I wave my group up and they walk up the gangplank and onto the ship.

"Is she alright?" the Captain asks looking at Twilight's injuries while Shining glares at me.

"She will be, so where will we be staying?" I reply and ask the gryphon.

"Depends on who's staying with who, we have single room cabins as well as cabins for couples and a few for small families," he replies.

I look to my group and I know Desire will want to share a bed with me, but Twilight will have to stay with us as well so I can focus on healing her wounds. I guess the others can have single rooms.

"We'll take three single rooms and a family room," I tell him and he nodded.

"Very well," he replies and looks to his crew. "SET SAIL YA SEA SLUGS!" he yells at them and after a few seconds of hesitation they comply. "Follow me, I'll show you where everything is," the Captain tells me.

"What's your name?" I ask him.

"Jock Steelfeather, Captain of the passenger and cargo ship Swiftwing," he replies and glances at me. "And what shall I call you?" he asks.

"Damien Jackson, Overlord of Tartarus," I reply and smirk as he trips over at my title.

"You're what!? Oh great phoenix, what have I gotten myself into..." Jock says and sighs.

I just chuckle as he gives us the tour, a mess hall for crew and passengers to eat, two bathrooms, one for each gender and the cabin area. He also told us not to go down the right hallway as that leads to the cargo hold. Twilight also woke up during the tour still in pain while Shining was still carrying her.

"So this here is the family cabins," Jock says stopping at door number fifteen. "The single rooms are one to ten, pick any with a green marker and then once inside, push the latch on the other side of the door left until the marker turns red, this will indicate the room is taken. There is also a key hanging on the back of the door as well, please don't lose them," Jock tells us.

"Thank you," I reply and look to Shining. "Put Twilight on the bed and then go take one of the single rooms and then come back here," I order Shining who growls at me but has no choice but to comply. I then look to Gilda and Selene. "Pick a single room for yourselves and then meet us in here," I tell them as Desire and I enter the room. It has a large two person bed to the left with a single person bed to the right, there’s a dresser in between them for clothes or putting things on it. There’s also a desk with some writing utensils and paper on it.

Shining gently places Twilight on the single bed which she smiles sadly at him as Shining frowns as he then leaves the room and glares at me on the way. I ignore his glare as I walk over to Twilight who looks like just moving hurts.

"Alright, Twilight. I'm going to give you both some of my demonic energy and testosterone to help you heal faster alright?" I tell her and she looks at my left hip.

"But w-what about the a-arrow you took?" she asks me and I turn to her and lift my shirt out of the way.

"It's healing, but It'll be another hour before it's fully healed," I reply. The wound still looks like a hole but no longer bleeding, though it still stings like a bitch.

"I see..." she says and winces in pain again.

"So, you may feel a bit dizzy as the testosterone might cloud your senses," I warn her and she nodded slowly.

I lean over her and place my right hand on her chest making her blush slightly and then bring my lips to hers as I kiss her. She gasps and then sighs as she feeds and my demonic energy flows into her steadily.

I only pull back every ten seconds to allow us to breathe before kissing her again. Her burns are very slowly healing with new fur growing back.

The door then opens as Shining walks in and gasps before yelling out in rage and charging at me, except as he goes to swing at me he stops and then punches himself in the face where he then falls to the ground groaning in pain with a bloody nose and then continues to beat himself all over until I mentally tell him to stop, I’ll let him off with a warning this time.

"Did you forget the conditions your Master gave you already? Damien was right and you guards are idiots... How has your nation survived this long?" Desire asks him and giggles at his pain.

"Shut up, demon! And you! Get away from my sister!" Shining replies and tells me with a slight slur from a swollen lip.

I pull back from Twilight who looks drunk on lust but I've only healed her burns by a fifth so far. "I'm healing the wounds you gave her, so sit on that chair, don’t move, and don’t say another word," I order him sternly and he grunts as he walks over to the chair and sits down. I can tell he wants to continue his pointless demands but has no choice but to remain silent.

I return my attention to Twilight and continue to pour more energy into her and kiss her again, making her moan in a needy manner as her burns slowly resume healing.

"Hey honey, can you let soldier colt here talk again? I got a few questions for him," Desire asks me and I glance at her while mentally allowing Shining to talk again.

"Gah! Stop doing that!" Shining demands and I glare at him.

"He'll stop doing that the moment you start behaving yourself," Desire tells him and sits on his lap which makes him blush bright red.

"G-Get off me!" he stammers as she grins at him.

"No thanks, you're not as comfortable as our Master, but it'll do for now," she teases him and then frowns. "So I got some questions and I want you to answer them truthfully," she tells him coldly.

"Like I'd tell you anything, demon," he replies and glares at her.

"Unless you haven't noticed colt, you're a demon like me and your sister as well now... that also means you'll need a source of lust to feed from if you want to keep breathing, and I ain't going to be it, only Damien here is allowed to stick his dick in me as much as he wants. So that leaves you with two options, Selene, who I doubt will let you, or Gilda who might if we promise to give her my pack of gold," she tells him and I glance at them as I continue to heal Twilight. Who is still moaning and getting even more drunk on lust, at least she shouldn't be able to feel her pain right now.

"I need what!?" Shining asks wide eyed.

Desire smirks and leans down so their muzzles are just an inch away from each other. "Lust, or more specifically, the oestrogen from a female. If you don't absorb it, you will get weaker and weaker until you lose control and rape the first female you see," she explains to him.

Shining for his part looks horrified at that and gazes blankly at the wall behind Desire.

I pull back from Twilight who is now half healed and looking very dazed and happy. "I think he took that well," I comment as Shining looks like his brain put up the out to lunch sign.

"Well it is a problem that you didn't think about isn't it? I certainly won't snog him let alone buck him and Selene most likely won't as I think she has the hots for you as well,” she tells me and I raise an eyebrow at her making her giggle. “Gilda is our only choice unless we find another mare and turn her into a succupony for pretty colt here. Twilight definitely wouldn't make out with her own brother either," Desire tells me while snapping her fingers in Shining's face to snap him out of his daze.

"We'll ask Gilda if she would for the gold, but if not I'll see if any female's on board would be willing to feed him," I reply and return to kissing Twilight and pouring more energy into her.

She moans again and wraps her arms around my neck and pulls me tightly against her lips as her long forked tongue slips into my mouth and wrestles with mine.

"Oh damn, she's really getting into it... I think you should let her calm down before she'll want you to rut her, although I wouldn't mind watching that," Desire says and smirks lustfully. "That reminds me, I need a top up since I had to transfer a lot of my energy to Twilight back in the city," she tells me and gets up off Shining.

I sigh and pull away where Twilight whines. "Tonight I'll rut you, but right now helping Twilight to recover takes priority," I reply and our cabin door opens as Selene and Gilda walk in.

"Not the best ship I've travelled on, but it's also not the worst," Gilda says to Selene who looks at Twilight and I with a raised brow.

"What art thou doing to Lady Twilight?" the black alicorn asks me with confusion. She's now back in her alicorn form wearing a set of her new clothes instead of her unicorn illusion. She’s wearing a pair of mid thigh navy blue shorts and a dark purple tank top, she looks really good in it.

"I was transferring my energy to her to accelerate her healing," I reply as Twilight tries to pull me back down again while whining pitifully, her eyes are glowing pink as well indicating she’s fed on a lot and barely started processing it. "Selene, can you use your magic to put Twilight to sleep please so her body can process the energy, she's literally drunk on lust right now," I ask her.

"Very well," she replies and her horn glows, making Twilight yawn and slowly fall asleep.

"Thanks, now we have the issue of feeding Shining here," I say and walk over to the still stunned stallion where I then flick his forehead making him snap out of it.

"Huh?" he mumbles and notices us all staring at him. He then glares at me and I roll my eyes at him and then turn to Gilda. "So, Gilda, we have a deal for you. You help feed Shining and keep him alive," I say and pick up Desire's pack full of gold. "Then you can have all this," I tell her and drop the pack with a loud thud.

"Wha? But... all this just for feeding him?.." she asks with shock. I’m more shocked she’s not opposed to the idea.

My wife then pats Shining on the head. "Yup! And all you have to do is kiss him twice a day and if you're feeling frisky, have some fun as he can't knock you up unless he want's to," she replies.

I chuckle as Gilda blushes but grins as she looks at Shining with interest. "Been awhile since I've got any, I'm not opposed to a romp or two," she says and saunters over to Shining and before he could resist Gilda opens her beak and kisses Shining who tries to push her off but can't due to my command to sit still. Gilda then pulls back and licks her beak and smirks at me. "You got yourself a deal, I could use the extra bits as I'm probably fired from my job back home for being late... clucking dragon..." she tells me and tries to pick up the pack but can't seem to lift it.

"Here, we shall assist thee, Lady Gilda," Selene says and stores the pack in her magic pocket. "We shalt carry it for thee until thou requires it," she tells her.

"Thanks, I still feel like crap," Gilda says and sighs while flexing her right talon's claws.

"Don't I get a say in this! I have a marefriend already!" Shining says angrily.

"Of course you do, but should you not feed as I told you, you'll go lust hungry and rape the first female to feed off. Happened to me once but fortunately, it was Damien I jumped," Desire tells him in a happy tone. Shining looks down and frowns at the news. "A couple of kisses isn't that bad, and should you need more a good rut isn't out of the question, you can choose whether or not to get a female pregnant now, and you're immune to any diseases,"

The incupony growls in frustration. "Grrrr, fine! But I'm only doing it to keep my sister safe from you monsters!" he replies and snarls at me.

I walk over to him and lean down to his face. "Tell me, who're the real monsters here? The ones attacking the 'monsters' or the 'monsters' trying to get home to their family while being hunted for being different?" I ask him coldly. "I killed your guards and beat your Princess to a pulp to protect my wife and Selene from her own sister... What would you do if Celestia attacked your sister just because she's a demon now? Would you follow her order to kill her, or would you fight to protect her?"

Shining's frown lessens, and he looks away in thought. "I'd... I'd protect her..." he replies with a sigh.

"So, am I a monster for protecting my family and just trying to get home, or am I a monster for killing people trying to kill us first?" I ask in a more neutral tone.

"Alright! You made your point... then why didn't you just ask for help?" he replies and asks me.

"The guards who encountered us first didn't even listen to us and then attacked, ran me through with a spear. Your Princess is also still being manipulated by Tirek, his demonic energy was in the Element of Magic she was still wielding when she defeated him to now when Twilight and her friends found us, which I purged and replaced with my own. Celestia seems to have a burning hatred for demons, whether or not it's amplified by Tirek's influence or something personal I'm not sure. So no, I couldn't ask her for help, so our only option would be going to the Plaguelands and find the Tartarus Gate there," I reply and walk back over to Twilight to see her wounds nearly healed, just a few patches of burnt skin remain.

Shining just stares at me stunned as he processes the info I just gave him. "The Princess is being manipulated? And how do I know you're telling the truth?" he asks skeptically.

"You don't, but the fact I spared your Princess when her sister asked me to and I spared you thanks to your sister means I’m not here just to kill everything in sight, I only kill those trying to kill us. I'm not here because I chose to, but I certainly ain't going to let anyone tell me what to do and push me around. Now here's what's happening, I'm taking both you and Twilight to Tartarus with me," I tell him and he goes wide eyed. "Then once I've killed Tirek which hopefully clears Celestia's head, we'll get you and Twilight back here. Understood?" I explain to him.

"I don't like the idea of Twilight going into that horrid place," he says looking at Twilight.

"Hey!" Desire says angrily. "That's our home you're talking about!"

"From what I've heard it's nothing but wastelands and fire, how can anypony live there?" he asks flinching at her outburst.

Desire then spends the next thirty minutes explaining what Tartarus is like and how we're more advanced due to my ideas than the ponies which got Shining worried. I return to Twilight and continue healing her until she's fully healed.

After giving Desire another heavy dose of lust which Twilight decided to stay with Selene the first night, I spent most of my time keeping an eye out just in case someone tried to attack us, I don't trust anyone not part of our group, but I trust Shining since he can't disobey my orders. So far the other passengers and crew have avoided us while Shining has stayed by Twilight's side during the day as they both start learning how to use their demonic energy from Desire and night magic from Selene. Twilight has been soaking it up while Shining is struggling but has gotten inventive with making strong shields and barriers with his demonic energy, something to do with his special talent being defensive magic.

Gilda has kept her end of our deal and provided Shining with enough oestrogen to feed off, while he wasn't enthusiastic about it Gilda is trying to get him to loosen up. Not much luck there though, still harps on about staying faithful to someone named Cadence who was once Twilight’s foalsitter. Gilda has also been talking to the Captain about any news he's heard from Gryphonia, so far there's a possibility of a civil war breaking out and the king is losing the loyalty of his people as they're having issues with raising taxes, crops, and game.

I got bored enough on the third day and started fishing using my tendrils on nearby fish as I sat on the railings. The crew who were fishing with poles just stood there slack jawed as I hauled up forty fish in minutes and a large shark which got the few passengers on the deck to panic. What they didn't realise is that I killed it as I hauled it on board. So now the ship has enough fish to last us the rest of the journey, though Twilight was more curious about her new omnivorous diet than Shining was as she tried fish for the first time and liked it, took Shining a few tries to get used to it.

Right now I'm laying on the bed relaxing with Desire who's teaching Twilight and Shining how to throw their energy like kunai knives.

"So, channel your energy from your right horn to your hands and then try to mould it into a double ended blade no longer than four inches," she tells them and demonstrates making a red blade with two ends in her right hand. She then throws it at the wall where it sticks into it for a few seconds before fading away.

"Ooohh, so it's just a physical manifestation similar to magical shields and barriers!" Twilight says and concentrates as a smaller three inch blade forms in her hand over a couple of seconds.

"That'a girl! Now try throwing it at the wall," Desire praises her.

Twilight gets this adorable expression where she frowns and her tongue hangs out as she lines up her aim with the wall. Just as she's about to throw the sound of wood splintering followed by a cannon going off rocks the ship, screams and panic echo throughout the ship in its wake.

"What's going on!?" Twilight asks scared as the sounds of panic grows louder and the ship rocks again from another impact followed by the sound of wood creaking and a loud splash to the left of the ship.

"I don't know, but stay here and keep each other safe," I tell them and get up off the bed before making my way up to the deck. I see Selene along the way and she walks over to me.

"Sir Damien! The ship is under attack from brigands, our mast hast been destroyed and we art no longer moving!" she tells me with worry.

"I see, then I'll just head over to this other ship, kill its crew, and claim the ship for ourselves," I reply and continue my way to the deck.

We reach top side and I see a ship twice the size of ours firing its cannons at the deck while trying to avoid sinking the ship. 'So they plan to board us?' I wonder and spot Jock behind one of the steel shield walls along the side that looks like it has a few dents in it. "Captain!" I call out to him as our ship fires back with what few cannons it has.

"Damien!? You know? For once I'm glad to see a demon! We're under attack from the Black Talon Pirates and we're dead in the water!" he tells me and yelps as a cannon ball hits the shield which bends at the top left corner.

I look towards the enemy ship and see another cannonball heading straight for me, so I summon my scythe and deflect it over my head which makes me recoil back a couple of steps from the force and making my hand sting for a few seconds.

I smirk and grin, killing some pirates will be some entertainment at least since I've been bored recently. "Wait here, I'll clear out the pirates and claim their ship," I tell Jock and take on my demonic form.

"To think I feel safer having the Overlord of Tartarus himself helping us... you'd think Discord had returned..." Jock says to himself as he watches me change with intrigue and slight fear.

Once done I take a deep breath and grin sadistically. "Right then... time for a bloodbath," I say and take off like a rocket towards the pirate ship.

Let the blood flow! MWAHAHAHA!