A Lost Soul Returns: The King of Monsters

by Dark Star the Crazed


Castle of Demons.

A belief is not merely an idea the mind possesses; it is an idea that possesses the mind. ~ Robert Oxton Bolt.


Twilight awakened with a start. In her dreams she had just seen herself when she had forced the griffon king to rip out his own heart. She looked evil, like Nightmare Moon except with her coat and mane instead of Luna's, a chill went down her spine. Then she felt something sharp poking the back of her neck. Her skin broke and she let out a silent shriek. She was confused when the bite started to feel good. Finally she realized what it was when she felt a small sucking sensation on the back of her neck. Fang was drinking her blood again. Twilight let out a content sigh and smiled letting Fang drink his fill of her blood. She had fed off of him before so she decided that she return the fever at least once.

Twilight let out a small whine when Fang released her neck. She didn't know why but out of the three times Fang had fed off of her, compared to the five she had fed off of him, it had felt good. "I, really, wish you would feed longer Fang... It feels, really, good." She got a chuckle and a small nip at the fur on her neck.

There was a small nibble on her ear. "I take only what I need as I do not wish to drink you dry." His muzzle disappeared for Twilight's ear and she was confused. She couldn't feel his breathing. She let out a small squee when she felt a lick on her cheek. "You really shouldn't be surprised if I show a sign of affection Twilight." Twilight just blushed. Then both of the alicorns heard a deep voice. It sounded like it was laughing. They looked to the right and saw the carriage carrying Frigidi.

"So that's your relation. Your lovers aren't you?" Frigidi was sitting there with a small bottle of water, a mortar and pestle, and what looked like flowers. Purple flowers that had a black stem, light mint green leaves, and another purple flower but it was a solid purple and shaped like a bell. He ground them up and scooped the dust of the flowers into a bottle, he then added enough water so that it reached the neck of the bottle and placed what looked like a Bunsen burner down. He held the bottle over the flame and watched as it was brought to a boil. He smiled and pulled it away from the flame when the liquid turned a dark pink, only a little lighter than pinkies mane, and placed a cork in the bottle.

Twilight blushed while Fang smiled and shook his head. "It hasn't gone that far yet." Twilight smiled and nodded in agreement with Fang.

Frigidi smirked. "Ah I see... So when do you intend to get married so you can. You did say 'yet' which means that you have not done the deed at this point in time but you intend to do so." Fang growled and was about to shoot an insult back at Frigidi when he realized the old one was right. He had meant that. The ride was silent for a while before Frigidi spoke again. "How are Luna and Celestia doing? Are either one of them sick?" Twilight and Fang both shook their head. "What about Sombra's child? Whats her name again? Cadance?"

Fang gave a small chuckle. "So close this time. Yes Cadence is... Well she has morning sickness she's pregnant you see." He saw a small smile on Frigidi's face. "I really hope you’re not going to try and help her give birth are you?"

Frigidi shook his head. "No... I was going to give her a potion that will make it so that she is not in so much pain that she would prefer death. My problem is that I do not seem to have any Enyemaka leaf left. I have the other ingredients I need. I could try to use Goldblatt but, as she is allergic to said item, it would probably kill her. So I will need some Enyemaka to make the potion."
Twilight blinked. "Enyemaka? Isn't that poisonous?" She didn't care if she had wanted to study the old one earlier is he tried to hurt any of her family, natural or extended, she would blast him into orbit.

Fang and Frigidi both said. "The leaf itself is not. The juices inside the leaf are, but if you place it over boiling water and hold it there for ten seconds the juice will evaporate." The two blinked at each other. "I thought I was the only one who knew that." They were just silent once again. Finally Twilight broke the silence.

"You two can argue later we're here!" The other alicorn and the old one looked over the sides of the carriage and saw that they were indeed over Canterlot Castle. "I can't wait to see Cadence or my brother! Do you think she gave birth yet Fang?"
Fang just smiled and shrugged. "It is possible. I want to see if Ana has half of the servants wrapped around her hoof. Knowing her it is possible."

Frigidi however just stood up. "I smell a bat!" He jumped off the carriage he was in and fell towards the roof. Twilight and Fang jumped out of the carriage they were in and dived after him. They watched as he crashed through the roof of the throne room. They flew in and saw Frigidi strangling a night guard. "Nice power you got there Blutschläger! Able to disguise yourself as a noctis and fool you victims into thinking you’re not going to eat them!" They watched as the night guard turned into what looked like a vampire bat with a miniature version of a minotaur's hands and horns. Then he threw it to the ground and stomped on it. They all watched as the demon beast turned into dust. He then turned at looked at Celestia, Luna, Shining Armor and Cadence. Twilight and Fang fixed the roof before joining the other royals. "Hello Celestia, Luna, Cadence... I do not know your name, but even so, hello white unicorn."

Luna just stood up. "What did you do to my guard!?"

Frigidi blinked. "I do not blame you for not knowing what he was. He was a bat demon from Tartarus so I destroyed him. His kind tend to eat ponies." He then turned to Cadence. "Have you given birth yet?" Cadence shook her head no. Frigidi smiled and looked at Celestia. "Hello Princess Celestia. Would you happen to know where I could find some Enyemaka?"

Celestia tilted her head to the side and blinked. "I have some Enyemaka growing in my garden..." There was a gust of wind as Frigidi opened a window and dived out into the garden.

Twenty five seconds later he climbed in the window. He took off his belt and put down a Bunsen burner and lit it, he then placed a small bowl of water over it and then placed a leaf over the water when it began to boil. There was a dripping sound and he put his equipment away before grinding up the leaf along with several flowers and mixing them with some bottled water which he made boil until it was a blood red. He put a cork in it and walked over to Cadence. "If you drink this once your contractions start it will make the pain of child birth almost disappear." He held out the bottle which she took shakily. She looked at the other princesses, minus Twilight, and her husband. All of which shook their heads.

Fang nodded and smiled. "He and his concoctions are odd but I have seen what they can do. They work. Usually. The only one I did not see work was he tried to make a mint leaf taste like a piece of meat. According to him that ended up exploding."

Twilight just nuzzled up to Fang. "He helped save Fang's life..."

Frigidi put his hands up. "I did not. You simply found one of the healing potions that I had dropped."

The great doors opened and Ana ran in. "Monster in the garden!" She stopped when she saw Frigidi. "Never mind. Monster in the throne room!" Fang chuckled, walked over, and picked Ana up. "Cousin Fang? Why are you not fighting the monster?"

Fang just smiled. "Hello Ana. I'm not fighting him because he is good. He won’t hurt you." He walked over to Frigidi with Ana on his back. "Say hello."

Ana wanted to fly off but she trusted Fang. She looked up at the biped and squeaked when she saw his smile. His jagged teeth were sparkling in the sunlight. "H-hello? I'm Ana."

"That wasn't so hard was it Ana?" Frigidi bent down and patted Ana on the head. He reached into one of his pouches and pulled out a small black flower. He set the flower behind Ana's ear and smiled. "There. A present of good will. I don't eat ponies. I eat fish." He blinked and pulled out what looked like a leaf. He threw it in his mouth and chewed on it before spitting it out and placing it on Ana's leg. He then pulled out what looked to be bandages and wrapped it so the leaf would not be removed easily after he tied it tight. "You should be more careful Ana. You got cut. Don't worry that leaf will, make it burn a little but, keep it from getting infected."

Ana smiled. "Thanks." Fang and Frigidi then walked over to Celestia, Luna, Twilight, Shining Armor, and Cadence.

Fang then growled. "I request a Chasse Aux Démons be performed at this castle at once. I request that nopony leave this castle until it is free of demons."

Celestia sighed. "Seeing as how a demon was in the throne room and we did not know it... We should hold the castle in lock down until we hold a demon hunt shouldn't we?" Fang just nodded. "Request accepted. What do you propose we do?"

Fang smiled. "I believe that we alicorns should erect a shield around the castle so that the demons can not escape. If should be possible make it strong enough to stand for twenty four hours. I suppose we should split up into teams of two consisting of four in each team. The teams would be me, Luna, Twilight, and Ana, and You, Cadence, Shining Armor, and Frigidi would be the other team. Me and Frigidi would be in two different teams because that means that each team would have at least one pony, and demon, who can detect demons. I can detect demons because I have spent my life hunting them, Frigidi can smell other demons. Sound good?" All those gathered nodded, except Shining Armor. "Sorry Armor but you don't have a choice." Celestia, Luna, Cadence, Twilight, and Fang's horns all glowed and a shield was erected around the castle. "Starting now. You trust nopony other than those you see in this room." With that the seven ponies, and one demon, all got into their groups. The hunt was on.


The question that sometimes drives me hazy: am I or the others crazy? ~ Albert Einstein.