//------------------------------// // New Mystery // Story: A Lost Child // by Ultimate Mayhem //------------------------------// A Lost Child Chapter 2 It was fairly early in the morning as the boy's eyes opened slowly. He looked around and figured he was in a hospital. For a moment he wondered what had happened to him but quickly recalled everything. He looked at his hands for a moment before hearing someone's breathing. He turned to see a yellow pegasus with a pink mane. He could hear her mumbling in her sleep causing him to smile softly. 'I should go. I'll only cause them pain.' he thought to himself as he examined that he was attached to a machine. He softly got out of bed and unplugged the machine before removing everything and realizing he was in a hospital gown. 'Well....crap.' he thought to himself. 'Fantastic. I'm an eight year old with nothing on but his only pair of boxers and a hospital gown.' After he slowly made his way out avoiding the hospital staff. A few hours later Fluttershy began to awaken. She rubbed her eyes and yawned before turning to see how the boy was doing only to see the bed empty. She rubbed her eyes again before realizing the child was in fact gone which caused her eyes to widen. Immediately she ran out and spotted Nurse Redheart. "Nurse Redheart have you seen the boy we brought in yesterday?" asked Fluttershy frantically. "No." replied Nurse Redheart immediately looking into the room before going to up the doctor who had just come in. "Doctor we have a problem." "What's wrong?" "The patient in room 207 is gone!" "What?!" he asked in shock. He went to the com mic on at the desk. "All nurses we have a runaway patient. The patient resembles a hairless monkey with no tail but some hair on the top of the head." At that several nurses started searching around. After almost an hour of searching the doctor turned to Fluttershy. "Fluttershy I'm sorry to say this but the creature's gone. It must've left the hospital." "Oh dear." said Fluttershy concerned. "I'll go tell Twilight." she said before leaving. In the castle Twilight and Spike had just finished breakfast when they heard frantic knocking. The two went to the door wondering who could be knocking so early and became surprised when they saw Fluttershy. "Fluttershy? What are you doing here?" "Twilight the boy's gone!" said Fluttershy frantically. "What?!" yelled Twilight. "What happened?" "I don't know. I fell asleep on a chair I moved next to the bed but when I woke up this morning he was gone." explained Fluttershy. "I asked Nurse Redheart if she'd seen him and she asked the doctor. He called all the nurses to look but he wasn't in the hospital." she added almost matching Pinkie's speed. "Fluttershy calm down. You're starting to sound like Pinkie Pie." said Spike. "Although I don't agree with that Spike's right. Breathe and tell us what happened." said Twilight. Fluttershy breathed in slowly before repeating what she'd said slow enough for them to understand. "We'd better get the others." "Do you have an idea of where he might've gone?" asked Fluttershy. "I have an idea." replied Twilight before they went off to gather their friends. Not long after they were in front of the Everfree Forest. "Why are we here?" asked Rainbow. "Think about it." said Twilight. "He's in a place that he doesn't know so it makes sense that he'd go to the place that he most likely remembers seeing before losing conciousness." "Well what are we waiting for?" asked Pinkie excited. "I can't wait to meet him. I wonder if he likes parties." she said as they walked in, minus Pinkie who bounced. They carefully made their way through until they arrived at the spot where they'd found the boy which was now more of a dry blood stain on the ground. Twilight approached the stain and examined it. "It doesn't look like he's here darling." said Rarity. "No but he was." said Twilight looking at a footprint near the dried blood. "From the looks of things he went this way." she said as they began following the footprints. "What's wrong Fluttershy?" asked Rainbow Dash. "I'm just worried." she replied. "That young colt ran away but I don't understand why." "He was probably scared or somethin'." said Applejack. "I'm not so sure." said Fluttershy. "I have to agree with Fluttershy." said Twilight causing the others to look at her. "If he had been afraid someone would've noticed him leave the hospital but he was quiet enough to sneak out completely unnoticed." "It certaintly is strange." said Rarity as Pinkie suddenly stopped. "Is something wrong Pinkie?" asked Applejack. It was then when they were surrounded by a pack of Timber Wolves which snarled at them. The seven became uncertain of what to do as the wolves began circling them. "HEY!" called out a voice. The wolves and their targets turned to see the boy in the hospital gown. "I'm only gonna say this once. You can either walk away or we're gonna have us a little bonfire. So what'll it be?" The wolves turned to the boy and slowly walked towards him. "What are you doing? Get out of here!" yelled out Rainbow Dash. "They always pick the hard way." he said to himself as he held out his hands causing his nails to extend becoming claws. After he ran straight at the Timber Wolves before seemingly disappearing which surprised the others. Especially when they saw the wolves getting thrown around like rag dolls. Afterwards he reappeared in front of them. "Embrace the cinders of eternity." he said as all the wolves suddenly burst into flames and were reduced to ashes. The others stood in shock until the boy collapsed onto his stomach. They ran up to him to see if he was okay and heard something muffled. Pinkie turned him around onto his back. "Thanks." "What did you just do?" asked Twilight. "I incinerated them." replied the boy. "You might wanna stand up." said Rainbow Dash. "It'd be great if I could." said the boy. "Why can't ya?" asked Applejack. "The move I just used burned a lot of my energy because of my age so in order to replenish it my body will be paralyzed for an hour." he replied simply. "So you won't be able to move?" asked Fluttershy concerned. "I'd nod my head but...well you know." he said causing Pinkie to giggle. "I'll make sure to throw you a super special Welcome to Ponyville party." she declared. "Don't." said the boy causing Pinkie to look at him surprised. "You...don't want a party?" asked Pinkie. "I don't deserve a party." said the boy. They could hear the anger in his voice which made them curious. "Why not sugarcube?" asked Applejack. "My family. They died because the ones who killed them were looking for me." he said with hatred in his voice. "If I'd been stronger I could've saved them but I was too worthless. Too weak to protect them and now they're gone." Hearing this made the eyes of the others widened. "I was too weak. I don't deserve a party." "Darling correct me if I'm wrong but it almost sounds you hate yourself." said Rarity concerned. "I do." said the boy. "Listen here Sugarcube. It's understandable that you're angry about what happened to your parents but that don't mean you gotta hate yourself for it." said Applejack. "Applejack's right." said Fluttershy. "You're still just a colt." "Regardless of my age I know I could've done something if I'd been stronger." said the boy. "Perhaps we should continue this conversation in the castle." suggested Twilight. "Sounds great but there's still the tiny matter of me being paralyzed." said the boy. It was then Twilight lifted him with her magic. "Thanks but I think I have a bug in my hair." "Perhaps we should stop by my boutique so I can make you some new clothes. I imagine you're not very comfortable in nothing more than a hospital gown." said Rarity. "Would you like that?" asked Twilight. "I don't believe my opinion matters since I can't move." said the boy. "You may not be able to move but we'd never do something without someone's consent." said Rarity matter of factly. "Then I suppose it would be preferable since I'm assuming there aren't many who make clothes around here." said the boy. "Alrighty then. Let's go." said Pinkie happily. They headed to Ponyville with Twilight holding him. "Would it be okay if I asked you some questions?" "Sure. Go ahead." "What's your name?" asked Twilight. "Shawn Xander Garrett." "That's a weird name." said Rainbow Dash. "I don't know if this place has the same traditions but where I'm from its considered rude to ask someone else's name before giving your own." said Shawn. "Oh my. Well then allow me introduce myself. My name is Rarity." "I'm Rainbow Dash. Fastest flyer in all Equestria." "I'm Pinkie Pie." "Name's Applejack." "I-I'm Fluttershy." she said in almost a whisper. "I'm Twilight Sparkle." "And I'm Spike." "It's a pleasure." said Shawn. "So how did you end up here?" asked Twilight. Shawn sighed. "I was being hunted back in my world. Wound up like a pin cushion after about an hour. I guess in desperation I opened a dimensional veil and I wound up here." explained Shawn. "If you don't mind my asking darling, what happened to your parents?" asked Rarity. "Someone came looking for me. They trapped my family and destroyed our home." replied Shawn. "Since then I've been living as a street rat." "Street rat?" asked Rainbow. "It's a term we use in my world because rats are scavengers." replied Shawn. Rainbow just looked at him. "I've been living on the streets having to steal to survive." "That's horrible." said Pinkie as she pulled a cupcake out of nowhere. "Here." "Paralyzed, remember?" asked Shawn. "I can move my mouth but I can't swallow." "Oh. Well I'll give it to you when you can move again." said Pinkie with a somewhat sad smile. "So uh....How long have you been on your own?" asked Applejack trying to be delicate. "Two years." replied Shawn. "You mean to tell me you've been survivin' on your own for two years?" asked Applejack surprised. "I'd nod but...you know." "Where do you sleep?" asked Spike. "Anywhere. An alley, a dumpster, under a bridge. The other day I slept in a tree in a park." Fluttershy looked at him in concern. "Well what about food?" asked Spike. "I did mention I had to steal it didn't I?" "If you don't mind my asking, when's the last time you ate?" asked Twilight. "Two days ago." replied Shawn. "Ya haven't eaten in two days?!" asked Applejack in shock. "I couldn't go to the market because the ones hunting me were there and I didn't get lucky enough for any of the restaurants to throw out their leftovers." "That settles it then. After Rarity makes ya some new duds we'll take you to Sweet Apple Acres so you can have a good meal." declared Applejack. "You really don't have to." said Shawn. "I don't want to impose." "I ain't taken no for an answer." said Applejack as Rainbow Dash flew around him. "So you're a human." she said. "What makes you think that?" asked Shawn as they entered Ponyville. "Twi said you were." "I suppose do look human." said Shawn. "If you're not human just what are ya?" asked Rainbow. "Officially I'm classified as a Chimera." replied Shawn causing Twilight, Rarity, and Fluttershy to stiffen surprising the others. "Did you just say Chimera?" asked Twilight still in shock. "Yes." "Uh...what's a chimera?" asked Rainbow. "Essentially any creature composed of multiple others." replied Shawn. "But you don't look like you're more than one thing." said Rainbow examining him. "Physically I don't." he said as Rarity opened the door to the boutique allowing them to enter. "Now then, come with me." she told Shawn. "Again, paralyzed." "Right. Right. Twilight, do you mind if I...?" "Not at all." said Twilight releasing her grip on him allowing Rarity to take hold. After she took him to get his measurements but unfortunately moved him a bit high causing him to hit his head on the top of doorway. "Oh. Terribly sorry." "It's fine. I can feel physical pain but it takes a lot to bother me." said Shawn as Rarity as she lowered him enough to fit through the doorway. Once inside she spread his arms and began taking his measurements. "Is there a color you'd prefer them to be?" asked Rarity. "Black but I'd like to make an extra request if that's okay." "Alright." said Rarity. "I'd like the overall design to be simple. If it's okay I'd like the top to be sleeveless and maybe with a trench coat." "A trench coat?" asked Rarity. "That's right." "That's quite an unusual request but alright." said Rarity with a smile. "Is there anything else?" "If it's okay I'd like it to have stitching in one sleeve to be shaped like a scorpion and a flame on the other." "That's...interesting. May I asked why?" "The scorpion is the symbol of my mother's family and the flame is the symbol I walk with." "So what about your father's family?" "There's a rule that one must prove themselves worthy to bear the mark of the house of Garrett before they can wear it." said Shawn. "You family certaintly sounds...." "Weird?" he offered with a smile. "I was gonna say...interesting." "Just be glad you never met my grandfather. He's lived in his castle way too long and freaks out most people." "That's...very nice. Well um...I'll hand you back to Twilight so I can get to work." said Rarity. "Alright." Rarity took him outside and levitated him towards Twilight who took hold of him. "So what do we do while we wait?" asked Rainbow. "Let's get to know our new friend." said Pinkie excited which kind of surprised Shawn. "What do you wanna know?" asked Shawn. "If it's okay there something I'd like to know." said Twilight. "What exactly makes you a chimera?" "I was born half human for one thing." "Half human?" asked Rainbow. "Then what was the other half?" asked Pinkie curiously. "Promise not to freak?" The six looked at each other confused but nodded. "The other half is vampiric." "Vampiric?" asked Twilight. "Y-You're half vampire?" "Like a vampire fruit bat?" asked Applejack suspiciously. "A what?" asked Shawn completely confused. "I don't know what the deal with vampires is here but no. Vampires don't feed off fruits they feed off the blood of living creatures. Most commonly humans." He noticed how they were looking at him. "Don't worry. Since I was born part vampire it means I don't have to drink as much blood as a full blood. It also means I can feed off of full bloods if I want to." "That's....interesting." said Twilight. "So why do you have to drink blood?" asked Rainbow cringing a little at the word blood. "Because vampires don't produce red blood cells." replied Shawn. "Because of this they have to take blood of humans. Luckily my people kind of evolved enough so we don't have as many weaknesses as we used to." "Like what?" asked Twilight. "Well for one normal full blooded vampires can't be out in the sun or they risk being reduced to ash or even bursting into flames." explaned Shawn. "That's terrible." said Fluttershy. "They also have a severe allergy to garlic." "Garlic?" asked Twilight. "Yeah. If a vampire gets garlic in their mouth they'll go into anaphylectic shock." "Anawhat?" asked Rainbow looking around receiving multiple shrugs. "Anaphylectic shock." replied Shawn. "Basically if they got garlic in their mouth their throats swell shut and if its concetrated enough.....well" "Well what?" asked Twilight. Shawn smiled. "All around the mulberry bush..." he began to sing. "...the monkey chased the weasel. The monkey thought twas all in good fun..." he continued weirding the others out. "POP GOES THE WEASEL!" yelled out Pinkie suddenly surprising her friends. "What was the point of that?" asked Applejack. "She asked, I answered." replied Shawn. "So if a vampire eats garlic..." began Applejack. "Their head would pop." finished Shawn. "It's never pretty. Blood and brains all over the place." Hearing this caused them to almost hurl. "Alright. You've mentioned you're part human and part vampire. What else are you?" asked Twilight regaining her composure. "I'm part human, part monster, and part demon." "D-d-d-demon?" asked Fluttershy unable to control her fear. "Touch the top of my head." said Shawn. Pinkie went up to him and felt the top of his head noticing his hair was a mess but also noticed something strange. Almost like two bumps that were a little pointed. "Did you hit your head on something?" asked Pinkie. "What are you talking about Pinkie?" asked Rainbow as she felt his head feeling the same thing. "That's weird. What are they?" "My horns." replied Shawn. "You have horns?" asked Twilight surprised. "It's part of the demonic DNA in me." replied Shawn. "So I take it this means you weren't born part demon." said Twilight. "In my world a few years ago a lot of new born babies were kidnapped and experimented on. I was one of them." said Shawn. "Someone....experimented on you as a baby?" asked Twilight horrified. "Yeah. A demon in my world wanted to make an army of mindless killers so he had many children kidnapped and they experimented on us." "What....what kind of experiments?" asked Fluttershy. "Well...you see how my eyes are two different colors?" They nodded. "They put a device called a computer inside our heads." "A computer?" asked Twilight. "I'd nod but...." "What's a computer?" asked Rainbow Dash. "They're these strange objects that they had in Canterlot High. Somehow you could look things up on something that looked like a window and images would appear on it." explained Twilight. "There's more to them than that." said Shawn. "There's two types of computer. Desktop and Laptop. A desktop computer has three parts. A screen, or monitor, the keyboard to type which is like writing, and the Central Processor which is activates it and acts like the computer's brain." "How do you have something with that many parts in your head?" asked Pinkie Pie. "The one they put in my head was actually smaller that my finger. It was made in a way that it would actually grow with me." "What do you mean?" asked Twilight. "As I've grown it's become wired to me allowing me to do a few other things." "Like what?" asked Pinkie. "Well my left eye can can scan things the same way a camera would. It alters my vision to things such as night vision, thermal vision, and a few other things. My right eye is able to scan just about anything magical to the point I can see magical residue and find the source of a spell." "That's amazing." said Twilight. "Yep. The computer also gives me absolute control of my body." "What do you mean?" asked Rainbow. "Well for example I can turn off my nerve endings so that I don't feel my body. In other words I won't feel physical things. I can also turn off my eyes and my ears to be blind or deaf." "Why would you want to do that?" asked Applejack. "Seems kinda crazy." "Well it works pretty well in some situations. For example did you know that if there's a noise in a high enough frequency it can cause a disruption of your neural network? In other words the signals your brain sends to your body to move are interupted and you'd pass out. If I make myself deaf when someone releases such a wave I'd be unaffected by it." "This is astounding." said Twilight. "We've been here a while, haven't we?" asked Shawn. "Yeah. I wonder what's takin' Rarity so long." said Applejack. "That's not what I meant." said Shawn. They turned to him and saw as he slowly moved his fingers before getting his hand up. Then he moved his right hand before getting up and then stretching. "Much better." "So how did you catch on fire without getting hurt?" asked Pinkie Pie. "I what now?" asked Shawn surprised. "We found you yesterday very badly hurt." said Fluttershy. "When you were in the hospital you kind of burst into flames. It burned your bandages but after you were completely healed." "I see." he said looking at his hands. "So how'd you do it?" asked Pinkie. Shawn sighed. "I'm....I'm earth's Elemental of Fire." "Elemental of fire?" asked Twilight. Shawn nodded. "In my world there exist a few of us born of the elements of nature. The most well known of us are earth, air, water, and...well me." "So you can control fire?" asked Spike. "I don't control it. I am fire." said Shawn. "My body is actually partially composed of fire which allows me to withstand high temperature environments like volcanoes." "So can you, like, swim in lava?" asked Pinkie. "Yeah but it's not as fun as it sounds. You can't see a thing in it and it's hard to get out of your hair." replied Shawn. "What about magic?" asked Twilight. "What about it?" asked Shawn. "Can you use magic?" "Yeah." replied Shawn. "And because of the demonic power they put in me I can use dark magic without losing myself to it. Would've been nice if my parents had allowed me to study any kind of magic but right now all I have access to is the magic from my past lives which I have to relearn." "What do you mean Sugarcube?" asked Applejack. "As the embodiment of one of the Elements of Nature I was able to become incarnate." "Incarnate?" asked Fluttershy. "It means...well to become alive. Before I was technically a spirit but my allies and I decided to become incarnate. We're reborn once every century and have been doing so for several thousand years." "This is amazing!" Twilight almost shouted. "I don't get it." said Rainbow. "It means that he could actually be older than Celestia and Luna." said Twilight. "What do you mean he's just a..." "Just call me a kid. It feels weird to be called a colt." Rainbow nodded. "He's just a kid." "Yes. Physically he's just a child but his spirit's been around for quite possibly long before Celestia and Luna were born and it seems that he can gain access to the memories from his past lives." said Twilight excited. "And along with it I can gain the skills I gained or developed in those past lives." "Like what?" asked Pinkie. "Combat for the most part but there's also strategy, investigation, and a number of other skills that at the moment I can't remember." "Alright. They're ready!" called out Rarity as she came down the stairs with the clothes which were neatly folded and floating above. Then she placed them in his hands. "The bathroom's up stairs." "Does it really matter? All I'm wearing under this are my underwear." "Underwear?" asked Rainbow. "I guess it stands to reason that if you don't wear clothes in day to day life you probably don't have need for undergarments." Shawn said to himself as he unfolded the pants and put them on. Once he did he removed the hospital gown, allowing them to see some of the scars that remained from his stay at the hospital, and put on the shirt. "How are they?" asked Rarity. "I'm gonna guess you're the best you are at what you do because I don't think I've ever worn something like this." he said touching the material before putting on the trenchcoat. "Well I don't like to brag." said Rarity with a smile causing Applejack and Rainbow Dash to roll their eyes. "Is that a scorpion?" Rainbow asked going looked at the left sleeve. "Yes. He requested it." said Rarity. "Why?" asked Rainbow. "It's the symbol of my mother's family." replied Shawn. "What about the flame?" asked Fluttershy looking at the right sleeve. "My symbol." "So your dad's family doesn't have a symbol?" asked Pinkie. "They do but we're not allowed to wear it until we've proven ourselves worthy of being members of the House of Garrett." replied Shawn. "That's harsh." said Twilight. "Not as much as you'd think considering what my great grandfather had to do." "What did he have to do?" asked Pinkie. "Well when my great grandfather was young there was a war was still going on." replied Shawn. "He earned the right after saving a family from a squad of bad guys. He took out around forty of them on his own." "He took forty on his own?" asked Rainbow Dash surprised. "That's how the story goes at least." said Shawn. "I only ever met the old man once and it wasn't a story he wanted to share." he added just before they heard screams. "That's not normal, is it?" he asked as they ran outside where they saw as several ponies ran away from bipedal creatures which seemed to be partially armored allowing them to see the creature looked somewhat dead and demonic. "What in tarnation are those things?" asked Applejack surprised. "I don't know, but..." began Twilight. "Hey wait! Stop!" said Fluttershy. They turned to see Shawn running straight at the group of creatures and then stopping in front of them. "Why are you here?" he asked with a serious expression. The creatures looked at him for a moment before holding out their hands causing them to extend into some dark vine looking things. "Dark tendrils, eh." he said with a smirk. When they got close to him he was surrounded by a sphere of fire which destroyed the tendrils but when the sphere dissipated he was gone. "Where'd he go?" asked Rainbow. The creatures looked confused before they started dissolving from the back of the group. None of the creature noticed this until the last one turned to see Shawn as he grabbed its neck before he slashed it with his claws causing it to dissolve like the rest. "Here comes ten tons of **** you!" said a voice as Shawn turned only to be struck by a large metal ball twice his size which threw him back. The Mane 6 and Spike were about to go to him when he held up his hand. "Don't come any closer!" yelled out Shawn. "But...." began Fluttershy. "I'll take care of this. Trust me." said Shawn with a smile which looked a little awkward because he had blood at the edge of his mouth. "And just what do you think you can do?" asked the new creature which wore a cloak. The removed its cloak revealing a large dark blue demon who had a chain around its left arm which connected to the large wrecking ball that he pulled back. "You're the one who hunted me." said Shawn. "You recognize me?" "I recognize your putrid scent." said Shawn as flames began moving from his feet upwards forming a pair of shoes. As the flame moved the entire outfit became red before his hair did the same and became spiked. "My word. That looks amazing." said Rarity. "What's your name?" asked Shawn. "They call me Diastros. And what of you boy?" "Shawn Garrett. But in this form..." he began as he whipped back the lower half of his now crimson trenchcoat revealing a sword at his left side and two strange objects at his lower back. "...you can call me Inferno." he said drawing his sword as he charged. Diastros swung his weapon at Inferno who jumped over and then ran on the chain before jumping and trying to slash the demon who held up part of the chain to block causing sparks from the clash of metals. Taking advantage of the proximity Diastros headbutted Inferno throwing him back. "Not bad." "You're not bad yourself. For an insect." Inferno smirked. "Then let me show you what this insect can do!" he declared before biting his finger tip drawing a bit a blood surprising the others. "Why the heck did he do that?" asked Spike in shock as Inferno began drawing in the air with his blood which remained in the forms he made as if it was ink on paper. He made a few characters before a circle with several more symbols appeared around the blood which began glowing. Then it vanished before four circles appeared around Diastros shooting crimson chains which he tried to stop only for them to restrain him. After the circles all began glowing brightly before exploding forcing him to his knees. "So...you can use blood magic." "More than just that." said Inferno as his hands began glowing. He began walking towards the demon who stood back up and threw his weapon once more. This time Inferno focused the magic in his hands into his weapon thrusting forward which shattered the wrecking ball but much to everyone's surprise Diastros smiled. "I guess this means I can finally be free." "Free?" asked Inferno as he lowered his weapon. "You think I wanted to work for them?" asked Diastros. "None of us did. We were pulled out of hell and made into demons to serve." "Serve who?" asked Inferno. "I don't know the name of the head honcho. Just that he likes to be called Krypt. The group itself is known as League of the Fallen and they want something here. I don't know what though." "Alright. Why did you tell me all this?" asked Inferno. "I've been forced to serve under threat of anhilation. At least this way I know there'll be some pay back." "So vengeance. How quaint." said Inferno as he looked at the demon. "Are you ready?" Diastros nodded. "Will you tell me your name before I free you? Your human name." "A long time ago I went by the name Jesse. Jesse Wyatt." "Alright then Sting. It's time for you to be free." Hearing this caused Diastros' eyes to widen as Inferno sheathed his weapon. Then he stretched upwards and moved his hands back causing a pair of red wings to seemingly sprout from his back surprising everyone. After he extended his wings as they began absorbing ambient solar energy for a few second causing him to glow. "Ichi, Jyu, Hyaku, Sen, Man." he said as the blade began glowing in its sheath. "Watashitachiha odosshiyou... Eien'no owarini!" Then he took hold of the handle of his blade before disappearing for a second and reappearing behind Diastro who stiffened as black blood began running out of his mouth. "Maybe we'll meet again Inspector." "Maybe we will. I truly hope next time we can friends." said Inferno as he slowly sheathed his sword. "I-I'd like that." said Diastros as the sword made a sound at the guard hitting the edge of the sheath causing Diastros' body to crack before dissolving into dark energy releasing what looked to be a single sphere of light which flew off. Inferno's wings retracted as he was engulfed in flames once more which upon dissipating revealed him as Shawn. The others looked at him in shock as he knelt down and placed his hands together before closing his eyes and bowing his head. "Embrace the cinders of Eternity."