It begins.....

Pain....that's all I've known for the past 27 years, ever since I was 6 years old.

My father's clan, annihilated, my family, butchered, death forms where I walk. There is no peace, no salvation for me, for all I can do is try to atone for my sin. 'One last job' I muse to myself, 'then I'll see them again.' The past 27 years haven't been kind, picking up a new stab or bullet wound three times a week, but I hardly even register them, I only remember I have them when I touch the scars. Yet even though I've become a walking horror show with a matching past, there's two things that keep my mind intact.

First is the clans teachings, stating the forbidden use of firearms, that blades and arrows are the warriors' way, but I've taken it even further, I only use the weapons we're all born with, my fangs and claws. I've had my nails and teeth changed respectfully to make better use as I kill those who've made my blacklist.
Second is a T.V. show that torments me yet keeps my soul aflame, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. I don't devote myself to the point where I'm a, what're they called again, BRONIES?, yeah, a brony, but I do watch the show enough to make others think otherwise. There's two reasons why I even tolerate the goddamn show, first is the fact that even with the most evil villains attacking, it's pretty damn peaceful in Equestria. Second, and the more important reason, is that my little sister by 20 min. and I watched the first two episodes the day before the everything went beyond Tartarus. Needless to say, I watch it to keep her memory alive.

Since I was 10, I've taken jobs that deal in death and rescuing innocents, I may have failed to save my life, but that doesn't mean I'll fail to save theirs. I have been hired countless times by the military, CEOs, country leaders, just to name a few publicly known clients, mainly for 'under the table' jobs where they can't be involved should I screw up, which I have yet to do. The job I'm on now is commissioned by the jointed effort of the army, navy, airforce, and marines to find and kill any and all nazi reminents in a base they discovered, they don't tell me where, saying it's 'classified', but I know they just don't like me.

Reason they need me to do it isn't because they're chickenshit or lazy, but that the reminents are mostly American and they don't want anyone to find out that their own countrymen turned Nazi. Normally, they wouldn't even tease at the idea of using me, since I've often been called a devil or even as far as a cannibal for the state that I leave my victims in after I finish a mission, even though I'm a human, but they need no friendly casualties and all enemy casualties, so that leaves them with little to no choice, but to use me.

I don't ask nor want payment, after this I'll join my family in the afterlife, where I'm sure I'll be tortured for eternity, just as well, for I don't deserve salvation.

They offer an escourt, I accept, if just to give them peace of mind. On the way to the drop point, one of the troops, a rookie by the looks of it, decides to break the silence that had been hovering in the air for the past hour.

"Excuse me, sir?" he asked.

I look up, showing my red serpentine eyes, in acknowledgment.

"They wouldn't tell us anything about you, so forgive me for asking," I nodded for him to continue, "but,....just what are you?" he asked with noticeable fear of me, understandable.

"The death of my enemies." I answered in my demonic like voice.

All of them jumped at the sound of my voice.

"N-n-n-no, I-I-I-I mean y-y-your prof-f-f-ession, I-I-I-I know t-t-that your a m-m-mercenary, b-but n-n-nothing else." the same rookie clarified, albeit shakily.

"You wouldn't know even if I told you."

He didn't press after that, out of fear most likely.

The rest of the trip was spent in silence, that is until the same damned rookie grabbed his balls and asked another question," Can I ask f-for your n-name" he asked, with a little more courage in his tone.

"I abandoned my name."

He looked at like I just slapped his mama."W-w-w-what...w-w-why..."I got up, walked over to him, much to his increasing fear, looked him dead in the eyes, and while fully showing my fangs,"If your life was a living hell, wouldn't you leave it behind?" then sat back down while he filled his diaper with about 4 or 5 pounds of uneeded luggage. He stayed quiet after that.

We arrived at the drop point, about 5 miles where I need to be to avoid detection. I started off with a sprint to cover as much ground as possible, easily crossing 2 and 1/2 miles before I take a rest. One good thing about being me right now, is that I never have to deal with a team, I don't need to know anyone who can die next second after I start to like them. That's how I lived my life and that's how I plan to keep it.

'Night will soon fall, giving me more cover and less heat to deal with. Tonight's a full moon, a beautiful night to die.' I rest while I maintain my fangs and claws for the last time(they may be changed but they're still apart of me).

The moon begins to rise, which means I have to move now. By the time I reach the base the moon is high in the sky giving me a full view of the field outside of the bunker, where a whole slew of guards awaited a large scale attack. 'About 30 to 40, heavily armed, heh, they think they're safe, time to prove them wrong.' I slunk to one guard protrolling the edge of the forest, waiting for him to give an opening.

He gives one.

I grab his shoulder, bring him close, sink my fangs into his throat, while covering his mouth with my free hand. After about 30 seconds, I twist his head, hearing a satisfying snap, and just let his body drop. "Let the hunt begin." I pull the pin off one of his grenades, letting the chain reaction handle the rest, then threw the corpse at the largest group and watched with a smile that would've scared The Joker shitless as all Tartarus break loose.

While the guards ran around like chickens with their heads cut off, I picked them off one by one, sometimes two or three at a time, till there were only five left. Deciding to have some fun, I walk to them VERY SLOWLY in full view, watching them piss themselfs, with the most sinister grin I can muster.

"THE MOON CRAVES BLOOD, AND I AIM TO DELIVER!!!!"

45 seconds later

I walk away from my handywork 'Would have made the SAW movie makers weep with joy, pride, and jealousy.' to finish my mission. Try as they might, they still fall like a house of cards. I grab one by the throat while I sink my free hand through anothers face, using them both as meat shields. They die quickly but are still useful as clubs. I tore through soldier after soldier, most people would be unnerved at the carnage, but not I, my humanity has long since died. I leave no corpse unchecked, making sure they're all dead before moving on. After clearing out most of the base, I come across the final area left to check. 'I don't know whats in there, I'm tired and sore, and I don't know how many are left. It really is a great night to die.'

I open the door, and to my suprise, which doesn't happen often, only five are left, but that's not what has me pissed. What does is that four of the five are the VERY SAME FUCKING BASTARDS THAT HIRED ME!!!!

"What the hell is this?!" I barely contain my bloodlust filled rage. "We decided that you're far too valuable for us to simply let you die off, so we constructed a clone like image of you with what DNA we were able to get our hands on, he's like you, only better," the far left man stated, "and once we have you, we'll be able to mass produce super soldiers who only obey!"

"So all those missions, all those jobs..."

"Just a test to see if you were what we were looking for, and guess what, you pass!!" the far right man said rather gleefully, as if this was just a game to him, and the rest of us were pawns. 'For some reason, he sounds really familiar. Come to think of it, he looks familiar'.

"We'll give you a chance to join us willingly, what do you say?" the middle right man offered. If there's one thing that I despise more than anything, except rapists, bullies, and bad music remixes, it's backstapers, "I'll join you when hell freezes over, God comes down in a spandex suit and does the gangnam style, and Tiger Woods stops dicking around with so many women!" I give them a feather cause they aren't worth the bird.

Needless to say, they all were slackjawed, except the far right man, who was too busy laughing his ass off and trying to keep his ribs from poping out, all while in fetal position. "WE OFFER YOU A PLACE TO HELP MANKIND AND YOU SPIT IT IN OUR FUCKING FACES?!?!?" the middle left man bellowed, veins about to burst from anger.

"I don't take kindly to backstabbers, and you don't want to help mankind, you're only out to help yourselfs. Don't piss me off more than I already am."

"We gave you a chance, and you refuse, you leave use with no choice, SOUL WRAITH, BRING HIM DOWN!!!" the far left man commanded. And before I could think, I have a clawed hand on my throat that picks me up 2ft off the ground. Now I know I'm not the heaviest guy around, but I'm all muscle, so if you can pick me up(at 250 pounds of pure muscle) off the gound with only one hand, you've earned a stache and a cigar. It doesn't even take a heartbeat to know who's crushing my windpipe, it's the fifth man, my clone.

I plant my feet in his face as hard as my tired legs will allow. He drops me and i jump away to get some distance. While he's recovering, I dash at full throttle to spear my yin/yang reject. I hit, hard, and send him flying for about 10ft before he rights himself and skids for about another 4ft, '14ft, that's the shortest I've sent anybody. Finally! Someone to give me a real fight. This is gonna be really fun.'

We both charge like two lions ready to kill each other.

We match each other blow for blow, it's like fighting a mirror, when I go for a rib shot, he stops it with one of his own. I get a lucky shot and send him into a tank that shatters on impact. I don't let up, because before he even touches the ground, I send a barrage of punches at point blank with my feet dug into holes that I made. I don't stop, even when my arms start to burn from overuse, I don't stop. 'As much fun as this has been, I have to finish this.' I end that thought with a overhead slam of my right arm, the ground spiderwebbing out in cracks from the sheer impact.

I turn to my next outlet for my rage.

"The dance is over, time to pay the piper."

I kill three of the four men, the last being the the same one that was laughing earlier, and he had the biggest shit eatting grin on his face, which was starting to scare me. Then he started clapping like at a golf game, "Bravo, bravo, such a wonderful display of carnage and chaos! I haven't seen such fun chaos since....me!" That's when it hit me like a freight train, why he was so familiar even though we never met before today, "I..i..it can't be," "Hmm?" "Discord?" I have never been more terrified in all my life combined than I was at was at that moment. I know not to fuck with the god of chaos, even if he shouldn't be real. "H-h-h-how...you're not supposed to be real." I am visably shaking from the fear. It doesn't help at all when he just smiles, snaps his fingers and in flash of light, he's in his true form, which looks surprisingly human shaped. "I didn't think you'd figure it out that fast, but that's what happens when you don't think ahead." He sits in the air and summons a glass of chocolate milk, completely ignoring my question.

"What do you want?"

"Simple, to have fun!"

"And I fit in how?"

"Your life is just so chaotic, that's how."

"Your form of chaos is upside houses and cottoncandy clouds raining chocolate milk, again, how do I fit in?"

"This is how." He snaps his tail like a hand and then all I see is darkness.

Equstria, Canterlot Throne Room

Celestia and Luna were together, which is uncommon as they have different sleep cycles, filling out forms and passing or denying requests made by nobles and commoners alike, with the denying of alot of the former as most seem to only care for status, such as Blueblood.

"I swear Tia, that Blueblood can't be related to us, I mean did you see this request," Luna gripes as she passes the scroll the her sister with her magic, fuming as she did so, "he's demanding us to tear down Fancy Pants' home and kick him out of Canterlot for a light joke!!"

"Well, I know what this good for," Celestia then teleported the scroll to a public bathroom for 'later use', "think we should give it back afterword?" she asks with the biggest troll face you ever seen.

Luna just bursts out in a spleen bursting laugh, "HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA oh yes, what I wouldn't give to see the look on his face!!!" The guards were happy, though they'd never show it, that the princesses were having fun during their work, even royalty needs to relax now and again.

"Tia, any change on the Diamond Dog attacks," Luna asks getting straight to business. "Sadly yes, they seem to be increasing their numbers with each attack," Celestia replies with a crestfallen sigh, "I don't-"

Then, as if the heavens wanted to play a cruel joke, the sisters sensed a magical anomaly coming from the Everfree Forest, more specificly, the Castle of the Royal Pony Sisters, "Luna, did you..." Celestia couldn't finish her sentence as she became sickly paler than her white coat, "Yes Tia, I felt it too, though I wish I didn't." Luna had all but lost her color as her face paled.

Then, a piller of of black light erupted from where the anomaly was, blending perfectly with the night sky, "That power...it can't be..." Celestia looked to Luna, pleading with her eyes for her to be proven wrong, "It is, that's Nightmare Moon's power, but something's different," Luna replied, with confusion in her face.

"What do you mean?" Celestia asked not liking what this could mean for Equestria and their subjects, "I'm not sure, but it feels less angry and more....sad and scared."

"Do you think somepony might have been attacked and possessed"

"I can't say Tai, not without checking it out."

"Then I will send the Elements of Harmony to the old castle, if this is indeed Nightmare Moon, then they should be able to handle her," Celestia then grabbed a scroll and a quill with her hands to focus all of her concentration on wording the message right, otherwise she'd start a painic.

Everfree Forest, Old Castle of the Royal Pony Sisters

Darkness.....thats all I see. My body feel like it been through a meat grinder, which, knowing Discord, I probably was. I try to move slowly in case I have any broken bones, wouldn't be the first time and damn well won't be the last. Surprisingly, I feel no pain. At first, I thought I was just in shock from the blood loss, but after a moment, I feel the stone ground beneath my body, hear the wind rustling the trees, leading me to believe that Discord sent me somewhere outdoors, I also hear the growling of my stom-'Wait, that's not my stomach.'

I pick myself up and when I look up, I can't believe my eyes. A manticore, and a big one at that, easily standing at 10ft on all fours. And it's looking right at me, 'Well, he looks hungry, let's curb his appetite.' It lunges at me, looking to end this quick, the feeling's mutual.
It slashes it's right paw at me as I duck, dodging by just hair, then counter by throwing my right leg into it's gut sending it flying into the wall, knocking it out and leaving a nasty hoofprint, Must have been fully healed, I've never been that strong befo-Wait, a hoofprint?'

After making sure the manticore's down and out, I take a look at my legs, what I see leaves me speechless. I have horse like legs complete with hooves. I search for a mirror or a puddle of water. I find a mirror that's in better shape that the room I'm in. I'm slackjawed, as I look at my body, my new body. I'm an anthropomorphic horse with a pitch black coat that seems to just suck in light, making it look even more pitch. My scars are still there, but on a body that would make Arnold Schwarzenegger in his prime jealous. My head looks less horse and more pony, but that doesn't make it any less terrifying, as I still have my fangs. I notice that my mane and tail(which I just now spotted) are a light black with blood red streaks, with my mane hanging over my eyes, hiding them from view. Then I notice what I wearing, Blood Crimson armor covering my arms, legs, and chest, a violet dream cloud on my shoulder plates with a white cresent moon over the cloud. I check my hands to find that my old claws were still there, but my red serpentine eyes have become alot bigger, with whites of my eyes a pitch black.

I look like the devil turned pony.

I drop my head as the full weight of what just happened to sets in.

"hu...hu...hu...hu...hu"

"hehe.....hehehehehehe"

"hahahahahahahahaha"

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!"

"Hehehehe.....so that's it, that's what he meant. Well, I guess I'm the big bad villian." The manticore, now wide awake, tries to take me from my blind spot, tries. Just as he's less than a foot awayfrom me from his lunge, he stops in mid-air, he looks down, and sees one of my claws tearing through his chest like a claymore sword, blood gushing all over my arm and left side.

"That'll do kitty, that'll do."

.....on a dark night. [EDIT]

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[A/N] I'll try and discribe the ponies a little better than I have in the past, but here's a video for reference just because I'm lazy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzPqoHVuusc

.....on a dark night.

Old Castle of the Royal Pony Sisters

I tossed the dead manticore off of my arm like I was dusting myself, "So, I'm an even more deadly weapon? This just gets better and better," I said, not really talking to anypony.'...wait...did I just...' I ignore my own thought and focus back to the task at hand, "Not bad, not bad at all, and my height ain't nothing to sneeze at either. I mean, here I've got a ripped bod that'd make the Rock piss himself, talons, fangs, and the height to match." I look at my 7'6" Earth Pony body as I say that.

"Do you like it, I really went all out on this." that familiar voice clarified, "But I thought you'd be a unicorn or even a pegasus."

"Is this what you wanted, for me to look like a Demonic Night Guard and fight the Elements because of a misunderstanding?" I confront Discord as he fades into view. " Or is there a point to this other than you having fun?"

"As fun as that would be, none of the above, I just decided to give you a second chance, as thanks for the fun you gave me back there," Discord replies, referring to the slaughter I made in my world. "But don't think this for free, as I'll bring one other to really shake things up!" He shakes himself as he says that, "Oh, and before I forget, the reason you look like that is because of your personality, how you became an Earth Pony, even I don't know, maybe because of your past life, you now have the power to change things."

"So what now?"

"Simple, go out and live for once," he readies to teleport, "Wait." He looks at me questionably, "I know enough from the show, but even I can tell this isn't that reality. Is there anything I should know?" I ask, trying really hard to not piss off the chaos god, "Oh, of course, how could I forget," he snaps a taloned hand, and minor pain in the center of my skull flares, "There, you have the basics in your noggin, the rest is up to you. TTFN, ta ta for now!" And with that I was alone again.

"Oh, Discord." "Hmm?" his voice coming from nowhere. "What's your opinion on the Element of Kindness?" I ask, not saying her name on purpose, incase he's not reformed.

"She's shy, a bit of a pushover, but she's my best friend." Sighing in relief, I start with my strength, wanting to get that out of the way first. I walk over to the manticore body to try and lift it. 'Ok, let's see if I can do this.'

I place my hands under it and lift with little effort. "Huh, I thought that would've been harder." As I said this, I finally noticed my voice, "What in the nine rings of Tartarus...?!?!" I grab my throat, dropping my load in the process. "I sound like Raze from 'Underworld'!!!" Then I remebered what Discord said, "Really went all out, so that's what he meant."

"Oh well, I guess I should start praticing with my new body," I stretch out my arms and legs to get all the kinks out.

3 minutes later

Sweat drips off my face from my workout. I wiped it off before wanting to test my speed. But before I could I heard a loud growl from behind me. I turn around to find five slightly smaller manticores converging on me.

I just smile.'This is getting more fun by the minute!'

5 minutes ago, Ponyville Outskirts

"Now Twi, are you sure we need the elements for this, I mean it's probably just a dragon, or somthing," Rainbow Dash inquired as she believed this wasn't a big deal. She wore her dark blue sports shirt and shorts with a light blue jacket .

"Yes, the princess said a great magical surge was felt coming from the forest." Twilight replied. She wore violet-blue jeans and a light blue sleeveless strapped shirt.

"Then how come you didn't feel it?"

"I told you, I was drained from doing some tests on time-travel to see if I could recreate that spell Pinkie, Spike and I found a few weeks ago and I kinda overdid it," Twilight replied sheepishly.

"O-o-oh, d-d-do we r-r-r-really have to g-g-go in t-t-t-there, i-i-i-it's so s-s-s-scary." Fluttershy, living up to her name, asked. She wore a green turtle-neck sweater with a long light brown skirt.

"Ah know ya don't like it in there sugercube, but we need all the elements in case whatever's in there wants to hurt somepony." Applejack reassured her. She was wearing a white tank-top with a brown jacket and brown denim pants

"O-oh, o-ok."

2 mintues later, in the Everfree Forest

"Oh, I can't wait to meet whatever we're looking for, do you thinks it likes parties, of course it does, I mean what doesn't like to party?!" Pinkie, being Pinkie, bounced down the trail while talking, while the others walked. She was wearing a white and blue striped tank-top blue shorts.

"I don't know darling, if the princess sent us the elements, I doubt it's friendly," Rarity explained. She wore a black designers shirt and pants, having white linings to highlight the edges.

"She's right, Pinkie," Twilight continued, "We don't know what it is, so we have to-"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V595oWP5tSE

The mane 6 jumped at the sudden roar. "What the Hay was that?!"

"I don't know Rainbow, but we're going to find out!" Twilight claimed as she darted off towards where the voice came from, which was the old castle, with the rest of the mane 6 behind her.

As they came to the castle ruin, they could hear fighting coming from within. "Anypony else hear that?" Applejack asked with narrowed eyes.

A deep yell rang out, prompting the mares to move, with Rainbow Dash picking up Fluttershy since she froze in fear.

When they came inside, they were meet with the surprise of their lives.

OST

There, in the middle of the old throne room, an armored black stallion was fighting off three manticores, with three already dead. One had it's lower jaw ripped in half and one half embedded in it's skull, another had a hole in it's chest, and the last didn't even have a chest, it's spine exposed for all to see.The stallion kept fighting, not showing an ounce of quit.

But though out the fight, the girls made a startling discovery. He was bearing Nightmare Moon's Cutie Mark, making him a Nightmare guard.

While they were focused on the possible enemy, they didn't notice that one of the maticores had broken off from the fight for easier prey.

But they did notice the stallion snap towards them and charged.

Rainbow and Applejack stood up to intercept him, Rainbow taunting. "You think you can take us?! Well just tr-" She never finished as the stallion made a leap past her and the girls and collided with something heavy.

They turned to see that he had one of the manticores by the head, his hands in it's mouth and pulling the mouth wider. He kept pulling till the mares heard a cracking sound.

Twilight spoke first. "He's not..." Her question was answered when the top half of the maticores head went flying off.

The stallion turned to them and they got their first real good look at his face. He had massive scars, fangs, and an aura that could silence a wailing foal, but the most terrifying, were his eyes. He had red draconian irises and his whites were the purest black.

He moved his gaze from the mane six and back to the remaining manticores. He walked past the girls and, once he was past, charged back into the fight.

It wasn't much of a fight.

As if earlier was only a game, he took the two by the manes and slammed their heads so hard together, they exploded in a gory mess. He released them and let out a much louder roar than earlier, but it was the same roar.

Twilight and the girls were still frozen in fear from the carnage that happened in front of them. When the stallion turned to them and walked towards them, Twilight panicked and fired off a random spell, hitting him in between the eyes. He stumbled back before appearing dazed, then fell to his knees and landed on his chest, the spell having knocked him out.

After a few minutes the girls let out a breath they didn't know they held. Twilight was the first to catch her breath. "Girls, let's get him to Ponyville, the princesses have to know about this." The others nodded and took the stallion to Ponyville with Twilights magic, all the while trying to avoid looking at the dead.

OC's POV, unknown location

I awoke feeling a slight pain in my head, like I hit it and it's just now easing up. I tried to open my eyes, but had to shut them from the bright light. Once they were focused and used to the light, I opened them again to find that I was in a bland room with a light shining right into my face. I could feel my hands and legs tide to something, maybe a chair, if what I'm sitting in is any clue. I began to quietly sniff the air, and sure enough, there's three others in the room with me.

I mentally smile to myself, having been in many interrogations. Let's see just how far these ponies are willing to go.

I hear hooves clopping against the floor in front of me. A white unicorn in violet and gold armor stepped into the light, bearing a deep scowl. "I honestly didn't think anypony still served that monster. Now, how many more of you are there?"

I remain silent, much to his displeasure. "I asked you a question! Now answer me!" He swings his fist into my face, making my head jerk to the side, but still, I stay quiet. "Fine then, why did you attack the ponies that were at the castle ruins, and for that matter, why were you there?" Again I stay silent, but I raise my head enough to see his face, but not enough for him to see my eyes. I decided to mock him by smiling not showing my fangs just yet. That got his goat, as he struck me again, this time using a piece of my armor. That made me notice just now that I don't have my armor on, meaning they must have removed it while I was out.

But even though the hit hurt, I didn't even let out a grunt, I won't give them that satisfaction. I just kept my smile, knowing I was moving this in the way I wanted. The pony bared his teeth at me in an attempt to unnerve me, which failed badly.

I chose this time to finally speak, but not before faking a big sneeze right into his face. "Sorry, I'm allergic to 'Sun Mutt', so you'll have to back off for a while." I could hear a few snickers from behind a one way window on one side of the room, but the pony in front of me got red in the face and took a hold of my mane slammed my face into his armored knee. When he released my head, I was still holding my smile.

I then heard a voice that was familiar. "Captain, could you please see me for a moment?" I knew who that was, but before the pony left, I wanted to mess with him one more time. "Now don't you be cheating on me, you hear Shiny?" That almost made him snap right there, but he righted himself and left the room, leaving me with the other two.

I could hear the conversation on the other side of the window, but they didn't need to know that. The female voice from earlier spoke again. "Captain, I know he's nerve grating, but we must be patient. If we don't handle this right, we may never get anything from him." I now knew, that was Princess Celestia, and I can assume that Princess Luna was in there with her, along with the Elements of Harmony if my luck holds true.

"Don't worry your Highness, I'll find a way to break him, nopony can hold out forever." He sounded so sure. Well, time to really mess with him.

"You know guys, I have to admit, Shining almost had me." The voices behind the window ceased. "I mean, all that hitting, I didn't know how much longer I could hold out if he kept going." I could hear shuffling. Time for the nut-punch. "I almost creamed myself."

That did it. I suddenly heard a loud scream from the window, loud enough to make the other ponies in the room jump. I bust out laughing, laughing harder than I have in years. I could hear Celestia tell Shining Armor something, but he was screaming too loud for me to make out what. I guess he was being relieved, because the ones who came into the room was three of the ponies from the castle, Twilight, Rainbow Dash, and Applejack. I guess Twilight was here for a more peaceful interrogation, and the others were there in case I tried anything.

Not that they could stop me, but it's the thought that counts.

Twilight begins. "Sorry for how you treated earlier, but please allow me to introduce myself. My name's Twilight Sparkle, and these are my friends, Rainbow Dash and Applejack." I nodded to tell her to continue, but she stayed silent. We waited for a minute before she spoke again. "Um, and you are?" So that's what she was waiting for.

My smile faded instantly, but I decided to tell the truth, seeing as how the Element of Honesty was standing here. "I abandoned my name years ago. Anyway, I wouldn't have a name to give to somepony who attacked me after I just saved them from manticores." I said with a scowl, making her flinch.

Rainbow got in my face. "Hey, you were the one who attacked us first!!" She snorted hot air. I deadpanned and countered her logic.

"Oh really? And what, pray tell, did I do to attack you? Was it when I saved you from being ambushed by that one manticore, or was it when I was coming up to you to ask if you were alright?" I could tell my words hit home, since she didn't have anything to counter with.

Twilight regained her composure and continued. "Well, can you please tell us why you at the castle? And how did you end up fighting manticores?" She asked me sweetly, but I wasn't budging.

"I know what you're trying to do." The girls surprised. "You're doing the 'good pony, bad pony' act. It won't work."

Applejack got a little peeved. "And how do you know it won't if we don't try." She asked with a smug look.

I look in her direction before responding. "Because, I've been subjected to the worst kinds of torture imaginable and that couldn't break me. If the love taps that Shining Armor gave me were the best you can do, I'm very disappointed." The girls turned a little green at that.

Twilight then held a smug look of her own. "Well, since we can't get you to talk, I guess there's only one way left. Princess?" She said looking at the window.

I could hear a defeated sigh before she spoke. "Very well. Do it."

I had a hunch on what she was going to do. This was confirmed when Twilight's horn began glowing. When the glow was at it's brightest, a beam shot out and hit me dead center in the head. I could feel her moving through my thoughts, but I wasn't letting her see anything. The doors in my mind were locked tight. The only way anything could get in there was if there had my trust, which Twilight didn't have.

After a few minutes of silence the beam broke, leaving a shocked unicorn panting hard and me feeling rather smug. "I...I don't understand!! It didn't work?!" The were a few gasps behind the window.

"Now that your little spell has failed you, I'd think it would be better if you just killed me." More gasps.

Applejack was the one to speak. "W..why would you say that?"

I raised my head so they all could see my face clearly, earning a few winces from the mares. "Because the only thing that kept me going is now meaningless. I have no more reason to live."

I heard a few sniffles from the window. "So just kill me, it would be a blessing. I have nothing left."

I saw that the mares in front of me had a few tears of their own, though Rainbow was trying to hide hers. Twilight spoke up. "Listen, no pony deserves to be killed. How about I make you a deal. If you tell us what we want to know to the best of your ability, we'll give you a new reason to live."

I sat there, thinking about it. I could decline, but I've only live for my death for so long that I haven't even considered a new start. Maybe this was it, like Discord said. "Fine, what do you want to know?"

Applejack was the next to speak. "Where did you come from? I don't think anypony's ever seen somepony like you before."

I looked to her, thinking if I should tell them. But then I thought that they were more trust worthy than some others. "Fine, if you want, I'll tell you. So sit for a spell, as I tell you my tale."

Death of the Clan and Revenge

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([A/N] This chapter will be mainly for telling our boy's past, so you'll get to find out why he let his humanity die, how he came to be the evil hero we're all coming to love, and what the hell happened to him to make him act the way he does. Keep in mind that you'll been getting the truth, while those of Equestria will be getting the ponified version. Also, you'll get to see what his clan stands for and find out just how they're different from normal humans. So please, enjoy this tale of youthful happiness, heartbreaking loss, and the undeniable lust for revenge. (There's gonna be major carnage and asskicking, you've been warned.))

Death of the Clan and Revenge

27 years ago, Earth

I was 6 at the time, turning 7 next week, when my life went straight to Tartarus. My twin sister, Saphira, named for her sapphire eyes, and I were watching another episode of MLP:FIM, the one where Discord got reformed, when our mother, named Ember, for her fire like hair, called for us to remember that we were going to the park after the show was over. "Hey Mom?" She turns to me. "Can we stop by Dad's place on the way? I want to see how the clan's doing."

She looks at me with a warm smile and pride in her eyes. "Of course sweetie, keep that up and you'll be Clan Chief in no time."

"YAAAY!!! We get to see Daddy!!" Saphira adored our dad, being the head of the clan was, by no means, easy.

The Chief had to be ready for a fight at all times, either from our enemies, or from some idiots that want the title of Clan Chief. You see, if an opponent defeats the chief in combat, then he/she will be the new chief. However, Dad, nicknamed Death's Wall, is no pushover, seeing as how he's been Clan Chief for 18 years, most don't go as far as four years before being dethroned. But there's always some motherfuckers that's trying to ice skate uphill. What they get is a MAJOR can of 'KICK YOUR ASS!'. One time two idiots tried to challenge him for the throne, while he was having a bad day.

Now, my dad is the most patient man you'll ever meet, like, where most will snap and go on killing spree from the stress, he doesn't even sweat. But that just makes him all the more terrifying. So when Tweedledum and Tweedledee challenged Dad, well, let's just say he got a much needed venting. The rest of the clan spent 7 hours trying to dislodge their heads from each other's asses. Dad was very happy for the rest of that day.

We stopped by, just like Mom promised, and we were greeted by a very close friend mine, "Big Brother!!" I ran to him and he met me halfway. We embraced each other in a warm but tight hug, "I thought you weren't coming back till next week, what's up?"

"Well, Dad said he'd tell me when we were at the party next week, so I don't really know." My brother was one month and 12 days older than me, so we became very close friends and always had each others backs.

"Well, we were just going to check on the clan, wanna come with?" I ask, mostly for Saphira, because she had a big crush on him.

Now I know what your thinking, so let me clear that up. We are brothers, but not by blood, Saphira and I were already a year old when Mom and Dad met, so he's our stepbrother, but I see him as a blood bound brother, we even did a blood ritual at age 5 when we wanted to make it offical, in secret of course, if the adults knew, we'd get a good clobbering. Saphira, on the other hand, had slowly developed a crush on him and confided in me. I told her that I'd keep it a secret until she says otherwise, and even help her get with him. She was so happy when I said that, I thought nothing was more adorable than her.

"Sure, why not. I've been wanting to see my bro and sis for a while now anyway, so it's cool." We did a brofist and went inside.

The interior was like a mid-evil castle, majestic, but dark, just the way the clan likes it. We came to main chamber where Dad was waiting. "DADDY!!!" Saphira ran to him like her butt was on fire and crashed right into his chest, from when he knelt down to scoop her up.

"HEY, SAFFY, HOW'S MY BABY GIRL!!!" Dad picked her up and started to toss her in the air, her giggling the whole time, and he with a big grin. Mom cleared her throat to let him know that we were still here and waiting. "Heh, sorry honey, I just wasn't expecting to see any of you till next week, so I guess I got carried away." He had a really sheepish look on his face, along with a tint of red.

"That's ok, we were heading to the park, but a certain someone wanted to see you and check on the clan." She says while looking at me, smiling playfully. "So we stopped by for a visit."

Dad looks at me with half lidded eyes and a big grin, "Oh, reeeeeaaaaaally?"

He puts Saphira down and walks over to me, "So you wanted to see me huh? Well..." Faster than I could blink, Dad already has me on the ground, tickling the ever living shit out of me.

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA...DAD *HUFF* I *HUFF* CAN'T BREATH *HUFF* HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!" That ass just kept tickling me, that is until Big Brother came to the rescue, tackling dad.

"I GOT HIM BRO, COME HELP ME BEFORE HE GETS ME NEXT!!!" I waste no time and leap into the dog-pile, me and my brother tag-teaming Dad in a heap. "Yeah, not so tough now, are ya?!?!" We counterattacked by getting him in his weak points. He could barely breath he was laughing so hard.

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHA, OKOKOKOK UNCLE, UNCLE!!!"

"NO MERCY FOR THE OLD MAN!!!" Bro bellowed.

"HAHAHAHA, OH IT'S ON NOW!!!" That's when Dad turned the tables on us, he swung his large arms around us, pinning our arms to our sides, and picked us up like we were two grocery bags. "Hey, that's cheating, Dad!!"

"So is double teaming me, but you didn't see me pointing it out."

Dad, being the ass only he can be at times, he just dropped us to the floor, we scurried the fuck away, otherwise we might get caught again, laughing as we did so. "Well, the clan's been doing ok, before you ask." I get off the ground, walk over to him and give him a tight hug.

"It's great to see you again, do you think I'll be able to do the ritual soon?"

"Maybe, we'll have to wait till after your birthday party next week."

The ritual, a step that all those in the clan must take at one point in their lives, is a life changing event, in which a blood ritual(different from the one my brother and I did) binds us to our destined spirit partner. Let me explain, our clan is closely related to the Native Americans, but instead of representing a spirit animal, we become our spirit animal, keeping our human forms, but gaining the combat skill of whatever our animal is. We just call ourselves The Clan, but the humans we protect call us lycanthropes, thinking we're monsters. We don't care if they think that way, we keep them safe from all forms of danger. A perfect example, whenever you hear of a vigilante, 98% of the time, that's one of us.

"Ok then, we'll see next week then Dear?" Mom asked.

"Wouldn't miss it, even if the devil himself broke down the front door!"

"I'm gonna stay here, catch up on some training I missed." My brother waved us off as we headed to the park.

We spent several hours there, the sun hadn't set yet, "Ok, let's wrap it up, we need to head home now." Our mom called for us.

I had to ask."Hey mom, is it all right if I say a little longer, just to till the stars come out?" I give my best puppy dog eyes, and Mom caves.

"*SIGH* Alright, but be careful, I don't want you tripping and hurting yourself." She gives me a stern gaze, I just nodded. She and Saphira head home, while I wait for the stars to come out.

15 minutes after sunset, I was just getting home. I noticed that the lights were out, so I thought they were asleep, that is, until I saw the door wide open. Feeling a sick knot in my stomach, I quietly rushed inside. What I saw would haunt me for the rest of my life. My mother, laying on the floor, blood pooling around her head, white fluids at the base of her legs, the stench of 'alone time' like when Mom and Dad would want to be 'alone'. I check her body, it was cold as ice. Then I hear the banging of walls, and it was coming from Saphira's room! I run, not caring anymore if I make noise, and break down the door. There, I see the thing that unleashes the beast inside.

Three men, holding my sister down and raping her in all possible openings.

Then next thing I see, is red.

I leapt at the closest dead man, and sink my teeth in his throat, while I dug my fingers in his eyes. He tries to shake me off, but I'm not letting go. His buddies try to help, but with the first mans swinging and my flailing legs, they can't get close. Finally, my first victim falls dead due to blood loss, and I'm ready for round two.

Only two left. They both charge at me, believing that my first kill was just a fluke and dumb luck.

They were about to be proven dead wrong.

I dive between the left's legs and shot my legs out to the back of his knees, causing him to drop to them. I then move to his throat and rip it out with my right hand. The last man standing, seeing I'm not just some scared kid, tries to get away.

Tries being the word of the hour.

He runs past me, but I'm one step ahead of him, as I latch on to his legs and put a death grip on them, making him fall. He lands face first into the floor, he flips over and sees the bloodlust and hate in my eyes. He begs for his worthless life, but I can't hear him, all I can hear is the beast demanding his blood.

So I give it blood.

I shove my hand through his rib cage and find his heart, all while looking into his eyes. I feel it pumping faster and faster as my hand squeezes tighter. I finish him by ripping out his heart very slowly, while making him watch. I pull harder and could feel the veins and arteries snap and tear off as I pull it out of his chest. Until finally, it's out for the world to see, and with a final yank, the heart is in my hand, no longer connected to that pathetic excuse for a human.

I throw the heart away as I run to Saphira, hoping against hope she's still alive. I shouldn't have dared hoped. A huge gash adorned her side, bleeding slowly from lack of blood. I knelt down, tears flowing from my eyes, and picked up her head gently like a infant. "S-s-saphira, come on, you'll be ok, ok?"

"*cough* big brother? Why is it so cold, and dark?"

"You're outside, you fell asleep on the way home, and hit your side on a rock, but you'll be fine."

"Big Brother, it hurts...it hurts down there." She tears up, she knows what happened, "I..I..I wanted him to do it, but now...." She trails off and I know what she's planning,

"NO! You'll get better and go on a date with him and get married and have kids and grow old and have grandkids and-" She stops me before I can continue.

"I'm sorry big brother, I should've fought back, but..."

"Don't you talk like that!! You'll be fine, do you hear me?!" She then smiles at me, even though she can't see.

"You were the bestest best big brother ever...*cough*...I love you, now and always....."

"And you are the bestest best little sister ever, and I love you and we're going to get you fixed up, ok?"

She didn't answer. "Saphira?"

She remained silent. "Saphira?!"

Her head tapped softly against my chest. "SAAAAAAAAAAAAAAPHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIRAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

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I set the house on fire after burying Mom and Saphira together, then I run to the only place where I have a home now.

The Clan.

But it seems that, whatever gods truly ruled this world, they have a twisted and sick sense of humor. When I got there, there were no lights, and the stench of blood filled the air. Ignoring all the voices in my head, telling me to run away, I instead run inside, to find my father. As I run down the hall, I notice that even though the smell of blood fills the air, there are no bodies of any kind. I keep running, until I come up to the doors to the main chamber.

I open the doors and immediately wish I hadn't. All over the room, bodies are plastered on the floor, pinned to the walls even one stuck to the ceiling. Swords and arrows litter the room, but one sight catches my attention. "FATHER!!!" I ran to him, already knowing it's too late, but I pray that I can save him. Turns out, praying is just a way to kill time, because when I got to him, he was close to death.

He looked to me, seeing me for the first time. "Son....you're.....alive?" He smiled, his head resting in my lap. "Thank the spirits, at least you're safe."

I began crying again. "Dad, their dead, mom and Saphira. They're both dead."

His face darkened in anger and pain. "You know who did it?"

I looked to him, anger in my own eyes. "They're dead now. I killed them." I spoke with ice water in my voice.

He looked shocked for a moment, but relaxed. "I see, then you have tasted the power inside you?" I nodded. "Then, I have nothing left to teach you. The ritual will grant you true control over it, but you must allow it inside." He stopped and I waited for him to say more, but he never did. He only said one last thing.

"Never forget, you are my son, regardless of blood. The clan and I will always be with you. I...love you....my boy...." He went quiet.

His body went cold before long, but he had a peaceful look on his face. I could tell, he could finally rest after all these years. "Why...why did this have to happen, what did we do to deserve this? TELL MEEEEEEEE!!!!!" I roar at the gods, the gods that allowed this injustice to happen.

While venting my anger at the heavens, the blood of my father started to swirl and converge on me. By time time I realize it, the blood already had me. I started to struggle, only to end in vain. The blood enters my mouth, burning my insides as it goes down my throat. Then, when all the blood has gone down, my body starts to feel warm, then it gets hot and hotter, until my body could take no more.

My body felt like an explosion as the heat shot out of my body like a pulse wave. When it was over, I felt an almost overwhelming power coming from my body. I turned to see a mirror, and saw that my baby blue eyes became blood red and draconic.

I then knew what just happened. The ritual.

"Father must have known that I would come, so he set this up." I then searched my mind, just like the elders taught me to do when I finally reached this level. I keep looking, then I found what I was looking for.

A spirit animal, my spirit animal, and better still, it's a direwolf, a spirit of the most powerful of wolves, and I have it. It feels my pain, and not only that, but it beats the beast in me into submission, so I'll be able to call upon it when ever I wish. The spirit comforted me, then I cried more and harder than before.

After calming myself down the best I can, I set fire to the manor that the clan used as a base and gave them an honorary send off to the Forest of Paradise. "Clan Chief Raksha, you and your clan have fought for the innocent and the just and died in battle, and as such, you'll be given entry to the Forest of Paradise, where the hungry will never starve, the weary will never tire, the lover will never leave, rest now, for you, just as many before you, have earned it." I wipe what tears remain and depart, planning my revenge.

Present, Ponyville

"And for 12 years, I was hunting down the bastards that took my life from me, intent on returning the favor, 1000 fold." I sit in my seat, my eyes dry from having used all my tears on that day. I listened to the weeping from behind the window, at least one pony in there was bawling, if the wails were any indication. I raised my head to see that the three girls were crying pretty badly themselves.

"How...how could anypony suffer like that and remain sane?" Twilight asked nopony, but I answered anyway.

"Revenge is a powerful motivator. You'd be surprised by how many survive by the desire of vengeance alone." I said plainly, earning astonished looks from the mares.

The door opened and Celestia and Luna walked in with Shining, who looked at me guiltily, with the other mane six following. I noticed that both sisters wore the exact same dress that hugged their luscious frames, but were the polar opposite from each other. Celestia's was white with gold trimmings and light sunset red highlights, giving the impression of a sunrise or a sunset. Luna's, on the other hand, looked like the night sky itself. It had silver trimmings and white dots to resemble stars. I also noticed that Luna was slightly shorter than Celestia, but not by much, maybe a couple of inches.

Celestia spoke first. "You abandoned your name as a result of that day?" I nodded. "I am surprised, in our peaceful land, something as evil as this had happened."

"In truth, it didn't happen in Equestria, it was another country, whose name I've forgotten." I corrected her.

Luna walked up to me and, with a little pain in her voice, asked me. "Is that why you served me when I was Nightmare Moon? Did I promise you vengeance against those that wronged you?" She looked like she was ready to breakdown right there. I just stared at her, still hiding my eyes. She slowly wrapped her arms around my neck and squeezed lightly.

I took in the hug, but I didn't lean into it. I will not become weak from kindness, from anypony. Luna soon broke off and backed away. Shining came up to me next. "Hey listen, I'm really sorry, about earlier. It's just, well, I know where you're coming from with the sister bit. I would know what I'd do if something like that happened to Twilight." He reached out a hand, but pulled it back. "Oh, right, still shackled. Let me get that for you."

Before he could undo my restraints, I stood up and ripped my lags out of the chains that held them together and snapped the cuffs on my wrists, surprising everypony. I looked at them and grinned, showing my fangs and eyes finally. "For the record, I could have done that anytime I wanted, but waited till we were on the same page." I told them, them still slack-jawed from my feat of strength.

I turn to the princesses. "So, you wanted to talk. Well, let's talk."

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[A/N] Chapter 4 finally here!!! Sorry I took so long, a lot of Bullshit to deal with. Anywho, here it is.

New Life

The ponies stared at me for what felt like a life time when Celestia finally spoke. "So...you could have escaped at any time?" I raise a brow at her question, but nod anyway. "Then, why take such pain when you could have fought back?"

I point my clawed finger at my face and reply with my best pokerface. "You really need to ask? This face doesn't exactly say 'happy time and sunshine'." To push my point, I smile showing my fangs like a wild beast, making everypony flinch.

Celestia calmed and smiled at me. "I see your point, still I must ap-"

I cut her with my hand while my ears were perked. I thought I heard a sound before one of the guards shouted. "How dare you interrupt the princess when she-" I cut HIM off by clamping his muzzle shut with my other hand, keeping a claw at one of his eyes.

"Quiet." I whispered, silencing any other protests. I listen closely until I heard the rapid beat of hooves coming closer. I turn to the princesses, removing my hand from the guard's face. "It seems you have news coming your way."

Before either could ask me anything, a new guard came in the room in a rush, sweat dripping from his face and fear in his eyes. "Princess!!! The Diamond Dogs are attacking Ponyville!!!" At that we all left by the sisters teleporting us out of the building.

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We came out in a flash of light to see the carnage brought by the dogs. I looked around, feeling my blood boil at the familar sight of destruction. My gaze fell on a dog that was over a black filly. Twilight must have seen it too, because what she says chills my blood in a instant.

"NYX!!!!"

Time seemed to slowed to a crawl as I let what she said sink in. I had read a book that was based on the show called 'Past Sins', and in that book was a filly who was adopted by Twilight and named Nyx. If this was that same Nyx...

Time resumed slowly as the dogs club came down. Before anypony could react, I charged the dogs and tackled him to the ground. After rolling around a bit I ended up on top, my claws holding his face in a vice grip and shoved my thumb claws into his eyes, him screaming the whole time.

With one jerk I tore his skull in half, killing him instantly. I stood up to my full height and turn to the filly who was shaking in fright, at the sight of me no doubt. I spoke in a calm voice, but what I said surprised even me. "Are you alright, my lady?" My eyes widened slightly, but not enough for anypony to notice.

My tone seemed to calm the filly, as she stopped shaking and nodded. I was about to move on when she stopped me. "Wait!!" I looked to her again to find her standing close to me with pleading eyes. As I looked at her I saw that she was wearing a dark violet shirt and pants that went with her coat beautifully. "Please, my friends need help. Will you please help them and Ponyville?"

I felt that something in my mind was demanding me to obey her wishes, but even if there wasn't, I'd still help her. "As you wish, my lady." I bowed to her since I felt it was right. Before anything else could be said, I was off to save other ponies.

Nyx's POV

I watched as the big stallion ran at the dogs and began fighting them when I heard my name being called. "NYX!!!" I turned around and saw The princesses and my mommy and her friends rushing to me.

"Mommy!!" I was picked up and hugged tightly, but I didn't care. I hugged back just as tight, crying hard at how close the Diamond Dog came to taking me away from my mommy forever.

Mommy pulled back a little to look at me. "Oh Nyx, I was so worried! Are you okay, you're not hurt?" I was about to say yes when a scary sound came from where the dogs were. We all looked and saw what it was.

It was the stallion laughing with a scary smile on his face.

OST

He was just laughing, while having three spears ran through his body. The dogs looked more scared than we were. I hope he's just trying to scare them.

OC POV

I laughed at the dogs pathetic attempts to kill me. I roared in defiance. "YOU THINK YOU CAN KILL ME?! I AM ONYX BLADE, PROTECTOR OF LADY NYX!! AND YOUR EXECUTIONER!!!" My eyes narrowed as I yelled, all the while my crazed smile still on my muzzle. The dogs looked like they were about to piss themselves. Good.

I grabbed two of the spears that had impaled me and ripped them out, my smile never fading. I threw them and killed at least five or six dogs in two lines. I pulled out the last spear and tossed it into the air. As the dogs watched the descending weapon, they didn't see me get into position. Right when it was just in the right spot, with the blade pointing at the dogs, I jumped and spin-kicked it so hard it tore through a long line of dogs before embedding itself in a wall, with seven dogs still hanging on it.

As I started towards them, I saw what looked like two repeating crossbows lying next to each other and got a fun idea.

Time for one of my most favorite game moves.

I rushed at the dogs, picking up the crossbows on the way, and dropped kicked the closest mutt. Using the momentum, I landed on the dogs chest and then kicked off the dirt, turning my dog into a makeshift skateboard. I started shooting at any dog I could, never missing a shot. About halfway through the slid I kicked off again and made myself spin, shooting in every direction around me. All the while I was "Woohohoho"ing like a psycho. I jumped off and went high into the air, flipped myself upside down and began spinnig again and shot what I had left, the rotation making it rain crossbow bolts.

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I landed and saw that I had wiped out almost all of the dogs, the remaining ones having already surrendered. I dropped the crossbows and walked to the group that had formed around Nyx. I could feel their fear of me. I wouldn't blame them, I must look quite the sight. And me killing a horde of Diamond Dogs might have something to do with it.

I stopped in front of Nyx and Twilight and with out a trace of the insanity that I just unleashed, I knelt to one knee, bowed, and spoke with the most calm I had felt since coming here. "What is thy will, Lady Nyx?"

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I waited for a response. Why, I don't know, but as the village burned around us a scream broke through the silence. I saw from the corner of my eye that a building was on fire and that ponies were trying to douse the flames, but weren't having much luck. It wasn't till Rarity screamed that I knew how serious it was. "Sweetie Belle!! She's still in there with the others!!"

It didn't take me long to figure out who the 'others' were. Applebloom and Scootaloo. I looked back to Nyx and repeated my question, of my own will this time. "What is thy will, Lady Nyx?" I could only figure that my impulses were due to me really being a knight of Nightmare Moon, but with Nyx instead, I take orders from her now. I guessed this because no matter how hard I tried to move, I couldn't. It was as if I HAD to wait for her orders.

She looked at me with fear in her eyes and begged. "PLEASE!! SAVE MY FRIENDS!!"

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I rose to my full height and answered. "It will be done." I charged towards the fire, finally in control of my body, and plowed through the ponies that tried to stop me.

I jumped through an open window and rolled to a stop. It was worse than I thought. The place looked ready to come down at any moment. I had to work fast. I grabbed and threw away burning furniture and other debris, ignoring the pain in my hands, while calling out. "Girls?! Where are you?!" A large piece of the roof fell and landed right next to me, urging me to move faster. "WHERE ARE YOU?!?!"

"Somepony there?! We're over here!!" I could hear Scootaloo calling out. I rushed to where the voice came from and was blocked by a blazing door. I ignored the flames and ripped it off it's hinges and bolted in. I looked around and saw the girls in a corner, but something was wrong.

I slid next to them and saw that Sweetie Belle wasn't moving. She was breathing, but it was shallow. "What happened?" I hid my eyes with my mane only opened my mouth just enough to speak, but not enough to show my fangs.

They looked startled by my appearance, but quickly regained their composure. "It's Sweetie!! She got hit in the head when she pushed me out of the way from a piece of the ceiling that fell!!" Scootaloo was in tears, as was Applebloom.

"Can ya help her?! Please!!" Applebloom begged me. I saw that there was no window in the room or even a weak spot that I could charge through.

I looked back at the fillies. "Don't worry, I'll get you out-" I was cut off when I heard the ceiling creak and groan. I snapped my head up and saw that it was coming down on us. I did the only thing I could and shielded the three with my body.

Twilight's POV

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I watched as the stallion who just called himself 'Onyx Blade' earlier jumped in through the flames. Judging from his look, he really wanted to save the Cutie Mark Crusaders, but something held him back. That's when his words rang in my head. "What is thy will, Lady Nyx?" The first time he said that, it was monotone, like he had no soul, but the second time it was like he was begging for the right order.

I saw that Rarity was in tears, as was Applejack and Rainbow Dash. "Girls, it's going to be okay. He'll get them-" Before I could finish, the building, that was soon recognized as Rarity's boutique, collapsed inward and crushed anything inside, as well as our hopes. Tears fell from my own eyes, but it wasn't just from losing the CMC, it was from losing the brave stallion that fought for us and risked his life to try to save the fillies. I saw that everypony was feeling just as bad as me, too horrible to even react.

As the fireponies put out the last of the flames, we slowly made our way to what was left. I stared at the smoldering heap of charred wood and debris, feeling like maybe I failed Onyx. I promised him that we would find a new purpose for him to life for, instead he finds it by dying anyway. I collapsed to my knees as I cried, somehow feeling worse than the ones who lost somepony. Even Nyx tries to help, but I feel horrible that I couldn't save him from that darkness in his heart.

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Then we heard cracks, like how wood would when Applejack bucks her trees. I snapped back to the pile and heard it again, only this time, I saw something move. A large pile started to lift and our hopes began to soar. When it high enough, I saw Onyx's face of determination and defiance, like he wasn't going to let something like this stop him. With a loud roar, he threw the pile off of him and we could see more. He had held that large amount of debris from crushing the CMC, Applebloom and Scootaloo looking ruffed up, but otherwise fine. But Sweetie Belle was on the ground barely breathing. "SWEETIE BELLE!!" Rarity bolted to her and picked up her head and tried to shake her awake, but it did nothing.

We began to fear the worst before Onyx knelt down and took Sweetie. With a voice filled with compassion and caring, he laid our worries to rest. "She's fine, she just took a blow to the head saving this filly here." He nodded towards Scootaloo. Rarity's look of shock was understandable, none of us thought that Sweetie would put herself on the line like that, but with friends that close it's not surprising.

He stood up and walked over to the princesses, then he knelt to them. "Help this filly, please."

I never thought I would hear him beg to the princesses, but here he was, doing just that. Princess Celestia smiled and just place a hand over Sweetie Belle. "You need not beg, brave Onyx." She healed Sweetie with a glow. In a few moments, she was fine. "Your actions this night have been questionable, but your reasons were obvious from the start. Shall we start over, without the attack this time?" She smiled a little wider at that.

Onyx rose, only to turn around and walk back to us. He handed Sweetie back to Rarity and went back to the princess. "I would be glad to talk more, but there's something I need to do first." This confused us until he went over to the bodies of the Diamond Dogs. I saw one that was still alive and he did too, because he grabbed it by the throat and lifted it up to his eye level. "I'm only going to ask once. What were you all doing attacking this village?" He said with so much venom in his voice it sounded like a different pony.

The dog just smirked and spoke, in a other language!! ~~"You can't understand me and even if you can, I won't talk."~~ He spitted in Onyx's face. I managed to understand what he said since that language was in one of my books in the library.

But then Onyx's eye grew cold and dark, then in a tone that could freeze dragon fire, he spoke back. ~~"I can and you will."~~ His smile could make Sombra and Discord look normal in comparison, but seemed to do the trick as the dog looked terrified. He then spoke so fast that I couldn't understand him, but Onyx looked like he did. After the dog was finished, Onyx placed him on the ground. ~~"And you're sure that's all there is?"~~

~~"YES!!! That's all I know, I swear!!!"~~ Onyx then walked away, seemingly letting the dogs live, but when he was a few steps away from him, the dogs grinned and charged at Onyx with a sword he picked up. Before any of us could warn him however, Onyx spun around and stabbed his claws into his chest, right where the heart was. Onyx looked into the dogs eyes and then, without so much as a bit of remorse, ripped his heart out and crushed it. He did all this right in front of us.

He turned and walked back to the princess. "It seems they were attacking towns to gain a foot hold for when they attacked the nearest Diamond Dog warren. Then they recruit who ever lives through the battle and move on. That's all I was able to find out from the dog." His eyes held nothing, but hatred for the dogs that attacked.

Princess Luna looked a little green. She regained her composure and nodded. "Well, that explains how they were increasing in number, but of all the night's to do it, why on the eve of Nightmare Night?" She slumped sadly, I couldn't blame her. Nightmare Night is her favorite holiday and one of the few times she can walk among ponies and not have them running in fear.

Onyx looked around the village. "Well, it looks like it take a while to clean this up. I'll just help with the clean up and then head back to the castle in the forest." He began walking to start the clean up when Rainbow Dash Stopped him.

"Hold up!! You can't just come in, act all awesome, take out a bunch of Diamond Dogs, and NOT let us say thanks!!" She planted her self in front of him.

"Then say it, so I may begin clean up." Onyx said flatly, like he didn't care for much. It was scary seeing as how he could go from being caring, then to sadistic, and finally to cold in only a few minutes.

It was then that I noticed his hands. "SWEET CELESTIA!!! ONYX, YOUR HANDS!!!" His hands looked like they had been through a blender that got set on fire. They were covered with blisters and bleeding in some spots.

He raised one to his eyes and just shrugged. "I've had worse. It'll heal, but right now I need to clean this up."

This time I stopped him. "Oh no you're not! You're hurt and I won't have you working with those hands!! Come on Nyx, we're going home."

"Okay mom." We then headed for the library, or rather me and Nyx headed there while I dragged Onyx.

Onyx's POV

We had just arrived at the library and it was just as I thought it was. A VERY big tree turned into a house. We went inside and Twilight made me sit on the couch. I looked at my hands and saw that they were pretty bad. It would take days before they were healed enough to not leave scars, but it doesn't matter. Ever since I saw Nyx for the first time, I just wanted her to be safe. Everything else was secondary.

Twilight came back with a first-aid kit and set it on the coffee table. She took one of my hands and flinched at the sight. Couldn't blame her. She looked at me with sad eyes. "I'm going to use some disinfectant, so it's going to sting a little. Okay?"

I just nodded and waited for her to get this over with. She place a bowl under my hand and just poured the liquid on my hand. It burned, but I didn't even twitch. I've felt a blowtourch on my back once, this is nothing. She then switched to my other hand and repeated the process. After that she wrapped my hands in gauze and looked back at me. "You okay?"

"Yea, didn't hurt much." I said honestly. It really didn't hurt, it just felt like an itch. That seemed to calm her down as she sat to my right and let out a breath I didn't know she held.

Nyx soon jumped and sat to my left, a big smile on her face. "Thank you so much for saving my friends." I wanted to give her a hug for being so cute, but that damn impulse held me back and made me answer.

"I was only following your wishes, Lady Nyx." This brought a confused look to Nyx and an uncomfortable one to Twilight.

"Nyx, sweetie, I think it's time for bed." Twilight said, somewhat saving the situation. Nyx complained, but was soon heading for bed, leaving me alone with Twilight.

....

NOT GOOD.

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So there I was, sitting on Twilight's couch, in nothing, but my dark violet pants that came with my armor, not even a shirt to go with it, and with Twilight sitting next to me looking as nervious as I felt. If I didn't have a good pokerface, I'd be sweating up a storm. I cleared my throat, which made her jump. "So....you need something?" I ask as calmly as I could, which was pretty damn calm.

Twilight shifted in her seat before speaking. "You're a 'Child of the Night', aren't you?" I looked at her, remembering what I could from the book. I recalled the cult that used Nyx and were foiled by her. I looked back in front of me.

"No, I'm a knight to Lady Nyx. I was meant to be for Nightmare Moon, but something happened and....you know the rest. So I guess that you could say that I'm the last of them, but I never received any 'blessing'." I quote with my clawed fingers. "My mind is my own, but I'm still bound by spell to serve her." I don't know where this information is coming from, but even I believe it.

Twilight let out a sigh of relief. "Oh, that's good. I though you like them and were planning to take her away." She lloked at my naked chest and blushed. She turned away quickly. "Um, don't you have a shirt to wear?"

I deadpanned at her. "I don't know if you noticed, but all my clothes and armor is back at the station." She smiled sheepishly.

She cleared her throat, her blush faded, but not gone, and spoke again. "Well, we need to find you something to were. Can't have you walking aroung like that. And I think we should do something about your appearance, we don't want anypony freaking out." I looked at my claws and had an idea. They felt more natural than before, so I concetrated and they withdrew like cat claws. Twilight looked in awe that I was able to do this. I then tried doing the same with the rest of me and I felt mt fangs change into normal pony teeth and felt my eyes shift. I looked at a blow and picked it to see my reflection and saw that I just looked like a black earth pony and not a monster.

My eyes were no longer slited with black whites, but instead normal red irises with normal whites looked back at me. My teth were the same. The only thing I could change were the scars, but I didn't mind. Twilight kept looking at me in awe. "What?"

"How did you do that? Only a unicorn could change a pony's appearance like that and you just....." Yeah, I could tell I blew her mind. I just shrugged and set the blow back down.

"So, now what?" She looked at me with confusion. "Where do we go from here?" She then held her hand to her chin, thinking about what to do. I couldn't help, but think how adorkable she looked like that.

My mind froze. 'Did I really just think that? It must be this world. It's messing with my head.' Twilight looked up at me with a smile. "I guess you can stay with me. You've shown that even though you follow Nyx's orders, you still do what's right. When you saved those fillies earlier, I saw how badly you wanted to save them. And when you were more concerned with Sweetie Belle's health than with the princesses words, that showed me that you value life. But seeing what you did to those Diamond Dogs....I'm not sure what to think."

I nodded. She was right to be scared, but she's foolish to think I'm a 'good pony'. I'm a monster, simple as that. "I only kill those that deserve it. I didn't kill those that gave up because they learned their lesson and stopped willingly." I let that sink in before continuing. "But on a different note, I think you were right with Nyx. It is time for bed and I for one am planning to have some rest." I said as I got up and cracked my back.

"Oh, let me make the guest bed and-"

"That won't be needed." She looked at me. "I'll sleep right here." I sat down in a corner and crossed my arms and legs.

"But, I got a nice bed you can sleep in. Why sleep on the floor?" She tilted her head a little, nearly making my clutch my chest at how cute that looked.

I breathed deeply before sighing through my nose. "You are right to fear for Nyx, there may others who still have the 'blessing' and may come for her. I'll stay down here to insure nothing happens. My hearing is better than the normal pony's and I can be where she is in no time at all." I closed my eyes and got ready to rest. "And besides, I prefer the floor over a bed at the moment."

Twilight's POV

I was about to ask Onyx to explain what he meant, but was soon hearing light snoring, he must have been exhausted. I smiled at how gentle he looked. Such a big scary guardian had such a cute snore, like a colt. I felt my face heat up as I stared at him and shook my head. I could hear my thoughts bicker back and forth.

Stop it, it'd be like being with an animal.

But what an animal.

He'll hurt you before you could do anything.

I wouldn't mind. Those big...strong....arms holding me.

Look, he may be good looking-

HE'S HOT!!!!

-but that doesn't mean it'd be a good idea.

He'd probably go for it!!

I groaned lightly as not to wake Onyx. I couldn't believe I was having these thoughts about him, we just met!! I was about to leave when I thought he might need a blanket at least. I pulled one from the closet with my magic and was about to lay it on him when he grabbed my wrist.

His eyes were wide open and were looking into mine. I started to get lost in them before he called me out. "What are you doing?"

I shook myself and calmed myself down. "Sorry, I was just giving you a blanket to keep you warm." He let my hand go and crossed his arms again.

"Sorry, I'm not used to being in somepony else's home and they being nice to me." I remember his story of his past and frowned. He raised his hand. "You don't have to worry about me, I'm used to it. My comforts are not important, what is is the safety of the innocent."

I couldn't believe the selflessness he holds. Here was somepony who was hurt and abused almost all his life after the death of his family and he still holds onto those morals. Only a true hero could be so noble. I smiled and put the blanket on him anyway. "You may think that, but in my house, the guests get as much comfort as the rest of us." To my pleasure, he didn't take off the blanket. He shrugged and nestled into it and was soon fast asleep.

I went to my own bed and saw Spike in his own, still sleeping. I couldn't believe that he slept through all that's happened, bu then again, he is a dragon. They tend to be heavy sleepers.

I crawled into bed and got under the covers, my thoughts again going back to Onyx. When I first saw him, I was terrified. But when I got a better look at him, he wasn't so scary, just as long as he didn't go crazy. Then when he changed his looks I saw how handsome he really was. I mean, he was attractive before in a feral sort of why, but looking normal like that makes him....I don't know.....sexy?

My face burned at that thought. It didn't help that he had nothing on, but his pants, leaving his chest bare. Great....now I'm thinking about his naked chest and how his abs seemed like rocks. His body was like obsidian marble.

'GHAAAAAA!!!!! I need to get to sleep!!!'

It was hard, but sleep finally found me.

Onyx's POV

I awoke before anypony was up. It was normal for me. The sun wasn't even up yet, but I was good and ready. Nothing happened last night other than Twilight giving me the blanket. It's thanks to my 'wolf nap' that I can get rest and still keep my senses alert.

I went to the kitchen and searched for the glasses. I found them and turned the sink on for water. I drank around 20 glass fulls. The problem with 'wolf nap' is that although it keeps my senses awake, it makes me unbearably thirsty. After that, I looked for a skillet and started to make breakfast.

I looked into the fridge and saw that, much to my displeasure, they didn't have bacon. Or at least, no REAL bacon. They had this crap called hay bacon and I was not about to try it. At least they had eggs. I grabbed some bread and butter and set the eggs aside.

I remembered Twilight had a dragon living here too, Spike I think, so I got ready to make four egg toasts, or as the one who taught me how to make it called it, 'Egg in the Middle'.

I used the cup I drank from and cut holes into the four slices of bread and put butter on the corners. After that, I did the same with the other side and the pieces I cut out and put one slice in the skillet, hearing it sizzle. After some time I flipped it and waited for it to turn grilled cheese brown. I scrambled all the eggs except for mine and put the eggs into the hole and flipped it after a bit. Once it was done, I put it on the plate I grabbed from the cabinet and did the same with the others. The cut out pieces were tricky, if you didn't pick it up right, it'll bend and fold weird.

Then came my food. It was the same as the others, but I had mine sunny side up. I had to make sure I didn't burn the underside, but also not break the yoke. I finished it and it came out beautifully. I sprinkled the plates of food with salt and pepper and they were done.

And just in time too, because Twilight Nyx and who I'm guessing is Spike if the scales were any hint came in and were surprised at what greeted them. I bowed for shits and giggles. "Breakfast is served. Please enjoy, as I hope it is to your tastes." I said in my best British accent.

Twilight's POV

Three plates were at the table while a fourth was on the counter. It then came to me that there were only three chairs and I face palmed. "Oh, I'm so sorry. I forgot to get another chair out. Hold on while I get it." Before he could protest, as I was sure he would for some reason, I brought in another chair and set it. He then shrugged and set his plate on the table with the others.

I had never seen this kind of breakfast before, but before I could ask Spike beat me to the punch. "So....what is this?" He had a skeptical look, as if he didn't know if it was edible or not.

I admit it was weird looking for food, but it was obvious it was bread with eggs in the center. Onyx just smiled. "I call it egg toast, but the one who taught me how to make it called it 'Egg in the Middle'. I don't care what you call it though, this will get you up for the day better than a normal eggs and toast meal. Dig in." And just like that, he began eating.

I thought it couldn't hurt to try so I cut a piece off that had some egg with the corner and ate it. Sweet Celestia, the taste. It was unlike anything I had for breakfast before. I could taste the butter, but not a lot, along with the salt and pepper. I then saw the round piece that was sitting next to the food. It was bread, but it's reason for being there escaped me. "Um, Onyx? What's this?" I pointed it out and he smiled again. I swear, I could never get tired of that smile.

"It called the sausage. Don't know why it's called that, but it's there to go with the meal. You could use it to wrap a little bit of egg in it, or if you have what I have...." He broke the yoke and mashed his fork into it, making all the yoke come out. He then use the 'sausage' the wipe and clean the yoke and ate it. " And that is some of the ways you can eat it. Try making your own ways and see what you think."

I was impressed. I didn't think he knew how to cook like this, but I guess I was wrong. I saw that Nyx was already done and wanted seconds. I noticed that my plate was empty as well. I didn't know that I was still eating. Onyx quickly made second for all of us, except for himself. I was about to ask him why, but then he left for the bathroom. I turned back to my plate, thinking I would ask him later.

Onyx's POV

I started at myself in the mirror after splashing water on my face. "You can't keep doing this to yourself." I told myself that many times in the past, but now I couldn't even say it. I could feel myself becoming attracted to Twilight.

I always thought that Twilight was the best pony in my book, but being her, close enough to touch her, it was torture. I wanted Twilight, but I knew I couldn't have her. Monsters don't get happy endings.

I went back to the kitchen and saw that only Twilight was left and washing the dishes. I went up to her and took over the dishes. "Don't trouble yourself, I'll handle this."

Twilight looked surprised at me appearance, but quickly took the dish away from me. "That's okay. You already made breakfast, which you didn't even have to do, so I want to handle this for the fine meal you made."

We went back and forth on who should do the dishes before she slipped and fell backwards. I caught her by grabbing the counter with my left hand and Twilight with my right, holding her close, but making me look into her beautiful violet eyes. I could feel her heartbeat through her chest and could see her pulse in her neck. She looked so beautiful, I became lost looking at her. I quickly snapped out of it and set her on her hooves. "S-sorry about that." If it weren't for my pitch fur, I was sure my blush could be seen.

"T-that's okay. Um, thanks." I could see the blush on her and made that my cue to exit. I headed for the door, but Twilight's
voice stopped me. "Wait! Where are you going?" I looked at her and saw the apprehension in her eyes.

I turned back to the door. "Out. I need some air." And with that I opened the door and went out to clear my thoughts.

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Twilight's POV

"Stupid stupid stupid! You made him feel uncomfortable and now thing are going to be weird." I berated myself for I don't know how long. I don't know why, but the thought of him avoiding me made my heart hurt. I think I may well have a crush on him, but I don't think he'd feel the same about me.

I saw Nyx coming down from the bathroom and stopped me. "Mom? Where's Mr. Onyx?" I sighed.

"He left. He'll be back in while, he just went out to get some air." She looked downtrodden, but quickly smiled.

"Then I'll just find him and show him around town!!" She went out the door before I could stop her. If it wasn't a weekend, I'd have grabbed her and sent her to school the hard way for trying to ditch. I shook my head and went to grab a parchment and quill. I knew what I was feeling, but I needed help in getting him to notice my feelings. I began the letter.

"Dear Cadence...."

Onyx's POV

I walked through Ponyville seeing the ponies hard at work to repair the damage the mutts did last night. Thankfully it wasn't too bad, so it looked like it would done in time to have Nightmare Night later tonight. I walked down to the park, hopefully to find a quiet place to think. I found a tree and sat under it on my back, my head resting against it.

'Okay, so I have a crush on Twilight Sparkle, the Element of Magic, Princess Celestia's student, sister to Shining Armor, and the most powerful unicorn in Equestria. No pressure.' I started thinking how many ways this could go wrong, but kept wanting it to be real for me and her. I thought I could block out my feelings, but when I caught her I couldn't stay there without saying something stupid or worse, saying something that would make her hate me. I'm shocked I haven't already done that with my killings last night.

I closed my eyes and began to drift to sleep.

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I left the high school in a bored feeling. I mean, if I wanted to learn what clouds were made of, I would ask Rainbow Dash, seeing as how she keeps crashing through them. I then noticed a black stallion walking through town in deep thought. I also saw that the mares were staring at him lustfully. I could see why, he was ripped!! He had more muscles than Big Mac! He only wore pants, but that didn't seem to bother him. I followed him to the park where he found a tree to lay under. I saw that whatever he was thinking about was really bothering him.

I thought that he looked familiar and it clicked in my head. He was the one who killed those Diamond Dogs last night! That was soooo badflank how he took them on and wasn't even bothered by the wounds he got. I wondered where he disappeared to and here he was, laying under a tree, thinking about stuff. I thought this would be a good chance to make a friend. But before I could one of my other friends came up to me.

"Hey! Lightning Ace!" I see my buddy, Skyedge Hurricane, or Sky for short, coming up to me. He's a pegasus with a dark blue coat, an orange mane and tail, and red eyes. He was wearing a kimono like the Neighpanese wear with his katana at his side.

I waved at him. "What's up, bro?" We greeted each other with a high five.

"Nothing, just wondering what you're doing out here. It's not like you to come to the park." I nodded.

"Yeah, but I was following that guy there. I wanted to see if he'd be interested in being friends." He looked to where I pointed and saw the big guy under the tree, napping away. He froze as I knew he recognized him from last night.

He looked back to me like I was crazy, which all thing considered, I probably was. "Are you insane?! That's the guy who-"

"I know, but he only did it to save the town." I stop his rant with a raised hand. "Besides, what if doesn't have any friends and feels lonely? You don't want that do you?" I asked him while making puppy eyes at him.

He groans. "Fine, but I'm coming with you. If he tries something, I'll take him down." I smile and turn back to the stallion and head toward him.

Twilight's POV

"...and so you see, I'm at a loss on what to do. I thought you might be able to help me." I sighed as Cadence listened to my problem. As soon as she got my letter, she teleported right over with a smile that could rival Pinkie Pie's. She immediately began pestering me until I ~~whacked her on the head~~ calmed her down. I told her of the first time I saw him and she got pretty green when she heard about the manticores and the dogs, but grinned when I told her how he caught me from falling in the kitchen.

I was blushing hard as she squee'ed and was bouncing around like Pinkie. "Oh, I can't believe my little step-sister has a crush!! I really have to meet him! Where is he?" I told her he went out after catching me, saying that he needed some air. That just made her squee more. "Don't you see Twi?! He conflicted about you!!" She said with a large smile, but I was confused. How could being conflicted be a good thing. I asked her and she just smiled. "From what you told me, he sounds like the type who thinks of others first and himself never. He must be thinking he can never have a normal life or a marefriend. So when you two got so close like that, it must have really messed with his head and now he can't decide if he should keep with his loner life, or if maybe you could give him the life he always wanted!! This is where you need to strike while he's unsure what to do." She gave me a firm stare as she said this.

She then said the one thing I dreaded. "But if you're going to snag him, you better do it quick. If what you told me is true, then he sound like quite the catch and I bet a lot of mares are drooling around him right about now. He might be snatched by another mare if you want too long." I froze, the thought of losing him to another mare made my blood freeze and boil at the same time.

I stood up and fixed Cadence with a hard stare. "What do I need to do to make him mine?" I surprised myself with what I said. I didn't think I would be this possessive over anypony.

Cadence smirked. "Well, first things first. Tell me everything you like about him."

Onyx's POV

"Hey. Room for two more?" I opened my eyes to see two pegasus stallions standing in front of me. the smaller one looked to be about 17 and was a dark blue, while the other had an ocean blue coat, silver eyes, a sea green mane and tail, was a little taller than the average pegasus, and had green in the base of his wings, almost like a natural tattoo. Must be a birth mark. He looked about 19 or 20, but maybe he was the same age as the other one. The smaller one was eyeing me cautiously, the taller one beaming.

I gave my deepest groan and waved them off. "Go away. Trying to think here." I went back to my thoughts, but it seemed fate hated me today.

"Come on, dude. I'm just wondering what's got you so down. No need to-" I cut him off by launching myself off the ground and drop kicking where the voice came from, only for him to vanish and reappear behind me. "Whoa, easy there! Don't got to try to kill me!" I was stunned before I felt a killing instinct and ducked to see a katana pass over where I was. I thrust my legs out in a buck and made contact with the smaller pegasus. He blocked it with the sheath of his blade and I righted myself.

"I'm only going to say this once more. Go away." I give the grinning Pegasus a glare, bu that only seems to encourage him more.

"Hey I'm only trying to help you dude. Besides, you couldn't make me go away if you trie-" I cut him off again as I went for the kill this time. I extended my claws and was about half an inch away from raking his face when he did it again.

Now that I was prepared, I swung my leg around and connected with his blocking arms. I steadied myself and gazed at the smirking pony. "I see. Momentum, is it? A very difficult ability to master. It has very few weaknesses, but can tired you out if you don't know how to use it right. Judging from your calm stance, I'm guessing you found the correct way to utilize it to it's full potential." Their jaws hit the ground and the taller pegasus nodded after picking it up.

"Yeah, um, how'd you know?" I relaxed my body.

"I will admit, I was caught off guard the first time, but after seeing it the second time it made sense. There was no way you could move that fast naturally, so it had to be a technique. The rest was process of elimination." I crossed my arms and smirked. "Am I right?"

He nodded and stood up straight. "My name's Lightning Ace, but you can call me Ace." he pointed to the smaller pony. "This here is Skyedge Hurricane, or Sky for short. We saw you looking troubled and wanted to see if you wanted to get something off your chest." I could see that he was truly concerned and sighed.

"I guess I could spare a few." I sat back at my spot, with Ace and Sky sitting in front of me. "Well, it's about this mare...."

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".....and that's it in a nut shell." I told Ace and Sky about my mare problems.(never thought I'd say that) I left out who she was, but just said that it was a mare I saved last night. The two looked to be in deep thought, or rather Ace did, Sky just squinted at me.

Ace was about to say something when I heard a filly call out. "Mr. Onyx!!!" I turn and see Nyx running up to me, a big grin on her face. She slid to a stop, kicking up dust. "There you are!! I've been looking all over for you!" She still had that sweet child like grin.

"Oh? Why's that?" I had a feeling what she wanted.

She beamed. "I wanted to see if you wanted to look around Ponyville!!" That smile showed that she didn't think of anything else. I felt that impulse again, but it didn't feel as controlling as before. Guess it's because I'm not going to say no.

"As you wish, malady." I stood up and she took my hand, pulling excitedly.

"Come on, come on!!!" She kept pulling, eager to show me the town. I waved Ace and Sky farewell and let Nyx guide me around. She took me to what I concluded to be Sugarcube Corner. It looked just like in the show, a giant cupcake with other pastries for toppings. I was tempted to take a bite, but I'd rather keep my teeth. "This is Sugarcube Corner!! Aunty Pinkie works here and she makes the best cupcakes! Let's go and see the others places!"

I held back a smile at her eagerness. "As you wish, malady."

She looked back to me with a slight frown. "Um, why do keep calling me that? I mean, you sound like....some confused ponies from a while back." Well, I was expecting this sooner or later. Might as well get it over with.

"I am your knight. You shield and sword. I'm to follow your wishes, no matter what they may be." She just grew more confused.

"But why? Why do you have to?" Time to see if I can pull that info again.

"I was meant to serve Nightmare Moon, but I never received a 'blessing'. Since Nightmare Moon is no more and you stand in her place, I serve you now. And I will give my life to keep you and those you deem so safe." Her eyes widened and started to tear up.

"You mean....I didn't help everypony? I thought.....I'm sorry." She started to cry and I wrapped her in a hug before the impulses hit me to not touch her. Before I could break off, she returned the hug, so I stayed planted till she calmed down.

I spoke as gently as I could, hoping I wasn't out of practice since the last time I had to do this. "It's not your fault. I chose to become your knight. I wasn't forced. If anything, the fact that you missed me was a good thing. If you had restored me to normal, I wouldn't have been here to save everypony." I felt her calming, her shaking easing. Soon she was still and then broke from me with a smile.

"Heh, thanks. I didn't think of it like that. But I don't like that you HAVE to obey me. Couldn't we do something about that?" She looked to me expectingly.

I held my chin in thought. "If you order me to be able to make my own choices, that might do the trick. I'll still follow your orders when you give them, I'll no longer lock up when I need to do something and still need an order to move. It's like last night, when I saw the fire, I wanted to find your friends, but until you ordered me, my body didn't listen to me. We can prevent that with this simple order." I smiled slightly at the idea, but still had my doubts. This was a long shot, but it was worth the effort.

Nyx grinned and nodded. "Then let's do it!! I hear by order you to make your own choices and not have to wait for my orders, but still listen to me when I need you to." As she finished, a soft dark blue aura covered me and I could feel something change inside.

When it faded, I could still feel the impulses, but they no longer had hold of me. They were now like a small voice in the back of my head. I grinned. "Thank you, Nyx. You have no idea how good it feels to have control again." I stretched out some muscles that were feeling cramped do to those damned impulses holdings back.

She grabbed my hand again and dragged me again. "Let's go!! We've spent enough time standing around and we haven't even seen the farm!!" I chuckled.

"Then lead the way."

Twilight's POV

"....and he's really sweet with Nyx, he even made breakfast this morning." Cadence looked like she wanted to hunt Onyx down and lock him in a room with me. Her grin was bordering Pinkie levels, which was starting to scare me.

She clapped her hands on my cheeks, mashing my face in. "Twilight, from what you've told me, this Onyx sounds like a hot piece of flank. We need to find him before another mare tries to snag him." Her tone allowed no argument.

She used her magic and we were teleported out of the library and out on the streets. "Look, Cadence, we really don't need to look for him. I'm sure he's with Nyx." Cadence wasn't listening.

"Now where would-*PANG*" She collapsed after I hit her in the head with a pan I made from my magic. I grabbed her and teleported back to the library, sighing at her pushiness. She woke up not long after, rubbing her head. "Ow, what hit me?"

"I did." She snapped to me and saw my slight glare. "You were getting out of control. If I hadn't stopped you, you might've scared Onyx off." She had the decency to be ashamed.

"Sorry. Guess I was so excited a stallion caught your eye that I just went a little crazy." She smiled sheepishly. I sighed.

"It's alright. Just be more subtle. I still don't know if I have a shot with him." I sighed. "I know you said he's conflicted about me, but that could mean anything."

Cadence got up and smiled after placing a hand on my shoulder. "Don't doubt yourself. Your more attractive than you give yourself credit for. Just be yourself and you'll nab him. Although...." She placed her free hand on her chin and grinned. "I think we can make it even better. Make over!!!!"

Next thing I know, I'm Cadence's make over doll. Celestia give me strength.

Onyx's POV

I really need to talk to Twilight about giving Nyx so much room for error. The whole trip has involved me getting hurt somehow. Sweet Apple Acres? Got hit in the face by a left out rake, not funny. Rainbow Dash's cloud home? Got zapped by lightning. Quills and Sofa's shop? A piano landed on me. I'M NOT SHITTING YOU, A PIANO LANDED ON ME AND NEARLY CRUSHED ME!!!! We were just at the edge of the Everfree Forest, wanna guess what happened?

We were now being chased by ten, TEN, manticores!!! "I swear, Nyx, Twilight will hear about this!!! What were you thinking taking us near the forest after everything that's happened?!" I was carrying Nyx on my back with one arm, the other free for defence.

Nyx yelled back at me. "I'm sorry!!! I thought they would stay away since the fight was so scary!!'" I hate child logic for two reasons. The first is that it can sometimes shut you up because it's right and the second is because it can sometimes piss you off because it's so horribly wrong.

"I can't begin to tell you how messed up that reasoning is!!!" I jumped to avoid a swipe of claws. "Let's just focus on getting out of here alive with all our limbs attached!!!" I jumped again and did a round house kick that would've made Chuck Norris proud, sending a manticore through a tree and leaving nine left.

Now, normally I could handle odds like this, but with Nyx in danger, I have to keep my distance. I seriously hate my life. "Up there!!" I look to where Nyx pointed and see a tall and large tree. I jumped as high as I can and sunk my claws that I pulled out in mid-jump to climb up, Nyx holding for dear life, because at this point she is.

I reach a high and thick branch and set Nyx and myself on it. I look down and sigh. "It's a good thing they're not good climbers, plus the branches give us a good shield since they can't just fly through it." I sigh and look over to see Nyx shaking and close to tears. I pull her into a hug. "You okay?"

I knew that was a stupid question, but it got her to talk.

"Yeah, just a little shaken up. How do we get out of this?" She pointed to the manticores.

I sighed, not liking what I was about to do. "I want you to close your eyes, cover your ears, and sing a song to yourself. Don't stop till I tell you. Okay?" She had a slight fearful look, but nodded and did what I asked.

As she started singing, I jumped down and landed before the manticores. I rose and brought out my fangs and claws, turning back into a monster. I had already made my choice, time to carry it out."Alright you Muppet rejects, come and get me." I charged and met the beasts head on.

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I charged at the beasts with full intent to kill, no fooling around. I slashed at one manticore, but was blindsided by another. I flipped to my hooves, but another was on top of before I knew it. I barely dodged by rolling to the right and had to jump back to avoid being stung by three tails. Another tried to get the drop on me, but I sidestepped it and grabbed it's mane before using all my strength to throw it into it's comrades. It had only being a few minutes, but I was already being pushed back.

I knew I would have a tough time, but I never thought they would be this tough. I was about to charge back in when a familiar voice echoed in my head. "Looks like you're in a tough spot. Need some help?" My eyes widened at the voice and I nearly cried out his name. I jumped back to dodged a manticore that got close due to me being distracted.

I called back in my mind. Discord?

"That's my name, don't wear it out!!!"

What are you doing in my head?

"Just checking in on you and I got to say that I'm a little surprised that you're in trouble on your second day."

Well, if you can help, then help!!! I don't know how long I can keep this up!!!

"I've got just the thing."

What is-GHAA!!!

I had managed to keep from being turned into a chew toy the whole conversation with the Chaos God, but when he mentioned a way to help me, I stalled long enough for one to get a good hit on me. I crashed into a tree so hard that it was torn down at the stump. I was about to stand when something landed behind me. I turned and saw that it was a sword of purest black with red runes engraved with a golden hilt and handle that looked like a demon head. The blade looked like flames, making seven points. It screamed power.

But that wasn't the only thing I saw. Resting on the hilt was a holster for hand guns, but it was the guns themselves that made my jaw drop. One was pitch black with white writing engraved in it, while the other was reversed, but silver with a black grip. I read the words on both and my heart nearly exploded.

"Jesus Christ is in Heaven now." That was on the black gun from the side shown to me. And the other said something different. "Hellsing 454 Casull."

I couldn't believe it. Discord had sent me not only the Dark Dragon Blade, but he added Alucard's Jackal and Casull. The sword alone was big, as expected of it, but the guns were HUGE!!!! They both looked like small canons and if what I remember from the show is correct, then they are both to be feared. I grabbed the gun to inspect them, even though I never touched a gun before but knew the basics, but quickly found a problem.

There was no way to change the mags!!! I searched for anything to make the cartridge pop out, but found nothing. I heard Discord once again.

"Do you like it? I modified it so you wouldn't have to worry about running out of bullets."

Discord, this...this is...you know my clan code forbids using guns.

"True, but if you don't use them, those manticores will make you and Nyx their next meals."

That grabbed my attention as I grabbed the holster and replaced the guns before equipping the holster, which also had a place to put my new sword. I grabbed the blade and felt the power flow into me. I slow turned to the fools that just pissed me off and gave the most terrifying grin I could, my eyes glowing.

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I walked slowly towards them, feeling the power the sword gave me. Never have I feel so powerful. I can see how a weaker mind would go insane from just holding the blade. I held it to my side as I closed in on the manticores, drinking in their new fear. They know, instinctively, that I just became the Apex predator. If you want a better visual aid, picture a group a low class vampires against a pissed off but grinning Anderson and you get a close comparison.

I dashed and with one powerful swing, I sliced one manticore in two, my grin still present. I felt a wave of bliss wash over me and began the slaughter. I closed i on two while a third tried to get the drop on me. I pulled the Casull out and shot behind me without looking, feeling blood land on my back, and swung to my right from my left, decapitating the two in front of me.

Four down, six to go.

I turned and twisted to barely dodge three stingers, but had to do the Gomez Addams back flip to dodge the other three manticores. Yes, I'm so badass that I can go Gomez Addams in a fight and make it work. I stopped ten feet away and put away my sword to draw my hand canon (cause let's face it, if a pistol can bring down a wall, it's a canon) and had a sadistic grin. I bolted back in to the fight and dodged their swipes and bites, taking my time with them till I had my fun. I shot one in the head every ten misses on their end.

After sixty misses, they were all dead. I walked over to the tree Nyx was still in and holstered the guns before knocking on the tree hard enough to make her look down. I waved to her with a smile, which she returned, and she jumped down into my arms. I set her down gently. "You okay? Nothing hurting?" I made sure to have her face away from the gore that I left, she doesn't need to see that, EVER.

"Yeah, a little scared, but I'm fine. What about you though? You don't look so good." That was an understatement. She said I didn't look good, but in truth I was much worse. Outside, I only had a few scraps and bruses, but on the inside, I had six broken ribs, a fractured thigh, a cracked skull(Damn they hit hard!!!), internal bleeding, and an almost dislocated arm. Although this may seem a lot and painful(which it is, fuck you very much), I have in fact had worse and knew how to hide my pain. I just need to find a place to rest and let my body do it's job.

"Don't worry, I'll be fine. Now, let's get out of here before something else pops up.' *SNAP* FUCK ME WITH A CLAYMORE SWORD WITH SPIKES AND ON FIRE!!!!! I just had to jinx it, didn't I?!?! I grabbed Nyx, holding her close, and spun a 180 to take a stinger meant for her. It just missed my spine, but it still hurt like a fucking whore with pepper spray. I pulled out Jackal and shot the manticore in the head three times, leaving nothing, but a bloodly stump, and put it away before ripping out the stinger out of my back. I could already feel the venom working to bring me down. I had a strong immune system, so I had maybe a few hours, if I was in peak condition. As I was now, I had an hour, tops.

"We're leaving, now." I grabbed Nyx and bolted for the exit of the forest. Luckily I remembered the way back and hauled ass to the hospital. I knew that I had to go since I had never poisoned by manticore before. I ran as fast as I could, the town a hazy blur, till I came to what I thought was the hospital, but due to my poisoned addled mind, I endded up back in the library, scaring the shit out of Twilight and a pink alico-oh shit.

"Ony-" Was all I heard before I finally passed out.

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Twilight's POV

I stood by Onyx as he laid unconscious in the hospital, his strange looking sword and small L shaped things in the holder for them to the side of the bed. Severe manticore poisoning the doctors said. As well as many other internal injuries. He had six broken ribs, a fractured thigh, a cracked skull, internal bleeding, and an almost dislocated arm which was easily fixed. It was a miracle that he even made back home alive.

Home.

Was I so enraptured by him that I already think of him as part of the family? Maybe, but I didn't care at the moment. Onyx was in front of me, in pain, and I can't do anything to help him. Manticore venom has anti-magic bacteria that makes healing all the more harder. The doctors gave him the anti-venom, but his body seems to be rejecting it, almost like it was protecting the venom.

I was vaguely aware that Cadence, Nyx and her friends, along with my own friends, were with me in the room. "What did the doctor say, Princess?" I heard Rarity ask.

Cadence sighed. "That he should be dead with what he went through. One of the ribs had punctured a lung, but it seemed fine when they went to look at it again. They even have the X-rays to prove it."

"Isn't that the new tech that came out a month or two ago to show a pony's skeleton?" I heard Rainbow Dash ask.

"Yes. They show that while the ribs were still broken, any damage they caused had done heal in record time. I'm bringing to think if it has anything to do with the fact that he was meant to serve as Nightmare Moons knight." That caused my friends to gasp and bombard Cadence with questions till she explained what I told her. "So it may be possible that he was given a faster healing rate than other ponies."

That didn't mean that Onyx was going to be okay, but it calmed me down a bit. I then noticed Onyx looking uncomfortable and looked to be in more pain. He was grunting, but he didn't seem to be awake. Cadence rested a hand on my shoulder. "He seems to be having a nightmare." Great, more pain that I can't help with.

I then had an idea. "Hey girls, what if I used that dreamwalking spell Princess Luna showed me to see if we can't help him?" Cadence of course took my side, guess she still wants me and him to hook up. Fluttershy looked pensive, but nodded and the others were all for it. Applejack, Rarity, and Rainbow Dash because Onyx saved their sisters (or adopted sister in Dashs case), the CMC for the same reason, and Pinkie because…well, she's Pinkie. Who knows what her reason is other than making others smile for helping him. I nodded and casted the spell, Cadence helping me to pull the others with me, and soon we were in Onyx's dream.

Onyx's mind

I opened my eyes and saw something terrifying. A warehouse with dead ponies shattered around in front. The sky was dark, it must've been night, and the moon was dark red. I looked around and saw everypony else made it and turned to look around more when I saw a nearby dead pony. The poor thing looked like a Timberwolf had gotten to him and killed him slowly, the pained look on his dead face a good hint. That's when I really got a good look at him. This wasn't a pony at all. His face was too flat and he was bald with only a mane on his head. His eyes were tiny compared to a pony and the teeth were much sharper than a pony's. I saw what he was wearing and immediately thought security guard.

Whatever he was, what could have done this and left so much death? My thoughts were cut off when we all heard a scream of fear and pain. Me and the others ran as fast as our legs could take us and we soon found the source of the scream, but I wish we hadn't. Another creature like before was being ripped apart by a much smaller creature, the shadows wouldn't let us see. The male fell back, his chest ripped open, showing his organs, and the small creature started to pull everything out with wild abandon. The moon shined on the creature and we saw that it was a smaller version of Onyx! But what were these creatures, and why was he killing them?

We heard yells of rage and looked to see a large group of the creatures had emerged. They had these strange clubs, which at their distance made me think that they were ranged weapons. One pointed his and yelled out. "It's over, freak. You can't escape." I couldn't believe this, they were trying to kill a colt?!

Young Onyx growled. "Who said I was running? I'm not leaving till every single one of you sick murdering fucks are worm food!!" He charged at the group and fire erupted from the clubs before the strangest thing happened. Time seemed to slow to a crawl as these small metal bits came into view. They seemed to be coming from those clubs. Young Onyx seemed to dodge them with the skill of a pegasus as they came just too close for comfort. The moment he reached them everypony turned away, knowing what was about to happen.

Except for me, I didn't turn. I wanted to see, had to see. I loved him and if I couldn't stomach his darker past, then I had no right to love him. I watched him rip through them like he did with the dogs in Ponyville. He spared no one any mercy.

After what felt like an eternity he stopped. He looked at his hands with a dead glaze in his eyes. We all heard a moan and he turned to see one had lived. He held the weapon at Young Onyx, shaking badly. Young Onyx ripped it out of his hand and point it back at him. "You know, my clans laws forbids the use of firearms, but I think they wouldn't mind if one bullet is shot." The creature was begging for his life, asking Young Onyx to let him go, that he was only following orders.

Young Onyx made a small hole between his eyes.

He dropped the 'firearm' and turned to the warehouse. "Soon, I will have my revenge. You won't escape me this time, Jack the Ripper."

Revenge. Taken./The Gentle beneath the Cruel.

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Cadence's POV

I couldn't believe watch I was seeing. I knew that this Onyx had a hard life, I knew he was feeling agony within his very soul from the emotions I felt from him, but to see and feel so much rage and hate…I nearly vomited right there. And those eyes, I felt that if they were ever aimed at me I would be paralyzed in absolute fear. Onyx was tearing through these creatures as if they were made of leaves. He didn't spare anypony.

I know this is just a memory in nightmare form, but to see it so vivid, either Onyx has a great memory, or this is one of the few days he relives. After what felt like hours, he finally reached a large area that was filled with more of those creatures. Before Onyx could attack, a loud whistle cut through the air like a shrill. The girls and I looked to where it came from and saw a face that could give Discord nightmares.

It was another creature with ten more at it's sides on what looked like a catwalk, but his eyes were pinpricks and he had the most sickest grin on his face. It looked like one of Pinke Pies large grins, but without the sweetness and kindness. And the voice,*shudder* that alone will haunt me. "HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! So the pup has finally come to play!! I was beginning to think that those fellows outside were too much for you!!"

Young Onyx snarled. "If you think that was enough to stop me..."

"Oh, but I didn't!! You see, I wanted you to get here. I wanted to see the one who survived. Who would've thought it was just a brat." The creature cackled.

Onyx roared at him. "You had my entire clan murdered!!! You had my mother and sister raped and killed!!!" I gasped. Twilight didn't tell me about that. "And now, I'm going to kill you, Jack, and everyone in this place!!!"

The creature, or Jack, just faux yawned. "Oh please, what could you do against this many? Even you can't survive this many guns!!" As if to prove his point, all the other creatures made their weapons make a clicking sound.

Onyx only chuckled, which soon turned into a cackle. This seemed to unnerve most of these creatures. Onyx looked at them with a grin. "I'm already dead. I've been dead since I was six." He then charged and grabbed a fat one, taking his weapon and using the creature as a meat shield.

The others started shooting and the weapons made a bloody mess of the shield, the creature screaming in agony, but they couldn't get past it. Onyx used the 'gun' he took and fired back. He killed twenty before the gun clicked a few times, making him drop it and kick the dead body towards a large group. He charged and grabbed several guns, both small and large, before ducking behind a metal crate.

Jack screamed. "What's going on?! I thought you said guns went against your laws!!" He seemed suddenly worried.

Onyx laughed maniacally. "All bets are off!!! This isn't about honor or doing the right thing!!!! I JUST WANT REVENGE!!!!!!"

He stepped out from his cover and I gasped at what he wore. He had five pairs of the small guns nestled in his pants, two more guns in his pockets, four pairs of slightly bigger guns hanging from his shoulders, and three large guns on his back, along with a massive long weapon. It looked like a cross between a cannon and a spear with the blade at the end. He pulled out two small guns and began shooting anything in his way. Every shot fired resulted in either a hole in a head or no head at all. When the guns clicked, he dropped them and pulled out two more and repeated the process till he ran out of the small guns. He then took two for the four hanging from his shoulders and fired a stream from both of them. These seemed for taking down enemies without having too much weight to deal with. He aimed true and aimed for the head area, hitting the heads or the necks for bleed out. I was vaguely aware that some of the girls had lost their stomach contents and the CMC looked horrified. Twilight just watched, tears in her eyes. I heard the clicks again and saw Onyx was done using all the small guns.

He then took one of the large ones and held it with both hands. He aimed and fired once, killing at least six enemies. The sound that came from it was like thunder. He pulled back a hand rest and I heard a two clicks, watching a small red cylinder pop out of the gun's side, and he fired again. He did this ten more times before dropping it after the final click and pulled another large gun. This one looked different from the last one, as was evident when he fired. A long stream came out of the tip and cut down many enemies. Through out all of this, Onyx used the many covers around the battlefield and only received a few wounds, which he ignored for the most part. When this one clicked, he flipped it and kicked up the last large gun and swung them both like clubs. Skulls were crushed, battered, or torn off from the force of the hits.

When both were now useless as even clubs, he dribbled them both and pulled out the third large gun. He fired, but only a small canister came out, soaring through the air. The creatures scattered away as best they can, they seemed to know what it was. We did too when it exploded, taking ten enemies with it. He fired five more before running out, five explosions following.

He dropped that one and pulled out the final weapon. He lifted it up and rested it on top of his shoulder, putting his eye behind a piece on the side. He fired and long tube fired out. When it hit a wall, it exploded three times bigger than the smaller canisters. He grabbed another tube and shoved it in, taking aim and firing again at where Jack and many of his cohorts stood on. It exploded and collapsed, knocking everypony to the ground. I could've sworn I heard bones breaking.

Onyx dropped the weapon and walked over to one body. It was Jack and he was still alive. He legs were broken as well as an arm. Onyx grabbed him by the throat and dragged him over to a large fire that had caught on wooden crates. He lifted him up as Jack begged. "Please…it was only business…it wasn't personal…"

Onyx snarled. "It was personal for me." He then chucked him into the fire and stood there as Jack screamed and begged to be saved. Onyx just watched and waited till the screams stopped, never blinking.

The screaming stopped after ten minutes.

The dream started to fade and we were all back in the real world.

When I opened my eyes, I saw Onyx watching us with a dead look. "You saw?" I was surprised he was aware, but then so are ponies when Luna enters there dreams. I nodded and watched him sighed sadly. "So you now know. I got my revenge and I loved every second of it."

Onyx's POV

I waited for the mares to start calling me a monster. It always happens when someone finds out anout my past. I know I wouldnt be trusted ever again. it was different from the Diamond Dogs. I killed them because they were attacking the ponies and it was the right thing to do, but with Jack and his goons I just wanted them dead. There was no right or wrong, just revenge.

I then heard hooves coming towards me and saw Sweetie Belle, the same filly I saved, come up to me and stared a few seconds before giving me a hug. I was stunned to say the least. This filly who shouldn't have seen any kind of horror and saw the worst of mine was hugging me. I slowly returned the hug and felt the little filly convulse. I realized she was crying and began rubbing her back. Not long after, Applebloom and Scootaloo joined in the hug and i had a small mass of fur covering me. It was then I noticed how big these fillies were. When I was saving them I didnt really notice, but now that things are calm somewhat, I could see that even though they must be around ten or twelve, they could almost be mistaken or fourteen year olds.

They broke away and all looked at me with their sweet smiles. Sweetie was the first to speak. "Even though you did what you did, we know you were hurting inside. we know you aren't bad and the proof is the fact that you saved me." She had the cutest smile, along with her friends.

It was then that the other mares came up to me one at a time. Rainbow was first and it looked like she was ashamed of something. She rubbed her arm before looking me in the eye. "You know, even after you saved Ponyville from those Diamond Dogs, I still didnt trust you. I though you were going to try and trick us to getting our guard down. But after hearing and now seeing what you went through, I have to say two things. Sorry and thank you." She stepped back to let Applejack come up.

Applejack just smiled at me and rested a hand on my shoulder. "Ya don't hav ta worry 'bout us being mad at ya or being scared. I'll be honest, what you did is going to give me nightmares, but I know ya wouldn't have done it if they didn't deserve it." She gave a soft smile that sent a calming effect through me. What is it with farm girls and how theyre so sweet-'Wait, WHAT?! Hold on, I thought I was crushing on Twilight, now I'm falling Applejack?! I hate my life sometimes. And it's not like she'd feel the same for me anyway. I saved her sister and her friends, but that doesn't mean I'm going to hit on. I should stop thinking.' I noticed that she had stepped back to allow the next mare to come up.

Both Pinkie and Fluttershy were rather sweet in their little speeches, while Rarity just thanked me for saving her sister and that if I ever need clothes she'd make them for me, free of charge. I instantly told her that she had perfect timing, as I only had what clothes I wore under that armor I came in with. She told me to come to her shop tomorrow for them and when I asked how she could've known about my sizes, she said that she had asked the medical staff to give them to her. Make sense to me. Nyx was just adorable and gave me the biggest hug she could without hurting me, though she still was hurting me, a lot, but I didnt show.

It was Twilight who had the biggest effect though. She held herself back till everpony else was gone to go back to their lives now that I'm going to be okay. But when it was just her, Cadence, and me, she lunged at me and held me close, sobbing into my neck. I didnt hesitate in wrapping my arms around her. I knew she'd be upset, but I didnt think she'd be that upset. I looked to Cadence and saw that she had a small smile, but I also saw a glint in her eye, like the kind that says that she knows something. I have to be really careful around her.

Twilight pulled back to wipe her tears and smiled at me. "Thank you. Thank you so much. I don't know what I would've done if Nyx got hurt.' She hugged me again, more gently this time, I hugged her back and and rubbed her back again. She finally broke away and left the room, saying she'll be here tomorrow to pick me up. That just left me and Cadence. We both watched each other for almost a full minute before she broke the silence.

"I know how you feel about her." Not surprising, seeing as how she's the princess of love.

I didnt show any sign that I was caught, because I wasn't. "So? Like it matters. You've seen what I do, what I'm capable of. Them still wanting to be friends with me is a miracle in itself. I'm not hoping for more."

She frowned. "Then why have any feelings for Twilight, or Applejack? Yes, I noticed that too."

Now it was my turn to frown, but it was an angry frown. "Even monsters can have a crush. That's all it is, a crush, for both of them. They're both beautiful and hard working in their own ways. If you're going to try to talk me into hooking with one or both of them, then save your breath. It doesn't matter. I'm only here to fight and kill. Saving innocents is a bonus." I know I was making me sound like a bad guy, but it was for the best. I can't someone getting too c;ose to me, only to get hurt in the end.

She opened her mouth to say more, but I beat her to it. "I think you better leave, before one of us says something we'll both regret." I didn't even look at her as she sighed and left.

(RANDOM EVENT NINJA ATTACK!!! I have decided to add moments like this when it fits or if the urge hits hard, like now. Keep in mind, these events WILL NOT be a part of the story. This is just to make someone laugh by the shear randomness. These events will be done in bold and will continue till the story picks up. Again, not to be taken seriously.)

After Cadence left, I was left to my brooding when a loud knock on the door broke me out of my thoughts. Before I could tell whoever it was to leave, the door was torn off its hinges and in came a large manticore. This thing was fucking HUGE!!! Bigger than the ones that put me in here. It looked rabid with a wild look in its eyes. Normally I'd get the fuck out of dodge, but not only was I not fully healed, but my legs were strapped down, preventing me from escaping. I then donned a scowl and watched it swat away everything between it and me in one swipe of its paw. I then held my hand out like I was offering something before clenching them into fists and pumping them over my head while giving a battle cry.

"BRING IT OOOOOONNNN!"

I fell asleep after a hour of sulking and found myself in a white abyss. I soon heard a familiar chuckle and smiled. "What do I owe the pleasure of hosting the God of chaos in my mind?"

Discord appeared in a black flash, grinning widely. "Can't someone just pop in on their buddy when they're in the hospital?"

I chuckled. "As much as I like that, I know you wouldn't show up in my head without a good reason. So, what's up?"

Discord then donned a serious look. "Remember when I brought you here? Well, it seems something else followed without my knowledge. Someone must've piggybacked on my magic and repeated the spell. From what I've managed to find out, the one who came here has a grudge against you."

My blood chilled at the news. There weren't many who despised me that we're still alive, I made sure of that. I then had a chilling thought. "Can a vengeful spirit possess a corpse?" I had a good idea who the corpse is, but the ghost was still a mystery.

He held his chin. "It's possible, but very hard to do. Unless the one who helped this new player brought both the spirit and the body separately and give the body life long enough for the spirit to take hold." My spine had chills running up and down.

I nodded and thanked him for the warning, but before he left, he said one more thing. "I'm gonna find someone from your world to help you out. If he's still alive, I think you'll like who I'm bringing." He then left and I went back to dreamland.

I woke with a groan as the light of the sun tried to burn a hole through my eyes. "Celestia, I'm gonna kill you for that." I then sat up and stretched my aching muscles before seeing that my stuff was still where it was left alone. I suspect Twilight and Cadence had a hand in that. I also noticed that there was a set of clothes laid out. I picked up the shirt and felt the fabric. I was shocked at what I felt. Egyptian cotton without the itch I would normally feel and after putting it on, I found that not only did it breath, but it also stretched with my movements. I know that this was Rarity's work and made a note to thank her. I then went for the pants and was once again surprised to find that it had a durable feel like denim, but felt like pure silk at the same time. Again it breathed like the shirt and I could make out that as I pulled them up my legs, they hugged my hips as if I had a belt. I pulled at the sides and while it was resisting to the pull, I did make out that it was stretchable in case the waist gets bigger like if I got fatter. Rarity knew her stuff.

I put on the holster with the weapons still in their respective places and walked out. I couldn't feel any pain and knew that if I didn't have the hospital to let me rest without disturbance, I'd most likely be a goner. I sighed myself out and found that my bill had been taken care of by curtesy of Cadence. I was thankful, but she still isn't getting any word from me. I'm not gonna risk what I have just because of what she says.

I stepped out of the building and nearly ran into Twilight. She was wearing something akin to a Japanese school uniform, making my blood flow to two places, both of which would make me embarrassed. I took a breath to calm myself and smiled. "Twilight, I wasn't expecting you to show up so soon."

She smiled back and giggled cutely. "Well, I wanted to make sure you were all right and wanted to see if you'd like to take a walk with me." I smiled wider and nodded.

We had made our way to Rarity's boutique to pick up my clothes and I was gonna make a request. Going in, I saw that somepony was talking with Rarity and it sounded like the guy was trying to make her do something she clearly didn't want. "I said no!! No matter how much you offer, I'm not selling my boutique!!!"

Ah, so that's was it's about. The stallion snorted in frustration. "Mare, you will sell this place to me! You have any idea how much this spot of land is worth?!" That's what he's after?! A piece of fucking land?! That's it!!

I went up to him and kept a polite tone. "Excuse me, is there a problem here?" He turned to me and had to look up to meet my eyes.

He didn't seem worried about my size, most likely thinking I was just a weak guy with a big growth spurt. "The 'problem' is that this mare is sitting on the best piece of land in Ponyville and she won't sell it to me." Rarity was about to speak when I made a hidden gesture for her to stay silent while I handle this.

I kept my smile. "Well, as I understand it, if she doesn't want to sell no matter what you're willing to pay then I believe she has the right to keep the land." That got the reaction I was hoping for.

He snarled and grabbed my shirt to pull me down to his level. I let him to seem weak. "Now you listen to me, I have more power than Filthy Rich, I can make your life worse than Tartaus."

I smiled. "Sooo…is that like a metaphor?"

He frowned. "Yes, I suppose so."

I then grinned. "Well you see, I'm more of a literal kind of guy. So when I do this…" I grabbed the arm that held my shirt and threw him to the ground, planting a knee in his back and still holding his arm and pulling and twisting it to make it painful. "This is me saying that I will literally break your shit off, if you touch me or bother Rarity again. Okay pumpkin?"

He complied and I released him. He skittered away like a cockroach and I turned my smile to Rarity. "I think you won't any more trouble from him." She flung her arms around me and thanked me for about twenty seconds, talking as fast as Pinkie. She broke herself from me and I asked about my clothes. She had them finished and had brought a bag filled with six sets of clothes. I had noticed that like the clothes I wore, which was white and blue that clashed well with my natural colors, these were patterned in a way that could catch the eye, but still go unnoticed if I desired. Don't ask me how that works, it just does.

I then brought up my request. "Hey, think you make one more set for me?" She nodded and I described it as best I could with a pad and a quill. When I was done, I handed the pad to Rarity and I watched as her eyes widened at the sight.

She was silent for a moment before speaking. "Darling, where have you seen this?"

I didn't want to tell her it came from favorite game of mine, so I just went the next best thing. "It just came it me when I was sleeping last night." In a way it was true. I did have a lucid dream and the garments that I wanted were what I wore.

The grin she had was comical. "It'll take a few days, but I'll make this to the best of my abilities. And before you say anything, this is free of charge. Just the chance to make something as unique as this is more than enough!!"

I chuckled and nodded. "All right, I'll see you when it's ready then." Me and Twilight left with my new clothes and headed back for her library. When we got in, I noticed that Spike wasn't around, but by the black blur that latched to my face and chest, Nyx was.

I could hear her excitement, albeit a little muffled. "You're home, you're home, you're home!!! I was sooooo worried about you!!" I grabbed her by the sides and wrenched her off my face and set her on the ground.

I smiled and ruffled her mane. "Hey, you should know it'll take more than a few manticores to keep me down." She smiled adorably.

She then turned to Twilight. "Mommy, I'm going over to Applebloom's for some crusading." Twilight gave her the green light and she was off with her things.

Twilight giggled. "She was waiting here just to see you come home. She wouldn't go anywhere till she saw you."

I chuckled. "That's sweet. I assume Spike is with the other three then?" She nodded.

"Yeah, he's watching them and is going to keep them out of trouble." I chuckled at that.

I grinned. "My bits are on that he's there to watch only one of them." I wiggled my brows for emphasis.

That got a laugh from her. "I wouldn't doubt it. Ever since he got over Rarity, I've seen him looking at Scootaloo a lot more. I often think I can hear wedding bells." She giggled.

I smiled widely. "Well, I think they would make a good couple." I then sighed quietly at my own predictament, but Twilight some how caught it.

She came over as I stood against a wall near a window. "You okay? You look worried about something."

I shook my head. "It's nothing, don't worry about it." I pushed myself off the wall and headed for the kitchen.

Twilight's POV

I watched as Onyx walked to the kitchen and felt a little hurt that he wouldn't tell me what was troubling him, though I had an idea. I went after him and found him just staring out the window. He looked so depressed and just looking hurt me more than if I was struck. I went over and held a hand on his arm, feeling the muscles under the fur and skin. "You wanna talk about it, whatever's bothering you?"

He shook his head. "I'm just thinking, don't really have much to live for other than protecting Nyx and those she wishes me to protect."

I didn't like how he was acting, so I decided to cut to the chase and forget about tact. "Have you met anypony that catches your eye?" I hoped he said yes, but at the same time hoped he said no.

He chuckled dryly. "Not much use in looking for a marefriend if that's what you're asking. Not anypony would be with a monster that kills without mercy and remorse." I got mad at that.

"You're not a monster!! A monster wouldn't have saved those fillies or saved all of Ponyville!!"

He snapped to me with sad rage in his eyes. "How can you look at me and say that, knowing what I did and what I'm capable of?!" He turned beast like with his eyes, fangs, and claws, backing me against the wall as he did so, only a foot away from my face. "How can you not be terrified of this?!?!"

I didn't shy away. I raised a hand and held his cheek. "Because I've seen the eyes of real monsters and the cruelty held in them. When I look into yours, I see only kindness and compassion. I know you wouldn't hurt me, that's why I trust you." I saw tears forming in his eyes I rubbed my thumb to wipe one away, using my hand for the other, but more came and just fell. The amount of pain and relief in his eyes nearly crippled me.

I figured now was a good time when I saw his eyes close and slowly closed the gap between us. The moment I pressed my lips against his, his eyes shot open and before he could back away I had wrapped my arms around his neck, bringing him in a deeper kiss. The momentary shock caused his mouth to open and I shot my tongue inside his mouth and lapped at his tongue.

The euphoria I was feeling was unbelievable. I never felt anything like this in my life, not even with those few stallions I dated only for them to end poorly. I knew right there and then that only Onyx could make feel whole and I prayed he felt the same.

I moaned when my prayer was answered when he pushed into the kiss and moved a hand to the small of my back and another behind my head for an even deeper kiss. My mind was becoming clouded as the kiss went on and I felt the need to breathe, but ignored it for the feeling of the kiss. I've never felt such heat come from a stallion before or from me.

He wrapped his tongue with mine and explored my mouth. I moaned into his and slowly moved one of my hands from his neck down his chest and abbs, feeling a eight pack, and started rubbing an already large bulge in his pants. I felt him move a hand to my flank and give it a tight squeeze, making me moan with him.

We finally broke for air and we both took in as much air as we could, staring into each other's eyes. I broke the silence. "I love you, Onyx Blade."

I saw the shocked joy in his eyes and noticed a grin spreading across his face. "I love you, Twilight Sparkle." That made my heart beat uncontrollably. Cadence told me he had affections for me, but I didn't think he loved me.

I was so wet and I needed him. I squeezed his stallionhood and licked my lips. "I want you. Take me and make me yours."

He didn't need anymore motivation as he picked me up bridal style and carried me to my bed. He set me down and started kissing my neck. I shivered at the touch and he went further down to my collarbone, nibbling it and sucking.

He pulled off and looked my in the eyes. "I think it's a little warm in here, wouldn't you agree?"

Hey there everypony, just wanted to inform you all that this would've been out a lot sooner, but there was a bit of a shitstorm. What happened was that where Onyx was thinking that it'd be best if no one got too close to him and onward I was doing well and I had everything set just the way I wanted and keep in mind that this entire chapter was done on my phone, but when I was about to get to the sexy part I went to change a song on another app and when I went back to making this chapter, it had just refreshed on its own and all the work I did was lost, never to be seen again. I was soooooo pissed that I went outside and just kept punching a thick tree while swearing so much to make a sailor scared till there was a seven inch dent in the trunk of the tree. I had lost all desire to even attempt on making up the lost work till now. So sorry for making you wait because of my tantrum. Also, there are three references in this chapter, can you point them out.

Shadow Rebirth

by NightShadow76

It begins.....

.....on a dark night. [EDIT]

Death of the Clan and Revenge

New Life

Home

A cold heart thawed

New friends.

Coming to terms and making choices

Unleash the Beast

Dreams and vengeance

Revenge. Taken./The Gentle beneath the Cruel.