Knight of the Void
Chapter 9: Ch.8: Graves Are To Be Memorized, Not Forgotten
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Luna was in a very happy mood, after being introduced to Zen yesterday, Luna not only gotten to properly meet his big brother, but also got the thestrals of the Lunar Guard on her good graces. Ever since the guarding of the Western Wing was stopped, the Lunar Guard had become more active than ever, making it possible for Luna to properly see every member personally. The thestrals even gave her a toothy smile – especially the younger members – and seemed more friendlier toward her.
Apparently, it would be announced in the future about revealing Zen’s existence, making the royalty count go up again; those in the royal family were Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, Princess Cadance, Prince Blueblood, and now, Royal Assassin Zen or Royal Strategist Zen. The idea of Zen being a strategist was perfect as his well of knowledge and know-how, were perfect for future planning and projects to come.
While the thestrals are loyal to him alone, the purpose of the thestrals joining the Luna Guard and the Lunar Guard in general was the purpose of defending the night, and the to serve Luna at the same time. The thestrals have become perfect guardians of the shadows, and while many did not seem to like Luna, it was mostly due to not recognizing her; the thestrals who know of the story of Nightmare Moon, remember her being different so seeing her in the current state she was in was… unexpected. Learning this caused a u-turn in thought and a majority of the thestrals have opened to Luna, some even becoming her personal guard to accompany her.
Tonight, Luna was getting ready to see Zen, about hangout with her dear brother. Due to the fact that Luna recently only returned for a week now, she hasn’t become a famous subject in Equestria, and many still fear her. Nowadays, while she wait for her power to return to its original glory, she used to wander the castle or catch-up on various facts of the like. Now being introduced to Zen, she wants to learn the present world through is eyes, and get to know him better.
Luna trotted out of her room, followed by four Lunar Guards – two thestrals, one pegasus, and one unicorn – until they trotted through several halls and corners. Now they stood before the two doors to the Western Wing; while they weren’t guarded, access was still denied for obvious reasons, so a sign was placed on it to not enter… that and it was locked.
Luna simply knocked on the door, and something akin to slider opened but revealed a transparent screen on the wall beside the left door. The screen showed nothing but a wavy green line, and a speaker to speak through to whoever may be listening.
“Brother Zen, it is I, Luna! I’ve come to visit my dear brother!” said Luna, ecstatically.
“Ah, hello Lady Luna; Zen is in the Map Room right now, I’ll let you in to see him. Just take the stairs up and take the right path,” said Jiule. After the screen was hid away by the slider, a click was heard and the doors swung open slowly. The group entered and followed the directions given by Jiule; Luna’s impression of Jiule was that between step-sisters, for the lunar princess. Once upstairs, Luna went to the right path and came across some double doors and opened them with her magic. Inside she came upon a circular room with a circular table, various maps around the room, and some sort of pedestal in the back in a small alcove. The circular table had a strange almost transparent map of Equestria, showing a third-dimensional view of the land – this ranged from mountains, rivers, forests, settlements, clouds, and even Mt Canterlot with Canterlot perfectly detailed on it – with Zen examining what appeared to be Ponyville.
“Zen! What are you doing this fine night?”
Zen turned to face Luna and spotted the four guards accompanying her, and wasn’t bothered but the four guards decided to take position around the room below four different wall lamps. Luna neared the technological marvel of a table, a slipped a hoof through the hologram, feeling nothing but still awed by it. “Was just checking a few things… Luna… Is there anything in particular you wish to do?”
Luna eyes sparkled and the first thing she said somewhat stopped everyone in mid-thought. “Tell me a story!”
“Pardon Luna… but a story? I don’t think I’m the kind of being you should ask these kind of things now,” said Zen.
“Well… I mean… umm...” Luna noticed something above the pedestal and saw a portrait of Zen with another pony; the pony in question had their name written on a plaque, by the name of Organize Mess. “Tell me your life five centuries ago, about the friends you made and met!”
Zen seemed stumped by this idea, something that worried Luna as he simply stood, like a vigilant statue. He did move afterwards but gazed at the portrait, remembering the day that picture was taken… and the days to come after that one.
“...How about I tell you a story… of when Celestia and I took a group picture in the Royal Gardens; we invited our friends from their homes, this included some royalty from other lands and a few representatives of other races. Since I was the representative of the thestrals, I was forced to take the picture with obvious dislike, on that day… of course… My friend Mess had… a little secret to tell the rest of us...”
480 years ago – Canterlot Castle, Royal Gardens; 10:00am
The group took a photo together, leaving Zen standing alone in the shade of a nearby tree. He gazed at Celestia who stood and smiled at the camera, when a bright flash later at the picture’s polaroid was made. The one who took the picture, Flash Shot, grinned and started to put away his camera. “Great picture everyone; now let’s get this get-together started!” shouted Shot, grinning from side to side.
“Hey Zen, get that gloomy butt of yours here!” shouted Steel.
The others laughed in each others merriment, whilst Zen stood alone, solitary; this lasted for a few seconds when a familiar filly came up to him. The young thestral, Blood Lily leaned on Zen’s leg with both her forehooves wrapped around the intimidating figure. It was Blood Lily first to open toward Zen, and reason he was able to gain the trust of the thestrals. For somepony so young, she was possibly the only one out of the group that didn’t find Zen threatening, with Celestia and Torch finding him to be either kind or entertaining – for the two this was true for either of the two.
“Come on Zen, let’s gooooo!” said Lily, the filly trying her best to drag Zen with her. “Don’t be a party pooper.”
“Events like this aren’t my cup of tea Lily… Go and enjoy it with little Rose Garden, you are her god-sister after all,” said Zen. This made the young thestral let go and run to Rose Garden who was being carried by her mother, Carnation Rose.
Zen moved his sight across the garden, seeing his various friends, acquaintances, and those unfamiliar to him but knew Celestia – Emerald was talking with Warcry about her promotion to Colonel, Smooth, Carnation, Sky, and Lily watched young Rose Garden playfully suck on Lily’s hoof, Deluxe his wife Elegant both spoke with Mess and Sweet about something, particularly about Sweet’s round belly, Steel, Knock Out, and Blaze were currently doing some challenges with the thestrals of the now new Lunar Guard, Suzy a representative of the diamond dogs was conversing with Chieftain Ob’Daob, while Flash Shot started get some pictures of Torch doing multiple poses.
This finally left with Celestia and Prince Kai speaking together… when Zen received a sudden message through his helmet’s radio.
WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! DEMON INCURSION! NEAR CANTERLOT MINES! WARNING! WARNING! WARNING!
“Demon incursion!? But the demons of Tartarus were sealed away and Cerberus guards the gate from any escaping!” shouted Luna, stopping the story.
“Well, not all demons were in Tartarus, many were sealed in ancient artifacts, while some slumbered deep in the ground… The demons weren’t something as deadly as a demon-lord or a demon-king but they were still dangerous… luckily I had half of my weapons at the time so I was able to handle them swiftly,” said Zen. “Now, back to my story...”
Zen stood stock still and started to walk away from the garden until Celestia spotted him leaving, and spoke out to stop him. “Zen, where are you going!?” shouted Celestia, catching everyone’s attention.
“Emergency near the mines; demons,” said Zen, not stopping at the slightest. Suddenly a golden glow enveloped around his gauntlet, tugging him back but not budging him the slightest.
“You shouldn’t charge head first without warning, we need to make sure the citizens are fine; I want the Royal Guard to make perimeter at the Eastern District of the city, and get everyone out to safety,” said Celestia to Captain Blaze.
“It’ll be quick… I’ll even use that form – the Path of the Sinner,” said Zen, a glint appearing in his orbs.
“NO! The situation does not require for you to use… ‘her’.” Celestia hated that form; there was one thing she learned about each of Zen’s forms he takes… they warp his physical and mental state, in other words, he becomes someone entirely new… a different personality. The Path of the Sinner’s form wasn’t bad, as this form made Zen look more feminine and gave the chance to have Celestia have more… mare-like talks… sadly, the weapons this form hold is dangerous and a tad risky… and risque.
I can remember the one incident when Captain Blaze was scarred from just gazing at that form… especially those stupid bags around the mid- Celestia shook that thought away, and went back to lecturing Zen when he spoke.
“Then I suppose the Path of the Demon will suffice; that form was meant to take down demonic and monstrous beings anyway, it’ll also negate the demons natural fire-aura attacks they have. If you want, you can bring everyone to watch, it has been too long since the last demon incursion.” With that, Zen whistled for his Lunar Guard, and they followed him. Zen warped off toward the Eastern District, followed by five thestrals guards that followed their lord.
Celestia sighed, when Prince Kai stood beside her; the prince was the future monarch of the Griffon Kingdom, however the nation was ruled by several representatives of the various Griffon Clans that make up the city of Griffonstone. The purpose of the monarch was in memory of the previous king of the griffons – King Guto – that and while the royal family does rule the nation, it still exists, and does so. Nowadays the royal family does other ways to help the nation with the economy, infrastructure, medicine, and much more, sadly this is almost impossible due to the various clans infighting with one another.
Prince Kai came to Equestria to gain good relations with the ponies and their leader, Princess Celestia; so far things have gone well, but some of the older generations of the pegasi still hold grudges with the griffons during the Great Pegasi-Griffon War.
“Do not worry friend, from the couple of years I knew him, he has always came back from the impossible. He has fought monsters, vicious bandits, demons, even armies; I doubt some low-life demons could faze him!” said Kai, chuckling.
The supporting words were helpful but did nothing to ease the sun princess’s worry. I hope so too… “Come, we should see those at the mines are safe; bring a contingency of fifty guards, and tell the Eastern Barracks to evacuate those who’re there to safety,” said Celestia.
The military staff that were at the party – Emerald, Mess, Deluxe, and Blaze – each saluted and went off to the Eastern District with Emerald and Deluxe teleporting them to the barracks there.
Canterlot, Eastern District, Canterlot Mine; 10:05am
Zen traveled across the city with a mix of his warping ability and using his powers to glide through the sky, imitating as if he were flying. Following behind him was the five thestrals that came with him after he became the thestrals Lord of the Night; the title was equivalent of being a Keeplord, making Zen their ruler and master. After returning to Canterlot, five of the thestrals volunteered to join and serve him loyally, soon after these five became the first and possibly original members of what would soon become, the Lunar Guard.
These five ponies consisted of two mares, and three stallions – the one in the far right was First Lieutenant Crawler, a young and wily stallion who was known for his planning, sadly he couldn’t handle a situation if things do not go as he planned. The one in front of him was Major Glory Night, a bullish, prideful, but surprisingly friendly stallion, who was possibly the biggest stallion of the thestrals; his size was comparable with the minotaurs and was only a few inches close to Celestia’s chin, known to be the muscle of the group, he had the luck to survive every encounter he made, which was why he was known as the Glory Hog… always the one to get all the glory.
On the other side of their flying formation of the far left was Sergeant Major Silver Wind; the smallest of the group, she was also the quickest of the thestrals, her speed unmatched by any living pegasi or griffon of that time. She was also famous for using hit-and-run tactics, finding the weak points of her opponent and then bring down one swift move to end it. The next one who was also the second command of their ragtag group, was Colonel Scare, she had an eyepatch over one eye but not due to injuries… but rather something she was born with and gained her the name, Demon Eye; and while both that name and her real name was something to fear… it was her superior the real monster all who should fear.
His wings were broad and strong, his fangs extended over his jaw, his eyes pierced the most bravest of warriors, and while his muscles did not bulge, looked intimidating from his commanding aura he gave out. General Nosferatu; the Bloodhunter, the Wings of Brutality, and the Fanged One, was the general of thestral kind and after giving his responsibilities to the lieutenant general, flew at the head of their formation. Zen who was ahead of the group was only two meters from them until he gazed downward and with a slight dip downward, dived toward some ponies, minotuars and other creatures run from several demons.
“ALRIGHT, YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO! WATCH LORD ZEN’S BACK, PROTECT THE CITIZENS, AND SHOW THESE DEMONIC MONSTERS THE TRUE POWER OF THE THESTRALS! FOR THE NIGHT!” shouted Nosferatu.
“FOR THE NIGHT!” shouted the other thestrals. The whole group dived with their various weapons; Crawler held two broadswords, and two crossbows strapped to his forelegs, while modified to be smaller, were equipped with explosive bolts. Glory had a spiked mace and spiked oval shield, the tips coated with a poison that cause excruciating pain to any who make contact with it. Silver had her wingblades, and legblades and stayed with flying circles around them, whilst tossing in some bombs into the mix. Scare had metal gauntlets around each leg, and was a master of CQC, and had the unique gift of her eye which she would only use for emergencies. Finally Nosferatu carried two claymores, four throwing axes, six enchanted metal spikes that if impaled onto an enemy would electrocute them, and if placed around one or several enemies makes a ring of thunder that not only traps but will electrocute anyone that tries to escape.
All five were ready to go all out… but it was nothing compared to their lord, for what Zen did next, awed and inspired them from the day they first met him.
Zen Pov
Zen dropped down from the sky between a group of citizens and one fugly looking demon that was a mix between a bulldog and some sort of boar. The demon in question simply squealed and grunted as it was ready to charge its two tusks toward the one who interrupted it’s meal; charging into Zen, it was planning in tearing his fool and devouring the fleshbags behind it… until it’s vision felt strange.
Zen walked away with katana wielded as it was stained in the blood of the demon he just cut in half with ease. Slowly the demon’s body slowly fell apart in half as a pool blood started to grow; deciding not to stay and wait, those trapped by the demon ran to safety. Swiping his blade of the blood, Zen placed his weapon away and gazed at the twenty or thirty so demons that were of various shape, and size gazing both at him and their dead comrade.
Deciding not to speak, Zen brought one hand forward and spoke out the words to bring out the weapon of their ruin. “I call upon the Demon, the one who walks through the flames and punish those you harm innocents; consume my enemies… and I’ll cleanse them in the flames of hatred itself. Path of the Demon: cursed claymore, Torture!” In a burst of flames that not even the demons dare to approached, Zen was consumed by these intense fires until a claw came bursting forth. What stood before them was something that brought the lesser demons trembling to their very knees, and the bulldog-boar demons to grunt but not charge forward just yet.
Zen in his new form stood with slightly more bulk, and looked more kingly – the helm had several spines coming from the back that resembled some spiky hair, with a crown of spikes on top; the armor was also covered in spikes with the chest, calves, and gauntlets holding the bulk with the rest of the armor weighing less but were wreathed in burning flames of fire that didn’t seem to die any second.
Clutched in both hands was the handle of a large claymore that had symbols etched into the blade, and dripped malice from it, as strange fiery spheres circled Zen – you could hear voices come from the orbs. His helm while still its original look had two slits instead of two small orbs, the slits a single vertical line. Zen looked more regal but with a demonic-look to him, that screamed demon all over him.
“Time to face your doom; burn to cinders!” said Zen, pointing his weapon with one hand.
Charging with absolute vigor, Zen approached the first demon he spotted, crashing his claymore with a resounding crash and boom.
“Char Explosion!” Soon a blast of searing fire came from the claymore as it crashed onto a helpless imp. The blast knocked back the other demons, before Zen swung his weapon around wildly like a madman.
Soon the Lunar Guard joined the fray and handled those that Zen didn’t put his focus on; deciding to handle one of the bigger ones together, they coordinated to take down a somewhat tall demon that stood on two cloven legs. Silver flew by and threw a small bomb that detonated on the demon’s face, which allowed Glory and Crawler to attack its undefended ankles, making it topple to it’s knees. Soon Scare approached and hugged the demon’s face and kept bashing it in between the eyes, as this happened Nosferatu placed his enchanted spikes down and as Scare backed off, the trap activated, electrocuting and killing the demon in one fell swoop. The group then moved on to another demon to kill; with Zen, he faced several imps, and three of the bulldog-boars, until he unleashed another attack of his.
“Demon’s Plight!” Sending forth a wave of fire that torched the imps, and charred the surface skin and flesh of the bulldog-boar demons, Zen finished the trio of demons off by decapitating all three simultaneously.
Soon all that remained out of the thirty were seventeen in seconds, deciding it wasn’t worth fighting, the demons split up and ran deeper into the city. “Nosferatu, chase after the stragglers that aren’t getting to far; the quick ones are mine,” said Zen, dragging his claymore on the ground.
The general nodded and directed his fellow thestrals to go after the demons – Glory and Silver paired up to go to the smithies, Scare and Crawler would check the weapon and armor stores, with Nosferatu going after the ones that headed north-east of the city. This left with Zen going after some of the demons that ran back into the mines… today was going to be a long one.
Celestia watched with the others on one of the watchtowers for the city near the Eastern District, overlooking the current fighting and damage that was occurring in the city. Whilst they waited, Organize Mess had something to tell Celestia… or rather Sweet Roll did, after he left to organize the troop’s equipment.
“Princess… there is something myself and Organize Mess need to tell you...” said Sweet, a light blush on her cheeks.
Celestia caught the sudden rosy color on her, and started to notice a few things between the two… until she put two and two together – the two had been going together for at least one year ago. “Ms Roll… are you… bearing a foal?”
Everypony heard the two talking, with the only one not shocked being Elegant Dress; the somewhat aged but still beautiful mare approached them, joining the conversation. “Sweet Roll here told my husband and I that Sweet Roll’s pregnant… sadly there’s an issue...”
“An issue? Is… something wrong with the foal?”
“Not quite your highness… You see… the baby isn’t just one, but two; the problem however is that since the two are separate pony backgrounds, we aren’t sure what kind of an affects it will do with the foals. While different pony background couples aren’t uncommon, most often the foal is one and only inherits one of the parent’s natural aspects… That’s when things gotten complicating,” said Elegant, explaining.
“The foals are giving off some strange energy signature… but the doctors told us that neither are unicorns, and they’re unsure what causing the strange energy signs… I’m afraid what will happen to my unborn foals… please, I ask for your blessing for help.”
Celestia mulled this thought over, before giving a reassuring smile and calming the worried future-mother. “Do not worry, I’ll see to it that I have the best doctors to check on you and the foals… I may even convince Zen to use his technology for help,” said Celestia.
“Thank you princess, you are in my debt!”
“I am just glad to help one of my citizens.”
The group continued gazing down at the crowd of beings that watched from a safety distance at the distant explosions and noises of metal and stone being smashed against one another. Celestia can see a blazing fire explosion happen near the mines – the signs of a one of Zen’s attacks.
Though I may need to make sure he doesn’t destroy the city on accident first.
Crystal Caves; 11:15am
For awhile, the demons had been hunted down and dealt with, but elsewhere with Zen in the Crystal Caves… is having some slight issues, or rather is an issue. The form Zen took was perfect to hunt down demons, but the downside was that the form Zen was using was his newest form he gained… which mean he hadn’t fully gotten used to its quirks yet.
Each form has not only the weapons and new armor that accompanies it, but also a certain new “Zen” with it. This form made Zen slightly angrier and prideful, and while it was helpful with dealing with some dragons for one incident, it did not do well in an unstable part of the caves, while fighting in a form your unfamiliar in; this was Zen’s current predicament.
Zen unleashed a slash of super-heated energy that cooked another demon, which left a Crimson One – these demons were like the upper echelon of demons and were a pain to deal with, as unlike other demons, they were both crafty and smarter… and can talk.
“You think you can stop our return fool, we shall feast on your precious ponies, and then use that princess of yours as our plaything to-”
The demon didn’t get the chance to speak; with one swift change of his claymore to a pair of flaming rapiers, Zen’s form became consumed in fire as the heavier pieces of his arm simply fell apart and became a part of his two new weapons. “The only threats I hear is that of a dead demon. VOLCANIC BLAST!” shouted Zen.
Thrusting both rapiers toward the demon, the flames that swirled around the weapons were flung forward, before crashing toward the Crimson One. The demon in question screamed in agony as the flames didn’t just burnt his flesh but started eating his whole body to cinders, until his wails of agony died down.
Zen stood in absolute silence in the devastation, before reverting back to his regular form, slowly walking back to the exit. “...I am who I am… and I am… what I kill...” said Zen, the remaining flames dying down.
Present Time – Western Wing, Map Room; 9:00pm
“I was later told of the news of Mess and Sweet’s unborn twins, sadly I had to leave again and hunt down the idiot the unleashed those demons. The demons were freed by some stupid griffon that thought the demons would give him riches beyond imagining; I would of killed him, but I let Prince Kai handled the idiot,” said Zen, finishing his story.
“But… you didn’t say what Mess needed to tell you; I mean his wife told the others, but you made it sound like he needed to tell you something...”
Zen seemed to stay quiet… before he seemed to gaze at the portrait of him and Organize Mess; something terrible happened that day, what Mess told him and what it would mean for Equestria… there was a reason Zen told Luna this story… it was because the date of the story he told her… was the day he started his five-hundred year plan.
“Luna… The reason I told you this story was because what happened the day before that small party of ours… I wiped the memories of my friend Organize Mess, because he discovered something about me; I am unsure to this day what he found was, as he told me it was destroyed by natural time… but it was a prophecy. The prophecy showed the events of those six mares – Twilight her friends, they’ll fight various evils and various ancient enemies of both you and Celestia… but it was nothing compared to this monster I saw.”
Next Zen approached the portrait, and slipped his hand behind the portrait; a click later and the portrait moved to reveal a stone tablet. Luna examined the tablet, and saw it showed the Mane 6 – the top showed of them fighting her in her Nightmare Moon form, the return of Discord, the rise of the Crystal Empire and Sombra, Tirek, and much more… but there were also some new faces.
One part of the stone slab showed Canterlot being invaded by an army of shape-shifting insects, one of the Mane 6 becoming corrupted by a darkness familiar to Luna, an alternate world of Equestria, a kingdom hidden in the Everfree Forest, an ancient evil deep in the Frozen North returns, ponies turn evil all across Equestria, and a powerful unicorn that may effect time itself.
All of this was displayed before Luna, all of it was telling the future… but…
“I don’t understand, why did you had to have your friend forget all of this… What was so terrible that it relates to you?”
“Well...”
Before Zen could finish, one of the guards spoke up to interrupt. “I am sorry for speaking Lord Zen, but Princess Luna must come back to the throne, it appears some ponies have come to see her,” said one of the guards.
“REALLY! I mean… This is excellent news; I sorry I must leave now, but remember you can tell me whatever it is you must tell me… I know how important prophecies can be, so I won’t tell others about this, and I’ll keep a close eye that nothing changes the fate that has befallen us all. Have a good night, brother.”
Luna exited with her personal guard, the two doors of the Map Room closing behind them. Zen was alone, with the stone slab that foretold the destiny of many.
Zen turned to face the slab, when he did something else; going to a random book on a shelf, he pulled it before it revealed another hidden compartment – a big but ancient tome. Removing the tome carefully, Zen gently placed it down and opened the tome, the dust littering the air and ground everywhere. The cover showed the design of the elements, and the sun and moon in the center, encircling one another.
Flipping through various pages, each event was listed below, and a small over-exaggerated picture of that event was made.
‘Return of Nightmare Moon’, ‘Discord’s Return’, ‘Invasion of Canterlot’, ‘Attack of the Nightmares’, ‘Rise of the Crystal Empire’, ‘Alternate-Equestria’, ‘Tirek’s Attack’, ‘Heart of the Everfree’, ‘Siege of the Empire’, ‘Dark Water,’ ‘The Rainbow Theory,’…
All of these events were listed down in the book, and were the ones to come in coming years… but there was one event, the one that Mess found and warned Zen about it.
Zen skipped to the last page, it was older and the text unreadable… but the drawing was clear as the sky. It showed not just the Mane 6, but various other ponies and beings – Celestia, Luna, Discord, Shining, Cadance, a few others that were unrecognizable to Zen – were on this drawing… and they all were weakened and near their end.
Standing on top a pile of skulls, as blood rained from the sky, and the world was consumed by an eternal darkness… he was given a many names, but there was one name that shook the foundations of all creation. Nadir; The Ever-Baleful Eye… and Zen recognized the one who was standing at the very top with only the thirst of blood and the hunger to end all existence…
“You are right Luna… we mustn’t tamper with fate… If it means you will all live… I will become the monster, this world will give birth to,” said Zen, ominously.
At the very bottom of the page, where the words were barely legible, one line was clear readable enough. The line was another name… one that was the reason why Zen erased his old friend’s memories… but why he’ll rather die than live.
‘The Fallen Betrayer; Zen’
Closing the tome and putting it and the slab away, Zen gazed at the holographic world map of the realm he resides in. “Now… let us push the domino of destiny and begin the whirlwind of fate; there can never be life… if there is never death.”
With that, Zen turned off the lights in the room, the room going pitch dark, the only light being his two glowing orbs for eyes. “Its time I make my move.”
Next Chapter: Ch.9: A Visit From Family Estimated time remaining: 4 Hours, 12 MinutesAuthor's Notes:
PLOOOOOT TWWWWIIIISSST!
So not only is this story got violence and all R-rated like stuff, but it is also a *drumroll* Comic-verse. Certain moments from the MLP:FIM comics will be in the story, so enjoy this grand adventure of what's to come.
And remember... He is always watching... Always...
Oh and two out of several of Zen's transformations have been revealed - the first being his Infinity Form, and the second now being his Demon Form.
Next chapter: The truth comes out! Celestia announces Zen existence?! Twilight gets a sudden visit from a familiar... "face"...
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