Prologue: A Meeting of Minds
Two beings, ageless and powerful were meeting on neutral ground. A quiet forest on an unclaimed planetoid far from either’s home world. Both wore heavy clothing in a vain attempt conceal their identities in case any spies had followed them.
One stood on two legs, leanly muscled with a thick black cloak hanging loosely over his shoulders. His chest and abdomen mostly bared by the vest he wore and nothing else on his chest. Tight leather pants lead down to stylish brown boots. A few errant locks of well cared for lilac colored hair fell around his neck. He bowed low as his fellow conspirator arrived. “I can’t thank you enough for meeting me. It’s been too long.” His voice was smooth and elegant.
His guest too wore a dark cloak to hide her identity. Nearly twice the size of the bipedal male she stood on four long legs. Her coat of silken fur white as newly fallen snow. The cloak rippled constantly from her ever churning multi-hued mane, while her poly-chromatic tail rippled freely in the breeze. A long horn stood out from beneath the hood she wore. “Not at all. It’s a pleasure to see you again my friend.”
The two sat in companionable silence, just enjoying the sensation of reuniting with an old comrade. “I hope things have been going well in your neck of the woods. I’ve heard you’ve had a veritable string of problems lately.” The red eyed man inquired.
His companion laughed lightly. “It’s certainly been an exciting few years I won’t deny that. But yes, things are going very well. My student has recently joined my sister and niece in ruling Equestria. I’m afraid the stress has been getting to her however. She was always a little high strung.”
“Mmm. I understand completely. My son’s taken the throne since my er…retirement. He has good dependable friends to help him but the boy’s growing restless. You know how kids can be.”
“I do. I think that’s her problem as well. She has a brilliant mind and can be very good under pressure. It’s when she has too much free time on her hooves that problems arise. She starts to invent things to occupy her time and now and again they can get a little…troubling to say the least.”
“Hm.” The gentleman demon produced a tea set from…somewhere and poured a cup for his guest. “It occurs to me we may be able to assist one another.”
It was so rare the ageless princess got a chance to enjoy time with anyone on her own level and she decided to play coy. “Oh? Don’t keep me in suspense.” Delicately she sipped at the tea. Netherworld blends truly were some of the best; she made a mental note to set up some sort of import arrangement.
“Well your student needs a problem to solve yes? My son needs to get off his butt and do anything really. Why don’t we just…throw the two together? See what happens?”
Another calm sip of her tea. Oh but it was good. “It would certainly be…interesting. I worry about the damage either could do however. The young Overlord is incredibly powerful is he not?”
“Let me worry about that. I’ll make sure he doesn’t cause too much trouble for you. I do feel it’d be best if you hosted. The Netherworlds can be a bit bracing for your kind as you well know.”
“Oh yes I recall. If you hadn’t arrived when you did…” A shudder ran through the powerful equine’s frame. “Well best not to dwell on such unpleasantness. As to your idea, so long as you can promise me your son won’t cause any real trouble…”
“Mmm. I can promise to keep the collateral damage to a minimum?”
A small smile formed on the equine’s muzzle as she tapped her cup to his. “Then let the fun begin.”