I soar over the sea towards the pirate ship and land heavily in a kneeling position on the middle of the deck as the ship shakes violently.

"The cluck is that thing!?" I hear a male ask as the sounds of weapons being drawn surrounds me.

"It came from the cargo ship! Shoot it!" I hear another male order the others and I hear bows firing arrows. I dodge a few aimed for my chest and head while six hit me in the stomach, shoulders, arms and legs.

"We got it!" a gryphon to my right says.

I just smirk and ignore the pain as I pull each arrow out and my wounds heal quickly, at least these fools don't use silver weapons like the guards did.

"The buck!?" an earth pony to my left yells with shock as I casually toss the arrows aside.

"Hello, Gentlemen. I am Damien Jackson, the Overlord of Tartarus!" I introduce myself with mock bow. I grin widely at the mixed expressions that my greeting receives; some are surprised, others with narrowed eyes and snarls, but most of all, fear. "You have unfortunately attacked the ship I was travelling on and destroyed our mast... so I regret to inform you that I shall be commandeering your fine vessel and slaughtering your entire crew," I tell them and twirl my scythe around my body threateningly.

"The Overlord of Tartarus!?" a pony with pale grey fur and black stripes yells and then starts mumbling in a different language as if praying.

"The one and only, so now that I've introduced myself, who is the Captain of this soon to be dead crew?" I ask them still with my grin.

A large brown seven foot tall minotaur steps forward wearing a wide brimmed hat with a feather on the left side pointing behind him, he also has a large black tattered coat with dark grey fur lining the edges, a pair of grey trousers and holding a large battle axe in his right hand.

"I am Captain Ironhoof! Even if you are the so called Overlord, there's no chance you can kill all of us before we chop you apart," he replies and smirks. "Get him lads!" he orders his crew and they all charge with a battle cry.

My eyes widen and pupils shrink as my grin widens, I charge forward quickly passing by the fodder and reach the surprised Captain as I thrust my left hand into his chest and through his rib cage. He coughs up blood and his left hand grasps my forearm as I grip his still beating heart. "W-What!?" he stutters, extreme pain expressed across his face as his hat is blown off from the impact.

“Ironhoof!” I hear a female yell to my right in despair.

I chuckle as I lean up to his face and stare at him in the eyes. "You seriously thought a ragtag crew of scum could compete with me? I've got over fifty years of war experience fighting demons who could turn you inside out with just a glance, what do you have? Raiding lightly armed and barely guarded ships?" I ask him and laugh darkly. I then raise an eyebrow in thought. "Actually, I think I might have a use for someone as big as you," I say and pull his heart slowly towards me until he's kneeling in front me with a cry of pain. I then lean near his ear and whisper to him. "Would you like real power? All you would have to do is follow me and my orders without question, in exchange, you'll become a new breed of extinct demon not seen in over two-hundred years, which was very physically strong and very hard to kill," I tell him enticingly.

He coughs up some blood on my arm and coat. He then drops his axe while glancing at me as his eyes begin to dim. "Real power?" he asks with clear trouble speaking through his pain, but there's a hint of intrigue hidden within.

"Yes, all you have to do is kill your crew and I'll give you that power and spare you from death," I tell him with a grin.

He looks at his crew who look confused and scared, then down to the hole in his chest where my hand is still buried deep and gripping his heart as he seems to be thinking. After a few seconds he then looks at me and he grins in return. "Deal," he says and I laugh loudly as I flood his heart with my demonic energy, I'll give him enough to turn him into an archdemon but make sure he's completely loyal to me and Desire with a few commands laced in the energy.

He roars in pain as his fur begins turning a deep midnight blue and his muscles expand as he grows a good foot taller. His horns then grow thicker and half a foot longer while turning black. The hard fingernail like tips to his three fingered hands change into one inch long claws made for tearing flesh without hindering his ability to grip things. His teeth turn into fangs meaning he's now a carnivore just like the balrogs two-hundred years ago were. The coat he's wearing rips and falls off but fortunately his trousers stay intact.

With a final pulse of energy I let go of his heart and the hole in his chest heals over as his rib cage moulds back into place with my mark on his chest. After a few seconds he snorts and slowly opens his now black and ice blue eyes. "Now then my newest demon, kill this pitiful excuse of a crew," I order him and stand aside as he looks around at his now terrified ex-subordinates.

I smile as I watch him flex his fingers and look at his hands as a feral grin spreads over his muzzle. "Yes... Master," he replies in a deeper tone and with a deafening roar befitting the powerhouse predator he now is, he charges into the closest pony and with a single punch, launches the poor sod overboard while shattering his rib cage and internal organs.

I laugh sadistically as I watch the balrog tear his crew apart and he seems to relish in his newfound power. A few of the crew attack me clearly angry at what I did to their Captain and unaware that he willingly chose to do this. I dodge their sloppy strikes and rip out their souls with Thanatos who delights in the act.

Ironhoof then roars and charges at two others where he impales each one on his horns and tosses them aside with large holes in their chests, blood dripping from his now glistening horns.

The crew begin to retaliate and their weapons only seem to be leaving minor cuts on the brute's thick demonic hide, which slowly begin to heal leaving no evidence that he was even cut. Ironhoof laughs maniacally as the power coursing through him acts like a drug making him continue his killing spree. Blood soaks the deck as the cries of the crew is the only thing heard on the still ocean.

"Abandon ship! The Captain has gone mad!" a rather attractive earth pony female pony yells out with a hurt tone in her voice. She's wearing better clothing than the rest of the crew, has cream coloured fur, green eyes and light brown hair, maybe she's his second in command?

As the crew try to flee from the rampaging balrog, I leap over to the woman and grip her by the throat making her stab my arm with a dagger. "Ouch," I sarcastically say and pull out the blade before tossing it overboard. "Are you by chance the second in command?" I ask her as my wound closes.

She chokes and I loosen my grip on her. "Y-Yes," she tells me and I smirk.

"And what is your relationship to your Captain?" I ask her.

She growls at me and punches me weakly in the face, I don't even flinch. "That's n-none of your c-concern!" she tells me and tries to pry me off her hand.

"AAAARRRGH!" I hear a male gryphon cry out as Ironhoof tears him in half barehanded.

"It is actually, it'll determine whether or not you live or die," I inform her. "There's still a chance you could get out of this alive, so I ask again, what is your relationship with your Captain?" I ask her again.

She glances at Ironhoof and watches as he crushes what appears to be a bipedal dog's head like a grape, the body drops to the deck twitching as Ironhoof shakes off the blood, bone, and brain matter from his hand while laughing again.

"He... was my husband..." she tells me sadly. Seem's like she thinks he's nothing but a monster now.

"I see," I say and turn to Ironhoof. "Ironhoof, do you still want this female!?" I ask him while holding the woman out to him.

The balrog halts his slaughter as he stomps over and stands before the woman while staring at her. "Iron..." the woman says as she struggles in my grip.

They stare at each other for a few seconds before Ironhoof speaks up. "I do," he replies and strokes the woman's cheek tenderly with a single finger getting a surprised look from the pony.

"Hmmm, very well then, I'll turn her as well and she'll be under your command once again," I tell him and pull her towards me and quickly bite her neck making her yelp. I pour my energy into her and she begins turning into a demon but something is different, her fur turns scarlet red, her hair turns dark brown and her eyes blood red and slitted, but unlike a succupony, she doesn't grow wings as her muscles expand and contract making her a foot taller and much stronger than a succupony or incupony could ever be, a pair of horns grow out the sides of her head like a rams instead of on top and her tail changes similar to a succupony's but instead of a heart at the tip, two six inch razor sharp bone like blades grow on either side of the tip.

'This is interesting... So the succuponies and incuponies were once unicorns... this explains why Fluttershy didn't turn into a succupony like Twilight and Shining... she's a different kind of demon altogether,' I think to myself as I also give the woman the same commands I gave to Shining and Ironhoof.

I release her and my mark is now on her neck. "Congratulations, you're now one of my demons, your first order is to kill this crew with your husband," I order her while she recovers from the change and gasps as she feels her newfound power coursing through her. I watch as she moans and stands up shaking slightly and grinning just like Ironhoof did.

I sit back and still keep my grin as the couple rip apart the remaining crew together. I may have to build up a force to protect us better, it wouldn't hurt bringing back some new kinds of demons to populate Tartarus with either.

Thinking on that, what do I call earth pony demons? 'I think orobas sounds good, and pegasi demons will be thestrals... I wonder what the bipedal dogs would be? Some kind of hellhound?' I think to myself as the couple walk up to me and kneel.

"Master, our task is done," Ironhoof tell me.

I look around to see the corpses of the crew strewn about. "Good, now I'll be bringing the other ship over, you are not to harm anyone on board unless I say so, understood?" I tell them.

"Yes, Master," they both reply and stand up.

I stand up as well and face the port railing. "Now, kill any of the crew below deck and toss the bodies overboard before I return," I order them.

They nodded and walk off talking to each other as they start on their new task. I smile as this is just the beginning, it's like I'm starting all over again like when I first arrived in Tartarus.

I fly back over to the other ship and land on the deck, I revert back to my human form and Desire walks over to me and sees my blood stained coat. "Looks like you had fun," she comments and licks some blood off my cheek.

"Well, it was more interesting than I thought, we'll have two others joining us to Tartarus now," I tell her.

"Oh? And who might they be?" she asks me as Jock walks over.

"So are the erm, pirates dealt with?" he asks me.

"Yes, and I'll pull this ship over to the other," I reply and turn to my wife. "Desire, you'll meet them once we get over there, so let's get pulling," I tell her and together we pull the ship with ropes towards our new larger vessel.

Once there, the Captain, crew, and passengers transfer over while the smaller ship is tied to the aft of the larger ship and pulled along. It seems my newest demons have also cleared the corpses off the ship.

"So, Desire. This was Captain Ironhoof, now our newest balrog demon. And this is his wife... I didn't catch your name dear," I say and ask the newly turned orobas.

"Scarlet Blade, Master," she replies.

"Yeah, stop calling me master, Damien or at least sir is just fine," I tell them both.

"As you wish, Damien," Ironhoof replies.

"Now then, this is one of my wives, Dark Desire, you'll also follow her commands if she gives you any alright?" I tell them.

They nodded and bow to Desire. "My my, they are well mannered aren't they?" Desire says with a giggle while Gilda, Twilight, and Shining stay back from the new demons while Selene circles around Ironhoof getting a raised brow from him.

"So thou turned him into a new balrog..." Selene says and pokes him a few times before looking at Scarlet. "And we hast never seen a demon like her before."

"Well, I believe unicorns become succuponies and incuponies while pegasi become thestrals like Fluttershy now is, and here is what happens to earth ponies when turned, I’ll be calling them orobas," I inform Selene.

She then stops and looks at me. "Then what dost thou call us? We art formed from thy demonic magic, thus that makes us a demon as well..." she asks with an intrigued expression.

She has a point, what do you call an alicorn demon? "I'll let you come up with a name for an alicorn demon, right now though I need to get some rest," I say and turn to Ironhoof. "You and Scarlet can stay in your old Captain's room until we're ready to leave, then Jock will have this ship," I tell him.

He frowns and growls at me. "I've worked ten years to get this ship and the riches on board! You just want to give it away?" he asks angrily.

I raise an eyebrow at him. "I rule all of Tartarus, have a large amount of wealth, and my own army of two-hundred thousand demons with my own fleet of airships, what need do I have for a sea vessel? You can take whatever gold you can carry but leave any silver behind," I reply. "And speak to me like that again and you'll feel pain for a week, understood?" I warn him coldly.

He snarls and reluctantly agrees. “Yes, Sir.”

"If you prove yourself along our way back to Tartarus, I may even make you Captain of your own airship in my army," I tell him.

That seems to get his attention as his frown fades. "My own airship?" he mutters to himself and shares a look with Scarlet who nodded at him. "Very well, Sir. What would you have us do?" he asks me.

"Help Jock here get this ship to Talonsport in Gryphonia, from there we'll make our way towards the Plaguelands to find the Tartarus Gate there," I tell him. "By the way, do you have any prisoners or slaves on board?" I ask Ironhoof.

He's silent for a few seconds before answering. "Yes, I have several slaves in the brig I was going to sell to the Zebras at Zebrica..." he replies.

I narrow my eyes and snort. "Well, I'm going to release them and let them go at Talonsport with some gold each to let them get back to their homes. Just so you know I don't keep slaves," I tell him and he nodded.

"As you wish, Sir," Ironhoof says and bows before leading Jock and his crew away to explain how the ship works.

Selene smiles at me while Gilda yawns, Twilight seems to smile at me as well while Shining at least isn't glaring at me anymore.

"Let's go see who's down there shall we?" I say and head into the ship to find the brig.

It takes us a few minutes but we find it and what I see is appalling, people of different races chained up and filthy with a mix of dirt, sweat, blood, and shit on and around them. Some look up at us with hollow hopeless eyes while others look afraid.

"Shining, get these people out and checked on by the ship's doctor, then get them something to eat and drink," I order him and he for once doesn't argue and to his own surprise, rips off the locks barehanded as he, Twilight, Selene, and Gilda start helping those who can't stand up to the deck.

I see a strange looking black and dark green insect like pony in the back of a cell not moving. I walk over to him and frown as I can feel a slight amount of demonic energy in him that a lesser demon would have. 'Is he a demon? I've never seen one like him before,' I wonder to myself.

"Who are you?" I ask him as I kneel down.

He tries to speak but all he does is cough weakly. I place my hand on his chest and give him some of my energy which he absorbs rapidly, and since there's no physical changes as he absorbs it, I'm positive he's a demon. At least his breathing is more stable now.

I pick him up and carry him to the deck and lay him down so the doctor can look him over. "Why are you bringing that thing up for!?" one of the pony prisoners asks with a frown.

"Thing? He's a demon like I am, you think I'll leave him down there?" I reply and glare at him which makes him flinch and shut up. I then look back at the gryphon doctor. "Make sure he recovers," I tell him and he nodded fearfully without question.

"So, my love. Shall we go for that nap?" Desire asks me with a smile.

I grin back at her and nodded. "We'll need to gather our stuff from the other ship and find a decent room on this one then," I reply and yawn.

"I'll do that, you go find us a room," she tells me and flies off to the smaller ship.

"What about us?" Twilight asks me with Shining next to her.

"You're both coming with me so Desire can continue training you after some rest," I reply and they follow me below deck where after a good ten minutes navigating the ship, we find some cabins and I claim one with two large beds. Shining finds a single bedroom and later so does Selene and Gilda, Desire want’s Twilight with us to keep an eye on her so she can keep training her and teaching her more about being a succupony.

Desire returned with my pack still with some gold in it and goes back to help transfer food and supplies over from the ships. Once everything is settled, the ex-slaves are given the crew area to rest in with all the hammocks around after they've eaten a large meal. Ironhoof and Jock while not really getting along are getting things done and we're back on the move.

Once again I do some fishing and get enough fish for those that can eat it, especially Ironhoof as he's now a carnivore. Twilight and Shining have been sending letters back to friends and family but not before we've checked them so they don't reveal our location, I had to force Shining to punch himself in the face repeatedly for trying to tell Celestia where we're going and I threatened to geld him should he try again.

And despite that, he and Twilight are getting better with their training, more so Twilight than Shining. Twilight can surprisingly conjure a single tendril like I can with each hand... though the first time she wrapped herself up by mistake as she had no real control over them yet, was amusing to watch at least.

Shining is able to make large thick shields and barriers now with his demonic energy and will be a valuable defensive asset, as long as he follows my orders without bitching all the time, I may have to break him to get him in line later if he continues resisting my orders.

Gilda is still feeding Shining twice a day and so far it's keeping him going, but Desire says it’s only a matter of time before he gets hungry enough to rape someone. Selene is focusing more on Twilight and Desire while teaching them night magic as Shining seems useless at it.

Some of the ex-slaves despite knowing that we're demons thanked us for releasing them from their bonds and for the five-hundred bits each to get them home. Though others seem to share Celestia's viewpoint that we’re nothing but monsters, which doesn't bother me anyway, we’re not here to get their praise or thanks.

The insect pony which we found out is called a changeling has recovered and told us his name is Sheldon, he was fishing at sea on a boat with two others near the badlands for his hive when the pirates found him, killed his friends and captured him, that was two months ago. Apparently their Queen is a demonlord by the name Chrysalis who I’d like to meet later.

Twilight and Shining though told me that changelings are dangerous and feed off a pony's, or another race's, emotions until they’re nothing but a dried husk. Sheldon though says that isn't true and they actually eat meat and some fruits, it was actually Celestia that spread the rumour about the emotions part. I can believe that with her hate of demons.

Twilight was shocked at the news but after learning that her Princess was influenced by a demonlord for over a millennia, she's still upset about Celestia's behaviour against me and my wife. Shining was indifferent and went back to his room to think things over.

Right now I'm getting a late night snack from the mess hall of the ship and some extra for Desire as well, I walk along the dark hallways with my bounty in hand as I head back to my room where Desire and Twilight were talking together when I left. Twilight's been acting more and more odd over the last three days and Desire is keeping a close eye on her.

I reach our room and frown as I hear heavy breathing and growling on the other side as it sounds like Desire is trying to calm Twilight down or something. I open the door and see Desire holding Twilight down who's red faced and breathing heavily as she's trying to break out of Desires grip.

"Damien! Twilight's gone lust hungry!" she warns me and Twilight surprises her as when she sees me she teleports out of Desires grip and tries to tackle me to the ground.

She only manages to make me take a single step back as I place the food onto the desk to my left and I then lift twilight up carefully by the back of her neck.

"I can see that..." I reply as Twilight's eyes are completely red and feral looking, she's growling and whining as she reaches out to me desperately.

"You know you have to rut her to calm her down don't you?" Desire tells me and walks over and hugs Twilight from behind while pinning her arms to her sides trying to hold her still.

I frown and sigh as I know she's right, if we leave Twilight like this she'll go find another male to rape.

"I know," I reply and lean forward where I kiss Twilight and she feeds off me heavily. Her eyes seem to barely focus again and she gasps.

I pull back and she looks scared. "W-What's happening t-to me!?" she yells in panic.

Desire nuzzles the left side of her face to calm her down. "You'll be fine sweetie, you're just going through something called a lust hunger, it's when a succupony or incupony doesn't feed well for awhile and their body forces them to find a source. Damien here is going to help you by rutting you okay?" Desire tells her and Twilight looks both afraid and excited, I let go of Twilight's neck as Desire has a firm grip on her now.

"Rutting me? B-But I've never had i-intercourse before..." Twilight mumbles as she rubs her thighs together desperately. "C-Can't he just k-kiss me a lot?" she then asks nervously.

"It wouldn't be enough, kissing is like a snack, rutting is like a full course meal, it's the only way you'll calm down quick enough without going feral again," my wife tells her and Twilight sighs. "It'll be fine, Damien has decades of experience and will do whatever you're more comfortable with," she then tells the trembling girl.

Twilight looks back up at me and gulps. "I-I... okay, just... p-please be gentle..." she asks and blushes heavily.

I smile softly at her and stroke her cheek with my right index finger. "Don't worry, Twilight. I'll be gentle," I reply and Desire lays her down on the bed as I take my coat off.

Why do the killing yourself when you can get others to do it for you?