As the day turned to Night I bid farewell to Princess Twilight and her friend I headed for the train station where I waited for the train to take me to manehattan where I could then board my ship to head back to my island kingdom. As I sat there my thoughts drifted towards the day where I lead 300 ships against the capital of the Minos empire.

It was a cold day as three hundred ships both mine and various mercenary companies floated in the sea near the capital waiting for my orders to engage the city. I stood on the deck of the city determined to end this slavers empire. I took a deep breath as the other captains and mercenaries commanders went over the battle plan one last time.

“Alright here’s the plan.” I said pointing at the map “Alpha will launch here.” I said pointing to the left ports on the map. “while beta will launch here.” I said pointing to the right ports. “While that is happening the remaining men will launch an attack here.” I said pointing to their imperial halls.

As the captains and commanders nodded I sent them back to their ships while the rest of us faked being tourist and merchants and landed in the northern ports. A few hours passed as I stood with my men ready to engage, Gretta looked at me and I nodded before pointing my pistol in the air and casting a flair spell.

Once the flare was up in the air, the men scattered around the city dropped the act and began assaulting guards left and right. It would be tame to say that the blood flowing in the streets was akin to a broken open wine kege. It was worse. Slaves and civilians alike were being caught in the crossfires, largely from the guard’s shooting as we tried to avoid them.

Waves of guards kept coming from barracks and from the castle itself. We need to get up there fast. Using Final Wave, I hacked through them with ease, creating a blood soaked pathway leading to the castle, ever closer with each Final Wave used. To my surprise, some minotaur was holding a cannon over his shoulder and he fired, the cannonball flying through my chest. I retorted by firing my pistol at his head, the cannon falling on him made sure he was dead.

The wound quickly healed and I started my way back to the castle. As I turned one last corner, now reaching outside the castle gates, I was stunned to see three golems, with slaves somehow stuck in them. Basterds. I thought, trying to find a way to kill the golems without killing the slaves.

There was no visible weak points, so it’s powersource must either be inside it, or is being hidden by one of the slaves on it. Crap, if it were night it might be easier to tell where, those things tend to glow. “Captain!” I saw Gretta run up, tossing me a pickaxe. “We can dig them out.”

“Thank you.” I said, grabbing the pick and running up at the golems.

The first one I managed to strike it’s leg, breaking it off and freeing a slave that was stuck in it. With a leg missing the golem fell over, thankfully not on any of the slaves in it, and other crew members came up quickly, using other picks to mine out the slaves. “We got this, you go kill the emperor!” On of the men said as I nodded.

With a handy keg of gunpowder… procured from a blacksmith nearby, we blasted open the gate. As I charged through the gate I was surprised to find no guard… but the emperor himself, standing center of the courtyard, large thick armor adorned him with a sword as tall as he is at his side. “So, you are the immortal Kain?” He asked.

“And I take it you’re Emperor Minos” I said.

“Yes. I have heard quite a lot about you, how you appeared in this same city long ago, saved a little birdy then stole a slave ship, not long after, creating a strong pirate army. I have to give you credit, you are resourceful.”

“I’d honestly take that as a compliment if it came from somebody else but let me guess somebody tipped you off, let me ask who was it one of my merc’s or a pirate?” I asked.

“I believe you know who my little song bird is well. Gretta, that’s what you call her, right?” I looked to my side, seeing Gretta giltay walk over to the emperor. “It’s amazing really, those… special words still work after all this time, unicorns really know their stuff.”

“You son of a BITCH!” I said firing upon him but my shots just bounced off him.”YOU TAKE MY BIRD AND USE HER AGAINST ME! I’M SENDING YOU TO HELL” I shouted casting Final wave on him.

“Hehehe HAHAHA! You can’t touch me in this armor it’s made of adamantine the metal of the gods nothing can penetrate it not even your little explosion magic.” he proclaimed as he walked closer to Gretta who was just looking at the floor crying. “Song bird, sing me a song.”

Gretta instantly stood up, still crying. “Y-yes master.”

“Sing the song of death to pirates.”

Gretta was crying, but nodded, picking up two swords and began mercilessly hacking at our comrades. “Amazing really, if she only had the lack of heart she would have been my personal servant.” Minos said. “So much work went into her, such a waste we couldn’t get her to break her emotions.”

As she tried to cut me I had an Idea “Songbird Sing the song of life” i said as she stopped and returned to normal.

“Captain i’m sorry.” she cried as I hugged her. “Run as far as you can.” I ordered as Minos spoke.

“Songbird, sing me the song of hunger.” At that, Gretta dug her beak deep into my throat, tearing it out as she began to devour me. “We can do this all day Kain, all at her expense.”

As she kept biting down on me I managed to push her off long enough to have my through regrow “I’m sorry Gretta.” I said as my sword charged up Final wave was cast on her killing her as tears went down my eyes “But you know what I do to traitors.” I said as my gaze turned to King Minos. “I’m going to kill you then make history remember you as the monster you are.” I said as he laughed.

“What type of magic do you think was used on her?” Minos asked.

Before he could Answer my eye glowed red and I ran to punch him denting his armor but breaking my arm in the process. “I can do this all day” I said jumping and denting his helmet breaking my leg.

Minos just smiled at me. “Songbird, sing me the song of silence.” I turned around, seeing Gretta’s mangled body stand, dark magic oozing out of her. “Even after death her commands still move her. “Songbird, sing me the song of Kain’s imprisonment.”

“You monster!” I said cutting her arm off as it tried to grab me. My wounds not healing as fast as they were before due to the power flowing through them.

Gretta’s corpse charged at me, her still attached arm slicing one of mine up to my elbow from my wrist. “Songbird, sing me the song of… agony.” Gretta’s corpse somehow shot out a ball of darkness, striking me in the heart as my wounds were slowly trying to heal and expel the darkness infecting it. “You see Kain, your Gretta is one of thousands of slaves we made to serve til their bodies decay into dust. I’ll go down as a monster, but you’ll be known forever as the loser this day.”

I looked at Gretta thinking of what to do then it hit me “Songbird sing me the song of memories!” I shouted as she just stood there staring at me.

“Captain?” her voice said “whats going on?” she asked scared

“I need you to fly to as far as you can and as quickly as you can to canterlot tell them this is the curse of Minos!” I said as Minos tried to speak I fired another Final wave at him covering his voice as Gretta flue away.

Minos grunted. “Bloodhound. Here mutt.” He said as a diamond dog dug itself up from the ground. “Bloodhound, hunt down the songbird. The dinner bell is rung.” The diamond dog nodded as it quickly jumped over the castle walls, casing after Gretta. “Time we settle this ‘immortal’.”

“Lets.” i said sliding under him placing some short fused grenades at the tip of his feet and jumped on his back.I began to charge one last Final wave as he was distracted by the explosives “This is for everyone you’ve ever enslaved you mother F-” I was cut off by the grenades going off at his feet and I cast Final Wave up close shattering his helmet and shoulder guards. “Eat this you son of a-” I was cut off by him grabbing me and throwing me off.

“You think you’ve won you little whelp I have hundreds of ships in my fleet and army on my island and they are all loyal to me, there is no disgrace in just dying now you will atleast have come far enough to tell your tale in tartarus. He said as he began to cast a spell “CHAINS OF-” he was cut off by Gretta returning.

“Songbird sing me the-” again he was cut off by the diamond dog jumping on him trying to catch gretta.

“Eat this you son of a bitch. Final Wave!” i shouted hitting both him and the dog. Killing them both.

“It's over captain” Gretta said.

“No it's not you have one more thing to do.”

“What?” she asked

“Songbird…. sing me the song of heaven” I said as she looked confused

“What’s that?” she said

“It means send your spirit to heaven with all the other angles...I’m sorry I had to kill you.” I said as she went in for a kiss... “sorry but no final kiss you're still dead sorry there are lines I don’t cross.” I said as her spirit disappeared from her body and her corpse fell to the ground.

As I looked at the emperor guards started to come in “My lord we have secured the...” the head captain stopped to look at me the dead emperor and the other two corpses “did you kill the emperor?” he asked.

“Yes and i’m going to kill you too.” i said as they dropped their weapons and fell to their knees.

“We serve you King.”

“King i thought the poisson was emperor?” I asked

“Well he claimed to be an emperor but he was really just a king said he was planning for a bigger thing.” the head guard said as I realised that i was now a king.

“Give me one moment.” I said pulling my pistol out and firing a green flair signaling the ships to retreat.

“What was that my king?”

“A flair to signal my force’s to retreat I don’t want them to loot my stuff.” i said as I walked to my throne before sitting “Did we take any prisoners?” I asked

“No sir the former King was clear kill the pirates.” the head guard said

“So I have to ask why are you suddenly loyal to me?” I asked

“Because the last one was a tyrant that we could do nothing about.”

“And how do you know i’ll be any different?”

“You attack slaver ships the most of the country hates that and believe its is an outdated practice.” the head guard said

“Anyway is there any ships left?” I asked

“ The capital ship Canterlot Burning is coming in a few days.” the guard captain said

“Good i’ll pay my friends a visit.” I said

I got of my boat and onto my island where I was met by this woman with snow white hair and some brat with a large… key sword thing dressed in a red shirt with black pants. His hair was red, but what caught my eye were his eyes. They were red.

I motioned to my guards and they surrounded him “the first Human to find me and it's a ventral.” I said “lock him up.” I said to my guards “the woman in the prisoners sweet.”

“Wait, what?” He said, looking around him as the guards were getting closer. “... Ah crap…”

“I have rules to this island boy no slavers and what i remember about your family is your a family of slavers.” but before he was dragged away he pulled out his key sword and stabbed me in the gut cutting me in half. As I bleed out for the who knows how many times I saw the kid’s eyes turn demonic, the whites going black and the pupils changing to be like cats.

Want to know who and what the Ventrals are read this story which I am crossing over with for the last chapter...