Celestia and Luna use a spell to summon vessels to restore a lost gender to equistria, they didn't expect to get demons.
A story inspired by Man In A Mare's World
More than ten thousand years ago, long before the holy war had started, another realm of existence suffered a planet wide epidemic wiping out the entire male race. With only females in every land, birth is just a myth and offspring is created from magic.
After years of research and dedication, the royal sisters had finished a prototype spell. They would summon a male creature to restore this long lost gender. The spell would take a vessel that had genes most compatible for a mare. The major down side of the spell is that they didn't get to choose what was summoned. They were expecting humans, because they were the most compatible in the past, but what they didn't expect were demons. Two sons of the demon king Meliodas and Zeldris.
(Yes, I did ask persmision from the author to make this story.)
'Ow...' Meliodas thought as he brought his hand to his head, 'what happened, where am I?'
Meliodas' head was trobbing in pain, it was the worse headache he'd ever had. He was in a forest full of tar black tree the covered the sky He was still in his ten commandment's uniform so it couldn't have gotten here to long ago. Arising from a small bed of moss, he looked around and winced as he noticed he had a small cut on his left arm. Meliodas closed his eyes trying to remember what happened, but he couldn't recall anything that happened in the near past. The last thing he could remember was fighting with his younger brother Zeldris. But that duel was at least 2 days ago, he didn't know what had happened after but he knew a bare minimum 2 days had past.
Wait a moment...
"ZELDRIS!" Meliodas shouted in a rare burst of fear, he ran over to his brother who was unconscious but had no visible injury. The sigh of relief that came afterwards surprised himself a little bit. Meliodas wasn't used to showing much emotion, so the fear for his brother was somewhat knew to him. Something was off but he didn't know what was wrong but he knew something wasn't right.
In the distance he heard wing flaps, and a slight murmur of inaudible speech. Sounds of the murmurs became more distinct as they grew louder, and louder, as it approached. As it grew louder Meliodas could make out two different voices, both feminine, soon after he realized it the voices ceased their talking. He moved his unconious brother to a better hiding place, as a figure decended from the sky, it seemed to be an anthropomorphic horse standing at least 7 feet tall. If the body was an indicator, she was female, she had a dark blue coat of fur with a lighter blue mane that resembled the night sky.
"HUMAN!! WHY HAST THOU INTRUDED IN OUR LAND?"
Melliodas stood unshaken, staring back in her eyes with an unamused and bored expression at the towering Amazonian figure. The moonlight which trickled down through the leave in the forest reviled that she was in silver armor, very light weight and designed for stealth over protection. Shadows cast form the leaves turned her coat from a dark blue to almost black, and Her turquoise eyes seemed almost cat-like as she glared back at him with a fury that would've made some of the archangels quiver in fear. The amazoness of a horse woman move closer believing Meliodas to be human, this would be her first of many mistakes. Her long sword point straight for his neck expecting an answer she would never get. Meliodas tried to remember the events leading up to this, but his memory was still pretty blank. The only thing he could recall was his duel against Zeldris, and the only other recent event he could recall was battling against Mael causing the goddess to flee from his immense darkness. It had probably only been a quarter of an hour since he had woken up before this odd creature flew from the skies in battle ready armor and her sword drawn.
Meliodas kept his gazed fixed his aggressor, as he notice another figure, much like the one threatening him, landed not to far behind her. Unlike the first one she was about a foot tall and she had a white coat of fur, and brought a massive golden battle axe instead of a sword. One of the most noticeable difference was the armor, while the first one had small armor made for agile movements, the newer woman brought much larger and heavier golden armor that was much more durable than the silver armor the other brought.
"Luna, calm yourself, can you not see that this human is all but an adult?"
The one now known as Luna blinked a few times scanning him once more. The height that normally comes with maturity was absent, yet his muscles were very defined. He had no facial hair but he had a few scars with a very fresh wound being on his arm. Luna still felt unsure about the other's decision, those eyes of his seemed to stare right into her soul, giving her an uneasy feeling. After consideration Luna ended up agreeing with the other, thinking Meliodas was just some child soldier.
"Oh dear. I do believe you are correct sister."
Luna pulled her sword away, sheathing it as she knelt down. Meliodas kept staring as she rose her hand up, only to be slapped away as his expression changed from emotionless to disgust. Luna eye's widened slightly, expecting him to tremble in fear and attempt to run, but instead she was treated as if she was the dirt he walked on. Stepping away she allowed the taller white horse to take charge in the situation. With Luna pulled away, the other knelt down in her place, examining Meliodas as one would examine a small child. Sensing nothing coming from him, no fear nor anger, she held out a hand with more care only to get the same treatment as the other.
"Please don't be alarmed, I apologize for the first impressions. I promise you, you are in no danger." She brought her hand back to her resting it on her chest for an intro duction. "I am princess Celestia, one of the co-rulers of this land and the one who raises the sun." Then she motioned to Luna, "This is my little sister Princess Luna, She is the other Co-ruler, and the one who raises and lower the moon." Finally she gestured back to Meliodas, "Do you have a name?"
From Celestia perspective, Meliodas kept staring at her trying to process what she said, almost as they were speaking a different language. "... I am Meliodas."
"I don't want to hurt you Meliodas, this Forest is very dangerous, please let me help you."
"What do you want."
The tone surprised Celestia, it wasn't one of a perceptive child, but closer to a pissed ruler. It would be best to come clean and tell him the truth of what happened.
"Meli, I do not want any harm to come to you, but you must understand. I have brought you and another here to this land of harmony and peace, to help it grow and revive a lost gender to a species." Meliodas flinched inwardly when he heard his childhood nickname.
His face remained blank and unwavering
"You see Meli, Our world is populated by only females. Every species, every race, only one gender exists. However it wasn't always this way. Both genders once existed roaming freely, with equal rights and treatment. But one day a pandemic wiped out every male of every race from each species. We spent the past multiple millenia trying to locate resurgence of magic, but it never happened. Equestria need the organic touch of a male to bring back the other half of the kingdom." She then pointed at Meliodas, "Thus, we used our magic to summon you and another who both have perfect genus as an Equis stallion. Your task, no, your destiny is to bring back the male demographic."
Meliodas sat there listening to Celestia's story, understanding it very well. It was the same way that incubus, and succubus demons were pushed to extinction in his world. A plague destroying a single gender until they can no longer reproduce. They had desperately tried to stop it but failed in the end as they had a final resort of having to slay their own kind to prevent the spread and end the suffering they endured. But he wouldn't allow himself to become a breeding stock, much less his own brother.
"no"
"What?" The calmness in his voice shocked both of the princesses.
"Are you deaf along with dumb, I told you no. As in I won't do it."
"Meliodas, please. We understand your feelings but we cannot allow-"
Celestia was silenced as she felt a jolt of pain in her stomach, as she flew backwards into the trees behind her. A warm liquid rolled down her lip, bringing her hand to clean her mouth, it was stained red with her own blood. Meliodas flinched as the wound which he payed no mind to was starting to greatly hurt. Seeing her own sister be taken down in a single punch Luna drew her sword and charged at Meliodas, only to have her attack blocked as he grabbed her blade in one hand stopping it completely. Meliodas could feel the hate flowing throughout her body, yet he didn't understand why she wasn't affected by his commandment, unless...
"Are you really going to abandon you own race.. Why would you abandon your own brother?!" Zeldris shouted
"Zel... Bring Gelda with you and come with me." Meliodas said out stretching a hand to bring his brother with him.
A select number of memories came back to Meliodas, the reason why his commandment didn't work on her was because he and his brother had already left the ten commandments.
Breaking the sword into multiple pieces, Melliodas grabbed the tip of the blade and stabbed it through Luna's armor. Stumbling backwards and clasping the wound on her stomach, she gasped for some air before coughing up blood.
"Your not a human are you.."
"Did it really take you that long to figure that out?" Meliodas mocked, "I am a Demon, and I highly suggest leave me alone."
Luna eyes widened in shock as she thought she saw the face of death itself.
"Luna, this is a fight we cannot win. We have to escape now."
"But what about what we came here for."
"We can come back for him latter, I have already gotten the other one."
The two sister extended their wings and took off, with Celestia taking Zeldris in one of her hands. Meliodas would not allow such a fate to happen to his own brother. An emotion was swelling up inside of him, one he had not felt in a long time, it was an unbridled rage
"TAKE YOUR HANDS OFF MY BROTHER YOU FILTHY WHORE"
Meliodas summoned his wings and took off flying after them. He won't abandon his brother even if it costed him his life. Summoning hellblaze in his hand, he charged at Celestia launching her into the ground his a powerful punch, only to flew up with his hellblaze straight for the head as it started to consume her body. Meliodas felt a surging pain run up through his arm, the wound has started to become unbearable as he relented his attack, as he was greeted with a badly burnt and barely alive princess. He picked up his unconscious brother, only for him to be snatched away in a blue aura. He turned towards Luna who was already running off with Zeldris, only for him to run after her with another hellblaze ready. If he kept pushing himself like this, he wouldn't be able to fight much more.
"LEAVE MY BROTHER ALONE!"
Luna was forced back to the ground with a power punch as her body was covered with the black flames as well as she cried out in howling pain. Another round of surging pain flare from his wound. But once he had stopped, Luna was in the same horribly wounded state as her sister was in. Throwing his brother over his shoulder, Meliodas went back into the deeper part of the forest, he was in no shape to continue to fight for much longer. The forest was filled with many menacing creatures, all of which were to scared to approach Meliodas from the darkness coming from his body. He did have a set goal in mind, all he knew was he had to protect his brother while he couldn't fight. As he traveled deeper into the woods he saw a broken down castle, that would be completely unlivable for any sane person, taking his brother, Meliodas went into the broken castle to try and live there in secret as they recovered from whatever happened before they arrived in this mess of a world.
"Brother... Where are we?" Zeldris asked in a state of confusion.
Zeldris sat upon one of the pinnacles of the ruined castle, overviewing the forest that surrounded them. A boredom crept across Zeldris's face, nothing has happened all day, nothing really has happened since they had arrived in this accursed land. Meliodas had left the castle early in the morning without telling his brother why he left. Exploring the ruins became pointless after he discovered all the secret passageways in under an hour. This world was truly disgusting to him, it was all some sort of sick joke to him. What he once though of the lush forest quickly faded when those whores-of-princesses sent guards to try and capture them.
The memories from what had happened didn't necessarily frighten him, but he didn't really like it. Battalions of guards had showed up at the castle demanding they turn themselves over for the greater good. When both he and his brother refused they tried forcing violence on them, whilst a few of them tried forcing themselves onto them. He remember all the bone that got broken and how many were pushed to the brink of death, even though they had lost their weapons before they had arrived they were going to put up a fight if it meant they weren't going to become breeding stocks. Screams of anguish and pain ran through his head at the memory of the blood bath while most survived and ran, there was only one completely dead, she took a direct hit Meliodas' hellblaze to save a few of her comrades.
"SOMEBODY PLEASE HELP US!"
A voice cried out from within the forest, snapping Zeldris out of his memories. the screams were obviously feminine, yet much younger, almost like a young child. The sound was surprising close despite the forest being so vast. The cries for help made Zeldris feel such pity...
No...
It wasn’t pity, he felt compelled to help them, as if the screams were calling specifically for him. What if it was a trap, would those princesses really go that low to use hostages of their own race to try and lure one of them away. A pain welled up within his chest as the screams had a small echo within the forest possible alerting other predators. Feeling unsure of welled up inside of him, he honestly wanted to help others, but he didn't really want to kill others.
"PLEASE! ANYONE! HELP US!"
But the screams, they were genuine, ones of terror and fearing for life. If he was ever going to start his plan, it would be now, he made a promise to Gelda and he doesn't intend to breaking it. Looking in the direction he saw it was in the Timberwolve's domain, taking his sword off of his belt, he sprouted his wings and flew out over the trees, with only one thing in mind, 'I will do this for you, Gelda.'
Exploring the castle, Meliodas was trying to remember where he had left his sword. He probably should've asked his brother where he'd left it, but thought it would be best to not bother him at the moment. While he walk around looking diligantly for his sword, he stepped on something as his foot sank into the ground slightly, the sound of stone moving on stone sounded beside him. A passage had opened, one the he had noticed before, while all the corridors he had previously encounter had some sort of torchlight powered by a well of magic, this one was completely dark with way to light it at all.
Stepping inside a cavern of darkness surrounded Meliodas, only be illuminate by his black flame. As he continued down the infinite hallway, he lost all concept of time as he traveled deeper and deeper, there was something calling to him, like how one would lure away a child from their parents. As he continued a dark presence had start to become strong enough to be know. The cave was obviously made intentionally and not by nature. Thousands of holes were in the wall that were stacked vertically and stretch a long distance containing cobwebs, and old scrolls the would turn to dust at the slightest touch.
As he continued the power grew more powerful, the air became thinner and chilled as he moved closer. A faint red glow could be made out just barely only to grow brighter each step he took. Shadowy figures flew beside him, as if they were racing him to the faint glow only to disappear once they had barely pasted him like a wisp of smoke dissolving into air. Sounds came from what he could only assume were their mouths, like they were speaking to him but only the sounds of rushing wind followed. He stayed on the path unfaced as he kept his goal in sight.
“Meli~”
An familiar yet eerie voice called out to him from one of the shadows wanting to lure him closer to the faint glow. Cold air flew through his coat as it sent a shiver down his spine as he continued down the never ending hallway. The darkness kept growing every step he took as the cold air became an icy-fire much like purgatory. Dark silver with red accents surrounded the red glow it was in the shape of one of the ponies that ruled this world, The eyes were painted red to match the glow coming from the center of its crystal. The amulet was letting out a dark aura almost as if it was designed to lure people to it so it could find a new host.
"Come join the corruption Meli~ We promise it will be fun~"
"Be quiet."
Raising an arm Meliodas grabbed the amulet, only for it to lash out with dark energy temporarily blinding him. Sight which had been lost quickly returned as he awakened in a void of emptiness, no light nor dark just him and a shadowy figure towering above him. The eyes were blue and had slits running down the middle of them as it began to stare into his soul.
"Surrender yourself to the darkness and fulfill your destiny."
The voice sounded familiar to Meliodas but it was heavily distorted, as the words of what she had said registered in his head he could stop his psychotic smile from spreading across his face. Meliodas knew completely well that who ever she was, she did not know the full power of demons, especially not the two sons of the demon king.
"Surrendering myself into darkness? That's the stupidest thing I've heard."
Summoning his demon mark, he shaped the darkness into a two handed sword where the blade was almost as big as he was. A single slash fazed right through the figure as it vanished fasted than he could've seen. He felt darkness creep into the void, but it wasn't the same kind that he uses, the darkness began to lure him to give up and surrender into it. Having his eyes grow heavy and his limbs grow tired, he changed his darkness from a massive sword into a small dagger, he stabbed himself jolting him awake while also wincing at the sharp pain.
"You cannot defeat me, I am all powerful in the realm of the alicorn amulet."
The voice pounded in his head as he tried to stay standing on his feet, screaming in pain. He began to cast hellblaze as the voice in his head slowly became clearer. Clenching his fist, Meliodas couldn't stand to listen to the gut wrenching sound of the younger princess. Slowly raising back to his feet, he readied his stance as he prepared to retaliate.
"Surrender yourself, It is your destiny."
"Get.. Out.. OF MY HEAD!"
The black flames of hellblaze went from small sparks into a raging inferno as it began to eat away at the void letting both darkness and light inside. The light was so bright that he was completely blinded. When it died down, he wasn't in the amulet's realm, but rather outside the door way of the corridor, Meliodas wasn't in control of his body while he was within the void. Looking around he felt a small weight on his neck, he began to look down, the amulet had made itself attached around his neck, when he tried to remove it, it had already started to fuse itself with his skin, chocking him when he tried to do so. Being annoyed and not will to go through all this trouble again, he dug his fingers into the underside of the amulet in places it hadn't started to fuse with him.
*Crack*
In the royal castle of Canterlot, the royal sister were preparing for the first session of night court, when the younger sister collapse . Rushing over to her side, Luna was out a breath and clenching her head. It seemed as if she had finished running for her life, barely escaping with her life. Her eyes had widened in horror as words began to fall from her mouth.
“Sister, it’s gone.”
“What’s gone Luna?”
"The amulet, it got destroyed,"
"That's impossible, it is enchanted steel, even lady Tirek couldn't have destroyed it if she obtained all the magic in equestria."
"Sister does it look like I am joking?" Luna grasped her head as she was still in quiet a lot of pain.
"We must prepare the elements of harmony."
Flying over the trees, Zeldris kept hearing screams of pain paired with the low growl of timber wolves. Having looked around in the domain, he saw a small clearing where the pleading was coming from. Circling the small clearing like a predator circles it prey, he examined the opening and saw at least 5 Timberwolves cornering 3 younger fillies covered in sever scratches and bruises. While Zeldris hated this world that he and his brother were forced into, he would not make others suffer without cause.
One of the larger timberwolves, probably the alfa of the pack, charged at the three fillies when Zeldris dropped out of the sky and crushed the large timberwolf into tiny splinters. Zeldris stared back at the remainder of the timberwolf pack, in a stance ready to strike the wolves if needed. Seeing the seriousness in Zeldris's eyes, the wolves began to back off slowly before taking a full on run. Turning around the three little fillies were all shaking in fear as he looked at them, each one of them was from a different race of pony, an orange pegasus, a white unicorn, and a yellow... what was it called, 'Earth pony?' Each one of the trio were all roughly the same height stand only slightly below both zeldris and his brother.
"Don't you know that this forest is filled with dangers," Zeldris said, "What brings you this deep into the forest so close to nightfall."
"We were trying our cutie marks by spotting wild animals when we got attack by the timber wolves." the Earth pony said
"But that's when you came out of the sky and saved our flanks." the pegasus said
"Thank you for saving us ma'am," the unicorn said
"Sir." Zeldris corrected, "I am not female"
“That impossible!” The unicorn exclaimed, “Everypony knows that there hasn’t been a male in over 10,000 years.”
"So it is true." Zeldris said to himself while the others just ignored him.
“Ah don’t think he’s lying.” The earth pony said,
“And how so?”
“Well I do think he is lacking in the boobs department.” The Pegasus said as she gestured to her own breast to emphasize her point
Zeldris let an annoyed sigh as he began walking away, letting the mare continue their argument much to his own annoyance. The trees surrounded his path as he began continuing down the path back to the castle. But only a few minutes have past when he heard a small branch snap from behind him.
"How long have you been following me?" Zeldris asked in a monotone voice
"about five minutes" the pegasus
"Shouldn't you get going home?"
"The quickest way back is back through the Timberwolf territory." The unicorn said as her ears started splaying backwards, "you know how that went."
"And I assume you are following me in hopes of staying for a while?"
"That's pretty much it." the earth pony said
Zeldris sighed as he considered his options, "Fine. But don't get any ideas."
"Yay!"
Begrudgingly, Zeldris let the three ponies follow him back to the castle, judging by how they acted with one another, they were probably only children being somewhere between 10 and 12 years of age. Night began to fall upon the forest as they continued their journey back to the castle, Timberwolves stared them down from behind the trees but all were to scared to even approach Zeldris for fear of their lives. The land had been made into a clearer path from Zeldris's common hunting trips. Arriving at the castle, even in it ruined state it still was able to tower over them as they continued to proceed into the castle.
"You live here?" the unicorn asked
"For now." Zeldris said in his signature cold voice
A gust of wind blew behind the four of them, causing the three fillies to jump in fright. They had been followed here, who ever it was didn't want to be seen. It jumped from shadow to shadow as it began to circle the group of 4.
"Someone's here," Zeldris readied his sword to strike.
The shadow figure landed in front of Zeldris as he began to swing his sword faster than any eye could see. The only thing that was visible was sparks flying from the swords clashing, only for it to stop as quick as it started. Zeldris's from became relaxed as the moon started to illuminate the figure.
"It's just you brother." Zeldris said as he put away his sword.
"Seriously Zeldris," Meliodas began, "You should've told me we were expecting guests, if you told me I would have made something to eat." His tone was jovial, which contrasted his brother's cold and serious tone.
"Wait," the unicorn said, "there are two of you?"
"Yup, I am Meliodas and this is my little brother Zeldris."
"Pleasure to meet y'all," the earth pony said, "Mah name's Applebloom."
"I'm Sweetie Belle,"
"And I'm Scootaloo."
"AND WE ARE" the three ponies said in unison, "THE CUTIE MARK CRUSADERS! YAY!"
The midnight sky fell over them like a blanket of darkness, with the moon light being the only source of light. Zeldris had ask his brother to meet him just outside the ruined castle's gates. A few timberwolves could be seen taking a glance at Zeldris and proceeding on their way, it only made sense for what he had done to their pack leader. Seeing a familiar pair of dark wings in the sky, Meliodas dropped right in front of Zeldris and only made a small dust cloud appear.
"Why have you called me here so late at night?” Meliodas asked
“You know how much we both hate the demon king and the way he rules.” Zeldris explained and meliodas nodded, “We cannot return home for the foreseeable future, so why don’t we make the most of this world.”
Meliodas’s face turned into a scowl, “are you implying that we turn ourselves over?”
“ No I am not implying that,” Zeldris said, “I am trying to say: What is stopping us from being the gods of this world?”
Meliodas thought about the question. Why would they have to hide any longer, it only a matter of time before the princesses come back for a rematch. Meliodas smiled as the thought of ruling beside his brother would bring much joy.
“There was nothing ever stopping us but ourselves.” Meliodas said before his eyes sparked to life as he remembered something. “While we are the topic of gods, I have something to give you.”
Meliodas out stretched a hand and summoned an orb of purple magic. Zeldris eye went wide as he knew what this was.
"You three wake up, now." Zeldris' anyone tone startled the three fillies awake. The sun barely crept above the horizons of the trees in the everfree dark shadows covered the castle's coridoors, no matter how high the sun would rise, it would always be dark inside of this castle.
"We are leaving already?" Applebloom asked with a yawn, "But we have even had time to have a decent conversation."
"I don't care," Zeldris said, "We either leave now, or we will have to send you flying with hellfire."
"That doesn't sound very nice," Scootaloo said, a little afraid
"It isn't." Zeldris said flatly, "Now get going."
Celestia and Luna started flying their way to ponyville, completely covered in their gold and dark blue armor, they needed to warn the civilians and get the bearers of harmony notified. The demon known as Meliodas had easily overpowered them, but they didn't realize just how strong he was, his power frightened them, there plan was originally to bring back the male populous, but now they objective had change from restore to survive. Killing him would be impossible unless they managed to sneak up on them, but seeing as how powerful he is, it would be more suicidal than productive. The only other option was trying to use the elements of harmony on them, seeing as how one was able to almost effortlessly take down Celestia and her sister, they did not want to know what both of them could do together, It would be tough, but it was better than nothing.
Landing in the center of ponyville, the royal sisters surveyed the surrounding area making sure nothing had happened that they hadn't gotten word of. While hundreds of ponies bowed down, the two sister paid no mind to them until they were done making making sure the town was alright. The dark power that was inside the everfree had increase overtime seeing as how they knew what was hiding inside of it, every day the power grew but it was at a steadied rate so no pony really noticed unless they hadn't been near the everfree in a long time.
"You may rise my subjects." Celestia said in a focused tone, instead of her usually much more caring one. This was another big red flag for the ponies of ponyville with the first being the the royal sisters were completely in their armor.
"Is something wrong princess?" Twilight asked, extremely worried, "You never visit in your armor,"
"Something is in deed very wrong twilight," Luna said, "We came here to alert the bearers of harmony, two dark individuals were summoned into the everfree, and their powers are far greater than anything you've face up to this moment."
"We've literally taken down the goddess of chaos," Rainbow dash interjected, "No matter how bad they are, we surely can take them down, they'd only be the next ones to prove our unstoppable reputation of being Equestria's saviors."
"You enthusiasm is heavily misguided Rainbow Dash, while that could end up happening," Celestia said, "Three months ago, my sister and I confronted them in hopes of making peace, but the only one we met put up a fight beyond any opponent we have ever fought in our long live."
"I do not think it would be best for us to go in to all the specifics," Luna added, "But he easily defeated both me and my sister, It would be foolish to confront them without some sort of plan."
"Wait, 'he'? Are you two okay, everypony knows that you two were the last non-magic born ponies." Rarity said before she realized who she was talking to, "No offense."
"If I remember correctly, they are both of the male populous," Celestia said, "But the only reason why this knowledge hasn't been made public yet is because no pony had been harmed by them unless they were the aggressor. The only reason is this knowledge is now becoming public is because he completely destroyed the alicorn amulet."
"So what, I destroyed it as well," Rainbow dash said nonchalantly
"No you didn't" Luna said, "What you destroyed was a replica, the original one was made by me long ago using soul magic. When soul magic became outlawed, it was sealed inside a cavern in our old castle."
"But that's impossible" Twilight said, "Amulets that were made using soul magic were known for being completely indestructible,"
"Ah don't think the princess would lie about something like that." Applejack said, "Everything they said has been true so far, it would make sense for them to start lying now."
"But what would you want to do about it." Twilight asked, "If they are as strong as you say they are, I have my doubts that the elements of harmony would work."
"Can't we though them a party," Pinkie pie asked, "It could help loosen them up, they could've been caught by surprise, and besides I have been getting board of using my own toys."
"While we would like to try a pacifistic path, we don't think it would be immediately best for us to do something so risky at the moment." Celestia said as pinkie pie's mane deflated, "But I didn't say you couldn't in the future, It would be unwise to do something like that at the moment."
Pinkie pie's mane reflated itself as she returned to her much more cheery demeaner.
"But everypony must know this: If you see ANYPONY come in or out of the everfree forest, report them for suspicious activity." Celestia said, "We cannot risk anypony getting hurt. But you also need to start making a plan incase they decide to end their bout of inactivity."
"We shall stay here for the next few hours to make sure nothing will happen." Luna said, "We won't lose as easily, because this time we won't be taken by surprise."
"Someone please help!" a cry called out, it was Fluttershy.
Rushing over to Fluttershy's cottage, the rest of the bearers of harmony and the royal sisters rushed over to see what had happened. Fluttershy was clearly in a crazed panic obviously looking for something, or in this case someone.
"Where's Applebloom?" Applejack asked clearly joining in the panic
"She escaped," Fluttershy said, "All three of them, last night, they escaped when I was still sleeping."
Looking down to the ground, three sets of hoof steps could be seen coming out of the window and heading into the everfree forest. Everypony's heart sank, the steps started loosing their visibility after about 10 feet into the forest. There was no telling how long they had been out, by now they could've been turned to stone by a cockatrice or become a timberwolf's lunch.
"No..." Applejack gasped as she fell to her knees, rarity was in to much shock to express any form of emotion other than pure fear. Rainbow dash wanted to rush in and save them but was stopped by the magical grasp of Twilight.
Dark howl engulfed the castle halls, sending a shiver down of the three fillies who had been found by the Zeldris. Zeldris stood at the gate pf the castle accompanied by his brother Meliodas. They both were wearing a cloak to cover their natural attire, as they made sure they didn’t leave anything. Zeldris had his sword resting by his side, and Meliodas had one on his back hiding under the cloak. A cold gale swept the room as it chilled the young ponies to their souls.
“Why do we have to leave so early,” Sweetie Belle asked, “Can’t we have some tea or something before we go?”
They were stalling, but for what was still unknown to Zeldris.
“Or even some cider,” applebloom said, “mah big sis taught me how to make one mean glass of cider.”
“Or maybe we could go fishing and-“
“We know your stalling,” Scootaloo was interrupted by Melliodas’s annoyed tone, “You are obviously children, you are trying to get out of punishment. The faster we leave means the better chance of it being lessened.”
The three fillies slouched their heads as they began to walk out the door knowing that they've been found out. Meliodas led the group with his brother beside him, and the three fillies behind him. Zeldris seemed paranoid, he constantly kept checking over his back, it could’ve been from timberwolves, or any other creature which may have inhabited the forest. Dark treetops covered the group allowing the to remain hidden if they needed to, but as they walked the fillies thought that they saw some timberwolves look at them only to vanish when one of them looked back at it.
“So..” Sweetie Belle tried to start a conversation, “why did you bring those cloaks of your, I mean we are in the shade and they make us stick out like a sore thumb even more than we already do.”
“If you really must know,” Meliodas said in a cold tone, “They are to keep knowledge of our existence to a minimum, if word of was spread that we exist, ponies could get hurt. Now be quiet before we decide to leave you here.”
Not wanting to test who far the brothers would be willing to go, they remained silent. Every passing second a feeling of fear welled up inside them, Zeldris no longer seemed like he was paranoid about the wild beasts the inhabited the everfree, but it was as if he was looking for someone that might jump out at them. He kept looking for someone who refused to show themselves, while on the contrary Meliodas kept looking forwards keeping focused on the path that they were headed. Something felt off about them, even if they were of the male populace, none of the Cutie mark crusaders could shake the feeling. Another growl from behind them caught their attention, when the fillies had spun around to see what had made the noise, they were face to face with a timberwolf about to pounce on them. Its jaw was drenched in its own saliva green as it lunged at them with its maw completely open planning on eating them in one bite. The only thought that passed through their heads in that split second was the fact that they are about to become a timberwolf's lunch.
"Dies Irae"
A pillar of dark purple magic had completely consumed the wolf that was trying to get an easy lunch, the magic was so powerful that the three ponies felt the gravity around them suddenly grow immensely heavy as they could barely keep themselves standing. When the magic had faded, all that was left of it was small splinters scatter across an extremely wide crater. Zeldris lowered his sword from its raised position and slid it back into it sheath beside him as he continued to walk as if nothing had happened, this energy... No, this raw power had scared the fillies into paralysis.
"Keep walking unless you want to be left behind."
The dark voice of Zeldris made the once paralyzide fillies run after the to catch back with Zeldris and his brother. They found out first hand why Meliodas said they wanted to keep themselves hidden, it wasn't because that they were weak, but rather they were too powerful for this world. It was this moment they knew what the dark feeling was, it was an instinctual fear, even though their mind couldn't process fear, the body made sure to be wearry. The power they possessed could be enough to easily overthrow both of the princess, but little did they know, it was only a matter of time before they will make a name for themselves.
Ten seconds ago
A powerful amount of magic was summoned from within the everfree forest, it was far more than anything they expected, so powerful that even amateurs in magic, like Rarity, felt such a strong disturbance in Equestria's magic. A large vortex in the sky could've be seen even from Equestria's capital city, it was positioned above the everfree forest, being relatively closer to them. With very little warning a large pillar magic came crashing out with unimaginable force, a tremor shook the land as the magic continued to pour out. But as soon as the magic had finished, the hole in the sky vanished.
"Could that have been..." Fluttershy asked to scared to finished her question
"There is no doubt, It was definitely them." Luna said, " Hurry, you must grab the element, or else equestria is in grave danger."
Such powerful magic warded off any other creatures in the everfree forest, it even began warding off the mares who were outside of the forest. The three fillies stood close to the brothers, who they didn’t know were demons, but they kept far enough away as to not aggravate them. The trees began growing thinner as they moved closer to the town where the fillies lived. In the distance they could see the vivid outline of a cottage, they are getting close to their destination. The only think separating them from the town was only a few feet of everfree's brush.
"Oh no..." An unfimiar voice said, "Its too late."
They had stepped into the light, illuminating their presence making themselves know. They were expecting life to going on like normal in ponyville, but when the reached the edge of the everfree forest, they were met with a group of 8 ponies. The two princesses, and 2 of the three major races of each of the ponies, they first looked at them with fear, then some sort of confusion. Even though they couldn’t see it, the ponies felt the two demons scowl at Celestia and Luna. The only thing which separated the ponies from both Meliodas and Zeldris was a bridge that crossed a small river.
The two brothers stepped aside allowing the three fillies to return to what they assumed was their elder sisters. Many “I’m sorry”s were exchanged between the three fillies and their families. While it did bring a warm feeling, it was soon masked by the angry tension between the princesses and demons. A sense of dread filled the air, all of the ponies watched as to see what would happen.
“So we meet again Meliodas.” Celestia said as she began charging a powerful magical blast, “We won’t take you lightly this time, this time we will protect equestria.” She prepared her magical blast to fire while the two demon brothers just watched in boredom. They knew even at her full power, she couldn't even come close to harming them even if she wanted to.
"WAIT!" A yellow pegasus with a pink mane jumped in-between Celestia and the brothers, flying just over the river making sure the princesses won't harm them. "Can't you see their only children!"
Celestia dissipated her magic slightly so she wouldn't accidentally hit the pegasus who had gotten in the way. "Fluttershy, do not be deceived by their youthful appearance, we made that mistake once"
"But-"
"Fluttershy is it?" Meliodas asked making the mare turn around, "Would you please move aside, our quarrel is not with ponies but rather the whores who stand before you." A white unicorn mare in his peripheral vision acted as if she was going to faint from the insult even though it wasn't directed at her.
"That was quite rude." Fluttershy said as she hovered over him, "Why don't you apologize to them?" The shadow of his hood prevented her from seeing anything but his soul piercing green eyes.
"Fluttershy I do appreciate the effort but-" Luna said trying to grab her attention.
"Nah,"
Fluttershy's eye twitched, "NO!? Do you know who you were talking to? You were talking to the princesses of equestria," She flew right into his face, "Their literal goddesses, so you should better apologize to them right now, you little brat." Her eye twitched once more as she stared right into his eyes with the fury of a thousand suns. What she didn't know is that he was used to this, every time he'd face an enemy in war, if they didn't flee they have a control wrath in their eyes which burned hundreds time stronger to the point where they were on the border of being affected by his commandment.
"Goddesses? Well, They definitely fit the criteria, they're ugly, they promote only their own agenda not caring for others they deem beneath them, everything they say favors them and blots out their enemies. It amazes me who anyone could worship them." Meliodas said with smirk, as he summoned his demon mark changing his eyes from green to black. "But like I said, my quarrel is not with ponies but those two bags of filth, yet you test my mercy. So here, have what little mercy I have left for you." He raised one of his gloved hands in a fist like manners with his index finger and ring finger pointed straight at Fluttershy's big blue eyes. In one swift motion he released pressure on his middle finger flicking her on the nose causing her to go crashing into town at extremely high speeds. With the small group of mare he saw a cyan pegasus dragging another pony who was attempting to hold her back from getting into a fight with him.
"You foul demon." Celestia scowled
"Did I forget to mention goddesses are also extremely racist." Meliodas said practically spun around as he couldn't care less what was happening, "Anyways, I've already had my fun with you two, so I guess it my lil' bro's turn."
"I feel honored," Zeldris retorted, "Its not like you to save your prey for me."
In one quick motion Zeldris leapt from his spot beside his brother to in-between the royal sisters and delivered a powerful punch to the stomach to both of them. Princess Luna was sent flying, landing not to far away from where Fluttershy lays, while Celestia was brought to her knees wincing in pain as she coughed up some blood. Zeldris rolled Celestia's head over on its side before he placed his iron boot onto her temple and apply almost enough forced to kill her by crushing her skull. Celestia tried flex a small part of her body, a feeling of absolute dread and terror wash over her. Only then did she realized she is completely at Zeldris's mercy.
"I've sealed your magic. Don't worry it'll be back before your dead." Zeldris mocked, "So tell me how does it feel to be utterly humiliated in front 'beloved-subjects.' It amazes me how you can still call them that after what you put them for your own gain. It only fair for me to put you through the same humiliation that you would've put both me and my brother through."
Zeldris ground his heel into the side of her cheek savoring the screams of pain she elicited. While he stood at the more merciful end of the spectrum, killing his opponents with all his might so that they wouldn't endure humiliation, this was different. Zeldris wanted to see her suffer for what she did, a sins so deadly the only way to repent is through death. It wasn't like him to enjoy watching others suffer, but he couldn't help it, this brought a sadistic smile to his face as he continued to grind his heel into her. It was like a symphony of screams and please for help all sounding under his own heel. He looked down at the princess who was crying out in pain as he saw some blood run down the heel of his boot, all the more reason for him to smile seeing how she was one of the ones responsible for stripping them from their world.
"Why are you doing this?" Zeldris turned to see who asked, it was a purple unicorn who stepped forwards, "Why, why do you wish to torture my mentor as you do?"
"It is a simple act of revenge," Zeldris said as he turned back to Celestia, "Because of her, I can no longer see my beloved, nor can my brother see his."
"Killing her won't bring them back."
Zeldris smirked even though no one could see it. "I know that, if I wished to kill them I wouldn't have wasted my time getting even with her." Zeldris said as he removed his foot from Celestia's head which was laying in puddle made of her blood and tears. "I want her to live with the guilt of what she has brought about from her foolish actions. Lets go, Meliodas, we've had our fun. It is rude of us to stay longer than our due."
They left to head into the forest only to stop right before they entered, Zeldris turned around and looked at the group of ponies. "One last thing, make sure you keep a better eye on those three fillies, it was only by chance that I had reached them in time to save them."
Meliodas stood on top of one of Ponyville's many buildings, being the new gods of equestria both he and his brother, Zeldris, need to make sure that the ponies here weren’t causing any harm to themselves or others. Both Meliodas and Zeldris took turns over who would oversee the town, and it was currently Meliodas’s turn to do so. They made sure to only come out at night to keep their presence down to a minimum. While the citizens of Ponyville were aware Meliodas and Zeldris’s presence, because of those damn princesses, only 9 of them, 3 fillies and 6 mare, actually ever saw them. His dark presence loomed over the small town making many animals, whether it be stray wildlife or pets, start to go mad and try their best to get as far away from him as possible.
With his large sword resting on his back, Meliodas knew that only time would tell when he and his brother made a name for themselves. Although there probably already was one, they needed to make their own and not have a name made for them by someone else. Even though Meliodas didn't care how the ponies of this world viewed him, it would be easier to be their god if he and his brother made their own names. Even if those princesses return with a deus ex machina, with it being nighttime, Meliodas could easily overpower them. Yet he wouldn’t want to hurt them, yet, because of what they said was true, then without them the world would be caught in a permanent day or permanent night. And it should be common knowledge that if that did happen, then all life will eventually die, including both Meliodas and his brother.
As he watched the empty land, Meliodas's mind began to wandered. He wondered what his life was like would've been like if he hadn't been taken from his world, what os happening to Elizabeth now, is she dead or alive? And what about his best friend Gowther? Probably still in the demon world jail. But without a way back, he'd never get to see his lover or best friend ever again. He cursed the royal sisters as he longed for a way back home, but even if there is one, only they'd be able to send them back. This rekindled his wrath inside his demon soul, Meliodas looked at the direction of the castle and scowled with such fury that he was pretty sure that princesses could even feel it from this distance.
"C'mon, C'mon, hurry..."
"Quiet down sis, We're coming..."
Meliodas's attention shifted, though he once rested deep in thought, he now focused on the voices. They weren't to far away, and it was too late past the normal curfew to be anyone just rushing to be somewhere. Meliodas kept watch on the group, in total he counted about 4 mares, all of which were in masks and disguises. He leapt from building to building as he followed the mares. When he reached the fifth building, he watched the many mares start to break into ponyville bank.
'Looks like we are going to have some fun, Zel' Meliodas said through his telepathy link between him and his brother
It wasn't too long before Zeldris dove out of the sky and land beside his elder brother. Zeldris's blood red suit was barely visible in the night's darkness, which was mainly hidden by his cloak he wore to block the sight of it. The brothers jumped down off the building and used their dark wings to soften the landing, they walked into the bank after the mares. Who were using magic open a ABTM (Automated Bit Teller Machine), in total there were four machines, one for each of the robbers. The brothers watched from across the room remaining silent.
"Magic makes this too easy."
"I told you all it was worth it."
"With this, we can get to five other banks all in the same night."
"Heh, You just read my mind."
Meliodas hummed as he approached making sure he had his eyes were tinted their devilish purple.
"Is that so?"
All four of the mares spun around instantaneously, their eyes widened when they saw the demon brothers.
"Who the hell are you two?"
Zeldris chuckled as both he and his brother's hands went for their swords.
"Your new gods shall now cast judgement."
The four mares stood up and advanced towards the demonic brothers. Meliodas smirked seeing as he now had a enemy to toy with, while Zeldris opted to charge at them to make short work of his targets. Meliodas grabbed his massive sword and began to swing at two of the mares, causing massive slash marks to form when he dragged it through the wall and floors. While the mares managed to dodge most of his attacks, they didn't stay unscathed for long as his speed increase. Seeing as how he didn't want to kill anyone, Meliodas shifted his grip on his sword and used its blunt side to smack one of the mares into a wall, causing an indentation to form where crashed into it before she fell to the ground limply.
Meliodas did a spin kick, making the heel of his boot collide with the temple of the second mare's head. An impact of that magnitude sent the mare flying across the room, sliding across the floor on her hooves before passing out in pain. He felt a little sorry for the mares, if they hadn't robbed the bank they wouldn't have had to fight both Meliodas and his brother. Speaking of his brother, Zeldris sat on a pile of two of the unconscious mares with mild amusement as he watch his brother toy with his opponents. A jarring pain hit Meliodas on the back of the head, apparently the first mare was still wide awake and ready to fight. Even though he couldn't see her face, Meliodas knew that the mare's face was slowly changing from one of confidence into one of complete fear. When Meliodas turned his head to look into the mare's fearful eyes, he used his darkness to change his free hand into a massive claw of dark energy, and in one swift motion he grabbed the mare by her head only leaving her horn exposed.
"Did you really think that such a weak attack would actually damage me?" Meliodas said as he tightened his grip to inflict pain but not kill her, "You mares are more stupid than I though."
Screaming in pain, the mare began to struggle and writhe in pain. Being blinded by the elder demon brother's dark claw, the mare began to fire bolt of magic wildly in hopes of hitting something. Where ever a bolt landed, a black smudge from the heat appear on the floor and walls, one of the bolts actually hit Zeldris across the face. Once the small bit a smoke generated from blast disappeared, Meliodas saw that his brother was unharmed and that Zeldris's expression had changed from one of amusement to one of annoyance. Refusing to relent her attacks, magical bolts continued to fly as one broke through a window, he paid it no mind, or at least he didn't until he heard an explosion that caught both of the demon's attention. Turning his head at what would be neck breaking speeds for ponies, he saw a bakery across the street being engulfed inflames. The mare's magic blast must hit something combustible seeing that it was consumed in flames in such a short time.
Scowling at the fires that began to consume the gingerbread house, Meliodas dragged the only conscious mare in his claw of darkness. Zeldris followed in hot pursuit making sure that the hood of his cloak was back over his head. The two brothers rushed to the bakery known as Sugarcube Corner, or at least that is what the sign said, as Meliodas threw the mare out to the side and manipulated his darkness the break her left leg to make sure she wouldn't go anywhere. If the explosion hadn’t waken the town up, that scream of pain surely did. Inside the burning building was a pair of mares, a blue one that is rather chubby, and a yellow one that is more on the tall and lanky side than her supposed wife. It was somewhat hard to see them through the yellow flames and the smoke, both of the brothers knew that without intervention that these innocent lives would be taken. Zeldris raise his metal gloved hand and pointed at the pair of points that was still inside the burning building before he began barking orders.
“You two! Come this way!”
Not caring about the deep ness in his voice, the two mares did as they were told as they made their way to the exit. The couple made it to the exit, coughing from the amount of smoke they inhaled.
“Are there any others still inside the building?” Zeldris barked
“Y-yes! My babies!! I couldn’t get to them! The door is blocked!”
“And Pinkie Pie! Help her too! Please!”
Zeldris nodded before he launched himself into the building. Meliodas watched his brother disappear into the fire and smoke of the burning building. The fire only grew faster and faster, he prepared himself for anything to come. A large crack sounded as one of the front corners snapped causing the front of the building to collapse. With only a split second to react, Meliodas went directly into assault mode as he levitated in a massive sphere of his darkness. The dark tendrils wrapped around the burning parts of the building, keeping the burning structure in place. He disregarded his cloak, that was now just a few fabric strands, because keeping his brother and innocent people safe was more important than hiding their appearance and gender from the population of this world.
Inside the burning build Zeldris rushed through the burning building as smoke began to fill his lungs and his cloak caught on fire. As his cloak burned away, leaving only his red hellfire resistant uniform and metal gauntlets, more and more smoke began to enter his lungs to the point where it is deadly to most creatures, but demons aren't most creatures. When Zeldris found out the main floor was for the kitchen, the stairs had already been engulfed by flames causing them to break under even the slightest pressure. Dark wings sprouted from his back, as he flew over the fire and landed on the second floor. A large crack sounded as he felt the second floor began to shift down as the building began to collapse, only for it to stop as he felt an overpowering dark presence coming from his brother who was using his darkness to keep the building standing up right. Finding the blocked door, Zeldris drew his sword and broke the door down with it. Inside he saw two crying foals inside a smoking crib, and a familiar pink mare with a rather bubbly looking mane. She wore charred light blue pajamas decorated with multicolored balloons, her blue eyes were red and tearful from the inhalation of smoke. Zeldris took the two foals, one in each hand, as he walked to Pinkie Pie who was coughing from the amount of smoke entering her lungs.
"Take these foals." Zeldris ordered, Pinkie Pie tried to speak but could only cough as she complied. "Can you stand?"
The mare stood up as she inhaled another mouthful of smoke. Before she could collapse under her weight, Zeldris swept her off her feet and began to hold her in his arms as he left the smoking room. By the time the younger demon left the room, fire had already began creeping up the halls as he heard another cracking sound as more and more of the building relied on the support of Meliodas's darkness to keep itself standing. The mare and the foals Zeldris held in his arms weren't as resistant to fire as he was, so walking through the burning building was out of the option. As the inferno the consumed the bakery continued to grow, Zeldris ran down the hall before sprouting his dark wings as took flight as he headed straight for the upper part of the front wall. The pink mare turned her head away as they were going to crash right through the wall. Continuing to increase his speed, Zeldris wait for the moment right before impact before he spun around and broke through the wall using his back side to protect the ones he head. The momentum of the crash caused Zeldris to do a backflip unintentionally, before he regained control of his flight and landed down on the ground. The couple began to cry once they were handed back their foals. Meliodas let go of his darkness as the burning building immediately collapsed under its own weight, as the rest of the civilians could only watch as the once beloved bakery turned to noting more than a pile of burning splinters.
"N-no... Sugarcube Corner... It's ruined..."
"All our work... Gone..."
Meliodas gave a sympathetic look through his purple tinted demon eyes. Zeldris was to focus on looking at where the bakery once stood, thinking, he was thinking about what to do now. Innocent by standers were hurt from the bank robbers, and it was partly their fault that the bystanders got hurt.
"Brother, innocent bystander were hurt." Zeldris said, "Your mentor specialized in magic, surely he taught you something for this occasion."
Meliodas thought through the spell and incantations Chandler insisted that he learn, "There is one, but my magic alone will not suffice to power it. I will have to borrow some of your magic to use it."
"Gladly," Zeldris said
Meliodas's dark sphere surrounded him, while Zeldris added his own darkness to increase its power. Meliodas raised his hand as he focus the magic towards the burning pile of wood. A clock made of dark purple magic appeared in front of him, the hands on it began to slow down and eventually stop. Zeldris looked at the pile of wood, the fire had stopped moving, not spreading but moving, it was almost like looking at a painting. Meliodas began to move the hand on the clock backwards, Zeldris felt his magic begin to rush out of his body as he continued to fuel the spell. Struggling to keep himself standing, he saw that the wood begin floating back into place, the inferno roared once more time in reverse, the outline of the bakery could be seen as the fire grew with it being rebuilt. Once the house had been completely rebuilt, the fire began to die down until there was none left. Meliodas dropped out his darkness, as he returned from assault mode back into his normal battle uniform. Zeldris brother dropped to his knees from over exerting his magic to help fuel the spell. The civilians stared in awe as the two brothers had rebuilt the beloved bakery known as Sugarcube Corner.
The two demon brothers turned to look at the mare responsible for this mess, the burning hatred in their eyes were so great that it was hot enough to burn the sun itself. Trying to get away, the mare struggle to backwards crawl with a broken leg, the two brother made sure that her punishment would fit the crime. Looming over the mare, Zeldris was the first to speak with unbridled rage in his eyes.
"You threatened the lives of others around you," Zeldris said, "and you threatened the lives of foals. All for just a few gold coins. I do not think that killing you would do what you did justice."
Zeldris turned to his elder brother who was the next to speak, "Maybe your friends will learn from the example we will make out of you."
Meliodas raised his sword and stabbed it through the mares gut, splitting her body in half from her hips up her chest. Summoning the hellblaze enchant, the mare was engulfed in black fire as she tried crying out in pain but had no strength to do so before she died. Once the fire died down, the brothers looked down at the pile of ash that barely resembled a pony, Zeldris brought his hand down to the corpse and laid his hand on it stomach making its soul spill out of it mouth. The soul was light blue and only the size of a grapefruit, Zeldris brought it to his mouth before he ate it. Seeing that the deed was done, the brothers spread their dark wings as they flew up into the air and landed on top of one of the near by buildings. The crowd that gathered to witness the burning bakery only grew after each second that passed, both Meliodas and Zeldris look down from the rooftop before they started to go on their way. But before they could even leave the first rooftop, the same pink mare stood in their way.
"U-um... I wanted to thank you for saving me and the foals. What you did was super nice."
"Nice? There was nothing nice about this." Meliodas said, "If my brother and I hadn't been here, then the three of you would be cook meat under burning wood."
"Yeah..." Pinkie Pie said, "That would've been bad. My name is Pinkie Pie, and you are Meliodas and... Zeldris, Right? The CMC told me about you two." The brothers nodded when she pointed to each one of them saying their names. "You two seem really nice for demons."
"Originally, we only have a quarrel with the princesses," Zeldris said, "But now, we have our own plans for this world. So you will not continue to think that for very long."
"Even if you aren't as nice as I think you are, you still saved me. And you even rebuilt the bakery so I can throw you a party tomorrow!" Pinkie tried to lunge at them to hug them as a thank you, but they each side stepped dodging her attempt.
Meliodas turned to his little brother with annoyance in his eyes, "this is getting us nowhere, let's leave."
Both Meliodas and Zeldris began to jump across the houses which lined the streets. To their surprise, Pinkie managed to bounce from house to house to keep up with the two brothers. Meliodas was getting annoyed from the overly energetic mare chasing them.
“Stop following us, woman!” Meliodas shouted
“No! You stop running from my affection!” Pinkie pie shouted back continuing to chase them. “A hug isn’t going to kill you!”
Zeldris stopped running and held up a hand as Pinkie ran into it, causing her to take it like a light punch to the stomach, “you are making such a ruckus, all because you want a hug?”
Pinkie Pie nodded her head, as she got back up from being knocked down. Zeldris looked over his shoulder to his elder brother who just shrugged at him. Pinkie excited waited for someone to give her the ‘go ahead’ as she looked at Zeldris.
“If it makes you stop bothering us,” Zeldris said, “I will give you 1 hug.”
“You will?” Pinkie asked ecstatically,
“One” Zeldris could’ve sworn that her coat became much more vibrant shade of pink.
Pinkie couldn't help but start to bounce up and down before she reached out to hug Zeldris who was watching with an impatient look on his face. Zeldris was going to say something along the lines of 'hurry up,' but once he had opened his mouth to tell the annoying pony to get this over with, he was forcefully pulled by his collar into the pink mare’s embrace, with his head was squished between her rather gifted mounds. The only thing separating his face from her chest fur was her charred pajamas. Meliodas couldn’t help but smile as he saw his little brother get more and more embarrassed each passing second.
“Wow Zeldris, I never knew you were such a boobs kind of guy.” Meliodas teased his brother, “I’d always though you were more of an ass kind of guy.”
“SHUT UP!” Zeldris shouted back at his brother’s banter before he separated himself from the mare, “there. You’ve had your hug, don’t expect anything else from us.”
“Okie dokie.” Pinkie pie said as the brother finally left to go back into the Everfree forest. Meliodas thought he had seen that pony before, but he couldn't remember where...
“Princesses.” A guard mare came up to them and bowed, “News directly from ponyville.”
“Speak my subject.” Luna said
“There has been a murder in ponyville, the first murder in equestria for nearly 500 years.”
“How many are dead?” Celestia asked
“1 mare reduced to ash, and 3 more wounded, all of which were found unconscious in a bank they robbed.”
“Thank you for bringing this to our attention, return to your post.” Celestia said, dismissing the guard, “Luna, it pains me to no end to say this, but we are facing gods as our opponents. We can't just solve this problem just by blindly throwing the elements of harmony at them, but if the elements don't work on them, then equestria is doomed."
"You can't be serious Pinkie," Applejack said, "You know inviting the demons to a party could be extremely dangerous."
Pinkie pie was to busy grabbing several things to set up a 'thank you' party out of her party closet, and party bunker. With the Sugarcube Corner being burned down and rebuilt, the customers didn't seem to die down, but rather increase. The orange mare gave her pink friend an incredulous gaze after hearing her plan, which said plan was inviting the demon brothers into ponyville to attend a party for them saving pinkie pie, and possibly get to know them better. As a safety precaution, she made sure that she didn't invite the princesses, even though they rarely attended her parties anymore.
"But they saved me last night from when Sugarcube Corner burned down."
"Then why the Hay is it still standing?" Applejack asked, "Shouldn't it be just some smoldering ash?"
"It WAS smoldering ashes, but then they fixed it." Pinkie pie said as she scribbled something on a party invitation, "I don't know how, but they did it, but they did."
"That impossible," Applejack said, "I may know next-ta-nothing about magic, but that is clearly impossible for even the princesses to repair it all in one night so that it looks identical to the original. Ain't that right Twilight?"
"Yes that is impossible for even the princesses to pull off." Twilight said,
"But You Were There!" Pinkie Pie whined like a small child as she pointed a finger, "You Saw Them Do It!"
"You didn't let me finish Pinkie," Twilight said slightly annoyed, "While that is impossible for any one or two ponies to pull off, they're not ponies but rather demons, so it is not entirely impossible."
"Even if they did save you and build Sugarcube Corner back up all in one night," A.J. said, "But they still killed somepony, so I don't think it is a good idea, yet if the bakery did burn down, they saved many more lives last night then if they hadn't been there."
As the small bakery had more and more customers enter it, some of them were journalists that overheard rumors about the bakery burning down. Among the many customers was a familiar cyan mare with a rainbow mane accompanied by three small fillies and a yellow pegasus. The three fillies were looking attentively at Rainbow dash, almost like they had asked a very important question and were waiting for the answer. While Fluttershy watched in horror as Rainbow continued her story about the two demon brothers effortlessly defeat a group of robbers that was as twice as many as them.
"So I was doing my nighttime training when I saw some mares doing a bank robbery, but then I saw the two demons confront them..." Rainbow dash continued her story as the CMC listened in awe, "... So then the one, who I later found out had yellow hair, swung his sword and knocked the mare into the wall before he spun around and kicked the other one down to the floor."
"So cool!" Scootaloo said as she was completely drawn into the story, while Fluttershy just shied away from thinking about the scene
"After that he -- Oh, hey gals," Rainbow said as she pulled up a few seats to sit with the rest of her friends. "Why so many ponies here? I mean, I know that Sugarcube Corner burned to the ground and was rebuilt in a matter of minutes, but this seems a little excessive."
"Pinkie is planning to throw 'thank you' party for the two demons saving her life." Applejack said bluntly, "But I don't think that is a real wise decision, especially with the fact that they seem to hate the princesses."
"Oh please!" Rainbow dash dismissed her accusation, "You weren't there when the two of them risked their flanks off when trying to save the cake family and pinkie."
"For the love of Celestia," A.J. said, "They killed a mare!"
"She would've been executed anyways," Rainbow dash said, "She was the same one who caused the fire that nearly killed Pinkie!"
”Stop arguing in front of the fillies.” Pinkie yelled from the kitchen as she looked through the cabinets, before returning to the table where most of her friends sat, "This is so frustrating! I don't know what they would like because I don't know what they would like. Ugghhh!" She ran her hands through her bubbly mane as she tried to think of party ideas but came up blank.
"Well, I heard that many demons like alcohol and hard ciders." Rainbow dash said
"Oh no!" Applejack said, "Your not getting drunk again. We had enough trouble bailing you out of jail from your property damage last time."
"uhh... actually... I think she might have a point." Fluttershy said, "I've traveled to Japony before, and I read that... well, many demons have been defeated by getting them drunk first from their rather extreme enjoyment of alcohol ..." Fluttershy trailed off so it was quieter than any whisper, not that it matter because she had said enough to make her point.
"See A.J, I wasn't just trying to get drunk." Rainbow dash teased the orange mare
"Load the party cannons, we have an invitation that needs to be delivered." Pinkie cried out as she hopped on a party cannon and pulled out a pirate sword and hat as the cannon somehow managed to move by itself out of the bakery, even if it was slow.
"I just hope he isn't still mad at me." Fluttershy whimpered as her body instinctively tensed at the painful memory from a few weeks ago.
“FIRE THE CANNON!” Pinkie pie cried before a loud bang sounded throughout Ponyville. Apparently she thought sending an invite through a party cannon would be a good idea.
The dark forest of the Everfree loomed over the castle where Meliodas and his little brother had made their new homes for the time. They were sure that word of what happened last night quickly spread across equestria. A relentless clash of sword strikes could be heard as the two brothers began fighting each other to hone their skills.
“Ominous Nebula!”
Zeldris swung his sword behind him activating his nebula to its full power. He knew better than to toy with strong opponents such as his brother, so he pulled out all the stops and started fighting at full force as the effects of his nebula were instant.
Meliodas managed to resist the effects of his brother’s attack for a few seconds before he was eventually dragged into it. He brought his giant sword down on the nebula before it repelled him sending him crashing into trees causing splinters to line his path. When he had finally stopped, the gravity of the nebula began to drag him back into it. Meliodas activated his assault mode as he shifted his darkness into a larger sword over his arm to replace the one he had dropped. The second strike on Zeldris’s nebula was far more powerful than the first as Meliodas dragged his sword through it. Right before the nebula broke, Meliodas switched his darkness from a sword into whip like tendrils allowing him to grab onto the sword.
A swift punch from Meliodas sent Zeldris flying backwards. “Impressive brother, you’ve made me fall back on my assault mode even faster than last time.”
“What can I say. The more we fight, the more predictable you get.” Zeldris said as he stood up and wiped a trail of blood from his mouth, “Now then, shall we continue?”
They each were prepared to continue their training until they heard a loud band as dust rocketed into the air. While the dust was in the air, they prepared for an ambush of ponies, but is never came. When the dust settles, they saw what had caused the dust to fly, it was a rock that was somewhat larger than twice the size of their fists. But that isn’t what was confusing, tied to the rock in bright pink party string, that was still very neatly tied in a bow, was a bright multicolored piece of paper. Seeing as there was no danger, and the sensor probably sent it here by unconventional means, Meliodas deactivated his assault mode as Zeldris picked up the paper. When he had opened it, bright multicolored confetti launched out of nowhere as if it were trying to slap him across the face. Zeldris looked at its contents before he began to read it silently.
“To Meli and Zeldi,
Even though I thanked you two for saving me and the cake twins yesterday. But I don’t think we have properly thanked you, Ponyville style! This is a personal invitation to a thank you party later tonight for not only for saving us from a burning building but also repairing it all in the same night.
There will be cake, alcohol, and a special after party with yours truly. Pinkie Pie.”
Zeldris was dumbfounded by the unconventional way of sending a party invite.
“What‘s it about?” Meliodas inquired from his brother
“See for yourself.” Zeldris handed his brother the invitation
Meliodas began reading it to himself, he perked up when he was almost done reading the letter.
"We leave at nightfall. We don't want to make ourselves look rude, especially because of our plan." Meliodas said in a serious voice to hide his true feelings, because on the inside he was like a child after being told that he was going to get a sweet treat after dinner.
"Brother, your an alcoholic, you know that?" Zeldris could read his brother as plane as day.
"What?" Meliodas sounded a little surprised that his brother saw through his mask, "I haven't even had a soft cider ever since we arrived here. I'd kill someone just to have a sip of some ale."
As nightfall came over ponyville, Applejack and her big sister Macareina had brought in the final barrel of home made hard cider. Pinkie didn't put a specified time on the invitation because it would be an all night party. Many mares had already come and gone, leaving a bit early because of a multitude different reason. Eventually the first hour past nightfall struck, and Rainbow dash had felt an overwhelm presence nearby.
The sound of serious footsteps could be heard from outside as they echoed through the room, silencing it almost immediately. Everypony had stopped what they were doing and began facing the bakery’s entrance, they couldn’t help but be intimidated by who they saw. Meliodas stood there with a serious face as he surveyed the crowed, his green eyes were like daggers cutting into your soul if you were an unlucky pony who he looked directly at. A fiendish smirk grew across Meliodas’s face as he found his target, he slowly walked towards it making sure to stare down any pony that got even remotely close to him.
Meliodas stopped right in front of what he was headed for, a barrel of hard cider. Grabbing it by its upper rim, he easily lifted into the air and began drinking straight from the barrel. After seeing the much more easy going side of him, all the mares returned to their drinking in hopes of having some drunken fun time later. Once he was about halfway down with the ale inside the barrel, Meliodas moved the barrel to a nearby table. Zeldris soon followed his brother into the party with a much more somber, and mildly annoyed, face. The younger demon made sure to pour his own mug of cider, while the main six began sitting at the same table as Meliodas, making sure to leave a seat open for his younger brother.
“So.” Meliodas was the first to speak, “Why did you invite us here? Aside from what was one the invitation.”
The six friends looked at eachother, before Twilight finally spoke up. “Pinkie probably already told you why you were invited on the invitation.” Twilight said, “I personally think a much more fitting question is why the other five of us chose to attend. I’m here because I was actually curious about some stuff I’d like to know about you demons”
“I’m just here for the alcohol.” Rainbow said
“Ah’m here because Macareina had volunteered to watch over Applebloom and her friends while I make sure Rainbow Dash doesn’t get too drunk.”
“Let’s just say that I don’t get much time away from my business,” Rarity said, “while this party isn’t bad, it’s not my personal style.”
”I’d rather not talk right now.”
“And I’m here to get laid by one of you two!” Pinkie blurted out
The other five of the mane six looked at her with a combination of fear and distress. They had seen how adamant they are about not sharing that kind of intimacy with ponies, and they didn’t want to be dragged into it because one mare couldn’t keep their mouth shut. Suddenly Meliodas erupted in laugher.
“Hahahaha!” Meliodas continued to laugh for a short while, “No.”
As abrupt as his laughter was, the cut off to his laughter was even more so. Pinkie Pie’s mane deflated just a tad after being blatantly rejected.
“But whyyyyy!?” Pinkie whined
“Because we would rather do such an act with someone we genuinely love.” Zeldris commented, not looking up from his cider, “We may be demon but we have standards, and we’re not just going to fuck anyone who spreads their legs and presents themselves to us.”
“Oh.” Pinkie said, “That makes sense.”
Both of the demons were surprised at the calmness and understanding in her answer. They thought that the pony race was too far gone, from the lack of males, to understand that both sides deserved to have their own rights.
“You mean your not going to even attempt to rape us?” Meliodas asked in somewhat disbelief
“I may be a pony but I have standards.” Pinkie said using their own words against them, “I would never force myself upon my individual if they didn’t want it. Unless they had a fetish for that kind of role play."
“Well that’s a first.” Meliodas commented as he took another drink of his alcohol.
Pinkie’s friends just roles their eyes while Zeldris gave himself a metal plated facepalm. Zeldris found Pinkie to be quite humorous, but because Zeldris was always in a focused attitude, he rarely had time for her jokes.
Hours passed, and the party continued as the night grew older and older. Meliodas was already on his third barrel of cider and was speaking as coherent as if he never touched it in the first place. Zeldris was still on his first mug, but he had very little left but he already knew where his boundaries with the addictive substance were, unlike Meliodas who was still trying to discover his. While most of the mares who sat at the table were starting to get drunk, with the exception of Twilight and Rainbow dash, who were at the two opposites of the extreme.
But what was happening outside of Sugarcube Corner was something that most ponies would be worried about. Both the Princesses fluttered their way to the ground, as they began their search for the six bearers of harmony. Normally this late at night they'd assume that all the ponies would be at home asleep, but the lights to the Sugarcube Corner were still on with the sound of talking emanating from it. They both decided that that place would be a good place to start their search.
The smell of alcoholic ciders tickled their noses as they approached, growing stronger each passing step. They were pretty sure it wasn't the apple family's national cider festival. Entering the building they noticed the large, yet slowly dwindling number of ponies that were enjoying several mugs of the alcoholic cider that they smelled earlier. Over by a table near the counter was a group of mares all looking at something on there, but through the crevices of the bodies, Celestia wanted to say she was seeing thing, but she knew who she saw. The yellow haired Demon Meliodas, and she knew he saw her as well.
"Well well well, what do we have here?" Meliodas mocked as he gave them his full attention, "Come and sit," he ordered, "May brother and I have something to discuss with you."
Celestia wanted to run for her life, but doing that she'd risk hurting other ponies in the process. Complying begrudgingly, she walked over to the table and used her magic to pull up a seat behind her as she sat down. Normally being stared down by an 8 foot tall princess would scare any one to death, but Meliodas's face was as blank as the first time they met. Luna approached the table behind, following her sister and sitting down beside her.
"Tell me something," Celestia said, "you are very much capable of killing both us at any moment you wish, so why haven't you?"
"It is simple really. Take a look around you." Meliodas said gesturing to the crowd, "If what you said were true, then killing you would have caused both the sun and moon to stop moving, taking thousands of innocent lives. Not to mention you two are responsible for summoning both me and my brother here."
Twilight sat there in shock at what she heard, Princess Celestia, her mentor, a mother to all equestria, a figure that could do no wrong, she summoned the demons. No this couldn't be true, she'd never do that. Demons are notorious for lying, stealing, and murdering, he had to be lying. Celestia didn't need to look to know her prized pupil was staring at her in disbelief, her heart pounded in her chest as she felt like she was going die here, either by guilt or a sword slicing through her chest.
"So instead of killing you we are offering you two choices," Zeldris said, "You can either give up your kingdom and be known for the rest of your life as being responsible for Equestria's downfall and hope you never run into someone capable for killing you for you new bounty." He only stopped momentarily to finish off the rest of cider, "Or you can play our game."
"A game?" Luna inquired, "What kind of game will it be?"
"It is a game to determine your fate," Meliodas said, "You have three days to find a way to send us back. On noon of the fourth day all ten of us, that includes these six mares here, will meet in the center of town. If you request some more time then we might be gracious to you and extend your due, but there are no promises."
"And what if we don't show up or can't send you back?" Celestia asked,
"That is why this game determines your fate," Meliodas said with a cocky grin, "The punishment game for not showing up or failing. Will be fight to the death against both me and my brother. And I'd suggest you choose quickly, we aren't very patient."
Celestia and Luna discussed on what they should do, both of them felt the angry stares of the two demons as they stared daggers into them. While Twilight was the only pony that was still sober enough to remember this whole ordeal after it finished, she had gather a large enough reputation in Ponyville, and if word ever got lose that they were the one who summoned the demons then there'd surely be a large bounty put on their head. The only way for them to solve that problem is to the much more present demon problem.
"We... We will play your game." Celestia said, knowing full well that there is almost know way to send them back.
