Through fire and brimstone the six mares ran through the still intact halls to reach the throne room. It would seem that the elements of harmony that they wielded had some sort of "purification" effect on the demons that they would come close to. These demons would start smoldering and screaming in pain. The more resistant ones managed to flee in time, while the others simply turned into statues of ash. SD and Belforay often came acros the ponies path as they fought. Despite SD's massive power, it seemed that with each encounter of the giant demon, this one seemed to be growing in strength inexplicably. However, another encounter with the battling titans allowed for a clearing of the path leading directly to the doors. Twilight knew that the doors had been sealed with magic and, with the insistance from her friends, attempted to push them open. Imagine their horror in seeing Luna lying on the floor, with Nightmare hanging onto the steps leading to the royal "chair". She was heavily wounded and was gasping for air. The cause? A gaping hole in her chest that leaked nothing but a black aura.
"She...she put up quite a fight. I have...grown rusty these past few...past few years..." said Nightmare Moon.
"You killed her...how could you!" screamed Rarity.
"Kill? No...she is simply...unconcious... Are those...the elements?! NO! I have...come too far to fail now!"
"Girls, you know what we must do."
With a nod, the elements started to activate, with Twilight at their epicenter. Nightmare Moon attempted to move out of the way, but it was no use. She was far too wounded. With a flash of light, a rainbow colored beam released itself from the group, and shot straight towards the alicorn. Something would happen that she did not expect. Another blast through the wall cast SD onto the floor, with Belforay jumping in front of the blast and standing firm. He was not affected by the beam. He laughed loudly as his voice seemed to echo to hell and back. The elements of harmony were not his bane. He swiped back at the beam, which struck the six mares and split them apart. They each flopped upon the floor in grunts and pain.
The "king" stomped forward as SD struggled to get back up.
"Pahaha! I may not like you , Nightmare Moon, but you are of great use to me, and our contract is still in effect. As for you, Silver Dragon, you may relish in a world of anti-matter, but in one made of purity, the souls have the greatest flavor and bring upon me great strength. As for your friends, if I kill them now, they will not bother us anymore."
Twilight struggled to get away from Belforay, who stomped menacingly towards her. He stopped suddenly and chuckled.
"Oh no. You will be last. You are the cause of Nightmare's fall, so I will relish in your pain. As for your friends..."
"NO! Leave them alone! Just kill me, they won't bother you anymore, I swear!"
Belforay shrugged.
"We both know that that is a lie. Now who first? Hmhmhmmmmm....ah! The orange one."
Belforay grabbed Applejack who tried punching her captor in the face, but to no avail.
"Leave them alone Belforay...I won't repeat myself..." said Silver Dragon.
Belforay simply looked at him with the corner of his eye and squeezed.
*CRRRRACK*
Applejack flopped onto the floor.
"YOU BASTARD!" yelled Rainbow Dash: "I'll get you for this! Ungh! Just wait right there."
Rainbow Dash tried dragging herself towards the murderer, but he was already on top of her, the hilt of his weapon right above her head.
"I wonder how a soul plans to defeat a demon?"
Another crack. The rainbow had faded away. Belforay continued until he reached Twilight Sparkle. He grabbed her by the neck and picked her up. He walked towards the gaping hole behind the throne. It showed several cities from afar, but also showed the battle that was raging on.
"Look you two, as my army destroys everything you hold dar, and the purity of this world that will allow to conquer many more! I will destroy your hometown, Twilight Sparkle. I will kill and destroy everything you hold dear."
Twilight tried to get out of Belforay's grip as she started to cry in anger of what this beast was announcing. The king turned towards SD, who now had a furious look on his face. His pupils seemed to have shrunk, and he was starting to stand up.
"And you, you are weak. You have no true power. I will relish in your anguish as yet another world falls without you being able to save it's people."
Belforay laughed as he started to slowly crush Twilight's neck. However, although he didn't notice what was happening, Nightmare Moon did. The Silver Dragon was changing. His horns were becoming longer, with two more, straighter, smaller ones growing in between them. His scales started to grow an eerie gray-black. His eyes started to look like eachother, both sporting the "black-white-black" color. Two more arm blades grew, but, this time, it was the "inner" part of the arms, not the exterior, turning them into some form of "arc" if placed in the right position. The tail's four "teeth" turned into two blades, similar to a very sharp pincer.
SD seemed to be consumed with rage, and Belforay felt it.
"Haha! Come then! Try and save her!"
The Silver Dragon tried to move forward, but he stopped a he clutched his head. Another transformation occured, but only in pigmentation. He became a pure black, and some sort of red lining appeared over his "lips", resembling some type of lipstick. This new look confused Belforay and Nightmare Moon. The Silver Dragon gave out a loud exhale as he lift his head and opened his eyes to reveal them to be nothing but a black hue except for the red pupils. He stretched wildly for a few minutes.
"What...happenned to you, Silver Dragon?" asked Belforay.
"Silver Dragon? I am not him. I am Crimson Black, the embodiment of his darkness. You almost had him rage and destroy everything. It's a good thing I came up too, or else... meh...you get it."
"Hmph. Your tricks will not work on m-"
Before Belforay could finish, Twilight was held snuggly in the arms of Crimson Black. The demon looked at it's arm to see that it had been cut off.
"One does not simply defy the higher elements of nature especially darkness. It will engulf everything if left alo- WAH!"
A massive bright spark shocked Crimson Black, who immediately let go of Twilight. A resounding thump echoed throughout the room, accompanied by the cursing and screams of pain being spurted from the mouth of the dragon.
"DAMN YOU! Why did you have to go into another body while I was out? You KNOW how painful pure light is to me." Screamed Crimson Black.
He was yelling at Twilight, who seemd to have fallen unconcious. Belforay was reattaching his arm while Nightmare Moon's wounds had almost fully healed. Luna awoke to see, in a slighlty blurred vision, the changed appearance of Silver Dragon. It also appeared that Twilight Sparkle was now glowing and was growing in size. Her coat was starting to turn white, while ornements of a golden color seemed to grow along her body like ivy. While she did not grow wings, beams of light appeared in place of this, just for a replacement. The new Twilight, now as tall as Luna herself, arose and opened her eyes, to show that it's eyes had become entirely golden, except for the pupils, which stayed white.
"Do not trouble us with your petty needs Crimson. We have more important things to do. We have not reappeared in over one hundred thousand years. I would like to destroy these beings quickly and return this body to the true owner."
"Owe, pfff. You're no fun Celestial Twilight. Just becaause you represent the purity of life doesn't mean you can't let yourself go every now and then."
"Yes, yes. Your decadence still amuses me. Now let us be off with these demons so I can revive those five mares and you can absorb those demons' powers."
Belforay stood straight up and slammed his weapon onto the ground as Nightmare Moon stepped up right next to him, fully healed.
"You nearly caught me by surprise you simpleton. That mistake will not happen again. You will both be destroyed here and now."
"And my night will last eternally after Celestia arrives and we...take care of her." laugh Nightmare.
"Oh, I'm sorry. You had plans for tonight?TOO BAD! I take Belforay and you take the...pony...thing?" said Crimson Black.
A slight nod, and the two demons found themselves being ejected into a large portion of the garden, which now stood in ruins. It would seem that the light of Silver Dragon was drastically enhanced by Twilight's care for her friends...as well as the intense magical powers which surged throughout her body. Celestial Twilight didn't notice it yet, but she still beared the crown which represented the element of magic. It wouldn't have much effect in the battle that would soon come, though.