"L—L—lord of the D—Dead?" Twilight stuttered, staring with unnaturally wide eyes at the hand presented to her.
"Um, yeah," Hades said with a frown, his hand still held out. "I said that five seconds ago. You have short term memory loss or something?"
"N—N—No," she said, her heart threatening to burst from her chest. Hesitantly, she reached her hoof out, the limb shaking so much it nearly leaped out of Hades' hand. "M—My name is Twilight Sparkle."
Smiling wickedly, he shook her forearm up and down and brought her to her hooves, patting her on the back. "Well then, unicorn horse-thingy, pleasure to meet you!"
"Unicorn horse-thingy?" Twilight muttered, shaking her head and rubbed her brow. "I am indeed a unicorn, but I'm not a 'horse-thingy.' I'm a pony."
"Ooh, a pony, huh?" Hades chuckled, his devilish grin near Twilight's muzzle as he leaned closer. The unicorn squeaked in surprise and fell backwards, the stranger's appearance frightening her once again. "Hey, hey, chill out. I ain't gonna hurt you..." A clattering sound beside him interrupted the Lord of the Dead.
Hades turned his attention to a small lizard creature, about as horribly purple colored as the unicorn, cowering before him with a pack held for protection between himself and the god. Rubbing the bottom of his lip while arching an eyebrow aimed at the dragon, he turned his head to Twilight and asked, "This your gecko?"
"He isn't a gecko. He's a dragon," Twilight nervously said, keeping a good distance away from Hades as she made her way to Spike and gently shook his shoulder. "Spike, it's okay. He isn't a threat... just really scary looking." Hades pouted at this comment.
Spike's eyes fluttered open as he stared at Hades, the God of the Underworld just grinning and waving happily at the small dragon. Gulping down his heart that was previously clogging his throat, he set his pack down and anxiously played with his claws. "I—I knew he wasn't that bad."
"Then why was your tail tucked between your legs?" the Lord of the Dead asked, inexplicably appearing behind the dragon.
Spike nearly jumped out of his skin, instead falling to his face while running forward, his belly dragging on the ground. A hoof holding him in place on his forehead from Twilight. The mare called out to Hades, "Hey, don't be mean like that! You scared Spike!"
"Scared? Nah, the kid's just excited is all," Hades laughed, lifting the dragon by his tail and bringing his upside down head to eye level. "Isn't that right, lizard boy?"
Spike disappeared in a flash of light, reappearing in another flash of bright, purple light atop Twilight's back, her horn glowing. "I think that's enough, Hades. Your appearance is... unsettling to some ponies."
"Unsettling? Why, I never," Hades cried dramatically, clutching his heart. "I know many people don't like my skin color, teeth, robes, and even flames. But unsettling! That hurts me deeply..." Hades snapped his fingers a couple of times.
"Twilight," she said, face hoofing because she just told him her name not thirty seconds ago.
"Twilight, that really does hurt me deeply. Why, I don't know anything that could possibly make me feel better," Hades bemoaned, turning his back on the pair with his shoulders slumped and his skull basket dragging on the ground.
Twilight felt a twinge of sadness for the God of the Underworld, feeling somewhat responsible for his miserable mood. "Wait, Hades, don't go. It was wrong of Spike and me for insulting you like that. Please, stay," she said, a warm smile on her face.
Her assistant tugged at her hair, Spike's mouth near her ear as he said, "Twilight, we know nothing about this guy. He's not even a pony. Can we really trust him?"
"Spike, we already learned that lesson. Don't judge a book by its cover. Even if we know nothing about him, I'll give him the benefit of the doubt."
"Hello," Hades said, appearing in between the two while pointing to himself with both his fingers. "Lord of the Dead and God of the Underworld, right here. Isn't that explanation good enough for you guys?"
"Wait, did you say Lord of the Dead and God of the Underworld?" Twilight asked, a puzzled expression appearing on her face.
"The one and only," he said proudly, looking at his nails absently.
"Isn't Thanatos the God of the Dead?" she asked, her librarian prowess being put to use in the worst situation now.
Hades' evil, yellow eyes glared at the mare as his brow furrowed. "No, I am the God of the Dead, the Underworld, and everything that rots in a hole in the ground."
"I don't think so," Twilight mused, rubbing her chin with a hoof. Spike's eyes darted between the two as he desperately willed the unicorn to shut up. "I know from plenty of mythology that Thanatos is the God of Death, while Hades, or Pluto, as you're more commonly referred to, is the God of the Dead."
Hades' skin color began to rise higher and higher to a dangerous red, his blue flames becoming more yellow in appearance. "Thanatos is a demigod! A lowly lackey that works for ME! Not a God of Death!"
"Well, if I remember right, he is indeed the God of Death, while you just have the Lord title," Twilight pointed out. Spike just face palmed as Hades grew redder and redder, the temperature around them soon becoming sweltering. The pair began to back away just as Hades blew his top.
"I AM THE GOD OF THE UNDERWORLD AND ALL WHO RESIDE IN IT, INCLUDING THE DEAD! WHICH AUTOMATICALLY MAKES ME THE GOD OF DEATH!" he screamed, flames shooting off like fireworks as an inferno covered his body. For several seconds he remained like this until the flames died down to their usual blue. The God was now dusting off his robe and running a hand through his hair. "Okay, fine, fine. I'm cool. I'm fine," he assured.
Both Twilight and Spike were a good distance away, cowering in each other’s arms with the unicorn's mane and coat slightly singed. Walking toward them while humming, he brought his skull basket to their eyes.
"Moving on, I need groceries. Know a place where I can get pudding?"
Sugarcube Corner came to mind, but Twilight instantly snuffed that plan out. Hades' temper nearly caused her to burn to a crisp. No way was she bringing him to an eating establishment where ponies could be potentially hurt. "Well, Hades, th—"
Twilight never got to finish her words as a rainbow streak zipped through the air high above them, dive-bombing toward the God of the Dead himself. Hades merely looked at Twilight, waiting for her to finish her sentence. "Hey, anyone else hear a bee or something?" he asked, his bony finger digging into his ear to clear some wax as the rainbow streak was nearly upon him.
"Take this, demon face!" the streak yelled, none other than Rainbow Dash as she impacted with Hades. And promptly phased through his back, Hades' robes and chest taking on a smoke like appearance as Rainbow Dash came out the other side of his chest, crashing into Twilight and Spike on the other side. The trio tumbled to the ground, with the cyan pegasus promptly landing on her face while Twilight was knocked on her back. Spike wasn't too far behind them, still spinning like a top on his head.
Struggling to her hooves, Rainbow Dash rubbed at the bump on her head and glared daggers at the Lord of the Dead. "Okay buster, no more Ms. Nice Mare! The gloves come off!"
"But you're not wearing gloves," Hades pointed out as Dash leaped forward like a rainbow colored rocket, her hoof preparing to embed itself in the God's long chinned face. Before her hoof ever could reach him he transformed his body into smoke, and he soon began to slither to the knocked out Twilight and Spike. Reforming near them, he said, "Really now, isn't this uncivil?"
"Eat hoof, flame head!" Dash yelled, answering his own question for him. However, before the hotheaded pegasus could make good on her promise, an aurora of purple magic created a force field around her, halting her attack. The source of this magic was Twilight, who had finally managed to drag her body back to her hooves after her previous incident with Dash.
"Rainbow Dash, you just don't attack random pon— I mean, people like that!" Twilight yelled at her friend, a disapproving glare on her face.
"But Twilight, he's evil! Just look at him! While I was flying around town, ponies were running and screaming everywhere! And when I got here, he was on fire!" Dash shouted back at Twilight, pointing an accusing hoof at the God of the Underworld. "Pure evil, right there!"
"What am I, chopped liver? I'm only three feet away!" Hades pointed out, his muscular arms folded as he furrowed his brow at the mare.
"That may be so. But we don't know if he's evil. So I'm going to give him the benefit of the doubt. And I would expect an Element of Harmony to do the same," Twilight said, a steely edge in her voice as she dismantled the force field.
Snorting one last time, Dash looked at the ground and ran a hoof through the dirt. Finally, she spoke. "Sorry, Twi."
"I shouldn't be the one you should be saying sorry to," Twilight replied, nudging Hades to get closer.
Sighing in annoyance, he walked over and reached out with his hand, saying quickly, "Hey, how ya doing? Name's Hades, Lord of the Dead and God of the Underworld and all that jazz."
Shooting a look at Twilight, Rainbow Dash laid her hoof in his palm and began to shake. "Rainbow Dash. Fastest flyer in Equestria."
"Oh my, how impressive," Hades replied, sarcasm dripping like venom from his voice. He dropped the handshake abruptly; he returned his attention to Twilight. "Now, about that pudding?"
"Pudding? There's some of that at Sugarcube Corner," Dash blurted out. Twilight face hoofed.
"Sugarcube Corner you say?" Hades asked, a devious smile on his long chinned face. "Well then, lead the way!" He pushed and prodded Dash to move to their new destination, imagining the sweet, chocolate taste already on his tongue. Twilight just followed with an unconscious Spike resting on her back, wondering why the day suddenly got so strange.
Oh no... Hades and Pinkie Pie...
R.I.P. Fourth Wall. (????-2013)
LOL, yep it brings back memories. Hades blowing up like that and a few seconds later he comes down and say's I'm cool, I'm cool. That is Hades alright.
...I freaking love this chapter already. You've captured Hades in all of his awesome, witty, short-tempered glory.
I'm already imagining Tara Strong and James Woods voicing an MLP episode from this thing alone
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Oh god, I can definitely imagine that.
And thanks for that. You always do crossovers so well, so it's a relief hearing I can at least get my character right.
2077264 Dude, get your dates right. That thing has been killed more times then Kenny from "South Park" and the cast of "Drawn Together" combined, and if you watched every episode they have died in, at hyper speed, for three weeks straight, you STILL wouldn't even come close.
2077477 Good point... But the fourth wall is just like Kenny from south park. It'll be back soon, just to be killed again. And we'll have forgotten the last time it died.
You know, with some luck and persuasion from us fans, they MIGHT get James Woods to play the Lord of Tatarus. (not to be confused with The Lord of the Dead)
That is, IF they do a episode of that anyway.
Another great chapter. Hades meeting Pinkie that should prove to be a interesting meeting. I could see Hades saying Bacchus would like Pinkie, or something like that. Will you be making any references to the Hercules animated series? Will the ponies meet any other Hercules charaters? Like for some examples Cerberus, Pain, Panic, the Fates, Zeus, and Hercules himself.
Yes! I command you to continue!
Oh god my sides. I've been waiting for a Hades fic like this
Props to you good sir (author)
Yup, yup. This is great. Loving it. You, good sir, have hit a stroke of genius with this story.
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fun fact there was a Hercules animated series at one point they did bring in Thanatos it was the same plot every series with Thanatos uses he get's trapped or imprisoned or something and no one can die anymore.
anyway gonna go read it now
Oh, hell yes. Hades was the best part of that (otherwise forgettable) movie. You know you nailed the character when I can picture his mannerisms and hear his lines in his voice in my head. This is gonna be good.
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While Hades seems a bit out of character I am surprised at your accuracy. how the hell does someone write Robin Williams accuractly.
Seems decent so far Hades seems a little more temper prone I feel he is a lot smarter then that the only reason he blew up so frequently in the movie is because his plans are constantly being thwarted by this "new hero" the only ones he really does get angry at is pain and panic.
but eh that's just my opinion.
Twilight seems a little OOC too while she reacts normally this guy who can engulf himself in flames at will she does not react normally when he announces himself as a god of death the benefit of the doubt has not really applied to any of the new series villains and that is because most of them have been fairly clear on their motives.
again that's just my opinion
Wrong RD unless this takes place at the start of the series. shown mostly in Wonderbolt's academy RD has grown as a character while shes just as impulsive she waits before acting more or less as was shown in the contrast between dust and dash.
My opinion :3
anyway interesting story ill be following you.
I looked at the comments.
I shall read this after school!
Liked simply because of the shear stupity of the concept of it.
Fav'd because Hades (disney version only) and ponies.
Warning, the follow is an opinion:
I believe Hercules was the last good disney cartoon movie ever produced. Then the House of Mouse sold its' soul to crap like hanna montanna and the like. Whatever happen to the classic disney spirit? I love a Goofy Movie and my sister and I loved the Lion King, and My favorite of all time Aladdin. These movie were some of the last Great Disney movies old Walt would be proud of. And now, I miss my Childhood
"Hey, anyone else here a bee or something?"
I think you meant 'hear' in this sentence. Otherwise, I quite enjoyed this chapter. James Woods for the win, every time.
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What! Hades didn't burn Dash to a crisp?!
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Uh...no. Thanatos was the Greek god of death. He's older than Hades, given that he's the son of Nyx and Erebus. Hades was the Greek god of the underworld, which he won while casting lots for dominion over creation with Zeus and Poseidon.
Hades's Roman counterpart was Pluto. Mors was Thanatos's Roman counterpart.
OH GOODIE! Someone must have read the a certain comic recently that played the joke about Hades being in Equestria
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Either way, I've been so patient to see a crossover with my favorite Disney villain. I'll be looking forward to giving it a read.
HA! Funny story so far, nailed the character perfectly. This is quite the random story with one of my favorite villains, now I can't imagine how our poor Hades will react to PP antics, would it be favorable as he gets into a party mood with his own party supplies (complete with having a shape of skulls, that'll scar PP and as well get her uncomfortable of a party that she just thrown, would be ironic) or will he be angry as she can do physics-defying actions that makes his mind go loose for idea of a mortal doing things that a god can do? Time well tell....
Anyhow, great story man, keep up the good work!
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But what fun would that be for The God of Death, to not torture the poor soul before moving on with 'business'. Besides, "no harm, no foul" Right? Can't say the same for Rainbow Dash when Hades shape-shifted to have RD go though him and allowed her to cause injuries to her friends and herself.
Ah - you might want to get that looked at. See, the scene where Twilight is correcting Hades on his profession would be funny, except you've typo'd it all to Hell and back, and destroyed the punchline in the process.
Still, this doesn't look half bad, although I do query the idea that Hades' fridge, whilst in the world of the dead, gave birth to new life. But Rule of Funny, so, I guess...
Anyway, write more, please.
Finally. About time someone used the delicious rendition of Hades given by Dreamworks (Or was it Disney?) and use it in a crossover.
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Thanks. Been a while since I paid attention to its intros.
The tense and incorrect words are starting to bother me, but other than that I'm good.
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Heh, yeah, sorry about that. If you can point the mistakes out I can fix them and look out for them in the future, but that's up to you.
Hades iz da best pony
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I'd be glad to help you find the errors. I'll have some time to proof both chapters pretty soon. Always glad to help out. Be okay if I PMed you the corrected versions? Also, I'd be happy to proof any other chapters before the go out. If you are interested, contact me.
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I'd really appreciate that. Heck, I'll even give you credit as a proofreader in the description, since I believe in giving credit where credit's due. PM me everything you have when you're finished. Thanks again!
Twilight. What are you doing. Twilight. Stop.
-BOOOOOOM-
Hades, Lord of the Dead
You're looking for 2:50. Muahahahahahaha.
What? I can be evil too.
*sits back and eats popcorn* My god, I am LOVING this fic.
This is already the second-most clever and ridiculous crossover with Pony I've seen.
#1 is the Pony-Top Gear crossover. That's just sheer madness. But this is quickly becoming a close second with such an absurdly silly premise of Hades going to Equestria for pudding, and then making it work.
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Regidar saying my story is awesome?
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Thanks man, I really appreciate hearing that coming from someone like you.
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2077264 I'm glad the Fourth Wall is going to stay intact with "Try Not To Die!"
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I'll find some time. Probably later today, I've got some other commitments at the moment as well.
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No problem, take all the time you need. I appreciate it you're even considering helping me.
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Still waiting on an update.
This is just....too much.
Either he's gonna love Pinkie, or torch her in the first five seconds.
2086207 My bits are on her taking his job and all the inhabitants...
well...
Hades doesn't know that Rainbow Dash is actually the fastest flyer in Equestria, oh he may learn one day!
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Or both.
Hades: BURN!
Pinkie bursts into flames.
Five seconds later, Pinkie appears on Hades shoulder.
Wow, that was awesome! Do it again!
Hades: ...Ya know, I never gave this 'friendship' thing much thought. You just made me change my mind.
AWESOME!
Hades: What's your thoughts on benefits? (He's Greek, after all.)
...I don't get it.
Why does rainbow always seem to dive bomb villians... You think she would have learned from doing that to Vader
3725268 Or most humans in HiE Fics.
Hades is going to love or hate Pinkie, this will be fun!