-TERRARIA, YHARIM’S KINGDOM, TEMPLE-
A loud series of stomping echoes throughout the halls of the temple as a large yeti-like entity chases after a certain leopard/wolf hybrid
“Run run run as fast as you can, once I catch you, you’re a dead cat!” The Storm King exclaims as he then charges a surge of blue electricity in his right hand before he takes aim and fires off a powerful bolt of lightning.
[SKTOOOM]
Unfortunately, due to Snow’s incredible agility; likely a result of his feline-like figure, Snow leaps from wall to wall as he continues to antagonize The Storm King and says:
“You’re nothing but a big old idiot. Yharim wasted his time recruiting someone like you, he’d be better off trying to recruit The Slime King!”
“Ooooh, that hurt my feelings,” The large yeti replies sarcastically as he then brings his hands together, all while continuing to give chase, and unleashes a focused electrical blast.
[SKTOOOM]
Once again his attack misses its mark as the feline-like entity simply continues to leap from wall to wall, even running on all fours upon the ceiling as if Snow was still on the floor.
“Hold still so I can zap you!” The Storm King exclaims.
“Oh yeah, real motivating...” Snow replies as the werebeast hybrid then conjures forth a weapon from Yharim’s armory: Mythril Knives.
As he leaps to the opposite wall of the one he was currently positioned on, all while continuing to move forward with incredible speeds, Snow spins in the air and throws back a large number of the knives.
Seeing this, The Storm King raises his right arm and blocks the coming barrage of blades; all of which impales his arm and manages to draw blood. However, this doesn’t seem to faze The Storm king much and incidentally, the blue blood that was leaking from his wound caused the floor to freeze upon contact.
“Hah! You call that a-” Suddenly, The Storm King’s words were cut off and his eyes widened as he took notice of what Snow was now aiming at him.
“It’s called a diversion,” Snow comments with a smirk as he then pumps his shotgun-like weapon. “Say hello to my Onyx Blaster, motherfucker!”
[BANGSHOOM]
Upon firing the weapon, a large black energy projectile is let loose and just moments before it makes impact with The Storm King, the large entity braces himself as he mutters:
“Clever dick…”
[BOOM]
This results in a large explosion which also brings down a portion of the ceiling. The rubble falls onto The Storm King to which Snow stops momentarily and gives him the finger before the leopard/wolf humanoid continues to escape.
The rest of Yharim’s forces finally manage to catch up as they take notice of The Storm King who is currently beneath the rubble. They were about to help the downed werebeast before his eyes shot wide open and in a fit of rage, The Storm King roared out and threw the rubble off of him; some of which actually landed on Yharim’s guards instead.
“I want that cat’s skin!” The large werebeast exclaims.
“Actually, sir, I think it’s part wolf too- bleurgh!” The guard’s words were cut off and they let loose a painful exclamation as The Storm King grabs them by their neck, choking them in the process.
“Does It look like I’m watching fucking Animal Planet right now? I don’t care if he’s half elephant! Go after him!” The Storm King shouts as he throws the guard away and beckons the others to chase after Snow. Suddenly, he could hear what seemed to be the sounds of crunching as he turned towards a certain dark pink pony who was holding a bag of popcorn: Pinkamena.
“A-are you seriously eating popcorn?!” The Storm King inquires with a hint of irritation.
“What?” Pinkamena questions and shrugs her forehooves in response. “It was a nice little show and I found this in the food hall.”
……….
“Does that have extra butter?”
“I’m not sharing this!” Pinkamena exclaims angrily as she conjures forth a weapon she retrieved from Yharim’s armory: Vampire Knives.
Snow continues to make his way towards the exit and avoids multiple guards as this time, he was in stealth. This is thanks to a rogue’s innate ability to enter a sort of state that basically gives them invisibility but only while not engaged in any form of combat.
“That was a close one but luckily for me, that guy was all muscle and no brains. Storm King… I know that I’ve never heard of it before, and yet, why does he sound so familiar? I guess I’ll-”
[POOF]
Suddenly, a horrific chill went down Snow’s spine as he knew exactly who it was that now stood behind him. A serpentine-fox like female entity smirks from behind him; with a clawed hand to her chin as she says:
“Well, well, if it isn’t a werebeast. Now why would someone like you be snooping around here only to be caught by yours truly? Hmmm?” The female entity then chuckles before she disappears once more and reappears in front of Snow; looking him dead in the eyes. “No need to answer that, I already know.”
“C-Cosmos… The Kitsune Tyrant…”
“Awww, you remember me. I’m almost tempted to let you walk right out of here.”
“Of course I ‘Remember’ you, anyone who calls themselves a true werebeast knows about you! You enslaved our kind to your whim!” Snow replies as he then growls in defiance.
“It’s cute that you think you can do anything to stop me. You’re not powerful like Yharim or Calamitas and you’re certainly not my Dizzy Wizzy. You’re just a weak mortal who’s trying to save mommy and daddy from the big, bad, Astral Infection. Oh yes, I know all about that thanks to rummaging in that little brain of yours.”
Snow was now filled with absolute rage as he pushed aside his fear and actually lunged towards Cosmos with his claws; ready to tear her apart.
“Do not speak of my parents!”
“Already boooored.”
In a display of rage and anger, Snow drives his claws into The kitsune Tyrant and after a relentless assault of attacks, he manages to tear her into pieces. However, there was one thing that stood out most: A complete lack of blood. Despite being torn apart, no ounce of blood or even any type of organic tissue remained, just pieces of Cosmos’s form which was currently floating around Snow. The leopard/wolf entity did not relent as he then conjured forth another type of weapon that he stole from the armory: Razorblade Typhoon.
“Die you insufferable tyrant!” Snow exclaims as he activates the spell book and sends forth multiple razorwheel attacks which were composed of water mixed with blue energy.
These razorwheels further dice what was once Cosmos’s body; all while Snow roars out in defiance with the intention of seeing her dead before his very eyes. Finally, the leopard/wolf hybrid started to run low on magicka as he fell down onto a knee and struggled to catch his breath.
“Ooh, poor widdle kitty can’t destroy me,” Cosmos comments as her voice echoes throughout the chamber that their battle was currently taking place in. Then, in one swift motion and completely undoing all of the ‘Damage’, Snow had caused, Cosmos reappears in absolute pristine condition; good as new. “Ohohoho, that was a cute little display there. Want to try it again?”
“I despise you…” Snow spat out in disgust.
“Oh, I know, and I enjoy every second of it.” Then, the female entity decides to aggravate him further as she sings in a mocking fashion:
“Go ahead, hit me again, I see you’re able,
But you’re just a weak mortal, so unstable,
I can see that you’re really really trying,
But this is so hilarious; I feel like I’m dying.
You’re not gonna win,
We’ll be here together,
Fighting in this temple chamber forever,
Every time you hit me, I’ll come back newer,
And I’ll just keep laughing at the sad mortal that you are.
I’m entirely made-”
“Hey, she-bitch!” A new voice interjects and cuts off Cosmos’s words. In recognition, Snow’s eyes were widened in a mix of fear and concern as he shouts:
“Leinfors?! I told you to leave!”
“Not without you, my friend,” Leinfors responds as he suddenly drinks a very particular potion, one that allows him to switch places with another individual. The two allies perform the action as Snow is now positioned at the temple’s exit/entrance while Leinfors appears where the leopard/wolf humanoid once stood: In front of Cosmos. Looking down, Snow notices a very particular item that was now positioned below him: Dr Draedon’s Log. The werebeast hybrid then picks up the item as Leinfors shouts:
“Run, Snow! Take the log and go! You must escape!”
“Leinfors, I can’t just-”
“Gooooo!”
“Yes yes, run away little kitty. Run away while I kill your friend here.” Cosmos comments with a dark tone and devilish smile.
“Run away! You must live on, Snow! Forget about this old man, I’ve lived my life! You still have to save your parents-”
“Oh shut up,” Cosmos interjects as she backhands Leinfors and sends the elderly man hurling towards the nearby wall. She then turns back towards Snow, who in turn was now conflicted as he wanted to save his dear friend, as the kitsune tyrant says: “Run away, little one. Run away and never return.”
“Please, Snow… leave me behind… you have to escape and return to- graugh!” Leinfors cries out in pain as Cosmos snaps her talons and makes him appear within her grasp, holding him up against his neck with her right arm. She then looks at Snow, who was still looking on with tears threatening to leave his eyes, as she then chuckles and says:
“The following action isn’t suited for idiotic leopard/wolf werebeast hybrids who should’ve been running away by now. Viewer discretion is advised.”
[CRACK]
With a sickening crack, Cosmos snaps Leinfors’s neck which in turn causes his struggling form to go limp as a result.
“Oops, I think I broke him. Anyway, back to- Oh? He’s gone now…” Cosmos comments as Snow had indeed disappeared during those final moments.
Unbeknownst to them all, someone else had witnessed the entire scenario play out as the being remained hidden around the corner of a hallway. A dark pink pony. The pony then starts to take her leave, and with a saddened expression as she mutters:
“That is what I fear… I don’t want to see that happen to you, sis.” Pinkamena shudders at the thought and when she witnessed Cosmos snapping Leinfors’s neck, at that very moment, she didn’t see either Leinfors or even Cosmos for that matter. No, what the dark pink pony saw instead was Yharim who held Pinkie Pie within his grasp; who snaps Pinkie Pie’s neck and causes her form to go limp.
“I will free you from him… if it’s the last thing I do...”
With pain in his heart and letting out various growls, Snow rapidly sprints through Yharim’s underground kingdom while also remaining in stealth in the process. Everything that happened mere moments ago was now playing over and over within his mind. He especially hears the words of Cosmos and Leinfors.
-Run away, little one. Run away and never return-
-Snow! You must live on!-
[LEOPARD/WOLF GROWLS]
-Please, Snow… leave me behind-
-Oops, I think I broke him-
“I will come for you one day, Cosmos!” Snow roars out as the werebeast hybrid finally reaches the exit to Yharim’s underground realm. He turns around one last time and comments:
“I will cure my parents of The Astral Infection. Then, once I achieve that, I will find a way to kill you, Kitsune Tyrant.”
As the werebeast takes his leave, someone else had witnessed his escape as the tyrant king himself manifests where Snow once stood. Yharim chuckles to himself as he says:
“The pieces of the board are slowly moving into place. The beauty of it all? I can just have others remove some of my targets for me,” Yharim then looks back to his temple and says: “Sorry, Cosmos, but I’ll need to remove you and the others one day. There can only be one ruler, one god, in all the world,” Yharim then starts to walk towards his kingdom before he continues: “And that god, will. Be. Me. Everything shall be re-made to my vision. A world of peace and absolute order shall be molded by my hands.”
-TERRARIA, THE DUNGEON ENTRANCE-
At the bottom of a large flight of stairs which leads to The Dungeon’s entrance, a large group of ponies, terrarians, and a goblin suddenly appears within a beam of light mixed with ice via a very familiar item: The Ice Mirror.
“This place looks just as dreadful as ever, even with that brute no longer here to haunt it.” Rarity comments. Steven then looks to his friend and places a hand onto her back as he says:
“While I do have a lot of horrible and painful memories of this place, I am thankful for the one good thing it did give to me.”
“What is it, darling?”
“I was able to meet you, Rarity.”
“Ohoho, darling, you’re going to make me drown in tears. But, you’re right, that is indeed one good thing that we can take from this place.”
……....
“So, this is The Dungeon,” Shadow Thunder comments with a hoof to his chin. “I’ve heard rumors about it but to see it for myself…”
“You scared? Well, don’t worry,” Starlight Glimmer replies with a smirk. “If anything shows up, I’ll keep you safe.”
“Ohoho, is that a challenge, Starlight?” Shadow Thunder responds.
“You’ve got one on me, so I need to get even with you. I never got to pay you back for saving me from the undead.”
“There’s no need to pay me back, beautiful.”
“Oh stop,” Starlight replies with reddened cheeks. She then takes on a saddened expression and says: “There’s nothing beautiful about me… not with all that I’ve done...”
Shadow Thunder could tell that something was clearly disheartening the unicorn mare. In fact, he realized it ever since they first met as she said those exact same words during the battle with the undead. He simply chooses to respect her reluctance but does wish that she’d one day tell him about what’s bothering her.
……….
“You gonna be ok, Candy?” Pinkie Pie inquires with a worried tone.
“I’ll be ok, Pinkie Pie. It’s just… bad memories.”
“Well, this time things will be different! Because now, you have friends with you and I won’t let anything inside of that dungeon hurt anyone. Sai Sahan has been teaching me how to fight with a blade so now I’m all like ‘Whapow!’ ‘Kaplow!’ ‘Swish!” Pinkie Pie exclaims as she pretends to attack various foes with her forehooves, pretending as if she were wielding a blade.
……….
Fluttershy was momentarily afraid before her two companions, the miniature versions of The Slime Gods, both places a tendril onto the shy pegasus and says:
“We shall be with you, our beloved avatar.” Crimulan Comments.
“Wherever you go, we shall follow. Our beloved core and dear friend.” Ebonian assures with a soothing tone. Their words causes the shy pegasus to blush as she then takes on a determined expression.
……….
“My word, you were truly held prisoner within this place? It’s so ghastly.” Gorglock The Goblin Tinkerer comments.
“Yeah, I’ll have to tell you that story sometime but It happened after I escaped from… him…” Katelyn The Mechanic responds which causes Gorglock to look at her with a sympathetic expression. Then, with reddened cheeks, the goblin scratches the back of his head and says:
“If it’s anything to you, I’ll always be here to help.”
“That’s sweet of you, Gorglock.”
……….
“Hello down there!” A new voice calls out from the top of the stairs which catches the attention of the entire group from Home Town. “Are you perhaps adventurers here to explore this place?! Would you be willing to help me?! I had a friend go missing in these parts and I suspect they might be here!”
“Oh goodness, darling!” Rarity exclaims from the bottom of the steps. “Who are you?! And yes, we’ll be more than happy to assist!”
“My name’s Loganic, thank you very much for the help!”