Lord Darkus and Dark Chronos exited the portal which brought them just outside a cave entrance.
“I presume this must be the cave that Tirek has been hiding while his brother went out to explore the land.” He turned to Dark Chronos, “we will need to keep our identities a secret. No need to have them know who we are.” With that both Lord Darkus and Dark Chronos shifted forms to where they appeared as shrouded figures.
As they entered they soon found the demon centaur examining something of interest. “I assume you are Tirek?”
Tirek turn in surprise and gave a snarl, “who are you? I have never seen creatures like you before.”
Lord Darkus gave a chuckle, “why my good centaur, I am here to bestow you a gift. You’re looking to enslave these ponies that inhabit these land am I correct?”
Tirek became suspicious and carefully asked, “what can you do that will grant me this power? For all I know you might be someone whom is trying to fool me into letting my guard down. My brother and I both have the power to do what we want.”
Lord Darkus merely chuckled again, “are you sure. As far as I’m aware you need to obtain a power that will keep you from being affected by these creatures, for your brother has already decided against taking control of them.”
Tirek then growled at the statement, “How dare you talk such nonsense about my brother. He would never side with those creatures.”
“I am well aware that he has done this but I can offer you something more. Look at my palm.” Lord Darkus then brought out his palm and a black sphere appeared, emanating a dark force that drew Tirek’s attention.
“What sort of magic is this? This is stronger that what I have ever done with my own magic alone,” Tirek looked at the robed figure, “I am intrigued. I wish to incorporate this power you have.”
“Ah but this is only a fraction of the power that I possess. However I can grant you this seed in exchange that you do a task for me.”
Tirek turned to him with newfound interest, “and what will that be?”
“In due time, but right now I will bestow this power unto you.” With that Lord Darkus place the sphere onto Tirek’s chest and watch with satisfaction that a dark film began to cover the centaur’s entire body.
“How do you feel?”
Tirek looked over at his form feeling a tremendous power that continued to grow. “I feel amazing, though I think I might not have gotten as much power as I might have hoped.”
Lord Darkus smiled, “well I have only given you only a tiny fraction of my power so that your own power can be brought forth. What I have given you is the ability to siphon the aura from other magically adept beings, therefore increasing your own power. Along with this you will not be swayed by things such as kindness or friendship.”
Tirek gave his own smile, “I am glad that I have met you. What should I call you?”
“I would prefer not to mention my name. Also this spell will make you forget about our meeting together. This is done so others may not know where you’ve obtained this power from, but do not worry. The spell will let you know what is that you will need to do when your own quest has been completed.”
Tirek nodded at this, “I would assume there are those whom you do not want to know about this. It seems to me that you have your own share of enemies.”
“It would seem that we are in agreement. I will take my leave now.” And with that both Lord Darkus and Dark Chronos left the cave with Tirek marveling in his newfound power.
“It would seem that he accepted our offer rather quickly.”
Lord Darkus gave a dark smile, “the fool, doesn’t realize that he is merely a pawn for my plans. And it would appear that we have arrived before his brother returned. Now to go meet with Sombra,” with that he created another portal which he and Dark Chronos walked through.
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They appeared somewhere in the cold northern region of Equestria. Lord Darkus looked around until he spotted the one he had been searching for.
“Lord Darkus, wouldn't it be enough to just have one to harvest their shadow instead of more?” Dark Chronos inquired.
“Ah but you must understand, in order to break the seal a great amount of dark energy must be acquired if we are to break the seal made by Lord Eternis. For this reason I will choose three important figures that will serve this purpose. I am well aware of their greatest weaknesses and will exploit them to fit our needs.”
“I see, but how do you plan on finding Sombra. He will not be easy to tract than the two that you have chosen to harvest.”
Lord Darkus merely laughed, “Oh I plan on bringing him to us,” after saying this they see a stallion trotting up to them from the snow mound they were standing on.
“Who are you,” Sombra asked. Lord Darkus noted that he appeared to be a normal unicorn pony with grey fur and black mane.
“I am the one who will bestow you with a powerful gift.”
“I don’t know who you are but I don’t trust you. Whatever this gift is that you’re speaking of cannot be good.”
“Then you should not have come to me,” Lord Darkus smiled as he sent dark tendrils out to grab the unicorn as he tried to leave, “honestly, I could care less if you cooperated with me or not. You will be given this gift whether you want it or not.”
“Wh... what are you doing,” Sombra asked as Lord Darkus began to walk up to him with a dark sphere floating in his palm.
“This is the gift that I am going to give you,” Lord Darkus smiled, leaving Sombra to whimper in fear. “And the best part, you will not remember any of this.” And with that he placed the sphere onto Sombra’s form and watched in amusement as he began to scream as his body tried in vain to fight the dark power flooding through his body, transforming it into what ponies will know to fear.
“Our job is done, now for the last one.”
He and Dark Chronos passed through another dark portal which will take them to their last victim, Princess Luna.