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// Chapter 6: Making the Impossible Possible 
// Story: The Wiccan Demon 
// by Steven1992 
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Silence filled the town and scene when the portal opened. I looked at Starlight who looked down in shame like she failed. Me, my siblings and the Mane Six lowered to the ground as Koreath turned to the portal.

”It’s time.” He started walking to the portal.

I charged forward on instinct, hearing everypony tell me to stop. But I didn’t listen, I only listened to the voice inside that said ‘I needed to stop him no matter what’. I jumped and dropped on him trying to punch him.

He chuckled and moved his head to the side, causing my hoof to impact the ground creating a small hole. He eyed me as I turned 90 degrees right to buck him square in the jaw. He ducked his head and turned his horn to me to stab me in my lower body. I twisted my body so his horn barely passes my body as I delivered a kick to his head with my left back leg. I felt the impact hit him as he grunted a bit. I quickly dropped my leg so I can turn and punch him in the chest with my front right hoof. Another hit as I supposedly knocked the wind out of him. I didn’t hesitate as I began a combo of punches and kicks. Most of which hit him but the last few blows missed him as he got his senses back.

Before he could counter, he was forced to dodge a bolt of magic from Starlight. He turned to her but was again forced to dodge incoming blows and magic blasts from my siblings and the Mane Six. It wasn’t long before we were all on him trying to pin him down and land as many blows as possible.

“That’s it! Don’t give him a second to himself! Keep him on the defensive!” I ordered. Everypony nodded.

The bout went on for a couple of minutes, everypony was able to get at least one hit on him. I noticed that the damages he sustained quickly vanished. He was visibly getting angry with each passing second, as we kept on him like flies to a carcass and he was barely able to counter any of us. Despite feeling otherwise, I knew deep down this wasn’t gonna work for long and unfortunately, I was proven right as Koreath’s anger reached its limit.


”E̷̛̜͔̯͕͎̭̯͚̯̎̀͗̀͛̓͑̾́͊̍̈Ǹ̷̛͎̮͔̞̯͈̋̈́͌̒̂͛͠Ơ̸̠͙̠̦͈̪̲͗Ų̶̢̗̠͓͚͔͆̐̃̃̇̓̑̄͘͘̕͠Ģ̷̡̭͙̺͈̙͇̫̀͜H̶͎̯̯̳̎͗̊͒̉̚͝!!” He shouted in an ungodly tone that was all too familiar.

He then let loose a pulse of magic that pushed us all away. It was even powerful enough to knock the Rainbow Power out of the Mane Six. To say the least, the pain almost overwhelmed me. The same was said for everypony else as we were all on the ground, grunting and groaning. Koreath then took his sweet time walking to the portal.

I looked in the house and saw my mother cowering a bit, but mostly concerned for her children. Koreath walked past her and just looked at the portal.

”Ah. How long has it been since I’ve been in my realm?” He sighed with a hint of sadness. ”Too long.” He then looked to my mother and smiled darkly.

I didn’t like his smile as I tried my hardest to get up, but the near overwhelming pain was preventing me. ”Damnit body. My mother is in danger and could die! Get up!” My legs struggled to pick me up off the ground. I gritted my teeth in anger as they were slowly turning sharp. ”GET UP, TRUSDALE!!!” With every ounce of energy, courage, power, and willpower I could muster, I finally stood up.

”You were quite helpful, Rowyn. Without you, I wouldn’t be able to look forward to coming back with all my power returned to me. But you no longer are of use.” His horn began glowing red.

Fighting through the pain, my eye pupils slit and I moved faster than I ever have before. I barely got in between Koreath and my mother before his horn was firing off a beam that I redirected by grabbing his head and forcing him to look up. The beam shot through the roof and was cut off not two seconds later.

Koreath jumped back a couple of feet, surprised at my display. He noticed my pony features becoming more draconic. ”That proves it. You’re no normal pony. But don’t think that-”

He was cut off by a purple beam of magic piercing his chest and causing him pain. I looked over my left shoulder to see my mother’s horn glowing and smiling. I looked back at Koreath to notice the wound she created wasn’t healing. He was shocked at this then he became angrier than I thought possible as he stared at me and my mother with a glare that could melt steel.

”You will pay for this!” Without another word he galloped into the portal quickly.

Circe and Tirean came into the house just in time to see Koreath leave. “We’re too late. There’s no stopping him now that he’s in his realm.” Circe said sounding defeated.

“Don’t be silly, honey.” The three of us looked at our mother. “That spell I hit him with, was a Mortalizing spell that was in that book. He’s normally immortal and can’t be harmed, but now you all have a chance to finish him.” She then nodded to the portal. “Go do your thing, my lovable children. You only got an hour before the spell wears off.”

The three of us looked at each other and nodded as we all jumped into the portal after Koreath.




We landed on a solid surface from what it seemed. The realm was almost completely dark with only a few light sources. One of which was the portal behind us. We trotted forward through the shadows not wanting to waste any time.

After a minute of trotting, we found Koreath just standing there not having a care in the world knowing his power was being restored. I could tell there was a big difference from earlier already and it was steadily rising with each second.

Koreath had his eyes closed but could still sense us. ”So, you three followed me in here. Quite foolish of you.”. When he spoke this time his voice sounded like it came from everywhere. As if the entire realm was speaking with him. ”Despite the spell your mother cast on me, you still don’t have a chance. So why come anyway?”

“Simple, we don’t like it when ponies like you try to kill our mother and friends.” I retorted.

“We also can’t just let you get away with bringing a species to near extinction,” Tirean added.

“And you present a huge problem for every living thing. Not just in Equestria.” Circe finished before taking a look around. “I take it with this realm you’re able to enter other universes outside of our own, correct?” She asked with a cocked eyebrow.

”Well now. You’re quite smart and perspective for a mortal. Yes, you are correct.” He slowly opened his eyes and the realm itself seemed to light up open more with his eyes opening. The ground we were standing on seemed like a mountain floating over a bottomless abyss. A red light could be seen behind Koreath far in the distance.

”Nothing is out of my reach. Once my power returns to its full capacity, I will finish what I started with the Draconequui, then move on to other realms and universes and wipe life out from them as well.” He started stepping forward very slowly.

”But first, I will deal with you three. The only beings aside from the alicorn parents to stand in my way. I’ll make an example of you three to show what happens when you stand in my way.” The red light behind Koreath was growing larger as the entire realm was being covered with a red hue. My siblings and I took defensive postures.

”Now, it’s time I prepare a section of my realm to be your Eternal tombs! Make this enjoyable for me as you struggle, and come to your deaths!” His eyes glowed red as his shadowy body grew larger and the shadow parts extended.

I let out a loud dragon roar as I charged forward, followed closely by my siblings. I move so fast Koreath barely has time to register me before I uppercut him, lifting him into the air. Tirean hopped over me to punch him two times and delivered an uppercut kick him higher into the air. Circe was already in mid-flight when she landed a six-hit combo on Koreath and finishing it with a powerful kick to his gut. The kick sent him back to the ground, trying to catch his breath. I got in his face and didn’t give him a second to react as I landed my own combo that was eight hits. I ended the combo with a strong buck to his face setting him up for Tirean, who was finished pulling pieces of the mountain out to coat his hooves in stone. He charged in and landed another eight-hit combo, two from each hoove, causing the stone shells to shatter from the force and strength of his attacks.

Circe was flying back a couple of feet during this and charged forward, using her control over the wind to increase her speed and the force of the impact. She rammed Koreath with her antler horns as they started to glow, some of the sharper points pierced his shadowy hide causing him to bleed which was black. Circe landed on the ground as Tirean and I stood next to her, our maws were lit by the blue embers growing in our throats. At the same time, we let loose a blue flame that combined into one as it engulfed Koreath. His roar of agony was a clear sign he was being injured.

The flames died down, but Koreath was nowhere to be seen. Out of nowhere, Circe was hit then Tirean and finally me, all within a couple of seconds. We were quickly hit with a barrage of attacks from the shadows themselves. Before we even realized it we were surrounded by a sphere of shadow as Koreath then came at us with fangs bared, eyes glowing and screaming with the sound of a thousand tortured souls. We were then assaulted by multiple bites and scratches as our coats showed the damages, blood slowly being drawn.

He tried for another charge but I jumped at him with my hoof claws extended, grabbing him by the face and rushing forward. With all my speed and strength I slammed his head against a stone wall, demolishing the entire wall to rumble. Still holding onto him by his head, I transferred the momentum that was still there by leaping into the air, spinning around 180 degrees and slamming him into the ground, creating a small crater.

He turned into a shadow, got out of my grip and appeared behind me ready to strike. Before he could Tirean swung down a large stone pillar at Koreath and connected. I jumped out of the way quickly as Koreath was hit into the ground again by the pillar. The pillar was destroyed as Koreth rose more furious than ever. He didn’t have much time to retaliate as Circe came flying straight down on Koreath feet first. The two went straight through the mountain creating a giant hole.

Tirean and I took flight and quickly followed. Circe was quick to fly away from Koreath as he tried shooting her with magic. I came flying in quickly punching him across the face, Tirean followed suit as well as Circe. We kept this tempo of flying in, attacking, and retreating fast for a good minute. The three of us then flew in together as we each delivered a strike to Koreath sending him flying backward.

I could tell while we were doing damage and getting somewhere, but Koreath would just easily overpower us eventually. I knew we had to step up our game if we wanted to end him and having only an hour means we can’t afford to hold anything back. I looked to my siblings who nodded at me like they knew what I was thinking. I smiled and along with them, transformed into our dragon forms.

I stayed the same only having larger wings and scales replace the fur and a leathery membrane replace feathers. Circe lost her wings and her entire body grew slightly longer and slimmer as well as having her hair grow out more. She resembled an eastern-style dragon. Tirean’s wings grew claws on the joints, his body became bulkier and more muscular. He and I resembled western-style dragons.

Once the transformation was complete, we each roared creating an echo in the realm. Circe quickly dashed away becoming virtually unseeable, as Tirean and I charged straight at Koreath who was floating several yards away from us. His horn lit up as he fired not only bolts and blasts of magic but the shadows of the realm lunged forward to attack us.

Tirean powered through them all while I majestically dodged and avoided each projectile. Tirean and I created a small orb of energy in our palms, combined them and fired it at Koreath. The orb quickly became larger than the two of us. Koreath retaliated with a powerful magic blast that collided with the energy orb and causing both to explode after a couple of seconds.

The ensuing smoke from the explosion was enough for me and Tirean to fly to the opposite sides of Koreath at blinding speed without being noticed. He barely registered us as we came at him from both sides. He didn’t have time to do anything either as Circe, almost appearing out of thin air, kicked Koreath on the back of the head. Tirean and I met his stomach and chest with a strong and fast uppercut causing a lot of blood to sprout out of his mouth.

Tirean and I then kicked him in the face at the same time. Circe’s body began glowing blue with energy as she charged forward and slammed into Koreath. She then spun around horizontally and vertically quickly and released the energy she gathered from her tail into an energy cross that continued to push and damage Koreath. Tirean meanwhile was gathering energy in his claws as he charged forward and he began punching and kicking Koreath with his energy-infused limbs. He then transferred all that energy into his wing claws and with two final punches, cracked Koreath’s skull and chest.

While Koreath was reeling in pain, I gathered my energy and focused it around my body. I flew back a couple of yards back to pick up speed as the energy around me created a barrier. As I got closer to Koreath, I began spinning my body rapidly causing the energy around me to turn into a drill. When I made contact with Koreath, my body pushed against his as the energy drill bore and tore into him. After half a minute of this, I stopped and released all that energy in a pulse, pushing away Koreath.

Koreath recovered and was angrier than ever. He made an ungodly roar that shook the entire realm and caused my blood to nearly freeze over. He released a really strong wave of power that pushed us back to the portal and forcing us to grab onto the mountain to prevent ourselves from flying through the portal. Koreath wasn’t letting up on the assault though, it was clear he wanted to get us out.

We were barely hanging on as the sheer force of his power was enough to push us back despite clutching onto the solid rock. Six claw trails were proof that we were holding on but still being pushed back and Koreath showed no signs of stopping this. I looked at my siblings, trying to think of a solution out of this. Circe then looked me unblinkingly in the eyes for a couple of seconds and smiled.

She then turned to Tirean as they looked at each other and nodded. They were agreeing to something. Circe then turned back to me. “I’m sorry bro. But if we are to have any chance of defeating him once and for all, Tirean and I have to give our energy to you and trust you can end this yourself.”

She and Tirean then started climbing to me since they were being pressed against the mountain. They both reached a claw out to my forearms and with a tingling sensation, they poured their remaining energy and power into me. As they retracted their claws, Tirean slammed his tail down and created a dome of earth around me to keep me from being pushed out of the portal.

“Win this for everypony Bro. We’re putting our trust in you.” Tirean managed to say before I heard their claws losing grip on the stone. The howl of the unnatural wind was all I heard before it slowly died down and the dome encasing me crumbled away.

I looked around and my suspicions were confirmed when I couldn’t find my siblings. They were thrown back into the portal. To my shock, the portal was also gone now. I was trapped in here with Koreath.

”So you’re still here it seems.” His words bounced and sounded across the void. ”It doesn’t matter. I’ll just take my sweet time killing you before throwing your corpse to your family.”

Koreath’s power was rising to dangerous levels. I was doubting the power and energy my siblings gave me was enough to at least even things out.

I felt weak compared to Koreath and the faith and trust my siblings and the others put on me felt wasted. In my mind, a voice was saying I had no chance to destroy Koreath much least beat him and I was beginning to believe it.



Don’t give up yet



Something spoke in my mind. No, it sounded like it was coming from my soul.



It’s not like a Trusdale to just give up



“But what chance do I have? As I am now, I can’t beat him.” I asked starting to feel a little crazy talking to a voice inside me.



Don’t be silly. You have all the power you’ll need. You just gotta ask for it from the bottom of your heart



“Ask for power from my heart?” I placed a claw on my chest. “I can’t be that simple…. Can it?”



It is. I know you Sarius Trusdale. You prefer to do things alone which makes it hard for you to ask for help when you need it. So it’s as simple as asking for help



“How do you know me?”



Simple, while you’re not a Keeper of Balance in this reality. You still have the potential to be one. The Balance will aid you if you just ask



I was hesitating about this. Part of me was saying it isn’t possible, but the other was telling me if a voice from in my soul, which is hard to believe in itself, that it’s possible then it should be. I had no options or means of winning this battle alone anyway. Might as well go for broke.

“Balance, please grant me the power I need to destroy Koreath and protect not only my friends and family but all of life. If I don’t stop him here, he’ll wipe out all life. Please, I beg of you, help me protect everyone.” I pleaded.

After a minute of waiting, I felt like it wasn’t working and begun fearing the worst.

Suddenly I felt a huge surge of power flood through my entire body as I was engulfed in pure light. The amount of power and energy I felt seemed like there was a blockade that just got broken down with an entire ocean waiting to flow freely. I wasn’t even paying attention to my body as it transformed. The light that engulfed me shone through the entire realm as it in its entirety was blinded by it. The light slowly died down to reveal me in an almost indescribable form.

My usual red and silver underbelly was replaced by thick black and silver scales that seemed like literal armor. I was standing on my hind legs with no problems at all. My claws and teeth were longer and sharper than ever. I felt my head and realized I grew three horns, one jolted off my forehead several inches and the other two sprouted from behind my ears and the tips were angled 90 degrees towards the back. I felt my back and noticed the back spikes grew out a bit and there was a small set of wings attached to my hips. The hard part to describe were my wings. The wing membrane was gone and just attached spike spires remained. When I opened them, blue energy streams flowed from between the spires. A wheel of black and gold spikes circled just above my back. My tail remained the same.

My body was shining brightly as the shadows and darkness of the realm were forced to retreat to the dark corners they originated from. I looked over my body completely astonished by my new look. I could feel an immense power flowing in me and somehow I felt my friends, family, and people I never met cheering and encouraging me to fight to the end. I closed my eyes, took a deep breath to gather my thoughts and calm my emotions. I opened my eyes as the pupils slit and glowed blue.

“Let’s finish this, Koreath!” I shouted at a volume that would make the Royal Canterlot voice sound normal by comparison. 

I pressed my hind legs against the stone floor and with a strong push, took off into the air at blinding speeds. My speed caught me by surprise as I was much faster than before, but I was quick to adjust to it. Koreath roared as his horn lit up and he completely transformed into a shadow as he launched a massive amount of spells, attacks, and projectiles at me. There were so many it was hard to dodge them all, but the floating back spikes moved on their own and neutralized anything that got close to me using energy or just slashing them.

I had no idea how those spikes were moving on their own, maybe they acted on my will or instinct. Regardless, I pushed on determined to defeat Koreath. When I reached him, the intense light my body was emitting forced Koreath back to his physical form as well as blinding him, I punched him noticing how much harder I was hitting him. I quickly followed up with a 7-hit combo and doing an additional 5 hits from the spikes swinging at him and piercing his shadowy form.

On instinct, my limbs, the spikes, and my tail started glowing with light as I jumped back in Koreath’s face landing a long 20-hit combo and finishing the combo with a blast of light from the spikes, which rotated together to shoot the blast from the middle. His body showed clear signs of damage as multiple wounds and openings were gushing with his black blood.

“This is….. Impossible. How could a mortal like you possess such power?” His otherworldly demon tone was lost as he seemed to shake with fear for possibly the first time.

“I’m not a mortal, I happen to have DNA of a dragon god in my veins. I was surprised by this power myself. I won’t lie when I say it’s not entirely mine to call.” I took a few seconds to take in my new form and power again. It wasn’t mine but it somehow felt like it belonged to me. “Perhaps this power belongs to a me that exists in another reality. Whatever the case, I’m gonna make good use of this power and send you to Tartarus where you truly belong.”

My body began to glow blue and white as I felt the light and energy of my newfound power combine. Koreath’s face showed pure anger and hate, but the feeling of fear was still present.

”Not if I send you to Heaven first!”

He roared as his body glowed red and black, almost like the opposite of me. He then let loose a powerful wave blast filled with demon magic and darkness at me at point-blank range. I, however, didn’t make any attempt to get out of the way as a shield of light appeared out of thin air. I never felt my life was in danger and somehow knew whatever power I have would protect and aid me regardless of my commands.

I charged forward, forcing my way through the wave of magic and darkness to its source and with all my strength I punched Koreath square in the chest. Black blood gushed out of his mouth as the wind was knocked out of him. This caused the wave he was firing to dissipate. I only realized now that the circle of spikes was creating an energy orb at the tips of the spikes. I moved back a foot and began charging my energy in my body as I instinctively said a line.

”Limit Breaker!”

The spikes floated in front of me as if I was to aim for the orb they were creating. The energy in my body welled up to the surface as a blue light was shining from my throat. A loud hum and sounds of crackling energy was heard.

”ENERGTRIS OMNI-FLARE!!!!”

I shot a beam of pure energy straight at the orb and the combined energies created a massive beam of energy that completely engulfed Koreath. A scream of pure pain, agony and fear were heard from Koreath as for the first time in his entire life, he felt himself dying. The light surrounding my body started growing larger until the entire realm was brightened by the light. Koreath’s presence was slowly disappearing as his very being was being disintegrated until there was nothing left of him.

A blinding flash of light shone through the entire realm until all that was seen was pure light.



That’s more like it, Sarius. You would make a fine Keeper. I would know. After all, I am you in another reality. One who is the Keeper.

Never forget Trusdales have the power to make the impossible possible