"Who's next?" I ask the pirates gathered around with a grin.

The populace of the bay look between me and the newly turned wraith who is still staring at his bony looking transparent hands.

Some of them look like they're about to make a break for it so I speak up. "Remember, any of you try to run and you all die. All I'm doing is turning you into demons, you'll be faster, stronger... maybe smarter," I tell them and look at their expressions. Some still look fearful while others start to look intrigued.

"And what will ye be doin' to us after dat?" a diamond dog asks me.

"You'll follow me and my orders perfectly, you'll all be well treated and better protected then this sack of shit ever could or did," I reply and toss the severed head of the still nameless king at the feet, hooves, and paws of the pirates at the front of the crowd.

They all start mumbling to each other and my patience is wearing thin.

"I'm on a tight schedule here, so ready or not," I tell them and gather almost all of my demonic energy into my right palm. "Desire, this will leave me weakened, I need you to watch over me while I recover," I tell her.

"You know I'll look after you," she replies with a sultry grin.

I chuckle and continue to build up my energy until about ninety percent is gathered, I then release the energy and engulf the entire town and some distance outside it. The pirates grunt and gasp as their bodies absorb the energy and begin to change them into demons, but just like the others I put in the commands to never disobey or betray me within the energy or they'll kill themselves.

The unicorns all turn into succuponies or incuponies while the pegasi become thestrals and the earth ponies into orobas.

The zebra's all turn into wraiths except one male who turns into a skeleton and levitates off the ground, his clothes warp into a long robe and chains wrap around his waist, forearms and across his torso. I examine the new demon and notice he has the energy of a deamon, guess I'll call him a lich then.

I also notice a few more deamons rising from the bunch, one of the lycans has white fur with deep red eyes, is taller than the others by a foot and his claws look sharper as well, could be an alpha lycan.

I raise an eyebrow as the male gryphons change gender as they turn into harpies. I go wide eyed as I forgot about Gilda, I turn around to see she and the minotaur next to Ironhoof are fine behind the barrier Shining and Twilight are still keeping up. With a sigh I stumble from the lack of energy where Desire catches me before I fall.

"Come on, let's get you to bed and I'll sort these pillocks out," she tells me.

I smile and nodded as she pulls me back into the King's place and up into the ship where a large bed in the Captain's Quarters is. She lays me down and kisses my forehead. "Now get some sleep, I'll get this place up and running," she says and taking her advice, I fall asleep.

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After putting Damien to bed, I head back down and glare at the new demons who are examining themselves and each other. Most of the gryphons are freaking out due to their gender change, but they'll get over it once they experience the thrills of being a female.

"Alright you lot, you now take orders from Overlord Damien and me!" I tell them and smirk.

Most of them frown and start yelling at me.

"I ain't taking orders from some wench!" a lesser balrog yells out. He's a foot and a half shorter than Ironhoof, has lighter coloured fur and shorter horns in comparison.

I snarl at him and quickly toss an energy blade at his groin making him howl out in pain as I cut his jewels off.

"Next one to insult me will lose their head!" I tell them all with a frown on my face. "Now then, you are all demons now and will do as you're told, your first order is to release any slaves you have here as they are now demons as well, we do not keep slaves!" I tell them and five of them quickly run off towards a large shack. "Also none of you are allowed to leave town until I or Damien say so! If you try, you will feel pain indescribable!" I then warn them.

"What shall we do?" Luna asks me from behind.

"Keep an eye on them, make sure none of them try to leave town, though I doubt they could with the order I just gave them,"

"W-What shall we do, mistress?" an orobas asks me.

I smirk at him. "I want to know all the resources, food, the exact number of demons here, and what assets we have," I reply. They all just stand there like statues with unsure looks. "WELL!? GET TO IT THEN!" I yell at them making most of them yelp and run off to do as I've ordered.

I notice the lycan we brought with us is whimpering and staring at the demons who are off to do my bidding.

"What's the matter, dear?" I ask her.

"M-May I go see my f-family, m-mistress?" she asks fearful that I might react violently.

I giggle and gently pat her head making her flinch. "Sure, go find them, but don't you dare leave okay?" I reply sweetly.

She nodded and runs off on all fours down the street.

"Well, then. I'd like you all to keep an eye on them all, if they try to retaliate, knock some sense into them. I have to look after Damien while he recovers," I tell the others.

They nodded but I stop Gilda, Fluttershy, Twilight, and Shining. "You four follow me, you're not ready for combat yet," I tell them and then point to Shining and Twilight. "and I'm going to teach you two more demon magic,"

“I’ve been trained to fight, I know how to handle myself,” Shining replies with a frown.

I laugh at him making him snort unamused. “If that were the case then you and your guards would have put up a better fight. No, you are very unprepared, but we’ll fix that in time,” I tell him. “Now come on.”

The three of them follow me inside while Selene, Luna, Ironhoof, Scarlet, and Blackhide wonder off to keep an eye out on the populace. I hear the minotaur talking to Ironhoof before they get out of my hearing range.

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I yawn and stretch my arms feeling better and refreshed, I try to get up but I'm pinned down by Desire and Twilight on either side of me both wearing night gowns they bought back in Horseshoe Bay.

I smile at them and then smirk, I really need to use the restroom so I slap my hands on their rears and squeeze hard. Desire moans deeply and wakes up while Twilight yelps and gasps in surprise, but her left leg wraps around mine while her face turns red.

"You're finally up! You should know better than to keep a mare waiting!" Desire tells me and latches onto my face and feeds off me for a few seconds.

She lets go with a sigh and licks her lips. "That's better, but you'll need to top us off in a few more days," she tells me before Twilight lunges forward and kisses me aggressively.

Desire giggles while Twilight moans and keeps going. "She's been getting hungrier and hungrier while you were out, she's close to getting lust hungry again so you may have to feed her tonight," my wife tells me while Twilight backs off and buries her face into my chest.

"I see, so how have the new demons been adjusting to their new bodies?" I ask Desire.

"Oh not so bad, some have killed themselves, mostly the harpies who used to be male," she tells me. "but other than that, they've obeyed my orders to the letter. I've also got a list of resources and assets the town has," she tells me as Twilight continues to hug me.

"Good, I want to know what we're leaving this town with, we just need to find someone to leave in charge while we take Gilda back to her hometown," I say and gently pry Twilight off me who whimpers sadly from the lack of contact.

"I've got someone in mind," Desire says and gets up as well.

I look outside and notice it's not even morning yet. "How long was I out this time?" I ask.

"Nearly two days, you really used a lot of energy this time, you covered the entire bay along with a good mile out as well, We've got some demonized wildlife showing up showing similar signs of intelligence just like Fluttershy's hellhare," my wife tells me.

"Wildlife? What kinds?" I ask as I get dressed in a new pair of dark blue trousers and a red shirt, seems Desire stripped me out of my clothes while I slept.

"Well, there's been three bears, two pythons which show signs of becoming naga if the arms they're growing are any indication, multiple birds that all seem to have grown in size with sharpened talons and beaks, ten foxes that have nine tails and seem to be able to use magic. There are plenty more but I think the giant octopus in the bay happens to be the biggest of the lot, Fluttershy is surprisingly able to command them and they've taken a liking to her," she informs me with a smile.

A giant octopus? Damn, seems we have our own version of a kraken. "Very well, I'll see what we have and decide on where to go from there. How's Shining and the others been?" I ask her.

"Oh he's doing well, he's still feeding from Gilda and Ironhoof has convinced his brother to become a balrog as well. Luna and Selene have been together the whole time still talking to each other and Luna is ready to bring her student here when you're ready to provide the energy needed to teleport him from Canterlot," she replies and changes into her short black pants and white shirt. "Oh, and Blackhide's body finally broke down and he's dead again.”

Twilight has remained quiet and has gotten dressed in a deep blue pair of trousers and a dark purple shirt with holes in the back for her wings. She glances at me before looking away shyly twiddling her thumbs.

"Twilight? Is something the matter?" I ask her.

Desire giggles and walks over to Twilight and hugs her. "Well, go on darling, ask him," she tells the purple girl.

I frown and raise an eyebrow. "I-I-I... I just w-wanted to know if w-we are in a r-relationship together since we... mated," Twilight asks avoiding eye contact with me.

"What she means is she wants to be with us, she's never had a coltfriend before and she likes when you hold her, but she's not sure if you only just fed her or if there's more between us. She's actually been fretting over it after you fed her," Desire tells me.

"Oh?" I walk over to them and look down to Twilight who is still looking away. "So, if you could, you would like to be one of my wives?" I ask her calmly. She doesn't answer so I lift her chin so she has to look at me. "Well?" I ask her making her stare into my eyes.

"I... I don't know... I feel safe w-with you and despite your violent moments, y-you've looked after me and Fluttershy. But I'm terrified what my friends will think or say... or Celestia..." she replies on the verge of tears and hugs me again.

"It's your eternal life, you decide what to do with it. If your friends scorn you for your choice, then they were never really your friends. I certainly wouldn't mind a smart girl like you being with us, you're charming, beautiful, and you are the only one so far to see reason and talk with me instead of trying to kill me," I tell her and stroke her left cheek with my right hand.

She closes her eyes and nuzzles into my hand before sobbing and gripping me tightly with her head buried into my chest.

"Why did this all have to happen?" she asks in between sobs. "Life was simple, I was learning about friendship, new magic, and getting closer to my friends... then you show up and throw everything into chaos! And now I find myself unable to stop thinking about you! Even though you injured Celestia... turned me, Fluttershy, my brother, and Princess Luna into demons... took me away from my friends and family for my own protection, I just can't see myself being separated from you and Desire anymore!" she yells at me before crying again and thumping lightly on my chest to vent her frustration.

Desire walks up behind her and sandwiches Twilight between me and herself. "It'll be okay, Twilight," she tells the upset succupony reassuringly.

We just continue to hug each other for a few minutes before deciding it’s time for breakfast. I quickly find a restroom and relieve myself and wash up before joining the others below for our morning meal.

During breakfast a flash of green light fills the room and a scroll drops to the floor.

Twilight, now in a slightly better mood levitates it up to her face and opens it. Her eyes widen as she reads the letter and gasps. "Celestia is taking the other Elements and Spike to Canterlot to be cleansed of any demonic magic after meeting with you... the letter stops mid sentence," she says with a dead look in her eyes. "She's planning to kill them..."

I frown at the news, damn bitch is getting out of hand... the only way I see to stop her from this is to get Selene and Luna to teleport us to Canterlot to retrieve the other Elements and this Spike before they're killed. "Then let's go get them, we were planning to get Luna's student anyway, might as well get your friends as well," I say and get up from the table.

Twilight's expression hardens and she nodded to me before we head out the door to find Luna and Selene.

After ten minutes looking for them we find them sitting on the left side of the Bay's cliff looking over the sea. "There you are, we're heading to Canterlot now," I tell them sternly as we land next to them getting their attention.

"Now? Is there a problem, Sir Damien?" Selene asks me.

"Twilight received a letter from Spike explaining that Celestia is planning to execute the other Elements and him because she thinks they have demonic energy in them from coming into contact with me," I reply and turn to Luna. "We can pick up your student as well while we're there," I tell her, she frowns and nodded in reply. "Twilight, head back and let the others know where we're going and what we're doing," I tell her.

She looks sad but nodded. "Don't you dare die after what we went through this morning..." she tells me and flies off back to the bay.

I watch her go and turn back to Luna. "Let's go," I say and she nodded again.

Selene and Luna hold hands and their horns glow brightly, I hold their free hands and channel my energy into them to help power up the spell. Desire hugs my back and after a few seconds the spell is cast and a disorientating feeling washes over me.

Once it dies down, I look around and see we're back in Canterlot, more specifically the Castle's courtyard.

"Selene, Luna, find the Elements, Spike, and your student. I'll distract Celestia. Kill any guard who gets in your way, don't hesitate," I tell them and Selene nodded but Luna looks unsure.

"Very well, Sir Damien. We shall find them and meet thee back here," Selene replies and flies off.

"Please don't kill or seriously harm our sister," Luna asks me and then takes off after her other half.

I glance around and see the guards staring at us in surprise for a few seconds before drawing their weapons and charging at us, fortunately they don't seem to have silver weapons.

"This would be a good time to try out that new sword of yours, my dear," I say to my wife and she smiles as she draws it from her hip.

"Don't mind if I do!" she replies and flies up and over one of the guards while impaling him in the neck quickly before landing and running off quickly towards another guard.

I summon Thanatos and twirl it around for a few seconds until the first guard is in range. I then strike, slicing the guard in two from the waist and grin. "Time to teach miss royal pain in the ass some manners," I say and charge at the next guard blocking my path to the Castle doorway.

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