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// Prologue pt4: Behold Destruction 
// Story: The Elements of Honor 
// by Flanagan 
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Omnipotent quickly caught up with Dante and Onus soon after he left the castle. It was now or never, as the three would be saviors of the land stood together alone, as a dark, black seemingly living cloud approached them.
“Well,” Onus was the first to speak “I never thought that I would be facing my doom with the likes of you two,” he said pointing at Dante and Omnipotent, “I always assumed that I would die by becoming a priceless piece of masonry or maybe even getting hit by a falling rainbow, or even-” a large reptilian claw covered the draconequues entire head.
“Please, Onus,” Dante began, his other claw covering his face, “of all the ridiculous ways you can imagine your end, THOSE have got to be the most farfetched ones I have heard or will ever hear.”
Onus snapped his fingers and teleported onto Dante’s head, “Well I never!” he exclaimed in a feminine accent. He then teleported right in front of the dragons face, eye to eye with him, or as best he could be, “YOU sir have NO imagination.” Onus said as he floated away from the clearly not amused dragon. 
“Now is no time for such banter, brethren,” Omnipotent said staring down the greatest threat to his creation he had ever faced. “We must stand fast, and hold the line against this unknown force.”
A deep slow growl of a laugh came from the cloud. The three were shocked. The cloud understood what they were saying! Another shocking revelation came to them as the Black swirling cloud responded to their surprise.
“Heroes, as they see themselves as, stand before me at last! But they shall fall, like all others of the past…” the deep growl and hissing tone were unsettling to all of them, even Dante, who cringed a little at the blackness’s statement.
“Huh, and I thought I was always speaking in tongues.” Onus said crossing his arms giving the blackness a dirty look.
“One of them mad, one of them proud, and one of them in grief” the blackness responded “to think they could stop me, a fool’s belief.” The blackness gave another deep laugh. “Brave you are, for standing in my way, but now you shall die, on this… Destruction’s day!”
“What was that?” Omnipotent said, “A thing such as you has a name?”
The alicorn’s words reached the blackness and it bellowed yet another dark laugh.
“The name that you seek, needs some introduction, gaze upon your end, for now, you face DESTRUCTION!” his growl became a roar as the dark clouds shifted and heaved as the whatever was inside began to surface.  
“By all things good…” Dante said as the beast emerged from the dark clouds.
He was simply massive. His body long and slender as a serpent’s body. He had four long, muscled arms. At the end of each, a hand with fingers like blades, incapable of holding anything. His neck wielded a large, oval shaped head bearing immense, razor-like teeth in multiple rows. Three eyes on each side, they were amber in color except for black reptilian pupils and multiple nostrils. Finally atop his head an enormous crest, black in color, much like the pattern that ran across his slithering body. Colors of blood red, yellow, and black checkered his body until they came to points that just made long ways stripes that flowed down his physic even through the dark cloud from which he came.
Destruction looked upon the three and again roared “I AM YOUR END, I KNOW THIS TO BE TRUE, WHAT I BREAK YOU CANNOT MEND, NOW DESTRUCTION IS UPON YOU!”
A large claw lashed downward towards Omnipotent, but with blazing speed, he avoided the attack.
“READY YOURSELVES, BRETHREN,” he called out, “THE BATTLE HATH BEGUN!”
The massive being began to slash into the air, savagely aiming his blade like claws at the three who stood in his way. As for Omnipotent, Dante and Onus, they did everything to match Destruction’s vast power, magic, flame, tooth, claw and hoof landed on its mark, but their attacks only seemed to barely phase the massive monster.
“They fight as all others have, valiant and brave,” Destruction said as he nearly grabbed Onus, “and as all others before, they shall be sent to their GRAVE!”
“ARGH!” Dante roared with draconic rage as one of Destruction’s hands sliced across one of his wings, spiriting immense amounts of blood.
“NO! DANTE!” Omnipotent’s cry fell upon deaf ears as the powerful dragon nosedived toward the ground, streaks of blood trailing him the whole way.
BOOM! The sound of the crash could be heard for miles and the crater that Dante now lie in was nearly twice his already massive size, and blood from the dragon had already began to pool around him. Without Dante, they knew that the battle would be far more difficult, but they continued to press on, firing everything from magically summoned arrows to explosive chocolate milk at Destruction. Without Dante’s strength, it was not enough. Not long after Dante’s fall to the ground, Destruction used his black crest magic and launched it at Omnipotent. He was busy trying to dodge a blade-like claw to notice the beam coming toward him. Onus saw the attack from the start. He pushed his friend out of the way and rose his shield. The blast was a direct hit and though his barrier succeeded in blocking most of it, the rest was more than enough to take Onus down. Like Dante before him he collided with the ground not far from where Dante lie himself. 
Now there was only one, the one who used his power to create this land against the one who wished nothing more than to destroy it. All hope seemed lost, but Omnipotent pressed on, fighting like tomorrow was not going to come, and by the looks of it, it wasn’t going to. Omnipotent used all he had in the next few minutes against Destruction, but with yet another blast form the black crest, he too, fell to the ground. Destruction cast his eyes on their motionless bodies and bellowed in a deep roar.
“THE LAST HAVE FALLEN, AT THE HAND OF MINE, NOW I SHALL RAISE THIS LAND, T’IL IT BE LOST TO TIME!” His echoing roar could be herd even from the castle, where two very young mares could do nothing but hold onto one another in their tears.
“… not… yet…” A broken, yet defiant voice came from the smoke and rubble under Destruction.
“What is this?” Destruction questioned himself, “my power is unstoppable, for you to still live, it is impossible!” 
“Oh… I think not…” Omnipotent’s voice called out, “as long as there are ponies… dragons… or even draconequues like me, we will do all we can to deny you your lust for destruction…”
“…And if you think of us all dead…” Dante rose from the crater very bloody but still more than capable of finishing the fight.
“… You’ve got another thing coming…” Onus stood up wielding his shield and a bizarre weapon that seemed to fire muffins.
It was then that their eyes began to glow in unison. Omnipotent was the first to gaze at Destruction with the power that now flowed through him.
“THOU HATH FOUGHT WITH SAVAGERY AND BRUTALITY THAT MY EYES HAVE NEVER SEEN NOR DO THEY WISH TO SEE AGAIN MONSTER!” His voice echoed across the land.
“BUT YOU HAVE UNDERESTIMATED ONE DETAIL OF US AND NOW YOU SHALL PAY WITH YOUR LIFE!” Dante’s roar shook the land around him as he stretched his now unharmed wings.
“WE ARE WARRIORS; BOUND BY SOMETHING YOU DO NOT HAVE OR NEVER WILL!” Onus fired his muffin projectile at Destruction and began to load another.
“The keepers of this land, their power, it grows,” Destruction’s voice was now in an angered yet fearful tone, “from within it comes, this I know.”
“WE HAVE HONOR, DESTRUCTION,” Omnipotent’s voice rang out as the three began to levitate, “AND WITH IT WE WILL SEE YOUR END THIS DAY!”
“THIS CANNOT BE, MY POWER IS UNMATCHED, IT CANNOT BE DONE, NOTHING CAN-”
“SILENCE! YOU SOULESS BEAST!” Dante slammed himself into the massive being with such force the he was unable to speak. Destruction began to violently slash at Dante but the green aura of will kept the claws away from his wings. 
“YOUR END IS NEAR, YES IT BE TRUE, OH WHAT DO YOU KNOW, I CAN RHYME TOO!” Onus comically shouted as his muffin cannon became lodged deep down Destruction’s throat, he pulled the trigger, filling Destruction’s gullet with chocolate chip goodness, again the gold aura guarded Onus from the gnashing teeth of destruction.
“NOW. DESTRUCTION, YOU WILL SEE THE TRUE POWER OF WILL, DUTY AND SACRIFICE!” Omnipotent said, as he flew high above the clouds “FOR TOGETHER, THEY… FORGE… HONOR!” 
Omnipotent rocketed toward Destruction, who was being held in midair by Dante and Onus, who was still firing muffins down his throat. He gained more and more speed faster and faster until. WHOOM! He broke the barrier of sound as a rainbow was created at the same time due to the sheer force it took to travel at such speeds, his blue aura trailing him until, SLING! His body cut through Destruction like a sword through warm butter. Black ooze spewed from his gaping wound covering all three defenders in his filth. Dante released Destruction as the beast let out a terrible screeching roar while he fell to the ground, his body disintegrating the whole way down. With a thunderous crash, Destruction met the ground still much of his body was there being torn piece by piece as he continued to degrade into nothing. 
“It seems that we have ended you.” Omnipotent said to the little that remained of his greatest foe.
“You cannot kill… only delay… I shall return… another day…” Destruction said with blackened blood oozing through his razor blade teeth, but last words were not as nearly as unsettling as the truly psychotic laugh he gave as the final parts of his body disappeared. There would be a time to fully ponder his last words one day, but now Omnipotent had two young fillies to return to, for this day evil had been vanquished. The three were welcomed back at the castle with cheers and beautiful flowers, and for one of them a double-filly bum rush that knocked the wind out of him.