I open my eyes and I find myself sitting on my old couch in my old house on Earth. "The fuck?" I mutter as I slowly stand up from the couch. I'm in my black coat and I have my black hair still... so what the hell is going on here?

I look around the house in hopes of seeing my sister or mother but the house is empty, my search then leads me outside to the street making me frown as it's barren of any life as well. 'Am I dreaming?' I wonder to myself as I look at my right hand and rub my thumb over my index finger, I've had numerous dreams before but this one feels more real than any I can recall.

Shaking my head I walk down the street and make my way to where it all ended and began. Standing in front of the store where I was shot, I just stare at the doors before walking in and look around. Once again there's no one here and I sigh as I make my way over to the exact spot I died.

Kneeling down, I place my hand on the floor and frown as the memory and pain of being shot replays in my mind.

"Tis a sad fate thou hast suffered," a young girl says behind me. That voice, sounds like a younger Luna.

I look behind me and see a four foot seven, dark blue furred pony with light blue hair, a black dress, silver shoes, silver bracelets and an onyx tiara on her head. She has the same colour eyes as Luna but they’re not slitted. She also has a horn and a pair of wings.

"Who are you?" I ask her and stand up. How did she get behind me without me noticing... and I don't know if she's wearing actual silver or not, I can't touch the metal without experiencing intense pain.

"We art Princess Luna Nocturne. Who art thou?" she replies and asks with a tilt of her head.

"Luna?" I mutter and walk over to her. "Ah, you must be the other half of the Luna I've met," I say and kneel down in front of her.

"Thou hast met our other half?" she asks in surprise with wide eyes.

"Yes, in the ruins of your old castle... Where are we? And why are we back on Earth?" I reply and ask her.

"Earth? Is that the name of thy home?" she asks and I nodded. "We see, well we art in thy dream, we hast the power to see and influence another's dream for the better if they art having a nightmare," she tells me and looks around. "We hast never seen a place like this before," she then says as she glances at the products on the shelves with curiosity. She reaches out and takes a bag of gummy worms off a shelf and grimaces at the name. "Whom wouldst eat worms?" she asks in disgust as her face scrunches up.

I chuckle and take the bag from her. "They're not real worms, they're just a candy in the shape of worms." And to prove my point, I open the bag and eat a half red and half yellow gummy worm and hum at the taste, I'm surprised I even remember what they taste like.

I hold the bag out for her and she takes it gingerly before pulling out a white and green worm from it. She then after a few seconds of internal debate puts the sweet in her mouth and starts chewing it.

Her eyes light up and she smiles. "Tis delicious, it tastes like lime," she says and pulls out another.

I walk over to the drinks section and take a bottle of cola from the fridge keeping them cool, I haven't had a cola in over sixty years! I'm not going to let this opportunity slip by me, so I twist the cap off and chug down a large gulp of the fizzy dark brown liquid and then sigh happily. Oh yeah, just how I remember it.

"And what is that beverage?" Luna then asks me with curiosity.

"It's a cola, a carbonated fizzy drink," I explain to her and give her one.

She eyes it warily but eventually opens the bottle and takes a sip, she coughs slightly from the fizzy sensation and frowns at the bottle. "Tis a strange drink to be sure... but tis not detestable," she comments and takes another sip.

"So, why are you in my dream anyway?" I ask her and sit on the store's counter.

She swallows another mouth full of cola and then looks at me. "We felt a strange dream coming from somepony, only to discover thee art nary a pony at all. We must ask, what art thee?" she asks and takes another sip of her drink.

I narrow my eyes in anticipation of her reaction to my answer. "I'm a demon," I simply reply.

Her eyes go wide and she spits out her mouthful all over my lap... charming. "Thou art a demon!?" she yells and backs away.

"Correct, but I'm not going to harm you unless you attack me first," I reply with a mild glare.

She seems to be in thought for a few seconds and then gasps. "Thou art the one who injured our sister earlier today?" she asks me with a mix of anger and fear.

"Again, correct. She attacked me and my wife so I gave her a good thrashing. You should thank your other half, she's the reason I didn't kill her," I tell her and finish off my cola.

She frowns at me and then looks at the bottle in her hands. "How did thou escape from Tartarus?" she questions me.

"I didn't, my wife and I were pulled from our home and into your city. Only for your guards to attack us without letting us explain our situation, but I must return home and check on my family and subjects," I reply and hop off the counter.

"Subjects? Thou art royalty?" she asks and steps forward slightly to keep me in sight.

"In a way, I am the Overlord of Tartarus," I tell her and then look through the chips section of the store, oh doritos!

"O-Overlord!? But we thought the Overlord wast cruel and merciless... thou seemeth, friendly and kind," she says with confusion and disbelieving eyes.

I look from the chips to the young blue girl and reply. "The last one was for sure, but I killed him and took over where I treat my demons with respect and as equals. Don't get me wrong, I can be a right asshole to those who threaten me, my family, or those under my care. Your sister is a testament to that." I pick up a bag of cheesy doritos and open it up before munching down on the triangle shaped chips.

"Thou dost not enslave others? We must admit tis a first we heard of a demon who is kind," she tells me and walks over to me looking much calmer than before, but still wary.

"I like to think I've had a positive influence on them over the years. So, what do you plan to do now that you know I'm the one who injured your sister?" I ask her wanting to know if she'll start hunting me as well.

She sighs and looks away. "We canst nary blame thee for defending thyself and thy mate... though we wish thou didst not kill our guards as well as injure our sister and damage her horn as she canst not raise and lower the sun without her magic," she replies and frowns.

I choke on my chips as I then look at her. "Raises the sun? How is that possible?" I ask her clearly not buying it.

Luna then spends the next hour explaining that she and her sister's magic are connected to the sun and moon, while she guides the moon, Celestia guides the sun. This process used to be done by nearly a hundred powerful unicorns working together along with their parents centuries ago, but that job passed onto the sisters once they were old enough to do so. I've also told her of how I run Tartarus and what I've done during my time there, hopefully getting on this Luna’s good side will calm Celestia down, though I doubt it greatly.

"I see, so you could move the sun and moon if you need to?" I ask her. We've amassed a large pile of wrappers and bottles around us as we raided the store of its snacks as we talked.

"Verily, but we dost nary have the magic to do so, pray tell, dost our other half have any magic?" she asks me with hope.

"Well, I did give her some of my shadow energy which has started to reform her body, but as she is now as a floating head? I don't think so," I reply and take a bite out of a kitkat. I wonder if there is a way to get Desire into my dreams, she'd love some of these sweets.

My reply makes her sigh with a sad frown. "We see... then we must gather a group of Canterlot's finest mages and get them to channel their magic through us. Hopefully it shall be enough to complete our task until our sister's horn hast healed," she says before drinking a chocolate milkshake through a straw.

The world around us then begins to shake, making me get up and head out into the street. "What's going on?" I ask Luna as I watch the buildings break apart and fade away along with the roads and everything else.

"Thou art waking up," she replies and I look back at her. "Despite thou being a demon, we hast enjoyed our conversation and thy confectionaries... Would thou allow us to return another time?" she asks me with a smile.

I chuckle and playfully ruffle her hair. "Sure, just don't tell your sister of my location if you know where I am. I don't need her hunting us or sending more troops to their deaths," I reply.

"We promise to keep thy whereabouts a secret. Please look after our other half for us, we would like to see her return home safely. We know we may never be reunited as one, but having her as another sister would be welcome just the same," she tells me.

I smile in return as she starts to fade away. "Sure, she's agreed to travel with us for now. Desire and I will keep her safe," I reply as my vision fades to white.

I yawn as I open my eyes and the first thing I feel is Desire with her right hand down my pants groping my ass. I sigh and shake my head as I pull her hand away and sit up. Looking around, I spot Luna floating by the window looking at the moon on the horizon.

"Good morning, Luna," I say to her and stretch my arms.

She yelps quietly and turns to face me. "Good morning, Sir Damien... Didst thou sleep well?" she replies and asks.

"Well enough considering the bed is over a thousand years old... oh, by the way, I met your other half in my dream," I tell her and scratch my chin.

"We see, she didst not give thee any trouble? And thou didst not harm her either?" Luna asks with worry as I stand up. Desire moans unhappily as she pats the space I once laid trying to find me.

"No, we actually got along pretty well. We talked for a while and ate snacks together," I reply and put my coat back on.

Luna sighs in relief and smiles. "Tis good news to hear," she says and floats over to me. "Would thou be willing to bestow us with more magic please?" she asks me with hopeful eyes.

I smirk and hold my hand out covered in my shadow energy, she then surprises me by placing her cheek on my palm and closes her eyes as she absorbs my energy. I watch as her body continues to form starting with her neck, collarbones, shoulders and then her chest. I go wide eyed and pull away while averting my eyes.

"Why didst thou stop?" she asks me with confusion in her voice.

"You might want to find a way to cover yourself up, Luna," I suggest to her. I hear her gasp followed by the sound of soft chimes. I take a curious look due to the sound and find she's covered her chest with her mist like hair.

"We b-believe that shalt be all for now," she replies in embarrassment and looking away.

I cough into my left hand and then walk to the door. "I'm going out to find something to eat for me and Desire, wait here and for the love of Ifrit, don't let Desire see your... chest. She'll get ideas," I tell and warn her.

Luna nodded with a mild blush and floats back over to the window while I head out the room and out the ruins to hunt for breakfast.

On the way out I get a strange feeling coming from the direction of the pony town just outside the forest, like one of my demons is there...

Next chapter will be from Twilight's perspective as she questions and examines Fluttershy from the moment Damien left her and Celestia at the town.