***Ten years later.***

A tomb was built in the remains of a dead world, it was built on the sorrow, blood and pain of Asphyxious. His body has been long dead, but his heart stone remains. His blight fed the runes in this dead place. The throne room looked more like a catacomb, the walls had names inscribed into them. Friends, family, his own children.

For the most part this dead dragon sleeps and rests in this tomb, the only time he awakens is if his followers have need of him. Or if a intruder come into his tomb, his grave if you will. A few of his loved ones survived on other worlds. Sonia, Sonata, Moon Dancer, Luna, Pizazz better known as Zaz and Gwyndolin also called Gwyn. But time waited for no one.

Asphyxious for now sleeps until he is called upon or if someone being a big pain in the neck. The most interesting thing was his tomb acted as a portal, a gateway to other worlds. Creatures and powers from other worlds can come here, to speak with others. Or visit the temples of gods, and some of Asphyxious old friends. For now he sleeps, for now he waits until a voice awoken him, a voice he knew.

Asphyxious opened his eye that slowly focused. His eyeless site set in, mapping out the throne room and who was standing in it before his eyesight came back it was his hearing first, and the first thing he heard was.

“So, still moping around? How much longer are you going to wallow in self pity?” Rin’s voice came from the fox imp standing in front of him. The toxic green glow of its eyes showing that it was possessed. Asphyxious stared at it, before letting out a deep sigh as dust fell from his form.

“I never wanted any of this, I didn’t expect to outlive my own children.” Asphyxious replied looking at the wall. Asphyxious even reached out to his warjacks hidden in his tomb he wondered how they still worked after all this time. “So what wrong this time? Some fool trying to destroy the world again?” Asphyxious asked as his joints screeched in protest after not moving for so long. His limbs snapped back into place as Asphyxious could move again.

“No... son I’ve given you time to grieve but this is getting ridiculous. Ten years is far too long to wallow. So...I’ve called an intervention.” Rin said as all of my surviving loved ones moved in from the shadows as well as several foxes carrying crystal balls covered in runes drawn in blood.

“Ten years, was I asleep for so long?” Asphyxious asked as he started to move, slowly muscle and bone started to grow back, as his flesh started to cover his more metal parts of his body. “I didn’t think I’d sleep that long.”

“We know you don’t want to talk about what happened, but it time to put the past behind you now.” Said Moon Dancer as she walked up to him. Putting a hand on his arm, Asphyxious looked down at her. She had aged but to Asphyxious it didn’t show, he slowly nods his head at this.

“You’re right, Ten years is too long I’m the all father now... I need to get used to that. So what happened while I slept?” Asphyxious asked, as his skin and scales started to grow back.

“Well how do we put this.” Said Pizazz or Zaz for short as she bit her lip, looking to her clone sister, Friend? Asphyxious will have to ask Ava for more details about these two another time.

“Your followers have started a crusade.” Said Gwyndolin or Gwyn for short. Asphyxious stopped and blinked at them confused.

“Agents who?” He asked as Asphyxious belly rumbled. “I need something to eat.” He grumbled looking around. Asphyxious always knew he forgot something when making this place, he forgot to put a fridge in here. Rin just sighed and created a portal which gushed out gems for him to snack on. “Thank you.” Asphyxious thanked before eating.

“You’re welcome. Now listen about the Cryx.” Rin said while pointing at Gwyndolin.

“Well after you dunk yourself in your pity party. The Cryx and your Diamond dogs went on a crusade to bring all Cyrx under your banner.” Gwyn finished as Asphyxious started at them.

“Oh gods don’t tell me, they used the shadow gate to go to the other worlds didn’t they?” Asphyxious putting a claw over his face. “Okay where are they now?” He asked going off to look for his old armour and weapons.

“What are you going to do?” Asked Sonia as she watched him get changed. Asphyxious walked out with a old friend, that friend being the Deathjack and two of his closest warjacks.

“I’m going to find them, then bet it into there heads the last thing I wanted them to do was go on a stupid crusade! Then maybe poke fun at Everblight not sure yet, or see how my old friends are doing.” Asphyxious replied as he walked down the hall.

“That’s what happens when you leave your followers alone for to long. They do stupid things.” Rin said with exasperation. “I made that mistake once and somehow they decided that I wanted virgin sacrifices.”

Asphyxious could not help but laugh a little at that. “They should have sacrificed cake and sweets.” He said making his way to the gate room. “Anything I need to know before going there?”

“Um, well you’re planet is alive again. So there’s that.” Rin said offhandedly. Asphyxious stopped looked confused before looking back at the fox imp. “I’ve been refurnishing dead worlds back into living ones for a while now. You think I wouldn’t do the same for yours? Gave it a black sun, had my imps import plants from other worlds to grow. Ava even chipped in by helping the imported animals repopulate faster.”

“Wait, you did what!?” Asphyxious yelled looking like he in a panic. “Do you have any idea what Ava would do if left to her own devices? Oh gods I fear at what I’ll find back home waiting for me.”

“Well...I must admit having all animal life including reptiles and water animals having huge boobs does take getting used to.” Rin said sagely as her imp body nodded. Asphyxious face clawed again.

“...I’ll deal with that later... Send me to my stupid followers before they kill a planet.” Asphyxious asked as he walked up to the gate.

“Again.” Rin added as she ran up to the control with that imp speed. “So, you’re good now? You’re not just going to come back and stew again when your done?”

“I’m good, and seeing all the trouble I made by shutting myself off. I need to fix this before it get any more out of hand.” Asphyxious replied pulling out his sword and looks at the blade. “I’m ready.” With a nod the imp poked a few buttons on the gate controls causing it to open for him. Once he left and the gate closed the imp looked to the others.

“Do you think we should have told him that his followers have adopted the naked party as a way of celebrating each victory? Because that’s what was on the other side of that portal.” Rin asked the others.

“And ruin the surprise?” Asked Luna with a smile. As they all giggled before Luna want up to the Imp fox. “By the way, is my moon still there or?...”

“Which one?” Rin deadpanned. Luna looked confused for a moment before remember what Asphyxious told her a long time ago.

“The one I had control over, wait are you saying I have more than one moon now?” Luna asked blinking at the imp.

“You didn’t do that? There are three moons out there now.” Rin stated. “They’re a little cracked from crashing into each other's few times with no one to control them but nothing that can’t be fixed.” Luna smiled before hugging Rin and screamed in joy... In the royal canterlot voice.

“GA! Not in the ear!” The fox cried.

***Asphyxious pov.***

“What the fuck...” I asked at what I was seeing. My brain must have stopped working because I was having trouble understanding what I was seeing right now. And seeing as I’ve lived in equestra for more than twenty years that saying something. I wasn’t even bothered that they were bipedal. “Why in the hell is everyone naked?”

That one question seemed to go unanswered for a whole minute before, everyone started bowing. Okay, I saw Diamond dogs, Ponies, Griffons, Mantis ponies, some minotaurs, Changelings, Thestral and Unliving. And oh look, they have dragons with them too. I thought to myself as my warjacks looked at me. It was to early to deal with this, I just woke up and was still hungry.

“Who is in charge and what are you all doing?” I asked trying to not stare, kind of hard when you’re in the middle of some kind of salabrasion where everyone was naked. “And please don’t bow, it make me feel like a prick.” At this they all stood up straight and saluted which resulted in them flashing their collective privets at me... I face clawed at this. I walked right into that one didn’t I?

“We are my Lord.” Said a woman voice, I turned around to see a huge minotaur in robes I think? From behind him walked out a mare in slimmer robes. “I am High Priestess Iron Buns! And this is head priest Long Horn!” She said in a over dramatic tone. I sighed at this, I forgot about how ponies name each other...

“Okay, from now on you’re Lizzy and he’s Fred.” I tell them getting confused looks from them. I knew they find some why to fuck it up but for now I just didn’t care.

“As you wish my Lord, I will be known as Lizzy Iron Buns.” She said as I ground, I walked away as I looked around. At least they’re keeping the warjacks I made in working order, hell they even made some new ones.

“Alright pack your things we’re going home.” I told them as they all stared at me. I didn’t care as I walked around with my jacks following me. I had to go back and find out, what happened to that world I left behind.

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Things had changed so much, and yet felt so familiar. Walking around with an army behind you was a pain. I saw how the land healed, but to me the scars were still there. I then found ponyville, it looked like they were rebuilding Twilight old castile. It made my heart feel heavy, or that was the heart stone. But I moved on, told the army to do what they can to help.

I left to find old battlefields, old gravestones, then my old home. The Diamond dogs there were surprised to see me. They even held a party, it looked like my Den was untouched by the two year war with Toruk.

I found my way to my old work shop and to my surprised, my old warjacks sat waiting for me. I smiled at my old friends, I walked up to them and hugged Seether head. I never thought I’d miss them so much.

The smell of metal and smoke, the familiar sound of there engines humm. I was home again, the only thing I was missing now was. “Daddy?” a soft voice spoke, it made every muscle in my body teases as I slowly looked to the source of the voice. It was a filly who looked part dragon, she had blue scales but her mane was a soft pink.

“Gentle Shade?” I asked as she ran up and hugged me crying her eyes out. I couldn’t move or think as I looked down at my and Fluttershy child, I couldn’t help but kneel down and hug her back. That when I saw everyone came in and I saw them, Fluttershy, Sonata and my Puparium. They all rushed in and joined in on the hug, we were all overwhelmed by emotion I was never more happy to be back, at last I was home.

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