Xavier roared and howled at Shining Armor as the sky was clouded and the moon covered the sun turning blood red. As the wind and massive amounts of dark magic swirled around Xavier one of the guards had sent a letter to Twilight and the other princesses to get to the training grounds asap with the rest of the elements of harmony.
Xavier slowly approached Shining after grabbing his father's great sword which scared the ponies even more. The reason for this is that sword couldn't be held accept for the one person that it was passed down to. There was no record of King Solaris ever bestowing his blade to anyone especially not Xavier since he was the very person who killed his father. The bond between Xavier and King Solaris was never known but it was thought that the two were very very close. Though this doesn't really matter in the big picture but to the ponies this was mind boggling and scary just because of the fact that he could wield that damn blade.
Shining quickly grabbed a weapon and sturdy shield with his magic and blocked while charging forward. As Shining swiped at Xavier, Xavier jumped into the air and landed behind Shining before swiping his father's sword at him. As the blade hit Shining it left a sizable gash in his side and sent him flying a few feet to the left.
Shining looked up at Xavier seeing his hellish appearance cloaked mostly in black mist and pure evil. He was like King Sombra but on a Nightmare like scale. Shining knew unless someone stopped Xavier he'd die horribly. Shining winced as he got up seeing how Xavier was sane enough and respectful enough to let him get up before thrashing him around more. As Shining got up a few healers used their magic to heal Shining. The healers and some of the elite guard were sent by the princesses to stall for time while they got ready to fight Xavier. Shining stood strong as his men stood at his side ready to face the Hell spawn in front of them.
(Now a little forth wall shattering and comedy from behind the scenes)
"Hold up stop the story I need to make corrections!" Rathordius says as he walks out with his note pad and scribbled on the paper some as he corrected the narration dialogue and such.
"Are you serious?! This is the third time we've had to redo this scene cant we just roll with it?" Shining says
"Yeah I agree with Shining here I'm sick of doing this over and over again" Xavier says scowling as the other guards on the side seemed just as pissed off and annoyed.
"Yeah yeah just cool your tits man there is a fire extinguisher over there if ya need it" Rathordius says as Luna and Tia chuckle in the back ground at the complete randomness and frustration of their elder sibling and nephew. Rathordius finishes writing up the new part of the script and smiles, "Valla! It is complete!" Rathordius says in a very thick German ascent as he threw the clip board behind him which exploded on contact with the ground.
"Finally now can we just get on with this and finish the scene?" Shining says as Rathordius nods and continues the film.
One of the guards charged forward and made Xavier think he was going to strike his shoulder. As the guard used the fake out technique Xavier fell for it and tried to block the attack. As he did this the guard quickly switched the area he was going to attack and struck Xavier's right arm with his war hammer causing his bones to crack and break.
Xavier howled out in pain and held his arm as the guard attempted to get in another hit greedily but was snatched up by Xavier and held up in the air before Xavier ripped the poor guard in two. The guard screamed bloody murder as he was dropped on the ground bleeding profusely. The healers in the room quickly scooped him up and used spells to stop the bleeding and help regenerate his back half of his body.
As the other guards struck Xavier they were met by a lesser punishment and were knocked through the walls instead of being ripped in two. Xavier stared Shining dead in the eyes before walking forward slowly. Shining backed up having no where else to run. Shining trembled in pure terror as Xavier stood above him raising his greatsword. Just as Shining thought it was all over Xavier was struck by a huge beam of blinding colors making him roar in pain as his body shrunk back to his original state. As everything cleared up Xavier was on his knees and fell over face first onto the ground unconscious.
The Princesses and the elements of harmony were standing behind Xavier ass he fell. After Xavier was on the ground they came over and picked up shining as his vision darkened and faded to black as well
Shining woke up in a hospital bed and rubbed his eyes as Twilight was awake and reading a book next to him. As she heard him wake up Twilight looked at her brother. Shining sighed before opening his mouth to speak, "Twilight I-" Shining was cut off immediately as Twilight bitch slapped him.
"Shut the hell up Shining! Do you know what could have happened if we weren't there or we couldn't save you in time?!" Twilight says clearly seething with pure rage.
"Look I'm sorry I know setting off Xavier was stupid and it is entirely my fault that those soldiers were injured," Shining says as Twilight scoffed.
"You are one of the biggest fools I've ever met! Did you not see the mark on his shoulder?" Twilight asked as she held a ancient book in her magical grip before flipping to a page in the book that showed the marking on Xavier that he saw in the fight.
"Y-yeah but I thought that mark had no meaning until it started glowing and turned Xavier into a monster beyond proportions," Shining says as he rubbed the back of his head sheepishly and completely embarrassed.
"Well that specific marking is the branding of the Harbinger. Those who bare this symbol turn into unimaginable beasts when enough anger is built up or when they're in life threatening situations. The symbol Xavier bore was very similar accept for one detail," Twilight says as she turned the page and showed Shining the same mark but this one was darker and had different symbols on the brand.
"So? What's so different about this one?" Shining asked as he looked at the symbol then to his sister.
"Whats different is that this symbol is the one Xavier had. It is the brand of the Last Harbinger the most powerful of them all. The last harbinger isn't branded by arch demons like the others the Last Harbinger is branded by Rathordius himself. Which means Rathordius had temporary control of Xavier and now knows where we are and how to best our guards in battle along with the fact that the wards we casted here are useless now since he was in the city through Xavier's transformation!" Twilight says as she closed the book and slammed it down on the table, "Rathordius could be here within minutes because of your dumb mistake!" Twilight yelled as Shining's heart sank and a huge pit formed in his stomach as he realized he had screwed them over and they were most likely going to be dead by dawn.
"Shining we are about to be in a battle we will never prepared for!" Twilight says as she looked out the window as a large black evil storm was brewing over the Everfree.
Rathordius was under the castle of Olden Canterlot. As he walked through the caverns with several prisoners who were soon to be sacrifices to open the doors to the Abyss. As the prisoners shyly walked forward Rathordius walked behind them with a poisoned notched whip. As one of the ponies started to slow down Rathordius uncoiled the whip and lashed the pony, "Keep moving!" Rathordius shouts causing the others and the bleeding pony to move quicker.
As they reached a large ruin with a alter and many demonic engravings on the floor Rathordius sealed off the only exit and entrance. Rathordius turned around to face all thirteen prisoners and smiled as he took off his helmet and let his hair fall back freely. The ponies seemed to relax at his angelic appearance as he approached them and ushered one onto the alter.
As the pony laid down Rathordius used his magic to pin him to the table as he started to chant in Latin, "Offero hac animas tres portas aperire alter ut immolares hostias abyssi. Sed innocens effusus est sanguis et omnes alias portas inferorum abyssum irent. Coph surrexerunt filii mei resurgent daemones meos! Surge mea et fratres mei Surge et ingredere proelium et sequatur me et ut illa miserabili hominum simul in perniciem generis humani!" Rathordius chants as he slits the pony's neck. The pony started choking on his own blood as the others panicked and screamed in horror.
Rathordius turned around and sighs, "Ugh I don't understand why this scares a bunch of serial killers... Oh well I don't need them to comply fully I just need their blood so it doesn't matter how these miserable whelps die," Rathordius says smiling as he dropped the dagger he was holding and drew his 9 foot great sword.
This is going to be fun... But, sadly short lived" Rathordius says before he went forward and slaughtered the others. As the blood from all the prisoners pooled in the engravings in the floor and filled the symbol it lit up then turned a sickening black before the portal like structure in front of him started to crackle with black lightning.
"Heheheh... Now comes literal hell on Equis and no one can stop it but me!" Rathordius says as he started laughing like a mad man as the portal lit up and so did all the others around the world.
Princess Celestia felt a huge earthquake strike Canterlot making the city rumble and shake apart violently. But the quake was ended abruptly as she ran over to look out the window and saw a portal a few miles away that could only be estimated to be twenty thousand feet tall and a few hundred feet wide. As the portals opened she felt reality tear at its seems.
Celestia bowed her head as she knew it was all over. There was no one to save them now. If there was any god he'd stop this but... There is no proof of such being existing although the humans thought differently. The only thing they could do is set up defenses and get the other families to safety and hold the demons that were coming off for as long as they could.
Celestia turned away from the window and looked at the sword she had confiscated from Xavier. What was this thing's purpose? Rathordius gave it to Xavier and said "Well I guess you can keep you're belongings and sense I'm a descent demon lord I'll give you something in return!" Celestia shook her head and looked at the sword again seeing it glow a bit which made her curious. Celestia went over to the sword and picked it up before narrowing her eyes.
"Only he can use it... and only he can use my father's great sword... Then I guess we are going to fuse the two blades together" Celestia says as she walked out the door taking her father's sword in her magical grip and walked out of her room and headed for the secret black smith forge in the castle.
Xavier was experiencing another memory of his but this time it was with his father. His father was showing his sword to Xavier and looked at his son, "Now Xavier this here is my personal weapon. This was given to me by some holy being of pure light and goodness. He said that one of my children would need this later in life to defeat a great evil. I remember asking him how I'd know which one of you would be the one to receive this sword and he just said I'll know when it was time," King Solaris says as he looked at his son who was in his mid thirties.
"Okay so what does this have to do with me dad its your sword" Xavier says as King Solaris chuckled
"Well no I feel my time is coming very soon and that I'd need one of you to inherit this blade. So upon my death you my son. And you and you alone will face the Abyss Lord and take him out once and for all even if that means dying for everyone else," King Solaris says as Xavier took in what his father had just told him.
Xavier sighed and looked up at his dad, "Understood father," Xavier says as he hugged Solaris. Solaris hugged back and silently let a tear fall down his face knowing now an hour from now he'd die at the hands of his own son. But Solaris knew what the Humans did to Xavier and knew he wouldn't be able to fight back because his father Franz .H. Shtineshmit who had created him was the real murderer here...
Xavier woke up startled by the earthquake that shook Canterlot. He looked out the window to see the very fabric of reality being ripped apart by portals from Hell, The Abyss, and any other form of the underworld. Xavier gritted his teeth and scowled knowing that Rathordius had let his army lose and it was now a never ending wave of demons unless someone could close the portal.
Xavier looked up in the sky and saw the Hellbringer warp into existence a mile or so away. Xavier scowled again as he saw the ship that Rathordius had stole from him appear. But surprisingly it started shooting at the demons and Abyssalite soldiers. Xavier used his glasses to magnify the window of the helm only to see an Injured Discord, Chrysalis, Sombra, and Tirek operating the ship. Xavier watched as thousands upon thousands of Changelings fly out from the ship armored to the teeth holding Ion rifles and all sorts of weapons. Mechs and fighter ships were also released as a battle started to rage at the foot of Canterlot's mountain
Xavier smiled and chuckled, "Seems god hasn't given up on us yet. And neither has Daren," Xavier says as he ran over to get his armor and weapons ready for battle. Today will either be the end or a new beginning...