I'm back! Sorry for the long delay, crazy stuff happening around here. Anyway, this next chapter is very short, but I will be posting a new one later tonight, if not early the next morning.

Deep in the depths of Tartarus where the deadliest and evilest threats to Equestria are imprisoned, A weak and feeble creature, sits in his prison area, mumbling to himself, plotting revenge for his time spent in the underworld. He was a mix between a centaur and a minotaur, old and winkled, with early any strength.

"Its has been many moons since my escape. Being but inches close to becoming ruler of Equestria, only to have it taken away by…HER! Princess…Twilight…Sparkle…able to defeat me without any of her alicorn magic…Gaining this so called…magic of…friendship…Bah! I vow that some day, I will regain my strength and not only reclaim her magic for my own, but strike her down and this…Tree of Harmony with it!

As the beast continued to rant a reddish glow caught his attention. He slowly walked over to its source and began to dig through the rubble in the back of his cell. He pulled a red glowing gem out of the ground, a Chaos Emerald which quickly surged it energy through the creature's body. His elder like appearance reversed, causing him to become younger and more muscular, as if time was reversing his body. After the surge ended he was taller, his horns, longer, and his physique was more buff.

"…How is this possible? My strength has returned!" A fiery ball ignited between his horns. "And so has my power! This red gem must be the source, I can feel its power…surging through the veins of my body…I wonder…"

He turned towards the the bars of his cell, and with a blast of magic, blew them to dust. The sound of the blast alerted some guards who galloped towards him.

"Its Tirek! He's regained his power!" shouted a guard.

Tirek turned to the guards and fired another blast of magic at them, blaming them against the walls. Tirek continued to make his way through the Tartarus' passages and corridors, taking out any guards in his way.

"This power…it feels…good…Perhaps it could fuel my revenge on Princess Twilight. With this power, I will cripple her, force her to watch as I steal her magic and destroy her friends…then destroy her!" Tirek thought to himself.

As he managed to make it to the upper levels of Tartarus, wiping out all who stood between him and freedom, Tirek walked into a big circular area. In the middle of the room was a giant three headed dog, placed there as a first means of defense.

"Why hello there Cerberus, Its been a while…"

Cerberus glared at Tirek, teeth showing and snarling with drool dripping from its fangs.

"Have you learned any new tricks you moronic mutt?"

The three headed guard dog ragingly barked at Tirek as it began to foam at the mouth.

"Well then…why don't I teach you a new one….how to play dead…"

Cerberus charged Tirek who stood his ground. The beast then attempted to tackle Tirek, but was then frozen in mid air by Tirek's magic.

"Sit and lie down!"

Tirek's magic slammed Cerberus to the ground. It attempted to stand when Tirek once again used his magic to levitate the dog.

"Now, Shake!"

Tirek began to slam Cerberus against the walls on both sides of the room. Tossing the guard dog back and fourth. A final throw against the fall wall knocked Cerberus out.

"Good dog…now here's your treat…"

Tirek then blasted the stone ceiling causing it to collapse on top of the three headed guard dog. Tirek continued to make his way to the next floor, where he entered another arena like room. At first it appeared to be empty, but Tirek heard a buzzing noise coming from the ceiling. As he looked up, he saw a huge insect. It had four torn wings, six legs, two of which doubled as snapping claws. Eight hive like eyes, and a long abdomen with a huge stinger at the end of it. It noticed Tirek and landed on the ground in front of him, its stinger then lifted above it, taking a pose like a scorpion.

"A Scorpion Wasp…It would seem that my previous escape forced them to add more security…"

Without hesitation the monstrous insect lunged its stinger forward at Tirek, but he managed to jump out of the way. As it continued to strike the ground with its stinger, Tirek continued to avoid the assault. As the next strike came, Tirek grabbed the stinger. He then fired a beam of magic and cut the Scorpion Wasp's tail clean off, then used its own stinger against the bug. Stabbing it in the head. The wasp struggled as its poison slowly began to take affect.

"This might sting a little!" said Tirek as he twisted the stinger.

The twist was enough to kill the Scorpion Wasp, only leaving a twitching leg that slowly stopped.

"So much for a pest problem…" said Tirek as he continued to reach the surface.

He entered one last arena, on the other side was the way out of Tartarus. However there was nothing guarding it, or so Tirek thought. As he made his way to the center of the room, he heard rustling behind him. As he turned, nothing was there. But as he turned to the exit, in his way was a small but dangerous creature. It had the body of a snake, wings of a dragon, and a head of a chicken.

"What the? A Cockatrice! This pathetic creature is supposed to prevent me from escaping? What a joke…"

The Cockatrice began to stare at Tirek, slowly turning him to stone. Satisfied with itself, the living miss match tuned to walk away when it herd the sound of stone cracking. It looked back as Tirek's stone prison began to crack with an orange glow seeping through the cracks. Suddenly Tirek shattered free and glared at the now frightened creature.

"…Bye, bye…birdie…"

Tirek biased the Cockatrice with a spell, turning it to ash. With nothing else blocking his escape, Tirek rose out of the canyon like prison.

"Free once again…"

Suddenly Tirek felt a surge of energy flow though him.

"Whats this?…I…I can feel more power. Is it possible that there's another gem like this one?…Well then, why stop at one, when I can gain even more power. Soon I will once again be the most powerful being in all Equestria!…Heh ha ha ha hahaha! Beware Princess Twilight…your end…is nigh…"

Well Tirek is back! I know Chrysalis is a more favorable villain in MLP FanFics, but I wanted something more Destructive. See you next chapter!