"How had the creature survived?" This was all that Henric thought as he walked through the total darkness of the night and deeper still into the forest. It was going at well over one hundred miles for every hour it flew, and its head went square into a massive, solid, evergreen tree. Surely this had shattered its skull and snapped its thin neck right apart, but no. How could he harness a similar power to the blue one? If he himself could remain so resilient to damage he would be able to evade even the smallest chances of death. Normally he would have gone to investigate, but right now he had nearly invincible demon ponies who thirsted for his blood after him. As he walked he came to the realization he was getting far to deep into the forest and had no clue as to where it would come out on the other side. He didn't like it when he was clueless about something he was to face, so he began making a wide loop back the way he had come. He hoped to cross back by the horses on his return, going unnoticed and shaking them off his tail.
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Although she did not show it as much as her death hungry sister, Princess Celestia wanted the demon away just as much. She believed all could be done humanely, so sending it back where it came from would be a better course of action than killing the alien outright. Rainbow Dash was still alive, so murder was not committed yet and what the alien did could be taken as self defense. As of yet she had no way to split between worlds, but containing the monster would be a good start. She spoke out saying, "We will camp here tonight. It is late and the beast's nest can not be too far in. We will find it tomorrow morning and see what should be done about it."
This pleased every creature there except for Princess Luna. She was nocturnal so had no desire, or need to sleep like the rest of them. She would venture in alone for this demon. She held a grudge on demons ever since she killed every last one of them on equestria because they antagonized her beautiful night.
Celestia had called over the royal guard who were worried, to say the least, after her sudden disappearance. If the princess had been harmed in any way they would probably have been imprisoned for failure to complete their job, and now at the same time both of the royal family members had disappeared in a flash of energy. Upon the princess's call they tumbled into the royal chariot as fast as they could while the royal pegasi transportation team flew them to the magical beacon set up by the princess. There was a small plot of land there placed under a protective spell against the beasts of the night, but once the ruler saw the soldiers, she weakened the field enough to allow them to pass through.
The camp was not large, but it was safe and at the late hour it took no time for everypony to fall into the deep, warm embrace of sleep. All but one. Luna, hearing the gentle snores of all those around her decided it was time to act. She rose from her simple lodgings and headed out, blasting the shield once to weaken it enough for her escape into the cool night of her creation.
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Henric had walked hours into the forest and now he had gone for hours out. Though he could tell that morning was coming, though the sun had not yet made any sort of attempt at a capture of the horizon. He had finally come to the edge of the forest like he wanted, but the horses had decided to nest here instead of deeper in as he had hoped. He stood and watched, planning, and thinking when a large one about his hight emerged and stared directly at him.
Luna was looking at the fabled demon, but it did not strike her with as evil a vibe as the little ponies had described it would. She had expected a red skinned, horned, bipedal demon, but what she saw was not hulking or rage filled. Instead it was something that needed its armor, not just for show but for defense. Even so she new it was deadly and charged for him, horn pointed for his heart and anger in her eyes.
He watched as this larger pony took a few seconds scanning him over and observed that it had a horn and wings. It was probably much more dangerous than the smaller members of its species. The beast then charged Henric. He decided to use the opportunity for a closer look. He grabbed it by the horn and used this protruding bone that tingled with power to swing himself onto its back. Then he spoke, realizing the creatures did not know he even had basic sentience with a, "Can you speak like the little ones?"
When Luna thought she would have penetrate the flesh of the demon and send energy coursing out from her horn in order to disintegrate the beast, something else caught on her horn, a hand. The demon swung itself onto her back and then he spoke asking her, "Can you speak like the little ones?" Its voice was quiet, and raspy. It sounded like it need to be oiled.
The blue princess replied by flinging of the monster, yet it still landed on his feet, and charged her horn to fire a stream of magical energy to kill it, shouting, "Begone foul demon from another world you never should have come!"
This amused Henric and he replied, "I believe you are mistaken for you are the demon here, not I, and it was not based upon my own will that I have graced your bright world with my presence."
These words enraged Luna. This murderer was now saying that she was a demon. This was obviously just a lie from its forked tongue, so she channeled all the force she could muster through her horn and sent it directly at the beast, while it in return flung its shield in her direction.
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Cornelius Thornbearer was confident that the clever one would be alright as he watched the events of this new world unfold before him. The young devil had bested too many of his most deadly dungeons to simply be defeated by these horse demons. He was also channeling a bit of his own power through to the one called Henric to ensure his survival, as he was his only way to look through to the new land. Cornelius chuckled as he began sending dark powers of the dead through his portal like a deep, red mist.