“In life even the sea has a bit of darkness seething deep within the coral.”

You were swimming back to town’s square as fast as you could, worried about what those large shadows in the distance implied. Azure and Cascade swam alongside you equally concerned.

In centuries the kingdom has never ceased or showed any signs of being empty. The only time it has after the first war had plague the ponies of the sea.

Azure stopped swimming and began shivering as nasty memories came back to her.

You swim over to her and wrap your arms around her to comfort her as you too could feel a sickly feeling in the pit of your stomach. To see all life stopped in this peaceful city made you fear and wonder what was going on.

*Coral Chester*

Nero stared down at the green seapony who had just stopped his underlings attack on the civilians. She had feline features including whiskers and a lion muzzle. Her mane was a shining silver with a few hues of light green. Two horns were protruding from her mane each glowing with a gold color. The armor she wore was like emeralds as it shone brightly in the underwater light. Lastly the scales on her seapony tail were a dark navy blue matching the seashells on each breastplate.

“The princess is here!” some seaponies began to cheer.

Nero tilted his head, “Princess?” he asked.

The green seapony nodded, “Indeed, I am the eldest daughter of King Leo, Emerald Coast,” she stated clutching the sword she held in her webbed hands. “It was foolish of you to return Nero; even with all these ships, your forces will be outnumbered once the rest of our military arrives.”

Nero put both hands on his cloak and tore it apart. The seaponies save for Emerald were shocked at his appearance. Nero let out a menacing growl as an aura of dark magic surrounds his muscular body.

“I DON’T GIVE A DAMN HOW MANY OF YOU THERE ARE, I’LL CRUSH EVERY FUCKING ONE OF YOU TO GET WHAT I CAME FOR!” he roared swimming forward.

“We have no choice...” Emerald sighed as she activated her magic. “EVERYPONY LET’S FIGHT!” she shouts.

The seapony soldiers followed their princess’ command and swam toward their mutated enemies. The civilians took this chance to evacuate as Nero’s army was preoccupied on the Aquastrian forces. The once peaceful city of Coral Chester has just officially become a battlefield.

*your pov*

Swimming as fast as possible, it took about fifteen minutes but alas you returned to Marinia’s town square. Azure swims close with her arms around your torso as she was still overwhelmed. Even in this situation, Cascade manages to smile as you comfort her sister.

You scan through each building however not a single pony was around. “Where is everyone?” you were confused as how quiet it has gotten so sudden.

“I’m not sure, this part should-” you stopped as you saw a carriage approaching. Whoever was inside might be able to explain.

Two seapony guards stepped out and bowed, “Princesses, we were sent to pick you up by your father’s order. Everypony in Marinia has been summoned to the royal castle.”

Azure let go of your hands as you let both sisters get into the carriage as told. Before you could get in one of the sea guards stops you as you tried to get in.

“I’m sorry but we are under strict orders from Crimson son of King Leo to only escort the princesses of Marinia to a safe zone. You are forbidden to travel with both sisters” the guard wielded his spear and pointed at you.

You back away as the guards were serious in their orders. ‘Damn that Crimson’ you growled as Cascade and Azure both got out of the carriage.

You were about to swim away when Cascade spoke up for you. “Let him on, on my authority! she demanded. “As our friend, he has a right to ride with us.”

“With all due respect my lady, we’re under-” but the guard was cut off with a raised hand.

“I’m not asking. I’ll take the heat from my brother later,” she assured.

With reluctance, the guards lowered their spears allowing you enter the carriage. You smiled at the guards quick change of heart.

Azure held on to your arm tightly as you rode toward the castle. You patted her hand gently. Something was definitely up if everyone has been forced into a safe zone.

*10 minutes later*

Reaching the castle, we quickly got out of the carriage and hurried inside. As expected, the castle was crowded with civilians both scared and confused. It seems the servants were doing all they could to make sure their fellow seaponies were comfortable.

“There you are!” you see your marefriends swimming towards you. Their expressions showed they too didn’t know what’s going on.

“King Leo wants us in the throne room immediately!” Twilight said.

Wondering what's going you and your marefriends all headed to the throne room. However as you all swam through the hallways, you stopped.

Two sea guards swam over and grabbed your arms.

‘The hell?’ you struggle as you tried to break free of their grip.

“I told you...” a sharp growl echoes as you looked forward. You growled as a certain red bastard stood tall in front of you. “I told you what would happen outsider!”

“Lay off him!” Cascade spoke up but the guards wouldn’t listen.

“I don’t think so!” he growled and pull out his sword. “Father just got word from Emerald of the status in Coral Chester! Do you know what this scum of Equestria brought to the city?!” He held his blade right under your neck.

“Nero has returned!” Shock overcame everyone the moment these words left Crimson’s lips.

Celestia gritted her teeth “N-Nero?!” This is news she thought she would never have to hear.

“Yes….” He then looks at you. “Emerald says he's looking for somepony. More like someone actually” His blade pressed harder into your neck. “His demands were quite simple, bring him a human,” he growls as you were the only human around.

“That’s quite enough!” suddenly an aura pulled the guards off of you. You all turned to see Queen Silvia. Her expression wasn't anywhere near her usual motherly look.

“No mother, not this time,” Crimson grabbed your shirt. “I knew you surface dwellers couldn’t be trusted. I never once forgot what happened to our beautiful kingdom all those years ago!”

It was right then that you realized something. “You know, Crimson I used to think you hated me because I came from the surface, but that’s not it.” Everyone turned their attention to you and Crimson raised an eyebrow at what you were implying.

“You see, you feel better by tearing us visitors down because you’re inability save civilians from Nero’s last assault has actually caused you to hate yourself!” Crimson slowly releases your shirt and looks at you with disbelief.

Given his expression, you could tell you’ve figured him out. Sighing you swam away from him and continued on toward the throne room, leaving Crimson still in shock.

“So Nero wants me? Why?” you asked Silvia as to why Nero return and wants you. Knowing he must be hired by Grogar, you clutch your teeth as the bastard would go to this length to get to you.

“I can’t answer that, but it doesn’t matter. At this moment my husband is concentrating his magic to contact as many guards in Aquastria as possible.”

Reaching the throne room you all see that King Leo was sitting on his throne glowing as an aura of magic radiating both of his horns. “ALL REMAINING SOLDIERS IN AQUASTRIA REPORT TO MARINIA AT ONCE! WHAT WE FEARED HAS COME TO PASS! NERO HAS RETURNED!”

Looking outside, you felt yourself tense up as one by one guards began to magically appear. With guards from all over the kingdom combating Nero’s forces, this was going to be an all out war.

After about thirty minutes, you could see outside was absolutely filled with armed seaponies ready for their king’s word.

Rising from his throne, Leo swam to the balcony to oversee his soldiers. “As you all know it has been over 5000 years since we dealt with this barbarian. As we speak, my daughter and your beloved princess is holding off Nero’s forces for the evacuating civilians of Coral Chester.”

He then looks at you. “That includes you and your friends. I'm sorry your stay was short but for your safety I-”

You quickly cut him off “I’m not leaving.”

King Leo looked at you in shock. “I understand you wish to stay but it’s simp-”

Celestia cut him off this time, “He’s in the right the remain here,” she said placing her hand on your shoulder I’m not leaving either. Even with all your forces, you know very well you’re not powerful enough to defeat Nero on your own Leo.”

“It’s because of me that this maniac has returned to your kingdom, I have to make this right!” you stood tall raising a fist.

“But... you’re mortal... how could you defeat Nero if I couldn’t before?” King Leo looks at you and hangs his head.

You turned to your marefriends “I’ve overcome many hardships with the help of my family and friends.”

King Leo again sighs. “I really wish for you to not join in this battle. I don't want you to soil your hands with blood”

You sigh this time. “That's….. too late for to be redeemed.”

Jade spoke up this time “You can’t stop us, we want to do all we can and there’s no way I’m missing this action. Now where do you keep your weapons?” She asked with a smirk.

Leo finally turned to Silvia for her opinion, all she did was nod. “Very well, we’ll defeat them together!”

King Leo for once after hearing the tragic need finally smiled at how many are willing to protect his kingdom. With one more nod he leads you all to the armory.

*meanwhile in Coral Chester*

The city was a disaster as the seaponies struggled to both protect the evacuating civilians and combat the invaders.

Emerald Coast was panting heavily from her battle against Nero. It was so strange, she had attacked him so many times yet he didn’t show even the slightest reaction to his injuries.

“What’s with this tolerance?” she wondered. Emerald snapped out of her thoughts just in time to avoid a blow from Nero’s spiked club.

“You monsters we’ve been at peace for centuries!” a seapony soldier yelled close to tears. “YOU ALREADY DESTROYED THIS COUNTRY BEFORE WASN’T THAT ENOUGH!?!”

The deranged members of Nero’s forces just laughed maniacally enjoying the damage they’ve caused. The laughing continued till one of them made a gagging gentle sound causing Nero forces to stop.

The second in command of a group of followers looks at their leader. He gasps as he spots a unruly object embedded deep into his soldier’s head.

A medium size tomahawk embedded right on target as the bastard falls to the ground dead, but still smiling like a lunatic.

*your pov*

Both Nero forces and the guards all look to see you. Dress in coral armor and having a seaweed hood your golden sword shined as you floated down towards them.

King Leo, his forces and your marefriends soon magically appeared next to you. We were all well armored and ready to defend the underwater kingdom.

“It’s been a while... Nero,” Leo growled as he floats at your side.

You got a good look at Nero and noticed he looked different than when you saw him in your dream. While he retained his enormous and muscular appearance, standing at about Celestia’s height, there were two buffalo horns coming from each side of his head, while his curved unicorn horn stood in the middle. His muzzle had also been changed to that of a lion with a rhinoceros horn on top. Looking at his arms you saw there were spikes protruding from his shoulders and wrists. Unfortunately, you don’t have time to be wondering what had happened to him.

Nero’s veins popped out as he sensed the seaponies were going to resist his order to hand you over even further. What’s more is that you could tell he felt insulted that Celestia, who defeated him last time was fighting as well.

You just hoped you could win this fight without triggering anything.

“WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR YOU FOOLS!?! KILL THEM ALREADY!! MAKE THE FUCKING WATER DOWN HERE RED WITH BLOOD!!” Nero roared, not even a remote sense of sanity in his words.

Popping your neck, you suddenly heard a familiar hissing noise in your head.

‘Still as reckless as always you idiot!’ It was undoubtedly Nightmare’s voice. ‘If anything happens to you, I’ll go under as well since we’re still bound.’

‘You again?’ you sighed before dodging and slashing at one of Nero henchmen. It was so strange, all these soldiers seemed to have animal body parts.

‘You think I would miss you dragging yourself into another war?’ her voice sounded amused, but you didn’t reply as you were partially focused on the soldiers trying to kill you. ‘I admit it was quite difficult to sneak into your head without anypony noticing, nevertheless I can’t let you die, so I’ll help you with your fight.’

Turning to Nero you could see his eyes glowing red with impatience. “When you want something done right, kill the scum yourself,” he scowls. Suddenly his hands began glowing and you felt yourself being dragged by some kind of force.

Nero caught you and held you up high with both hands. “BREAK TO PIECES!!” he roars before slamming you to the sea floor. The magical energy around his body causes a shockwave as you hit the ground. Many combatants were swept back from the force of the explosion.

When the dust cleared it was revealed an aura of blue magic was surrounding your body. You sighed before smiling, ‘I repeat what I said on the ship, you can be a real sweetheart Moon.’

‘S-Shut up! If I hadn’t shielded you when I did, you’d be dead right now you fool!’ she screamed in your head. You could tell she was embarrassed from the compliment.

“Still thanks again,” you smile before you got back on your feet. You failed to notice one of Nero’s henchmen tried to attack you from behind. Before you had time to react, the soldier was impaled through his stomach by your favorite bat pony. The soldier coughed up blood as he laughed and dropped dead.

“As uncool as it is, I guess I’ll have to handle the small fries,” Jade said as she put on a pair of knuckle dusters. In addition she, held a knife between her fangs, matching the one she held in her right hand. Wishing you luck, your captain swam away to assist Luna and the others.

As soon as you returned your focus to Nero, the barbarian had begun to swing at you with his spiked club. Despite his strength, he was slower than you were.

Though the spikes on his club got a good portion of your armor. Your right arm exposed as small drops of blood leaked out.

Suddenly, Nero stopped swinging at you, which gave you the chance to back away from him. Of course you didn’t take your eyes off the demented general as you swam away.

When you finally came to a stop however, you failed to notice the ripple that suddenly opened up beside you.

“You can’t get away from me...” Nero snarled before punching to the side. You didn’t have time to wonder what he was doing, as the minute he swung his fist, an even larger fist had appeared out of the portal and hit you in the side.

Coughing out blood, you stagger a few as you shook your head from the dizziness. ‘What the fuck did that bastard do...?’ you thought as you wiped the blood from your lip.

That proved to be a big mistake, for as you paused to shake your head, Nero’s hand began to glow again and you were dragged towards him. As you were dragged towards him, Nero pulled his leg back and kicked you with a tremendous force.

“BELOVED!” Luna screamed as you were sent flying into a building made of coral.

Laying in the rubble, you shook your head again and managed to catch some of the ceiling as it comes crumbling down on top. Struggling to hold it in place, you managed to use some force and throw it off just enough to dodge roll out of the building.

It was good fortune that Nightmare managed to conjure up some magic to protect you before Nero kicked you. If you had taken all the force from that attack, you would definitely have had a problem.

Looking around you, you saw that the seaponies as well as your lovers were fighting as hard as they could against Nero’s demented army.

‘Listen to me monkey, I’ve managed to transfer a little bit of my power into your system. Unfortunately, I can’t give you too much, as something is blocking your magic level...’ She scans through but what appeared to be a wall covering a river. As long as it was there, she couldn’t move any more of her magic into you.

True to what she said, you could feel the dark energy slowly course through your system. Looking at your adversary as you approached him, you knew you would have to make due with what you got.

You swam towards Nero with your fist glowing from Nightmare’s magic, while Nero’s began to glow with his own magic. The seafloor seemed to shake slightly as your fists made contact with each other. Unfortunately...

You cringed as you pulled your hand away from Nero’s, who only scoffed.

“Even with that bitch inside you, I still have the advantage in both magic and physical combat,” he gloated before delivering another punch. This time you blocked it with your arm rather than your fist, not that the result had changed.

‘DID THAT BASTARD JUST CALL ME A BITCH?!’ Nightmare screamed in pure rage. Obviously she was unaware that while inside your head, you were the only one who could hear her. ‘I AM THE QUEEN OF NIGHTMARES! HOW DARE HE ADDRESS ME LIKE SOME CHEAP WHORSE!’

You were forced to ignore the shouting in your head, as Nero wouldn’t let up for even a second. Your arms and hands felt like they were about to shatter due to the difference in strength.

As you continued your assault, you saw an opening and delivered a powerful kick to Nero’s face. You were shocked at what you saw, he wasn’t... showing even a slight hint of pain.

‘What the hell what is he?’ you clutch your teeth at what this bastard really is. Rather than give you an explanation, a large ogre hand shot out from a portal above you, imitating Nero’s hand as he punched downward.

As you were struck down to the seafloor head first, it took all your energy to keep yourself conscious. With quick reflexes you rolled out of the way to avoid getting hit by Nero’s spiked club. Thanks to your quick movements, the spikes only managed to graze the side of your head as you ducked.

“Attacks like these are so easy to ignore...” Nero’s eyes glow red as he looked down at you as you struggled. “...after all the upgrades I’ve received. You’re the king of the night, have you ever heard of chimerism?”

“Chimerism?” Indeed as a member of royalty, you were allowed to enter the restricted sections of the Canterlot library. At one point, you came upon this word. “I’ve heard of it. Apparently a form of dark magic that genetically fuses animal parts to one’s body...” Your eyes widen.

“Don’t tell me you...”

“That’s right fool!” Nero gloated as he flexed his claws, “We use it. Our connections to poacher activity have allowed us to capture many animals to bring to Tartarus. For years the scientists there has altered my body with different beasts both on the outside and inside.”

You growled. “Alteration or not...” you held both fists up. “...I will stop you...”

*Celestia pov*

Shooting down another of Nero’s henchponies, I couldn’t help but scrunch up as each member I shot only laughed as they got up. They are twice as strong as the last ones and just as insane as their leader. They clearly had masochistic behaviors, given how they laughed off the pain we brought upon them.

I watch as the same henchpony stands and charges at me with his tongue sticking out. With a look of displeasure crossing my face, I shot him down with another bolt this time he fell and stayed dead.

Looking around I saw things weren’t much better for my prized pupil who stood close to the other elements as they fought. Jade Star decided to fight alongside Cascade while Crimson kept close to Queen Silvia and Emerald Coast.

I failed to notice however that yet another soldier had crept behind me. This one had the large clawed hands of a dragon and was about to take a swipe at me but was electrocuted by my dear sister who managed to make it in time.

“You need to watch yourself Tia!” she scolded. “They may not all be generals, but their magical power and endurance is quite high.”

To prove her point, the soldier she just electrocuted got back up and charged at her. However with one swoop, she headlocked him and without mercy snapped his neck until it was facing sideways. Out of both me and the other princesses, Luna was the least afraid of getting blood on her hands. Though that wasn’t what I was worried about.

What was really troubling me is that our beloved was facing Nero without our assistance. The last time he had invaded we only won because I was down there to assist them and even so we only barely obtained victory. Both his raw strength and magical power are enough to rival my own. Clenching my fists I could practically feel the old wounds that I earned from that battle.

To make matters worse, Nero had brought a more powerful army with him in order to kill us off. Left and right, seapony soldiers were falling.

None of us could help our beloved at the moment.

*your pov*

You dropped to one knee overwhelmed with pain. Nero’s fury of attacks had shattered your much of your armor like glass. You discard them leaving only a few pieces still remaining

Nero approached you and unlike you, he was in perfect health. Looking down at you with those cold red eyes, you could feel his magical energy beginning to rise. You knew something was coming.

‘Nightmare any luck with that barrier in my head?’ you asked hopefully.

She shakes her head. ‘Your skull’s thicker than I expected...’ she admits.

You were snapped out of your mental conversation as you felt Nero roughly grab you and picked you up. The high energy of his magical power kept on increasing as he prepared his next attack.

“I doubt that whorse inside your head will be able to protect you again!” he growled as he continued gathering power while holding you up as high as he can.

“GET THE FUCK OUT MY SIGHT YOU DAMNED HUMAN!!” he roared as he brought you to the ground a second time. Activating his power of gravity manipulation, Nero increased the force of the already powerful blow.

The dust cleared and you were revealed lying down in a massive crater, barely able to keep yourself conscious.

With the quick but high amount of magic, Nightmare managed to bring out, you were spared some damage, but you couldn’t withstand the entire impact. You coughed up a bite of blood as the slam felt like he broke several ribs.

That was the last thing you remember before you completely lost control of your senses. Gritting your teeth as they sharpened, your skin began to darken as fur appeared all over your body. Your eyes began to glow red as your pupils shrunk. Blackened cracks formed around your eyes and stretched out to your forehead and cheeks.

“What the-” Nero didn’t finish as you punched him in his snout, moving him off of you. You’ve completely lost control of your actions as you got back up and howled loudly.

“Oh my beloved...” Tia said worriedly as she and the others witnessed your transformation. Just watching it looked painful, as the muscles and bones took in one fast growth spurt. The fingers had bend and broke in all directions as fur and claws grew out. Your chest also took in some changes as they expanded in as hair grew over your new muscles.

Like Luna, Celestia was well aware of the little control you had of your werewolf abilities. After all throughout history, werewolves have been notorious for their inability to restrain themselves. Like the beasts of the wild they relied on their instincts and removed all boundaries of holding back. Both sisters fear if you didn’t return to normal soon, then that instinct would jeopardize her and the others around them.

Nero had recovered from the blow and got up to look at you. The rhinoceros horn which once rested on his snout, had broken off the moment you punched him. Looking into each other’s eyes, the two of you took to display your hatred for each other through snarling.

With a quick burst of speed, you seemingly disappeared from Nero’s sight. You were moving at such a speed, it would make RD jealous. With a vein popping out on his forehead, the ferocious warrior darted his bloodshot eyes around to catch sight of you.

Finally you reappeared in front of him and delivered a heavy blow to his gut, causing Nero to cough out some blood as he slid across the seafloor. However he quickly recovered and looked up at you with the same expression.

“So this is the form that you used to defeat Red Light...” he theorized, only getting some from you snarls in return.

Once again, you disappeared with your newfound speed and Nero barely had enough time to counter your punch with his own. Even in your beast form, you were still able to show signs of pain, which Nero noticed as you gritted your fangs. However you sucked it up and delivered another punch which hit the sociopath in the face.

‘I need to keep my focus on Nero. If I lose control I could hurt my family and Leo’s as well...’ you thought as your beast mode continued on its rampage.

“I confess that these attacks are harder for me to tolerate,” he admitted before he spat out a broken tooth along with some blood. “But not much has changed! I could tell from your expression that my power is still greater than yours! WATCH!” Moving his hand to your chest, Nero released a heavy force of gravity, sending you back, but it didn’t stop there.

As you recovered from the force, another portal opened up from behind and your spine almost gave in from the fist that hit you.

“This time... THREE WILL HIT!” Nero roared as he prepared the said number of portals in front of you. Launching his fist forward, the hands copied his movement, bombarding you at once.

You managed to dodge and block some of the hits, but a few landed on your exposed body. The good news was that due to the damage you were receiving from him, you managed to keep your focus on Nero and not attack anyone else.

A certain bat pony watched as Nero overpowered you, displeased that she couldn’t get close enough to help you. As their backs touched, Jade and Cascade looked around wondering who would jump at them next.

“That idiot he shouldn’t have-” Jade Star was forced to turn her attention away as one of the commanders of Nero’s clan charged towards her and Cascade. He was a tall, well-armored stallion, whose chimerism experiments have given him the neck of a giraffe and the muscles of a gorilla. He began using his long neck as a whip, swinging relentlessly at Jade and Cascade as he was engulfed in dark magic.

“You should be concerned about yourselves!” he laughed, sticking his tongue out as if he were drunk or just plain psychotic. As he brought his head down yet again, Cascade saw an opening and punched him on the exposed neck with magic surrounding her knuckles.

Pulling his head out of the seafloor, he gritted his teeth before his expression changed. “It... FEELS GREAT!” he screamed, enjoying the pain he was feeling. Blood began to flow out of the wound on his neck.

“Seriously? Well then...” Suddenly, a slender blade slips out from under Jade’s guard boot. “...how about THIS?!” Bringing her leg up like a sidekick to the front, she let the blade impale right on his chin. Blood pooled out as she wasted no time in slashing down all the way to the end of his neck.

“What’s wrong, didn’t it feel good?” she asked with a smirk as the soldier’s throat opened up. He only had a brief moment to smile in pleasure before he dropped dead. Though the two mares weren’t given much time to relax, as their victory caught the attention of more soldiers and they swam towards them.

You of course didn’t have time to observe the others, given you had your own problems as the portal appendages ganged up on you. You howled in pain as Nero successfully hit you again. Taking advantage of this, his hands began glowing and you pulled toward him. As you were pulled toward him, you tried to take a swipe at him with your claws, but Nero dodged and brought his fist down... on your extended hand.

You roared as the bone snapped, causing Nero to scoff. Not giving you a moment to react, he grabbed his spiked mace and whacked you in the head as if you were a baseball.

Blood spilled out as the mace took clumps of fur and skin from contact and you were sent flying a few feet from where you floated. Your vision was getting blurry as a loud ringing sounded your ear.

You didn’t stay up long, as you felt yourself getting weaker and weaker. Falling to your knees, you collapsed to the seafloor unconscious. The dark magic began to leave your body, causing you to revert back into a human, not that it made any difference to Nero. He made his way over to you as you laid at his hooves and raised his mace.

“I’ve smashed so many heads with this mace, I’ve lost count,” he said still holding his weapon up high. “BUT YOU’LL THE FIRST HUMAN I’VE KILLED WITH IT!!” he roared and went for the kill.

However the mace stopped inches away from your head as it hit a golden barrier. Nero recognized the owner of the magic just by looking at the shield that protected you.

You manage to wake up in time to see the magical barrier around you. Using some of the strength you had left, you slowly lifted your bleeding head to see who was protecting you.

“T-Tia...” you managing to smiled despite the situation.

*Celestia’s pov*

Despite the many soldiers that got in my way, I finally managed to make it through just in time to save my lover. Having a magic level that rivaled my own, I couldn’t risk holding anything back against the demon before me.

I fired a beam of magic, which Nero tried to block with his fist. I managed to push him away from my beloved, allowing Azure to swim up to his side. I knew I could entrust her to take care of him while I deal with Nero.

“Take him away from here!” I shouted before turning to the demon General bastard.

Azure nods and put my lover’s arm around her shoulder. “Crimson please help her,” I ordered.

“Why should I?!” he snapped. The young fool was still letting his pride get the best of him even in this situation.

Azure now tired of her brothers pride finally had enough. Setting you down to rest she swims over and was able to clock her brother in the jaw before I could stop her.

“WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU?! EVER SINCE WHEN WE WERE LITTLE YOUR PRIDE AND THINKING YOUR DOING IT FOR OUR KINGDOM HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT TROUBLE!” Azure screams as crimson just stares at her in shock never. His baby sister was the most gentle of his siblings and has therefore never struck anypony, let alone her own brother.

Azure stops as she begins to tear up. “We were just foals when this beast first attacked. We didn’t know till later on and we had always been on fear of his return. But you forget one thing since despite them being surface dwellers they are more than that,” she points out to you.

“We are all are family. Celestia and Luna are practically your aunts and...” she looks at you as you struggle to stand up. “In case you didn’t realize it, he’s their lover and whole you sat here on your ass he was fighting Nero himself. Not for money or power but to protect us!”

Crimson was taken aback by his sister’s speech and with some thought, he nodded.

“Aren’t you quite carefree...” Nero muttered as his veins popped out yet again. A fierce amount of magic was brought out as he stared at you all with rage. “DO YOU HONESTLY THINK I’LL SIT BACK AND LET YOU LEAVE?!!”

Using his magic, he pushed me aside and swam over to Azure and Crimson with his mace raised. However he was blocked yet again... but not by me.

This time Nero’s attack was stopped by Luna.

“We will not let thou pass!” my sister snarled as she managed to endure the attack. I swam up to join her side with a smile and I wasn’t the only one. As Azure and Crimson swam away with our lover, Leo had also made his way over to fight with us.

“You’ve caused the human quite a bit of suffering Nero, something that will no doubt come back to haunt you,” Leo said as he spun his trident in his hand.

“Celestia... Leo... Have you forgotten the pain you both suffered in our last battle?” the demon asked darkly. “BECAUSE I’LL BE HAPPY TO REMIND YOU!”

“Of course I remember you bastard... THAT WON’T HAPPEN AGAIN!”

Electricity built up in Leo’s weapon and with one fell swoop, he slashes towards Nero. The general had the power to swat the blasts aside, causing them to hit some of his own men were cut in half. Like butter to a knife his soldier’s blood oozed out as most of them were cut down from his magic volt.

With that, Nero charged forward and I did the same with my sister and cousin did beside me.

*your pov*

Leaving behind the destruction in Coral Chester, Azure and Crimson brought you to a safe area to heal. Once they sat you on the seafloor, Azure begins to activate her magic.

“He’s taken a lot of damage from the fight, I’m surprised he’s still breathing,” Crimson said as he observed on the level of damage your body sustain in battle. That armor didn’t do much good at protecting you from Nero’s attacks.

Azure held you in her arms practically in tears to see you in this state. “It’s out fault. We should have jumped in instead we let him fight that monster all by himself...” She holds you tightly in her arms. “We... We failed him...”

The hand that Nero had broken was still broken at the moment. With the hand that was still of use to you, you shakily reached and took ahold of Azure’s.

“You... You didn’t fail me...” you struggle to lift yourself up even though most of your body was in pure pain.

“Don’t struggle surface dwel-” you stopped Crimson and told him your name. A name he should have learned on your arrival, but refused to acknowledge it.

Crimson bit his lip as his sister gave her brother another glare. She stops as you managed to sit up right. “Please hold still, I need to heal your wounds.”

You say up panting as your body was in agonizing pain. Your arm felt worst as your chest since Nero broke it without hesitation. ‘Dammit I feel a lot worse than when I faced Red Light...’

Explosions could be heard in the distance as your friends were no doubt fighting their hardest against Nero and his fleet.

“T-They need me...” you struggle as the fight is still going on and you weren't going to let Nero win. Even if your hand is broken you won’t sit by and wait for a miracle.

“Your highness please you can’t! You’ll die if you go back!” Azure pleaded as she squeezed your hand firmly but gently.

You soon felt a very sharp pain in your side as you tried to stand up. ‘Dammit! I can’t just sit here and let my lovers and friends face that monster...’ You growled as you were forced to sit down again.

“My love will heal you,” she said as she brought you close. Her horns began to glow a bright light blue. You felt a soothing feeling wash over your body as the princess worked her magic. Though Azure also started blushing at what she just said and Crimson raised an eyebrow.

“Y-Your love will... heal me?” you asked, as that’s the first time you’ve heard somepony say that to you.

Azure’s eyes began to glow as bright as her magic. Her words kept on repeating in your head.

Crimson just stood and watched and the mood became somewhat awkward. Neither of you spoke for a few minutes before the healing process suddenly increased in speed. You slowly felt your strength returning. The broken bones were mending themselves.

As she just said, Azure’s love for you... was healing your wounds. This is new to you as you never been filled by the magic of love... Well maybe by Cadence, but this is different.

“L-Love?” you look at her questionably as both stare at each other. From just staring you couldn't help but feel your heart flutter a bit as Azure’s cheeks turn a bright red.

“Yes...” she confirmed in a whisper. “...I love you.” She leans down and nuzzles you.

“WHAT!?” Crimson screamed in shock. “Y-You love him?

Once again, the sea princess started blushing and pulled away from your face to look at her brother. “I know he’s only been here for a few days but... he truly make my heart flutter every time we’re together...”

Crimson then looked at you and could see that you were unsure whether or not you felt the same way.

Just as you were about to respond, another explosion rang out. You knew the fight was only growing more intense and you feared the safety of your lovers.

‘Nightmare how is it going in there?’ you asked in your head.

‘Well Romeo, I haven’t had much help unlocking your inner abilities. Somehow something is keeping me away...’ Nightmare says a bit confused as her magic is strong but the barrier’s magic is even more powerful than hers.

‘Because you and I haven’t forged a contract...’ another voice echoed in your head.

Without warning your conscious was pulled right back into your mind.

It doesn’t take long as you were back in the floating deserted rock islands again. At least this time you had company. Nightmare was shock and confused as she didn't sense any other creature in your head nor she knew of this place.

“Where are we?” she asks.

“A fantastic wonderland only meant for me” both you and nightmare search for the voice before looking up at a mirror dark version of you. “And for our human friend here”

The figure disappears in a puff of smoke and appears in front of you. “so i take it you need my assistance now do you” he asks.

“Do you know him?” Nightmare asks, as he’s a complete stranger to her, but she can definitely feels his energy level. Quite a bit stronger than yours... Heck maybe even hers as this other you gives a strange vibe. Something she ever felt in over 1000 years.

You take a step forward. “So you will help me?” you asked as the other you only crosses his arms.

“My assistance isn’t to be taken lightly. I recommend you consider it as that fight with Nero was quite pathetic.”

You growled but stopped as he raised a finger at you. “Seeing as you are not going to heed any warning from anyone. Then I have no choice but to accommodate you.”

You smiled bit for a second, but it disappeared when you realized he still wasn’t finished.

“But you forget. I won’t just give you my power just for free you know,” he cups both hands and leans a bit towards you. “I expect compensation in return.”

You tilt your head as to what you will give him as a compensate. “What do you want?” you asked.

The figure stays silent for a few seconds before speaking. “Nothing special... Just a favor that's all”

“Go on,” you urged, all too curious of what he wanted.

He shakes his head again. “Not yet but soon when I need it. Don’t worry I’ll let you know when. So...” he raises his hand out. “...do we have a deal?”

You were a bit skeptical mostly as this doesn’t seem right and you don’t trust him, but you need that extra power to defeat Nero.

You raised your hand out to exchange a handshake. Just the moment you extended out a shadow mist starts to form before the other you is clutching a dagger in his extended hand. Without warning, he slashes on the palm on your hand.

You pulled your hand away as you looked at the long slash on your palm. It didn’t hurt but blood oozed out from the cut.

“Sorry about that, but it needs to be a blood contract. Can't have you try and scam me out of my favor now would we” he slashes his hand as a black sludge ooze out of his palm. “Now then...” he extends his bleeding hand towards you. “...let’s make it official shall we?”

You held your hand and sighed. ‘Better late than never.’ You reach out and shook his hand with your bleeding hand. Suddenly the blood oozed out and began to travel on your arm like veins or like a crack on a slab of marble the black and red veins course through rapidly soon without warning your whole body is covered in this strange pattern before they being to reach your eyes. Once they circled around your eyes turned both black and red then finally the started to glow.

Nightmare watched in astonished as this magic she can sense all around. A magic lost for ages has finally been awakened.

‘I guess I’ll take my leave then. He won’t need me to fight Nero now,’ she chuckles before disappearing into a black mist.

With your new strength you finally return back to morality where Azure was staring at you with concern.

“Awake are we?” she asked playing with your locks until you lifted your head off of your lap. It was much less painful to move on your own thanks to her work.

“Thank you for healing my wounds Azure,” you said as you looked at the explosions that were still setting off in the distance.

Azure grabs your hand. “Please don’t... If you face him he’ll kill you for sure and I can’t live with that guilt...” she tears up as you looked at her.

“I assure you, I’m much stronger this time. I promise I won’t let that bastard kill me.” Pulling her up, you wrapped your arms around her in a warm hug. True to what you said, Azure could feel a strong magical power as you held her close.

“You two go on ahead.” Both you and Azure turned to look at Crimson. “There’s something I need to take care of.”

“What would that be?” you asked.

Crimson looked at you with a serious expression. “Trust me, it’s important! Just go!”

With that aside you and Azure headed back. With your wounds healed and a new found strength surging through you know you are ready to face Nero again. You learned the hard way that if you fought Nero in a state where you couldn’t control yourself, it’s all too easy to get yourself killed.

‘I want to surpass, defeat him at full power... one of Grogar’s top generals!’

*Celestia’s pov*

Holding back Nero proved to be an even more difficult task than I had expected. When we fought all those years ago, the barbarian proved to have excellent stamina and magical power, but he didn’t have the ability to control gravity like he can now.

Queen Silvia and her children were doing there best to hold off Nero’s soldiers while I fought the general with my sister and cousin. All of us were bleeding and panting, but there was no time to rest.

With his eyes glowing red with malice, Nero swung his mace forward causing the currents to pick up. We struggled not to get swept away by his power, which of course was easier said than done. When the currents calmed down, I looked at the demon with nothing but hatred and lit my horn again.

I expected him to start attacking again, but rather he turned his head to look upward and squinted. Wondering what he was looking at, I turned my head and saw two all too familiar figures swimming towards us.

‘W-What’s he doing here, he needs to rest-’ My thoughts were cut off as I felt some strange, but strong magic coming from my lover.

Swimming over, he stopped between me and Nero, and I could feel the magic grow slightly stronger, it was almost too much to handle. In fact as the two continued to glare at each other, I noticed some combatants had actually begun passing out. Just the pressure of such high levels of magic was enough to make them faint.

*your pov*

You swam closer to your adversary, refusing to take your eyes off him for even a second.

“Why have you decided to come back? Have you noticed the difference in our strength and decided to beg to join our clan or have you come to die?” he asked clutching his mace as he awaited your answer.

“I CAME BACK TO KILL YOU!” you declared fearlessly.

“THAT’S NOT AN OPTION!” he roared. Encasing himself in an aura of powerful magic, Nero raised his club and brought it down on you, creating an explosion.

“That’s our boss! Even when this monkey is at his best he’s nothing compared to Master Nero!” laughed the soldiers who had managed to stay awake.

“You bastard!” Luna shouted as she tried to swim toward Nero, but Celestia held out a hand. Luna saw that her sister had a confident look on her face and she returned her gaze back to the fight.

When the dust cleared, it was revealed you had blocked Nero’s club... with only one hand.

“I-I can’t b-believe it!” one of Nero’s subordinates stuttered. “T-That bastard stopped Master Nero’s attack with a single hand!”

Suddenly one soldier who wasn’t at all fazed stood up. “Don’t get so full of yourself!” he shouted as he pointed at you. “Our boss, Master Nero is a brilliant mass-murderer who has been feared since ancient times. Why do you think he’s one of Master Grogar’s right-hand colts?! So just because you’re a little strong, don’t get your hopes up monkey!” he laughed.

Nero just rolled his eyes. “What an obnoxious underling,” he sighed. You began growling in pure anger for this bastard. However, you remembered to keep your temper in check so you wouldn’t turn into a mindless beast again.

You clutch Nero’s mace tighter than before, the barbarian was somewhat shocked to see his prized mace was starting to break from your sudden force. Even as the spikes cause your hand to bleed, you ignored it and kept your gaze on Nero. With a quick release of energy, the club shattered into pieces.

Nero tossed the remains of his weapon aside and raised both of his fists. You did the same.

On the sidelines, Nightmare Moon appeared next to Celestia and Luna who was being guarded by the elements as they recuperated. It was somewhat amusing to the dark alicorn to see the co-rulers of Equestria in this state.

“Okay... what did you do to him?” Luna asked her evil counterpart. It was no mystery that the princess of the night was shocked at how you suddenly became strong enough to block Nero’s attack.

Nightmare smirks and shrugs. “That’s something you’ll have to figure out on your own.”

The ruler of nightmares then turned to Twilight and the rest of your marefriends, who were still fighting alongside the seapony army. “Truthfully, I didn’t do anything to him. Wherever this new power came from...” she licked her lips “..it’s caught my interest...”

Both Luna and Celestia squint their eyes, wondering what Nightmare was plotting before they looked back to you.

Meanwhile, King Leo was being comforted by his wife as she tended to his wounds. Out of him, Celestia and Luna, Leo had been injured the worst as they held Nero back. Having been whacked in the side by his spiked mace, quite a few of his ribs had been broken along with both of his arms. What’s more is that many of his muscles have been torn and almost all of his strength has left. He honestly thought he was a goner before you had returned.

The eldest daughter, Emerald Coast rolled her eyes with amusement as she watched her parents’ backs. Like many the other fighters, Emerald almost lost consciousness due to the great energy that was radiating off of both you and Nero.

‘I don’t know much about this monkey, but apparently Celestia has put a lot of trust into letting him take over this fight. I can’t wait to see what he has in store...’ she thought squinting her eyes as she watched you.

“Now then human, before I finish you off, I’m going to tell you a story,” Nero said catching your attention.

“Destruction is the very reason I was born! As far back as I can remember I have had the urge to kill everything around me. It was thousands of years ago I was just a colt growing up in a small ancient Equestrian village. Everypony there treated each other with kindness!”

“FINALLY AT THE AGE OF TEN I REACHED MY LIMIT! I I COULD NO LONGER STAND THE UTTERLY BORING PRISON CALLED PEACE, SO I BEGAN MY DAYS KILLING, STARTING WITH MY LOVING PARENTS!! I THEN TURNED MY ATTENTION TO THE VILLAGE AND DECIMATED IT KILLING EVERY SINGLE MARE, STALLION AND FOAL!! IT MADE ME FEEL SO ALIVE!!!”

You glared at him as he finished his story. ‘This... animal is truly insane’ you clutch your teeth as even a colt he was simply pure evil. No wonder he is one of Grogar’s favorite generals.

He then looks down at you. “And for that, I do anything to get that thrill again. The same one you feel too.”

You scoffed. “Is that supposed to scare me?” you asked, causing Nero to raise an eyebrow. “Judging from what I’ve just heard, you’re a demented bastard who never sought a chance to be a hero!”

Nero let out another growl and concentrated his magic to his hands. “That’s enough talk! IT’S TIME TO DIE!”

Just as you expected, the portals appear in front of you but this time, you managed to avoid the punches that were launched from each one. Managing to get away from the portals, you swam forward and began to channel some magic into your own fists.

Swimming upwards, you successfully landed a blow on Nero’s face, but he quickly countered it with a punch to your own face. You didn’t have much time to cough out blood as he brought his knee up, hitting you in the ribs.

Wiping the blood from your lip, you struck Nero in the stomach this time before swimming upward to hit him again under his chin. One of his buffalo horns gave in and broke off.

You could tell your attacks were doing their job, given Nero’s irritated and expression. However the beast was still full of energy, which he proved as he channeled a strong force of gravity to his fist and slugged you in your own stomach. You fell to the seafloor, coughing up a large amount of blood.

“Get up you fucking piece of shit...” Nero taunted through his pants. With a look of rage, that was exactly what you did.

Swimming back up, you managed to deliver two more heavy punches to Nero’s face before he retaliated with another blow to your own face. He then swiftly brought his hoof down on your head, slamming you to the ground.

Your friends watched from the distance as you and Nero went at it with no mercy.

“Great gods of the ocean...” King Leo sighed as Silvia continued to nurse him. In all his years of ruling, it’s been a while since he last witnessed a fight so intense. The human who was badly wounded before has come back and is matching the demon’s strength with ease.

As you wobbled back up, you weren’t fortunate enough to dodge the portal appendages that had once again appeared in front of you. You barely managed to keep yourself from falling again as the fists of many different creatures punched you several times.

“WHAT’S THE MATTER?! ARE YOU FINISHED EVEN AFTER ALL THAT BIG TALK ABOUT KILLING ME?!” Nero roared as he watched you withstand his battering. Deciding to close the portals, the beast swam towards you and gathered his magic to his both of his fists.

You maintained your consciousness, despite the beating you just took and countered his first punch with one of your own. Unfortunately, you weren’t able to move fast enough to block his other fist, which hit you again in the stomach. Puking up another pint of blood, your bare feet scraped against the seafloor as you endured the force of gravity empowering Nero’s fist. After being moved back a few feet, you looked up at Nero who was preparing to punch you again.

“You know, you were right about me! I’m a demented bastard who couldn’t even come close to becoming a hero!” he admitted proudly. “BUT I’VE ENJOYED THE LIFE I’VE LIVED WORKING UNDER GROGAR!”

“How sad...” you said with a smirk.

“SHUT THE FUCK UP!” he shouted as he swam forward to hit you again. You raised your arms to block the blow, but you still couldn’t stop yourself from being pushed back as you withstood the impact.

“You still won’t scream for me?!” he asked as you kept both arms up without saying anything back. “How boring...” he said pulling his fist back. “I’LL GO FOR YOUR SKULL THIS TIME!”

However this time, despite the great speed caused from the heavy gravity that was moving Nero’s punch... you managed to move out of the way.

For a moment, you lost your train of thought and reached to dig both your hands into his arm. As Nero tried to pull away, your nails suddenly materialized into claws allowing you to dig even deeper into his skin. You even went as far as to bite him as your teeth turned into fangs. At this moment, you were thinking like a beast.

Remembering you needed to keep control, you decided to release Nero and your nails and teeth had returned back to normal.

“ENOUGH OF THIS NONSENSE!” Nero yelled, as the bite wound ended up angering him even further. He attempted to hit you in the skull once again, forcing even more magic behind the attack.

This time you didn’t attempt to dodge, rather you began to concentrate your magical energy to your forehead and brought it against Nero’s fist. Your attacks met each other in a powerful collision, causing you both to grit your teeth in pain.

The force from your headbutt didn’t break Nero’s hand, but he could definitely feel the pain as you almost succeeded in doing so. Conversely, your skull had almost cracked from the weight in Nero’s punch.

“Little bastard...!” Nero screeched as he takes a step back. ‘Where the hell is this energy coming from?!’ he growled in anger. It wasn’t just your strength, your speed, stamina, durability all of it has improved since the last fight.

He then turned his gaze to Azure and remembered how she was with you when you returned. With his eyes glowing red, he reached over and pulled the sea princess towards him, making your eyes widen.

Encasing his other hand in his red magic, he created what appeared to be a blade as he continued to pull Azure towards him.

“AZURE!!” Leo and Silvia screamed in unison. Neither of them would make it in time.

Nero’s eyes glowed even brighter, as blade was near inch away from his target. The thought of innocent royal blood staining the waters around them made his heart feel warm.

Without mercy, he lunges his blade right at Azure. Blood oozed out into the surrounding water as his blade made contact but... he didn’t get the princess.

Azure had closed her eyes trying not to think about her impending doom, however it didn’t come. Slowly she opened her eyes in confusion as she stares at the blade tip just an inch from her. What she sees next causes not only her, but the others to gasp.

You could no longer hold back the loud scream of agony as the blade went deep through your side. The vile taste of blood filled your mouth as you cough up quite a good bit of it.

Nero didn’t seem even remotely surprised and only looked down at you displeased as you collapsed to the seafloor.

“Such a pitiful expression for the hero of Equestria. A hero who preferred to bring death of himself than those around him,” he scoffs as you held the blade in your chest. You glared up at Nero and spat some blood in his face. That resulted in him pushing the blade even harder into your abdomen.

“No please...” Azure cried out as she watches in horror at what Nero did. Without hesitation he pulls it out, causing another scream to escape your lips. Still bleeding uncontrollably, you watched as Nero's magic extend the blade to sword length.

“It took long enough but I finally managed to get you to scream. You’ve been a thorn in my ass for far too long. Now... IT’S TIME TO DIE!!”

You closed your eyes, bracing yourself for the cold feeling of Nero’s blade against your neck...

...But it didn’t come.

“What the...?!” You hear Nero shout followed by the sound of his hooves staggering a bit. Opening your eyes, you look up to see what just happened.

The eel from back at the palace... he was biting Nero’s ear.

As the small eel continued to tug furiously on his ear, Nero grabs him and tries to pull him off. Though he succeeded in pulling him off, the eel ripped off a good piece of his left ear as he was removed. Nero angrily grabbed the eel however as quickly as it bite his ear, the eel slithered out of his grasp and swam away.

Blood flowed out from Nero’s damaged ear, but it didn’t falter him due to his high pain threshold. Watching him growl in frustration, you then heard screaming from behind.

Turning around, it looked like a massacre as several speeding great white sharks were grabbing and mauling as many of Nero’s soldiers as they could fit in their mouths. Others were being constricted by large octopuses. You were once again disturbed by how Nero’s clan managed to smile in spite of their torment.

“WHAT?!!” Nero screamed in fury and looks over the horizon his brow twitched as several of his ships began to sink to the bottom. In no time at all, even his own personal ship was split in half.

Watching the sea predators take a stand, you see several more guards appear being led by a familiar red-coated prince.

“Looks like I made it in time after all!” Crimson shouted as he descended while riding on one of the great whites.

“You pieces of shit are done here!” he declared pointing at some of Nero’s soldiers, who just looked at him with their usual maniacal expressions. With a wave to his sword, Crimson gave commands to the predators of the sea.

“TEAR THESE BASTARDS APART!” he ordered and the sea life did as they were told.

You watched everything unfold with a smile. It wasn’t just the seaponies, but now even the marine animals were risking their lives to stop Nero and his fleet. Even as you witnessed both soldiers and animals perish during the clash, they were dying protecting their kingdom.

“Looks like I’m not just protecting the country... The country is also protecting me,” you said with a pleased smile, but the. cringed due to the wound in your side.

With Nero distracted, Azure knelt down and wrapped her arms around you. You knew all too well she was about to try to heal you again. This worried you, as it took quite a bit of magic to heal your previous injuries and you feared what would happen if Azure pushed herself again.

“Azure please I...” you stopped mid-sentence as you looked into her beautiful and gentle eyes. Any protests you had died as you stared at the princess of the sea.

“Just hold still... this is the least I can do for the stallion who I’ve come to love...” she whispered as she activated her magic. Slowly you felt the pain from the stab wound wash away before the wound began to close up.

With a sigh, you slowly reached up and stroked the tired princess, admiring how she was pushing her limits for your sake.

*Leo’s pov*

I couldn’t believe what was happening. My daughter just said she was in love with the human. I almost felt myself tearing up, as a father I couldn’t be happier.

“Love is a powerful magic,” Tia said with a smile. “It seems it was the right choice to tell Azure to heal our beloved. I don’t know when but she has developed strong feelings for him. Love takes different effects, the more honest and earnest the feelings, the stronger the result is.”

“This battle will end soon...” I heard my wife say as she put a hand on my shoulder.

“You’re right, despite his unbelievable stamina, Nero still has his limits. He should be exhausted from all the attacks he’s done,” Luna agreed. “However the same goes for our beloved...”

*your pov*

Silence broke out before it was quickly interrupted. “How unfortunate how the little shits have fallen in love... and will die here tonight...” Nero growled as you glared back at him.

Stepping to the side, you allowed Crimson who was riding one of the great white sharks, to grab his exhausted sister. With the princess now being taken away to safety, both you and Nero took your fighting stances. As Luna had just said, the both of you were reaching your limits.

This confrontation would be the last.

You made the first move, swimming over, Nero falls suit and you both raised a fist out. Without warning from either you, tremors could be felt as your knuckles made contact with Nero’s. Pushing against one another, you both held position before swimming away from each other.

“THAT TRICK YOU PULLED OFF TO STAB ME WON’T WORK A SECOND TIME! FALL DOWN ALREADY NERO!!” you shouted as the two of of you continued to exchange your blows.

After you struck Nero across the cheek again, his eyes flashed a bright red before he brought his fist down on the top of your head. You took the hit, but you recovered and return his strike with another hard punch, which this time hit him in his stomach.

Both of you roared in a combination of pain and the anger you felt for each other.

“YOU FUCKING MONKEY!! WHO DO YOU THINK I AM?!!” Nero roared, drawing out even more power. His veins began popping out all over his body as a menacing dark aura surrounded him. With this increase in magic, the exchange of blows suddenly began to grow faster. You blocked as many before letting out a loud growl.

“YOU ARE THE PATHETIC ONE! ALWAYS RAMPAGING AND HURTING OTHERS JUST BECAUSE YOU CAN'T GET WHAT YOU WANT! YOU ATTACKED THIS CITY IN YOUR OWN SPITE AND NO MATTER YOU WHAT YOU STILL WON’T GET OVER YOUR DEFEAT!!” you screamed while you return each blow to Nero’s weakening body.

*Crimson pov*

I observed the human’s fight with Nero while at the same time listening as he spoke. I held Azure close to me as she’s become quite tired from the amount of magic she used to heal the human.

“I think he’s got this in the bag,” Cascade said as she and Emerald watched alongside me.

“I wouldn’t be so sure,” I heard mother say. “Remember, I always taught you all to never underestimate your opponent even when victory seems certain.”

I look back at my mother then at Nero and the human. ‘Mother’s right,’ I thought to myself. ‘Nero has already destroyed our country once and is apparently one of Grogar’s best generals. If these soldiers were telling the truth, I’m sure this barbarian has something up his sleeve.’

*Your pov*

The exchange of punches and kicks still hasn’t stopped however looking at Nero’s now damaged and exhausted body, you know you were winning for once. However, your vision was getting blurry from all the hits you delivered to each other.

Nero launched two more another punches, one which hit you in the face while the other you managed to block with your own fist. Gritting your teeth, as soon as you pulled your fist away from Nero’s you struck him in his chest.

Nero’s claws scraped against the seafloor as he was pushed back by your last hit. Looking at each other with bloodshot eyes, the two of you channeled your magic into your fists and aimed at one another.

However... yours struck first.

Pushing your sore knuckles into his chest, the strange energy that was empowering you provided you with enough strength to launch Nero upward. You looked up as the barbarian was pushed quite a distance, he almost became a dot from your view. However you knew he was still alive and with no time to waste you began swimming upward.

“Damn you...” he spoke softly as you both pant in exhaustion. “DAMN YOU!!!” he roared almost loud enough to burst your eardrums. However you ignore the ringing in your ears as you gather the remains of your energy for the final blow. “I WILL NOT BE BEATEN AGAIN!!!”

“LET’S SETTLE THIS NERO!!!” you shouted as your fist began to glow a bright silver glow.

Everyone watched from below, knowing this battle was reaching its climax.

Nero put his arms together as they glowed just as brightly as your fist. “I’LL CRUSH YOU ALONG WITH EVERY FUCKING WORTHLESS CREATURE BELOW US!!!” he roared as he released an enormous blast of gravity towards your direction.

You could feel the immense increase in pressure, but you pushed forward and punched in Nero’s direction.

The two of you began pushing against one another.

“I will...” Nero’s eyes glow again “...DESTROY EVERYTHING!!!!”

You struggle as you held yourself right against the blast. You could feel your bones begin cracking as you tried to endure the tremendous gravity. For a moment it felt like you have used up everything, however you suddenly feel a surge... a surge of power deep within you.

‘I’m supporting you my love...’ you heard Azure’s loving voice speak telepathically in your mind. Even under this extreme pressure, you managed to look down and saw her alongside the rest of your friends.

Everyone was supporting you.

‘Go get him!’ Twilight and the others cheered on.

‘I’ve horribly misjudged you, but now you have my respect! Give him Tartarus human!’ Crimson smirks.

‘If Crimson believes in you, so do I,’ Emerald said with a nod.

‘Show this animal no mercy human!’ King Leo shouted while holding Silvia close.

‘We know you will win, so don’t give up!’ both Luna and Tia nodded.

“YOU’VE TERRORIZED THESE SEAPONIES LONG ENOUGH! IT’S OVER NERO!!!!” You roared as you began pushing even harder and faster against Nero’s attack. Nero’s body began to spark as he forced more magic, but it was no use.

You pushed further and with a great release of energy, you managed to soar through despite the pain caused from the incredible gravity. You continued to travel upward before your punch landed, hitting Nero in the chest. For the last time, he puked up his blood as your attack made contact. You continued to push, tearing through muscle and bone alike as you forced whatever energy you had left into this punch.

However the gravity spell was still active, so when your strength finally left you, you were pushed back to the seafloor with great force. Nero on the other hand had begun to sink back down to the seafloor, having lost the energy to keep himself floating.

Nopony knew what to say, half of them stared at the crater that had been created upon your landing while others looked at Nero who laid on the seafloor. Even as the gravity spell was dispersed, you didn’t come out of the hole.

Was it a draw?

“It’s... It’s over...” you sighed as you regained consciousness and forced yourself to get up.

Suddenly the audience watched as your hand reached out from the crater and gasped as you pulled yourself up. You were completely spent and were to call over to your friends before a shadow appeared over you. Shakily you looked up to see... Nero floating before you.

The barbarian was panting heavily as blood flowed out of his mouth. He had a huge dent in his chest from where your last punch had landed. Of course, many other bruises decorated his body from the many other punches you managed to land.

As you observed his condition, you couldn’t believe your eyes as you wondered how this bastard was still breathing. You on the other hand could barely move as you practically had nothing left.

However...

“Hail Grogar...” Nero breathed out before his whole body started to wobble. You watched with your mouth slightly open as he fell backward with a loud thud.

As shocked as you were that you had finally won, you were even more shocked at what you saw next. Not taking your eyes off of the defeated tyrant, you observed as Nero’s body began to wrinkle and shrink slightly. His muscles turned weak as his whole body seemed to be aging at an incredible speed. Soon he was nothing but bones, which soon broke down even further into ash.

The ashes were soon swept away by the underwater currents, leaving everypony in jaw struck shock as the monster of their beautiful country was finally defeated. The silence continued to fill the underwater environment before it was broken as all your friends and the seaponies screamed of victory and cheering echoed. Looking up you smiled as the citizens all cheered your name, even King Leo and the rest all cheered your name.

“AQUASTRIA’S GREATEST NIGHTMARE HAD FALLEN!!!”

You sighed as Nero was finally defeated. Good thing too, as your body had finally given in. Falling back, Azure catches you before you can land on the hard seafloor.

She tries to wake you, but sadly you passed out. Even with the power you had received from the other you, the devastating gravity of Nero’s final attack have cracked many of your bones, especially the fist you finished him off with. What’s more is that many of your internal organs have been damaged from all the punches you’ve suffered.

When describing external injuries, your body looked like you faced a ill tempered bull who used your chest as a battering ram. A dark purplish bruise spread from your biceps and down to your abs and even circled around the sides. Your back also showed quite a number bruises that trace as fists along parts of your back to your pelvis.

Several slashes were covering your arms and probably your legs too, but if you had a mirror, your face would look like shit too. Even just blinking you felt a stinging feeling course through your whole head.

“He’s hurt pretty bad,” Crimson said as he swims over, which causes Azure to hold your unconscious body tighter.

“Come sister! We must get him back to the castle infirmary at once!” Crimson ushered. “For every moment we waste, his body will continue to fall apart!”

Looking back down she nods. Using his magic he summons a small stretcher and sets you on top. With a nod both medical guards carried you back to the palace. As you swam your arm glowed a bit before the glow died off for a second.

Meanwhile as you were taken away, the remaining soldiers of Nero’s fleet huddled together as they observed their situation. The psychotic expression on their faces didn’t change, despite their predicament. With Cascade taking command, seapony guards and angry sharks surrounded the ones responsible for so much destruction, providing virtually no escape.

“So are we all that’s left of the fleet?” the stallion who was apparently Nero’s second in command asked his snickering subordinates.

“That’s right, and evidently we’re surrounded,” another soldier answered looking at the seaponies and marine life with a hungry look. “Their forces have grown so much more formidable compared to the last invasion. Even Master Nero has been defeated.”

“There’s nothing we can do about it! It was Master Grogar’s wish to send us down here. Even if we’re about to die, we’ll die carrying out his orders!” the commander shouted throwing both arms up high. “Even in death, Master Grogar will be part of us all! Just take out as many of them of as you can before you perish!”

“COME ON! LET’S HAVE SOME FUN!”

With that, the last of what once was a 30 ship fleet swam towards their seapony enemies. Fully aware that only death was what awaited them, they continued fighting to obey Grogar and satisfy their bloodlust to the very end.

*Marinia castle infirmary next morning*

You could only guess how long you were asleep before you were woken up by the small arms tugging on you. You turn to see your daughter, Night looking quite worried. Alongside her was Azure looking down at you with a relieved smile.

“Daddy what happened?” she asked innocently.

“Oh? Is she your foal? She’s precious!” Azure said with her smile widening.

As Crimson stated, you were in critical condition when you were brought to the infirmary. With all the broken bones and ruptured organs, the doctors actually asked Celestia and Luna to cooperate and use some of their magic for the treatment.

Though despite no broken bones on your arms and legs you do will feel pain, as the broken ribs had to be magical aligned and mended in order to heal. Still with full body bandaged up you at least have a lot more free movement than your last hospitalization. This was fortunate since the Lunar Eclipse Parade would be coming in a few days.

It was an exhausting night for your surgeons, but with the two alicorn’s power, much of the damage done to your body had been healed. Though honestly, the one that should really receive most of the credit was Azure, who once again used the magic caused from her newfound feelings for you to heal your damaged organs.

“Nothing honey. Daddy just had an accident that’s all,” you said as you rubbed Night’s head. She’s still far too young to know what really happened. It’s best to wait to tell the truth.

“Upsies!” she said holding her hands out, wanting you to hold her. Azure used her magic to levitate Night onto the bed.

“Thank you Azure,” you said with a smile as Night got into a comfortable spot on your bed. Snuggling against your side you give Night a small kiss on her head. Azure giggled at the affection you showed to your daughter.

“Azure back there... did you really mean it?” you asked as you were surprised that the seapony princess had fallen for you in such a short amount of time. Though, you’d be lying if you said you didn’t return the feelings.

Azure blushed and held her hands on her cheeks. “I know it’s sudden but... Somehow you have this... charm that’s so... hypnotizing,” she giggles. “And... There is another thing about you that won my heart...”

You tilt your head in confusion. “You saved my life...” She swam forward and embraced you careful not to squish Night.

You blushed. “I’m just glad you are p safe. How are the others by the way?” you asked as only Night and Azure were around. Where were you friends and king Leo were.

“Everypony else is recuperating and resting. Your daughter here apparently snuck out of her room to come and see you. Not that I can blame her, I couldn’t stay asleep either.”

You laugh a bit, as you watch Night begin to doze off on your chest. Due to being so young, her curiosity was strong enough for her to find where you were.

Rubbing her softly, Azure giggled. “It’s best we all get some rest. The festival will start tomorrow.”

Giving her a nod, you allowed Azure and Night to sleep beside you before you fell asleep as well.

Falling back to sleep you were greeted by a blinding light before something else catches your eye. The light slowly shape itself to look like a figure. The figure you see wore a blinding white color cloak but it turns it's head slightly, a lock of brown hair slide out to the side.

You reach out towards the figure but the light blinds you again for a second. Next thing you know you were staring at Luna’s blushing face.

“There THOU are!” she smiles happy you were okay.

“Luna I’m glad you’re okay!” you smiled and brought her close to a kiss.

Luna giggled as you pulled away from her soft lips. “We are fine. Me and my sister suffered quite a few wounds but they’re not life threatening. Same goes for the elements and King Leo’s daughters.” She cups one of your cheeks and runs it gently.

“Of the rest you and King Leo had suffered most damage. Thankfully the treatment we’ve performed should bring you back on your feet tomorrow.”

You sighed as after waking up you were glad to hear that. That battle was intense. Silence broke out before Luna spoke again.

“I do hope that’s the last of him. We couldn’t believe a stallion like that existed.” Luna shuddered as if a stallion like Nero was around then Nightmare Moon is a saint.

Nightmare never went further as to murdering for pleasure. To her she was glad he was gone.

“I’m sure of it honey. But I think... we need to be extra careful now. Grogar has many more followers and he will not stop till he destroys everything in his path...” You scrunch up as this bastard still has more followers and you wonder who will be next.

Luna sighs but hugs you. “Thou relax Equestria and Aquastria are both safe. Let’s not dwell on that. At least for now” She says comforting.

You sigh as she was right. But you made sure to stay on guard in case another attack like this happens.

You both hugged for some time. Luna trails her hands down your back a few times. “With that matter not needed to be addressed yet there's one that’s needed though.” you looked and Luna questionably, her hands traced around till they reach up to your neck.

Without warning you were now gasping for air as Luna squeeze your neck, she still has a mischievous smile spread on her face as she holds her grip on your neck. Despite being in the dream realm let's say you found out Luna can still do some damage to your body.

“The problem I’m referring to is our human lover having one of King Leo's daughters falling in love with just days after we arrived in Marinia.”

From where you stood you can see the anger rising as she tried her best to hold her smile, hell you can see a few anger veins popping out of her head as she tightens her grip.

“I... I... I... swear... I didn’t... know...” you tried to speak through each gasp. Hearing this, Luna began to loosen her grip.

“Do I have to rip your member out just to keep it in your pants? How many mares are you planning to bed with?” she asked in a whisper while watching you cough from her strangling.

“No matter. I just need to amp up my game then. Since you like to bed many different mares not just surface ponies I need to make sure who's better at sex then them”

You don’t like the sound of that. You love Luna very much, but it’s this mischievous side of her personality that drives you nuts.

Seeing you on the seafloor, Luna gives a devious smile as she sees the look on your face. “Just you wait lover. You will be begging when I'm done with you.” that sentence made you gulped before she disappears. A small giggle echoed before a full blown sinister laugh took over.

Just that now you were in fear for your life.

*next morning*

You were slowly woken up at the sight of your friends and family all around you. Right behind a few guards all had spears pointing at you.

From where you lay each guard had his spear just an inch from your head.

“What’s this all about?” you asked, naturally not liking the sight of spears in your face.

“Better have an explanation for this,” one of the guards spoke.

“For what?”

Another guard motions you to look where he's looking. Looking down now you understand. Azure was still beside you.

“She was worried about me, so what?”

Before they could speak up a loud halt echoed. “GUARDS LEAVE HIM BE!” a familiar voice spoke out causing all the guards to lower their weapons.

It was King Leo, bandaged up from the fight against Nero, but was recovering quite quickly. “You should be ashamed of yourselves!” He then smiles at you. “After all he’s thane of our beautiful kingdom.”

“Thane?” you asked.

He nods. “After everything you had done for us. This title is fitted for you.” he smiles.

You smiled back as Azure finally woke up from all the shouting. Lifting herself up she holds you tight as she runs the sleep from her eyes.

Once her eyes regain vision she gasped and squeeze your arm tighter after seeing her father and some guards that circle around the bed.

“F-F-Father... This isn’t... We didn’t...” Azure shuddered a bit in fear of her father hurting you because she was sleeping with you.

King Leo raises a hand. “Do not worry my little seashell. I’m just... happy you finally found your special somepony...” He grew a small tear as Azure smiles and holds you tighter resulting in a small blush from your face.

You chuckled as King Leo explains his guards and the town's ponies of Mariana are cleaning up Nero's mess in Coral Chester.

He revealed that even after Nero was defeated, his henchmen still didn’t back down. Outnumbered and surrounded, it took give or take 20 minutes before the last of the clan was killed. The parts from their ships including their weapons are being gathered and would prove use in case if they are invaded again.

But for everything everypony was more then happy they were saved. They were ecstatic that the nightmare they all have been suffering is finally over. The tyrant that brought war and destruction to their beautiful kingdom has been vanquished.

The citizens are still repairing the stands and other buildings and surprisingly they managed to fix the damages Nero left behind. The seapony soldiers who died would be honored and given proper burials for their heroism.

Smiling as you were glad the civilians was safe from the attack sadly a few casualties were noted, but you do felt a bit relieved as if you ran or not make in time those numbers would have escalated drastically.

“I do have a few other matters to attend to but please meet me in the throne room when dressed and gotten some breakfast. I have something I wish to give you.” King Leo smiles.

You nodded and tell you will meet him there then. With another bow King Leo and his guards all give one more salute and left the room.

As soon as the guards left the room, you were bombarded by hugs. Your bosses who were amongst the ones who stayed behind at the castle were overjoyed to see you had survived this sudden war.

You wave them off just glad it was over before any more of the kingdom was destroyed.

“Darling, you were quite heroic back their. Shielding Azure with your armorless body was truly breathtaking!” Rarity smiled but you can see just a glimpse of her giving Azure the stink eye from how close she is cuddling up to you.

“Seriously sugarcube, to face Nero like that and come up on top. You're like an old oak tree against a twister. Standing your ground strong with passion!” AJ tips her hat still amaze from the battle.

“Well love we are so glad you are okay. The doctors say your wounds were bad but Azure’s magic did heal most parts. If she couldn't they um…” twilight pause a bit a slight fear in her head on the idea of what would happen if not receive any medical help.

You sigh as this you already know the answer. “I would have slip into a coma again would I?”

“Well duh stud!” Dash shouts. “I mean, you took some hard hits! I’m surprised you stood your ground after locks like those!”

You popped your neck as the stiffness was starting to set in. “Relax RD it will take a lot more than a few hits to kill me.”

You smiled before you felt something slithering on you lap. Looking down you felt a bit cautious but after what happen two days ago you destroyed all matter of fear right.

The small eel from before, the same from your first day in the city to nero's battle was slithering up into your lap. It traced around till it coiled around you wrist and forearm.

“But it’s not only Azure I want to thank.” you lift your arm and smiled. “I can't thank you enough. If it wasn’t for you we all would have been goners for sure. “ reaching out you gently pet the small eel.

“So from the bottom of my heart let me say this from all of us thank you!” The eel surprisingly nods and coils up to your arm. Stopping right on your shoulder it rubs its head against your cheek.

“Aww no wonder why it was so clingy to you at the dining room. It likes you.” Azure giggled as you now have a pet, a bit shocking on your end but still.

“Well with that matter addressed, I’m going to get cleaned up before heading to the dining room for some breakfast.” You slowly stood up and put both legs over the edge of the bed. Your bosses do help you up and off due to you still being sore from your wounds.

“Here let us help you to the bathroom. It's been awhile since we washed together” aloe bit her lip as both your bosses squish you arms between busts. You blushed a bit red and gulped as they dragged you to the bathroom.

“While you two do that, we like to get to know Azure...” Twilight smiled, but from the way she spoke gave even you chills.

Once you and your bosses left, their expression change drastically as they stare at Azure. Taking notice of the sudden change in expression, the princess stared back at them with a face full of confusion.

“Listen here you... frou-frou fish princess,” RD speaks first pointing at her. Azure looked quite hurt at the sudden insults.

“Now Rainbow there’s no need for insults,” Rarity scolded. “Now darling, what did you mean you love our coltfriend. You two barely met” Rarity asked gently.

Azure slaps both hands on her lap. “Y-Yes, despite how sudden it is he actually makes my heart flutter...” she sighed happily. “S-So what’s the problem?” she asked hoping she hasn’t somehow offended them.

“The problem sugarcube is that he’s what you call us. A surface dweller. His home is back in Equestria and well…” AJ clears her throat a bit. Although it hurt to speak the truth but she needed to remind her what you and all the rest are.

“I know that... p which is why my father and I do have an arrangement after we all head to the throne room. I’m sure you will be please of what my father has in store for all of us,” Azure giggles as she couldn’t wait to meet her father in the throne room.

Twilight wanted to speak out but Fluttershy speaks first though. “Um... Azure... What is that you like about our coltfriend?”

“Is because of his charming looks?” Rarity interjected.

“Or his awesomeness?” RD added.

“Um well...” Azure blushes a bit. “He’s just so kind! He's shown great interest in my singing.” There was a long pause but she smiles. “He….. He out of all the royals he has treated me with not just respect... But like a mortal being.”

The mane 6 all looked at her with confusion on their eyes. Azure does ask if somepony ever treated them like property than a pony. Or if they saw the princesses being treated like that.

Most of the mane 6 haven’t but for Twilight, Rarity and Applejack had.

Twilight hated to admit it but back a young age her father almost lost his job when a random stallion wanted to marry Twilight a while back when she was a teen.

Her father and the bastard’s father had a rough tussle when he denied twilight as a living being and just a prize from her being celestia’s star pupil.

Azure nodded as Rarity had a similar moment back when she was in Canterlot some stallions tried to bribe her with chances of success if they marry one of them. Naturally she declined and some had resorted to violence. However to them not their finest hour.

Rarity huffed as those stallions were the ones trashed after that day.

Once Azure nods she then asks AJ about her. AJ kept it simple as before you came she had stallions left and right ask for marriage but each time she refused. Each don't know the real applejack. They only know she's famous for her cider and the largest farm growing in Equestria. They earn more than even Filthy Rich could make in a month.

Azure sighed again but smiled. “so after meeting with your human lover you were happy for somepony not treating you like property right?” she asked resulting in a nod from each pony.

“Now you know... Before you all came I had royals of all kind ask for marriage of me. None knew who I really was and I declined each.” She twiddle her fingers a bit. “My father many times had fought with them every time when they couldn't take no for an answer.”

She sighs but smiles again. “However when I met your lover... something sparked in me. We talked, laughed, sang and danced like normal ponies should...” she pauses. “But most of all... he saved me. My heart sore when he allowed Nero to stab him for my sake...”

“He’s special and I want to be with him just like you.” Azure and the others all looked at the bathroom door. “I just hope he doesn’t take long. Father’s surprise shouldn't be kept waiting after all.

Inside the bathhouse, you sighed as you scrubbed yourself clean. Compare to most bathrooms in the castle this one king leo had specially made. Using his magic he managed to make the room like that of a normal bathroom back in canterlot. With a large pool size you laid back as your bosses got comfortable with you in the tub. Of course Aquastria didn’t have running water, so the seaponies use substances to clean themselves, which proved to be quite efficient.

Sitting against the edge of the tub it didn’t take long for both your bosses to strip you before stripping themselves off. Though it was bad to be in the tub with the bandages on however for now you can worry about that later.

Right now you just want to relax... Well if that wasn’t so simple.

“Mmmmfff Aloe quit hogging him, I want a taste.” Lotus grumbled as her sister Aloe gulped your member almost down to the hilt.

Aloe gasps but smiles. “Sorry sister but it’s been soooooooo long since we had our fun with our human friend. I want to make it count” Aloe giggles.

Rolling your eyes you decided to let Lotus have some fun with your member, while for Aloe you made sure she enjoys your lips. The bath can wait for now. For your bosses you want show them even though you were still sore you still have some energy for some fun.

*after the bath and breakfast*

“Mmmmmm that was so delicious,” you stretched your arms as the breakfast the cooks prepared was absolutely mouthwatering.

The variety of flavors despite being underwater was more than you could ever imagine.

“The king did said the cooks had prepared the meal just for us. After saving their kingdom they made sure they made the best meal for the cities hero’s.” Luna smiled causing you to blush a bit.

Swimming towards the throne room, you were a bit surprise at the sight. Guards all lined up in formation all looking at each other as a larged blue carpet lines right in the middle. Leading towards the throne you look at Luna as she beckons’ you to go first.

A bit nervous from the amount of guards you take a deep breath and walked down the the blue carpet. As you walked each guard you passed all gotten onto one knee and bowed in respect. With each guard bowing in respect you stood firmly in front of King Leo’s presence.

Taking a knee King Leo smiles. “Human of Equestria, for years we seaponies have been plague from the horrible nightmares that had been befallen before us. When we welcome a monster who only wished to destroy and kill for his own amusement. Two days ago that same nightmare had returned after nearly a millennium has passed...” King Leo announces as each pony sighed that the nightmare is finally over.

“We all feared of his return in which our ponies were still terrified to speak of his name.” King Leo’s frown a bit but he quickly smiled. “But now... we can all rest peacefully, knowing the nightmare is forever vanquished from our land. The tyrant of Aquastria has been destroyed!” He offers his hand at you. “And it’s all thanks to this young po- I mean man who single-handedly had ended this tyrant's wrath for good.”

You rubbed your head. “Thank you Leo. But I didn’t defeat Nero by myself. none of this couldn’t happen without my friends and family. If it wasn’t for them... well I don’t know or at least I don’t want to know what would happen if Nero triumphed,” you smiled

Everyone all cheered and giggled as you beckon them over to you.

“So you see your majesty. It’s not only me that save your home. ‘WE ALL’ did it together.” you held both Twilight and Luna’s hand.

King Leo and his family all smiled and bowed. “And for that, me my family and the citizens of Aquastria are indebted to you all. Thank you all!”

Laughing a bit, you then hear the sound of the back end of a spear hitting the ground follow by two guards approaching towards you. In their arms they held a large gold and coral covered chest.

“What’s in the chest?” you asked.

“Oh, you’ll see dear,” Silvia assured with a smile.

“Go ahead human,” King Leo urged.

Looking at the chest you walked over to it. You noticed it’s already been unlocked for you.

Opening the chest, your heart skipped a beat.

Inside was a pirate’s wildest dream. Gold, jewels of all kind piles high and some spillover. But out of all the gold you see one piece that catches your eye.

In the middle of all that treasure… was a well decorative greaves for some armor. You know which.

These belonged to the first human of Equestria. The leader who brought down Grogar.

“H-How?”

Leo lowered his head. “Centuries ago, before the end of Grogar’s war. The leader return to us. Forging that pedestal you saw before he had given us this piece of his armor for when the next human will come to our beautiful city,” Leo explained.

You do ask a few more in which King Leo only has a few theories. Only explanation you can understand is that the leader has stripped each part of his armor and place them in different parts of the world.

You feel it’s the answer but King Leo can confirm it. Despite lack of answers one pony does come to mind. You do make a mental note to talk with him once you return.

Pulling the greaves out you listen closely as some wheels rolled straight towards you.

Looking up one guard pushes a tall object covered over by some seaweed.

You tried to speak but Crimson stops. “Human... no I mean... hero. Ever since you had come to our home I had always believe that all surface dwellers were spawns of evil and cruelty.” he hangs his head in shame. “when you arrived I continue to be blinded by our faults. Treating you like a parasite even though you had done nothing wrong.”

“You open my eyes king of the night. All I ask is for your forgiveness.” He keeps his head in shame. The level of disrespect he had committed was enough to make him sick. Completely unbecoming of a prince he await for your answer. Both yes and no whatever you choose.

You smiled as after everything that's happen, you know he has every right to be cautious when it comes to new species visiting. “I forgive you Crimson. You were just cautious in your family and ponies. I would be too hell even if something like this never happened.” you said truthfully even you are a bit cautious in newcomers too back home

“I admit you were right. After Nero destroyed our country in the first war I began to doubt myself,” Crimson admitted.

“But now with the tyrant gone will you be able to sleep.” you asked

You and Crimson shake hands causing the seaponies to cheer once more.

“THANK you again for everything human.” Crimson motion the guard with the tall object to come forth. “and as thanks my armory has created this just for you in these two days.” He uses his magic pulling the seaweed off.

Your eyes almost bugged out at what you were staring. I'm front of you…. Was a gold and coral covered cloak with unique assassin weapons attached.

“Your princesses as well as Miss Rarity has been helping out tailors In making this armor set for you. Consider this our thanks for saving us all.” you take a step forward and examine each part of it.

Beautiful, elegant however dangerous piece of the sea. Perfect for you.

“It would be an honor if you would wear it for today's festival,” Crimson said.

You nodded in respect. You had to try it on anyways.

“Oh right the festival is start later on actually and we don't want to miss out now would we?” King Leo smiled.

Gaining a nod you looked around as despite all the GUARDS around one pony is unaccounted for.

‘I saw this coming. Well I’d better go find her’ you thought as you swim out of the throne room.

The Lunar Eclipse parade would start later tonight and of course everypony was excited. Well... almost everypony.

Swimming down the halls with Night who wanted to come to you held her in your arms as you came up to Nightmare Moon’s room. Knocking her door all you hear is silence before hearing her voice.

“Go away...” she answered from the other side. You did quite the opposite of course.

You set Night down. “Come on Moon, the festival is about to begin. In fact there are many seaponies who’ve learned what you did from Luna and want to see you for themselves.”

You smiled only to fall back as the door you were standing swings up. Stumbling to the ground Nightmare sticks her head out. “Really?” she looks around before looking down.

Small fish circled around you as the slam made you dizzy. ‘Ow thanks for the concussion’ you rubbed your head. Slowly getting up you shake the dizziness away.

“The seaponies see us all as heroes since Nero is dead. You can put away your worries of being discriminated.”

Nightmare rubbed her head a sad expression spread her face.

“Come on Moon, it’ll be fun,” you assured as you stood up and held out your hand.

“I don’t do fun you know...” Nightmare replied averting in her eyes.

“No fun?” Night asked, causing you to chuckle.

“Come on Nightmare it wouldn’t be fun without you,” you admitted causing the dark alicorn’s cheeks to heat up.

“If I go will you stop?” she grumbled a bit.

You nodded but gave her only 2 conditions. One she must not use your body or anyone else’s as a means is hiding. She nods and asks for second. The second you brought her close to a loving kiss. Despite it being a small peck Nightmares face turned bright red.

“Try to have fun okay.” you said honestly.

Nightmare stares at you her cheeks turned bright red before they disappeared back to her original color. She coughs a bit as her magic begins to glow you watched her magic unfold as night was lifted up and levitating right above you.

“Wheeeeee!” Night giggled as she floated in mid-air by Nightmare’s magic.

Wondering what nightmare is doing you quickly got your answer.

In a few seconds you were on the floor again, a red mark now pressed on your forehead as your eyes spin from the sudden dizziness Nightmare inflicted on you.

Her fist usually does the talking when it comes to you.

“Next time you make me that flustered you’ll end up with more than a few bruises...” she grumbles as she levitates night to her arms. Swimming away she then turns. “And thank you”

‘Dammit Nightmare I swear you’ll beat me into a coma one of these days’ you slowly got up from your spot as despite the ending being rough you successfully gotten her to come. On occasion of next time you would at least wear a helmet or some armor when trying to convince her on something she isn’t comfortable with.

With that situation out of the way you head back to your room. Crimson had the armor moved there in which you couldn’t wait to try it on.

*back to Grogar’s lair*

Deep within the darkness as not a drop of light shined in the purest of darkness a dark shriek echoes throughout the whole lair. Creatures that linger within all shivered in fright as the roar was enough to shake the very foundation of the area.

“ΠΩΣ ΕΙΝΑΙ ΑΥΤΟ ΔΥΝΑΤΟΝ?!” (HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE?!). Grogar snarled as his own slave that now lays dead from bringing him the news. “ΠΩΣ ΤΟ ΒΕΛΤΙΩΜΕΝΟ ΓΕΝΙΚΟ ΜΟΥ ΑΠΟΡΡΥΘΗΚΕ ΑΠΟ ΤΟ PRIMEAPE!” (HOW WAS MY BEST GENERAL DEFEATED BY A PRIMEAPE?!) he growls in frustration as the news sickened him.

“Ίσως αυτό το πονηρό είναι πιο ξεχωριστό από ότι σκέφτηκα.” (perhaps this ape is more special than i thought) he slowly calms down and stroke his beard a bit. “Αν αυτό το ένα πλάσμα ήταν σε θέση να νικήσει nero και να ζήσει τότε πρέπει να έχει απίστευτη δύναμη” (if this one creature was able to defeat Nero and live then he must have incredible power)

His scowl slowly turned to a sickly smile.

“Δύναμη που θα μπορούσα να χρησιμοποιήσω για να ξεφύγω από αυτή τη συντριπτική φυλακή” (power that i could use to escape this confounded prison) his smile grew as idea’s of returning back to the surface and wiping all life from the world made him have the biggest smile then he ever had.

“Θα βρω αυτή τη μαγεία που έχει ... θα τον ελέγξω αρκετά σύντομα .... μπορεί να έχει κερδίσει αυτή τη μάχη. Αλλά ο πόλεμος μου:” (I will find this magic he has.... I will control him soon enough.... he may have won this battle. but my war) he pauses.

“Δεν έχει τελειώσει.” (is far from over)

His laughter soon broke out as it echoes deep within Tartarus. Every being could hear it from the deepest parts to even where cerberus was guarding his laughter echoed like a cancer bring fear to the hearts of every creature he will soon have in his control.

*back to you*

Finding your room was easy but the hard part was getting the armor on. Unlike most armors that the guards wear yours was constructed with various pieces of leather and armor. Some parts were easily fitted however for most straps it was finding which one goes around without causing the armor to wear or tear while moving or even while into battle.

Once you finished with the last strap on your armor you were done. Making sure each piece of armor isn't to right or too loose you decided to check out the armor.

Fixing the chest plate a bit you were amazed on how crafted and beautiful it looked. However each armor no matter on how beautiful it has its purpose.

The knife belt you fitted on your hip along with your wrist blades all you need is your gold sword a few other weapons to your arsenal the armor would be ready for another battle.

But this is a festival you are attending, not another battle. You decided to leave most and keep what you want to carry.

Still you make a mental note to thank the craftspony tailors for making this armor, also make another note to thank rarity and the princesses on how it should look.

Once you were finished you decide to head out. You told most of the ponies you would meet them there after you were finish. King Leo being generous had commission a carrier to take you there when ready.

Thanking him before you left to change you headed back to the front entrance. It didn't take long as you found the carriage ready for you.

The ride was nice and also fast as you made it just in time. Exiting you smiled at the sight.

Seaponies from all over Aquastria were gathering for the Lunar Eclipse Parade. You could see as the co ruler of the night, Nightmare Moon was getting a lot of attention from the seaponies, especially the foals.

AJ and Pinkie were enjoying some seapony bakery delicacies while Rarity was having stallions and mares oogle on her beautiful dress she made from what the sea has to offer. From how beautiful it looked especially in how it shines from the lights you can guess she would have a few requests from a few citizens.

Fluttershy and Sea Shella were socializing with the large varieties of fish. It surprised you that Fluttershy could even bond with the sharks. Though it wouldn't be surprising as compared to home she cares for bears, tigers, bats, alligators and even dare you say it. She took care of an anaconda. You never scream so loud after that before.

You could see the eldest princess, Emerald Coast was educating Twilight about their history as twilight had stacks of paper and quills they provide for her to write down. The paper has been magically made water proof, exclusively so she wouldn't fear of losing what she had written down.

Swimming around you almost lost balance as a sudden current almost blew you off. Looking up you chuckled as RD looked to be competing with one of the citizens. Spitfire and Soarin enjoyed the little show Rainbow created. From how they were going they probably would have a tie from how fast they were.

“Having fun beloved?” You turn to see Luna and Celestia both wearing beautiful dresses made from material similar to Rarity’s dress.

You told them you just got here and by the looks of everypony enjoying themselves you were glad you made it in time.

“You should be after all, you’re the guest of honor,” Tia said with a wink.

“OH GREAT CURRENTS ABOVE YOU’RE... YOU’RE HIM RIGHT?!” a voice echoes behind.

Turning around you gulped as three seaponies, both mare and stallions follow by a few foals all stare and gawk at you.

“I cannot thank you enough for saving us from that tyrant,” one of the mares said.

One of the foals spoke next. “I saw everything from the distance, you were incredible!” she said swimming around you.

You blushed a bit and thanked them.

Tia and Luna giggle from all this attention you were getting. Soon without warning, more ponies swam up to you.

“You were amazing!”

“The tyrant bastard never should have underestimated you!”

“My foals can sleep peacefully now after what you have done for us.”

“Alright. Alright. That’s enough everypony.” Everyone turned to see Queen Silvia approaching. “There’s only so much flattery one hero can handle.”

The crowd bowed and some disbanded while a few of the foals stay.

“Can I have a picture with our hero before I can go?” one foal asked.

Seeing a photo wouldn’t hurt, you let a pony take a picture with you and the foal together.

“Thank you,” he giggled and swam back his friends.

Watching the small foal swim back you sighed as part of you feared if you didn’t come or if you lost all this would have been destroyed. That is what you fear most but you made sure you wouldn't allow that to happen no matter what.

“That was sweet of you to let him take a picture with you,” Silvia commended with a sweet smile.

“Our beloved hast always had a fondness for children,” Luna happily explained before giving you a nuzzle.

You blushed a bit as you admit it's true.

Queen Silvia giggles and bows. “Well hero please enjoy the festival as you please. I'm sure many ponies will love to meet you so feel free to talk with any of them as you wish. But if you start to feel uncomfortable with the paparazzi please notify our guards.”

With a nod you and the princesses left to enjoy the festival. You do make one stop as you spot one mare who said she wouldn't enjoy herself.

To have several ponies all cheer and bow in respect for her nightmare moon was surprised on how willingly they showed respect. Back home they ran in terror for her but here they all bow, no ponies running or calling her names. Instead they cheer for her.

“You seem to have the spotlight,” Jade snickered as she swam up and elbowed you playfully. You saw Jade’s sides have been bandaged up, but other than that your captain was fine.

“Yeah I’m worried on Nightmare letting the fame go to her head though,,” you said as having this much fame sometimes doesn't end well.

Jade pats your back playfully. “Oh relax besides not the first time you all became the tall of the city.” She motions her hand as several ponies swam up to you.

You were bombarded as many mares and stallions of all ages and sizes cheered and asked for autographs. Jade does stay as many mares fillies she had managed to inspire on becoming a guard captain when they grow up.

You inspire a few colts and fillies on becoming as strong as you one day. You chuckled a bit and a few more pictures later you stopped as you see king Leo from a distance.

He clears his throat before speaking “Attention residents of Aquastria, welcome all to another glorious Lunar Eclipse festival. May we all be merry and enjoy the parades

The seaponies cheer as the festival was about to start. In the distance you could see what looked like floats. You smiled as several floats all start to roll down being pulled either by magic or sharks.

More rolled down before you feel your arm being tugged. Looking at what's tugging your arm you spot one of the dolphins from before. This appeared to be quite young. You’ve always had a fondness for dolphins. “Hey little guy,” you pet the small creature before feeling yourself being pulled away. It was away from the parade but enough to be pulled to where the are coming.

You saw the next float was being ridden by none other than Azure. As she looked at the residents around her, the princess began to sing. Small fish moved around her as she gracefully danced on the float.

Azure caught your eye and you smile before gave her a wink causing her to blush. However she didn’t halt her performance. Watching her leave the tugging stopped as you stood in front of one of the floats.

Like most it looked like a pedestal of some kind. On top Spike, and the mane 6 all stood on top of it while Big Mac and Thunderlane stood on the sides.

“Well, aren’t you getting on?” a voice echoes and you turn around to see Crimson.

You stare at him in confusion. “You want me in the float?”

“But of course. I mean you are the hero, after all.” Crimson smiled.

“Cool,” you smile as you swam up to the top of the float. Looking at at the great whites Crimson gives them the signal to continue pulling. You looked back at him and he gave a thumbs up which you returned. He was no longer the snobbish prince he was before.

Twilight leans close to you “So we heard from Azure that you admire her singing,” she teased.

“Not cute Twi,” you retorted, rolling your eyes with a small blush. You really wanted to avoid this conversation.

Rarity joined in the teasing, “Darling, I’m insulted. We sing too, are our voices not enough to woo you?”

Before you could reply, you noticed the float was approaching the crowd of seaponies.

“Now,” King Leo began “Introducing some of our visitors from the surface world including Aquastria’s savior, THE KING OF THE NIGHT HIMSELF!”

Ordinarily you’d feel nervous as the float rolled in smoothly, however something was different. After the battle against Nero, you suddenly have more confidence. Twilight noticed this and put a hand in your shoulder with a proud smile.

You waved to the residents, as they cheer your name and clapped. You could tell that even the fish were happy as many of them swam around your float.

In the crowd, you noticed Nightmare standing next to Luna, Tia and Jade. Not only was she holding Night, she was... smiling. It looks like she was actually enjoying herself.

‘Finally she smiles.’ Your grin grew bigger as you finally relaxed through the whole ride. The float ride lasts for a few more minutes before stopping at a large stadium. So many ponies attend as the floats all circled around the seating.

In the middle of the stage, you stare as Princess Azure stood in the middle of the stage. An orchestra sat below her as a conductor begins to conduct the music. It starts slow beat as Azure’s lovely voice echoes the whole stadium.

You stare almost hypnotized as Azure along with the wildlife all begin to steal the whole crowd. The dolphins, sharks and other sea creatures all swam in sync as Azure sang her heart out not missing a beat as her whole body was carried by a few dolphins from the flock.

Watching her sing so beautifully you blushed a bit as she winks again at you before ending her song. Once the song ended the wildlife gave one last size before a beautiful light show shined over. Like the northern lights of Alaska these beautiful light current pass over the stadium.

The whole city all cheered at the sight of another beautiful festival that has bestowed to their beautiful kingdom. This time they all wouldn’t have to worry no more on the plague memory that haunted them for centuries.

Once the floats were back inside your marefriends all decided to head back and enjoy the festival before it was time to close up. Azure on the other hand had something else in mind.

Luna and Tia noticed to the of you leaving, but decided to leave you peace as you grabbed some sweets and a few blankets before heading back to the same spot you both hanged out.

“It’s so beautiful when it’s nighttime, wouldn’t you agree?” Azure asked as you both swam down the same coral reef.”

“Aquastria truly is an amazing place,” you smiled as you looked down at Marinia.

You and Azure both set the small seaweed blanket down but instead of getting into the sweets, Azure goes for something sweeter instead.

Your lips were quickly invaded as azure lunges forward, you slowly sink to the floor as she holds you close not daring to let you go.

You return the kiss by tilting your head a bit you wrapped your arms around her back. Holding nothing back for her love Azure deepened the kiss as both of you began to tongue wrestle a bit.

‘Damn, she’s amazing...’ You were a bit surprised as despite being her first kiss, she has surprisingly skilled on her tongue.

Wrapping tongues and swapping spit together Azure lets you go as compare to your gills you still need to breathe a bit too.

“Azure listen, I want to be your mate, I really do. But I have to return to the surface,” you admit.

“I know and I completely understand,” she smiled. “You’ll return to the land and I’ll stay to help my ponies rebuild Coral Chester.”

You felt saddened as you hate to leave her behind but sadly you and Azure are two different worlds apart. She’s from the sea and you are from the land. You wished to speak a bit however she stops you by placing a finger over your mouth.

“Don’t say anything else, let’s enjoy our time together. Come on the festival is still going on!” she giggled pulling your wrist.

You stood up again and let her guide you back to the festival... Too bad it will have to wait a moment.

Reasons why is because you can hear music again... and also feel your other arm getting tugged again.

‘Oh boy not again’ you turn to see who was grabbing your arm again. Sadly though seems the seals of the reef want you to dance a victory dance with them. Despite some parts destroyed their home is still in tact. Enough to make them want to dance again.

Azure giggles as you were being twirled again before another seal swims up to her. “May I have this dance?” she and the seal bowed before dancing along.

Like you said before, this underwater country truly was a wonder. Music and laughter all echoed as the reef was booming with the sea critters all enjoying themselves on this special day.

*midnight back at the castle*

You were exhausted. Well not entirely as you still had some energy left at least to get back to the castle safely. Your marefriends did ask on where you been which you told them you would like to bring them there tomorrow and show them instead.

Azure agrees as it’s a surprise but that lead to Twilight and the others giving you the stink eye on what you and Azure did.

You admitted nothing happened... Well some parts at least.

“We kissed,” Azure said looking at you mischievously. You wondered what possessed into saying that.

“YOU WHA-” Twilight wanted to scream but she stopped and sigh. “You know what…. Forget it… I had a lot of fun and I'm too tired to care.”

Pinkie giggled before a yawn followed “Me too. So many sweets” She licked his lips as some of the crumbs still were on her lips.

RD stretched her muscles as she lets out a great big yawn. “Yeah I'm going to hit the hay or… seaweed whatever.”

As everyone left the room, you were about to swim off to your own room when Azure gently held your arm. Azure’s lips don’t say anything, however her eyes tell you what she wants.

You and Azure made sure no guards were around as she leads you to her bedroom and locks the door. After locking the door you carried Azure right to her bed and begin your kissing assault on her beautiful neck.

“Have you ever done it before?” you ask gently stroking her whiskers.

“No” she replied somewhat nervous. “Please be gentle.”

“I promise,” you said kissing her.

Pulling the straps off your armor you set it onto the desk drawer, removing your pants off you revealed your semi hard member, Azure gasped at how big you were. “Wow no wonder why the princesses love you,” Azure said with a blush.

The princess was a bit hesitant, but she removed her dress and pushes it into a heap on the floor. If you had to guess, her beautiful breasts were in between the sizes of AJ’s and Fluttershy’s. She looked away at you shyly, as she truly is new to this.

You gently cup her chin and make her look at you as you kissed her again. “Like I promised Azure, I’ll be gentle.” You gently groped her breasts making her moan, you made sure to do it just right.

You have had training as like Fluttershy, she is very sensitive when it comes to sex. For Azure, you want to make her first time a memorable one.

Groping and squeezing gently around the teats Azure gasped and moaned a bit as your hands found how sensitive her breasts are to touch. Even just gliding a finger around or off the teat she shivers in delight.

Her seapony tail wraps around your leg signaling you to keep going. Making sure both her breasts were given lots of love and care one of them you decide to go forward a bit.

Her seapony tail suddenly split open revealing two holes. You would have guessed, as compared to most sea creatures, the seaponies hide their parts.

Not wanting to go too fast on her first time you do however wish to see how much she can last before she loses it. Leaning down to one of her expose teats you slowly breath against it. Shivers coursed through Azure’s whole body as her body tense up from the honriess you were giving her.

“Please relax Azure. I can’t continue if you keep shivering like that.” you said a bit nervous now on keep going.

“My apologies,” she giggled.

You smiled and resumed to your teasing this time you went straight for her teats. Giving them a soft suckle, Azure gasps again this time she covers her mouth as the this new feeling she couldn’t describe in words on how good it felt.

There was no milk, but you enjoyed sucking her anyway. Swapping both breasts you give the other a gentle squeeze as you gave both of them a few seconds of tender love.

Azure gasps soon turn into loving moans, she couldn’t help but beg a bit as you give one of her teats a small tug with your teeth.

“Ahh!” she gasped a bit

You jolted as it sounded almost like she was in pain. “Oh shit. I’m sorry Azure I-” you were cut off as she places a finger right on your lips.

“It’s okay... But now... I want to service you now.”

You could only stare unaware as she manages to flip you onto your back. You finally noticed as azure was laying on your stomach her marehood sticking out in front as your member was right in her face.

‘Dear great currents above. I don’t think I can take this whole beast in one go’ she gulps a bit as your member now fully erected and ready to go. Just breathing right on the base sends sparks to your body the longer azure stares at it.

“Like I said, I’ve never done this before but... I’m willing to learn some new tricks...” Azure admits with a blush. Floating over the tip, Azure gently licks the tip of your member. You gasped a bit as compare to your marefriends Azure’s tongue is a bit unique. From being more slender than a regular ponies almost like a griffons Azure maybe new to sex but she’s definitely learning on what drives you a bit crazy.

Having the fangs and muzzle of a lion, Azure was careful to keep her teeth away from your member.

Not wanting her to do all the pleasuring you return the favor. Lightly gliding your tongue against the edges of her marehood just feeling the tip of your tongue on her marehood sends major shivers through her whole body.

‘Mmmmmffff... So this is what it’s like... to have sex...’ she moans before she resumed sucking your member.

A few more minutes of pleasuring the princess, Azure could no longer hold on and released her juices into your mouth. Likewise you had reached your limit and began to shoot your seed in Azure’s muzzle.

“You know, I trust you more than any stallion to take my virginity, but I’m still a little scared,” Azure admitted as she sat up and looked you in the eye. Brushing some of her flowing mane, you leaned up and captured her lips again.

“I know you’re nervous, I’ll be patient Azure. Let me know whenever you’re ready.” Azure cuddled on your muscular chest feeling secure.

After about five minutes of cuddling, Azure lifted herself from your warm chest. “I…. I’m ready…. I want our love to blossom. Please” Azure begged as tears start to form in her eyes. For the first time she has no regrets on her love.

You slowly press your member into her marehood before stopping as you reach her hymen. You look at Azure who nodded as she held your hand. With a push, you tore through Azure’s hymen and blood flowed into the water around you.

Azure buried herself into your chest and you stroked her mane to comfort her.

You let out a small sigh, as your member was nicely lubed and ready for her. However, you still feel a bit nervous, as you don’t want to hurt Azure. But for the princess wants you to proceed.

“Please continue,” she said softly. With a deep sigh from both your ends you slowly line up your member and slowly pushed through. Azure gasped and groaned. You do stopped but Azure still manages to keep going. She doesn’t even stop as you can feel her hymen against the tip. Not holding back anymore she lets out a few tears she manages to take as much as possible before stopping.

Even underwater, Azure’s breasts moved in a hypnotic fashion. You couldn’t help lean up and groping them. Feeling her body riding your member and her breasts being groped at the same time send shivers of delight down her spine the longer you pushed deeper into her.

“Mmmmmfff go faster please” Azure bit her lip as you slowly increased your speed on your thrusts.

“Are you sure Azure, I don’t want to hurt you” You immediately you got your answer with a swift kiss on your lips. She deepens the kiss further as you and azure held each other tight not wishing to let go.

‘Mmmm damn Azure. You’re like Fluttershy’ you smiled through your kiss at how fast Azure adapted to your member. Already bouncing on your member Azure wasted no time in enjoying your member all the way down. Despite half way she can take still she’s brand new to this but not at all less pleasurable.

Feeling a bit of pressure already building up you don’t want to blow just yet. Azure never had any experience true foreplay and you want to make sure she enjoys this just as much as you are.

Letting her sit up on your lap you reach up and grasps her beautiful breasts. Feeling how soft they were you were amazed as despite being part sea creature she still retains the softness of that of a land pony. Despite being slicker to help maneuver underwater you still enjoyed feeling how plump Azure’s breasts are. Like grasping two soft pillows Azure let out several gasps as you wasted no time in ramming her harder then before.

“AH! GREAT CURRENTS AH!” Azure bit her lip as your thrusting was driving her wild. Leaning her body forward you increased her lust by grasping both her sensitive nipples with your mouth. Squishing her breasts together you managed to suck on both nipples simultaneously.

The pressure began to stir a bit harder to hold but you use as much will as possible, you want Azure to finish with you and you aim to make sure of that.

Ramming again and again Azure lets you switch position. Once she was on top you grabbed both arms and flipped her on her back.

“Trying something new?” she asked with a sultry look.

“Trust me, you’ll love this.” Leaning down, you began your tongue battle on the princess, not missing a beat as she gasps through each thrust you delivered.

Azure could feel a sudden pressure starting to build up deep inside her marehood and yet she didn’t know if she wanted to stop or for you to keep going. You help with that answer by spearing a bit more into her begging marehood. From how deep you were, you can tell you were just a few inches from her womb.

From how tight her walls her clenching it wouldn’t be long before you filled her up with your seed. You don’t want to get her pregnant as you may fear you will experience King Leo's wrath if you impregnate his daughter on the week of your vacation. Despite events happening you don’t believe you would have a good grace with the king and his family about that idea.

You immediately start to pull off only for Azure to pull you back in, this time make sure she took almost all of it into her now relaxed marehood.

“W-What are you doing?” she asks with a confused look. “Why did you stop?”

You start off saying you love her too but you don’t want to get her pregnant at least not yet mind you. You mention her father might be open on you and her together but you don’t want to leave her behind with a foal to take care of. You then went to the part where you will have to return home and sadly both of you might not be able to see each other as much.

Azure stares at you but instead of frowning... she smiles.

“Do not worry about that. My father has something that will benefit both of us.” Azure said reassuring.

“What?” you asked.

Azure giggles again. “It’s a surprise. One final treasure my father wants to bestow to you. But we must wait till morning.” Using her magic you can feel your body being pushed down towards her.

“Now will you please continue?” she asked with a pleading look.

“...Okay,” you conceded. She wasn’t just beautiful she was downright cute, just like Fluttershy.

Grabbing hold of of Azure’s hips she gives a loud moan as you increased the speed of your thrusting. Biting her own finger azure, drawing blood from her sharp fangs. Her eyes rolled to the back of her head as you didn’t hold back anymore.

“OH I CAN’T HOLD BACK MUCH LONGER!” she screamed as pleasure took over as she was reaching her climax.

You thrusts even harder, like a jackhammer you could feel the pressure becoming too unbearable to hold any longer.

“A-Azure…. I-I’m about to-” you tried to speak but you were cut off as Azure brings you closer almost as if she was holding for dear life.

Her claws dig into your skin, but you ignore the pain. “DON’T HOLD BACK! SHOOT IT IN ME! IMPREGNATE ME!” she screamed in pure lust.

Though worried, you did as she said end finally released your seed into her womb. Azure’s claws dig deeper as she reached her climax as well.

“My first time... that was incredible...” she panted as you remove your member.

Azure snuggled against your arm as the two of you drifted off to sleep.

*next day*

Sighing as your marefriends from the look of things had already guess where you went last night. Plus no matter how much you scrub let’s say the sex stench doesn’t wash off in just one time. Azure had a large red blush on her face as your marefriends didn’t even let her talk from the many comments and questions about your performance last night.

They do stop though as king leo and queen silvia both enter the throne room accompanied by their children. King Leo’s fatherly smile spread on his face as azure clutched your arm tightly.

“It seems my daughter had a wonderful night after the festival.” he chuckles a bit as the signs were already there on her face.

Azure giggled a bit as you rubbed your head a bit in embarrassment as her own father knew what you both were doing last night. Well at least he’s not angry.

Queen Silvia was next to giggle. “Do not fret dear one. We are just happy on our daughter finding an amazing stallion to love.”

Azure’s sisters both had a pout on their faces which makes you laugh a bit as Azure playfully sticks her tongue out at them.

She does stop as her mother gives Azure a stern look, despite being siblings she doesn’t want any fighting between her daughters.

King Leo clears his throat. “Since the matter at hand was dealt with yesterday there is something we forgot to give to you.” Leo clapped his hands.

On cue, a seapony guard swims in with a small golden box.

“It took some time however for both yours and Azure’s benefit this item me and silvia along with your sisters and brother have created this item for your lover.” king leo magic glows as the lid of the box opened.

You peered inside as you tilt your head a bit confused at what’s inside.

It’s... a seashell.

You have seen many of these unique shells in books and movie before like that hermit crabs home. However unlike any regular seashell, this one was golden.

“What is it?” you asked as you pulled it out.

Crimson spoke up this time. “For years we’ve always had wish to visit the land of the surface dwellers however after what happen with you know?” he stops for a second to remember that bastard for one last second. “We ended up destroying it long ago. Now that he’s gone we wished for you to have this.”

“We call it the paradise seashell” Silvia said.

“Paradise seashell?” you asked.

“We know you have strong feelings for Azure, and as family we wish for you to come visit us anytime you please. This shell has the abilities to do.” crimson smiles. “When submerging yourself underwater all you’ll need to do is blow into it while underwater. You will create a special portal bubble that will directly bring you to the castle itself.”

“Oh everypony thank you!” Azure said with tears of joy flowing into the water. She swam up to hug her father.

King leo and Silvia both hugged their daughter. “Anything for our little seashells.” he chuckles as Azure’s sisters and brother joined in the hug. You smiled at this precious family moment and bowed in respect.

“Thank you King Leo.”

Leo finishes the hug and shakes his head. “No thank you. All of you” he motions to everypony. “Without your help we would all be in great trouble if not for your bravery.”

“As of today and here on out you ‘ALL’ are welcomed to our kingdom! You’re all now honorary members of Aquastria!” he announces as each of the guards and royal family clapped for all of you.

Smiling as today just got better. In a few days you’ll have to return home though. However with gifts and treasures that can help you return, you want to make sure to make another trip back here someday. For now you and your marefriends decide to enjoy the rest of the week in pure relaxation.

*Four days later*

With your week finally over, it was time to go back home.

Although it sucks you have to return however you have to work and you don’t want Cadence and Chrysalis to go insane from that idiot advisor of Canterlot.

Speaking of Chrysalis, the baby should be due very soon. You have gotten notice as Chrysalis believes in a month or two she will be ready. Just thinking of Chrysalis and the foal makes you smile.

“I wish I could come with you, it would be nice to see the surface world. Yet, I can’t leave the kingdom behind. This is farewell for now.”

You swim up to Azure and hold both her hands. “I promise Azure, I’ll come and visit you all whenever I can alright?”

Azure nodded as she helps you pack the last suitcase into the carriage. You give her a reassuring kiss on the lips as she sets it with the other pile.

“Do not worry. I’ll come back soon I promise. Besides I’d like to try the paradise seashell and see if how it works,” you laughed as you definitely have to try it out. But maybe after taking one of Zecora’s upset stomach potions first. Teleportation spells really don’t work well with you… you learned that the hard way.

Azure giggled when you mention the need for the potion.

“Well it was truly a blast Leo,” Celestia smiled as she hugged her cousin again.

“It truly was. I do wish you both could stay a bit longer but alas you have responsibilities,” King Leo said.

“We wish we can do that. But we must return. Cadence could only do so much now that Chrysalis has been taking it slow for when the foal comes.” Luna stated.

“Do remember to bring those two next time. I’m sure they will love to visit our beautiful city” King Leo pats Celestia’s shoulder and laughs.

As King Leo laughs Nightmare Moon passed by him which catches his attention.

“Hey aren’t you forgetting something?” he extends his arms out for a hug.

“Oh I almost forgot,” Nightmare says with a devilish smile.

King Leo barely manages to dodge a flying spear that nightmare conjured up just for him. “Awww I’ll miss you too Nighty,” he laughs as next weapon she throws was a battle axe.

So many of the seaponies came to Marinia to bid you and your friends farewell.

“You truly are the greatest visitors from the surface. Again, thank you for everything,” Crimson said as the seapony guards give you all a salute.

“Take care of yourselves,” Emerald said as Cascade floated beside her.

“Remember you can visit us anytime,” Silvia said as Leo wrapped his arm around her.

You smiled, “Goodbye for now Aquastria,” you said waving along with your friends. Celestia and Luna gathered their magic for a teleportation spell. You gave Azure one last look before you and your friends all disappeared in a bright flash.
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oh wow FINALLY! *bangs head against table*

wolf you okay this took quite alot of time to make.

I KNOW I KNOW! *groans* stupid boss making me work my fingers to the bone everyday.

why not tell him to try slow down for a change.

i ain't that simple with idiots who are so impatient that they can't wait a minute to even use the restroom. *sighs* but still i'm happy how this turned out.

me too. so much i've learned at the underwater city. i've made sure to come back as much as possible when i have the chance

that's great man anyways HELLO ALL YOU BRONIES OF FIMFICTION wolfman here just wanting to say my apologies for being so damned late since my last one. i hope this one makes up for it.

like the previous chap this one i like to give all credit to making and editing these two chapters to ninetailbeastball go check him out when you have the chance.

so please hopefully for no polls

well not yet. third chapter is on the way

third?

yeah it's a surprise so people bite your tongue just a bit longer.

not to much to serve it though

that's not what i-.... nevermind so i hate to cut this short but we have to go for now. till next time we both hope to see you on the next chapter of SPECIAL SPA TREATMENT: HUMAN EDITION! thank you and goodnight.

major update on this chapter hope you like it

editor: ninetailbeastball