A Lost Soul Returns: The King of Monsters

by Dark Star the Crazed

Twin Blessings.

Fang was in the library of his castle along with Soul. Right now the two friends were trying to find records of the seven trials that the creature that had appeared to Fang in his mind had mentioned. "No. No. No. No. No!" Fang slammed his hooves onto the table he and Soul were sitting at and pushed the books he had in front of him to the floor. Fang looked down and sighed. "What are the damned trials that the creature mentioned!?" Fang stood up and walked away from the table with Soul following close behind.

"Dude maybe you should take a break. After all the little ones are due any day now aren't they? I mean do you really want to be in this library when your wife goes into labor?" Fang sighed and looked at the ground again.

"No but..." Soul coughed cutting the vampony off.

"Then leave. Go on. The door won't bite. Watch, I'll show you." Soul ran over to the door and went to open it, only for it to be opened from the other side by Trixie and Ana. The little filly ran up to Fang and grabbed his leg.

"Mommy! Foals! Now!" Fang looked down and blinked at his adopted daughter before looking up at the blue unicorn mare in the doorway.

"Trixie... Is she saying what I think she's saying?" The blue mare nodded and ran away from the door with the others following close behind. The group soon arrived at the king and queen's bedroom. "Soul, could you go get the doctors? I would come with you but... I need to be with Twilight." Soul smiled and lit up his horn before vanishing. Fang entered the room and walked over to Twilight, who was laying on the bed, and placed a hoof on his wife's shoulder. "Don't worry Twilight, everything is going to be fine. Soul went to get the doctors and they will be here any second."

The purple mare began to cry. "Fang, it hurts! It hurts so badly! I am going to bucking kill you for this you plothole!" Twilight's chest began to rise and fall at a rapid pace. "W-what if something goes wrong and one of them gets hurt? W-what if one of them is a stillborn? W-what if they're both stillborn? W-what if I die in foalbirth?" Twilight's chest began to rise and fall at an even faster pace. "Fang it's not hurting as much as before! What's wrong? Is something wrong with the foals?" The sudden feeling of a hoof being placed on one of her own caused the purple alicorn mare to look at her husband. She immediately noticed that his horn was glowing and that his face was contorted in pain. "Fang?"

"It's alright Twilight. Nothing is going to be wrong with our foals, I am sure of it." Twilight's eyes widened when she saw her husband's eyes. They were filled with pure agony. It took a few seconds for Twilight to realize what he was doing. He was taking some of the pain away from her.

"Fang you don't need to do that... Drop the spell." Fang looked at Twilight and shook his head. "Now! Celestia said that the pain may be excruciating but in the end its worth it and a mare should be proud of being able to handle it. I want to be able to say that I took all the pain and that I could handle it. So please. Drop the spell." Fang looked at his wife with stunned eyes. She truly wanted to go through all of the pain of foalbirth on her own. Fang sighed and dropped the spell. Twilight responded immediately with a scream of pain.

Soul opened the door and rushed in along with some doctors. "I got the doctors!" The shade was surprised when a surgical garb and mask were slipped over his form. Fang also had a doctor’s surgery garb placed on him. After all the equipment was set up a doctor walked up to Twilight's crotch and bent down.

"Ok. Queen Twilight, we need you to remain calm and push. I already see the head of one of the foals." Twilight nodded and pushed. She began to pant very hard as the foal came farther and farther out of her nether regions. She began to shake in worry, fear, and pain before she felt Fang place a gloved hoof on her cheek and felt him pet her mane.

"Shh. Don't worry. I'm sure you're doing great my queen." He looked down at the doctor for conformation and received a nod. Fang smiled and looked back at his wife. "Just stay calm and remember, once this is over you and I will have two lovely little foals of our own. Two little bundles of joy that we can love and cherish with all of our heart and soul."

"Ok Twilight, your almost there. One more push and the first foal will be born." Twilight nodded at the doctor and pushed with all of her might. Her efforts were met with the sound of a foal wailing. "Congratulations, you are the parents of a beautiful, healthy, alicorn filly." The doctor cut the umbilical cord and handed the foal to a nurse, who wrapped it in a pink blanket. The doctor turned back towards Twilight and smiled. "Now for the colt. Ok. Push!" Twilight nodded and pushed with all of her strength.

Soul walked over to the nurse that was holding the newborn filly and smiled. He looked at the monster king and grinned. "Fang... Your daughter is adorable!" His eyes drifted towards the doctor and he saw the head of the colt coming out. "Looks like Dusk is on his way."

"Ok Twilight. Push!" Twilight pushed with every ounce of strength she had left. She collapsed, but was rewarded by the sound of a colt crying. "You are also the parents of a healthy alicorn colt. Congratulations." A blue blanket floated over to the doctor and he wrapped the foal in it. "Do you want to hold them?" Twilight and Fang both nodded and the doctor and nurse that were holding the foals walked over. They handed the colt to his father, and the filly to her mother. The colt, Dusk, had a bright white coat, a black mane with streaks of silver running through it, and kind, lavender eyes like his mother. The filly, Dawn, had a dark purple coat like her mother, an orange mane with streaks of blue running through it, and soft, cerulean eyes like her father.

Soul looked at the happy little family as the doctors left. "Can I go get the others?" The parents that were holding their newborn foals nodded and Soul walked over to the door. He was shocked to see all of the elements and their coltfriends standing there. "How did you all know that she was giving birth?" The mares and stallions all pointed at Trixie, who just smiled and nodded in conformation. "Come on in. But be quiet." Everypony nodded and slowly walked in, except Ana, she ran in and over to the bed. She opened her wings and flew up to her mother.

"Hey there Ana... Do you want to see your new little sister?" The filly eagerly nodded and Twilight slowly turned the filly she was cradling in her forelegs so that Ana could see her. Dawn looked at her older sister and smiled.

"A-goo!" Ana let out a small squeak and gave her new little sister a soft kiss on the forehead under her horn, which earned a giggle from the foal. Twilight turned the foal back to her and smiled as the mares in the group slowly trotted up one by one.

"She's beautiful isn't she girls?" All the mares eagerly nodded and Twilight turned to Fang. "C-can I hold our son?" Fang smiled at his wife.

"If you would allow me to hold our daughter." Twilight smiled and hesitantly handed Fang their daughter as he gave her their son. Fang smiled down at the little filly that he held in his forelegs. "Hello little one. I'm your daddy, can you say daddy?"

"Gapy!" Fang, and the rest of the stallions chuckled at the foal's attempt to copy what her father had said.

"I think that is close enough for now." The door opened and a guard stepped inside. Fang, showing an unusual amount of anger, glared at said guard. "You better have a good reason for interrupting my time with my friends, wife, and newborn foals."

The stallion got down on three knees and bowed. "A thousand pardons my king. I am simply here to inform you that a large crowd has gathered outside of the castle gates." Fang's eyes widened.

"Is something the matter? Have I done something wrong and they've started a revolt in response?" Everypony was quiet and looked at the guard.

"No your majesty. One of my fellow guards let it slip that the queen had gone into labor. I believe that the entire kingdom wants to know if it is true and the foals have arrived in this world safely. It seems that they have been eagerly awaiting this day." Fang stood and handed Twilight their daughter.

"Can you walk my queen? I must go and disperse the crowds." Twilight looked down and moved one of her legs.

"I think so but..." She looked at the foals that had fallen asleep in her legs. "What about them?" Trixie coughed and Twilight glared at the mare for coughing on her children. However Trixie was looking away from the purple alicorn. Trixie jumped out of the way, sat on her haunches, and threw her forelegs to the side. Sitting behind where she had been standing was a purple foal's carriage.

"Ta-da! I learned a summoning spell just in case you needed something and I was nearby. I thought that something like this might happen the day the little ones were born." Trixie smiled at Twilight. "Did I do good teacher?" Twilight giggled and nodded at her student.

"I wasn't even anywhere near teaching you a spell like that. I'm really happy that you have started studying on your own time." Trixie shrugged in response.

"I got bored when you didn't need any help and Soul was away from town... So I thought I should learn something that would help you when you needed it." Soul walked over and gave Trixie a kiss on the cheek.

"That's my mare! Well not that I own you or anything... You know the context I was using to refer to you right?" The blue mare nodded in response. She had known what he meant when he said it.

Fang took the foals from his wife and tucked them into the carriage, pulling a small blanket up to their necks and covering their chests so they would not get cold. He noticed the small pillows that were built into the carriage. "Sleep tight little ones." Twilight, with help from her friends, stood up and walked over to the carriage, quickly followed by Ana. She placed her hooves on the handle that she could use to push it and smiled at Fang as the three alicorns walked towards the door. The soldier stood and saluted. Fang smiled and placed a hoof on the armored pony's shoulder. "Send a messenger to Princess Celestia in Canterlot and Princess Cadence in the Crystal Empire."

The soldier smiled. "It has already been done your majesty. We sent the swiftest ponies in the guard force stationed in the capital." Fang nodded and walked out the door, followed by Twilight, Ana, and all of their friends.

Celestia was having lunch with her sister, her niece, Dream, her daughter, her daughter's adopted son, and her lover. The sudden sound of metal shaking caught her attention and she looked towards the door. "Assassin! The Monster King sent an assassin!" Celestia blinked as the doors to the dining room slammed open and she saw a stallion in Transylmaneian armor get tackled to the ground by five guards. After a few minutes of struggling the foreign soldier sighed and looked up. He smiled when he saw Princess Celestia.

"Message for the Equestrian royals from King Crimson Fang and Queen Twilight Sparkle." Celestia raised an eyebrow.

"This message was so important that you burst into the castle making the guards think you were an assassin?" Celestia's eyes drifted to the pony's sides when the guards stood up and released him. He was an earth pony. "The train is not running today... It's under repair... D-did you run here?" The earth pony nodded. "This message must be very important than." The soldier bowed.

"It is of the utmost urgency that you travel to Transylmaneia immediately." The stallion looked up at the Equestrian royals. "I am here to announce the birth of Princess Harmony Dawn and Prince Dusk Shadow." The tea cup in Celestia's telekinetic grip fell to the ground and shattered.

Celestia looked at the guards and pointed at the two earth ponies and unicorn in the group. "You three, take this pony to the barracks and get him a warm meal. I believe he deserves a reward for traveling to Canterlot by hoof to tell me about the birth of my student’s foals." She looked at the two pegasi as the three earth bound guards led the soldier towards the barracks. "You two. Go have three carriages made ready for the departure of me and my family." The pegasi saluted and flew off.

"Mother? Should we send a message to Princess Cadence?" Celestia looked at her daughter and smiled.

"Knowing Fang? He has already sent a messenger to the Crystal Empire." Celestia was right.

Cadence and Shining Armor were walking down the streets of the Crystal Empire with their nearly two year old daughter Skyla. "It's a nice day isn't it honey?" Shining Armor nodded. The sudden sight of a crowd gathering caught his attention and the three walked over to where the crowd was gathering. Standing on the other side of the shield was a unicorn in Transylmaneian armor. He was repeatedly banging his head against the shield.

The pony hit his head against the shield one last time before falling to the ground. "For the king's sake let me in! My tail is getting frozen to my flanks out here! Please! I have an urgent message for the prince and princess!" Cadence sighed and teleported the unicorn inside of the shield.

"What is the message you have for us?" The soldier looked up.

"The queen went into labor and will have given birth by the time you arrive... Can I pass out now?" Cadence blinked and nodded absent mindedly. "Thank you your majesty." With that the soldier passed out.

"Guards!" Two guards ran up and saluted. "Get this soldier to the castle and into a bed. I refuse to let him sleep on the ground." The guards nodded, picked up the unconscious soldier, and took him to the castle. Cadence looked at her husband and nodded before her horn lit up and she, Armor, and Skyla disappeared in a burst of light.

Fang, Twilight, and Ana walked through the glass doors that led out to their castle's third story balcony. Twilight went wide eyed when she saw the crowd that had gathered. The guard had not been exaggerating when he had said that the entire kingdom wanted to know. Fang cleared his throat causing all of the citizens of the Transylmaneian kingdom to go silent. He opened his mouth to speak when a flash of light covered the area. When they could finally see again they spotted the crystal royals. He was silent for a few minutes, then he smiled to see three chariots flying towards their castle. Once they landed the Equestrian royals got out and stood next to the crystal royals.

Fang gazed out over the large crowd and took a deep breath. "At this moment, whilst I stand here with my wife and daughter, I will confirm the rumor that has led to you gathering in front of the gates of our castle. My wife has given birth to both a beautiful son and daughter. It is at this moment that I confirm that two new ponies walk this earth. Princess Harmony Dawn and Prince Dusk Shadow of Transylmaneia!" Twilight smiled as Fang's horn glowed and their foals floated to them, Twilight held Dusk while Fang held Dawn. The entire crowd broke out into a large cheer as the foreign royals made their way into the castle. Twilight and Fang smiled and kissed before placing the foals back into their carriage and walking back inside, along with Ana, so that they could meet the other royals.

"I don't think that there were that many ponies at my coronation, and the last seven Summer Sun Celebrations combined!" Fang smiled.

"That is because they have been awaiting the birth of my foals for over fifteen thousand years. It is not every day that your king becomes a father, is it?" After they entered their room and got to their bed Twilight smiled at Fang and looked down at their foals when she heard the sound of crying. The source of the sound was both Dawn and Dusk. Twilight's horn glowed and their foals were lifted out of the carriage while the blankets that covered them became unraveled.

"Is somepony hungry? Oh I bet you are, I bet you are!" Twilight set the two foals on the ground and laid on her side with her back against the bed. "Come on now, don't be shy little ones." Ana watched with curiosity as the two foals crawled over to their mother and latched onto her teats. Twilight smiled as her foals began suckling, and she slowly let her free wing drift down and brush the small tufts of mane that her children had on their heads. "There we go. Drink up you two. That way you can grow up to be big and strong just like your father."

"Is that how I fed off of my birth mother after I was born?" Fang looked down at his adoptive daughter and nodded. There was a knocking at bedroom door, so Ana walked over and opened the door. Standing there were the king and queen's fellow royals. Cadence was the first pony inside of the room.

"Where are my little niece and nephew? Where are Skyla's cousins? Come on. I want to see them." Twilight giggled and looked down at the two foals that were currently covered by her wing.

They pulled off and smiled at their mother. "All full?" Both of the foals smiled and sat down. Twilight lifted Dawn up, placed her over her shoulder, and patted her back until she heard a tiny burp. Twilight's eyes went wide and she levitated her daughter in front of her. "Oh my goodness... That sounded too cute to be real."

Cadence walked over to Twilight and laid down next to her. "Twilight... D-do you think I could hold..." Cadence's eyes drifted down toward the foal's lower half and then back up to her face before smiling. "Do you think I could hold Dawn?" Twilight looked between her daughter and Cadence a few times before hesitantly floating the filly over to the pink alicorn. She picked her son up and patted his back until he burped and set him back down. She glanced at Cadence and saw her daughter being nuzzled by the pink mare before looking down with an ashamed look on her face. She knew she could trust Cadence, yet she didn't trust her at all. "Now Twilight, don't be ashamed of not wanting to let me hold your daughter. It's natural for a mother to be cautious about others that are around their foal."

"That's right Twilight." Celestia walked over, along with Sunset, and laid down in front of her student. "When Sunset was just a foal I wouldn't allow anypony besides Mord to touch her."

"I wish I had been as calm as you sister..." Luna walked over and sat down with the other mares. Dream quickly pranced up behind her mother, climbed onto her back, up her neck, and took a seat on her head. "I actually put two ponies, one of which was Night Striker, in a coma when I found out that they had touched Dream while I hadn't been looking." She looked down. "I didn't use magic to do it either..."

"Demonic pile of cotton candy!" Everypony looked at the door and saw Pinkie Pie standing there with a large smile on her face. "Wait... It's the element of laughter... Never mind!"

"All of you need to go to a window that can let you see the restaurants and inns near the castle... Right now!" Pinkie ran into the room and grabbed the stallions, placed them on her back and ran out the door.

Sunset blinked at where the pink mare had just been. "Did she just lift four fully grown stallions without breaking a sweat?" The other alicorns nodded. "You know what? I'm not even going to ask how. If she is anything like the Pinkie Pie from the human world than I don't want to know." She then stood up and walked over to the door. "Well I don't know about you but I'm curious as to what has her more excited than normal." She left the room, quickly followed by the others, including Twilight who had conjured up a foal carrier and was now carrying a sleeping Dawn and Dusk. They followed the sound of rapid speech until they found Pinkie and the stallions. The males were all staring out the window with their jaws agape.

The mares walked over and gasped at what they saw. The entirety of the street that led to the castle looked like a fair ground. "I knew my subjects were excited but... Pinkie... Did you help them set this up?"

Pinkie nodded before placing a hoof to her chin. "Well... I had some help from the girls, their coltfriends, and Cheese Sandwich." Fang raised an eyebrow.

"Cheese who? Is he another party pony?" Pinkie nodded rapidly. "I know that you are a very good party pony, but even with your skills and the help of thirteen other ponies you could not have set this up in one hour."

"They already had a head start on it... They were waiting for this day and already had all the decorations, and the Ferris wheel... According to them they were waiting for a very long time. Well! I'm gonna go see how everypony is enjoying the party. Bye!" Pinkie Pie stood up and ran off so fast it left a pony shaped cloud of dust where she had been. Fang fell over and began to twitch.

Twilight looked down at her husband and sighed. "Did Pinkie just break your brain?" Fang just nodded.

"How did they get all the decorations up!? There's a Ferris wheel out there! This just not logical! It's physically impossible! Not improbable, impossible!" Twilight walked over, lifted Fang up with her magic, and sat down next to him. "Twilight... Is this one of those things that we should place in the 'impossible to explain, and you will catch on fire if you try to' category?" Twilight just nodded and Fang turned towards the window again. "Very well then." The other royals left to enjoy the festival. Fang and Twilight however went back to their room and played with their foals. That night, was the first night in nine months that Fang did not think about the upcoming battle with the rabbit.