” shouted Blaze as they all did so

“What is it?” asked Applejack

“Wait” said Blaze holding his hand towards them then he stepped forward “Show yourselves!”

“Who is he talking to?” asked Sunset but Twilight didn’t answer instead she too listened

“Alright you know what, KAI can see you guys so quite hiding!” shouted Blaze

“KAI?” questioned Xelor

Then as they stood there for another few seconds 3 daggers shot towards them from nowhere hitting Blaze in his right arm as he grunted in pain and fell to his knees

“Blaze!” shouted Rainbow as she approached him but the rest backup as they saw them appear

“I guess she was right” said Carnage in battle armor similar to halo battle armor as it covered his entire body, its colors black with some parts green as he spoke through a com and then the other one appeared the other black with blue

“Well you still have one more chance to come peacefully or else things get ugly” threatened Carnage

“Never!” shouted Applejack

“Oh ok then, lets get them” said Carnage as they approached slowly then Blaze got up

“I spent many years trying to get back here, I have beaten unimaginable things to do so and even died and if you think I can’t handle a few knives they you have another thing coming” said Blaze as he wrenched the daggers from his arm and threw them to the ground “Also really? Even in your copyrighted, overrated and down right stupid armor, you can’t beat me”

Some people screamed and other fainted then they all saw what happened next. A holster appeared at his left and his arm, leg and eye uncloaked as his metal limbs shone in the daylight as he grinned. He then looked at the rest as they stared in disbelief

“I told you, you won’t believe me” said Blaze with a smile “Now then… come on!”

“With pleasure” hissed Carnage

Blaze then rushed towards him an brought his metal leg towards his face, smashing it his visor casing Carnage to fly back but then the other one grabbed his leg and spun Blaze around until rolling him into the dirt as he stopped only to be lifted up by Carnage and booted directly in the face as he gasped and fell back. He then began to laugh

“What’s so funny?” asked Carnage

“Oh just that you think I’m beaten, trust me I’ve been through worse and came out on top” said Blaze as he rushed him

Carnage blocked his attack but Blaze then grabbed his hands and began rapidly punching his side

“Kidney punch, Kidney punch, Kidney punch and pause… Stopper punch!” said Blaze as he kept hitting him

then Blaze broke the hold and elbowed him in the face leaving his back exposed as he stumbled to the side

“That looks important” mocked Blaze as he ripped a piece off Carnage’s back causing him to glitch as his functions went offline

Blaze then jumped and roundhouse kicked him around his side sending him into the ground as his back sparked

Blaze then went face to face with the other cyborg as they both threw a punch at each other and as some connected with both. Blaze then connected a hit around the side of the cyborgs head and the bot connected one with Blaze’s side, they both then threw a punch but Blaze turned his head slightly letting it slide as he connected it with its jaw as it fell back.

Then Blaze back flipped and jumped into a handstand as he spun his legs around in a break-dance motion. The Cyborg then noticed the thin wires trailing off its body as it to was spun around and around until Blaze leaped up, front flipped and brought it down with blinding speed as it crashed into the ground making a slight crater.

Blaze then landed and approached the now sparking bot but as he did so he was blinded by a smoke grenade going off and covering half the area.

“Ah god damnit!” said Blaze as he covered his mouth and then heard an all too real female voice that made him tremble

“Sorry but ive got plans for your friends” she said

“No- No not you…no” said Blaze as he panicked and ran for a clearing.

He then ended up outside the smoke and saw the cyborg in the distance carrying something. Then as the smoke cleared he saw his friends. But 2 were missing Applejack and Rainbow Dash. Blaze’s eyes widened as he knew what she was carrying and the rest soon realized what happened as Blaze began to run but his legs began to fail him as he collapsed to the ground

“Error unknown neural toxin in system, my scanners indicate sleeping toxins of sorts and now I feel like my scanners are…” said KAI as he shut down and as the rest approached Blaze he muttered a name

“Indigo…” groaned Blaze then his world faded to black

Blaze opened his eyes as he realized he was in a room and no longer out on the field. Quickly got up and saw his blade was beside him as he holstered it and made his way towards the door and opened it. He then made his way towards the stairs and as he headed down he saw the other 5 girls talking.

“Ok can I go 1 day without getting my ass handed to me please, that’s all I ask for” said Blaze as he startled them

“Oh Blaze your awake, are you ok?” Asked Twilight

“Yea just caught off guard now if you excuse me ive got past faults to deal with” said Blaze as he made his way towards the door but was stopped by Sunset

“You aren’t going anywhere you have some explaining to do” said Sunset

“Ok that thing that took AJ and Dash is the reason for my cybernetics now move” said Blaze as he tried to get past but failed

“You don’t think we would let you go by yourself did you?” asked Rarity

“Yes I do now move” said Blaze now growing agitated

“No why should we let you go alone, so you can play hero?” said Twilight

“No because I’m the only one who knows where she is and what will happen if I don’t get-” said Blaze

“No were coming so” said Rarity

“NO!!!” shouted Blaze as the room went silent “look I would let you all come but this is something I need to do, Ive got to get even with that Bitch” said Blaze in a menacing tone, Sunset then moved out of the way and Blaze began to walk the path towards his location

*Location Unknown*

The world around Applejack and Rainbow was dark and gloomy and only lit with a small candle that sat between them and her.

A girl sat there she wore a yellow jacket with a blue dress underneath, her hair was an indigo color and her yellow eyes stared at Applejack with tiny black dots and her smile was as wide as her face would allow it.

“What the hay do you think your doing?” said Applejack as she strained agenst her restraints

“Oh nothing just baiting my trap and keep you mouth shut or I’ll sow it shut” warned the girl as she kept staring

“Who are you?” asked Applejack

“I’m that thing in the armor silly I just prefer killing my targets with my bare hands, slowly and painfully” explained the girl as she brought out 2 curved daggers and licked one of them

“Ugh you’re not right up there are you?” said Applejack as she gave a discussed look

“Oh you have no idea what I am” said the girl “Oh and my name is Indigo”

“Oh buck me” said Applejack as she remembered her and the fact that one of her old *targets* was passed out beside Applejack

“Sorry I prefer torture over that hahahahaha” said Indigo as she blew the candle out “Now sit still and shut up and I’ll play nice and maybe i might find you stronger than him”

*Location streets*

As Blaze continued to walk he kept thinking on what he could do and how he can fight someone who made him become… this again and everytime he played the memory in his head he shook it away. After a while he then saw Twilight come up to him.

“I’m not letting you go alone and you can’t stop me” demanded Twilight

“Ok lets go were burning daylight” said Blaze as he continued to walk

“Wait why are you letting me go now?” asked Twilight confused

“Because you’re too stubborn to get rid of” said Blaze mockingly

“Well then do you mind telling me why you hate this girl?” asked Twilight but noticed his metal hand becoming clenched

“Not girl, more like monster… but yes I guess I have to tell someone eventually” said Blaze as he sighed deeply and began to tell his tale “I told you about the time I was with the 5 of them at that fair and we met someone and then her and Dash and Pinkie went missing, which when I found them It landed me in hospital with my new limbs?”

Twilight Nodded

“Well here’s what happened in that cave…”

*Location Cave 1 month ago*

“Rainbow, Pinkie where are you!?” shouted Blaze as he walked through the cavern “Ok I don’t even want to know why someone would come in here but then again” Blaze said to himself

As he walked passed an old mining bridge he felt like something was off but then by the time he realized it, it was too late. An old Minecart slid down the broken bridge and landed right on Blaze’s leg causing him to yell in pain as he felt the bones in his leg shatter a million times over, as he saw blood begin to leak from the cart.

HOLY FUCKING SHIT THAT HURTS AHH, ok I can do this just, God if you’re listening you’re an ass

Heard that

Blaze then gritted his teeth as he began to lift with all his might the cart off his leg and with each inch it felt like his leg would catch alight from the burning sensation.

By the time he got it off his leg was broken to the point that it was hard to tell where blood hasn’t leaked from. He then grabbed a large stick and used it as a crutch. He then looked back at the exit and sighed as he continued into the next area.

Just as he entered he was met with a sharp pain as he collapsed to the floor in pain as he yelled out. Then as he looked up he saw her, Indigo, his friend or was but all he saw was insanity as she smiled and began to laugh

“You… fucking psychotic bitch” Blaze said in gritted teeth as he glanced at his pierced arm and almost vomited

“Oh come on Blazey enough with the bad language I just want to play?” said Indigo in a deranged voice

“You fu- ahhhh!!!” Blaze yelled as she pulled the old, rotten, rusted pick out of his arm

“Oh come on isn’t this fun?” she asked as she brought the pick to Blaze eye

“No… please don’t… oh god! NO-AHHH!” yelled Blaze as he felt the blood begin to trickle down his face as he felt his left side go black and then he saw her chuck the pick away

Indigo’s clothing was hardly recognizable, her blue jacket and yellow dress was painted in the crimson liquid as some dripped from her and her lunatic of a face had droplets of blood also.

Blaze then looked at Pinkie and Rainbow they were in better shape as they watched in horror at what was happening but Blaze soon noticed that he was buying them time as Rainbow had untied her bonds and quickly done the same to Pinkie’s and Indigo didn’t even notice then Blaze smiled as he felt colder than the cave itself

“Oh are you finally having fun?” asked Indigo

“Yes I’m going to have even more fun in just a second” mocked Blaze as he looked behind Indigo

As indigo turned she was met with a rock to the head knocking her out cold. Blaze then looked at the two of them as they lifted Blaze as carefully as they could

“Was that enough time for you two or am I just dizzy from blood loss?” asked Blaze as his vision blurred slightly

“Shut up you idiot were getting you help ok?” said Rainbow as she saw Blaze smiling at her

“Trust me I’ll live” said Blaze reassuring her as best as he could

Even though I really, really want to kick that psycho I got bigger things to worry about

Just as they reached the exit they saw the others with officers as they were just about to come over when something tackled Blaze to the ground and caused him and it to roll down a hill and Knocked Blaze into a tree.

Blaze then saw the deranged smile on Indigo’s face as she brought as piece of broken pipe with her.

"You're nothing, only the strong can survive and weak are nothing, they deserve to die!" Indigo screamed

She then lifted it towards Blaze as she brought it down on his chest. The only problem is that Blaze used what little control he had left in his right arm and grabbed the pipe, wrenched it out of her grasp and brought it down on her head causing her to black out for good this time.

“How’s that for my strength?” said Blaze as he gritted his teeth and was lifted by Rainbow and Pinkie again

“You really need to stay in one place mister” said Pinkie as she helped him up

“Sorry I’ll do better next time” said Blaze with a small smile “hey does everything feel numb to you” then Blaze fell unconscious as he was rush up the hill

The last thing he could remember seeing was her face with her yellow eyes and light blue hair, along with a grin on her face…

*Present day*

“And you know what happens next” finished Blaze as he saw a look of fear and sorrow on Twilight’s face

“Blaze I- I can’t imagine who would do such a thing?” said Twilight

“I can and her name is Indigo Sunflower the person I fear more than Omega and Twivine combined and believes only the strong can thrive” said Blaze then he tapped Twilight’s shoulder “But don’t worry I don’t regret anything that’s happened and you shouldn’t feel sorry for me either i learned to live with it”

“Ok then if you’re sure and also are we here?” asked Twilight as they approached an old warehouse, its windows smashed and parts of the place were burned and rusted. But a small hint of light could be seen through the crack of the staff door. They approached it and then slowly opened it only to see what they expected

The room was rectangular, with chains hanging from the dozens of cross beams on the ceiling, then they saw Rainbow and Applejack tied up agenst two support beams and then between them and Blaze there was a massive bottomless pit, few pieces of rebar jutted out of the top of the hole. Then before they could move laughter froze them in their tracks as they then saw… her smiling on top of the balcony that rounded the entire warehouse.

“Oh hey you came, I was wondering when you would arrive I was getting bored, did you miss me?” said Indigo as her faced showed a hint of confusion

“Your nuts you know that right? Look what you did to me” said Blaze as rested his right hand on his blade

“Oh I know you look so odd like me” said Indigo but then her smile grew “Now enough of the small talk I want to feel my blades in your flesh and hear you screams as you beg for it to end”

She then brought out 2 daggers and then jumped down from the walkway and stood as few feet away. Blaze then brought out his 2 blades as he readied to attack. Then he noticed Indigo moving in Twilight’s direction as Twilight moved to go free the others. Blaze then stood in her way

“No you’ve hurt enough of my friends, in the past and now. Ive spent years of my new life trying to get back here and on the way I’ve came to realize that my friends here and in Equestria are worth more to me than my own life!” shouted Blaze as he began to glow “and if think that you’re going to lay a finger on them then you have another thing coming! So come on!”

  As Blaze finished he then grew his metal wings and his black hair grew slightly longer followed by a black tail and pony ears. Blaze wasn’t moved by this as he continued to stare daggers at Indigo. Then for once in his life he saw her smile turn to anger as she screamed

“Oh so you think you can just forget me?!! Ok then lets see you forget me after I wear your skin and dance in the crimson rain!!!”

“Bring it you heartless Bitch; an eye for an eye as they say now... Lets Dance!” shouted Blaze as he saw her disappear into the shadows

“Error there is a field in this area making my tracking go on the fritz” warned KAI

Blaze just looked around at the shadows as laughter echoed making it harder to pin point. He just waited for the shadows to make their move. Then without warning she sprung from behind but Blaze only just managed to block the swings as she then jumped back into the shadows. This continued for 10 minutes ending with Blaze having a few slash wounds

“Aww getting tired? I’ll help you to sleep” cooded Indigo from within the shadows

“Not whilst I’m still breathing” said Blaze

Alight you ready Neckros?

“Oh you have no idea” said Neckros

Blaze’s vision then became clear as day as Neckros gave him night vision. Indigo then jumped out but was round-house kicked into a pile of barrels, causing for a split second a message to appear as one of the barrels disappeared

*H20 Delirious killed by Indigo*  

“Ok then…?” said Blaze

Then as they faced each other, they rushed at each other as there weapons scrapped in the night.

As Twilight with the help of Applejack untied Rainbow’s bonds they slowly backed up and watched the two fight to the death.

“A’ don’t get it why can’t Blaze take ‘er out?” said Applejack confused

“I think I know” said Rainbow which surprised Twilight and AJ “she turned Blaze into… this and he can’t face his small fear of this happening again”

“Um…wow Dash that’s actually really smart” said Twilight surprised “But still…”

As Blaze was booted through the floor of the walkway above him he dodged the two blades that sunk into the sides of his head cutting a few strands of hair. He then back flipped and grabbed his weapons as he swung towards the crazed attacker as he managed to cut her slightly but she seemed to enjoy it… that’s messed up.

“I know right” said Blaze

Blaze was then forced to throw himself into the chains causing him to twist and pull to get his arm out. He then holstered his (Vengeance) and pushed himself off the wall sending him across the room to the other side. He then saw Indigo doing the same as she launched herself towards his direction. Blaze then pushed forward and they clashed for a second then the looped around a clashed again and again.

“Oh yea I have wings” said Blaze in surprise

“You idiot” responded KAI

Blaze then dropped and broke the chain and flew towards Indigo and kicked her straight in the jaw and she flew back hitting the wall with a crack. She then climbed onto the cross beams above and Blaze did the same.

They then swung at each other as their legs danced across the beams as the swung. Blaze the lunged forward and connected his left fist with Indigo’s right arm causing her to drop her blade. Indigo then swung wildly at Blaze as he dropped down and grabbed the beam

"What goes around..." said Blaze as he swung round

and swung his body around connecting it with Indigo’s back causing her to fall onto a crate and smash it into pieces.

"Comes around..." he finished

Blaze then landed and holstered his Blade as he dropped to his knees and smiled at the three as they ran over.

“Hey Blaze howya holden up?” asked Applejack

“Well better than normal but I’m glad it’s not a Monday” said Blaze jokingly as he felt the blood oozing from his wounds and winced

“We need to go and get you patched up” Said Twilight as she helped him up “what about Indigo?”

“Well once we get out of here will call the cops and tell them of this… interesting kidnapping” responded Blaze

Before they even got a few feet away Blaze and Rainbow where tackled and began rolling. Then as Blaze rolled around trying to fight off Indigo Rainbow ran over and tried to help shake her off. But then the cold ground beneath them began to crack. They all froze but as the cracks ventured farer away the ground beneath them fell into the dark abyss  

AJ and Twi both gasped and ran over and looked into the void and saw that Blaze’s metal leg pierced a piece of rebar and his wings where also as they freed themselves but where unable to fly as they sparked and twitched.

  Blaze held onto Rainbow in one hand and Indigo in the other as he felt the metal begin to groan under their weight. They all including Indigo were terrified and Blaze’s face contorted under the weight he was holding as he felt his leg begin to move inch by inch.

“I’m not letting go” said Blaze as he grunted

“What are we going to do?” said Dash as she held on for dear life

Blaze then felt his leg slide more as rubble fell into the pit colliding with the sides. He closed his eyes in pain but opened them as he saw Indigo actually scared

“Why save me? After everything?” asked Indigo “I caused so much pain and suffering but why?”

“Be-because I believe in… second chances” Grunted Blaze but his eyes grew wide as he saw her face soften to one of comfort “No don’t you dare”

“Thank you Blaze, I’m sorry” said Indigo “But this won’t hold all of us and i guess i was too weak” just as she said that his leg groaned more

“NO DON’T!!!” Shouted Blaze but it was too late as he saw her body disappear into the darkness

Blaze then used both his hands and held onto Rainbow with dear life as he threw her body back up onto the ledge then he began to swing as he leaped upwards and his leg broke free as he two landed back to safety. But as Blaze began to sit up he felt a tight pressure around his waist as he saw Rainbow hug him and he did the same also feeling like he could have done more, he could have tried to save Indigo also, she didn’t deserve to die. They both them broke the hug

“Th-thanks for saving me Blaze” said Rainbow with a small smile “I’m sorry about Indigo”

“Thanks but it’s over now…well lets go- ah” said Blaze as he attempted to stand but his left leg was in need of serious repair “Oh yea rebar”

Blaze was then helped out by AJ and Dash as they saw that one of Blaze’s other old friends. His skin was a Camo green, brown eyes along with black hair in ponytail. He stat their in his jeep as he waved

“Hey thought you could use a lift!” said Sam as he saw what had happened and then looked worried “wow what the hell happened?”

“Oh you know fighting, painful escapes, psychotic people and you can probably guess the rest” said Blaze with a smile “so you got my text?”

“Wait when did you send a text?” asked Twilight confused

“What guys can’t multitask to?” said Blaze “also I’ll explain later” as Blaze saw Sam’s baffled look

As they all sat down Blaze looked up towards the lit sky as the stars danced across the sky. He then pondered on something he hadn’t thought of. Who was the cyborg from the portal?

“Oh and what was with the whole ears and hair and-” asked Sam as Blaze's wings, tail, longer hair and wings disappeared

“I’ll tell you later!” said Blaze frustrated “I’m kind of you know bleeding here”

“Stop whining” said Rainbow

“I’m not whining I’m complaining” argued Blaze

“No you are so shut it or your limping” argued Rainbow

"Not if i throw you out first!" retorted Blaze

"Yea you can try!" countered Rainbow grinning

They both then stopped and saw the looks that AJ and twilight were giving them

“What!?” Blaze and Dash said in unison

“Oh nothing” said Applejack and Twilight with a grin

*The Next Day*

As the sun rose above the horizon Applejack, Fluttershy, Raiden, Medic and Pinkie sat by the statue as they saw Blaze, Dash, Twilight, Xelor, Xero and Sam approach. Blaze’s non metal parts were bandaged up as he had his jacket tied around his waist.

“Howya feelin Blaze?” asked Applejack as she jumped down from the statue

“Well better than feeling dizzy and almost dead so yea good” said Blaze as he put his thumb up “And no Medic I did not need CPR for a head wound”

“Hey that’s a proven method” argued Medic

“Error that medical treatment is false; you need to stop reading things on the internet” said KAI in response “And don’t argue with a computer either

This shut Medic up

“Well then shall we go then?” said Twilight

“Yea I can’t be bothered standing” complained Xero

As they all began to walk towards the school Blaze glanced back and swore he saw someone there.

“Hey Nut job you coming!” shouted Dash with a grin

“Yea I’m coming! Just daydreaming…” said Blaze as he ran up to the door and before he closed it he said to no one in particular “Goodbye Indigo, I’m sorry” Blaze then closed the door

The darkness crept in from every corner as the drops of water echoed around the dark abyss only an outline of a person could be seen as it spoke in a crackled Metallic voice as it staired at the body lying on the ground by its feet but hidden by the darkness  

“You will help me seek who I wish to end and when you awaken… kill him hahahahahahaha!!!”

As it said this, the right eye of the body on the ground lit up red as it dimly lit the room.

TO BE CONTINUED…

If someone is willing to change for the better they deserve a second chance no matter what they done in the past

Blaze hawk

Chapter 7 Whispers of the Spirit

Chapter 7 Whispers of the Spirit

Sometimes people wonder who truly created us? Was it a God, a natural phenomenon or simply nothing? But whatever the truth; the world gives spawn to those of good and evil but sometimes these beings ambitions are stranger than the world they came from…

“So you want me to just and quote; lay waste to the village and leave nothing standing?” said the figure

He wore a golden vest complete with a golden tie; he then wore an overcoat with parts of it gold and the rest purple. His hair was white and had a purple top hat with a feather sticking out the top along with a red strip down the centre. He then wore purple boots to match and last he held a silver cane with a black handle with a golden knuckle guard and on top where his hand laid a red skull with black void holes and gold teeth.

“Yes nothing now go!”

“Yes, yes… well then your time has came Blaze; let the party begin…” said the figure as he lifted his Kane and slashed a rift open and proceeded to walk


“Why of all places to live she chose to live here? Then again I’ve seen worse” said Blaze to himself

Blaze was walking through the Everfree forest, the last place he wanted to be as he felt eyes continuously watching him from the shadows. According to what his next soon to go wrong experiment said he needed poison joke and only knew of one pony or zebra that had it, Zecora the zebra witchdoctor.

“Witchdoctors, why, why live in the most dangerous or down right creepiest places?” said Blaze as he felt that at any moment his life would end to a timberwolf

“Would you stop complaining were here” said KAI now annoyed

“Oh we are!” said Blaze in glee “Maybe i should fly out next?”    

Blaze then proceeded to knock on the wooden hut and then entered. He was greeted with many strange plants and potions that either hung from the ceiling or on shelves and in the middle a black cauldron stood bubbling with something

“Oh it’s nice to see a friendly face” said Zecora from behind Blaze making him jump up hit the ceiling and land on his face

“Ow I don’t even know how you snuck up behind me” said Blaze rubbing his face as he rose to his legs “But hi Zecora”

“Well I do believe you have came for something that you need?” asked Zecora as she walked to the cauldron

“Yea I’m looking for poison joke or something for something? Do you have any?” asked Blaze

“Yes I do believe I have some of what you need, but do heed what dangers it brings” said Zecora as she rhymed the words

“Sure thing” said Blaze as she handed him a small sack to him and it slotted into his metal arm

“Oh but I do have something to tell” said Zecora as Blaze turned back around

“What?” asked Blaze    

“I would beware of the one who is mad as a hatter, for he guaranties that your bones will shatter, for their once was a guy with a name of four letters that in the end went agenst his betters, so when cast from grace, he found a new place to wallow in his own disgrace” Said Zecora her face filled with concern

“Where did you here this?” asked Blaze as he took it all in or at least some

“I cannot foretell, only speak what had befell, sorry” said Zecora as she began working on something in the cauldron

“Well thanks anyway and I’ll keep what you said in mind” said Blaze as he waved goodbye and shut the door, then proceeded to fly to his next destination “You know I still don’t get why she rhymes”

As Blaze flew overhead he eventually saw the 3 he was looking for in the streets below and landed beside them.

“Hi Blaze” said Twilight, Fluttershy and Applejack as she waved him over

“Hey what’s up?” asked Blaze

“I was wondering if you can help with a task to do with technology advancements?” asked Twilight

“I will help in some cases but anything to do with weaponry no. But now that I have what I need let’s get going” said Blaze as they began to walk the streets

“Aright” responded Twilight

As they walked through the town they questioned why Blaze needed the most dangerous plant ever and he just said its best not to ask.

“Well I just don’t see why you would need it?” said Twilight for the 5th time which began to get on Blaze’s nerves

“Fine then… look it’s needed to create a potion for almost instant healing” said Blaze plainly as the rest said in a surprised unison

“What?!”

“But um. Why not just ask Zecora?” asked Fluttershy quietly

“Well one I rather do it myself and two I may have the tendency to blow up” said Blaze as he continued “after what

The map sent me to fix I’m sure I’ll need them in the future as well as for us”

“And you’re fine with this?” questioned Twilight

“Yea I mean what’s another explosion in my face going to do?” said Blaze calmly

Just as he said this an explosion went off in the distance as ponies ran in fear as smoke began to rise and the sound of a building collapsing sounded out

“Tucker did it!” Blaze said abruptly as he stopped a pony “right tell me what’s happening?”

“I. i. I don’t know this thing just showed up and started destroying everything” said the scared mare

“Ok thank you and just get away from here alright?” said Blaze as she nodded and ran off “well then I guess there’s no rest for the wicked”

Blaze along with the rest soon ran into the carnage. They arrived into the street only to see a human? But it was different (the one I described at the start) he just stood their not harming anypony only destroying the world around him. Then he grinned as his purple and green eyes fell apon the 4 elements.

“Well then It’s about time I was getting bored” said the figure and then he face the away at… me! “It’s about time you bloody finished this chapter, any who”

“What the hay do you think you’re doing?” asked Applejack in a harsh tone which only made him grin more

“My job; that and he was very needy” said the man then he tipped his hat and for some reason the world felt like it tilled “The name’s Loki, the ambassador of the Spirit Realm and you all must be Twilight, Applejack, Fluttershy and Blaze”

“How do you know us?” asked Twilight

“Oh come on who do you think has been pulling the strings for you all?” said Loki with a smirk then he floated out cards; the same cards that said Fuck. Bitches get money on them.

“Ha it sounds funny even when mentioning them” said Loki to no one particular

“Wait that was you?” said Twilight in surprise

“Yes and to clarify more I was the voice in your head when you got mondayed Blaze and agenst Mettalix” said Loki with a smile obviously enjoying this “Of coarse I’m enjoying this”

“Wait then were you the bot from my portal room?” questioned Blaze as he stepped forward

“Yes well someone needed to give a push in the right direction” said Loki trying not to laugh “Trust me I’ve done a lot of things in this world even before you all existed and even things you couldn’t comprehend”

“So why help us only to try and kill innocence ponies?” Asked Fluttershy now hiding behind Applejack

“Oh no shy one I’m not killing anyone that’s just their own fault for getting in the way when they clearly have the function to move” said Loki just as a roof tile knocked out a pony in the background “Ha nice”

“If you think I’m going to let you continue doing this than you’re wrong” said Blaze as he stood his ground

“Oh you’re going to fight? Well not really fight more like flail angrily” mocked Loki

“Well then you know what happens next” said Blaze as he closed his eyes and focused than in a blinding light he transformed into his element form “I’m not taking any chances with you”

“Oh look you’re actually a threat now… hahahaha nah” mocked Loki only making Blaze smile more “Also that does look painful; you know all your bones growing and realigning”

“Finally someone who shares my comedy and no I got use to it” said Blaze with a smile as he brushed his rainbow hair aside

“Well I hate to disappoint” said Loki “Now then let’s get this party started!”

“Ok Let’s Dance!” shouted Blaze as he drew his sword and wasting no time he darted towards Loki

Blaze then charged forward as his holster constructed on his left and he slashed Loki diagonally across the chest making Loki’s eyes go wide and he spat blood before being uppercutted into the air.

Then Blaze teleported above Loki and brought the hilt of his sword down on Loki’s head as he smashed into the ground.

As he climbed out of the hole he was met with a blast of energy in the face and sent flying a few feet as he landed on his face.

This continued for only 5 minutes as Loki was nothing more than a beaten and broken mess with blood and cuts littering his body then as Blaze charged forward and threw a punch at Loki, he caught it without flinching and smiled as he wounds disappeared before all their eyes

“What? How is this possible? How are you standing?” said Blaze in disbelief as he stood back from the smiling man

“I was simply testing your abilities and it was… pathetic” said Loki with a hint of disgust

“Then what do you call the last 5 minutes?” asked Blaze whose smile was gone

“Pity” was all Loki said before crushing Blaze’s hand and said “now I’m going to break you… like a Kit Kat bar”

Then Loki backhanded Blaze through a dozen buildings with ease “Now it’s my turn in this game”

“What are you?” asked Twilight hesitantly

“Exactly” said Loki as he jumped back and put his foot forward as Blaze tripped and fell to the ground “Oh Tin Boy what to see a magic trick?”

“… Yes” said Blaze then as he got up and looked around he saw duplicates of Loki curling him “What the…?”

“Error not possible this flamboyant bugger is moving… at the speed of Light!?” Said KAI in surprise

“What but how?” said Blaze baffled at the sight

“Well looks like I broke your helper now to break you” said Loki as he disappeared and ended up 5 feet in front of Blaze, Blaze then had slashes and burses across his body as he fell to one knee and saw that Loki’s cane was now a rapier

“What the” was all Blaze could say before feeling immense pain as his non metal leg was kicked and a crack echoed out into the streets followed by Blaze yelling in pain as he fell back only to be lifted by his hair

“So tell me how many arms does it take to turn on a-” said Loki before having a Blade impaled into his face “Switch?” finished Loki

He then wrenched the blade through to the other side of his face and dropped to the floor with a clank

“What the fuck are you?” asked Blaze in fear

“Your limit” responded Loki then he gripped Blaze’s metal arm

“Oh fuck- ahhhhhh!!!” said Blaze as his metal arm was ripped off and as the cables and scrap clattered to the ground the shock caused him to drop out of his rainbow form as the rest gasped in shock

“You better drop him now!” shouted Applejack as she got her rope out

“No… don’t” mumbled Blaze

“I’d listen to him if I where you because I only kill those who have outgrown their usefulness” responded Loki “Now to finish my example of heroes”

Loki then grabbed Blaze by the shoulders and began to head but Blaze; in turn breaking his muzzle and his skull. He did this 5 times and was baffled

“How thick is your bloody head?!” said a baffled Loki  

“I’m very durable and by any chance are you the one who will make my bones shatter?” asked Blaze with a worried smile

“Ding, Ding, Ding” chimed Loki

“Oh fu-” said Blaze but Loki slammed his head into Blaze one more time before dropping his body to the ground with a thud

“Well that was amusing I’m out” said Loki as he walked away but was stopped by Twilight whose face showed anger and sadness

“If you think you’re just going to leave you-” said Twilight but found Loki hovering upside-down in front of her as he smiled

“What was it that Discord said? I can do whatever I want whenever I want” said Loki as he warped behind her and walked off


They watched as Loki began to whistle and walk off causing more chaos as he walked and shouted “Welcome to my amusement park!” he then chanted “evil laugh, evil laugh!”

“Oh no Blaze!” said Fluttershy as she lifted Blaze head up as his eyes lifted slightly

He saw Fluttershy, Twilight and Applejack looking down at him with worried expressions. Blaze could feel cold and pain flowing through his body and out as his vision faded as he said

“I Lost…”

*Location Ponyville Hospital*

The six stood their around their friend as his breathing stayed ragged and most of his body having bandages and stitches plastid on. All but Dash and Applejack left the room as all that could be heard was the beeping of the heart monitor slowly beeping away

“Hey RD you gunna be ok?” asked Applejack with a concerned look

“How could he loose?” was all Dash said her voice ragged “And who did this?”

“He just didn’t know, none of us did… we all underestimated him” said Applejack as she saw her face, saddened with anger

“Who. Did. This AJ?” said Dash more forcefully

“Loki I think but don’t be doin anything crazy got it?” said Applejack as she approached the door

“Yea, yea sure” said Dash waving a hoof at her as she left. She sat there just staring and thinking as a tear rolled down her face as she grabbed his blade “I’ll get him for you”

*Inside Blaze’s Head*

“Well that went well” said KAI sarcastically as his body was that of Blaze’s armor as he floated their with his legs and arms crossed

“Ahhhh I know, I know but how was I suppose to know he could do that?” said Blaze as he fell spread out on the white floor (human by the way)

“So which do you think is worse still? A, first time became a pony; B, being killed or C, finding out there was a way back to your world all this time” said KAI listing more as he went on then stopped

“Well what’s the plan?” asked KAI “Besides winging it”

“I don’t know he’s too powerful, in fact he’s fast enough not to be seen so you tell me” retorted Blaze angrily

“I can help” came a too familiar voice “Just get up, go their, and I’ll take care of the rest”

“Yes because I can wake from a coma dipshit” said Blaze with KAI nodding in agreement

“Then explain that” said Neckros as Blaze noticed his body disappearing “see you on the flip side”

Blaze awoke to one coughing and gagging as Zecora stood their. She placed on the counter a bottle that glowed magenta as Blaze felt stronger and better as he noticed his wounds healing

“It seems as I am not too late?” said Zecora “I could not bare to see you in this state but now there are more oppressing things today, no?”

“Um yea Loki happened and I’m guessing he’s the one you talked or rhymed about?” asked Blaze as she nodded “and the others are away fighting him?” she nodded again

“I guess you are off to save the day, no?” asked Zecora and Blaze nodded

“It’s what I do” said Blaze as he hopped off the bed and stretched his body “Now then where’s Loki?”

*Location Plains of Ponyville*

  Loki sat on a random chair and table as he shuffled the cards in his hand and for some reason where all joker cards

“Hey why not?” asked Loki

“Just shut up and stick to the story please”

“Ugh fine but I call the shots for the next fight got it?” said Loki pointing his cane in the air

“Well here you go”

As Loki snapped his fingers the table and chair was gone as he smiled at the 6 mares in front of him. 5 of them readied to attack the other, yellow Pegasus stood back. And the cyan Pegasus held a blade in her mouth but was sent skidding towards the yellow one as Loki said

“Now come, you think that will make a difference?” responded Loki with a grin

  “You’ll pay for what you did!” shouted Twilight through gritted teeth

“Seriously was the hospital bill that bad?! Anyway I must have done something because even Pinkie is angry at me” said Loki in surprise

“You’re just a big meanie for hurting Blaze!” shouted Pinkie

“Oh please don’tbeawhoosa!” shouted Loki as he watched them charge at him

“Right lets see… nerd first” said Loki as he ran forward and kicked Twilight flying into the ground but it seemed to be that all of them backed up

“Alright ready girls!” shouted Twilight as the rest nodded

Then before Loki’s colored eyes a rainbow orb surrounded them and shot a beam towards him as he felt his body begin to turn to stone

“NO OH GOD HELP NO- ha!” said Loki as the beam faded “Like that was going to work”

“Wait but how?!” said Rarity in disbelief “Twilight how could he withstand that?”

“I- no the only way he could is if” said Twilight as her eyes went wide

“Yes I am Loki the Element of Laughter or former element” he said as he dusted off his overcoat “you see there’s a lot to my past like I said and this just had to be one of them. Now then my turn”

Loki then ran forward and grabbed Rarity and Pinkie and spun them into the ground thereby incapacitating them. He then kick Twilight again with more force and knocked the wind out of her as she dropped.

Applejack then brought her back hooves on Loki’s back and broke his balance and Dash fly kicked him into the ground but he then used his cane and tripped Applejack up as she hit here head on a rock.

“Alright” said Loki as he rushed behind Dash and backhanded her into the dirt “Taste the rainbow bitch!”

“Why? Why are you doing this?” pleaded Fluttershy as he kept grinning

“Why? Because one I was asked to; two this world bit me in the ass and I’m just paying it back; and three-”

“What did you do?” came a voice from Loki’s right and as he turned he saw Blaze kneeing beside Dash as his head hung low

“Ok I call hax on that shit- HAX!” shouted Loki as a computer went flying past Blaze “I meant to do that”

“You think this is funny!” said Blaze his voice getting angrier “Tell me IS IT!”

Loki was about to answer then he herd laughter which confused him

“Hehehehehehahahaha! But then again you like having fun huh? Well then I’ll show you a fun time Hahaha! Yes were going to enjoy smearing you insides across the walls hahahaha!!!” Blaze’s voice then changed as Twilight never heard Blaze act like this but she saw the looks of her friends… fear

“Blaze-” started Dash but was silenced by Blaze’s hand

“Hush now I want to saver his screams” said Neckros as Blaze’s eyes turned purple

Blaze then teleported ahead of the rest as he was surrounded by a black sphere and out of it came Neckros

“Well, well, well it’s been a while since I’ve seen you ugly mug around Loki” said Neckros as he flexed his arms and wings “But don’t worry you probably don’t remember me”

“Yes… and you are?” asked Loki

“Neckros the Necro-Demon and the one who will begin peeling away at your flesh and sticking his foot between your lungs” said Neckros as his smile grew “I mean I know I’m as ugly as medusa herself but I want a decent fight”

Loki just stood their unable to say any retorts back for he insulted himself

“Um… did you just?” was all Loki can say

“I uh I oh, what are you a computer? Got that blue screen and all?” said Neckros as he saw Loki’s eyes become the blue screen for a second

“Well then I can’t wait to hospitalize you again oh wait you already look like you belong in a morgue”

“Oh how did you know where I lived? Did someone tell you or was it Steve?” said Neckros as he narrowed his eyes and scratched his chin

“Oh we are so going to be friends” said Loki happily

“Oh I know right bestie” said Neckros as he had a BFF necklace as well as Loki around their necks which had a picture of them both in it “There all done now shall we begin?”

“Ok then but I expect a good fight not what that human gave me” said Loki as he pointed his rapier forward and shot it through Neckros’s face making a massive hole that fixed itself in seconds

“Aww I want one” whined Neckros “Now then time for Neckros to let er rip!”

“Its party time!” shouted Loki in response

  

Loki dashed forward and began slashing away at Neckros as he stood there grinning then his head came completely off and revealed a black smoke with purple eyes as it grabbed the rapier and slowly bent it till it disappeared and Neckros’s face returned as he plunged his hand into Loki’s stomach and threw him into the air

“Come now a fist fight is more fun!” shouted Neckros

“Oh you know me too well” said Loki happily as he darted in all directions cutting into Neckros as he did

Neckros stood once again not moving as his body took the hits and began healing. This continued for a minute then Neckros’s head twisted to the left and he put his arm out and close-lined Loki and he barrel rolled into the dirt

“It took me a while to finally track your movements but now I can see clear as day” said Neckros as he ran forward and turned his arm into a blade and shoved it through Loki’s neck and a snap echoed then he twisted his arm upwards breaking something else; then he swiftly yanked his arm out and shoved it into Loki’s right arm and tore the arm completely off as it disappeared.

“Ahhh- just kidding” laughed Loki as his arm reviled a black skeleton with purple-Black flames surrounding it even his other wounds showed the same result

“What are you?” asked Neckros who was actually confused “I mean I know you’re a- oh wait no spoilers”

“Well I don’t know myself but I haven’t had this much fun in centuries” said Loki as he took off his now torn overcoat and hat

Loki and Neckros then stood only inches from each other as they placed their fist out and shook it up and down and chanted

“Rock!”

“Paper!”

“Scissors!”

“Ha rock crushes scissors!” Neckros chanted

“Damnit” cursed Loki

They then both threw the fist towards each other and connected it with each others faces sending them flying. Neckros then teleported and wrapped his tendrils around Loki’s neck to choke him but then Loki bit his tail and began spinning Neckros around

“I think I’m going to pass a soul” said Neckros holding his mouth only to be smashed into the ground, thereby making a crater

Neckros was then plucked from the ground as his head was planted in the ground

“Oh look a rotten plant” mocked Loki

“Oh look a tree” retorted Neckros as he smashed a tree into Loki’s face and began repeatedly slamming the trunk into Loki until only chips remained  

Loki and Neckros then appeared outside the hole and charged at each other once more, Loki and Neckros were about to throw another punch at each other but stopped

“Do think this is a game?” asked Twilight which in turn Loki and Neckros stood in front of them “The fate of our home is at stake and you think this is a game?”

“I think you need some clarification Egg Head and all of you quiet” said Neckros as he pointed at the rest “You see I don’t care about you or your pathetic town I’m only here thanks to Blaze blowing a fuse”

“See we have lived longer than even the princesses and finding a worthy challenger is worth treasuring” continued Loki  

“But just why?” was all Twilight could say

“Because I enjoy pain and the suffering of others and your sadness is just beautiful so shut up and let me enjoy this or else” said Neckros as they both warped back to their positions

“Now where were we?” asked Loki

“I think you were over by that mountain over there” said Neckros as he pointed in the opposite direction

“Actually I think that’s a-” said Loki before begin drop kicked towards the mountain

Then Neckros noticed the mountain getting bigger and bigger as he heard

Home run mother fucker!

“Oh boy” said Neckros as he rubbed his neck, as the shadow loomed over all of them and he also heard the others scream in horror “well then”

Twilight and the rest just stood and watched as the mass of rock was only 1 foot away from their faces as the slowly looked towards Neckros as he continued to grin. But to Twilight something was different, this wasn’t for fun she felt him actually care about them

“What are you?” whispered Twilight as the mountain moved upwards

“What goes around come BACK!!!” shouted Neckros as he threw the mountain back and heard a voice cry out as it collapsed into pieces

Oh son of a bit-

*SMASH!!!*

Neckros stood their as he heard the rest whisper about if they won but Neckros’s face stood facing the horizon then he fell into pieces before them and was blasted into nothing by Loki as he made a crater where Neckros once stood

“No” was all the 6 could say as they saw what remained of Loki most of his body was gone revealing a skeleton with the same Black-purple flames as he stood facing the others

“Well that was fun but I wish I could have lasted longer but” Loki snapped his fingers and 52 cards appeared “Now its time for 52 fuck up” as he said this his now reviled left hand showed an odd symbol with strange markings and faintly glowed

They all prepared for the worse but Dash sat smiling

“Oh smiling in the face of death are we? Funny I’ll admit but foolish none the less” asked Loki as he twisted his head in confusion “No seriously did I break something or what?”

“Oh no it’s just that I know not to turn my back on a fight” said Dash grinning which made Loki realize why

“He’s behind me isn’t he?” asked Loki and she nodded “Well shit”

Loki was then crushed by Neckros’s large wings like a jaw then was uppercutted upwards as Neckros darted left and right slashing into what remained of Loki as he did so

He then grabbed his head and began crushing it in his hands and Loki began throwing his cards Into Neckros as they set off tiny explosions, ripping him apart as Neckros threw Loki away    

“Hate. Greed. Disloyalty. Lies. Cruelty. Loss. Despair. These fuel my WRATH!” chanted Neckros as the symbols of disharmony surrounded him “Say goodnight for I am your reckoning!”

With that he fired a beam of black and purple towards Loki as he tried to block it but to no avail

“Sorry but it works best on holy people” said Neckros as he watched it consume Loki

“Well I’m right fucked aren’t i?” asked Loki as slowly chipped away

“Right in the down under” responded Neckros

“Clever Girl” thought Loki as he fully disappeared

Neckros landed and dusted himself off as he stood facing Loki’s direction not saying a word

“Its over; we won!” said Twilight in happiness

“Wait Uh Neckros? What’s up?” asked Applejack a bit unnerved by him

“You’re all idiots to think I’m done” retorted Neckros

“Why I odda” said Applejack but was interrupted by Dash

“No way”

They soon all faced what she meant as their blood ran cold and spines went as cold as ice which just made Neckros stronger

“Now I have to admit I really thought I was done for but then again Violence wouldn’t be my first call but your bothering me” said the now full skeleton of Loki as it’s eyes where fuelled by anger but oddness “Hey stop describing me”

“Hey violence is my more efficient way of dealing with people” said Neckros defensively “And says the monster”

“I’ll have you know I’m a sophisticated Psychopath” Said Loki with a proud look “You’re the monster”

“Yes well we all can’t be saints” admitted Neckros

“Well it’s been fun but I have an insta-fix for this situation” said Loki “and that’s Bullet Hell!!!”

“Bullet what?” asked Neckros with confusion

“Exactly!” Loki said as two purple rings surrounded him and an array of purple beams came together and began charging up

“Oh boy” said Neckros as he cracked his knuckles and braced for impact  

The beam of purple came hurling towards him as it ripped through the ground and impacted Neckros’s palms as the energy ripped and whipped in the air and on Neckros himself as it tore and burned his hands and body as he slid back inch by inch

“Grrrrrah no I am Neckros…”

*Location Unknown*

“Yes, yes now die Blaze suffer for what you did to me hahahahaha…!”

“Wait what’s this!?”

*Location Plains of Ponyville*

The beam kept going leaving Neckros with barely any ground to stand on as he actually struggled but for once heard a voice in his head

“If you really want to help we have to do it together!”  Shouted Blaze in his head

“Fine then but only once got it?” said Neckros “And hurry kind of losing arms here”

“You know I’ll give you this I have never seen a more stubborn thing in my life so congrats now… DIE!” said Loki as he pushed with all his might but he felt something pushing back

“And I’m bloody Immortal!!!” shouted Neckros as he slowly punched the energy back as it dispersed with each punch

“What?” was all Loki said

Neckros then swung frantically at the beam causing his body to be ripped apart even more but it seemed to regenerate faster than before and his power had seemed to spike through the roof as he kept going till he fully bounced the attack back at Loki

Before Loki could do anything he was surrounded by Neckros as he encased himself around Loki and the blast

“Drop this!” shouted Neckros as the blast consumed him and Loki

Loki stood there doing nothing as his body began to disintegrate then his skeleton mouth smiled

“Mother Fuck” then he was gone as the blast echoed out and Neckros’s body went flying back and landed in the dirt

Neckros just laughed as he turned back into Blaze as he continued to laugh and the rest soon approached him

“Blaze are you ok?” asked Twilight worried that Neckros was still there

“Well I feel like I was hit in the face with a metal sign a million times but fine” responded Blaze then he said more seriously “Why did all of you face him you could have died!”

“Well we couldn’t just lay around” snapped Applejack

“Yes well if I could barely handle him then how could any of you?” said Blaze as he sighed “Well he’s gone now so I guess it doesn’t matter” then Blaze noticed the look on Twilight’s face

“Warning, warning danger in bound!” said KAI dangerously

“Wait Twilight don’t I feel like hell still, quick someone help please” begged Blaze as he felt the onslaught of questions coming

“Twilight I think he deserves to listen to everything you have to ask” said Dash smiling darkly “Ready?”

Twilight nodded but Blaze already flew off for the hills as the two chased after him

*Location Unknown*

“You were suppose to kill him you idiot!” shouted a person as Loki sat their doing nothing only staring

“Well you did say lay waste to the village and nothing more and now that I’m back here my destruction has been reversed so yea” said Loki as he shrugged

“Well just make sure you do something for next time” said the person

“Next time?” asked Loki

“Oh I’ve got a plan that will mean the end of their world… forever muhahahaha-”

“Ok your not O’Malley so give up on the laugh and two he’s a lot stronger than before so be warned this could come back to bite you again and again” warned Loki as the person walked out

“Well then Blaze prepare for the storm that approaches, for I’m coming for you…”

TO BE CONTINUED…


Sometimes to be a hero you must become a monster

Blaze Hawk

Chapter 8 Test My Element

Phantoms of the Truth

Chapter 8 Test My Element

Now you may think that now I’m back in my own world and people know who I am that everything is fine? Well… no turns out that some just aren’t as convinced as others; as it turns out these individuals have convinced everyone, even my friends that it was all stunt and that I’m just seeking attention, turning everyone against me again.

But even if the entire school is against me only 6 remain loyal to me as they know the truth. But even I think that won’t be enough, it seems life wants to push me over the edge now, just my luck.

“It’s almost complete In- oh, I'm mean Mistress,” said the guy in a hazmat suit as he faced a seemingly pitch black room with a massive machine in the darkness

“Good just keep working on it and no stopping or else!” warned the feminine voice

“Ok but what will you do?” asked the man as lights began to light up in the machine

“Now that wouldn’t be fun now would it?” she said as she laughed

*Location Canterlot High*

As another day began the sun continued to rise higher and higher and the sound of distant chatter began as people began to walk into the school. Inside a massive dome hung over the massive entrance and 3 hallways of lockers and rooms branched out as crowds of people walked to and from their destinations.

One locker, however stood open as inside a blade in its holster lay in place and many books and pages laid in a pile as a hand wandered around for something

“For damn sake where is it?” mumbled Blaze as his cloaked arm kept searching “As if my day can’t start off bad already”

“Hey you alright Blaze?” asked Sunset from behind him making him jump and bang his head on the top of his locker “Oops sorry”

“Ow I’m fine, what’s up?” asked Blaze rubbing his head

“Are you looking for this?” Asked Sunset as she handed him a small microchip

“Yea but where’d you find it?” asked Blaze

“You left it in the computer lab,” said Sunset

“Well thanks; shall we get going before my day can scrape away what little sanity i have left? The rest will meet us there,” said Blaze as they began to walk

“Might as well… but how are you?” asked Sunset with a hint of worry

“You either mean my quote on quote “date” or what’s been happening recently?” said Blaze as Sunset nodded “Well the first one went very well and I only needed to hit myself in the head a dozen times” as Blaze smiled “the second well you tell me”

“Well considering only me and the others believe you I’m guessing not well?” said Sunset with a fake laugh and Blaze sighed as Sunset felt bad that even his Best friend doesn’t believe him “Hey I’m still trying to earn people’s trust so don’t worry you're not alone in this, trust me i know,”

“Thanks but I think I’ll be fine,” said Blaze as he smiled “Anywho the Fall Formal that’s happening will hopefully take my mind off this”

"Hopefully; even KAI’s staying quiet for the time being and not even a word from Neckros…"

*Location Halls 12:05 PM*

As Blaze made his way to lunch he felt like someone was watching him then he noticed his way was blocked and even the way he came by one of the people who convinced the others that Blaze was a fake.

He was Clockwork, again Blaze really didn’t care for the guy after the last time but he didn’t have a choice this time

“Hey Blaze going somewhere?” asked Clockwork sarcastically

“Yes but I’m having a hard time getting there with the way being blocked,” said Blaze as he stay perfectly calm “So please move and I will be one my way”

“No last I checked your nothing but I liar so why should i listen to you? Get on your knees and ask for me to move again” said Clockwork as he laid a hand on Blaze shoulder

“The nerve of this weakling calling you a liar, I could take care of him but I think that’s too good for him!” said Neckros maliciously in Blaze head

Blaze stood there as he glanced around and saw Twilight, Applejack and Rainbow standing in the crowd with worried expressions but Applejack was holding Dash back slightly

“No because I'm not your mother last night,” said Blaze firmly as he stared at Clockwork making him furious

“No; you think you can get a say in this?!” shouted Clockwork as he began to push down on Blaze’s shoulder but Blaze didn’t move an inch

“Well either that or i must be in a delusional coma,” said Blaze his voice dangerously low “Or what bile you speak must be bullshit”

“Ok then you- ahh!” said Clockwork before he was tripped up and kicked away “You fuck”

Blaze then turned to see a knuckle duster landing on his left arm as he felt it crack and fell back but then everyone including Clockwork dispersed as Vice-principle Luna came down the hall. Blaze then turned and made his way down the hall as he clenched his arm in pain and anger

“Hey Blaze wait!” said Twilight as she grabbed his jacket but he pulled away “Are you alright?”

“Oh yes just peachy now leave me alone,” said Blaze as he gritted his teeth.

“Hey now hold up, your injured so let us help” said Applejack as Blaze turned his head with a straight face but his eyes glared at them making them feel smaller in comparison

“Leave. Me. Be” said Blaze with anger as he headed for a flight of stairs

Blaze then made his way up to the top of the school and headed to the wall overlooking the front of the school that gave a great view of the town. He sat there and sighed as he just faced up towards the clear sky

“Why I decided to stay in this world his beyond me,” said Blaze as he pinched the bridge of his nose

“You know I still wonder that myself,” said KAI “And yes I decided to pitch into the conversation now of all times”

“Well at least you won’t almost break my arm,” said Blaze sarcastically “still I wish I could just be left alone”

“Well then how would we help our Friend,” said Dash as she walked over to Blaze and sat beside him

“You and the rest are very persistent,” said Blaze with a sigh of defeat

“Tell me why you’re now avoiding us?” said Dash with a serious tone

“Because if I do you all won’t be dragged down with me, that I hate getting people involved in my affairs” said Blaze as he faced her

“Well that’s what best friends do we get involved and help fix the problem, so let me help at least, because if you don’t become your old self, things are going to get pretty boring,” said Dash as she lightly punched Blaze’s shoulder as he smiled

“Ok- fine then you win,” said Blaze as he held his arms up defensively “Thanks, Dash and awww does someone miss me being annoying?” Blaze said sarcastically trying not to laugh

“Oh well I can’t just let my best friend mope around,” said Dash as he blushed slightly “Now shall we go?”

“Sure” responded Blaze as they began to walk “Just like old times?”

“Yes but It was more me being awesome if I remembered,” said Dash with a hint of pride only to have It shattered as Blaze pinched the bridge of her nose “OW!”

“Yes because me and the rest weren’t also there hmm?” teased Blaze as he let go

“Hey you guys helped” argued Dash but saw the look that Blaze had that said- Ok keep telling yourself that Skittles


Later that day none of them saw Blaze, this got the 7 of them talking and thinking of ideas to help Blaze cope with the situation. As they sat and talked by the statue Dash took notice of Xelor walking with Raiden as they talked.

Dash then walked over to them, grabbing their attention

“Oh hey what’s up Dash?” asked Raiden “You need something?”

“Yes I need you Xelor!” she said pointing a finger at him and at this point Raiden walked off

“You’re on your own mate!” he shouted as he left Xelor behind            

“So what do you need me for? And no I’m not getting involved in one of your schemes” he warned as he narrowed his eyes

“No I need you to help me and AJ fix Blaze,” she said but knew what was coming next

“Why should I help him? After what he did!” he growled

“Look Xelor your his best friend and you're the only one i can really trust to bring him around, that and for the last two weeks Blaze as been the complete opposite of himself, Please help us?” begged Dash as Xelor sighed

“Fine but if your plan fails I’m out!” he said crossing his arms

“Sure thing! And thanks” she said in a less harsh tone

“So we movin out?” asked Applejack as she jumped off the statue and Dash nodded in agreement

*Location Blaze’s home*

The 3 of them stood in front of a two-story house making it more noticeable and as they knocked on the door it opened and a voice rang out from in the house

“Come in you three I’ll tell Blaze you’re here,” said KAI

“Um ok?” said Xelor confused at the voice’s presence

They soon found their way into a basic layout of a living room as they heard talking coming from outside.

They all approached a massive set of glass windows/doors overlooked a garden with a fountain and river surrounding a smooth stone area in the center and what stood there was Blaze as he held a Bo staff in his right arm and had his shirt off as he talked to himself. Whilst he did this a glowing body in front of him deconstructed but all of them were wondering what it was as it seemed to smile back at them with a huge grin

“Yo KAI Deactivate Necro program,” he said as a construct of Neckros disappeared “Seriously Neckros even as a construct your bloody difficult to beat”

“What can i say it’s a perk” Said Neckros through Blaze’s mouth

“Done and also you have people staring at you,” KAI said as Blaze turned to see Dash, AJ and surprisingly Xelor and he swore he could see a tint of red on AJ and Dash’s faces

“So what brings you here?” said Blaze as he somehow appeared beside them with a shirt on as he crossed his arms

“Well, um we came here to prove to Xelor that you’re not a liar” explained Dash as Blaze just stared blankly

“Well I appreciate it but if he does not want to believe me, that’s fine,” said Blaze as he sat down “But i am curious...”

“Look Blaze i… I’m sorry it’s just-” stuttered Xelor but was stopped

“Look I said its fine, you’re my best friend and trust me I've been through worse than this, but what did you have in mind to convince him?” asked Blaze as he leaned forward and rested his head on his hands

“Well you know how where able to pony-up when we play music now?” explained Applejack, Blaze nodded “Well we were thinking it might work for you if you give it a try”

“Well even with a super computer built in me I can’t play,” said Blaze simply

“I can but your bloody hand won’t sync!” KAI said as he swore he heard him grunt

“How about singing?” offered Xelor “I’ve heard you sing in the past and you are very good”

“Well I haven’t sung in years…” admitted Blaze “But… I’ll give it a shot”

“Awesome!” cheered Dash

“Right then KAI activate speakers,” asked Blaze

“Done and which song?” asked KAI through the camera in the corner he could see Xelor’s baffled look “And yes I am real, dumbass!”

“Yes forgot to mention KAI can be insulted so watch it” Blaze warned as the camera seemed to glare at Xelor

“Oh um sorry just processing,” said Xelor as he rubbed his temples “So I guess you’re A.I is real?”

Blaze nodded as he waited for the song to start

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“Um I got it put this one on” said Blaze as he closed his eyes and felt the beat hitting his eardrums as he waited to sing

Blaze kept singing without missing a beat as he felt pure joy enter his body then he felt it, the same energy when fighting well anything he finds destructible rushing through his body. His Hair grew slightly longer, followed by metal wings and a black tail as he gently floated to the ground as the song ended.

Blaze finished singing as his pony appendages disappeared and he was applauded by his friends “Well?” said Blaze as he blushed slightly from embarrassment

“Amazing,” they all said in unison

“Well i guess that answers your question of i can sing very well, so what now?”

*Location Changeling base*

“Are your men nearly finished with it?” asked the robot

“Yes we are preparing its gravity amplifiers,” said a changeling gang member as he stared uneasily at the bot

“Good the master does not want to waste his time with you pathetic humans,” said the bot with some disgust

“Yes well that person you mentioned before will he be a problem?” asked the member suspiciously

“Blaze will not be a problem he and his friends have no way of travelling to this dimension” responded the bot before saying one last thing before leaving the room “And the master said nothing about the subject only to help you weak minded people” and with that it left

*Location Blaze’s Home*

As they four friends sat and talked mainly Blaze explaining more about KAI and the whole fighting ring of his which helped straighten things out as well as confuse Xelor more.

“So that thing was who?” asked Xelor still wrapping his head around it but Blaze seemed unnerved by the question and simply said

“The last thing you want to see or tick off” this sent chills down their spines until Blaze said happily “Anywho i think you should all be heading on your way, I've got things to do before the party thing tonight at the school”

They nodded as they proceeded to walk but Blaze stopped Dash and at this point Blaze just kept repeating in his head “Don’t Fuck up”

“Hey what’s up?” Dash asked as Blaze did his best not to turn red... it was a lot of work

“So, um Rainbow i was wondering if you would... if you would want to go to the party with me?” at this point he was about to break as he felt he would shatter if touched but what he got was a large smile for her and a unexpected hug and then... he shattered

“Yes, totally, but yeah i would like to,” she said as she too tried not to blush

“Cool then see tonight then?” he said and she nodded and once Dash left he collapsed

“Shall i get the bat?” KAI asked as Blaze quickly got to his feet

“No, no I'm good” he said trying not to sound in distress “Well that was painful”

As Applejack, Dash and Xelor walked Dash thought to herself

“Well that went well, but slightly painful, i almost broke”

Then Dash noticed the grin on both Xelor and Applejack’s faces and she sighed

“You both saw didn’t you?” she said in defeat as they both nodded making her shrink more and more “I hate you guys”

“What are friends for?” They said in unison

*Location High School*

It was night time and people in either pairs or groups began walking into the school and most of them were quite freshened up in comparison to Blaze who sat on the steps in his usual get up and waited until the rest arrive. Eventually they did and to Blaze’s surprise Xero was actually good looking for once instead of a hippy. But then Blaze’s felt something inside him snap when he saw Dash as she wore the same dress from the fall formal.

“Hey guys about time you showed up,” Blaze said as the rest joined him

“Yes well we were all mostly surprised by Xero looking... good for once,” said Medic and Xero responded with a hey and a punch to his shoulder

“You can’t blame Medic Xero you most of the time look well... bad” Blaze said trying to sound less harsh

“Still why aren’t looking well... smart or at least different?” Rarity said trying not to sound harsh

“Oh give me a sec, KAI now” with that KAI made Blaze’s clothing then distorted and soon he was in a black suit with a red shirt and tie and they all just stared in awe “Done”

“Well that’s helpful” Sam said as he poked his clothing “You think it will change if i poke it?”

“No because i would have hit you by now but i’m feeling happy so you’re lucky” Blaze warned and Sam backed off

“Just wondering,” he said putting his hands up defensively

As they headed in Blaze hung back a bit with Dash and he tried once again to not shatter

“Wow Dash you look... well awesome,” Blaze said making her red slightly

“Well same back to you” she responded and Blaze smiled “Except you cheated”

“Wait now how did i cheat?” he asked

“You can just change in an instant and i had to deal with Rarity for hours,” She said narrowing her eyes as she tried not to laugh as Blaze tried to come up with anything

“Well, i-i-i um...” Blaze tried to think of something but failed horribly

“You’re dead mate it’s been a good ride!” shouted Xelor as he laughed

“Universe, I hate you...”  Blaze thought to himself

As the night went by Blaze and the rest would either dance or talk amongst themselves and thanks to having an A.I in his head dancing was easier considering Blaze is more of a fighter than a dancer for obvious reasons. But even though he was enjoying himself he felt something off, like he was begin watched.

“Hey Blaze what’s wrong?” asked Dash as she broke his train of thought

“Oh nothing it's just i have this feeling where i know something has or is going to happen,” he said as he looked around

“So like Pinkie?” she said and Blaze nodded “Well that might explain why she was acting odd and i mean odder than normal Pinkie”

“Wait Pinkie’s sense acted up!?” Blaze asked in alarm

“Yes... Why?” Dash was now confused  

Blaze ignored her and then took notice of Clockwork but the people he was around weren’t with him, in fact Blaze instantly stopped and ran in his direction.

“Clockwork duck!” yelled Blaze as he shoved him aside

“What’s your-“ he paused as Blaze was assaulted with a dozen slashes from a hooded figure then that’s when people moved back and some screamed as Blaze fell to the ground in pain.

“Ah, son of a Bitch!” Blaze cursed as he fell in a heap

“You know i didn’t think you would have spotted me that fast Blaze,” said a voice that made in shift back as the cloak was removed reviling those soulless yellow eyes and blue hair but something was different. Then he not struck with fear but rather annoyed.

Indigo was relatively the same besides from wearing boots with heels but her left arm, right eye and leg were cybernetic and her face showed less emotion besides her psychotic grin. She was nothing but a puppet.

“Really? Reverse cybernetics... that’s just sad” Blaze said with an unamused look only to be kicked flying by her new leg causing him to gasp

“That copyrighting waste of life!” KAI yelled in Blaze’s head “That’s my job to rip off others!”

“What after the pain you put me through i had to upgrade and don’t worry i brought friends” she then snapped her fingers and 20 bots appeared and a crack showed on the wall Indigo stood by

“Oh, you got to be kidding me?” Blaze said with a groan

“Who the fuck is that?” Clockwork asked as him and Dash stood by Blaze

“The last person you want to know and trust me she makes you look normal” Clockwork just stood there in fear for once

“Blaze i thought she was gone,” Dash said with a hint of fear

“No she is gone, whatever is in front of us is just another bot in my way,” he said as he ignored his injuries

“Now that i have your power i can do what you do and that’s open rifts thanks to The Master” she then laughed like a madman or woman in this case

“Who’s that?” Twilight asked

“Your master the one- oh sorry he wants to meet you in person but sadly that would have to be from beyond the grave only after i skin you all,” she said maliciously

“What. The. Fuck” Blaze, Neckros and KAI thought in unison

“The master wants us to take care of him Indigo and for you to work on the rift,” said one of the bots

“Yes, fine then... LET THE SLAUGHTER BEGIN!!!” she screamed as the bots drew their weapons and approached people making them try to run anywhere but some couldn’t from fear as they waited to be slaughtered

Blaze sat on the ground shaking slightly as Dash and Clockwork kneeled beside him and the others just watched in horror. Blaze was covered in cuts from the attack but he just smirked and before the bots could mobilize Blaze rushed forward and smashed his fist through a bot as his arm and its body sparked until Blaze threw it away from the crowd of people, but then Blaze turned to be met with a fist to the face, followed by a roundhouse kick from another bot that sent him rolling to the ground.

The hall was dead as the night but a small suddle laugh filled the room. All of it was coming from Blaze as he began to stand up as he wiped the blood off the side of his mouth then he stopped laughing and just smiled at the small army.

“You know i spent the last two weeks dealing with people calling me a faker and an attention seeker but this, this right here is what i needed... a lot of bots to send to hell” Blaze gave them a cold stare as he continued “Girls make sure everyone stays at a safe distance”

“Wait what are you going to do against an army?” Dash asked as she saw him turn and he smiled

“Get Reckless” and with that his suit distorted and became his usual attire his left side held a black holster and his left eye and leg and right arm uncloaked reviling his cybernetics “Ahh much better i hate hiding my weapons makes me feel.. Wrong” then a voice ringed out as Blaze brought his arm up

“Blaze i would like to inform you that the update is ready to go,” KAI said

“Just in time, shall we test it?” Blaze asked as KAI agreed then Blaze’s body began to glow blue as gridded lines ran across his body and his armor began to form but the metal gave off a red sheen and his sides, chest, upper arms and backs of his legs were plated with red metal and over his eyes was a red visor. He then upholstered his blade reviling its multicoloured design as he stood his stance and the bots did the same.

“Now then...who's first in line and please don’t be shy,” Blaze said sarcastically as the surrounded him then Indigo chimed in

“Oh please why help these pathetic lowlifes?” she hissed and Blaze under his visor rolled his eyes

“And here goes the why save the people who betrayed you speech”

“They have treated you like dirt, and what if they still think this is an act then what? You just hide behind that smile and pretend that everyday is fine when really after Omega you have been in pain, the pain of never resting and always putting your life on the line, so tell me why hide it?” at this Blaze’s smile was gone

“Blaze is that true? Have you been lying?” Twilight asked as she felt his worry from where she stood but then saw him smile again

“You see that’s why people like you loose! You think you can break me but you can’t! yes everytime I'm putting my life on the line i ask myself those questions... but then i remember why i do this... if i don’t then whose going to stop you... so bring it on, You, Bitch!” at this point Blaze was glowing and he waited

“Now Then...Battle scene commence!”

5 bots charged Blaze and he stood still then he began to glow, they got only inches from him as he leaped into the air and grew his metal wings, his hair grew slightly and his tail appeared and then dropped like a rock and crushed a bot under his feet “Well that happened but i would like to keep my hair thank you”

The other 4 charged again and Blaze slid around one blade as he swiftly cut its arm off followed by its head, Blaze then back flipped as another blade *whooshed* past and he cut the bot down the middle. He then drew *vengeance* as he blocked a blade as it shattered on impact and Blaze turned to his left as a bots blade impaled the other and Blaze spun as he cut that bot’s head off also then magnetised his two blades to his feet as he dropped kicked two bots in front of him and impaled them both.

He then felt something connect with his back but he turned and X slashed the bot as it fell to sparking pieces of scrap.

“Sorry but this is resistant to bullshit backstabs,” Blaze said with a hint of sarcasm

“Grr kill that thing! kill it, kill it, kill it!!!” yelled Indigo as the other bots besides two left through a portal “Cowards!”

The two then connected their blades with Blaze’s as sparks flew

“So tell me, can bots feel pain?” asked Blaze as they looked at each other and nodded but then felt the pain in slow motion with great intensity as they fell to the ground in half “Cool just wondering”

The hall was then filled with cheers as people rallied at the victory but it was short lived as they gasped at the sight and Blaze turned and smiled weakly at the massive hulking thing. The Bot was at least 15 feet tall it was armoured like a medieval knight and its face was nothing but a black void behind the face plate it then spoke

“I am Prototype Fl-0437 or Flamar and you have forfeited your life to me,” it said in a deep robotic voice

“And i have decided to revoke my death sentence thank you, goodbye,” Blaze said nervously

“Bloody hell, has this guy been juicing?”

Blaze then holstered his black blade and punched it with enough force to send it back only inches as Blaze’s body rang out like a drum as he dropped his blade and clutched his head in pain, Blaze then noticed it bringing its arm towards him as Blaze lifted a bench in front of him

“Protect me bench!” he said but the arm smashed right through and the rigging sound was replaced with a bone crushing punch to his chest as his body rattled as he rolled into the ground.

Blaze then struggled to get up as his body began to resist the vibrations but then he saw a shadow loom over him as he was crushed under a massive hand and once lifted he laid there, unmoving as his body survived thanks to the new armor.

“How am i supposed to fight something i can’t even hurt?”

“I think i have an idea but it will require a boost of energy” responded KAI

“Yes let me get right on that” groaned Blaze as thought he heard voices then came back to reality

“Get away from him!” yelled someone followed by others

“Yea you piece of scrap!”

                                                      “Burn in hell you freaks!”                              “Get up Blaze!”

                                    “Kick his Ass!”                                      “Get Up!”

     “Get up!”                                             “You’re better than that tin can!”

The words fed Blaze as he began to rise and some began to cheer as his broken body lifted itself. He then began to glow as he felt a warm energy pulsing around every point of his body as he grabbed his blade and stood his ground.

“Come On! I’m Right Here! You want to get to anyone of my friends you’re going to have to go through me!!!” yelled Blaze as the heat radiated until his appearance began to change. His hair and tail gained a strand of red and his metal hands and feet gained a glow of red with tiny blades dotted around the area, his visor disappeared as his eyes were both red and at the sides of them burned with small flames wisped off his eyes and he felt a lot stronger but not as strong as if he was in his other form.

“What’s this?!” shouted Indigo

“Error: unknown power detected” Flamar stated  

“RP for the win boy!” Blaze retorted as another fist came hurtling at him as the Beast tried to hit him but missed as Blaze flew up “KAI chain attachment!”

“Acknowledged” KAI responded as Blaze gained a holographic chain around his arm as it connected with the blade

He then began swinging his blade as he shot it forward and as the blade strained against the beast’s gravity field it broke through and left a slash across its chest and it roared in pain as it ran forward and Blaze slid under its legs as the blade dug into its leg and as Blaze pulled it crumbled to the ground then he leaped up and shot the blade into its back but as Blaze tried yanking his sword out he was swung around until being smashed into a beam and as he fell, was punched into a wall.

Blaze then felt two hands begin to compress him as Flamar began to literally flatten Blaze. Blaze pushed with all his might to stop the bot’s arms but inch by inch he got closer to becoming a puncake. Blaze then managed to push himself out as the clap of hands echoed and Blaze landed and at this point his suit was sparking.

“Alright, then Rainburst!” shouted Blaze as he shot forward in a blaze of colors and began drilling into the mech’s chest as the metal screeched until Blaze shot right through its body and the beast fell to its knees and was engulfed in a mass of flames.

Before Blaze and the others could celebrate a resounding shattering glass sound echoed and everyone faced the wall Indigo stood by as the wall seemed to crack and shatter reviling a very familiar place to some. It was facing the town square as people and ponies stared at each other as most ponies cleared out and some people ran also. Then Blaze and the Hu-mane 6 see the mane 6.

“Wait Blaze is that you!?” asked pony Applejack in shock

“What’s happening Blaze!?” shouted Rarity as she looked at her pony self

“Really can you go one day without being in a life threaten situation?” Dark Oak asked as he came through the portal

“Yes well, when aren’t i in a situation like this?” Blaze asked as they agreed “Look we’ll talk later, you guys and Twilight use a teleportation spell to disrupt the portal to close it!” Twilight then jumped through to join them “alright you 5 help clear most people away from the portal alright?” they nodded as Pinkie and Pinkie mimicked each other through the portal “Pinkie’s!” they halted “Help!” they saluted and got to work

“Was the mirror pool not enough!?” yelled a distant voice

“You’re running low on time Blaze what do you hope to do?” Indigo hissed as she drew her daggers

“Well first off you’re flat out insane, you know that right, like it’s not just me hearing her hiss?” Blaze said worryingly before smiling “Let’s Dance!”

*Location Unknown*

“Hmm well then let the battle for both worlds commence,” said a ghostly voice

*Location High school/ Ponyville*

Blaze and Indigo charged at each other as their weapons clashed and they begun to slash away at each other like killers. Blaze managed to strike her across the face but that only seemed to make her smile more as she kicked Blaze in the gut and soon teleported behind him and tripped him up and brought her foot down on his face.

Blaze then jumped up and brought a leg down but was blocked by her blades, as he back flipped and kicked a piece of wood at her to distract her as Blaze tackled her upwards and smashed her into a support beam only to have her punch him in the side of the head, but Blaze wrapped his legs around Indigo and swung her into the cold surface below.

“The reason you can’t win is because you’re missing something” Blaze grunted as she kept hitting him deeper into the human-sized hole

Before she could answer she was met with a punch to the face by a blue hologram as it lifted Blaze up

“What is that thing?!” she shouted but noticed the entity turn red and fire a pulse blast from his palm which sent her flying

“I am not a thing! My name is KAI! And let the power of pain compel you!” he yelled before disappearing

“So that’s why you never tick KAI off,” Xelor said in understanding

Blaze then whistled as he jumped back to avoid another bombardment of slashes. Both Pinkies’s brought out party cannons as Blaze jumped into one. Indigo then stepped into Equestria and began trying to stop the others as they avoid her attacks and kept working with magic, and then Indigo heard Blaze yelled.

“Waka, Waka!!!” as the cannon shot him forward, his legs outstretched then as he passed through he became his pony form and connected his two hooves with Indigo as she fell back, then she saw he landed in the next cannon as it was shot but she slashed frantically but hit nothing and then the sky above her became grey as she saw Blaze kick the cloud and a bolt of lightning conducted of Indigo’s blades, shattering them and shocking her as she then felt a metal leg smash and break her metal leg as she fell back through the portal.

Blaze then stood as a human as he held his blade ready to attack with a smug grin which just made Indigo angrier then she notice the portal shrinking as Twilight came back through.

“Blaze i managed to collapse the portal!” Twilight shouted as Blaze nodded

“It’s over Indigo, give up!” Blaze shouted as he lowered his guard "Its not too late to leave this all behind, please"

“No! I won’t lose to you!” Indigo yelled as her hand began to channel yellow energy as she then shot a beam forward “Die, Die, Die, Die ,DIE!!!”

Blaze then held his blade in front of him and began channelling the energy into his blade, it hummed as the blade began to glow with power then Blaze shot a crescent energy wave back at her and soon Indigo had a massive slash mark on her chest but she didn’t care and kept firing shot after shot but soon Blaze was only a foot away and Indigo was covered in slash marks and began coughing up blood.

Before she could attack once more her cybernetic arm was severed. By then the portal was nothing but a small human sized void and Blaze looked into Indigo’s fearful eyes as she began shaking.

“Please, no I'm sorry, don’t hurt me please, he forced me into doing this” she begged as Blaze sighed and put a hand on her shoulder and then before she could react she felt nothing but pain as Blaze stabbed her through the gut

“Sorry but you had your chance, your nothing but a hollow shell,” he said coldly as he kicked her through the portal as it shut completely and Blaze reverted to normal as he holstered his blade then everyone began cheering and talking amongst themselves as the Hu-mane 6 joined Blaze.

“I promise you this Indigo I’ll kill him for you”

“Well, that happened?” Blaze laughed as he then saw Clockwork walk over with a look of shame on his face

“Hey... Blaze look I'm sorry for everything, i get it if you don’t want to forgive me, i was well out of line” Then he was surprised when Blaze smiled at him

“I forgive you,” Blaze said simply as his other friends joined him and soon Xelor began to yell

“What!? how can you just forgive him after what he did?!” shouted Xelor as Clockwork shrunk

“Because i believe in second chances and Clockwork I hope you can save yourself next time, plus i don’t hold grudges so... yea” at this Clockwork smiled and laughed with Blaze “Now I think we odda get back to the party” responded Blaze as Pinkie smiled brightly and fired off a party cannon and the party commenced again

“Hey, why don’t we make this party 20% cooler by playing? I mean we have been practising for that band competition coming up and Blaze doesn’t even need to practise we can just sing” Dash suggested as some of them began to nod in agreement

“Hey, I'm up for it if you all are?” Blaze responded to the group as they talked amongst themselves

“You sure you can handle standing in front of so many?” asked Rarity

“I just fought a small army, a massive beast, and a nut job... i think i can handle singing in front of people at this point,” Blaze said with a hint of annoyance

“Let’s kick this party up a notch!” shouted Pinkie

"New Divide"

I remembered black skies

The lightning all around me

I remembered each flash

As time began to blur

Like a startling sign

That fate had finally found me

And your voice was all I heard

That I get what I deserve

So give me reason

To prove me wrong

To wash this memory clean

Let the thoughts cross

The distance in your eyes

Give me reason

To fill this hole

Connect the space between

Let it be enough to reach the truth that lies

Across this new divide

There was nothing in sight

memories left abandoned

There was nowhere to hide

The ashes fell like snow

And the ground caved in

Between where we were standing

And your voice was all I heard

That I get what I deserve

So give me reason

To prove me wrong

To wash this memory clean

Let the thoughts cross

The distance in your eyes

Across this new divide

In every loss in every lie

In every truth that you'd deny

And each regret and each goodbye

Was a mistake too great to hide

And your voice was all I heard

That I get what I deserve

So give me reason

To prove me wrong

To wash this memory clean

Let the thoughts cross

The distance in your eyes

Give me reason

To fill this hole

Connect the space between

Let it be enough to reach the truth that lies

Across this new divide

Across this new divide

Across this new divide...

As the night went on people began to disperse as the night was coming to a close. But as Twilight along with the girls and boys began to leave they noticed that Blaze was missing.

“Hey Twilight where’s Blaze?” asked Raiden as the other then noticed he was nowhere in sight

“I think he said he left early but he never told me why” she answered

“Well then I'm sure he had a good reason” responded Xero

*Location Blaze’s home*

Blaze stepped into his home as KAI activated the lights and as soon as Blaze shut the door he fell to his knees as he held his side as blood made itself clear as it stained his shirt, giving it a different shade of red and then he shakily made his way to his feet

“That was very stupid of you” KAI responded, “Shall i get the bandages?” Blaze nodded

“Heh I said i would make it till we were all done and so i did,” Blaze said with a smirk as he made his way into the kitchen “Still she said...”

Blaze then sat there as he patched himself up and thought about what she said

“You just hide behind that smile and pretend that everyday is fine when really after Omega you have been in pain, the pain of never resting and always putting your life on the line, so tell me why hide it?”

“The reason doesn’t matter the only thing that matters is that i beat you and now I’ll be coming for your master” Blaze mumbled to himself

*Location Unknown*

“Master the girl has failed and-,“Said a bot with a worried look

“Good” was all the voice said as its large hand held an eye between its large white claws but the rest of its body was concealed in the darkness as the sound of water dripping from the ceiling of the cave echoed

“But sir i don’t understand,” said the bot in confusion

“Don’t worry... everything is going according to plan,” said the thing as the eye glowed “The past is history, the present is nothing and the Future is now set...”

To Be Continued...








Chapter 9 The Master and His Puppet

Phantoms of the Truth

Chapter 9:

The Master and His Puppet

Twilight sat around the burning town she called home as she heard pony’s screams of terror and sadness echo around her as the crackling fire blocked any means of escape. But she just stared at what was left of her friends as she felt sadness and sickness take over as half of them where unrecognizable as their bodies hung in the air.

Their faces showed nothing but terror and emptiness as a menacing laughter rang out and then soon he landed in front of her and raised her head to face him, his smile everlasting as it showed no empathy, no sorrow, only insanity.

“Oh cheer up Twi i’m only having fun!” Neckros cooded as he began to laugh again “I mean everyone going to die eventually so why not now?!”

“p-p-please just stop- please!!!” she screamed but Neckros put a clawed finger to her throat and she quiet down to a whimper

“Like i said little pony, i don’t care for your town, nor do i care who gets in my way but alas Luna is about to break in, she’s getting better at it but i’m done here” Neckros said as she faced him and then he clicked his fingers and soon her friends were nothing but ashes

The last thing she saw was his glowing eyes and menacing smile as he put a finger to his lips and softly said *shhhh* “Go. To. Sleep”

Twilight awoke in a heap of Sweat as the sunlight came into the room. She sat there until her breathing calmed down and then she began to think.

“I have to stop these nightmares i haven’t slept in 2 days” Twilight got to her hooves and began to walk as she yawned “Later, for now just stay awake Twilight, the others are probably doing better than you”

Later...

Twilight was walking through town after finally fuelling herself with enough coffee to wake her but soon if she wasn’t awake before she was now as a rainbow blur tackled her to the ground making her yell.

“Uh- a- Rainbow Dash would you watch where you’re flying!” Twilight groaned as they both got up and Twilight noticed the bags below Dash’s eyes

“Oh um sorry Twi just haven’t gotten much sleep due to-“

“Nightmares” they both said before their eyes widened in surprise

“Wait-wait-wait you have been having nightmares too?” Rainbow asked as Twilight nodded then out of nowhere Pinkie appeared, startling them

“Pinkie let me guess Nightmares?” Twilight asked as Pinkie gasped

“Wait since when where you psychic?” Pinkie asked

“No, me and Rainbow have both had nightmares and if i had to guess the rest also” Twilight explained as they soon found the others and all of them were the same  

They all sat around a table whilst they waited for their breakfast to arrive and as Twilight explained her dream she left out the parts of them being dead but she somehow couldn’t remember the figure causing it all. As if those memories where stripped away

“That’s why i haven’t gotten much sleep but later I'm going to work on finding out anyway of stopping them” Twilight concluded

“Oh-oh i have something to tell all of you!” Pinkie said in her high pitched voice

“Yea what is it?” Applejack asked as she rubbed her ears

“I wanted to see if i could find anything in Blaze home to fix it but there was a weird sign up saying home is now property of the court, no trespassing” Pinkie explained as the rest grew concerned

“Wait but what happened to Blaze?” Twilight asked and Pinkie merle shrugged

“Right then until Twi figures out how to stop these disturbing nightmares the rest of us should keep a lookout for Blaze” Applejack said as the rest nodded

“I’ll get right on it” Twilight said as she began to walk away

“Alright but um Pinkie darling what were you trying to take from Blaze?” Rarity asked with concern

“Well Blaze said as long as i keep away from everything that explodes i could take whatever i want” Pinkie said as she brought out a weird white object and shot a blue beam into the distance and then shot the ground below her as an orange portal opened up and she was gone

“Ok... well the rest of us keep a look out got it?” Applejack said as the rest nodded and parted ways

*Location Ponyville 6:00pm*

For the entire day no sign of Blaze was found like he had jumped off the face of the world. They gave up the search when the night came near but one of them did one last search, even as it began to get cold due to the winter coming and as she almost gave up she saw him wandering the lonely street.

His facial expression was like someone had ripped his self out, he was depressed and had no bags under his eyes like the rest but soon he took notice of Dash standing to his left and gave a small smile.

“Hey Dash, I'm just going to go on a whim and say you and the rest found out what happened” He said as Dash nodded as she walked beside him

“Yes but besides that where have you been? We’ve been looking for you” Dash said with some concern

“Let’s just say public opinion is a bitch, that and Goldenbar” Blaze said as he grit his teeth in anger

“Well tell me where are you going to stay, you have bits on you right?” Dash asked but his face gave her the answer

“Yes I'm an idiot, sue me” Blaze responded sarcastically

“Look Blaze as far as i can see you have no place to go so why not stay at my place for the night and i’m not going to take no for an answer!” Dash stated as she saw Blaze’s face consider the options and soon he nodded

“*sigh* alright fine” Blaze said as they both took to the sky

By the time they reached the massive home night had fallen and as Blaze and Dash began to walk into the building Blaze kept thinking as they walked in silence.

“Alright so i’m going to get some sleep and your room is the second door on the left” Dash said breaking his train of thought

“Oh-um yea thanks Dash for everything” Blaze said with a smile

“No problem anyway goodnight”

“K goodnight” Blaze responded but as she disappeared from view he just went to sit on the chair as he kept thinking

*3:23am*

Dash awoke from her nightmare just like the night before, as she wiped the sweat off her face and went over the window to get some air. But as she stood and watched the night go by she saw Blaze sitting on a lone cloud as she saw his mouth move and he look angry.

“For the last time no! i will not take the lives of others for my own benefit!” Blaze shouted as the voice continued through his own mouth

“It’s only 1 weak little pony i doubt he’s worth much to the hell he’ll be going to” Neckros said in a calm voice

“Just leave me alone” Blaze said as he sighed

“Fine whatever but if you need me you know where to find me” Neckros said before staying quiet then another voice broke the silence

“What the hay are you doing out here?” Dash asked as she flew down beside him

“Just dealing with issues” Blaze said bluntly

“What’s wrong?” Dash asked she had heard enough of his side questions she wanted the truth but Blaze sighed as he looked forward

“I-I just *Sigh* after everything Indigo said and just-just everything that’s happened” Blaze paused as Dash sat there with him, now worried “Dash i-i may seem fine and cheery but- but everytime i pick up my blade, i stand smiling in the face of everything that comes my way i fucking can’t help but feel nothing but fear, fear of losing someone close to me and I'm afraid... I'm afraid to die...”

The last words struck Dash like nothing before, this was Blaze the one who runs into hell itself with a cocky attitude but here he feared the loss of his friends and even death itself. She looked at him as she saw what Blaze truly felt, pain.

Out of nowhere Blaze felt something wrap around his chest and soon noticed that Dash had wrapped her hooves around him and felt safe, something he never felt from anything or anyone.

“Hey i may not know what you feel or even come close to it but i’m at least going to try” Dash said as she got Blaze to face her and smiled, soon Blaze felt a smile form on his face

“Thanks Dash i needed that” He said with a forced smile

“No problem, anyways you coming?” She said as she began to fly

“Yea in a few minutes i promise” Blaze said as he she flew away and Blaze smiled to himself “thank you...”

But Blaze still felt wrong as the night kept going by as his eyes began to change colour and some of his thoughts began to get sinister...

The Next Day...

Twilight sat in the library as a tower of books slightly swayed in motion as Twilight read through a book called “The Nightmare Dimension”

It stated that there are legends of a dimension filled with creatures that harvest the souls of others to grow stronger and if latched to a host can become stronger and corrupt the host over time.

Souls of other Nightmares can give them a trait when taken and only their kind and the one their bonded to can kill them, But the one’s in clothing are the most dangerous as they have absorbed countless souls and have a very high intelligence, speed, strength ect.

If seen they should be dealt with immediately; if their host begins to experience headaches, the nightmare controlling body functions or thoughts of anger then...

All Is Lost...

Twilight jumped in horror at the last part and soon saw the others pop into the room, they were going to speak until Twilight began to run past them as they followed

“Yo Twilight what’s got you in a fritz?” Dash asked as she kept flying beside her

“We need to find Blaze” She responded between breaths

“Why?” Dash asked now confused

“Before Neckros corrupts him!” Twilight blurted out as the others gasped and soon sped up knowing that at any moment Neckros could make his move

“Hehehehahaha!” Laughed a voice as it echoed around them “You may think you’re going to be the heroes and save him but your not...”

“I know what you are and how to beat you!” Twilight said with a little bit of confidence as Neckros laughed

“Yes us Nightmares have very few that’s why i mentioned them, because i know I’ll win” Neckros said as he cleared his throat “Oh god I'm sounding like Blaze what i meant to say is that Old Golden boy is just about to tip the scales in my favour...”  

Somewhere Else...

Blaze was walking through town as he went about his business, this being get to Twilight’s library and sort out these headaches he had been having, it only occurred after turning into Neckros but somehow they’re growing

Blaze at some points drifted due to them but this time he ran into someone and they both fell to the ground as Blaze’s attention snapped back.

“Oh um sorry about that” Blaze said apologising before the pony spoke

“You should watch wh- you” Said Goldenbar as he grew a smirk on his face “I thought they kicked you out of Ponyville”

“No only my home which thanks to KAI is on lockdown so i don’t mind” Blaze said simply as he tried to end the tension but couldn’t help but feel the anger grow

“That property is owned by the Town hall and i do believe that means all of the belongings” Goldenbar said as he kept pushing

“Well yes but there are items in that facility that are too dangerous for ponies to handle hence why i locked it away” Blaze said growing more agitated

“You will hand them over or are you jealous that you’ll be out of a job with people stopping all the threats that attack this town, if so then you’re worse than the princesses and that fake one” Goldenbar said as he spat

“What is your problem!? Ive done nothing but help this town and tried keeping everyone out of harms way and all you’ve done is make my life a living hell, so tell me why do you continue to fuc-” Blaze shouted but soon felt something connect with his face as he fell to the ground as blood began to drip from Blaze’s muzzle

“You dare speak to me that way! Learn your place monster!” Goldenbar snapped as someponies began ridiculing him as the mane 6 arrived

They noticed the commotion being made as they began to argue with Goldenbar but Blaze was completely zoned out and only heard one voice

“Oh please let me teach him a lesson, trust me i won’t harm a hair on his head promise; i mean seriously you have shown them you would give your life to protect this world so why not remind them of their place” Neckros said as Blaze thought it over feeling his reason disappear

“Ye-yes do it” Blaze said as he soon felt pain rush through his head as everyone notice Blaze clutching his head in agony

“Blaze what’s wron- oh no we’re too late!” Twilight asked, startled but soon her voice and everyone else’s were cut off by the sound of psychotic laughter as Blaze’s body became helpless as his arm turned black and his fingers  were that of claws.

“Ahhh what are you doing?!” Blaze said as his metal leg turned black

“Ive waited too long to take over, this friendship crap has gone on long enough!” Neckros said as Blaze’s was absorbed by a black light and then in only a few seconds Blaze was replaced by the demonic demon as he glared at them with his wide grin.

“Blaze is gone from this world and you will all suffer my vengeance!!!” Neckros laughed as he began to sing whilst pointing his finger at random ponies

“Eeny, meeny, miny, moe, Catch a pony by the tail. If it hollers, let em go, Eeny, meeny, miny, moe. There goes one, and there goes the second and it’ssssssssss YOU” Neckros finished as his clawed finger landed on Goldenbar as he began to turn and run but soon stumbled into Neckros’s legs as he cooded

“Oh come now what’s the rush?” He said as he watched him turn only making it more enjoyable “Come now keep a leg up!”

Then with one swift slash of Neckros’s claws and Goldenbar’s legs were in chunks as he screamed in pain and ponies stood in horror including the mane 6 as the blood drained from his body like a fountain

“Now, now i did say i wouldn’t harm a hair on his head but his head...” Neckros then crushed his head under his foot as he faded away and soon a green flame was in Neckros’s hand as he crushed it “But i do mean specifics hahahahahaha!!!”

With the sound of Neckros’s laughed everyone began to run for their lives as some were impaled by Neckros’s tendrils and some smashed against walls as he kept going until he felt a something poke through his chest and noticed a rainbow blade as he fell to the ground and bled out from the pain.

“I’m sorry Blaze, i’m sorr-“Dash was cut off as Neckros rose to his feet and threw the blade back to her as he turned with a grin

“Let me clarify something, 1: i can’t be killed by you, 2: you see that shop over there?” Neckros said as she turned only to feel him grab her hair and kick her flying into the wall a she yelled

“What are you doing!?” Twilight yelled as she felt fear wash over her as Neckros glared at her with his soul piercing gaze

“I hate repeating myself you bitch” Neckros said as he slashed forward but Twilight avoided but Neckros was faster and brought his tail down on Twilight’s back as she yelled in pain

Neckros laughed at this “Oh- you-you really think you girls have a chance? Let me explain, everything up until now is nothing compared to me Loki is another story but the rest, i could have killed them a million times over, so tell me what do you think you have that can stop me?”

The others couldn’t answer as Neckros continued

“And what makes this better is that you all never batted an eye at my appearances and even then i was gaining more and more control over Blaze’s body and none of you noticed!” Neckros finished as he waited for them to respond

“I just...” Twilight trailed off as she fell to her knees as Neckros kept absorbing the negativity that surrounded the area

“Exactly nothing, you are all nothing compared to me; i’m the fucking embodiment of negativity you can’t win!” he yelled as he brought his fingers up “Now if you excuse me i have some politic issues to deal with” with that he clicked his fingers and was gone as he left them in the rain to crumble

They had lost their friend, they failed to protect innocent ponies and now Neckros was on a blood rage.

Later...

Celestia and Luna both sat in their throne room as they waited for what was coming, like a storm that refused to stay tamed and soon the creature stepped through the door as he grinned. He held what looked like a crushed royal guard helmet but it was painted in blood as it dripped off the helm

“Oh hello Luna, Celestia I'm just out on official business so if you let me I’ll be quick” Neckros said as he slowly walked over but soon stopped “Oh son of a-“

Soon he was surrounded by a transparent forcefield and he began to poke at it as Celestia spoke.

“You have no right being here you have slaughtered innocent Ponies and almost crippled Twilight and her friends!” She shouted

“Do you mean physically or mentally or both?” Neckros asked as he stared at the Princess “I mean come on i look and act like a psychopath and yet even you the princess who has 1000 years of experience can’t see that I'm evil!”

“You shall from this day forward be banished to the sun!!!” Celestia roared as the chamber holding Neckros disappeared and soon the air fell silent

“Are we sure this will work Tia?” Luna asked in concern

"Nope, just make things more entertaining" Neckros said with a laugh as he landed beside the sisters

“No magic in Equestria can break free that quick” Celestia said and soon her spine sent chills to her core like wildfire as a voice chilled her thoughts as she turned and gasped  

“Funny thing about that” Neckros held Luna by the neck as a purple energy travelled from her body into Neckros’s as he grinned in delight “I’m not from this world but yet you still think I'm sane despite all this”

“What- why Blaze?” Was all Celestia could say in fear of what he planned to do

“Not Blaze...Neckros and what i plan to do...” Neckros then threw a punch at Celestia as her world spun “To get my revenge...”

Later...

After the Mane 6 recovered they began to make their way to Canternlot to warp Celestia of Neckros’s rampage and hoped that she already took action, Maybe she had already beat him and brought Blaze back or maybe she banished them both. Their answer soon can swiftly as no guards were present and the Castle was too quiet as the wind howled and they made their way inside.

When they busted the doors open to the throne room what they saw was almost unreal, like they were all trapped in their nightmares again but they were wide awake for this.

Neckros held Celestia by her neck as a purple energy ran from her body onto Neckros as he grinned. Off to the side was Luna who was watching weakly as she was unable to move. Then Neckros turned as he dropped Celestia like a stone and smiled at the six.

“Too little too late I'm afraid soz” Neckros said playfully

“No what-what have you done to the princesses?!” Twilight demanded as Twilight stood frozen in fear and Neckros relished it

“Oh all i did was drain their negative memories and emotions and god knows that was a power house but sadly i need just i tiny kick more” Neckros explained as he lifted his hands slightly in front of him as he began to channel his power and soon the Mane 6 felt dark memories resurfacing.

“Disloyalty, Lies, Cruelty, Hate, Fear, Sadness, Greed these, fuel my wrath!” Neckros shouted as the Mane 6 felt odd but still in good condition to watch the horror that played in front of their eyes

Neckros’s arms gained smaller spikes as well as his legs, his wings tips became a tint of purple and he gained thin spikes on his spine as a faint purple aura surrounded him as he exhaled loudly as he smiled

“100% it’s not much in appearance but the power is too sweet to pass up, now then who would like to be gutted first?” Neckros said as he took a step forward

“Why- why are you doing this?! You helped us doesn’t that tell you anything?” Twilight begged as the rest nodded in agreement only making him laugh harder as he cleared his throat as for once a frown replaced his smile and it felt like they were in a blizzard

“You want to know why? You’re kind, Mud ponies, Feather Brains and Horn heads took what little kindness i was ever offered in this world and you SLUATERED IT!” Neckros they took another breath as his smile returned

“I have been planning this from the beginning all of Blaze’s negative emotions were unlike anything ive encountered”

“So i played my part in helping when he needed it and with every transformation i grew stronger and gain more control. Don’t you get it i own this world, no alicorn or weapon can stop me now ahahahahahaha!” Neckros explained as he cracked his knuckles  

“Now then enough talk i think it’s time for Neckros to let er rip!” He shouted as he began to walk towards them but soon felt something connect with his jaw as he didn’t even flinch “I was wondering when you would show”

“You think this is fun, this is not fun and i think someone odda teach you a lesson” Discord said as he stood in front of the Mane 6 “Get your elements charged and unite them perfectly”

“How do we do that?” Dash asked in confusion

“6 sided star unites the center” Discord said as they nodded and ran off “Now time to see who the best is”

“Yes now let’s see the Sprit of Chaos vs. The Living Nightmare!” Neckros yelled as he instantly charged Discord through a wall as their battle ensued

The Mane 6 began to formulate a plan to use the elements outside in the court as it would give them plenty of space to avoid Neckros’s attacks if possible knowing his speed and teleportation. Applejack brought up something important.

“This might work but what if Blaze is destroyed with him?” Applejack said making them all bare frowns as they knew this risk was too great

“I-i don’t know the elements remove all evil from a pony so he could survive” Twilight said as she ran the scenario through her head

“It will work i have faith” Dash said with enough confidence to lift the others spirits and just in time a the wall behind them imploded as Discord’s unconscious body dropped and Neckros came walking out with no injuries to match as he seemed frustrated

“Alright no more games at least of the ‘save the world variety’” Neckros said as lunged towards Rarity only to have something sharp slice his arm off but it soon regenerated back in place as Dash held Blaze blade in her hoof

“Ok so i mind-raped you so what?!” Neckros said as he saw her grin and then she back-hoofed him, stunning the demon as he glared at her “You son of a-“*Slap*

“Catch me if you can you weakling” Dash mocked using one of Neckros’s line as he charged forward but missed as he felt a tingling feeling on his back and then noticed the yellow beam coming from Fluttershy as her element effected him

“Well this is quite sad Anywho” Neckros then charged towards Dash as she flew away and Neckros followed as he fired Blasts that skimmed Dash but it was short lived as she found a blade-arm hurling towards her

Their blades connected as Neckros swiftly grabbed the weapon’s blade and threw it away and brought a fist to Dash’s face as she fell. What Neckros didn’t know was 2 more beams connected to him as he then switched targets and attacked more animal like as his tendrils whiplashed around Pinkie but missed as he somehow missed her and soon saw her beam knock him back as it connected to his chest.

“No-no-no-no i won’t die like this!” Neckros hissed with anger for once instead of his comical domineer as he teleported and began to choke Twilight as she tried to escape his grasp but was failing if Neckros didn’t have hole through half his face as Celestia shot a bolt at him and he turned and faced her directly as Neckros grabbed her head and kneed her and swung her into a wall as Luna’s attacks where easily dodged as Neckros fired off a bombardment of orbs that imploded around the princess as she fell

Neckros noticed she was grinning and soon realized why as all the Element’s beams were connected but were doing nothing as he laughed

“But how?” Twilight said baffled by this then her heart sunk as she knew why

“I can’t be killed” Neckros said with a mocking grin “But please try your best”

“Blaze i know you’re in there fight him!” Dash shouted as she continued “It’s not your fault, i know your in pain but we can help you though it, that’s what friends are for”

Neckros began to charge his attack but soon felt it disappear as his arm began to shake and soon his own head felt pain unlike any other

“Get out of my head you demon, get out, get out, GET OUT!!!” Blaze yelled “I’m not your puppet you freak!!!”

Neckros then began to move towards the smiling Dash as his body began to freeze up as parts of his body began to turn to stone and his pupil-less eyes widened as he smiled like a mad man as he felt to his knees as his body almost turned to stone as he said

“This isn’t over...” then his frozen body began to crack as it soon shattered into millions of pieces as Blaze lay there as he began to awoke as Dash helped him up

“Wait Dash is that you? Wait did i...” Blaze couldn’t finish the sentence as he remembered all the innocent lives he slaughtered without batting an eye. Then he looked at Dash as she smiled warmly

“It’s not your fault it was Neckros got that?” She said as Blaze nodded and slowly rose to his feet

“I-i just think i need to...” Blaze said as he failed to think of anything to say as Twilight came over

“We’ll work through this together i promise” Twilight said but soon Blaze’s eyes went wide

“Wait where’s Neckros?!” Blaze said frantically

“Blaze we beat him he’s gone” Twilight said as Blaze eyes showed nothing but fear

“No he can’t be-“Blaze couldn’t finish the sentence before the world went white as everyone yelled in pain

“Oh god is everyone alright?!” Shouted Blaze as they all responded with moans as all their visions began to return

“Blaze?” Dash said in a startled voice as Blaze’s eyes adjusted to the light

“Yea Dash what’s-n-No” Blaze said as everyone soon gasped as their eyes widened at the scene; as they saw Dash standing with a hole in her chest as the blood soaked the grass and Blaze rushed over and grabbed her as she fell in his hooves

“Oh out of all the people I've killed in my life that one is going to my most memorable” Neckros said as he stood grinning as he cracked his neck

“Dash- Dash hey stay with me alright your going to be fine ok?” Blaze said as he felt his entire world shatter in that moment as she smiled weakly at him making the pain in his chest grow

“Hey i-i told you before to not-not worry about me got that” Dash said weakly as Blaze’s tears fell as he couldn’t hold them back

“God damnit please don’t leave” Blaze asked as he tried to think of anything but nothing seemed to pop up as KAI stayed silent

“I’m glad i met you Blaze and all of you” Dash said as tears began to roll down her face

“No-no don’t say that...” Blaze said as her eyes closed and her chest stopped moving as Blaze’s eye grew wide with fear “Dash- Dash no please no... god damnit!” Blaze said as he cried into her chest as the rest silently cried also

“I-i broke my promise...I 'm- I'm sorry...”

"New Objective  Added: Terminate That Fucker" KAI said angrily and Blaze's face turned from sadness to absolute rage

Neckros stood and watched as he just smiled in delight.

“Ok well I'm going to go destroy the world so... seeya” Neckros said as he began to walk away but stopped when Blaze talked

“Don’t you dare turn your back on me you deceitful bastard!” Blaze growled as he lifted his blade and carefully set Dash down

“Oh you flatter me... so it’s come down to this, well then give me your best shot” Neckros said as Blaze began to feel his elemental form change his body but now he felt his power rise as he stood upright and even Neckros was taken back by the rise of power as he laughed

“Oh now it’s a fight so then what do you-“Neckros was interrupted by a punch to his lower jaw sending him flying. He then appeared where he once stood and smiled

Blaze felt his power surging through him as not only his pain but will causing the rise and soon Blaze got into a stance and glared at his negative side as it glared back with an evil grin and soulless purple eyes

He would kill Neckros for what he did. Blaze was not going to play around anymore this time he will kill for vengeance and nothing is going to stop him. Nothing.

“Oh and after I'm done here maybe i should pay a visit to your friends and show them a fun time” Neckros thought out loud making Blaze even more angry to the point of absolute rage

“Let’s Dance!” Blaze shouted as he glared at the demon

“Time to let er rip!” Neckros shouted as they both waited for the right moment to strike

They both waited for the other to move like they have always done, but this time it's no game, no this is to prove who’s stronger.

They both disappeared as they soon collided claws with blade as the shockwave formed a slight crater as they began to strike with such speed as the wind whiplashed off their bodies and they soon had clean cuts on their bodies as they jumped back.

Neckros didn’t waste time as he teleported to Blaze and disarmed him as Blaze took punch after punch and didn’t faze once and let his body take the hits. Neckros threw one more and it felt like he hit rock.

“Ok now this is just unfair?!” Neckros said in confusion

“We are one in the same remember and that means you can’t do shit to me!” Blaze said as his blade returned and he began to throw slash after slash into Neckros “Now it’s my turn to have fun!”

“Oh boy” Neckros murmured

Neckros was then sent flying after the initial slashes and soon felt something on his back as he yelled in pain as he saw Blaze sword slash through his wing and then 2 legs connected with his face as he tasted nothing but dirt.

“Well that was eventful” Neckros’s responded as his wing tried to regenerate but failed “Oh boy”

“You may have controlled me when we were together but without me you're nothing!” Blaze shouted as Neckros rose to his feet and stared in delight

“Now things have gotten interesting” Neckros said as he and Blaze waited again to attack but Twilight felt something; as she focused she could feel magic flowing between Blaze and Neckros

Their power was equal and consisted on Positive and negative energy and soon they collided once more on they set off a concussive blast as they collided causing the others to brace themselves.

Neckros swiftly dodged Blaze’s swings and impaled Blaze’s arm with his and began to repeatedly punch Blaze in the gut

“Hehehehe...” Blaze laughed

“What’s- son of a-“Neckros said

*BLAST*

Blaze blasted Neckros through multiple walls of the castle as his wounds slowly healed back up

“WAKA, WAKA!” Neckros yelled as he dropped kicked Blaze into the ground leaving a massive ditch as Blaze slowly rose back up

Then Neckros and Blaze connected legs over and over as they sent sonic booms off from the impact and Neckros teleported and kicked Blaze twice in the back as he followed it up with an axe kick knocking Blaze to the ground as Neckros slashed away at his back, ripping away at his rainbow coloured wings

Blaze teleported which was surprising to Neckros as Blaze shoved his blade through his neck and twisted it as it broke something and soon Blaze felt one of the tendrils wrap around his leg as he was sent flying into walls and objects at blinding speeds but slowly his bones regenerated.

Blaze grabbed a wall and flung Neckros into the ground but the whiplash sent Blaze into the air as he hovered there and then saw Neckros chanting

“I’ll end you here boy, Hate, Greed, Cruelty, Lies, Disloyalty, Fear, Sadness, these fuel my WRATH!!!” Neckros finished as he kept charging everything he had into the shot

“Loki couldn’t stop me, the elements couldn’t stop me, Discord couldn’t stop me, NOTHING WILL STOP ME!!!” Neckros roared like a true monster

Blaze hovered with his eyes closed and his defence down as he waited for Neckros to attack. He couldn’t do this anymore, even if he won...

“If you think I’ll let you quit then your an even bigger idiot” A familiar voice said as Blaze opened his eyes and felt something around him

“What can i do he can just regenerate” Blaze said as he felt something painful hit his face but before he responded he looked at Neckros’s injuries, Injures he couldn’t regenerate! “What the?”

“Look you can win you just have to have faith, isn’t that what you told me?” said the voice as Blaze smiled under his mask

“Alright then Dash lets show him how awesome we are” Blaze said with determination as he shot forward as he saw the beam hurdling towards him

“Ok then Sonic Rainboom!” Blaze shouted as KAI activated his own copy of it as Blaze used his Sword’s ability to shoot forward at Mach 20 towards the beam as they collided

“HAHAHA-wait... what!?” Neckros said as his beam faded away once in made contact with Blaze but Neckros didn’t stop he kept his attack going “You won’t defeat me...”

Neckros kept struggling as he saw what Blaze held in front of him as he grew only inches from Neckros’s chest and Neckros grinned brighter than ever.

“Heh well played” Neckros said before Blaze’s sword pierced Neckros’s chest and soon the area imploded

It had been minutes since the air fell silent and no one dared speak as they soon saw someone coming through the dust. They all felt fear paralyse them; then they all saw Blaze appear without a demon following in sight.

“Blaze is he-“Twilight said before he fell to his knees as he reverted to normal, Twilight knew the answer but knew he didn’t care as she walked towards him

“Blaze..?” Twilight asked as he stared at the ground not uttering any funny remark, no smile of glee, nothing only emptiness...

The Next Day...

The clouds hung grey in the sky as drops of rain hit the ground around them. No one dared to utter a word as some sobs could be heard as they all stared at the new gravestone that had been cut to resemble a lightning bolt at the top.

Then all their gazes were brought to the metal person slowly walking towards the grave and a face showing only sadness and regret as a multicoloured blade trailed behind in his hand as he stopped in front of the stone.  

He then swiftly brought his sword up with two hands and plunged the sword into the ground as it held firm in the dirt as he laid his hands on the grey stone in the hilt.

Then he turned and began to walk away before saying to Twilight in a hurt voice.

“I’m done...” Twilight turned only to see the visor facing the other way as he finished “I have nothing left to stand for...”

With that he disappeared out of sight; Twilight stood and thought about all that happened and knew that they didn’t win Neckros did, he took not only the lives of others but Twilight’s best friend and the joy that her and her friends had. He had won...

          

To Be Continued...

Chapter 10 The Spirit Realm

Phantoms of the Truth

Chapter 10:

The Spirit Realm

Almost a mouth can change a lot of people; sometimes for the better or worse. But sometimes it can change people and turn them into something that’s not them and no matter what they do nothing can fill the void in their mind, in their heart…

*Location: Ponyville, Twilight’s Castle*

Twilight like all other days was sitting in her library with a tower of book wobbling as she read through the endless pages, more specifically the one on the ‘Nightmare Realm’.

It stated that if one where to become powerful enough they could even travel between worlds. The only on mention was a place known as the ‘The White Dimension’ though it was only theory.

“You seem to be more interested by Neckros’s home world ever since that day Miss Sparkle” came a calm-soothing voice making Twilight jump almost causing the tower of books to fall

“Who-whose there?” Twilight asked as she looked around before it spoke again

“I will tell you and show you who I am in good time but I need you to collect the elements of Honesty and Inspiration now” the voice said as Twilight narrowed her eyes “I know you might not trust me but I can understand but please I need the others”

“Ok but I’m warning you any funny business and I swear- “Twilight was cut off

“You have my word, only I wish that you don’t inform anyone else but these two, not even Celestia can know” the voice said seriously before seeing Twilight’s concern “Please trust me”

“Ok… ok I’ll get my friends but my threat still stands” Twilight warned as she quickly wrote a note and ran off to find Spike

Blaze sat atop the tree hanging off the cliff of his home as he played around with his thoughts as he wore a frown as a voice popped into his head, this one was like an echo, a ghost as it spoke

“You know you’ve been like this for almost a month are you going to do something or are you just going to mope around for the rest of your time?” the voice asked in a bored tone

“If you don’t like it then piss off, you know why I won’t do anything… there’s no point” Blaze said as he sighed as his head glanced towards the town

“I have to agree with Specter this sort of mind-set could lead to more… persuasive thoughts” KAI stated as he lingered in Blaze’s head

He sat and thought about it as memories of that night came flooding back as he remembered what Dash said as the words clung to his subconscious.

“It’s not your fault… were your friends and we want to help you” This made Blaze grit his teeth as he felt tears begin to form as he sighed

“Fine I will but I can’t promise it will be easy” Blaze said in a mundane tone as he smirked slightly

“That’s the spirit buddy!” KAI celebrated as Blaze could fireworks in his head going off as Specter cut in

“Yes but how long It will take will be debatable” Specter said in a questioning tone as all their attention was brought to another voice

“I think that’s the first time I’ve seen you smile in a long time Sugarcube” Applejack said with a small smile as Blaze smirked again

“Hey I have my moments of being either dramatic or awesome” He said with a shrug as he hopped off the branch

“Who are you and what have you done with Blaze?” Applejack asked as they laughed

“Ok well the real question is what haven’t you done with the idiot” Blaze answered as he cleared his throat “So why are you hear if I may ask?”

“Well Twi sent me a message and it asked me to come she her, but it also said to grab you because what she said next would get you to come no matter what” Applejack explained as her expression turned to worry

“AJ what is it?” Blaze asked in a more serious tone not like his own

“Well she’s got someone who wants to see us but he said his name was…”

As Twilight along with the hooded figure sat in the map room Twilight broke the silence

“So are you sure he’ll show up?” Twilight asked as he looked at her

“I have a feeling he’ll be hear any second” the figure said as voices could be heard down the hall

“Where is he?! I’ll kill him!!!” Yelled Blaze asked he soon rounded the corner and glared daggers at him as his visor seemed to glow as his face showed nothing but rage as he ran up and pinned the figure to the wall with ease

“You! This is all your fault!!” Blaze shouted but it did nothing to faze the man “You knew about Neckros but never warned me about him, I killed ponies because YOU did nothing to step in, I kill… I killed Rainbow Dash as you did NOTHING TO STOP ME!!!” Blaze finished sounding just like Neckros as he cleared his throat

“Funny, looks like he left a parting gift” Blaze said more calmly as Twilight ran up and tried pulling Blaze off

“He’s not here to fight you Blaze he wants to help fix his mistake!” Twilight shouted as Blaze slowly released his grip as he deactivated his armour as he glared at him

“What do you want God?” Blaze asked in an irritated voice as AJ walked in

“Well first it’s good to see you haven’t changed a bit” He said calmly as Blaze snorted and God sighed “But your right I could have helped but the others wouldn’t let me and all I could do was watch as he cut innocent ponies down like nothing as he knew I was watching, he wanted me to suffer alongside you”

Blaze’s face changed to sadness and guilt as Twilight and Applejack looked at God with concern as he continued

“But I may have a way to fix this mess, I know a way to bring her back” God said as Blaze along with the others stared in surprise as they all read through the words in their minds

“You-you can bring Dash back!?” Blaze asked first in surprise as he felt his chest begin to beat faster than ever before in a long time

“No, but I know a place where her soul is and one of you in this room know what it maybe” God spoke as his golden eyes fell upon Twilight

Twilight thought about it for a moment then answered “Yes but the Spirit World is only a myth right?” but his look told her the answer

“There are many worlds, Blaze’s home world, Equestria, The Nightmare Realm and more” God explained as Blaze asked

“It’s not as easy as you make it out is it?” Blaze asked sternly as he nodded “Ok what’s the catch?”

“The catch is I can only let 3 people in at once and that can only be for a day and if your time expires, so does your life” God said grimly as they gulped in fear before Blaze stood up with a determined look

“That’s all the time we need right girls?” Blaze asked as they soon nodded “So God how do we get there?”

“A what?” Blaze asked with a raised eyebrow as they all looked at the moss covered spiral of cobble in the ground

“A rift spiral, this is how we can access the Spirit Realm without having to go far to its lay-line, this is a relic of the Old Revelation” God spoke as his hand began to glow before Blaze stopped him

“Wait! I’ll- I’ll be right back, I need to grab something” Blaze said before he to AJ and Twi’s surprise teleported

Blaze stood in front of the finely cut bolt of stone as he stared at the blade jutting out of the dirt as he stood there for a moment before resting his hand on it.

“I’ll get you back, no matter the cost” Blaze said before wrenching the blade out as KAI digistruct Blaze holster as he holstered the blade and then with a flash he was gone.

“I’m back” Blaze announced starling the two as God saw the blade as he turned to face the spiral

“Alright then stand on the spiral and then I shall open the gate” God said before a white hand touched the end of the spiral as it lit up in a magenta colour “Oh and you might feel a bit dizzy when you warp”

Blaze then looked at Aj and Twi as they looked back and he smiled

“Let’s get our friend back!” Blaze shouted as they cheer with him

Then as the energy flowed around them they were gone leaving God to smile as he stood there, waiting.

*Location: Spirit Realm, time; Unknown*

The first thing Blaze felt was pain then nothing and then pain again as he slowly opened his eyes to… somewhere as he saw Twilight and Applejack coming around but what they all saw could only bring 3 words to Blaze.

“What. The. Fuck”

The trio saw the magenta sky as darker colours, mostly likely clouds passed over them. The world around them was black and grey with no noticeable difference as they slowly got to their hooves.

“So… do you think we’re here?” Twilight asked as they all looked around at the strange environment

“Yea” Blaze said as he pointed at the sign it read

WELCOME TO THE SPIRIT REALM

REIGON: MORNINGORBIT

“MorningOrbit huh well at least we know we’re here, but where is here?” Applejack asked as Blaze began to walk down the black road

“Well we might as well get moving, no use standing around” Blaze said as they shrugged and followed Blaze into the unknown world, unaware of what and who they’ll meet.

After the trio had travelled across the mysterious land they had seen no sign of life or anything for that matter as the world just seemed to stretch for miles on end.

They all then stopped by an overhang as they began to rest up for the rest of the journey.

“Hey Applejack Where’s Blaze?” Twilight asked as Applejack pointed towards the outside but stopped Twilight as she spoke

“But I think he said he wanted to be alone for a minute, I don’t think he’s right in the head right now” Applejack said with concern as Twilight nodded as she decided to observe from a distance

Twilight then saw him staring off into the distance in his armour as she listened on the conversation he was having

“If you don’t shut up about Dash I will personally burry you in a magma chamber” Blaze said to himself as he seemed to get frustrated by something

“Oh ha-ha you-“  

“Blaze are you alright?” Twilight asked as she approached him as he turned to face her

“Oh hey Twi what’s up?” Blaze asked as he sat down with his legs crossed

“I was wondering are you alright? I mean with everything that’s happened?” Twilight asked as he sighed and his frown returned

“I just don’t know” Blaze said as he stayed silent before continuing “I’m happy that we have a chance to fix my mistake but something is irritating me, perhaps it’s just me”

“Maybe but what do you mean by your mistake? You didn’t do anything” Twilight responded but realized that it was probably not the best answer as Blaze snorted

“Oh yea totally not my fault, it’s not like I was the one letting Neckros take control or anything” Blaze said sarcastically “And don’t even try to say it’s not my fault because it was and nothing is going to change that”

“Don’t get me wrong I know its my mistake and I’m going to fix it but this error will always be with me no matter what… nothing, not even our friends can fix that” Blaze said with a frown before seeing Twilight giving him a small smile

“Ok then I take your word on it” Twilight responded but snapped “But if you ever blame yourself like that again I will personally send you down here”

“Ok, ok no need to get all monarchy on me” Blaze joked as they Applejack approach

“Uh Twi, Blaze you might want to come see this” Applejack said with a hint of hesitation

As the made their way towards the pathway they didn’t know what to believe anymore. What they saw was ghostly like buildings as only the details gave away what they were. Spirits of all shapes and sizes moved through the streets as if they were alive.

Then the biggest structure was at the end of a cobblestone road, a castle of gold and grey stood high as if only newly built. Blaze was the first to speak up.

“It’s weird how we didn’t notice that before” Blaze said bluntly as all 3 of them made their way down the road unaware of what lies ahead.

As the trio walked the streets the village came to life, literally as spirits turned into people, creatures and other lifeforms as they went about their day. The streets became almost like Ponyville but with so many different types of people.

“This is amazing” Twilight said in awe as the others nodded as Blaze was too happy but felt something was off

“I wonder if Dash is here?” Blaze said as Twilight smiled happily

“Yea she could be here somewhere, maybe if we ask however lives in that castle if they know her” Twilight suggested but all of them soon felt the ground beneath them rumble.

“Uh hey yall what was that?” Applejack asked as they looked around and then Blaze sighed

“Now I know why no one uses the road” Blaze said as they looked back to see the ground collapsing in on itself as Blaze holstered the two mares on his shoulders and began to run towards the castle.

“Why can’t I just have a normal day!!!” Blaze yelled as the two mares screamed as Blaze jumped and dodged holes that appeared ahead of them.

“Uh Blaze where’s the road!?” Twilight asked in shock and worry as the road ahead of them had disappeared leaving a 200-yard gap between the castle and the village.

“Ok hold on!” Blaze said as he brought his wings out and began to move faster “Ok KAI activate the copy!”

“Activating copy: Metal Rainboom” KAI spoke as Blaze speed increased tenfold as he leaped with all his might into the air as they all screamed

Blaze then un-holstered his blade and as they almost missed the ledge as his blade sunk into the rock holding them all above the gaping chasm.

Applejack and Twilight soon stepped back onto the path as Blaze pulled his body up as his armour retracted as he spoke between pants.

“That was the worst trap ever… of all time” Blaze said as he slowly rose to his feet “So this is it huh?”

“I guess there’s no going back now” Twilight said in defeat

“Really I didn’t notice” Blaze said sarcastically as he pointed to the massive hole behind him as the two glared at him “Hey just trying to lighten the mood”

“Well then yall let’s get going” Applejack said as they made their way to the front doors as they opened on their own

“Ok...?” Blaze said in confusion as they entered

As they walked into the castle the inside was mostly grey with purple tapestry and wooden furniture to bring more depth into the dull halls. Purple flames crackled in lanterns as the room lit up.

At the end of the hall was two massive doors with the letters ‘L’ etched into the doors. What could be heard on the other side through was a different story.

“You know I believe there’s a saying in all of this, knowing when to live to fight another day, but I digress” Came a muffled voice as another rang out as the sound of fire could be heard

Blaze stepped out in front to open the doors and once they slowly creaked open what they saw gave two of them fear and despair and the other a long sigh.

“Oh now this is very embarrassing, if I knew you 3 where coming I would have prepared a welcoming party oh well” Responded Loki with glee as he sat atop a throne with a pile of ashes beneath him

“You know I’m not even surprised your alive” Blaze said bluntly as Twilight looked at him with fear in her eyes “He’s not going to hurt us, if he did we wouldn’t be in this dimension”

Then 2 jaws dropped at the response as Loki nodded as he waved his Kane around.

“So what brings a cyborg, a princess and a cowpony to my world?” Loki asked as Twilight spoke up

“Wait you rule here but why is everything so…” Twilight trailed off

“Peaceful well like I mentioned before I only attacked your world because someone asked me other than that I’m neutral, for the most part” Loki explained as he flicked his Kane and soon the trio were sitting on chairs “Oh and here my powers have no limitations so be careful not to overstep your boundaries” as he said this he clicked his fingers and soon a staircase formed

“So you want to go save your dead girlfriend or what?” Loki asked as they all looked at each other before following

“OK first she’s not my girlfriend and second how did you know?” Blaze asked as he rubbed the back of his neck

“Well one everytime you rub your neck you don’t want to admit the truth and second no limitations so seeing your agenda was easy pickings and you’re not thinking of a number your thinking about pancakes” Loki explained as Blaze smirked

“See he gets it” Blaze said as the others rolled their eyes

"So this is what you've been doing since that fight?" Blaze guessed as Loki put his cards away

"Yes though you have to tell me where that more interesting part of you is?" Loki asked as he looked at Blaze intently

"*Sigh* ok I guess I should start with what he is..." Blaze responded with annoyance as he began to tell the tale

As they ventured down the hallway Blaze explained how Dash’s soul got here and about Neckros as Loki seemed to enjoy every minute and then once he came to where her soul was located Loki piped up.

“Ah yes the Well of Souls that’s where all the souls come from but there’s a problem” Loki said as he flicked through his cards.

“Problem, what could possibly be a problem?” Twilight asked as Loki smiled and simply said

“Bonenapper”

“What?” the trio asked in unison as Loki sighed

“Bonenapper, it’s a dragon of bones and its soul, ha! purpose is to seal the souls and gain more power in doing so, so if you want skittles back you need to beat it” Loki explained as they approached a door

“But why can’t you just beat it yourself?” Blaze asked

"Because if fight it I might destroy half of this world trying to do so and my weapons don’t effect souls whist someone’s weapon here does” Loki said as he looked at Blaze, eyeing his blade

“The soul blade” Blaze said in understanding

“Good so you have been paying attention... actually don't answer” Loki responded as he opened the door and they all stepped into, Portal?

“Uhh what?” They all said in unison as a machine above them began to fire at them “RUN!!!”

As the jumped over the gap they entered the next room and found themselves facing another pony with grey fur and blue eyes with brown hair with blue streaks down it.

“Who the fuck are you?” she asked as Blaze walked up and pointed to the door “Oh ok go because the memes are coming"

all of them went 'Huh' and then turned to see a weird drawing coming towards them. They all quickly jumped into the next door as Blaze collided with, himself? But instead it was a mare.

“Ok now I know this is just wrong” They both said in unison as blue sprite popped up on the female Blaze’s side

“Um Blaze shall we just never talk about this?” He said in a childish voice as the female Blaze looked at the male one

“Yes” they both said in unison as they shook hooves and the 4 of them walked towards the next door

“Ok this better be IIIIIT!!!” Blaze yelled as him along with the others stood on nothing but air as they floated their “Ok if we don’t look down cartoon physics won’t apply”

Blaze then sighed

“You looked down didn’t you Loki?” Blaze asked in defeat

“Couldn’t resist”

“Son of a Bi- “Blaze said as they all fell and landed in a pile of bones

Nothing but bones for the eyes could see in a massive crater and in the centre a green glow emitted from the ground as souls of all sorts of beings moved freely amongst each other.

“Loki get the other out of here” Blaze said as he armoured up but before the two mares could protest they were teleported up the cliff

“Oh and don’t get snippy with me because he just saved your asses” Loki said as he pointed to the bone pile as it moved. As the rattling of bones echoed throughout the crater.

“LET THE BATTLE BETWEEN BLAZE AND THE BONENAPPER BEGIN!!!” Loki yelled as the bones shot into the air only to reveal the dragon.

The dragon was at least 50 feet high  and its wings, eye sockets and chest was glowing with lime-green energy, souls and then it roared shaking the entire world around them as it breathed green flames and soon glared at Blaze.

“Ok then” Blaze then brought out his blade as it glowed brighter with the souls around the area “Let’s Dance!”

The dragon seemed to agree as it shifted its leg and soon a pillar of bones collided with Blaze sending him flying into the edge of the crater.

“It can do that!?” Blaze said in alarm as another one shot out from behind him sending flying through the air. He then noticed that massive claw coming down on him and swiftly dodged it by a hair as a wall of bones met his face as Blaze then turned to see a fist collide with him sending like a comet into the ground.

Blaze had only just turned around to see a spiny tail hurdling towards him. Blaze held his blade above him as he tried to hold back the tail and quickly teleported away into the air only to slash away at the pillars of bones trying to grind him into dust.

“We can’t keep this up” KAI said worryingly “Armour is at 50% and dropping, at this rate he’ll kill us”  

“My blade can’t even land a blow on him” Blaze said as he dodged another hit from its tail and soon saw its mouth open as his entire body threatened to rupture as the cursed flames burned his entire body.

Blaze then fell to his knees as his armour sparked in protest. Warning were going off like wildfire as Blaze slashed away at the incoming attacks from either the ground or the dragon but each attack seemed to do less and less with each hit.

Blaze then felt his chest explode in pain as a pillar sent him flying into the wall again. Blaze slowly got to his feet and all of them even Loki was concerned.

“We have to do something, he’ll die otherwise!” Twilight said before Loki’s hand stopped her

“Trust me he’ll win, it’s only a matter of time” Loki said simply

Blaze’s faced showed pain and anger as he held his blade up and waited for the next pillar and as the attacks collided sparks flew as Blaze tried to break the pillar. But what happened next no one could predict.

*SNAP*

Blaze fell forward into another claw as 3 large gashes were left in his armour and chest as he fell back. Blaze saw as he fell his blade in two pieces as they both clattered to the ground.

“No…”

Blaze’s vision began to fade if not for the blue light stopping his eyes from closing as he heard that same voice from the night he beat Neckros.

“It’s not over yet Blaze, you came here on a promise and if you don’t keep it that thing will be the least of your problems” Dash’s voice echoed

“But… but without my blade how can I?” Blaze mumbled in defeat as he stared at his broken blade through the shattered part of his visor

“When something is broke you mend it duh even I know that” Dash said bluntly “Get up Blaze and kick his flank”

The dragon was about to turn and go if not for its prey moving again as Blaze slowly got to his feet.

“If you think I’ve come this far to die to a creature like you then your damn mistaken, his attacks hit way harder than anything you could throw!!!” Blaze shouted as the two pieces of his blade hovered in the air and soon disappeared in a blinding light

Blaze had now turned into his Rainbow Power form and held his hand out as a golden hilt constructed in front of him. The blade then formed with the elements etched into the silver blade as the blade glowed faintly of all colours.

The Dragon then roared as it sent another pillar into Blaze but it was easily cut with as single slash.

“Now it’s my turn to have some fun!” Blaze shouted as he slowly raised is left hand over the blade as he spoke

“Honesty, kindness, laughter, generosity, magic, inspiration, loyalty" Blaze announced at the blade was engulfed in a mass of colours as Blaze smirked “Well come and get me”

The dragon acknowledged as it began to breath its cursed flames upon Blaze as his body slowly slid but soon the dragon stopped and saw nothing. then he heard a voice in the distance

"Dumbass look ahead and get on his level!" Loki shouted earning a decapitated head as his head slowly grew back

Blaze on the other hand was 100 feet away as he began to fly faster and faster as he yelled at the top of his lungs as it shook the air around him. This startled the dragon as it created at barrier of bones to protect itself.

Slowly the cracks began to appear and then a blindly light shone through as Blaze swiftly cut right through the dragon as the air fell silent. Then it followed by the body of the dragon crumbling into pieces as it shattered on impact.

Blaze then spun is blade around and holster his new weapons as he powered down and soon his entire body had souls dancing around him as he heard their voices thanking him as he smiled.

“You can all rest now” Blaze said calmly as he noticed a blue one snaking its way through a portal next to Loki as Blaze teleported up

“I can’t believe it you, you won” Twilight said in disbelief as Applejack nodded

“What you think I was going to lose?” Blaze asked sceptically as they both waved their hooves in protest

“Now listen here we knew you were gonna win not that we thought you would break your blade on for it to reform” Applejack said as they all stared at it

“Well it’s been fun, seriously its hard finding anything to do around here but still time for you to return, after all your time’s nearly up” Loki said as he pointed at his clock belt

“Well thanks for everything Loki as much as it pains me to say it” Blaze said as the others jumped through until Blaze was stopped

“A storm is coming Blaze so you best prepare yourselves because I want to fight you again so you better stay alive” Loki warned as he kicked Blaze through the vortex and closed the portal on him "Well looks like I have some human extinction plans to sort out"

Blaze awoke in the middle of the plains by himself as the sky had turned different shades of orange as he knew that the teleportation must have separated them. Blaze then snapped back to reality as he quickly got up and began to fly towards his new destination.

He soon landed in the graveyard as he walked towards Dash’s and soon found himself face to face with those same magenta eyes. Blaze didn’t know what to do as he slowly walked up.

“Well took you long enough” Dash said jokingly as Blaze felt something pull in the back of his mind

“Heh sorry Loki preoccupied me” Blaze said as he smiled back as he soon without even thinking hugged Dash as she stiffened but soon relaxed as she returned the jester

“Geez don’t become like the rest on me” Dash said but didn’t let go as she felt it leg tighten

“Sorry I just… I thought I wouldn’t see you again” Blaze said as he tried to hold back his tears

“Yea same here” Dash said feeling the same way as the pushed each other apart

“Well I think we shouldn’t keep our friends waiting any longer” Blaze said happily as they both got up and began to walk back home

“Yea after all I’ve missed them” Dash responded as the evening grew “I'm just glad I could see you again Blaze…”

To Be Continued…


Chapter 11 Act 1: I. See. You

Minecraft-Reality Mode

Chapter 1:

I. See. You.

Now my life can be a bit... nuts but when you become a Cyber-Pegasus and are given weapons to stop crazy, dangerous and down right creepy threats you tend to have those stories that deify all logic you then loose track of what passes for normal.

This is one of those adventures...

“Hey i thought i said no more forth wall breaking!”

“Oh boy, quick to the batmobile!” Blaze said as the sound of glass echoed

“God damnit, right here we are...”

It was another normal or what passes for normal in this reality. Blaze however was on a different task for the day. Him along with the Mane 6 were in his lab working on a new way of teleportation in order to bridge the gap between worlds easier.

It had already been a month since the Spirit Realm incident and since then nothing had gone out of the norm, at least not yet. Blaze, even though he’s his usual self again he can’t shake the feeling something bad is going to happen and soon.

Today however Blaze was a lot happier than usual

“Enjoying ourselves are we?” Applejack asked as she caught Blaze smiling happily

“Hey its not often you’re praise for your specialty and for me that’s less often than you think” Blaze replied as they kept following them and KAI gave a rundown of how things worked as most were either confused or asking so many questions that KAI was going to shutdown entirely.

“Well tell me something else, why is you’re place called a Lab?” Applejack asked as Blaze pointed at a window showing a plasma ball as the electrical currents bounced around in the sphere.

“What it can’t be called a lab without a plasma ball” Blaze said defensively

“I doubt that” Twilight said with a disbelieving look

“It’s true you do need a plasma ball for it to count as a lab, Perra (Bitch)” KAI explained before speaking Spanish

“What was that last part?” Twilight asked suspiciously as she narrowed her eyes at Blaze as he tried not to laugh

“Trust me some things are best not answered” Blaze said trying not to die on the spot

"So are you sure we should even include the Spirit Realm in this project? I mean Loki can be. . . unpredictable" Twilight asked in concern as Blaze waved it off

"What he said it himself he doesn't care about us so I don't see a problem in it" Blaze said simply as he opened the door to the portal room

"So what have you found when working with that game designer?" Dash asked to everyone's surprise "What I'm curious!"

"Well I was thinking that if we successfully connect worlds then maybe we can make it a way for Ponies to travel between them without any paradox related things happening" Blaze explained as he booted up the computer "So we decided to use Minecraft as no other inhabitants besides NPC's exist there"

“You’re lucky that we’re working on that one” KAI responded through a megaphone in the corner of the room

“What not my fault that you lost the bet” Blaze said simply as he kept typing

“If you didn’t cheat!” KAI responded more violently before smacking Blaze with his robotic wings

“Really?” Blaze asked before sighing as he finished up

As the group watched the machine’s inner frame spark and the lights around the frame lit up as the combination of teleportation magic and electrical frequencies flowed through the machine as they were all soon greeted with a vortex of purple as little spirals or a lighter color moved around in it like snakes and a whooshing sound filled the air.

“See me and Voxel have been working on a way where you could travel to whatever dimension you felt like and even to the digital world, sadly it’s still in testing with mods to make sure nothing glitches out and we still need to fix the current bugs, namely the time frame. Turns out 1 day in there could mean a week here or more” Blaze explained more in-depth as he continued

“Furthermore we combined technology and teleportation magic on a massive scale to open portals to any worlds that we can think of; as it turns out that whole multiverse theory is true so we decided to use that for transportation”

“we’re using a game to test all outcomes as this is like a bigger version of my reality warping as I can warp between this world and my home world and now even the Spirit Realm but I doubt I'll be going there anytime soon"

Blaze then finished as he was just about to shut the machine down but he couldn’t move as his body seemed to be struck with something as he saw the portal’s strength grow as loose objects began to slide forward into the vortex.

This is when Blaze noticed something seeping through the portal. Activated his armour as he ran towards the portal but felt his body stiffen. He grunted as he felt his mind surge with pain as his vision began to blur.

“What the fuck are you?” Blaze asked as he tried to move and soon his visor met purple eyes as it began to roar, making Blaze’s head spin more as the thing stopped and said 3 words directly in his face, sending chills down his spine.

“I. SEE. YOU.” It said

Blaze freaked out and kicked nothing as he saw it disappear and soon felt long hooves wrap around his throat as he quickly head-butted the things jaw as it disappeared and reappeared in front of the rest as it raised it's black hoof but was soon tackled to the ground as it along with Blaze rolled.

The thing then grabbed Blaze as he got a clear look at the thing as their eyes met once again. it was black with a purple-black mane and eyes of dark-purple, it had no mouth and was near around the same size as Celestia herself. then it spoke in an cold but almost soothing voice.

"You invade our pristine world, clam it as your own simply by your presence, you slaughter innocent animals for their hides and their flesh, you devastate the landscape and gouge out the earth to build your monuments to vanity. . . and yet you all call me a monster?" she spoke with a hiss as a hidden jaw began to open wider and wider as a bloodcurdling screech rang out

Blaze was startled to the point of fear, fear he had not felt in a long time; that was then replace by the thing kicking him in the stomach sending Blaze tumbling into the portal's edge as he swiftly grabbed the things neck and threw it into the portal with him. the beast however was not going to go down easy as it latched on to his right leg as it proceeded to drag Blaze in with it.

Twilight tried to hold on to him but the thing had a good grip on his leg as he winced in pain. Dash soon joined in as she tried to pull him out

"Come on, help us!!!" Dash shouted as the other followed suit as they pulled with all their might

Blaze then smiled as he shoved them loose and yelled at the top of his lungs.

“KAI SHUTDOWN!!!” Blaze yelled before his vision faded to black, the last thing he saw was all of them staring at him with fear...

*Message Log, Location: Unknown, Sent To: Creator*

He has been sent

But mark my words Creator

If you go back on your word you and your world will suffer much worse then that of Blaze

Operation Plain of Reality has begun

To Be Continued...

Next Chapter: How To Survive The Night

Chapter 11 Act 1: How To Survive The Night

Minecraft-Reality Mode

Chapter 2:

How to Survive the Night

Silence... That’s all that greeted Blaze as he began to come to; he didn’t know if the others had survived or if they all ended up where Blaze was but he was not alone as he felt something brush up agenst him and his eyes soon shot open to see...

“A squid-“ Blaze said as he choked down a mouthful of water before closing and soon seeing a blocky creature with derpy eyes facing him as it bobbed in the water.

“Wait if it’s a squid then...”

*GHASP*

“Ok why the ocean of all places to spawn” Blaze said between breaths as he laid on the sand before looking around at the blocky environment

From where he was standing he saw a forest to his left a mountain region to his right and the ocean was at his back and from surfacing he saw the sun was almost at the mid-point.

Blaze then swiftly brought his hoof up and swiped but nothing happened as he swung his hoof in frustration before groaning loudly  

“Great, bloody great now how am i supposed to get out of here?” Blaze mumbled to himself before asking “KAI you there? Hello...”

Blaze sighed as he glanced at the forest and soon he was moving. Blaze had played the game enough to know that he needed to find the others and before night approaches and due to the mods he really didn’t want to wait around.

“Please anyone, can you hear me!!?” Blaze shouted as he continued to walk until his face met rock

“Ow”

Blaze then noticed the massive mountain in front of him he sighed as he began to climb up. Why not use his wings you may ask well turns out a mod was installed to stop pegasi from flying.

“Stupid, bloody, useless mods” Blaze groaned to himself as he finally reached the top and soon got a better grasp of the area

So the forest he saw was surrounded by mountains and then the rest of the area was a blanket of dark green as a roofed forest covered the ground below.

Behind him the ocean was cut off by an endless desert with no a single trace of life. The world just seemed to keep going but other than that Blaze enjoyed the view and for a game made of blocks that’s something unique.

Blaze began to traverse the mountains to cover more ground and soon found a small cave about 30 blocks away but something was different. The cave held a campfire and it was still going.

“Huh is someone else here?” Blaze said as he began to run towards the entrance but stopped at a tree “But then again it might not be anyone, oh great now I’m talking to myself!”

Blaze then stared intently at the tree and soon he began to punch it. At first it didn’t work but once he realized he had to hit it multiple times he had gavered 5 oak blocks.

Blaze then turned them into planks, then some into sticks and soon a pick, he then grabbed 20 cobble and soon he had a stone set of tools with some extra planks and stone just encase.

Blaze then readied his sword as he slowly entered the cave and found a crafting bench, furnace and chest and the campfire in the center.

Blaze then walked over and opened the chest to find some wood, stone and... A lot of apples.

“Wait apples?” Blaze thought out loud as he grabbed some and began to eat as he saw a few bars appear in his vision.

Hearts: 20

Armor: 0

Hunger: Full

Level: 1

“Well that’s something?” Blaze said in confusion before glancing at the entrance to the cave and noticed the sky turning colours.

Blaze sat there in the cave as he listened to the crackling of the fire as he remembered the night he spent in his new home, but unlike then he had KAI and now nothing.

“I really hate being alone… heh great I’m starting to go crazy” Blaze joked as his ears flattened agenst his head as he looked down at his hooves

“I don’t even know if I’ll find a way home, let alone anyone to help me. . . well I’ll be dammed if I give up again, I beat that nightmare so this shouldn’t be too bad right?” Blaze thought as he got up and walked outside into the night

“So let’s see I have no A.I, no armour or wings and I have only the basic knowledge of this game. . . well I’ve survived this long!” Blaze said in glee as his cybernetic eye began to beep as he looked and saw a message

*Alert: Non-hostile lifeforms detected, North-North east, 2000 blocks*

Blaze turned and noticed a faint light in the distance and his smile began to grow and then it shattered.

“So all I need to do is cross this dark. . . mob infested. . . forest. . .” Blaze looked back and saw that mobs have begun to show up as he looked towards the massive forest and saw through the leaves mobs, a lot of mobs

"Well the night ain't getting any younger!" Blaze said out loud as he jumped onto the tree in front of him and then proceeded to jump to the next and the next until he was in full motion and as the night grew longer, the window between life and death grew shorter.

Blaze ran across the forest as he dodged the holes that came into view but one of them he didn’t account for as his body dropped to the cold earth below with a thud.

"Ow did anyone get the number on that hole?" Blaze groaned, his voice muffled by the dirt

Blaze slowly got to his feet as he saw 2 skeletons, 3 zombies, 1 spider jokey and a creeper corner him as he held his blade and smiled.

“You sure we can’t just talk this out?” Blaze asked with a fake smile as an arrow shot passed him from the spider jockey as he laughed hesitantly “Heh I guess not, alright then”

Blaze rushed forward and slid to the side of the zombies as he jumped up and slashed one’s head clean off. He then kicked the other into a skeleton as he implied the 3rd with his blade and proceeded to use it like a shield as he charged the 2nd skeleton and skewed them both on a tree as their bodies disappeared.

Blaze then felt pain shoot up his back leg as the first skeleton shot him and caused Blaze to hide behind a tree. Blaze then proceeded to run around the tree line as he took a block out of the tree along with the skeleton as it fell still and disappeared.

*HISSSSSS-*

“Oh Fu- “

*BOOM!!!*

The creeper along with Blaze were sent flying as the creeper vanished along with a good chunk of the ground as Blaze then viewed his life bar.

Health: 10

“They sure as hell can land a punch, really wish KAI was here”

Blaze then saw the shadow looming over him as the spider began to attack its prey as Blaze used his blade to fend off the arachnid as its arms flailed around as Blaze saw the jockey prepare its arrow.

“Talk about a rock and a hard place”

The spider tried to bite Blaze but Blaze used his wings to block the creature as he moved his blade and shanked the Spider as it hissed in pain as Blaze tipped it off his body as it disappeared like the rest. He went to reach for his sword but an arrow stopped him in his tracks as the jockey slowly moved up as its face seemed to grin as him as it slowly pulled back the bow as Blaze laid their with a fearful expression before the world around them shook with anger.

*ROOOOAAAAAAR!!!*  

"Ok what the fuck was that?" Blaze asked as he noticed the Jockey backing away into the tree-line as it glared at Blaze with its hollow (Literally) eyes as Blaze ate 2 more apples as he felt the wounds heal up as his health reached its maximum.

Blaze pressed onwards into the night as he spotted a clearing up ahead with the glow of light emanating from the clearing as he saw what looked to be like buildings as he smiled happily.

“Finally home free!” Blaze shouted in glee as he limped towards the light in hopes of finding help

What he didn’t know was that the game around him was changing and unaware of whose pulling the strings...

To Be Continued...






Chapter 11 Act 1: Take Back The Night

Minecraft: Reality Mode

Chapter3:

Take Back the Night

As Blaze ran towards the light (Literally) he saw that it was one of the generated structures in the game, a village. And it wouldn’t be complete without villagers, villagers that were running, in fear, and had the same voice.

“*Sigh* oh boy,” Blaze sighed as he saw most of them escape into houses whist some ran from the mobs that chased them and that Jockey leading them “So that’s where you went, alright then,”

“Oh, and before I continue a Jockey is a skeleton that has mounted a spider giving it much better mobility, and with a mod installed they can essentiality lead other mobs,”

Blaze brought out his sword as he charged at a zombie as it cornered a villager named ‘Villager #5’ Blaze then pierced its chest as he tackled it to the ground before finishing it off.

“Hey you alright?” Blaze asked as he looked around for any trouble

“Yes, thank you horsey!” The villager said in an odd voice as it ran off with its hands still in its sleeves

“I’m not a horse,” Blaze mumbled as he kicked a creeper away from behind him as it exploded

Blaze then charged towards the Jockey as he slashed away at mobs and kicked some into fires as they burned.

*BAM*

Blaze was then knocked off his feet by a zombie as a spider followed up and pinned him between his sword as Blaze saw a creeper slowly approaching him as he fought to get the arachnid off him as he saw his health bar.

Health: 10 hearts

“Damnit I can’t survive that creeper blast like this!” Blaze cursed in his head as he kept struggling to shake the spider off

His eyes then widened as he saw a skeleton trying to shoot him as he got an idea. Blaze then used all his strength to shove the spider to his left as an arrow pierced its abdomen making it screech in pain as it changed target and leaped towards the skeleton.

Blaze only had a few seconds to roll away as the creeper exploded beside him. He then quickly ate the last of his apples as he saw his health return in no time as he ran towards the Jockey as its hollow eyes narrowed.

He stopped and held him blade in his right hoof-hand.

“End of the line bone-boy,” Blaze said with a grin as it shot an arrow that Blaze blocked as he saw it climb the tower to its right as Blaze ran for the entrance.

He soon found the ladder and began to climb the cobble tower as he soon reached the top and saw the jockey waiting of a spire. The area on the tower was bigger than the actual game which made it easier for a brawl.

The Skeleton then switch out its bow for an iron sword which shouldn’t be possible as waited for Blaze to make his move, to which he gladly accepted.

Blaze ran for the skeleton as it waited to block but didn’t anticipate Blaze sliding as he cut all eight of the spider’s legs as it hissed in pain but Blaze soon silenced it as the Skeleton jumped off as Blaze stuck his blade into its back as it died off in a puff of code.

*SLASH*

Blaze fell back as the skeleton stuck his side with its blade as it approached him and kicked him a few times in the chest as he chocked for air. The Skeleton then thrusted its blade towards his head but Blaze blocked it with his metal leg as he turned and kicked the skeleton back as he ran forwards and connected blades with the Undead.

Blaze narrowly rolled away as the Skeleton's blade smashed into one of the cobble spires as he dragged it through the rock towards Blaze as he blocked the attack quickly as he smelled the burning iron fill he nose.

Blaze then smiled slightly as the skeleton twisted its head in confusion.

“Looks like your intelligence doesn’t go too far,” Blaze mocked as he pointed to his left with a free hoof

The skeleton looked and soon felt Blaze’s blade slash at his skull as it stumbled back and looked at the rising sun and then the descending moon. The night was over.

*SMASH*

The skeleton’s skull so felt Blaze’s sword smash a side of its skull off as Blaze’s blade broke into pieces as the bag of bones fell back and over the edge of the tower as it burst into code before hitting the ground, leaving its sword.

Blaze smiled as he looked at the rising sun in glee before walking back towards the ladder and descending to the bottom.

As Blaze exited the tower he was greeted by 4 villagers. 1 in full white, 1 in all purple, 1 in with a black apron and the last in all brown.

Brown: Villager #14

White cloak: Villager #5

Black apron: Villager #12

Purple cloak: Villager #1

“See, this was the nice horsey that I told you about!” Villager #5 said as Blaze frowned

“I am not a horse, I’m a pony, big difference,” Blaze said in annoyance as Villager #12 spoke in the same voice

“Well thank you for saving our village from the scary monsters, I don’t want to lose my emeralds,” He said in a slightly sad voice at the end as #5 kept petting Blaze as he groaned in frustration

“Well still why did they attack, its only zombies that attack not all mobs?” I asked as I pondered on it before #1 spoke up in a more elderly voice

“Yes ever since yesterday all the mobs have acted different, and if you didn’t show up we may have all been killed,” He said as he bowed

“But what of you pony, I don’t remember seeing any mobs like you in the game before?” He asked in curiosity as the other 3 moved on before #12 spoke

“Oh little pony take this, it wasn’t made of Emeralds so I don’t want it,” #12 said as he handed Blaze the skeleton’s blade.

Rattlebone’s Sword  

Enchantment: Sharpness 1

“Cool thanks, and if I find any emeralds I’ll pay you,” Blaze said happily as he waved goodbye as Blaze put his new blade away as he turned to face the Elder

“Well first how do you know you’re in a game and not the others?” Blaze asked quickly as he sat down on a wooden step

“I don’t know, it all started since yesterday and since I’ve never seen something like you before I assumed you might know,” he explained as he coughed slightly

“Well to say this wasn’t my fault would be a lie,” Blaze said frowning slightly as he began to tell the ‘Elder’ as he called him about Equestria and how Elder’s world came to be

“And so there you have it, I’m the one who caused this mess even before that ‘thing’ was involved,” Blaze finished as his eyes looked towards the ground as he felt the Elder pat him on the head as he smiled

“No, it’s not your fault you were sure about your plans and ideals the monster it behind this so you have nothing to be a fault with,” He concluded with a nod as Blaze cheered up a bit

“Thanks Elder, but due to the attacks would it be alright if I set up camp here?” Blaze asked as he nodded "Good because I have plans to make this place a little more of a landmark,"

Blaze then grinned like a mad man as his brain conjured up so many ideas that would put even KAI to shame.

“I do believe after the night before we should have a lot of free space,” Elder laughed slightly as Blaze followed suit

“Well then I better get to work, a lot of ideas be buzzing and I have little time to work with!” Blaze said as he grinned in anticipation before the Elder booped him on the nose making him lose his train of thought

“Sorry but I really had to do that!” He laughed as Blaze gave him a deadpan expression “What, I’m old, I think I have the excuse to pull a joke here and there,”

“yea, yea just don’t pet me on the head, I feel like a pet when someone does that,” Blaze responded as he swung his axe around in his hand “Now then let’s get to building!”

On the other side of the village, facing Blaze and the Elder was a forest that hid some surviving mobs that slipped into the shadows and another being who’s eyes glowed bright.

To Be Continued…


Chapter 11 Act 1: Shadows and Faces

Minecraft: Reality Mode

Chapter 11: Act1

Shadows and Faces

As the night approached the peaceful village a 2-block high cobble wall with wooden fence lining the top enclosed the town from the monsters of the night as Villagers for once could socialize and trade in the beautiful night sky.

On the slight outskirts of town, a small wooden (Home) was dimly lit as Blaze sat on an actual sofa as he wrote out a book as a cow laid on the carpet beside him named ‘Steve the Cow’.

The book Blaze wrote into was labelled ‘How to Survive a Cube World’ and so far, there were 5 rules.

Rule 1: Find a high point and look around

Getting a good look at your surroundings is better than wandering for hours

Rule 2: Grab stone tools ASAP

Night will come quick so have better tools than wood

Rule 3: Make a small camp for the night

Finding a cave or making a small shack is better than spending all resources.

Rule 4: Avoid Mobs if possible

In the beginning, you won’t have much so best to avoid conflicts

Rule 5: Know your Mobs

Zombies: Attack with melee and can carry armour and weapons.

Skeletons: Use bows from a distance and can wear armour.

Spiders: Faster, can climb straight walls and tend to jump to attack.

Creepers: Silent and will cause an explosion that can instant kill without armour

Enderman: Avoid eye contact and you’ll be happy chaps.

“So Steve you think if I get out of this mess this will get me something?” Blaze asked the cow as it looked at him and gave him a deadpan expression before snorting

“You’re just jealous because it’s not apples,” Blaze said with a pout as he put it away and sat looking out the window at the night sky as he saw the moon rising

“To think that such a dangerous game at night can also be beautiful,” Blaze pondered as Steve ‘Mooed’ in agreement

“It is why I rule the night so that I can witness it, sadly the monsters ruin it for others. . .but not you?” Another voice with an echo chimed in

First Blaze yelled along with Steve then he fell back on his sofa and landed head first on the floor.

“Ow…”

“Moo…”

“Sorry I didn’t mean to startle you,” the voice said again as Blaze got to his hooves and got a good look at him

He was like the villagers but wore a cyan top with navy blue trousers, his hair was brown and his eyes were white as snow, no pupils, no nothing just an empty void.

“I’m fine, my head was already out of whack,” Blaze said with a small smile as the person just stared “So who are you exactly?”

“I am Herobrine; I rule the darkness and night that others refuse to enjoy, but that’s understandable” Herobrine said with a sigh as he glanced out the window

“So you mind telling me why you’re here?” Blaze asked in suspicion “And why you couldn’t have knocked?”

“I am here to warn you Pony that the monster that dragged you into my world is planning to end not only this world but yours if you don’t hurry,” Herobrine spoke in a low voice as Blaze nodded with seriousness

“He has taken the form of an endermare, what I mean is the mobs in this world will soon turn into what you are and he plans to use that to weaken the lay-lines,”

“What do lay-lines have to do with this freak’s plans?” Blaze asked as he wished KAI was here to translate "Let me guess he wants to kill me,"

“The lay-lines are like highways of energy that not only run through worlds but through dimensions and if disrupted by massive amounts of energy can open a rift to another world,” Herobrine explained

“So this ‘Endermare’ plans to rip a hole through reality and take over mine?” Blaze asked as he nodded “But won’t that mean the Mobs will follow him through if they see people who aren’t them?”

“No, they will never, not whist I’m present, but the one’s in the Nether are not so loyal,” Herobrine stated as Blaze looked up and raised a brow

“The Nether’s own Goddess has been missing for decades and so no one leads them, so if he convinces them first…” Herobrine trailed off

“…Then he’ll have an army of Hell backing him up,” Blaze finished as he got up and looked through his chest and soon found 6 pieces of obsidian

“Damnit 4 short!” Blaze cursed as he turned around with disappointment “Well I’m low on ores and obsidian and no caves in the area hold what I need since yesterday and the best I have is the sword”

“Below the well,” Herobrine said simply

“The well?” Blaze repeated

"Moo?" Steve chimed in

“There is a mineshaft down below the well and could possibly lead to more valuable resources but what lies beneath I do not know,” Herobrine warned as Blaze began to sort through his inventory

“One thing I do want to know why are you helping me, normally you’re seen as the bad guy?” Blaze asked as he turned to face him "That and you are very intimidating,"

“That is because people fear the night which I rule, in turn they fear me but I don’t blame them, and the reason why I’m helping, so your world does not suffer for a fate it didn’t deserve,” Herobrine explained before giving Blaze an amulet

Item Received: Call of the Night

“What’s this?” Blaze asked as he finished packing up as he stared at the gold amulet with a blue-moon crescent in the inner ring

“This will allow me to stay in contact with you encase I hear an news on the ‘thing’ as for why I gave it to you it’s because I trust you can fix this world,” Herobrine said with a nod as he approached the window

“For now we shall part ways Pony and… good luck,” Herobrine concluded as he soon disappeared in a cloud of purple

“I’m not sure what your game is Endermare or why you wish to bring harm to my world but I’m sure on what I’m going to do,”

Blaze then ran around his home collecting all the other necessary things he may need for this trip to the underground before dawn began to break.

“Alright Steve I’ll be back before next Dawn, until then man the fort!” Blaze said as the cow nodded in understanding as Blaze smiled

He began to make his way through town before the Elder came around the corner stopping Blaze in his tracks.

“Geeze Elder are you trying to kill me?” Blaze said as he approached him

“No I believe you can handle that yourself with what you’re planning,” Elder said as he pointed at Blaze’s pick and sword

“Yea turns out this world might actually have things worse than mobs to deal with,” Blaze said casually as the Elder scratched his chin I thought before his eyes lit up

“Oh yes now I remember I wanted to give you this for all your help!” He explained as he lifted out a ‘Unique’ golden chest piece as it glowed faintly as he passed it to Blaze

Item Gained: FlareBurst’s Chest

Enchantment: Fire Aspect I to all weapons

                          Fire Immunity

“Whoa where in God’s name did you get this?” Blaze said as he felt a nice warmth spread through-out his body as crimson fabric ran around the edges of the holes

“We don’t know, we found it one day beside some ruins and only when you showed up did we realize that it was meant to fit your physic,” Elder explained as Blaze continued to ponder about it before shrugging it off

“Well thank you Elder and don’t worry I’ll be back soon,” Blaze finished with a small smile as he smiled back

Blaze eventually found the well and peered down it as he saw nothing but blue as he gulped in hesitation.

“I swear if I die because of you Herobrine I am going to haunt your ass,” Blaze mumbled

“Well you did agree to it,” Herobrine responded startling Blaze and making him fall into the dark depths as he began to swim down “Good luck Pony,”

Stats

Health: Full

Hunger: Full

Armour: ¾ Full

Level: 15

To Be Continued…


Chapter 11 Act 1: Into The Depths

Minecraft: Reality Mode

Chapter 11 Act 1

Into the Depths

“Pick, pick, pick, pick, pick DROP!!!” Blaze yelled as he face-planted the cave after mining his way through the ground

“God Damnit I can’t see a dam thing!” Blaze said out loud as he placed a torch as the seemingly endless hallways lit up as the sound of mobs could be heard

“Right so Iron, Diamonds, Obsidian, escape, got it,” Blaze thought as he nodded and began his excavation into the darkness

As Blaze made his way across a ravine the mineshaft came to a close with only the way he came, a dead end in front and a blocked passage to his right. he wiped his brow as he placed a torch and broke a few blocks to make room as he began to look through his inventory.

Inventory:

1 Stack of Iron Ore

4 Diamonds

2 Stacks of Coal

1 Stack of Cobblestone

1 crafting Bench

1 Sword

1 Diamond Pick

1 Armour piece

10 Torches

5 Apples

10 Obsidian

“Alright so let’s get down to business,” Blaze said in anticipation as he broke some nearby planks from the mineshaft and built 3 furnaces before placing the metals inside as he waited

*Rattle, Rattle, Groan, Hiss*

Blaze halted what he was doing as he looked off into the darkness and waited as he finished making an Iron pick as not to waste his diamond one.

Blaze got his gear together as he decided to continue onwards. As he broke through the gravel blocked on he travelled down the passage until he found more tracks but this time they seemed to stay connected and even had a minecart attached to his left as the shaft continued ahead.

“Maybe this could take me out,” Blaze wondered as he heard the noises again as he decided to investigate the sounds down another tunnel

As Blaze came closer to the sounds he saw the place was illuminated by lava falls as mobs, at least 100 stood before… HIM!

The Endermare stood taller than the rest and had purple ooze running over parts of its body and a black mane and tail paired with its soulless eyes as they glared at the mobs that watched it.

“-You are all tasked in dealing with that pathetic village that Pony occupies, leave nothing standing, if you fail…” She from the tone of her voice grabbed a zombie and threw it into lava as they watched it burn to ashes

“Do I make myself clear?” She asked with a smirk as they silently nodded, Blaze’s hoof then slipped forward sending a stone block tumbling on top a zombie as they all turned to face the eavesdropper

“You!” She hissed as Blaze gave her a sheepish grin

“No matter, you may know what I’m up to but unlike most I know how to get the job done!” She said as a group of mobs began to make their way towards me

“Well at least you’re not stupid!” Blaze shouted before running back down the tunnel “Ok so my options are a small room, filled with a ton of enemies or on very long room, filled with a ton of enemies,”

Before Blaze could decide however a zombie came out of nowhere with a pick and swung it towards Blaze as he ducked and it imbedded itself in the wall.

Blaze quickly slashed the zombie’s arm off and then followed up by decapitating it. He continued to run until he found the tracks again and looked back at the dark corridor and saw all the red eyes glowing and winced before jumping into the cart.

“Screw it!” He shouted as he hit the lever and soon he saw off down the track as it led to more circuits of tracks leading off into different tunnels

Then a cart came flying down the track beside Blaze as an armoured zombie swung down with an iron sword as Blaze blocked the assault and pushed it back.

The zombie then recoiled back and came flying at Blaze as it slashed his cheek as he grunted in pain before impaling the zombie on his own. This however didn’t stop the zombie as it tried to cut Blaze into mincemeat.

Blaze then grinned as he shoved the zombie off his sword as he ducked and the zombie looked forward.

*SPLAT-CRACK*

When Blaze got up he saw no trace of the zombie as he laughed in victory before a sinister voice began to echo around him.

“If you think beating me is that easy then you really are a fool,” The Endermare mocked as Blaze smirked

“Well I tend to be reckless and if you think I’m done then you have another thing coming!” Blaze yelled as he held his blade out but she laughed

“Well then try and walk away from this ‘Pony’,” She said more sinisterly than before as Blaze looked ahead and gasped

*DEAD END: BOTTOMLESS PIT*

Blaze tried to look for anyway to escape but none showed as he gritted his teeth in frustration.

“This isn’t over,” Blaze said in a low voice

“I believe it is,” The Endermare retorted as Blaze’s journey came to a stop over the pit

Blaze hung in the air as he held out a small flag that read ‘HELP’ before falling into the darkness, his voice soon disappearing with the cart.

The Endermare stood over the hole and narrowed her eyes before turning around and walking away.

First Person Narrative

“Please help her,”

“Huh! What!? Where am I?” I asked as my body felt nothing but pain as the world around me seemed dark, was I dead?

“Help,”

“Who are you? and where are you exactly?" I asked again but no answer and no sign of the person either then I seemed to wake up to…

“Holy Hell,” was all I could say as a world of red greeted me

Fire littered areas of the world with glowstone hanging like chandleries from the ceiling of caves and a massive sea of molten lava flowed slowly in front of me as I wiped my head. Mostly because of the lava fall coming down from the giant hole I fell down, I couldn't even see the top

“So this is the Nether huh? Toasty,” I said as that helped improve my mood a bit as I then noticed the massive crimson city ahead of me

It was mostly red but oranges, yellows and even purples helped light the place up as I saw, Ponies!? And some normal mobs of the game walking around.

“The mobs in this world will soon turn into what you are- “ That’s what Herobrine said so I guess it’s happening, but this soon?

“Well I guess I better go find who’s in charge here, just hope I don’t have to fight just yet,” I said to myself but I knew with my track record that would be impossible

“Well I guess out of the frying pan and into the fire as they say,” I quoted before beginning to walk towards the massive city, but for some reason I felt uneasy, but that could just be the heat

To Be Continued…

Stats:

Health: 15

Hunger: 7 left

Armour: ¾

Level: 20

Chapter 11 Act 2: Out Of The Frying Pan...

Minecraft-Reality Mode

Chapter 11: Act 2

Out of The Frying Pan…

Out of all my experiences in life ive never seen a place just as alive of Ponyville, that was 10 minutes ago and now I was walking through the flaming town of the Nether.

All I could see was mobs and ponies alike walking around or viewing the many shops and venders available as I watched them talk and laugh like any other normal village. For once I felt at home.

One vender however looked like your typical knows-everything-about-village-person, so I decided to see if he could help, that and I needed something other than bread to keep me going.

“Excuse me Miss could you help me out?” I asked as she turned to face me, her fur was yellow with a crimson mane of different shades of red and eyes the colour of her coat.

“Yes, and I’m guessing you’re not from around here huh?” She said in a casual tone as I glanced at the massive hole just outside of town, yea that close

“Yea, I guess you could say that,” I joked as she held a hoof out to me and I shook

“Nice to meet ya! I’m Solar Blitz and I’m also going to guess you need directions to a potion vender, yea?” She guessed quite well for my standards as I nodded

“Cool, just give me a moment,” She said as she disappeared under the counter for a moment before a glass bottle with a magenta liquid came back up with her

“How much because it’s not cheap, right?” I asked as I eyed the potion for a bit before she pushed it over to me

“It’s fine, on the house!” She said happily as I raised a brow in confusion

“Why? Don’t get me wrong it’s just I have trust issues sometimes, that and last time I drunk something like this I woke up in a tree” I explained as bad memories of a certain ‘demon’ came to mind and a tree as she gave me a softer smile

“You’re the one people have been talking about, the one who saved that village and beat Rattlebones of all Mobs! You’re considered in my opinion a badass!” She said in excitement as only Pinkie could match that as I smiled

“Really, didn’t know word got down here, that and thanks for the help,” I said as I drank the potion and soon I felt my injuries wash away as I sighed in relief “Better,”

She then gave me an odd look that I couldn’t describe before her eyes widened and soon she pulled me over the desk and under the counter. But before I could say anything I heard someone just above me.

“Excuse me Miss Blitz the Chief was wondering if you saw a Pegasus with metal wings come by here as newcomers tend to go to you for help?” The person, most likely a guard asked as she glanced down at me with a frown before looking up

“No, can’t say I have, maybe he knew he was being looked for and decided to lay low for a while, just a guess anyways,” She said as I waited for a response as my mind raced

“Very well, just inform us if you happen to see him, his coat is a peach colour with a black-spikey mane and has 2 metal legs and two different coloured eyes,” The guard described before adding “And they said his muzzle is quite ‘Odd’,”

Ok I get my muzzle isn’t like a normal guys but seriously?! You just had to add that part!? I hate this game…

“Ok then seeya around!” Solar said happily as I heard the steps disappear before she opened the door just ahead of me and I crawled inside as she followed suit

I won’t bore you on the detail of the house but it’s your typical looking living room and such, As Solar closed the door she pointed a hoof to the seat and I decided to sit down as she spoke first.

“Looks like your famous for more than 1 reason,” She said worried smile as I waved her off

“Yes, I just love how I’m always thrown head first into danger, except Mondays, Mondays are the worst,” I said in disgust as she rolled her eyes before getting more serious

“Why are you here? I mean you defeated Rattlebones but why come here?” She asked and I knew if I was going to save the village in time I would need all the help I could get

“Alright but you better sit down because this is a long story,” I said as we both sat down and soon I began to explain how I got stuck in this dimension  

“How you haven’t lost the plot yet is beyond me at this point,” Solar said as she sighed whist rubbing her head as I shrugged

“Na this is normal for me, but what puzzles me is why you helped me? You could have turned me over but you didn’t, and even after what I told you, why?” I asked more to the fact that I could really use some help getting around this place

I couldn’t read her face it was more stuck between confused and… fear?

“I did because… because I’m sick and tired of all the higher ups treating all of us like cattle just to feed themselves, ever since the Goddess disappeared nothing as gone right,” She said in with a frown on her face as I continued to listen intently

“I just want to help make my home as amazing as it once was, that’s why I thought if I got you’re help you could help me, please?” She pleaded as I got and rested a hoof on her shoulder as I smiled with a determined look

“If you’re willing to help save your home then I’m willing to help,” I said confidently, what I didn’t prepare for was her hugging me and rapidly saying thank you as I smiled more “Ok just stop crushing my wind pipe,”

“Oops sorry, right where do we start?!” She said determinedly as I thought for a moment about everything until I noticed her wide-eyed stare

“What is it? Yoohoo! Solar!” I called out as she snapped out of her trance before pointing at my golden chest plate

“It’s got the royal cress on it,” she said as I looked down and saw what appeared to be a crimson phoenix with a sword in the background as I gave a sheepish smile and rubbed the back of my neck

“Hehehe I didn’t notice,” I laughed as she face-hoofed as she shook her head before focusing again

“Look if my hunch is correct we need to enter the fortress and find the other pieces of the armour if we have any shot of saving both our worlds,” Solar explained as I thought over even possible scenario, KAI would be very helpful right now

“Ok then I guess we’ll just have to sneak our way in if it’s that fortified, once in we should be able to locate the armoury and find that golden armour,” I finished as we nodded and got together a few items

I wore a brown cloak and Solar decided to just bring an iron sword with her as we departed for the fortress, as we moved are way through the lively city guards were on the lookout for anything out of the ordinary.

After a good 10 minutes of walking we came right up to the nether-brick stairway leading into a massive fortress of corridors, two guards were posted outside and so we set our plan into motion.

Solar walked up to them quite casually as I looped around behind the pillar as they halted her movement as she just smirked at them as I tried not to laugh.

“Hey what’s that on your faces?” She asked as they both looked at each other before I came around and smashed their faces together as they fell limp “It was pain!”

I laughed with her as we quickly hushed ourselves and moved inside and began to traverse the endless halls until we found-

“The Armoury!” We gasped at the same time as we quickly approached it and slowly opened the door and stepped into the weapon filled room

All around us were weapons of all types from swords to bows and bows to staffs. I must be dead because I am in heaven as I darted around the room looking at the assortment of weapons before Solar dragged me by the tail as I pouted in protest.

She then dropped me in front of a golden set of bars and within it held shiny golden armour with an almost shiny sheen to it as the light reflected off its metallic surface. The only thing we both notice missing was the golden chest plate, that shined on my chest.  

“So how do we grab it?” Solar asked as she poked at the bars and I instantly brought out my pick and began to smash the shiny pick into the bars as the broke in seconds “Nevermind!”

I grabbed the armour as it gave off the same warm heat as I stored them in my inventory as I nodded and we began to make our way back through the fortress, avoid all guards.

“Ok we’re almost home free, the exit is just around the *gasp*!” I stopped as I almost walked into one of the dozens of guards, some of them Blazes as they glared at us

Then we saw a very snobby looking unicorn come out, he almost looked just like Blueblood only more fire related colours as he even talked like him. God help us all.

“So we have some rats in ‘MY’ fortress, well then I guess we’ll just have to torture them to know their intentions, no use having them locked up if they got this far,” He spoke as he smirked and I grimaced

“Hey would you look at that, we outta be going, you know saving the world and all, you know important stuff, so… Bye!” With that I grabbed Solar by the hoof and dragged her with me back down the hall

“Get those peasants!!!” Redblood, yea great name, yelled as the Blazes fired blasts at us as they ignited some of the blocks behind us and in front as we jumped and rolled to avoid being burned

As we ran for our lives I noticed my hunger reaching only 4 bars as I began to panic and I glanced over to see Solar looking terrified. I was going to get her killed, if I don’t act fast then all this would have been pointless and it would have been my fault. Not yet.

As we approached a crossroads I noticed one leading outside and decided to take that one as a barrage of fire hurdled past us as we ran out onto the catwalk. As we reached on of the outside cross roads I stopped.

“Blaze what are you doing we need to run!” Solar shouted in a panic as I smiled and pushed her behind a small outcrop I saw the shadows approach.

“Just stay here, I’ll be fine,” I was lying but I didn’t care, I wouldn’t kill her just for my own goals. I stood out as I saw the army of hell approach me as I backed up and then winced “Dead end,”

Well not exactly there was land, 100 blocks from the sea of lava that rested down below. As they all blocked off my exits they completely avoided Solar’s location to my relief before I heard Redblood’s voice.

“You know if you weren’t a wretched, flightless peasant I would hire you, you would have been a good slave,” He mocked as I snorted

“I rather burn for all eternity than rule under your snobby mouth!” I snapped back earning an enraged look from him as I felt an arrow snag my cheek as I gritted my teeth but smiled none the less

“You worm, I am the ruler of this land and with the Endermare’s help I will burn that pathetic world of yours!” He laughed as I narrowed my eyes but he continued

“Maybe even pay a visit to your friends, one of them would be a very useful puppet,” He smiled as my rage grew as I knew who he was talking about and I felt my voice change

  “SO HELP ME IF YOU DARE TOUCH A HAIR ON HER MANE I WILL FUCKING RIP YOUR HEART OUT WITH YOUR RIBS!!!” I screeched as he and his men took a step back before I heard a cry behind me and my ears flattened

A ghast.

*BOOM*

I jumped forward as the blocks behind me fell into the fiery grave below. As I regained my footing I felt a massive kick hit my jaw as I spun back and almost over the edge as I held on for dear life.

I looked up only to see the wrenched unicorn standing over me with a blade in hoof as I gulped. He gently put the tip of the cold blade to my metal hoof and smiled, it pissed me off.

“Hope you enjoy burning you nobody,” He said before I grabbed the blade with my metal hand before staring directly into his cold eyes

“And when I come back you’ll burn in the fires with me,” I said before he plunged the blade into my leg and I fell back wards off the edge and time seemed to slow

“Heh if he thinks death will stop me, I won’t rest until he and that Endermare is dead, even if I have to crawl out of the fires to do so,” I murmured as if felt the fire burn my body and nothing but red clouding my vison.

Stats:

Health: 10

Hunger:3

Armour: ¾

Level: 25


To be Continued…




Chapter 11 Act 2 ...And Into The Lava

Phantoms of the Truth

Chapter 11 Act 2

…And into The Lava

You know people would say this is cliché but my life is just one big cliché but that in itself is cliché, cliché, isn’t it?

Anyway, normally once you die or fall into a massive sea of molten magma you would be dead, roasted etc. For me however that was not the case, not in the slightest.

My eyes slowly awoke to a vision of murky red as my entire body felt warm but not burnt. I realized that I was in fact, swimming in lava.

“Ok what the fuck?” I asked to no one in particular as I then noticed the faint purple glow emanating from my chest plate

“Fire immunity!” I realized in surprise as I sigh heavily “That 5 times now ive been saved just in time,”

I then felt my metal hand grasp something that was down here with me. I looked down and saw a wooden hilt with a sharp crystal that went from yellow to orange then to red as it glowed. What came next surprised me even more.

“Who… who are you?” The blade spoke in a female voice that was almost apathetic “What are you doing here?”

“I could ask you the same thing miss blade,” I said in my usual tone

“Whatever it doesn’t matter, just leave me alone,” She said bitterly as that got me thinking, yes, I can think

“Why? Why do you want to be left here alone?” I asked expecting to get some reaction

“Because there’s no point in living in a world that takes away everything you care for, it expects you to be something you’re not and punishment for going agenst it is what ended in this conclusion,” She explained as I frowned slightly before giving her a big

“Nope.” I said simply

“What?” She asked in confusion

“Nope. You had a choice, sure it may have led to a bad outcome but still you live on,” I explained as I took her silence as my que

“If life really hated you, you wouldn’t still be alive, heck Ive been killed, Ive seen someone I care for die the same, but life kept me going, I kept myself going,”

“Heck I’m swimming in a sea of lava, talking with a sword and I’m still living!” I shouted as I smiled

“Don’t you see? You still have a choice, you can waste away at the bottom of this lake forever… or you can come with me,” I said simply as I heard a faint gasped

“You-you want me to come with you? Why?” She asked as I laughed

“Because I’m an idiot who landed himself and others in a big mess and I’m tired of letting people suffer for it,” I said with a smile as I held the blade up to my face

“Who…who are you?” She asked sounding more confused but less apathetic

“I’m Blaze Hawk, amazing name I know, and I smile in the face of death!” I stated proudly as I heard a slight laugh

“You really are something, aren’t you?... are you serious in wanting to let me join you?” She asked more calmly as I smiled

“Sure, but the choice is yours,” I said as the blade glowed more brightly  

“Ok then, but first I’m guessing you weren’t sent down here my your own will?” She asked as I rubbed the back of my neck giving her a sheepish grin

“There’s about 10 guards up there, and I don’t really think this on chest plate is going to cover it,” I said pointing at the armour as she gasped

“That’s… my armour…” She said in a whisper as my mind soon realized who I was talking to

“Wait, YOU’RE THE GODDESS!!?” I yelled in surprise as the glow dimed slightly

“Yes, and might I wonder how did you acquire my gear?” She asked suspiciously as I actually began to sweat in lava

“I may have broken into your fortress, and broke into the vault and took the gear with me,” I said slowly as I forced a smile “But the chest plate I found in the over world not here,”

“Really?... fine, at least this will help in this fight,” She said in defeat as I raise my brow

“What are you planning?” I asked more in fear than curiosity

“My Rebirth.”

*Above the sea of lava*

*Third-Person-Narrative*

Redblood or Crimstone pinned Solar agenst a wall as the guards all kept watch for anyone as he smiled at her as she wore a very pissed look on her face.

“Alright I’ll give you one chance, you can live and have all charges dropped, only if you become my faithful servant forever, oh and not just the normal kind of one,” Crimstone said as he licked his lips as Solar gulped slightly

“I rather burn with Blaze than be stuck listening to a spoiled brat for the rest of my life!” She snapped as his smile soon dropped as his right-hoof connected with her face sending her flying

“You pest, don’t you dare talk to your superior that way!” he snapped as Solar spat blood from her mouth but smiled as he grabbed her by the neck

“No, killing you would be wasteful, so I guess I’ll have to take you by for-“

*BOOM*

Everyone’s eyes darted to the nether bridge cliff as a pillar of fire shot into the air before the body of a pony came walking out into view.

Her coat was a peach colour and her mane was a golden colour with orange mixed in, her cutie mark was two blaze rods crossing each other. Her eyes shot open revealing nothing but yellow and orange as they glowed.

She wore golden armour which had a purple glow to it. A horn glowed red as it gripped a crystal sword in it. 5 jagged blaze rods hovered around her as her head turned to the left with frown dawned her face as her eyes narrowed in disgust.

“You dare defy me! You are not worthy of being my guards, nor does your leader lack resolve or then means to lead!” She spoke as some guards fled the area as Crimstone spoke up

“You dare call me a terrible leader! I am Prince Crimstone and i-“

He saw cut off as the blade shot forward and cut his cheek before returning to the mare.

“I am Serafin, Goddess of the NetherRealm and you will all burn in the fires upon which you sent me to burn!!!” Serafin yelled as two arrows shot towards her but burned as they touched the sword

“Guards kill that pest!” Crimstone yelled as he ran away faster than anyone one pony could go

Serafin swung the blade in an ‘X’ formation as two wither skeletons ran forward. The first one brought its sword down as Serafin blocked and swung up, throwing it off balance. She then severed its arm and disconnected its head in an instant as it burst into flames.

The other one came from behind as the blaze rods defended their host and shoved it back as Serafin fired a ball of fire, setting the undead to fiery grave as it fell off the platform.

An arrow then grazed Serafin’s face as her head turned to see 3 skeletons preparing to fire again as she waited.

*Swoosh, Swoosh, Swoosh, Hiss*

As the arrows shot towards their target they were quickly burned in a wall of flames as 3 small balls of fire came hurdling out as they contacted the skeletons, setting them ablaze.

“Who’s next?” Serafin spoke as the rest looked at each other and soon ran off as Serafin let out a breath before she was kicked into a pillar by one remaining skeleton “One more,”

It wore iron armour as it brought its sword down only for Serafin to dodge the attack as she rolled. But she just had to keep dodging left and right as she noticed the light-blue spirals emanating from it.

“Swiftness,” she thought as she jumped to avoid the next assault “What can we do?”

“You could try being reckless, that’s what I do,” Blaze responded inside Serafin’s head as narrowed her eyes in annoyance

“*Sigh* you better be right,” Serafin shot back

The Skeleton pinned Serafin to a wall as he brought his blade forward but it stopped as Serafin grabbed it between her teeth. She then lit her mouth on fire as it melted the stone.

*Bam*

The Skeleton’s skull connected with a nearby wall as Serafin kicked it flying off her as she spat the stone out of her mouth. The Skeleton tried to crawl away but a red aura surrounded it as Serafin lifted it towards her face as the skeleton seemed to be shaking in fear.

“Give me one good reason not to burn you to ash,” She dared as it began to point towards the fortress “What about it?”

It began to make lots of different clicking sounds with its bones as it was released from the aura.

“Go then, make sure you tell everyone of the guards that their Goddess has returned, that and kill that annoying brother of mine,” Serafin ordered coldly as the Skeleton saluted before walking off

“You can come out now,” Serafin spoke as Solar shakily walked out from behind a wall as she shook with fear “So you were the one that helped Blaze steal my armour, insulted my brother and injured a few of my guards?”

“Ye-yes Godd-Goddess, I am,” She spoke shakily as Serafin holstered her blade and nodded slightly before resting her hoof on her shoulder

“Thank you,” Serafin answered calmly as Solar’s head shot up in surprise “If you didn’t help him I wouldn’t be here speaking with you now,”

Just as she said that Serafin grabbed her side and yanked Blaze out of her body as he fell flat on his face. Serafin’s eyes diluted down to normal but no pupils showed, her tail became shorter with and spikier.

“Next time warn me when you’re going to do that,” Blaze groaned as he got to his hooves as he then fell right back down from Solar hugging him

“I thought you were dead you bloody idiot!” She spoke in a panic as Blaze smiled

“Na, told you everything would be fine, that and I really had no other plan,” Blaze said with a laugh as Solar shot him a glare

“Still, now that I’m back we need to solve this Endermare problem,” Serafin interrupted as Blaze nodded

“Yea but what about the Nether, don’t you kind of have a job to do?” Blaze asked as Serafin thought about it before nodding

Well I do have one idea,” Solar interjected as they looked at her “Well you could always make it that a consul can be made from the public so that you don’t have to always be here,”

“That might actually be a good idea,” Blaze added “I mean it keeps the place from becoming an actual hell again, no offence,”

“None taken and I do believe it would be sound idea too,” Serafin then paused as she began to walk as she waved a hoof “Well come on, unless you don’t want to save the world?”

“Nope, death Ain’t stopping me now!” Blaze cheered as he jogged up beside her along with Solar as they pressed forward, the only thing Blaze wasn't aware of was the small flame that rested on his head

After about an hour of talking with the higher ups and a lot of bowing the counsel of the Nether was established. The most suitable person to be put in charge was Solar as she knew more about the world than even Serafin knew.

Blaze sat on a balcony as he looked out over the massive city as the sea of lava radiated in the distance. Then a slight jab to the side got his attention as Solar stood there with a smile.

“So, how’s it feel to be all powerful?” Blaze joked as she rolled her eyes

“Oh, you know the usual power over people thing, nothing much,” She said sarcastically “But still thanks for everything Blaze you really are something,”

“Why thank you I do try my best,” Blaze gloated as Solar patted him on the head making him frown in annoyance

“Aww that’s so cute and here I thought you were joking around,” She said playfully as Blaze laughed half-heartedly

“So, are you ready to go or should I give you two more alone time?” Serafin spoke with her usual frown as Solar jumped back with a blush as Blaze grinned

“Yea sadly I prefer dinner first so that’s out of the question,” Blaze replied, earning i punch from Solar "so how did everything go?" Blaze asked as Serafin began to place obsidian down    

“Well, we’ve decided to have a talk with some of the residents of the Over world to see if we can join peacefully, that and we might be able to spread are reach to the Aether if possible,” Serafin explained as she finished the frame

Then all eyes were on Blaze as a buzzing noise came from him as he pulled out the communication object Herobrine gave him as it pressed it.

“Pony, are you there?” Herobrine spoke quite hesitantly

“Yes I’m here Herobrine what’s up?” Blaze asked as he could here the sound of fire in the background

“It’s started earlier than we planned, the mobs are here,” Herobrine answered as Blaze’s eyes narrowed "We are keeping them back but i don't know how much longer we can,"

“She’s there, isn’t she?” Blaze asked coldly  

“Yes,” Herobrine replied “Have you made contact yet with the NetherRealm?”

“Yes, were about to activate a portal, but don’t worry I’m bringing reinforcements!” Blaze declared as a long silence greeted them

“Alright, just hurry,” Herobrine responded as the message stopped and Blaze looked at Serafin and Solar “You ready Serafin?”

“Well, ive come this far haven’t I?” She answered as Blaze looked at Solar as she lit the portal

“Good luck Blaze, and thanks again!” She said happily as Blaze nodded as Serafin and Blaze jumped through the portal to the village… “Now then time for reinforcements,”

To Be Continued…

Stats:

Health: 20

Hunger: 10

Armour: 0

Level: 30

Chapter 11 Act 2: Rally Up!

Minecraft: Reality Mode

Chapter 11 Act 2

Rally Up!

“So, this is the Goddess of the NetherRealm? It is a honour to finally meet you again,” Herobrine said with a bow as Serafin did the same

“Yes, though last time was less life threatening, so what’s the damage?” Serafin asked as Blaze just sat rubbing the ground with a hoof as they talked

Most of it was how the Endermare as rallied the mobs and is slowly trying to break through their last line of defence. Blaze’s attention was peeked as he saw the Blacksmith waving him over as he jogged up.

“What’s up #12?” Blaze asked as he slowly cooled off an iron sword in water

“I saw that the armour we gave you I now out of commission,” he said with a raised brow

“Well it was Serafin’s so of course see can keep it, you’re not mad are you?” Blaze asked in concern as an iron golem glared at him as he gulped

“Oh no, I’m just glad that such a fine piece of armour is back where it belongs, as for you, here take this so you don’t become a liability,” #12 said as he handed Blaze a diamond chest piece, specially made for a pony

“Nice upgrade, but this must have cost a fortune, what about payment?” Blaze asked as he waved him off

“Call it a gift from an ‘Old’ friend,” He said with a wink as Blaze got what he meant

“Wait a minute, where is he anyways?” Blaze asked as he saddened slightly

“He’s the reason most of us made it, he was an expert fighter but…” #12 glanced to the blocked gate as Blaze followed his expression

“Rest well old man,” He thought as he remembered what was in his inventory “Hey #12 can you do me a favour...?”

“-So, that’s it then, we have an army of mobs waiting to bust in but only you, me and Blaze stand between them?” Serafin finished as Herobrine nodded sadly

“It seems this will be out bloodbath,” he added

“Ok, either I’ve been injured so many times that I’m delusional or Gods really have bad moral,” Blaze chimed in as they turned around to see him wearing full diamond armour with a diamond sword as they glowed slightly

“So, what do you suggest we do? Because I have nothing,” Serafin said with a shrug as Blaze hopped up onto a block as he smiled

“We fight. I get it but what you don't realize is that no amount of planning and no amount of time will change our fate,” He began as he looked at all the other villagers that gathered

“If your all looking for a way out or an escape, a way to the sun rise, you will not find it here for the only thing left for us is death,”

“So, run to your houses, go hide in the caves, live the rest of your moments in fear of never know when the mobs come for you!”

“For I have seen my death and I have seen my own demise, and it will be right here, defending this town!”

“So, get a sword and barricade your homes, man the walls and armour up!”

“For fear is no longer with us, for the only thing left for us is this night! The night that I choose to die fighting agenst, even when my strength runs out, and I can no longer go on, I will smile in the face of death!”

“Do what you will, but I’ll fight alone if I have to…” Blaze finished his speech as no one spoke a word, not a soul as the night grew quieter until the portal began to stir

As everyone turned to the portal the first thing to come through was 2 blazes, followed by an army of pigmen as they held their golden swords high, the last to follow through was a mare which Serafin and Blaze knew

“Solar? What the hell are you doing here?” Blaze asked as she just smiled as she held her blade out

“What, can’t let you and her have all the fun can i?” She joked as Blaze smirked and held his own blade out as Serafin and Herobrine joined

“Then let’s give them a fight,” Serafin said with a faint smirk

“And thank you for the encouragement,” Herobrine added as he held both of his diamond swords out also as they all raised them into the air

*BOOM*

They all dashed up to the gate as they peered into the ruined and burning town as zombies held swords of stone and Skeletons with their bows high, Spiders crawled in as Creepers followed suit and the night had reached its peak.

“CHARGE!!!” They all yelled in unison as the NetherRealm creatures followed with some armoured villagers as the forces of Day and Night finally clashed

As a dozen zombies held their weapons high agenst Herobrine, he waited with both his weapons as they all swarmed at once. The first two were easily cut down as he elbowed another and threw his sword into another’s skull as he ran forward and grabbed it as he flung one zombie over his back.

He then jumped into the air as he landed on one, skewing it. 2 more approached as all 4 weapons clashed, Herobrine then twisted his swords around their weapons as he disarmed them and soon cut them down a peg.

Serafin ignited another skeleton as two wither skeletons attacked the rest, she then bucked behind her, sending a creeper flying into a burning house. She then saw a group of mobs approaching as she raised her blade high. Then she plunged her blade into the ground as it erupted into flames and consumed the crowd.

Solar sat on a wall humming as two spiders approached her as she smirked. They began to come closer as she pointed left with a hoof as they turned before a giant metal arm flung them into the sky, never to be seen again.

“All right Tiny forward charge!” Solar ordered as the Iron golem ran towards another group as the zombies dropped their weapons and ran the opposite direction “I love this world…” she hummed as she kicked a zombie into fire

Blaze stood on a pathway as he cut down another zombie as it burned to ash.

Diamond sword:

Sharpness II

Smite II

Fire Aspect I

Unbreaking VI

Blaze then heard hooves and bones? He turned to look down the street and saw jumping right over the fire was a skeleton horse with an armoured skeleton holding a spear riding on top.

“A friend of Rattlebones I presume?” Blaze asked as it scraped its spear head on a wall “All right then, Let’s Dance!”

The Skeleton charged at Blaze as it held its spear forwards and Blaze holstered his own as he waited for the attacker.

“You may be smarter but you’re just a monster in the end, and typically don’t expect this,” Blaze thought as he ran forward towards the duo

As they drew closer Blaze leaped onto the side of a building as he ran across the surface, catching the mob off guard as it screeched to a halt as Blaze landed on the other side.

The skeleton didn’t waist anytime charging again as Blaze brought his sword to arms and waited. They were inches from each other when Blaze ducked and clipped the horse’s legs as they shattered.

The Skeleton on top fell to the dirt as it quickly jumped to its feet and ran at Blaze as he blocked the assault. He then ran forwards as he pushed the spear up and smashed the hilt of his sword into the jaw of the mob.

He then proceeded to run as the Skeleton followed him as Blaze leaped into the fire as the mob stopped in its tracks as it lowered its weapon.

*Shing*

The skeleton stood motionless as its head slowly fell off it neck and into the fire where a diamond blade jutted out from. Blaze slowly walked out as his armour hissed and the orange swirls disappeared.

“In the end still just a monster,” Blaze said simply as he holstered his sword before he felt his body erupt in pain as his body slammed agenst a brick wall

“You think you’ve won!?” The Endermare screeched as Blaze coughed

“Well…” Blaze said as another hoof smashed into his chest as he gasped for air

“You may have survived the mines, convinced the Nether and rallied the villagers but this is far from over!” She hissed as Blaze pushed himself agenst the wall

“And why might that be? Without an army, you’re nothing,” Blaze retorted as she hissed “If Chrysalis can hiss so can you, doesn’t make it any more intimidating,”

*Smack*

Her face then contorted into a creepy grin as Blaze frowned in disturbance.

“Oh, I see now,” She said simply

“See what?” Blaze asked in confusion

“You have a bad habit of keeping allies, don’t you?” She said as her grin grew and Blaze’s eyes widened “Oh don’t worry I’m sure they’ll accept your decision, or maybe they’ll throw you away, I wonder what she would think?”

*Shing*

“Don’t. You. Dare. Act. Like. You. Know. Her.” Blaze said as his blade rested agenst her throat “Or. Me.”

“I would love to continued breaking your mind but I have a world to corrupt, you may have won the night, but this is far from the war,” She warned as she vanished as the sun began to rise again

They won. For now…

“We did it!” Solar cheered as the other villagers did also as Herobrine cleaned his blades as Serafin just looked out the gate before seeing Blaze walking along as she sighed in relief

“So you did something reckless didn’t you?” Serafin asked as he waved her off

“Well get use to me doing that,” He said in annoyance as he ate some apples “But we have more dangerous matters at hand, the Endermare is planning to invade my world any minute now,”

This got a few gasped as Herobrine approached him.

“Well looks like we can put ‘These’,” Herobrine pulled out two potions that glowed bright yellow “-To good use,”

“What are they exactly?” Blaze asked as he handed them to Blaze and Serafin

“They are set to teleport you to the Endermare’s location,” He explained as they gawked “While you were in the Nether I tracked down her lair and found where she was building the portal to your world,”

“That explains why you didn’t call for me when I went dark,” Blaze added as he nodded “So I guess the fight isn’t over yet, huh?”

“No, but you will never be forgotten for what you have done for us, you restored both my world and Serafin’s-“

“Thanks by the way,” Serafin added

“-And defended the residents of this village, till we meet again Blaze,” Herobrine bowed as Solar smiled back as she lightly punched Blaze’s shoulder

“Hey make sure to come visit! It’s more fun when you’re around!” She said as Blaze nodded

“Sure, I’m still curious about what else is in the Nether and might need a guide,” He said with a wink as she saluted

“Well then you ready for this Serafin?” Blaze asked as she smirked more noticeably

“Let’s finish this,” She answered as they both drank the potion as the other waved them off and then they were gone

Serafin landed first as Blaze popped in and landed on his face with a groan as he rose to his feet. They were standing in a circular room with a pit of lava lighting up the room from below as it gave an ominous glow.

A bride stretched across the pit as a more larger version to a nether portal stood alit with the Endermare glaring back.

“Ahhh you’re finally here, the portal’s nearly ready, but before a leave this world behind, I’m going to tie up some loose ends,” She said darkly as she let out an earth shattering screech as Blaze and Serafin drew their swords

“Time for the final battle!” Serafin called over as Blaze nodded

“Let’s end this game!” he shouted as they prepared to fight for their freedom

Let Battle Commence.

To Be Continued…

Stats:

Health: 20

Hunger: 10

Armour: 20

Level: 0

Chapter 11 Act 2: Game Over

Minecraft: Reality Mode

Chapter 11: Act 2

Game Over

As the fire below bubbled and hissed, its orange glow brought light upon the shadows that danced on the cave walls. Blaze and Serafin stood their ground as the Endermare vanished before their eyes. The battle had begun.

“Serafin, keep on guard, she could show up anywhere!” Blaze warned as he held his blade high as Serafin gripped her in her magic

“Understood,” She responded as the roars echo around them

“You are all going to die down here, no one will remember you as saviours,” The Endermare hissed “All they will remember you for is failures,”

She appeared behind Serafin as she blocked with her blade as a jagged hoof came down, she then saw 2 translucent-purple claws strike her back as she winced.

She shot a pillar of fire on her as they backed away along with their master, The Endermare swooped around and brought 2 back hooves on Serafin as she skidded to a halt.

Blaze ran up and began to swing at the teleporting mob as she swung her translucent arms at him as they bounced off his armour but stung. Blaze leaped away as several purple spikes jutted from the ground.

Serafin ran up and stomped a hoof as her horn glowed and fired off 3 fire balls as they incinerated her spikes. Then she vanished again.

“You failed to save the one you care so much for and failed your kingdom,” The Endermare echoed as Serafin stopped and bit back guilt as claws smashed into her side sending her flying

“Serafin! Are you all right!?” Blaze shouted as she got to her hooves and nodded

“You failed to protect your friends from not only Loki but Neckros, but I can’t blame you, they are very deceiving,” she whispered as Blaze grit his teeth

“Oh please, your fake ego is nothing to me, I know everything about you, your victories, your failures, your regrets, I. SEE. YOU!” She hissed as Blaze stopped and drooped his head as Serafin watched his blade drop and the Monster appear

“No, don’t let her get to you,” Serafin pleaded as another claw grabbed her and smashed her into the ground as she slashed it away

“I know your pain, your happiness, I can understand how much you’ve been through,” The Endermare spoke as he just sat there in defeat

“They say words can’t break bones, but overtime they break the spirit, the mind, the very being,” She continued “Let me do what no one can do for you, let me end your pain,”

Blaze just sat on the stone, unmoving, never had he felt so broken, not since that day when ‘He’ broke through. The air was cold, the fire seemed to dim.

“Your right,” Blaze finally spoke as the Endermare’s grin grew “Few know that about me, heck not even my closest friends…”

*SHINK*

The Endermare’s eyes twitched and grew as the blue sword dug into her chest as Blaze stood smiling as his hand kept its grip.

“But I’ll live with the guilt and pain, if that means they can live a happy life, all the people I care about, that’s fine by me,” He finished as she tried to reach out and grab him but Blaze pulled back and she stumbled off the edge

“ROOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR!!!” She screeched in agony as she vanished beneath the waves of fire, it was over

“Blaze?” Serafin asked as she approached him with a frown still present on her face as he smirked

“What? I had to do something to get her close,” Blaze defended as Serafin just shook her head as Blaze got up and put a hoof on her shoulder “You’ll get used to it,”

She nodded as they approached the portal as it hummed slowly as Serafin stared uneasy at it. She then felt a hoof grab her.

“It might be a bit much at first but, do you trust me?” Blaze asked as he smiled happily as she smirked and slowly followed him through the vortex as the blocky world soon disappeared

*Location: Ponyville, 1 Month Later*

It had been a whole month since Blaze was dragged through the portal by the Endermare and things had been slow for his friends as they went about their day in a less gloomy state, except from Dash.

“You really need to lighten up Dashie!” Pinkie chirped as Dash smiled slightly

“Sorry Pinks, I just hate remembering that today is a month since then,” Dash commented as she frowned as Twilight ran right in front of them as they jumped

“Geez, Twi, do you have to jump out at us like that?!” Dash snapped as Twilight catched her breath

“Sorry, magic surge, just ahead, need you both,” She sputtered out as they just followed the crazed alicorn into town

They ran towards the center of town as they heard arguing and one voice sounded very familiar as Dash flew past them and saw a peach unicorn with a golden mane and golden armour arguing with a half pony, half cyborg in cyan armour as ponies just watched.

“You could have warned me about how bright it is,” Serafin complained as she eyes began to adjust

“Says the goddess that sat in lava for so many years!” Blaze argued back as she just huffed with smoke coming out her nose

“Whatever, I’ll get used to it, like you said,” She finished as Blaze smiled in agreement

“Blaze!” Dash called out as he looked in her direction and smiled even more brighter as her happy face soon turned to fear as his eyes shot open

“Serafin get down!!!” Blaze yelled as he tackled her away from the purple spikes as they rolled but gain they footing and saw what could only be described as horrifying

The Endermare stood with a smoldered eye and left leg as her hair smoked as it burned with fire still, her one good eye glared at Blaze as she roared in pure Hatred.

“I’ll bloody kill you!!!” She screamed as she fired off more claws towards them as Blaze felt his diamond sword on his side a quickly brought it out "If you think that i'll let my plans die here then you are a fool!!!"

"Well then you clearly don't know me!" Blaze countered as she let out another roar

Serafin did the same and raised a golden shield as the hands reflected off it but turned back to attack as Blaze leaped out and began to slash away at them in the air, his metal wings spread wide.

“Feels good to be back!” He shouted in glee as he looked the Endermare straight in the eye “Now, time to finish this!”

He flew forward as she casted another wave of claws as Blaze began to cut his way through, Serafin came up behind her as she dodged her and casted more spikes as Serafin rolled away and casted fire on herself as she began to throw punches towards the Endermare as she kicked her away before casting more spikes.

Blaze teleported behind her as he spun around and kicked her in the back of the head as she fell forward and then met two back hooves to her jaw from Serafin back flipping.

She stumbled back as she tried to balance herself out as her body wobbled in front of the portal. She then felt her throat tighten as her head collided with Blaze’s as he glared at her.

“Guess what Endermare?” He asked as she looked at him as he held his diamond sword up “Game Over,” he swung down as she fell back into the portal as the sword shattered with her

Then the portal closed for good as Blaze fell back into the dirt, they ended her sick game, they won.

Serafin walked up to him as they both hoof bumped in victory as Blaze's diamond armour disappeared as he sighed in relief.

“Ok, no more games please,” Blaze joked as he felt something collide with his body as he was pinned by a half sad, half pissed Dash as he smiled “Hi, I’m back!”

“Where the hell have you been! I was bloody worried as hell!” She shouted as Blaze prepared for a major beating but instead felt her hung him tighter than his armour as he smiled and hugged back

“Sorry I worried you, but hey, I’m not dead so that’s good,” He said as he laughed slightly as Dash let go and helped him up

“Yea, but don’t do that again,” She warned as he pinkie promised and then she began to glare at him again “Now, who the hell is this chick!?”

“Oh, that’s Serafin, she’s the new addition to my team!” Blaze stated proudly as Serafin nodded as the other two approached “Oh and she’s also the Goddess of the NetherRealm,”

"Its nice to meet you all," Serafin said with a bow of her head as her armour disappeared

That last statement made their jaws drop, well except Pinkie but Blaze held her back, Twilight was the first to recover and that bothered him.

“Uhh, Blaze, it’s good that you’re back but you must be mistaken, she can’t be a goddess, she has no wings, that and i don't sense any alicorn magic around her. But i do sense something,” Twilight pointed out as Serafin’s eye twitched as the temperature got slightly toasty

“Are you saying you doubt my being? If you want to burn please continue,” Serafin warned as her body lit into flames and her blaze rods appeared, scaring them as Blaze sighed

“You know I would say that its not smart to tick off the fire lady, but normally I don’t say the greatest of things,” Blaze said as Serafin sighed and extinguished herself

“Why do I need wings anyways? In my world if you’re chosen to be the next God or Goddess you can be whatever,” Serafin responded as she glared at Twilight

“I’m sorry, but here if you’re an alicorn your classified as that or have the title Princess,” Twilight explained as Serafin have a deadpan expression that read ‘seriously?’

"Well, either way i don't care for the title, its brought nothing but trouble in my part, not to mention this world is very strange," Serafin answered as Pinkie popped up beside her

“Welcome to Equestria Serafin, where nothing ever makes sense!” Pinkie exclaimed as Serafin blinked

“Yea like you’re one to talk Pinkie,” Blaze added as they laughed, all but Serafin as a voice spoke out in rage

“WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN BLAZE!!? YOU THINK THAT LEAVING ME TO BE STUCK IN THE WORST TECHNOLOGY FOR A MONTH WITH NOTHING TO DO BUT PLAY MINESWEEPER IS FUN FOR ME!!?” KAI yelled furiously as Blaze pinned himself to a wall as KAI pinned him to the wall

“Someone please help, I don’t wanna die,” Blaze squeaked as the other laughed as KAI argued with Blaze as Serafin gave a very tiny smirk

“I think I’ll like it here, wouldn’t you say Flare?” Serafin thought as she felt something in the back of her mind crawl, and it felt evil “Now… what do you want with my head?”

To Be Continued…

Chapter 12 Off The Deep End

Phantoms of The Truth

Chapter 12

Off the Deep End

After the events of the haywire adventure in Minecraft, Blaze had been getting used to having someone else to talk to in his home besides KAI. Serafin is odd, but nice as she rarely does anything to annoy Blaze, which he likes more than what he can say about KAI.

But now he stands outside his cove of a home as the Mane 6 joined him. He was wearing a Christmas hat and had some gifts that balanced on his back as he set his home into lockdown.

“So, you sure that you’ll be back in a week?” Twilight questioned as he rolled his eyes as she sighed “If something like what happened a month ago accrues this could very well rip apart the fabric of time and space!”

“And you say I worry too much, look I will be careful, alright? and besides I have two people with me that can teleport between worlds, so no harm done,” Blaze assured her as Dash patted her on the head

“Seriously, don’t sweat the small stuff!” Dash joked as the rest nodded in agreement as Blaze opened a vortex

“Well I’m off and Pinkie, no. parties. In. My. House.” He warned as she rubbed her head sheepishly “I’m going to come back to a party wreck aren’t I?”

“Most likely,” KAI responded

“I agree, but what did you expect?” Serafin added as Blaze mentally nodded

“Fair point,” He answered as Applejack’s waving got his attention “Huh, what?”

“Did you phase out again Sugarcube?” Applejack asked as Blaze laughed sheepishly

“Well, you know, 2 people hanging out in your mind can make you loose your train of thought,” Blaze added

“Wait you have one?!” Dash joked in sarcasm as the rest giggled and Blaze frowned but grinned

“You’ll get her for me, right?” Blaze asked as he felt an image of Pinkie pop up in his head

“Yeparooni!” Pinkie added in his head as he smiled “Right well seeya all when I get back!”

“Seeya!” They all said in unison as Blaze disappeared through the portal as they all stood there for a moment before deciding to walk back to Ponyville

Later…

Pinkie and Dash were walking through Ponyville as they talked amongst themselves as Pinkie brought up a ‘Personal’ topic.

“So… Dashie, have you asked Blazey out!” Pinkie said in her chipper tone as Dash’s face lit up, as she was caught off guard from that question

“Wha-what no, no, I haven’t and I thought I told you to keep it down about that!?” Dash hissed as she looked around and then back at the hopping mare “Yes, but not the way you’re thinking,”

“Oooooh, this is so cute!” Pinkie squealed as Dash glared at her and she whispered “Sorry,”

"I swear if any of the other girls found out about this i will kill you," Dash warned a Pinkie wore a mischievous grin  

Dash was going to add more to her point but Pinkie’s entire body shook erratically as she flopped to the ground as Dash just raised a brow in confusion.

“Um, Pinks, what was that about?” She asked as Pinkie stopped dead in her tracks as she looked at her friend in fear, Dash however kept walking until she bumped into something

“You should really watch where you’re going skittles-” Came a ‘Very’ familiar voice as she jumped back and saw the trickster of the Spirit Realm himself "-How longs it been?"

“Loki,” Dash hissed as she got into a defensive stance as he laughed and sat down on a floating chair as he grinned

“Oh, come now, I could at least get some form of greeting, unlike most I rather get a ‘hello’ or ‘hi’,” Loki questioned as a lightbulb dinged above his head “Oh wait a moment!”

He then flipped his hat round and began to shake it until Applejack, Rarity, Twilight and Fluttershy popped out. They were confused until they got to their hooves and turned only to gasp.

“You!” They yelled in unison as Loki frowned as he brought his cane out and flicked it at a building as it burst into flames, most of the ponies in the area scattered

“One more insult and for my next trick I’ll make some bitches disappear,” he warned as they all glared back and he laughed “Oh, sorry I should really introduce my ‘Allies’,”

He then clicked his fingers as people popped into view, this only made them all shrink down in fear. Krux, stood among them as he held his two massive blades to his sides, Twivine, with her vines appearing to her sides, Omega, as he crossed his arms with a smirk and lastly there was a peculiarly bot with a sleek and peculiar design, his grey and black armour gleamed in the light as he waved.

“A.O!” He said simply as Loki pointed him out

“This here is Adapter Bot-“

“A.O!” he said again

“And he is awesome, he can copy the abilities of any enemy and turn their own attacks agenst them,” Loki explained as the bot digistructed a sword that glowed a cyan blue as he waited with silence

“I thought you were on nobody’s side? What happened to that!?” Twilight accused Loki as he just smiled back, and that bothered her

“I said that I choose which side I’ll be on, nothing more, that and I made a deal with that guy,” Loki explained as he pointed to Omega

“Yes, and now that we have him on our side, I ‘Will’ claim what is mine!” He gloated as Loki just rolled his eyes

“You have serious issues,” Loki counters as Omega growled in annoyance

“Quiet you fool, now then, who’s going to save you now ponies?” Omega asked as he smiled, Twilight just smirked back as she lit her horn

Nothing.

“Wait what?!” She exclaimed as she tried again

Nothing.

“My teleportation! It won’t work!” she yelled in alarm as the other looked at her with fear

“Does that mean…” Fluttershy tried to say but was cut off by Omega laughing

“You can’t call for help, now prepare to enter a world, of pure CHAOS!!!” Omega yelled as he clicked his fingers and a purple crystal appeared

“What’s that thing for?” Applejack asked as they watched it pulse

“It is a corruption gemstone, they are rare but dangerous, if left around with no magic to control it they’ll begin to turn the world black and cold as every positive emotion is sucked away,” Krux explained as he, along with Loki, Adaptor Bot-

“A.O!”

-and Twivine pulled out similar ones as they pulsed in unison, then the area around the 6 began to feel cold.

“Now before we can continue with our plans-“Omega started as he pointed at the 6 mares with hunger in his eyes “-Capture those elements!!!”

“Girls, run!!!” Twilight yelled as they all ran for the hills as Omega’s group gave chase

Twilight, along with Fluttershy ran away from the group as they both hit something, hard. They looked up and saw Loki as he smiled from his floating chair as he kicked it away.

“So… nice town you got here,” He said coldly as they tried to run only to stop dead in their tracks as their feet wouldn’t respond “Aww and I really wanted to chat,”

“Why? Why are you helping them?!” Fluttershy pleaded as he grabbed her muzzle and stared daggers into her eyes

“Why? Why bloody not!” Loki answered as he sent a pulse of electricity into Fluttershy, rendering her useless “Don’t worry, she’s just knocked out,”

Twilight then lit her horn and fired at the ice on her hooves as she bolted into the air and fired a massive ball of magic at Loki as he simply batted it away with a bat.

“Homerun!” He cheered as he teleported in front of Twilight as he brought his hand up “I’ma smack the bitch out of you!” he then brought his hand down only to miss and have a face-full of lazer

“How can you still teleport?” Twilight asked as Loki sighed and brought out a giant whiteboard

“Its simple, I just severed the wormholes from this world, as long as I wish for them to stay that way,” He explained as he saw the grin of Twilight as she shot away into the sky and Loki sighed

“Father Damnit,” He cursed as he looked down at Fluttershy “Well I got one,”

Then AB showed up with Rarity and Applejack in his arms.

“A.O!” He responded as Loki smiled

“Well that went well, now then time to tear the planet a new Asshole!” Loki cheered with glee

Dash and Pinkie were hiding behind a house as they tried to catch their breaths but humming seemed to catch their attention as they quickly jumped out onto the street as the house collapsed.

“I’m getting Déjà Vu all over again, aren’t you Dash?” Omega mocked as Dash looked around and then she remembered as Omega laughed

“Now, last time this happened you were lying on the floor, beaten and broken and near death when out of nowhere your ‘Knight in shining armour’ came in the nick of time and saved you,” Omega reminded them both as they waited for him to make a move

“Only this time, that tin head won’t save you from what I have planned,” He warned in a dangerous voice as he moved faster than they could track as Pinkie gasped and shoved Dash forward

Dash was going to yell at her but saw her motionless body hit the dirt as Omega stood over her with his foot on her face. This made Dash very angry.

“You jackass! I’ll make you pay for that!” She yelled as she brought hoof after hoof towards him but he simply dodged her hit as he smirked

“You really are trying, aren’t you? How cute,” He mocked as she darted into the sky and began to spin a cloud around as it began to form a tornado

“Don’t you mock me!!!” She yelled as a massive bolt of lightning shot forth from the funnel and hit its target with extreme accuracy as the world was casted in yellow

As the dust cleared nothing but a smouldering crater remained as Dash landed, but all her energy was gone from doing that, as it was an emergency move Blaze taught her.

“Well, if I was still made of metal that would have done me in,” Omega congratulated as Dash turned only to have her body pinned to the dirt by Omega’s foot

“But, how?” She asked as she tried to move but her energy was all spent

“Well like I said if I was still made of nuts and bolts then yes, but now I’m all flesh and blood again,” he said with an evil grin as he put more pressure down on his foot as Dash gasped in pain

“But I’ll give you that, it was a very powerful attack and now I don’t have much strength in me, to add to that I really didn’t see that coming,” He said I surprise as he shrugged it off

“Now what? If you’re going to kill me, go right ahead!” Dash spat back as Omega just laughed

“Oh you have no idea how much fun we’re going to have, and just so were clear, death will be a welcoming thing,” He warned as she grit her teeth in anger

“Dash..?” Came the voice of Twilight as they both looked at her as she had already prepared a spell but Dash cut her off

“No! Twi, just get out of here!” Dash yelled back as Twilight looked at her with saddened eyes as Dash smiled “Just run, its not over until were all down, right?”

“Listen to your friend and I promise you’ll regret it,” Omega warned as he narrowed his eyes but was met with a death glare from Twilight

“This isn’t over,” She said coldly as she took to the sky’s and flew off, then Omega called out

“Send the Phantom’s after Twilight now!!! Don’t let her escape!!!” He ordered as he watched creatures of no proper form with white eyes appeared and then dash off

Omega then turned his attention back to the smirking Pegasus as he kicked her into a building as she grunted in pain as he then held his shiny blade to her throat.

His steely gaze not shaking.

“You have lost.” He said as his grin widened and Dash had one last thought going through her head before passing out

“You’re right, but Twilight hasn’t,” then the darkness descended

To Be Con~~~~

“Oh, don’t worry the fight Ain’t over yet!” Loki cheered at you in delight “Remember, ‘Protagonist Armour’!”

“Can you stop? we have a bloody story to tell here,” Blaze asked as he popped up with a frown as Loki just laughed nervously  

“Oh-oh yea whoops, here ya go!”

Tinued…


Chapter 13 Act 1: Mt Lyric

Phantoms of the Truth

Chapter 13 Act 1

Mt Lyric

*2 Weeks Later: Location Mt Lyric, Prison*

It’s been too long since the darkness consumed the land, no one could prepare for the 5 Anchors of Shadows to descend and cast the world into chaos. Many tried to fight, but failed, others just tried to survive, hoping one day the elements or someone would come to save them from this nightmare.

That day however, was closer than they knew.

As guards patrolled the area of the menacing and dark prison. A shadow jumped between shadows like light escaping from the darkest reaches of the void. As soon as one guard turned the shadow moved.

Then it was in. The halls were as white as marble and housed many captives as they watched the guards and each other from their glass cages. Levels upon levels descended and ascended into the mountain as the shadow became clear as day. It was a simply security bot.

It walked the halls as many prisoners chatted and cursed at the machine as it didn’t pay them a sideways glance. Soon the bot came to a halt as a sign hung above its head as it read.

*Mess Hall*

*Repair Station*

*Element Holding Cell*

*Overseers’ Office*

The bot nodded to itself as it travelled down the ‘Element Holding Cell’. As it approached the doors it saw no guards as no one could really get in here without being spotted. As the bot approached the glass door it peered in and saw the two chained ponies, they were beaten and looked worn out but alive. The bot then looked down at the panels.

*Rainbow Dash: Element of Loyalty: Pegasus*

*Pinkamina Diane Pie: Element of Laughter: Earth Pony*

The bot then began to mess with the controls until the hiss of the door came and it opened, however this alerted ‘Everyone’. But the bot didn’t care as it began to make its way towards the two. Pinkie was snoring and Dash was weakly awake.

“What? Co-come to gloat?” She weakly mocked as the bot just stared at her before lifting its hands towards her as she just glared back “Do your worst.”

*Snap-clank-clank*

Before the two mares knew (Pinkie awake now) they hit the ground as the bot turned to face the doorway before pressing a button on its arm. A few seconds later yelling, metal clashing and guns blazing were ringing out into the facility.

The bot then turned back to the two mare confused mares as its red eyes turned to purple.

“Pinkie help me get Dash out of here!” Twilight said as her voice emanated from the bot

“Wait… Twi?” Dash asked as Pinkie and her had already helped her to her feet

“Yes, it me, I’ll explain later but for now we have a prison riot to attend to,” She said determinedly

“Since when did you become Blaze!?” Pinkie asked excitedly as she bounced along

“About the same time we all met him,” Twilight sighed in amusement as they made their way to the exit, along with everyone else

Twi-bot then approached the door as she carefully handed Dash to Pinkie. Before she approached the door, she saw the blood on her hands and shivered but shrugged it off.

“What was it he said before? ‘When one door closes, use a nearby wall and smash it in with brute force’,” Twilight thought before yelling and throwing her mechanical fist into the door multiple times before the door went flying off the side of the bridge

“Come on! Run before they send reinforcements!” Twilight ordered as everyone ran across the bridge to freedom, all that was left was Twilight

As she ran she felt like something was behind her, she turned and saw two massive hands grab her chest as she tried to fight but failed as Krux lifted her off her feet.

“Now where do you think you’re going?” He teased as he dug his hands into the metal frame and began to tear it apart, then there was a flash of purple light and Twilight appeared beside her friends, sweat pouring from her head as she held it in pain

“Oh, I see, you hacked into one of my drones with your magic, cleaver, but that must have taken a lot out of you? ” Krux applauded as he tore the machine in half and threw them to the sides of the bridge

Twilight didn’t waste any time as she blasted Krux in the face as he stumbled back but just laughed, for a thing without a mouth, it was annoying.

“My, my you really are something Twilight, but sadly your little rescue ends here,” Krux said as he unholstered his blades and held them to his sides

“But, seeing as you infiltrated my prison, freed my captives, and somehow fended off the guards I’ll give you a chance,” He said as he looked among the injured

“I’ll let everyone else go, no strings attached, but you, Dash and Pinkie are to remain here as my captives, forever.” Krux offered as Twilight along with a now angry looking Pinkie stood, glaring at the bot

“Will never make a deal with you,” Twilight spoke sternly as Pinkie nodded

“Yea you big meenie!” Pinkie added as she stuck her tongue out

“*Sigh* you really shouldn’t have said that,” Krux said in defeat as his eyes just glared at them, even without a mouth they knew he was smiling

Then his two blades extended into massive blade-whips as he swung them in an ‘X’ formation, heading towards them at high velocity. The 2 of them stood their ground as others covered their eyes or just shook with fear.

*CLASH-SHINK*

All eyes soon opened and saw what appeared to be another robot, but unlike the others it’s bottom face was showing, and smirking as it deflected the two whips.

“Sorry I took so long,” Blaze spoke as he swung his blade around “But teleportation is really annoying,”

“You could say that again,” Serafin added as she rubbed her head and stood behind him “You got this, right?”

“No promblemo, besides i really want to try my new ability,” Blaze said cheerfully as the rest all smiled back at him as he nodded “Now then, let’s dance,”

“I don’t know how you broke through the severed wormholes, but it won’t matter now, because your journey ends here!” Krux roared as he saw Blaze’s body ignite into flames as he smiled

*Blazing Trail*

“I like to see you try,” He dared as Blaze ran forward as a torrent of fire

Krux swung his two whip-blades towards him as Blaze spun in between them and struck Krux in the face as he dodged another attack and brought his sword upwards, amputating Krux’s right arm as he kicked him back.

Blaze didn’t however see the other whip ensnare him as Krux’s eyes lit up and began to throw Blaze into every conservable object, but the whip halted in mid-air as it began to melt from the fires surrounding Blaze.

“Can’t take the heat?” Blaze mocked as he just growled as his remaining arm digistructed into a cannon as it’s red aura built up

“DIE!” he said coldly as a massive beam of red shot towards Blaze

As Krux saw the beam impact his target, he was taken back as he saw the lazer decreasing in size as he saw Blaze blocking it with his weapon as he flew towards him.

“How? You were never this powerful before!” Krux spouted in disbelief as he saw his remaining split in half as he stumbled back, then his entire body was assaulted as Blaze swung faster than ever before

“That’s because you were never worth taking seriously,” Blaze whispered from behind as Krux tried to react but instead his systems went haywire and noticed the arm through his chest, holding the crystal

“Now, fall,” Blaze said as he pulled his hand back, leaving a massive hole in his chest as he stumbled to the edge of the bridge and soon he disappeared into the void

Blaze then threw the crystal into the air and sliced it into shards, holstering blade soon after as the clouds above began to clear, revealing to the world a blue sky once more. Blaze then sighed as he de-equipped his armour and shook his head.

“That. Was. Awesome!” He said as he approached the now cheering crowd “Hey, girls, what I miss?”

“Oh, nothing just the usual evil takeover!” Pinkie said cheerfully as he mane became its poofy self again

“Well it seems more than just a petty takeover, more like an invasion, what happened?” Serafin asked as she began to heal Dash’s injuries as Blaze just looked at her with sadness and rage

“Well, it was shortly after you left that Krux, Loki, Twivine, Loki’s new bot and . . . Omega, they severed the connection between our world and used those crystals to suck the positivity out of everything,” Twilight explained as Serafin finished with the healing process

“So, that means there’s still 4 more out there,” Blaze murmured as he looked towards the city in the distance and saw the black clouds hanging over the horizon

Blaze then got up and walked onto a higher spot as he looked over the survivors as they began to look over at him.

“Right, listen up! Everyone here is to return to a safer location, caves, homes, whatever and if you find anyone still out there help them get to safety!” Blaze ordered as they all looked around

“Look I know things may seem lost, that we might be at rock bottom, but listen when I tell you that we will win, we will take back our home,”

“So, stay strong, and don’t become divided, because if we turn our backs on each other than we’ve already lost this fight before it began,” Blaze finished as some began to clap as he jumped off the rock and then felt a pat on his back

“I guess your recklessness balances out after all,” Serafin commented as he smirked

"I aim to please," Blaze said happily

“My calculations say if we are going to even stand a chance of winning we’ll need the rest of the elements and we need to recover our strength, because if we, 'Someone' were to head out now the chances of being killed is high . . . really... really high, ” KAI added as Blaze nodded

“Alright then, we’ll move out in the morning, it’s getting late anyways,” Blaze added as some began to make camp and others began to move out to a better location

Blaze sat on a ledge as it looked out over the horizon, towards the city, he just looked on into the dark and gloomy world as he thought to himself and asked questions that plagued his mind.

“What am I going to tell them?” He thought aloud as he just sighed and felt the wind brush through him as he waited for anything to happen, anything to clear his mind

“You really are something, idiot.” Came a familiar voice as he turned to see Dash sitting next to him, some bandages covering her body

“You have no idea,” He said with a smile as she turned towards him

“Well I think I do, after all you are the one who kind of gets beaten up every other week,” Dash commented as he laughed sarcastically “But still, why can’t you just let us help you?”

“Because if I did you would only get hurt more, honestly I would love to let everyone know about ‘ME’ but I can’t do that without stomping over them first,” Blaze said in a more annoyed tone as he just punched the ground “I’m just a lost cause,”

“No you’re not,” Dash argued as she got him to look at her “You are not a lost cause, you’re my friend,” She then pulled him into a hug as they sat there for a minute before letting go

“I never took you as the one to get all mushy, Skittles,” Blaze said as he felt blood make its way into his face

“Well, hang around you long enough and you tend to pick up some traits,” She added with a smirk

“Touché,” Blaze laughed as they both then looked back out into the night sky, somehow it felt less cold but then Blaze pulled up his right hoof and saw the odd symbol branded into it, it consisted of lines, circles and some other symbols that formed a circle "1 down, 3 to go,"

"Hey Blaze, what's with that symbol?" Dash asked as he snapped out of the trance

"I don't know, I've had KAI run an analyses on it but nothing, but it looks familiar?" Blaze explained as they thought for a moment before gasping

"LOKI!" they said in unison

"Yea, that's right he used it to kick our asses back then, but that means..." Dash trailed off

"That means that my 'Blazing Trail' is only the first," Blaze finished as they both grinned

"Awesome!" They both cheered as they bro-hoofed

An orb kept replaying the battle between Krux and Blaze as it floated around a golden throne, its king laughing as he clapped with excitement.

"So 'Blazing Trail' ,huh?" Loki thought as he smiled and clicked his fingers as a mountain of fireworks appeared

“Now this is gunna be good!” Loki said as the sky lit up in a magical show of fireworks “LIGHT THE FUSES, BECAUSE THE SHOW’S JUST BEGUN!!!”

To Be Continued…


Chapter 13 Act 2: Show Me Your Will

Phantoms Of The Truth

Chapter 13 Act 2

Show Me Your Will

*Location: Man~hatten, outskirts*

After the long trek towards the gang’s next destination, they finally arrived at the most ‘dead’ city in the country, nothing, not a single sound could be heard but the sound of the wind howling around them. They approached the welcome sign but for some reason the ‘e’ was etch off.

“Something tells me Loki’ behind this and about everything else with this city,” Blaze pointed out as they kept walking and seeing almost every mention of the city had the ‘e’ missing

Blaze jogged over to an old newspaper stand and picked one up and saw that even in the text the ‘e’ was missing from the name. Blaze face-hooved at this as he threw it aside.

“Ok, he’s taking this whole non-pun-thing too seriously,” He moaned as Serafin walked over and turned his head towards the massive, glowing building ahead “Oh for fuck sake,”

After about another half an hour of walking the group, consisting of Twilight, Blaze, Serafin, Dash and Pinkie. They came across the first signs of life in the city, it was two unicorns who looked to be guards as the group approached them. At first, they were ready to attack but then noticed Twilight and soon let us walk into the complex.

When they entered, they were greeted by a massive community of Ponies as they either talked with one another or did certain jobs like providing food or medicine. Then as they continued to look around, Pinkie’s body twitched as she pointed ahead like a dog.

“Over there! My pinkie sense says that our friends are nearby!” She said happily as she darted off and Serafin gave Blaze a questioning look

“Trust me when I say, just roll with it, an alicorn, cyborg and A.I have tried,” Dash admitted as she saw the others nod

“You are all really strange,” She answered as they just followed the pink blur

When they finally found her, Pinkie was busy hopping around Applejack, Rarity and Fluttershy as they smiled at her antics and then spotted the rest and began to talk among themselves as they laughed. Blaze however just sat off to the side as he thought to himself.

“You really are antisocial, aren’t you?” KAI piped up as Blaze rolled his eyes

“Whatever,” He mumbled as KAI lifted Blaze’s hoof and hit him across the face

“Now that I got you thinking straight, what the hell is wrong with you? Your vitals are going haywire with anger, depression and confusion- oh wait that last one is always there,” KAI corrected as Blaze sighed

“I just don’t know, I’m happy about seeing them all doing well, but I’ve just been thinking about my ‘Problems’,” Blaze answered as he glanced outside and saw the towering building ahead

“I know what you’re thinking and I doubt they would like you to go alone,” KAI added as Blaze glanced back and then his eyes met Dash’s as she stared at him with sadness and acceptance as he smiled and she did two

“Does that answer your question?” Blaze said in a very smug way as he saw his hoof rise and punch him dead in the face again, Blaze then got up and began to sneak his way out  

When he got to the exit his face met yellowy-orange eyes as Serafin frowned at him. Then before he could explain she wrapped him into a hug as he stiffened slightly before relaxing. Then she pulled away and looked at him with an actual smile.

“After this, they need to know,” She said firmly as her frown returned, Blaze then looked down “You’re not alone in this anymore, you may not agree with it, but someday you will,”

“Thanks, Serafin,” He said with a nod before smirking “So, you up for kicking a guy off his high horse?”

Her frown returned as she levitated out her sword and nodded as they ran off towards the ominous building.

*Location: Loki’s Tower, Hallway*

Serafin was waiting by what appeared to be an elevator as she heard the sound of hooves coming from the stairs, she then looked at a wet Blaze as he kicked a crocodile off his tail.

“Ok, why does he even have that lever?” He ask in annoyance as Serafin casted an aura on him and soon his coat was dry again “Thanks,”

“No worries, but I think we better prepare for what’s behind door number 3,” She said as she pointed to the elevator

“Alright, we made through a minefield and got through a rollercoaster of chaos, bring it on,” Blaze said with determination

*Location: Elevator, Loki’s Tower*

"That's it! i give up on trying to understand his motives!" KAI said in a fit as they all just stared

Serafin and Blaze just stood, their mouths agape as they just looked at the massive, hotel inside the elevator. It was quite modern and looked new. Blaze then moved over to the small buttons and saw the number of buttons and then noticed the golden one at the top.

“’Loki’s Observation Deck’ Note it will take at least an hour to reach the top, please enjoy the luxury sweet, huh? Well that’s nice I guess?” Blaze said as Serafin just looked at him then back to the hotel

“Well he did say enjoy the luxury sweet, so no harm, no foul,” She responded with a shrug as they began to walk towards the building “That and you smell like you’ve been burned, thrown into a lake of waste and dumped into the mud to dry,”

“Yea, well you smell like burn charcoal, and not the good kind,” Blaze retorted as Serafin just bobbed her head

“Touché,” She responded as they both decided to enjoy this whist they could, that and Blaze wanted to ready for when he had to fight him again

Loki sat on his throne as he sorted through his cards before hearing the elevator dinging and he grinned. Out from the small door came Blaze with a smile on his face and Serafin with a small smirk.

“I take it that you enjoyed the hotel?” Loki asked as they both nodded and Serafin decided to rest up in Blaze subconscious as she vanished

“Sure did! I must say for a diplomatic nut-job, you know how to relax,” Blaze complimented as he smiled

“Good to here! Seriously, everytime I tried to show some hospitality I just got fired at or cursed at, or both, that’s why I like you, you know how to calmly handle the strangest of circumstances with ease,” Loki explained as he made the card vanish and he looked at Blaze with determination

“But I doubt you came up here just to compliment me, so how bout it? You ready to die?” Loki said more sinisterly as Blaze glared back with a smirk

“Well I hate to disappoint,” Blaze replied as he armoured up and unholstered his golden blade and ‘Vengeance’ “Bring it!”

“That’s it! Staright to the point! Let the Party Begin!!!” Loki shouted in delight as he brought hid rapier out and soon the vanished from sight

After a few seconds of nothing, a sonic boom echoed outwards as the two reappeared, their weapons locked, they soon vanished multiple times, each time still colliding, they then reappeared as Blaze swung madly as the flew around connecting blows.

Loki was still fast but Blaze had improved and this time he wasn’t taking any chances, Loki is different in many ways so it was best to take caution. They then broke off as Blaze saw Loki’s own symbol on his hand glow.

*52 Fuck Up*

Loki then had 52 explosive cards coiling around him as he clicked his fingers and they flew towards Blaze, but this time he was ready.

*Blazing Trail*

Blaze’s body then lit up like the sun as most of the cards burned on impact, Loki knew this but what came next surprised him.

“Oh fuck, didn’t know he could do that!” He thought as half his own cards lit on fire and shot back towards him, even faster than when he sent them, he weaved his way around them, but one caught him “Quack!!!”

Then a chain of explosions sent the Spirit Dweller flying into a building, he soon reappeared as he dusted his suit off. He then took his hat off as he threw his purple overcoat in it as he made the hat disappear as he smiled.

“I must admit, this is new, this is definitely new, but how did you know I was going to do that?” Loki asked as Blaze smirked

“I knew you couldn’t just wait around and do nothing, you like observing your targets of people of interest, so I knew you knew about my symbol-“

“Catalyst,” Loki interrupted as Blaze paused

“Oh, so that’s its name?” Blaze thought out loud as Loki nodded

“We who have it are given 3 abilities tailored to the user specifically, some things can influence their outcome, for instance ‘Blazing Trail’ is because of Serafin,” Loki explained as Blaze nodded in understanding

“So, yours are tailored to your randomness and card dealing?” Blaze answered as a green tick ‘dinged’ above him

“Now then, if were done chatting, let me see what your made of, Blaze Hawk!” Loki dared as Blaze complied and shot towards him

As the collided once more Loki simply blocked his attacks and soon swung at his chest but hit air as his eyes widened and soon felt pain erupt in his back as Blaze dug his blades in an ‘X’ formation in his back as Loki rolled downwards in the air.

Blaze then felt two knuckles dig into the back of his neck then his chin and then two legs smashing into his stomach in rapid succession as he flew through a nearby building and into another. His vision then showed green and purple as he saw at least 100 lasers heading his ways as he gulped.

“Legs don’t fail me now,” He thought as two beings in the back of his mind shook their heads but he didn’t listen as he waited then he leaped

Loki watched as he saw Blaze dashing towards him as Blaze leaped from one laser to the next as they exploded behind him.

“This mother fucker just don’t quit?” He thought as an idea sprung in his head

Blaze then appeared in front of Loki and then behind him and soon he was vanishing and reappearing everywhere as Loki tried to pin point his location. He then felt something grab his leg as Blaze began to spin in around like a hurricane and then let go as Loki smashed his feet into his tower and stopped.

“Ok then Blaze my boy, let’s see you stop this!” He shouted in glee as him along with the tower disappeared, much to his surprise

Then Blaze noticed the massive shadow looming overhead, it was building, or it was, but now it was nothing but a solid rectangle of titanium as Loki held it by a pinky.

“Sorry Blaze, but . . . Game Over,” Loki said simply as he threw the build right at Blaze as he holstered ‘Vengeance’ and held his golden blade to his side

*CRASH*

Everyone in the area watched as the building sized block of metal collided with the ground, The Mane 6 watched from a distance away, their mouths agape as they just watched their friend get smeared into the ground.

Loki watched from above as the block of titanium lay only a few feet away from him as he hummed, then he saw a crack and frowned as he put his hand on it.

“No.” He said firmly as it became bigger

“No.” He repeated but the crack refused as it grew bigger, then he gave a scared chuckle “Ah nuts!”

Then the block shattered as Blaze came flying out towards Loki as he rammed his now glowing blade into his chest as he opened his mouth to speak.

“No-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-“Loki rapidly spoke in fear

“ELEMENTAL BUSRT!!!” Blaze yelled as a spectrum of colours erupted in Loki, blinding the world in white

When it was safe to look, everyone was greeted by the mid-day sun as the warmth came down upon them all as many began to cheer and clap. The Mane 6 however began to search for their friend.

They then saw a metal form standing on a pile of rubble as he looked upwards to the sky as the last fragments of the crystal dissipated. Then his armour deactivated and he fell back.

Dash and Fluttershy however were quick enough to catch him as he smiled dumbly at them.

“So… did I win?” He asked as they smiled back and he yawned “Ow cannot even begin to describe my pain right now,”

“Well you did have a building dropped on top of you so I would assume so,” Twilight pointed out as the ruins of it remained in the area, she then looked back at him with a smile “Still I can’t believe you beat him, after all he’s quite… odd,”

“I think that’s the first time you’ve actually complimented me, I guess I can make progress with you poines!” Loki said from above them as he dusted off his purple coat as they all prepared to attack him

“No, leave him be,” Blaze groaned as he got up from his spot “I made a deal with him whist we were fighting, so he on our side now,”

“WHAT!!!” They all yelled in unison as Loki brought out a scroll

“Well you see, you, along with Blaze here have more interesting events than me so I wanted to partake in such events, so during our fight I talked with him and we came to an agreement,” Loki explained as he grinned and clicked his fingers as dozens of sheets began to fall around them

“I made thousands of copies, thousands,”

“So, you mean that you’ll be hanging around us forever now?” Dash questioned as he nodded and she sighed “another Discord in the making,”

“Right, well I would love to stay and chat but right now I have priorities, like playing Tetris with the city until its better,” Loki butted in as he clicked his fingers and soon they were on a dirt road outside the city

“Wait, what you can’t just kick us out!” Applejack snapped as he just laughed

“Yes, well the world isn’t going to save itself, so hop to it!” He ordered as Blaze just shook his head

“Let’s just get going, I made a deal so he won’t do anything to break it,” Blaze said as he began to walk the long, dirt road ahead, everyone else soon joined but Fluttershy waved to Loki to get his attention

“So, um I just wanted to say… thank you for helping us,” She said in whisper but Loki just waved it off

“You should be thanking that cyber-moron, if not for his ‘Very’ persuasive words I might not be doing this right now,” Loki said as she nodded and jogged to catch up

“This is gunna get interesting, Ain’t that right ‘Buddy’?” Loki whispered before turning to face the screen "Well? do you want to find out what happens or not? Get going to the next scene!"

*Location: Everfree Border, 10 miles from Ponyville*

As the group talked among themselves they managed to get a plan sorted for the next encounter, whether it be Omega, Twivine or AB, they knew it wasn’t going to be easy. Blaze however stopped them in their tracks as they all went silent.

They looked around for the sign of danger, for a good few minutes they waited, but nothing came and Blaze breathed out and they continued. For about 5 minutes.

*SHINK-SHINK-SHINK-SHINK*

Blaze stumbled forward before he slowly fell to his knees, then he soon found himself lying in a pool of his own blood as the rest screamed and tried to rush to his aid but only by Serafin and Twilight putting a shield up, did they avoid ‘It’ slashing their pathway to him.

“A.O!” AB greeted as he held two razor sharp sickles in his hands as he glanced at the now bleeding corpse behind him and then back at his prey

“Great, how the hay are we gunna get past this creep!?” Dash spat as the bot looked between Serafin and Dash (Most hostile)

"A.O!" He said again as he taunted them to come closer but Twilight fired a warning shot as it grazed his face

"Like we'll do anything you say!" Twilight hissed as she grit her teeth in frustration "I thought Loki was on our side? where is he?"

“I don’t know but be better think of something quick, otherwise Blaze is gunna be 6 feet under,” Applejack reminded them as they all saddened slightly but Pinkie’s entire body shook as her eyes became pin-pricks

“Umm, Pinkie, darling? What was that about?” Rarity asked as she just stepped back in actual fear as she pointed, this got the bot to look too

Blaze slowly got to his hooves as the bleeding stopped, somehow. Then he turned as he mumbled something, then his armour activated. When they looked, they saw a frown dawn his face.

“You take advantage of our perception, nice,” Blaze commented as AB turned completely around and glared at him, wanting him to continue

“Now, We would keep feeding you more compliments, but We rather grow tired of this crap for one day, fist Loki and now his pawn,” Then he grinned, widely

AB then turned around and raised a blade at the girls, he brought his blade down, only then did a hand grab AB's arm and threw him aside as it look to its left.

The hand belonged to Blaze, but he was ‘Different’ his body was covered in black flames and his smile just grew wider.

“You know, it’s rude to turn away when someone is talking to you,” Blaze mocked as he laughed a little “But then again a dysfunctional piece of scrap wouldn’t know about that, would he?”

Before AB could even swing his blade again, another one connected, it was a purple-blueish scythe (Two on each end) it had holes in many parts of the blade but it glowed with a blue aura. Then the laughing continued.

AB then looked towards Blaze as he lifted his hand and clicked his fingers. Soon his body vanished into the black light as they all waited for the end result, what they got made their minds and hearts freeze with fear, Mostly Dash. Their nightmares had all but came true right before their eyes, and they couldn't wake up.

Their friend was gone, his face black as the void, smiled forever grinning, Eyes never changing from the purple glow. Laughter that never stops.

“I’m back Equestria,” Neckros said as he glared at the Bot as he held his scythe to his side

“Did you miss me?”

To Be Continued…


Chapter 13 Act 3: The Deal

Phantoms of The Truth

Chapter 13 Act 3

The Deal

*Location: Border of Everfree*

“I’m back Equestria,” Neckros said as he glared at the Bot as he held his scythe to his side

“Did you miss me?” He asked smugly as the bot just stared at the Nightmare

“A.O!” It replied as Neckros just laughed slightly before turning to the group

“Yo, Serafin, hold Erika for a sec, would ya?” Neckros asked as he threw his scythe and she grabbed it in her magic

“You’re not seriously doing this?” She asked as he just hummed and she sighed “Idiot,”

“Right then, so I give you 1 chance to land a hit on me with everything you got,” Neckros challenged as the bot complied and began to swing its sickles around but Neckros put his hand out

“No, no you misunderstand me, I said hit me with Everything. You. Got,” He worded out carefully as the bot then charged at him as it duplicated into more than a dozen clones

Then after circling him they impaled the Nightmare in every inch of his body as he spat blood out from the wounds. They swiftly pulled back, taking chunks with them as black smoke rose from the black wounds.

Then he just laughed as AB twisted its head in confusion. Then it saw that he was perfectly fine as he snapped his fingers.

*Blazing Trail*

His body then lit up into purple flames as he smiled effortlessly and then he ran. AB didn’t even have a chance as he was struck multiple times, pieces of scrap and wires flew as Neckros tore into the Robot’s body, he even used his teeth as he ripped its arm clean off.

“Now, you see I know that you can copy abilities of the person you fight, that’s why you took Blaze out first, me on the other hand thought ahead,” Neckros began to explain as he held his hand out and Serafin threw him the scythe

“I never died back all those months ago, no I just waited and grew stronger, gaining new abilities, and becoming stronger than you ever thought possible,”

“To put it in perspective, not even the elements, combined with the monarchies could stop me now!” He said in a more demonic voice as he laughed like a maniac

The mane 6 just looked at him with such fear, to even rival the embodiment of it, they thought they won, they freed Blaze from his grasp, they were wrong and that made Neckros stronger. All the fear, the sadness and dread over all this time, he absorbed it and used it.

“Sadly, you’re not worth joking about as you did almost kill Blaze with that wire attack and I’m really~ pissed,” Neckros said as he shot his free hand up as AB began to twitch and groaned against the pain

“Sorry, this is a new one of mine, I call it ‘Soul Stitching’ and boy oh boy you are going to feel it, you see invisible wires are coursing through your body at this second, wrapping around your most vital components until…”

Then AB’s body sparked and began to crumple into pieces as Neckros then held his scythe out and dashed forward, then with one fell swoop he was on the other side of the fight, then the bot split in half from the attack, his body dissolving into smoke.

"Well i guess he was a 'Cut' above the rest!" Neckros joked as he laughed before looking at the horrified mares "What? bad taste?"

The wind was the only noise as they all watched in terror (Except Serafin) as Neckros turned around as he walked towards them. Dash was the first to react.

“I'll bloody kill you!” She yelled as she flew towards him with a murderous glare, but he just snapped his fingers and she froze, making the rest gasp

He then stepped to the left and clicked his fingers again and she flew into the ground as he laughed.

“Oh, boy you-you should have seen the look on your face hahahahahaha!!!” He laughed as this pissed her off more but he didn’t have any of it as he pointed the tip of his weapon to her throat

“Now, now, let’s not spoil the reunion, shall we?” he said as she gulped but then a new more feminine voice joined in and it had a nice, sweet voice to it

“Neckros, don’t you dare harm this poor mare!” She snapped as Neckros looked… spooked as he jumped back a few feet

“Um- I, uh, sorry, I wasn’t going to do anything! Seriously, like Blaze or you would let me!” He argued to the scythe as they all watched his fear and confusion

“Me and Blaze can both here your thoughts so don’t lie to us,” She continued, yes, the scythe was talking

“Us Nightmares are prone to having a snake tongue, not my fault!” He said as he crossed his arms, then a flash of red light appeared at his chest as Blaze came falling out

“He's got a point, you know?” Blaze added as Neckros nodded in victory “But you touch her and I’ll send you to hell personally,”

“Umm, Blaze? You know your standing right next to ‘Him’ of all demons!” Twilight shouted as he looked at him and then back to her

“Meh,” He said simply as he just sat down

“MEH!?” They all said in unison before Serafin sighed

“You might want to tell them why he’s here and alive,” Serafin said as Neckros clapped

“Yes, my favourite memory, well besides killing you of course,” Neckros responded as he looked at Dash but Blaze hit him “Kidding,”

“Alright, you all deserve to know why this phyco-“

“Hello!” Nekros shouted with a wave

“-Is still here, so, it all began just after I beat him…”

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*FLASHBACK*

The smoke surrounded Blaze as he looked down at the now smoking body of Neckros as he smiled, even though he was close to death.

“I got to admit Blaze, that was a fun fight, I mean you just grab guts from a badass and charged straight through my most powerful attack!” Neckros laughed as Blaze glared t him, tears still in his eyes

“You think this is funny?! You killed Dash, the one person who I could actually trust, and you killed her!?” He snapped as he kicked Neckros in the face as his smile remained “I hope you burn in the fires of hell forever,”

Blaze was about to walk away but something grabbed his neck and turned him around, he then looked at Neckros, his purple eyes near millimetres from his own.

“I’ll make a deal then,” Neckros said in a more serious tone, this confused Blaze

“What?” He asked

“I’ll be your Ally again, if you spare me, I’ll not harm a single hair on any one of your friends, no one of innocence will be slaughtered because of your rage anymore,” He said as Blaze snapped as he grabbed his collar

“Why would I make a deal with a monster like you!?” He asked, venom clear in his words

“Is it that hard to grasp? Well, Cyborg, since when does a Nightmare offer his power to someone? NEVER, so I would really reconsider,”

“Why?” Was all Blaze could say as his smile grew slightly

“Because not everything is Black and White,” Neckros finished

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*PRESENT DAY*

“After that, he’s been in the back of my mind ever since, the only ones who knew were Me, Serafin and KAI,” Blaze finished as they all looked at him with mixed feelings, what they didn’t notice was Loki sitting there as he wiped a tear from his eye

“That was beautiful, oh well can’t get rid of him now!” Loki shouted, alerting everyone to his presence

“I guess you finished cleaning up your mess then?” Applejack asked as she looked at him carefully

“Yep! Not an ‘E’ (sadly) missing from stuff and all buildings ‘not’ (sadly) crumbling to my chaos!” He listed off as he threw a book away

“Oh, and Loki also knew I was still here,” Neckros pointed out as certain glares went his direction

“Not my problem,” He said simply as he began to walk off in the direction of Ponyville “Well? You wanna save your world or not? Which I would happily burn, but I pretty sure Blaze has that covered,”

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Now before you ask, yes most of this is being skipped, why? Because The Walking Dead have that covered, Now then.

The Mane 8, now with Neckros and Loki, were about 2 miles from their home, the dark clouds spanned even further than the rest of the crystals and it felt even colder than the rest, it was the epicentre of it all.

Neckros however wasn’t bother by it, in fact he enjoyed it, but one thing was getting on his nerves. Well 2 actually. He then stopped as he turned to Rarity and Applejack as they stopped talking and looked at the Nightmare as his face remained the same.

“Here-“He said as he handed them his scythe “-if you ‘love’ talking about me so much then this should clear your empty heads of questions,” He then proceeded to talk with Serafin and Blaze

“Umm, hi? So what are you exactly?” Rarity asked as she tried not to freak out

“It’s alright if you’re both unconformable with my appearance, I understand, but my name is Erika, and as far a i know ive been in his form for about 1000 years,” She said as they both apologised but decided to ask questions, then one specific one came up

“So, Erika, how did such a ‘disturbing’ figure obtain your soul exactly?” Rarity asked, after finding out that Neckros had made a living weapon with her soul they began to feel more anger towards the Nightmare, that just helped him more

However, this bothered Erika a bit as she glowed with annoyance.

“I would much rather you refrain from insulting Neckros, thank you,” she warned as she sighed “He took my soul from my dying body, after an attack happened to my village, he then kept it until he forged me into a weapon, took him about 100 years or so to gather the pieces, so most of the time i would linger in his head,”

“You mean to tell me after you already suffered at the hands of attackers, that ‘Thing’ stole your soul and turned into ‘this’!?” Applejack snapped as Erika sighed

“Yes, but like I said before ‘don’t’ keep calling him that, and I was ok with him turning me into this, like i said i was in 'His' mind, not the most pleasurable experiences, also because a Marefriend has her limits you know,” She said harshly as they both stopped before whispering/shouting

“Are you nuts?! How could you like someone like ‘him’!?” Rarity whispered in, almost looking horrified

“I just can’t believe you, he must of put you under some sort of spell or something?” Applejack whispered as Erika dimmed a bit from that

“I’m telling the truth, sorry but I’ve known him longer than all of you, so you can’t just judge him like that,” She retorted as Rarity rolled her eyes

“Please dear, it’s obvious that he must have been the one who attack your village as well, he tried to do the same to us months ago and the fact that he killed innocent ponies is just unbelievable, That ‘Monster’ surely has tricked you into-“

She stopped as she felt her magic fail as the scythe hovered in mid-air, the air also felt ice cold as everyone stopped. Blaze that concerned as Serafin also looked distress as Neckros had stopped mid step.

“I’ve had it with your tongues now, so you think I’ve tricked her mind, killed her town off and Erika included, huh? Just used her for my own gain?” Neckros said in a calm voice as they nodded slowly, knowing he could tell

“Why would we believe anything you say! Like we’ll ever trust something like you!” Rarity snapped which she ignored her friends giving her signs to stop, but it was too late

Then they all froze, even Loki looked freaked, Neckros had turned around completely, his eyes narrowed, his wings outstretched and his smile, gone. An unmissable look of anger replaced it. Then he vanished.

“If shit didn’t hit the fan yet, I sure as hell did now, and is coming in hot!” Loki piped up

Both Rarity and Applejack felt their bodies lift into the air as Neckros held them by their throats as he glared at them with such a look, it could kill Gods. They saw that Dash and Twilight frozen in fear as Blaze and Serafin did nothing.

“If you ‘ever’ insult Erika like that again, if you ‘Dare’ to say you know me inside and out, I don’t care what deal or contract I made, nothing will save you from the pain I’ll put you through, skinning you would be merciful,” Neckros warned as he bent forwards, their bodies just about touching the floor

“Do I make myself clear?” He finished as they nodded, he then let go and plucked Erika out of the air as he snapped his fingers and everything returned to normal, his face returned to normal also

“Right, then! Well come on, were off to save the world!!!” He bellowed out as they slowly went back to their normal topics

5 Minutes Later…

“Hey, Blaze, how do I get this thing off?” Neckros asked as Blaze and Twi looked at him as Pinkie bounced on his head, his face bouncing in rhythm as they tried not to laugh

“Neckros, one thing to note, she Ain’t gunna stop,” Blaze said as he grinned and his eyes narrowed

“Great... you sure I can’t just throw her into a random wormhole? i mean, i know a certain murk with a mouth that would love this!” Neckros said as they just looked at him in confusion as even Dash wasn’t bothered anymore by his presence

“Well, of course not silly! If you did how could a throw you a Welcome to Ponyville party, after this?” She asked as she hung her head down from his head as he looked at he in confusion

“After all of this you won’t let up about that, will you?” He asked as she nodded, then he looked over at Loki, who was nowhere to be seen

“Great, abandoned by my only ally, how charming,” He groaned as they all continued their journey, then Twilight stomped her hoof

“Why are you helping us?” Twi asked calmly as the continued to walk and Neckros kept looking ahead

“You already know the answer, I mean I literally told you,” He pointed out as Blaze glanced at her as he shot her a look

“Stop lying, the only reason your still here is because Blaze spared your life, but you’ve lied before, so how are we sure that you won’t pull it again?” She questioned as he sighed and levitated Blaze up and cut his leg as he winced

At once Dash and Twi tried to attack but Blaze held a hoof out and stared at them. Slowly they stopped as he put him down. Neckros then showed them his arm and they were surprised to see the same cut, slowly patching up.

“See, if I were to kill him, I’ll die to, if he tried to kill me, same effect, so you see I can’t do that, no matter how I try, were bonded so there’s no way around it,” Neckros explained then he narrowed his eyes as he smirked "Still wanna kill me?"

“Fine. I’ll stop bothering you about it,” She huffed as they continued, but Neckros was no fool when it came to emotions, and Twilight was giving him all the signals

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*Location: Ponyville, Twilight’s Castle*

Omega stood on the balcony as he looked out into the sleeping town as he frowned, the same place he was robbed of his power, his victory over ‘Him’. His thoughts stopped as he saw Twivine approach him with a she looked disinterested.

“So, I take it that they’re on their way now?” Omega asked as Twivine cleared her throat and then, her cloaking vanished

What now stood before Omega was a robo-pony, his eyes only containing red, his mouth covered with a grate as the silver joints clanked as it moved, his black, wired mane and tail looked almost natural, as it looked like Blaze, only bulkier.

“Yes, the bots have been prepped to intercept them, dividing their forces upon arrival as they would naturally do so,” He spoke in a metallic voice as Omega smirked

“And what if they break through? Will you take care of them?” Omega asked as the bot just stared at him before speaking

“If you wish to rid yourself of Blaze, then, as people quote ‘Do it yourself’, I got you the army, I gave you all those crystals, it’s your business now, not mine,” He finished, Omega however didn’t like that plan

“Listen here ‘Bot’! you will help me or I’ll-“Omega was silenced as the bot kicked him into a wall as he swiftly pinned him with ease

“No, i have more plans for Blaze, you continued to ignore my warnings that he will prevail, so if wish to throw your life away, do that, but I was never here, got it?” He said dangerously as Omega tried to break free until he dropped him

“Fine then, Flamar, do what you will, but when I beat him, you’ll be next!” He barked as Flamar stopped and glanced back his metal eyes narrowing

“And when you lose, he’ll come for you all, innocent or not” Flamar spoke as he disappeared into the shadows “Like, the answer to a prayer,”

And then all was silent…

To Be Continued…

Chapter 13 Act 4: Hollow Message

Phantoms of the Truth

Chapter 13 Act 4

Hollow Message

The cold, dark air blew past the slumbering village. Metal constructs marched in pursuit of attackers as they searched for their targets in the night. All but an alleyway that had a reflective coat shrouding it.

“-And I say we charge in, claws blazing!” Neckros yelled back as he butted heads with Loki as their annoyance grew

“Unless you want to clear up collateral, be my guest, but if you want to win this, go in undetected!” Loki countered

“KAI, tell me, what’s the probability we’ll still be here deciding?” Blaze asked as he rubbed his head

“Extremely High.” He answered as Blaze then looked off towards the castle then he smiled

“Alright, idiots, front and centre!” Blaze ordered as the two stopped fighting and lined up and then saw his grin “Here’s my plan, best of all it’s clear and simple,”

“We’re listening,” they both answered

“Let er rip,” Blaze said simply as they both smiled brightly before walking out of the forcefield

“Hey tin heads, can you feel fear?” Loki asked as a group of bots looked between themselves

“Negative.” One answered before hearing a low laugh from behind it

“Let’s fix that, shall we?” Neckros spoke coldly as he impaled one on his tail “Welcome to the circus of the dead!!!”

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Back in the alleyway…

“So, what’s the plan from here on in?” Applejack asked as the rest looked around for ideas

“Well, whist they have some fun, our plan is to get into the castle and storm two points, a group of us will take on the crystal. As it’s probably grown a lot since then,” Blaze explained before narrowing his eyes

“I’ll go for Omega, alone.” He finished

“Are you insane, he’ll kill you!” Dash interjected but Blaze silenced her

“No, I’ve become stronger since then, besides,” Blaze then nudged Serafin “I got a goddess on my side, so I’ll be fine,”

“And me,” KAI added as he activated his armour automatically

“Are you sure you can handle him?” Twilight asked in concern as Blaze smiled

“Hey now, since when have I failed!?” Blaze laughed as she rolled her eyes “Ok then, you guys all ready?”

After a moment of silence, they all nodded and soon they moved on.

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Inside the castle walls…

Omega was pacing back and forth as he watched the lights flash in the distance and he swore he could hear laughing in the process. This made him smash the railing he was leaning over as he tried to think of a way to salvage this.

“End of the line, Omega,” came an all too familiar voice as Omega turned to see the cyborg standing right there

“You really think I’m going to let you win?” Omega mocked as he removed his cape and threw it off the platform

“No, but that’s just what makes this so fun,” Blaze countered with a smirk as Omega frowned

“You have no idea of the storm that’s coming, sure you’re strong and even if you did win this war, what will you do then when he come for you?” Omega asked as he pointed at Blaze

“Who is ‘He’!” Blaze snapped

“You’ll never know,” Omega answered back as he brought his golden longsword out and pointed it’s edge at Blaze as he quickly did the same

“Why don’t I just ring it out of you instead?” Blaze offered as he shook his head slowly

“No, my fight isn’t with you, it’s with her,” He answered as he pointed his blade at a pillar, then the figure moved out of hiding

“Dash!? What the hell!” Blaze snapped as she just glared at Omega as he grinned “No way! Forget it, I won’t let you!”

“No, I agree to this.” Dash interjected, sounding less like herself

“Why...?” Blaze asked in worry but she just smiled

“Because I’m tired of putting you in harm’s way just to protect me,” She answered as Blaze just stood motionless “And to hide you pain,”

“Now this is more like it! A lowly creature vs. a god!” Omega laughed as Dash just stood in front of Blaze

“Alright you asshole, let’s dance!” Dash yelled back as she grit her teeth as she prepared to dive head first into hell

Omega was the first to strike as he vanished and appeared behind Dash and brought his foot down on her as she yelped and stumbled.

Dash quickly avoided his next blow as she leaped into the air and connected two back legs with his jaw as he flipped back but smiled as he ran towards her and began to throw his weapon into the mix. He then caught the tip of her wing with his sword as Dash tried to say afloat but felt a grip tighten around her throat as she gasped for air.

“How’s it feel Blaze? To see the one you care about slowly die in front of you?” Omega mocked but saw that he wasn’t sad but rather smiling

*SHINK*

Omega let out a yell as he lost his grip and instantly saw why his arm was bleeding. Dash held in her grasp as black broadsword with the name ‘Vengeance’ etched into its blade.

“Now, it my turn!” Dash yelled as the tables soon began to turn in her favour

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Somewhere below the castle…

“So, does anyone know how we’re going to break them?” Fluttershy asked in an almost whisper as Loki was currently smacking Pinkie’s hoof away from the large crystal in the center

“Look-look-look the fate of this world is in our hands, so whatever you do, don’t. Touch. This. Crystal.” Loki spoke sternly “If you do, the crystal will explode and kill us all,”

“Uh-huh!” Pinkie responded

“Now, repeat back what I just said,” Loki demanded as she pondered for a bit before going to touch the crystal but Loki stopped her

“No-No! that’s the crystal that will kill everyone! Except me!” Loki snapped before breathing calmly “Ok, try again,”

“The fate of the world lies in our hands!” She said happily as he nodded

“We’ll all die, expect you,” She added and he nodded again

“If I touch this crystal,” She finished as she reached over to touch it but was stop again

“NOOO! GOD DAMMIT!” Loki yelled as the rest just watched, Twilight however was taking a better look around

“Hey! Twi! Do you have any ducktape?” Loki asked as they all saw him trying to keep Pinkie from touching the crystal

“Umm, we don’t have pockets or ducktape, what did you expect?” Twilight answered

“Not a single person has tape!?” He snapped as he struggled to keep Pinkie still

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Back on the balcony…

“You really think you could beat me!?” Omega snarled as he kicked Dash up against a wall as her weapon skidded off to the side, out of her reach

“You’re nothing but a weak-“

*POW*

“Annoying-“

*POW*

“Pathetic excuse for an element bearer!” Omega shouted in between blows as Dash sat and took the hits, her body becoming numb and weak

Then Omega lifted her into the air by her throat as he raised his golden weapon.

“In this world, only the strongest survive,” He finished before throwing the Dash across the floor as a large laceration stretched across her chest

“Dash!!!” Blaze yelled as he ran over to her, the sounds of her ragged breathing drowned out by laughter

“That was brilliant, not even a scream and she’s still trying to fight!” He mocked as Blaze tried to close the wound by his head lifted up slightly

“-Alright then, I’ll do it,” He murmured causing Omega to stop and smile

“Really? You think you can win? Fine then, show me what you’ve learned,” Omega challenged as Blaze grit his teeth, his visor glowing with rage

*BLAZING TRAIL*

“AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!”

Omega’s face froze as the wave of energy shot through his core as he saw Blaze’s body lit into flames as he roared like a dragon, his power continuously increasing as he tried to grasp the amount of power he was outputting.

Before he could even realize it Blaze was already in front of him as he brought his fist up, colliding with Omega’s jaw as he flew into the air. Then he quickly brought his blade round to clash with Blaze’s as the sparks flew.

“How-how can you have so much power!?” Omega fearfully asked as Blaze just grit his teeth and brought a fist to Omega’s face and then grabbed him by the collar and threw him into a nearby wall

Omega quickly dodged Blaze as he smashed through the wall and smashed through it again as he landed 3 blows on Omega as he blasted Blaze in the face with an energy beam. Omega then grabbed Blaze by the face and smashed his head into the cold ground as he blasted beam after beam into his face until he fell through the floor.

Omega however felt the temperature grow in the castle as some of the crystals began to glow yellow, orange and red. He then saw the meteor of an attacker hurdle towards him at blinding speeds as his leg cracked the side of Omega's head as he flew into a nearby wall before teleporting.

Omega then landed a few feet away as he saw Blaze taunting him to attack. He happily obliged as he grinned and prepared to fire off his most powerful attack.

*FIZZLE*

“What?” He asked in shock

*FIZZLE*

“No how can I-“He then stopped and saw the purple aura surrounding his hands and looked up and saw the toothy-grinning Nightmare staring back “You!”

“A.O!” He said happily as they both looked back behind Blaze and saw Dash, smiling at them “I believe we’re even now Dashie, so give it your all buddy!”

Omega then looked back to see Blaze only a few inches away, his blade trailing in the crystal ground as he began to speak, his blade glowing red.

*SERRATED VORTEX*

Then as Blaze blade left the floor a colossal bombardment of copy-cat swords sprouted from the floor, consuming Omega in a torrent of blades as his body spiraled upwards into the fray.

“Not again! Not again!!!” He screamed as they fired off and pierced the black blanket of clouds revealing a ray of sunlight to the world

When the ability ended, Omega was nowhere in sight, he was gone, only his now scratched weapon remained. Blaze then exhaled as his ability ended and he collapsed to one knee.

“That was the most energy draining fight have had in a long time,” He panted as Neckros waved him off

“Meh, I’ve seen worse,” He added as he saw the rest of the sky clearing up “Looks like the rest were successful,”

“Thank god,” Blaze said in relief as he collapsed to his back and laughed weakly

“You really can’t take anything but fighting seriously, huh?” Dash said as she came into view

“Yea, well I rather enjoy myself, never know when I’ll kick the bucket,” Blaze added before crossing his legs “Still are you alright?”

“Yea-yea, don’t go Fluttershy on me, but I feel like I’ve just slept for a year,” Dash said with a stretch “Oh and thanks Neckros, I guess,”

“Hey, like I said if I wasn’t contracted then I would have left you for dead, but still, no problemo,” He said with a nod

“So, what now?” Dash asked as they all stared out into the daylight sky

“I don’t know, but this ‘Person’ all the people I’ve fought up till now have been mentioning is something else entirely,” Blaze pondered, but then KAI jumped in

“I don’t care, all I want is for ‘someone’ to fix my broken body!” He said with a hint of annoyance

“Hehe, fine then KAI, you can get some repairs, I could use a break aswell,” Blaze said happily as he saw Neckros staring at his scyt-Erika with annoyance

“Like I said I can’t always keep track of everyone, so sorry~ if I don’t know where Twivine or Dark Oak are!” He whined back

“Wait- Yea, Twivine and Oak weren’t even here, not to mention Oak would have contacted KAI,” Blaze added

“I have no pinpoint on his location, almost like he vanished,” KAI added as they all began to ponder on what was really going on

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Somewhere…

“Blazing Trail- Serrated Vortex!”

“Such power, in such little time,” a voice pondered but then a cloaked figure approached him

“Sir, Omega failed, and Flamar is nowhere to be seen, I’m sorry,” He spoke in disappointment

“Good.” The voice replied, confusing the figure

“Wait, how is this good? I don’t get it?” He replied

“All their efforts, all their loss will catalyze to something more, something unpredictable and dangerous,” it began before looking back at the vision of Blaze, Neckros and Dash

“This world you take as a cliché, a fairy tale, it is only a mask for the unholy wars to come,”

“By my pawns, I strip you of your armour,”

“By my Knights, I expose your heart,”

“By my hand… Rip it beating from your chest,”

To Be Continued…

Chapter 14 The Extremely-Totally-Normal Day

Phantoms of the Truth

Chapter 14

The Extremely-Totally-Normal Day

“Blaze~” Came a ghostly voice from the void

“Blaze~!” It said slightly louder but no response came as it sighed

“Blaz-Oh for god’s sake, wake up!” Neckros shouted as Blaze awoke as is face smashed into the cold floor below as he groaned

“Oh, good, your awake!” He said happily as he lifted him to his feet

“Ow, what the hell happened?” Blaze asked, his voice sounding different as he opened his eyes in confusion “Wait, what’s with my voice?”

“Oh yea, you may want to look in the mirror for that,” Neckros suggested as he waited, trying not to snigger

When Blaze got to a mirror he had in his lab, as he has now discovered, he saw himself, but his body features were more curved and slightly slimmer as he noticed his more noticeable eyelashes. Then he spoke.

“What the fuck,” He blurted, his voice now sounding more feminine now, heck it was, this almost made him yell out in frustration but then he noticed Neckros pointing to his left

Blaze turned and saw the sleeping form of Dash, her mane was a mess as she silently sored, this for some reason made Blaze smile slightly as he ushered for Neckros to leave with him as he nodded.

They began to walk down the hall of their home as Blaze remembered the experiments he was performing and that Dash had offered to help, even though she knew nothing about science. But they both concluded that it was only a temporary transformation.

“-So, until then I’m stuck with 2 crazy girls who would love to put a hole through me?” Neckros joked as he saw Serafin instantly coming around the corner as he leaped to the ceiling as he stuck to it like a cat

“Don’t hurt me she-demon!” He yelled as she just raised and eyebrow before focusing on Blaze, even more confused at him-she

“Umm, I don’t really have a response for this,” She managed to say as Blaze sighed

“Science can be both great and deadly,” Was all Blaze said as he walked passed her as she shrugged and followed, Neckros also jumped back into Blaze’s head as they continued to walk

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As they approached the living space they saw Loki boarding up the windows as KAI helped also in his efforts as Serafin and Blaze approached. Loki then turned and nearly screamed as he quickly noticed it was just them.

“You know saying ‘Them’ doesn’t help,” Loki said to no one as he then turned to face his allies “So, I guess you aren’t affected by it Blazette?”

“Call me that again, and I’ll have Serafin turn your body the same colour as your skeleton,” Blaze warned as he then turned gears “And what do you mean, not affected?”

“Heat,” Both Loki, KAI and Serafin spoke at the same time

“Wait, isn’t that the day that girls’ hormones go off the charts for 24 hours?” Blaze asked as KAI nodded

“Yes, to put it simply, the ship has set sailed, and if coming in full speed, our direction,” He said as he glanced through and eye-hole

“Wait-wait-wait, if this affects girls, then why aren’t you affected, Serafin?” Blaze asked before adding “I mean I was a guy so my brain wouldn’t be affected, but what about you?”

“No, it does affect me, but I’m the embodiment of fire, heat etc. so I can control it like normal heat sources, no matter the phycology behind it. That and I don’t like any of you ‘that’ way,” Serafin explained before ending coldly

“Dam, who knew the Goddess of fire could be so cold,” Loki quipped as he felt her glare intensify “Joking,”

“So then, why did you board the windows up like a zombie apocalypse, because I really don’t want to have to use the Box again,” Blaze cringed as he shook his head “Too many teddies,”

“Well you see, about half of the ‘Friends’ we have are looking for us, mainly Me, You, fucking Neckros for some reason and Serafin,” Loki pointed out

"Hehehehehe, i'll just stay in here, where its safe, goodbye~" Neckros spoke through Blaze mouth as the sound of a distant door echoed

“Wait, why me?” Serafin asked as he just gave a deadpan stare

“Really? Remember the little conversation we had before about our ‘Demons’ you told me you’re Bisexual,” Loki stated as Serafin actually blushed slightly as she threw a fire ball into Loki’s face as he tried to put the flames out

“Yes, but remember what I said about talking about that stuff around me, I hate it,” She countered as Blaze then hit the table

“Alright! Can we please focus here!?” he barked as they nodded as he sighed “Right, Loki, do you have any way of getting us out of here?”

“Well I do have one wa-“Loki began to speak before a pink hoof grabbed his throat from the boarded window as he yelled out in fear “Fuck! Frying pan! Frying pan!”

KAI then ran over and began to smashed the pink appendage with a frying pan as it wiggled away. Then a purple aura surrounded one board as it disappeared.

“Dammit! They got the egg head here! We have to fall back!” KAI ordered as he dodged another swipe “My systems obligate a safe route out of this mess needs to be ready in 5 minutes,”

“Alright then, Loki hurry up!” Blaze ordered as they followed him down the hall “And Neckros,”

Blaze then pulled him out of his head as he tried to go back in.

“If we’re dying your dying with us, Ain’t no choice!” Blaze snapped as he nodded and teleported ahead

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Eventually they met Loki and Neckros at a couch. It was a basic, tan couch, nothing special about it as they sat waiting for the rest.

“GET TO THE COUCH!!!” Loki ordered in a strange tone of voice as Serafin, KAI and Blaze just stared

“You are fucking kidding, right?” They all said but heard an explosion behind them as KAI shook

“How? My systems are unreachable unless-there was someone already in the base,” KAI finished as he turned to Blaze his head sparking as he smiled sheepishly

“Dash, whoops,” He said as KAI just walked to the couch and sat on an arm as he waited “Guess we have not choice , let’s go!”

Neckros, Loki and Serafin sat on the couch, KAI and Blaze held on to the arms as they waited for Loki to do something.

“So, tell me Loki, what’s a couch going to do against the 7 sins of hell?” Blaze asked worryingly

“More like 4,” Neckros added

“It’s my flying couch,” Loki said as Blaze just looked at him in surprise

“Wait, you have a couch that flys?” Blaze asked in scepticism

“It doesn’t just fly,” Loki began as the final door opened, revealing Twilight, Dash, Fluttershy and Applejack, that’s when Loki held a controller in his hand “IT FLYS.”

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The day was silent as the sun had risen to the highest point in the sky. Sadly, like all days the peaceful sky was then interrupted by yelling, mostly at someone as a rectangular object flew past the plains below.

Blaze hung on the back of the couch as he held on for dear life, KAI was also holding onto Blaze’s leg as he whipped around in the air like a paper bag.

“KAI just go back into my head!” Blaze begged as he felt his leg about to tear from its socket

“I can’t do it whilst this sort of sudden movement is occurring, I could damage your systems or even kill you!” Shouted back as Loki messed with the controls with Serafin as Neckros just sat back and relaxed

“So, what if we pushed ‘This’ button?” Serafin asked as she hit a green button, that then caused an explosion in the distance, making Serafin wince “Whoops,”

“How about you try the massive red button that you both have been constantly avoiding?” Neckros suggested as they looked at each other and shrugged as they hit it

*SCREECH*

The Couch then stopped abruptly as KAI landed on Neckros and Blaze landed on Serafin’s head as he blew her hair out of his face.

“Wait, if the couch stopped so suddenly…” Neckros started as the rest all gulped before all saying

“Find us in the Alps.”

Then the couch dropped vertically down as they all yelled, the ground becoming increasingly closer. This day had just been one big mess and it was only going to get worse for one.

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Later that night…

After crashing in a ravine and trekking the rest of the way back, the Heat had worn off and piles of apologised came crashing in. After repairing the damages to Blaze’s home and getting an antidote for his Sex change, they all sat down as Blaze waited for Serafin to finish explaining some things.

“-So whatever you do, he has been trying to protect you from this, so don’t hate him for it,” Serafin finished before Blaze sighed, a frown now forming as he looked over all of them

“Ok, ok, you all deserve to know my cause, why I recklessly throw my life on the line,” Blaze started “I do because it’s my fault that all these dangerous foes have attacked this world, it’s my fault that they target you, my closest friends,”

“But the main reason I fight,” Blaze paused “KAI, uncloak… uncloak everything, ‘Everything’,”

Then they all gasped, even Loki was a bit surprised as the ‘Real’ Blaze sat in front of them, the one who dared to fight Gods and smile in the face of his own death, was now trying not to break under the pain that he cloaked all this time.

His metal arm, his right eye and other parts of his body were covered in a black, virus like substance as his seemed to move. His eyes showed no happiness, only fear and regret as Neckros spoke up, his expression the same.

“It’s simply called, Corruption, the stuff my kind are made of, it is a curse that is rare but if inflicted will slowly consume them, change them, into one of me, only mindless and crazed, an animal,” Neckros explain before pointing at himself

“This was my fault, if I didn’t latch onto him through force he might have stayed that way, but now… the corruption spreads, increasing each day,” Neckros finished as Twilight spoke up

“Why? Why did you keep this from us? We could have helped,” She demanded as she looked angry but sad

“Because nothing can help me, nothing can stop this pain, only death awaits me in the end,” He said hollowly as he got up and began to walk away “KAI,”

Without even hearing he cloaked the corruption as he disappeared into the darkness, leaving his friends to think. But nothing could be said as they knew they truly didn’t understand.

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Blaze just stared into space as he looked at his arm, what was the point in fighting if he was just going to die? Why did he keep this lie up all this time? For them? For himself? Why?

Only the sound of his door broke his trance as he looked to see Dash standing in the doorway as he didn’t even try to sound fine.

“What? Expecting me to make another stupid quip?” Blaze asked sarcastically as she just shook her head and walked in

“No, just thought I do something smart and hear you out,” She said calmly as Blaze just stood up, now he looked angry

“Really? Alright then let’s see, I’m a fucking cyborg with the ability to bring harm where ever I go, I’ve got God knows how long left before I become a creature like Neckros, I’ve single-handedly caused a robot army to target me and all the people I know, I also have no answers to why I was brought here in the first place!”

“Did I leave anything out!” Blaze finished as he just sat on the ground and stared down “Because sure as hell don’t know what else I could do,”

Dash didn’t know what to say, he was right but she didn’t want to say it, he was broken and she didn’t know what she could say. All she could do was act. So she embraced him, it was slightly embarrassing, but at this point she’ll do anything just to make him smile again.

“Why?” Blaze whispered “Why do you always stay near me? for god's sake i'm a bad luck charm, if anything!”

She then pulled away to face him, their muzzles touching as she just smiled.

“Because you’re the dumbest, most reckless person ive ever met, you don’t care if the person in your way if stronger or smarter, you still fight, with that goofy smile on your face,” Dash said softly as she inched closer “And… I-I like you for that,”

She then closed the gap between them as Blaze stiffened in response before closing his eyes and pulling Dash in closer, they sat for what felt like hours, enjoying the silence before parting, both with an almost permanent blush plastered on their faces as Blaze finally smiled again.

“I guess that’s another thing I can add to the list,” Dash said playfully

“Yea I guess,” He said before pulling her into a hug “Thank you… for everything Dash,”

“I’m just glad to have my idiot back, but… for now, let’s just keep this between us, ok?” She asked as he nodded in response as she sighed and closed her eyes

“I don’t care if I die tomorrow or years later, all I care about is what I do have here and now, and I like to see anyone try and take that away for me now,” Blaze thought as he closed his eyes in happiness

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Somewhere…

A orb of crystal hovered as it read the thoughts of Blaze as he sat embracing Dash with a smile, this only seemed to make the owner of the golden-plated claw spit in disgust.

“So you finally admit your love to each other, how disgusting, such vile emotions are not worthy to such a lowlife like you Blaze Hawk,” the figure hissed before chuckling darkly

“Challenge Accepted, Blaze Hawk, you’ve caused enough chaos and disharmony to the world, and you must be punished,” came a figure as he smashed the orb in a golden-armoured hand

The light then revealed a heavily armoured figure, his golden plates glowed with a tint of blue, his grey cape trailing behind him as he cracked his knuckles. Blaze wouldn’t know what hit him, because it was the last thing he would be expecting.

To Be Continued…

Chapter 15 The Right From Wrong

Phantoms of the Truth

Chapter 15

The Right From Wrong

Choice, not of what you are, but what you choose to be.

The End, only words with meaning, not a wall in your path.

The end had come, it all happened in a flash, one day was bright and filled with life, the next? Nothing but chaos, despair and fear of the massive sphere hurdling towards us. Nothing can stop it, no force could. That’s what I denied.

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Blaze sat on the edge of the cliff above his home as he stared off towards the horizon as he watched the black orb in the distance grow closer, very slow to most, but to a cyborg every detail could be captured as if it were inches from the ground.

He sighed as he tried to think of something, anything! But only one option showed itself, and the answer was sitting there, he could sense it’s presence, nothing like the God he met before but something close.

“You want to know the probability of getting yourself killed?” KAI asked as Blaze took to the sky and flew calmly to the location of the power

“It’s high,” KAI finished “It’s really high,”

“I don’t have any other options KAI, the monarchs failed, I doubt the elements could do anything and I rather not deal with a bunch of girls telling me to wait,” Blaze responded as he knew they would be furious with him, but at this point he didn’t care

“But, what happens if you die?” Serafin asked as he pondered

“Does it matter?” He answered flatly “I’ll be dead either way,”

“Still, what do you think could be causing this?” Serafin asked as he shrugged before his attention was brought to the person now staring back at him from below

He was heavily armoured that gleamed in the light, blue energy pulsed amongst his armour as he spoke, his voice full of authority and venom.

“So, you finally showed up, Blaze Hawk,” He called out as he landed, keeping his eyes on the golden man, his grey cape blowing gently in the wind

“Yea, and who’s askin?” Blaze responded as he laughed slightly

“I am you God, The Demi-God of Balance, Sophix,” He answered, just the word God made Blaze tense up

"Girl's name," Blaze quickly said as he smirked

"What?" Sophix asked in an insulted tone

"Nothing! but anyways, What do you want exactly, if I may ask?” Blaze questioned as he looked up to the meteor and then back

“I want to cleanse this world, you and that nightmare have caused nothing but chaos and I am here to, well, ‘Balance’ the world out again,” He explained as Blaze felt his eye twitch

“You mean you want to destroy this world?” He asked as he nodded like it was the easiest answer “Are you insane!? There are millions if not billions that are innocent and you’re just going to wipe them out!? Heck, I know me and Neckros have made mistakes but we’ve done nothing but help keep this world safe!!”

Blaze then felt his chest explode with pain as he saw the golden knee dig into his chest before sending him flying back into the dirt. Before he could get up however, he felt pressure on his head as a foot pinned him to the ground.

“You DARE to speak to me that way!? I am your God, your master, and you will obey my commands as I see fit!” Sophix yelled as Blaze tried to get his foot off his head but he already took it away

“I am fair so I’ll give you a chance to redeem yourself and this pathetic world,” Sophix began, a smirk present under his helmet as he watched Blaze raise to his feet

“If you can destroy the meteor than I’ll leave and never come back, if you don’t, well… you can already guess,” He explained as Blaze thought about it before narrowing his eyes

“Serafin…” Blaze thought as he heard her gasped slightly

“Don’t do it, you know he has something planned!” He snapped but Blaze had already activated his armour

“Sorry about this,” He apologised before focusing on Sophix again “Bring it!”

“Good, but one thing I need to mention, if you don’t manage to destroy it in one hit, the resulting attack will backlash at double the strength, and no outside help either,” He mocked as he clicked his fingers and caused Neckros and Serafin to fling off to the sides

“Ahh, gods dammit! I was having my nap you asshole!” Neckros shouted as he then noticed the entire scenario before teleporting to Serafin “Hey what’s going on?”

After Serafin explained everything to Neckros he began to laugh.

"Hahahaha, that's a girls name!" He mocked as Sophix did his best to ignore him and then turned his sights of Blaze

“Begin.”

Blaze then instantly spread his wings as he flew towards the rock in the sky, he heard a boom as his speed increased. Faster, faster, faster. He needed to hit this with all he had. His hand then rested on his sword as he got near inches from the meteor before leaving a golden trail of light as his sword swept through the front of the rock.

“AHHHHHHH!!!” Blaze screamed as his body ignited into golden light from the whiplash, his body then fell towards the ground but he quickly recovered and unholstered ‘Vengeance’ as he flew back up

He then swung in an ‘X’ motion as he began to scream in pain from the whiplash again. He quickly spun in the air as he stopped and roared as he flew towards the meteor again as he yelled

*BLAZING EDGE, 100 SWORDS*

His body then erupted into flames as about 100 swords spiraled around him as he charged forwards. He then brought two massive swings down as the 50 blades followed and connected with the rock. Then the fire trailed with the attack as it ignited and covered the section in smoke.

The resounding explosion echoed across the plains as the clouds cleared the sky and many from the village looked towards the sounds direction as they saw the smoke explode then implode.

Neckros and Serafin both watched, Neckros grinned like usual and Serafin kept her steely glare as they waited for the smoke to clear.

“Ok, if that didn’t do it, I don’t know what will!” Neckros commented as Serafin nodded before pointing

“Look!” she gasped as they saw a figure, falling towards the ground, Neckros was about to act but saw Sophix disappear and appear in front of the still form of Blaze.

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Blaze’s eyes focused on the figure above him as a golden glow emanated from its palm. Then his world of pain was washed over with seer agony as he tried to scream but couldn’t as his body shot forward and into the ground, uprooting the earth around him.

Blaze could only stare at Sophix as he pushed his foot onto Blaze’s chest as he winced.

“You see why I must do this? You are not suited to protect this world, you can’t do anything without help, heck without that armour you’re nothing but a miserable excuse for a human,” Sophix gloated as he continued

“You only bring chaos and disharmony, that Element cloaks the truth about you, nothing more, now. Go. To. Sleep.” He finished as he kicked Blaze in the head and soon his world turned to black

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Later…

Blaze slowly opened his eyes, the first thing he saw was all his friends looking at him with worry and sadness, something which he was use to. But the other thing was relaxation, his pain was gone, not a single trace remained as he slowly moved himself up.

“I guess I didn’t win,” He asked in disappointment as they all gasped

“Blaze!”

“That’s my name, yes,” He joked as he looked to his side and saw Serafin channelling her horn before stopping and falling to her knees. That made Blaze leap out of bed and help her up, along with Fluttershy.

“You alright?” Blaze asked as she nodded before sitting down as she breath heavily

“I would be asking you that, but it you have been irrelevant, I just used my magic to heal you,” He answered as he looked stunned

“Why did you do that?” Blaze asked in concern but she just looked at him with a smirk

“What are friends for? Isn’t that, right?” She answered as he just sighed before frowning and hitting the wall beside him

“Dammit! I didn’t even get close to destroying it!” He cursed as Dash walked over and pulled him away from the wall

“Chill out, we’ll figure something out,” She reassured as he nodded and then glanced at Neckros who was looking out the window

“What about you, Neckros?” Blaze asked as he kept looking out

“Kick his ass of course,” He answered plainly "I mean its the end of the world and i really~ want to purge something!"

“You know that’s not a good idea,” Twilight countered as he laughed

“Yea and sitting here is? Just admit it, you have no idea how to beat him either, he’s a Demi, what can we do?” Neckros ranted as the room wen silent

“I’m in.” Blaze spoke as the rest just looked at him as Neckros teleported to his side and patted his head

“I knew you’d have my back, buddy!” He cheered as Serafin smacked him on the head as he winced

“Same here, I am a God of fire, in some way, so I can help,” She added

“Don’t forget about me,” KAI chimed as Blaze smiled and nodded but then saw the looks on the other’s faces

“Guys i-“Blaze stopped at the sound of Dash stomping her hoof

“No! you keep doing this, you always just run off, even if you’re near death before, you always do this!” She snapped as Blaze recoiled slightly

“Dash, I wish there was another way but-“He was silenced again as Twilight joined in

“She’s right, no matter what all you do is resort to violence without thinking, he’s more powerful than any of us and you want to fight him!? Maybe we could work this out and-“This time Twilight was cut off from Neckros coughing

“You don’t get it…” Blaze said, his head low “None of you could possibly get it,”

“Get what? You all being thick-headed?” Applejack pointed out as he looked up his face showed only anger

“The world isn’t just some happy-go-lucky-world! There’s never a happy conclusion for anyone! There’s no peaceful way all the time! There’s no way to avoid this! He came to destroy us! Kill us all and without hesitation! Don’t you get that!!!” Blaze roared as they all just stared

“Besides,” He then nodded to Neckros as he began to channel another teleport as Blaze just looked at Dash as he smiled sadly “It’s my fault to begin with, and this time, I don’t think I can escape it,”

And then they were gone…

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Back in the plains…

The wind was calm for the end of the world, Sophix grimaced as he thought his job was done and he could leave the world to suffer, he was wrong. A flash of purple caught his attention and Blaze appeared, along with his friends.

“You are very persistent, I hate that,” Sophix hissed as Serafin and Neckros disappeared into Blaze’s body as he armoured up

“I can’t just stand by and let someone else decide the fate of the world, sure there’s darkness but there’s also light, something you clearly lack,” Blaze answered as Sophix’s armour glowed more intensely

“You want to repeat that? Boy.” He dared but he just shook his head

“No, I want to end this ‘Our’ way, the same rules only this time, you and me,” Blaze explained simply as he slowly un-holstered his swords

“If you wish to die, then you should have just asked and this pain could have been avoided,” He said as he laughed “I do love an audience,”

Blaze turned to see the rest coming towards them but he quickly turned his head.

“I’m sorry I couldn’t be the hero you thought I was,” He thought before preparing to fight

“Let this be the end of your evil, Blaze Hawk!” Sophix roared as he charged him at blinding speeds as Blaze tried to brace himself for the onslaught

"Lets Dance." He murmured as he quickly brought his blades up to defend against the glowing fists as he felt the ground beneath him crack

Blaze quickly teleported behind Sophix but realized he was gone, then felt his head scream with pain as he face-planted the dirt. Then Sophix grabbed the back of Blaze's head and proceeded to drag him through the earth. Blaze managed to kick him off, he quickly followed up with a frantic burst of attacks that just bounced off of Sophix as he punched Blaze in the chest as he gasped.

This fight wasn't like the rest, this was a battle with a God. And he was clearly outmatched.

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As the fight dragged out, Blaze mostly loosing, the fight got the attention of a handful of ponies as they watched the fight for their lives display in front of them.

Blaze quickly dodged and threw ‘Vengeance’ towards Sophix as he caught the weapon in his hand and quickly spun and kicked Blaze in the left arm, and with a resounding crack, Blaze yelped as he dropped the weapon and then saw the fist connect with his face, sending him flying.

Blaze slowly got to his feet as he gripped his now limp arm in pain as Sophix taunted him to attack. Blaze obliged and teleported all over the area as he warped just in front of Sophix’s chest as he swung forward, the blade not even scratching the surface as he felt a hand crack him on the back of the head again.

Sophix then grabbed Blaze by the leg and began to smash him violently into the rocky surface. Everyone gasped and yelled as they watched helplessly as Sophix pummeled Blaze like a ragdoll.

Sophix then headbutted the face plate as it cracked and tore it off with ease, revealing Blaze’s beaten upper-face as his eyes widened to the fist cracking him in the nose.

“You are so pathetic, you honestly thought you could beat a God!? Word of advice,” Sophix started before grabbing Blaze’s metal wings and swiftly he tore them in half as Blaze gasped before being kicked to onto his back

“Know your place amongst the ranks,” He finished as Blaze tried to swing his sword at Sophix but his body was too weak to move as Sophix plucked the sword from his grasp

“Now then, I heard you tend to joke about, well here’s one for ya!” He said menacingly as he lifted the Blade up as everyone gasped as he plunged it into Blaze chest, as he coughed up blood

"You're right! this isn't funny, its hysterical!" Sophix joked as he plunged the blade deeper

"That... was... awful," Blaze croaked as Sophix took the remark and began to twist

Sophix then twisted it as Blaze screamed in pain before Sophix left the blade sticking out of his body as he walked away. Blaze’s vision began to fade as he tried to move, only to hear Sophix’s laughter as he watched his vision fade.

"No... god dammit... not yet," Blaze thought as his body went numb as his eyes began to close. Then everything went black…

To Be Continued...

Chapter 15 The Right From Wrong Part 2

Phantoms Of The Truth

Chapter 15 Part 2

The Right From Wrong

Blaze just hovered in the void as he looked for a way out, but none presented itself.

“How could I have possibly beaten him?” Blaze spoke as he laughed “I’m such an idiot, they warned me and I didn’t listen, I really am the bad guy here, I just doomed the world to hell,”

“Are you giving up?” Came a voice “Are you giving up?”

“No, I’m just excepting the fact that I can’t win,” Blaze said before he heard it sigh

“Then you are, after all this macho stuff you speak of, and the promises you made,” It continued

“What can I do? I’m a cyborg, without my armour, my backup, I’m useless,” Blaze countered

“Having those things makes you strong, if you can except you faults and move past them, you will realize that I can lead to the most beautiful power of all,” It finished before Blaze’s vision began to glow white

“Get up, your virtue is not over yet,”

"I don't know who you are, but i'll do it," Blaze answered with an annoyed tone, but never the less continued

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Ponies just stared at the lifeless body of Blaze as some cried, they just looked at him, unable to do anything to change it. Dash however was the only one sitting beside him as she cried.

“I’m an idiot, I just shouted at him, I didn’t even try to reason with him, I fucking let my anger out on him and now…” She thought as she heard the sound of steps approach

She turned and saw Sophix, his hand glowing as she just turned away and closed her eyes.

“This will ease you pain,” He said simply as she waited for the end but then another voice chimed in

“I’ll crawl from the depths of hell, if you dare lay a finger on her!!!” the voice yelled as Dash’s eyes shot open to see Blaze, glowing white, his voice echoing and his hair and eyes also white as snow as he gripped his blade as he pulled it free from his chest, the wound quickly healing up

Then with a final pull he freed his weapon and didn’t waste time as he leaped to his feet as newly reformed wings shot him into the air as Sophix tried to understand what was happening. They all watched the now white light move at near the speed of light towards the meteor as Blaze yelled as loud as he could.

“Ive had it with these pathetic excuses for gods and this bloody world!!!!!”

He then swung his blade once as he spun around and instantly teleported to the ground. Just as he did the entire meteor erupted into flames as it blew up in the air, sending shockwaves across the land.

“Ho-How!? How can you do that!!?” Sophix asked as Blaze turned to face him

"Fuck you! that's how!" Blaze taunted

Blaze’s white energy then faded as he faced the now pissed off Demi-God as he glared at Blaze as he smirked right back. Before saying.

“You ready Neckros!?” He shouted as he leaped out of his body and held his left arm up and exposing his Catalyst mark as he held his arm with the right. Blaze did the same but in reverse

“Hehehehe, ive waited so long for this!” He cheered with excitement

*BALENCED BLADE*

Then in the blink of an eye they collided together in a pillar of red and purple as it shot into the sky, easily breaking through the atmosphere and into the void above.

In amongst them energy all who were still watching saw 1 black orb and 1 white orb staring back as the outline of a hand taunted the God as he growled. Then they spoke.

“If you’re a God, then show us the power of one, or are you just compensating for something?” They taunted as he flew into the air and raised his hand

“I call upon the power of the heavens, ‘Guardian’s Spear’!” Sophix called out as a 10-foot spear of light formed in his grasp “Now die!”

He then flung the spear towards the two figures as the spear passed right through them, as in it didn’t even hurt them as it shattered.

“Wha-what?! But how!?” Sophix stuttered as the white light faded and revealed the one person standing there with its arms crossed

His hair was a combo of white and black, he had one black eye and one white, his clothing was a black jacket with white details and had a tail end to it as it split, it wore black trousers and black and white shoes to match.

It had two pieces of fabric, one white and other black dangling off its jacket arms as they blew around in the wind. It also had black wings with silver metal attached to parts, it also had a black tail as it swished around.

“You actually thought you could kill us!? Just because you say so!?” It yelled as Sophix stared in disbelief as the power output

“How can beings of chaos create such power!?” He asked as he smirked

“Because, I am neither Blaze, nor Neckros, I am, Naze! The unification of their powers, their minds and souls!” he answered as he grinned with sharp teeth

“How? How can this be happening? You-you,” Sophix couldn’t speak as Naze slowly approached him

“So, let’s see? I wonder what I can do now, our powers are even greater, we are your God now!!!” Naze yelled as he punched Sophix in the face, sending him flying “So I guess you really are a girl! No offence to any badass girls out there,”

Sophix quickly recovered but was met with an energy blast to the face. Then another that sent him to his knees. Sophix then felt his face crack as a knee shot him into the air as he stopped.

“Now it’s my turn!” Naze mocked as he vanished and appeared above Sophix as he fired a blast of gold towards Naze but then the sound of humming could be heard as everyone watched Naze absorb the golden light

“That’s impossible! How can you- no…” Sophix trailed off as Naze grinned from ear to ear

“When I’m in this form I control the powers of light and darkness, I more powerful that any nightmare or element now!” He laughed as he curled his hands to form a circle in the middle “Now face judgement from a real God!”

Both of them then powered up as they disappeared in the blink of an eye and collided as they threw punches at each other. They stopped mid-air as Naze missed and was kick multiple times in the back as he grinded against the dirt but quickly recovered.

*BLAZING TRAIL*

Naze then burst into flames as he shot forwards and gave Sophix one massively resounding right hook to the jaw as he flew backwards. Naze then followed up with kicking him vertically upwards as he flew INTO SPACE! Bad joke.

Naze soon flew up only to be greeted by a blue energy beam to the face, then another to his back as he smashed into a nearby asteroid. Naze quickly recovered as he did a mass teleport as Sophix tried to follow his movements.

Sophix then felt something wrap around his neck as Naze swung Sophix around to the point they were blurs, then with a final yell he threw Sophix into orbit as he followed behind and dropped-kicked him even faster, until.

“I’ve got your limit right here!” Naze shouted as the ground grew closer

*SMASH*

When the dust from the orbital strike cleared,, Sophix was slowly getting to his feet but Naze was nowhere in sight, until he looked up

“I call upon the powers of the Nightmare Dragon and the highest Gods, lend me the power to slay those I see as my enemy!” Naze chanted as several orbs hovered in front of him before joining together in the centre as one black and white orb

Then a blast of the two colours twisting around each other shot towards their target as Sophix tried to block the attack but his armour began to crack as all he could do was yell in pain as the world flashed, blinding everyone.

As the dust settled they saw Naze standing above the now crippled form of Sophix, his armour was all but broken, his blue energy faintly glowing as he breathed raggedly.

“Now, it’s over.” Naze said grimly as he stared down at the broken Demi-God

“Please, I’ll go, you’ve won, please don’t kill me!” He begged as Naze kicked him to his back

“You were talking all that good shit a second ago, so show me you power!” Naze yelled as he kicked his chest but sighed “You really are pathetic, go and never come back,”

With that Naze turned to walk towards his friends but felt something was off and turned to just narrowly avoid another spear as he glared at Sophix.

“THAT IT!!!” Naze yelled as he began to charge an attack “Light and Darkness, fuel my judgement!” Naze yelled as a massive arch of black and white circled him

“STOP! I AM A PRE- oh wait wrong job!” came a familiar voice as he quickly deactivated his attack and saw Loki in a very casual vacation getup

“Loki?” Both Naze and Sophix called out as he nodded before looking at Naze

“I see you found your final ability?” Loki said as Naze nodded

“You don’t know how much pain I want to inflict to him right now as a test,” Naze causally said as he licked his lips as Sophix, making him flinch

“Sadly, you can’t, the higher ups want to speak to him about this mess, and about you,” He said as Naze just waved his hands in defence

“Wait! What have I done now? See if it’s about that soup store, I had nothing to do with it!” He asked as Loki shook his head

“No, nothing bad, but nothing good either, since I was on holiday I hope this will be quick and painless,” Loki then glared as Sophix as he shrunk back “Get your ass through this portal before a release the Ice Queen on you,”

“Who?” He asked weakly but saw the fearful expression on his face

“A woman who shall not be named,” He said simply as Sophix slowly walked towards the vortex

But he stopped and faced Naze again as he fooled around with his powers.

“Pay attention, Naze, this isn’t over, I’ll make sure you regret meeting me,” Sophix warned as he waved happily at him

“Come fight me anytime!” He said as he laughed, this only made Sophix hate him more

“Hurry up before I Mark you!” Loki spat as he quickly jumped into the portal as Loki followed him and the vortex instantly shut, leaving ponies to wonder what they witnessed before beginning to cheer in victory

Naze however wasn’t happy, one he didn’t get to battle a Demi-God and second, he felt a dark presence watching him, then he mumbled.

“Enjoyed the show? Well I’ll be coming for you someday, Overlord,” Naze hissed as he continued to look towards the setting sun, another day another nightmare waiting

“Blaze? Neckros? Are you two idiots still there?” Serafin asked as he noticed the group looking at him with concern

“No, Naze, not them,” Naze responded as they all looked at each other as Naze sighed “Their minds become one, therefore, only me, one new personality,”

“So, it has created a new personality that can’t recognise its creators, only as distinct beings,” Twilight mumbled as he nodded “You heard that?”

“My power is greater, as well as other traits,” Naze responded

“So… are you gunna change back or what? Because I’ve got a cyber-jerk to rip to pieces,” Dash growled as Naze recoiled slightly

“After that remark I don’t think I want to,” Naze said as he stepped back “But I have yet to figure that out, but I bet it will just time out or something like that,”

“What now!?” Pinkie blurted in surprise “I mean, you beat that meenie but you still forgot something really, really, super important!”

“What?” Naze asked as her smile grew

“Duh, it’s almost time for the festival chapter and the start of a new ship!” She explained as everyone raised their eye brows in confusion

“What?” They all managed to say

“Just a hunch!” She said simply as she bounced away

“I think this day has far exceeded the couch chapter,” Naze thought as he internally sighed “Great, now I’m doing it,”

To Be Continued…

Chapter 16 Live and Learn Part 1

Phantoms Of The Truth

Chapter 16

Live and Learn

*Location: Human World, Portal Entrance*

Blaze, along with the entire gang waited outside the portal as the evening began to appear. They waited for 4 arrivals as Blaze groaned.

“He’s late, again.” Blaze huffed as the some rolled their eyes and other just agreed

“You do realize he’s standing on the other side of the statue, right?” Came the voice of Serafin as Blaze spun around as just stared at her as he glanced to see him waving

“I give up.” Blaze sighed in defeat as he turned to see everyone looking at the new arrivals, consisting of Serafin, Loki and his two siblings

Lithareal, his sister and the embodiment of Envy, she was the youngest and most energetic of the three as she greeted everyone. Then his brother, Lucifer, the oldest was the polar-opposite of Lith, as he would follow his own rules and even mess with people from time-to-time. He is also the embodiment of Pride.

Then only Serafin remained. Now she wore a yellow halter top with yellow bracelets with red trimming by her shoulders. She also had light orange jeans with red flames at the bottom and charcoal shoes.

“So, who’s this, Blaze?” Xelor asked as Serafin nodded to him

“I’m Serafin, an old friend from out of town, Blaze asked if I wanted to come to this festival so I accepted,” Serafin lied as she didn’t want to involve anyone in her private affairs

“Well nice to meet ya! I’m Xelor,” Xelor greeted her with a handshake as the rest did also, but one of them, in other words, Sam, decided to try his ‘Charm’ on her

“Oh no,” Loki said as he stood beside Blaze

“Tell me something Loki, how much force would it take for a body to break concrete?” Blaze asked as they waited for the inevitable

“Don’t know, why?” He asked

“Well I do believe Sam’s about to find-“

Then they all oohed and ahhed as they saw a glaring Serafin look down at the now broken pavement with Sam imbedded in it

“Do that again and I’ll not go easy on you!” She warned as his head spun

“That was easy!?” He managed to say as Serafin turned to walk away but tripped on one of his legs before falling forward

“Geez, Sam, even when broken you can’t stop trying to hurt people,” Raiden said as he held Serafin up from the ground as he helped her back up “You alright?”

“Ye-yes, thanks,” She said in a slight stutter “Sorry, I’m still trying to remember names,”

“Raiden, and no problem,” he said with a nod as she gave him a small smile before Pinkie caught everyone’s attention

“Alright everyone! Let’s get this festival started!!!” She yelled as they all cheered but Blaze then remembered something

“Oh, yea almost forgot! He said as he quickly pointed at Loki and his siblings “They’re the embodiments of 3 of the 7 sins

This made some looked concerned and some most baffled.

“And why should we believe that?” Xero said looking rather annoyed “I mean come on, I can by the whole other dimension thing, but the Sins of Hell, really?”

“What, jealous you don’t have awesome powers like us?” Lith mocked as Xero rolled his eyes

“As if I would want to be a – “

“Ok! That’s enough! Look just take my word on it and just let it slide, alright?” Blaze jumped in as Xero just turned and walked away “Loki, no taunting,”

“I’m not apologizing or promising,” He admitted as he teleported ahead as Blaze sighed

“I can’t seem to catch a break,” He groaned as he felt someone tap his shoulder as he saw Dash walk beside him

“Well at least this time you can get a break, right?” She countered as he shrugged

“Fair point,” He admitted as she nodded before scooting closer

“Besides-“She then gave him a peck on the cheek as Blaze’s face lit up along with Dash’s “-I expect you to stick around for longer,” She then jogged ahead as Blaze just walked slowly behind her

“You are now dating 2 girls at once, congratulations!” Neckros cheered in Blaze’s head as he continued to smirk

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*Loki, Xelor, Blaze, Pinkie*

“Ow!” Once again Blaze ran into another mirror wall as he along with Xelor, Loki and Pinkie tried to navigate it

“You really suck at this navigation thing, don’t you?” Neckros mocked as his reflection replaced Blaze’s in the mirror

“Ha. Ha, look I hate navigation, but this! No.” He argued as he turned and walked slowly down a hall as Neckros walked beside him through the mirrors

“Side note, I tasted a lot of envy and anger from that Xero kid a while ago, even now I can sense it,” Neckros added which made Blaze stop to face him

“Why? What’s up with him?” Blaze asked as he just shrugged

“Don’t know really, It could be anything, heck if KAI were here he would say the same,” Neckros added before they both came across a circular room with Loki looking at, not himself

In the front reflection, a medieval looking person stood, a staff in one hand and a bottle of alcohol in another as he just stared back, in another, a completely armoured figure with a golden scythe on his back stood. Another showed a more human looking one, but from the neck down he was a synthetic robot with blue code emanating from parts of his body.

“So, this is what it’s like to be the Paradox,” He said before falling unconscious, his reflections disappearing completely and not even reflecting his body

“That was the weirdest thing ever, of all time,” Both Blaze and Neckros said as they turned and walked away, then the sound of a girly scream echoed around them as Neckros looked from the mirror to Blaze

“Who…?” Neckros began but Blaze just face-palmed

“Xelor, as bright as you are, you’re not the bravest,” Blaze quoted as Neckros began to laugh hysterically

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*Serafin, Raiden, Lith, Lucifer*

“I told you, I’m better for I have billions of years’ worth of experience,” Lucifer argued as he huffed and Raiden sighed as his eye twitched

“Just because you have that many years under your belt, doesn’t mean you won’t screw up once,” He countered as Lucifer kept refusing to back down

“I could just blow you away to the deepest reaches of Hell right now, but sadly I can’t, so my argument wins,” Lucifer continued as he smirked

“That didn’t even have anything to do with the argument! You’re just too stubborn to admit you can’t win!” Raiden snapped back but before Lucifer could counter they both turned and soon their jaws dropped

The targets were being gunned down a light-speed as onlookers watched in amazement as the bell rang and the game ended. People clapped to Serafin and Lith as they soon turned around with smirks on their faces as they both fist-bumped. Then they both took their prizes, Lith had a plush of a red fox with an eyepatch and hook, Serafin took a Blocky Blaze as they walked passed the two stunned boys.

“Time to see what else there is! Onwards!” Lith cheered happily as Serafin followed with a nod

“Never speak of this again?” Lucifer offered as Raiden nodded

“Agreed,” Then they both shook hands and followed “You gotta admit, they have skill,”

“Meh, I can do better,” Lucifer mumbled as they pressed on

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*Dash, Sam, Twilight, Sunset*

The group walked closely together as they wandered around for the exit. They all decided to try the haunted maze, which happened to be a difficult as fort-Knox as they were scared at almost every corner. But something felt wrong as they continued.

“Hey Guys? Don’t ya think it’s getting kind of… cold?” Sam asked as they all nodded hesitantly

“So, what? It’s just part of the attraction, nothing crazy, right...?” Dash said but felt uneasy as they then heard something rustle in the bushes and jumped  

“Somehow, I doubt that, Dashie,” Sunset said as it then came from the end of the hallway

“Oh, you gotta be kidding? Of all the creepy clichés, it had to be this one,” Dash cursed as they then saw black fog creeping out of the bushes

“Oh boy,”

“No problem, we’ll just turn around and head back,” Twilight tried to reassure but a tap from Sam got her to turn as her eyes widened

The way was gone.

“Great! Now what!?” Dash shouted as they all talked amongst themselves

“Girls?” Sam tried to call but they didn’t hear him

“Girls!?” he tried louder as he waved franticly behind him

“Girls!!!” He yelled as they turned

“What is it, sa-“Sunset started as she gasped and soon the rest did

The black shadow was tall and skinny, it’s massive claws and arms held it up as its massive, inhumanly grin shined in the darkness as its head looked like a wolf as it’s white, soulless eyes glared at them.

“ROAR!!!” It screeched as they all screamed and ran down another passage, then once they disappeared the shadow looked around before laughing

“Tha-that was priceless! Hahahahaha! They-they just-hahaha!” Neckros laughed as he wiped a tear away before heading back into the black puddle below

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*Later That Night*

After most of the evening had passed, all gathered at the main stage for a ceremony of sorts, it was to thank everyone or something. Blaze and the rest all gathered and when Blaze heard about the maze incident he face-palmed to the laughing in his head before they heard the ceremony beginning. What they didn’t expect was the next incident to happen.

“Sorry, but this night’s little speech has been-“ The a clawed arm held out a person impaled on the end as people gasped and screamed as the body dissipeared into a small flame

The flame was then crushed as the figure walked out. They wore what looked like rags with some red here and there. A smirk was present on their black face as crimson eyes glared back at the crowd. It tail swished back and forth in excitement.

“Oh, my apologise, I haven’t introduced myself, I’m Carnage,” He spoke with venom as people froze in fear as he began to pace

“Now down to business, it’s come to my attention that this world has been suffering, magic has become a muck around here and I’m here to clean it up,” Carnage began then Neckros chimed in

“Oh, you got to be kidding me,” He said with a slight hint of worry

“What is it?” Blaze asked

“That’s really, Carnage, The Corrupted, bad~ news,” Neckros finished with a gulp “Get ready for a fight, because this won’t end well for us,”

“You see after a little fight that a certain cyborg had with a bunch of freaks, he opened a rift by accident, one that lead to my realm, the Nightmare Realm, and so I took it upon myself to go through, then I met someone,”

“That’s your cue!” Carnage added at the end

The person then walked out of the shadows as Blaze and rest gasped. It was Xero, his bored eyes scanned the area before shook his head.

“I know many of you might not know me, but that won’t matter soon anyways, as I have come to rid this world a corruption, a virus that must be stopped,” Xero began as Blaze and Loki moved through the crowd

“You see, someone has brought magic into this world, and ever since his arrival it has caused nothing but pain and suffering to some, and is even affecting the world as a whole!” He began as he glared at the now approaching Blaze and Loki

“It’s all your fault, Blaze!!!” He yelled as people stepped back from the two as Blaze looked at him in concern

“Xero, I-I haven’t done anything wrong! All ive done is try to protect this world!” Blaze countered as he slammed his foot

“Have you!? Have you now!? If it weren’t for you, this world may have live in peace, people wouldn’t have to fear everyday was one that at any point could become havoc!”

“Ever since Indigo you have caused nothing but pain, all I heard was magic this, magic that! The threats to this world became bigger as rifts began to open, all because of you! You have done nothing but made everyone suffer for your mistakes!”

“You don’t know me, I thought you did, but you don’t know what it’s like to fight, to kill all for the sake of your friends!” Blaze snapped

“Ive suffered so much! Not one day went by where I didn’t think about the lives I put at stake, not one,” Blaze said as Xero just shook his head

“You fucker! You bloody idiot, you brought three of the sins of hell with you! You actually like them as friends, how can I not blame you! You’ve done nothing but plague this earth,” Xero trailed off as he looked at the Nightmare as it grinned

“So, I’m going to cleanse it,” He said darkly as Blaze and Loki both protested

“No! don’t! if you fuse with that ‘Thing’ you’ll be corrupted by it! Please don’t!” Blaze begged

“I get that your package hasn’t dropped yet, but this is not the way to do it,” Loki mocked as he glared at him

“Listen to them Xero! It’s not worth it!” Xelor shouted as the rest also protested as he hesitated before looking away

“If you won’t stand aside, then your nothing but an obstacle in my way,” He finished before reaching his hand over to Carnage as he accepted

“NO!!!” All of them yelled but it was too late

The monster spread across his body like a plague as he fell to his hand and knees as he yelled in pain, but before the rest could do anything a blinding light of crimson shot out.

When their eyes adjusted again, Xero slowly began to stand as they all stared at the monster before them. It was very slim, almost skeleton like, as it was one. A grey cloak covered most of its body as two skeleton hands gripped something on its back.

Then It pulled a massive, jagged scythe with two massive curved ends. Its hood then came over its skull as two green eyes glowed back, constantly angry. Xero was gone.

“Xero…?” Blaze asked in a whisper but only got a glare in response

“No, Xero is gone, only Zanerif remains!” he spoke in a chilling voice, this was going to be brutal

To Be Continued…

Chapter 16 Live and Learn Part 2

Phantoms of the Truth

Chapter 16 Part 2

Live and Learn

“Xero…?” Blaze asked in a whisper but only got a glare in response

“No, Xero is gone, only Zanerif remains!” he spoke in a chilling voice, this was going to be brutal

Both Loki and Blaze readied up as they watched Zanerif approach, his gaze unchanged as he taunted them to attack. Which both of them accepted as Blaze ran with his weapon out and Loki with his fists.

They both then connected with his jaw but he didn’t flinch, not even a millimetre as he upper-cutted both of them with his scythe as they flew. Zanerif then disappeared as Loki ran for him but missed as he quickly rolled away from the scythe from behind.

“Quit hiding like a bi-“ Loki tried to say but was met with the scythe through his face “Dammit!”

“Shut up already,” Zanerif complained as he pulled the scythe out and impaled Loki before throwing him into a stand

Blaze then clashed blades with Zanerif as he tried to fight back but somehow, he was faster and a hell of a lot more durable. Each connection didn’t faze Zanerif as he easily cut away at Blaze’s armour.

Blaze quickly dodged as another swipe flew over him. What he didn’t see coming was a green flame to engulf him as he shouted in pain before being silenced by a fist to his gut as he felt his body stop moving as he fell to his knees.

“Loki, what now? My wounds won’t heal, I-I feel weak...” Blaze thought as he heard the coughing coming through his ears

“Same here, that blade must be a manifestation of their souls, it must be nullifying all healing that we receive when it’s here,” Loki explained through coughs

Then from both their points of view they saw another green flame engulf the scythe as Zanerif raised it against his old friends. Blaze’s eyes widened as he slowly moved to his feet and then somehow broke into a run, his heart was racing as he ran faster and faster.

Sadly, Zanerif saw him coming a mile away as he sighed and soon his extended foot kicked Blaze so hard in the gut that he couldn't breath as he flew back and uprooted the ground around him on impact.

“Blaze!” They all yelled as they faced Zanerif as he swung his scythe without hesitation, the green flash hurdling towards them before they saw Lucifer and Lith raise their hands up as defence as the flames collided just feet from their faces

Everyone winced at the pain from the whiplash as cuts spread across their bodies. Then the attack ended, both Lith and Lucifer dropping to their knees in pain as many more cuts littered their bodies as they panted for breath.

“I really hate that scythe right now,” Lucifer panted as Lith nodded

“Just what has that Nightmare and Human become?” Lith asked as they both heard Twilight pipe up

“It’s unification, ive seen it work on Blaze and if done correctly can lead to tremendous power, but if used for evil…” She then trailed off as Lucifer shook his head in annoyance

“Then you got one big energy vampire of death! Perfect!” He yelled sarcastically

“Enough games, time to cleanse this world,” Zanerif said as he held his scythe to his side

He then prepared to send another wave of attacks at the group as they all watched in fear but then laughing caught everyone’s attention.

“You think just because you fused with a nightmare means your stronger?” Blaze’s voice echoed from the rubble as Zanerif turned to face it

“And leaves you with nothing but your pointless puns,” Zanerif responded but only made him laugh again “Shut up,”

“What? I’m I striking a nerve?” Blaze said amusingly as he continued “You can’t kill us, for we know your weakness,”

“And what might that be?” Zanerif asked as he saw a pointy finger pointing at him

“You have new strength that has yet to grow, and a nightmare fused with something other than another nightmare means they can’t kill the soul of others, only through mortal ways can they do so,”

“And now…” Blaze trailed off as the rubble chipped away into pebbles as everyone looked at Blaze

His grin was slightly wider, with pointy teeth, his fingers now claws, his two eyes turned purple as he laughed.

“Pain… this is so beautiful~” He sung in a different voice as he stared at Zanerif, his head tilted

“You’ve lost your mind…” Zanerif sighed as he threw another group of green slashes as they cut through Blaze as his friends gasped but then as froze as they saw him standing, purple smoke pouring from wounds

“What?!” Zanerif said in surprise as Bla-Neckros laughed

“Loki! Get Lith and Lucifer and open a ‘you know what’!” Neckros ordered as Loki groaned

"Do i have to?" he protested but a purple blast of energy got him up and moving

“Yep, got it, have fun,” Loki said happily as he limped passed Neckros as he grinned

“Sadly, this world must adjust to my being, for now though I guess I can enjoy this,” Neckros shrugged as he narrowed his eyes

“My turn,” He said grimly as he vanished

Zanerif then slashed behind him as Neckros leaped over and buried his claws into Zanerif’s eye sockets as he began to throw his knees into his skull. Neckros then teleported away from the scythe as he kicked Zanerif flying into the dirt. For once he made Zanerif fall.

But then Neckros felt something grab his leg as he saw the skeletal hand pull him down as he was thrown around like a rag doll. Then his body was thrown into the air as the scythe made dozens of marks on Neckros’s body as he vanished again.

Zanerif quickly turned and grabbed the hand with the energy blast and pointed back at Neckros as he winced but he then spun around and kicked Zanerif but it did nothing to free his hand.

“I’m not letting go,” Zanerif said as Neckros smiled and interlocked wrist with him as Zanerif slashed away at Neckros whist he threw claw after claw at him

"Good, because i'm not moving!" He cheered as he shoved a chunk of purple laser down Zanerif's throat

Zanerif then teleported himself as Neckros ducked and jumped to avoid his blows, but failed as he was impaled and thrown into the dirt, his wounds still slowly healing from the cursed blade.

Then Neckros vision filled with green as the earth erupted as the onlookers gasped.

“It’s over.” Zanerif confirmed as the still body of Blaze/Neckros laid beneath his feet as he turned to his friends “Where were we?”

He then lit his hand with a cursed flame as it grew. All they could do was wait for the end as the flames would catch them even if they had the will to move. Then they all looked at Xelor who was standing in front of them all as he glared at Zanerif.

“Xelor? What are you doing?” Sam asked as he just stood his ground

“I don’t care what happens to me, no one is hurting my friends!” Xelor shouted as Zanerif just looked back

“You’re no hero, and if you think this makes you one, then your living in a fairy tale,” Zanerif mocked as Raiden then stood beside him

“We know,” he said as Serafin also stood up

“But if Loki and Blaze are willing to fight, then so are we,” She stated as the rest soon stood against Zanerif as he sighed

“If you wish to die, then I’ll let you all die together,” He said calmly as he threw the cursed flame towards them

“Heh, to think, we could have the courage to do this, sorry Blaze, looks like we aren’t as good at this as you, but will be dammed if we just sat here and died!” Xelor chuckled internally as they all felt the world around them get hotter

“Sadly, Blaze isn’t here right now, please try again later,” Neckros said as they all looked to see the fire attack being blocked by Blaze, or atleast that’s what they think

“What!?” Zanerif yelled as he saw the attack shrink and shrink before it entered through the wounds of Neckros as he burped

“Ahh, that hit the spot! Now then,” Neckros said as he yelled

*BLAZING TRAIL: CURSED FLAMES*

Then his body erupted in green flames as the rest cheered Neckros as he smiled boastfully at Zanerif.

“You said you wanted power? Well I’m gunna give you a full course meal!!!” Neckros shouted as he ran towards Zanerif as he quickly fired more cursed flames at Neckros but was surprised to see him still running. Then he saw the small reflections of metal

*SERRATED EDGE*

Then more shiny blades danced around Neckros as he ran towards Zanerif as he swung his blade towards Neckros, only for him to bite down of the edge of the golden blade.

“Hmm, could use some salt,” He pointed out as he used this advantage to strike Zanerif in the arm as he dropped the scythe “Fast food coming right at ya!”

Then Zanerif saw the symbols on the ground as his hollow eyes widened as the floor began to disappear.

“You were setting me up all this time?” He said in shock as Neckros grabbed him but the face and smashed through the barrier and into the Spirit Realm

They fell through the sky, their speed increasing as they smashed into a boiling hot liquid as it flew upwards from the impact they made with the ground. They landed in the bottom of a volcano, the purple lava shooting to the sides from the force.

“Never underestimate us again,” Neckros warned as he leaped into the air, leaving Zanerif to be engulfed by the flames, Neckros just managed to barrel his way into the Human World as the gate closed

“Woo! That was fun!” Neckros cheered as he leap to his feet, just then people finally got to action, and began to help out any injured people as some called officers and medics

“Umm, Blaze, are you still here bud?” Sam asked as Loki facepalmed

“Now you did it you moron,” He groan as they saw the pissed look on Neckros’s face

“For the love of Gods! Does Blaze laugh like a manic, can take blows that could kill even a cyborg, have purple eyes and sharp teeth, can survive plunging themselves into a volcano!? NO!” Neckros snapped as he rubbed his head

“You want him, fine! I’ve had my fun, now you can all go die for all I care,” Neckros mumbled as Blaze’s features turned back to normal

“You really shouldn’t annoy him, it’s like a migraine for me,” Blaze said as winced from the headache

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Later that night…

After the police arrived with paramedics, everyone couldn’t explain what they saw, only that there was an attack, not a cyborg and sin of hell vs. a skeleton. But after the cops couldn’t get a real report, they gave up a just investigated.

After the attack Zanerif pulled on the group quite a handful of them were injured, but not in need of a hospital. Serafin just sat on her own as she winced at the two cuts on her arm and cheek.

“Another day, another battle, am I right, Flare?” Serafin thought as she sighed but then her train of thought was cut off

“You really should let the medics help you, you know,” Raiden suggested as Serafin kept her cold expression

“I’ll be fine,” She answered as he sat down beside her

“Let me guess, you won’t admit defeat, will you?” Raiden asked with a roll of his eyes

“Neither will you,” Serafin countered as Raiden sighed as he ripped a piece of his jacket until he had a thin strip of it “What are you doing?”

“Well you won’t let anyone help you, then I’ll just have to stop any bleeding or infection myself,” Raiden said with a shrug as Serafin pulled her arm away “Unless you want this to escalate?”

That got her to relax as he began to tie the fabric on her arm as she watched in confusion, but also happiness as he finished.

“Th-thank you, Raiden,” She said calmly as he nodded and then got up

“Like before, no problem but right now I gotta go help the others out so, seeya,” He said as he walked away

Minutes passed as Serafin sat in silence, what was this feeling she kept having? Why did he still help her after she was being stubborn, why did she let him?

“You really love doubting your own feelings, don’t you? then again it's what i like about you, so badass on the outside, but in here it's something more,” Neckros said as Serafin narrowed her eyes but just looked to the ground “so, what are you going to do now?”

“What do you mean?” She spoke softly as he chuckled

“Well… you wanted a normal life again, right?” Neckros hinted as Serafin’s eyes widened slightly “Checkmate.”

To Be Continued…  

Chapter 17 The False Prophet part 1

Phantoms of the Truth

Chapter 17

The False Prophet part 1

*Location: Everfree Forest*

“Explain to me again why Sun Butt sent us out here?” Neckros asked for the third time as Blaze, Loki and Dark Oak groaned

“Alright fine! Just listen this time,” Blaze sighed in annoyance as he cleared his throat

“Celestia wants us to check out a strange magical reading she detected, it seemed to be… growing, or atleast that’s what she told me,” Blaze explained as he nodded, his eyes narrowed

“But even so she was acting rather ‘odd’ about the situation, normally she would send Sparks with us or something, but this just seems… off,” Loki added as the all thought for a moment

“It does seem likely that this power had her concerned, that is my analysis of the situation anyway,” Oak also responded

“Well I do believe we can get are answer now,” Neckros said as he pointed to the ruins up ahead, they were the same ones that Blaze, Twi and AJ used to travel to the Spirit Realm, but they were different

The black sky was now a misty purple and red, and an ominous glow came from a hole in the centre of the ruins. They all looked at each other as Blaze activated his armour and ran ahead, the others following suit.

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Once inside they entered a massive chamber with moss and dust covering the walls and floor. The place was old, older than even the castle that the elements were found in. but what got their attention was the light from before. Or what emitted it.

It was, something, it stood or floated around 6 feet tall, it’s body was nothing but a mass of energy that roughly formed a body, it’s left arm was split into two, one of its shoulder and the other down to its legs, with uneven-razor claws. The other was a massive wing, purple energy flowed between the thin bones.

Its body was a purple-red colour and then it turned slowly to face them. It’s face however only had one thing placed on it, a massive, black eye.

“Who destroys the world? Their way of life?” it spoke, its voice echoed like the wind as it hovered there

“What and who are you?” Neckros asked as he looked unevenly at it

“Your maker? Or your destroyer? I wouldn’t know,” It spoke vaguely again as Neckros just backed up

“Ok, well he’s crazy, Blaze, you got this, you can speak crazy,” He said as he pushed Blaze forward slightly

“What’s your name?” Blaze asked coldly

“Seer,” It spoke calmly “You are Blaze Vector Hawk, element of Inspiration and an enigma of dimensions,” Seer explained carefully as Blaze’s eyes widened under his visor

“How did you know all that?!” Blaze asked quickly as it just stared at him, as it raised its massive arm

“Tick tock, time is such a gift, but like all gifts, it will be taken,” Seer spoke as it flew forwards and passed right through Blaze as he froze then yelled in pain, KAI’s voice echoing with his

“Systems’#’##’/.,’#’@ failing…/~’]’]#’##’ Er~~ror!” KAI sputtered out as the warnings went haywire as Blaze gripped his head in pain

“Well that’s enough bullshit for one city! Get him!” Loki yelled as they all attacked

Before Seer could react Neckros swung at his energy body, but his claws fazed right through him as he lazily swung an arm in its chest.

“Umm, this isn’t working!” He called before a massive claw impaled him as he actually gasped and was thrown against a nearby wall, his wound was slowly healing, but not as fast as it should “This could be a problem,”

Loki then tried as he went to block an attack but it fazed right through his arms as he tumbled back. He was going to use an energy attack but failed as Seer appeared beneath him and pulled him through the ground.

They both appeared as Loki coughed from the dirt but quickly blasted Seer in the face as he hovered back, dropped Loki as he saw the ripple from the attack slowly closing on Seer’s arm. Then I dawned on him.

“Blaze, Oak! I need you two to keep him busy, Neckros! Sonic boom time!” Loki called out as he grinned wider and vanished

Blaze slowly regained control, his body feeling weak but still useable as Oak joined him.

“Your vitals have dropped and your breathing is ragged, you need to rest for a bit, not doing so could result in death of up to 60%,” Oak explained as Blaze went to protest but fell to his knees

“Ok! Just be careful,” Blaze said in a huff as Oak ran ahead “Dammit, why am I so weak all of a sudden? This never happened before!”

Oak ran for Seer as it raised its wing and began to flap, causing massive energy waves to cut through the air at blinding speeds, luckily Oak jumped and rolled as he leaped up and brought his tail down on Seer, who’s shoulder arm fell limp on the ground as he flew away. Then the arm reappeared.

“You are not like the rest,” Seer commented as he dodged Oak’s attacks with ease “But you lack unpredictability,”

“Incorrect, I have simply been playing along,” He added as Seer stopped and looked around to see both Neckros and Loki charging an attack at wither side of him

“Ever heard of an Energy Boom?” Loki asked as he pulled his hands apart

“Because we gunna give you an example!” Neckros laughed as he did the same

“Keep believing you are the heroes, but I know what you all really are…” Seer trailed off as his wing rose and then he flew right through the roof and into the night sky, now clear once again

“Oh, come on! We just started!” Neckros shouted as he cancelled his attack, along with Loki

“Just what was he is the real question though?” Loki said before kicking a nearby pillar down “Stupid, energy, thing,”

“Blaze? Are you alright? what was that?” Serafin asked from his mind, she also sounded exhausted  

“I’m-I’m fine, my question is, what happened to us? I just froze, then the next thing we all felt was pain?” Blaze asked in worry as he knew him, KAI and Serafin were affected by the attack

“All systems seem fine now, maybe it was some sort of paralysis attack? Or even some sort of EMP,” KAI suggested as Blaze just shook his head

“No matter now, he gone, but right now we all need to get back to Celestia and the rest and tell them about ‘him’,” Blaze concluded as the rest agreed and decided to move out

But, just as they were leaving, Blaze caught a glimpse at one of the walls, it showed a group of shadows, all bowing to this golden being of light as it displayed a world above its head. Just what was it? Does it have something to do with Seer?

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Later…

After gathering the Mane 6, they all explained what they found and even what happened to Blaze, KAI and Serafin as they quickly wrote to Celestia that they would be resting up before arriving at Canternlot.

But something strange happened. She asked that they came immediately, and that it could not wait. They were all odded out by this but Loki shrugged and said ‘I have ‘Family’ matters to deal with so it would be best to do so, that and Lith would kill him if he missed out’. So, they all soon warped to the castle.

When they arrived, they saw Celestia sitting on her throne as she bore a frown and a steely glare as they all approached her. Something was off.

“Ah so you decided to join me, this is very urgent I assure you,” She said hastily

“Celestia, what’s going on? Do you know this ‘Seer’?” Twilight asked as she nodded

“Sadly, this is far worse than what I could have imagined, if he’s here, then I doubt even the elements could stop him,” she explained as Loki and Neckros looked at each other before laughing

“I doubt this ‘Seer’ will be a problem, I mean energy and sound attacks can cut him to shreds,” Neckros said as he sighed “You ponies really do worry to much,”

“Watch your mouth mister, she is the princess you know?” Applejack warned as he just blew a razzberry

“I think you forgot, I don’t give one, I only said I wouldn’t harm you all, not that I would respect you,” Neckros clarified as Blaze hit his leg “Soz,”

“Even so, I’m a Demi-God, and a Sin of your failures so I think we got this, I mean, you have me, a cyborg, another Goddess, and a Nightmare, what more could you ask for!?” Loki explained with a flick of his hat

“And you think that can stop him? You really are that blunt,” Celestia said with venom as everyone did a double take as she smirked “I guess I let that slip, my bad,”

“Umm, princess? What was that about?” Dash asked as she just smiled

“Looks like it isn’t the end just yet, is it Seer?” Blaze said in a angrier tone as the rest all turned to see the princess vanish and soon a more monstrous form took its place

“End? Does such a place exist? Does anyone even know of such a place?” He said as he glared at the group who were either scared or ready to attack “I know, because I feel from its grasp,”

“Why are you here!? And what did you do with the princess!?” Twilight demanded as he just kept his gaze on all of them

“She never existed, atleast after Blaze came here, ever since then I have hopped that once he found a way back home he would leave, but that was not the case, so I threw my knights at him, all fell, one by one, now I’m left to clean it all up,” Seer explained as he slowly hovered towards them

“I am the fallen God of Sight, and I will do what I must, to save this world,” He finished as he lunged at the group as they scattered

“Twilight! Get the rest and stay back, this isn’t like the last times we fought!” Blaze ordered as Dash quickly butted in

“Heck no! if we wanna help we-“

“DO WHAT I SAY NOW!!!” Blaze yelled, though his face was mostly covered he displayed nothing but fear as they went silent and fell back

“You guys all ready?” Blaze asked

“Do you even need to ask?” Loki quipped

“We’ll take him down!” Neckros cheered

“We’ve come this far,” Serafin added

“Exterminate!” Oak said simply as he nodded

“Ok then… Take him down!!!” Blaze yelled as they all followed suit

“You will all die here,” Seer warned as he turned his wing into another arm and unleased a barrage of attacks as they all dodged

Loki was the first to act as he vanished and appeared beside him as he used his Rapier and swung it horizontally as the swift move caused the air to go silent before half the Seer and wall behind him imploded from the force.

Quickly, Seer acted and blasted Loki in the chest multiple times as he stumbled and soon warped through him. Seer then took his two clawed hands and jabbed them through Loki’s skull as his body shook from the attack, then his body fell limp as he dropped his body.

“Shit!” They all yelled as he dropped like a rock

“One down,” Seer commented before blocking a blast of fire from Serafin

Serafin then charged her horn again and fired 5 fire balls at Seer but he simply knocked them away as she quickly blocked his attack from behind with her blaze rod shield. He then quickly phased into the ground as she leaped to avoid the attack but didn’t realize he had already appeared behind her.

He then tightened his grip on her as she tried to break free but was met with a powerful electrical shock that knocked her out also, he then quickly kicked her in the stomach as she flew towards the Mane 6.

Only Blaze and Neckros remained as he turned to face them, then he raised his arm.

*Devil’s Thorn*

“Evade!” Blaze quickly ordered as his arm split into hundreds of spikes as they pinned to the walls, floor and ceiling as Blaze quickly avoided them but was grazed in multiple areas.

Neckros however took the hits as they impaled him as he coughed.

“This could be more problematic, time to act,” He said silently as he disappeared

When the spikes vanished, Blaze ran towards Seer and swung violently at his body as they phased through his being. Then he smiled.

“Bingo,” He said calmly as the Seer’s body began ripple from the clanging of Blaze’s swords as he smashed them against each other “Now that I’m close enough I can really damage you!”

“You lured me in to take on my weakness?” He asked as his body extended and before Blaze could fly away the Seer latched onto his armour “How predictable,”

Blaze then cried out in pain as he felt his body, mind and soul being pulled as KAI went on the fritz and soon offline, then the cold air from the hole Loki made rushed in as his body flared from the agonizing pain, his armour had been ripped off.

Blaze fell in a heap as he saw the Seer’s body change and warp. Soon his hands grew more sharp and angular, his left foot also, but the right only had the back claw exposed. Pieces revealed the Seer, then the head had condensed and looked jagged, half the visor remained, the other show a blood-red eye glaring back.

“My physical form is finally back, now then,” He said before grabbed Blaze and pinning him against a wall “Time for you to suffer,”

“Do it… that won’t stop every other person I know from kicking your-“ Blaze started but was met with a kick to his gut as See dropped him

“You misunderstand, I’m not going to kill you, only make you suffer first,” He said as Blaze’s eyes widened

“NO, LOOK OUT!!!” He screamed but Seer was gone, then behind a certain one, a claw pierced their heart as they coughed up blood as Seer disappeared again

“PINKIE!!!” They all yelled in disbelief as she fell to the floor in a heap, blood pouring onto the floor

She slowly looked up, tears now in her eyes as she drew a shaky breath.

“So-sorry that I-I-I got in the w-way again,” She apologised as Blaze felt tears begin to form, just like the rest

“No! don’t you dare apologise! I won’t accept it!” Blaze snapped as she smiled happily

“Don’t worry, Blazey, I’ll be fine, just you see, everything…. Will… be… fine…” She responded before her last breath ceased

“No…,” Dash whispered as she looked away, as some of the other did also, Blaze however tried to get to his hooves

“I’ll kill you Seer! You hear me! I’ll kill-“He once again was interrupted from being kicked by him

“You think I’m the villain? If you just listened to yourself and quit this Hero business, your friend might still be alive, this is all on your hands, not mine,” Seer explained as he wiped the blood off his arm

“Now then… let me end your suffering and let this world be free once more,” Seer quoted as he raised his arm up

Blaze closed his eyes as he waited for his life to end, his power was gone, his friend was dead, and nothing could change that. What did happen was the feeling of his body being lifted as the wind flew passed him. So, he opened his eyes and saw Neckros, still injured carrying him, Loki and Serafin, Oak slowly followed as he blocked the attacks of Seer as he slowly followed.

“Ne…Neckros…” Blaze tried to call but he just kept his grin

“Only us and Skittles remain, the rest just up and defended us from some pesky bots that showed up, Pinkie…...” Neckros trailed off as Blaze’s gazed fell to the floor "I'm sorry,"

That made Blaze look up slightly, did he just say 'Sorry'? why? he didn't care about anyone of them, why?

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They eventually reached the balcony of the tallest tower as he laid the rest down. Neckros then channelled his magic and opened a vortex below the balcony as he threw Serafin and Loki through, Oak followed as the rest were about to jump in before Blaze stopped.

“Dash! Come on!” He asked but she just smiled sadly at him

“I’m sorry, I can’t leave them,” She said as Blaze went to speak but she stopped him by kissing him before continuing “Good luck, you idiot,”

Then his eyes widened as she shoved him off the balcony with Neckros as the body of his Mrk II armour appeared and grabbed Dash by the throat, his last words echoed out.

“DASH!” then he was gone

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Back on the balcony…

“Where did he go?” Seer asked calmly but got a smug grin as he threw her into a wall “You think just because that broken team is gone that you saved your hope? Hardly.”

Then more bots appeared, their armour was now a black with red highlights and looked slimmer.

“We have contained and separated the Elements, what now?” One asked as Seer glanced down towards the body of water below

“Looks like they leaped into the river down there, unlikely survivability, but the nightmare…” He trailed off before looking back “Gather a search party, sweep the city, village and river banks, even the Everfree, make sure they are dead,”

They saluted as they ran back down the tower. Seer however looked back at Dash, his eye never blinking.

“Now then, let’s see how long your spirit can last,” Seer spoke coldly, the night was his

To Be Continued…


Chapter 17 The False Prophet part 2

Phantoms of the Truth

Chapter 17 part 2

Down But Not Out

*Location: Tempest Rampart, Dawn*

Blaze slowly woke up to the sound of wood being cut from just outside the small shack he was in, it was dust and looked as old as the world around it. His limbs still felt tender from the fight. But his eyes just kept to the ground as he hopped off the bed. Bandages wrapped around parts of his body as he made his way to the door.

When the light met his gaze, he waited for his vison to clear before focusing on the sight before him. Neckros was busy flicking through his Necronomicon, Loki was using so sort of map as he pin-pointed locations and Serafin was checking her golden armour.

“Oh! It’s about time you woke up! Howya feel?” Neckros asked as Blaze kept his frown

“Better, I guess, how long was I out?” He asked as Neckros quickly flicked through the book

“Hmm, about 3 days, but then again you got torn out of your armour and not to mention all your vitals, according to KAI, were completely screwed,” Neckros explained as he looked at his metal limb before sighing

“Atleast you didn’t get two massive claws shoved into your head! I was mind raped, that’s worse than normal rape,” Loki shouted in annoyance as he grumbled to himself

“So, what now is what Ive been thinking for 3 days,” Serafin added as she walked up, Blaze just sat there in silence

“’What now’? really? What the hell could we possibility do to beat him?” Blaze snapped as he kicked the dirt

“Geez, I think Seer hit him harder than we thought,” Neckros quipped as Blaze just glared at him

“Well if you want to jump into action, then what’s stopping you!? I don’t give a shit anymore! I’m done! You can do whatever you want now, your contract is over, done, gone,” Blaze snapped as Neckros’s smile grew in excitement

Then without warning both Serafin and Loki watched as Neckros vanished and pinned Blaze to the wall of the shack. His gaze ever so hungry.

“You don’t know how long ive waited to hear those words!” Neckros laughed as he brought a claw up to Blaze’s face “Now then, time for some payback!”

“Do it then,” Blaze whispered as he closed his eyes “Everything I had is gone now, so there’s no point in fighting,”

*SHINK-SMASH*

Blaze’s eyes shot open as he felt the wall behind him crumbled into rubble, then his eyes met Neckros as his narrowed eyes glared at Blaze.

“Wake up.” He said sternly

“What?” Blaze asked as he felt his body fly backwards and into the dirt

“Wake the fuck up!” Neckros repeated as the others watched, even Oak had come back to see the commotion

“No matter what happens, you always kept fighting, you beat me, you beat a demi-god and a world of a virus, you beat your past and future, and then this joker shows up and all of a sudden you just say ‘there’s no point in fighting’!!?”

“You showed me trust, something that ive never been given in a long time,” Neckros finished as he brought Erika out “I was alone, only her to trust, then you decided that after everything I did, you would give me a second chance,” Erika glowed happily

"Even i'm thankful that you helped Neckros out, even if he can be a bit... dramatic," Erika thanked as Neckros continued

“Loki, was a sociopathic nightmare, who has sent more danger our way than anyone else, and yet after a small talk you accepted him as a friend,” Loki smirked at the comment

“Serafin, who had been drowning in her own self-pity for so long, you saw that she had a chance to make a new life, and she did, though it was hard, she finally had someone she could care about again,” Serafin smiled slightly

“Oak was a small threat, but even after what he tried to do he changed, all because of what you did for him in the past, now he’s the most badass wolf I know!” Oak barked happily at that, then Neckros pointed at Blaze

“Now. . . we’re going to help return the favour,” Neckros finished as Blaze saw him hold out his hand

“You’ve done so much for us, atleast let us do the same,” Serafin added as she held her hoof out above Neckros’s

“It’s been a heck of a ride, so let keep er going!” Loki happily yelled as he held his hand out

“I still don’t understand a lot about friendship, I still have a lot to learn, but what I do know is that I’ll stand by you,” Oak responded as he held a paw out also

“Guys I. . . I’m sorry, I just felt like all ive ever done was make people suffer, never making anything right,” Blaze said, his head low as his he saw a small sprite of KAI appear

“And? What about what you can still accomplish, every being makes mistakes, so how about we fix this one, or die trying,” KAI stated as Blaze slowly felt his sadness fade only determination remained

“They have been by me all this time, no matter how much pain I put them through or even in reverse, they stayed with me, and now…” Blaze thought as he held his metal hand out “I’m going to keep going, no matter how painful,”

"Let's show that freak what us idiots can do!" Blaze shouted as the rest yelled also

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Later…

Blaze was busy flying around their camp site as they all went to work. This time Blaze was all fired up.

“Loki! I need you to call Lith and Lucifer here!” Blaze asked as he stopped

“Why? Exactly would you want to bring the nuclear bomb and my brother here?” He asked as Blaze smirked

“Were gunna have a party,” He said vaguely as Loki smiled and nodded

“Neckros! I need you to use all your power to be able to launch me and Serafin into the castle, it would take too long for all of us, so atleast send two,” Blaze explained as he powered up

“Hehehehe! Don’t need to tell me twice!” He said as he kept powering up

“Serafin! I need you to focus on finding our friends, I’ll take care of Seer,” Blaze asked quickly as she looked at him with concern

“How can you fight him without any of us to help you?” She asked as everyone stopped and looked at Blaze as he grinned, his red eye glowing brightly

“Oh, we have that covered,” Blaze said menacingly

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*Location: Canternlot outskirts, midday*

The wind blew silently as Loki, Lith, Lucifer, Oak, Neckros and Blaze stood to attention, just beyond them was a massive sea of black. But little sparks of red indicated they were there.

“There’s about 100,000 or so bots,” Blaze said calmly as he turned back “You sure you all got this?”

“What, only 100,000!? I was expecting a challenge,” Lucifer yawned as Blaze rolled his eyes

“Look, just keep them busy, Neckros, you’re up!” Blaze called as he levitated Blaze up, his gaze widening with anticipation “You know what you’re doing, right?”

“Oh, totally not!” He said truthfully as he charged his hand with dark energy, the wind then began to pick up “HASTA LA WAGO!!!”

Then the bots’ attention drew to the sound of a sonic boom as they watched the crimson arrow pass right over them and the sound of the castle wall breaking echoed into the valley.

“HEY TINHEADS!!!” Loki called out as they all turned to see the group “WELCOME TO THE CIRCUS OF THE DEAD!!!”

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Inside the castle…

Once the bots in the hall cleared out, Serafin and Blaze came out of hiding. Serafin wore her golden armour as it glowed a tint of purple, her sword hovering along with her blaze rods. Blaze then turned in the direction of the throne room but was stop by Serafin.

“What’s up?” He asked as she looked at him with a smile before hugging him

“Don’t die, go it?” She asked as he smiled and nodded

“No promises,” He joked as she let go and ran down the next hall, then Blaze face became one of pure anger then he heard Loki's voice over all the commotion

"Taste the power of my Lemonades!!!" he yelled as the sound of something exploding and splating could be heard

Blaze then approached the doors of the throne room as he heard the commotion outside grow, he then kicked the doors open as he looked to see Seer staring back at him from the end of the hall.

“You really don’t know when to quit, do you?” He asked calmly as Blaze glared at him “You should have let me end your pain there and then, all this conflict could have been avoided if you just died,”

“Never! I’ll keep refusing to die, until every one of you scumbags are dead!” Blaze shouted back as Seer just got up

“So, it ends like this? The villain against me, even if you did win, you can’t possibly imagen what will happen, the wars will only become more deadly, causing more pain to others, is that what you want? to die?” Seer asked as Blaze smiled as he narrowed his eyes

"No! I'm not trying to die, i want to survive!" Blaze yelled back as Seer sighed and locked into a stance

“Besides, i want you to be my first test for my new look,” Blaze said with a smirk as his metal limbs glowed red as he stood upright

His body instantly was consumed by grey metal of all shades as his body became slimmer, almost air tight as red plates of armour strapped to the sides of his thighs, some on his knees and the heal and tongue of his feet.  

His arms had a red stripe up the middle as two shoulder guards stuck into the air with a red stripe going through them. His cored also gain many layers, the middle becoming red also. Then his neck was silver and his entire face was encased. A silver visor covering his eyes as 4 horizontal red bars covered his face with dark grey metal.

His hair was covered by his helmet going angular at the back, then his golden sword of the elements appeared in his right hand. Then he spoke.

*BLAZING TRAIL: CRIMSON FLAMES*

“Now it ends here Seer, you and me!” Blaze yelled, his voice now more metallic as Seer felt his glare through the visor

“Let your death be quick,” He answered as Blaze held his blade to his side

“Let’s Dance!!!” he called out

This was no longer a simple fight, it all began at a high cost. First Mettalix, then Omega, Neckros, Indigo, Loki, Sophix, all of them. Now it was the fight between the Fallen God and the Corrupted Hero.

Sneak Peek:

“His power is off the charts! How the hell can we beat that!!?” Neckros called out as the sky grew darker in colour due to the attack, as many panicked

Blaze stood in his armour, his eyes were closed as he spoke hollowly.

“Neckros…” Blaze called, his voice trailing off as he turned to face him as it took him a moment to thin before closing his eyes and laughing lazily

“End of the line, eh?” He asked as Blaze tilted his head, a smirk present under his mask

“I guess we all have to pay our debt one day,” Blaze answered, they both knew what they had to do

To Be Continued…

Chapter 17 The False Prophet part 3

Phantoms of the Truth

Chapter 17 part 3

Final Act

*Location: Canternlot, Throne Room*

Blaze was once again knocked flying into the ground as he used his fingers to slow his tumble. When he did he looked at Seer and saw that more pieces of his old armour was falling off, his body was beginning to outlive the one he took.

“I see that you have noticed my weakness?” Seer asked as Blaze looked up at him, keeping a grip on his sword

“Yea, I can see why you latched onto me, but that body is becoming old and useless, your power is still amazing, but without a body…” Blaze trailed off

“I can only do so much damage, with a body I can physically harm beings, like you,” Seer said before vanishing

Blaze quickly cartwheeled as the claws smashed into the marble floor where he once stood. Blaze turned and blocked the two claws that tried to pierce his mask as he grunted against them strength.

Then Blaze decided it was time to use his new move. Then as Seer when to attack again, Blaze’s body turned into a holographic red version of himself as he passed through Seer, much to his surprise, then he reformed and cut Seer’s left arm off completely as he jumped away.

“Digitally turning my body temporally into code, making me untouchable by anyone ‘Not’ in the digital world,” Blaze clarified as he did it again and ran towards Seer

Seer then swung at Blaze as they phased right through his body, then Blaze’s left arm formed and punched Seer, then Blaze’s leg as he kicked him up. After reforming Blaze swung wildly at Seer as body tried franticly to tire the other out.

Seer then felt nothing but a fuzzy feeling as his chest cracked from the blast of crimson as he flew into the floor with a massive thump. Blaze then tried to impale him into the floor but Seer dodged and spoke.

*Devil’s Thorn*

Blaze’s eyes widened in shock as multiple areas of his body were impaled by the spikes as blood leaked from the wounds, then Seer walked up to his face, his red eye gazing into his very soul.

*Dark Paradox*

Then his hand glowed black as Blaze’s body was consumed by a black arc of energy as he was sent flying into rubble and dirt as it buried him alive, Seer then waited as the air grew still from the attack.

Blaze sat in the dirt as his armour slowly patched itself up again, regenerative metal, like his limbs, were used to make it, so battle damage isn’t too important, but can leave the wearer weaken if too much regeneration is used.

Blaze then clenched his fist as he felt his power begin to rise, as much as his body would refuse he kept pushing as he yell through the rubble and dirt. This got Seer’s attention as he felt Blaze’s power grow.

“I REFUSE TO LET YOU BLOODY WALK AWAY!!!” He screamed as the ground uprooted again as his fired-up body flew out of the ground, Blaze now glowed a pure white colour as Seer went to say something

*POW-CRUNCH*

Seer was sent flying into the throne as it shattered into pieces, he slowly got back up as he saw Blaze fly through a hole in the roof and followed him, his body now glowing purple-red.

Blaze then holstered his sword as he cracked his knuckles and yelled at the top of his lungs as he charged at Seer as they locked hands as they fought for control. Blaze then teleported as he kicked Seer multiple times in the back.

But Seer quickly vanished and did the same as he blasted Blaze in the back but he just shrugged it off as one hit him in the face but the Seer then got a white beam to the face as he flew upwards.

They both then charged as they traded blows and kicks as the air echoed with sonic booms, this drew everyone’s attention as they watched the fight.

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“Geez, remind me never to get on his bad side,” Lucifer said as he sat upon a throne of bots

“Neckros what’s his power level?” Loki asked with a grin as Neckros laughed and pulled out a pair of shades and cut it in half, before setting it on his left eye

“It’s over…….” Neckros just kept trailing the word in astonishment

“God dammit, he’s broken again,” Loki sighed as he kept going

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Blaze flew away from Seer as he used his ‘Devil’s Thorn’ again.

“If your gunna use cheap shots on me!” Blaze said as he flew forwards and locked hands again with Seer “Then fine! Cause I got one just for you!!!”

“What might that be?” Seer asked as Blaze vanished, as Seer looked around for his opponent, then as he turned back Blaze’s metal grip planted to his face as he tried to pry him off, but then saw white light blinding his eye

“AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!” Blaze then shot towards the castle again as the white light trailed behind them as he smashed the skull of the Seer into the floor as he put his other hand down and fired

*BOOOOOOOOOOM*

The area lit up with a white glow as many that survived the attack tonight made their way towards the sight where the fighting ceased. Once Loki’s team and Serafin, with the mane 5, arrived the saw a massive hole in the center of the hall as Blaze sat on his hand and knees as he panted.

“See… no sweat,” Blaze managed to say as they saw no signs of the Seer, many began to cheer as Neckros helped Blaze to his feet as he laughed

“You are officially the most badass person I know,” Neckros said with a nod as Blaze gave him a fist bump

“Blaze! Are you alright?” Dash asked as she almost tackled him

“Well I feel like I just had 10 hangovers, but fine, what about you?” He asked as she frowned slightly

“It was just bearable, those freaks wouldn’t stop trying to torture us, but then Serafin showed up and freed us, but after Pinkie...” Dash trailed off as Blaze embraced her

“For now, let’s keep smiling, for her,” Blaze said as Dash, along with the rest smiled, but then a collection gasped drew their attention

“Up there!” One yelled as they pointed up to the sky

“What is that!” Another said as Blaze’s eyes grew wide

In the air was a massive black sphere, it glowed so intensely that the world around it turned black, many began to panic as they all tried to either run or were too scared to move.

Blaze then glanced down at his hands and saw them shaking slightly, but he shook his gaze away and began to think, his power was low, so was Loki’s and the rest. What could they do? Then it dawned on him.

“His power is off the charts! How the hell can we beat that!!?” Neckros called out as the sky grew darker in colour due to the attack, as many continued to panic

Blaze stood in his armour, his eyes were closed as he spoke hollowly.

“Neckros…” Blaze called, his voice trailing off as he turned to face him as it took him a moment to think before closing his eyes and laughing lazily

“End of the line, eh?” He asked as Blaze tilted his head, a smirk present under his mask

“I guess we all have to pay our debt one day,” Blaze answered, they both knew what they had to do

The other than looked at them as they both called out

*BALENCED BLADE*

“What are you planning to do?” Loki asked as Naze looked at him with a neutral expression

“I’m going to end this, his power has climbed to the levels of the God he once was, it would take ‘Every’ inch of my power to beat him,” Naze explained as Loki nodded but it didn’t sit right with him

“Good luck then,” Loki said calmly as he smiled

“Wait, what are you planning on doing?” Dash asked, sharing the same concern as the rest as Naze looked back with a sad smile as they all felt something hit them

“We’re sorry,” Naze said but more like Neckros and Blaze as her eyes widened “Goodbye,”

Then they vanished, leaving them all to watch...

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Naze then appeared just 200 yards from the attack as his he frowned and began to power up, black and white flames dance around him.

*BLAZING TRAIL: DARKENED HARMONIC FLAMES*

He then breathed in before exhaling calmly as he raised his hands.

*SERRATED EDGE: 100,000*

Then the sky became a mix of red and black as many copied swords hovered around Naze as sweat began to form on his face.

“Not. Yet.” He managed to say before chanting

“Envy. Greed. Despair. Hate. Sadness. Disloyalty. Lies. These fuel my wrath!” He manged to say as an arc of purple encased his right arm then he glared at the attack “Time to end this!”

He then flew at the speed of sound as he collided with the attack, sending flares of black energy flying with red as the 100,000 swords followed, encase Naze in a hurricane of serrated metal.

As he kept pushing his arm forward Seer watched as he easily pushed it with one arm, his armour was smashed and broken, only some pieces stayed together as his mass twisted and snapped in different angles.

“Why do you persist? If your trying to be the hero, all you’re doing is casting this world into even more pain, so why do pointlessly try and stop me?” Seer asked before hearing Naze’s voice over all the sounds

“When are you going to shut the hell up!!!” He yelled back before Seer sighed

“Give up and except your fate,” He calmly said before forcing his remaining hand down as the orb pushed Naze back as he tried to stop the impending attack

Naze continued to struggle as the sphere continued to fall, inch by inch it glowed brighter, but then Naze closed his eyes.

“I guess times up,” He thought as he vanished and appeared 100 yards from it as he powered up “I invoke my sins and my past, let only harmony come forth and grant me the power to end such darkness,”

He then paused and thought back to his friends on the ground before smirking and opening his eyes.

“Even at the cost of life!” He ended as his power grew even stronger and the he spoke one last chant

*Soul Burn*

Then the left side of his chest ignited with a small purple and blue flame as he then flew faster than the eye could track as the orb of black matter stopped, prompting the Seer to notice, then he saw the crack.

Then it cracked more, and like a web it grew and grew, entangling the orb in a thread of white lines. Then before Seer could react his attack shattered into a blinding white light as he hissed from the light.

*SHINK*

Then his eye shrunk in pain as a massive hole appeared in his chest as he twitched in pain before imploding into purple-red flames, as his body blew into the wind.

Then the attack ceased its explosion as Naze floated in the air, his body just hovering there as he wore a small smile. Then to everyone below surprise he fell vertically down towards the castle as Loki appeared and helped to slow his decent.

Then once he laid Naze down he split back into Blaze and Neckros, both unmoving. As the crowd went silent, Loki then quickly checked Blaze’s pulse and found.

Nothing.

“Shit-shit-shit, not now you dumbass, not whist we still have a contract!” He cursed as he tried to resuscitate him but nothing happened as he kept trying

Many were either staring in shock or looking away in sadness as Loki tried desperately to help, but nothing. Then he looked around, his face now irritated as he glared back at Blaze.

*BAM*

He then threw a massive punch into his chest as his body jumped but still laid still as he just grit his teeth.

“Father, dammit,” He whispered as he looked down at the floor in defeat

Dash was already over at Blaze as she held back her tears as she whispered close to him.

“Please come back, I need you… please…” She said softly as she closed her eyes in utter defeat as she felt a tear slip but then something touched her face

“It would help if Loki didn’t hit me so hard,” Came a weak voice as Dash’s eyes shot open and saw one, barely opened crimson eye looking back, this did it

She then grabbed Blaze in a tight hug as she wept into his chest as many began to cheer out to them both as Neckros shook his head in annoyance as Oak helped to sit him up.

"So... that was a thing," Neckros said as he chuckled, Blaze then smiled back

“I know, but right now… I feel very weak, and I could really use some rest,” He said as Neckros nodded and instantly fell asleep as many laughed, Blaze then pulled Dash off him

“I-I thought…” She tried to say as he smiled happily at her

“I made a promise, and it’s one I plan to keep,” He said before kissing her, much to everyone’s whistling and clapping

All Blaze could think about was her, since they first met, how even through the most difficult hardships, she stayed by him, and now it was over, finally it was over. And Blaze couldn’t be happier.

To Be Continued in the Epilogue…

Chapter 18 Epilogue

Phantoms of the Truth

Epilogue

*Location: Canternlot Castle, 1 Month Later*

It has been over 1 month since it all ended, Seer was gone and the world was finally at peace. Today marks the loss of a dear friend, but also a new beginning.

Blaze sat looking at himself in the mirror as he sighed. Neckros was busy cleaning Erika, Loki looked like his suit was cleaned to perfection and Serafin dawned her golden armour.

“I know you’re watching, Overlord, I know that I can’t stop looking for answers, or for you,” Blaze thought before Loki tapped his shoulder

“Stop. Thinking. It’s bad for you,” He mocked as Blaze rolled his eyes and moved to face them all

“Sorry, but I can’t help but wonder what he’s planning, I know this is far from over, but…” Blaze trailed off as Loki patting him on the head got his attention

“Well for now, let’s enjoy these mortals praising us for a job well done, that and for Pinkie,” Loki said normally as the rest all nodded as Blaze sighed heavily before activating his armour

“Let’s do this,” He said as they walked towards the door before Blaze stopped "I can think! ain't nothing wrong with that!?"

"Oh gods its worse than we thought," Loki mumbled to the rest as they nodded in agreement as Blaze's eye twitched before he burst out in anger

"I swear if you weren't under a contract, i'd kill you, Loki!" He yelled as he laughed whist avoiding the swings of his punches

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As the massive doors opened, everyone looked to see the group walk in. Loki and Oak were at the back, Serafin and Neckros were in front and Blaze leading, his gaze in his armour kept looking at the new leader of Equestria, Twilight.

As they approached, Twilight and the others smiled brightly at them as they waited for them to stand at attention and then Twilight began.

“There’s many things that ive learned over the years, a lot ive gained over the years from all the help of my friends and family. But when I see you all, I am reminded of how much Friendship and happiness means to all individuals.”

“From Nightmares and cyborgs. To Humans and Gods. From friends to loved ones. It is with this honour as your ruler, your friend, that I knight you all as saviors of this world and beyond its borders.”

“You have all fought for so much, there’s nothing I truly give, other than my deepest respect and kindness.”

With that everyone cheered for the gang as the all bowed to Twilight, Neckros giving Blueblood, who was standing in the corner as he glared that them, a wink as he spat and walked away.

Then the room fell silent again as Twilight motioned for Blaze to speak as he gulped and slowly he began.

“I'm not someone who should be seen as the hero, for ive never done anything that heroic and i doubt i ever will, fear and loss always follows someone like me, like a bad luck charm, but you know what i say to everyone here?" Blaze began as some looked at him with confusion but listened intently

"Fear is not a weakness, it only proves you're strong enough to admit it and move past it, that's why if you feel as if your back is against the wall and the shadows lurk from all sides, don't ever be sit there in fear, keep smiling because if you gave up there and then, then what was the point in fighting for so long!?"

"I'll never know if i'll see a day where i'm not constantly surrounded by shadows, i know i'll most likely die alone, but i'll keep smiling, for those i fought for, and the ones who died- no, instead for the people who i can still save, they're the heroes, because they give me the courage and will to keep trying, despite what the world thinks,"

"I'll never stop, and neither should you," Blaze ended as the room remained silent

Then slowly clapping began to echo out, then everyone, even the people behind him were cheering. Blaze felt a smile form under his mask as he saw KAI appear.

“Well said,” He said whist clapping

“I have my moments,” Blaze responded as Loki hung his arm around Blaze’s neck as Neckros jumped to his side with Serafin also. KAI also into tiny sprite form, sat on Blaze’s head and Oak sat beside them

“YEA, THE PARADOX KNIGHTS ARE HERE FOREVER!!!” Neckros yelled as Serafin rolled her eyes

"The Paradox Knights?" Blaze asked as Neckros nodded

"It be the name will be titled as for years onwards!" Neckros cheered as Loki did also, then Serafin sighed

“I still think we could have thought of a better name,” Serafin added as Blaze nudged her

“Let them have their moment,” Blaze said with a playful tone as she smiled

“Fine, then I’m taking a month off or so,” She said with a nod as the rest laughed

KAI then vanished as Blaze saw the text show up on his HUD.

“So, are you going to ask her yet?” KAI asked as Blaze sighed

“Soon, I guess it’s time for me to put the nail in the coffin then,” He said as the party went on

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Then, the legend of The Paradox Knights grew to the far reaches of the world, their tales continuing to this day. As said, even the smallest spark and ignite hope in doubtful hearts, and even in the darkest of creatures.

But don’t fret, this will only last so long, so enjoy your peace, for I’ll be there to run it dry, till nothing remains. Without your guidance, what hope could you possibly have?

Till we face each other, at the ends of the earth. Blaze.

To Be Continued Next Season.

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