Letting out a yawn, Everblight shake his head before looking at Asphyxious, “Damn, I use to be able to do this trip in a single hour.” Blinking slowly, the old dragon look in the direction of the cathedral before going into a dive, “There’s not much to worry about, you look more like a dragon than a Lich so you should be fine.”
“That not what I’m worried about, I still don’t know how to fly.” Asphyxious replied digging his claws into Everblight back.
“Bah, don’t worry about it,” as he pulls up for a landing, several other dragons look at the pair as Everblight lands next to an equal size Spike, “I’ll help you get that done and you’ll be flying like an ace in no time.”
“Right…” Asphyxious replies as he jumps off Everblight back.
Spike blinks at the smaller dragon before taking a few sniff in the air. Grinning widely, the younger dragon lets out a laugh before nudging a dragoness with antler, “Yo Amber, you remember this guy, right?”
“Didn’t he use to be like...mostly armored,” as the dragoness look at Asphyxious, a snort escapes her as she poke at him, “what the Tartarus happened to you...you almost look like a respectable dragon.”
Asphyxious crossed his arms and gave her annoyed look. “A Goddess had her way with me. Also ate a couple of heartstones too.” He replied bluntly.
“Well I hope it wasn’t anydrake I know,” a large dragon descend to the group before turning a glare to Everblight, “I can’t believe that you’re letting a-”
“Relax Blighterghast,” tapping the bigger dragon on the shoulder, Everblight lets out a nervous chuckle while waving at Asphyxious, “he’s not here to fight and wish to kill Toruk just like the rest of us.”
A few moments pass before Blighterghast nods and glance at Asphyxious, “Before this meeting fully begin, you’ll have to properly introduce yourself to the group whelpling.” With those final words, the dark scaled dragon stalks to the highest perch.
“Wow, Toruk kids are assholes…” Asphyxious said before shaking his head. “My name is Asphyxious Hellbringer, Displaced and you’re?”
“Don’t mind Blighterghast,” a blue dragoness with ram horns lay down next to Everblight, an uneasy smile across her face, “he’s under a lot of stress since he became the Alpha. The name’s Ember by the way.”
“That I can understand, I kind of feel the same way around Ava. She the Alpha as far as I see it.” Asphyxious replied rubbing the back of his neck. “But there are others who’re apart of my hoard who’re the alpha too.”
“And how often do they get into fights,” shaking his head, Everblight look over as Blighterghast slam his tail against a metal boulder, “nevermind, the meeting is starting.”
“My fellow dragons and loyal dragonspawns, I call the thirteenth meeting of the Equis Draconian Army to order,” glaring at a few dragons who refused to stop talking, Blighterghast motions towards the group, “today, we welcome a newcomer to our meeting.”
“What land i-” “Do.Not...Interrupt,” glaring down at a dark red dragoness, Blighterghast motions for Asphyxious to stand before the group.
“Yo…” He said giving them a short wave. Uncaring eyes glance at him Asphyxious just stare back with his good eye. “Soooo, what are we talking about?”
“Did you find this spawn with his head stuck under a boulder?” receiving several sparse laughter, the dragoness smirk at the rage filled glare of Everblight.
“What did Everblight not tell you guys about Displaced?” Asphyxious asked looking back at the displaced dragon. “Oh my god you didn’t tell them…”
“Telling hilarious stories of strange beings from other universes,” a dark green dragon let out a laugh before he scrap his claw against the volcano’s wall, “we only believe in solid proof, not some make believe story.”
“My Mum a nine tailed fox goddess who play with undead.” Asphyxious said bluntly. “Also I know a number of displaced. Some of them god’s, not sure how that happened myself?”
“And I’m the queen of Maretropolis and I wear a ballerina tutu,” the snark from the dragon could be felt by an emotionless rock as several other dragons chuckle under their breath. Asphyxious rolled his eye before looking back at Everblight.
Shrugging his shoulder, Everblight has a small face of amusement on his face, “Hey, he’s insulting you. That means it’s your fight.”
“Yeah, I’m not stupid. Also my wives will kick my tail if I get into any big fights.” Asphyxious added scratching his cheek.
“Wives...so you’re a young whelpling as well,” a snort escapes from the drake’s maw before he shake his head in disbelief, “and just when I can’t think any less of you, Everblight...you prove me wrong again.”
“And you disgust me with your little operation,” seeing the slight fear in the green dragon’s eyes, Everblight smile darkly before leaning over, “how much sucking on Pop’s dick did you have to do before he let you run away like a.little.bitch?”
Slamming his tail again, Blighterghast glare the two coiled dragons into submission before waving at Asphyxious, “Your tale of Displace have been noted and will be discus at a later time. Please, continue.”
“Umm, What else do you want to know?” Asphyxious asked looking at everyone confused.
“Why should we even take you seriously,” a small dragoness with tusks growing from her head while open curiosity on her face, “what can you bring to this war that the ponies and others aren’t able to?”
“I can make warjacks, also blight things when I want to. And this.” Asphyxious changed into his dragon lord form and smiles at everyone. “Boo.”
“Hmm,” rising from her seat, the red dragoness inspect every part of Asphyxious before walking away, “I guess there might be something to this...Displace thing you mention.”
“If we need more blighted soldiers, we would have already conscript the less-”
Before the green dragon could finish, Blighterghast grabs him by the back of his neck with a snarl, “We.do.not.CONSCRIPT!” Throwing the cowering dragon down, Blighterghast punch through the ground and pulls out a glob of magma, “Try that shit again and I WILL dunk you head first into the planet’s core!”
“Hmmm roasted dragon meat.” Asphyxious said to himself wishfully. As several of the other dragons burst into laughter. “Oh, quick question and important. Does Toruk have a brother?”
Shaking his head Everblight looks at Asphyxious with a deadpan, “No, he only has a sister...who if you try to hoard, WE will kick your tail from this realm to the next.”
”TORUK HAS A SISTER?!?” Asphyxious yelled in surprise. Several dragons facetalon while a few even gaze at Everblight as though they can’t believe what the dark dragon just said. “Oh this could be bad for my world…”
“Don’t worry...Aunt Faust would never side with Father,” a whimsical smile cross a pale yellow dragoness’ face before she looks at Asphyxious with slightly clouded eyes, “by the way, you should be careful what you say to Revan.” Asphyxious looks at her with wide eyes.
“How do you know Revan name?” Asphyxious was staring so hard it almost look like his eyeball was going to pop out.
As her smile sticks to her face, she tilts her head while several of the smaller dragons shake their heads, “The Jabberwockies told me.”
“Cheese?” Asphyxious asked tilting his head to one side. As he remembers about a game called skyrim.
Pointing her talon at Asphyxious, she lets out a laugh that sounds similar to church bells, “You’re a funny one! Uncle Everblight, can we keep him?”
“Twanou...never change,” shaking his head, Everblight look over to Asphyxious with a held smile, “as you can see, you at least have my niece’s honest opinion.”
“Lovely…” Asphyxious said as he looks around. “So what the plan here? Wait for Toruk to show up or find him and cut his head off?”
As soon as the words leave Asphyxious’ mouth, a loud groan escapes from Everblight as he facetalon while the other dragons begin to burst out in laughter, “Asphyxious...you know I practically see you like a brother...right?”
“Not really, we kind of only meet once.” Asphyxious replied back slowly.
“And we just spilt the blood of our enemy together. You think I do that with anydrake?” Shaking his head, Everblight gives Asphyxious a slight deadpan before sighing, “anyways, the point is one does not simply enter the den of Toruk.”
”Without a really big gun.”” Asphyxious added with a smile.
“Well that too,” Blighterghast lets out a chuckle as Everblight slumps lower to the ground, “but what Everblight means is that unless you have chosen to serve Toruk completely and utterly, you cannot enter.”
“Oh I’ll find a way to kill that dragon, The other Toruk made me into a lich in the first place. I want nothing more than to pull his still beating heart out of his chest...” Asphyxious growled softly digging his claws into the ground.
“Yeah...while that may be true,” waving the comment off, Blighterghast let out a sigh, “I highly doubt that you’ll want his mind trying to subjugate you.”
“As of now, we know that we have to kill his last few Lich,” shrugging his shoulder, Everblight lets out a huff, “we just know where the bitch is...then we can finish the other part of this war.”
Asphyxious lay down and thinks as Twanou played with his tail blade. “Well, you could all tell me more about this world, seeing as I know nothing about it.” He asked.
“The evil cat beast has managed to find the other true Deathjack,” Twanou airily remark before tapping the tip of the blade, “tall trees protect him from sight while he dwell between loyalty and pride.”
“There only one true Deathjack, and I blighted it until it was under my control.” Asphyxious replied before thinking about what she said. “Between loyalty and pride?”
“Hope wans as his search continue,” Twanou rise up before patting Asphyxious on the shoulder, “that being said, you’ll be getting a few unexpected presents soon!”
Asphyxious just tilt his head to one side as he listens to her. “Why are you so cute?” He asked taking the time to face her.
“Because I eat all the world’s happiness and joy to maintain my beautiful scales,” a slightly disturbing smile cross her face before it vanish. Asphyxious just smiles and boops her on the nose, with one claw.
“I like her, she reminds me of Sonata.” Asphyxious said smiling at that.
“Yeeah...she tends to have,” looking at the skipping dragoness, Everblight lets out a huff, “yeah. So back to topic, the reason why I need you here is so that I can show you off to the others.” Asphyxious looks at Everblight then to the other dragons, before looking back at him.
“As you can see, we are an organization who look out for a the better of Equis,” scratching his chin, Everblight chuckle nervously before motioning to Asphyxious, “the most obvious danger is Toruk.”
“However, there are two other faction,” ticking off his claw, Blighterghast gains an annoyed exspression, “the first are the New Cryxian Army, a collection of true dragons that has gone back to serving Toruk.”
“And then there’s a group of dragons that are very intent on making this world a barren ball filled with nothing but them,” shrugging his shoulders, Everblight look at Asphyxious with tired eyes, “so do you see what we have to deal with...also Twanou, stop making that face young lady!”
“I ain’t a lady, I’m a fuck mothering dragoness,” as the dragoness take a proud stance, several dragons look to a facetaloning Blighterghast. Asphyxious just laughed at this.
“Well, regardless of what you do you’ll need to remove one side in order to deal with the other.” Asphyxious added taking the time to look at his wings.
Looking at Blighterghast with a smirk, Everblight crack his claws loudly before several dragonspawns flinch from the noise, “We can’t go into one of the possible area where we think the last of the Lich is.
“I can find them, and I’m sure mum would love to get her paws on them.” Said Asphyxious as he changed out of his dragon lord form. Back to his normal dragon form, the down side was Twanou was taller then him now.
“Sure, last I remember this guy prefer having some living people worshiping him.” shrugging his shoulders, Everblight look at Blighterghast as several other dragons look to the sky, “for now, we have some dragons to kill before we head in the direction of where Pop’s has Cryxia.”
“And with that, this meeting is adjourned due to the need to fight off the warmongers,” as Spike says this, a pair of dragons can be seen grappling in the sky.
Twanou smile turns savage before she looks down at Asphyxious, “If you want to find the Lich’s domain, you should start studying the foes you’ve fought.”
“Easier said than done. Most of the time I’m fighting other displaced or some other crazy crap. But on the other hand….” Asphyxious said to himself rubbing his chin. In order to find the Lich’s he needed to think like a cryx.
“Perhaps, you should see one of your friends here,” looking up, she clear her throat as Everblight slams a pair of dragons into each other, “though probably not Uncle.”
“Have anyone in mind?” Asphyxious asked crossing his arms.
Looking to Asphyxious, she smiles as a half dead dragon dives at the pair, “Perhaps NOW is the time to meet your godchildren.” “If you’ll excuse me,” lunging at the dracolich, Twanou bites into its throat, “GIVE ME YOUR SOUL FOR THINE ANUS BELONGS TO ME!!”
“Okay... Stay safe and have fun.” He replied as he walks off. “Finally found someone more crazy than me.”
“That’s debatable,” Garble lands besides Asphyxious with a raised eyeridge, “I take it you need a ride some place?”
“To Twilight’s please. I have to meet her kids after all.” Asphyxious answers.
Waiting for the smaller dragon to jump on him, Garble broke off into a running jump before flying at his fastest speed. Rolling out the way of a stray fireball, Garble look at his passenger, “So what’s new?”
“Not much, got a ball of this worlds Asphyxious rage to play with. I’m thinking of putting it into a warjack. Or give it to Ava as a gift, not sure yet.” Asphyxious replied.
“Cool,” as a pair of mountain size dragons hover in front of him, Garble swerve between clashing talons and tail blades, “the most fun I’d had is...apparently this.” “Just not a lot of need for dragonspawns on the battle ground anymore,” flipping under the wings of Spike as the dragon rips the head off a dracolich, he lets out a sigh, “I can’t wait for the Star Drake Project to be ready.”
“Sounds like something out of Star Wars.” Asphyxious replied, before casting hellfire on the back of a undead dragon head. “Think we can speed this up?”
“Sure man,” extending his wings to the fullest, Garble shoots forward as a cone of air form in front of him, “you seen one of these fight up close, you’ve seen them all!”
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“You sure this is where she lives?” Asphyxious asked looking up at the tree shaped crystal with a large palace at the top. “It doesn't look like the one back home.”
“Yeah this is it,” Garble flap his wings a few time before stretching, “Twilight’s little sprogs kept on almost burning down the old tree so she made a new one made from the strongest crystal in this universe.”
“Not what I was talking about but okay.” Asphyxious replied before walking up to the door and knocks on it.
The sound of hooves rushing could be heard before the door is kicked open, “How many times must I say it, WE DON’T WANT TO HEAR ABOUT BUCKING CTHULHU!”
“Don’t let my friend hear that or you’ll hurt his feelings.” Asphyxious said with a smile.
Twilight’s head snap in the dragon’s direction before she lets out a sigh, “Oh thank Faust you’re here, I need you to watch your godkids while I stop mom from trying to revive a hydra...again.”
“Let me guess, mum talked her into it?” Asphyxious asked as he walked inside.
“Oh no, mom just said she has an inch that only mass carnage will satisfy,” leading Asphyxious up stairs, Twilight pats the dragon on the shoulders, “your mom and Queen Faust ended up in Los Pegasus sometime yesterday...there was copious amount of alcohol drunk by the two.”
“Yesterday? I’ve only been gone what, five, six hours at the most?” Asphyxious rubs his eye as he followed her.
“No it’s been a day...you can blame it on Faust, she’s was incredibly smash by the time they went to the Naturalist celebration,” shrugging her shoulders, Twilight place twin girls into Asphyxious arms, “she declared that it would henceforth be a full twenty four since your mother took her on the second wildest night of her life.”
“I would not be surprised if Rin get married to her, by the way. Anything I should know about these two?” Asphyxious asked looking at the twins in his arms.
“Just don’t let them eat anything that’s glowing,” a shudder cross the alicorn’s body as she thinks back, “the last time they did...let’s just say it’s best not knowing.” Asphyxious nods his head as he looks Twilight up and down.
“That armor fit you well.” He added, not minding one of the twins pulling on his coat collar.
“Oh this,” giving a small twirl, Twilight gives a smile before shaking her head, “it’s a couple year old so I need to get this updated.” “Anyway, I should be back soon...but if I’m not, there’s only one thing you should know,” stepping outside, Twilight grabs Asphyxious by the collar with a demented smile as a dark aura surround her, “DON’T...feed them between six and eight in the evening.”
“My god you’re hot…” Asphyxious replied before blinking and blushes. “I mean, SURE! Right I won’t do t-that.” Rolling her eyes, Twilight push the dragon back before running towards the Everfree with a slight sway in her hips. Asphyxious let out a deep sigh as he stare after her. “And I thought I had my hoarding under control…” He looks down at the twins and smiles. “Come on, let find something fun for you two to do until your mum get back.”
Smiling to one another, the twins flash a burst of magic as two skeleton of snakes the size of a German Shepard slither into the room. A garbled scream of war escape the twin’s mouth as they make the re-animated creature rush at Asphyxious.
“You two are going to be more of a hand full then Yanna and Abigail.” Asphyxious said as he turned around with the twins in hand and ran from the snakes with a smile on his face. “This could be fun.”
The sound of creaking bone can be heard before a pair of bat like wings burst from the snake's’ body. As the two undead creature examine themselves, the older twin taps her chin with eyes that show more wisdom than they should. The younger twin babble to her sister before receiving a smiling nod, making her eyes glow while pointing at Asphyxious.
“You two take after Twilight alright.” Asphyxious said as he used his wings like arms and turns sharply around the corner.
Around the corner, Cadance steps out before giving the dragon an appreciated glance over, “The twins are using you to practice necromancy?”
“More like target practice my lady.” Asphyxious replied, seeing the snakes and smiles. “Hold these two for just a second.” He asked handing them over as one snake tackles him.
A smile cross the alicorn of love face as she burst out laughing, “Please, just Cadance. You’re practically family anyways.”
“That what my Cadance back home say too!” Asphyxious called out as he opens the snakes mouth and jumps out. “Have at thee beast!” He yelled pulling out his cutlass. “I be the king of the diamond dogs, have at thee!”
The two snakes look at each before glancing at the twins. As one the four glow a deep purple color before the two snakes fuse together. Fire runs across the snake’s back as it dual heads let out a hissing roar.
“Oh this will be fun.” Asphyxious get ready as the two headed snake charged at him.
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Twilight Sparkle walks in, dragging her mother behind her with an amused smile, “I can’t believe you...that has to be the biggest re enactment of the dueling hydras I ever seen.”
“I loved how the paladins were alright with playing the role of the Knights of the Old Stars,” looking at her daughter, Velvet gives a smile before nudging the young alicorn, “so why are you here instead of with your little master minds?”
“I’m letting them spend time with their godfather,” as the pair exit the undergrowth, they look up as Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash lands next to them. “Girls, Asphyxious is back and-”
“Bet you ten bits that he needs help for an incredibly awesome trip,” glancing at Fluttershy, Rainbow frowns as her fellow pegasus shakes her head, “why the buck not?”
“Cause...I don’t take sucker bets,” as the two burst out laughing, Twilight look at Fluttershy with a bemused exspression. “I asked Everblight to help me with my...assertiveness,” a smile cross the yellow mares face as she hugs Twilight’s head into her breast, “so will we be going on a trip?”
“Probably, he did show up on Garble and the meeting of the EDA normally can take a day before anything is said and done,” walking down the road, Twilight begins to hurry when a light beam shines.
“Oh relax Egghead, the two kids of your are fine,” a smile begin to stretch across her face, Rainbow leans over to smack the alicorn’s flank, “or are you trying to make some alone time with our third favorite dragon?”
As a blush cross Twilight’s face, Rainbow prepares to say more before Fluttershy sweeps the blue mare and loom over her with a seductive smile, “Rainbow...do you want to sleep alone tonight?”
“...I’ll be good,” still looking at Twilight, Rainbow Dash smirk before pointing at Twilight, “but I don’t think Twilight will!”
Tossing her mane back, Twilight smile while her blush fades away, “Unlike somepony, I don’t need sex to make me feel like a supermodel.” As the two stare at each, they break out into a laugh before heading to the town proper.
As they look at the crystal tree, they quartet jaw drop as they watch as Asphyxious break through the window on the back of a two headed undead flying snake the size of a shire horse. With the Twins on his shoulders. “Hi ho silver away!” He yells with the twins laughing with him.
As the quartet look on, Velvet looks at a blushing Twilight with a smirk, “Should I prepare a ritual room so you two can ‘practice’ the world making spell?”
“Don’t tempt me woman,” glaring at her mother, Twilight flash a bit of magic and levitates the four towards her. Asphyxious blinks as his upside down and looks back at Twilight.
“Oh, welcome back.” He said before looking at the twins. “They made the snake.”
“I know...they were hoping that you show up for their gift to you,” letting the undead snake back on the ground, Twilight spins Asphyxious so that he was right side up with a smirk, “did you like it?”
“The snake thing? Yes it really cool.” Asphyxious replied with a smile. He was not expecting to get any kind of gift. Unknown to him, the twins high five each other with a smug like smile. “They were no trouble at all.”
“Oh really,” looking at the twins, they could practically make out a pair of halos hovering over them. Shaking her head, Twilight lets out a bark of laughter, “I thought you two were going to make him work for his gift?” Seeing the pair of fillies shrug, Twilight look back at the pony size dragon, “So what do you need help with?”
“Right now? Ummm, can’t think of much really. I won’t mind staying a day or two longer here to get to know the twins.” Asphyxious replied smiling at them and Twilight. “Maybe find out some cool spells.”
“Well, lets...on second thought,” as Twilight turns to her mom, a nervous smile cross the alicorn’s face, “let’s not head to Canterlot...I think Queen Faust is still searching for Rin.” At that moment there was a flash of light and Faust, Celestia and Luna were standing there covered in green slime.
“What are you-” Twilight began to say before Luna lifted a hand.
“We don’t know.” She said as they used their magic to banish the slime.
“That’s thirty seven traps now that we’ve walked into. I think we’re getting close.” Celestia deadpanned. Asphyxious try to hold in his laughter.
Twilight looks over the three older alicorns with a hidden grin, “So...I take it that you’re still searching?”
“Mum is a master of pranks.” Asphyxious added trying to hide his smile. “I would not be shocked if she trapped all of ponyville.”
Queen Faust looks at the pony size dragon with full curiosity, “We doth not remember forming thine life force.” Grabbing the dragon by the back of his neck, Faust picks him up before examining Asphyxious, “Where art thou from?”
“Would you believe another equestria?” Asphyxious asked smiling at her. He just hoped she could not smell his hoard mates sent on him.
“Aye, tis been awhile since we’ve seen a world traveler,” setting the dragon down, Faust taps her chin while still in the same state of dress that she was when enjoying the time with Rin. “at least back before the new Head of the Death/Undeath Pantheon showed up.”
Asphyxious took this time to back away and stand next to Twilight. “Want to sneak away before she try and get me to help find Rin?” He whispered to Twilight.
“Ye have nothing to worry about,” showing that her hearing has not faded in the least, Faust waves off the Displace’s concern, “we art having a joyous time searching for thine mother.” “In fact,” as she continue to speak, a safari hat materialize on her head as a whip also curls around her hip, “THE FUN HAFTH BEEN DOUBLE!!”
As Faust teleports away with whispers of chains and whips, the two older princesses let out a relieved breath, “Oh thank Cthulhu that’s over with!”
“We are heading home,” Luna walks away with frazzled mane and bloodshot eyes.
“Well, shall we go inside?” Asphyxious asked Twilight and her friends.
“Yes, I think we can head inside...and watch another clip of Twilight’s necromancy phase!” skipping into the house, Velvet lets out a slightly creepy laugh.
After the group left that spot Rin walked out of the spa building that Faust was literally standing in front of before she left. “Thanks girls that felt great.” Rin called into the establishment before creating another portal to move on as she begins to sing to herself. “Oh where in the world is Riiiin fluflton Ri-i-i-in fluflton oh where in the world can she be, where in the world, can she beeeee!”
Asphyxious follows the group but soon notices Twilight was walking next to him. “Yes?” he asked looking at the alicorn princess.
“Oh nothing,” brushing her hand against Asphyxious side, Twilight smiles before tapping the dragon’s face, “just...admiring the view.”
“Umm, thank you.” Asphyxious replied blushing a little himself. “You act very different from my Twilight back home. By now she would have tried to tie me down and find out how my inside worked.”
As a snort escape her, she bust out laughing while shaking her head. “Well I was in my Lich form at the time,” He added laughing a little too.
“And is she a necromancer who is also trained as a paladin?” looking at Asphyxious with a raise eyebrow and an amused smirk.
“Well no, but she does have a neck for warcaster training. But she more into finding out how things work then using them. On the other hand she loves to find out about new things.” Asphyxious replied before noticing they lost the group they were following. “Ummm, I think we’re lost.”
“Hmmm,” glancing around, Twilight let out a laugh and turns him to a close door, “nope, they just think that I’m going to take you for the ride of your life!”
“Oh…” Asphyxious replied before blushing deeply. “Well, not the first time I was manhandled by a mare. Some of my hoard mates back home have been known to catch me by surprise.”
“Even if I was going to,” brushing a bang out the way, Twilight leans onto the dragon’s chest with a smile, “it’s going to be when the girls want their godfather to be their daddy.” Asphyxious was blushing even harder at how close Twilight was, she could even feel the heat from his body.
“T-then I g-guess it’s up to them then.” Asphyxious replied before gulping not taking his eye off her.
“Yup,” pushing off Asphyxious, Twilight walks to the room with a satisfied smile, “so calm down or do you want me to take care of your...problem.” Letting out a small laugh, Twilight watch as Velvet waves a cassette with the number 72 on it, “Is that when I was ten and was doing the school’s talent show?”
“Eeyup,” Velvet looks over to the fluster dragon with a smile, “or would you rather see last year’s swimsuit competition Mister Hellbringer?” Asphyxious seemed to snap out of whatever he was just thinking about and blinks at Velvet before realizing her question.
“Umm, s-sure?”Asphyxious replied awkwardly.
Pulling out a different cassette, Velvet slides it in the VCR. The first scene on the tape is Twilight posing, wearing a see through mermaid leggings and a thin strip of cloth over her breasts. Asphyxious looked like he was about to faint or the color of his scales would permanently turn red.
“Oh, Asphy,” leaning over with half closed eyes, Twilight lets a seductive smile cross her face, “this is only the beginning...we haven’t even got to the best part of the video!” Asphyxious just looked on as his body froze and his mind was going a mile a minute. “The best part...was the all natural swimmer and Fluttershy was the winner of that portion!”
After about five more videos in Asphyxious asked if he could use the bathroom. Once he found it, he fill the tub with cold water and sticks his head in it. ‘Okay calm down Asphyxious, control yourself and do now hoard them!’ He thinks as he pulls his head out and pants.
From outside, the sound of wings could be heard before a loud echoing roar broke through the silence. “What the fuck now!” Asphyxious growled before taking a towel and drying his head off.
As Twilight and the girls look out, Spike lands with a few more scars covering his form. Letting out a large yawn, the purple dragon blinks slowly at them, “Hey girls...can I stay the night? Amber kicked me out because I ‘stole her kill’.”
“Huh, and here I thought those were mating scars.” Asphyxious said out loud like it was no big deal.
“Hmm, Oh yeah they are,” nodding his head, Spike let out a droopy smile before taking a shuddering breath, “of course it wasn’t a full mating flight but man oh man was that good...until she got mad about me killing the dragoness that was sneaking up behind her.”
“Here some advice from one dragon to another. They will at some point get angry at you, but they still love you.” Asphyxious said to Spike and pat his side. “Come on little man let get some food in you.”
“You forget, true dragons here don’t need to eat,” shaking his head, Spike takes a couple of sniffs before looking at Asphyxious with a raised eyeridge, “let me guess, the girls pull out the swimsuit video?”
“Am I that easy to read?” Asphyxious asked rubbing the back of his head.
“Only to dragons here,” shrugging his shoulder, Spike waves at a pair of dragonspawns with similar colors as Everblight, “there’s a debate going on that all dragons are descended from a group of god dragons.” “We have no proof,” pointing at Asphyxious, Spike let out a smirk, “but we think some dragons came here before Faust and Toruk existed.”
“I know two or three lores about stuff like that, most of it from video games though.” Asphyxious said as he walks back to stick his head in cold water again.
“Dude seriously,” patting the dark scaled dragon on the back, Spike waits for Asphyxious to raise his head, “let Pops do something about your rampaging blight level. It will curve almost, if not all, of your...sexual gorging.”
Asphyxious pulls his head out and growls at Spike. “Firstly I can control my own blight thank you, B You try having a Goddess of fertility give you blue balls for a year and see how well you do. Lastly I’m fine… I’m just weak willed, I need to discipline myself more that all.” He let out a sigh before sticking his head back in the water.
“So what you’re saying is,” bringing his talon up, Spike begins to count off his claw, “you’re being stubborn about getting help, you enjoy not having any say in what happens to you...and that you’re too stubborn to ask your friends and or allies to help you.” Shaking his head, Spike look at Asphyxious with a deadpan, “I’m almost afraid that you might hurt Twilight at this rate!”
Asphyxious pulls his head out and sighs. “Spike, there nothing wrong with my body… It my mind, I’m emotionally unstable… I’m insane, I also have a large number of hoard mates, I feel if I add any more I’ll stop caring about them.” Asphyxious let out a deep sigh as he let the water drip off his head. “I like to deal with my own problems, but maybe what I need is to talk… My mind and soul are damaged in away no one can fix. Hell, I’ve forgotten what it is to be human any more.”
Laying down on the floor, Spike lets out a sigh before rubbing the bridge of his snout, “Dude I get it...well, that’s false, but I do understand what you’re talking about. The main problem I’m seeing is that you refuse to acknowledge one important thing about the blight.” Raising his head, Spike glance at his friend with tired eyes, “The blight isn’t just a physical change! Reindeers were not naturally inclined to worship or letting women fight battles, they use to be known as the Caribou.”
“What all this got to do with me and my blight?” Asphyxious asked looking annoyed at Spike.
“Let me ask you this, where you born a dragon or dragonspawn who has an understanding about how to manipulate your blight since you first existed?” Spike look at Asphyxious with a raised eyeridge while crossing his arm. Asphyxious looked at Spike then to his hand, as a ball of blight forms into soft blue flames.
“No… But my instincts guide me, it like another voice in my head. Another soul, and it apart of me. We’re not the same but we have the same form, the same mind. We just see things differently.” Asphyxious looks back at Spike. “I want to rule my mind with Logic, it want to rule with emotion.”
“When you devour a dragon’s anthanc, you must completely destroy all evidence of individuality,” rising up, Spike holds a claw out for Asphyxious to grab, “if there is a hint of something left...it will wear you down until you become nothing more than a beast, going from place to place, killing, mating and blighting.”
“I get it…” Asphyxious replied before getting up. “Looks like I’ll need to talk to Revan and Luna once I get back home.”
“If your Luna is like mine, she can easily help guide you to where the last bit of the dragons you ate are,” a friendly smirk cross Spike face before he nudge Asphyxious’ side, “and you already feel a few degrees brighter."
Asphyxious smiles as he walks back into Twilight home. “First things first, asking Twilight out to dinner with the girls.” He said as he left Spike behind to think on that.
“Huh, Twilight Sparkle, Consort to Asphyxious the Dread Drake,” nodding his head, Spike smile widely, “Garble sooo owes me twenty bits and a gem of my choosing.”
Asphyxious had returned to the room everyone was watching videos and take his set next to Twilight. “Did I miss anything?” He asked looking at the TV.
Velvet looks over with at Asphyxious with a slightly concern face, “Are you alright? You’ve been gone for awhile.”
“I’m good, just talked with Spike for a bit.” He replied.
“Oh thank Faust,” as the older mare’s face lightens up, she gains a very large smile, “although you missed Twilight’s best part.”
“Yeah man,” Rainbow let out a laugh while Fluttershy rolls her eyes, “it involved the egghead summoning some weird creature!” Looking at Twilight, Rainbow Dash raise an eyebrow at the alicorn, “What did you call it again?”
“Rainbow Dash, I can’t-wait what am I saying,” laughing a the mock outrage on the blue pegasus face, Twilight look at the ceiling with a smile, “it was a shoggoth Rainbow Dash.”
“A what?” Asphyxious asked looking at Twilight.
“A Shoggoth, you know a mass of formless matter,” tapping her chin, Twilight snaps her fingers with a smile, “OH and tentacles...can’t forget the tentacles.”
“Sounds like the Time Ava turned into a mass of stuff slime, then used me and Bunnie to rebuild her body. That was fun.” Asphyxious has a wistful look on his face.
“That’s sound like a trip...but does Ava have a mass of complete and utterly derange unbelievable otherworldly creature on their roof that keeps out those annoying Filly Scouts,” crossing her arms, Twilight glares darkly as a large black tentacle lash out at a Diamond Tiara in a girl scout uniform, “I don’t need any damn cookies.”
“...You’ll need to talk to Ava about that one, I have no idea. I could give you a copy of her token?” Asphyxious replied before looking back at the TV.
The room seems to grow colder as one of the twins crawled in with an annoyed face. Twilight looks down before scooping the filly into her arm, “Bright Dusk, what are you doing here...and up? You’re usually asleep at this time.”
Bright Dusk simple shakes her head before glaring at Asphyxious before angrily pointing between the pony size dragon and back to Twilight. “Oh, do you not like me sitting next to your mummy?” Asphyxious asked looking at Dusk. Facepalming, Bright Dusk levitates a pair of sock puppets up before point at Asphyxious and at one of the puppets. After slamming the two puppets together, she points at the other puppet and a blushing Twilight before throwing them down.
“Oh…” Asphyxious replied with a light blush. He looks at Twilight and then back at Dusk. “Umm, That will be up to Twilight okay?”
“Oh for the love,” shaking her head, Twilight grabs Asphyxious by the back of his head and dips him before giving him a full blown french kiss. Asphyxious eye went wide before returning the kiss back.
The sound of a throat clearing makes Twilight look over to a smug looking audience. Before any of the mares could say anything, Twilight glares at them while scent of something burn begins to rise, “Say anything and I guarantee you, I will use your spleen as a beach ball.”
“Twilight be nice.” Asphyxious asked giving her a hug.
“Trust us, that is her being nice,” as Bright Dusk teleports to her crib, Velvet lets out a small chuckle, “her mean is simply teleporting beings into a room with untameable undead and making it so you can’t die while they eat you.”
“That sucks.” He replied before scratching the back of Twilight ear.
Leaning her head back, which makes her breast bounce, Twilight let out an airy moan, “Hmm, keep that up or you’re not aloud to leave.” Asphyxious chuckles as he keeps rubbing her ear.
“Oh dear, did I walk in on something I shouldn't?” Rin’s voice rang from the shadows in the corner of the room. “I can go if I did. I can’t stay still long anyways. Faust is following a trail of clues and puzzles leading her all over the world but I’m not sure how long it will take her to get through the ones I have set.”
“Oh no...you’re just in time for a gift,” tapping her knuckle on the wall, Twilight cracks open the window as a large black mass with a number of tentacles flailing around.”
“Stan? Is that you?” Rin asked when she saw the mass.
“I have no idea what his name is,” watching as the shoggoth rush over to Rin, Twilight and the other ponies sweatdrop as the mass let out a purr like noise, “but he seems well trained...even keeps the Filly Scouts off the lawn!”
“How that look anything like that displaced that lives on the dead world?” Asphyxious asked Rin confused.
“Not him. Stan is the name of this one eldritch being I met one time. It’s a surprisingly common Eldritch name.” Rin said as she scratched the thing. “Oh by the way son guess what? I’m now leading the death/undeath pantheon in this world.” Rin said proudly.
“Cool.” Asphyxious replied as Twilight leaned on him as he massarged her ears.
“THAT’S IT!” grabbing Asphyxious by the back of his neck, Twilight rush out the room, “YOU.ME.DATE...NOW!!” All Asphyxious could do was follow, as he was being pulled out of the room by Twilight.
Before the two can fully leave, Fluttershy look over with an amused smirk, “Don’t forget, Pinkie Pie is throwing a party for Moose! His birthday is tomorrow!”
“Yeah, yeah, I remember,” rolling her eyes, Twilight gives Fluttershy a impatient look, “can I go now mom?”
“So where are we going?” Asphyxious asked Twilight as she still had hold of him.
Looking the dragon up and down, Twilight let out a wide smile before engulfing the pair in a teleportation spell. As she lands, the pair could she a large number of beast and feral zombies before she summons her claymore, “I thought about this...and what better why to get to know each then through killing some unwanted pests?”
“I am going to enjoy this.” Asphyxious replied before pulling out his cutlass. “Let the wars began!” Before he can take a step, a piece of clothing covers his face as Twilight can be seen wearing only a loincloth and a strap barely covering her chest. Asphyxious was dumbfounded at this. But shrugs before joining her in battle.
Twilight starts by taking a leaping jump before stomping through a mindless zombie’s skull. Twisting around, she throws the freshly re-killed body into a bull like creature with the claws of a bear and the wings of an eagle.
Asphyxious had charged at it slashing at it body, before ducking under it claws. He then take one last slash before hitting the guard of his sword with his left hand, the blade and beast ignite in blue flames. Asphyxious smiled as he looked back to Twilight. “I made it myself.” He said before giving her a bow.
“Oh that’s so beautiful,” giving him a joy filled smile, Twilight absent mindedly grabs a sneaking snake like creature by its neck when it tried to bite her, “give me a moment to return the favor.” Filling the creature with dark energy, she kicks the snake into a group of five zombies. Exploding out, tendrils of flesh grabs the zombies before it twist into a morbid statue of the dragon in a heroic stance with two diamond dogs on each side with bared teeth.
“Okay that cool.” Asphyxious added as he stabs a zombie before kicking it away. “Where are we anyway?” He asked casting arcane bolt on another zombie as it head explosions.
“We are currently in between,” pulling out a map of Equestria, Twilight hums before kicking a charging boar with three pairs of legs through the head, “the badlands where the changelings live and Applelosa.”
“Huh, wonder what the Chrysalis of this worlds like?” He asked before cutting another zombie head off. “Hope she not evil.”
“I can tell you that the Changeling Collective have gotten better,” a frown cross her face before Twilight grabs a zombie by the head and crush it without any sign of hesitance, “but only after Everblight did...nevermind.”
“Alright, just be happy you don’t have Farrows making trouble now and again.” Asphyxious replied. Before head butting a Zombie that ran at him. “Good bacon thou.”
“What are the Farrows like,” Stabbing through a moose like creature, Twilight lets out a grunt as she flare her magic and burns a pair of zombie ponies rushing at her.
“Depends on what tribe you run into, some are nice. Others are stupid and some are just a pain in the tail.” Asphyxious replied, as he left out a breath of fire on a hoard of zombies. “I try not to run into them mostly. Can’t say the same for everyone else.”
“How bad can the Farrows be,” curbstomping a zombie as it rise from the ground, Twilight hip checks a zombified mare before ripping her head off.
“Well, they tried to raid my den one time. Almost got eaten by a farrow warbeast. They also love firearms and cannons.” Asphyxious replied before looking around. “I think we got them all.”
“Huh...I could of sworn there was a-” shaking could be felt as a massive worm with thick carapace erupts from the ground. Turning to the pair, it lets out a roar as its lower jaw split in two, “Oh, there it is.”
“That thing almost looks like a graboid?” Asphyxious said turning his head to one side to look at it.
“That...is Nebzrullos,” putting on a pair of glasses, Twilight pulls out a diagram from between her breast, “it’s a hybrid that Blighterghast made to defend the changeling back when they were under his command.”
“Why do you keep a poster there? That almost as bad as a displaced I know.” Asphyxious asked staring at Twilight.
“I like being prepared,” as Twilight says this, a warhorn could be heard as the hybrid glares at them, “...oh buck.”
“Let me guess it want to eat us?” Asphyxious asked holding up Twilight armor.
As he does so, movement could be heard before an army of changelings being trailed by several more of the hybrid warbeast arrive, “I wished.”
“Who the fuck mothering Tartarus dares enters our training grounds?!” ordered an extremely tall changeling with an eye missing from his skull.
“Sorry we didn’t know, we was out on a date.” Asphyxious call back putting his cutlass away.
Looking over the pair, the changeling gains a deadpan before turning to a smaller male and grunts. Before the pair can blink, a pair of handcuffs clamp onto their wrist with Asphyxious having a pair that slowly sap at his strength. “Well, that interesting.” Asphyxious said looking at his cuffs.
“Huh, haven’t seen a pair of drake bane cuff before,” Twilight looks at the cuff before the pair are thrown on the back of the changeling warbeast. Asphyxious helps Twilight sit up and wraps his tail around her. “Let me guess, you have a question.”
“Few, but I’m sure you can explain it all to me once we get a room for ourselves. But my main question is what did we do to make them angry?” Asphyxious asked wrapping one of his wings around her. Seeing as she didn’t get the chance to put her armor back on.
“Aw, it’s sweet that you think I’m cold....or are you just trying to sneak a grope on me,” Twilight gains a seductive grin before she leans into the dragon. Laughing a little bit, Twilight waves her hand without concern, “Trust me, they’re not angry...if they were, they would have feed us to the Nebzrullos.”
“I see, also I would not do that to a lady. I’m just keeping you safe, after all we’re still on our date yes?” Asphyxious replied smiling down at Twilight.
“OI, KEEP YOUR PANTS ON BACK THERE,” slapping the back of the warbeast, a female changeling with blood red markings on her chitin glares at the two with a fang filled smile, “WE DON’T NEED YOU TWO DOING THE TWO HUMPED CAMEL, DON’T YA KNOW!”
“Why are you yelling?” Asphyxious asked as he gave Twilight a questioning look. “Humped camel?”
“She means sex,” the deadpan running across Twilight’s face is only made worse as a few of the other changeling begin to bust out in laughter.
“Huh, odd way of saying sex.” Asphyxious replied taking the time to look at the other changelings as he and Twilight riad the warbeast.
“Don’t mind Thread none,” a male changeling with blue facial markings spoke up as he look at the two, “also...she kind of can’t hear anything like she use to.”
“Yeah, now a day, she just has sex on the mind,” a near identical changeling only with yellow markings lets out a chuckle. Asphyxious said nothing as he held Twilight closer.
As the group approach a tall gate made from metal, wood and old dragon bones, the giant changeling jumps off the head of the Nebzrullos before bringing an arm up. Runes that glow a sickly green swirl around the changeling before the gates slowly open while a dragon skull on the top glow a similar color.
“I don’t like this place.” Asphyxious let out a growl as he looks at the dragon bones.
“I’d be surprised if you did,” a sad frown cross Twilight’s face as they travel to another gate that was slowly opening, “this used to be where Toruk took his children before torturing and killing them. Eventually, it’s been cleansed of most of the angry souls...most of them.”
“I can feel them, and there rage.” Asphyxious said as his eye started to glow a soft blue.
Thread looks back with slightly concerned eyes before looking at the giant, “OI CRACKED BLADE, HOW LONG UNTIL WE GET IN?! THE DRAGON LOOKING EDGY!”
“Last gate’s coming up,” glancing at the glowing dragon, Cracked Blade let’s out a huff, “then we won’t have to feel the horror of this place.”
“The rage run deep in this place, and not just the rage of the dead.” Asphyxious spoke out as he looks around. “He left his mark on this place, and nothing will remove it. I can feel him… Lord Toruk.”
As the last gate swing open, the very air seems to lighten as the group walk in. Tall spires of metal, wood and crystals dot the city while the roads glisten with the noon high sun. Many changeling walk or flew about while a few diamond dogs with obvious blight took to the road. All over the place were ponies that have long furry coats on their body that seems oblivious to the terror outside the wall.
Asphyxious seemed to relax now once they were inside. He also now notice just how close he was hugging Twilight to himself. “Oh, sorry.”
“No please,” her smile widen as Twilight pulls him down for a kiss on the cheek, “don’t stop on my account.” Asphyxious blushed before smiling at her, and held her close again. “You know, you can ask me the question now...then we can focus on convincing our host to let us continue our date.”
“What is this place.” He asked as Asphyxious rest his chin on her shoulder.
“This is Coragsatmolas...or simply put the Hive of Drak,” motioning around, Twilight lets out a giggle before patting the dragon’s arm, “it’s the new capital of the Changeling Collective. This city actually spans about half of the badlands.”
“Interesting, reminds me of the diamond dog clans. Only less diamond dogs.” Asphyxious replied looking at the furry ponies. “Who are they?”
“Those are fluffy ponies,” turning to look at one of the furry ponies, Twilight pats one of their head as the small mare glomps her, “they’re a race completely devoid of negative thoughts that Everblight helped create.”
Asphyxious looks at one that was now hugging him. “I do not know how to feel about this.” He said blinking at the fluffy pony in confusion. “How do I get it to stop?” As Asphyxious says this, the pony looks up with wide watery eyes and a trembling lip.
“Fine, you can stay.” Asphyxious said as he can’t say no to the puppy eye look.
“I hate to see how you try and discipline the girls,” looking over to the side, Twilight barely manages to hide her smile, “Hey Asphyxious...don’t clench.”
“What?” Asphyxious asked before turning his head as a group of five fluffy ponies glomp him at once and knocks him off the Nebzrullos. With Twilight still in his arms. “Okay… What do we do now?”
“Well seeing as the fluffy ponies seem to like you,” Broken Blade says while keeping a smile off his face as he pulls one of the fluffy ponies off of the dragon, “you’re free to go about the city....as long as you see Queen Chrysalis first.”
“Okay, where can we find her?” Asphyxious asked as they’re removing the fluffy ponies off of him and Twilight. Every being within hearing distant points to a tall building with a neon sign stating ‘Meet the hot Changeling Queen today’ “...That… I have no words.”
Standing up, Twilight laughs as one of the fluffy ponies look over with a slightly sad face, “Come on Asphy...before you get glomped again.”
“To be honest I don’t mind it too much.” Asphyxious replied as he walked with Twilight.
At the entrance, a pair of diamond dogs look at the dark scaled dragon before one of them hold up a scale, “Hey, you’re the Dread Drake right?”
“Who?” Asphyxious asked looking confused at them.
“You know, the Dread Drake...newest dragon on the EDA,” the same diamond dog said as his fellow let a smile cover his face, “listen dawg, my sis heard about how you helped Everblight fight Tirek and wants your autograph...she’s a huge fan of the true dragons.”
“Okay?” Asphyxious replied looking at them awkwardly. “Got a pin and paper?”
“Here.” Asphyxious took it and decides to put his full title on the paper before giving it back. It reads ‘Asphyxious Hellbringer, Lich Lord of Equestria, King of the diamond dogs and Altha of the Clan Wolves Of Cryx. Also this Dread Drake thing.’
Twilight rolls her eyes before the dragon further in. As the pair continue to an elevator, she sends a smug smile at Asphyxious, “Just to let you know...you’re very over dress.”
“I am?” Asphyxious asked, looking at his coat. As the door slides open, loud rave music can be heard as Twilight walks through the door. Changelings, Diamond Dogs and Fluffy Ponies in either half naked or fully naked state dancing wildly or at the bar.
“...I am so out of my element right now.” Asphyxious said out loud.
Twilight gives off a mirth filled laugh before pulling the dragon towards a pair of naked women. Dipping her head to the changeling, Twilight hides a small smile, “Your majes-”
“Don’t,” a blushing Chrysalis glare at Twilight while a taller then normal fluffy pony pats the changeling’s lap, “even start with me Sparkle. That last prank was truly unneeded!”
“Something I should know?” Asphyxious asked as he tried not to stare.
As the two turn to look at Ashpyxious, Twilight with a grin and Chrysalis with a death glare, the sum it up with one word, “Tentacles.” Asphyxious just nods his head as he found the lights very interesting.
“So who is this? Finally going to give your daughters a papa,” seeing the surprise on the alicorn’s face, Chrysalis lets a smirk cross her face, “have you forgotten who is in charge of the EDA’s spy network?”
“Oh...right,” clearing her throat, Twilight motions to Asphyxious with a practiced mask, “presenting, Lord Asphyxious Hellbringer of the EDA known as the Dread Drake. Slayer of the lesser lich King Sombra and Dracolich Tirek.”
“And my kid. Give this clue to Faust when she comes looking.” Rin said as she tossed a golden zebra statue with old writing on it before vanishing into her hole which closes up.
“That was Rin, as you just heard my mother.” Asphyxious added as he looked the statue over. “And it is lovely to meet you again my Queen.”
“Asphy remember, different world,” shaking her head, Twilight locks eyes with an amused Chrysalis, “sorry, do you-”
“Know about the multiverse theory, yes,” rolling her eyes, Chrysalis rubs the head of the fluffy pony on her lap, “anyling worth their degree knows about it.”
“So why a nightclub?” Asphyxious asked as he saw two changelings dancing.
“Do you know what all species here on Equis love,” not waiting for either of the guest to respond, Chrysalis throws out her arms which makes her bountiful breast bounce, “liquor and communication! I’m just making it easier for them to do both!” “But you probably are here for a different reason,” leaning forward, the changeling queen ignores the fluffy pony batting her breasts with a smile, “what can I do for you two?”
Asphyxious was looking away as he tried to think of something to say. But it was kind of hard to concentrate with everything going on around him.
“We kind of were on a date...but we got dragged here against our will,” laughing nervously, Twilight glares at the dragon not speaking, “so...can we continue the date here?”
“Sure you can,” the smile on Chrysalis’ face widens savagely before she leans back in her throne with a mike in her hand, “AFTER you say it.”
“That’s bullshit and you know it,” a smug smile cross Chrysalis’ face as Twilight snatch the mike from the changeling’s hand. Clearing her throat, Twilight waits for the silence of the club, “I would just like to let everypony know...I suck.”
Asphyxious smiles at this as if he heard this somewhere before. “And?” He asked wrapping a arm around her.
Glaring at him, Twilight elbow’s the Displace diamond dog king harder then usual, “...and that I’m a colt.” Asphyxious rubs his side before looking back at Twilight again. “And I like wearing board shorts...and I want to kiss all the girls.”
“I think you’d look nice in shorts.” Asphyxious added as he looks back to the queen. “Can we get back to our date now please?”
“Sure...but first,” looking at Twilight with an expectant face, Chrysalis smiles as Twilight lets the fluffy pony on her lap licks her cheek, “now you can go!”
Asphyxious wasn’t sure what that was about, but just leaves it as he leaves with Twilight. “So what the plan now? Sneak into Chrysalis room?” He asked in a joking manner.
“The club is her room,” a bland look was planted on the alicorn’s face before she hip checks Asphyxious, “and I will get you back for that!”
“Sorry, how about I make it up to you?” Asphyxious asked as he softly bite the end of her ear.
“Before we touch on that interesting proposal, do you have any more questions about this place?” rubbing Asphyxious on the arm, she leans into the embrace.
“Not right now, but I’m sure I’ll think of something later.” Asphyxious replied as he held her close. “Want to find somewhere we can be alone or is that going too fast my lady?”
“Not until the third date,” smiling at the dragon, Twilight pats his shoulder, “although that could change if you’re convincing enough.”
“I’ll work on that my lady.” Asphyxious then licked Twilight ear softly as they walked around the hive.
“I still in complete awe about how fast the changeling build this city though,” letting out a sigh, Twilight look at the spiraling structures, “did you know that this place is only three to four months old?”
“I had no idea.” Asphyxious replied in surprise as he looks around, Twilight could also feel his tail wrap around her’s.
Giving Asphyxious a grin, she watch as a pair of diamond dogs begin arguing about the best way to sharpen a shortsword, “Oh yes. Apparently when the changeling took Everblight’s offer to have their own piece of land, this place didn’t even have those mountains either. Those came when the blighted diamond dogs arrive in large numbers.”
“How did they get blighted in the first place? Did they eat someone who was blighted or a dead dragon?” Asphyxious asked as he saw just how beautiful Twilight was in the light of this hive.
Tapping a finger to her chin, Twilight spent a few moments pondering before she begins to remember, “Well, diamond dogs have always had bits of the blight in them. It’s why they like being underground, close to the true dragons.”
A pack of fluffy ponies briefly stops and circle the pair before trailing on their path, “It wouldn’t be until Everblight realized that a more malevolent dragon would try to force them into servitude that he directly chose to either get the diamond dogs under him for the betterment of Equis.”
Asphyxious ponders this as he rubs his chin. “It could have been passed down the blood lines, one Diamond dog or a pack get blighted. But don’t let the dragons know about it, the other dogs at the time could have just seen it as them being different then being blighted.”
Shaking her head, Twilight gives Asphyxious a smile, “Oh no, the diamond dogs have been partially blighted since before the first recording of history.” “The first recording of history was when Toruk began to make his brood,” shrugging her shoulders, Twilight glance at an elderly diamond dog being helped to her house by a changeling, “it’s hypothesis that they may have been created blighted.”
“Well there a number of ways that could happen. If this world’s history is anything like the iron kingdoms. A dragon or someone else could have blighted dogs, wolves or even skinwalkers into turning them into Diamond dogs that we know of today.” Asphyxious explained trying to think how that would turn out.
“The most known theory is that whoever created the diamond dogs,” pointing at a diamond dog and a changeling walking side by side, Twilight let her face turn to one of pondering, “also created the changeling due to the similarity of their lifestyles.” Asphyxious smiled at her as he softly bumped his hip into her’s.
“How about we find a inn and spend the night there?” Asphyxious asked smiling warmly at her.
“Certainly,” turning down a road, Twilight’s hip had a slight sway to them as her face gains a slightly predatory smile, “just one last question for you.”
“Yes?” Asphyxious asked as he looks back at her.
Her eyes gains a glint before Twilight turns back around, “Did you know that, under all the fur, fluffy ponies are a monogender specie?”
“Huh, interesting.” Asphyxious replied thinking about that. “Something tell me Ava would like them.”
“Only if Ava is a full blown, hot blooded and easily aroused lesbian,” walking to a building with a mug and dragon skull, Twilight doesn’t look back as she kicks open the door, “fluffy ponies are in a constant state of heat and as you know by the glomps Very feminine.”
“Well, I guess it a good thing Ava not here then. Or you’d get an explosion of fluffy ponies by the end of the day.” Asphyxious laughed at that. A fluffy pony walks out the inn. Turning both ways, it lets out a gasp before it seems to duplicate and head in two opposite direction.
“...Okay what did I just see?” Asphyxious asked as he follows Twilight into the inn.
A comforting smile cross her face as Twilight pats the dragon on the shoulder, “I reacted the same way. Fluffy ponies can reproduce either through mating...or simply splitting themselves into multiples, from two to hundreds.”
“Well, I know a good prank to send Dox when I go to his wedding now.” Asphyxious said with a big smile on his face. “Oh or even better, send a fluffy pony to Ava. Then just set back and watch the madness.”
“Well good luck...cause fluffy ponies can be very difficult to catch,” Twilight walks to the counter where an old diamond dog that look like it’s been living in the Everfree for half his life was cleaning a mug, “a room for two please.”
“HEY, CAN’T YA SEE I WAS HERE FIRST!” Twilight looks over to see a diamond dog with a bulldog face and missing part of his face glare at her before she turns back to the innkeep, “OI, I SAI-”
Taking the diamond dog by the back of his head, she slams him head first into the counter. As some beer, at least she thinks it was beer, flows onto the dog, she let’s out a nervous laugh, “Um...sorry?”
Asphyxious sigh as he picked Twilight up and looks back at the inkeeper. “Room for two please.” He asked.
The old dog just lets out a deep laugh before he slides a key to the pair, “Take ‘is room! Been tryin’ to ge’ ‘im outta here fo’ weeks now!..on house!”
“Thank you and good night.” Asphyxious thanked the old dog as he took the key and walked off to their room with Twilight in his arms.
Looking at the dragon, Twilight smiles widely before she gives him a kiss on the mouth, “I.regret.nothing!” Asphyxious laughs with her as he returns the kiss before going into their room and locks the door.
Looking around the, admittedly, very decorated room, Twilight looks at Asphyxious with a pondering face, “I’m surprised that you haven’t ask any of the changelings what their warbeasts are a hybrid of?”
“I was wondering that but something tell me I might know.” Asphyxious replied as he sat on the bed. “Are they part dragon?”
“Actually no, they aren’t part dragonspawn,” rummaging through the draws, Twilight pulls out a full bottle of some type of drink with old diamond dog writing, “they’re actually a hybrid of a razor worm, a pale tatzylwurm and something Everblight calls a thresher maw.”
“I remember reading some old books about something called a Razor worm. They’re meant to be huge.” Asphyxious replied as he found two glasses then held one out to her. “Don’t know how he got that last one, unless he got it from a displaced.”
“Apparently, they live in the next solar system over,” a giddy smile cross her face as Twilight pours some of the drink into the glasses and sips, “now stop distracting me and hug me ya lug.” Asphyxious drinks his how glass before hugging her and laughs with her.
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Faust looks through the underbrush, her hat barely poking above the tall grass. After Twilight sent her the statue, Faust soon teleported to Gondwana. “Where haft thou went our fluffy friend,” dipping her head back down, she begins to pull out her binocular. Besides a few rhinoceros and a bipedal pachyderm with four arms, she fails to catch a glimpse of Rin. She did however spot several foxes running around on their hind legs with baskets on their backs and pickaxes in their forepaws. They were running in and out of what looked like the entrance to an ancient dungeon.
A grin on her face, Faust readies to step towards it when she blinks and slowly looks to the side where one of the four armed pachyderm munch away on a tree branch, “Hmmm...we think we have a need to...requisition from the wild life.”
Faust lets out a shrill battle cry as she charge at the dungeon on the back of the beast. As the two approach the foxes, Faust yells at them to move as the pachyderm bull rushes forward. Turning their heads they squeaked in surprise as they teleported out of the way. When Faust rode into the area she saw that it was still under construction as they toppled over an unfinished puzzle and barged into the next room with a surprised looking Rin wearing a hardhat and holding blueprints.
Looking around, Faust gains an awe and teary expression, “Did...Did thou do this for us?” Rin blinked a few times before throwing the schematics to the floor.
“I call BS! Even if you knew what each clue meant the moment you saw it and all the puzzles were solved when you got to them there is no way you could have gotten here this fast...Twilight sent you the last clue allowing you to skip the rest didn’t she?” Rin asked in a deadpan.
“In the young one’s defense, we were halting her from spending some personal time,” a blush overtook the goddess face before clearing her throat, “and we did ‘technically’ cheated by using our fine titan friend here.” As the bipedal pachyderm let out a whimper as an apology, Faust grabs Rin in a hug with some tears in her eyes, “WE ARE SO SORRY! WE DIDN’T MEAN FOR THE HUNT TO END SO SOON!”
“I- ag!-” Rin began as she spasmed in Faust’s grip. “I need a moment to rampage. I’ll be back.” Rin said as she slipped through Faust’s arms and left through a portal. And there Faust waited for about ten minutes before Rin came back. “Sorry, one of my aspects is games so when someone cheats in one I’m making it grinds against that aspect. I’m sure you understand.” Rin said with a pant.
“Aye...and we are truly sorry,” a small tear falls from Faust eyes as the pachyderm lets out another whimper, “but we were worried that thou thought us enraged at ye for thine response.” Tapping her finger against her side, Faust looks at Rin with a nervous expression, “Haft thou ever played Titan Charge before?” Rin’s head twitched for a moment before creating a portal that sucked the two in. When Faust was able to see again she saw that she was sitting on top of a giant gorilla in the middle of a city and across the way Rin was sitting on top of a giant lizard.
Looking at the giant gorilla then back at Rin and the giant lizard, Faust’s face split into a wide smile, “THOU HAFT TRULY OUT DONE THINE SELF!”
“This is a game zone which I create for myself and the colosseum in my city back home. There are no consequences here. Nothing we do can harm anyone in this place. Which means we don’t need to hold back!” Rin shouted back as a challenging smile appeared on her mask.
“DOTH THOU BELIEVE THAT YE CAN DEFEAT US IN SUCH A DUEL?!” holding out a fist in mock fury, Faust shake it while lightning play in the background, “WE HAVE REIGN SUPREME IN THE GLORIOUS ARENA...EVEN WITHOUT OUR GODLY WE PROVEN TO MALES, FEMALE AND IN BETWEEN THAT WE WERE CHAMPIONS!”
“In the game zone it is always a fair fight. I am a literal goddess of games and this is my world. I think you’ll find that any victory here will be hard won, tooth and nail. Now, enough talk.” Rin said as a blimp floated between the two giants with a giant TV screen on each side counting down to the start of the fight.
“Thou speak the truth,” playfully glaring at Rin, Faust locks eyes with the gorilla, “Art thou ready my partner?” The gorilla let out a loud roar before pounding the ground a few times.
“Show that over grown chimp who the real king of the monsters is Godzilla!” Rin shouted getting a mighty roar of agreement from her ride. At that moment the blimp beeped and Godzilla opened up with its nuclear breath attack destroying the blimp as it flew towards King Kong.
King Kong rolls out the way seeing what he thinks is blue fire. Coming up next to a house, he picks it ups and throws it at the mutated dinosaur’s head before bounding to the side. Grabbing a few more buildings, he keeps on throwing them while using the taller ones to hide behind. Managing to duck under the first one Godzilla roared and the next one hit his left shoulder. Trying to dodge was hit and miss as he wasn’t built for dexterity like Kong was but his hard scales reduced the damage of the blows.
“Aim low buddy!” Rin said as she pointed to an area and another nuclear blast sweeps across the streets cutting towers low and making then fall around Kong from all sides taking his cover and raining skyscrapers down on him and Faust.
Looking around with wide eyes, Faust pulls on Kong’s fur while pointing rapidly, “Use the buildings to dodge!..Don’t look at me like that, trust me!” Letting out a huff of annoyance, Kong kicks off one of the falling scrapers and use the momentum to propel him forward. Grabbing a eighteen wheeler, Kong shifts into a standing position before slapping Godzilla across the snout and kicking at the dinosaur’s feet.
“Jump and stomp down!” Rin shouted in fast and Godzilla jumped into the air as Kong’s leg flew under and the lizard king shot its legs downs as fast and hard as it could in an attempt to damage the leg. Seeing what the bigger creature was planning, Kong tries to pulls back but couldn’t fully as Godzilla stomps onto his ankle. Roaring in pain, Kong use the close proximity to punch Godzilla in the throat and swings behind the dinosaur while raining punches to the back of the head.
“Woh!” Rin shouted as her beast took damage but looked down. “Shake that tail!” Rin shouted. Being so close Kong couldn't dodge as Kongs tail swept under him knocking him onto his back. “Now sit!”
“Don’t just take that, ROLL LIKE YOUR LIFE DEPENDS ON IT!” as Faust yells this out, Kong lash out with a kick using his good foot at the crotch of the monster king. The area grows silent as the two giant monster look at each other.
“You bastard! We had the opportunity to do that to you and let it pass!” Rin shouted as Godzilla let out a roar of pain. “Don’t cry alone!” Rin shouted as she pointed at Kong’s privates and Godzilla took advantage of the fact Kong was prone, practically point blank range while Godzilla was already facing him and fired the nuclear breath. Right between the legs.
“FOUL! HE ONLY GOT KICKED, YE CAN’T JUST BURN OFF THIS MALE’S GENITALS OFF LIKE THAT!” as Kong lets out a scream of pain and rage, Faust swings an angry fist, “MAKE HIM BLEED!” Kong agrees with the alicorn before stabbing into Godzilla’s nose with a telephone pole. Keeping the monster king’s mouth shut with one hand, the king of skull island rapid punch at Godzilla’s throat, nose and ears.
“Body slam!” Rin shouted causing Godzilla to push over with as much of his strength. Unable to avoid it without letting go of Godzilla’s mouth Kong was pushed into the buildings as Godzilla let himself fall onto the great ape. Pinning Kong under his large body.
Looking to around, Kong blinks before looking at Faust with wild and panicking eyes. Looking at the giant ape, she blinks before looking between him and Rin. A wide smirk cross her face as she whisper to the ape, “Throw us.” Stopping momentarily, Kong reach for Faust with a simian smile and reached up to grab her. ‘Tug...tug...tug tug tug!’
“Nice try but that would be cheating. We can advise but we can’t directly intervene!” Rin shouted over. “And it’s literally impossible to cheat in here! Now use those claws and start scratching like crazy!”
Looking between a smushed Kong and Godzilla getting repeatedly punched in the face while trying to claw Kong, Faust looks over with a raised eyebrow, “...Doth thou realize how long this will take?” At her words two life bars appeared in the sky, going down.
“Not long. It will be a close call. Kong’s attacks are doing more damage but his health was lower than Godzilla’s after that body slam.” Rin replied.
Just then there was an explosion of light as Godzilla shattered like glass and dissolved while Kong panted with only a tiny sliver of health left and the word ‘Winner!’ floating over his head. With another swirling portal the two were back in the wrecked construction site they started in.
Looking over, Faust locks eyes with a snoring titan that had a tiny hard hat on its head, “Aw...it seems that our titan friend wanted to help fix this place.”
“Well we don’t really need it for much anymore. Hey there big guy? Want to live here? Any dungeon needs a good guardian.” Rin asked him. Blinking his eyes, the titan stumbles up before thumping his chest which makes the hard hat moves slightly as he bellows out in happiness.
Blinking at that, Faust give Rin a small smile before throwing an arm around her fellow goddess neck, “And that is how thou got a loyal servant for the rest of thine days.”
“Trust me, if there is one thing I’m good at it’s attracting quality minions.” Rin said as she picks up her blueprints. “Okay going to have to add a lair to sleep in… there, a training room… there, storage room for food and a garden room to grow it.” Rin then looked up to the Titan. “The fox imps are the workers, they’ll do the farming and maintenance so take care of them. They’re not fighters.”
The titan nods his head before walking through the hole in the wall. Letting out a deep rumble, a herd take defensive position before grabbing some of the heavier objects for the fox imp while a few lean down so the foxes can jump on. As the titans does this, Faust looks over with a smile, “Doth thou wish for this land to be link to thee?”
“No worries there. I’m going to add in a dungeon heart to give this place all the power it needs to function. With that here my imps can easily claim the land for me.” Rin told her.
Nodding her head, Faust forms a portal in front of the pair, “Very well.Word of advise, don’t be afraid to summon a Titan. They are truly loyal and they can get bigger than this.”
“Oh I do not doubt it.” Rin said before looking through the portal. “Are those the twins? Are we going to spoil them?”
“Rotten to the core, race thee to them,” the smile that dance across the alicorn’s face widens as she push Rin back, “LOSER HAS TO MASSAGE THE WINNER’S HOOVES!” Before she gets too far, Faust stumbles as one of the Titans throw a stick at her hooves, “SON OF A WHORESON!” Quickly jumping up she flew through the portal only to see Rin on the floor with the laughing Twins climbing all over her.
“For the record, I don’t have feet.” Rin said with a laugh.
Looking at Rin for a few minutes, Faust blinks before grinning, “Clever girl.” Hearing a throat being cleared, Faust turns to see Twilight Velvet and Cadence with amused smile, “What?”
“Loving the fashion statement, your majesty,” as the words escape Velvet’s mouth, the twins laugh as Faust looks down to see that she managed to lose the last of her clothes.
“...Twas feeling a tad breezy,” turning to Rin, Faust gives the goddess a twirl, “how doth we look?”
“Oh with a look like that you’ll turn everyone’s heads.” Rin replied with mirth.
Walking over to Rin, Faust leans in almost looking like she was going to give Rin a hug when she scooped up one of the twins, “MINE!” Rushing out the room, Faust looks down at the girl with two color eyes, “Let’s go forth and conquer!”
“You wish to best a Dungeon Keeper in conquest! Come my partner! Today the playground! Tomorrow the world!” Rin cried out from outside. The sound of a child’s giggling accompanying her.
Twilight Velvet let out a sigh as the two goddesses seem to abduct her charges, “Twilight’s never going to let me babysit again, is she?”
“Not likely but maybe,” patting his wife’s shoulder, Night Light walks out with a deep sigh, “let’s just hope they get back before Twilight does.” Looking out the window they looked up at the magically transformed playground that now looks like a play fortress with giant slides, ball pits, pod swings, merry go rounds and bubble cannons.
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Asphyxious was sleeping soundly, next to something warm and soft. He felt like he could sleep forever, it wasn’t until a dull pain hammered inside his skull that he started to wake up. “Ouch…. Huh, whatever that stuff was I want a bottle to take home.” He said before noticing Twilight next to him sleeping soundly in his arms. Asphyxious smiled before softly nibbling her ear.
“Don’t start what you can’t finish,” opening one eye, Twilight yawns while stretching her arms, “that was the most sleep I’ve gotten in awhile.” “So we did what I like to do,” grinning at Asphyxious, Twilight stands up before grabbing her clothes, “what do you want to do?”
“I was thinking we stay in bed and cuddled.” Asphyxious replied wrapping his arms around her, before remembering something. “Did Faust walk in on us while we was playing magic poker?”
“Oh yes...I think that I gave her every clue that Rin told me to,” shaking her head, Twilight look at the dragon before sitting by Asphyxious, “anyway, how did you feel about the changeling’s warbeast?”
“Mostly interested. Kind of seem them like big puppies really.” Asphyxious replied letting out a yawn. “Maybe it has to do with my Chrysalis being my wife now. Well, I did marry all my hoard mates so.”
Pushing the dragon onto his back, Twilight digs her finger into his back, “I’m sure that if you ask nicely, Chrysalis will let you try and tame one.” Asphyxious purred at her as he felt her fingers run down his back.
“Maybe, For now I’m just happy to lay here with you.” He replied playfully batting at her with his tail lazily. “By the way what did we drink last night?”
Picking up the mostly empty bottle, Twilight blinks before letting out a brief snicker, “Oh...my goddess. I’m glad the only thing we did was cuddling.” Asphyxious blinked at this before looking at the bottle. On one side, it had a strange written language but on the side Asphyxious looks at it reads, ‘Heat Burst, Ensured to increase both Fertility and Vitality.’
“Why do I feel like one of Ava followers made this.” Asphyxious asked before letting out a laugh. “Ever that or I’m over thinking things.”
“This was actually made by the ancestors of the diamond dogs,” pressing harder in a very tight area, Twilight doesn’t notice as her breasts touch around where Asphyxious wings connect to his back, “they were said to stand taller than a minotaur, were more ferocious than a griffin and more cunning than a changeling. They also had two different heads and were the best spell casters after the centaurs.”
Asphyxious moved his tail to wrap around Twilight leg as he relaxed then thought of something. “Wait, was this two headed being part bird? That could have been Ava brother, one of the gods of chaos from 40k..”
Reaching between her breast, Twilight pulls out a thick book the size of an infant. Flipping through the pages, she lets out a chuckle, “There were few with bird like features...but most of them only had two dog like heads.” Asphyxious rubbed his chin as he thought about this.
“I’ll give you her token so you can ask her later.” Asphyxious said as he kissed Twilight on the nose. “So should we go or stay, I do remember that you was going to a party today.”
“...oh dear Faust on this beautiful Equis.” looking at Asphyxious, one could see the fear in her eyes, “I almost forgot a Pinkie Promise.”
“Don’t worry, I’m sure I can teleport us back in time.” Asphyxious added as he get up to get dressed.
“In that case, let’s stop by Chrysalis and see if we can get you a...OH MY GODDESS, YOU DON’T HAVE A WARBEAST!” grabbing Asphyxious by the back of his neck, Twilight throws open the door and drags him outside, “SHIT, GOTTA HURRY!”
“What?” Asphyxious asked confused, he was just lucky he was fully dressed and had all his things before Twilight fly out with him, being pulled along by her magic.
“Warbeast are a symbol of power, grace and rulership,” rushing through a diving crowd of changelings and diamond dogs, Twilight slides to a halt in front of Chrysalis’ club, “it’s a must to have a warbeast!”
“I know what a warbeast is, I mean what do you mean I have one?” Asphyxious asked still looking at her confused.
Glaring at the dragon, she slams him against a wall while her hair begin to catch fire, “DO YOU REALLY WANT TO BE A LAUGHING STOCK OF A KING?!”
“I didn’t really agree to be king in the first place, and Twilight you need to breath. You know what happens when you get like this.” Asphyxious explained as he remember one time his Twilight back home lost it. “I’ll get a warbeast if it’ll make you happy okay?”
Nodding her head, Twilight waltz up stairs as the two diamond dogs from before letting them pass with an amused and slightly terrified smile. As the pair enter, they see Chrysalis waiting with a raised eyebrow and a pink fluffy pony wearing a shirt that says ‘I like Tacos’, “Hello you two, I could hear you from halfway across town.” “So you’re here to get your own warbeast,” a smiling Chrysalis grabs Asphyxious into a hug, pulling him in between her breast, “the Collective is very glad that you choose us!” Before Asphyxious can reply, he is lifted by the fluffy pony and thrown off Chrysalis with a glare...or as close to one can get with a fluffy pony.
“Okay…” Asphyxious said from his place on the floor, before getting up and rubbing his face to remove the blush he had. “Just a heads up, I know how to control warjacks not warbeasts.”
Nodding her head, Chrysalis pats the fluffy pony on the head before motioning for them to follow, “First off, sorry about Fluffle Puff. She can be a little...possessive.”
“I heard rumors that she once beat a diamond dog alpha king to death when he tried to force himself on you,” looking at the pony, Twilight smiles uneasily, “is it true that she killed him with-”
“A pillow...oh yes, that was incredibly hot to see,” a blush appear on Chrysalis face before she clears her throat. “Anyways, warbeast require a little something extra then with a machine.”
“Well, good thing I never meet this dog. I would have pulled his spine out and used him as a mana battery.” Asphyxious said before paying attention to what she was saying.
“Well Fluffle Puff has yet to release his soul from service,” looking back with a fond smile, Chrysalis look at Asphyxious, “Everblight once mention your soul is from where he used to be, yes?”
“That right, but I am unsure if it the same earth as his. As I have found out there more than one earth that all displaced come from.” Asphyxious replied as he walked next to Twilight. “But I guess you can say Toruk had the…. Time to turn me into a lich himself, before arriving in Equestria. Luckily my mind at the time blocked most of my time with him out… And what they did to me.” He rubs his head as his wings shudder.
“Everblight told me that there was going to be a horrible calamity that struck his home,” pushing open a door, the group can hear the various cries of animals, “he called it...the presidential election.”
As the group came to a large pit, Chrysalis points at a group of creatures, “These are the warbeast that we can spare for you. The Everfree Mauler, Swamp Horror and most the most important of all…Nebzrullos.” Motioning to a quadrepedal beast with a black shell and bear like head, a octopus with a wide fang filled mouth and the creature from before respectfully.
“Cool, is that worm full grown?” Asphyxious looking at the large worm in another pin. A really big one.
Looking over, Chrysalis lets out a nervous chuckle, “While we do have some that are fully grown...they are too big to fit into any buildings.”
“In all actuality,” the group turn to see a diamond dog with bark like skin and missing part of his face, “the Collective only has three fully grown Nebzrullos...we’re currently on top of one.”
“Wait, then what about this one?” Asphyxious asked pointing at the Nebzrullos in the pin.
The diamond dog let out a laugh, “Oh, Maia? She hatch out about three months ago!”
“THAT THINGS A BABY!?” Asphyxious yelled out in surprise.
“Aye, she’s also kind of...a runt,” shaking his head, the diamond dog let’s out a sigh, “she’s only thirty five feet long. The average length of a Nebzrullos is fifty feet at three months old.” “But where are my manners,” bowing with a hand on his back, the diamond dog gives a smile that made his face crinkle nastily, “the name’s Tibereon, one of the few diamond dog/Timber wolf hybrid that you’ll ever see.”
“I’m not even going to ask how that even possible, so Maia was it? Is there anything I need to know like what to feed her?” Asphyxious asked as he looks back at the large worm.
“If you tame Maia, she’ll eat the same thing any large reptile like all Nebzrullos eat,” bringing a paw up, Tibereon begins to list off things, “she’s an apex predator, born deadly with a venomous bite. If you want a really good bond with her...you’re gonna have to do something you’ll see a few warlocks do.”
“And that is?” Asphyxious asked looking back at the wooden dog.
A deadpan cross his face before Tibereon look judgingly at the dragon, “If she accepts you, just pet her but if she growls at you...punch her.”
“Won’t that just piss her off?” Asphyxious asked looking back at the large worm. “And how am I going to pet that?”
“Ya see that horn of her?” waiting for the dragon to nod, the diamond dog let’s out a laugh, “That area is rather sensitive for her. Since she’s a hatchling, it’s not as armored as it will be when she’s older.”
“Even with the older fully armored ones, they back down if you threaten to hit that area,” patting the taller male on the back, Tibereon let’s out a chuckle, “tell ya what, if you manage to tame her...I’ll head with ya. I’ll take her out hunting ifin you’re too busy.”
“Thanks.” Asphyxious replied, before looking into the pin. Then at Twilight and Chrysalis before jumping into the pin. Maia looks at the dragon, four forest green eyes blinking in curiosity. Asphyxious slowly stands up as he looks back at it with his one good icy blue eye. Before slowly walking up to it. Leaning down and giving the dragon a good sniff, Maia let’s out a huff before rising up. Asphyxious did nothing but stare at it, there was a battle of wills going on that no one could see. IF only they knew what the dragon was thinking.
‘Crap that big….’ Asphyxious thought as he stared at it, he knew he had a plan but as soon as he got inside. He lost what he was going to do, so he thought he’d try and take a step forward. It worked so he did it again, and again. Until he was face to face with it. Maia locks eyes with the dragon, her face twist into one of annoyance. Unlike wood dog, this one does not command her. A deep vibrating growl escapes her mouth, baring fangs the size of spears and smaller teeth the size of swords.
Asphyxious stomps a foot and let out a loud roar at Maia catching it by surprise. Head drawn back as if struck, the Nebzrullos blinks before a deep scowl cross her face. Snapping her jaws shut in front of the dragon, Maia glares down at the smaller being with a certainty that it’ll flee from her like the others. Asphyxious held out his hand and waited. Seeing the hand in place, Maia let’s out another growl before her eyes flash a deep blood red color and her tail slams into the ground.
The dragon didn’t move, he just took another step forward still holding his hand out to Maia. Then waited. Annoyed at the smaller being, Maia lean closer with barely any room so that the dragon can see the rage storming across the surface of her eyes at his very presence.
On the side, Tibereon shake his head while muttering something about lack of respect and needing a firm discipline hand. But Twilight noticed the way Asphyxious was acting, he even tilts his head to one side looking at the larger worm. It was like two animals meeting for the first time.
Asphyxious saw the kind of power it could have, he was sure Maia could eat him right now. The question was why didn’t she? “You must really like to go outside huh?” He asked looking over the teeth. “It too bad you’re shut in here. I know the feeling.”
Blinking, Maia brings her head back slightly. Eyes flashing between calm green and furious red, the large reptile worm lets out a gruff sounding hiss. “I was locked away to once, But you’re lucky. You had someone to care for you and your well being.” Asphyxious said as he sat down looking up at Maia. Head tilting to the side, Maia slinks her body down. Thinking about what the being was saying, she looked at scarred one with a soft croon.
“You like him don’t you? You see him as your friend right? Well, I want to be your friend too.” Asphyxious added as he looks around. “One say you’re going to get to big to live here. So would you like to go some place new? You can even live in the badlands and eat farrow. Oddly there a lot of them there...” The words that the small being said appeal to her greatly, a new place to roam. She has no clue what a farrow is but she wonder if there would be bear boars, those were her favorite. Licking her lips, Maia looks at the being with openness. Leaning her head down, Maia stops just shy of the dark scaled one before glancing at scarred one.
Asphyxious smiled, then softly and slowly placed his hand on her horn. And then, he felt their minds meet. It happened like lightning, so fast and so new. For some reason it felt right to him, like there was no walls or misunderstandings between him and Maia. But just as he saw what she remembered, she could also see his… Asphyxious slowly pulled his hand away.
“Well,” looking at the pair, Tibereon lets a smile cross his face before looking at Asphyxious, “never seen a Nebzrullos be tame through talking.” “I mean sure folks have tried it,” looking up at Maia, the dog let’s out a chuckle as she leans down, “but the last idiot that tried that ended up losing most of his body...only his left arm, torso and head remained. Still alive just can’t go anywhere.”
Asphyxious keeps looking up at Maia as she nudged him with her head. Asphyxious smiles and pet her. “I’m okay… Just sorry I had to share some bad memories with you. Hope I didn’t upset you.”
Maia shakes her head as she looks through the memories. Heartaches and suffering fly pass but she, like other Nebzrullos, can glance at their ancestral memories if they felt the need. Looking at Asphyxious she swears to protect him, even from himself if need be. Coiling around the dragon, she nudged him again in her version of a hug...she remembers the last time she tried to hug scarred one.
Asphyxious just laughed. “Okay I get it, I’m fine now. You can put me down.” He called out still laughing.
“Normally...I would say to feed her,” waiting for the dragon to look at him, Tibereon let’s out a chuckle when Maia licks Asphyxious, “in order finish the bond but…”
“Stop licking me!” Asphyxious yells as he laughs even harder. Tibereon holds out a human size slab of meat for Asphyxious to grab in order to feed the young Nebzrullos. Asphyxious grabs it as soon as Maia stop licking him and held it out to her.
Maia’s eyes light up in delight, wood dog rarely brings out bear boar meat and that one looks even juicier than the last one. Carefully taking the meat from her new friend, she flips it in the air before taking a large bite from it while throwing what’s left up again. With the second bite, it was gone as she let’s out a deep hiss of content.
“My kids are going to love you when they see you.” Asphyxious said as he pet Maia on the tail.
Looking at the pair Twilight couldn’t help the chuckle that escapes her as she looks at the diamond dog hybrid, “How long will it take you to pack?”
“I’m already to go,” pointing to a small area of Maia’s pen, they can see a large bag sitting, “since I’m the only one Maia let near her, I’ve taking to moving in with her.” Looking at Asphyxious, Tibereon let’s out a bellowing laugh, “I heard ya one of them Displace. Well, I hope your place ain’t too different from here! Wherever Maia goes, I go....practically raised her from her egg.”
“It’ll surprise you!” Asphyxious calls back. “No bad Maia! My Cutlass is not a chew toy!” He yelled running after her, As Maia held the sword in her jaws and moving away whenever the dragon got close.
Letting out another laugh, Tibereon waves off the comment as Twilight forms a portal, “I’m the result of a diamond dog matron and an alpha timber wolf breeding...I doubt that much can surprise me!”
“Speaking of which,” looking at the trio, Twilight can’t help the curiosity on her face, “how does that work?”
“We diamond dogs and timber wolves share a common ancestor,” walking to the portal with his bag, Tibereon smiles in no small amount of pride, “diamond dogs are descended from the moonhound argus clan while timber wolves are of the common argus clan.”
Asphyxious managed to get hold of his sword, but Maia still had hold of his cutlass and wouldn’t let go. Asphyxious was even faking being angry at her. In truth he was enjoying it, they stop once they see the portal and Maia let the dragon down. “Come on girl, I want you to meet my mum. She going to be so jelly.” Asphyxious said as he walks with Maia to the portal. “You sure you can move her to Twilight?”
“Don’t worry,” watching as Maia examines the portal, Twilight smiles as the warbeast slinks through, “this particular portal is specially design for the transportation of warbeast...I’ll teach it to you later.”
“I love it when you talk like a scientist.” Asphyxious said as he walked into the portal.
Shaking his head, Tibereon walks in after Twilight with a chuckle, “Can ya both just mate already? Maia is probably curious why ya two are flirting so much!” In all actuality, Maia understood that Asphyxious was trying to impress Twilight without being all strong. Maia likes that about her new friend.
As the group exits the portal to Ponyville, Twilight took a deep breath as her eyebrow twitch, “What the buck is going on here?”
Around town, chaos can be seen as the townsponies and reindeers wore two different colors. On the side of town that includes the playground, they wore red clothes and were waving a flag with a white fox head with nine tails coming out from behind it as an emblem. Meanwhile on the other side which includes the library they wore blue clothes and wave a flag with a pair of swords crossed with a dragon head above and a unicorn’s on the bottom.
“If I had to guess, we may have walked into one of my mums games. I’ve heard about this, but this is my first time seeing it.” Asphyxious explained as he then heard a trumpet.
Faust stands with head held high and still as naked as the day she was formed with a young Dawn Star the size of a rhino holding a foam cutlass, “Forward my little blues, FOR GLORY!!” As they let out a whoop of excitement and a battle cry, the sound of paintballs being loaded echoes through.
“I feel like I’ve seen this before…” Asphyxious said to himself rubbing his head. “Where do I remember something like this happening…”
“March forth my fellow reds and show the blue team our might!” Rin cried out from the back of Bright Dusk who has been grown to the size of an elephant and wielding a giant, inflatable, squeaky hammer.
“Yeap, we’re in one of mums games.” Asphyxious confirmed nodding his head. “Maia, hide behind Twilight tree house.” Maia blinks before a shudder shakes her body as she quickly darts there, she remembers watching one of those memories and wants no part in this.
“Stop fighting, stop fighting, Everyone stop fight!” Call out a diamond dog in red waving a blue flag. Everyone stop to look at the diamond dog in red “Look at me, I have the blue flag!”
“It’s so beautiful.” Said a deer in red.
“I am the king of the diamond dogs, and you will bow to me as if I were a god!” He get shot at by all the blues as the Diamond Dog in red falls back from all the paint. “I regret nothing! I lived as few dogs dared to dream!”
A few seconds pass before the two teams begin to fire at each other. Meanwhile, the twins rush at each other with clashing toys. Dawn Star slash at Bright Dusk with her cutlass, aiming for Dusk’s belly. Meanwhile, Bright Dusk brings her squeaky hammer around for a golf swing. Zecora wearing a blue tunic looks up before gasping as the enlarged toys crashed into her with a mighty squeak, picking her up and pinning her against the real target as the hammer hit Dawn Star’s neck. Zecora squirmed indignantly trying to get free till the toy moved away and she clung the the now giant child’s neck as the twins jumped around in there battle so not to fall off.
“So what do we do? Leave them to their fun?” asked Asphyxious. Giving Twilight an amused smile.
Twilight looks at Asphyxious with a deadpan before clearing her throat, “If everypony can kindly and calmly PUT THE TOYS DOWN?!” As every pony, reindeer, gemsbok, and diamond dog look at a slightly flaming hair Twilight, they broke like the Red Sea and point at Faust and Rin.
“THEY STARTED IT!” Asphyxious laughed at this before waving Maia over, letting her know it was safe now.
“Snitches! Tattletales!” Rin shouted as she pointed to all of them accusingly.
Looking at Twilight with a nervous smile, Faust clears her throat, “Now we know what thou art thinking...and the answer may surprise thee.” A loud battle cry escapes Twilight’s mouth as she jumps at the Queen Goddess of Equestria. Feeling Twilight grabbing her by the hips, Faust grabs Rin by a tail, “WE REGRET NOTHING!!”
“OWOWOWOW! Let go!” Rin shouted as she grabbed at her mounts diaper and hug on for dear life. Not wanting to be dragged down to face one of the most dangerous creatures imaginable. An angry mommy. A hand reach for her mask as Twilight pries Rin off of Bright Dusk and into the cartoon like dust cloud. “NOOOOO! Save me babies! Save the fun god granma!”
“Come on kids let leave Mum to sort things out!” Asphyxious called to the twins. “I have a new friend I want you to meet.” Maia takes a close look at the two fillies, feeling the magic radiating off of them. Tapping their foreheads, she cause the remaining magic of the spell to fade since the casters are...preoccupied.
Asphyxious picked up the twins and show them to Maia. “Star, Dusk meet Maia, Maia meet Twilight baby's.” Letting out a croon, Maia brings her head down. Meanwhile, the two infants stare at the hybrid with full on curiosity before touching everywhere they can touch.
Dragging the two goddesses, Twilight grabs the twins with a pleasant smile, “Do we have an understanding ladies?..I hope we don’t have to have this discussion again.” As Faust nods rapidly while hovering over Rin protectively, Twilight looks at the crowd with a slightly savage smile, “I hope none of you forgot that you swore a Pinkie Promise today.”
As the crowd look at one another, a diamond dog that showed up with Asphyxious jumps up with panicked eyes, “OH FUCK! CHEESE IT!” Asphyxious diamond dogs quickly ran and get cleaned up on the way.
“Say, where my deathjack?” Asphyxious asked looking around for his war machine.
“Your Deathjack is currently at Sugarcube Corner,” the group turns as the spirit of the elderly centaur woman floats up next to Asphyxious, “he seems rather pleasant...the souls inside him are at peace.”
“Odd, I thought I fixed that whole collecting souls thing.” Asphyxious said as he rubs his chin. “I’ll look at him at the party.”
Shaking her head, the centaur pats his shoulder with a slightly surprised face, “There is no need. The souls in him seem to have willingly gone into him. For what reason, I do not know.”
“I’ll look into this.” Asphyxious replied as he heads off to sugarcube corner. Maia waves bye to Twilight before following Asphyxious while Tibereon shrug his shoulders and does the same.
Meanwhile at Sugarcube Corner, Pinkie Pie smiles as Moose tries to sneak in, “Nice try Moose but you can’t come in yet!”
The young reindeer stops and slowly looks up, “But how did you find me? I was super.extra.quiet.” Seeing the amusement in the pink mare’s face, Moose fakes a pout before heading back outside. The Deathjack was helping putting decorations up.
Looking to her right, Pinkie Pie pats the Deathjack on the shoulder with a beaming smile, “Thanks for letting me know what he was doing Deffy! You get extra cake for this!” The jack let out a rumble in thanks, even if it had no need for cake. However it did feel the bond of it new master, not the diamond dog Kat. Who bond was not that strong, but Asphyxious.
“Hey Pinkie seen Deffy?” Asphyxious asked as he walked in. He stop when he noticed something on the Deathjack head. “Is that a party hat?” Pinkie rapidly nods her head as she pats the Cryxian helljack on the head. “Right, I need to look at him. You’re not using him for anything right?”
“Nope, he was just helping with decoration but it’s almost done,” giving the helljack a hug, Pinkie pie bounce off to the kitchen to finish the cake.
“Why do I fall for the crazy ones.” Asphyxious asked himself, before reattaching his bond to the Deathjack and bring it outside. “Alright let's see where all these souls are going.” The back of the deathjack back opens up like a flower, as Asphyxious get to work looking inside.
Tibereon looks at the Deathjack with a slight feeling of unease before swiftly stomping it down. He’s been dealing with beast that could probably take it on...and that’s not including the warbeast of the Changeling Collective. Looking at Maia, Tibereon clears his throat and looks at Asphyxious, “Do you have any questions for me about Maia?”
“Hmmm, how much does she need to eat?” Asphyxious asked as he was looking at an odd glowing tank. He taps it a few times before moving on to the next thing.
Letting out a chuckle, Tibereon leans back, “Well as Maia gets older, she won’t need a lot to eat. Since she’s young now...ya seen an Everfree Mauler. That’s how much she needs to eat, either that or a bear boar.”
“I saw a few things but not sure about that bear boar thing. So I’ll assume a lot then.” Asphyxious replied as he sticks his head inside the working of the jack.
Slapping his head, Tibereon shakes his head, “Right, different Equis! Um...I think ya might call them Giant Hog or something like that.”
“Brute boars?” Asphyxious asked as he pulled his head out. “Sounds like you’re talking about the farrows warbeasts.”
“No clue what the farrow is,” shrugging his shoulders, Tibereon stretch as his bones pop in place, “but if they use the giant swines, then they seem like the ancient griffins.”
“Think pig men who have a love of guns and meat.” Asphyxious added as he looked at something else inside of Deathjack. “Also big cleaves.”
“Definitely sounds like the old griffins before they became more civilized,” nodding his head, Tibereon stops momentarily, “except being hog men...those were killed off long ago!”
“Interesting, they’re still around in my Equestria. Sadly they don’t record history much, so asking how they're still around would be pointless. But if you don’t want to piss them off eat their dead, they do the same for there own. As the farrow say, don’t let good meat go to waste.”
“That’s why we had to killed them off,” shaking his head, Tibereon pats Maia on the side as she lets out a furious hiss, “it wounded up offending too many beings! Eventually, the griffins used their own belief to wipe the hogs off the map...though some folks say that Blighterghast, wanting to give them a second chance, used some spell that banish them from Equis to some other world.”
“I didn’t believe but...well,” waving his hands at Asphyxious, Tibereon gives an uneasy smile.
“They're not all bad, at least I like to think so. The only farrow I’ve meet are ever under the control of someone else or a warbeast. Maybe I should try and contact a tribe somewhere.” Asphyxious replied as he sighed and get out of the Deathjack before letting it close up.
“So why do ya have one of them weird as Tartarus war berserkers that them Minotaurs build,” waving his paw, Tibereon begins throwing his dagger into the air before catching it by the blade, “Ya seem plenty strong without one.”
“I like building things, I enjoy making jacks. Some may look like what you’re used to seeing. But the cortex is my own design. I make my jacks to learn from their warcaster and help them.” Asphyxious sigh as he rubs his face. “As for Deffy, nothing wrong with him.”
“I could have told ya that much,” letting out a laugh, Tibereon slaps the helljack on the side, “ya forget, we diamond dogs and timber wolves are able to see souls. Only souls in this guy are those that want to be around ya...no idea why though.”
“That the problem, his not meant to collect souls anymore. I made sure of that when I broke Toruk hold on it. There’s nothing keeping those souls in the deathjack. I just can’t understand it.” Asphyxious explains rubbing his face.
Looking up at a moaning Maia, Tibereon lets out a string of guttural growls and snarls that if asked to translate Twilight might blush, “Hey now, I hate to be that guy but have ya...lost anyone special to ya?”
Asphyxious gave Tibereon a death glare. “They’re not in the deathjack.” He growled deeply.
Letting out a savage growl of his own, Tibereon lets a large amount of blighted energy escape him which cause windows to shake around him, “DON’T YA FUCKING BITE MY HEAD OFF JUST CAUSE YA CHOOSE NOT TO DO A RITUAL!” “Now if ya done snapping like a freshly born pup I would explain, if not I’ll leave ya to mope like yer the only one that lost somedog,” without waiting for a response, Tibereon stalks off as he pulls back his own blighted energy.
“I’m… Sorry, I get touchy about stuff like that. It’s bad enough I lost them, I don’t like the idea of them being trapped inside of the Deathjack. Also one of them died on another world, the other was one of my daughters who tried to kill me. And was killed by my wife Revan.” Asphyxious explained as the Deathjack looked at him. “I also didn’t get the deathjack until after they died and that was a long time ago.”
Letting out a sigh, Tibereon turn back around and walk over to Asphyxious. Motion him to sit, the diamond dog hybrid groans as he takes a seat, “We’re going to need to get ya some help some day...and I probably need to talk about this to.” “About three years ago, me and my mate, I know shocking right, where enjoy a day with the pups,” a smile cross his face as Tibereon stares at the sun, “day just like this and we thought it would be a great day for a picnic...til a flight of griffins came up and killed them.” Shrugging his shoulders, Tibereon let’s out a yawn before laying back, “Came to find out my friend in the Minotaur kingdom had them somewhere for me to meet them.”
“You were lucky.” Asphyxious replied as he looks at the sky. “Not everyone get a happy ending.”
“Just do what I did and take too long to try and speak to their souls,” patting the dragon’s side, Tibereon let out a wheezing laugh, “I spent seven years killing griffins and hippogriffs before I talked to them...the lady was not happy about that! Anyways, just tried to speak to their spirits, they may surprise you by hanging around your moody tail!” Walking off, Tibereon leaves Asphyxious alone with his thoughts and bonded partners.
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Faust looks at her friend and pokes Rin in the head. “Rin...Rin....Rin...art thou awake?..Rin.”
“Ohhhhh… My head… and what is that smell?” Rin groaned as the flames she used for eyes flickered back to life.
“That would be the potion we had to force thee to take,” scratching her head, Faust pulls out a shard from her head, “we had to use the air formula lest we end up missing a large portion of the Everfree.”
“Wa, oh.” Rin said before she lit up like Tinkerbell before getting up on her paws. “It smelt like it was made from vomit and swamp water. And my ear felt like someone was trying to drag me somewhere by it.” Rin said.
A warm smile cross Faust face before she wince, “It taste better than it smells and Princess Twilight may have thrown thee into me...several times.” Pulling out a list, Faust place a pair of reading glasses on, “We had used the last of our potions to cure thee of all of thou injuries, though thou may still feel a tad bit sore.”
“Not anymore, healed myself and flushing my system now. Does this mean she’s not going to let those kids play with me anymore?” Rin asked sadly.
“Nonsense, if all it took for some not to see the twins was a little enlarging spell, than no being would be allowed to play,” wincing again as she stands up, Faust hugs Rin gently, “if the twins wish to play with thee then they will play with thee.” “Thou need not worry,” patting the fox goddess on the shoulder, Faust turns around where one can see her back covered in glass, burns on part of her flank and that she was walking with a slight limp.
“Wait, hold still.” Rin ordered as she tapped Faust with a tail while summoning a jar which slowly filled with a glowing red liquid as Rin started pulling the glass out. Once it was all out Rin reset some bones and cast a healing spell making Faust glow as Rin had shortly before. Once the light faded the skin was dirty but unharmed. “There. All better.”
“We thank thee,” stretching, Faust grins at Rin before walking away, “we would have had to spend a few days healing those...we promised ourselves sometime ago to try and do things in a more...mortal way some millennia ago.” “Unfortunately, we can’t let thee heal everything or else how would we learn,” hugging the fox goddess, Faust summons some clothes onto herself, “for examples, we must heal rupture organs and exhaustion on our.” “And of course some brain damage,” waving to Rin, Faust let out a laugh, “but this simple tells us not to mess with a determined mother no?”
“Yes, they over react. Though I can’t exactly point paws there.” Rin said sheepishly. “Anyways I guess I should head home. After I connect a portal to my new domain that is.”
“Until next time then,” walking away, Faust couldn’t help the slight frown that cross her face, “now where art we going to find a perky and enthusiastic fox goddess with a beautiful body?”
“Again, other sister from my world. Saying those things is really gross and creepy.” Rin called out before disappearing into one of her portals.
As the goddesses left, the sound of scraping claws can be heard as a pair of timber wolves and a diamond dog with some leaves for his head fur and branches for arm walks out. Looking at each other, the three canines agreed that they didn’t hear a damn thing before heading in the direction of Ponyville.