The pits of Tartarus was home to many dangerous foes imprisoned by Princess Celestia over the course of many years, however, not many compared to Tirek. Though his exterior appearance seemed weak and fragile, this was only one of his many forms of strength. Tirek had been locked away for longer then he could remember, he lost count of the days after a thousand. Due to his infamy, he wasn't allowed to have other common privileges that others got. No matter where he was taken, or when he was moved to another pit, he was almost always accompanied by heavily armed guards who monitored his every little movement like hawks. He was used to it though, in fact, it was seen as a sign of respect among other prisoners in Tartarus if you had more guards than everyone else. It meant you were a force to be reckoned with and no one should dare cross you.
Tirek sat in his cell and watched what appeared to be a dozen of heavily armored unicorns approach his cell. They all wore the royal armor of the usual guards but the guards of Tartarus were outfitted more heavily than the guards of Celestia or Luna. One guard stepped forward and opened the cell door as everypony filled the inside of the cell edges, surrounding the old Tirek from every angle.
“You should feel grateful, it’s not often that the princess graces the presence of someone like you with a visit,” the commander called as he stepped aside to reveal a large white alicorn standing behind him.
“Princess Celestia, what do you want, I hope your not expecting to reform me like you did that puny creature Discord,” Tirek’s voice was raspy and sounded weak as it did in his old looking age.
“Lord Tirek, I must say your not at all like I expected,” Celestia said as the cell door was closed behind her. Tirek was confused at the princess’ words when she suddenly casted a spell which seemed to effect the surrounding guards. In the blink of an eye, every guard was rendered unconscious and the princess which was standing in front of Tirek was no more; instead, he saw a tiny cyan unicorn with dark blue hair and an evil smile.
“It would appear that your not the princess after all, I commend you for getting this far, but who exactly are you?” Tirek asked as he rose to his feet slowly, waiting for a response.
“Who I am doesn’t matter, it’s who I represent that will interest you. I’ve come to tell you that your suffering in this prison has finally come to an end, but if you want to leave, you’ll have to do as I say,” the unicorn wore a cocky smile as she said this, Tirek however, wasn’t smiling at all.
“Insolent creature, do you not know who I am!?” the minotaur roared. “You’ve got a lot of nerve to speak such words, there is no way I will work for you!”
“I tried to tell him mother, but it seems like you’ll have to talk to him instead,” the unicorn said as she shook her head in disappointment. She than closed her eyes for a few moments, when she opened them, the unicorn’s blue eyes were replaced by white eyes which seemed to have no pupils. Tirek only seemed confused at this, aside from her eyes, the pony’s whole demeanor appeared to change. “Lord Tirek, we are speaking to thee from a borrowed vessel, does thou know who we are?”
“From all that gibberish your speaking, you sound a lot like princess Luna,” Tirek laughed.
“Perhaps you’ve heard of us, we are Genesis De Magia,” when he heard the name spoken Tirek’s raspy voice erupted in laughter.
“You’re a fool for hiding behind such a folklore title like that. I’m one of the few who still remember the tale. Genesis De Magia; the first ever alicorn eons ago; was revered as a goddess in her time before she went mad with power. She was destroyed by Starswirl The Bearded, there’s no way she still lives among us, especially in the body of a unicorn,”
“Thou said that we were revered as a goddess, and I assure you, our powers hath been retained,” the unicorn disappeared in a bright flash of light, what stood before Tirek now was a tall alicorn with a white mane, white eyes, and pale light colored skin. Her eyes appeared to stare not at Tirek, but through him instead, as if staring into his very soul. “Does thou need more proof?”
“Impossible! That mane, those eyes, they resemble the goddess as she was depicted in the scriptures!” Tirek shook his head in disbelief at what he saw before him. “No this can’t be, this is a trick!”
“Spare us of the disconcerting outburst, we did not come here to prove our existence to you; as a matter of fact, it’s probably best of none are aware of our presence until the ritual,” Genesis’ horn began to glow as it enveloped Tirek in a white angelic like aura and lifted him off the ground, bringing him closer to her. “We have come before you to offer you your freedom, in exchange, all you must do is cooperate with our underling when the time comes; other than that, you are free to do as you wish,”
“And if I refuse?” Tirek asked intrigued by the alicorn’s offer.
“Thou may hath been the first on our list but be aware there are others whom would be a better candidate than you; take you that creature Discord for example. His powers resemble that of ours, though on a scale of lower magnitude,” Genesis threw Tirek aside causing him to hit his back hard against his cell. “A decision of this magnitude doesn’t seat someone like yourself easily, we will give you time to decide,”
In another flash of bright light, the guards who once laid unconscious were gone, and the normal sized cyan unicorn stood before Tirek once more. She was smiling at him in an innocent manner as she giggled and turned to leave.
“You there, pony!” the unicorn turned to face Tirek as he called out to her. “You no not of what you’ve gotten yourself into, how can you just do what is asked of you without any question?” the unicorn smiled back at Tirek and giggled once again as she exited the cell and sealed the door once more.
“Mother knows best,” she said before turning her back to the prisoner and disappearing in a flash.