Phantom War VIII: Return of the NLR and Mephiles' Alliance

by Danny Eclipse


Heroes of the Light vs Cyber and the Cyber Drones

About 40 minutes later...

I was on top of the Altar. There were seven pillars and on all seven were the Elements of Harmony. Five of Seven were already firing a beam at the center. In the center on a stone table was the Key Rift. I smirked and that this was going so well. However; something began to beep on my sensors and I turned around; seeing Charming and his allies coming through the portal. Among them was Amidala, Night Thunder, and Luna; who looked very angry. I smirked as they see me and the Altar.

Charming shouted "Danny!"

"You're too late Charming! I have the Elements of Harmony, the Key Rift, and the Altar! Now you bare witness as I open a portal between space to bring my true father; Mephiles the Dark, back from his cell. And not only that; but his followers Tirek and the Evil Clones of Celestia, Luna, and Cadence! And hopefully bring my sister; Twivine, back from the grave!"

Celestia demanded "You monster! You don't know what you are doing! If Mephiles returns into Equestria; all the world will be thrown into eternal darkness! The balance will be out of control and utter chaos will reign upon the world! Is that what you truly want!?"

"Yes; it is what I want! You took my sister, mother, and father away from me Celestia! It is only fitting that I take away what you hold dear; your sun, your goddess, and your entire race."

"What!?" Luna shouted in disbelief.

"That's right; I know where is Alicorn Island! With that information; I could easily wipe out the Alicorns, this time for good and real! Your parents and your precious goddess will disappear FOREVER!!"

Charming said "Why you ungraceful..." Charming charges at the Altar. I smirked and when he was about to make it through the entrance of the altar; he crashed into what looked like an invisible barrier. "What? What is this!?"

"You like it? It is known as Unbreakable Shield. It was created by the very Alicorn goddess herself. As the name calls it; it is unbreakable, even to LaurFa's magic."

Charming pounded on the shield. He even used his lightsaber but that didn't work either. Charming tried his magic and that didn't work. Finally; Charming summoned his Star Saber and hit it against the shield; it didn't even scratch the invisible wall. Charming growled in anger.

Charming said "Damn it! Curse this spell; it MUST have a weakness."

Celestia replied "This is my first time ever hearing the spell. So; as far as we know, there IS no known weaknesses as far as we know."

I smirked and turned back to the Key Rift.

"In 20 minutes; the portal will open and my father will be freed." Charming got an idea and his horn ignited. However; he began to cry out in pain and he stopped his horn. I laughed at his failure. "Nice try but all attempts to use your magic to stop the ritual will end in futile as long as that barrier is up. Outside magic is fruitless against ANYTHING inside the shield. It would just counter and hurt you instead."

Charming questioned "So that is it; huh? You are just going to be a coward and hide in that shield while you wait."

I knew what he was attempting and smirked "I'm no coward but I did acquire some entertainment while I am in here and you are fighting out there."

They had a confused expression until they heard several 'thumps' behind them and they looked; seeing 9 robot duplicates of me made of nothing but cyber metal.

Geo asked "What are these things?"

"Meet the Cyber Drones. I control them with my cyber metal implants on my brain. I hope you can beat them because a single drone can kill over 1000 Jedi or Sith."

The Heroes of the Light armed themselves with their lightsabers and then they charged. The Cyber Drones charged as well. Charming made the first strike by attempting to cut a Cyber Drone in half but the Drone... caught his lightsaber's blade! The Drone looked at Charming before hitting him; sending him launching into the shield. Some of the others were send launching into the shield.

Celestia shouted "These things... can withstand a lightsaber blade... without even making a scratch!?"

"Oh course; Cyber Metal is advance material. If I was ranking droid for this; I would say that the Cyber Drones' metal is ten times more durable than a red ray shielded Droideka and those things are overpower in a fight. Nothing can get into their shields; not even lightsabers. So times that with ten; a single Cyber Drone can catch a lightsaber blade without even making so much of a scratch."

Charming began to think about the new information before he put away his lightsaber and summoned his Star Saber once more. He charged at a Cyber Drone and made the attempt to cut it in half and it... worked!? I began to think and remembered that the Star Saber was made of Cosmo energy...

Cyber Metal may be durable but even it can't take on cosmo energy attacks.

"Oh; very clever of you Charming. Wielding a weapon that can easily take on the Cyber Drones. I forgot to calculate the Star Saber. Oh well; too bad for you that Cyber Drones can adapt."

Charming made to chance to unleash a wave of pure cosmo energy at the Cyber Drones. However; before he could do it, a Cyber Drone appeared in front of him and knocked him away; without the Star Saber. Charming gets up and sees the Cyber Drone grabs the blade and throws it off the island. Charming attempted to grab it with his magic but another Cyber Drone grabs his horn and disabled his magic. Charming looked at the Cyber Drone before knocking it away. I laughed at this entertainment. However; it was short lived when Charming used a powerful Lightning spell on the drones; deactivating them. I was honestly surprised to say the least but Charming looked drained of all power.

Twilight shouted "Charming!"

Twilight rushed over to Twilight and embraced him. Twilight's horn connect to Charming and she gave him some more magical energy. Charming hugged Twilight back and then looked at me.

Charming stated "I have defeated your Cyber Drones. Will you not fight?"

I shrugged "Might as well but you stand no chance against me."

I pointed my hooves out to them and a massive power of Force Storm erupted and began to shock everyone except Charming; who was shielding himself with the force. Charming used Force Push at my lightning, reflecting it but I managed to make the counter ineffective. I walked out of the shield.

"Alright; lets see just how powerful you really are."

Charming began to make the offense followed by Sombra, Twilight, and Amidala. I blocked Charming's lightsaber attack then I quickly used Time Control to make me teleport in front of Twilight in a single second. I slashed at Twilight but she managed to block it but I used Time Control again and appeared behind Amidala and cut her back. I kept using the move on everyone; them all catching off guard. After a few minutes of it; just when I was about to jump from Celestia to Luna, I felt something pushing me back. I looked at the source and see Galaxia, Cosmos, LaurFa, and Clockwork. They landed to the Heroes of the Light and I held my ground.

Celestia shouted "Father, Mother!"

Luna added "With LaurFa and Clockwork too!"

Charming asked "What are you four doing here."

LaurFa replied "Personal business with 'Cyber'."

"To what do I own the pleasure?"

Clockwork had an angry expression "Drop the act; I know it is you Mephiles."

Everyone but LaurFa, Clockwork, Galaxia, Cosmos, and myself gasped in shock and looked at me. I began to chuckle and my right pupil changed to green slit pupils. My right robotic pupil remain purple.

"How long have you known?"

LaurFa replied "Since I felt a great darkness making an appearance some time ago."

Clockwork added "How dare you use your own son like he was a puppet to control by your own will! How can you even call yourself a father!?"

"Danny is nothing more than a tool of my will. Once he has served his purpose; I will release him. But Cyber himself is his own entity. I'm just the voice in the back of his mind; capable of taking over this body whenever I wish. Cyber's mind is a twisted one; me, Cyber, and Danny trying to keep the balance from overflowing in this one body."

Charming replied “So; this is where you have been hiding!? You’ve been using Danny from the beginning!?”

“Who said I was being used? I allowed Mephiles into my body willingly. He was weak and almost lost his power. So; we made a bargain that later resulted to this. We have no intention to bring eternal darkness but rebuild the world into one mighty empire where Celestia has no rule in! Alicorns always thought to themselves as mighty leaders of the world; now is the time to show that this world is nothing but corrupted by their supreme power! At first; I thought of Alicorns as goddesses who brought wisdom and strength to nations but as time passed on; I began to realize that their corrupt greed of power makes them think they are the supreme race. But in realize; they are no different than us with the fact that they have more magical talent than an average unicorn. Charming and Twilight are such fine examples since they have proven to be more powerful than any normal Alicorn. Now that they have reach the level of Alicorn; they are even greater than before. And here they are; pawns to Celestia and her Alicorn brethren. Yet not all Alicorns I despise. Luna and Cosmos; who are treated like the lesser, are unlike their brethren. For them; I don’t give them destruction but the gift to show the world that they are no lesser being. They are alicorns as well; not some nightmare! And yet; you alicorns admire Celestia and Galaxia like they awe LaurFa!”

They began to think of what I just said. Indeed; I had pointed out key faults in Alicorn society that both Luna and Cosmos are being treated lesser than their own love ones.

Twilight whispered “He’s right…”

“Now you know why my cause is justice. I’m doing what I think is right.”

Galaxia corrected “But you are doing it the wrong way!”

“Says the Alicorn Queen who is no different than Celestia.”

That fumed her anger. She growls in rage and she bursts into flames. Everyone around her backs off from the heat of the power.

Charming demanded “What’s wrong with Queen Galaxia!?”

Celestia answered with fear “Cyber or Mephiles pissed off mother and she going to unleash her ultimate attack; Star Blast, on him.”

Galaxia teleports in front of me. My smirk was still on as she erupted with power. Cosmos and LaurFa put a shield around the heroes. When the blast ended; there was a big crater. They lowered the barrier and they see Galaxia slowly come out; panting and out of power.

Galaxia said “Damn it…” Everyone goes to the crater and sees no remains of me. Before anyone could say anything; they began to the ashes from around beginning to form a figure. That figure was none other than me and I was still smirking. She looks at me with complete fear. “Just… what are you? Star Blast can destroy an entire galaxy as a last resort. Yet you managed to survive it like it was nothing! I vaporized you and yet; you return back to the land of the living. Even Alicorns with immortality can’t survive that attack!”

“Your answer; I’m banished from death. I’m neither living nor death. For I have mastered an ancient power from the dark side. Khem should be familiar to it. After all… his previous master learned this technique in no time.”

Everyone looked at Khem and his eyes narrowed.

Khem answered "{I know of what you speak. You speak of Force Walk; the only ability that very few in the dark side can use. I’ve only known three; my previous master included. You would be the fourth that manage that power.}”

Charming asked “What is this ‘Force Walk’?”

Suddenly; Yoda, Anakin, Obi-Wan, and Qui-Gon appeared. They all wore grim expressions.

Yoda said “Force Walk allows the caster to bind the spirits of the force to their will; willingly or against. It increases the caster’s powers and influence with the force. Normally; though, the cast begins to grow unstable. However; there was a ritual discovered that Darth Nox managed to unlock to allow the caster to stabilize his physical body. If I had to guess; Danny knew of the ritual and managed to allow him to control the ghosts’ powers.”

Charming nearly jumped when he saw the four ghosts appear.

Charming asked “That’s bad then; isn’t it?”

“Do you know how many ghosts I now control ever since I was taught the ritual? I have quite the powerful bunch. But no more talking; you are powerless against me. And you have 15 minutes left.”

As I said that; the Element of Magic began to spark lavender magic. All there was left was the Element of Courage. I had a grin on my face.

Charming shouted “What are we going to do!? Danny is too powerful for all of us combined!”

Galaxia replied “Then we better our chances by allowing you full power of the Elements.”

Charming looks at her as Galaxia closed her eyes and her horn began to glow. I had a curious look until my power sensor went off. I gasped and turned to look at the elements. For some strange reason; they were radiating off more power than normal. Suddenly; my sensor began to read Charming’s power level skyrocketing. There was a powerful multicolor light behind me.

“No… How did he achieve Hyper so quickly…”

I turned around and looked where Charming was at. After the light dimmed; standing there was more powerful Charming. His coat was pure white and his mane was red. His Cutie Mark was the Triforce symbol that was surrounded by the Elements of Harmony. Around Charming was a multicolor aura. Charming opened his eyes; revealing them to be blood red. Charming had a serious look on his face.

Hyper Charming said “Cyber; your time has come to a stop.”

I growled before chuckling darkly.

“You can pull off any trick you like; but it will only delay the return of Mephiles.”

I aimed my hoof at them and I prepared to fire an Ecto-Energy Ball. Before I could fire it; however, I felt myself get kicked at the back of the head. I was sent skyrocketing through a rock before colliding to the mountain.

‘Damn! I got careless!’ I grabbed the side of my crater and teleported back a few feet from Hyper Charming. I stared at him; knowing it was him. ‘He’s able to use all of the Bearers of the Elements of Harmony’s powers and abilities at the same time. How isn’t possible.’

Charming closed his eyes and crossed his hooves. He opens his eyes, smirk, and uncrosses them and began to radiate with power. A multicolor aura w/ blue lightning surrounds his body as he powers up; ready to get serious. I smirked back and did the same gesture; causing me to power up with a purple aura /w black lightning surrounds my body. We stared at each other; powering up to the max before we both teleported at the same time. A second later; we clash a blow. To the naked eye; we were invisible to everyone, our blows; clash-by-clash, were heard in the wind. In reality; we were moving too fast for anyone to see. In our sight; the world was moving very slow and it had a look of invert. I kicked Charming away and charged at him for a punch. He flips while kicking me away and heads above me to kick me down and rushes down to kick me some more but I kept blocking those attacks. Then; I uppercut him up, dash in front of him to punch him forward, and rushed behind him to kick his back four times before kicking him forward; skyrocketing him away. Everyone (Both the heroes and all the world, who could hear our clashes) looked towards our direction with nervousness. All the way in Tartarus; Tirek and the others looked towards our direction.

Charming stops himself before he was surrounded by seven colorful spheres and they went into his body and he, himself, became a multicolor sphere of power. He dashes towards me; going faster than the speed of light. I saw him coming and had a nervous look.

‘Hyper Light Speed Attack!?’

He punched me square in the face; sending me flying away very fast. He dashes to a nearby rock then jumps from there to meet me before unleashing a barrage of punches and kicks before kicking me up. I managed to recover in orbit. I see Charming dashing up to meet me and that is when he exits out of his attack with a smirk. However; it changed to a frown of terror as I smirked and prepared a Dark Eruption.

Hyper Charming said “Harmony-“ I threw my attack at him. “-Wind!”

He fired a ball of pure harmony energy at me. Both attacks hit and exploded. We charged at each other; beginning to clash blow after blow in orbit. Everyone from Equus could hear those attacks. Charming kicked me; making me fly right through an asteroid and into a larger one; creating a crater. I had an angry expression and teleported in front of Charming. The moment I came out of teleportation; I punched Charming in the face with my right hoof, then the stomach with my left hoof, next I knee kicked his face, and finally; I position my top hooves above his head and my bottom hooves below his kneecaps and made an attack that sent Charming flying away and crashing into the moon; resulting Charming in being in a crater. He began to glow and teleported. The moment he came out of teleportation; he charged forward into my stomach. He was like a drill and I felt the pain greatly. He ended the attack by killing me back to Equus. As I was flying towards Equus; I began to look like a fireball but I ended it when I fixed my landing position and landed on the floating island with ease. I see Charming teleport a few feet away from both me and the Heroes. I was panting; the battle is getting tiresome.

“Well… *inhale* you aren't as easy to defeat as I thought. I don’t know how you managed to unification trick with the Elements of Harmony; but I must admit, it was highly impressive.” Charming chuckled; taking the comment with pride. “But tell me… Hyper Charming; how much magical energy do you have left after that little transformation?” Charming, as well as Galaxia, Cosmos, Celestia, Luna, Cadence, Twilight, Amidala, Sombra, Starswirl, and LaurFa were in complete shocked when they realized that Charming didn’t have much magical power left after his fight with the mind-controlled Giant Amidala and Luna. I noticed their shocked expressions and chuckled darkly. I looked at Galaxia. “I also admit that I admired your ability to allow Charming to use the full power of the Elements of Harmony; Galaxia, something that even I can’t do. However…” Suddenly; the Elements of Insanity appeared above me and they were glowing pure black. “This also works in my favor.” Everyone; even Charming, had shocked expressions. “Now I know how to absorb the full power of the Elements of Insanity!”

The Elements of Insanity shot 7 beams of pure black energy into my body; creating a black flash. I began to growl before roaring with energy. Like Charming; my aura changed from black and purple to multicolor. Everyone watched as I changed in front of them. Charming held a serious face on him.

Galaxia thought ‘What have I done?’

When the aura died down; they looked and were completely shocked. My coat was now blood red; my right eye was yellow while its’ pupil was slit blue. The Cyber Metal was no longer blue; it was now pure black w/ the, still there, purple markings. My cyber left pupil was still purple.

“Understand,” When I spoke again; my voice completely dark, demonic, and echoing with power “this; all of you. All of you combined could not match the amount of insanity energy I now possess. Although you may have been faster than me, Charming, your speed will mean nothing… when I destroy your empire.Charming cracked his hoofs with anger.Now before Mephiles makes his return; I will leave you with what I knew of the Prophecy foretold that resulted in Mephiles becoming what he is now.I looked up to the sky.You see; being born with negative energy makes him naturally incline to obtaining as much power as possible. In time; he will more energy than any star, any universe.I closed my eyes and looked down.But there is one energy he will never be able to surpass.They were curious about what I was referring to. However; LaurFa had realized what I was referring to and gasped.That’s right LaurFa,I opened my eyes, staring right at her.Your precious Tree of Harmony; a source of infinite energy, created by the gods themselves. No matter how much power he absorbs, he will never reach the level of infinity. Therefore, the only solution is to destroy it; which, in turn, would disrupt the only harmony source in Equestria along its’ power, making it impossible to be restored. I will NOT be damned to eternal subordination towards that tree!

LaurFa, as well as Celestia, Luna, Cadence, Amidala, Galaxia, and Cosmos, had angry expressions.

Hyper Charming shouted “No way!”

You are annoyingly stubborn. Obliviously; you’ll resist. So,” Black lightning began to crackle around me.let’s see; how much magical and harmonic energy you have left to stop THIS!!

I teleported high into the sky; both of my hooves lighting with spheres of dark energy and I collided them above my head; beginning to channel my energy into the attack to create a massive ball of dark energy. That move was known as “Master Breaker”. Lightning crackled everyone, the water around the world became tidal, and the earth on the floating island crumbled as the ball grew bigger. Charming held out his hooves and magical, as well as harmonic, energy began to enter Charming’s body as he prepares an attack of his own. It was known as Hyper Harmony Cannon. Everyone from the world looked at their darkest hour approaching. Then; in unison, everyone lifted their hoof, claw, etc. into the sky as they help provide energy to Charming. Finally; after a few more minutes, both sides fired their attacks. There was a massive light as well as an explosion of energy as they clashed. Me and Charming were not giving an inch, not looking away, as our attacks were evenly matched. Charming began to channel more power into the attack, slightly pushing mine back. I decided to do the same but sending four Dark Eruptions into the Master Breaker; making it larger and more powerful. My attack began to push Charming's back. I grinned as the area around them began to glow purple. Charming closes his eyes, waiting for the deadly attack to hit him.

However; his comrades had a different idea. Twilight and Sunset; witnessing their husband preparing to meet his fate, roared with power as the Elements of Harmony suddenly began to supercharge them. Sunset was the first to transform. Sunset’s coat change to pure yellow, her pupils were blood red, and her mane and tail were white and purple. Not only that but she was now an Alicorn. Next was Twilight; her coat was pure yellow as well. Her mane and tail was like Celestia’s but was color white, light blue, and blue. Her pupils were blue was well. Both of them dashed behind me; which I noticed them and turned around to see them with a nervous look.

‘They reached to the level of Super!?’

Charming saw as well and that my attack wasn’t being supported since I was distracted. Both Twilight and Sunset fired a combined energy attack while Charming used his power to end my attack and all three attacks hit me at the same time. Twilight and Sunset moved away and their attacks ended. I was sent skyrocketing to orbit by Charming’s attack. I began to look like I was being vaporized but in reality; I was teleporting, not by me, but by a mysterious force. When the attack ended; Charming fell to the ground and he changed from Hyper to Super. Twilight and Sunset came to his side. Charming’s new appearance was that his coat was now pure yellow, his mane and tail were still red, and his eyes were still blood red.

Twilight asked “Are you ok; Charming?”

Charming panted out a word “…yes…”

Sunset asked “Where is Danny? Is he…”

Charming replied uncertain “I… don’t know.”

Pinkie pointed “Look! In the sky!”

They all looked and see me falling down extremely fast. I was still barely even awake because if I wasn’t; the Unbreakable Shield would fall. I landed to the ground, not even making a dent on the land.

Geo shouted in complete shock and disbelief “He survived THAT!?! How is that even possible!?”

LaurFa reasoned “He was in a Hyper Form like Charming. It stands to reason that he survived was that he used his remaining power to escape Charming’s attack. Maybe he is unconscious?”

Celestia added “Hopefully; once we remove all that Cyber Metal on him and maybe some memory spells on him, he will return to normal. Once that is done; Equestria won’t have to look at his ugly face anymore.”

My left cybernetic eye opens and they see it look at them.

Whose face is ugly!?

They all screamed when they hear me say that. They were completely shocked that I was still awake and alive and not asleep or even dead for that matter. I slowly got up and unleashed an energy blast in my wake. When I finished; I looked like I’ve been beating up severely. They get back up.

Geo demanded “You can still fight even after taking a direct hit from the Hyper Harmony Cannon!?”

“I won’t lose; not to you, not to anypony. I’m may be critically weakened, but I still have my last resort card. And this time; due to Charming now weaker to revert him to his Super Form, I will finish what I should have done long ago."

Immediately; the deactivated Cyber Drones came to life and took off into the sky high above the Floating Island and began to form a machine.

They transformed into parts and began to form into a giant machine. When the transformation ended; I dashed up to it and entered it via intangibility.

When I appeared in the central mainframe; I activated the optics on the machine; opening its eyes, revealing them to be purple.

Unicron said “I have copied the form and added it to the transformation list with the Snake Pony transformation.

‘Good. Now; let’s give this machine a test run.’

I looked at the enemy fleet. It was closer to the Dark Forge; I see the Gravestone, my flagship, in its path. I fired a beam of dark energy at the nearest Star Destroyer, destroying the entire ship in the process. I smirked and had Cyber Overlord looks down at the completely shocked Heroes of the Light. Charming, Twilight, and Sunset held their ground when I looked at them.

I am the Ultimate Overlord; Cyber Eclipse!

Charming shouted “You’re nothing but a monster!”

I began to take flight and began to head above the clouds. Charming, Twilight, and Sunset took off after me. When we made it above the clouds; I turned to greet them.

Now I will finish you off; once and for all!

I fired a beam of energy at them. They scattered and regrouped before charging at me. I fired a few crystal imprisonment missiles at them. They managed to dodge the attack and charged at me again. Then; they charged at me and fired magic bolts at me. I managed to shake it off and dived back down only for me to come back up a few seconds later with debris of a Star Destroyer. I chucked it at them; they destroyed it and I fired a wave of dark energy and they were sent flying. I fired a dark energy beam at them but Charming shielded them from the attack. Then; he and the other two fired a massive beam of energy at me. I took the hit but was at somewhat critical. I activated attack probes and they separated from me and began to fire dark energy lasers at the three supers. The scattered and did their best to evade the attacks. I stayed behind to regenerate. The probes were eventually destroyed and the three supers combined their energy and prepared to fire the Super Harmony Cannon. I watched and my robotic eyes narrow.

Sunset shouted “This is the end of you!”

Twilight added “You will never threaten us again!”

Charming added “Time for you to go back to where you came!”

All three shouted in unison “Super Harmony Cannon… FIRE!!

All three fired their combined attack. It hit and I began to revert back to normal.

GUOOOOO!! WHY!?! I HAD IT ALL!!I AM THE ULTIMATE OVERLORD; CYBER ECLIPSE! I AM THE REAL DANNY ECLIPSE!

I began to fall to the ground. As I fell; the Cyber Overlord parts entered the medallion and I was normal again. I landed on the ground and I slowly began to get up; critically beaten. I see a yellow glow and I looked up; see the three supers. They revert back to their normal form.

“Why…? Why can I not defeat you? I am more powerful than a god and yet… I have nothing.”

Charming said “Because we have the magic of friendship.”

Before I could reply; we heard something and we all looked. The Element of Courage had fired a beam of magic at the Key Rift. All the Elements were now firing a beam of energy into the Key Rift. Suddenly; it fired a beam into the sky. I felt myself losing control and sense Mephiles taking over. I chuckled darkly before going into an evil laughing that sounded like Mephiles’ laughter.

“You’re too late.”

They looked at me and see my right eye was green slit pupil again. Suddenly; Mephiles came out of me and I fell to the ground; groaning.

Mephiles shouted in victory “At last! At long, long last! The gates of Tartarus has been opened! The event thousand years prophesized has finally come to past! The day has come! The world is finally MINE!!

Mephiles began to fly up high into the sky. The wind began to pick up and the portal began to open. Mephiles floating right in front of it and blue energy began to enter his spirit. Mephiles’ laughter echoes all across the world as the wind picks up, waves began to go out of control, and a bright light fills the sky.

Celestia said “It’s the end of the world…”

Mephiles shouted “Hahahaha!! Oh, it’s happening! Its’ finally, finally happening!He began to grow muscle and fiber all over his spiritual body. “Hahahaha! Physical form,” He was surrounded by a metal coffin. “Don’t mind if I do!”

I began to groan and get up. They looked at me and they see my right eye was back to its normal color.

“Ugh… what just happened? I remember injecting myself with dark energon to help increase my Cyber Metal energy circuits when I felt something tingle in the back of my neck and causing me to black out.” That is when I noticed the glowing and I looked up; seeing Mephiles regaining his physical form. “What is happening? Unicron; please explain.”

Unicron asked “You mean; you don’t remember?

“Remember what?”

Unicron stated “Being Cyber Eclipse.

“No; who is Cyber Eclipse?”

Unicron explains and shows me everything I had done during my time as Cyber Eclipse. Trust me when I say that I was pissed off completely. My own father, using me as a puppet, he backstabbed our deal and took advantage of me! I noticed no one was aware that I was awake because they were grouped up to look as Mephiles finished.

Mephiles shouted “Alright; listen up everypony, for over one thousand years I’ve remain trapped in my decaying cell, waiting for a world to call my own! Name’s Mephiles the Dark and you may call me your new lord and master for all of eternity!” Mephiles floats down to land a few feet away from the Heroes of the Light. “Now meet the greatest criminals of the world that I call my ‘friends’. Tirek,” Tirek came out of the portal “Shattered Heart,” An alicorn that looked like Cadence came through the portal “Searing Nova,” Another alicorn came out that looked like Celestia “and Starless Night.” Another alicorn came through but this one held little resemblance to Luna. “Of course; I almost forgot about her. And our last member is Twivine.” Particles began to form up and eventually created Twivine. When Twivine appeared, she opened her eyes and began to look around before cheer, finally alive once more.

Celestia shouted “Mephiles! We’ll stop you before you can do anything to cause the balance to go out of whack!”

Mephiles shrugged off the attempted 'threat' “Oh Celestia; you have forgotten that I still am more power than you. I, alone, am stronger than LaurFa. The only reason you beat me last time was because you and the Alicorn race united against me and used the Elements on me. But even that didn’t stop me. What makes you think you can beat me?”

LaurFa reminded “Back then; we didn’t have Charming. We can still beat you.”

Mephiles said “Oh no. Whatever shall I do about that; how about you, Cyber?”

Of course; Cyber no longer existed in me but I can still be controlled. I walked over to Mephiles and stood between them.

Charming said “Danny…”

“Charming…”

Mephiles ordered “Cyber; finish Charming off.” I used my will against Mephiles’ command and he noticed that I wasn’t moving. “You heard me! Kill Charming!” I slowly took a step forward; holding back myself from doing it. “I command you to kill him!”

“Charming… kill me.”

Charming stepped back in shocked.

Charming shouted “W-What!?”

“I want you to use Star Saber to cut right through me and stab Mephiles. Mephiles may be powerful but he will weaken when he is hit by the positive energy on the cosmos. The power of the cosmos would kill me too but at least it is better than being a slave to Mephiles.”

Charming begged “But Danny… I can’t do it.”

“You know it is your duty! Do not worry; being banished from death, I’ll be sent to the shadow realm where I can watch over you. I will never leave your side. Now do it!”

Charming looked conflicted. He didn’t know what to do. What option should he choose? Fulfill my request and extremely weaken Mephiles but in the process of killing his own brother or think of another way to defeat Mephiles.