Thanatos POV:
Captain Armor had just left to see how interrogation and processing was going for the case, Nightmare had stayed behind and was talking with Twilight. Fluttershy had taken her spot sitting next to Sunset, so me and my brothers were next to the wall by the TV. We were talking with each other when we heard a knock on the door, and I turned to see who it was.
"Ah Dr. Horse, what news do you bring?" I asked the doctor.
"Well, we feel that your daughter has stabilized enough that we can take her off the ventilator, however we will still keep a close eye on her." he said as he looked at all of us in the room. "Now I know you all care very much but while we do this procedure we would prefer if you either waited in the hall or went outside."
"Of course...Dr., I cannot speak for everyone else but I feel me...and my brothers could use this time to catch up and talk of Sunset." Nälänhätä said.
"Yes, Nälänhätä is correct, brother," Krieg started. "You and Fluttershy have been cooped up too long, you both need breaks" he finished.
Me and Fluttershy just looked at each other and nodded because he was right and there was no use arguing, although Fluttershy looked like she wanted to. But she kissed Sunset on her forehead and everyone in the room started to leave, me and my brothers were the last and decided to take our own elevator down to the ground floor. As we exited the elevator Zaraza and Nälänätä looked at me and I realized what they were asking without having to speak, and I decided.
"No one that doesn't deserve it, take from them until they understand our pain" I said looking at them. "Krieg you and me are going to have a chat about what you're going to do" I said looking at him.
"Very good," he said, smiling as wide as he could.
Nälänhätä POV:
I rolled my electric wheelchair to my Escalade as one of the few demons that helped me open the door and a ramp came down. As I entered the Escalade and the ramp came up, the demon closed the door and got into the driver's seat.
"To the town hall….I need all the information this world has on the Apples" I said coughing a little bit. "After that the tax office, we need leverage."
Zaraza POV:
I had gotten into my car shortly before Nälänhätä, I was trying to come up with some good punishments. I knew Thanatos wanted Rainbow for himself, so I started my car and started driving, just thinking and as I passed a small store called Carousel Boutique, I got an evil idea.
Krieg POV:
Me and Thanatos were the last to get into our cars and leave the hospital parking lot, however as we pulled out an all black beetle pulled out behind me and I smiled. I knew Fluttershy wanted to cause pain to the ones that caused it to her. So I just ignored her and let her follow us as I followed Thanatos to a very nice looking restaurant. As he parked the pale horse I parked the red horse and just as I suspected Fluttershy parked her beetle right next to me. She got out before Thanatos, and I exited slowly just waiting for my brother to tell her she couldn't be here so I could say she was necessary for what I wanted to happen.
"Did you bring Twilight?" He asked her taking us both off guard.
"Of course I did, she needs to hear your plan as well" Fluttershy said, full of conviction.
"Very well," he said and then turned to me to ask me what I thought.
"The more the merrier, besides this one has a fire in her eyes that hasn't gone out since we met her." I said, as I started heading into the restaurant with Thanatos, Fluttershy and Twilight following me. We chose a window seat and when the waiter came over Thanatos decided to order for all of us.
"Four red wines, two salads, and two steaks, one rare and the other medium rare" he said looking at the waiter with his get it or die look.
"Make that three steaks, and the third medium" Fluttershy said before the waiter left. The waiter nodded and rushed off to get the food and drinks, after he had left Thanatos and Twilight just stared at her.
"Since when do you eat meat?" Thanatos asked her obviously knowing she didn't do this normally.
"I've always eaten meat, just because I take care of animals doesn't mean I'm a vegetarian. All animals have their specific diets and food they need, and humans need meat" she said, almost daring us to tell her different. "Now what's your plan Krieg, or should I say War" she said looking directly at me.
I thought Twilight broke her neck, she turned her head so fast, and as she looked at me I thought her eyes were going to pop out of her head. I just smiled my dark evil smile as I looked at her and then turned my attention to Fluttershy as I asked "how'd you figure out who I am?"
"That wasn't too hard. I knew who you three were the moment Thanatos said you were his brothers." she said. She turned and looked at Twilight and continued "I'm surprised you didn't figure it out when I introduced them. Besides that Krieg literally means war in German" she finished as she turned back to me still with the fire in her eyes and I knew what she wanted.
"There will be no war from me" I said as I pointed to her. "But you, you can bring it without my help, just by standing up for Sunset, the only thing I'm going to do is teach you the art of war" I finished smiling as our food arrived.
Zaraza POV:
I had parked my car and decided to head into the boutique, as I opened the door a bell jingled notifying whoever was running the store a customer had come in. I walked over to the men's section of the store to look for something new, and I heard "I'll be with you in a moment" from somewhere out back. "Don't worry I'm just looking for now" I said loud enough for them to hear me, as I moved shirts back, letting a little bit of my power out to have the clothing pass along a very horrible rash.
"I'm sorry to keep you waiting darling" I heard a woman say from behind me so I turned around.
"Oh it was no worry Ms?" I asked, waiting for her name.
"Oh where are my manners, I'm the proprietor Rarity Belle" she said. "And you are?"
"Dr. Zaraza" I said as I curtseyed and I watched as her eyes went as big as plates.
"World famous Doctor Zaraza, the one who found the cure for cancer?" She asked very excitedly.
"The one and the same" I answered. "My brother told me this boutique had the best fitting and most comfortable suits he'd ever seen or worn" I said trying to bait her.
"Really and who might your brother be, I know everyone that comes in?" She asked more than a little confused as I let a small evil smile form on my face.
"Why he's the richest lawyer in the world?" I started and her eyes narrowed.
"And who would that be darling?" She asked, seemingly confused.
"Why Thanatos Darkstar, of course" I said as I watched as her eyes got an angry look. "Now I know, no small store that services such important people like Fancy Pants or Fleur De Lis, would ever make another sale again. Especially when it comes out that said establishment refused to sell to such important people like the Darkstar's" I said threateningly.
"You wouldn't dare" she said looking like I just stabbed her.
"One bad word from me" I said smiling, as I headed for the door. "You and your family lose everything" I finished as I left her boutique.
Nälänhätä POV:
"Just as I had figured" I said to the demon who was driving. We had gone to the town office and I had gotten an entire file and just as I figured, the land on which Sweet Apple Acres was built, was barren and Granny Smith and her husband had never taken a loan to get it started. But the leverage I had was that her son had taken a loan to get new equipment, and to hide the fact they had lost money. "Guess God works in mysterious ways...to Sweet Apple Acres."
As we drove through town I saw Pestilence leaving a boutique, and when he saw us he just waved. A few more blocks away we saw both War and Death's cars parked outside a diner along with Fluttershy's Beetle. As we drove I knew what I was going to do because I had already started. As we pulled into Sweet Apple Acres, I let my power roam a little and I targeted a few trees here and there, making them weep and rot.
Bright Macintosh POV:
As me and my wife were leaving the barn from today's harvest, I noticed a black Cadillac Escalade parked by the house.
"Now who could that be Bright?" Pear Butter asked me.
"I don't know, but I might have a hunch," I said as we kept walking. As we got close to the SUV the driver of the car stepped out and I realized he was about my age and wearing a three piece suit. He walked around and opened the passenger side back door and a ramp came down and a man in an electronic wheel chair came down the ramp just as Granny Smith came out the door.
"Bright, Pear who's here?" She yelled at us just as the man in the wheelchair turned to look at her she looked at him. I had never seen Granny's eyes get that big "Nälänhätä? Is that you?"
"Granny Smith...how wonderful to see an old friend again" the man in the wheelchair said and then his name clicked.
"Nälänhätä Darkstar, the world famous botanist?" I asked, clearly surprised to see that Granny knew someone famous.
"The one...and the same child" he started as he coughed. "I came to visit an old friend" as he turned to Granny, "I see you... didn't follow my advice...on not planting in that back field" he finished as he pointed to the field that we had the most wildlife problems in. Granny looked out to where he was pointing and then turned to me.
"Bright, when were those there trees planted?" She asked as I started to sweat nervously.
"When Applejack was about five" Pear answered before I could come up with a good lie.
Granny just gave me an evil eye, and Nälänhätä shook his head very slowly. "Do you know...why I told Granny to never plant in that specific field?" he said as his eyes glowed black for the briefest of moments.
"Why?" I asked mostly because that field helped us even out our profit margin.
"Because that field is an... ancient burial ground with a curse" he said.
"Everyone in Canterlot knows this curse," Granny continued. "Whosoever disturbes the ancient ground, shall face the consequences of horses green, red, black and pale" she finished.
Sunset POV:
It was dark, and all I could hear was the rhythmic beating of what sounded like a drum. It had been dark for a while, the last thing I remember was going to meet Fluttershy at Applejack's for our sleepover and then, "why can't I remember" I say to the void around me.
"That's because you were in an accident and you're fighting to live, but don't worry, you have litteral death on your side" I heard from behind me.
I turned around and before me was a world of color like I could never even dream. There were doors as far as the eye could see and in front of me was a man that looked to be in his thirties. Sitting on a beautifully crafted throne. "Who are you?" I asked.
"I'm pretty sure Thanatos has talked of me" the strange man said. Then he snapped his fingers and we were standing in a hospital room.
"Why are we here, and how'd you do that?" I asked him his only answer was to point at the bed. And when I turned, I couldn't believe what I saw, there I was hooked up to a heart monitor, with bandages around my ribs, leg, head, and bruises, on my face. "So I was in an accident, but that still doe" and then it hit me "God?" I say looking at him.
"Very good and no, I'm not taking you anywhere, mostly because death put his mark on your soul so if you're taken to an afterlife he's immediately notified. No, what I want is to talk, you are very important to this world as you will find out, Thanatos and his brothers will deal with their own brand of balance and you will continue to grow" he said.
"But what does that mean exactly?" I asked him to find no one around me.
"You'll learn what it means in time Sunset Shimmer, you can wake up whenever you want by entering your body" God's disembodied voice said. I looked at my body and I looked around the room and thought to myself 'I'll wake up when dad and Fluttershy are here' and I smiled as I sat next to my own body and waited.