The thing outside of Colgate's door was even more of an abomination than Mane was. It lacked the mechanics that Mane had, but made up for it with being a Picasso of beings not unlike Discord is. It had the head of a pony, the body of a griffin, the wings of a changeling, and the tail of a manticore. Sodalg finally revealed himself. The manic creature whose origins are unknown left the comforts of his 'research' lab to find and end Sunburst.

Colgate screamed, like any logical pony would do, and slammed the door in it's face.

"TRIXIE, WE HAVE A PROBLEM!" Colgate screamed.

Trixie didn't answer as the entire front wall erupted in green flames.

Suburst and Night Watch were now fully awake and frightened.

"Mommy, what's happening?" asked a scared Sunburst.

"I don't know." she screamed back.

This frightened Sunburst even further. He was pushed even farther down this road by the sight of Sodalg walking through the flames towards them.

Colgate ran in front of her child in an attempt to protect him. This wasn't needed as Trixie put up a shield in front of them all.

"Pathetic, do you actually think that will stop me?" Sodalg asked retorically.

"No, but I will." said the disembodied voice of Silent Night. Her person came crashing into him shortly.

Sodalg, by all means, wasn't a fighter. He was a scientist of the worst kind who enjoyed dissecting everything that moved, or didn't. Favoring the pursuit of knowledge over physical strength had left him weak. However, that same pursuit left him extremely powerful in the ways of magic. Being a unicorn to some extent gave him the means to manipulate magic and having the body of a griffin gave him the renown ability to, like all animals who could manipulate weather, resist the effects of being shocked. (Disagree with me? In episode five season one, Gilda can walk on clouds. This comes to the conclusion that since she can walk on clouds and clouds can shock stuff, that her species would have come to being resistant to lightning naturally.)

None of that mattered at that moment cause it was strictly a physical move and not a elemental one.

Sodalg recoiled forward in shock, not expecting that. "If that's all you've got planned, you will lose."

He grabbed her with his magic and started slamming her into Trixie's barrier over and over again. Blood was flowing freely from her nose and bruises were starting to appear all over her. Trixie was flinching every time she hit.

It was only a matter of time before Silent Night died or Trixie dropped the shield. Trixie gave up first.

Trixie fell to the ground, gasping for air. Sodalg threw Silent Night away like she was all done. He was wrong.

As soon as Silent Night was free of his grasp, she rushed him again. This time aiming for the base of the neck, hoping to stun him. That didn't work either. Instead of walk the ten feet like a normal pony would, he teleported right in front of them. Silent Night hit the ground hard.

Sodalg smirked at her and picked her up again with his magic. "You just don't quit do you?" he sighed. "Oh well, you wanted to die, so I shall grant you this request."

Moving her over the fire, he smiled before shoving her into the magical flames. She screamed for thirty seconds before going silent. Once that happened, he let her go.

Sunburst was crying now, wanting this to all stop. He never asked for this and he didn't want it either. All he wanted was to enjoy life and make friends. It wasn't fair in his eyes.

Scootaloo stood her ground, only because she had no better ideas that didn't involve running away. Trixie was running low on magic. Colgate stood in front of them all, prepared to defend her son to the death if need be.

"Look at this, they think they can stop me." Sodalg taunted. He stood five feet away from them and still he didn't do anything.

Scootaloo was the first to do something, in the form of a rush. She made it half-way before she was blasted by a very powerful beam of pale green magic. The beam wasn't as powerful as Lyra's, but it was enough to incapacitate the young mare.

Suburst screamed and cried even harder. "NO MORE, PLEASE!"

Trixie did a smart move next and found the energy to teleport right next to him. This suprised Sodalg and he wasn't able to react fast enough. Trixie then borrowed a move out of Sigma's play book and stabbed the bastard with her horn.

Sodalg screamed in pain. Trixie had the advantage now and began charging her magic up. Unfortunately, it took to long and Sodalg ripped her horn from out of his chest.

High off of adrenaline now, Sodalg used his magic to amplify the muscles in his forearms and grab Trixie by the throat. "I HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF YOU YOU BITCH!" and with all his might, he ripped her horn off.

It was Trixie's turn to scream in pain now. (Have you ever broken your finger. Yes? How about your arm. Maybe? Then how about this. Have you ever had your hand violently ripped off of you? No? Then don't question how much it would hurt a unicorn if you ripped it's horn off.) Sodalg threw her to the ground. He then started to advance on Colgate, green blood oozing from his injury.

"Your turn." Sadalg said.

He would've done something terrible to her, but was interrupted by a colt who was unlocking his magic potential. (Remember when Twilight did that as a filly? This was a lot like that, but much more violent.) Sunburst's mane was now ablaze, his eyes burning with anger. The raw magic field around him suspended him in the air, making him all that more intimidating.

"ENOUGH IS ENOUGH." was all the colt said before sending a bolt of raw power into the monster.

He didn't even have time to scream as he died. Instead, he exploded into a gazillion pieces. The colt wasn't used to this much power running through his body and passed out shortly after.

Colgate threw up first then walked over to her son's sleeping body and said. "I'm so proud of you."

This pride was short lived as the body of Night Watch was consumed in green flames. Colgate watched in horror as a changeling emerged from this fiery cacoon. This changeling was bigger than the others, but his most significant feature was that it had no wings.

Colgate didn't even have time to prepare herself because the changeling fired a knockout spell into her. She collapsed on the ground, unable to help her son.

The changeling looked down at Sunburst before saying. "I've been watching you for a long time. At first I had my doubts if you really were the savior, but I guess Chrysalis was right. And your Sigma's son too none the less. That seals the deal then. Your coming with me. You have bigger things ahead of you."

And with that, the changeling took Sunburst and retreated into the night.

In the burning throne room of Tartarus, the king of the dead sat on a throne made of the bones of ponies.

"Bring him forward." he said.

A pony was brought forward in shackles. the Undergod smiled at him.

"I've been waiting for you to prove yourself. It's a pleasure to make your acquaintance."

The unicorn stallion opted for silence.

"You should feel grateful, most will never meet me and live to tell the tale." he continued.

"I'm dead, not alive." the stallion said.

"I know, but I have the chance to send one pony up to the living world and I have chosen you. I want you to serve as my agent. You will do my bidding and in return, I will give you the power to destroy the ones who sent you here."

The stallion smiled. "Where do I sign up?" Next Chapter: Coming of Age Estimated time remaining: 25 Minutes