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// Chapter 63: The Awakened Berserker (Part 1) 
// Story: BlackWarGreymon: Warrior of Harmony 
// by I-C-U-P 
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Far away, deep in the caverns in the furthest reaches of Equestria, the evil Digimon stood firm. Awaiting the return of Tirek and ChaosBlackWarGreymon. Regardless of they succeeded in their mission or not. As he stood still, he could feel what was going on far away in Canterlot. Almost envisioning how the battle went on as if he was there himself. 

But then he felt something. Something that not even he had anticipated. He grunted in curiosity. His eyes snapped open as he looked in the direction of the source of the power. The energy he felt was massive, and it belonged to a Digimon. But what he found the most intriguing of all, was how evil it felt. What surprised him the most was that it didn’t belonged to any of his minions. ChaosBlackWarGreymon was the only Digimon in his forces, yet the energy didn’t belong to him.

Seeing his change of posture, Queen Chrysalis approached him in confusion.

“W-What’s going on?” She inquired.

Before he replied, the evil Digimon finally figured out what was going on in Canterlot. Grinning in satisfaction, he spoke a sentence that got the Changeling Queen concerned.

“Well… it looks like he’s going to do the work for me.”
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Back on the outskirts of Canterlot, all eyes were on BlackWarGreymon. Whom had been reborn from the verge of defeat at Tirek’s hands. Hidden in the dense trees, ChaosBlackWarGreymon got back on his feet as he stared at BlackWarGreymon’s new transformation in horror. Knowing full well the dangers of Dark Digivolution.

“This is bad! This is very, very bad!! He… Dark Digivolved!!” He stated. Remained dumbfounded that such a thing could happen to his progenitor.

As for the ponies, they were all staring at their friend in confusion. Unsure what to make of his Berserk Mode form. All completely unaware the true nature of what BlackWarGreymon went through.

“What in tarnation just happened?” Applejack asked. But the other ponies were just as puzzled.

“I have no idea. We’ve never seen this before,” Twilight answered. She and Celestia stared at the Mega in fascination.

“Did… magic do this?” Celestia asked as she held the unconscious Luna close. With all their magic stolen by Tirek, she and no other magic user could sense the type of energy within the Digimon. And how malicious it really was.

“He… he looks even more dangerous than before,” Shining Armor added. Intimidated by the Digimon’s new appearance. Mostly from his new metal claws.

Rainbow Dash meanwhile felt the opposite.

“He… looks…SO…COOL!!”

“And he has a mouth now!” Pinkie Pie added. Joined by a distressed Rarity.

“But his hair is such a mess!”

While the rest of the group all watched the new Digimon in awe and fascination, Cadence and Fluttershy were the ones who felt differently. There was something... off about their digital friend. Their sights mainly focused on BlackWarGreymon’s head as he stared blankly at nothing. With his blank white eyes and snarling teeth of his new mouth, he looked more ferocious than he was earlier. They remembered how furious he was prier to transforming. Wondering if that wrath had passed on to his new look.

‘Background Music’ ‘Bury the Light – Vergil’s battle theme from Devil May Cry 5’

Lord Tirek looked down at the Digimon in confusion. But then began to laugh out loud. Tirek took note on BlackWarGreymon’s newfound power and was amused. His power had only risen back to how he was in his Ascended form. Not that much stronger in fact. And with all that power he absorbed, the centaur believed that the Mega was no threat to him. His outburst caught the attention of the ponies below. He then began to mock at the Digimon.

“And what’s this supposed to be!? So what if had grown a couple of feet, you’re still just a puny weakling!”

Unbeknownst to Tirek, BlackWarGreymon began to snarl in response.

“With all the power I absorbed from you before, you don’t stand a chance against me!” Tirek continued.

To the surprise of the ponies, they all saw BlackWarGreymon briefly flex his new finger blades. Then out of nowhere…

“RRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!”

The berserker Digimon roared his new toothy maw at the heavens above. The sheer volume of his outburst of fury didn’t just cause the world around him to tremble and bursts of wind to howl, but even caused the ground beneath his very feet to split open. Forming a hollow crater around him. The ponies ducked down from the winds and held onto their ears from the sudden scream. Even Tirek was taken by surprise by the sudden power surge. Crossing his arms to block out the winds. All in a display of BlackWarGreymon Berserk Mode’s power being mightier than it appeared.

As his echoing roar died down, so did the winds and the trembling ground. The ponies recovered as they looked at BlackWarGreymon in surprise. After looking up in the air, the enraged Mega glared towards the surprised Tirek. The sight of the giant centaur caused the Digimon’s wrath to quickly intensify. And when he spoke, his voice was distorted from anger. Possessing deep growls as he spoke the centaur’s name.

“Tiii…reeeek!”

He then began to walk out of the crater he created. The faint white glow surrounding his body. But when he began to set foot on the grass, something strange happened that surprised the onlooking ponies. When BlackWarGreymon’s right foot stepped on the grass, the plant-life began to change. While still green, the appearance of the grass became faded. Almost pixilated. Then as the Mega’s foot was lifted from the patch of pixilated grass, the whole patch burst into countless pieces, then into nothing. Leaving behind a patch of earth in the shape of the Digimon’s foot. The same happened with his left foot. The group couldn’t believe their eyes. The very touch of BlackWarGreymon’s new form was digitizing the ground. Celestia and Twilight couldn’t help but remember BlackWarGreymon’s past. When he destroyed other Control Spire Digimon, their bodies faded away in the same manner.

Tirek was a little startled. He was at the most ultimate peak of power, yet his foe was marching towards him. Nothing but rage in his white featureless eyes as he addressed him again. His tone more malicious than the last.

“Tiiii…RREEEEEEK!!”

Feeling that the Mega had lost his mind, Tirek deemed him a mild nuisance.

“Huh, as if I should be afraid of you. Here, taste my power… and die!” He said as a bright orange orb of magic formed in-between his giant horns. Then firing a massive ball of destructive magic at the awaiting Digimon.

But to the surprise of the ponies, BlackWarGreymon Berserk Mode kept marching on. Even as Tirek’s attack was quickly bearing down on him. Then to their shock, the attack slammed into the Digimon. He was sent hurtling back while being pushed by the giant attack and into the ground. Then as the ball of magic reached towards the trees, it detonated. Creating a massive explosion of orange light.

As the light and tremors form the blast died down, the group couldn’t believe what had happened.

“What in the world is he thinking!?” Rarity asked. Joined by Rainbow Dash.

“Why would he take the hit like that? That looked like it hurt.”

As for Tirek, the centaur was smiling in satisfaction. Thinking that the blast was all he needed to destroy BlackWarGreymon. But his satisfaction was replaced by surprise when the smoke cleared. The group were just as stunned at what they saw. BlackWarGreymon was still there. Lying face up in the middle of the overturned scorching crater. The look of anger remained on his face.

Then to the surprise of the onlookers, the muscles in BlackWarGreymon’s upper body suddenly bulked up before retracting back. The same for his leg muscles as he began to sit back up. The veins clearly visible as they pulsed. Then as he stood back to his full height, no damage was seen on him. Despite recieving such a powerful attack, it left him unscaved.

While the abnormality was strange to the ponies, to ChaosBlackWarGreymon it was something very different. The big change wasn’t in BlackWarGreymon’s body, it was what lied beneath.

“His… his power just jumped!”

Tirek was slightly taken back by the sight. Stunned that the Digimon could stand back up so quickly. But so consumed in his desire to end the Mega, he failed to sense that BlackWarGreymon Berserk Mode’s power had sharply risen. He displayed his arrogance by scoffing the situation.

“So, you want some more, do you? Well, here’s seconds!”

After throwing his head forward, he fired another ball of magic. Identical to the last one he used. But like before, BlackWarGreymon remained unmoved as the attack sped towards him. But suddenly, the Digimon raised his left hand up… and caught the giant eighty-foot-wide ball of magic!

“HUH!?” The ponies gasped. Joined by the very surprised Tirek.

“What the…!?”

Tirek was aghast. His second attack had the exact same power as the first one. Yet whereas the first one smacked BlackWarGreymon back, the berserker Digimon caught the second one with total ease. His body wasn’t even in the right posture to catch such an attack. Especially while using a single arm. As he let out a growl, BlackWarGreymon clenched his hand. His new claws dug into the ball of magic. Then, just like with the grass, the energy ball soon altered in appearance. The abnormality spreading all over the ball, before bursting apart into specks of data. The giant attack being digitized. The sight left everyone almost unnerved.

Then as BlackWarGreymon lowered his left arm, he raised his right arm up to his side. His shiny metal finger claws gleaming in the light. Then suddenly, the claws began to emit a blue flame-like glow.

As well as his body, his transformation meant he also had new abilities. He demonstrated one as reared his arm back. Stretching his fingers wide as the blue flames grew bigger.

“NEGATIVE CLAW!!!”

As he slashed his arm forward, BlackWarGreymon Berserk Mode unleashed waves of dark blue energy. The attacks sliced through the air and towards Tirek. Believing in his newfound resilience, Tirek crossed is arms for protection. The attacks struck. And Tirek cringed in pain.

Surprised that he felt the attack, Tirek looked down at his left arm and, to his surprise, found a big gash. The Digimon’s attack had penetrated his magically enhanced flesh and caused blood to slowly drip from the wound.

“Huh?” He uttered before glaring back at the Mega Level Digimon.

“A new attack!?” Twilight exclaimed. Surprised to see a new ability.

All eyes were on BlackWarGreymon Berserk Mode as he lowered his arm back down. After landing a hit on Tirek, the Digimon felt the urge to go on. To attack again. As his breathing became erratic, he suddenly screamed into the air once more. Causing the world around him to tremble.

“RRAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGHHHH!!!”

Tirek was then surprised when BlackWarGreymon suddenly began to sprint. Roaring in fury as he stormed towards the giant centaur. After closing the distance, BlackWarGreymon leapt to the air towards the giant with shocking speed. His right arm ready with his fingers spread. As he flew past Tirek’s right shoulder, the Digimon slashed his arm against the centaur. Tirek let out a brief cry of pain as Chrome Digizoid sliced into his shoulder. Leaving behind a bloody slash marks. As Tirek tried to turn and face his foe, BlackWarGreymon turned back around and slapped his left hand against Tirek’s face. The blow caused the centaur to stumble while small cuts formed on his face. His cheek just caught by the Digimon’s claws.

“Grr! Why you…!” Tirek shouted as he tried to use his left hand to throw a punch.

However, the enraged Mega vanished from sight before he could get hit. Confused at first, Tirek suddenly received an attack from his left. BlackWarGreymon appearing and slamming his foot against the giant’s shoulder. The sudden impact caused Tirek to stumble forward. But before he could let his foe escape from his reach, Tirek swung his left arm out and successfully whacked BlackWarGreymon away. The attack caused the Digimon to seemingly spiral out of control as he was hurtling through the air. But as his spinning slowed down, he was already in the process of fighting back. BlackWarGreymon Berserk Mode suddenly formed a black fire ball within his right palm. Then as his spinning brought him facing away from Tirek, he spoke up.

“BLACK NOVA!!!”

Swinging his arm out, BlackWarGreymon launched the small ball of black fire down towards Tirek. The evil lord merely grinned at what he saw.

“And what’s that supposed to be!?” He shouted before firing a ball of magic to counter. Assuming he was going to be superior.

But as his attack struck BlackWarGreymon’s, the true nature of the Black Nova attack bared fruit. The small ball of black fire instantly exploded. A colossal sphere of black fire erupted from the blast like tones of napalm. Tirek panicked as he raised his arm up, trying to protect himself from the sudden intense heat from the blast. Even the ponies were surprised at how big the explosion was from such a tiny attack.

As the flames began to dissipate, Tirek stood there. Eyeing on the Digimon whom remained in the air. Then to his surprise, the Digimon vanished from sight. The next thing he felt was a powerful impact to his side. The centaur gagged as he felt air escaping his body. BlackWarGreymon was then seen again. His right foot in contact with Tirek’s side. Tirek glanced down at the Digimon as he looked back at him. His new mouth taking on a form that resembled a grin. Angered by the Digimon, Tirek fired a beam from his horns to blast the Digimon away. But the berserker Digimon leaped away and charged in to attack again. Despite his finger razors getting in the way, it didn’t stop BlackWarGreymon from trying to form a fist. Folding his fingers down his palm and resting his thumb across them. With his fist ready, he landed a punch on Tirek’s forehead. The blow caused the centaur to stagger back. 

With Tirek distracted, BlackWarGreymon got ready to continue his assault. Blue flames ignited on his left hand.

“Negative Claw!”

With a wave of his clawed hand, the Mega sent waves of blue energy towards Tirek. However, the centaur recovered just in time and crossed his arms to form a magical barrier. The energy waves struck the barrier. But to Tirek’s shock, the attacks had damaged his barrier. Slash marks were seen, almost as if they almost got through.

After grunting in frustration, Tirek dropped his barrier and fired his new spiral magical beam. The attack struck BlackWarGreymon and blasted him over the horizon. An explosion soon followed in the distant forest. But just as quickly as he was sent away, BlackWarGreymon Berserk Mode flew straight back at frightening speeds. As he flew, his right clawed hand grabbed a hold on Tirek’s right horn. The centaur let out a surprised gasp as he felt his head being yanked back. As he pulled Tirek by the horn, BlackWarGreymon flew down towards the ground. Pulling the centaur back and toppling him down on his back with an echoing thud.

The onlooking ponies were astonished at what they were seeing. BlackWarGreymon was on the verge of defeat a moment ago. But in his new form, the battle seemed more even. Despite all the magic Tirek had stolen.

After toppling over Tirek, BlackWarGreymon flew up with both his claws ignited in dark blue flames. As he roared out, he swung his claws. Sending down his Negative Claw energy blades down upon Tirek. Seeing the oncoming attacks and remembering what they could do, Tirek frantically turned himself over to get back on his hooves. While avoiding the first set of attacks, he was struck on his shoulder. Causing another gash on his body. Looking up, the angered centaur saw BlackWarGreymon diving down to attack again. But using his levitation spell, Tirek managed to catch the Digimon in a magical grip. Then with a wave of his arms, he sent the Mega crashing to the ground.

The group were shocked at the sight. The violent impact of the tumbling Digimon looked very painful. But as his body was violently tearing up the ground, BlackWarGreymon suddenly righted himself up and dug his talons and claws into the ground to slow himself down. Leaving behind deep grooves in the ground. He finally came to a stop in between a pair of trees, his muscles briefly bulked before retracting. Then within the groove in the ground, all the grass within became digitized and disappeared into the air. Much like before, since the ground came in contact with BlackWarGreymon’s body. The concerned ponies kept wondering to themselves. Why was BlackWarGreymon doing it? Does he even know that he was doing it? Was it caused by the paint white aura around his body? Or was it simply from his very touch?

BlackWarGreymon Berserk Mode further demonstrated the odd ability when he reached out his arms to dig his claws into the trees either side of him. Within seconds, the tress were being digitized. The pixilating effect spreading from the Mega’s hands and all across the tree. Even down to the last leaf. Soon after, the two trees burst into countless pieces of data. Then BlackWarGreymon rose up, snarling at Tirek with rage and white featureless eyes.

Then just like Cadence and Fluttershy, Celestia and Twilight too began to feel that something was not right. Giving looks of worry as they looked at the angry Mega. The way he looked… and the way he was fighting… it was almost like he was a beast.

The fact that was reinforced when in a fit of primal rage, BlackWarGreymon Berserk Mode let out a furious roar at Tirek. His echoing outburst causing the ground to tremble and winds to blow wildly through the area. His mane-like hair waving from the winds. If the ponies had to be honest, the sight was almost frightening to them. He was their friend, yet he was acting more like a ravenous beast.

Afterwards, BlackWarGreymon launched himself off the ground and flew straight towards Tirek much quicker than before. Slamming his right elbow into the centaur’s gut. Tirek gagged loudly from the shockingly powerful attack. Almost hunching over. With his enemy stunned, the vengeful Mega flew up beside his face, spun around and slammed his armoured shin against the bridge of Tirek’s nose. The evil lord yelled out in pain as he staggered back while grabbing a hold on his face. Infuriated, Tirek fired another beam at BlackWarGreymon. Knocking him out of the sky. But as soon as he hit the ground, the berserker immediately jumped back to his feet and launched back towards the centaur. To which the Digimon slammed his feet against the giant’s chest. But then digging his sharp talons for grip.

“What are you…!?” Tirek uttered in confusion as he twinged in pain from the sharp talons. Only to wish that he should act faster.

Because with his grip on Tirek, BlackWarGreymon began to do something horrific. With his finger razors, he began to slash and impale. His Chrome Digizoid claws cleaving into Tirek’s skin. Creating more cuts and gashes. Tirek himself yelled out in pain. Despite being far larger, the metal claws still felt very painful as felt like being cut open. In reaction to the attack, Tirek quickly used his left hand to grab onto BlackWarGreymon and pull him off his chest. Holding the Digimon up to get a look at him, Tirek glared angrily at him for what he had done. As for the Mega, despite being grappled, his left arm was still free. To which he quickly used to impale his claws into Tirek’s thumb. The centaur roared in pain as he threw the Digimon aside, before clenching onto his injured thumb.

The ponies saw the whole thing transpire and were left mostly shaken.

“Ah don’t remember seeing him fight like that before,” Applejack commentated. Joined by Rarity.

“A bit too violent. Don’t you think?”

Rainbow Dash however was more upbeat about what was happening.

“He’s totally kicking Tirek’s butt! This is so awesome!”

Among a few others, Twilight looked uncertain. She then looked over at BlackWarGreymon in the sky above. More specifically, his claws. At first, they were stained in Tirek’s blood. But just like what happened before with the two trees, the blood was then digitized into nothing. Twilight then looked up at her digital friend’s head. She couldn’t properly tell before, but seeing his expressions confirmed it. He became vengeful, but with no signs of calming down. If anything, BlackWarGreymon seemed to be getting angrier and angrier.

“Something… something is not right here,” She quietly uttered as she looked at BlackWarGreymon in concern. Without knowing, her concerns were joined by the hidden ChaosBlackWarGreymon.

“Just what do you think you’re doing!?” Tirek shouted at BlackWarGreymon in anger while holding onto his injured thumb. Not expecting such a vicious attack.

But rather than replying, BlackWarGreymon Berserk Mode dived down to attack once more. But feeling that he would be slashing him again, Tirek caught the Mega in a levitation spell. Freezing him in place. With his magical hold on him, Tirek swung his arms around. Sending the Digimon crashing into everything around him. Scrapping against the ground. Crashing into trees. And smashing into stray rocks. Tirek finished his string of attacks by bringing BlackWarGreymon close to him. And with a solid punch, sent the Mega crashing into the ground. Just a couple of meters in front of the pony group.

Things seemed to be quiet as the dirt and dust filled the crater. But just as the ponies were about to approach him to see if he was alright, BlackWarGreymon’s hand launched from the cloud and into the ground. His hand almost as big as an average pony. But with those claws, it made his hands look even bigger. The ponies all paused as they saw the imposing giant rising from the dirt. With his new size, his long yellow hair, his featureless eyes and his glaring sharp teeth, BlackWarGreymon actually looked much scarier up close. For a second, it looked like he was looking at his pony friends. But because of the ever-burning rage within, he couldn’t see them. Then as he got back on his feet, his muscles bulking briefly, BlackWarGreymon Berserk Mode let out a loud roar at the heavens above. His outburst sent a wave of shiver in the ponies as they all retreated back to avoid the noise and winds.

“So loud!” Pinkie Pie shouted as she tried to over her ears.

After his outburst, BlackWarGreymon vanished from sight. The next time he was seen, was when he delivered a kick to Tirek’s face. The impact caused Tirek to almost stumble over. But just as he was about to retaliate, the Digimon vanished from sight again. Moving so fast that he could be barely seen. This was proved when Tirek suddenly felt a very sharp pain on his rear left leg. Looking over his shoulder, he could see a big gash on his leg.

It was when Tirek realized something. BlackWarGreymon Berserk Mode was using his speed and his claws to his advantage.

Seconds later, Tirek felt another sharp pain. A red cut appearing on his front left leg. The centaur tried to spot the Digimon in the air, as well as the onlooking ponies, but he couldn’t be seen. BlackWarGreymon was flying at speeds Equestria had hardly ever seen. Swarming around Tirek. Then another gash was made. Forming on Tirek’s side. The centaur began to panic. He thrashed his arms about, threw an odd kick and firing his destructive beam in the air to try and hit back. But every attempt failed. Resulting more and more cuts forming all around Tirek’s giant body.

As seconds ticked by, Tirek’s movements slowed. His giant body constantly stinging from all the cuts and gashes he received. But eventually he had enough. Roaring in anger, Tirek formed a protective forcefield around his body. He then heard an impact. Looking to his left, he received a brief scare from the sight of BlackWarGreymon. Despite being outside the barrier, his right clawed hand managed to break through.

“Tirreeek!” BlackWarGreymon Berserk Mode shouted as he thrashed his hand across. Ripping open Tirek’s barrier as he tried to force himself in.

But before he could proceed, Tirek took his chance and caught BlackWarGreymon in his levitation spell again. After dropping his barrier, he focused more of his magic in containing the out-of-control Digimon.

“Got you now!”

Tirek’s smile vanished when to his surprise, BlackWarGreymon’s body suddenly surged in black energy. Drawing in all the negative energy from the atmosphere, the Mega formed a barrier of sorts of his own. But everyone would soon see that the barrier was not for defence.

“NEGATIVE BURST!!!”

With his vocal outburst, BlackWarGreymon released a pulse of negative energy from his body. Being freed in the process. The energy slammed against Tirek, blasting him back while inflicting damage on his front. The centaur roared in pain as he staggered back. The pain made more worse due to the cuts and bruises on his body.

But before Tirek could recover, BlackWarGreymon Berserk Mode vanished from sight. Then as Tirek opened his eyes, he was surprised to see that his foe was gone.

“Wha… where are you!?” Tirek demanded. Darting his head around.

Then to the centaur’s surprise, the digital berserker suddenly came from behind and smashed his right foot into the back of Tirek’s giant head. The evil lord could feel his eyes bulging out as he felt the earth-shattering blow. BlackWarGreymon then leapt back with his hands raised up. Then as he fell back down, he landed on Tirek’s back. Using his fall to his advantage, he dug both his talons and metal claws into the giant’s back. Tirek screamed out as he felt a very sharp pain sliding down his back. Him rearing back in response to what felt like many tiny sharp knives.

Then as he came to a stop while holding onto Tirek, BlackWarGreymon’s body began to glow black again. The same black barrier formed around him.

“Negative Burst!”

Releasing a second blast wave of negative energy, Tirek wailed in agony as pain filled him from virtually every part of his body. After the attack wore off, the furious Tirek roared in anger before thrashing his body around to try and loosen the Digimon’s grip. After some effort, he managed to elbow the Mega off his back. Which sent him crashing to the ground. As he turned to face him, Tirek fired another spiral beam at the Digimon. Unlike his previous attacks, the new beam was much narrower. More focused. But as the Mega stood back up, he took the blast to the chest. But while Tirek tried to press on his attack, all he was doing was pushing BlackWarGreymon back. His feet digging into the ground, leaving behind grooves in the dirt. The onlooking ponies were amazed. Despite the effort Tirek was unfolding, their digital friend was slowly becoming resilient. Tanking Tirek’s beam without taking any damage.

But with Tirek distracted, he failed to notice that BlackWarGreymon’s left hand was glowing blue again.

“Negative Claw!” He shouted as he swung his hand beside Tirek’s magical attack. The waves of blue energy sliced through the air beside the beam and carving through the ground.

Unable to see the attack coming, BlackWarGreymon Berserk Mode’s attack struck Tirek’s right front leg. The giant centaur screamed from the sharp pain from his skin being sliced from the attack. Causing him to stop his own and almost knelling down from the sudden shock. But BlackWarGreymon did not slow down. With Tirek stunned, a black ball of fire appeared in his right hand.

“Black Nova!” He shouted as he threw the attack. The ball of black fire flying towards the downed Tirek.

Startled from the sudden combo, Tirek tried to protect himself by forming a wall of magic in the Black Nova’s path. While the barrier protected him from the blast, the intense heat from the explosion scorched the centaur’s body. While the attack itself wasn’t very powerful, the fire and heat more than made up for it.

After lowering his barrier as the attack subsided, Tirek looked over to BlackWarGreymon in concern. The centaur was beginning to feel unnerved. Almost scared.

‘What’s going on? Ever since he became… that, he’s like a completely different creature.’

But BlackWarGreymon Berserk Mode had no patience. Roaring in fury before charging towards Tirek. Seeing the Digimon running towards him, Tirek put aside his nerves and charged back. Keen on using his oversized hooves to crush the small Digimon into the dirt. But as it looked like he managed to squash the Digimon, the latter dodged to the side and found himself right under the oversized centaur.

It was where Tirek realized that he had made a big mistake. For him to be so big, spotting a tiny opponent who could hide underneath him was incredibly challenging. It made his situation worse when he remembered what weapons the Digimon had.

Tirek suddenly felt very sharp pains from below. Yelling in response. Underneath him, BlackWarGreymon was having a field day. Slashing and clawing the centaur’s legs with little to no resistance. Literally cutting him up. Wanting to reverse the situation, Tirek tried to keep his legs moving while trying to stomp on the Digimon. But able to see him, Tirek could only guess where his foe was. And where he missed, BlackWarGreymon would be free to attack.

Just as Tirek could feel his legs weakening from the constant slashing, he just spotted BlackWarGreymon in front of him. Tirek then wasted no time by rearing on his hind legs and then smashing his forelegs on top of the Digimon. Dirt being thrown in the air from the impact.

“BlackWarGreymon!!” Twilight called out. Worried that he actually took severe damage from being crushed underhoof by a giant centaur.

But as Tirek tried to put more force down on his hooves, something didn’t feel right to him. Then to his surprise, as well as the onlooking ponies, BlackWarGreymon was alright. Despite all the weight Tirek was putting on his right leg, the berserker Digimon was amazingly holding his own. While lying on his back, his hands grappled on Tirek’s hoof. Slowly pushing the leg back up with his continuously rising strength.

“Die. Die! Why won’t you die!?” Tirek shouted as he tried to push down further.

But with his strength becoming stronger than ever, BlackWarGreymon was starting to show less effort in pushing back. The veins in his arms pulsing with surges of adrenaline pumping in his muscles. He then done something shocking. With a secure hold on Tirek, BlackWarGreymon Berserk Mode released his right hand… and impaled his Digizoid claws into Tirek’s hoof. Then he done the same with his left hand. Tirek grunted loudly in pain as he felt a new kind of stinging pain in his hoof. He tried to fight back the pain as he shouted.

“Why won’t you just die!!?”

BlackWarGreymon then made his reply. In a form of an attack.

“BLACK NOVA!!!”

To the surprise of everyone, a shocking tactic was displayed. Upon using his ability, black flames erupted from BlackWarGreymon’s armoured hands. The flames quickly engulfing Tirek’s right leg. The centaur roared in agony as his leg was being burned by the flames. He tried to retreat to escape from the pain, but with the Digimon locked onto his hooves, it did little to help. The giant lord tried to shake his leg to pry the Digimon loose, but that too failed. The onlooking ponies were shocked at what they saw. Surprised that the Mega would do something that was basically torture.

Then as Tirek tried to squash the Digimon to the ground, BlackWarGreymon Berserk Mode quickly shifted his body so his feet landed back on the ground. As soon as he did, he launched off the ground with enough lift to push Tirek’s leg up. The actions caused the centaur’s front to be raised into the air, making the giant stumble on his rear legs. Then with enough force while freeing himself, BlackWarGreymon managed to push Tirek over. The injured centaur falling onto his back. His crash sent tremors through the ground as the Digimon ascended higher into the air.

Taking advantage of his downed opponent, and seeing how big of a target he was, BlackWarGreymon Berserk Mode then done something truly shocking. After watching Tirek roll to his left, the vengeful Mega dived down with his right foot ready. Then… with a force of a falling meteor… BlackWarGreymon smashed into Tirek’s left rear leg. But with the earth-shattering force behind his speed and strength, the impact did more than just hurt the centaur. Loud cracks echoed with the booming impact. Followed by Tirek wailing in sheer agony as he felt what was the biggest pain in his life. The ponies on the side-lines were stunned silent from shock. Almost cringing from the sight and sounds.

BlackWarGreymon had just shattered Tirek’s rear leg.

And as for the hidden ChaosBlackWarGreymon, he felt an extremely uncomfortable shiver. Remembering the time when BlackWarGreymon in his normal state broke his arm. But never as violent as what he had done to Tirek.

“I…I knew it. He’s showing no mercy.”

As BlackWarGreymon Berserk Mode retreated back in the air, the pain filled Tirek limped back on his three working hooves. As he stood back up, he looked back at his broken leg in horror. The Digimon had virtually shattered every bone in his leg.

“WHA…!!?”

The shaken centaur then snapped his gaze back up at the airborne Digimon and saw something that made his spine shudder in fear. BlackWarGreymon was grinning. As if he was satisfied with what he had done. 

“W-What in Equestria!?” He uttered. His voice briefly trembled.

Tirek wasn’t the only one who saw BlackWarGreymon’s toothy grin.

‘Is he… smiling?’ Twilight thought to herself. Worried if her friend was happy for doing something horrific.

Tirek could feel his body beginning to tremble. His foe was being very violent since his transformation. Much more so than he was comfortable with. In fact, just standing was causing massive strain on his broken leg as he tried to keep it off the ground. Plus with the loss of one of his limbs, and another severely burned, his mobility had been severely reduced. To which the Mega was about to take advantage off.

“Black Nova!” The berserker Mega shouted as he launched another black fireball downed at Tirek.

After feeling the black flames first-hand, seeing it heading towards him caused him to panic. Resorting to put up another magical barrier for protection. Like before when the Black Nova struck the barrier, it exploded in a massive fireball of black flames. The intense heat greatly effecting the injured centaur. But as the flames began to dissipate, Tirek gasped in shock from seeing the Digimon dive bombing straight towards him. Shattering through his barrier, BlackWarGreymon slammed his hands onto Tirek’s forehead. The sudden impact and force of his momentum, as well as Tirek only having three workable legs, the Mega successfully pushed the giant centaur onto his back with a trembling thud. As he opened his eyes to recover, Tirek could see that the smaller Digimon was standing on top of his head. His white featureless eyes staring down at him with anger and vengeance. Then with a mighty roar of rage, BlackWarGreymon Berserk Mode began smashing his fists on to the centaur’s head. Tirek screaming in pain with each shattering blow smashed his head into the ground. Dirt being thrown into the air with blow after blow.

“Aaahhh!! Aggh! St…! Stop it!! Uggh!! STOP IT!!!” Tirek demanded. But the Digimon simply roared in anger as he kept smashing down on the centaur’s head. The ground cracking with each thundering impact.

But while the ponies wanted Tirek to pay for everything he had done to them and their home, some of them felt that BlackWarGreymon was going a bit too far. They had never seen him fight and act in such a manner. He was not even letting Tirek have a chance to fight back.

With the Digimon not letting go of his punches, Tirek finally managed to fight back. A quick burst of his magical beam blasted BlackWarGreymon into the air. But the surprise attack didn’t slow the Mega down. Immediately fighting back by dive bombing down towards the downed centaur’s body. He then smashed his right elbow right into the stomach of Tirek’s lower body. Tirek roared on pain as the impact threw up a mountain of dirt and dust into the air. Completely covering the two combatants.

Everything fell silent for a brief moment. Until BlackWarGreymon was flung from the cloud and crashed into the ground several meters beside the ponies.

The sudden impact caused the unconscious Luna to stir. As she let out a quiet grumble, she slowly opened her eyes to see that her vision was blurred. But as it cleared out, Luna could see that she was being cradled in Celestia’s hooves.

“S…sister?” She weakly uttered.

Though quiet, it was more than enough to gain Celestia’s attention. Looking down, Celestia’s face was plastered with relief from seeing her younger sister’s blue eyes again. Almost crying in joy.

“Luna! Thank goodness you’re alright!” She said as she nuzzled her sibling affectionately. The commotion was noticed by all the other ponies. They too smiled at the sight.

“I-I’m fine, sister. Really, I am,” Luna replied. Feeling embarrassed from the affection displayed in front of the others.

As she tried to get up, Luna turned towards her sister with a look of concern.

“But what happened? Has Tirek…?”

She was interrupted when she and the other ponies all heard a loud rumble from across the field. All eyes turned towards the massive dust cloud. And a silhouette of a horned giant rose from the ground. Then as the cloud faded, the injured form of Tirek was seen. Huffing for breath as he rested one of his hands onto his hips for support. His body covered in cuts and gashes. One of his front hooves burned. And one of his rear legs shattered.

Luna was speechless at what she was seeing. The last time she saw the evil centaur, he was the strongest he had ever been. Yet there he was. Struggling to stand up.

“What… in the world did I miss?” Luna asked. Shocked at Tirek’s condition.

“It was BlackWarGreymon. He did all that,” Shining Armor answered. Keeping his eye on the evil lord.

“BlackWarGreymon?” Luna uttered in confusion. The last time she saw the Mega, he had all the energy of his Ascended form stolen from him by Tirek.

It was then she remembered what happened before. Tirek had left her best friend weakened and unable to fight. The deeply concerned princess turned to her friends and family with looks of worry.

“Wait!? Where’s BlackWarGreymon!?”

But before the other ponies could answer, the answer revealed itself for her. Hearing the ground rumbling to their left, all the ponies turned to the second cloud of dust and dirt. Then another silhouette rose up from the ground. Luna could see that it was the Digimon, but was confused as it was shaped slightly differently.

But with a burst of his invisible negative energy, the dust cloud was blown away. Upon the reveal, Luna let out a quiet gasp of fright at what she was seeing. In her eyes, BlackWarGreymon had drastically changed. Gone were his Brave Shield and his usual gauntlets. Replaced with horrific looking claws that gleamed in the light. His long yellow hair looked akin of a wild beast. His body surging with a faint white glow. The veins pulsing in his arms and legs. His horns aligned differently. His eyes completely void of any emotion, yet she could tell they were filled with nothing but rage. And for the first time, seeing his snarling toothy maw.

Luna couldn’t believe her eyes. In fact, she was horrified. It was her friend she was looking at. The same Digimon she went out on a date with on Hearts and Hooves Day. The being that she had grown so close to. Yet at the same time, he was like a completely different Digimon. Something violent. Something… dangerous. Extremely dangerous.

“W-What happened to him!?” She uttered.

Oblivious to what Luna was feeling, Rarity replied.

“We don’t know, princess. He’s been like this since…”

“Since he saw ya got hurt,” Applejack finished.

Luna stared at the Unicorn and Earth Pony in surprise. She then turned back to her Digimon friend. Just like with his Ascended form, she felt like she was involved with BlackWarGreymon’s change. But unlike his first transformation, his new one was very opposite. The Ascended form she associated as a beckon of hope for Equestria. A powerful warrior radiating in elegance and strength used for good. But his Berserk Mode was completely opposite. It felt very primal. Very violent and hostile. Being the only one of the ponies who still had her magic, Luna could sense the energy within BlackWarGreymon’s new form. It too made her horrified. She thought that magic had been involved. But there wasn’t a trace of it. Not in the slightest. In fact, it was entirely BlackWarGreymon’s own. It was his negative energy, but far more intense. Practically leaking from his very body.

But she was so shaken at what she was seeing and feeling, it left her silent. Celestia looked down at Luna. And was surprised at how frightened her little sister looked. Especially since she was staring at BlackWarGreymon.

“Luna?”

Wanting to reassure the growling Digimon that Luna had recovered, the cheery Pinkie Pie spoke out to him. Since he was within hearing range.

“Hay, BlackWarGreymon! It’s alright now! Luna is fine! Everything is fine now!”

But to her surprise, BlackWarGreymon didn’t respond to her. As if he wasn’t even paying attention to her. Confused by his lack of response, Pinkie Pie called him out again.

“Umm, BlackWarGreymon? Did you hear me? I said that Lu…!”

The pink party pony was interrupted when the Digimon grunted loudly. Only to then roar out at the heavens above. Then with a thrash of his arms, his faint white glow around his body suddenly exploded in a black transparent aura that surged all around him. His roar echoed through the valley as powerful gusts of wind blew through the area. His increase in energy had forced the ponies to take cover by huddling close to the ground.

Despite the strong buffeting winds, Luna forced herself to open one eye to look at the wrath-filled Mega as he roared at the sky. Screaming in complete rage as his energy soared to new heights. The sight made more terrifying with his new toothy maw. The sight made her scared as much as it made her sad.

‘Blackie! What’s happened to you!?’

Hiding within the trees, ChaosBlackWarGreymon too became frightened by his progenitor’s power.

‘His power just keeps on climbing!’

Then something new happened. The digital clone became concerned for the world around him.

‘If he keeps this up, then… then Equestria is done for!’

As he stopped roaring, BlackWarGreymon Berserk Mode glared his featureless eyes at the towering Tirek. The centaur however was starting to feel frightened. Despite his power and size, he was clearly at a disadvantage. He had taken a lot of damage, yet his foe stayed the same. Not even a scratch on his body.

“I’m… I’m still not giving up, you know! You’re… only delaying the inevitable! You hear me!”

Even if BlackWarGreymon was in his normal state, he wouldn’t be moved. Tirek’s threats were becoming empty. The evil lord would try to deny it, but he was slowly believing that he was going to lose the battle. With his black aura surging around his body, the Mega readied himself before leaping to the air to fight once again.

Wanting to keep his distance from BlackWarGreymon, Tirek panicked as he threw his right fist to punch him away. But with his speed increasing as well as his strength, BlackWarGreymon evaded the fist by flying beneath it. Then as he flew, he raised his right hand up against Tirek’s giant arm. The blades of his claws leaving behind a long gash across the centaur’s flesh. As the Digimon flew by, he left Tirek roaring in pain as he inspected his arm. Seeing that the underside of his arm received an awfully long cut. Turning around, the enraged Tirek saw the berserker hovering in the air. As he roared, Tirek fired a beam towards his foe. But BlackWarGreymon Berserk Mode dived down towards the attack. The magical attack missed its mark. But as it did, the Digimon stuck his right hand within the beam. Diving down towards the centaur. Then as he finished his attack, the evil lord was surprised when his smaller foe was seen with the red pool of magic within his metal claws. To which the Digimon then smacked the energy against Tirek’s head. Resulting in a small explosion that dazzled the giant.

After recovering, Tirek turned around and spotted the Digimon hovering several feet in front of him. BlackWarGreymon was motionless. Almost as if he was tempting Tirek to hit him. Having no other option but to fight back, Tirek reared his left fist back before throwing a mighty punch. The giant fist landed a blow. The shockwaves from the impact travelled through the area. Causing the nearby plant life to rustle and shake. However, to Tirek’s surprise, BlackWarGreymon wasn’t sent flying. His body was still against Tirek’s fist. Using his own left arm to successfully block the punch. His muscles once again bulked before receding. 

“WHAT!!?” Tirek shrieked in disbelief.

After growling in response, BlackWarGreymon Berserk Mode used his free right hand to impale his claws into Tirek’s fingers. The giant screamed in pain as he quickly retracted his hand. But while distracted, Tirek suddenly received a massive slap in the face from BlackWarGreymon. However, the blow was far stronger than before. The impact viciously knocked Tirek’s head aside as he stumbled back. Then as the enraged Digimon moved in to kick the side of Tirek’s face, the same result happened. The centaur stumbled to his other side almost to a point where he would topple over.

The onlooking ponies were stunned at what they were seeing. Despite the size difference, it seemed that the much smaller BlackWarGreymon had become so strong that the oversized Tirek was being knocked around like a ragdoll. But as the battle went on, Luna took note of how BlackWarGreymon fought. It was unlike anything she had ever seen him done. He was simply lashing out at Tirek like a wild animal. Even roaring out like one. The scene made her feel uncomfortable. BlackWarGreymon was her friend, yet he was acting so different.

As BlackWarGreymon continued his assault, Tirek’s face as getting more and more cuts from the Digimon’s claws. But the impact of his attacks felt like they came from another giant. To a point where he couldn’t focus enough to even fight back.

‘His attacks…!! They’re becoming harder and harder!!’

Then to Tirek’s surprise, BlackWarGreymon stopped attacking him. Instead, the Digimon flew towards his giant face and latched onto the left side of his head. His claws and talons digging into Tirek’s skin for grip.

“What are you…!?”

Before he could continue, he suddenly felt a painful pressure on his ear. To his horror, BlackWarGreymon was using his new mouth to bite onto his ear. Even the ponies gasped in surprise at the sudden attack. They never thought that their friend would do something so animalistic. Tirek roared in pain as the berserker Digimon munched on his ear. After panicking, Tirek managed to grab a hold on the Digimon with his left hand. He tried to pull his foe away but might run the risk of having part of his ear torn off. Fortunately for him after their struggle, BlackWarGreymon loosened his grip. Enabling Tirek to pull him away before throwing him down to the ground hard. BlackWarGreymon crashed to the ground. But as his body bounced, he surprisingly righted himself and landed on his feet. Skidding to a halt several yards from the pony group. His black aura returned to its faint white glow.

All eyes then turned towards Tirek as he roared in pain while clenching onto his bitten ear. Then as he glared down at the digital berserker, the centaur was filled to the brim with anger. His foe had cut him countless times, burned one of his legs almost to a crisp, shattered the bones of another, and tried to bite his ear off. All the while BlackWarGreymon seemed to be getting stronger and more resilient. Continuing to defy the evil lord with his unpredictability. With his mind full of rage, and feeling the continues pain from his injured body, Tirek was at breaking point.

“GrrrrRRR!!! I’VE HAD ENOUGH OF YOU!!!”

With tremendous effort, Tirek began to harness all the magic within his body. Channelling it into his horns to form the strongest attack spell he had ever created. A shining orange ball of magic being formed in-between his horns. The onlooking ponies were frightened. With all the magic Tirek stole, there was no doubt that his next attack would be the most devastating. Aimed squarely at BlackWarGreymon. As for the Digimon, he continued to glare at the giant without an ounce of fear. He wasn’t even bracing himself for what was to come.

After building up as much power as he could muster, Tirek grinned before speaking to BlackWarGreymon.

“Taste my full wrath… AND DIE!!!”

Throwing his head down, Tirek fired a colossal orange beam of destructive magic. The massive diameter of the beam was so large that it was as big as Tirek himself. The ponies were extremely fortunate to be just out of the beams field of range. But it was bearing down at the awaiting Digimon. The featureless eyes of rage continued to glow.

Then the beam connected. The orange river of magic slamming against the Digimon as it entirely consumed him. The beam continued on. Blasting through the distant forest and into the air. Destroying everything in its way. The beam so large that the innocent lives of Ponyville and Canterlot could see it from the distance.

The ponies all stared in horror as they watched the beam carving a path of devastation just beside them. But the most disturbing sight was that they all could see BlackWarGreymon’s silhouette within the beam. Despite standing on his feet, the power of Tirek’s attack was violently buffeting him back. Pounding the Mega as he stumbled backwards. But after several frightening seconds, a shocking sight was shown. BlackWarGreymon’s silhouette slowed down to a stop… and then righted himself. Despite being in the middle of Tirek’s attack, he was no longer being buffeted by its power. His body being frighteningly still, as if he suddenly wasn’t even feeling the attack.

Tirek then ceased his attack. His energy beam shooting off into the sky. Leaving behind the biggest smoke cloud ever seen. But just as he thought that he had reduced his foe to nothing, Tirek received the biggest surprise of his life. He loudly gasped in fright. As the smoke cleared, standing in the overturned ground, was BlackWarGreymon Berserk Mode. Aside from the smoke seeping from his body due to the heat of the attack, the Mega level Digimon was unharmed.

‘Song end’

“No way!” Shining Armor uttered. He and the other ponies were beyond surprised to see that the Digimon hadn’t even received a single scratch.

“WHAT!!!? BUT… HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE!!!? I’VE… I’VE ABSORBED ALL YOUR POWER!!! I’M… I’M ALL POWERFUL!!! YOU SHOULD BE NOTHING TO ME!!!” Tirek shouted.  The fear within him beginning to escalate rapidly.

BlackWarGreymon Berserk Mode merely growled in response before beginning to march towards the frightened centaur. Tirek flinched in response to see his foe walking towards him. The giant even had to take a painful step back from the intimidation he was feeling. Tirek’s voice stuttering from the fear as he looked at the Digimon’s white featureless eyes. Looking even more soulless than ever before.

In an attempt to deny the facts, Tirek fired another narrow orange beam at the Digimon. Hoping that the more focused beam would push him back. But as the beam collided against the Mega’s chest, he was unmoved. BlackWarGreymon continued to march on, even as the beam slammed against his body. Streams of orange magic being deflected away.

For the hidden ChaosBlackWarGreymon, the sight confirmed one thing. The Dark Digivolution of BlackWarGreymon’s power had grown to a point where Tirek couldn’t hurt him anymore.

“Tirek’s done for,” He uttered. Not realising that the unconscious form of Ayumi was lying not too far away from him.

Tirek stopped his attack. And was left august from the sight of BlackWarGreymon being unharmed. But as he was left gawking at the sight, BlackWarGreymon came to a halt. Standing between the centaur and the pony group. But there was a reason for his pause. A reason… he was about to reveal.

After grunting in anger, BlackWarGreymon suddenly roared in the air as a black aura surged around his body. His form surging… overflowing with negative energy. Then as he stopped roaring, he brought his clawed hands close together. And a ball of energy formed in-between them. To the onlookers, it looked like he was about to perform his Terra Destroyer attack. But instead of the usual red energy ball, BlackWarGreymon’s attack was almost pitch black. The only source of light was a small red core within the heart of the attack. The berserker Digimon exhaled loudly as he raised his hands. Moving the ball of energy above his head. Where it began to grow rapidly in size.

“I…I can just knock that out of your hands!” Tirek stated before firing a beam of magic at the growing dark ball.

But then something unexpected happened. The second Tirek’s attack struck BlackWarGreymon’s, the collision created a strange sound. And all the magic in Tirek’s attack suddenly disintegrated into nothing.

“WHA!!?” Tirek shrieked. Seeing that his attacks had absolutely no effect on BlackWarGreymon’s energy ball.

Then with a mighty roar, BlackWarGreymon moved his arms apart. Causing his attack to rapidly expand even more. Growing in size and power. What’s more, it looked like BlackWarGreymon’s dark aura was surging into the ball.

But then something new happened. As the ball grew five times BlackWarGreymon’s size, blasts of negative energy began to launch from the ball. Thunderbolt-shaped energy struck the land around him. Some of which landed hits on Tirek. The giant centaur grunted in pain from the attacks. But it was clear that the blasts were a side effect of BlackWarGreymon’s attack. Striking the ground and the tops of nearby trees. Setting them alight in fire.

But most shockingly was that one of the blasts almost struck the pony group. Rarity gasped in fright as the energy exploded against the ground just a few feet from her. Huddling close to her friends for safety.

“Hay! Watch what you’re doing!” Rarity shouted. Frightened from the near miss.

Fearing that the uncontrollable blasts wouldn’t stop, Luna was able to gather enough magic to form a protective dome around herself and the other ponies. It was a wise decision on her part. Because to their surprise, a dark energy blast struck Luna’s dome. While it stopped the blast from causing harm, the power of the attack left a large crack on the blue barrier. Much to the shock of the group. It was then followed by a second. Again causing the Alicorn’s dome to crack.

Then with another mighty scream, BlackWarGreymon Berserk Mode caused his attack to explode in size. As it grew, the blasts of negative energy stopped escaping from the energy ball. As it gained strength, the attack began to send powerful gusts of air throughout the whole area. Forcing Luna to put more effort in maintaining her magical barrier. Then the attack finally stopped growing. Reaching a staggering size two thirds of Tirek’s size. To the ponies, it was the largest attack they ever saw BlackWarGreymon produce. As for the frightened Tirek, he stared at the black energy sphere with uncertainty and fear. There was something about its appearance that was very unsettling. A great black abyss, with a red core dimly glowing in the centre. If any other creature would see it, they would describe it as if looking into the depths of hell itself.

With his attack fully primed and ready, BlackWarGreymon Berserk Mode wasted no time… and let hell loose with a new name.

“TERRA OBLIVION!!!”

Throwing his arms towards Tirek, the colossal ball of darkness slowly made its way towards the stunned Tirek. Despite its slow speed, Tirek was too injured to move out of the way. But to the centaur’s shock, the attack steadily grew faster and faster. Starting to panic, Tirek yelled as he fired another beam of destructive magic to counter the energy ball. But just like before, Tirek’s attack merely disintegrated as it touched BlackWarGreymon’s attack. Dispersing into nothing as the Terra Oblivion continued on. With no other option, Tirek roared out as he crossed his arms. Putting all of his magical powers into forming a red magical barrier. As the attack struck the barrier, it was briefly halted. Tirek began to talk to himself. Trying to convince himself that he could never be beaten.

“I am Lord Tirek! I won’t be beaten by you again! I will not lose!”

But Tirek’s eyes began to show fear as he could see BlackWarGreymon’s attack starting to break through. A black dot of negative energy seeping through as the giant energy ball was disintegrating the barrier. 

“I cannot lose!!”

Tirek’s fears began to escalate ever higher as the black dot in his line of vision grew ever bigger. BlackWarGreymon’s attack breaking through the barrier. The evil lord could offer no more defence as he began to tremble in terror. Screaming out in denial.

“I CAN’T!!! I… I J-JUST CAN’T!!! I…I…”

Tirek then let out a frightening scream of pure terror as the attack struck him. The black ball of negative energy instantly glowed a piercing white before detonating. The Terra Oblivion giving off an explosion of immeasurable proportions. The resulting blast wave and tremors equivalent of a falling meteor. BlackWarGreymon Berserk Mode stood his ground as he was consumed by the bright light of the explosion. But as for the pony group, the blast wave shattered Luna's barrier. The frightened ponies left exposed before being blasted away by hurricane force winds.

ChaosBlackWarGreymon had to hold on a tree for dear life as the blast wave ripped through the whole area. Many trees toppling over from the blasts of ultra-strong winds. But as the grunting digital clone opened his eyes to see the destruction, he caught a glimpse of a pony. The unconscious form of Ayumi hurtling through the foliage from the winds. His crimson red eyes widened in concern. Then… acting on pure instinct unbeknownst to him… he teleported away. Reappearing in Ayumi’s path in time to catch her unconscious body in his right arm. The next thing he did was impale his left gauntlet into the ground. Attempting to anchor himself to the ground. The winds slowly blasting him back.

The bright light from the explosion could be seen and heard for miles all round. But thankfully, the tremors and winds began to die down. And the bright light faded into a giant cloud of smoke.

As the smoke filled the area, nearby trees and bushes began to rustle and shake. Then one by one, the ponies revealed themselves. Baffled and disorientated by being blasted away. 

“Uhh… talk about a wild ride.” Pinkie Pie uttered. Shaking her mane free from debris.

“Are y’all aright!?” Applejack asked everypony. Concerned for their wellbeing.

“I think so,” Cadence replied. Joined by Twilight.

“Nothing broken.”

“Umm… can somepony help me down?” A voice spoke up. Who was revealed to be Fluttershy. Hanging upside down from a tree above, her tail got snagged and tangled on a branch. Nothing that a quick teleportation spell from Luna couldn’t solve.

“Are you two unharmed?” The Moon Princess asked her sister and Shining Armor. The latter who regrouped with Cadence.

“I believe we are,” Celestia replied before nuzzling Luna as reassurance.

But they were disturbed by an outburst from Rarity.

“Well, I’m not!”

The concerned group all turned towards the stricken Unicorn, only to see her sitting down on the ground with the wildest hair style ever seen. Disorganized and full of branches.

“Just look at my poor mane!” She whined with tears in her eyes.

After a reassuring smile, Twilight realized that they were missing one pony.

“Wait! Where’s Rainbow Dash!?”

As if on cue, the blue Pegasus fell from a tree with a loud thud. Surprising the others. When the group all gathered around the fallen mare, they were surprised from seeing her expression of awe plastered on her face as she stared up at the air. They were surprised even more when she spoke up.

“That… was… SO COOL!!!”

Not too far away, ChaosBlackWarGreymon had recovered. Walking to the edge of the trees, he glanced out at the slowly fading smoke cloud. Knowing full well that BlackWarGreymon was in there. He then looked down at the unconscious Ayumi whom he was holding in his right arm. He looked at her in surprise and confusion. Remembering what he had just done.

“Why did I do that? Why did I save her? These ponies are supposed to be my enemies. Aren’t they? So why? What came over me all of a sudden?”

He began to think back to what happened between him and the Tree of Harmony. Remembering the conversation he had with it. His eyes widened in uncertainty.

“What is going on?”

But his conflict with himself had to wait. He began to sense BlackWarGreymon’s energy. And how that despite using a very powerful attack, it hardly hampered with his energy. He could tell that his progenitor’s Dark Digivolution was still overwhelmingly powerful.

The ponies too focused their attention back to the battlefield. Remembering that their friend was right in the heart of the blast.

“BlackWarGreymon?” Luna uttered in concern. 

As more smoke began to fade away, the result of the Terra Oblivion attack was revealed. First was Tirek. Lying on his back, the giant centaur appeared to have fallen unconscious from the attack. Lying defeated even. Then as the rest of the smoke faded away, BlackWarGreymon was revealed. Remaining in his berserker form with his faint white aura, he appeared to be completely unaffected by the blast. Even standing tall as he glared his angered eyes at the fallen form of Tirek.

The ponies were stunned from the Digimon standing victoriously. But to the Alicorns and some of the ponies, there was something definitely off about him. BlackWarGreymon had seemingly won, yet… he remained furious. As if defeating Tirek wasn’t enough to quell his sudden anger.

“BlackWarGreymon?” Twilight quietly uttered. Concerned that something was wrong with him.

But for one particular pony, seeing the Digimon standing triumphant over Tirek caused her to feel hype. The blue Pegasus rose up full of vigour and excitement.

“He’s so awesome!” Rainbow Dash laughed before flying towards the Mega level Digimon.

As soon as she saw the rainbow maned mare leave the safety of the group and towards the Digimon, Twilight took another glance over at BlackWarGreymon. Feeling concerned due to him literally seething in fury.

“Rainbow, wait!” She called out. Her concerns were shared with the hidden ChaosBlackWarGreymon.

Too excited to listen to Twilight, Rainbow Dash flew up to BlackWarGreymon’s right side with a show of support.

“Ha! You sure showed him, bud!” She said before proceeding to pat the Mega on the back.

But as soon as her hoof touched his shoulder, BlackWarGreymon snapped his furious gaze towards Rainbow Dash with a loud vicious grunt. The sudden action startled Rainbow Dash as she recoiled back in surprise.

“Woah! Easy there, big buy. It’s only me,” She said with a small smile for reassurance.

But any upbeat feeling Rainbow Dash had was quickly replaced with confusion as BlackWarGreymon turned his full attention towards her. Growling in anger as he turned his body to face her. The sight caused Rainbow Dash to quickly feel concerned. Which then turned to worry as the Berserker Digimon began to walk towards her. Causing the Pegasus to hover slowly backwards.

The ponies all witnessed the sight and gasped in shock. BlackWarGreymon was showing the same amount of aggression as before. But it was all aimed at Rainbow Dash! She was one of his dear friends, yet he was treating her like an enemy. And all she did was congratulate him. 

“What’s he doing!?” Cadence asked. She and the other ponies shocked at what they were witnessing.

Startled and confused at the shocking sight, Twilight tried to call out to the blue mare.

“Rainbow! Get out of there!”

But Twilight’s plea fell to deaf ears. Because the revelation was just as shocking to Rainbow Dash. As he hovered back, her posture slowly shrinked. Her usual confident eyes began to change. Showing more fear by the second. BlackWarGreymon’s actions was beginning to scare her.

“H-Hey. It’s me. R-Rainbow Dash.”

Rainbow Dash became more frightened from seeing the towering Digimon’s violent expression. His white featureless eyes were full of fury, and his teeth were all snarling at her with aggressive intentions. Even his breathing sounded hostile as he moved closer to the slowly shrinking mare. The Pegasus almost huddling herself in a ball as she grew more concerned and frightened. Her legs trembling as BlackWarGreymon’s violent eyes stared her down.

“A…Are… you o-ok?” She asked. Her voice not hiding her rising fear towards her own friend.

Then BlackWarGreymon stopped advancing. Sensing no fight in the mare. And instead, spoke to Rainbow Dash in a very hostile tone.

“Get lost!”

The ponies all paused in shock at what their Digimon friend said. But no pony was more in shock at the words spoken than Rainbow Dash herself.

“W-Wha…!?”

She was interrupted when BlackWarGreymon suddenly raised his clawed hands towards her. Causing her to make a quick yelp of fright as her eyes widened in fear from seeing the finger blades so close to her face. The frightened mare slowly glanced up at the giant Digimon as he spoke again. Clearly aiming his fury and attention at her.

“Unless… you want to fight me too!?”

The pony group had no words to describe what they were feeling and seeing. BlackWarGreymon wasn’t only being very hostile to Rainbow Dash, he was outright threatening her! Bearing his claws, just ready to lash out.

Rainbow Dash’s world paused from the frightening sight of BlackWarGreymon Berserk Mode towering above her. Between his violent expression, his long yellow hair, and the pulsing veins in his muscular arms, the Digimon was terrifying up close. And for some reason beyond her understanding, he was threatening her. Treating her exactly like how he was treating Tirek. Even going as far as brandishing his Chrome Digizoid finger razers at her face.

Remembering how dangerous the weapons were towards Tirek, and not wanting to experience it for herself, Rainbow Dash nervously gulped before responding.

“N-No. No, I’m good,” She fearfully uttered before beating her wings a little harder. Retreating back away from the Digimon.

The enraged BlackWarGreymon kept his sights on the blue mare as she retreated towards the other ponies. But the sounds of Tirek recovering caught his attention, the Digimon focusing his sights back on the fallen centaur as the shaken Rainbow Dash landed on the ground in front of her friends.

As she sat down, the blue mare continued to stare timidly at the Digimon. Even when her friends all ran up to her.

“Rainbow! Are you alright!?” Twilight asked. Concerned of what the Pegasus was feeling.

As she replied, Rainbow Dash’s voice still carried the hint of fear.

“I-I’m fine. He… He just… scared me. That’s all.”

As close friends of Rainbow Dash, the ponies all stared at her in disbelief. The blue Pegasus just admitted that she was afraid. Not even bothering to deny it as she normally would. All eyes then turned towards the battlefield as the giant centaur slowly got back on his hooves. Despite the recovering Tirek being the bad guy, the one that had gained all the attention from the ponies was BlackWarGreymon. The Mega gaining looks of confusion and fear.

“Something’s very wrong here! BlackWarGreymon would never threaten a friend like that!” Twilight pointed out. Knowing her digital friend well.

“Then what in tarnation has gotten into him!?” Applejack asked. Unsure if what was happening was real or not.

After some thought, Cadence than brought up a subject that tied with what BlackWarGreymon once was. But despite her words, she highly doubt the possibility.

“Wait. You all did say that he was once evil, right?”

Most of the group all looked at the pink Alicorn in realisation. Then back at BlackWarGreymon in deep concern.

“You don’t think… that he’s gone back to his evil ways?” Shining Armor asked.

The very notion sent a frightening chill through the spines of the group. BlackWarGreymon was a friend that they trust. Who risked his own life on numerous occasions to protect them and their home. Despite being evil in the past, he had done so much good since his new life. So to have all the good taken away and have him back to how he once was… the group couldn’t even think of how they would feel. However, the spoken question had struck something within Luna. Wanting to put aside any doubt, she strongly opposed the thought almost immediately.

“No! BlackWarGreymon would never betray us! Not after everything he’s been through.” She spoke up. Remembering all the struggles both she and him went through to get to the point where they were. As well as him making it his life’s choice to follow the path of good.

The ponies tried to believe Luna. But the fact that BlackWarGreymon would suddenly snap at Rainbow Dash was just so sudden for them.

“Then why is he being all mean and scary?” Pinkie Pie asked. Joined by Rarity.

“That… and how he fights… and how he looks. It’s like he’s gone completely berserk!”

Rarity’s sentence caused Twilight to pause in thought for a moment. Remembering back to when BlackWarGreymon first started to change. Back before his body changed. She the remembered BlackWarGreymon’s words. A name he spoke of.

‘BlackWarGreymon…BERSERK MODE!!!’

Twilight’s eyes widened in realization as she let out a loud gasp. She had figured it out.

“That has to be it!”

All eyes of the group turned to the lavender Alicorn in surprise. Had she found the answer to BlackWarGreymon’s change?

“What is it!?” Luna asked. Desperate to know the truth.

Turning towards her friends and family, Twilight revealed to them the answer.

“It’s his transformation! When he was changing into that, he called it… Berserk Mode!”

Being unconscious at the time, Luna was the most shaken from what Twilight said. As well as the name of BlackWarGreymon’s transformation.

“Berserk Mode?”

Twilight then turned back to the Digimon on the battlefield.

“Yes. Ever since he became that, he’s become an entirely different being! It has to be his new form that’s causing it!”

Upon realising that BlackWarGreymon’s change of character was due to his new form, Fluttershy began to whimper the truth that the others shared.

“I don’t like it. I want the good BlackWarGreymon back.”

But Applejack began to grow confused. To which she explained to Twilight.

“Wait a minute, Twi. Ya said that magic of Equestria makes him stronger, right? Like with his other form. But then what kind of magic would make him like that!?”

It was a question that puzzled even Twilight. Because it was a good question. Why would the magic of Equestria would give BlackWarGreymon a form so violent and dangerous? It was there when Luna explained the cause. The answer she told took the group by surprise.

“Because it wasn’t caused by magic.”

All eyes turned to the blue Alicorn in shock. For what she said was the last thing they expected.

“You know something, Luna? Celestia asked her sister.

As she looked at Luna, Twilight remembered something.

“Wait, Luna. You still have your magic. So you…”

“Yes, everypony. I can still sense BlackWarGreymon’s energy. And this form was not caused by magic.”

As she looked at the still form of BlackWarGreymon Berserk Mode, Luna’s expression saddened.

“In fact, there isn’t a trace of magic within him.”

The group quietly gasped in shock from the news. Which was then followed by uncertainty.

“If it’s not caused by magic… then…” Twilight spoke. Unsure how to finish her sentence.

With a deep breath of concern and fear, Luna told them what she felt from the Mega.

“The energy I’m feeling from him… is entirely his own. He always possessed this negative energy. But what I’m feeling from him now is the same… but far more intense. Far greater. Stronger.”

With all the evidence laid out before them, a shiver went up the spines of Celestia and Twilight. For the two Alicorns, as well as Luna herself, all traversed BlackWarGreymon’s memories.

“If not magic… then…” The Sun Princess uttered. Finished by Twilight.

“…it’s a Digimon transformation!”

The whole group all gasped in shock at the discovery. BlackWarGreymon had gone through a transformation that’s entirely digital. Prompting Rainbow Dash to snap out of her trance as she turned to Twilight.

“Wait! You mean… he Digivolved!!?”

Before she could answer, Twilight took another good look at BlackWarGreymon Berserk Mode. To which she then spoke up.

“I don’t think so. If it were a Digivolution, then he would look very different and have a different name. What’s more, he’s already a Mega. He can’t go any higher.”

Twilight’s explanation only caused more confusion.

“Then what happened!?” Rainbow Dash asked.

Twilight stared at BlackWarGreymon in confusion. Trying to figure out what kind of transformation he went through based on what she saw from his memories. And why it was making him so violent.

“Maybe a different type of transformation we don’t know about?” She whispered to herself.

But the attention of the group was diverted when Tirek suddenly roared in pain. The centaur struggling to stand up on his three working hooves without using his broken forth one. As he fought against the pain, Tirek glared down at BlackWarGreymon in a mixture of hatred and fear.

“You! YOU’LL PAY FOR THIS!!! I’LL MAKE YOU SUFFER MY WRATH!!! YOU HEAR ME!!!”

BlackWarGreymon was unmoved. Due to Tirek’s injuries, the Mega could tell that the centaur’s strength was starting to dwindle. As he began to march towards the evil lord, the berserker spoke up. His voice again filled with hate and fury.

“Tirek!”

The giant centaur flinched in uncertainty as he watched the Digimon walk towards him. He continued talking, letting Tirek know full well what he wanted to do to him.

“I’m going to rip you apart! Limb… from limb!”

The ponies felt frightened by BlackWarGreymon’s threat. With what he was going through, he might follow through on his promise of suffering and mindless violence. Tirek too believed in the Digimon’s words. But as he looked at the marching Digimon, fear started to make Tirek delusional. For instance, believing that BlackWarGreymon’s newfound power was gifted to him from the land of Equestria.

Tirek began to laugh madly. And then spoke up what he wanted to believe.

“Hahahaha! So that’s it! You used magic to make yourself stronger! That has to be it! Just like your other one! So… I’ll just take it!”

In total desperation, Tirek motioned his head down towards BlackWarGreymon and opened his mouth. Attempting to use his magic stealing ability to absorb the berserker’s powers. But after a solid five seconds of using the ability, Tirek felt no change whatsoever. He blinked at the still Digimon in surprise.

“Wha…! N-No!”

He tried again. But failed to obtain a single ounce of power. He stared at the Mega level Digimon in complete and utter shock.

“What!? How!!? This… this isn’t the work of magic!!?”

The ponies all glanced at each other in conformation. It had just been proven that BlackWarGreymon Berserk Mode was not a transformation caused by magic. But rather his own. To which Tirek has no power over. As Tirek stuttered in complete shock, BlackWarGreymon recognized what the centaur tried to do. And gave him another threat that sent shivers down the spines of all that could hear. The threat resembling a death threat.

“It doesn’t matter how much stronger you get. YOU BLEED THE SAME!!!”

Then without warning, BlackWarGreymon Berserk Mode quickly got into his battle stance. Then launched himself towards Tirek with his right clawed hand energized with dark blue energy.

“Negative Claw!”

As he flew by Tirek, BlackWarGreymon slashed his energized claws against the giant’s shoulder. Leaving behind several large gashes on the centaur. Tirek roared in pain as he grasped onto his shoulder. His flesh literally sliced into. Then as he tried to spot him, the giant felt a bone shattering blow to his chest. The Digimon landed a heavy kick that staggered the evil lord back. Almost knocking him off balance. As he tried to steady himself, he was surprised to see the Mega appearing before his very eyes. Ready to slash his claws at him. But as Tirek dodged, he barely managed to escape a nasty wound. Instead, the claws left a gash along one of the centaur’s horns. With it being a vessel that contained all the magic he absorbed, small streams of magic escaped from the gash.

BlackWarGreymon was the only one who noticed it. And followed up his attack with a heavy punch to Tirek’s left check. The blow successfully toppled the giant as he fell onto his side. As he struggled to get back onto his hooves, Tirek roared in frustration as he started to continuously fire his spiral beam from his horns. Swinging the beam in any direction the Digimon was in hopes that he could send him away. Despite already seeing that his attacks were becoming useless against the enraged Mega.

The fact was proved when BlackWarGreymon Berserk Mode performed one of his most horrific attacks. As he landed, he eyed his sights onto a weak spot on Tirek. Grinning from the idea of what to do, BlackWarGreymon launched himself off the ground and dived straight into the beam. Despite Tirek’s attack, the Mega was flying straight through the beam as if it was nothing.

And then he did it. As he got close to Tirek’s face, he left the beam and slashed his right arm across the giant’s face. What followed next was Tirek stopping his attack… and screaming in pure agony in response. He continued to roar out in pain as he used his two hands to cover up his right eye. A stream of red fluid leaking from his fingers.

All the ponies had to cover their mouths from what they had just witnessed. Even ChaosBlackWarGreymon was shaken at what he saw. Something that the normal BlackWarGreymon would never do to all his previous opponents. With his claws, the Berserker Digimon slashed Tirek’s right eye. Horrifically blinding him on one side.

The horrified giant desperately tried to hold back the agonizing pain he was feeling. Covering his damaged eye with his right hand as he franticly tried to see where his foe was. As he spun his gaze around, he caught a brief glimpse of a black blur. Followed by a series of new cuts and gashes that appeared on his left cheek. Dangerously close to his only other eye! To which the frightened centaur quickly figured out.

‘HE’S GOING FOR MY OTHER EYE!!!’

Frightened by the prospect of being permanently blinded, Tirek roared in desperation as he put up a paralysis field around him. His only means of defence against such a fast and dangerous opponent. His plan worked. BlackWarGreymon was seen paused just in front of him. Not wanting to waste such an opportunity, Tirek quickly used his two hands to grab a hold onto the Mega. Making sure that the razer sharp claws were away from his skin. The Digimon grunted in anger from suddenly being grappled. No longer covering his major injury, all the ponies got the chance to see Tirek’s slashed eye. Keeping his eye shut, the whole thing was all dark red from blood.

Grunting angrily and in deep pain, Tirek shouted at the entrapped BlackWarGreymon.

“LOOK WHAT YOU DID TO ME!!! WHAT IN THE WORLD HAS GOTTEN INTO YOU!!!?”

It was clear that Tirek was just as horrified at what happened to the Digimon. Landing such attacks that only a psychotic madman would come up with. A creature with an unstoppable desire to kill.

But as Tirek glared at the grasped Digimon in fury, he was surprised at what he was seeing. Despite being grappled, BlackWarGreymon continued to give him the deadliest of death stares. His body even trembling with a sudden rush of what was to come. Something that would bring a whole new definition of pain.

Both Tirek and the ponies watched the trembling Digimon in confusion, wondering what he was doing. BlackWarGreymon then slowly opened his toothy maw. His jaw stretching wide as orange light could be seen flashing deep within. Then… despite his mouth wide open… he uttered out a name of his new ability. A name that sent shivers down the ponies’ spines.

“NOVA SCREAM!!!”

As soon as he finished uttering the name, his head jerked forward. In doing so, a jet of smoke suddenly spewed from his mouth. Tirek flinched and coughed as the black smoke plumed against his face. Spreading down his body.

But despite his seemingly harmless attack, BlackWarGreymon Berserk Mode wasn’t done yet. Not by a long shot. With a flash of light deep within his throat, the jet of smoke suddenly ignited into orange flames. The Mega suddenly spewing streams of burning fire. Tirek screamed in pain from the scorching attack. So much so that he released BlackWarGreymon from his hold. Flames continued to leak from the Digimon’s mouth. But as he landed, BlackWarGreymon suddenly roared in the air with the jet of flames exploding out of his mouth. The force of the attack causing his head to violently flail uncontrollably in random directions. The injured Tirek took the opportunity to put out the flames on his body before crossing his arms to form a magical barrier around his body. His defence arrived just in time. Because as BlackWarGreymon as beginning to get a grip of his aim, the river of negative flames slammed against the barrier. The scorched Tirek knew that they weren’t ordinary flames. For he could feel the weight of the power against his shield. The ponies all stared on in stunned silence. Never had they seen BlackWarGreymon breathing fire before.

But everyone would soon come to understand that despite its power, BlackWarGreymon’s new attack was not perfected. The flames were not the true form of the Nova Scream. But as BlackWarGreymon continued to attack with his breath weapon, the ponies were beginning to see the attack about to take its true form. As BlackWarGreymon steadied his head to attack solely Tirek, the flames began to condense. Focusing the stream of orange fire… into a pure white energy beam. The perfected attack giving off a high-pitched sound that almost sounded like a scream. BlackWarGreymon’s head briefly shaking as he tried to steady his attack.

With the attack transformed, the beam began to slice through the magical barrier like a knife through hot butter. As soon as the barrier was dropped, Tirek was wailing in pure agony. Flailing in pain about as the beam ignited his giant body. The kinetic force of the beam tried to bury itself into Tirek’s body. And at the same time, exploding in flames as the beam travelled all across Tirek’s front. For the evil lord, the attack felt like a blowtorch. One of the most agonizing experiences he had ever endured. He tried to move away, block with his arms, even tried to form more barriers to shield himself. But no matter what he tried to do, the attack continued to bring unfathomable pain on him.

The ponies all stared at the horrific torture scene in terror and fear. While the Terra Oblivion was BlackWarGreymon Berserk Mode’s most powerful attack, his Nova Scream was clearly his most deadly.

BlackWarGreymon continued his attack on the defenceless Tirek. Until he decided to end it by snapping his jaws shut. Despite the attack came to an end, Tirek was left severely injured. Yelling out in pain as smoke escaped the scorch marks all over his body. The pain too much, he even fell down on his front knees.

Tirek was on the verge of defeat. All the fight escaped him. But BlackWarGreymon was far from done. After charging towards the still form of the giant centaur, the Mega leapt up and slammed his right knuckles up against Tirek’s jaw. Upper cutting him before spinning around to kick Tirek’s chest with his left foot. The blow toppled the stunned giant onto his back. After landing back on the ground, the Digimon launched himself off the ground again. His claws stretched out to his sides as he soared over Tirek’s body and towards his head. As he drew closer, his claws glowed dark blue as he prepared to end the fight. Heading towards Tirek’s head.

“Negative Claw!” He shouted before throwing his hands down towards the downed centaur. Letting loose several waves of energy.

But rather than striking Tirek’s head directly, the energy waves instead sliced completely through Tirek’s horns. The attacks then struck the ground. Throwing up a heap of dirt that consumed the Digimon as he landed.

Upon receiving the attack’s, Tirek instantly shot back on his hooves as he wailed in agony from the sharp pain of where his horns used to be. Covering the newly formed stumps as he staggered around.

“NNNOOOOOOOOOOO!!! MY MAGIC!!!”

To the surprise of the onlooking group, streams of multi coloured magic began to forcefully escape Tirek’s head. No longer being held by his horns. As all the magic he stole left his body, Tirek began to shrink. All the while wailing in pain and fury as his shrinking body disappeared within the dust cloud.

All the ponies watched the streams of magic darting everywhere. All heading back to their proper owners whom Tirek stole from. To Twilight’s surprise, a purple stream of magic appeared and headed straight for her. As the magic entered her body, Twilight could feel her powers quickly returning. So did her lost cutiemark. The same would be said for all her friends. One by one, their energies returned. Luna smiled in relief from seeing a golden stream of magic returning to Celestia. Her older sibling feeling like her old self again.

ChaosBlackWarGreymon watched on as the streams of magic continued to flow through the air. Then something gained his attention. A purple energy stream, similar to Twilight’s, was heading in his direction. He stood still, for he knew who the magic belonged to. Looking down, he could see all the energy returning to Ayumi he was holding in his arm. As well as her magic, it also included the digital data that was within her being. After getting her magic back, the unconscious Alicorn from another time began to stir.

After the rest of the ponies finally got their magic back, they all looked up to see countless red energy streams flowing through the air before disappearing into thin air. Much to Pinkie Pie’s surprise.

“Hay. Where’re they going?”

“That must be the magic Tirek stole from BlackWarGreymon’s Ascended form. It’s all flowing back to the land itself,” Twilight guessed. Seeing it as a logical reason.

While the group were all detracted from the light show in the air, ChaosBlackWarGreymon sneaked over to the edge of the tree line without the others knowing. After he placed Ayumi down on the ground, he began to use his magic on her. Freeing her from the effects of the sleeping gas he placed on her before.

“There. The ponies are now going to need all the help they can get,” The grey armoured Digimon said before slipping back into the trees for cover. Leaving Ayumi to slowly recover. Opening her eyes as she began to get her strength back.

“M-My head. What… happened?”

As the light show came to an end, the group all suddenly heard a very angry outburst.

“PONIES!!!”

Turning their sights back to the giant dust cloud, the group all saw the badly injured form of the once powerful Tirek. With his horns reduced to stumps and hardly any magic within him, he was reduced to the size of a stallion. But he still retained his injuries. His broken leg, his missing eye, countless cuts, gashes and burns all over his body. He honestly looked like he would need medical attention. But receiving help was the last thing on the centaur’s mind. He glared angrily at the ponies as he tried to fight back the pain from his body. Breathing heavily.

“You may have won today, but I’ll be back. Y-You’ll be sure of that! Once my horns will grow back, I will try again. Destroy all of… you… and… a- and I...”

Tirek’s speech slowed in concern from seeing the expressions on the ponies faces. At first, they all glared a Tirek in defiance. But during his talk, they began to glance upwards. With looks of fear on some of them.

Tirek paused his speech as the dust cloud quickly faded away. He suddenly got the feeling that someone was standing behind him. To which was true. As the smoke faded, a pair of giant armoured legs stood behind him. With their vision more clearer, BlackWarGreymon was revealed. Standing behind the centaur, glaring down at him, and still in his Berserk Mode form.

The ponies all stared at the scene in complete silence. Remembering just how violent BlackWarGreymon had become. Even when he looked calm, he was still seething in rage. But what made the sight all the more frightening was his power. With their magic returned to them, all the Unicorns and Alicorns could sense his energy. And they finally realized why Luna was so afraid at what she felt. BlackWarGreymon was their friend, yet his aura felt… evil. Cruel. Malicious.

With Ayumi becoming fully awake, she couldn’t believe her eyes. Both from the sight of the transformed BlackWarGreymon and the energy he carried.

“Black?” She asked in concern. Wondering what in the world had happened to him.

Knowing full well that his opponent was behind him, Tirek fearfully turned his head around to see the Digimon for himself. But when he saw him, Tirek gawked in horror as he turned to face the Mega fully. With his size reduced to his weakest state, BlackWarGreymon looked even bigger and far more frightening than before. The sight of him just standing there was more then enough for him to tremble in fear.

Then BlackWarGreymon made one audible growl. More than enough for Tirek to yell out in terror. Then falling to his knees before begging for forgiveness.

“Please! No more! I…I don’t want to fight anymore! I’ll… I’ll do anything you say! I-I’ll never steal magic again! I’ll become good! Just…please don’t hurt me anymore!” He pleaded before pressing his face against the ground. Sobbing in fear.

In response to Tirek’s grovelling, BlackWarGreymon started to scowl.

With Tirek’s sudden declaration of surrender, the ponies failed to see BlackWarGreymon’s expression. Taken back by hearing the evil lord say the things they never thought he would ever say. For Celestia, it may be a chance she was looking for. If Tirek really was true to his word, than he would certainly be very beneficial to Equestria. Much like when she wanted to reform Discord.

Wanting to put all the fighting to an end and resolve things peacefully, Celestia spoke out. Granting Tirek’s request.

“That’s enough, BlackWarGreymon. This fight is over,” She said. With things calming down and Tirek depowered, she and the other ponies hoped that the Digimon would comply.

From hearing the words of the Sun Princess, the once formidable Lord Tirek breathed a sigh of relief. But as he calmed down, he pulled a hidden grin. Being an evil lord who terrorized the land before, there was no way he could change just because he lost a battle. He would use the ponies’ kindness to his advantage. Take time to recover and regrow. And once the time was right, he would pounce. And he would once more be the Lord Tirek that every pony feared.

However…… he heard collective gasps from the ponies.

Confused, Tirek looked up. Only to see BlackWarGreymon with his left arm raised to his right. Then to his shock, the Digimon smacked him aside. Violently backhanding the small centaur across the field before he skidded to a painful halt.

All the ponies gasped in shock at what they had just witnessed. Tirek surrendered and Celestia told him to stop. But the Berserker Digimon just lashed out at the defenceless centaur.

“BlackWarGreymon! I said that’s enough!” Celestia shouted at the Digimon. But to her shock, he was ignoring her. Setting his enraged sights on the downed lord.

She received even more shock when the Mega started to march towards Tirek. Snarling in complete anguish. All the while Celestia’s desperate demands fell to deaf ears. Her voice becoming more and more desperate for him to stop fighting.

“BlackWarGreymon! Stop!! Can you hear me!? No more fighting! BlackWarGreymon!!”

The white Alicorn froze in shock. Being completely ignored.

“He’s not listening to me!” She uttered in surprise. Then Twilight tried her turn.

“BlackWarGreymon, please! Please stop fighting!”

But just like her former teacher, Twilight too was ignored. The berserker seemed to have every intention on continuing. The Princess of Friendship felt hurt from her close friend ignoring her. As Tirek weakly sat up, trying to fight back the pain from being smacked aside, he glanced over to BlackWarGreymon in shock and surprise.

“Hay! Didn’t you hear me!? I said I surrender!”

But to Tirek’s surprise, as well as the shocked ponies, BlackWarGreymon growled loudly before letting out a mighty echoing roar. Then to Tirek’s horror, the enraged Digimon began to sprint towards him at frightening speed. Causing Tirek to panic as he tried to crawl away.

“No! WAIT!! STOP!!!”

But just as Tirek managed to stand back up, BlackWarGreymon smacked the small centaur with his right palm. Though Tirek was very lucky to had avoided the finger blades, but the power behind the blow had knocked Tirek near senselessly. Violently tumbling before coming to a stop. But just before he could get beck up, BlackWarGreymon launched off the ground and landed his right foot on top of him. Tirek cried out in pain from being nearly crushed from underfoot as the Digimon leapt off him. Landing close by while keeping his sights on the stricken centaur.

The onlooking ponies didn’t know what or how to feel from what they were seeing. The sight before them was essentially torture of the worst kind. And it was their friend who was doing the torturing.

“NO!!!” Tirek cried out as he tried to crawl away. But failed when BlackWarGreymon reached out his right hand and grabbed onto Tirek’s left rear leg. Then pulling him back and lifting him up.

What followed next was unnecessary torture. With Tirek’s leg in his grasp, BlackWarGreymon Berserk Mode proceeded to smash him against the ground. The earth beneath his feet trembled from the impacts as Tirek cried out in pain. After swatting Tirek against the ground three times, the Digimon briefly paused to inspect the centaur. Only to smash him against the ground once more. Then he chucked the limp centaur aside. Tirek trembling in pain as he laid on the ground.

Most of the onlooking ponies all held onto their mouths with their hooves in horror. Tirek was defenceless in his weakened state. Yet BlackWarGreymon still treated him like a severe threat. Beating him to a pulp without a shred of mercy or pity.

“He…He’s going too far…” Cadence uttered. With virtually all the other ponies in agreement.

BlackWarGreymon Berserk Mode marched up to the trembling form of Tirek with the same merciless gaze as ever. Fearing for his life, Tirek weakly tried to beg for mercy.

“P-Please. I… surrender…”

But BlackWarGreymon refused to listen. As he stood over the downed centaur, he reached his left hand down and impaled his claws into the ground around Tirek’s neck. Scaring him. Then by clenching his hand, BlackWarGreymon grabbed onto his neck and lifted him off the ground. Then by turning around in full view of the horrified ponies, BlackWarGreymon held the limp body of Tirek. His broken form dangled as he tried to fight against the grip. Opening his eyes, Tirek was staring into the pure white eyes of heartless destruction and mindless violence. BlackWarGreymon glaring into the centaur’s own soul.

The Digimon then spoke to him. Referencing what Tirek himself called him back when the fight started.

“Who’s puny now?”

With Tirek within the grasp of his left hand, he brought his right hand to bare. His metal claws gleaming in the light as it drew close to Tirek. Fearing that BlackWarGreymon would do the unthinkable, Celestia was the first to try to talk him out of it.

“N-No, BlackWarGreymon!! Don’t do it!”

“Tirek’s had enough! Please, no more!” Twilight added. Joined by Cadence.

“This isn’t the way to do this! Please stop!”

The rest of the group all joined in to try to call BlackWarGreymon off the fight. Trying desperately to prevent him from doing what he would regret doing. Only Luna and the distant Ayumi said nothing. The two Alicorns too in shock at BlackWarGreymon’s actions. For the Moon Princess, she had never seen the Digimon act so cruel and heartless. Even more so than how he once was in his past.

After more desperate shouting from the ponies, it seemed as though they were finally getting through to BlackWarGreymon. The berserker lowering his right hand away from Tirek’s face. Causing them to stop.

The ponies truly thought that BlackWarGreymon was finally seeing sense. That he was aware that he was doing wrong and was stopping himself from pushing further. The group all believing that the good within the Mega was… at last… trying to overcome the rage side.



That was… until…



“BLACK NOVA!!!”



With BlackWarGreymon’s outburst, his left hand was suddenly engulfed in black flames. Tirek screamed out in pure agony as his body was hidden in the flames. And then his screams were heard no more. After several seconds, the flames began to disperse. And within the clawed hand of BlackWarGreymon Berserk Mode, was a small patch of grey ashes. The Digimon then tilted his hand downwards. Letting the ashes fall the ground in a small pile.

The sight and actions had left the ponies speechless and stricken. A sight they never thought they would ever have to see.

BlackWarGreymon… their friend… their protector… had just committed murder.