Once the monsters were Destroyed Twilight and Rainbow ran up to the children, looking over them with an expression that expressed worry, instead of fear, which surprised them, they were sure that after they destroyed the Bosses, they would be feared, and they were half right, the ponies that took to hiding and saw the fight from the confines of their home were tempted to run up and congratulate the children, but others were afraid of the power these kids wielded, afraid that they would come after them once they ran out things to kill from their world.
"That was amazing, but what was that stuff that came out of your wounds Azazel?" Rainbow said
"It is part of my physiology, I am a demon child that took the name of the legendary Azazel, a demon that took the blame for things that were not his fault," Azazel explained
"So what was that stuff?"
"dark magic, when I take a hit that damages my health, It will release and deal heavy damage to whatever is my enemy, unless I pick up a health upgrade, by the way, Isaac do you know where our Status sheets are?" Azazel asked.
"I don't know, usually they just followed us, we usually could just find them in front of us whenever we needed them, wait they might still be in the chest," Isaac said.
"Great, so are we going for them?"
"No, They're not worth it, besides it seems that We're not the only ones that can escape, which means that the others were forced to restart, or with the lock broken, things can freely escape."
Twilight teleported back, they didn't even notice her leaving, with a bucket of soapy water and a sponge, and soon was scrubbing Isaac's face, which causes him to dip his hands in the water, scrub off the blood, and flick some at Twilight which caused her to laugh and try to protect herself with one wing while scrubbing Isaac, This caused Eve who usually had a frown to crack a small smile, Eden even had a grin.
"S-stop that, I-I'm trying to clean you" Twilight laughed as Isaac cupped his hands and threw a small hand full of soapy water on Twilight, of course, Applejack and Rarity arrive on the scene with Maggy and Samson in tow, they saw the huge puddles of blood and chunks of giblets.
"What the hell happened here?" Samson said though he guessed already.
"Larry and the Hollow showed up and attacked us, they were way more aggressive than usual, but we destroyed them, though Azazel took a hit."
"Is he alright?"
"yea, they dropped a few soul hearts, and we gave him the pentagram."
"Alright."
"here Eve, you need this, It'll heal you right up," Maggy said holding out the heart, which eve took gratefully.
"Thanks, Maggy, I needed this, using that damn thing hurt, A lot," Eve said, taking a bite from the Heart, Twilight watched as the Black skin receded and new skin grew over her tendons and muscles.
"Eve, what was that, what did you do?" Twilight asked cautiously, not wanting to frighten her into thinking she was accusing her of anything.
"It was the power of the Razorblade I carry, it lets me power myself up by sacrificing my health, and in return it lets me deal greater damage, but I did not need to bother since Azazel and Isaac had it."
"And that other form?"
"that would be my 'whore of Babylon' form, I transform when I am Low on health, which we would be able to track if our status sheets weren't still locked in the chest, I but know that I can only use this thing once, if I used it again I would die, by the way, Rarity, sorry about the dress."
"Your clothes, they are not even damaged, not even Azazels, why?" Rarity asked
"they have been bound to us, to our souls, like my D6 and Eve's blade, their bound to us and will follow us anywhere," Isaac said.
"Bound?"
"when certain requirements were fulfilled, we were given magic artifacts, like my magic dice, eve's razor, and Cain's lockpick, same goes for these clothes, They are now bound to us, I don't know what they do."
"Interesting."
"Ah, that's where the blood went, it went through the clothes," Isaac said looking down his collar, seeing the blood clinging to his skin underneath.
"So what now?" Eve said.
"I'm, going back to sleep, the excitement has worn me out," Isaac said starting to walk back to Twilights castle.
With that they separated again, leaving the main six to clean up the mess, not that they could clean it up themselves, they were but children, and the mares could do it faster.
"I still can't believe that they had to face down those things, and they said that there are worst things in there," Twilight said to Rainbow Dash as she cleaned the bloodstains in the dirt.
"let's just drop it in the forest, where the monsters can't hurt anyone," Rainbow Dash said.
"Ahem, darling we can't just drop a box full of nightmares into the forest where they could wander into other towns, like the parasprites," Rarity said.
Silence followed as they cleaned, soon the town square had no signs of the fight at all, but the nightmarish creatures were burned into the minds of the others for days, every shadow and every creak at night reminded them, but at the same time, the sight of the children reminded them that they were not the targets, so the next few days passed with little problem, at least in ponyville, The mysterious stallion and alicorn reached Canterlot earlier then they predicted.
"Celestia, we have a problem!!!" The stallion said as Celestia waved off the last occupant of her court.
"What is it shining armor?" Celestia asked with worry, as it wasn't often shining would disrupt her court.
"There are evil creatures in ponyville, I went to visit my sister, but when I got there I found them covered in blood and flesh, it was disgusting, so I came here to warn you of them, I'm pretty sure the elements escaped or are enchanted by them," Shining said.
"And what did these creatures look like?"
"Children, they looked like children, but I know better."
"Evil children, Shining we have a child of our own, you know what an innocent child looks like," Cadence said incredulously, from beside him, she had followed him in after he ran off.
"Honey, you didn't see the blood or their forms," Shining said.
As Celestia was thinking of a way to keep him from doing something rash, a letter came in the form of the magic soot that Spike produced.
"Dear Princess Celestia,
We decided to leave early for canterlot, after the battle that the children participated in, we have decided they need to see the outside world, and we decided to show them around the area, have them learn some history, looking forward to seeing you.
Sincerely Twilight Sparkle.
Celestia closed the letter and breathed out slowly because things were about to go from bad to worst, not only was shining dead set on the children being evil, but now they are coming here, for the first time, she had no idea what to do, but thankfully, His wife was there.
"You and I are going to talk, RIGHT NOW!!!" Cadence said as she grabbed his ear in her magic and pulled him away, where no one else was going to hear them, while Cadence was chewing out Shining, Twilight and Co. were speeding towards Canterlot unaware of the mounting danger.
"You ready to see the princess?" Twilight asked.
"Of course, but I'm afraid," Isaac confessed.
"Of what, she's kind and patient."
"We had to bring the chest, because it followed us, what if something comes from it while we're in canterlot?"
"well, no matter what, You'll be alright, I promise."
With that, Isaac sat closer to Twilight to read the book she had, which she happily let him see, eventually though the train pulled into the station, and thanks to the hammerspace spell that Twilight cast, they only had one trunk that carried all their things, including the Chest, which unbeknownst to them, had one red light glowing on it, a small man with a huge bomb.
All-day they explored Canterlot, looking in the toy shops, at the weird and amazing things, at the weird kinds of candy, the main six laughed at them, forgetting for a moment that even though they were millennia old, they still had the souls of children, soon though nightfall came and the children were yawning and stumbling.
"Well, looks like they wore themselves out, I almost forgot that they were Children," Twilight said as they walked behind them, whispering to Rarity.
"I know, it is adorable." Rarity tittered back.
They made it to the main castle, where they would stay, but what they didn't notice was the blue hair stallion stalking them from the shadow's, he had been tailing them since they arrived after he got a good lecture from Cadence, she forbade him from the bedroom till he fixed his problem, but he would prove her wrong and prove they were evil, he just had to separate them from his sister and her friends, once he did, he could break whatever spell they had cast on her and her friends.
"Alright you little monsters, I know what you are, no matter how many there are of you," Shining said, as he watched the girls put them to bed.
He waited until they too fell asleep before he snuck into their rooms and stole the children without making a peep, and the children exhausted, had no idea they were taken, with the children in his custody, he took them down into the caves below, Celestia rose to raise the sun, and wake Twilight, The guards alerted her that she had shown up early, but as the sun rose, a shriek cut through the air that sounded like twilight.
"ISAAC, EVE, EDEN!!" Twilight shouted, as she ran into Celestia's throne room, the look on her face filled with desperation.
"What happened," Celestia asked, her face filled with worry.
"I put them to bed, and then stay up with the others, and then went to bed, but when I got up I noticed that they were missing,"
"Are you sure that they are missing and didn't go wandering?"
"Isaac never leaves without his D6, Eve never leaves without her razor, and Eden doesn't follow either, he usually sits reading," Twilight said holding out the objects.
"very well, I'll send my guards to find them."
"No, I know a faster way," Twilight said suddenly remembering that the items follow their holders, so praying this will work she put a tracker spell on the dice.
"Now what?"
"look away from it." Twilight instructed, they both looked away, then back again, the items were gone, but the tracking spell persisted and the Magic tether leads to the caves beneath the castle, where Chrysalis put her, her scream though, woke everyone in the castle, so at that moment, The others with worried expressions ran in, and cadence from another door appeared.
"THE KIDS ARE GONE!!!" They all shouted in unison at Twilight.
"So it isn't only Isaac, Eve, and Eden, but who would take them."
"Shining, We stopped by to see you, but he said he saw the children covered in blood and flesh, I doubt it was that bad, but ever since then, he's been acting weird."
Twilights eyes widened, and she Teleported the Trunk that contained the chest, she took it out and examined it, coming across the glowing symbol, she wished Isaac was here, he would know what it meant, however remembering Isaac, she Immediately Teleported down into the caves, at the exact point where the tether was connected.
"Hmm where is he," Twilight whispered to herself, only to come to the sounds of shouting.
"YOU WILL SHOW ME HOW IT WORKS BRAT," Shining shouted, his eyes completely glazed over with darkness, his magic holding the Dice was smokey, with hints of red.
"Bite me, I know that your wrath, they will rescue us," Isaac said with hope.
"Sure, rescue your wretched hides, they saw what you did, they know that deep down your bloodthirsty, but it doesn't matter, eventually the chest will find us." Wrath said.
But that was enough, Twilight charged at him with a mass Teleportation Spell ready, The light growing brighter until It was blinding when she was sure that she could get them all, she let it go, all that was left was the bindings, the rest of them appeared in the throne room.
"TWILIGHT!!!" Celestia cried, as the nine Children fell over, Twilight exhausted from Teleporting eleven bodies, but the Possessed shining wasn't, he charged her with his horn down, hoping to impale her, but before he could, he felt his horn enter a small beating heart.
"Ni-nice Tr-try wrath, Bu-but I was much faster," Isaac said, coughing blood as Wrath removed his horn from Isaac's chest.
Isaac Slumped over, Blood pooling around his body, the girls tried to Circle Wrath but he jumped into the chest, and disappeared, leaving the rest to deal with the dying Isaac.
"Isaac, take this it will heal you," Maggy said holding out the heart, but Isaac pushed it away.
"Maggy, it won't work, out here a hit like that is fatal, please Someone, take Mom's knife from me," Isaac said holding up the knife, which Samson took.
"By the way, here are some powerups," Isaac said before throwing the dice, it rolled and rolled until it landed on six, the dice shined blindingly bright, and while the magic faded, so did Isaac, His eyes went glossy, while Eden picked up the D6 before it could vanish, The mares looked around at the room and what surprised the everyone was the upside-down triangle with an eye in the middle, while Celestia sat with her eyes glowing a bright crown floating just above her head.
"Godhead and Crown of Light, Someone is angry that Isaac is dead, and it isn't just us," Eve muttered, and she was right, Twilight was holding the child as her wings and hair were burning, they were literally on fire, She rocked back and forth, hugging it to her, that is until the body started evaporating, turning to dust.