I summon my scythe in my right hand and draw my pistol with my left. "Wait here, I'll see what it is while you prevent anything from getting in or escaping," I tell Desire.

"Alright, happy hunting!" she replies and readies my revolver rifle.

I nodded with a smile and then frown as I turn towards the tunnel and begin my walk towards it. Along the way I see claw marks on the tunnel walls that look similar to a harpy's talons... Is there a harpy living in here?

My eyes go wide when I reach the end of the tunnel, I'm now in a large cavern with gold, jewels, furniture, cloths like silk and cotton along with other treasures lining the walls of the cavern. But in the centre is a large black dragon twice the size of a house with dark grey underscales, two long curved ram like horns are on the sides of its head and it appears to be sleeping on a pile of gold and gems.

I examine the dragon for a while before I hear the sounds of sniffling to my left.

Chained to a wall looks like a small harpy, except this one has paws on its hind legs and talons on its forelegs, the body looks more like a lion than a biped and its wings are located on the sides of its torso instead of on its shoulders, so this is a gryphon... I walk over and notice its a female, she hears my footsteps and looks up with wide eyes, she looks a little thin as her ribs are showing and if the skeletons in chains beside her are any indication, she won't be lasting much longer.

"W-Who are you?" she asks me quietly in fear.

"My name is Damien Jackson. Who are you and why are you chained to the wall?" I reply and ask her, I'm intrigued as to how she got here in this predicament, I figured the dragon would've eaten her already.

"I-I'm Gilda... I was on m-my way home back to G-Gryphonia from Ponyville when that dragon caught me and has kept me as a pet for the last month..." she tells me in barely a whisper with a pleading expression. Her eyes then widen as she looks behind me.

I feel hot air blast on the back of my neck as I frown. "The lizard is awake isn't it," I ask the gryphon who just nodded while trembling slightly.

I stand back up and turn to face the large reptile and glare at it while gripping my scythe tightly.

"And what do you think you're doing, pest?" the dragon asks in a deep tone.

"I don't think that is any of your concern," I reply and ready my pistol and scythe. "but if you must know I'm helping this young lady to leave."

The dragon growls and leans down to me. "And what's to stop me from adding such a strange creature like yourself to my collection?" he asks me.

I holster my pistol and cover my left hand with shadows where I launch four tendrils at his face and clamp his mouth shut. I then pull hard sending his chin into the stone floor of the cave. I then raise my scythe and hold it up to his left eye.

"And what's stopping me from turning you into a new pair of boots and coat?" I ask him back with a blank expression.

He struggles and pulls me up as he stands back up. 'Huh, forgot he has more mass than me,' I think to myself as I dangle from his head, though he still can't open his mouth.

The dragon whips his head to the side and I slam into the side of the cave wall dropping my scythe in the process. I groan from the feeling of a few ribs and a shoulder blade breaking which quickly starts setting back into place. 'That didn't tickle,' I think with a grunt and then growl in anger as I pull myself out of the hole and grip the tendrils with both hands.

"Cute, but let's see how you like it," I tell the dragon and yank on the tendrils still attached to his head, sending him into the cave wall leaving a sizeable dent causing loose rocks and stalactites to fall down from the ceiling.

"You idiot! You'll cause a cave in!" the gryphon yells at me as a rock barely misses her.

Right, I can just escape via the Shadow Realm, she'll be stuck here chained to the wall still only to suffer being crushed or starve to death. Plan B then, burn the bastard alive.

The dragon gets back up with a look that could kill and pulls off my tendrils. "I'll make you pay for that, pest!" he yells at me and takes a deep breath, seems he has the same idea.

I run over to the gryphon and before she could do anything, I enter the Shadow Realm freeing her of the chain and make my way under the dragon before he releases a large amount of flames where I once was.

"Blasted little pest cost me my pet!" the dragon seethes as I emerge with my hand clamping the panicked gryphon's beak shut to keep her quiet.

I shhh her and let go before flying up onto the dragon’s back and ignite my arms with my darkfire. 'Fucker wants to play with fire? Let's see how he handles a flame he can't put out!' I think as I then spray his entire head and back with my flames.

He roars out in pain as his scales begin to melt, I leap off as he rolls around on the floor trying to put it out, but to no avail as he slows to a stop. The scales and muscle of his head are gone leaving only his blackened skull and spine behind. I then will the flames to go out and turn back to the gryphon.

"You alright?" I ask her.

She's trembling but nodded at me. "Y-Yeah, dude... I-I'm good," she stutters and looks at the dragon’s corpse. "I've n-never heard of a-any kind of fire t-that could even hurt a d-dragon before..." she tells me in awe.

"Well my flames aren't like a normal fire," I reply and walk over to the gold pile. I then stuff as many coins as I could into one of the nearby backpacks to buy supplies along our way to Gryphonia.

Gilda then carefully walks over to me. "Why are you even here?" she asks me with a frown.

"My companions and I were going to camp here for the night but we heard snoring in the back so I went to check it out," I reply pocketing a large ruby with a flame inside it. I then hiss in pain as my left index and middle fingers are burnt by a piece of silver mixed in with all the gold and jewels, that'll take an hour or two to heal.

"We?" she asks confused as I blow on my burnt fingertips.

"My wife Dark Desire and another named Selene. They're back by the entrance keeping lookout," I reply and stand up before slinging the pack over my left shoulder. Should I take some of this silver to make more silver bullets for when I return to Tartarus? I could just collapse this tunnel and come back for the stuff here later if I ever return.

"Well, we're camping here for the night, you're welcome to stay or go, it doesn't concern me what you do now," I tell her and head back to the entrance to inform my companions of what has transpired.

Gilda follows behind me barely able to walk with how weak she looks. "What are you? You kinda look like the monkeys the higher class gryphons keep as pets..." she asks me.

"Did you just call me a monkey?" I ask her unamused.

"No no no, I said you look like one, just a lot bigger," she replies and huffs.

"Well for your information I'm a demonlord," I tell her making her stop with wide eyes.

"You're a demon!?" she asks which sounds like a squawk as she then backs away.

"Yes I'm a demon, and no I'm not going to hurt you. So stop shitting yourself and keep moving," I tell her.

She gulps and complies. We reach the entrance where Desire spots us and then gasps. "She's adorable!" she yells and flies over to us where she then hugs the petrified Gilda.

Selene floats over to me with a raised brow with Noctis on her shoulder. "Art thou alright, Sir Damien? We heard the sounds of a fierce battle," she asks me.

"I'm fine, just a dragon who thought he could take me as a pet. He's no longer a problem," I reply and pry Desire from Gilda. "Right then, exit's over there, stay or go, I don't care," I tell the gryphon who looks at the exit before her stomach growls and she hisses in discomfort.

"I'm in no condition to fly and I feel weak..." she says and then frowns. "Do... do you have any food and water to spare?" she asks though it looks like it hurt her pride to ask.

"No I don't," I reply making her slump. "Though there is a large dragon back there we can eat," I tell her making her go wide eyed.

"Eat the dragon?" she mumbles to herself in realisation.

I ignore her and head back into the large cavern with Desire and Selene right behind me. Once we enter Desire gasps at all the shiny trinkets and stuff around the cavern while ignoring the dragon's body.

"Be careful if you're going to look around, there's silver in the piles," I warn her.

"Alright, I'll be fine," she replies before walking off to explore.

"What is wrong with silver, Sir Damien?" Selene asks me.

"Demons are allergic to the metal, there's something in it that reacts violently to our energy and blood which burns us," I reply and walk over to the dragon's corpse.

"We don't recall such a weakness when we fought demons last..." she says more to herself than me.

I set up a fire pit with some of the loose rocks that fell and then start to carve up the dragon with my scythe. Thanatos feels upset that he didn't get to take the dragon's soul, next time I'll take the dragon's soul should I face one again.

Using golden rods I find nearby, I impale the dragon steaks upon them and lean them over the fire. I spot Gilda walk in slowly with a pained expression as she gradually makes her way over to the fire.

"So you decided to stay?" I ask her.

She gives me a wary glance before looking back at the fire. "If you wanted to kill me you would have done it by now, and you wouldn't have saved me either," she replies and winces as her stomach rumbles again.

I smirk at her will to stay despite knowing I'm a demon. "True, but then again you're no threat to me anyway," I tell her and rotate the steaks.

She huffs and glances at Desire, who is putting on golden rings and bracelets. "I take it miss cheerful over there is also a demon?" Gilda asks me.

"Correct, she's a succupony," I reply and chuckle as I watch Desire put on a long white gown she found in the cloth pile, though she shows no shame stripping naked before she put it on.

"A succupony!? Don't they seduce ponies and then suck out their souls?" the gryphon asks a little worried.

"What? No, they feed off of lust, or testosterone to be specific," I tell her with a raised brow, who told her that nonsense?

"Oh..." she mutters and relaxes before looking at Selene. "Is she a succupony as well?" she asks me.

Selene speaks up before I could reply. "Nay, we art an alicorn," she tells Gilda.

"An alicorn!? I thought there we're only three alicorns... Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, and Princess Cadence," the gryphon says in confusion.

"We art... were Princess Luna, sister to Celestia... though we art but a shadow of our former self..." Selene replies sadly.

Gilda frowns before she gasps. "You're the mare in the moon? But Rainbow Dash said she and her dweeb friends defeated you!?" she asks clearly not believing what she just heard.

"Nay, they merely split us in two..." the alicorn replies and sighs.

"Gilda, stop asking questions or I'll throw you off the mountain, whether you can fly or not," I warn her.

She instantly shuts up at the threat and turns her gaze to the fire. Soon the cavern is flooded with the scent of cooked dragon meat as Desire walks back over in the white gown and covered in jewellery.

"There's so many neat things in here!" she says happily as she examines her new accessories.

"I'm glad you're enjoying yourself, we're staying here for the night and then we'll head to the nearest town to buy some supplies with the gold here," I tell her.

"Sounds good to me, I also found a rather nice bed back there we could, you know... how did you once say it? Shag like rabbits?" she tells me with a shit eating grin.

I hear Gilda choke on her breath while Selene blushes again. I sigh and know that she's nearing her limit on restraining herself. "Fine, I did promise I would when we found a secluded spot... doesn't get more secluded than a mountaintop cave," I reply and she cheers as she snuggles up beside me.

Gilda recovers from her choking and shakes her head. "Yeah, I'll be sleeping in the other cavern..." she says and looks at the well cooked meat with drool dripping from her beak.

I pick up a rod and take a bite out of the steak, well, dragons taste pretty good. "Meats done, so dig in," I tell them and Gilda wastes no time tearing into her steak, Desire decides to share mine with me while Selene floats over to a pile of gems and looks thoughtful for a few minutes. Noctis is on the dragon's corpse eating straight from the body.

Apart from Gilda's moans of satisfaction from finally getting to eat something, the cavern is quiet with the sounds of the crackling fire and the light tapping of gem stones from Selene's search. I then hear the black alicorn gasp and I watch her as her horn faintly glows a dark blue and a few gems float up beside her.

"Sir Damien! Dost thou knoweth how to make shadow gems?" she asks me as she floats back over to us.

"No, what's a shadow gem?" I ask her.

"Tis a magical gem infused with shadow magic, overwriting the pre-existing magic in the gem. If thou can turn these into shadow gems, we canst have our body back tonight!" she replies with excitement and levitates the gems over to me.

"Okay, so how do I do that? Just flood the gem with shadow energy?" I ask her.

"Verily, the shadow magic will twist the natural magic into shadow magic which we canst then absorb!" she tells me as I pluck a sapphire out of her magic.

"Well, here's goes nothing," I say and coat the gem with my shadow energy.

The gem's tint begins to darken as the swirling blue magic within turns black and the rest of the gem turns an onyx colour as well. "That's it! Keep going, Sir Damien!" Selene says as her excitement increases.

Over the next ten minutes I casually eat another steak with Desire while converting the gems.

"I've been wondering, where are you going?" Gilda asks me.

I glance at her and swallow my mouthful. "Why do you care?" I ask her and take another bite.

"Just curious, there hasn't been a demon on Equus for centuries, just wondered why one was here now," she replies with a shrug.

I stare at her for a few seconds and huff. "We're heading to Gryphonia to avoid Celestia," I reply and pick up the last gem.

"Celestia? I understand why being a demon and all, but why her specifically?" she asks me.

Desire giggles and nuzzles my right shoulder. "Damien here almost killed her to protect me," she tells the gryphon happily.

"YOU WHAT!?" Gilda shouts and then starts having a coughing fit.

"She attacked us, I defended myself and my wife as well as Selene. She's only alive because Selene didn't want me killing her sister, but the next time she attacks I will finish what she started," I tell her and finish converting the last gem and look to Selene. "These good enough?" I ask her.

She levitates the gem over to herself and smiles widely. "Verily, these art perfect!" she replies and begins absorbing the magic out of them.

We watch as her body begins to rapidly form as her wings are now complete, followed by her arms and then her waist which she covers up with her new space like tail and then her legs form. She then absorbs the last of the gems making her hair and tail shine with many stars and galaxies within them.

"Our magic hast been fully restored! We thank thee, Sir Damien for thy aid," she tells me and gives me a quick hug.

"You're welcome, though I suggest you try to find something to wear in the pile of clothes over there," I tell her making her blush and quickly walk off to find some clothes.

"I don't see why you ponies wear clothes all the time, must be uncomfortable and hot with your fur as well..." Gilda says with a frown.

"Modesty, we can't cover our privates like you can, plus it can also show our personality in what we wear as well," I reply with a shrug.

After a few minutes of silence Gilda speaks up again. "So you're heading to Gryphonia? Would it be possible if I come along? It's where I'm going and I doubt you know where to go," she asks with a bit more confidence in her tone.

I share a look with Desire who nodded with a smile, I think she just wants to hug the gryphon more. "Fine," I reply and look at Gilda. "You'll be our guide in Gryphonia and we'll get you there safely, deal?" I ask her.

She nodded and holds a talon out. "Deal," she replies and I shake her talon.

"Well, now that's all sorted, how about you begin what you promised?" Desire says and starts pulling on my arm.

Gilda blushes and quickly gets up. "Yeah, you have fun, I'll just leave you two at it," she says and slowly walks towards the exit.

"Lady Gilda! Wait for us, we wish to talk with thee," Selene says to the gryphon while levitating a lot of silk sheets and a few pillows behind her to use as bedding.

Once they leave, Desire drags me over to a nice looking deep blue bed with white silk sheets. She then pulls my coat off before pushing me onto the bed and smiles seductively as she then straddles my lap. "You better keep your promise of rutting me senseless, my love," she tells me as she begins to strip me of my torn shirt.

I can't help but grin as I grip her hips tightly, it has been a few days since we last had some fun.

After the next naughty chapter I'll be working on the next Kirsarnia chapter. :)