Evidently, Celestia wasn't kidding when she said that all of Equis' leaders were going to visit the party anyways.
Death was somewhat surprised at some of the creatures; he had already meet with the Minotaur chief, Theseus, the Pharaoh of Zebrica, Trotenkhoman, and the Griffin Emperor, Metalbeak (which, apparently, was the title given to him after a rival of his challenged his right to the throne tore the Emperor's beak off, he still one, but now Metalbeak wears a customized helmet so that others don't stare at the spot where his top beak once was).
Death was wandering around until he found Luna conversing with a Rhino that he didn't quite catch the name to before the heralding trumpets blared, which surprised all the royals somewhat, as all the leaders that were invited were here, with the exception of the Alpha Dragon, Paarthurnax, who was in the middle of a civil war with his older brother, Alduin, over who should lead. Before the announcer could introduce who the mysterious dignitary was, the doors to the grand hall burst open, and everyone gasped, while the Royal Sisters glared at who it was.
Four ponies, who had extremely dull coats that at one time shined brighter than the stars (Crystal Ponies, Death theorized) were chained to some sort of carriage, which was laid with fine silks and cushions that were almost as black as the heart of the pony riding it, and even though he never saw any depictions or paintings of him, Death knew who this was.
He was an ashen-grey Unicorn, his coat several shades darker than the Rider's, with blood red eyes and was wearing some sort of armor with a cape and crown that went over his long, crimson, dagger-like horn; like Death's, the stallion's mane and tail licked off his body like a black flame, but, instead of all his teeth being sharp, it was just the canines.
This, the former Horseman realized, was King Sombra of the Crystal Empire. But what also got Death's, along with everybody else's attention, was the chain wrapped around the Mad King's hoof, which lead down to attach itself to a collar, like a leash, which chained what appeared to be a... bug?
It had the build of a female child, as well as a pony, but what made everyone stare was how it looked like a bug, complete with insectoid wings and what appeared to be a carapace, which was covered with cuts and bruises, revealing that it was regular skin and fur, it also had holes in its' hooves, but those looked more biological, as if the creature was born with them. two fangs protruded from its mouth, and had a long, silky green mane and tail, it also had a jagged horn protruding from its-no- HER head. Death realized that whatever this was, it was a filly, and he could tell that she had to be no more than five or six years old in the Time of Man, and her cheeks were matted with tears long-since shed.
And that poor excuse for a living being obviously brought her here to impress the nobles' and Royalty, more specifically Luna, and it made Death pissed to no end. But, before he could confront the King, the carriage stopped, and the ponies chained to it were forced onto their front legs as Sombra climbed out, pulling the filly with him.
"Fellow leaders' of Equis!", he called, "I, King Sombra, rightful ruler of the Crystal Empire, have arrived to show to you a wondrous creature that was found trying to steal MY Crystal Heart!"
He gestured to the mysterious pony that was collared, who flinched at the movement, fear showing in her green, snake-pupilled eyes. The king smiled sadistically at the act, obviously enjoying the creature's fear of him.
"I order you, Slave, show them your power.," ordered Sombra, to which the filly complied and immediately transformed as green flames danced around her body, completely encasing her before the flames died down, revealing an exact duplicate of Metalbeak, with the exception of lacking the Emperor's custom helmet, revealing the cracked shell that remains of the top of his beak.
The leaders all gasped, with the exception of Celestia, who walked up to the captive as the latter transformed back to her original form, the Solar Diarch's eyes wide in wonder.
"Tell Us, King Sombra," Celestia asked, "where hast thou found it?"
That was most likely Death's least favorite word describing an organic, sentient creature:It. The word was always used as a derogatory term, meant to convince the one being called that a feeling of misery, that they're not normal.
And Celestia didn't even seem to care as she questioned the very pony she so hated the previous night; while the other leaders, Luna included, seemed to be shocked and disgusted by the pink-maned Alicorn's use of the term. But before the Unicorn could indulge the Alicorn's curiosity, the little filly seemed to regain some sort of courage, as with another flash of green fire she transformed into what looked like a complete carbon copy of King Sombra.
Well... excluding how instead of armor, the clone was wearing undergarments, his coat was urine-colored, his horn was flopping uselessly this way and that, and his eyes were crossed. All of the royals laughed at the humor, including Death, who was lightly chuckling; Sombra and Celestia however, were shocked and appalled at the behavior.
"FOOLISH CREATURE!!!", bellowed the Mad King, his horn glowing, which in turn sent a spark of dark magic down the chain and into the filly's collar, shocking her and causing the disguise to drop. "I let you live, feed you, give you the honor of being shown to gods! And this is how you repay me?!", Sombra raised his hoof to hit the poor thing, before in a flash of purple light, the only thing in front of the Shadow King was an empty collar, and the filly cowering behind a grey Alicorn stallion, who-- while wearing a mask of indifference-- any fool could see the fury in his eyes.
"So...", said the Pale Rider, the ice in his voice causing even Theseus to shiver. "This is how creatures of "Peace" and "Harmony" live their gospel? By enslaving a defenseless child-- one of thine own ilk-- and threatening her with death?"
Sombra was enraged by this, how DARE this pretender act like he is more powerful? King Sombra can raise both the sun and moon with his dark magic and crystal power source, this pony is nothing.
"You will give it back!"
"No."
"Return it to me or suffer!"
Death just rolled his eyes at the colt and craned his neck down towards the bug-like pony. "Art thou alright?", the filly just answered with a quiet nod. The former Nephillim then summoned a Thestral guard and had the filly taken to the baths to be cleaned, then to the guest quarters he and Despair were using to rest and be fed. After a nod from Luna to signal that her male counterpart's will was to be done, the guard gently lifted the child onto his back and trotted out of the throne room.
As soon as the doors slammed close, Death turned to Sombra. "You know, if you want HER back, thou couldst always challenge me to a duel?"
The king pondered this for a moment, before agreeing.
We need more stories about Death
...I'm gonna go play Darksiders
I am very glad that you have made a much better story than the last one you made..I shall be watching eagerly.
God. Dammit. I WANT THE WHOLE THING NOW!!!!
"Attention world leaders!! I am the very being that reaps your eternal souls!! *sips wine* That is all."
ah skyrim reference, they never cease to amaze us
5221853 they are always the best are they not
5221312 hell yeah
5222228 yeah, therefore, Death didn't have the mask with him when the Creator sent him to Equis
5222503
5221312
and war, dont forget about war, the best walking badass tank I've ever seen
5223602 my sequel is actually going to be about War
5224436 *heavy breathing while smiling insanely*
5224481 yep, but, just a warning: War is gonna be sent to a DIFFERENT Equestria than the one Death is in, and it's gonna be anthro because I seriously have problems with how writers portray him as a normal pony
5224715 *sniff* you sir.... *sniff* are my favorite author in the world (I have said that to at least five people now)
as long as it keeps the single person, I will be content
5225180 oh, and just a question, the creators of the game never gave Ruin a specific gender right? People just assume it's a guy because of how big it is?
5225535 the four horsemen's steeds gender is based off their masters, so fury's horse is female while the rest is male
5225553 crap... I was afraid of that...
5225556 why do I get the feeling you were gonna ship Ruin with one of the ponies?
5225559
5225561 well, gg *jumps out window*
5225564 not gonna do it now! I have no problems with gay shippings, but I just don't see Big Mac as being gay, I just felt that Ruin deserves someone to love, just like the other three (Imma ship War! Try to guess who with!)
5225575 I keep thinking Fluttershy, because she could be a..... what you call a mediatior I guess? for War's rage. but if you were thinking Darksiders based characters, then I believe Uriel, because of their mutual respect for each other. but now I have a craving to see a warxcheerilee for some reason, ive been quite fixated on cheerilee ships recently. cant be Luna due to current fic. My best guess is Fluttershy the dragonshy
5225590 while all good guesses, they are wrong, but my prologue is going to actually be about Uriel and War's feelings for each other... but you're close, think of a pony with War's personality of honor and family
5225606 *uses thumb, index and middle finger*well, there is Applejack, who has the family (except for their loss of Steve Jobs)
Rainbow Dash who is honorable and loyal
then there is Celestia is honorable in battle, but has family issues due to blasting her sister to the moon
*uses three fingers to create the hand signal for a gun and metaphorically shoots himself*
IT HURTS MY BRAIN MUSCLES
5225632 well, Rainbow Dash is too far on the extreme for War, and would just end up annoying him to no end, since he hates people who have egos more than anything
5225639 ah yes, his brother Strife, he has quite the egos doesnt he? well, its atleast said he has an ego and an attitude the size of the moon
5225646 yup, which of the two do you think would be a better fit for War?
Or
5225651 in my honest opinion, neither. I prefer a kind soul to calm the fire and rage of another, like Fluttershy,Cheerilee, or Cadence (Could be a universe where Cadence divorced Shining). but if you want either those two, I would choose Celestia, due to their view on conflict, they both see fighting as a duty rather than a pastime. alas my time is up, it is 1:00 AM where I am, and I need rest to live through the next day (only 5 hours of sleep on an empty stomach) until next time random Author that has written the best crossover fic in the world! *mounts horse* FOR CANADA, WHERE YOU CAN DRIVE FOR TWO MONTHS WITH AN EXPIRED STICKER *horse speeds off in a blinding flash of light*
5225683 *calls after you* I'm not talking about fighting! I just always felt Applejack's personality fit War's more than Celestia
5226707 applejack is competitive in nature, war is a lot more emotionless and has laughed only twice with a 500 year difference, the similarities is their impossible strength (seriously, he slammed a strain bed multiple times into the grievers mouth 10 times and the last time with all of his strength [while weakened] causing it to fly in the air, after punching one of her legs off)and their stubbornness
5226707 did you know that war has died three times so far in the darksiders trilogy?
5227382 yeah, but there's also the fact that Fluttershy would be terrified of War, even more than of Nightmare Moon, Chrysalis, Sombra and Discord combined, cuz War, unlike MLP villains, is willing to kill, I'm even going to have the box from the Tree of Harmony be a portal that's connects to the Oblivion Mirror long enough for War to be sent there (it'll make more sense in the prolouge), meaning guess who's gonna be gutted first
Umm... i think you mean "Preview of chapter 5"... unless you unpublished a chapter.
5227685 actually, all of the MLP villains plans would've killed ponies
Nightmare Moon's eternal night would've killed ponies from lack of sunlight which they need to live
discord would've caused ponies to go insane which could lead to suicide or homicide
Chrysalis' draining of love causes headaches right? Brain aneurysm. boom. instadeath right there.
Sombra would cause suicides, Cadence would've died of exhaustion, Sombra would kill Shining armor for denying Sombra's place of power, crystal ponies would create a rebellion, civil war, (probable tactical nuke) lots of death I forsee if they actually succeded
if your planning on killing off Fluttershy, I have a certain set of skills that involve tracking people down.I will find you. and I will kill you. but if your planning on killing Blueblood, I will cheer you on with my support
5229300 okay, with the exception of Sombra, they would've been unintentional
AND WHY IN THE NAME OF THE GLORYUS MOON WOULD I KILL FLUTTERSHY?!
5229391 BECAUSE THE ONLY PONY YOU MENTIONED IN YOUR LAST COMMENT WAS FLUTTERSHY OTHER THAN VILLAINS THAT HAVE BEEN KILLED, REFORMED, OR BANISHED. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA im sad now, Fluttershy is best pony, and I fantasized her death.
5229391 oh and you misspelled glorious
5229300 oh, and you have seen the season 4 finale, right?
5230331 your gonna gut tirek arent you? your putting the portal in the box so when it opens, war kicks tireks ass, then rips his head off, and then hijinks ensue
5230331 season 4 was the only season I fully watched. i watched the two parters for each season and a few episodes here and there throughout seasons 1-3
5230366 yep
5230414 if youre gonna put big mac in your comment, you must say "eeyup"
Democrat and liberal eh?
I myself identify as independent and neither/both/ balanced (many would accuse this of being flip flop)
I have a sense of moral responsibility for my own actions that could be mistaken for conservative by liberals, and a sense of respect for others that could be mistaken for liberal by conservatives. Odd, isn't it?
5295419 eeyup
5407010 just shocked that your would turn almighty death in to a pony.
5417712 you doubt the power of pontification. I bet there's a ponified Miraak
5418719 abomination i must find this ponifeid version of me and rid it from the face of whatever world he/me is on for the greater good! p.s still great job i really love this story
5424832 grazi
Hm...you have my interest. I'll track for now.
poke...poke...poke...
Is this thing alive?
5480037 sorry; I've just been swamped with my new job and school that I haven't had any time to work on it. But I have a pretty clear idea on what to do, I just have to find time