Hallow Shades was a relatively long tread, the train doesn't go through there due to the bat ponies wanting to be isolated, that and they wanted peace and quiet. Now however, it was going to be the loudest part of Equestria.

Hallow shades wasn't hard to find, mainly because of the burning houses and smoke that lit around the entire town. Most of the residence was either in the salvageable houses, or was putting out the fires.

It was horrible.

Luna, Remorel, and a platoon of guards went to reinforce. They arrived and was greeted by a few bat pony guards.

The situation was calm for the most part, but half of the population was missing. Not killed due to being no blood or extra body parts.

"We received word of a group of enemy forces running in the hallow, with citizens in there capture..." One of the regular pony guards with an injured bat pony guard.

"Do we know where they went?" Remorel asked.

"North, in the Hallow Forest. But they have a force stronger than our own...." The bat pony guard weakly said.

"I'll go alone, the rest of you need to take care of these citizens." Remorel said as he was summoning his sword.

"But....Remorel....you can't go alone...." Luna said with some sadness.

"It's ok Luna, I need you to stay here to protect these ponies." Remorel said with slight order.

The guards tensed as Remorel ordered a princess.

"Ok Remorel...." She turned and walked slowly to a safe house in the center of the small town.

'Now...where is that basterd?' Remorel thought to himself.

He was about to go into the Hallow but was stopped by a few terrified looking bat ponies.

"S-sir?" One of the female bat ponies asked timidly.

"P-please, bring my daughter back...she is all I have left now after...those things killed my husband" She started bawling, her eyes quickly turning from beautiful amethyst slits to red as tears streamed down her face.

Remorel got on one knee, still looking down from his height, but close enough to comfort her. The other bat ponies backed away, afraid from the dark being so close to one of their own.

Remorel placed his metal glove on her shoulder, she looked up with some slight fear in her eyes.

"I will do whatever I can to bring her back, I promise."

That one sentence brought her to hug Remorel, she cried in his arms and chest, she didn't even care if he was armored, she wanted to show her appreciation to him.

"By the way, what's your name miss?" Remorel asked as he stroked her hair, she pushes into his hand with delight.

"M-my name is Platinum, and my daughters name is Shadow Rise." She responded as she pulled away from his chest.

"Hello Platinum, my name is Remorel." Remorel frizzled the bat ponies hair and summoned his sword. The new sleek, longer and more light design made it look more intimidating somehow.

He walked into the Hallow, making every step act like he was about to enter a war.

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After about twenty minutes or so, he finally encountered a cave with the mutated humans standing guard.

Now that he knows what's here, he took some time to study them, and they looked like abominations.

Since some of his essence and apparently Selina's essence were stolen, Dunmer was able to create life, by using death. Now how does that work?

'I think the early humans called them the living dead? Or zombies...I think.' Remorel thought.

Although, they weren't what he was expecting. He was expecting something more of decaying corpses walking around, dumb as can be.

These zombies had weapons, and were actually on guard, they had the expected appearance, just not the attitude.

He decided to act quickly, considering he doesn't know how many zombies there are, since the human population reached over 9 billion by the time Armageddon reached it's peak...who knows how many can be in this one cave.

Remorel swiftly and stealthily killed both decayed humans, taking their souls to make sure all that was left was a useless shell of a body, putting the soul in the sword for storage. He then entered the cave.

'Hopefully these ponies are not dead by the time I get there...' Remorel silently pleaded.

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Obviously, there was more than what he wanted. Each turn he would make there would be almost a group of around 10-14 zombies, all armed with swords and muskets with bayonets.

Taking them all out was a chore, but Remorel had to be quick....so quick was he.

It only took him around 10 minutes to clean and claim around 200 souls. Not a pretty trail he left behind, all crimson and the smell of rotting flesh.

But he can hear something other than the groans of the living dead, crying and pleading.

He rushed where the sounds are, and gawked slightly at what he saw.

Several bat ponies hanged from the ceiling, being skinned, gutted, and displayed like trophies.

What made him disturbed, was that a majority were young...

Several zombies, including a really big brute of one, all turned and faced him, and begun drawing their weapons as well.

He drew his sword, and set it ablaze...

"Todos ustedes volverán a mí ... Ustedes permanecerán muertos, porque su día de juicio ya ha sido decidido ..." Remorel said in anger...his magic at work...

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Remorel breathed smoke from his mouth, his sword drawing in souls of the dammed. His entire body from his hood down to the very bottom of his steel boots shinned in red. The heavy smell of blood filled the room, and whimpering could be heard.

That drew Remorel's attention, he looked behind him and saw four ponies, only one of them was young...

She was crying, looking at all the blood, the adults looking like they just saw the entire world explode before their eyes.

Remorel approached the cage they were trapped in, and broke the lock off with a swing of his sword.

The bat ponies hesitated, until Remorel un-manifested his sword. They slowly inched out and looked up at him with fear.

He looked down at the little bat pony "Is your name Shadow Rise?"

The pony seemed confused "Yeah...why?"

"Your mother asked me to pick you and your friends up, I'm taking you home."

She stared at him, then jumped on him and hugged his neck.

"P-please! I want to see mommy! I want my mommy!" She cried on his shoulder.

Remorel looked at the other ponies, they to almost looked liked they were about to cry.

"Lets go then, and Shadow...do not look up no matter what.." Remorel placed a hand on her head to keep her on his shoulder, due to the massive amount of gore and blood.

The other bat ponies followed quickly, occasionally gasping at the display.

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They finally reached back to Hallow Shades, Remorel finding Platinum and giving Shadow back to her. The other bat ponies found their families and reunited.

Platinum thanked Remorel, with a kiss.

He never blushed, he never thought he could, but he did, and he kind of liked it.

Luna decided to bring the remaining residence of Hallow Shades to Cantorlot, since it was to dangerous for them to be living here anymore.

Shadow was all to happy, she wanted to spend time with her hero after all.

Luna and Remorel sat down on the ground, awaiting the airship Luna ordered.

"There was more that were taken...are they...?"

"Yes...and a horrible and disrespectful death they had..." Remorel sad with some sadness.

"You did what you could, you have my eternal thanks." Luna said as she hugged him.

"Just know that everybody can't be saved...there will need to be some sacrifices."

Remorel looked down at her, curiously.

He brushed her mane, making her fall asleep.

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The airship was big, first of its kind apparently.

Remorel had to lift Luna up onto it, and had her lay in his lap on the way home.

'Home? So I'm calling Cantorlot my home now? Heh, guess that would make sense.'

But something was gnawing at him, Dunmer had to be around somewhere...

Author's Notes:

BOOM. That just happened.