Hey everypony, sorry it took me so long to update. School is a pain. Engineering major is filled with nothing but science and math courses, which are freaking hard as hell. Anyways, I hope you enjoy this chapter and I promise the next update will be Hominis. I have already written over half of the chapter, so that should be out within a week or two. So yeah, remember to make smart choices and stay safe everypony. -Asianpon3-

Chapter 3

Nearly a month had passed since the previous encounter with my teacher. During this time, two more demons had met similar fates like the first one. The fights were easier in a sense, due to Luna's constant training, even during the weekdays now. But it was due to such training that I was able to easily defeat my opponents, but not before one of them left a lingering scar across my left arm, which unfortunately drew the attention of many people at school.

School had also returned to normal, or mostly normal that is. Though my English teacher was still recovering from her previous wounds, causing the need for a substitute teacher, a new addition to our class had been added.

Luna, who cantered around in her human form most of the day now, was now enrolled in all the same classes as myself. It was nice having Luna around in visual proximity, apart from me looking like I belonged in a hospital for talking to imaginary equines; but for the fact that our bond had grown significantly over the past month. We were both more talkative and open with each other, even confiding some of our personal lives to the other. Things we couldn't converse to anyone else about, we sought refuge in the other. This in turn strengthened our bond, and our relationship.

But as our bond grew, so did a certain part of Luna, mainly... her possessive side. After talking it over with Luna, I soon gathered that Alicorns were very possessive of certain things, and in this case, I was included. Every time another women would approach me, I could see the fire in Luna's eyes. The intent to harm or even mane the individual that was threatening to take me away from her was always prevalent. Even a hint of jealousy was seen from time to time. Combined with my new and improved appearance from the Lunar Transformations, many women were now on the hit list of a dangerous mare.

Despite these few changes, school remained usually uneventful for the most part. It wasn't until a new student arrived, that I began to have a strong feeling that something new was about to happen.

Slowly walking through the door to my first period, I made my way to my seat before setting down my backpack and resting my head on the desk. A minute or so went by before I felt the presence of someone standing next to me. Internally sighing, I turned my head just enough to see the beaming smile of Luna looking down at me.

"Good morning our Champion. Did you rest well last night?" Since starting school with me, Luna had developed a more modern tongue of speaking, though she still preferred to speak of herself in third person most of the time. I was very pleased that she decided to take on this new form, which allowed me to easily understand her versus her olden tongue.

"I did, but still feel exhausted. Why is it so hard to motivate myself in the morning?" I asked aloud, my head still resting on the table. I was met with an adorable giggle from Luna before she sat down next to me.

"We have told you before, it is the way your body has reacted to the magic. You will be livelier at night than during the day. It will take you some time getting used to this, but the effect should become unnoticeable within a few more weeks," Luna commented, receiving a groan of annoyance from me as a response. It was then that the first period bell rang, signifying to all the students that is was time for class.

In the span of about five minutes, many students began to filter in through the front door of the classroom before taking their respective seats.

Surprisingly, Frost was absent again, just like the previous couple of days. I made a mental note to myself to check up on my friend after school before turning my attention to the front of the class, where an unfamiliar individual stood.

"Hello class. We have a new student joining us today. He just recently moved here, so I would like for you all to give a warm welcome to your new classmate and help answer any questions he may have," the substitute teacher announced. My gaze soon found its way towards the new student again before an uneasy feeling overcame me.

This feeling I'm getting from this new guy is weird. It's similar to that of a demon, but somewhat different.

I then turned my attention to Luna, who seemed to have had the same feeling I was.

"Luna, are you getting a weird vibe from this guy too?" I asked, Luna looking towards me and nodding her head slightly.

"Yes we are. It is strange, but this feeling we are getting from him seems very familiar, but we can't seem to place our hoof on it," Luna whispered. It was at that moment the new kid focused his attention on the two of us. His blue eyes shown hints of innocence, but at the same time, were like mine. He stood at around the same height as myself, a few inches shorter than six feet. His blond hair and pale skin were the opposite of my black hair and tan skin. He had a similar hairstyle as well, short and spiky hair.

After staring at the two of us for a few seconds, the new kid turned his attention to the class.

"Hello everyone. My name is Leo and it is a pleasure to meet you all," the kid said, accompanied with a slight accent that placed him somewhere from out of the United States. I leaned over to Luna and began to whisper in an attempt for Leo not to hear us.

"Luna, I need to talk to you after this period. Meet me on the roof of the school," I quietly whispered. Luna nodded her head in understanding before we both turned our attention back to the front of the room. Leo was still standing in front of the class, deciding on which seat to take. To our dismay, he decided to pick a seat next to myself, which prevented Luna and I from talking about anything until next period. So with class just starting, I did the only thing I could do to pass the time. I laid my head down on my desk and promptly began to nap until the next bell rang.

Ten minutes had passed since the second period bell had rung. I was now standing on the roof with Luna, a look of contemplation adorning my face.

"Do you think he could have made a contract with a demon, similar to what we did?" I asked.

"That is a very possible solution, though we still do not know why he has a familiar feeling about him," Luna stated. I continued to think for a moment before heavily sighing.

"We know that he has some form of energy inside of him, but don't know whether it is demonic or neutral. I guess all we can do now is just wait and observe. If it's demonic, we will need to expel it from him. If it is neutral energy, I think we could just leave it alone, couldn't we?" I asked, followed by a nod from Luna.

"Yes. If he indeed has neutral energy stored inside of him, then we do not need to worry about expelling it from his body." I nodded my head before walking over to the door to the roof and sitting down against the wall it was fastened into. Luna slowly walked over towards me and reciprocated my actions, though she rested her head on my left shoulder. I let out another sigh before taking my phone out of my pocket and staring at the time.

8:30am. We still have another hour of second period before we can make it to third. Nothing to do now, but to sit and wait for time to pass.

I looked over towards Luna again and noticed that the mare had actually fallen asleep. Laughing internally at the sight, I closed my eyes as well and drifted off into another short nap.

The rest of the day seemed to progress rather normally, except for the fact that Leo had been enrolled in every one of my classes. I knew this wasn't a coincidence and figured he knew I wasn't the average human either. This only intensified my guard and stress of the situation.

As the ringing from the sixth period bell filtered through the hallways and classrooms of the school, everyone packed their bags and proceeded to head home. Feeling rather lazy, Luna and I decided to take the bus home today. Unsurprisingly, Leo happened to be accompanying the same bus as we were, leading to the assumption that he was following us.

The bus ride took around ten minutes to reach our destination, or would have if it weren't for a police barricade set up along our path. As we continued to approach the barricade, I had this overwhelming sense of a demon near. Luna confirmed this as she had also sensed the demonic energy from our new foe. With the vehicle stopped, I looked up towards the front of the bus and at Leo, whom had his back turned to Luna and me. Luckily Luna and I had accommodated the back seat of the bus, while Leo chose his seat near the front. This gave us ample time to escape out of the back exit of the bus, and make our way towards the barricaded area.

Looking at Luna, who read my thoughts and gave a simple nod of her head, I quickly rushed from my seat before opening the emergency door of the bus. Before the bus driver even knew what was happening, Luna and I were out of the bus and already making our way towards the barricaded area, which happened to be a large park.

Sneaking through the barricade was easy enough. The only opposition we had was from the road that the cops were barricading. So the two of us decided to make our way through the small thicket of woods that led into the park.

After clearing the thicket of woods, I handed my backpack to Luna, whom by this point had transformed into her equine self, before I proceeded to ready myself for the encounter. Pausing slightly, I focused on the spiritual energy inside of me, and transformed into my Lunar Champion State. With my senses now heightened and sleek armor adorning my figure, I focused on the center of the demonic energy, in hopes that I could catch the demon off guard.

Feeling a strong presence to the west of our position, Luna and I turned towards that direction before making our way to what would hopefully be an unsuspecting demon. The tables were quickly turned though, as I became the unsuspecting victim of a quick haymaker to the side of my helmet, sending me crashing through a few nearby trees.

After recovering from the unsuspecting blow, I readied myself for another attack, but was surprised when it never came. Instead, I was met with the site of two teenagers standing about a hundred feet in front of me with bored expressions adorning their faces.

"Hm, very strange. I thought he would have dodged that," the male teenager stated, his voice full of boredom.

"Do not underestimate him Dendara. He has killed many of our kind," the female spoke, her voice more suited to that of spite and anger as she directed the last part towards me. By this time, Luna was at my side and checking me over with her magic.

"Nothing seems to be out of place Champion, though we do not know how they were able to deceive their location from us," Luna said, followed by the slight nod of my head.

"We will worry about that later. Right now, I need to focus and figure out a plan. A two on one fight will not be easy," I commented, trying to formulate some plan in my mind.

"So Tinari. Do you want him, or shall I?" Dendara asked.

"Do as you see fit. Just try not to play with your food for too long. You know how it annoys me," Tinari commented, Dendara smirking at this statement.
Stepping forward, the male took off his blue pair of sunglasses to reveal his menacing blood red eyes, which was accompanied by a set of black hair from his host.

"Hey, you," He said, pointing his finger at me.

"I will be your opponent. Show me what you are really capable of," he said in a condescending sort of way. This angered me slightly, but I knew better. I needed to just keep focused and not let trivial connotation rile me up.

Deploying my light sword, I waited for a moment before charging. Now, I knew better than to charge directly at the demon, while swinging wildly like a mad man. I stopped my advance a few feet short of the demon, before beginning to gather information about him as we fought. What I came to soon realize, is that this wasn't going to be an easy fight.

With every attack I made, Dendara easily evaded, looking almost bored as he did so. It wasn't until he started to go on the offensive that I realized this wasn't going to end well. With every attack the demon threw at me, I was barely able to dodge. The one hit the demon managed to get on me sent me flying through a patch of around twenty trees.

Landing hard against the backside of a tree, I heard the voice of Luna calling my name as she rushed to my aid. As she landed next to me, she noticed how much damage the previous hit had caused. A small trail of blood was beginning to trickle down the inside of my armor; a sight Luna would not have been able to see without her magic.

"Champion, we need to get you medical attention this very instant," Luna worriedly stated.

"I'm fine Luna. This is only a small scratch," I said, laughing slightly as I tried to stand on wobbly knees. I was then met with a surge of pain filtering throughout my entire body as I groaned in pain, falling back down onto one knee.

"Dendara, finish this now," Tinari annoying yelled. Dendara began to slowly make his way towards me, a black aura pulsating from his right palm. Luna tried to desperately get me to stand, but it was no use. I was in no condition to fight.

"Luna, get out of here. I don't know if he can sense you or not, but if you use your magic, you won't be safe," I said.

"No, we will not leave you," Luna yelled, before looking towards the demon with intent to kill.

Taking a position in front of the demon's path, Luna began to charge her horn. Aiming it at the demon in front of her, Luna let loose the most powerful spell she could muster. As the demon continued his way towards me, Luna fired the spell. If I were to say that the spell stopped the demon in it's tracks, I would be lying. The spell did very little to hinder the demon's advance, more so just causing him to flinch slightly before shrugging it off. Luna remained defiant however and refused to move, even though her magic wasn't enough to even make a dent. No matter how much I begged or pleaded with her to move, she would just refuse.

The demon was now standing in front of Luna, looking down with a dissatisfied expression.

"Move. You are not my target, nor do I wish to harm you," the demon stated, receiving a partial hiss from Luna. If I hadn't been in so much pain, I probably would have found this to be extremely adorable at the time.

"Very well then," the demon said, raising his fist, as he was about to move Luna out of the way by force. It was then that it happened. In an instant, the demon was sent flying towards his partner, practically landing right next to her. What I saw next completely surprised me. Standing where the demon had previously been standing, was none other than Leo. But he was different. Much like me, he was covered in white, gold-trimmed armor. The only reason I knew it was him, was because of the familiar feeling I recognized early that day.

Turning his head to gaze down at me, he gave a light smirk before turning his attention to the two demons in front of us.

"You two, Dendara and Tinari. Leave now or perish," the man coldly stated, waiting for a response from the two demons.

"Damn, he came out of nowhere," Dendara commented, recovering himself from a blindsided punch to the face, before locking eyes with Leo.

"Tinari, what should we do? He is just like the other one..." Dendara stated.

"Dendara, fall back. We must report this. This will change our plans," she commented, turning her back from the three of us. Without another word, Dendara and herself had vanished in a cloud of black aura.

Turning back around, Leo let out a heavy sigh of relief as the armor that was adorning his body vanished to reveal his normal self.

"That was a close one. There was no way I could have taken both of them at once," he said, looking towards Luna and myself.

"How... how did you do that? I thought I was the only one who had a contract like that," I asked, receiving another smirk from the teenager.

"Well, it is true that you are the only one who can enter your so called, 'Lunar Champion Mode,' but that doesn't mean you are the only one of your kind. There is one other that can make certain contracts just like Luna did with you."

"Who?" I asked, only to hear a slight giggle from behind myself. Turning my attention to the source of the sound, albeit with some pain mind you, I saw an equine that looked almost identical to Luna. The only difference was her mane and coat color, along with being slightly taller.

"Wait... don't tell me. Luna is this your..." I didn't have time to finish as the Equine smiled at me before looking towards Luna.

"Hello little sister. It sure has been a while," Celestia commented.

Oh yeah. Things are about to get interesting.