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// A Demons Promise 
// Story: Fear Itself 
// by Moon Quil 
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Celestia looks at lord light with a questionable look and says, "Help me, how? That monster is too strong there is no way i can beat him my power has limits he is growing more and more." Lord light looks sad and says, "I know things look grim trust me I know all too well, but I have something that will give you an edge but sadly it won't be permeant but it will keep him at bay.". He claps both his hands together and opens them as a small orb floats as she lands on his hands to go towards it and touches it and it goes in her as she learns an accient powerful spell.

lord light explains to her and says, "This spell is powerful but has a single flaw, performed correctly it will seal the demon in a prison of his own ever thousand years, the one flaw is that you must do the spell every thousand years if you forget to do this then the spell is broken and he is released once again." Celestia looks scared as she thinks if she messes up this monster will take hold of her kingdom and many others if she does not stop him here. Lord light takes his nail and lifts her head up and says, "I know it seems like there is no hope, that there is no light in the darkness of evil, but even in pitch black there is always a spark that will never fade away or be engulfed. Once the spell goes you will have time to figure out how to finally beat Fear, I may not give you a way to kill him but a way to find a way to defeat him once and for all.".

Celestia with determination in her eye nods and says to lord light, "Thank you, but why not come with me and help from the power I sense from you, you're more powerful than fear himself or any creature in the world?". Lord light looks at her sad with a frown and says, "That my little alicorn is a story that will have to wait another day, but know this that I am a friend that looks after all of this world's creatures and leads them to a brighter future.". 

Celestia wakes up slowly as she feels great pain as Fear cuts something into the skin on her neck she tries getting up as he holds her down with his ghost arms and says, "Oh some pony  is awake but please hold still I don't wish to make a mistake in my little gift for you." He chuckles. Celestia looks down and sees him cutting some symbol she can't understand. Fear says with a chuckle, "Thought I had won and I was sad cause we wouldn't play more together seems my wish is granted.". 

Celestia looks at him and feels horrible and drained as she feels like insanity is about to take hold of her. he then gets up and drags her to the throne as Silver struggles to get out of his bonds to help her but to no use. Fear looks at her and says, "One last chance Celestia dear give me your soul and silver will keep his life and sanity intact. Or I take his mind instead and we fight for your world like and stereotype evil vs good minotaur waste."

Celestia stands on her hooves and shows on her face courage and growls screaming, "No deal I will defeat you here and now! I will save my subjects from my mistake! I will make sure that no pony, dragon, Griffin, or yak will face the demon, no the devil I see before me! And with the power, I have left you will fall and this world will never have to deal with your madness ever again!". Fear then stares at her then lightly chuckles then laughs then it turns to maniacal laughing.

Fear looks at her and says, "Really you think when I am gone your world will be safe? HA! and with the power, you have left you can beat me? Let me show you then what my power is at hmm let's see, Fifteen percent? Yeah." Fear stands up and goes to a window and points out to a mountain that is the biggest in all of Equestria. Fear points his index and middle finger out and points to the mountain. a small marble size red ball appears and goes flying to the mountain and then an explosion shakes the very ground and castle to epic proportions. The blast knocks the castle a bit back and it was thousands of miles away. 

Once the smoke clears she sees what fear has made a chasm massive and large and no mountain stands not even a village. Celestia in horror as she sees how much power he holds fear grows in her again but in her mind, she hears lord lights voice as he says, ~Don't lose sight of what must be done, you must be strong for those who have fallen and those who you are willing to fight for to save. I give you some of my power so you may fight him and use the spell to end this nightmare.~. 

Celestia feels stronger all of a sudden and feels great, She looks to fear and fires a spell at him and he goes flying out the window far. Celestia in some pain flies up to Silver and cuts him down from his chains and carries his body down hurting. Celestia looks at him as she says, "I am so sorry that this happened to you I am getting you out of here." Silver looks at her with tears and a smile and kisses her, she is surprised about it. Celestia closes her eyes and accepts it.

They both hear Fear's voice say, "You know I got to hand it to you that was a good shot, and what I am seeing here is really hard not to break apart but literally, this is making me want to throw up so. ". His ghost arms pick both Silver and Celestia up by their necks and choke them both. Their eyes bulge out turning red as the oxygen in them is leaving their very body. Fear looks at them and says, "Now where were we before that? Oh! Right, I am going to drive what obviously seems to be your new colt friend to total insanity to the point he is screaming and banging his skull on your dead corpse.".

Fear brings Sliver closer to him and his middle eye opens wide as a red light encloses Silver's head as he screams as a pure madness wave hits him hard directly. He screams in pain fighting it off but his sanity losing. Celestia in tears screams at Fear, "STOP! Fear, what if I challenge you for my soul?". Fear stops and looks at her with a grin. Fear says, "Oh, I see you want to save his little mind and your soul am I right? Alright, I will play your little duel but, I will take your soul and your sisters as well if you lose. Two souls for the price of one easy duel.".

Celestia in her mind thinks if she loses her sister's soul would be in danger and her love for Luna is so much but she must defeat this creature, he would go after her anyway whether or not she wins or loses or doesn't do this. Celestia looks at Fear and says, "Alright but if I win you leave Silver and all creation alone and die where you stand." Fear chuckles and says, "Alright if some snowballs chance in tartars you do beat me I will die with ease, I will cease all my madness and to be a gentleman you will take the first shot. But make it good 'cause the next ball I make will be at one hundred percent straight toward your head.".

Celestia nods and agrees to duel deals. In her mind, she thinks of the spell and stands ready as she points her horn straight up to the sun and holds still thinking. Fear stands before her with a grin on his face as his ghost hand holds silver in the air so he won't interfere. Celestia in a different language sings a chant that makes symbols of light appear around her in a perfect seven symbols circling her making an orb of light, kindness, friendship, family, hope, and courage and the strongest version of all love.

Fear looks at it and looks serious, she opens her eyes and they're on fire as her flowing mane turns to fiery inferno and she speaks in the royal canter lot voice and says, "FEAR! THOU HAS HARMED THE INNOCENCE AND SPILLED THE BLOOD OF THOSE WHO NEVER DID WRONG!  FOR THIS I IMPRISON YOU IN THE MOST POWERFUL OF PRISONS, YOUR MIND!" Celestia then fires a fiery beam at Fear he tries to block it but his hand melts into a red mist, then his arm, then the rest of his body falls with it, and slowly he is vanishing. 

Fear with a surprised look on his face then chuckles and says, "So this is how you think it will end dear mother? No not even close. Do you think when I am gone your world will be saved? No there will always be something to take my place. Alright, you got me this time but to me, this will be a vacation. let's see this spell will hold me for a short time so you have to keep doing it over and over to keep me from coming back. Alright, I will play this game of waiting but know this mother, I will return your spell will fail cause you couldn't get to it in time, and in that time you have you will find another way to entertain me. So till then mother Celestia, bye for now.".

Celestia's beam stops as the spell is finished her eyes and mane turned back to normal as she looks to see all that is left of Fear is a crimson red skull with three eye hole and his horns. she lifts it up with her horn and soon what is left of her guards come up from the battle of the dead helping and healing there princess and captain of the royal guard. 

Celestia looks at Silver with a smile knowing he is alright and her subjects are safe. But a royal guard finds an opening through a fake wall to a secret lab. One of the royal guards comes out and says to Celestia, "Princess it's a tube-like Fears original one but designed for something half his size.". After hearing this she remembered what Fear said that there will always be something in his place. She runs to the lab and looks at all the papers and notes and sees it's for a pony, one that is unknown species but a pony that has Fears DNA. Celestia says with devastation in her voice, "The devil gave life to a. Daughter. I want all guards on high alert find me Fear's Child now!!!!"

================================= Somewhere In Equestria ============================

A unicorn walks on her own and stumbles upon a young pony in a cloak looking hurt as she goes up to the pony he asks, "Hey are you alright?". The pony in the cloak looked at her as its a young filly. She moves her mouth trying to speak but nothing comes out. She motions her hoof to ask the mare for something, so the mare comes closer. When she is near the cloaked pony the unicorn gasps for air as her throat is ripped out and her voice box is taken with it the unicorn tries to run but bleeds too much. Suddenly the unicorn's head is smashed into a pancake as she lays on the ground dead. Crunching sounds came from the young filly as she ate her throat and swallowed, She then speaks and says in her new voice, "Alright now, let's have some real fun, right grandma Celestia?". The young filly chuckles then laugh maniacally into the night sky.

The End. Or maybe the beginning.