SORRY FOR LATE-NESS, SCHOOL AND A POWER OUTAGE DELAYED THE CHAPTERS WRITING. THE NEW CHAPTER IS HERE HOWEVER, AND ANOTHER IS 50% DONE ALREADY. INFORM ME OF OPPINIONS/ MISTAKES AS HELP HELPS. Good day, SIR STEFAFIN.

Slowly shaking his head, Steven attempted to recover from the black masses assault. "Where...did you bring me demon?" Steven moaned as he pushed himself to his knees. "You are in your mind, as well as mine" the deep voice boomed.

As Steven got his senses working he saw the black foggy enemy. It seemed equine, though a deep black mist followed it making the only visible thing its deep red eyes and a small outline of its body. Steven was still a foot taller than it, but being as this thing had magic it had an advantage. The room was dark grey as well.

"Release me and the ponies demon, I know you have them" the equine chuckled and began to circle Steven. "Do you really want them human, or do you desire power? I have both, but thou shall only take one" Steven took no time in considering, he had his mind set. "Free them beast or I shall slay you!" Steven roared. "Foolish mortal, how would you harm one such as myself?!" It asked as it approached Steven, pinning him down with black vines. Steven smiled. "Simple, a right hook" he stated as he swung his arm forward, ripping the vines and wounding its eye. "Human mortal, you shall be slain In the name of I, king sombra!"

The black mist took a form of an equine like the ponies. It was a deep black with a red cape and horn. With a red aura, black crystals pierced through the floor and went 10 feet up, preventing escape. With no other options, Steven ran towards the new enemy with evil ambitions. As his fist struck its face, Steven blacked out.

Steven stood in a dark room with one small light source. Dark figures moved through the shadows. "Give up Steven, there is no chance of victory" said the unknown men as they circled him. Steven knew it was so, numbers don't lie. But numbers anger people who hate math like Steven.

Steven pulled out his knife and stabbed at the shadowy figures slowly surrounding him. The knife soared through them and they dispersed leaving him with a surprised looking sombra

Steven cornered the evil equine and raised his knife. Swinging down as sombra swerved, his blade sliced sombras eye thus halfway blinding him. Stepping backwards, the dark fog surrounded sombra once more. "A popular saying is pick on someone your own size. How would you like to do so?"

The fog dispersed and revealed a tall, dark humanoid. Though it looked human, its skin was black and had hooves. A deep red came went from neck to his hooves. In his hands was a long sword with a grey handle and crimson blade. His eyes were 20 percent larger than the average humans. "Come human, let us see who the superior biped is"

Sombra rushed forward swinging his sword downwards inches away from Stevens's knee. Steven lunged forward tackling him down. Sombra countered a punch and tossed Steven off. Steven rolled away, dodging sombras sword swing at his chest. Stabbing at sombras stomach, his knife scraped along a hidden metal chest plate. Sombra countered with a punch to the shoulder. While Steven was temporarily disoriented, sombra swung his legs tripping Steven. "Your arrogance will be your undoing" sombra coldly stated as he adjusted his grip on his sword. "Problems sombra, a king is as mortal as me" Steven dived at sombra, knife in hand. Steven cut his hand, weakening his back, Steven took his sword from sombra, who was now armed with his knife.

"A trade of hats hm, even without my blade I shall slay you" he rushed forward, raising the knife while his hand lit up with a red shot a blast of magic that was blocked from a swing of the sword Steven took. Sombra took advantage and shoved the knife in his chest while he was exposed. Steven dropped the sword and clawed at his wound. His blood was a sinister black instead of a red. Stevens's eyes and veins darkened and his canines grew. "You...have NO idea what you have done!"

"I am Steven, an ifrit human hybrid that has spent many years in combat, you shall be slain!" Steven roared approaching the horrified sombra. Sombra shot a magic crystal at Steven piercing his shoulder. Steven didn't even notice. Steven grabbed sombra by his neck and lifted him into the air. Sombra returned to his pony form and continued to resist. "Release them, now" Steven growled. He tightened his grip, nearly choking sombra to death. "Over my dead body" sombra chuckled as his horn glowed. Steven looked down and saw the blade of sombras sword sticking through his abdomen, sparkling with Stevens red blood. Steven increased his grip again causing sombras body to go limp with a snap.

Steven took hold of sombras horn and with a jerk it snapped off. The horn began releasing sparks that grew with each release. The magic appendage began to hum and shake while slowly floating upwards. With one last spark the horn released a beam of red light at Steven. He grabbed his head and tried to stop the buzzing. "What the fuck? the hell is this!?" Steven asked himself as he looked at a new tattoo that formed on his right arm. It was a human skull with flames behind it.

"Now what to do, what to do" Steven mumbled as he looked around the room. As far as he was concerned he was stuck in the middle of nowhere with no supplies. Steven wouldn't eat a pony to survive, not again. "If it weren't for this sombra douchebag I wouldn't be in this situation"

I heard that human" sombras voice echoed. Steven grabbed his knife from the floor and got in a combat ready position. "You claimed my soul, I am in your head. While you have my soul you have my power" "why are you telling me this, I just killed you?"

"Magic is limited and you control my spirit. I came to your mind as the brain is the only location of magic surplus in this world. You have total control now that you have won." Steven looked around. The room was beginning to fade and break apart. "Awake Steven, time is now of the essence"

Steven slowly creaked open his watery eyes. Pushing himself up, Steven wiped dirt off of his face. He looked along the cement and dirt observing the surroundings. Blood stained the ground and tracks of both boots and hooves went in one direction. Steven began a small jog and followed them.

Steven found the area where the vehicles were, fresh tire tracks leaving the small fortress. "They took them and left, not 15 minutes ago. Hurry Steven." Steven began sprinting along the path.

After nearly an hour, Stevens's house came into view. Slowly walking towards the door, Steven opened a secret hatch to his house and crawled inside. Pushing through the 3x3 passageway, he crawled silently until he was under his basement. Steven grabbed the secret hatch and shoved it open. Steven hauled himself up and stopped himself at the noise of a click. "Hello Steven, how are you? it was a shame you died. But with you dead I will inherit this big house. Plus your little horses are worth a lump of cash ya' know. Each one is worth twice what it will cost to erase you and your existence." Steven spun and swung his legs and tripped him. Steven lunged forwards and landed on his ribs.

Steven pulled the revolver from his hand and gripped the man's head. With a twist the man was 6 feet under.

"Steven, when needed you can create crystals" sombra echoed in his mind. Flexing his hand, a small light ball formed and began to develop a hardened red shell. With a simple thought the ball turned to a dagger made out of crystals. Steven twirled it around before slowly creeping towards the door to the kitchen.

The door flew open with a kick as Steven hustled forward. With a shot from the revolver one of the two men in the room fell. Steven then swung the dagger vertically and punctured the others throat.

After clearing the room Steven entered the living room of the house. The room was clear of all life with the only unusual thing being a small pool full to the brim. Steven was pushed over by a force and shoved into the small pool. Two forces grabbed Steven and pinned down his arms. Handcuffs floated over and fastened themselves on his wrists. Three men materialized in the air before Steven.

"It took nearly all the energy your pals had at the moment to cast this invisibility spell, but it was worth every second. Do you realize how long we have waited to finally get rid of you Steven? And now... we can" the man talking pulled out a Taser and aimed at him. One of the men took Stevens weapons from the ground while the other carried in a car battery and jumper cables.

The man shot Steven with the Taser causing Steven to roar in pain. "How was that Steven, hm?" Steven gritted his teeth. "F-fuck... you... asshole" he growled as he grabbed his chest. "Why thank you, your opinion really matters" the man joked as he punched him. Steven grabbed the man's leg and used his new powers on him. Where he grabbed his leg a small crystal formed and began to expand, consuming his body. Within seconds the crystals swallowed him and left a crystalized statue where he stood.

Steven sat up and ran away from the scene trying to avoid any other injury. As he got to a door leading to his basement one of the men shot him in the leg. Steven opened the door and limped inside. Steven attempted to run to the bottom of the stairs. "Steven!" Over a dozen voices called. Steven saw his pony companions in steel cages. Steven opened one and approached another as two men entered the basement and charged Steven. Being that Steven was in handcuffs and can only do so much he couldn't fight off two men at once. They grabbed him and dragged him back to the pool in the living room.

"How does shock therapy sound" one of them asked as they dunked his head under the water. They pulled his head out and grabbed the large battery. "The results are going to be... shocking!" They joked as the grabbed the spark plugs. They clipped them to his shoulders and shoved him in the pool. Electricity weaved through his body as he squirmed in pain and tried to hold in his breath. His body lost the battle and he watched his vision decrease as the bubbles stopped pouring from his mouth.

Stevens's eyes opened slowly as he realized he was alive. "Fuck, I died twice in less than a day, I think. "He mumbled as he realized where he was. The smell of rotting flesh and death filled his nose. "Wait, I'm in my room?" He sat up and approached the familiar closet. A quick check and he was sure he was in his room on earth. After all no one has or would have a closet like his.

Steven heard his door creak open. "Steven, you're finally up" midnight exclaimed. Steven looked at him curiously. "Finally?" He asked. "Yeah, you were out for 17 hours. How you managed to survive still shocks me" Steven sat down on his bed and examined his body. Where the clamps stuck to him he was red and ached. "Midnight, give me five more minutes then I will get going'."

34 MINUTES LATER

"So, what's the situation" Steven asked the ponies as he made himself a sandwich. "Steven, what happened to you?" Fluttershy asked as she looked at the bullet wound in his leg and shock marks on his body. "Well, I got sent to my mind which is a nice place by the way, then I killed this sombra guy, then I came here, got shot, got electrocuted and made this sandwich." He stated as he bit into the ham sandwich.

Cadence stood on her two legs to look at Steven eye to eye. "Sombra enslaved our people and attacked us, how did he get here and where was he!?" She questioned. "Considering that when I died I got here, he probably died and got here as well." Steven felt as small tingling sensation in his head. "Wretched pink demon" sombra growled in his head. "Sombra dislikes you" Steven told cadence. She began to daydream and cringe about what she was thinking. "Sombra... did evil things. Worse than what you have done. Your 'encounter' with the griffon kingdom was extreme but he did worse. You at least did it quickly. Why are you telling us this now?"

"Because sombra is kind of sort of in my head." the ponies' already large eyes widened. The princesses horns lit up as they slowly approached Steven. "w-what's going on?" Steven questioned. "We are going to expel sombra from you" twilight explained as she aimed her horn towards him. "Alright, when are we going to st- AH!" Steven screamed as 4 bolts of light hit him. Steven patted his chest feeling for any wounds. "Well, that was relatively easy" Steven stated. Suddenly a pain erupted in his chest with a feeling of his stomach forcing itself through his body. A thick black substance dripped from his wounds and combined into a small ball on the ground. It began to expand and crystalize making up a mass that kept growing. It built itself into a quadrupedal animal, an equine shape. It was topped off with a cloak and red horn that belonged to a certain stallion. " erm... hello" sombra muttered.