"Sabre, you okay? It's just another Demon," Said Elemental Steve.
"No, Elemental, I... I remember him..." Sabre stuttered, but pulls himself together and looks at the hovering demon.
"Hello... Nightmare Steve."
"Sabre, you're not... scared, are you?" Rainbow Dash asked. She never seen Sabre look scared. Sabre always shown bravery under what seemed too overwhelming, but pulls through, with sheer willpower. Seeing Sabre show fear so easily surprises her.
"If anything... if could m- No, I'm not Rainbow Dash, I'm fine," Sabre replied.
"I sense the fear run through you! Don't lie to yourself Sabre!" Nightmare Steve laughed hysterically.
"Enough, how are you back Nightmare? I know Void, he came back, but he died as Void with the crystals! You were destroyed as a regular steve with darkness!" Sabre exclaimed.
"Two beings are the reason, one of the two you know, and the other one, is a well know historical figure here, known for spreading fear! I couldn't spread so much fear as he could! Not even Void could've spread as much fear as he did throughout this land!" Nightmare Steve replied with a vague answer.
"But, I've not actually came for you Sabre. I've come for these two." Nightmare Steve glares at Time Steve and Elemental Steve.
"If you came for any of us, you got to get through me as well and I'll leave you limping!" Rainbow Dash yelled at Nightmare Steve, who looks at Rainbow Dash.
"It isn't just me who's back. Plus, I'd destroy you in an instant! I've already destroyed so many of your kind! These puny ponies are too easy to destroy ah HA HA!" Nightmare Steve yelled, striking lightning near the pegasus, who backs off.
"These powers offer much greater opportunity the darkness did. I'd destroy all of you without looking! I reckon I'd beat that pathetic Galaxy with just a sneeze!"
"One thing hasn't changed about you, Nightmare Steve. You still like to brag and talk smack, don't you? We will beat you again, and you know that," Sabre responded.
"Say that about our creator again, I DARE you!" Elemental Steve angrily shouted, striking Nightmare Steve with lightning, which he just shrugs off.
"Elemental, don't," Time Steve urged, trying to pull his brother back.
"You two don't even have the power to beat me! HA! WEAK! Your creator will be ASHAMED of creating you two WEAKLINGS!" Then out of nowhere, a bright purple beam hits Nightmare Steve, knocking him back 10 blocks.
"AGH!"
"Stay away from them... stay away from everyone..." Twilight growled, looking at the hovering demon.
"I'm not the only one that is back! In other places, panic and fear is spreading throughout this land! Three others are in control of these Demon Steves as well!" Nightmare Steve shouted, then tries shooting fireballs at the purple alicorn. However, Twilight shields herself with a magical purple sphere, then drops the shield.
"Don't... EVER come back here!" Twilight comes flying in to intervene, and shoots another purple beam of magic at Nightmare Steve, who just teleports away. He may have more power, but that amount of power taken him by surprise and decided to flee to play it safe.
"You showed up just in time," Time Steve stated.
"You scared him off Twilight! I hope he remembers that," Rainbow Dash sniggered, showing a smug grin of satisfaction.
"The rest of Equestria is on high alert. With whoever that was out the way, no more of these abominations should spawn. Canterlot is now completely secure," Twilight explained, sighing afterwards.
(Twilight's POV)
It has only been months, and I thought the Madness Steve situation would be the last ever issue to solve, but apparently not. Other things always seem to go wrong so frequently. I don't know if I can cope if issues like these are frequent. But I must remain strong, not just for my friends, but for Equestria and the steves... for everyone.
"We need to help those on the ground, let's go! Once these demons have been dealt with, we can catch a breather! But we must destroy them Demon Steves here and now!" I hear Sabre yell.
Sabre is a very strong individual. I heard of the many hardships he has gone through, and he has always comes out stronger each time. Celestia and Luna are my inspiration, and so is Sabre, oh and Star Swirl of course. But Celestia, Luna, Sabre and my lifelong friends, have taught me the most lessons. But I don't know if I'd be where I am without Celestia Luna and Sabre though particularly. Celestia and Luna got me to where I am, a ruler of a nation. Sabre's mental and emotional resilience, and his personality in never giving up and fighting to the bitter end for what is right, has inspired me too. What Madness Steve put us all through, Sabre has kept me and my friends going. Me and my friends are alive because of Sabre. I owe so much to Sabre, but I only rewarded and gift him so little.
"So, any ideas on who the other three are?" I dread to think of who could be back when Rainbow brought that up. Evil steves are just as evil as some of the foes Equestria faced. Madness Steve was on a whole other evil... well, issue, because he's now Calmness Steve. He isn't who he was anymore. Thank buck that Madness couldn't come back so easily, but is anything worse waiting for us? Nothing could be as bad as what he caused... right? Not quite to the effect he takes whole realities dimensions and whatnot- But is there something... worse?
"Let's focus on destroying this army of demons first, then we'll work that out after. But right now, these demons must be stopped here and now." Sabre is always calm, and he doesn't show fear so easily. He doesn't help because he expects anything in return, he helps because he knows it's the right thing to do. I should give Sabre a surprise, I... I feel like I'm using him, I must show my appreciation to him- My thoughts are distracting me, we must beat these creatures like he says. Thinking of them makes me sick, let alone saying their name of these... abominations in my thoughts.
"I see Soarin and Spitfire over there!" Rainbow swoops down, and I see Sabre using that staff, striking lightning down against those... things. I go with them, and I kill as many as I could with my magic. I never had the thought killing in mind, the thought of such an action makes me shudder. But these are... demons, mindless repulsive demons. These... Demon Steves... deserve no right to exist. If they ever attacked Tirek, Chrysalis and Cozy Glow, I would propose an alliance with them three. I... despise those demons that much... with ever fibre of hair on my coat...
"What are those large metal things?" I hear Elemental talk as he freezes several of the Demon Steves. On top of that, some of those demons, they start being flung about.
"Looks like some type of mech, six of them- Oh, one of these were used in the first Demon Steve war! There's six of them!" Time Steve does read a lot of books, so it make sense he knew what those 'mech' things are. I wonder how many books he could read at once.
"I see the others down there!" Elemental Steve flies down and tries to clear the area where everyone is fighting those demons. He uses that immense power he has and splits the ground again, cutting the army of those creatures in half. I'm glad Elemental is on our side. He has also came a long way in fixing his problems. I always hear positive feedback from his tutors from the School of Friendship. I heard what he did to that Steve Village, and his own brother... I glad me and my friends got to help him before he spiralled more out of control.
"Twilight you okay?" I hear Rainbow Dash fly up to my level, with Sabre still on her back.
"Yeah, just dozed off... I'm so stressed..."
"It looks like everyone down below is winning. We've got just a few hundred left. Pinkie has literally been counting EVERY one of them demons!" Well Sabre, that's Pinkie for you. Her out-of-the-blue statements are sometimes very useful and vital though.
"We've just got this wave. You two, when I say go, big attacks alright- Three, two, one... go! Go go GO!" Me and Rainbow Dash swoop down, I see Sabre using that staff's lightning. I must help Sabre too. A blast of magic...
(No longer in Twilight's POV)
(On the ground)
"And that's the last one! Wonderful!" Professor Red cheered as he sends the last Demon Steve flying with a single whack of his salmon.
"How does a fish do damage to literal demons!?" Soarin exclaimed.
"Science," Professor Red firmly replied with pride.
"That was harder than expected... we... we lost many," Shining Armour depressingly murmured. He saw each of his guards as close comrades. Light saw the same in his guards. Both saw each other and the other's as the same.
"None of them died in vain. They fought for what was right," Sabre reassured with a light-toned voice.
"I just feel like I could've done more for my guards," Shining Armour sighed as he looks to the ground.
"I know, we will beat these demons, and we'll send them back to the world they belong," Light Steve firmly stated and muttered under his breathe, displaying his distain towards the demons. Meanwhile, Time Steve is trying to repair the cracks in the ground Elemental Steve created, with the help of his brother's lended energy.
"Time, with Applejack, was she genuinely ill or just stressed? If it was stress, we should probably let her know that we pushed the demons back," Sabre suggested.
"Um... it might be stress, I don't know. We should probably go check up on her," Time Steve agreed.
"Twilight, do you mind if you help Light and Shining reorganizing? Me and Time will go check on AJ," Sabre asked.
"I hope she's alright, she really didn't look well," Twilight quietly mumbled, worried for her friend, one who's an honest friend, an old friend, one she knew for so long.
"We'll make sure she's okay, don't worry. Just focus on what's going on here," Time Steve tried to give reassurance. With that, he summons lightning, teleporting himself and Sabre.
"Here we are," Said Time Steve.
"Wow, this place has increased it's field of apples, that's for sure. Probably due to Yellow Steves helping around, but still, AJ and that will have apples for days!" Sabre exclaimed. Everywhere that was once empty is now field with apple trees, large apple trees. Due to the sheer increases in apple production, there were even some apples placed outside the barrels. The storage was that full.
"Sabre! Time Steve!" A voice cried out whilst panting. A yellow filly came trotting up to Sabre and Time Steve, breaking to a stop, but still panting.
"Apple Bloom, what's wrong-"
"AJ's gone completely crazy!" Apple Bloom shouted, interrupting Sabre.
"Oh no..." Sabre murmured to himself. From Apple Bloom's tone, he knew something has happened, and it isn't good.
