//------------------------------// // Chapter 22- What Happened? Celestia vs Human. // Story: Flames of Equestria // by Mick0339 //------------------------------// The air was putrid, smelling of blood and guts. Everything surrounding the man was death itself. The power of the demon was surfacing in him and he could feel the unending power flowing into him. The radiation of pure energy emitting from his body, blowing over quadrupedal corpses. Smiles long passed as the demon stood standing, eyeing down the desolate, destroyed environment around him, with only one quadruped staring at him in horror. She couldn't help but feel in awe and terror at the same time. What she was seeing was the reveal of a god, not a phony or a wanna-be, but a true, all powerful being. The four legged creature tried to scurry, but couldn't help but puke her remains out at the sight of her people dead on the ground. Then she saw the wicked smile on the demonized man's face; the immaculate and serrated teeth, the pores pulling in the blood of her own. She saw the red slits as eyes peer on her, and she couldn't help but wish death be upon her, because simply gazing into the eyes was a fate worse than it. The being was ever growing, encompassing a mighty 20 feet, growing dark muscle and black flames. Horns began to protrude from the beast's head, showing off the light show of black flames, which were unwavered by the wind. Hell had arrived on Equestria, and its name was Deum Exterminans. His lifeless body rested on the pillow as he surfaced from slumber. His breathing became more precise as his body resumed conscious control of the pattern. The heartbeat he held slowly increased to accompany an awoken man. Clops were heard entering the void of the room, with darkness surrounding every shadow and speck of the place. The room slowly began to heat up, and the air became boiling hot as Aldon made it clear that whoever was there should make it known who they are. "I am here to warn you," the creature said holding a feminine raspy voice. Aldon grunted. "That's what they all say. Tell me before I burn you to a crisp." Honestly Aldon was still trying to remember how he was in this particular bed and where this particular bed was. He was in no mood for riddles and games after he had just woken up. "The ponies will not like it when they find out. They will take their revenge. I hope you will be ready." Aldon hated riddles, but before he could lash out at the troll before the bridge, she was gone in a flash, leaving a slightly open door, a slightly confused man, and a slightly hot breeze. He sighed deeply and got out of bed in a fell swoop of a motion. His feet cracked the ground as a huge concrete slab busted against it. He looked down to glare at the new surface, only to grimace and cup his shoulders for their slight stiffness. He honestly couldn't care less about nice things. When growing up without them, having them and then losing them does nothing. Now he had another riddle to solve, and life was only getting more complicated. He had to find out what had happened last night as well. That would most likely involve speaking to hungover ponies as he could feel the intoxicating substance being burned off of him. He could never truly get drunk; it was both a curse and a blessing. Then he heard the groans. His blanket had huge lumps in it, plenty more than he thought was possible, and then he looked at the huge size of the bed and face palmed. "Of course," he whispered to himself, grunting in annoyance. "What the hell, was I drunk, or was I drugged? Or both?" He quizzed himself. He wouldn't be surprised given the fact of hostility he could feel from the white sun butt. She radiated arrogance and it made him angry to the core, but he suppressed it to keep her sister happy, a victim of circumstance and bad pasts. He couldn't imagine being isolated for one thousand years, but yet again, she couldn't understand the feeling of pure evil and demonic upbringings. They both were so similar and yet so different. Hammerhoof as well, having everything taken from him. Aldon thought he would always be alone, and never have people who would understand his pain, but it took a ragtag group of people and then ponies to make him see there will always be those who share a fate close to his. To watch their lives be broken apart and crudely put back together. "What has transpired?" The night-mare sounded her groan question for the room to hear. Her head emerged from the blanket, staring over the muscular giant of torn flesh and red tissue. One eye from the being was staring at her, glaring with intent ferocity, like a predator sizing down its prey, it bore into her soul and she felt exposed and deathly afraid, until he turned and revealed a kind smile. A smile hiding pain. "Aldon, I..." Before she could finish another groan sounded, one such groan from her sister. "What the faust happened last night?" The princess of the sun asked, emerging from the blankets as well, until she saw predatory eyes, which turned into dull and abysmal symbols of sight. "Sister! What is the meaning of this?" Celestia bellowed, until she saw her sister shrug her shoulders. "Sorry to burst your bubble princess," Aldon said with contempt, "but I don't think anyone knows what happened." "Ooo. I do!" The pink party pony sounded out as he head also emerged from the blanket. Many more groans sounded, including Aldon as he knew this would devolve into an interrogation session and very long talk from Celestia. "I honestly don't know!" Aldon felt sleep deprived with the interrogation. Celestia wasn't all too happy with the sleeping arrangements, from which he couldn't even begin to understand had occurred. "Shut up ape!" The guard spat, to which Aldon had enough. He decided to be nice enough to them and give them a chance, but every word that came out of their mouth was an insult. Luna had asked multiple times for them to cease their actions, but the guards insisted on talking to Aldon like an animal and criminal. Aldon looked over his chains and slowly laughed. The guards would most likely piss up an ocean, but he figured the maids would handle it. The chains slowly began to melt. Magically enchanted and enhanced high metal-grade chain melted. Chains that Celestia herself put effort into making evaporated into the air like water on a hot summer's day. "You'll be next," Aldon whispered darkly as the pony slowly began to clip clop back away from the table. Aldon slowly stood up and approached the pissing pony. Aldon was right, it was everywhere. "Now. Tell all your little buddy's what you saw here today." The pony put as much attention into this as he did a life sentence to jail. "And, whatever you do never call me anything like that again!" He shouted into the pony's face, which scrunched up in horror. The pony then began nodding affirmatively, pleading for his life. Aldon sighed as he crushed the door knob to the room and slammed the door to the other side of the hallway. "And clean up your piss, its really deplorable." Guards formed a blockade down the hallway, lining up in roman-style phalanx formation to block the man from moving anywhere else in the castle. Without warning, the guard ran from the room, tears streaming from his eyes. "Monster!" He screamed. "Everypony run! He'll burn you alive!" The guards morale depleted to say the least as they routed from formation at the sight of a commanding officer balling his eyes. Aldon pinched the bridge of his nose in annoyance, but felt a tinge of satisfaction at the fear the ponies had of him. All of the ponies except for one. The diarch of the kingdom. "Seriously!" She fumed from down the hallway, pointing her hoof at the man. "We just needed answers!" "Hey! It's not my fault your guards don't understand the meaning of manners and respect!" Celestia screamed. "How did it happen!" She screamed the question. "I don't know!" Aldon screamed back. He was beginning to get more and more frustrated as the argument went on. He would know if he swung that way and he definitely didn't, yet he was pretty much being accused of rape of not only ponies, but royalty. "I'll force the answers out of you!" Aldon chuckled darkly at her words. "Try it and see what happens." The princess smiled at the challenge as her horn charged up. Aldon's palms slowly ignited in liquid flames, with his face also gaining a deeply satisfying smile. She launched her attacks in flurries, to which Aldon's flames met them. Explosions, plain and simple. Luna hated nobles so deeply it made her cry in pain every time she saw one of their snotty, arrogant, pompous faces. Her teeth seethed as the snotty pony continued to squabble over his petty needs, ignoring pleas of the masses. "Your majesty! Please, you need to understand, this would help to fund equestria's military greatly." An investor in the military. He was promoting the idea of increased taxes on the lower class. To help promote drafting against foreign threats, from which none currently loomed. The world ws in the most peaceful state it could be besides the human variable, which the minotaurs would not be so kind towards. Besides that, there was no need for drafting, no need to tax the lower class, and certainly no need to put up with petty, obnoxious nobles. Luna steamed at the pony and began her rant. "If it weren't for the fact my sister puts up with you loud mouths..." Then the castle shook and Luna knew exactly what was going on, but she had just one question: why? "Are you serious Prince Blueblood, did you seriously kill one of them before?" The small, golden unicorn asked. The hubris prince smiled with glee and intentious on lying, he put his story for all it wasn't worth. "That's right, right in the Everfree a few years ago." Blueblood began to act out his heroic deed of hunting down defenseless animals, dubbed savages. "They snarled, bore their teeth and were ready to strike, but with a trusty thrust of magic from my horn, I vanquished them to the hole in tartarus they came from." "Wow." The mare batted her eyes at the prince, infatuated with him, and all the meanwhile, the prince was the one saved by the humans present in that forest long ago. The small red haired girl and her family had saved the pony from timberwolves. Of course, to keep his pride, he said he had killed both parties, with his bare magic and hooves. "How strong were they?" Blueblood puffed his chest as much as it could go, which was not much, "they were all weaker than just one of my hooves. With one spell I sent them running away, back to the lands the abominations roam." "Is is true you sent the newly arrived one running for mommy?" The mare asked again, wondering if the rumor, started by the prince himself, was true. "It was so sad to see such a savage beast be so scared. I honestly felt sorry for it. But when it threatened the ponies of Equestria, I had to stop it." They rounded another corner in the castle to see the showdown. To say the least, the carpet would need a thorough cleaning. Flames slammed into the brilliant magic of the princess. Her horned sounded with the march of war, while the flames built up their heat like the sun churns out radiation. The epicenter would kill almost anything with a touch, and the surrounding area was slowly being vaporized to dust. Still, the both of them held a deep, satisfying smile. "I'll take that arrogant smile off your face Celestia." "Not if I take that savage glint in your eye, animal!" The playful banter was cut short as a blast was met in the back for Aldon. He turned around to see the arrogant prince, pissing and trying to produce adequate magic to vaporize his foe. "Auntie. I'll help you vanquish this beast." His confidence was nowhere near as high as his words as Aldon chuckled, and with a flick of his fingers, sent a material flame punch to knock out the brat. The mare squeaked in fear as she saw the prince keel, over, dramatizing his pain, as if he had just been slowly cut into little pieces and put back together. Celestia was genuinely mad now, seeing her nephew put down like that. She may not think of him as such, but he was still family. While Aldon turned around, an increased barrage of magic hit him square in the face, sending him sprawling back, slamming in to the wall. She adorned her armor now, which was more snug than she remembered. She was covered in platinum encrusted gold armor, which not only enhanced her magical power, but let her full radiance shine. "You should not have hurt our nephew Aldon." He smirked and slowly popped his joints as he emerged from the dust and rubble. Then he let the fire slither down like a retractable sword as it shined through the magically created dust cloud. "He'll be fine. But will you?" He asked, as his foot steps echoed through the hall like a hammer's swing on hard concrete. With genuine dragon qualities, his mouth opened to reveal a radiant and deadly blue flames emerging and heading straight for Celestia. Like a bullet it struck her shield construct and cracked it. As he approached, he let flames spew fourth from his mouth, and she could see the predatory eyes emerge again. He was genuinely enjoying the fighting now. Celestia couldn't deny that she was enjoying it either. She would never openly fight her sister, but she truly wished to face something of equal power to her. That's when he turned up the heat literally, as deeper red flames emerged. In turn, Celestia would just have to up-tune her magic. They were both increasing in power ever second, and the battle was getting more and more ferocious as time went on. From the protective bubble, magical strikes struck the human. However, like a second mouth, the body simply ate them, and reproduced flames to combat the oncoming onslaught. within a few more seconds, Aldon was on top of the bubble, and with a brute's unwavering strength, smashed the bubble, sending the magical shards flying. Celestia gasped as she saw the smirk, and before she could react, she was thrown through the open wall, busted by her attack on Aldon, into the public of Canterlot. Spike was being drawn on the course of her caretaker's friends once again. They were exploring Canterlot like they had first visited, although the ass-kissing for Twilight did not seem to help her all too much. After every encounter she sighed deeply, looking for a way to get them to stop approaching her, so she could simply hang out with her friends. Alas, it was impossible, as in the world of Equestria, princesses and royalty were what decided many things. "What's the matter darling?" Rarity asked, seemingly oblivious to the situation of Twilight. Twilight sighed, while Applejack face hoofed. "It's all a' these Nobles. All they do is harass Twilight." Rarity slowly nodded her head, while Rainbow Dash had a volcano erupt. "Next noble I see walk up to you Twilight, I'll pound into the ground." Rainbow Dash was rewarded with yet another noble walking over to Twilight. "Aaah, Princess Twilight, how do you do?" Rainbow Dash cracked a tooth as she began to run around in panic, gripping her mouth. Fluttershy was trying to calm her down, and give her proper treatment, but the mare continued to sprint around in a fit of intense pain. "Hello Mr..." "Mr. Arrogant," he responded, with a wide smile. Twilight inwardly sighed with an external smile. Just because she had wings and a horn. she was being bombarded by the kiss-asses of society. Many would wish for this, to be worshiped, but most don't know what it feels like. "I was just wishing if you could help..." And just like that a wall was opened into the castle, and dust formed to reveal a crumbled section of brick and lowly concrete-mixture. Royalty flexed off of the castle as some of its skin chipped away. Ponies, rich and poor gathered around, all taken back, and with mixed feelings, some afraid, some amazed. However, through the dust, they could see the distinct light of beautiful, brilliant, blue flames. The shadow of a giant dissipated into the dust cloud, as it rolled over the square the rubble not inherited. This is when Rainbow Dash had calmed down enough to witness the random explosion. Then chaos ensued. Some ponies ran, speaking of apocalypse, some of murder, some of a monster attack, while others were smart enough to be curious rather than blindly ignorant. Whispers occurred, until a slightly loud gasp sounded and a figure came flying through the dust. The figure was that of the princess, Celestia. She landed on her side, sliding along the pavement. She slightly wheezed, while ponies gasped in horror, and the Mane Six all ran over. "Princess!" Twilight screamed, coming in close to help the her. "What's happening?" Then they heard the concrete and brick crackle and pop from the movement of something unhuman. It was slowly getting louder, and the same figure from before could be seen, and through the veil, two blood red eyes viewed it all.