Authors Notice: Here we are the Ponies in the demon realm, it will be the same but its in a different location and path, No End of the Road, No going to the Unsacred hellgate. Just a different path, but you'll see action in here. Mission Start!
Vergil came, lifting a couple feet out of the portal as he gently landed on the solid white ground of the portal seeing an all too familiar site. From his own reflection in his eyes, he could see what he graced a while back, he could see in the distance what looked like the inside of the tower, but it felt more light than demonic, off in the distance, he could see stones floating around aimlessly in suspended animation, like it was waiting for something or someone. The path was broken as Vergil could see, so he knew the stones would serve their purpose wisely enough, but what he notice, was that this wasn't the same path he took to the Unsacred Hellgate, which he could see in the distance through the destroyed fragment of what once had a wall.
The platform they were on, not only had the portal which led back to Equestria, but also a finely carved obelisks was adorning their side, two on each side and both of them had strange engravings and a carving of what looked to be to any human who entered, a demonic interpretation of their rise to power, seeing a couple of demons on all fours chasing down a couple of humans, some of them were in their jaws.
The swirling maelstrom had what looked like an orange eye at its core of what resembled an eye, leering around the demon world making its presence known as it dominated the sky. Vergil suddenly could hear hoof steps next to him, as he turned around he noticed Twilight looking at the surroundings, astonished, yet afraid as she now had her sights set on the looming maelstrom in the distance.
“So this is-." Twilight started but couldn't really finished as fear took over now instead of astonishment and curiosity.
“Yes the Demon World." Vergil said.
“This is almost...not what I was expecting." Twilight said.
“And what were you expecting than?" Vergil asked.
“Well..." To her, it was difficult to explain or put into words, for the many times the scholar was speechless and couldn't find anything to say, the only thing they could do, was wait for the rest to come up as Twilight kept checking her surroundings, Vergil, on the other hand, could see something forming on the other side across the abyss, a mirror like the ones he traveled through, except this one had something different. It was no other part of the world he knew, he knew about the Nirvana of Illusions and some others, but this was something different.
He couldn't make it out but he needed a closer look anyway as he took a few steps towards the edge, Twilight on the other hand was galloping yelling for him to stop, but immediately silenced when he could see one of the suspended stone paths zoom towards him and attached itself to the edge where they were, Twilight was surprised as the rest of the gang had mixed results when they took their first step in the Demon World. Applejack and Rarity had landed and were shocked to see the almost emptiness of the place seeing nothing more the Hellgate bearing down on her feeling nothing more than just a pitiful ant in its view. Fluttershy was hiding behind one of the pillars only to run away from the demonic engravings as she fled to and then to another one and another, until she decided to hide behind Twilight. Rainbow Dash hovered a bit only to immediately land at the emptiness, she enjoyed the open sky as much as any Pegasus, but the feeling of dread was the only thing keeping her on the ground.
Pinkie Pie was surprisingly ahead of Vergil, hopping on the first stone that connected to the platform, then the next stone flew, and the next one and the next one as the path before them started to connect and the others continued forward all five of them behind Vergil as he began to question the one thing that was on his mind....
How?
Out of the five big starter questions, this was number one in every single way, shape and form. One of the great mysteries that he will never solve.
“Umm, Vergil" Twilight sped up to Vergil, asking the one question that bothered her, but she looked uneasy about it too.
“Hmm." He kept his guard up, his hand sliding gently to Yamato.
“Can I ask you something?" Twilight asked as the rest of the ponies behind her suddenly were silent curious to know what his answer would be, Pinkie even matched the pace to the others as she went back to the group.
A question as of now would not be the opportune time to ask when they were in an environment that could easily betray them easily, hopefully, Vergil thought her question could benefit their travels to where Dreadwing was, he sighed as he gave a swift nod, “If it doesn't benefit our travels, then no."
“But it’s just quick-." Vergil came to a halt at this and turned to Twilight, a bit annoyed at the fact she kept pushing this, Rainbow Dash and Applejack could see the annoyance in his eyes but it was a tiny bit, but Applejack out of the two could easily understand that this realm they were in was unfamiliar to either ponies so she let her guard down a bit.
“We are in a world where one step could betray you, one little slip can be the end, and I need concentration to keep all of you safe as much as I wanted to protest you girls coming into this world." Vergil explained.
“Why would you?" Twilight asked as the last pathway connected to the platform with the mirror like portal.
"..." Vergil stayed silent as he rubbed his temple.
Applejack decided to butt in, her words chosen carefully, as she directed them to Twilight, “Look sugarcube, Ah can understand you’re curious and all, but this ain't the time to dilly dally about questions when we are in a world where no pony has ever been in."
Vergil agreed as he gave a tiny nod, Applejack continued her explanation ignoring the protest Twilight was about to say, "Look Twi, this here question can help any of us, I bet Vergil here wouldn't mind answerin’ but please sugarcube, Ah care for ya but this ain't the time to be askin’ a lot of questions."
“By the looks of her personality, it looks like she won't give up, unless I answer her question," The half demon stated, as Applejack looked at Vergil, then Twilight, she didn't like Vergil too much, but she didn't see any evil intentions so far from him.
Twilight nervously stated, “Well, one is about where we’re going and the other... It’s trivial."
“Trivial first to get it out of the way, so speak your first question." Vergil impatiently said, Twilight took a deep breath, uncertain if he was going to answer.
"Well it’s about... You and Luna... Are you-"
"No." Vergil interrupted knowing all too well what the question was.
"Please Vergil I know this isn’t the right moment to answer, I promise I will only ask this once." Twilight was persistent as Rarity gave a little giggle, Rainbow Dash and Pinkie almost looked confused and Applejack knew this would come, and Fluttershy was staying silent. Twilight cleared her throat, " Are you and Luna...well...more than friends?" Vergil looked stout in his posture as he gave a simple answer.
"No." Vergil knew it could never happen nor did he want to have one, "Just friends, that is all."
"Ok." Twilight nodded, " And my second one is this...do you know where this leads?"
"The answer to this one is, I don't know if this is the same path I journeyed on." Vergil explained, he looked in the surface of the mirror to see an all too familiar sight of the Room of the Fallen Ones, the surroundings were the same, but the local area was very different to where he last was, "But I will say this once, let me go first and be in front and more importantly for your convenience, stay together, if you get left behind... Then it is not my responsibility to come back for you, so be wise in your actions or go home now."
They all didn't expect this kind of cold instructions to be introduced and Rainbow was in half a mind to voice her opinion on this, but knowing that he has been here before and this wasn't like the Everfree Forest, she stood silent and gave a silent nod as she glared at him. But all five agreed as Vergil flipped into the portal, the surface undisturbed by any intrusion or force penetrating its surface as it maintained its cool surface, Pinkie hopped forward ignoring the uncertain looks of the rest of the six as she went next through the portal. Twilight went next along with Rarity, Applejack, Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash.
Now the only thing they didn't expect was that someone was following them as a black high heeled boot appeared at the foot of the portal, black leather pants and a Black leather corset gracing her voluptuous and graceful figure, long blonde flowing hair flowing down her back as a pair of sunglasses with red lens blocked her eyes. She gave an impish grin as she fixed her sunglasses.
"So... One lost sheep came back," The mysterious figure could only shake her head in amusement, "This will be fun to watch." She jumped into the air as she disappeared mid jump, reporting back to her master.
The Room of the Fallen Ones.
Vergil flipped out of the portal onto the bloody surface as Pinkie Pie followed suit landing neatly alongside Vergil as she playfully hopped on the surface, "Oooo so skippy, it’s like jumping in rain puddles."
"If by rain puddles you mean this bloody surface, then you are correct." Pinkie stopped jumping as she jumped on the nearest aqueduct, afraid by the truth of the surface as she gave a teary eye frown but perked up again, but still the fear of knowing this was blood seemed to linger in her mind. The others suddenly followed suit landing in a not so neat way as they jumbled up in a pile.
"What have I gotten myself into?" As the ponies behind him straightened themselves up, and the first one up to voice up, was Rarity.
"Ugh, this is disgusting this will not be good for my mane." Rarity was bringing her hoof up only to see that she was standing on the bloody surface as she nearly fainted.
"Umm, we’re all pretty much standing on it, good thing we ain't sinking to the bottom." Rainbow Dash added she looked around to see an endless graveyard of statues and other pieces of stone carved or uncarved floating or half its body sunk into the surface."
" I-I-Is this-." Fluttershy couldn't bring herself to ask the one thing that was on everypony mind, except Pinkie.
"Yes and I would suggest getting somewhere out of my way." Vergil ordered, Twilight was about to ask but her answer came when she saw Abyss demons being formed from the surface they were standing on, Vergil could see out of the corner of his eye outside the circle of Abyss were the five ponies watching in horror.
"And I meant now." Vergil stated calmly with a bit of force behind his words, the only thing that gave them the motivation was the glint of Yamato getting for combat.
Core of the Stream.
You could call it a stream what was rising high above where the End of the Line was, but still had a perfect view of the Hellgate through its gaping wall. The Core itself was huge in its own, the room itself was like the Forbidden Nirvana but it was now stretched out and there was no pit that went down to the foot of the Hellgate, just one solid floor the size of three football fields. Floating above the center of the room were the Elements of Corruption, the once proud Elements that represented Harmony and Peace were now being used to fuel the link between Equestria and the Demonic Domain, a dark bubble encased the Elements as purple and red lightning was shooting through the bubble vertically.
Below was a dark hooded figure, the whole cloak that the figure was wearing was made out of shadow's itself, it looked at the Hellgate as if it was a drug to it, it could feel pleasure and warmth go through its whole body, the sight of the Elements fueling the link was pure euphoria as it chortled, he could feel the Demon World's power, he could feel some of its raw power inside the Elements, he could feel it all... It was delicious to know.
"So much power... So little time." The once proud Dreadwing shed everything that was in front of him under his new guise he held out a deformed misty nub as the lightning began to surge right from the elements to him, he could feel the empowerment that was the essence of some of the Demon Realm.
He could feel everything...
His shape materializing, the knowledge of the realms, the Multiversal potential it had... While only some knowledge was flowing to him, he knew he would truly bring about the age of corruption to Equestria of which he knew of one way.
By indomitable force.
Room of the Fallen Ones.
The last Abyss fell as its head rolled off to the side, and the bodies around Vergil melted down into its surface. The swordman could see the other's hiding behind some statues while Rainbow Dash was up in the air watching from a bird's eye view. Vergil's returned Yamato to its scabbard, the click resonating throughout this realm, he knew a mirror would come, he knew there would be another hurdle. Suddenly a bright white light materialized into another portal as the others gathered around, Vergil could see on the reflection what looked like a twisted carved head its mouth in agonizing pain and its eyes sewn together, but the difference were some stone branches holding it up and the clear sight it had of the gaping hellgate.
But beyond that, even the Demon World knew it was here and made it clear as it sent a whisper throughout the world reaching the ears of Vergil and the others. Vergil could hear it and it made itself clear, but the odd thing was, that it didn't seem right, he thought the path would be longer, why would it will itself to manifest before them? Why would it be so short? Questions to be answered later as he gestured for them to follow as he jumped into the portal as the Twilight and the others followed suit towards the unknown.
Unbeknownst to Vergil, the one who was leading them, as a stone angelic wing moved in the deep, leaving behind bright white feathers on the bloody surface.
The Fallen Path.
Vergil and the others came out of the mirror as it manifested before the last path, he could see the massive stone head all too well, they could see the fear in their eyes as the path was set before them, to Vergil, it wouldn't take too long to walk down this path and face destiny head on.
"Are you sure this is the place?" Twilight asked still looking at the structure ahead of them. The face seemed to be contorting bit by bit as it continued from whatever was happening in there.
"Yes." Vergil could sense a wave of an intruder in the structure he could feel its pulse radiating from it, he could feel him inside. But the only thing was... It was way too easy... It felt like someone's hand was involved, he only had one suspicion on who it was that was guiding its hand to deal with it, Vergil had a theory in his head for him... But the matter at hand was important, as he stopped at the double doors, purple and red vapors were leaking out of the cracks of the door, it was cold to the touch.
Without warning, he opened the door and said one thing before entering through it, "Do what you have to do and hurry." They nodded as they went inside, Fluttershy a haphazardly entering with a little help from Rainbow Dash and Applejack.
All of a sudden, as they reached inside, the doors closed in an instant and smacked Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, and Applejack on their flanks as they slid on the ground towards the others inside.
But still unknown to them, off in the distance from The Fallen Path, an angelic wing appeared from the dark mist behind it as it quickly disappeared back into the vale of mist.
"In time, little spider... In time I will strike."
In time you will be mine."
Core of the Stream.
"Look!" Rarity yelled out in excitement, to what she pointed was the Elements of Harmony encased in a dark bubble above, all of them were happy to see them in their sight. Rainbow Dash flew up to retrieve them as she put her hooves in the bubble, but as she touched the surface of the bubble...
"AAAAAAAAH!" She suddenly screamed in pain as her hooves started to wither rapidly when she brushed the surface of the bubble, as she took them away from the bubble, her hooves started to return to normal. The girls started yelling for Rainbow Dash as she landed right beside them shaking, all of them crowding around to check if she was alright, she could shakily tell them what happened as Twilight pieced it together.
"So, in other words, we can't touch them?" Twilight said, she felt all hope dwindling from her whole body, the same with the others as Pinkie's mane drooped and her party grenades rolling to the sides, being brought up for nothing.
"Of course they cannot be touched!" A raspy but deep voice rang out, the mane six huddled together and backed up a bit as Vergil appeared in front of the, "They are the heart of this portal." Twilight came out of the group and shuddered but gathered up her courage to yell one line, "Show yourself, Dreadwing!"
"Now why would I? Why would I ruin the mystery of what I am? But then again... The story is near the end, so I should show myself shouldn't i?” They could hear a slither from above, as the ceiling itself was covered in shadows, they could see one yellow eye and another red colored, leering down at them, Vergil slowly slid Yamato out a bit, as Fluttershy, from behind the others, could see the glint of Yamato perfectly, seeing the same glint Dante had when they first met them, in that blade and in Vergil's soul, she could tell he wasn't going to draw out the battle.
Suddenly a shadowy form zoomed to the other side of the room as Vergil got in position to strike, the shadow on the other side was contorting and extruding its shell as it suddenly formed around the unnamed glob of shadow in its core. The shadow took form to see not only that this wasn't Dreadwing's form, but this was entirely different as Vergil confirmed and to top it off...
He was big.
His head was littered with demonic runes, and horns were protruding out of the sides of his head, his teeth were razor sharp as was his wit. His torso was big at best as two arms with spike varying were covering his arm and two massive claws were at the end of his scaled hand, his whole arm was not only covered with the spikes but it was scaled and rune-covered as well, his lower body was... Strange at best, as the only thing they could see were dragon-like legs stomping on the ground, and some parts of the leg were armored to the teeth. On his back, were four dragon-like wings stretching out, flexing it out for intimidation purposes, he leered down to the others and the lone Vergil who was about to fight him.
"So... the villain shows his true form." Dreadwing said, snapping his two fingers and giving a demonic grin, "Truth be told, the last form you saw before I... Gave a tactical retreat."
"So, you sold your form for another?" Vergil asked, his tone never swaying from his monotone personality; he could believe the eagerness and stupidity that was coming out of his mouth, there was one rule... One rule that was easy to remember and that was, to never make deals with devils... Ever.
"Yes, I could say that it was a decent trade, don’t ya think? Really worth trading my original for this, hmm? He gave it to me... He is always there." Dreadwing never stopped smiling, his smile was now scaring Pinkie seeing it wasn't a happy cheerful one, but a sadistic and twisted smile that really didn't care who it was directed to. Dreadwing continued with his grin still on all four's his right leg stretching and cracking from it, "And you know he ain't happy about you coming back and all."
"I gathered that as much." Vergil answered, The six looked confused and for the first time they could see a small glimmer of fear in Dreadwing's eyes, questions among the six rose on who 'he' was, that caused Dreadwing to be looking fearful, while Vergil looked like he was ready to finish before even Dreadwing.
Dreadwing noticed as he shook his head, "It doesn't matter,” Dreadwing then suddenly tightened his form as his claws made hairline cracks along the surface as it healed, "You won't live to see the light again, Son of Sparda. Equestria and that whole world will see pure corruption incarnate; They are nothing but trash only to be brushed." Dreadwing snarled at this and spat on it and turned his attention to the ponies, "You lived in peace for too long, Discord, Nightmare Moon, Chrysalis...THEY ARE NOTHING!!!!!” A large jet of flame shot towards the six as Vergil was ready to brush it away, the flames urged themselves closer and closer as Vergil could feel the heat from the flames dancing.
Twilight and the others were yelling for Vergil to move as Twilight put up a shield around the ponies, Vergil waited for the opportunity to brush the flames away...
"GET OUT OF HERE!" A large wave of energy brushed the flames away as they crashed into the wall to the right of the others. Vergil and Dreadwing were surprised by this both acknowledging that Vergil didn't do any action, the six were looking wildly to see who caused the flames to be deflected.
" You know bro, since you stole my spotlight when we last teamed up," Vergil turned around to see right above him a red trench coat fluttering in the wind of the Hellgate, white hair doing the same in the wind as a tall black alicorn with a blue misty mane and tail was right next to him. They both jumped down as the man looked at Vergil as he knew who it was with a small smirk, but this man's smirk never left him as he patted his back and stole a glare at Dreadwing. "Consider us even."
"Idiot." Vergil said, still remembering the idiot that was this man standing right next to him.
Dante had returned
Authors Notice: Yep Dante is back babies, the last secret mission will involve him no worries. And for the LunaxVergil fans (if their is any) You gotta wait you will see,you will know when it comes. I hope you enjoyed the mission and don't be afraid to leave a review.
Chapter proofreaded by LyonAzakura.
P.S. This will be updated soon. So don't be surprised by the mistakes so far. Which is many lol.