-Foal Mountain-

“Finally managed to get away from there,” Dusk groaned as he flew away from his castle. But not before getting dressed and taking off for his destination in Foal Mountain. Dusk was now dressed in a set of khaki shorts, a plain white t-shirt and a fedora hat as he flew away from Ponyville.

It was a lovely cloudy afternoon by the time Dusk reached the foot of the mountain, and as he got closer to where his other half felt the strange power coming from. His mind became clouded as his thoughts drifted back to Chrysalis and how she acted earlier. He was sure Chrysalis left for the Crystal Empire by now, disguised as a mare who was to be a guest visiting the castle under his name. She was already taking steps towards becoming a better mare. Now, he just has to work on the others, but that will have to wait. Now, his thoughts were now focused on the presence he was checking out in Foal Mountain.

“Here it is, Foal Mountain,” Dusk said as he touched down on the ground by the mountainside near a rock quarry. Dusk had a small trip down memory lane as he recalled how he and his friends had to deal with an adult dragon that decided to use this mountain as a resting place for him and his hoard. An after everyone failed one after the other, it was Fluttershy being the one to step up and get the big guy to move somewhere else. He shook himself from his thoughts and set his backpack on the ground.

“Better re-check my supplies.” Dusk opened his backpack to look at the supplies he brought with him. He had a large canteen of water, a compass, a handheld Richter scale that he created himself. A charted map of the mountain and the surrounding area, a headlamp to tie around his hat with spare batteries, a handheld temperature gauge to test how hot or cold the air becomes, and a small metal case to carry the gems he promised Barb.

“Okay other me, we’re here. Where’s this strange presence you’ve been sensing?” He added, looking down at his necklace that his mother gave him.

“Yeah, yeah. Keep your shirt on.” Demon Dusk groaned. “I only know that it’s in Foal Mountain. As to where I’m not sure.”

“Glad to see you’re as helpful as ever,” Dusk said sarcastically. “So where do we start first?” He asked his other half.

“We should find an entrance that will hopefully lead us to whatever is here.” Demon Dusk remarked making Dusk groan.

“‘Hopefully’? Do you have any idea what we are looking for?”

“I already told you I don’t,” Demon Dusk remarked in an irritated tone at Dusk. “Unless you can find a way in the mountain, I can only guide you to it if I’m close enough.”

“How is this not close enough?” Dusk growled.

“Hey, don’t blame me,” Demon Dusk remarked. “Whoever buried it here, sure didn’t want anyone to find it, and I don’t even know who buried it here.”

“You’re either messing with me or just wasting my time.”

“Maybe I am, maybe I’m not. But I’m not kidding when I say the presence that I’m feeling is in this mountain, but where inside I do not know.”

“How in Tartarus do you not know where it is when you told me it was here!?” Dusk shouted as he punched a flat part of the mountain. Suddenly the wall he punched in front of him began to depress into the wall of the mountain.

“What the heck?” He said as the wall glowed a bright orange, magical runes appeared on the depression. “Magical runes? Here?” Dusk asked in confusion. “Why are there runes here?”

“Still think I’m messing around about what’s here?” Demon Dusk asked in a sarcastic tone. “Somepony must’ve really wanted to keep whatever was here hidden.”

“Yeah, but the question is, who did and why?” Dusk wondered as he pondered on the runes that were left behind on the mechanism. The sound of a wall moving suddenly caught his attention and he watched as a section of the mountain wall moved, revealing a hidden cavern inside.

“Well now, that’s interesting.” Dusk remarked

“Interesting is an understatement,” Demon Dusk remarked. “Either something very valuable or dangerous must be here if runes were in place was made to keep others out.”

“But why did it open?” Dusk asked in confusion. “The mechanism I get, but the runes should have kept it from opening, and all I did was touch them? This doesn’t make any sense.”

“Well, it can’t be that stallion you idolize so much.”

“You mean Starswirl the Bearded.” Dusk replied as he continued to examine the runes that were on the stone slab. “Now that you mention it, this does look to be ancient Equestrian, but this isn’t his handwriting.”

“Well now I’m even more interested,” Demon Dusk remarked. “Makes me wonder what we’ll find inside.”

“You would be,” Dusk groaned. “At first, I thought you were only wasting my time. But now, seeing these ancient Equestrian runes tells me there is something significant here.”

“Then are you done wasting time talking, or do you have anything else you want to say?”

“Oh, can it already,” Dusk remarked. “I don’t need you to tell me to go into some cave when something is there. Let’s just get this over with, so I don’t have to worry about it later.”

With their conversation over, Dusk put on his headlamp, pulled out his handheld Richter scale from his bag and walked into the hidden passageway. After taking a few steps, however, Dusk heard a click and turned around to see the door start to close. Dusk was expecting this and turned on the headlamp right as the door leading out sealed itself shut.

“And of course, the mysterious door we know nothing about closes behind us,” Dusk said sarcastically. “What’s next, a menacing ancient evil at the end of this tunnel?”

“You love to tempt fate, don’t you?” Demon Dusk asked in a sarcastic tone.

“Whatever…” Dusk groaned as he began to explore the cave. He seemed to have entered a very long corridor that was very long and wide. He continued to walk forward, looking at the wall for any clues as to what could be inside. Unfortunately, the walls were bare. So he kept going until he came across a large door in front of him.

“What is this?” Dusk asked confused. The door was covered with strange markings. It almost looked like a giant puzzle.

“Huh… looks to be some type of puzzle,” Demon Dusk said in confusion. “Guess this means we’re getting closer.”

“You think?” Dusk asked in a sarcastic tone. “I wonder what kind of puzzle this is.”

“Well, we better figure it out,” Demon Dusk remarked. “I don’t want to end up like them.”

“Them who?”

“The three guys on your right.”

Dusk looked over and saw three pony skeletons lying against the wall. What nearly made Dusk piss his pants was that one of them had a massive spike running through its skull. Judging by how old they were, it was around the time Luna was banished. Each one was also of a different race of the three pony tribes.

“What the Tartarus happened to them?” Dusk asked in shock.

“Apparently they failed to find the solution to this puzzle,” Demon Dusk replied. “So, be careful. We might only get one shot at this.”

“Uuuhh, maybe we should turn back,” Dusk said in a fearful tone. “This cave is starting to give me the creeps.”

“Have you forgotten,” Demon Dusk started, almost in a deadpan tone. “That the door is behind us currently locked? That we are currently trapped? Besides, remember what I warned you about yesterday? So now we have no choice but to press forward.”

“Well, when you put it that way.” Dusk sighed as he looked at the puzzle on the door. Upon closer inspection, he noticed something off with the puzzle. “Wait a minute…” He thought out loud. “The matching symbols… they represent day and night… this puzzle seems easy… too easy for a puzzle in this death trap.” Dusk said in confusion.

“There you go!” Demon Dusk remarked. “Now you’re using your brain.”

“Your vote of confidence is so inspiring,” Dusk replied sarcastically. He continued to examine the puzzle until he noticed the engraved writing at the bottom. “Great... more ancient Equestrian...”

“Didn’t you study this back when you were younger?” Demon Dusk asked in a sarcastic tone, causing Dusk to groan.

“It’s been awhile okay? I’m gonna have to read this the best I can remember,” Dusk remarked as he read the engraving at the bottom of the puzzle.

‘I'm the wake of light, darkness slithers, but when the night wakes above, the light shall be its guide.‘

“What in Tartarus does that mean?” Demon Dusk asked in a confused tone.

“I’m not sure…” Dusk said confused. “Who does he mean by ‘darkness slithers’?”

“Huh… I know one thing. Feels like these guys were trying to be a shadow with all these clues,” Demond Dusk added. That was when it hit Dusk.

“Shadows… that’s it!” Dusk looked at the riddle again. “He is talking about shadows. When the light shines darkness slithers. He's talking when the shadows are formed.” He then looked at the second riddle. “And if that's the case when the riddle says with the night shines above the light be its guide. He's talking about the-”

“The moon.” Demon Dusk remarked at the symbol that was near the bottom.

“So that’s how it's done,” Dusk added as he used his magic to move each of the pieces to match. The puzzle reminded him of strange dials that had to be set up. When Dusk was finished, the moon was above the sun while the sun was below the moon.

“There,” Dusk said as she finished the puzzle. The mechanical sounds of a click soon followed, and the puzzle door soon started moving around. The sun and moon rotated until it soon stopped with a clunk and the door in front of him opened.

“There, see what happens when you use that brain of yours?”

“I don't need your sarcasm, asshole.” Dusk groaned.

“Why insult me when you should be thanking me?” Demon Dusk Remarked. “If I hadn’t said something, you would’ve either have been stuck or been killed.”

“Whatever, let’s just hurry so we can do what we came here to do.” Dusk remarked as he entered the room to explore the next chamber of the cave.

-Maze Trap-

“Woah…” Dusk said as he entered the cave that opened up after finding a mechanism. The entire cave looked to be pretty big. Several large pathways were stretched across the entire cavern. Twenty being in total around the entire room, and each area looked very detailed from the old markings surrounding the room. “I don’t think even I would’ve noticed this.”

“So you admit that you’re stupid?” Demon Dusk remarked sarcastically, making Dusk grind his teeth.

“You’re just asking me to think of some form of torture for you aren’t you?” Dusk groaned, glaring at his amulet.

“No need to be so edgy,” Demon Dusk jokes. “Learn to take a joke.”

“Let’s just see what’s down here in this place,” Dusk groaned, entering the chamber. After taking a few steps into the dark cavern, he puts on his headlamp and turns it on illuminating the chamber in a beam of light.

“Hah! Dusk Shine one, mysterious hidden cave zero!” He said smugly, but it wasn’t going to last long. As soon as he takes two steps in the cave, his headlamp goes out like a cheap birthday candle.

“OH COME ON!!!” Dusk shouted.

“Well, isn’t that Ironic,” Demon Dusk remarked. “So despite being prepared, you weren’t prepared for a cheap knockoff of a headlamp.”

“SHUT UP YOU!!!” Dusk shouted, glaring at his necklace. “Guess I’ll have to use my magic to look around.” He then uses his magic to light up the room, only for it to sputter out leaving the alicorn surprised in confusion.

“What the...but how is that possible?” Dusk said. “How am I not able to use my magic here?”

“Something here is blocking your magic,” Demon Dusk replied.

“What the?” Dusk said as he hears his Richter scale going off, the digital needle was moving wildly on the little device. “What’s going on?”

“I’m not sure, but I think that statue would have something to do with what’s going on,” Demon Dusk replied.

“What do you mean?” Dusk asked.

“Look to your right…” His darker half replied. Dusk does what his other half asked, and he saw what looked like dragon statue in the center of the room. It was the around Celestia’s height, but what really had his attention though, was a large glowing amethyst crystal inside the skull of the statue.

“This must be what’s blocking my magic.” Dusk said in response.

“Looks like I can’t help you then.” Demon Dusk replied. “My magic is blocked here as well.”

“So basically, I have to choose which one?” Dusk asked as he looked at all of the tunnels in front of him.

“It looks that way.”

“Luckily, I came prepared with a compass,” Dusk said, setting his backpack down on the floor. He opens his bag proudly as he pulled out his compass. He pushes the button on top and looks at it, only for it to spin out of control. “What the fuck?”

“So much for coming prepared.”

“Shut up you!” Dusk yelled at his necklace. “Something must be interfering with the polarity of my compass.”

“Well, maybe the guy sold you a cheap one to make a quick bit.” He joked.

“You have to make a joke at everything I say?” Dusk growled.

“Yes, yes I do.” Demon Dusk remarked. “So, now since your fancy toys aren’t working now what do we do?”

“Will you shut up and let me think?” Dusk replied in an irritated tone. He decided to walk towards the statue to see what could help him since his compass wasn’t going to with it acting crazy.

“Hm?” Dusk said as he noticed some writing on the base of the statue. “More ancient Equestrian.”

“Great…well smartass, what does it say?” Demon Dusk remarked, making Dusk growl.

“If you weren’t a part of me right now, it would have you castrated.” Dusk threatened.

“Oh just read it…” Demon Dusk said impatiently, and Dusk only groaned.

“Okay… looks like it says… ‘Whatever's in the darkness always comes into the light, what lies beyond you is hidden in a line of sight.’”

“What’s that supposed to mean?”

“I don’t know.” Dusk remarked. “I’m not the one who made any of these stupid riddles.” Dusk then looks around the room trying to see any clue that could help him. He then notices on each of the cave entrances had different marks.

“I guess I’ll just have to pick one and hope it’s the right one,” Dusk responded.

“Oh...like I haven’t thought of that…” Demon Dusk said in a sarcastic tone.

“Could you go one hour without talking?” Dusk asked in annoyance.

“No.”

“Of course…” Dusk groaned. He then picked a tunnel and began to walk through it. After a minute, Dusk came out of the tunnel and found another cavern similar to the previous one.

“Wait, more caverns?” Dusk asked in confusion. The interior was more or less the same as when Dusk left the first room. “Why aren’t we in another room?”

“I don’t think this a different cave Dusk.”

“What’re you talking about?”

“Look at the statue.” Dusk looked up and was very confused to see the exact same statue from before. “Wasn’t that the same statue from the earlier cave we were in?”

“Wait, what?” Dusk asked, and now he was even more confused. He walked up to the statue again, and his other half was right. It was indeed the same statue with the same riddle. “Why is this cave similar to the one we were just in?”

“Oh, I don’t know, maybe because we walked in a circle?” Demon Dusk said in a sarcastic tone.

“How?” Dusk said in anger. “We walked straight forward through the cave, so I don’t know how we went in a complete circle.”

“I’m the one stuck to your soul, so you figure it out."

“How about we just try another cave and see if it works?”

“Oh sure try another cave entrance and hope it works, that is so helpful.” Demon Dusk said sarcastically.

“Shut up…” Dusk groaned as he walked up to another tunnel. He ignored what his other half tried to say and just pushed forward. When he sees another light at the end, he opens his eyes.

“What the…” He groaned as he wound up back in the same cavern. “This doesn’t make any sense, how did we end up back here?”

“Why’re you asking me?” Demon Dusk remarked in a blunt tone. “I’m not the one who made this crazy trap.”

“That was rhetorical you asshole…” Dusk groaned. “Let’s just try another cave and see if that does anything.” With that Dusk walked into another tunnel, only to find himself back in the same chamber before.

“Oh come on this can’t be right, how are we back here?”

“Maybe you took a wrong turn.”

“Your confidence in me is soooo helpful...” Dusk said sarcastically.

“I try… So what are we supposed to do? Each of the tunnels you went in kept bringing us back here.”

“We keep going until we find the way out of here.”

“Something is clearly blocking us from advancing and it only keeps leading us back here.”

“Well a bunch of tunnels isn’t going to keep me from getting through, or my name isn’t Dusk Shine.”

“But your name is Dusk Shine…”

“I know that, let’s just figure out where the exit is, so I don’t have to listen to your peanut gallery.” Dusk said frustrated. He then picked another tunnel and walked through it, confident that he can get out of the room, but that confidence deflated the second he found himself back in the same cavern. Dusk then tries at least five more times choosing different caves, but they all led him back to the same room.

“Are you kidding me?” Dusk shouted in frustration as he was led back into the same chamber for a total of at least ten times. “Ungh, how does every path I take leads me back here?” Dusk groaned. In frustration, he kicks a nearby rock into one of the caves and out of nowhere, it returned from the cave.

“The heck?” Dusk then picks up the rock and throws it at the cave again. This time, his other half felt a small pulse of magic behind him and saw that the rock reappeared outside of the cave. “What’s going on?” Dusk asked himself.

“Dusk” Demon dusk replied. “Do what you did again, but throw it behind you.”

“What’re you getting at?”

“You’ll thank me when you do…”

“I swear if you’re messing with my head…”

“Just throw the damn rock already.”

“Fine.” Dusk then picked up a rock and turned to the statue and threw the rock at the cave entrance, only for the statue to flash and rock to vanish in the cave. Confused by this, Dusk then heard a small thud and saw the rock appear out from one of the caves.

“What the heck happened?”

“I felt the magic from the statue when you kicked that rock in the cave earlier.” Demon Dusk remarked. “From that riddle you read, it still doesn’t make sense about being in plain sight.”

“What are you talking abo-...” Dusk then thought back to the statue and what his other half just said. “Could you repeat what you just said?”

“What, the hiding in plain sight riddle?” Demon Dusk said, and just like that, a light bulb pops over Dusk’s head.

“That’s it!” Dusk exclaimed.

“What’s it?”

“Don’t you see? ‘Hidden in plain sight’ is what it says, which is why we’ve been so lost and why we kept hitting dead ends. This isn’t a maze, it’s one single room that’s been casting illusions making it look like there were other ways out, which is why we couldn’t find the way out there never was.”

“Are you saying that I helped you again?” Demon Dusk said in a smug tone.

“Don’t push it…” Dusk said as he walked towards the statue with a determined expression. “But, if my hunch is right…”

Dusk looked at the dragon statue, the amethyst crystal glowing a deep purple on the center of its forehead. He then placed his hand on the gemstone he pulled on it but struggled to get it free.

“Having trouble there Dusk?” Demon Dusk teased.

“Zip it! It’s just... ungh...a little... ungh...stuck...uuunnnnggghh…” Dusk pulled harder on the gem until it wrenched free causing Dusk to stumble back a little.

“Ha, got it!” He exclaimed, now holding the gem in his hand. “Huh, guess I’ll be keeping Barb’s promise about finding rare gems.” Suddenly, a loud rumble was heard throughout the cave as it began to shake.

“Oh crap! what did I do?” Dusk exclaimed as he began to panic thinking he started a cave in. After a few seconds, the rumbling stopped leaving Dusk relieved at not being crushed, Seeing as it was okay, he then began to notice the room was flickering until it dissipated. Dusk was confused at first and looked around until he saw a door on the other side of the cavern.

“Alright!” Dusk said to himself. “I found a way out.”

“Technically you had my help…” Demon Dusk replied, “If not for me we’d still be stuck in this cave illusion.”

“Yeah, I guess I should thank you,” Dusk responded.

“Maybe if you let me take over, I can accept your thanks.”

“Don’t press your luck,” Dusk responded as he walked towards the door with the crystal in his hand. Dusk notices some more writing on the wall. The only problem was that it seemed illegible.

“Looks like I can’t read this one,” Dusk responded. “It's been concealed for a while.”

“Are you still able to use magic?” Demon Dusk asked. Dusk only tried to ignite his horn only for it to fizzle out in response.

.

“Looks like I still can’t…” Dusk answered. “But I think we can figure that part out later. Starlight stopped Chrysalis without her magic so I can give it a shot.” Dusk took a good look at the door. Since it was made out of ancient material, it had to be opened with something.

“Maybe this stone I picked up means something…”

“Or just a pretty rock to decorate the statue.”

“There’s got to be a way through.” Dusk examined the door carefully to see if there was something he missed. Thinking back to the gem he took out of the statue that had the riddle, he also thought back to the riddle. He takes the stone and holds it up to the door, and lo and behold, a crystal shaped hole appeared on the door.

“Okay…” Dusk reluctantly looked at the hole, and to the stone, slowly and carefully he placed the stone in the hole. Soon, the door started to glow where the crystal was placed, and several blue lines along the door showed magical runes, and soon enough, the door opened.

“Well, what do you know, it worked.”

“Were you expecting to explode or something?” Demon Dusk remarked.

“NO!!” Dusk yelled, angrily glaring at his necklace.

“Yeesh… learn to take a joke…”

“Bastard…” Dusk growled, and the sounds of the door opening stopped. Looking inside all Dusk could see was a long dark tunnel showing no end.

“Well, time to see what’s down the dark, creepy tunnel.”

“Feeling scared Dusk?”

“Actually yes, but I’m more scared if we turn back and leave whatever is down here.”

“Well, what’re we waiting for, an invitation?”

“Right, here goes.” Dusk then began walking down the dark tunnel while the door started closing behind him, forcing the alicorn to move forward, delving deeper into the mountain.

-Spike Trap-

“And it’s dark again…” Dusk groaned as he could barely see anything ahead of him after the door closed behind him. Dusk thought about using his magic again to light his way, but his horn fizzles out once again. “Oh come on! I still can’t use magic?”

“Sucks to be you.” Demon Dusk quipped.

“Shut up…” Dusk groaned. “I have something on me in case of something like this.” He followed up and set his bag on the ground. When his headlamp ran out of power, he made sure to pack some batteries in case of emergency. He pulls out two AA batteries and places it inside his headlamp and turns it on.

“There, let’s see you beat that mountain,” Dusk said smugly, only for the lamp to go out again.

“OH COME ON seriously!?” Dusk yelled in frustration.

“Despite being prepared you must have some serious bad luck.”

“Shut up!” Dusk shouted as he stomped on the ground. Suddenly he feels a slight depression of the stone and hears a click go off in the room. “What the?”

“Dusk, what did you do?” Demon Dusk asked in response.

“I don’t know,” Dusk said in confusion. “All I did was stepped on something.” Then a loud thunk resounded around the room. Along the wall, torches lit up illuminating the path ahead and behind Dusk. The sconces were really old and rusted, showing their age and deformity.

“Wow,” Dusk said as he looked around. “These areas were sealed off for a millennia, and the mechanism still works.

“Well, it was built a millennia ago genius…” Demon Dusk remarked in a mocking tone.

“Will you shut up!?” Dusk shouted, stomping his hoof in frustration, causing a stone on the floor to sink in the ground. Then another loud click was heard and the sound of moving parts coming from the walls.

“Now what’d you do?”

“I’m not sure if that was a good or bad thing,” Dusk added. A loud thud came from behind Dusk, turning around he saw a wall come down from where he came in “What the heck?”

A second later, large metal spikes jutted out of the wall and began to move slowly towards Dusk direction but began to pick up speed making his eyes go wide.

“Oh shit!” Dusk exclaimed as he started running the opposite direction.

“Why do you always fucking jinx yourself?” Demon Dusk remarked in his head.

“SHUT UP!!!” Dusk shouted as he was still running for his life. The wall came closer and closer ready to impale him. Dusk kept running as fast as he could to try and avoid an imminent death and noticed a clearing at the end of the tunnel. With newfound strength in his legs, he ran seeing the end drawing closer while the spiked wall was getting near him. Right as the wall was about to impale Dusk, he jumps out towards the small opening and barely manages to make it through. A loud clunk followed suit as the spikes hit the wall.

“Mother of Celestia…” Dusk panted as he sprawled out on the floor slowly catching his breath and the near-death experience he just had. Soon as his body somewhat relaxed, he stands up only to find himself back in the same room he was previously in.

“Wait, what?” Dusk asked in confusion. “I was just out of here,” Dusk added. He lifts one of his hoofs to move forward.

“Don’t Move!!!” Demon Dusk remarked.

“What’re you on about?” Dusk said in response.

“Since you stepping on a rock almost got us killed earlier, I think you should look down.” He replied. Dusk then looks down to see several stones on the floor. Similar to the one he stepped in previously. But while looking over them, Dusk noticed that most of the stones had the same symbol on them just like the one he stepped on.

“Crap, this just got harder than it needs to be,” Dusk said to himself. “One of these has got to be safe to step on but they all look the same, so which one should I step on?”

“Not necessarily,” Demon Dusk stated. “See all the symbols on the stones? I can see that some of them aren't the same as the rest so if you step on them you might be able to make it through without getting skewered.”

“Well it's worth a shot, let's do it,” Dusk said as he started to study the layout of the stones along with their symbols.

Once he got them all memorized, the purple alicorn started to carefully step on the stones that were different from the others which were easy since they were the minority of the stones. Step by careful step Dusk got closer and closer to the exit, and he was about halfway there when he tripped a bit and was about to fall over on the wrong stone, but was able to flap his wings fast enough to keep himself steady and regain his footing. After breathing a sigh of relief, Dusk made it through the rest of the path with no other difficulties.

“Okay, little too close…” Dusk said to himself.

“Okay, so are you gonna move forward or not?” Demon dusk remarked in a mocking tone.

“You just love being an asshole don’t you?” Dusk added, glaring at his necklace.

“I try to be even when I don’t have to.”

“Jerk…” Dusk remarked. Dusk soon found himself standing in front of the door after the room suddenly started to dissipate around him. “So that’s what happened...”

“So what do you think is back there?”

“Oh, I don’t know, maybe what we’re looking for?” Dusk said in a dark yet blunt tone.

“I was making sure you knew.” Demon Dusk responded with a light cackle.

“I hate you…” Dusk groaned.

“Aw… thank you…”

-Hidden Cavern-

“Woah…” Dusk responded as soon as the door opened. The final chamber was directly in front of them.

“Well, I’ll be damned…” Demon Dusk replied in shock.

He looked around the chamber and noticed a large glowing red crystal in the center of the room, right below its glowing orange lines pointed in all directions all the way up the walls and towards the center where the crystal resided, along with the walls strange paintings covered most of the room.

“What is all of this?” Dusk asked in amazement. He continued to study the set up of the entire room. He looked at the base and saw six horse head statues in front of each column carved out of the rock with gaping maws. Making them look like they were ancient guardians about to speak some untold secret kept inside, red crystals similar to the one in the room were embedded in the eye sockets of each statue, shining like the eyes of a demonic being waiting for the right moment to strike.

“What do you think those stone columns are for?” Demon Dusk asked.

“I don’t know.” Dusk replied. He then looked over to the walls and again noticed the strange pictures. Walking over, he examines them, and the pictures looked like they told a story and noticed a mysterious writing below each image.

“Wait...this is in ancient equestrian.” Dusk remarked. “Hmmm... this isn’t Starswirl's handwriting so it can’t be him that drew this much less his artwork.”

“Well, who do you think drew it?” Demon Dusk remarked.

“I don’t know.” he pondered. “But I remember reading a couple books about it.”

“Does that mean you can translate it?” Demon Dusk asked.

“I’ll try, but I haven’t read much about the language to fully translate it,” Dusk said as he began to read the scripture written at the bottom of each picture. “Let’s see…’” At the start of the first picture, Dusk read what he could translate as a warning.

‘I hope and pray that no one finds this, but in case someone does, in the name of Ancestor Faust, do not under any circumstances break the seal of the crystal, it’s the only thing protecting the world from her wrath.’

Dusk then reads the next line under the first picture showing what looks like a white pony mare, she was looking up at the sky and looked like she was crying at something. Then noticed the mare was looking up at a starry sky with a half crescent moon and what looked like a smudged up face and sees most of the words had faded out over time. What Dusk could read said…

'My...ster...was lonely...fell to dark...I tried to reason to her...too late...became...Moon...banish...years...prayed for her return, but I don’t know how long I can stand it...I COULD’VE DONE SOMETHING….and now I must pay the price for my mistake...I hope to see you return…’

‘There’s something very familiar about this…’ Dusk thought.

“Any clue what this is supposed to mean?”

“I’m not sure.” Dusk replied. “Maybe whoever wrote this was trying to tell someone. I won’t know unless I read more of the descriptions.” Dusk then read the next text on the second picture.

The second picture was the same white mare sitting in what appeared to be in her room looking into a mirror, what caught Dusks attention was her reflection looked different. The reflection was the mare, but she wore scarlet orange armor, making it look like flames were coming off from her body, she wore flame designed shoes, her eyes were yellow with slitted black pupils giving a menacing look to her counterpart who looked both scared, and in anguish, like she was fighting something. Dusk then read the line below.

‘It has been several years since...and my state.... isn’t doing well, every night I look up and see her looking down at me like I did to her...was more than my...she was my best friend... told each other everything... Now she’s up there without me to be there for her...cry every night when I look at the moon I...for a while I’ve been going through my duties trying to block out everything...lately ‘she’ has visited me now and always filled me with false promises...can’t let her in! I can’t!...she visited me again, and I don’t know how much longer I can hold... I feel so, so... ANGRY...I’m sorry….I failed she...broke me, and I don’t know what to do now, I lash out at anypony who comes near me...oh L...please come back to me, please...I’m so scared...I don’t want to be alone…not with 'her'’

“Wow...that poor mare.” Dusk frowned in sympathy for her. ‘I wonder who she lost that made her this sad, and who is this pony that angers her?’ he thought.

“Maybe she’s resisting something trying to take over her, and it somehow succeeded.” Demon Dusk theorized.

“Maybe...but it’s still not enough to go on, we need to read more to understand what’s happening.” Dusk stated and walked over to the third picture.

It displayed the white mare and the scarlet armored mare facing each other with their wings flared making Dusk realize they were alicorns. Their horns pointed towards each other charged with magic, Dusk looked closer and noticed the white mare had a determined look on her face while the armored mare was looking at her with a devilish smirk like she was confident to win the duel. He looked down at the writing and translated.

‘It has been a couple of months since ‘she’ nearly broke me...I have resisted her, but every day she grows stronger...had moments of weakness where ‘she’ took over my body...I would lash out...take control again...now my servants and maids fear me wherever I go, I wish...here...isn’t here. I’m on my own, and I need to find a way to break her…’she’ would try to tempt me, offering a way to give me...sister...and sometimes would try to make me sad or angry enough to let her take hold...many times she was close...I would focus and push her deep down into my mind…’she’s’ becoming stronger every day, and I grow weary every time I fight ‘her’...time until she overpowers me...I devised a plan to defeat her...used a spell I studied from Starswirl's journals and cast it on myself to draw her out of my body...challenged her to a fight, the battle was long, and I feared I would fail...I barely managed to defeat ‘her.’ Now I must think of a way to banish ‘her’ from this world forever.’

Dusk was curious about the white alicorn mare and the armored alicorn she fought, wondering what the mare had to go through to carry such a burden. He looked at the picture of the two in their face off and noticed their cutie marks, the white mares was too faded to identify, but the armored mares looked like a blazing sun with a ring of fire surrounding it.

“Hmmm well now, that looks familiar.” He said to himself. “It looks like Celestia’s cutie mark, but it’s a little different.”

“Something tells me they’re connected, remember back at the puzzle room we were in.” Demon dusk said.

“You’re right.” Dusk thought back to the dials in the puzzle room and how they were the sun and moon and how it looked similar to the princesses cutie marks. “If they are connected then maybe the white alicorn here is Celestia,” Dusk said pointing to the white alicorn on the wall. “But if that’s Celestia, then who’s the mare she’s fighting?” The alicorn asks himself looking at the armored alicorn Celestia is facing.

“We’ll need to look at the other pictures to find out, but I got to say she doesn’t look half bad to get in bed with.” Demon Dusk said with a suggestive tone.

“Of course you would think that.” Dusk deadpanned. “I don’t need any distractions right now just because you want to get your dick wet.”

“Technically it’s ‘your’ dick that would get wet.” He clarified making Dusk groan in annoyance.

“Will you just shut up now, I need to concentrate on translating this next picture,” Dusk told his incubus half.

He went to the next picture on the wall and saw Celestia and the armored alicorn, Celestia had the mare in her magical grasp and it appeared the armored mare was in anguish and looked see through while a glowing red crystal similar to the one in the chamber was above her and what looked like a rune circle. To Dusk, it appeared that the crystal was drawing her in while she was over the rune circle and was struggling. He looked down at the scripture and translated the next section.

‘I knew the day would come that ‘she’ would become stronger than me...The plan is set, and I’ve prepared myself for this moment...Day...she was strong...I fought her after drawing her out of myself...I used everything I could to defeat ‘her’...with what magic I could gather I made a sealing rune to trap... I needed a crystal to contain ‘her’...I managed to find one from one of...old archives he stored away.’

“He?” Dusk asked in puzzled confusion. “Who does she mean by 'he'?”

“Must’ve been somepony really important if she needed his help."

‘I infused the crystal with my magic so nopony but I can access it...set it up in a cavern in foal mountain, where I fought ...I went to foal mountain to cast the spell to draw her out of my body...in a final battle with my...trapped her in a rune circle and with the last of my magic, I sealed ‘her’ into the crystal...I couldn’t take ‘her’ to Canterlot because I fear of thieves and the ill-hearted...one thing I must do to keep this monster from returning and to ensure Equestria’s future to survive.’

“Canterlot?” Dusk asked as now he was even more confused.

“You sure you’re reading these markings right?” Demon Dusk scoffed.

“Of course I’m reading these right, you’re talking to the pony that has studied under Princess Celestia herself and is the Prince of Magic and Friendship,” Dusk said proudly.

“Yeesh… no need to pull out all of your titles, your highness.” Demon Dusk said in an annoyed tone.

Dusk sighed. “Let’s just see what the last picture says.” He said moving to the end of the wall where the last picture was displayed.

Dusk looked at a depiction of Celestia holding a large red crystal in her magic, inside it looked like the armored pony was encased in the crystal and being placed inside the mountain, next to the chamber was a long hallway with three separate rooms that Dusk soon realized they were the trapped rooms that he went through. Dusk thought back on all the challenges he faced and what he did to get through each of them, they all had one thing in common;

“They all challenged my wits,” Dusk said in amazement.

“What’re you talking about?” Demon Dusk asked in confusion, with a bored tone.

“Think about it. Each of these traps challenged our minds.” Dusk explained. “One of them we had to do without using magic. If I just charged through any of these traps I might have been killed.”

“True…” Demon Dusk added. “But what’s gonna happen at the end of this? Especially with who she had imprisoned in here.”

“I don’t know. She kept referring to whatever ‘she’ is as ‘her.’” Dusk added. He tries to read the last description but it showed the most wear and tear as most of the words were illegible.

“Great…. this last translation is almost illegible.” Dusk groaned, he then decided to translate what he could off of the wall.

‘...did it...day...in my trap...must be...never be found...only one place I know to take her...it’s the perfect place to keep her...personally built traps in the mountain to keep looters and curious ponies away...anti-magic crystals to block any magic user...made special channels with my magic and magma to drain...carved statues above the crystal to...and activate if she ever escaped... I sealed away deep in the mountain below where nopony would ever find her. Anypony is reading...break the seals, should anything happen...she must not escape.’

Dusk was surprised at this, he looked at each of the pictures painted on the wall and noticed how they told a story. Celestia going through the loss of her sister, how she resisted and fought the armored mare, and how armored mare was, what appears to Dusk encased in the same red crystal that is in the room. Putting the pieces together he came to one clear conclusion as to what exactly this place is.

“I finally figured out what this place was built for,” Dusk said. “It’s some kind of prison.”

“Really, it took you that long to realize that?” Demon Dusk said sarcastically.

“Will you shut up already, this is serious.” Dusk snapped.

“Thank you captain obvious. But a prison for who exactly?”

“I don’t know, but if it’s somepony dangerous enough that Celestia imprisoned her here secretly so no one can find her, I think all of Equestria would be in real trouble if she ever got out.”

“Looks that way.” Demon Dusk added. “Anyways, what do you think these statues around it are for?”

“They must be protecting what’s in the larger crystal.” Dusk followed up as he wanted to study the glowing eyes of the statues.

He walked up to the statues wanting to study them closer but failed to notice a stone he stepped on. The second he did, it began to glow, and a bright yellow rune appeared on the stone. A loud clunk was heard, and Dusk stopped, perking up his ears at the sound he looked around the room trying to find its origin. He then heard a grinding noise and looked at the statues facing the crystal, only to be turning towards Dusk their red eyes boring into him like angered guardians.

“Why are the statues moving?” Dusk asked in confusion as they were all looking at him. The eyes on each of the statues soon started getting brighter.

“Dusk, you might want to run.” Demon Dusk replied.

“Why?” Dusk asked. He got his answer when. ZAP. A beam of magic flew inches from Dusk nearly hitting him. Ducking from the beam he looked up at the rest of the statues with their eyes shining brightly, Dusk shined his horn to cast a barrier on himself only for it to sputter out, he looked back at the statues as a look of panic grew on his face.

“Oh...SHIT!”

ZAP...ZAP...ZAP...ZAP...ZAP...ZAP...ZAP...ZAP...ZAP...ZAP...ZAP...ZAP! Red beams of magic bombarded Dusk as he scrambled to find something to get behind. He sees a rock at one end of the room and sprints over to it while frantically ducking, jumping, and weaving from the magical beams until he makes it and flushes himself against the rock.

“SINCE WHEN DO STATUES START FUCKING SHOOTING AT YOU?!” Dusk shouted.

“Well it could be worse, the room could start filling with lava.” Demon Dusk said.

“You’re not helping!” Dusk snapped. “At least I don’t have to worry about those statues now,” Dusk said until one of the beams hit the rock Dusk was hiding behind and melted the entire rock. Dusk was frozen in place and instantly started to run around the room dodging the beams of magic from turning him into a pile of ashes.

ZAP...ZAP...ZAP...ZAP…”GREAT, NOW WHAT DO WE DO?!” ZAP...ZAP...ZAP...ZAP...ZAP “I DON’T KNOW...ZAP...ZAP…HOW MUCH LONGER...ZAP...ZAP...ZAP...I CAN TAKE!” Dusk panted. He kept dodging the statues aim for a few minutes, knowing if he doesn’t think of something now, he’ll be sent to oblivion.

“HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO GET OUT OF THIS!!?” Dusk yelled as he leaped to avoid a beam that almost took off his left arm and fell to the ground. He jumped back up and noticed a glint in the corner of his eye he looked over and noticed his handheld mirror Rarity gave to him as a gift since she wanted him to be presentable when he became a prince.

“That’s it!” He exclaimed. He snatched it up and thought of how he can get himself out of this.

“What are you gonna do, touch up a little with your girly mirror for your funeral?” Demon Dusk joked.

“No... I’m going to save us using this.” Dusk said as he jumped away from another magic beam.

“How’s a damn pocket mirror suppose to save us from FUCKING LASERS!!?”

“Like this,” Dusk said as one of the statues aimed at him and fired another magical beam towards him. He then brought up the mirror towards the beam, hitting the reflective surface and bouncing off. The beam flew around the room bouncing off of the walls, the columns, the crystal until it finally caught one of the stone statues shooting at him destroying it in a shower of dust and pebbles. The resulting destruction causes a chain reaction with the rest of the statues also exploded from the blast as well.

“Thank Celestia that worked.” He said to himself as he looked at the pocket mirror that Rarity gave him. “And thank you Rarity for this pocket mirror.” He sighed.

“Are you done with your little victory?” Demon Dusk said in a cold tone.

“Yeah, why?” Dusk asked him. “Also what’s with the sudden tone of voice?”

“You remember on how you mentioned the mare in a prison?”

“Yeah…”

“Well, now we have another problem thanks to that little stunt you made.” Demon Dusk followed up. Dusk was at first confused until he thought about what he did. His face immediately turns pale.

“Oh no... don’t tell me…” He looks around the room and sees all the statues completely destroyed. Some of the walls had pieces of debris jutting out, but the trap that had the lava flow stopped thanks to a piece of stone lodged in it right below where the crystal stood.

“Smooth move genius…” Demon Dusk remarked. “You just said that this was the only thing keeping her here.”

“Well excuse me since I don't want to get incinerated!” Dusk exclaimed while glaring at his necklace.

“Uuhhh...you might want to hold that thought, cause I feel like things are about to much worse.” Demon Dusk stated.

“Worse! How could things get any worse for me?!” Dusk yelled, when suddenly his portable Richter scale starts blaring, The needle moving wildly as the ground began to rumble, causing the room to shake violently.

“What the…” Dusk muttered he then saw the crystal begin to glow a bright crimson a loud hum coming from it when suddenly a crack formed on the crystal. Dusk felt a surge of energy wash over him and began to panic as more cracks began to develop on the crystalline surface. Dusk looked at his Richter scale and notices the needle moving erratically until it shorted out and broke in Dusks hand, falling apart in several pieces.

“You just had to fucking say that didn’t you?” Demon Dusk remarked.

“Shut up okay?” Dusk said to his other half as he looked back to the crystal seeing more cracks forming across the surface of it and the lava in the channels moving towards it at what seemed to be a faster pace.

Soon enough, the crystal began to rise up and float growing in power, the lava pooling beneath the crystal and being absorbed into it like some kind of sponge. As more and more lava was absorbed, the room started to rise in temperature nearly to the point where sweat coated Dusk as he felt his body being cooked from the intense heat.

Suddenly Dusk was thrown back towards the wall. Slightly dazed, he was able to shake it off and look up to see the giant crystal began to fracture more and shine brighter and brighter like a beacon. He tried to stand up and shield his eyes from the shining light, but suddenly a loud crack was heard, and pieces of the red crystal started to fall off, littering the floor like shards of glass. A shockwave from the shattering crystal throws Dusk further back against the wall and slumped against it.

“Argh… Celestia that hurts…” Dusk groaned as he rubbed the back of his head.

“Celestia….” The voice growled. A sudden wall of heat soon erupted around the room. Dusk was sweating profusely from the intense heat radiating from the crystal and radiating around the room.

“Yeesh,” Demon Dusk remarked. “You mention a mare’s name and whoever is in there already sounds pissed.”

“Me and my big mouth,” Dusk muttered, the grew hotter and more cracks splintered along the crystal shining brightly until it explodes shattering into thousands of pieces falling away like rain. Dusk freaks out as most of the shards were heading in his directions. Despite that, he brings up his bag to shield himself from most of the shards that pelted his bag. Feeling some pieces graze him, he stays down waiting for it to stop until the shards hitting him stopped.

“Okay, that was too close…” Dusk said in relief. Dusk then inspects his pack and sees several tears in it. A frown shows on his face as he finds his compass was broken, the canteen was punctured, the metal case had several holes and dents in it from the shards, and his temperature gauge was destroyed, all except for his headlamp which miraculously remained intact.

“Great… there’s goes my promise to Barb, and now I have no water to drink.”

“Uuhhh… Dusk, you might want to look forward.”

“What?” Dusk said as he looked up and saw a wall of flames engulf the area where the crystal stood. Dusk feeling something behind the fire, squinting to see what was there. A sinister cackle was heard making Dusk shiver in place, then a pair of dark eyes pierced through the flames along with a mouth that was grinning menacingly like a demon from Tartarus.

“Uh oh…” Dusk said to himself in fear. The eyes suddenly move forward with a glare, and an orange armored hoof stepped out from the flames. Then a leg emerges covered in a heavy yet stylish armored hoof greave with a blazing sun on it, then the flames begin to disperse showing more of the pony's body as it stepped further.

‘It can’t be…’ Dusk thought to himself. The pony continues moving forward, and Dusk instantly knows it’s a mare from the pair of KK cup breasts covered by a scarlet red-orange metal bustier chest plate adorned with blazing sun etched on the crest around her collar. Her midriff was an ivory white just like Celestia’s and was exposed with a toned stomach along with her wide child-bearing hips, displaying a blazing scarlet sun as her cutie mark which was also similar to Celestia’s cutie mark.

Down below, her toned yet very shapely legs were exposed to the world while her mare hood was covered by an armored codpiece covering her front and sandwiched between what Dusk could describe as a pair of perfect round cheeks. From what he could tell at the front connected by two metal clasps extending all the way up to her chest piece forming a long triangle. On her arms was a pair of scarlet styled gauntlets, and the final kicker was her scarlet helmet on her head with a red gem at the base of her horn. Surrounding it was what Dusk thought was a blazing inferno that was her mane and tail billowing out like it could make anything catch on fire just from looking at it

Dusk was shocked. That very mare was standing in front of him right now was Daybreaker. The very same mare that Starlight saw in her dream when she fought Nightmare Moon.

“I can’t believe it, Starlight’s nightmare was so accurate on the mare she's actually standing in front of me right now,” Dusk said to himself in shock.

'Whoa...she is one fine piece of ass I wouldn’t mind claiming.' Demon Dusk said lustfully.

‘REALLY!!? YOU’RE THINKING ABOUT THAT NOW, NOT THE PART WHERE SHE COULD TURN US INTO A PILE OF ASHES!!?’ Dusk yelled internally.

'Well, we claimed the other villainesses and a phoenix.’ Demon Dusk remarked.

‘THAT IS ON YOU, NOT ME YOU OVERGROWN SEX DEVIANT!!!’ Dusk mentally shouted.

‘Guilty’ He replied.

‘What is wrong with-’

“Finally free again… after all this time…” The mare’s voice rang out in a motherly tone. To Dusk it sounded more demonic, yet it reminded him of Celestia, but it wasn’t. What stood before them was a nine-foot ten-inch alicorn mare that looked almost exactly like his mentor.

‘I think I really fucked up this time.’ Dusk said in his head.

‘Ya think?’ Demon Dusk remarked.

“Where am I?” Daybreaker remarked. She scanned the room, curiously noticing the scorch marks from the statues. Squinting her eyes, she sees the broken statues and picks up one of the destroyed heads. A dark smile appears across her face as she suddenly crushes the stone into dust. Looking up, she sees the paintings on the wall. She walked over to the paintings depicting her and Celestia.

“That’s right…” Daybreaker recalled with a menacing growl. “My weaker half sealed me away… But now that I’m free, it’s payback time.” She snarled, her teeth bared, and her horn sparked up to life. She touches the wall with her armored hand, and immediately the entire wall started to slowly melt away in the intense heat the rock turning red into molten lava. After thirty seconds, she pulls away from the wall, and all that was left on the wall was a large puddle of molten rock that dribbled down to the floor like melted ice cream. Daybreaker stared at the blackened wall, a menacing smile on her face.

“Soon Celestia... you’ll be next…and I’ll take all those you hold dear and burn them to ashes.” She added with a sinister grin. Dusk’s face immediately turns pale. He immediately regretted coming here with the tyrant that he may have just unleashed.

‘I need to get out of here…’ Dusk thought to himself as he tried to sneak out of the room. He needed to tell his friends and the others what happened if they were going to stop her.

“And just where do you think you’re going?” Daybreaker called out in a bone-chilling tone. Dusk immediately froze in place as he slowly turned his head to the menacing glare of Daybreaker boring into him like a spear.

“Well well, it seems I have an uninvited guest, and a male alicorn no less,” Daybreaker said menacingly walking over to Dusk, her shoes clacking on the rocky floor as she got closer. Dusk was scared out of his mind right now. He had no way of defending himself from her since he still couldn't use his magic, but he wasn't sure how she was able to use hers. Shaking himself from his thought, Dusk panicked and scrambled for the entrance, desperate to escape from this mare. Before he could reach it, a wall of fire appeared right in front of him, nearly searing his fur and blocking his only way out of this prison.

“Now, now,” She replied with a snicker. “Can’t have you running away, especially since I have you to thank for freeing me.”

“What? What are you talking abo-?” Dusk then remembered the crystal and the statues he destroyed. Connecting the dots, Dusk eyes grew when he realized the statues were meant not to keep someone out, but keep someone in.

“Oh...fuck.” He swore to himself of the potential disaster he released on the world. A shadow loomed over his form, and Dusk shook himself out of his thoughts seeing that Daybreaker was right in front of him, she towered over him almost like a giant that easily step on him.

“That’s right…” Daybreaker remarked. “But I must admit, this is my first time seeing a male alicorn after so long. I thought that was impossible. Tell me, who are you?”

“I’m Celestia's former student turned prince.” Dusk replied. “But who are you?” He asked as a follow-up question.

“Aw, I’m hurt Celestia wouldn’t mention anything about me, but I’m not surprised,” Daybreaker remarked. “I am Daybreaker, soon to be the ruler of all of Equestria.” She then brought a hand under Dusks chin, turning his head to the side. She examined him, a thoughtful look on her face towards the alicorn like he was a piece of piece of meat ready to be cut up. She let go of him, a satisfied smile on her lips.

“I must admit, you are surprisingly well built for somepony so young.” She added. “And with how you were able to find me all the way out here, I may as well tell you how I was planning to break out.”

“How were you planning that exactly?” Dusk asked.

“You see those channels there?” She pointed over to the orange lines that covered the floor.

“Yeah, what about them?” Dusk stated confused.

Daybreaker snorted in annoyance. “Those are lava channels, they connect to my prison and to the ground deep in this mountain. Celestia manipulated the lava channels here charged with her magic to flow from my prison into the mountain and divert my magic into it, keeping me from escaping. But luckily, in my final fight with Celestia, I was able to snag a little something to help in my escape.” Daybreaker followed up that claim by taking pulling a lock of Celestia’s ‘regal’ mane from her armor plate.

“That’s part of Celestia’s mane,” Dusk said in shock, only to feel his throat grabbed by Daybreaker.

“That’s right.” She followed up. “I was using this to as a focusing lens for so long, gathering my magic over time to aid in my escape, but then you come along and practically speed up my process for me.” Daybreaker soon starts squeezing down on his neck.

“Argh!!” Dusk groaned in response as he felt his neck slowly getting crushed by Daybreakers armored hand.

“Such a shame I have to kill you. If you weren’t Celestia’s student, then maybe I would’ve made you my servant.” She then tightened her grip on Dusks neck. Dusk struggled to breathe as he started to feel lightheaded. “But I have a grudge with her, and me bringing your dead corpse will only hurt her even more, and I intend to make her pay for what she did to me.”

Dusk felt like he was going to die. He had no magic to defend himself, no way of contacting his friends, and no way of telling his herd mates of what’s gonna happen to him or what would happen if he wasn’t there when his foals are born. Dusk saw blackness in the corners of his vision and was starting to go limp. Just as Dusk was about to succumb to his fate, Daybreaker suddenly drops him to the ground. Relieved, Dusk coughed and gasped trying to refill his lungs with precious air. Using his hands and knees, Dusk tried to get up. But felt very weak after having the life choked out of him. He looks up and notices Daybreaker was shaking, her legs wobbling, and it looked like she was panting hard and then slumps to the floor on her hands and knees, her wings fluttering in agitation.

“Urgh...Dammit…” Daybreaker groaned as a blush formed across her face. Dusk was confused as to what was wrong with her, but his other half seemed to have other ideas.

“Well, you turned out lucky…” Demon Dusk remarked in a lust filled tone.

“What’re you talking about?” Dusk coughed looking down at his amulet.

“I think it’s pretty obvious what is wrong with her right now since she dropped you…” He added. “She may have anger towards Celestia, but she practically reeks of lust right now.”

“What?” He followed up. He turns back to Daybreaker and saw that she did look like she was in pain. What caught Dusk’s attention was the fact that she was leaking from the armored thong she was wearing.

“Um, are you okay?” He asked walking over to Daybreaker. He is suddenly thrown back against the wall by Daybreaker who just glares back at him intensely. Dusk tried to get up only to have his movements frozen in place by a magical red barrier.

“The fuck did you do to me you little bastard?” She growled, still having him trapped in a barrier.

“I didn’t do anything…” Dusk said in defense.

“Well...you had to have… done something… to me…” Daybreaker panted, barely able to speak with the pain between her legs suddenly growing worse.

“I’m telling you I haven’t done anything.”

“You’re right… we didn’t...” Demon Dusk remarked, making Dusk look down at his amulet.

‘What’re you talking about?’ Dusk asked his other half.

“She doesn’t realize it Dusk, but she’s in heat…” Demon Dusk replied. “And the scent she’s giving off is... luscious...”

‘Wait... WHAT?!!!’ Dusk mentally exclaimed. ‘You’re telling me I have a psycho alicorn that wants to kill me and DOESN’T KNOW SHE’S IN HEAT?!!!’

“She was sealed for 1000 years Dusk…” Demon Dusk remarked in a blunt tone. “She probably doesn’t know what sex is like. Must be all of her cycles coming into one if it’s this bad.”

“Well, how do I tell her that without her trying to turn me into charcoal?” Dusk shouted in response, catching Daybreaker’s attention.

“Who are you...unngh...talking to?” Daybreaker groaned, still trying to fight back what this burning through her body was. Dusk was a little nervous about what he needed to say.

‘Uuuhhh...well, how should I put this in a way you don’t try to kill me?’ Dusk thought as he looked at her. “You’re... in heat…”

“What do you mean by that-- aaaggh,” Daybreaker questioned, but let out a light growl when the heat in her body suddenly intensified.

“It means... uh...you’re...ready to mate,” Dusk said nervously. Daybreaker glares at him with a menacing growl, but it wasn’t helping her situation. “Don’t you know what a heat cycle is?”

“I know what a mare’s cycle is!” She snapped, slowly trying to stand up. “Y-your telling me I’m going through MY MATING CYCLE?!”

“Uh...yes...all the signs are there.” Dusk replied. “I can even smell the scent you’re giving off.”

“Am I the only who is turned on by her being angry?” Demon Dusk remarked in a lust filled tone.

‘Don’t make me come in there!’ Dusk yelled in his head.

“WHO IN TARTARUS ARE YOU TALKING TO?!!!!” Daybreaker shouted, making Dusk shrink back with fear.

“What do you mean?” Dusk said trying to play off what was happening, but it only seemed to Irritate Daybreaker more as she stomped her hoof on the ground.

“I can read minds, and I can hear you speaking with someone, now who is it?!” Daybreaker demanded.

“Well...uh...you see...I’m not just an alicorn...I’m an incubus,” Dusk told her, her eyes grew wide at the statement.

“That’s impossible,” She responded, “I thought the succubi and incubi were all imprisoned to Tartarus.”

“No, my mom was a succubus who managed to escape from Tartarus and live a normal life in Equestria with a few of her sisters,” Dusk added.

“So... the Velvet Roses were able to escape from Tartarus,” Daybreaker added with a dark growl.

“The Velvet what now?” Dusk asked confused.

“That was the name of the succubi group that was led by Velvet Lining,” Daybreaker growled. “I absolutely loathe their leader. Little rebellious brat.”

“Rebellious?” Dusk asked. “And what were the other members?”

“Velvet Star, Scarlet Rose, Melody Song, and Creamy Rose,” Daybreaker remarked in a dark tone. “Arrogant little brats.”

“Did something happen between you and this group?” Dusk asked.

“I may have threatened them about rethinking their position, and in response, I get a wooden dildo up my ass…” She growled. “And as I was about to defeat Celestia no less.”

“Wait, one of them did that to you?” Dusk asked.

“I know it had to have been their leader. She was always the most arrogant of them.” Daybreaker added, crushing a nearby rock in her hand. She lets out another groan as her insides only grew hotter. “Dammit… what am I supposed to do about this?” She asked looking at Dusk with a dark, yet curious expression.

“Okay...how do I put this with you turning me into charcoal?” Dusk asked himself while rubbing the back of his head. “Well...you have to… um… ya know....”

“Would you just spit it out?” Daybreaker Demanded. “What am I supposed to do about this damn burning between my legs?”

“Uh...well… l..I...y-y-you could...um...” Dusk stammered.

“For Fuck’s Sake Dusk...” Dusk could hear his other half getting annoyed the longer he was listening to Dusk’s conversation. “Would it kill you to say that you gotta fuck her brains out to sate her burning lust?”

“I’m trying to stay ALIVE here!” Dusk yelled in his head.

“Not my fault you’re a wimp…”

“Will you for once SHUT UP!!?” Dusk shouted in his mind, glaring at his necklace.

“Not my fault she’s literally hotter than the sun.” Demon dusk remarked. Daybreakers ear twitched at his comment, and it actually made her blush.

“You do realize she can hear us right?” Dusk said.

“I know...I wanted her to hear us.”

“YOU SEX CRAZED BASTARD!!” Dusk shouted. “IT’S LIKE YOU'RE TRYING TO GET ME KILLED!!”

“Maybe…” Demon Dusk chuckled as the necklace around him stopped glowing. “But look at it this way, you’d be helping each other by doing this…”

“It’s like I can’t go one day without having to take my pants off so long as you’re around.”

“I know…”

“If you’re done with your little conversation,” Daybreaker said in annoyance, getting the attention of Dusk and his other half. “You said you wanted to ‘fuck my brains out’ as you call your modern term, but let me show you both something.” She then stands up on weak legs and picks up a rock that happened to be near her. She puts it right under her mare hood, and Dusk soon hears a sizzling noise and watches in shock as the rock glowed red and started melting in her hands and pooling on the ground as hot molten lava. Dusks face goes pale at what he saw as he feared what would happen when he got under there.

“Wow, and I thought it was a furnace down there but this is just ridiculous...I like it.”

‘I HAVE TO STICK MY DICK IN THERE?!!’ He mentally exclaimed. Daybreaker gave Dusk a looked of both anger and embarrassment at his other half comment.

‘Don’t forget that you have me Dusk…’ Demon Dusk followed up.

“From what you can see... uuunnngghh... you can obviously guess what’s wrong here…” Daybreaker began, shaking Dusk out of his shocked and frozen gaze. “If you try going anywhere near me you’ll end up like the last few stallions that tried to court me.”

“What other stallions?” Dusk asked, still pale from the rock.

“Exactly... aaggghh... anypony brave enough to court me ended up in a pile of ashes.” She followed up. “The amount of will I’m using right now is just enough for me to keep you from meeting the same fate...ooohhh…”

“Didn’t you try to kill me just a few minutes ago?” Dusk asked, still unsure what to think of this.

“True, but this burning is starting to become a pain in the ass,” Daybreaker added, kneeling again. “Plus, to be honest, I’ve never been with a male alicorn before. So maybe you might last longer than the others.”

“You’re really questioning me about that?” Dusk asked in a blunt tone.

“Most of the stallions that tried to court me couldn’t even get within five feet of me because of my heat.”

“More like they couldn’t get their dicks within five feet of you…”

“What was that?!” She growled.

“Just ignore him, he likes being a dick.”

“More like shoving my dick in that fine pussy of hers...” Demon dusk remarked.

“Will you SHUT UP!!” Dusk exclaimed.

“You try, and you’ll end up like all the others that tried to bed me,” Daybreaker remarked.

“Well, I guess you haven’t met or slept with an incubus then.”

“And what makes you so certain that you…!” Daybreaker stopped mid-sentence as she realized what was going on. “I’m talking to a cheap, glowing trinket.” She sighed to herself.

“HEY, who are you calling a cheap trinket!”

“Well, It’s not my fault you are one around ‘his’ neck.” Daybreaker shot back with a groan.

“Look,” Dusk said getting both Daybreaker and Dusk’s attention. Both her and Demon Dusk stop arguing and Daybreaker looks back at Dusk. “I’d rather not have you two starting a fight since I’m attached to him.”

“True, I’m not somepony to be that childish.” Daybreaker followed up.

“But he does have a point,” Dusk replied standing up from his previous spot. “You technically haven’t been with an incubus before, and depending on their mate, they can change their shape to suit their needs.”

“Interesting…” Daybreaker remarked. “If that’s the case, then what creature do you think will be willing to handle my level of heat?”

“Well, I can transform into a dragon because they are the most resistant to fire and they can bathe in lava. I would be able to resist your heat while in that form. But how come you hadn’t thought of asking a dragon when you first appeared?”

“Hmpf... I actually asked a fledgling dragonlord by the name of Torch. Stubborn, greedy, bastard, he said he didn’t have time for such a trivial request especially from a weak pony.” She fumed. “I would’ve burned him where he stood if it wasn’t for Celestia tricking me at the time and my imprisonment.

“Wait...dragonlord Torch?” Dusk said surprised.

“Yes, do you know him?”

“Yes I actually do, I met him when Barb was summoned for the choosing of the new dragonlord.”

“So the old drake has finally given up his throne, then who’s the dragon lucky enough to be dragonlord?”

“Princess Ember, his daughter.”

“That arrogant, overgrown lizard has a DAUGHTER?!!” Daybreaker exclaimed.

“Yes, and my dragon assistant is friends with her too.” Dusk followed up.

“A lot has certainly changed in the past thousand years then.” Daybreaker followed up, but she soon lets out another groan as the burning was starting to get to her. “And I clearly can’t do a damn thing with this heat going on right now, so are you going to do something about it or what?”

“Um, could you give me and my other half just a few minutes?” Dusk asked in a polite manner.

“And if possible, not look into my head?”

“Fine, make it quick.” She huffed. “But if you try to run away, you’ll wind up like the rock on the floor.” She added with a menacing glare. Dusk takes a few quick steps away from Daybreaker until he was a safe distance from her.

“Are you sure this is a good idea?” Dusk asked his other half.

“Don’t blame me... she’s the one who’s in heat.”

“But what if we don’t survive? I die, you die with me.”

“Don’t forget, you have me. Not to mention I fucked and overpowered Equestria’s former villains and survived.”

“I was under your control then.” Dusk shot back. “But I see your point…”

“Whatever... The point is you have me whether you like it or not, and if you let me off the leash, I’ll help you handle her and her heat.”

Dusk groaned. “You better not mess this up for the both of us, and please try to keep us alive.”

“Oh...so now you want ‘my’ help?”

“I don’t need you rubbing my nose in it. Yes, I need your freaking help!” Dusk groaned. “Just don’t screw this up for my body when you’re done.”

“The only thing I’m screwing is that voluptuous ass of hers, and then those nice soft tits of hers are next, and then…”

“I get it you really want to fuck her.” Dusk groaned in response, cutting off his other half. “Let’s just get on with it so we can get out of this deathtrap of a mountain.”

“A pony only interested in the climax, you must be a real hit with the ladies.” He teased.

“I hate you so much sometimes,” Dusk growled, finished with his conversation he walked back towards Daybreaker who had a pained impatient look on her face.

“Well...uugghh...what did you decide?” She asked.

“Uhh...actually, in order for me to mate with you and not get killed, I would need to release my other half to uuhh...sate your heat.”

“So to put it in your simple terms,” She began in a blunt tone. “You need to let your demon half off the leash just to ‘fuck’ me and for this damn burning to stop?” She added, pointing towards her marehood.

“Umm...yes... that’s really the only way to stop your heat.” Dusk followed up. Daybreaker huffed, knowing what little options she has. She sighed knowing that in order for the burning between her legs to stop she would need to mate with someone and the only one that could do that was standing in front of her.

“If he can come out then...ooohhh...make the bastard come out.” She snapped.

“Alright.” Dusk sighed. “But just to warn you, you asked for it.”

“Oh yeah, next stop poon city.” Demon Dusk exclaimed wickedly. Dusk then focused on letting go of his mind and slipping himself into an unconscious state, almost like falling off a waterfall and landing into a bowl of jelly. Soon enough Daybreaker saw Dusk let go and his head along with the rest of his body began to slump forward.

Thinking he was going to fall Daybreaker took a couple steps and was about to grab him when he suddenly righted himself up and went rigid. Daybreaker was confused by this until Dusk raised his head up and she couldn’t help but notice something different about him now. He looked up into Daybreakers eyes, and she could see a large grin spread across his face.

“Dusk was it?” She asked confused. “Are you there?”

“Sorry,” Demon Dusk remarked as he opened his eyes to reveal now red slits.

“But I’m afraid he isn’t here right now.” A rune circle soon appeared below him and rose up making Daybreaker stumble backwards as Dusk renewed his transformation. His teeth showed, and they seemed sharper, sharp enough to cut into meat, and his coat began to darken from a lavender purple to a dark shade of maroon, his hair soon began to change from dark purple to a pitch black color and a white streak replacing the violet highlight in Dusks hair.

His previous clothing disappeared as well. His broad chest and muscular arms stood out on his body, and his lower parts were only covered by a black loincloth. The loincloth did little to try and hide his massive bulge between his legs. The last to change was his wings since the feathers on his wings fell off only to be replaced by the membrane for batlike wings.

“So… this is your demonic half…” Daybreaker said with a hint of curiosity as well as a bit of arousal in her voice, but at the same time disappointment due to his height. “But I was expecting for you to be a bit… taller…”

“Just wait…” Demon Dusk remarked with lust but growled the last part in response. “I have to use a form, that will suit your...tastes…” He added with a lick of his lips.

Daybreaker was confused on what he meant by that until his growling suddenly intensified and he suddenly grew taller. His hooves split apart, replacing them with claw-like feet. His hands turned to sharpened claws. His fur was replaced with thick dark purple scales and a light purple underbelly. His muzzle spread out more, and his teeth grew much sharper than normal. Finally he demon tail turned into a long reptilian tail, as he flexed his mighty wings and let out a destructive roar.

“Ah, that’s better…” Demon Dusk said, stretching his claws out.

“Woah…” Daybreaker said in shock, but in the same time arousal. “And I thought you were bluffing about the dragon form...but could you do something about that?” She added pointing down. Dusk would be confused, but he looks down and sees that his loincloth ripped off in the Transformation, leaving the male fully naked and showing off his erect twin cocks.

“I thought I was the one hot and bothered, but I guess I’m wrong.”

“Must you make a snide joke every time you open your mouth?” Daybreaker growled.

“Do you want me to fuck you, or wait for you to burn a hole in the floor?” Demon Dusk remarked with a dark gaze. She was going to say something, but the burning between her nethers reminded her of what she needed right now.

“Fine, let’s get this started shall we?”

Walking up, Demon Dusk grabbed hold of Daybreaker by her shoulders, surprising her slightly by his strength all the while grinding his newly twin dragons between her legs towards both of her lower hole’s.

“I’d though you never ask.”

Author's Notes:

Hey everyone, hope you enjoyed the surprise I've been saving for awhile. Credit goes to Phoenixcolt45 for helping me with the lore, Frankie2 and a new editor named Helljumper206 who responded to me in the comments for edits and to the readers for the constant support of the chapter. My head editor Frankie is pretty busy so I haven't been able to contact him, but that's not gonna stop me from writing. Hope you enjoy this chapter and the next chapter is gonna get kinky. Hot angry sex is heading your way.