Later the same night, the five mares and Ner'Zhul were at the library, sitting around the old wooden table that rests in the middle of the room.
"So, who exactly are you?" Twilight asked with careful caution in her voice. "You say you aren't Sombra, yet your eyes seem to emit pure magic..."
"Yeah, only one pony does that, Sombra!" Rainbow yelled while smashing a hoof on the table, causing it to groan. Ner'Zhul let out a sigh, he figured he won't prophet from killing them..... yet.
"I am Ner'Zhul, the Lich King! Creator of the Scourge and ruler of the Frozen Throne..." Ner'Zhul replied to both of the mares. "As for my eyes, any living creature that is consumed by any form of dark powers....well, there's your explanation! So giving the fact that you have not yet tried to detain me yet again, I'm guessing you did not understand half of what I said?...."
The mares were stunned, they knew what a Lich was, or was supposed to be, but here they are, looking at a lich KING, they didn't know what to do.
"So, you raise the dead, then rule them? You don't slaughter, right?" Twilight asked sheepishly
"No, I don't kill..." he replied. To this Twilight let out grateful sigh.
"I get others to slaughter in mass amounts for me, using my plauge!" Ner'Zhull finished while using his new understanding of his equine body to put a hoof on the table, where it rested near his helmet. Twilight, grabbed a quill and parchment ready to write to Celestia and quickly send it should needed.
"I will make you a deal though..." Ner'Zhul spoke to Twilight hoping to put her at some ease, he wouldn't want to die now, of all times! "Three things, very simple, the first, help me find a way back to where I came! Second, tell me more about this Sombra, as for the third one, take me to him after you tell me about him..." Twilight looked at Ner'Zhul, hoping he was simply kidding, but he wasn't, every inch of him spoke honesty, a chill ran down her spine.
"The first and second part of the deal I can do, the third part I have to refuse!" Twilight replied. Ner'Zhul calmly grabbed his helmet, then proceeded to put it on.
"Then there is nothing stopping me from killing you!" He said coldly. A blueish white sword began to appear out of thing air as he grabbed the handle. "Frostmourne is hungry anyway, but don't fret, you'll be walking soon again...."
Meanwhile in Canterlot Celestia worries about what happens with these dark new energies.
"Sister, this energy is darker then Sombra's, who ever is eminating this energy might even be able to take on Discord" spoke a voice, breaking Celestia's thoughts.
"Yes, you may be right my dear Luna..." Celestia Replied. Out of the blue, a scroll appeared in a puff of green blue flame and smoke. "Ah, this must be the scouts report on the situation..." Celestia pauses, questioning if reading this report will be what she expected, or worse.
After a moments pause Celestia used her magic to unfurl the scroll then began reading the report.
'At exactly 1400 hours the Elements of Harmony sent to seek the source of the dark energy. Upon closing in on this energy, they found a larger then usual stallion wearing dark, full body armour adorned with skull patterns. After witnessing him batting the Elelment of Magic aside like a fly, I close my report on this stallion with him being extremely hostile, and must be detained or killed as soon as possible!'
"Short and sweet, sounds like Treble was the one who wrote this? would you not agree, Tia?" Luna asked her older sister.
"Indeed, I think it is also Treble we should let to handle this..... But I would like to meet this stallion myself." Celestia turns her head to the window, which lays to her right. "I pray for my little ponies, hope that they do not find harm......or death..."
Back at the library, Twilight was able to prevented a slaughter by agreeing to all of Ner'Zhul's terms terms, but will also have to pass with Celestia's inspection as well. Rarity took Fluttershy back to her cabin to calm her down, while Rainbow Dash and Apple Jack suffered from minor cuts barely holding him back.
"So, what's with this sword.....Frostmourne, was it's name?" Twilight asked not wanting to touch it should it do something to her.
"Yes" Ner'Zhul replied, AJ and Rainbow close by should they need to restrain him again. "It takes the souls of those I slay, so I can raise their corpses whenever I need or want to. Don't worry, touching it will no longer take souls, I think, I've never tested my sword out of the realm of humans, so I'm not sure if it has changed at all." Ner'Zhul walked toward his ice cold blade, grabbing it once it was within his grasp. "I would like to start seeing if it changed at all though!" Once that sentence hit the three mares they all tensed up, ready to attack. "But, I am true to my word, I will.... attempt, to hold off killing you and the rest of your people. As for living without my armour, only if I am allowed to carry Frostmourne with me!" He put his sword back down, and walked toward one of the many book shelves. Ner'Zhul figured if he was going to stay here he might as well learn a few things about this dimension, how their magic works and the various races, both sentient and feral.
Twilight walked over to the other two girls and pulled their heads down.
"Girls, what are we going to do, we can't really trust his word, even if he does mean what he says, right?" Twilight asked in a whisper.
"I reckon we give him just one shot, but under tight watch!" Apple Jack replied.
"Yeah, you think the princess could send in some guards?" Rainbow added.
"I'm sure she's way ahead of that Rainbow." Twilight assured her friend.
Using his own magick Ner'Zhul levitated a few select books that he believes will help him the most in gathering the basic knowledge he seeks.
After a few hours the sun began to set, it was only Twilight and Ner'Zhul still withen the confines of the wodden walls. Twilight kept a nervous eye on Ner'Zhul, while her guest seemed to be ignoring her all together. The first to break the silence was the purple mare!
"...Um, it's getting late, you're more then welc-"
"I do not need your charity, I am a KING! Besides, this, 'Everfree Forest' intrigues me, I'm staying there in the abandoned castle." Ner'Zhul cut Twilight off. Twilight didn't say a word, the confusion he displayed was to say the least, evident. She just couldn't figure out why, or what was causing his confusion, or anger for that matter. The slamming of her door broke her train of thought, but quickly went back on track.
Ner'Zhul began his walk toward the looming forest. Passing house after house, chilling the air around him, he stopped near a bakery.
"....Sugar Cube.........Corner?" Ner'Zhul spoke out. In his mortal days as an Orc, he did enjoy sweets to a great extent, but once he was forced into that cursed throne of ice, he couldn't enjoy anything anymore. "Bah, I don't need these weak feelings!" he shouted to himself, waking a pink pony from sleep. Ner'Zhul began to walk away shortly before the pony he woke opened her window. Only seeing his outline and hearling the clanking of his armour, the pink mare knew there was a new pony, which meant a party!
Now closing in on the forest he was set on calling home, an outline of another pony came into view. Drawing his blade he saw the perfect oppertunity to start the scourge once more.
"I'd put that away, you might hurst yourself." Teased the pony.
"Wether I hurt myself or not is irrelivent, I will simply find a new body!" Replied Ner'Zhul. This new pony began to come into view, he had a very faded purple coat with a scruffy slicked-back deep purple mane that carried a dark blue stripe on the top, his eyes were an airy green, wings resting on his sides, and help no content to fight.
"Who are are? I would like to know the name of the one who will serve me!" Ner'Zhul demanded.
"You first..." Replied the faded purple pony.
"Very well, I am Ner'Zhul, the Li-" Before he could finish Ner'Zhul went flying ten feet from where he stood, the pony standing on his rear hooves, his top right hoof not even an inch from where his face was.
"You mangy CUR" Ner'Zhul replied to the attack, quickly retaliating by charging towards him with Frostmourne. The pony he was about to kill simply dissapeared, right in front of him.
"My name is Treble, my foes call me Trouble, I'm a deaf pegesus who manipulates sound waves, as well as use them to hear, every noise you make, every movement you do, makes a ripple in the waves of sound, even right now, I'm using sound magick to move at a speed you cannot see! That first hit was payback for my friend, Twilight, and you only get one warning, should you harm another pony, your head WILL be mine" Threatened Treble.
Ner'Zhul for the first time, showed fear, but quickly masked it, how can one being hold more power then him, any sound, and type of movement, is his way of fighting, and he clearly knew what he was doing.
"Again, with these weak mortal feelings?!" Ner'Zhul shouted his fear away. Treble no longer seemed to be around, so Ner'Zhul made his way to his new castle, cutting down Manticores and Cocitaces alike in pure rage, collecting their souls to raise later.
A knock echoed through the library.
"Coming!" Spoke Twilight.
A minute passed and the door opened, revealing a familiar grinning pegasus to the purple mare.
"........Treble?" She asked in a sad, yet exited voice. "Treble, is that really you?" The purple mare lunged at her old friend. "Don't you ever scare us like that again, it took Pinkie MONTHS to cope with loosing you" she began to cry and berate the colt. Treble simply put his hooves around Twilight, content on letting her let it all out.
"Gather the girls up tomorrow, I'd like to apologize to each and every one of them" Treble looked up to the moon. "especially Pinks!"